Earthworms increase plant biomass more in soil with no earthworm legacy than in earthworm‐mediated soil, and favour late successional species in competition

0489188 - BÚ 2019 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Mudrák, Ondřej - Frouz, J.
Earthworms increase plant biomass more in soil with no earthworm legacy than in earthworm‐mediated soil, and favour late successional species in competition.
Functional Ecology. Roč. 32, č. 3 (2018), s. 626-636. ISSN 0269-8463. E-ISSN 1365-2435
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA17-09979S; GA ČR(CZ) GA17-19376S; GA ČR GA13-10377S; GA ČR(CZ) GA15-11635S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985939
Klíčová slova: succession * earthworms * restoration
Obor OECD: Ecology
Impakt faktor: 5.037, rok: 2018

Our results indicate that the direct effects of earthworm presence on plants decrease during succession because of the cumulative effects of earthworm activity on soil conditions. Such ecosystem engineering effects favor late successional competitors and therefore promote the replacement of species during succession.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0283648