J Plant Ecol ›› 2023, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (6): rtad021.DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtad021

• Perspective •    

Plant-soil microbe feedbacks drive seedling establishment during secondary forest succession: the ‘successional stage hypothesis’

Qing Liu*, Wenqiang Zhao*   

  1. CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2022-12-11 Revised:2023-03-06 Accepted:2023-05-12 Online:2023-05-23 Published:2023-12-01
  • Contact: E-mail: liuqing@cib.ac.cn (Q.L.); zhaowq@cib.ac.cn (W.Z.)