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Plant traits, not diversity or coppicing, predict phytoremediation success. Belowground investments enhance soil decontamination, offering a trait-based approach for selecting plants for effective phytoremediation.

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  • Environmental remediation
  • Soil science

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  • Contaminated sites pose global environmental challenges.
  • Phytoremediation, using plants for soil decontamination, offers a sustainable solution.
  • Improving phytoremediation predictability through plant ecophysiology is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how willow plantation community composition, diversity, and coppicing affect phytoremediation services.
  • To evaluate the potential of plant functional traits as predictors of phytoremediation efficiency.
  • To explore trait-based strategies for plant selection in phytoremediation.

Main Methods:

  • A four-year field trial with willow plantations.
  • Analysis of community composition, diversity, and coppicing effects.
  • Evaluation of community-level plant functional traits and their correlation with phytoremediation services for trace elements.

Main Results:

  • Willow diversity and coppicing did not directly impact phytoremediation services consistently.
  • Phytoremediation services were primarily explained by willow traits related to resource economics and management (fast-slow continuum).
  • Greater belowground biomass investments correlated with enhanced plant bioconcentration and soil decontamination.

Conclusions:

  • Plant functional traits, particularly those related to resource economics and belowground investment, are reliable predictors of phytoremediation efficiency.
  • A trait-based approach, grounded in plant ecophysiology, can significantly enhance predictive plant selection for phytoremediation.
  • This approach shows generalizability across various trace contaminants.