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Recent Publications

2021 (6)

Barry, K., Pinter, G.A., Strini, J.W., Yang, K., Lauko, I.G., Schnitzer, S.A., Clark, A.T., Cowles, J., Mori, A.S., Williams, L., Reich, P.B., Wright, A.J., (2021):
A graphical null model for scaling biodiversity‐ecosystem functioning relationships
J. Ecol.
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Dunker, S., Hornick, T., Szczepankiewicz, G., Maier, M., Bastl, M., Bumberger, J., Treudler, R., Liebert, U.G., Simon, J.-C., (2021):
No SARS-CoV-2 detected in air samples (pollen and particulate matter) in Leipzig during the first spread
Sci. Total Environ. 755, Part 1 , art. 142881
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Dunker, S., Motivans, E., Rakosy, D., Boho, D., Mäder, P., Hornick, T., Knight, T., (2021):
Pollen analysis using multispectral imaging flow cytometry and deep learning
New Phytol. 229 (1), 593 - 606
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Hofmann, P., Clark, A., Hoffmann, P., Chatzinotas, A., Harpole, W.S., Dunker, S., (2021):
Beyond nitrogen: phosphorus - estimating the minimum niche dimensionality for resource competition between phytoplankton
Ecol. Lett.
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Ladouceur, E., Shackelford, N., (2021):
The power of data synthesis to shape the future of the restoration community and capacity
Restor. Ecol. 29 (1), e13251
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Seabloom, E.W., Adler, P.B., Alberti, J., Biederman, L., Buckley, Y.M., Cadotte, M.W., Collins, S.L., Dee, L., Fay, P.A., Firn, J., Hagenah, N., Harpole, W.S., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Hobbie, S.E., Isbell, F., Knops, J.M.H., Komatsu, K.J., Laungani, R., MacDougall, A., McCulley, R.L., Moore, J.L., Morgan, J.W., Ohlert, T., Prober, S.M., Risch, A.C., Schuetz, M., Stevens, C.J., Borer, E.T., (2021):
Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time
Ecology 102 (2), e03218
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2020 (43)

Barry, K.E., van Ruijven, J., Mommer, L., Bai, Y., Beierkuhnlein, C., Buchmann, N., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Guimarães‐Steinicke, C., Hildebrandt, A., Isbell, F., Milcu, A., Neßhöver, C., Reich, P.B., Roscher, C., Sauheitl, L., Scherer‐Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Tilman, D., von Felten, S., Weigelt, A., (2020):
Limited evidence for spatial resource partitioning across temperate grassland biodiversity experiments
Ecology 101 (1), e02905
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Becker, J.M., Ganatra, A.A., Kandie, F., Mühlbauer, L., Ahlheim, J., Brack, W., Torto, B., Agola, E.L., McOdimba, F., Hollert, H., Fillinger, U., Liess, M., (2020):
Pesticide pollution in freshwater paves the way for schistosomiasis transmission
Sci. Rep. 10 , art. 3650
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Borer, E.T., Harpole, W.S., Adler, P.B., Arnillas, C.A., Bugalho, M.N., Cadotte, M.W., Caldeira, M.C., Campana, S., Dickman, C.R., Dickson, T.L., Donohue, I., Eskelinen, A., Firn, J.L., Graff, P., Gruner, D.S., Heckman, R.W., Koltz, A.M., Komatsu, K.J., Lannes, L.S., MacDougall, A.S., Martina, J.P., Moore, J.L., Mortensen, B., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Olde Venterink, H., Power, S.A., Price, J.N., Risch, A.C., Sankaran, M., Schütz, M., Sitters, J., Stevens, C.J., Virtanen, R., Wilfahrt, P.A., Seabloom, E.A., (2020):
Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory
Nat. Commun. 11 , art. 6036
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Broadbent, A.A.D., Firn, J., McGree, J.M., Borer, E.T., Buckley, Y.M., Harpole, W.S., Komatsu, K.J., MacDougall, A.S., Orwin, K.H., Ostle, N.J., Seabloom, E.W., Bakker, J.D., Biederman, L., Caldeira, M.C., Eisenhauer, N., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Moore, J.L., Nogueira, C., Peri, P.L., Risch, A.C., Roscher, C., Schütz, M., Stevens, C.J., (2020):
Dominant native and non‐native graminoids differ in key leaf traits irrespective of nutrient availability
Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 29 (7), 1126 - 1138
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Chase, J.M., Jeliazkov, A., Ladouceur, E., Viana, D.S., (2020):
Biodiversity conservation through the lens of metacommunity ecology
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1469 (1), 86 - 104
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Chen, Y., Huang, Y., Niklaus, P.A., Castro-Izaguirre, N., Clark, A.T., Bruelheide, H., Ma, K., Schmidt, B., (2020):
Directed species loss reduces community productivity in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment
Nat. Ecol. Evol. 4 (4), 550 - 559
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Clark, A.T., Turnbull, L.A., Tredennick, A., Allan, E., Harpole, W.S., Mayfield, M.M., Soliveres, S., Barry, K., Eisenhauer, N., de Kroon, H., Rosenbaum, B., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Feng, Y., Roscher, C., Schmid, B., (2020):
Predicting species abundances in a grassland biodiversity experiment: Trade‐offs between model complexity and generality
J. Ecol. 108 (2), 774 - 787
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Dietrich, P., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Roscher, C., (2020):
Effects of steam sterilization on soil abiotic and biotic properties
Soil Organisms 92 (2), 99 - 108
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Dietrich, P., Roeder, A., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Ebeling, A., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Roscher, C., (2020):
Nematode communities, plant nutrient economy and life-cycle characteristics jointly determine plant monoculture performance over 12 years
Oikos 129 (4), 466 - 479
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Dietrich, P., Roscher, C., Clark, A.T., Eisenhauer, N., Schmid, B., Wagg, C., (2020):
Diverse plant mixtures sustain a greater arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spore viability than monocultures after 12 years
J. Plant Ecol. 13 (4), 478 - 488
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Dunker, S., (2020):
Imaging flow cytometry for phylogenetic and morphologically based functional group clustering of a natural phytoplankton community over 1 year in an urban pond
Cytom. Part A 97 (7), 727 - 736
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Eskelinen, A., Gravuer, K., Harpole, W.S., Harrison, S., Virtanen, R., Hautier, Y., (2020):
Resource-enhancing global changes drive a whole-ecosystem shift to faster cycling but decrease diversity
Ecology 101 (12), e03178
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Feng, Y., Soliveres, S., Allan, E., Rosenbaum, B., Wagg, C., Tabi, A., De Luca, E., Eisenhauer, N., Schmid, B., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W.W., Roscher, C., Fischer, M., (2020):
Inferring competitive outcomes, ranks and intransitivity from empirical data: A comparison of different methods
Methods Ecol. Evol. 11 (1), 117 - 128
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Gilbert, B., MacDougall, A.S., Kadoya, T., Akasaka, M., Bennett, J.R., Lind, E.M., Flores-Moreno, H., Firn, J., Hautier, Y., Borer, E.T., Seabloom, E.W., Adler, P.B., Cleland, E.E., Grace, J.B., Harpole, W.S., Esch, E.H., Moore, J.L., Knops, J., McCulley, R., Mortensen, B., Bakker, J., Fay, P.A., (2020):
Climate and local environment structure asynchrony and the stability of primary production in grasslands
Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 29 (7), 1177 - 1188
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Gravuer, K., Eskelinen, A., Winbourne, J.B., Harrison, S.P., (2020):
Vulnerability and resistance in the spatial heterogeneity of soil microbial communities under resource additions
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117 (13), 7263 - 7270
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Harpole, S., (2020):
Nutrient Network – ökologische Forschung für Grasländer neu gedacht und neu gemacht
In: Spreen, D., Kandarr, J., Jorzik, O., (Hrsg.)
