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Plant species richness (PSR) increases nutrient uptake which depletes bioavailable nutrient pools
in soil. No such relationship between plant uptake and availability in soil was found for phosphorus
(P). We explored PSR effects on P mobilisation [phosphatase activity (PA)] in soil. PA
increased with PSR. The positive PSR effect was not solely due to an increase in Corg concentrations
because PSR remained significant if related to PA:Corg. An increase in PA per unit Corg
increases the probability of the temporal and spatial match between substrate, enzyme and
microorganism potentially serving as an adaption to competition. Carbon use efficiency of
microorganisms (Cmic:Corg) increased with increasing PSR while enzyme exudation efficiency (PA:
Cmic) remained constant. These findings suggest the need for efficient C rather than P cycling
underlying the relationship between PSR and PA. Our results indicate that the coupling between C and P cycling in soil becomes tighter with increasing PSR.
