[HTML][HTML] The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning
Global change exposes forest ecosystems to many risks including novel climatic conditions,
increased frequency of climatic extremes and sudden emergence and spread of pests and …
increased frequency of climatic extremes and sudden emergence and spread of pests and …
Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment
Extreme climatic events threaten forests and their climate mitigation potential globally.
Understanding the drivers promoting ecosystem stability is therefore considered crucial for …
Understanding the drivers promoting ecosystem stability is therefore considered crucial for …
Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment
Biodiversity experiments have shown that species loss reduces ecosystem functioning in
grassland. To test whether this result can be extrapolated to forests, the main contributors to …
grassland. To test whether this result can be extrapolated to forests, the main contributors to …
Enhancing tree performance through species mixing: Review of a quarter-century of TreeDivNet experiments reveals research gaps and practical insights
L Depauw, E De Lombaerde, E Dhiedt… - Current Forestry …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review International ambitions for massive afforestation and restoration
are high. To make these investments sustainable and resilient under future climate change …
are high. To make these investments sustainable and resilient under future climate change …
Structural diversity promotes productivity of mixed, uneven-aged forests in southwestern Germany
A Dănescu, AT Albrecht, J Bauhus - Oecologia, 2016 - Springer
Forest diversity-productivity relationships have been intensively investigated in recent
decades. However, few studies have considered the interplay between species and …
decades. However, few studies have considered the interplay between species and …
Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical C hina
H Bruelheide, K Nadrowski, T Assmann… - Methods in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiments address ecosystem‐level
consequences of species loss by comparing communities of high species richness with …
consequences of species loss by comparing communities of high species richness with …
Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments
Despite considerable research demonstrating that biodiversity increases productivity in
forests and regulates herbivory and pathogen damage, there remain gaps in our …
forests and regulates herbivory and pathogen damage, there remain gaps in our …
On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems—a study from SE China
Aims The aim of our research was to understand small-scale effects of topography and soil
fertility on tree growth in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiment in …
fertility on tree growth in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiment in …
Abiotic and biotic drivers of tree trait effects on soil microbial biomass and soil carbon concentration
R Beugnon, W Bu, H Bruelheide… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Forests are ecosystems critical to understanding the global carbon budget, due to their
carbon sequestration potential in both aboveground and belowground compartments …
carbon sequestration potential in both aboveground and belowground compartments …
Tree mycorrhizal type and tree diversity shape the forest soil microbiota
B Singavarapu, R Beugnon… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There is limited knowledge on how the association of trees with different mycorrhizal types
shapes soil microbial communities in the context of changing tree diversity levels. We used …
shapes soil microbial communities in the context of changing tree diversity levels. We used …