Drought alters plant-soil feedback effects on biomass allocation but not on plant performance

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 462; no. 1/2; pp. 285 - 296
• Main Authors: Wilschut, Rutger A., van Kleunen, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Science + Business Media 01.05.2021; Springer International Publishing; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biota; Climate change; Conditioning; conspecificity; Conspecifics; Development; Drought; Droughts; dry matter partitioning; Ecology; Environmental aspects; Feedback; Flowers & plants; Geranium; Grasses; grassland soils; Grasslands; greenhouse experimentation; Herbivores; Life Sciences; Plant communities; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Plant-soil relationships; Plants; Regular Article; REGULAR ARTICLES; Rhizosphere; soil biota; Soil conditions; Soil moisture; Soil Science & Conservation; soil water; soil-plant interactions; Species; United States; Plant‐soil feedbacks; Drought; Biomass allocation

Aims Drought events can alter the composition of plant and soil communities, and are becoming increasingly common and severe due to climate change. However, how droughts affect plant-soil feedbacks is still poorly understood. Plants accumulate species-specific rhizosphere communities, and droughts m...