Advances in Grassland Ecology and Grass Phenotypic Plasticity
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Grassland and Pasture Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2024) | Viewed by 7699
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant functional ecology; plant functional traits; grassland management; ecological metabolism theory; plant adaptive strategies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the context of global change and anthropic activities, grassland and agriculture ecosystem undergo degradation and stress to different degrees. Under such scenarios, plant community composition, structure and function of grassland and agriculture ecosystems undergo significant change. Plant species also exhibit different phenotypic characteristics in order to adapt to diverse habitats. Phenotypic plasticity is recognized as being among the crucial mechanisms by which plants can cope with the fast-changing climate and other biotic and abiotic drivers. Although plants are generally plastic, species and/or populations differ greatly in their levels of plasticity. These differences between species and/or populations may arise due to differences in selective pressures favouring the evolution of increased phenotypic plasticity. Studying grasses’ phenotypic plasticity in grassland and agriculture ecosystems under various vegetation types or management strategies contributes to understanding the response and adaptation mechanisms of different plant species to environmental changes.
In this Special Issue, we aim to give an overview of the most recent advances in the field of grassland and agroecology and grasses phenotypic plasticity, and we encourage authors to submit their original research articles and reviews for publication.
Dr. Yingxin Huang
Dr. Guofang Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- grassland ecology
- agroecology
- grassland management
- grassland farming
- phenotypic plasticity
- plant functional traits
- biomass allocation
- plant adaptive strategies
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