Games on the checkerboard : How soil heterogeneity influences plant species coexistence

Abstract

Chapter 1 General introduction Chapter 2 Intraspecific aggregation and soil heterogeneity: competitive interactions of two clonal plants with contrasting spatial architecture Chapter 3 Soil heterogeneity and plant species diversity in experimental grassland communities: contrasting effects of soil nutrients and pH at different spatial scales 37 Chapter 4 Density-dependency and plant-soil feedback: former plant abundance influences competitive interactions between two grassland plant species through plant-soil feedbacks Chapter 5 Spatial heterogeneity in plant-soil feedbacks alters competitive interactions between two grassland plant species