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ArticleNational science review2026

Plant-soil feedbacks benefit plant invaders under multiple global change factors.

Cai Cheng, Yanjie Liu, Jihua Wu, Mark van Kleunen

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Article in National science review, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Cai ChengState Key Laboratory of Wetland Conservation and Restoration, National Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7979-7790
Yanjie LiuState Key Laboratory of Black Soils Conservation and Utilization, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3948-1246
Jihua WuState Key Laboratory of Wetland Conservation and Restoration, National Observations and Research Station for Wetland Ecosystems of the Yangtze Estuary, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering and Institute of Eco-Chongming, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8623-8519
Mark van KleunenDepartment of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz 78464, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2861-3701

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Abstract

Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) are an important mechanism determining plant community dynamics and invasion by non-native species. While the individual responses of plants and soil microbes to multiple concurrent global change factors (GCFs) have been documented, it remains poorly understood how multiple GCFs affect PSFs and, particularly, whether this effect depends on plant origin. We conducted a PSF experiment with five pairs of native and alien species and nine GCFs applied in concurrent combinations of 0, 1, 3 and 6 GCFs. As GCF number increased, PSFs shifted from negative to neutral or positive in native species, but were consistently positive and became stronger in alien species. The positive response of PSFs to multiple GCFs was due to specific interactions between coacting GCFs in native species, but not in alien species, and was related to changes in soil mutualists. Our study highlights that PSFs could promote the spread of alien species under multiple concurrent GCFs.

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Anthropocenearbuscular mycorrhizal fungiexotic speciesmultiple factorssoil-legacy effects

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PMID42662687
PMCPMC13520119

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