Functional composition of plant communities determines the spatial and temporal stability of soil microbial properties in a long-term plant diversity experiment

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

(2015) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Microbial hotspots and hot moments in soil: Concept & review

(2015) Yakov Kuzyakov et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant species richness does not attenuate responses of soil microbial and nematode communities to a flood event

(2015) Daniela Wagner et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Flooding disturbances increase resource availability and productivity but reduce stability in diverse plant communities

(2015) Alexandra J. Wright et al.   Nature Communications

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

Impact of plant species evenness, dominant species identity and spatial arrangement on the structure and functioning of soil microbial communities in a model grassland

(2014) L. Massaccesi et al.   OECOLOGIA

Long-term study of root biomass in a biodiversity experiment reveals shifts in diversity effects over time

(2014) Janneke M. Ravenek et al.   OIKOS

Root and shoot competition: a meta-analysis

(2013) Lars Pødenphant Kiaer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

A functional trait-based approach to understand community assembly and diversity–productivity relationships over 7 years in experimental grasslands

(2013) Christiane Roscher et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Plant diversity effects on soil food webs are stronger than those of elevated CO2 and N deposition in a long-term grassland experiment

(2013) N. Eisenhauer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Increasing plant diversity effects on productivity with time due to delayed soil biota effects on plants

(2012) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades

(2012) P. B. Reich et al.   SCIENCE

Identifying population- and community-level mechanisms of diversity-stability relationships in experimental grasslands

(2011) Christiane Roscher et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

(2011) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Plant Diversity Surpasses Plant Functional Groups and Plant Productivity as Driver of Soil Biota in the Long Term

(2011) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   PLoS One

Changes in Plant Species Richness Induce Functional Shifts in Soil Nematode Communities in Experimental Grassland

(2011) Nico Eisenhauer et al.   PLoS One

Longevity of clonal plants: why it matters and how to measure it

(2010) Lucienne C. de Witte et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Divergent composition but similar function of soil food webs of individual plants: plant species and community effects

(2010) T. M. Bezemer et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

(2010) N. Eisenhauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant diversity and the stability of foodwebs

(2010) Nick M. Haddad et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

(2010) Christoph Scherber et al.   NATURE

N2 fixation and performance of 12 legume species in a 6-year grassland biodiversity experiment

(2010) Christiane Roscher et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant Trait Diversity Buffers Variability in Denitrification Potential over Changes in Season and Soil Conditions

(2010) Bonnie M. McGill et al.   PLoS One

Plant diversity enhances the reliability of belowground processes

(2010) Alexandru Milcu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant species richness and functional composition drive overyielding in a six-year grassland experiment

(2009) Elisabeth Marquard et al.   ECOLOGY

The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems

(2008) Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Linkages between plant functional composition, fine root processes and potential soil N mineralization rates

(2008) Dario A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant growth and soil microbial community structure of legumes and grasses grown in monoculture or mixture

(2008) Meimei CHEN et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Seasonal changes in the soil microbial community in a grassland plant diversity gradient four years after establishment

(2008) Maike Habekost et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY