scholarly journals Restoring plant species diversity and community composition in a ponderosa pine-bunchgrass ecosystem

Plant Ecology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 197 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Laughlin ◽  
Jonathan D. Bakker ◽  
Mark L. Daniels ◽  
Margaret M. Moore ◽  
Cheryl A. Casey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Plant Species Diversity

scholarly journals Exotic Plant Species Diversity: Influence of Roads and Prescribed Fire in Arizona Ponderosa Pine Forests

2008 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Fowler ◽  
Carolyn Hull Sieg ◽  
Brett G. Dickson ◽  
Victoria Saab
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Prescribed Fire ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Plant Species Diversity ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Exotic Plant ◽  
Exotic Plant Species ◽  
Ponderosa Pine Forests

scholarly journals Rhizosphere bacterial community composition depends on plant diversity legacy in soil and plant species identity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc W. Schmid ◽  
Terhi Hahl ◽  
Sofia J. van Moorsel ◽  
Cameron Wagg ◽  
Gerlinde B. De Deyn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Plant Species Diversity ◽  
Species Identity ◽  
Soil Biodiversity

AbstractSoil microbes are known to be involved in a number of essential ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling, plant productivity and the maintenance of plant species diversity. However, how plant species diversity and identity affect soil microbial diversity and community composition is largely unknown. We tested whether, over the course of 11 years, distinct soil bacterial communities developed under plant monocultures and mixtures, and if over this timeframe plants with a monoculture or mixture history changed in the microbial communities they associated with. For eight species, we grew offspring of plants that had been grown for 11 years in the same monocultures or mixtures (monoculture- or mixture-type plants) in pots inoculated with microbes extracted from the monoculture and mixture soils. After five months of growth in the glasshouse, we collected rhizosphere soil from each plant and used 16S-rRNA gene sequencing to determine the community composition and diversity of the bacterial communities. Microbial community structure in the plant rhizosphere was primarily determined by soil legacy (monoculture vs. mixture soil) and by plant species identity, but not by plant legacy (monoculture- vs. mixture-type plants). In seven out of the eight plant species bacterial abundance was larger when inoculated with microbes from mixture soil. We conclude that plant diversity can strongly affect belowground community composition and diversity, feeding back to the assemblage of rhizosphere microbial communities in newly establishing plants. Thereby our work demonstrates that concerns for plant biodiversity loss are also concerns for soil biodiversity loss.

How plant species diversity is shaped

Science ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 345 (6204) ◽  
pp. 1574-1574
Author(s):  
A. M. Sugden
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Species Diversity

Satellite based land use and landscape complexity indices as predictors for regional plant species diversity

2003 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Honnay ◽  
K Piessens ◽  
W Van Landuyt ◽  
M Hermy ◽  
H Gulinck
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Species Diversity ◽  
Landscape Complexity
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