Soil handling methods should be selected based on research questions and goals

Michael J. Gundale; David A. Wardle; Paul Kardol; Wim H. Van Der Putten; Richard W. Lucas

doi:10.1111/nph.14659

Soil handling methods should be selected based on research questions and goals

Michael J. Gundale^*, David A. Wardle, Paul Kardol, Wim H. Van Der Putten, Richard W. Lucas

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Abstract

A response to Reinhart & Rinella (2016) and Rinella & Reinhart (2017) ‘A common soil handling technique can generate incorrect estimates of soil biota effects on plants’ and ‘Mixing soil samples across experi- mental units ignores uncertainty and generates incorrect estimates of soil biota effects on plants’

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18-23
Journal	New Phytologist
Volume	216
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14659
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2017

Keywords

composite soils
experimental design
home vs away comparison
plant-soil feedback
soil biota experiment
soil heterogeneity
Type I error
Type II error

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