Soil legacy effects of plants and drought on aboveground insects in native and range-expanding plant communities

Keli Li; G. F. Veen; Freddy C. ten Hooven; Jeffrey A. Harvey; Wim H. van der Putten

doi:10.1111/ele.14129

Soil legacy effects of plants and drought on aboveground insects in native and range-expanding plant communities

Keli Li^* (Corresponding author), G. F. Veen, Freddy C. ten Hooven, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Wim H. van der Putten

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Soils contain biotic and abiotic legacies of previous conditions that may influence plant community biomass and associated aboveground biodiversity. However, little is known about the relative strengths and interactions of the various belowground legacies on aboveground plant–insect interactions. We used an outdoor mesocosm experiment to investigate the belowground legacy effects of range-expanding versus native plants, extreme drought and their interactions on plants, aphids and pollinators. We show that plant biomass was influenced more strongly by the previous plant community than by the previous summer drought. Plant communities consisted of four congeneric pairs of natives and range expanders, and their responses were not unanimous. Legacy effects affected the abundance of aphids more strongly than pollinators. We conclude that legacies can be contained as soil ‘memories’ that influence aboveground plant community interactions in the next growing season. These soil-borne ‘memories’ can be altered by climate warming-induced plant range shifts and extreme drought.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	37-52
Number of pages	16
Journal	Ecology Letters
Volume	26
Issue number	1
Early online date	2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14129
Publication status	Published - Jan 2023

Keywords

aboveground–belowground interactions
climate change
drought
herbivores
plant–soil feedback
pollinators
range-expansion
soil legacy effect
Insecta
Biomass
Plants
Animals
Droughts
Ecosystem
Soil
Aphids

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Soil legacy effects of plants and drought on aboveground insects in native and range-expanding plant communities

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