Programme
CET Time
1st September 2021
8:45
9:00
Welcome and technical communication by the organizers
9:15
Keynote lecture 1
Jitka Klimešová. Do clonal plants rule the world? And why not?
10:15
Virtual coffee break
10:45
Session 1 - Plant clonality along gradients, observational approaches_1
(each talk = 15 min [12 + 3 Q&As])
- Baoli Fan, Jing Lu, Zongqi Ma, et al. Response of the sex ratio and clonal diversity of Hippophae thibetana to changes in elevation across the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
- Sergey Rosbakh, Peter Poschlod. Plant community persistence strategy is environment-specific.
- Yong-Jian Wang, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Duo Chen, et al. Invasive alien clonal plants are competitively superior over native ones under biotic and abiotic factors.
- Luisa Conti, Francisco E. Méndez-Castro, Milan Chytrý et al. Insularity forcing on plant persistence strategies in edaphic island systems.
- Alba Anadon-Rosell, Amanda Casanovas, Josep M. Ninot et al. Disentangling the sources of trait variability in clonal shrubs of cold ecosystems along elevational and latitudinal gradients.
12:00
Lunch Break
13:30
Session 2 - Biomass scaling
(each talk = 15 min [12 + 3 Q&As])
- Fei-Hai Yu, Michael Opoku Adomako, Wei Xue. Scale-dependent interactive effects of heterogeneous litter distribution and earthworms on the growth of a clonal grass.
- Jianyong Wang, Xinyue Feng, Wanyue Zhu et al. Simulated grazing and nitrogen addition facilitate expansion of Leymus chinensis clones into saline-alkali patches: implications for grassland restoration in Northeast China.
- Rafael Cruz, Adam Klimeš, Jiří Doležal et al. Morphological and anatomical diversity of Ecuadorian Valeriana (Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacales).
- Timothy Harris, Jana Martínková, Jitka Klimešová. Biomass allocation to rhizomes.
14:30
Virtual coffee break
15:00
Session 3 - Plant clonality along gradients, experimental approaches_1
(each talk = 15 min [12 + 3 Q&As])
- Jana Duchoslavová. Forwards or backwards? Nitrogen sharing strategies of clonal plants.
- Jana Martínková, Jitka Klimešová. Do plants relying on a root- or stem-derived clonal growth organ differ in response to disturbance?
- Aoi Kudoh, Patrick Megonigal, Adam Langley, Genevieve Noyce, Dennis Whigham. Reproductive responses to increased density and global warming factors in a widespread clonal wetland species, Schoenoplectus americanus.
- Curtis Lubbe, Alena Bartušková, Jianqiang Qian et al. What determines size and turnover for the storage organs of perennial herbs?
16:00
End of session
2nd September 2021
9:00
Connection
9:15
Keynote lecture 2
- Tristan Charles-Dominique. Architecture of some ecologically successful clonal plants.
10:15
Virtual coffee break
10:45
Session 4 - Plant clonality along gradients, experimental approaches_2
(each talk = 15 min [12 + 3 Q&As])
- Li-Min Zhang, Peter Alpert, Qian Zhang, Fei-Hai Yu. Effects of soil nutrient heterogeneity on intra- and inter-clonal competition of Hydrocotyle vulgaris.
- Michael Opoku Adomako, Wei Xue, Dao-Lin Du et al. Soil biota and soil substrates influence responses of the rhizomatous clonal grass Leymus chinensis to nutrient heterogeneity.
- Tereza Anna Nováková, Jana Duchoslavová. Clonal plants in light competition: equalize resources or escape?
- Shanshan Qi, Susan Rutherford, Furong He, Bicheng Dong, Bin Zhu, Zhicong Dai et al. The contrasting effects of plant growth regulators on performance via clonal integration in an invasive weed.
- Andras G. Hubai, Beáta Oborny. Runners’ race for resources: the effects of time cost on entering into resource-poor sites.
12:00
Lunch Break
13:30
Keynote lecture 3
- Cody Coyotee Howard. Ecological and evolutionary consequences of geophytism in monocots.
14:30
Virtual coffee break
15:00
Session 5 - From DNA to phenotypes
(each talk = 15 min [12 + 3 Q&As])
- Ariel Novoplansky. Learning plant learning.
- Fang Li Luo, Yu-Han Chen, Jian-Qiao Meng, et al. Correlations between genetic, epigenetic and phenotypic variation of Phragmites australis.
- Haiyan Li, Jian Guo, Yunfei Yang. Phenotypic plasticity in sexual reproduction based on nutrients supplied from vegetative ramets in clonal plant populations.
- Wei-Xue. Parental experience and soil legacy influence clonal offspring growth under contrasting light conditions.
- Katja Reichel. Population genetic consequences of partially clonal reproduction.
16:00
End of session
3rd September 2021
9:00
Connection
9:15
Keynote lecture 4
- Joana Bergmann. The role of root hairs in belowground plant economy.
10:15
Virtual coffee break
10:45
Session 6 - Bud bank and resprouting
(each talk = 15 min [12 + 3 Q&As])
- Alena Bartušková, Jitka Klimešová. Is a fragment of root enough for a plant to survive and flourish after severe disturbance?
- Alexandre Ferraro, Beatriz Appezzato-da-Glória. Understanding belowground bud banks in Cerrado.
- Filartiga Arinawa Liz, Bitomský Martin, Martínková Jana, et al. Comparative root anatomy and root bud development in two Inula
- Theresa Abosede Ojo, Michelle Tedder, Kevin Kirkman. Effects of warming and different rainfall regimes on the phenology of plant species and their regenerative responses from bud banks in a mesic grassland.
- Beatriz Appezzato-da-Glória, Gabriela Santos da Silva, Lucas Henrique Santos Barbosa et al. Resprouting from belowground bud-bearing organs of clonal and non-clonal shrub species in a Cerrado area under regeneration.
12:00
Lunch Break
13:30
Session 7 - Plant clonality along gradients, observational approaches_2
(each talk = 15 min [12 + 3 Q&As])
- James L. Tsakalos, Gianluigi Ottaviani, Stefano Chelli et al. Contrasting clonal responses to fine-scale edaphic gradients in southwest Australian shrubland communities.
- Gianluigi Ottaviani, Francisco E. Méndez-Castro, Luisa Conti et al. Plant persistence strategies on edaphic islands.
- Luigi Saulino, Angelo Rita, Marina Allegrezza et al. The structural pattern of a near-natural Mediterranean sylvatica treeline: from upright to stunted tree clonal population.
- Rafael Otfinowski, Victory Coffey. Applying the root economic spectrum to predict the effect of grazing on the function of northern wet grasslands.
14:30
End of session (and of meeting), concluding remarks