Single introductions of soil biota and plants generate long‐term legacies in soil and plant community assembly

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 22; no. 7; pp. 1145 - 1151
• Main Authors: Wubs, E. R. Jasper, Putten, Wim H., Mortimer, Simon R., Korthals, Gerard W., Duyts, Henk, Wagenaar, Roel, Bezemer, T. Martijn, Suding, Katharine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2019; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Animals; Assembly; Biota; botanical composition; Community assembly; Community composition; community structure; Composition; environmental factors; Grasslands; Herbivores; Letter; Letters; nature restoration; Nematoda; Nematodes; Plant communities; Plants; Plants (botany); plant–soil biota interactions; Seeds; Soil; soil biota; soil ecology; soil legacy; Soil Microbiology; soil-plant interactions; Soils; Vegetation changes; whole-soil inoculation; nature restoration; Community assembly; plant-soil biota interactions; whole-soil inoculation; soil legacy

Recent demonstrations of the role of plant–soil biota interactions have challenged the conventional view that vegetation changes are mainly driven by changing abiotic conditions. However, while this concept has been validated under natural conditions, our understanding of the long‐term consequences...