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ArticleAoB PLANTS2025

Plant interaction modifies effects of soil heterogeneity on seed germination, plant growth, and biomass of plant communities.

Hui Li, Yumao Ning, Mingrui Liu, Shiting Liu, Yongjie Liu

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Article in AoB PLANTS, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Hui LiState Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Yumao NingState Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Mingrui LiuState Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Shiting LiuState Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Yongjie LiuState Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil heterogeneity significantly impacts the structure and function of plant communities. However, most of the previous studies only focussed on the effects of soil heterogeneity on plant populations, while the joint effects of plant interaction and soil heterogeneity on plant communities remain unclear. Thus, a manipulation experiment was done to explore the effects of soil heterogeneity and species combination on the seed germination, plant height and plant biomass, where three soil heterogeneity levels were created by varying patch sizes (small, medium, and large), and 10 species combinations were generated by growing four typical forages on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (

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neighbour effectpatch sizeplant biomassplant heightsoil heterogeneity

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PMCPMC11966607

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