Belowground Consequences of Intracontinental Range-Expanding Plants and Related Natives in Novel Environments

TY - JOUR

T1 - Belowground Consequences of Intracontinental Range-Expanding Plants and Related Natives in Novel Environments

AU - Manrubia, Marta

AU - Snoek, L. Basten

AU - Weser, Carolin

AU - Veen, G. F.

AU - van der Putten, Wim H.

N1 - 6695, TE; data Archiving: Data archived at European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) under the accession number PRJEB26590

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - Introduced exotic plant species that originate from other continents are known to alter soil microbial community composition and nutrient cycling. Plant species that expand range to higher latitudes and altitudes as a consequence of current climate warming might as well affect the composition and functioning of native soil communities in their new range. However, the functional consequences of plant origin have been poorly studied in the case of plant range shifts. Here, we determined rhizosphere bacterial communities of four intracontinental range-expanding plant species in comparison with their four congeneric natives grown in soils collected from underneath those plant species in the field and in soils that are novel to them. We show that, when controlling for both species relatedness and soil characteristics, range-expanding plant species in higher latitude ecosystems will influence soil bacterial community composition and nutrient cycling in a manner similar to congeneric related native species. Our results highlight the importance to include phylogenetically controlled comparisons to disentangle the effect of origin from the effect of contrasting plant traits in the context of exotic plant species.

AB - Introduced exotic plant species that originate from other continents are known to alter soil microbial community composition and nutrient cycling. Plant species that expand range to higher latitudes and altitudes as a consequence of current climate warming might as well affect the composition and functioning of native soil communities in their new range. However, the functional consequences of plant origin have been poorly studied in the case of plant range shifts. Here, we determined rhizosphere bacterial communities of four intracontinental range-expanding plant species in comparison with their four congeneric natives grown in soils collected from underneath those plant species in the field and in soils that are novel to them. We show that, when controlling for both species relatedness and soil characteristics, range-expanding plant species in higher latitude ecosystems will influence soil bacterial community composition and nutrient cycling in a manner similar to congeneric related native species. Our results highlight the importance to include phylogenetically controlled comparisons to disentangle the effect of origin from the effect of contrasting plant traits in the context of exotic plant species.

KW - NIOO

UR - https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/view/PRJEB26590

U2 - 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00505

DO - 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00505

M3 - Article

SN - 1664-302X

VL - 10

JO - Frontiers in Microbiology

JF - Frontiers in Microbiology

M1 - 505

ER -