TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, Shudong AU - Liu, Guofang AU - Cui, Qingguo AU - Huang, Zhenying AU - Ye, Xuehua AU - Cornelissen, Johannes H. C. PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/06 TI - New field wind manipulation methodology reveals adaptive responses of steppe plants to increased and reduced wind speed JO - Plant Methods SP - 5 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Wind strongly impacts plant growth, leaf traits, biomass allocation, and stem mechanical properties. However, whether there are common whole-plant wind responses among different plant species is still unclear. We tested this null hypothesis by exposing four eudicot steppe species to three different wind treatments in a field experiment: reduced wind velocity using windbreaks, ambient wind velocity, and enhanced wind velocity through a novel methodology using wind-funneling baffles. SN - 1746-4811 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-020-00705-2 DO - 10.1186/s13007-020-00705-2 ID - Zhang2021 ER -