[HTML][HTML] Multiple plant diversity components drive consumer communities across ecosystems

A Schuldt, A Ebeling, M Kunz, M Staab… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Humans modify ecosystems and biodiversity worldwide, with negative consequences for
ecosystem functioning. Promoting plant diversity is increasingly suggested as a mitigation …

A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research

N Eisenhauer, H Schielzeth, AD Barnes… - Advances in ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Concern about the functional consequences of unprecedented loss in biodiversity has
prompted biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) research to become one of the most …

Step back from the forest and step up to the Bonn Challenge: how a broad ecological perspective can promote successful landscape restoration

VM Temperton, N Buchmann, E Buisson… - Restoration …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We currently face both an extinction and a biome crisis embedded in a changing climate.
Many biodiverse ecosystems are being lost at far higher rates than they are being protected …

Tree species identity surpasses richness in affecting soil microbial richness and community composition in subtropical forests

L Chen, W Xiang, H Wu, S Ouyang, B Zhou… - Soil Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Plant interactions and feedbacks with soil microorganisms play an important role in
sustaining the functions and stability of terrestrial ecosystems, yet the effects of tree species …

Neighbour species richness and local structural variability modulate aboveground allocation patterns and crown morphology of individual trees

M Kunz, A Fichtner, W Härdtle, P Raumonen… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Local neighbourhood interactions are considered a main driver for biodiversity–productivity
relationships in forests. Yet, the structural responses of individual trees in species mixtures …

Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests

L Baeten, H Bruelheide, F van Der Plas… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Forest ecosystem functioning generally benefits from higher tree species richness, but
variation within richness levels is typically large. This is mostly due to the contrasting …

Transferring biodiversity-ecosystem function research to the management of 'real-world'ecosystems

P Manning, J Loos, AD Barnes, P Batáry… - Advances in ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) research grew rapidly following concerns that
biodiversity loss would negatively affect ecosystem functions and the ecosystem services …

Multiple components of plant diversity loss determine herbivore phylogenetic diversity in a subtropical forest experiment

MQ Wang, YI Li, D Chesters, P Anttonen… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plant diversity loss can alter higher trophic‐level communities via non‐random species
interactions, which in turn may cascade to affect key ecosystem functions. These non …

[HTML][HTML] Testing soil nematode extraction efficiency using different variations of the Baermann-funnel method

S Cesarz, AE Schulz, R Beugnon, N Eisenhauer - Soil organisms, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nematodes are increasingly used as powerful bioindicators of soil food web composition
and functioning in ecological studies. Todays' ecological research aims to investigate not …

Tree diversity increases robustness of multi-trophic interactions

F Fornoff, AM Klein, N Blüthgen… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Multi-trophic interactions maintain critical ecosystem functions. Biodiversity is declining
globally, while responses of trophic interactions to biodiversity change are largely unclear …