Disentangling relationships between plant diversity and decomposition processes under forest restoration

Effects of species vs. functional diversity: Understanding the roles of complementarity and competition on ecosystem function in a tropical stream fish assemblage

(2015) Antoine O.H.C. Leduc et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Vegetation exerts a greater control on litter decomposition than climate warming in peatlands

(2015) Susan E. Ward et al.   ECOLOGY

Low multifunctional redundancy of soil fungal diversity at multiple scales

(2015) Akira S. Mori et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

(2015) Tommaso Jucker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Functional redundancy of multiple forest taxa along an elevational gradient: predicting the consequences of non-random species loss

(2015) Akira S. Mori et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Individual size inequality links forest diversity and above-ground biomass

(2015) Yu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Overyielding in mixed forests decreases with site productivity

(2015) Maude Toïgo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Functional diversity enhances the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to aridity in Mediterranean drylands

(2015) Enrique Valencia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant species control and soil faunal involvement in the processes of above- and below-ground litter decomposition

(2015) Saori Fujii et al.   OIKOS

Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices

(2015) V. Gagic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Predicting communities from functional traits

(2015) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

(2015) Markus Lange et al.   Nature Communications

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

(2014) David Tilman et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

The relationship between tree biodiversity and biomass dynamics changes with tropical forest succession

(2014) Jesse R. Lasky et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Applying trait-based models to achieve functional targets for theory-driven ecological restoration

(2014) Daniel C. Laughlin   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

(2014) Tommaso Jucker et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes

(2014) I. Tanya Handa et al.   NATURE

Biotic and Abiotic Properties Mediating Plant Diversity Effects on Soil Microbial Communities in an Experimental Grassland

(2014) Markus Lange et al.   PLoS One

Plant Diversity Impacts Decomposition and Herbivory via Changes in Aboveground Arthropods

(2014) Anne Ebeling et al.   PLoS One

Global diversity and geography of soil fungi

(2014) L. Tedersoo et al.   SCIENCE

Environmental filtering explains variation in plant diversity along resource gradients

(2014) E. Laliberte et al.   SCIENCE

Climate and litter quality differently modulate the effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition across biomes

(2013) Pablo García-Palacios et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Fungal community analysis by high-throughput sequencing of amplified markers - a user's guide

(2013) Björn D. Lindahl et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Advancing biodiversity–ecosystem functioning science using high-density tree-based experiments over functional diversity gradients

(2013) Cornelia M. Tobner et al.   OECOLOGIA

Leaf litter quality drives litter mixing effects through complementary resource use among detritivores

(2013) Veronique C. A. Vos et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant functional traits improve diversity-based predictions of temporal stability of grassland productivity

(2013) H. Wayne Polley et al.   OIKOS

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

(2013) Lars Gamfeldt et al.   Nature Communications

Tea Bag Index: a novel approach to collect uniform decomposition data across ecosystems

(2013) Joost A. Keuskamp et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China

(2013) Helge Bruelheide et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Response diversity determines the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change

(2012) Akira S. Mori et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Decomposer diversity and identity influence plant diversity effects on ecosystem functioning

(2012) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Root depth distribution and the diversity–productivity relationship in a long-term grassland experiment

(2012) Kevin E. Mueller et al.   ECOLOGY

Abiotic drivers and plant traits explain landscape-scale patterns in soil microbial communities

(2012) Franciska T. de Vries et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Forest productivity increases with evenness, species richness and trait variation: a global meta-analysis

(2012) Yu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2012) Pifeng Lei et al.   OECOLOGIA

A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances

(2012) David Mouillot et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

(2011) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Forest Biodiversity and the Delivery of Ecosystem Goods and Services: Translating Science into Policy

(2011) Ian D. Thompson et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Functional and phylogenetic diversity as predictors of biodiversity–ecosystem-function relationships

(2011) Dan F. B. Flynn et al.   ECOLOGY

Investigating diversity dependence of tropical forest litter decomposition: experiments and observations from Central Africa

(2011) Kelvin S.-H. Peh et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Forest restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

(2011) Raf Aerts et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

A user's guide to functional diversity indices

(2010) D. Schleuter et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

A distance-based framework for measuring functional diversity from multiple traits

(2010) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

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

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

Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperate grassland

(2010) Kate H. Orwin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

(2010) Christoph Scherber et al.   NATURE

Direct and indirect effects of tree diversity drive soil microbial diversity in temperate deciduous forest

(2010) Carolin Thoms et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

How understanding aboveground–belowground linkages can assist restoration ecology

(2010) Paul Kardol et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities

(2009) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Biomass and morphology of fine roots in temperate broad-leaved forests differing in tree species diversity: is there evidence of below-ground overyielding?

(2009) Catharina Meinen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional diversity affects decomposition processes in experimental grasslands

(2008) M. Scherer-Lorenzen   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Scaling environmental change through the community-level: a trait-based response-and-effect framework for plants

(2008) KATHARINE N. SUDING et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant response traits mediate the effects of subalpine grasslands on soil moisture

(2008) N. Gross et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Beyond Deforestation: Restoring Forests and Ecosystem Services on Degraded Lands

(2008) R. L. Chazdon   SCIENCE

Influence of tree species on understory vegetation diversity and mechanisms involved—A critical review for temperate and boreal forests

(2007) Stéphane Barbier et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT