Root competition can cause a decline in diversity with increased productivity

By T. Rajaniemi, V. Allison, D. Goldberg. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Competitive relationships of Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem) from remnant and restored native populations and select cultivated varieties (2004, background): “Previous grassland studies have investigated competitive interactions in relation to disturbance (Knapp et al . 1999); fungal associations (Hartnett et al . 1993; Anderson, Hetrick & Wilson 1994; van der Heijden et al . 1998); nutrient heterogeneity (Casper & Jackson 1997; Farley & Fitter 1999; Casp”
Belowground competition in a broad-leaved temperate mixed forest: pattern analysis and experiments in a four-species stand (2009, background): “Current research focuses on the importance of root competition relative to other factors in determining growth and survival of plants and in affecting the diversity and species composition of plant communities (e.g. Rajaniemi et al. 2003; Ludwig et al. 2004).”
Negative plant-soil feedback and species coexistence (2005, background): “On the other hand, competitive interaction is the commonest result of removal experiments in productive plant communities (Connell 1983, Goldberg and Barton 1992, Rajaniemi et al. 2003).”
Fertilization decreases species diversity but increases functional diversity: A three-year experiment in a Tibetan alpine meadow (2014, background): “The increase in FRic advantaged persisting species more adequately use of light (Stevens and Carson, 1999) or even added soil nutrient (Rajaniemi et al., 2003) or water (Bagchi and Ritchie, 2010), which benefited for accumulation of community biomass following fertilization.”
Shoot, but not root, competition reduces community diversity in experimental mesocosms (2009, background): “Current evidence suggests that symmetric root competition has little influence on community structure (Lamb & Cahill 2008), however relationships between root competition intensity and com munity structure have been observed (Rajaniemi 2002; Rajaniemi et al. 2003).”
Trade-off between root nitrogen acquisition and shoot nitrogen utilization across 13 co-occurring pasture grass species (2009, background): “In agreement with our last hypothesis, root biomass colonization increases across species with shoot size (Westoby 1998; Craine et al. 2002; Rajaniemi et al. 2003), leading to higher N yield (Fig.”
Reconciling plant strategy theories of Grime and Tilman (2005, methodology): “Using chemostats, Tilman manipulated the supplies of Si and P to cultures of the two diatoms growing in monoculture and together.”
Plant strategies and trait trade‐offs influence trends in competitive ability along gradients of soil fertility and disturbance (2005, background): “Despite much examination of trends in competition intensity and in the competitive ability of different species along fertility gradients (Campbell & Grime 1992; Wedin & Tilman 1993; Wilson & Tilman 1993; Gaudet & Keddy 1995; Twolan-Strutt & Keddy 1996; Cahill 1999; Keddy et al . 2002; Rajaniemi 200”
Root competition: beyond resource depletion (2006, background): “The question is: How important is root competition for determining plant diversity and how does it vary with resource availability (and thereby often with productivity)? The only study to address this question directly (Rajaniemi et al. 2003) found that negative effects of root competition on plant ”
Protozoa and plant growth: the microbial loop in soil revisited. (2004, background): “Plants are not passive recipients of nutrients, instead plants integrate information from the environment into their decisions on below-ground investments such as root production and proliferation (Huber-Sannwald et al., 1997; Hodge et al., 1998; Rajaniemi et al., 2003), formation of symbiotic relat”
Plant community development is affected by nutrients and soil biota (2004, background): “A low level of nutrient addition to non-sterilized soil increased the biomass of all plant species proportionally and, in contrast to Rajaniemi et al. (2003), plant community diversity was not reduced.”