Plant–soil microbe feedbacks drive seedling establishment during secondary forest succession: the 'successional stage hypothesis'.

Autor: Liu, Qing, Zhao, Wenqiang
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Zdroj: Journal of Plant Ecology; Dec2023, Vol. 16 Issue 6, p1-12, 12p
Abstrakt: This document is a summary of a scientific article discussing the role of plant-soil microbe feedbacks in driving seedling establishment during secondary forest succession. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the mechanisms governing forest successional pathways for effective forest restoration and conservation strategies. The article highlights the role of soil microbes, including pathogens and mycorrhizal fungi, in plant-soil feedback and vegetation succession. It presents a table summarizing potential evidence for the successional stage hypothesis during secondary forest succession, providing key findings from different studies in various ecosystem types. The authors propose a "successional stage hypothesis" and conducted a greenhouse experiment to test it, finding that soil microbial legacies from different successional stages had varying effects on seedling growth. They suggest that understanding these feedback effects can inform forest restoration strategies, but note that more research is needed to explore the temporal variation in plant-soil microbe interactions during succession. [Extracted from the article]
Databáze: Complementary Index