Biodiversität im Meer und an Land: vom Wert biologischer Vielfalt, (ESKP-Themenspezial: Biodiversität)
ESKP Earth System Knowledge Platform Wissensplattform Erde und Umwelt, Potsdam, S. 100 - 103
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Hautier, Y., Zhang, P., Loreau, M., Wilcox, K.R., Seabloom, E.W., Borer, E.T., Byrnes, J.E.K., Koerner, S.E., Komatsu, K.J., Lefcheck, J.S., Hector, A., Adler, P.B., Alberti, J., Arnillas, C.A., Bakker, J.D., Brudvig, L.A., Bugalho, M.N., Cadotte, M., Caldeira, M.C., Carroll, O., Crawley, M., Collins, S.L., Daleo, P., Dee, L.E., Eisenhauer, N., Eskelinen, A., Fay, P.A., Gilbert, B., Hansar, A., Isbell, F., Knops, J.M.H., MacDougall, A.S., McCulley, R.L., Moore, J.L., Morgan, J.W., Mori, A.S., Peri, P.L., Pos, E.T., Power, S.A., Price, J.N., Reich, P.B., Risch, A.C., Roscher, C., Sankaran, M., Schütz, M., Smith, M., Stevens, C., Tognetti, P.M., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G.M., Wilfahrt, P.A., Wang, S., (2020):
General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales
Nat. Commun. 11 , art. 5375
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Hillebrand, H., Donohue, I., Harpole, W.S., Hodapp, D., Kucera, M., Lewandowska, A.M., Merder, J., Montoya, J.M., Freund, J.A., (2020):
Thresholds for ecological responses to global change do not emerge from empirical data
Nat. Ecol. Evol. 4 (11), 1502 - 1509
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Jessen, M.-T., Kaarlejärvi, E., Olofsson, J., Eskelinen, A.M., (2020):
Mammalian herbivory shapes intraspecific trait responses to warmer climate and nutrient enrichment
Glob. Change Biol. 26 (12), 6742 - 6752
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Jochum, M., Fischer, M., Isbell, F., Roscher, C., van der Plas, F., Boch, S., Boenisch, G., Buchmann, N., Catford, J.A., Cavender-Bares, J., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Gleixner, G., Hölzel, N., Kattge, J., Klaus, V.H., Kleinebecker, T., Lange, M., Le Provost, G., Meyer, S.T., Molina-Venegas, R., Mommer, L., Oelmann, Y., Penone, C., Prati, D., Reich, P.B., Rindisbacher, A., Schäfer, D., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Tilman, D., Tscharntke, T., Vogel, A., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W.W., Wilcke, W., Manning, P., (2020):
The results of biodiversity–ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic
Nat. Ecol. Evol. 4 (11), 1485 - 1494
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Karakoç, C., Clark, A.T., Chatzinotas, A., (2020):
Diversity and coexistence are influenced by time-dependent species interactions in a predator-prey system
Ecol. Lett. 23 (6), 983 - 993
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Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Beckmann, M., Dechant, B., Durka, W., Klotz, S., Roscher, C., Doktor, D., Prentice, I.C. et al., (2020):
TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
Glob. Change Biol. 26 (1), 119 - 188
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Korell, L., Auge, H., Chase, J.M., Harpole, S., Knight, T.M., (2020):
We need more realistic climate change experiments for understanding ecosystems of the future
Glob. Change Biol. 26 (2), 325 - 327
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Korell, L., Auge, H., Chase, J.M., Harpole, W.S., Knight, T.M., (2020):
Understanding plant communities of the future requires filling knowledge gaps
Glob. Change Biol. 26 (2), 328 - 329
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Ladouceur, E., Harpole, W.S., Blowes, S.A., Roscher, C., Auge, H., Seabloom, E.W., Chase, J.M., (2020):
Reducing dispersal limitation via seed addition increases species richness but not above‐ground biomass
Ecol. Lett. 23 (10), 1442 - 1450
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Lange, M., Roth, V.-N., Eisenhauer, N., Roscher, C., Dittmar, T., Fischer-Bedtke, C., González Macé, O., Hildebrandt, A., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Oram, N.J., Ravenek, J., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Strecker, T., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Gleixner, G., (2020):
Plant diversity enhances production and downward transport of biodegradable dissolved organic matter
