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Plant-soil feedback effects altered by aboveground herbivory explain plant species abundance in the landscape
Ecology ( IF 4.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-17 , DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3023
Johannes Heinze 1, 2 , Alexander Wacker 3 , Andrew Kulmatiski 4
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Relatively little is known about how plant soil feedbacks (PSFs) may affect plant growth in field conditions where factors such as herbivory may be important. Using a potted experiment in a grassland, we measured PSFs with and without aboveground insect herbivory for 20 plant species. We then compared PSF values to plant landscape abundance. Aboveground herbivory had a large negative effect on PSF values. For 15 of 20 species, PSFs were more negative with herbivory than without. This occurred because plant biomass on 'home' soils was smaller with herbivory than without. PSF values with herbivory were correlated with plant landscape abundance while PSF values without herbivory were not. Shoot nitrogen concentrations suggested that plants create soils that increase nitrogen uptake, but that greater shoot nitrogen values increase herbivory and that the net effect of positive PSF and greater aboveground herbivory is less aboveground biomass. Results provided clear evidence that PSFs alone have limited power in explaining species abundances and that herbivory have stronger effects on plant biomass and growth on the landscape. Our results provide a potential explanation for observed differences between greenhouse and field PSF experiments and suggest that PSF experiments need to consider important biotic interactions, like aboveground herbivory, particularly when the goal of PSF research is to understand plant growth in field conditions.

中文翻译:

地上食草动物改变的植物-土壤反馈效应解释了景观中的植物物种丰度

对于植物土壤反馈 (PSF) 如何在诸如食草等因素可能很重要的田间条件下影响植物生长,我们知之甚少。通过在草地上进行盆栽实验,我们测量了 20 种植物在有和没有地上昆虫食草的情况下的 PSF。然后,我们将 PSF 值与植物景观丰度进行了比较。地上食草动物对 PSF 值有很大的负面影响。对于 20 个物种中的 15 个物种,食草动物的 PSF 比没有食草动物的更消极。发生这种情况是因为“家庭”土壤上的植物生物量在有食草的情况下比没有的情况下要小。有食草动物的 PSF 值与植物景观丰度相关,而没有食草动物的 PSF 值则没有。芽氮浓度表明植物创造了增加氮吸收的土壤,但是较高的芽氮值会增加食草性,并且正 PSF 和较大的地上食草性的净效应是地上生物量较少。结果提供了明确的证据,表明 PSF 本身在解释物种丰度方面的能力有限,而食草动物对植物生物量和景观生长的影响更大。我们的结果为观察到的温室和大田 PSF 实验之间的差异提供了潜在的解释,并表明 PSF 实验需要考虑重要的生物相互作用,如地上食草动物,特别是当 PSF 研究的目标是了解大田条件下的植物生长时。结果提供了明确的证据,表明 PSF 本身在解释物种丰度方面的能力有限,而食草动物对植物生物量和景观生长的影响更大。我们的结果为观察到的温室和大田 PSF 实验之间的差异提供了潜在的解释,并表明 PSF 实验需要考虑重要的生物相互作用,如地上食草动物,特别是当 PSF 研究的目标是了解大田条件下的植物生长时。结果提供了明确的证据,表明 PSF 本身在解释物种丰度方面的能力有限,而食草动物对植物生物量和景观生长的影响更大。我们的结果为观察到的温室和大田 PSF 实验之间的差异提供了潜在的解释,并表明 PSF 实验需要考虑重要的生物相互作用,如地上食草动物,特别是当 PSF 研究的目标是了解大田条件下的植物生长时。
更新日期:2020-03-17
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