Plant diversity, soil biota and resistance to exotic invasion

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 826-835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huixuan Liao ◽  
Wenbo Luo ◽  
Shaolin Peng ◽  
Ragan M. Callaway
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Soil Biota ◽  
Exotic Invasion

Inhibitory effects of soil biota are ameliorated by high plant diversity

Oecologia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 179 (2) ◽  
pp. 519-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lixue Yang ◽  
John L. Maron ◽  
Ragan M. Callaway
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Soil Biota ◽  
Inhibitory Effects

scholarly journals Plant Diversity Surpasses Plant Functional Groups and Plant Productivity as Driver of Soil Biota in the Long Term

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e16055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico Eisenhauer ◽  
Alexandru Milcu ◽  
Alexander C. W. Sabais ◽  
Holger Bessler ◽  
Johanna Brenner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Groups ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Plant Productivity ◽  
Soil Biota ◽  
Plant Functional Groups

Increasing plant diversity effects on productivity with time due to delayed soil biota effects on plants

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 571-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico Eisenhauer ◽  
Peter B. Reich ◽  
Stefan Scheu
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Soil Biota ◽  
Diversity Effects

scholarly journals Soil biota suppress positive plant diversity effects on productivity at high but not low soil fertility

2017 ◽  
Vol 105 (6) ◽  
pp. 1766-1774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shan Luo ◽  
Gerlinde B. De Deyn ◽  
Bin Jiang ◽  
Shixiao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Soil Biota ◽  
Diversity Effects

Resistance of soil biota and plant growth to disturbance increases with plant diversity

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Bennett ◽  
Alexander M. Koch ◽  
Jennifer Forsythe ◽  
Nancy C. Johnson ◽  
David Tilman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Soil Biota

Soil biota and plant diversity

Science ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 355 (6321) ◽  
pp. 143.15-145
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Sugden
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Soil Biota

Plant diversity and species richness of Ljubljana marsh grasslands under the influence of different cutting and fertilizing regimes

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Sinkovč
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Grassland Management ◽  
Botanical Composition ◽  
Significant Negative Effect ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Cutting Regimes ◽  
N Rates ◽  
Exploitation Intensity ◽  
Plot Design

The botanical composition of grasslands determines the agronomic and natural values of swards. Good grassland management usually improves herbage value, but on the other hand it frequently decreases the plant diversity and species richness in the swards. In 1999 a field trial in a split-plot design with four replicates was therefore established on the Arrhenatherion type of vegetation in Ljubljana marsh meadows in order to investigate this relationship. Cutting regimes (2 cuts — with normal and delayed first cut, 3 cuts and 4 cuts per year) were allocated to the main plots and fertiliser treatments (zero fertiliser — control, PK and NPK with 2 or 3 N rates) were allocated to the sub-plots. The results at the 1 st cutting in the 5 th trial year were as follows: Fertilising either with PK or NPK had no significant negative effect on plant diversity in any of the cutting regimes. In most treatments the plant number even increased slightly compared to the control. On average, 20 species were listed on both unfertilised and fertilised swards. At this low to moderate level of exploitation intensity, the increased number of cuts had no significant negative effect on plant diversity either (19 species at 2 cuts vs. 20 species at 3 or 4 cuts). PK fertilisation increased the proportion of legumes in the herbage in the case of 2 or 3 cuts. The proportion of grasses in the herbage increased in all the fertilisation treatments with an increased numbers of cuts. Fertiliser treatment considerably reduced the proportion of marsh horsetail ( Equisetum palustre ) in the herbage of the meadows. This effect was even more pronounced at higher cut numbers. The proportion of Equisetum palustre in the herbage was the highest in the unfertilised sward with 2 cuts (26.4 %) and the lowest in the NPK-fertilised sward with 4 cuts (1.4%).

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