Plant populations in managed grasslands are subject to strong selection exerted by grazing, mowing and fertilization. Many previous studies showed that this can cause evolutionary changes in mean trait values, but little is known about the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in response to land use. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the relationships between phenotypic plasticity—specifically, regrowth ability after biomass removal—and the intensity of grassland management and levels of temporal variation therein.

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三种常见草类植物的再生能力与土地利用强度的关系

受管理的草原上的植物种群容易受到放牧，割草和施肥的强烈选择。先前的许多研究表明，这可能会导致平均性状值的进化变化，但是对于响应土地利用的表型可塑性的进化知之甚少。在这项研究中，我们旨在阐明表型可塑性（特别是生物质去除后的再生能力）与草地管理强度和其中的时间变化水平之间的关系。