Legacy of pine invasion disrupts plant-soil feedback of native and non-native grasses.

ABSTRACT: Plant-soil feedback (PSF) is a standing concept helping to explain plant species coexistence. Accumulating evidence suggests that PSF depends on the environmental context. One particularly impactful disruption of the environmental context is the invasion of alien species into a community. While PSF between native and non-native species has been linked to invasion success, the effect of an invader on PSF between resident plants has received little attention. We explored how Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine) invasion impacts PSF between four resident grasses (two native and two non-native species). We grew the plants in live soil to condition species-specific soil communities, followed by a response phase where the plants were grown in conspecific and heterospecific soil. Both phases were perf

SUBMITTER: Dudenhoffer JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267939 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature