This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32071644,31670535 and 31270559);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB31030000);the National Key Research and Development Project of China(2017YFA0605103).
Aims Plant–soil feedback(PSF)is a key mechanism that can facilitate tree species coexistence and diversity.Substantial evidence suggests that species-specific soil-borne pathogens around adult trees limit the perform...