Plant diversity effects on soil heterotrophic activity in experimental grassland ecosystems

By E. Spehn, J. Joshi, Barbara C. Schmid, J. Alphei, C. Körner. Plant and Soil, 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) affect plant seedling recruitment and microhabitat heterogeneity (2006, unknown): “Key-words : anecic earthworms, Lumbricidae, regeneration niche, seed size, secondary seed dispersal Functional Ecology (2006) 20 , 261–268 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01098.x”
Effects of above-ground plant species composition and diversity on the diversity of soil-borne microorganisms (2002, background): “Some studies have measured various biological processes of soils in response to plant diversity (Naeem et al. 1994; Tilman et al. 1996 1997; Bardgett et al. 1999; Wardle et al. 1999; Maly et al. 2000; Spehn et al. 2000).”
Plant diversity improves protection against soil‐borne pathogens by fostering antagonistic bacterial communities (2012, background): “This negative relationship is surprising as legumes are assumed to have beneficial effects on soil microorganisms (Spehn et al. 2000; Milcu et al. 2008), for example by improving N availability (Eisenhauer et al. 2010).”
Nitrification is linked to dominant leaf traits rather than functional diversity (2011, background): “Plant diversity has been shown to be positively related to microbial biomass (Spehn et al. 2000; Stephan, Meyer & Schmid 2000; Zak et al. 2003), N mineralization (Zak et al. 2003; West, Hobbie & Reich 2006) and N retention (Tilman,Wedin&Knops 1996).”
Soil fauna feeding activity in temperate grassland soils increases with legume and grass species richness (2011, background): “Concerning microclimate, increasing plant diversity in grasslands may decrease soil temperature by up to 3 C (Spehn et al., 2000).”
Plant inter-species effects on rhizosphere priming of soil organic matter decomposition (2013, unknown): “This wider spectrum of root exudates from mixed plant species may support a higher microbial biomass and activity in the rhizosphere (Hooper et al., 2000; Spehn et al., 2000; Stephan et al., 2000) whereby, the production of extracellular enzymes can be enhanced.”
Plant species richness drives the density and diversity of Collembola in temperate grassland (2011, background): “The decomposer system is generally thought to be mainly driven by presence of certain plant functional groups, such as legumes and grasses, rather than by plant species richness (Spehn et al., 2000; Habekost et al., 2008; Milcu et al., 2008).”
Relationship between vegetation diversity and soil functional diversity in native mixed-oak forests (2008, background): “For instance, the loss of plant species in a certain ecosystem can lead to changes in the community of soil decomposers which, in turn, affects the mineralization of OM with consequences for other ecosystem processes (Spehn et al., 2000).”
Effects of plant diversity on plant biomass production and soil macrofauna in Amazonian pastures (2008, background): “Our result is consistent with some published results (Wardle and Lavelle, 1997; Spehn et al., 2000b; Gastine et al., 2003b; Blanchart et al., 2006; Sileshi and Mafongoya, 2007a, b) which showed that earthworm density responds positively to legume litter.”