Plant species diversity, plant biomass and responses of the soil community on abandoned land across Europe: idiosyncracy or above‐belowground time lags

Hedlund, Katarina; Santa‐Regina, Ignacio; Putten, Wim H. van der; Lepš, Jan; Díaz, Tomás E.; Korthals, G.W.; Brown, V. K.; Gormsen, Dagmar; Mortimer, Simon R.; Barrueco, Claudino Rodríguez; Roy, Jacques; Šmilauer, Petr; Šmilauerová, Marie; Dijk, C. Van

doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12511.x

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“…Tilman (1982) introduce a model based on the assumption that the two essential resources are mineral nutrients and light. A number of rather shortterm experiments Leps et al, 2001;Hedlund et al, 2003) have indicated that, on average, species-rich mixtures are more productive and also more effective in suppression of weed species and preventing further colonization than species-poor mixtures Naeem et al, 2000;Bullock et al, 2001), with some low diversity mixtures being as productive and as effective as the high diversity mixtures; those successful low diversity mixtures are usually composed of species dominating the high diversity mixtures (Leps et al, 2001).…”

Section: Biodiversity-ecosystem Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Changes in plant composition over time depend on the availability of propagules (Cooper and Power, 1997;Thompson and Starzomski, 2007), changes in soil fertility (Marrs, 1993), above-and belowground herbivore acitvity (Olff and Ritchie, 1998), the presence or absence of mutualistic symbionts (Clay and Holah, 1999) as well as feed-backs between plant species and their associated soil communities (Bever et al, 1997;Westover et al, 1997;Hedlund et al, 2003). The final outcome of all these interactions determines which species may, at a certain stage of succession, successfully compete for the available resources.…”

Section: Biodiversity Versus Secondary Successionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Almost all studies on this topic have been carried out from an empirical perspective and in specific ecological settings or contexts. Due to the relatively low mobility and high survival of organisms in the soil, plants have longer lasting legacy effects belowground than aboveground (Hedlund et al, 2003;Putten et al, 2009).…”

Section: Biodiversity-ecosystem Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Restoration of Biodiversity and Ecosystem

Santa-Regina¹

2013

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Succession is one of the most studied processes in ecology and succession theory provides strong predictability. However, few attempts have been made to influence the course of succession thereby testing the hypothesis that the passage of one stage is essential to enter a next one. At each stage of succession ecosystem processes may be affected by the diversity of species present, but there is little empirical evidence showing that plant species diversity may affect succession. The main objective in the present study is to test if there is any effect of plant species diversity on the functioning of artificially-created grassland communities. We were mostly interested in how successful is the sowing of meadow species into newly abandoned land and how long do the effect of initial sowing persist, how is affected the set of natural colonizers, which includes both the weed species and also the later successional species arriving naturally into the zone. One of the main questions concerning succession is to which extent the trajectory may be predictable or not. What will be the consequence of the different succession pathways for ecosystem processes, such as productivity and resource utilization, as well as species composition of both above and belowground communities? What will be the subsequent effects of feed back to vegetation development through initial manipulation of vegetation after land abandonment? And, finally, how general may results be when obtained in specific conditions? Our hypothesis is that an increase in the initial plant species diversity at the start of secondary succession enhances the amount of biomass produced and consequently stimulates the soil microbial biomass and the abundance of soil invertebrates. It has been suggested that changes in plant species diversity affect several ecosystem processes, such as primary productivity, nutrient retention and vegetation dynamics. A positive impact of species diversity on plant productivity has been explained by the complementarity of resource use among plant species or their functional groups.

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Section: Biodiversity-ecosystem Processesmentioning

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Section: Biodiversity Versus Secondary Successionmentioning

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Section: Biodiversity-ecosystem Processesmentioning

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Restoration of Biodiversity and Ecosystem

Santa-Regina¹

2013

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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“…Studies on aboveground and belowground community interac-tions, however, have found weak support for a general intertrophic diversity relationship, with greater support for the importance of dominance. Some have found weak positive correlations between plant and soil biodiversity (Stephan et al 2000), while others have revealed only idiosyncratic relationships (Hedlund et al 2003). Most studies, however, cite the identity of the dominant plant species above a given location as the most important aboveground factor influencing the structure and composition of belowground communities (De Deyn et al 2004, Viketoft et al 2009, Bezemer et al 2010.…”

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The spatial influence of aboveground diversity on belowground communities

2010

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Abstract. Little is known about the effect of diversity surrounding a focal plant species on the belowground community under that species. At least two alternative hypotheses exist. First, studies involving a range of ecosystems and taxonomic groups have shown that changes in diversity in one group of species can promote diversity in other groups. Alternatively, many studies in soil ecology have shown that belowground communities are strongly determined by the dominant aboveground species. To better understand the role of aboveground diversity on belowground communities, we examined soil nematode communities directly under Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) in areas of high and low surrounding plant diversity. We found that soil nematode diversity under switchgrass in areas of high plant diversity (native prairies) was not significantly different from soil nematode diversity under switchgrass in areas of extremely low plant diversity (switchgrass monocultures), indicating that an agricultural monoculture can maintain high levels of belowground diversity on a plant scale. However, reduced plant diversity surrounding focal switchgrass plants resulted in a compositional shift in the belowground community toward fewer herbivorous nematodes. This evidence for the influence of surrounding diversity on belowground communities under a focal plant species is a major shift in perspective from the conventional view on belowground community ecology. Furthermore, the work has broad implications for ecological perspectives on agricultural systems.

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“…Many experiments measured species richness or species diversity explaining diversity-ecosystem functioning relationship (Tilman et al 2001;Hedlund et al 2003;Ruijven and Berendse 2005;Zuo et al 2012). But species diversity cannot explain similarities or variation of functional traits among species (Hooper et al 2002) which has made FD a better predictor than TD in explaining productivity (Petchey et al 2004;Roscher et al 2012).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship between Diversity and Productivity at Ratargul Fresh Water Swamp Forest in Bangladesh

Sharmin¹,

Dey²,

Chowdhury³

2016

Journal of Forest and Environmental Science

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One of the most concerned topics in ecology is the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. However, there are few field studies, carried out in forests, although many studies have been done in controlled experiments in grasslands. In this paper, we describe the relationship pattern between three facets of diversity and productivity at Ratargul Fresh Water Swamp Forest (RFWSF) in Bangladesh, which is the only remaining fresh water swamp forest of the country. Sixty sample plots were selected from RFWSF and included six functional traits including leaf area (LA), specific leaf area (SLA), leaf dry matter content (LDMC), tree height, bark thickness and wood density. In analyzing TD, we used Shannon diversity and richness indices, functional diversity was measured by Rao's quadratic entropy (Rao 1982) and Faith's (1992) index was used for phylogenetic diversity (PD). It was found that, TD, FD and PD were positively related with productivity (basal area) due to resource use complementarity but surprisingly the best predictor of tree productivity was FD. The results contribute to the understanding the effects of biodiversity loss and it is essential for conservation decision-making and policy-making of Ratargul Fresh Water Swamp Forest.

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Plant species diversity, plant biomass and responses of the soil community on abandoned land across Europe: idiosyncracy or above‐belowground time lags

Abstract: Plant species diversity, plant biomass and responses of the soil community on abandoned land across Europe: idiosyncracy or above-belowground time lags

Cited by 216 publications

References 67 publications

Restoration of Biodiversity and Ecosystem

Restoration of Biodiversity and Ecosystem

The spatial influence of aboveground diversity on belowground communities

Relationship between Diversity and Productivity at Ratargul Fresh Water Swamp Forest in Bangladesh

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