Grasslands are an important habitat for many plant species whose functional diversity and
composition influences ecosystem functioning and services. Despite several field studies,
still uncertainties remain about the interplay of species traits and ecosystem processes that
lead to the functional diversity observed in grasslands. Here, we used an individual-based
process-oriented model to simulate a biodiversity field experiment located in Central
Europe. With the focus on plant functional types (PFT), the simulation model well reproduced …