ArticleEcology letters2025
Plant Acquisitive Strategies Promote Resistance and Temporal Stability of Semiarid Grasslands.
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- Acquisitive plants exhibit stronger phenological shifts in response to warming: insights from meta-analysis and long-term monitoring.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
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- Growth form and lifespan of herbaceous species mediate the role of traits in short-term drought response.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026Article
- Small understory trees increase growth following sustained drought in the Amazon.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Divergent responses of forage quality indicators to environmental drivers in Eastern Mongolia.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Fast seasonal growth promotes regional stability by strengthening local temporal stability in Inner Mongolian grasslands.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Decadal-scale observations are key to detecting the stabilizing effects of plant diversity in natural ecosystems.Nature plants · 2026Article
- Plant Acquisitive Strategies Promote Resistance and Temporal Stability of Semiarid Grasslands.Ecology letters · 2025Article
- Growth strategies and phenotypic plasticity of improved Chinese fir families across soil types.Forestry research · 2025Article
- Moisture legacy effects shape vegetation productivity across East Asia ecosystems, 2001-2020.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
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Abstract
Among ecologists, it is widely believed that conservative growth strategies of plants are crucial for sustaining ecosystem stability, while the potential stabilising role of acquisitive strategies has received little attention. We investigated the relationships between plant traits and three stability dimensions-temporal stability, resistance and resilience-using two complementary datasets from drought-affected semi-arid grasslands: a temporal plant community survey from a single site and a 1000-km transect survey with satellite-derived productivity estimates. We found strikingly consistent patterns from the two datasets, with grasslands dominated by acquisitive strategies exhibiting greater resistance and temporal stability of productivity. Acquisitive strategies enhance stability by facilitating drought escape and avoidance, rather than drought tolerance typically associated with conservative strategies. These results highlight the important but underappreciated role of acquisitive strategies in enhancing ecosystem resistance to disturbances and maintaining temporal stability in semi-arid grasslands.
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