Is Tree Species Diversity or Species Identity the More Important Driver of Soil Carbon Stocks, C/N Ratio, and pH?

Non-significant tree diversity but significant identity effects on earthworm communities in three tree diversity experiments

(2015) Benjamin Schwarz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Tree species diversity effects on productivity, soil nutrient availability and nutrient response efficiency in a temperate deciduous forest

(2015) Marcus Schmidt et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Crown plasticity enables trees to optimize canopy packing in mixed-species forests

(2015) Tommaso Jucker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Effects of tree identity dominate over tree diversity on the soil microbial community structure

(2015) Andrea Scheibe et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

(2015) Markus Lange et al.   Nature Communications

Influences of evergreen gymnosperm and deciduous angiosperm tree species on the functioning of temperate and boreal forests

(2014) Laurent Augusto et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Stabilizing effects of diversity on aboveground wood production in forest ecosystems: linking patterns and processes

(2014) Tommaso Jucker et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Higher subsoil carbon storage in species-rich than species-poor temperate forests

(2014) Per-Marten Schleuß et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Carbon and nitrogen pools and fluxes above and below ground in spruce, pine and birch stands in southern Sweden

(2013) Karna Hansson et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Complementarity in mixed-species stands of Abies alba and Picea abies varies with climate, site quality and stand density

(2013) David I. Forrester et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree species effects on soils in temperate and boreal forests: Emerging themes and research needs

(2013) Cindy E. Prescott et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Do tree species influence soil carbon stocks in temperate and boreal forests?

(2013) Lars Vesterdal et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Is the effect of trees on soil properties mediated by soil fauna? A case study from post-mining sites

(2013) Jan Frouz et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The spatial and temporal dynamics of species interactions in mixed-species forests: From pattern to process

(2013) David I. Forrester   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree species is the major factor explaining C:N ratios in European forest soils

(2013) N. Cools et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree species diversity increases fine root productivity through increased soil volume filling

(2013) Brian W. Brassard et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: a new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in temperate forests

(2013) Richard P. Phillips et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests

(2013) Lander Baeten et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Forest floor leachate fluxes under six different tree species on a metal contaminated site

(2013) Lotte Van Nevel et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Tree species diversity versus tree species identity: Driving forces in structuring forest food webs as indicated by soil nematodes

(2013) Simone Cesarz et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The influence of litter composition across the litter–soil interface on mass loss, nitrogen dynamics and the decomposer community

(2013) Becky A. Ball et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species

(2013) Lars Gamfeldt et al.   Nature Communications

Tree species effects on coupled cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and acidity in mineral soils at a common garden experiment

(2012) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Global resorption efficiencies and concentrations of carbon and nutrients in leaves of terrestrial plants

(2012) Leonardus Vergutz et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Soil Organic Carbon is Increased in Mixed-Species Plantations of Eucalyptus and Nitrogen-Fixing Acacia

(2012) D. I. Forrester et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

(2012) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The effect of tree species diversity on fine-root production in a young temperate forest

(2012) Pifeng Lei et al.   OECOLOGIA

Mixing Eucalyptus and Acacia trees leads to fine root over-yielding and vertical segregation between species

(2012) Jean-Paul Laclau et al.   OECOLOGIA

Soil respiration and rates of soil carbon turnover differ among six common European tree species

(2011) Lars Vesterdal et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree species traits cause divergence in soil acidification during four decades of postagricultural forest development

(2011) An Schrijver et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity, tree diversity and root nutrient relations in a mixed Central European forest

(2011) C. Lang et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Elevated Cd and Zn uptake by aspen limits the phytostabilization potential compared to five other tree species

(2010) Lotte Van Nevel et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Differences in fine root productivity between mixed- and single-species stands

(2010) Brian W. Brassard et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests

(2010) Alain Paquette et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Carbon : nitrogen stoichiometry in forest ecosystems during stand development

(2010) Yuanhe Yang et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Deep soil organic matter—a key but poorly understood component of terrestrial C cycle

(2010) Cornelia Rumpel et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Is forest diversity driving ecosystem function and service?

(2010) Karin Nadrowski et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Litterfall and nutrient return in five tree species in a common garden experiment

(2009) Karin Hansen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Acidity, nutrient stocks, and organic-matter content in soils of a temperate deciduous forest with different abundance of European beech (Fagus sylvaticaL.)

(2009) Anja Guckland et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Litter quality effects of beech and hornbeam on undergrowth species diversity in Luxembourg forests on limestone and decalcified marl

(2009) A.M. Kooijman   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Tree mixture effects on aboveground nutrient pools of trees in an experimental plantation in Panama

(2009) Yvonne Oelmann et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Carbon and nitrogen in forest floor and mineral soil under six common European tree species

(2007) Lars Vesterdal et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT