Nematode community responses to range-expanding and native plant communities in original and new range soils.

ABSTRACT: Many plant species expand their range to higher latitudes in response to climate change. However, it is poorly understood how biotic interactions in the new range differ from interactions in the original range. Here, in a mesocosm experiment, we analyze nematode community responses in original and new range soils to plant communities with either (a) species native in both the original and new range, (b) range-expanding species related to these natives (related range expanders), or (c) range expanders without native congeneric species in the new range (unrelated range expanders). We hypothesized that nematode community shifts between ranges are strongest for unrelated range expanders and minimal for plant species that are native in both ranges. As a part of these community shifts, we hypoth

SUBMITTER: Wilschut RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206179 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature