Background Below-ground bud banks have experienced much recent interest due to
discoveries that they (1) account for the majority of seasonal population renewal in many …

Despite the disproportionate influence that propagule production, dispersal, seed‐to‐
seedling recruitment and vegetative reproduction can have on plant population and …

Large mammalian herbivores (megafauna) have experienced extinctions and declines since
prehistory. Introduced megafauna have partly counteracted these losses yet are thought to …

Grasslands are one of Earth's major biomes and the native vegetation of up to 40% of
Earth's terrestrial surface. Grasslands occur on every continent except Antarctica, are …

In recent years, belowground plant ecology has experienced a booming interest. This has
resulted in major advances towards a greater understanding of belowground plant and …

Brazilian Campos grasslands are ecosystems under high frequency of disturbance by
grazing and fires. Absence of such disturbances may lead to shrub encroachment and loss …

Climate change is expected to increase the magnitude and frequency of extreme drought in
most grassland ecosystems. Exploring the responses of below‐ground bud banks and their …

Native prairie sites within the Northern Great Plains are being invaded by cool season
invasive grasses despite utilizing even the most conservation-oriented management. Native …

In arid and semi‐arid ecosystems, there are legacies of previous‐year precipitation on
current‐year above‐ground net primary production. We hypothesized that legacies of past …

The “environmental heterogeneity hypothesis” predicts that variability in resources promotes
species coexistence, but few experiments support this hypothesis in plant communities. A …