Soil microbial community, fertility, vegetation and diversity as targets in the restoration management of a meadow grassland

By R. Smith, R. Shiel, R. Bardgett, D. Millward, P. Corkhill, G. Rolph, P. Hobbs, S. Peacock. 2003

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Subfields: Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Soil Science

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Influence of plant species and soil conditions on plant–soil feedback in mixed grassland communities (2010, background): “…species L. perenne and T. repens, which are typically associated with low-diversity, high-fertility grassland (Warren 2000), to the slower-growing species A. odoratum, T. pratense and R. repens, which are common in high-diversity, low-fertility grassland (Smith et al. 2003, 2008) (Table S2).”
Long‐term change in vegetation and soil microbial communities during the phased restoration of traditional meadow grassland (2008, methodology): “The 5 soil microbial community was analysed using the phospholipid fatty acid analysis 6 (PLFA) technique (Bardgett, Hobbs & Frostegård 1996), with analyses undertaken in 7 1996 and 2000 being repeated in July 2004; see Smith et al. (2003) for detailed 8 methods.”
Influence of organic and mineral amendments on microbial soil properties and processes (2007, background): “in uncultivated soils and where repeated fertiliser application allows for a significant and long lasting accumulation of nutrients (e.g. Lovell et al., 1995; Bardgett and McAlister, 1999; Ohtonen et al., 1999; Smith et al., 2003; Frey et al., 2004).”
Breaking New Ground: Soil Communities and Exotic Plant Invasion (2005, background): “…soil biota in the restoration process could involve monitoring the structure and function of the soil community in relation to a benchmark community, such as the community that existed before exotic plant invasion or nearby communities where invasion has not occurred (Smith et al. 2003).”
Rapid transfer of photosynthetic carbon through the plant-soil system in differently managed species-rich grasslands (2011, unknown): “The study site, Colt Park meadows, is located in north west England in the Ingleborough National Nature Reserve (latitude 54◦12′ N, longitude 2◦21′ W) on Lolium perenneCynosorus cristatusgrassland.”
Enhancing diversity of species-poor grasslands: an experimental assessment of multiple constraints (2006, background): “The restoration of plant diversity in an upland hay meadow by seed addition and extensive management over 10 years was associated with an increase in biomass of soil fungi (Smith et al. 2003).”