Pervasive and strong effects of plants on soil chemistry: a meta-analysis of individual plant ‘Zinke’ effects
Plant species leave a chemical signature in the soils below them, generating fine-scale spatial variation that drives ecological processes. Since the publication of a seminal paper on plant-mediated soil heterogeneity by Paul Zinke in 1962, a robust literature has developed examining effects of indi...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4528518 2023-05-15T18:40:23+02:00 Pervasive and strong effects of plants on soil chemistry: a meta-analysis of individual plant ‘Zinke’ effects Waring, Bonnie G. Álvarez-Cansino, Leonor Barry, Kathryn E. Becklund, Kristen K. Dale, Sarah Gei, Maria G. Keller, Adrienne B. Lopez, Omar R. Markesteijn, Lars Mangan, Scott Riggs, Charlotte E. Rodríguez-Ronderos, María Elizabeth Segnitz, R. Max Schnitzer, Stefan A. Powers, Jennifer S. 2015-08-07 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528518/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26224711 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1001 en eng The Royal Society http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528518/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26224711 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1001 © 2015 The Author(s) http://royalsocietypublishing.org/licence Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. Research Articles Text 2015 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1001 2016-08-14T00:01:20Z Plant species leave a chemical signature in the soils below them, generating fine-scale spatial variation that drives ecological processes. Since the publication of a seminal paper on plant-mediated soil heterogeneity by Paul Zinke in 1962, a robust literature has developed examining effects of individual plants on their local environments (individual plant effects). Here, we synthesize this work using meta-analysis to show that plant effects are strong and pervasive across ecosystems on six continents. Overall, soil properties beneath individual plants differ from those of neighbours by an average of 41%. Although the magnitudes of individual plant effects exhibit weak relationships with climate and latitude, they are significantly stronger in deserts and tundra than forests, and weaker in intensively managed ecosystems. The ubiquitous effects of plant individuals and species on local soil properties imply that individual plant effects have a role in plant–soil feedbacks, linking individual plants with biogeochemical processes at the ecosystem scale. Text Tundra PubMed Central (PMC) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 1812 20151001 |
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Plant species leave a chemical signature in the soils below them, generating fine-scale spatial variation that drives ecological processes. Since the publication of a seminal paper on plant-mediated soil heterogeneity by Paul Zinke in 1962, a robust literature has developed examining effects of individual plants on their local environments (individual plant effects). Here, we synthesize this work using meta-analysis to show that plant effects are strong and pervasive across ecosystems on six continents. Overall, soil properties beneath individual plants differ from those of neighbours by an average of 41%. Although the magnitudes of individual plant effects exhibit weak relationships with climate and latitude, they are significantly stronger in deserts and tundra than forests, and weaker in intensively managed ecosystems. The ubiquitous effects of plant individuals and species on local soil properties imply that individual plant effects have a role in plant–soil feedbacks, linking individual plants with biogeochemical processes at the ecosystem scale. |
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Waring, Bonnie G. Álvarez-Cansino, Leonor Barry, Kathryn E. Becklund, Kristen K. Dale, Sarah Gei, Maria G. Keller, Adrienne B. Lopez, Omar R. Markesteijn, Lars Mangan, Scott Riggs, Charlotte E. Rodríguez-Ronderos, María Elizabeth Segnitz, R. Max Schnitzer, Stefan A. Powers, Jennifer S. |
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Waring, Bonnie G. Álvarez-Cansino, Leonor Barry, Kathryn E. Becklund, Kristen K. Dale, Sarah Gei, Maria G. Keller, Adrienne B. Lopez, Omar R. Markesteijn, Lars Mangan, Scott Riggs, Charlotte E. Rodríguez-Ronderos, María Elizabeth Segnitz, R. Max Schnitzer, Stefan A. Powers, Jennifer S. |
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Pervasive and strong effects of plants on soil chemistry: a meta-analysis of individual plant ‘Zinke’ effects |
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Pervasive and strong effects of plants on soil chemistry: a meta-analysis of individual plant ‘Zinke’ effects |
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Pervasive and strong effects of plants on soil chemistry: a meta-analysis of individual plant ‘Zinke’ effects |
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Pervasive and strong effects of plants on soil chemistry: a meta-analysis of individual plant ‘Zinke’ effects |
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