BayCEER Workshop 2016

Plants and drought: from mechanisms to patterns

H 1.4 in Research highlights from BayCEER working groups

13.10.2016, 09:25-09:30, H36, NW III

Plant species respond differentially to low water availability (i.e. drought), which can influence species distribution and abundance across time and space, shape community composition and diversity patterns, and affect ecosystem function. To project consequences of climate change, understanding these patterns and processes and the underlying mechanisms is of crucial importance. To this end, our group explicitly combines physiological and morphological functional traits with plant performance in experimental and natural settings, and with species distribution and community composition across space and time. We are currently pursuing a number of aspects within this context in three of the most diverse systems: in tropical rainforests, and temperate and Mediterranean grasslands.

Keywords: drought, low water availability, tropical rainforest, temperate grassland, Mediterranean grassland

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