Multi‐dimensionality as a path forward in plant‐soil feedback research

MJ Gundale, P Kardol - Journal of Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Feedback between plants and their associated soil biota is an important driver of plant
distribution, abundance and community composition with consequences for ecosystem …

Are leaf litter and microbes team players? Interpreting home-field advantage decomposition dynamics

JE Palozzi, Z Lindo - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
In the ecological literature, a 'home-field advantage'(HFA) describes the phenomenon where
plant litters are broken down more quickly in their native versus a foreign environment due to …

Plant-soil feedback and the maintenance of diversity in Mediterranean-climate shrublands

FP Teste, P Kardol, BL Turner, DA Wardle, G Zemunik… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Soil biota influence plant performance through plant-soil feedback, but it is unclear whether
the strength of such feedback depends on plant traits and whether plant-soil feedback drives …

The next frontier of plant–soil feedback research: unraveling context dependence across biotic and abiotic gradients

LM Smith‐Ramesh, HL Reynolds - Journal of Vegetation …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Question Plant–soil feedback (PSF) has emerged as a ubiquitous phenomenon and a
potentially important predictor of plant community structure and dynamics. However, the …

Greenhouse-and field-measured plant-soil feedbacks are not correlated

LE Forero, J Grenzer, J Heinze, C Schittko… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) have become a commonly invoked mechanism of plant
coexistence and abundance. Yet, most PSF experiments have been performed in …

Shoot and root insect herbivory change the plant rhizosphere microbiome and affects cabbage–insect interactions through plant–soil feedback

J Friman, PN Karssemeijer, J Haller… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plant–soil feedback (PSF) may influence plant–insect interactions. Although plant defense
differs between shoot and root tissues, few studies have examined root‐feeding insect …

Sympatric pairings of dryland grass populations, mycorrhizal fungi and associated soil biota enhance mutualism and ameliorate drought stress

MJ Remke, NC Johnson, J Wright… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is evidence that the distribution of ecotypes of plants and their symbiotic arbuscular
mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and other associated soil biota may be structured by the availability …

Comparison of plant–soil feedback experimental approaches for testing soil biotic interactions among ecosystems

MJ Gundale, DA Wardle, P Kardol… - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The study of interactions and feedbacks between plants and soils is a rapidly expanding
research area, and a primary tool used in this field is to perform glasshouse experiments …

Toward more robust plant‐soil feedback research

MJ Rinella, KO Reinhart - Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding if and how plant‐soil biota feedbacks (PSF s) shape plant communities has
become a major research priority. In this paper, we draw on a recent, high‐profile PSF study …

Phylogenetic relatedness, phenotypic similarity and plant–soil feedbacks

CR Fitzpatrick, L Gehant, PM Kotanen… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Plant–soil feedbacks contribute to species invasions, the maintenance of biodiversity and
climate change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems. Despite their far‐reaching importance, we …