{"id":3312,"date":"2021-05-12T12:50:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T12:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2021-06-22T07:13:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T07:13:31","slug":"new-publication-from-dietrich-et-al-in-ecology-and-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/2021\/05\/12\/new-publication-from-dietrich-et-al-in-ecology-and-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"New publication from Dietrich et al. in Ecology and Evolution: Plant history and soil history jointly influence the selection environment for plant species in a long\u2010term grassland biodiversity experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"justify\">Long\u2010term biodiversity experiments have shown increasing strengths of  biodiversity effects on plant productivity over time. However, little is  known about rapid evolutionary processes in response to plant community  diversity, which could contribute to explaining the strengthening  positive relationship. To address this issue, we performed a transplant  experiment with offspring of seeds collected from four grass species in a  14\u2010year\u2010old biodiversity experiment (Jena Experiment). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-163.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3332\" width=\"432\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-163.png 999w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/image-163-300x239.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/image-163-768x611.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\">We used two\u2010 and  six\u2010species communities and removed the vegetation of the study plots  to exclude plant\u2013plant interactions. In a reciprocal design, we  transplanted five \u201chome\u201d phytometers (same origin and actual  environment), five \u201caway\u2010same\u201d phytometers (same species richness of  origin and actual environment, but different plant composition), and  five \u201caway\u2010different\u201d phytometers (different species richness of origin  and actual environment) of the same species in the study plots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-164-1024x820.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3333\" width=\"453\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-164-1024x820.png 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/image-164-300x240.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/image-164-768x615.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/image-164.png 1026w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\">In the establishment year, plants transplanted in home soil produced more  shoots than plants in away soil indicating that plant populations at low  and high diversity developed differently over time depending on their  associated soil community and\/or conditions. In the second year,  offspring of individuals selected at high diversity generally had a  higher performance (biomass production and fitness) than offspring of  individuals selected at low diversity, regardless of the transplant  environment. This suggests that plants at low and high diversity showed  rapid evolutionary responses measurable in their phenotype. Our findings  provide first empirical evidence that loss of productivity at low  diversity is not only caused by changes in abiotic and biotic conditions  but also that plants respond to this by a change in their  micro\u2010evolution. Thus, we conclude that eco\u2010evolutionary feedbacks of  plants at low and high diversity are critical to fully understand why  the positive influence of diversity on plant productivity is  strengthening through time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Reference:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Dietrich, P,  Eisenhauer, N,  Otto, P,  Roscher, C.  Plant  history and soil history jointly influence the selection environment  for plant species in a long\u2010term grassland biodiversity experiment. <em>Ecol Evol<\/em>.  2021;  11: 8156\u2013 8169. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.7647\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.7647<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long\u2010term biodiversity experiments have shown increasing strengths of biodiversity effects on plant productivity over time. 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