Publications by authors named "Gustavo Boitt"
Background And Aims: Belowground interspecific plant facilitation is supposed to play a key role in enabling species co-existence in hyperdiverse ecosystems in extremely nutrient-poor, semi-arid habitats, such as woodlands in southwestern-Australia. Manganese (Mn) is readily mobilised by cluster root activity in most soils and accumulates in mature leaves of native Australian plant species without significant remobilisation during leaf senescence. We hypothesised that neighbouring shrubs are facilitated in terms of Mn uptake depending on distance to surrounding cluster root-forming trees.
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- The Haast chronosequence in New Zealand reveals a 6500-year timeline of dune formation with distinct soil development patterns, including podzol formation and phosphorus depletion.
- A study of bacterial and fungal communities using high-throughput sequencing showed that bacterial diversity peaked around 4000 years, while fungal communities shifted from Basidiomycota to Ascomycota, marking notable changes in species dominance and diversity.
- The findings suggest that as soil ecosystems develop, there's a reduced reliance on inorganic phosphorus, highlighting an increased necessity for organic phosphorus mineralization as the microbial communities adapt to changes in the soil.