Peter Dietrich
Academic Staff
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Deutscher Platz 5e
04103 Leipzig
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04/2017 – Present | PhD student at UFZ / iDiv (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research) Leipzig, Germany (Doctoral Scholarship of Heinrich-Böll-Foundation) |
10/2016 – 12/2016 | Research Assistant (University of Zurich, Switzerland) |
10/2013 – 09/2016 | M.A. Evolution, Ecology and Systematics (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany) |
10/2010 – 09/2013 | B.A. Biology (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany) |
During the last decades, biodiversity has dramatically decreased due to the impact of global change. So far, little is known about the consequences of declining diversity for micro-evolutionary trajectories of the persisting species and their adaptive abilities to maintain various ecosystem services and processes. Therefore, the research of my PhD project addresses the questions;
(1) how rapid and pervasive local adaptations (plant-soil feedbacks) are in response to changing local species diversity, and
(2) whether such diversity-related micro-evolutionary niche shifts affect species responses to global change drivers, such as drought and increased nitrogen deposition.
Index:
2020 (3)2019 (1)
2017 (1)
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2020 (3)
- 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
full text (doi) - 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
full text (doi) - 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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2019 (1)
- 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
Advances in Ecological Research 61
Academic Press / Elsevier, London, p. 265 - 296
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2017 (1)
- Dietrich, P., Buchmann, T., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Roscher, C., (2017):
Fertilization, soil and plant community characteristics determine soil microbial activity in managed temperate grasslands
Plant Soil 419 (1–2), 189 - 199
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Eisenhauer, N., Wirsch, D., Cesarz, S., Craven, D., Dietrich, P., Friese, J., Helm, J., Hines, J., Schellenberg, M., Scherreiks, P., Schwarz, B., Uhe, C., Wagner, K., Steinauer, K., (2014):
Organic textile dye improves the visual assessment of the bait lamina test.
Applied Soil Ecology 82, 78-81.