#NewPaper In Ecological Indicators we present our mesocosm experiment on soil fertility and soil biotic communities impacting slow- and fast-growing grassland species planted together @ForNaLab@FbwUGent@ILVOvlaanderen@niooknaw@WURplant@FWOVlaanderenbit.ly/33EVhuB👇
The slow-growing target species did well in phosphorus-poor mesocosms but performed poorly above the soil phosphorus threshold. This threshold in our artificial communities was comparable to the threshold in remnant Nardus grasslands. #prettygrasslands love #poorsoils