Ecosystem Properties and Forest Decline in Contrasting Long-Term Chronosequences

By David A. Wardle, L. Walker, R. Bardgett. Science, 2004

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Tamm Review: On the nature of the nitrogen limitation to plant growth in Fennoscandian boreal forests (2017, background): “It has been speculated that boreal forests should develop a P deficiency also on mineral soils, like the tropical forests, if they are allowed to develop for a long time without major disturbances (Wardle et al., 2004).”
Changes in the community structure and diversity of soil invertebrates across the Franz Josef Glacier chronosequence (2008, methodology): “…previously been shown that tree community composition varies strongly with ratios of C to N, C to P and N to P in the soil across the sequence (Richardson et al., 2004; Wardle et al., 2004b), and the present study shows that this is also largely true for the soil invertebrate community (Table 5).”
Species‐ and community‐level patterns in fine root traits along a 120 000‐year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest (2011, background): “This is a key area of research given the increasing awareness of the role that below-ground processes play in regulating plant–soil interactions and determining ecosystem responses to global change (Coomes & Grubb 2000;Wardle et al. 2004; Orwin et al. 2010).”
Linking vegetation change, carbon sequestration and biodiversity: insights from island ecosystems in a long‐term natural experiment (2012, background): “A key emerging trend is that there is a greater level of specificity between the plant and associated soil communities than has historically been assumed (Wardle et al. 2004a; Bezemer et al. 2010; Eisenhauer et al. 2010).”
Quantifying photosynthetic capacity and its relationship to leaf nitrogen content for global‐scale terrestrial biosphere models (2009, background): “Thus, leaf nitrogen content should only have a minor impact on photosynthetic capacity (Wardle et al., 2004).”
Priming and microbial nutrient limitation in lowland tropical forest soils of contrasting fertility (2012, background): “4) and with later retrogressional and therefore less fertile stages of soil development (Allison et al. 2007; Wardle et al. 2008).”
The hare, the tortoise and the crocodile: the ecology of angiosperm dominance, conifer persistence and fern filtering (2005, neutral): “P depletion contributed to the substantial changes in the stoichiometry of C : N : P in plants and soils (Tables 1 & 2), and the resulting increase in P limitation is likely to have had major consequences (Koerselman & Meuleman 1996; Elser et al. 2000; Tessier & Raynal 2003; Wardle et al. 2004).”
Soil acidification and adaptations of plants and microorganisms in Bornean tropical forests (2014, background): “Several studies on soil weathering sequences have shown that nutrient deficiency can eventually limit net primary production (NPP) in most tropical forests (Schuur and Matson 2001; Austin 2002; Wardle et al. 2004).”
Hurricane disturbance accelerates invasion by the alien tree Pittosporum undulatum in Jamaican montane rain forests (2005, background): “In the extensive plots, its invasion (Pittosporum basal area in 2004) was negatively related to soil N concentration, and its growth rates were positively related to soil N:P; five of the nine plots from which Pittosporum growth data could be calculated had soil N:P that exceeded the Redfield ratio ”