Soil legacy effects on biomass allocation depend on native plant diversity in the invaded community.

ABSTRACT: The biodiversity of aboveground plants and belowground microbes is key for plant communities resisting exotic plant invasion. Whether the soil legacy effects after the invasion are related to the diversity of the invaded community is less studied. Soils from invaded communities were collected and potted to investigate the effects of the invasive community's legacy on the biomass allocation of plants that later grew in these soils. The plots where native plants were present had relatively high nutrient levels (except for available nitrogen) compared to the monodominance communities invaded by Chromolaena odorata. This also indirectly suggests that the severe invasion of C. odorata depleted the nutrients in the soil to a greater extent. When soils were from communities with onl

SUBMITTER: Li W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10450268 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature