Does relatedness of natives used for soil conditioning influence plant-soil feedback of exotics?

0357792 - BÚ 2011 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Dostál, Petr - Plačková, M.
Does relatedness of natives used for soil conditioning influence plant-soil feedback of exotics?
Biological Invasions. Roč. 13, č. 2 (2011), s. 331-340. ISSN 1387-3547. E-ISSN 1573-1464
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KJB600050713
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : phylogenetic relatedness * plant invasions * soil microbiota
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 2.896, year: 2011

Naturalization hypothesis predicts that exotic genera with native representatives should be less successful because of an overlap in resource use and of the existence of common specialized enemies. We tested whether native congenerics have more negative impact on exotic species than heterogenerics by increasing the effects of soil pathogens. We failed to find an evidence for this hypothesis. Nevertheless, our results suggest that variations in invasion success of at least some exotics may be affected by species-specific interactions mediated by the soil biota.
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