Belowground drivers of plant diversity

Feedbacks between soil microbes and plants affect the diversity of plant communities Long before Ernst Haeckel coined the term “ecology” in 1866, nature explorers, such as Alexander von Humboldt, observed that vegetation composition changes with climate. However, it still remains unclear what determ...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 355; no. 6321; pp. 134 - 135
Main Author van der Putten, Wim H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Association for the Advancement of Science 13.01.2017
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subjects
Biodiversity
Climate
Communities
Community composition
Ecology
Ecosystem
EPS
Field Studies
Invertebrates
Laboratorium voor Nematologie
Laboratory of Nematology
Microorganisms
PE&RC
PERSPECTIVES
Plant communities
Plant diversity
Plant Roots
Plants
Plants (organisms)
Soil microorganisms
Species richness
Vegetation
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Summary:Feedbacks between soil microbes and plants affect the diversity of plant communities Long before Ernst Haeckel coined the term “ecology” in 1866, nature explorers, such as Alexander von Humboldt, observed that vegetation composition changes with climate. However, it still remains unclear what determines the local composition and species richness of vegetation. Understanding the roles of belowground invertebrates and microbes is particularly challenging. On pages 173 and 181 of this issue, respectively, Teste et al. ( 1 ) and Bennett et al. ( 2 ) report field studies that elucidate the role of soil microorganisms as drivers of plant community composition.
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.aal4549