The role of plant traits and their plasticity in the response of pasture grasses to nutrients and cutting frequency.

Background and Aims: Although plant functional traits (PFTs) appear to be important indicators of species' responses to land use changes, there is no clear understanding of how the variations in traits and their plasticity determine variations in species performance. This study investigated the role of functional shoot traits and their plasticity for variation in above-ground net primary productivity (ANPP) due to changes in N supply and in cutting frequency for 13 native perennial C3 grass species. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]