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Plant-soil feedback: Incorporating untested influential drivers and reconciling terminology
Plant and soil, Vol.485(1-2), pp.7-43
2023
Abstract
Background
Plants condition the soil in which they grow, thereby altering the performance of subsequent plants growing in this soil. This phenomenon, known as plant-soil feedback (PSF), has garnered increasing interest. Experiments are moving from single species soil pairings in the glasshouse to community-level field trials. Consequently, our knowledge of the role PSF plays in shaping ecosystem functions has advanced. However, knowledge gaps remain.
Scope
Here, we explore intrinsic and extrinsic abiotic and biotic drivers of PSF such as maternal effects, plant functional traits, self-DNA, plant-plant competition, herbivory, interactions between soil organisms, temperature, drought, flooding, greenhouse gases, (micro)nutrients, plant-litter-soil feedback and priority effects. These drivers have begun to feature in experiments, thereby increasing our mechanistic understanding of PSF. Nonetheless, many of these topics have received insufficient coverage to determine general principles across larger temporal and spatial scales. Further, conflicting terminology has excluded PSF studies from reviews and meta-analyses. We review terms such as soil sickness, Janzen-Connell hypothesis, soil-related invasive species work, soil legacies, allelopathy and soil-related succession that overlap with PSF but are generally not named as such.
Conclusion
Holistic experimental designs that consider the continual reciprocal feedback between the extrinsic environment, plants and soil, as well as the unification of terminologies are necessary if we are to realise the full potential of PSF for understanding and steering ecosystem processes. Here, we compile outstanding questions related to PSF research that emphasis the aforementioned topics and suggest ways to incorporate them into future research in order to advance plant-soil ecology.
Details
- Title
- Plant-soil feedback: Incorporating untested influential drivers and reconciling terminology
- Authors/Creators
- Jonathan R. De Long (Author) - Univ Amsterdam, Inst Biodivers & Ecosyst Dynam IBED ELD, Dept Ecosyst & Landscape Dynam, POB 94240, NL-1090 GE Amsterdam, NetherlandsRobin Heinen (Author) - Tech Univ Munich, Sch Life Sci, Dept Life Sci Syst, Terr Ecol Res Grp, Freising Weihenstephan, GermanyJohannes Heinze (Author) - Berlin Brandenburg Inst Adv Biodivers Res BBIB, Berlin, GermanyElly Morrien (Author) - Univ Amsterdam, Inst Biodivers & Ecosyst Dynam IBED ELD, Dept Ecosyst & Landscape Dynam, POB 94240, NL-1090 GE Amsterdam, NetherlandsG. Kenny Png (Author) - Nanyang Technol Univ, Asian Sch Environm, 50 Nanyang Ave, Singapore 639798, SingaporeSarah J Sapsford (Author)F. Teste (Author) - Swift Current Res & Dev Ctr, Agr & Agri Food Canada, POB 1030, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, CanadaEllen L. Fry (Author) - Edge Hill Univ, Dept Biol, Ormskirk L39 4QP, Lancs, England
- Publication Details
- Plant and soil, Vol.485(1-2), pp.7-43
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Identifiers
- 991005575768007891
- Copyright
- © 2023 The Author(s)
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Harry Butler Institute
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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