Temporal dynamism of plant resource capture, and its impacts on plant–plant interactions, can have important regulatory roles in multispecies communities. For example, by modifying resource acquisition timing, plants might reduce competition and promote their coexistence. However, despite the potential wide ecological relevance of this topic, short-term (within growing season) temporal dynamism has been overlooked. This is partially a consequence of historic reliance on measures made at single points in time. We propose that with current technological advances this is a golden opportunity to study within growing season temporal dynamism of resource capture by plants in highly informative ways. We set out here an agenda for future developments in this research field, and explore how new technologies can deliver this agenda.

植物资源捕获的时间动态性及其对植物间相互作用的影响，在多物种群落中可能起重要的调节作用。例如，通过修改资源获取时间，工厂可以减少竞争并促进其共存。然而，尽管该主题可能具有广泛的生态意义，但短期（生长期内）的时间动力却被忽略了。这部分是历史上对在单个时间点上所采取措施的依赖的结果。我们认为，随着当前技术的进步，这是一个千载难逢的机会，可以在植物生长季节内以高信息量的方式研究资源捕获的时间动态性。我们在此列出了该研究领域未来发展的议程，并探讨了新技术如何实现这一议程。