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A novel proxy to examine interspecific phosphorus facilitation between plant species

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NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 239, 期 5, 页码 1637-1650

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.19082

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biodiversity-ecosystem functioning; carboxylate release; Carex korshinskyi; phosphorus-acquisition root traits; relative changes of root traits; relative complementarity effect

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Resource complementarity enhances ecosystem functioning in diverse plant communities, and the role of facilitation in this process is poorly understood. This study used leaf manganese concentration as a proxy for rhizosheath carboxylate concentration and found that phosphorus facilitation mediated by the plasticity of root traits enhances the relative complementarity effect in low-phosphorus environments. The results support the vital mechanism of interspecific phosphorus facilitation via belowground processes and provide evidence for the pivotal role of phosphorus facilitation in biodiversity research.
Resource complementarity can contribute to enhanced ecosystem functioning in diverse plant communities, but the role of facilitation in the enhanced complementarity is poorly understood.Here, we use leaf manganese concentration ([Mn]) as a proxy for rhizosheath carboxylate concentration to explore novel mechanisms of complementarity mediated by phosphorus (P) facilitation.In pot experiments, we showed that mixtures involving Carex korshinskyi, an efficient P-mobilizing species, exhibited greater biomass and relative complementarity effect than combinations without C. korshinskyi on P-deficient soils. Compared with monocultures, leaf [Mn] and [P] of species that are inefficient at P mobilization increased by 27% and 21% when grown with C. korshinskyi (i.e. interspecific P facilitation via carboxylates) rather than next to another inefficient P-mobilizing species. This experimental result was supported by a meta-analysis including a range of efficient P-mobilizing species. Phosphorus facilitation enhanced the relative complementarity effect in low-P environments, related to a greater change in several facilitated species of their root morphological traits relative to those in monoculture.Using leaf [Mn] as a proxy, we highlight a vital mechanism of interspecific P facilitation via belowground processes and provide evidence for the pivotal role of P facilitation mediated by the plasticity of root traits in biodiversity research.

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