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Effects of Carpobrotus edulis invasion on main litter and soil characteristics in backdune and rocky coastal habitats with oceanic climate

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Background and aims

Carpobrotus edulis invades coastal areas throughout the world, decreasing plant diversity and hampering restoration efforts by changing soil properties. Some of its effects on soils are known but there is a knowledge gap about the effects in rocky areas and micronutrients that we aimed to fill for dunes and rocky habitats with temperate-humid climate.

Methods

We compared invaded vs non-invaded paired plots in two dune and two rocky areas by measuring 18 variables in litter and 24 in soils (0–5 and 5–10 cm layers).

Results

Invasion effects increased with the accumulated alien necromass, decreased with soil depth and are substrate-dependent: soil pH, Al, Fe and P increased in dunes, while these variables and Mg, Cu and Zn decreased in rocky sites. Carpobrotus necromass is richer in Mg and Ca and poorer in Al, Co, Cu, Fe, Ni and Zn than native necromass.

Conclusions

Invader effects on soils are largely mediated by its necromass, which has contrasting characteristics with the autochthonous necromass. Carpobrotus edulis ability to discriminate against Al uptake, while favouring Mg and Ca uptake, and its lower requirement (or higher resorption) of key micronutrients (Co, Cu, Fe, Ni, Zn) than native vegetation could partly explain its invasiveness.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. Margarita Lema for field assistance and Leticia Bravo and Jorge Benítez for their technical assistance in the laboratory. The participation of Cristina Vieites-Blanco was supported by a pre-doctoral fellowship by Xunta de Galicia. The isotopic ratio mass spectrometer was partly financed by the European Regional Development Fund (EU).

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  2. Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, R/ Lope Gómez de Marzoa, s/n, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Vieites-Blanco, C., González-Prieto, S.J. Effects of Carpobrotus edulis invasion on main litter and soil characteristics in backdune and rocky coastal habitats with oceanic climate. Plant Soil 425, 363–374 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3598-5

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