Joanna L. Green, Lauren P. Waller, Warwick J. Allen, Kate H. Orwin, Pieter B. Pelser, Simeon Smaill, Ian A. Dickie
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Abstract
Background and aims
Individual plants and plant communities leave legacies in the soil that influence the future growth and success of subsequent plants grown in those soils However, direct tests of plant community legacies are rare. Understanding these is especially relevant for sites where invasion or re-invasion of non-native plants threatens restoration success.
Methods
We used soils modified by experimental plant communities to test which aspects of plant community structure create legacies that affect the initial growth and mycorrhizal community of Pinus contorta, a common invasive pine species in the Southern Hemisphere. These plant communities varied in several factors including presence of Pinus species and the proportion of other non-native species, nitrogen-fixers, and grasses.
Results
Pinus contorta seedlings grew largest in soils that were previously conditioned by Pinus individuals and by soils conditioned by communities of other non-native plants, or grasses. Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity on P. contorta roots was 19.7% less in soil with a Pinus legacy than in soil without Pinus legacy. Fungal communities were generally one of three types: dominated by Wilcoxina, or Inocybe, or without a dominant fungal taxon.
Conclusion
Our results demonstrate that legacy effects of plant communities on the diversity of mutualistic fungi and soil abiotic conditions can change the growth of P. contorta seedlings. This suggests some restoration sites, and particularly those with a previous history of Pinus species or high percentage of grasses or other non-native species, could be more vulnerable to invasion or reinvasion by P. contorta.
期刊介绍:
Plant and Soil publishes original papers and review articles exploring the interface of plant biology and soil sciences, and that enhance our mechanistic understanding of plant-soil interactions. We focus on the interface of plant biology and soil sciences, and seek those manuscripts with a strong mechanistic component which develop and test hypotheses aimed at understanding underlying mechanisms of plant-soil interactions. Manuscripts can include both fundamental and applied aspects of mineral nutrition, plant water relations, symbiotic and pathogenic plant-microbe interactions, root anatomy and morphology, soil biology, ecology, agrochemistry and agrophysics, as long as they are hypothesis-driven and enhance our mechanistic understanding. Articles including a major molecular or modelling component also fall within the scope of the journal. All contributions appear in the English language, with consistent spelling, using either American or British English.