Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

By D. Fornara, David Tilman. 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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Does agricultural crop diversity enhance soil microbial biomass and organic matter dynamics? A meta-analysis. (2014, background): “Several studies have shown that the chemical diversity and complexity of SOM inputs strongly influence longterm SOM dynamics (Johnson et al. 2007, Fornara and Tilman 2008), whereas others have suggested that the Manuscript received 3 April 2013; revised 21 August 2013; accepted 23 August 2013.”
Linkages between plant functional composition, fine root processes and potential soil N mineralization rates (2009, background): “…related with root C : N ratios (Craine et al. 2002) it is likely that fine roots of legumes (and forbs) have a higher turnover rates than fine roots of C4 grasses and their presence contributes to enhance N cycling and fine root production at greater species numbers (Fornara & Tilman 2008).”
Plant species richness and functional groups have different effects on soil water content in a decade‐long grassland experiment (2018, background): “Previous studies in biodiversity experiments have shown that higher plant productivity in more diverse plant communities leads to increased carbon inputs to the soil (Cong et al., 2014; Fornara & Tilman, 2008; Lange, Eisenhauer, et al., 2015; Steinbeiss et al., 2008).”
Do soil‐borne fungal pathogens mediate plant diversity–productivity relationships? Evidence and future opportunities (2020, background): “…(at high diversity) leads to enhanced soil organic matter and nitrogen accumulation, resulting in higher nitrogen mineralization and, consequently, increased plant productivity (Cong et al., 2014; Eisenhauer, Reich, & Isbell, 2012; Fornara & Tilman, 2008; Mueller, Tilman, Fornara, & Hobbie, 2013).”
Linking vegetation change, carbon sequestration and biodiversity: insights from island ecosystems in a long‐term natural experiment (2012, background): “Recent studies have also used such experiments to suggest that plant richness promotes ecosystem C sequestration (Fornara & Tilman 2008; Steinbeiss et al. 2008), including in forests (e.g. Ruiz-Jaen & Potvin 2011).”
Vegetation composition promotes carbon and nitrogen storage in model grassland communities of contrasting soil fertility (2009, background): “The increase in themass of C andN stored in soil caused by vegetation did not directly relate to total above-ground or belowground biomass, in contrast to findings of Fornara & Tilman (2008), but rather specifically to the presence and aboveground biomass of legumes in mixed communities.”
Root depth distribution and the diversity–productivity relationship in a long‐term grassland experiment (2013, methodology): “Roots were dried at 408C for 10 d and weighed (Fornara and Tilman 2008).”
Plant functional diversity and carbon storage – an empirical test in semi‐arid forest ecosystems (2013, methodology): “…of the effect of functional plant composition on ecosystem processes has been derived from experiments on highly simplified systems (Tilman et al. 1997; Thompson et al. 2005; Fornara & Tilman 2008; Steinbeiss et al. 2008; De Deyn et al. 2009; Pakeman, Eastwood & Scobie 2011; Roscher et al. 2012).”
Functional agrobiodiversity and agroecosystem services in sustainable wheat production. A review (2013, background): “2008) Diversity hypothesis (Fornara and Tilman 2008) Diversity hypothesis (Tilman et al.”
Using Phylogenetic, Functional and Trait Diversity to Understand Patterns of Plant Community Productivity (2009, background): “The richness of functional groups has been used to potentially explain variation in community productivity [7,13,14].”