J. Ecol.
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Lehman, C., Loberg, S., Clark, A.T., Schmitter, D., (2020):
Unifying the basic models of ecology to be more complete and easier to teach
Bioscience 70 (5), 415 - 426
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Mühlbauer, L.K., Schulze, M., Harpole, W.S., Clark, A.T., (2020):
gauseR: Simple methods for fitting Lotka-Volterra models describing Gause's "Struggle for Existence"
Ecol. Evol. 10 (23), 13275 - 13283
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Nemitz-Kliemchen, M., Andres, C., Hofmann, S., Prieto Ramírez, A.M., Stoev, P., Tzankov, N., Schaffer, S., Bernhard, D., Henle, K., Schlegel, M., (2020):
Spatial and genetic structure of a Lacerta viridis metapopulation in a fragmented landscape in Bulgaria
Glob. Ecol. Conserv. 23 , e01104
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Ochoa‐Hueso, R., Borer, E.T., Seabloom, E.W., Hobbie, S.E., Risch, A.C., Collins, S.L., Alberti, J., Bahamonde, H.A., Brown, C.S., Caldeira, M.C., Daleo, P., Dickman, C.R., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Esch, E.H., Eskelinen, A., Fernández, V., Güsewell, S., Gutierrez‐Larruga, B., Hofmockel, K., Laungani, R., Lind, E., López, A., McCulley, R.L., Moore, J.L., Peri, P.L., Power, S.A., Price, J.N., Prober, S.M., Roscher, C., Sarneel, J.M., Schütz, M., Siebert, J., Standish, R.J., Ayuso, S.V., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G.M., Wiehl, G., Yahdjian, L., Zamin, T., (2020):
Microbial processing of plant remains is co‐limited by multiple nutrients in global grasslands
Glob. Change Biol. 26 (8), 4572 - 4582
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Oksanen, T., Oksanen, L., Vuorinen, K.E.M., Wolf, C., Mäkynen, A., Olofsson, J., Ripple, W.J., Virtanen, R., Utsi, T.A., (2020):
The impact of thermal seasonality on terrestrial endotherm food web dynamics: a revision of the Exploitation Ecosystem Hypothesis
Ecography 43 (12), 1859 - 1877
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Prieto-Ramirez, A.M., Röhler, L., Cord, A.F., Pe'er, G., Rödder, D., Henle, K., (2020):
Differential effects of habitat loss on occupancy patterns of the eastern green lizard Lacerta viridis at the core and periphery of its distribution range
PLOS One 15 (3), e0229600
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Risch, A.C., Zimmermann, S., Moser, B., Schütz, M., Hagedorn, F., Firn, J., Fay, P.A., Adler, P.B., Biederman, L.A., Blair, J.M., Borer, E.T., Broadbent, A.A.D., Brown, C.S., Cadotte, M.W., Caldeira, M.C., Davies, K.F., di Virgilio, A., Eisenhauer, N., Eskelinen, A., Knops, J.M.H., MacDougall, A.S., McCulley, R.L., Melbourne, B.A., Moore, J.L., Power, S.A., Prober, S.M., Seabloom, E.W., Siebert, J., Silveira, M.L., Speziale, K.L., Stevens, C.J., Tognetti, P.M., Virtanen, R., Yahdjian, L., Ochoa‐Hueso, R., (2020):
Global impacts of fertilization and herbivore removal on soil net nitrogen mineralization are modulated by local climate and soil properties
Glob. Change Biol. 26 (12), 7173 - 7185
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Shoemaker, L.G., Sullivan, L.L., Donohue, I., Cabral, J.S., Williams, R.J., Mayfield, M.M., Chase, J.M., Chu, C., Harpole, W.S., Huth, A., HilleRisLambers, J., James, A.R.M., Kraft, N.J.B., May, F., Muthukrishnan, R., Satterlee, S., Taubert, F., Wang, X., Wiegand, T., Yang, Q., Abbott, K.C., (2020):
Integrating the underlying structure of stochasticity into community ecology
Ecology 101 (2), e02922
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Slabbert, E.L., Schweiger, O., Wubet, T., Kautzner, A., Baessler, C., Auge, H., Roscher, C., Knight, T.M., (2020):
Scale-dependent impact of land management on above- and belowground biodiversity
Ecol. Evol. 10 (18), 10139 - 10149
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Smith, A.L., Hodkinson, T.R., Villellas, J., Catford, J.A., Csergő, A.M., Blomberg, S.P., Crone, E.E., Ehrlén, J., Garcia, M.B., Laine, A.-L., Roach, D.A., Salguero-Gómez, R., Wardle, G.M., Childs, D.Z., Elderd, B.D., Finn, A., Munné-Bosch, S., Baudraz, M.E.A., Bódis, J., Brearley, F.Q., Bucharova, A., Caruso, C.M., Duncan, R.P., Dwyer, J.M., Gooden, B., Groenteman, R., Hamre, L.N., Helm, A., Kelly, R., Laanisto, L., Lonati, M., Moore, J.L., Morales, M., Olsen, S.L., Pärtel, M., Petry, W.K., Ramula, S., Rasmussen, P.U., Enri, S.R., Roeder, A., Roscher, C., Saastamoinen, M., Tack, A.J.M., Töpper, J.P., Vose, G.E., Wandrag, E.M., Wingler, A., Buckley, Y.M., (2020):
Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117 (8), 4218 - 4227
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Sporbert, M., Keil, P., Seidler, G., Bruelheide, H., Jandt, U., Aćić, S., Biurrun, I., Campos, J.A., Čarni, A., Chytrý, M., Ćušterevska, R., Dengler, J., Golub, V., Jansen, F., Kuzemko, A., Lenoir, J., Marcenò, C., Moeslund, J.E., Pérez‐Haase, A., Rūsiņa, S., Šilc, U., Tsiripidris, I., Vandvik, V., Vasilev, K., Virtanen, R., Welk, E., (2020):
Testing macroecological abundance patterns: The relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants
J. Biogeogr. 47 (10), 2210 - 2222
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Thomas, H.J.D., Bjorkman, A.D., Myers-Smith, I.H., Elmendorf, S.C., Kattge, J., Diaz, S., Vellend, M., Blok, D., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Forbes, B.C., Henry, G.H.R., Hollister, R.D., Normand, S., Prevéy, J.S., Rixen, C., Schaepman-Strub, G., Wilmking, M., Wipf, S., Cornwell, W.K., Beck, P.S.A., Georges, D., Goetz, S.J., Guay, K.C., Rüger, N., Soudzilovskaia, N.A., Spasojevic, M.J., Alatalo, J.M., Alexander, H.D., Anadon-Rosell, A., Angers-Blondin, S., te Beest, M., Berner, L.T., Björk, R.G., Buchwal, A., Buras, A., Carbognani, M., Christie, K.S., Collier, L.S., Cooper, E.J., Elberling, B., Eskelinen, A., Frei, E.R., Grau, O., Grogan, P., Hallinger, M., Heijmans, M.M.P.D., Hermanutz, L., Hudson, J.M.G., Johnstone, J.F., Hülber, K., Iturrate-Garcia, M., Iversen, C.M., Jaroszynska, F., Kaarlejarvi, E., Kulonen, A., Lamarque, L.J., Lantz, T.C., Lévesque, E., Little, C.J., Michelsen, A., Milbau, A., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Nielsen, S.S., Ninot, J.M., Oberbauer, S.F., Olofsson, J., Onipchenko, V.G., Petraglia, A., Rumpf, S.B., Shetti, R., Speed, J.D.M., Suding, K.N., Tape, K.D., Tomaselli, M., Trant, A.J., Treier, U.A., Tremblay, M., Venn, S.E., Vowles, T., Weijers, S., Wookey, P.A., Zamin, T.J., Bahn, M., Blonder, B., van Bodegom, P.M., Bond-Lamberty, B., Campetella, G., Cerabolini, B.E.L., Chapin III, F.S., Craine, J.M., Dainese, M., Green, W.A., Jansen, S., Kleyer, M., Manning, P., Niinemets, Ü., Onoda, Y., Ozinga, W.A., Peñuelas, J., Poschlod, P., Reich, P.B., Sandel, B., Schamp, B.S., Sheremetiev, S.N., de Vries, F.T., (2020):
Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome
Nat. Commun. 11 (1), art. 1351
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van der Plas, F., Schröder-Georgi, T., Weigelt, A., Barry, K., Meyer, S., Alzate, A., Barnard, R.L., Buchmann, N., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hildebrandt, A., Koller-France, E., Leimer, S., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P.A., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., Temperton, V., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Weisser, W., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C., (2020):
Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning
Nat. Ecol. Evol. 4 (12), 1602 - 1611
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Virtanen, R., Clark, A.T., den Herder, M., Roininen, H., (2020):
Dynamic effects of insect herbivory and climate on tundra shrub growth: roles of browsing and ramet age
J. Ecol.
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Weise, H., Auge, H., Baessler, C., Bärlund, I., Bennett, E.M., Berger, U., Bohn, F., Bonn, A., Borchardt, D., Brand, F., Chatzinotas, A., Corstanje, R., De Laender, F., Dietrich, P., Dunker, S., Durka, W., Fazey, I., Groeneveld, J., Guilbaud, C.S.E., Harms, H., Harpole, S., Harris, J., Jax, K., Jeltsch, F., Johst, K., Joshi, J., Klotz, S., Kühn, I., Kuhlicke, C., Müller, B., Radchuk, V., Reuter, H., Rinke, K., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Seppelt, R., Singer, A., Standish, R.J., Thulke, H.-H., Tietjen, B., Weitere, M., Wirth, C., Wolf, C., Grimm, V., (2020):
Resilience trinity: safeguarding ecosystem functioning and services across three different time horizons and decision contexts
Oikos 129 (4), 445 - 456
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Werner, C.M., Kimuyu, D., Veblen, K.E., Sensenig, R.L., LaMalfa, E., Young, T.P., (2020):
Synergistic effects of long-term herbivory and previous fire on fine-scale heterogeneity of prescribed grassland burns
Ecology , art. e03270
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Werner, C.M., Stuble, K.L., Groves, A.M., Young, T.P., (2020):
Year effects: Interannual variation as a driver of community assembly dynamics
Ecology 101 (9), e03104
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2019 (33)

Barry, K.E., de Kroon, H., Dietrich, P., Harpole, W.S., Roeder, A., Schmid, B., Clark, A.T., Mayfield, M.M., Wagg, C., Roscher, C., (2019):
Linking local species coexistence to ecosystem functioning: A conceptual framework from ecological first principles in grassland ecosystems
In: Eisenhauer, N., Bohan, D.A., Dumbrell, A.J., (eds.)
Mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function
Adv. Ecol. Res. 61
Academic Press / Elsevier, London, p. 265 - 296
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Barry, K.E., Mommer, L., van Ruijven, J., Wirth, C., Wright, A.J., Bai, Y., Connolly, J., De Deyn, G.B., de Kroon, H., Isbell, F., Milcu, A., Roscher, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Weigelt, A., (2019):
The future of complementarity: Disentangling causes from consequences
Trends Ecol. Evol. 34 (2), 167 - 180
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Beugnon, R., Steinauer, K., Barnes, A.D., Ebeling, A., Roscher, C., Eisenhauer, N., (2019):
Plant functional trait identity and diversity effects on soil meso- and macrofauna in an experimental grassland
In: Eisenhauer, N., Bohan, D.A., Dumbrell, A.J., (eds.)
Mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function
Adv. Ecol. Res. 61
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