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DOI 10.1111/1365-2745.14032
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Title (Primary) Plant diversity effects on herbivory are related to soil biodiversity and plant chemistry
Author Ristok, C.; Weinhold, A.; Ciobanu, M.; Poeschl, Y.; Roscher, C.; Vergara, F.; Eisenhauer, N.; van Dam, N.M.
Source Titel Journal of Ecology
Year 2023
Department iDiv; PHYDIV
Volume 111
Issue 2
Page From 412
Page To 427
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Data and Software links https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.d51c5b046
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Keywords Aboveground-belowground interactions; Biodiversity-ecosystem function; Chemical diversity; Eco-metabolomics; Herbivory; Jena Experiment; Metabolite profile
Abstract

1. Insect herbivory is a key process in ecosystem functioning. While theory predicts that plant diversity modulates herbivory, the mechanistic links remain unclear. We postulated that the plant metabolome mechanistically links plant diversity and herbivory.

2. In late summer and in spring, we assessed individual plant aboveground herbivory rates and metabolomes of seven plant species in experimental plant communities varying in plant species diversity and resource acquisition strategies. In the same communities, we also measured plant individual biomass as well as soil microbial and nematode community composition.

3. Herbivory rates decreased with increasing plant species richness. Path modelling revealed that plant species richness and community resource acquisition strategy correlated with soil community composition. In particular, changes in nematode community composition were related to plant metabolome composition and thereby herbivory rates.

4. Synthesis: These results suggest that soil community composition plays an important role in reducing herbivory rates with increasing plant diversity by changing plant metabolomes.

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Ristok, C., Weinhold, A., Ciobanu, M., Poeschl, Y., Roscher, C., Vergara, F., Eisenhauer, N., van Dam, N.M. (2023):
Plant diversity effects on herbivory are related to soil biodiversity and plant chemistry
J. Ecol. 111 (2), 412 - 427 10.1111/1365-2745.14032