Relative contributions of plant traits and soil microbial properties to mountain grassland ecosystem services

An experimental framework to identify community functional components driving ecosystem processes and services delivery

(2013) André T. C. Dias et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant trait responses to the environment and effects on ecosystem properties

(2012) Patrick Lienin et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

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

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

A trait-based approach to comparative functional plant ecology: concepts, methods and applications for agroecology. A review

(2011) Eric Garnier et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Changes in Diversity and Functional Gene Abundances of Microbial Communities Involved in Nitrogen Fixation, Nitrification, and Denitrification in a Tidal Wetland versus Paddy Soils Cultivated for Different Time Periods

(2011) Andrea Bannert et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Plant influence on nitrification

(2011) Marcin W. Skiba et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Niche construction by the invasive Asian knotweeds (species complex Fallopia): impact on activity, abundance and community structure of denitrifiers and nitrifiers

(2011) Nicolas Dassonville et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Multivariate identification of plant functional response and effect traits in an agricultural landscape

(2011) Robin J. Pakeman   ECOLOGY

Cascading effects of long-term land-use changes on plant traits and ecosystem functioning

(2011) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY

Influence of land-use intensity on the spatial distribution of N-cycling microorganisms in grassland soils

(2011) Daniel Keil et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Nitrification is linked to dominant leaf traits rather than functional diversity

(2011) Daniel C. Laughlin   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

How fundamental plant functional trait relationships scale-up to trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem services

(2011) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Testing the effect-response framework: key response and effect traits determining above-ground biomass of salt marshes

(2011) Vanessa Minden et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Nitrogen losses from two grassland soils with different fungal biomass

(2011) Franciska T. de Vries et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant species richness, identity and productivity differentially influence key groups of microbes in grassland soils of contrasting fertility

(2010) G. B. De Deyn et al.   Biology Letters

Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

(2010) N. Eisenhauer et al.   ECOLOGY

Bacterial diversity on the surface of potato tubers in soil and the influence of the plant genotype

(2010) Nicole Weinert et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Soil environmental conditions rather than denitrifier abundance and diversity drive potential denitrification after changes in land uses

(2010) E. ATTARD et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration

(2010) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

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

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

Using plant functional traits to understand the landscape distribution of multiple ecosystem services

(2010) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Rooting theories of plant community ecology in microbial interactions

(2010) James D. Bever et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

FDiversity: a software package for the integrated analysis of functional diversity

(2010) Fernando Casanoves et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

(2009) Claire Fortunel et al.   ECOLOGY

Dynamics and functional relevance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in two agricultural soils

(2009) Kristina Schauss et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Using functional traits to predict grassland ecosystem change: a mathematical test of the response-and-effect trait approach

(2009) KATJA KLUMPP et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Grazing triggers soil carbon loss by altering plant roots and their control on soil microbial community

(2009) Katja Klumpp et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Vegetation composition promotes carbon and nitrogen storage in model grassland communities of contrasting soil fertility

(2009) Gerlinde B. De Deyn et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Land use in subalpine grasslands affects nitrogen cycling via changes in plant community and soil microbial uptake dynamics

(2009) T. Matthew Robson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Evidence of the ‘plant economics spectrum’ in a subarctic flora

(2009) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Influence of plant species and soil conditions on plant-soil feedback in mixed grassland communities

(2009) Kathryn A. Harrison et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Differential effects of functional traits on aboveground biomass in semi-natural grasslands

(2009) Jens Schumacher et al.   OIKOS

Functional traits as indicators of fodder provision over a short time scale in species-rich grasslands

(2008) Pauline Ansquer et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

PLANT–SOIL–MICROORGANISM INTERACTIONS: HERITABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLANT GENOTYPE AND ASSOCIATED SOIL MICROORGANISMS

(2008) Jennifer A. Schweitzer et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes

(2008) Gerlinde B. De Deyn 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

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

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

Plant diversity positively affects short-term soil carbon storage in experimental grasslands

(2008) SIBYLLE STEINBEISS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Functional identity is more important than diversity in influencing ecosystem processes in a temperate native grassland

(2008) Karel Mokany et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

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