Do subordinate species punch above their weight? Evidence from above- and below-ground

How do subordinate and dominant species in semi-natural mountain grasslands relate to productivity and land-use change?

(2013) Pierre Mariotte et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Intraspecific phenotypic variability of plant functional traits in contrasting mountain grasslands habitats

(2013) Camilla Wellstein et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community-level trait measures along an environmental gradient

(2013) Emilie Kichenin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

(2013) Karl Grigulis et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Subordinate plant species enhance community resistance against drought in semi-natural grasslands

(2013) Pierre Mariotte et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant-soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges

(2013) Wim H. van der Putten et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Functional traits behind the association between climbers and subordinate woody species

(2013) Mário L. Garbin et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Subordinate plant species impact on soil microbial communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: Findings from a removal experiment

(2013) Pierre Mariotte et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Soil food web properties explain ecosystem services across European land use systems

(2013) F. T. de Vries et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

Exclusion of root competition increases competitive abilities of subordinate plant species through root-shoot interactions

(2012) P. Mariotte et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reduce the differences in competitiveness between dominant and subordinate plant species

(2012) Pierre Mariotte et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Habitat filtering and niche differentiation jointly explain species relative abundance within grassland communities along fertility and disturbance gradients

(2012) Vincent Maire et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Subordinate, not dominant, woody species promote the diversity of climbing plants

(2012) Mário Luís Garbin et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Ecophysiological Traits May Explain the Abundance of Climbing Plant Species across the Light Gradient in a Temperate Rainforest

(2012) Ernesto Gianoli et al.   PLoS One

Land use alters the resistance and resilience of soil food webs to drought

(2012) Franciska T. de Vries et al.   Nature Climate Change

Diversity–function relationships changed in a long-term restoration experiment

(2011) James M. Doherty et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Can initial intraspecific spatial aggregation increase multi-year coexistence by creating temporal priority?

(2011) Lauren M. Porensky et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

13C-labeling shows the effect of hierarchy on the carbon gain of individuals and functional groups in dense field stands

(2011) Fernando Alfredo Lattanzi et al.   ECOLOGY

Species- and community-level patterns in fine root traits along a 120 000-year soil chronosequence in temperate rain forest

(2011) Robert J. Holdaway et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of foundation species genotypic diversity on subordinate species richness in an assembling community

(2011) David J. Gibson et al.   OIKOS

Nitrogen losses from two grassland soils with different fungal biomass

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

Spatial pattern affects diversity–productivity relationships in experimental meadow communities

(2010) Tereza Lamošová et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Climate change effects on plant biomass alter dominance patterns and community evenness in an experimental old-field ecosystem

(2010) PAUL KARDOL et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration

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

Ecosystem properties determined by plant functional group identity

(2010) Jennie R. McLaren 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

Dominant Grasses Suppress Local Diversity in Restored Tallgrass Prairie

(2010) Kathryn N. S. McCain et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Components of ‘competitive ability’ in the LHS model: Implication on coexistence for twelve co-occurring Mediterranean grasses

(2009) Pierre Liancourt et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Belowground nitrogen partitioning in experimental grassland plant communities of varying species richness

(2009) Stefanie von Felten et al.   ECOLOGY

Mycorrhizal community resilience in response to experimental plant functional type removals in a woody ecosystem

(2009) Carlos Urcelay 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

Punching above their weight: low-biomass non-native plant species alter soil properties during primary succession

(2009) Duane A. Peltzer et al.   OIKOS

Spatial aggregation facilitates coexistence and diversity of wild plant species in field margins

(2009) Birte Eleen Wassmuth et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Adaptive survival mechanisms and growth limitations of small-stature herb species across a plant diversity gradient

(2008) A. Daßler et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY