Plant diversity does not buffer drought effects on early-stage litter mass loss rates and microbial properties

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

Highly consistent effects of plant litter identity and functional traits on decomposition across a latitudinal gradient

(2012) Marika Makkonen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Precipitation manipulation experiments - challenges and recommendations for the future

(2012) Claus Beier et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Grassland Resistance and Resilience after Drought Depends on Management Intensity and Species Richness

(2012) Anja Vogel et al.   PLoS One

The Functions of Biological Diversity in an Age of Extinction

(2012) S. Naeem et al.   SCIENCE

Net ammonification as influenced by plant diversity in experimental grasslands

(2012) Stephan Rosenkranz et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

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

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

Interactive effects of warming, soil humidity and plant diversity on litter decomposition and microbial activity

(2011) Olaf Butenschoen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil ecosystem functioning under climate change: plant species and community effects

(2010) Paul Kardol et al.   ECOLOGY

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

Drought-resistant fungi control soil organic matter decomposition and its response to temperature

(2010) J.C. YUSTE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to temperature and precipitation change: a meta-analysis of experimental manipulation

(2010) ZHUOTING WU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines

(2010) S. H. M. Butchart et al.   SCIENCE

Diversity meets decomposition

(2010) Mark O. Gessner et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Biodiversity, productivity and the temporal stability of productivity: patterns and processes

(2009) Forest I. Isbell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Soil biota accelerate decomposition in high-elevation forests by specializing in the breakdown of litter produced by the plant species above them

(2009) Edward Ayres et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Diversity enhances community recovery, but not resistance, after drought

(2009) Jasper Van Ruijven et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

How does plant leaf senescence of grassland species influence decomposition kinetics and litter compounds dynamics?

(2009) Muhammad Sanaullah et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

EARTHWORMS AND LEGUMES CONTROL LITTER DECOMPOSITION IN A PLANT DIVERSITY GRADIENT

(2008) Alexandru Milcu et al.   ECOLOGY

Does biodiversity increase spatial stability in plant community biomass?

(2008) Alexandra Weigelt et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Functional diversity affects decomposition processes in experimental grasslands

(2008) M. Scherer-Lorenzen   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY