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dissertation.
Author: Heinen, R.
Soil legacy effects on
aboveground plant-insect
interactions
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Copyright ©2019 Robin Heinen
Soil legacy effects on aboveground plant-insect interactions
The research described in this thesis was carried out in the
Department of Terrestrial Ecology at the Netherlands Institute of
Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) and funded by NOW VICI grant 865.14.006
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Soil legacy effects on aboveground plant-insect
interactions
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op woensdag 4 december 2019
klokke 13:45
uur
door
Robin Heinen
geboren te Veenendaal
6 Promotor: Prof. Dr. T.M. Bezemer
Leiden University
Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Copromotors: Prof. Dr. J.A. Harvey
Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Free University of Amsterdam
Dr. A. Biere
Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Promotiecommissie: Prof. Dr. G.P. van Wezel (voorzitter)
Leiden University
Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Prof. Dr. P.G.L. Klinkhamer (secretaris)
Leiden University Prof. Dr. J. Memelink Leiden University Dr. L. Hemerik
Biometris – Wageningen University Dr. S. Rasmann
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Contents
Chapter 1:
General introduction
9
Chapter 2:
Effects of Soil Organisms on Aboveground
Plant-Insect Interactions in the Field: Patterns,
Mechanisms and the Role of Methodology
27
Chapter 3:
Plant functional group and growth rate
interactively
shape soil legacy effects on individual plant-insect
interactions
83
Chapter 4:
Plant community composition but not plant traits
determine the outcome of soil legacy effects on
plants and insects
121
Chapter 5:
Species-specific plant–soil feedbacks alter
herbivore-induced gene expression and defense
chemistry in Plantago lanceolata
157
Chapter 6:
Foliar-feeding insects acquire microbiomes from
the soil rather than the host plant
183
Chapter 7:
General discussion
225
References
247
Summary
271
Samenvatting
273
Acknowledgements
275
Curriculum vitae
279
Publications
281
