Inés M. Alonso-Crespo
@inesalonsocrespo.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at Universidad de Vigo
@LivingSoiLL - https://livingsoill.eu/
@LivingSoiLL - https://livingsoill.eu/
No, sociability wasn’t considered. Plant species were chosen based on morphological and functional traits and grouped into three plant funcional groups.
March 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
No, sociability wasn’t considered. Plant species were chosen based on morphological and functional traits and grouped into three plant funcional groups.
This work has been possible thanks to @dfg.de funding, @leuphana.bsky.social open access, and the work of many students and colleagues who have worked on the POEM experiment over these years.
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This work has been possible thanks to @dfg.de funding, @leuphana.bsky.social open access, and the work of many students and colleagues who have worked on the POEM experiment over these years.
Many thanks to @7toucans.bsky.social and @benjamindelory.bsky.social for their support and guidance throughout the establishment and monitoring of the POEM experiment. Four years of hard work finally published! 😊
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Many thanks to @7toucans.bsky.social and @benjamindelory.bsky.social for their support and guidance throughout the establishment and monitoring of the POEM experiment. Four years of hard work finally published! 😊
In summary:
Time and initial weather conditions influence grassland composition and productivity more than order of arrival. But altering the order of species arrival can help promote more deeply rooted communities, which could be key in ecological restoration 🌼 🌾☘️
Time and initial weather conditions influence grassland composition and productivity more than order of arrival. But altering the order of species arrival can help promote more deeply rooted communities, which could be key in ecological restoration 🌼 🌾☘️
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
In summary:
Time and initial weather conditions influence grassland composition and productivity more than order of arrival. But altering the order of species arrival can help promote more deeply rooted communities, which could be key in ecological restoration 🌼 🌾☘️
Time and initial weather conditions influence grassland composition and productivity more than order of arrival. But altering the order of species arrival can help promote more deeply rooted communities, which could be key in ecological restoration 🌼 🌾☘️
Time and weather are key factors:
Although the order of arrival influences root distribution, factors such as year of experiment initiation and time since establishment have a greater impact on aboveground community structure and functioning, including biomass production. ⏳🌦️
Although the order of arrival influences root distribution, factors such as year of experiment initiation and time since establishment have a greater impact on aboveground community structure and functioning, including biomass production. ⏳🌦️
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Time and weather are key factors:
Although the order of arrival influences root distribution, factors such as year of experiment initiation and time since establishment have a greater impact on aboveground community structure and functioning, including biomass production. ⏳🌦️
Although the order of arrival influences root distribution, factors such as year of experiment initiation and time since establishment have a greater impact on aboveground community structure and functioning, including biomass production. ⏳🌦️
Why is it important?
Manipulating the order of arrival may be a strategy to encourage deeper root patterns in dry grasslands 🌱➡️💧 which may have important implications for community resilience to extreme weather conditions such as drought.
Manipulating the order of arrival may be a strategy to encourage deeper root patterns in dry grasslands 🌱➡️💧 which may have important implications for community resilience to extreme weather conditions such as drought.
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Why is it important?
Manipulating the order of arrival may be a strategy to encourage deeper root patterns in dry grasslands 🌱➡️💧 which may have important implications for community resilience to extreme weather conditions such as drought.
Manipulating the order of arrival may be a strategy to encourage deeper root patterns in dry grasslands 🌱➡️💧 which may have important implications for community resilience to extreme weather conditions such as drought.
🌾 When grasses arrived first, communities rooted shallowly.
🌼☘️ When forbs or legumes arrived first, communities rooted more deeply.
🌼☘️ When forbs or legumes arrived first, communities rooted more deeply.
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🌾 When grasses arrived first, communities rooted shallowly.
🌼☘️ When forbs or legumes arrived first, communities rooted more deeply.
🌼☘️ When forbs or legumes arrived first, communities rooted more deeply.
What about the roots? 🌱👇
Roots were monitored with a minirhizotron system over a period of 800 days. Although sowing order did not affect root productivity, it did change their vertical distribution ⬇️
Roots were monitored with a minirhizotron system over a period of 800 days. Although sowing order did not affect root productivity, it did change their vertical distribution ⬇️
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What about the roots? 🌱👇
Roots were monitored with a minirhizotron system over a period of 800 days. Although sowing order did not affect root productivity, it did change their vertical distribution ⬇️
Roots were monitored with a minirhizotron system over a period of 800 days. Although sowing order did not affect root productivity, it did change their vertical distribution ⬇️
Key results:
✅ Time since establishment shaped the plant communities more than order of arrival or year effects.
✅ Priority effects on biodiversity changed over time, depending on year of initiation.
✅ Aboveground productivity was more affected by the year of initiation than by order of arrrival.
✅ Time since establishment shaped the plant communities more than order of arrival or year effects.
✅ Priority effects on biodiversity changed over time, depending on year of initiation.
✅ Aboveground productivity was more affected by the year of initiation than by order of arrrival.
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Key results:
✅ Time since establishment shaped the plant communities more than order of arrival or year effects.
✅ Priority effects on biodiversity changed over time, depending on year of initiation.
✅ Aboveground productivity was more affected by the year of initiation than by order of arrrival.
✅ Time since establishment shaped the plant communities more than order of arrival or year effects.
✅ Priority effects on biodiversity changed over time, depending on year of initiation.
✅ Aboveground productivity was more affected by the year of initiation than by order of arrrival.
To explore this, we set up a field experiment (the POEM exp.) in a dry grassland in Germany, manipulating the order of arrival of plant functional groups by introducing grasses, legumes or herbs before the others, and conducted the experiment in two different years with different weather conditions.
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
To explore this, we set up a field experiment (the POEM exp.) in a dry grassland in Germany, manipulating the order of arrival of plant functional groups by introducing grasses, legumes or herbs before the others, and conducted the experiment in two different years with different weather conditions.
Our study looks at how the priority and year effects affect the structure and function of dry acidic grasslands. Priority effects occur when the order of arrival of species changes their interactions and community composition. But what happens when we add climate variability to the equation? 🌦️🤔
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Our study looks at how the priority and year effects affect the structure and function of dry acidic grasslands. Priority effects occur when the order of arrival of species changes their interactions and community composition. But what happens when we add climate variability to the equation? 🌦️🤔