Project

Testing the contribution of plant-soil biotic interactions to the homogenization of forest understorey plant communities

Code
01P00611
Looptijd
01-10-2011 → 01-10-2012
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Plant biology
Trefwoorden
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Projectomschrijving

The study of biotic homogenization has become a central topic in ecological research. For forest understorey communities, changes in abiotic conditions or disturbances are cited to cause the homogenization, but plant-soil interactions at the much smaller scale are expected to be important as well. Therefore, we will asses the role of plant-soil feedbacks in the homogenization dynamics of forest understorey communties.