
Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(1)
Published: Nov. 5, 2023
In this work, we theoretically explore how litter decomposition processes and soil-borne pathogens contribute to negative plant-soil feedbacks, in particular transient stable spatial organisation of tropical forest trees seedlings known as Janzen-Connell distributions. By considering autotoxicity both separately combination a phenomenological model, can study factors may affect dynamics emerging We also identify parameter regimes associated with different long-term behaviours. Moreover, compare the strength feedbacks was mediated by tree germination growth strategies, using analytical approaches numerical simulations. Our interdisciplinary investigation, motivated an ecological question, allows us construct important links between local self-organisation, community assembly. model analyses understanding drivers biodiversity ecosystems, disentangling abilities two potential mechanisms generate Furthermore, our theoretical results help guiding future field data identifying signatures adult seedling distribution that reflect presence feedback mechanisms.
Language: Английский