Abstract
We found that plant–soil feedbacks between two dominant, congener grasses aligned with historical patterns of abundance fluctuation in a desert grassland. Specifically, in patches where the two species co-occurred with little abundance fluctuation in the historical data, we found negative plant–soil feedbacks indicative of stable coexistence in a field experiment. In patches where the relative abundance of the two species fluctuated throughout the historical record, we found neutral to positive plant–soil feedbacks. Our results reveal a novel connection between plant–microbe interactions and the temporal stability of plant species coexistence. Photographer: Anny Chung. Photo credit: Anny Chung. Photo credit: Anny Chung. These photographs illustrate the article “Connecting plant-soil feedbacks to long-term stability in a desert grassland” by Y. Anny Chung, Scott L. Collins, Jennifer A. Rudgers published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2756
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