Fig. 1From: A test of priority effect persistence in semi-natural grasslands through the removal of plant functional groups during community assemblyChange in species richness, evenness, total cover and CWM for several functional plant traits through time. Changes through time given for: a species richness, b Pielou’s evenness, c total cover, d CWM for nitrogen (N) fixation, e CWM for graminoids, f CWM for clonality. For a and b specialist species in black, generalist species in grey. For c–f C control black, L legumes light grey, G graminoids dark grey. Overall mean and 95 % confidence intervals are presented for each time pointBack to article page