A5054065730- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Sun Yat-sen University
2022-2023
Ecosystem functions are threatened by both recurrent droughts and declines in biodiversity at a global scale, but the drought dependency of diversity-productivity relationships remains poorly understood. Here, we use two-phase mesocosm experiment with simulated model oldfield communities (360 experimental mesocosms/plant communities) to examine drought-induced changes soil microbial along plant species richness gradient assess interactions between past (soil legacies) subsequent on...
Abstract Biodiversity loss and drought are substantially altering both above‐ below‐ground terrestrial ecosystem functioning, but mechanistic understanding of plant diversity effects on the resistance soil microbial biomass remains limited. We designed a mesocosm experiment to examine along species richness gradient (five levels based old‐field communities). calculated recorded key properties which may influence (i.e. diversity, community structure, carbon stocks root biomass). Plant had...