Advances in mechanisms of rare species maintenance and plant-soil feedback in plant communities

The widespread observation that rare species have stronger conspecific plant-soil feedback (PSF) than common species raises more questions than answers on how rare species can possibly win the dance with abundant species. Here, we test soil feedback effect of phylogenetically related species on seedlings of contrasting local abundance in a subtropical forest. The results showed that although rare species suffered strong negative PSF in soils of conspecifics or phylogenetically close relatives, no such feedback was found in the soils of distant relatives. In contrast, although common species had weak conspecific PSF, they suffered consistently strong heterospecific soil feedback. These mechanisms ensure that rare species would fare well in the neighborhood of phylogenetically distant heterospecifics but do poorly under their close relatives, while common species perform relatively well in their own neighborhood but poorly in others’. This phylogenetic conservatism in PSF facilitates the persistence of rare species in a community.

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Аquatic and helophytic vegetation of the Yamozero Lake (The Komi Republic)

Vegetation of Russia ◽

10.31111/vegrus/2011.19.101 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 101-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

B. Yu. Teteryuk

Keyword(s):

Eastern Europe ◽

Plant Communities ◽

Rare Species ◽

Komi Republic ◽

European Part ◽

Regional Level ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

European Part Of Russia ◽

Floristic Classification

The results of a sintaxonomical study of plant communities of the Yamozero lake (the North-East of the European part of Russia) are presented. The diversity of the aquatic and helophytic vegetation of the Yamozero lake consists of 16 associations and 2 communities of 6 unions, 4 orders and 2 classes of the floristic classification: Potamogetonetea (7 associations, 2 communities), Phragmito-Magnocaricetea (9 associations). Many of described associations are widely distributed in the Central and the Eastern Europe. Some associations have the boundaries of their ranges. Some communities include 2 rare species of regional level: Isoetes setacea and Sagittaria natans.

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Aquatic and helophyte vegetation of the Donty Lake (The Komi Republic)

Vegetation of Russia ◽

10.31111/vegrus/2008.12.76 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 76-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

B. Yu. Teteryuk

Keyword(s):

Plant Communities ◽

Rare Species ◽

Komi Republic ◽

European Part ◽

Large Lake ◽

Hydrophytic Vegetation ◽

North East ◽

European Part Of Russia

The results of a syntaxonomical study of plant communities of the large lake Donty (North-East of the European part of Russia) are presented. The diversity of hydrophytic vegetation has been classified into 3 classes (Lemnetea, Potametea and Phragmito-Magnocaricetea), 5 orders, 8 alliances, 20 associations and 1 community. Subassociation Scolochloetum festucaceae caricetosum aquatilis is new. Communities of associations Caricetum aquatilis, Equisetetum fluviatilis, Potamo—Nupharetum luteae, Potametum perfoliati are mostly wide distributed, while these of Phragmitetum communis, Scolochloetum festucaceae ones are relatively rare as well as Lemno—Spirodeletum polyrchizae, Elodeo—Potametum alpini, Potamo—Nupharetum pumilae, Potametum praelongi and Scirpetum lacustris are very rare. Some communities contain 2 regional rare species: Scolochloa festucacea and Ranunculus lingua.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Are plant-soil feedback responses explained by plant traits?

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.718479822.793497714 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Christian Körner

Keyword(s):

Plant Traits ◽

Plant Soil ◽

Soil Feedback ◽

Feedback Responses

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Negative Plant-Soil Feedback Driven by Re-assemblage of the Rhizosphere Microbiome With the Growth of Panax notoginseng

Frontiers in Microbiology ◽

10.3389/fmicb.2019.01597 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Lifen Luo ◽

Cunwu Guo ◽

Luotao Wang ◽

Junxing Zhang ◽

Linmei Deng ◽

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Keyword(s):

Panax Notoginseng ◽

Rhizosphere Microbiome ◽

Plant Soil ◽

Soil Feedback

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The importance of species phylogenetic relationships and species traits for the intensity of plant-soil feedback

Ecosphere ◽

10.1890/es15-00206.1 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (11) ◽

pp. art234 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Z. Münzbergová ◽

M. Šurinová

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Species Traits ◽

Plant Soil ◽

Soil Feedback

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Effects of crop rotations on microbial community in rhizosphere soil of cucumber seedlings and its feedback

Allelopathy Journal ◽

10.26651/allelo.j/2021-52-2-1318 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 52 (2) ◽

pp. 239-250

Author(s):

X.J. He ◽

W.W. Zhu ◽

F.Z. Wu

Keyword(s):

Soil Fungi ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Crop Rotations ◽

Kidney Bean ◽

Absolute Abundance ◽

Cucumber Seedlings ◽

Soil Microbial ◽

Plant Soil ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Soil Feedback

We studied the effects of 7-crop rotations and continuous - monocropping systems on soil microorganism and its feedback. The results showed that absolute abundance of soil bacteria (Pseudomonas and Bacillus) in tomato - celery - cucumber - cabbage and cucumber - tomato - cucumber - cabbage rotation were significantly higher than control (CK). Absolute abundance of soil fungi in tomato - celery - cucumber - cabbage, kidney bean - celery - cucumber - cabbage, cucumber - kidney bean - cucumber - cabbage and cucumber - tomato - cucumber - cabbage rotation were significantly higher than CK. Dry weight of cucumber seedlings was significantly positively correlated with bacterial (Pseudomonas and Bacillus) abundance, and negatively correlated with fungal count. The results of inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cucumerinum showed that plant dry weight of cucumber seedlings in tomato - celery - cucumber - cabbage, cucumber - kidney bean - cucumber - cabbage, cucumber - tomato - cucumber - cabbage rotation soil was significantly higher than other treatments, and their disease index was significantly lower than other treatments. There was no significant difference in dry weight of cucumber seedlings in rotation and CK in the soil sterilization test. The results of plant - soil feedback experiment showed that soil microbial changes caused by different rotation patterns had a positive feedback effect on growth of cucumber seedlings.

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