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Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage by Lange, Markus, Eisenhauer, Nico, Sierra, Carlos A., Bessler, Holger, Engels, Christoph, Griffiths, Robert I., Mellado-Vázquez, Perla G., Malik, Ashish A., Roy, Jacques, Scheu, Stefan, Steinbeiss, Sibylle, Thomson, Bruce C., Trumbore, Susan E., Gleixner, Gerd

“…Plant diversity strongly influences ecosystem functions and services, such as soil carbon storage. However, the mechanisms underlying the positive plant…”
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Plant species richness and functional groups have different effects on soil water content in a decade‐long grassland experiment by Fischer, Christine, Leimer, Sophia, Roscher, Christiane, Ravenek, Janneke, de Kroon, Hans, Kreutziger, Yvonne, Baade, Jussi, Beßler, Holger, Eisenhauer, Nico, Weigelt, Alexandra, Mommer, Liesje, Lange, Markus, Gleixner, Gerd, Wilcke, Wolfgang, Schröder, Boris, Hildebrandt, Anke, Bardgett, Richard

“…The temporal and spatial dynamics of soil water are closely interlinked with terrestrial ecosystems functioning. The interaction between plant community…”
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Biotic and abiotic properties mediating plant diversity effects on soil microbial communities in an experimental grassland by Lange, Markus, Habekost, Maike, Eisenhauer, Nico, Roscher, Christiane, Bessler, Holger, Engels, Christof, Oelmann, Yvonne, Scheu, Stefan, Wilcke, Wolfgang, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Gleixner, Gerd

“…Plant diversity drives changes in the soil microbial community which may result in alterations in ecosystem functions. However, the governing factors between…”
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Plant diversity positively affects short-term soil carbon storage in experimental grasslands by STEINBEISS, SIBYLLE, BEßLER, HOLGER, ENGELS, CHRISTOF, TEMPERTON, VICKY M, BUCHMANN, NINA, ROSCHER, CHRISTIANE, KREUTZIGER, YVONNE, BAADE, JUSSI, HABEKOST, MAIKE, GLEIXNER, GERD

“…Increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentration and related climate change have stimulated much interest in the potential of soils to sequester carbon. In 'The Jena…”
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Biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions by Meyer, Sebastian T., Ptacnik, Robert, Hillebrand, Helmut, Bessler, Holger, Buchmann, Nina, Ebeling, Anne, Eisenhauer, Nico, Engels, Christof, Fischer, Markus, Halle, Stefan, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Oelmann, Yvonne, Roscher, Christiane, Rottstock, Tanja, Scherber, Christoph, Scheu, Stefan, Schmid, Bernhard, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Temperton, Vicky M., Tscharntke, Teja, Voigt, Winfried, Weigelt, Alexandra, Wilcke, Wolfgang, Weisser, Wolfgang W.

“…Biodiversity ensures ecosystem functioning and provisioning of ecosystem services, but it remains unclear how biodiversity–ecosystem multifunctionality…”
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Plant diversity surpasses plant functional groups and plant productivity as driver of soil biota in the long term by Eisenhauer, Nico, Milcu, Alexandru, Sabais, Alexander C W, Bessler, Holger, Brenner, Johanna, Engels, Christof, Klarner, Bernhard, Maraun, Mark, Partsch, Stephan, Roscher, Christiane, Schonert, Felix, Temperton, Vicky M, Thomisch, Karolin, Weigelt, Alexandra, Weisser, Wolfgang W, Scheu, Stefan

“…One of the most significant consequences of contemporary global change is the rapid decline of biodiversity in many ecosystems. Knowledge of the consequences…”
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Functionally and phylogenetically diverse plant communities key to soil biota by Milcu, Alexandru, Allan, Eric, Roscher, Christiane, Jenkins, Tania, Meyer, Sebastian T, Flynn, Dan, Bessler, Holger, Buscot, François, Engels, Christof, Gubsch, Marlén, König, Stephan, Lipowsky, Annett, Loranger, Jessy, Renker, Carsten, Scherber, Christoph, Schmid, Bernhard, Thébault, Elisa, Wubet, Tesfaye, Weisser, Wolfgang W, Scheu, Stefan, Eisenhauer, Nico

“…Recent studies assessing the role of biological diversity for ecosystem functioning indicate that the diversity of functional traits and the evolutionary…”
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Combining a root exclusion technique with continuous chamber and porous tube measurements for a pin‐point separation of ecosystem respiration in croplands by Hoffmann, Mathias, Wirth, Stephan J., Beßler, Holger, Engels, Christof, Jochheim, Hubert, Sommer, Michael, Augustin, Jürgen

“…To better assess ecosystem C budgets of croplands and understand their potential response to climate and management changes, detailed information on the…”
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Resources, recruitment limitation and invader species identity determine pattern of spontaneous invasion in experimental grasslands by Roscher, Christiane, Beßler, Holger, Oelmann, Yvonne, Engels, Christof, Wilcke, Wolfgang, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef

“…1. A number of experimental studies have supported the hypothesis that diversity increases invasion resistance, but several mechanisms were proposed to explain…”
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Plant diversity effects on the water balance of an experimental grassland by Leimer, Sophia, Kreutziger, Yvonne, Rosenkranz, Stephan, Beßler, Holger, Engels, Christof, Hildebrandt, Anke, Oelmann, Yvonne, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Wirth, Christian, Wilcke, Wolfgang

“…ABSTRACT In the literature, contrasting effects of plant species richness on the soil water balance are reported. Our objective was to assess the effects of…”
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Biodiversity and belowground interactions mediate community invasion resistance against a tall herb invader by Scherber, Christoph, Mwangi, Peter N., Schmitz, Martin, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Beßler, Holger, Engels, Christof, Eisenhauer, Nico, Migunova, Varvara D., Scheu, Stefan, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Schmid, Bernhard

“…Aims Species-rich plant communities are hypothesized to be more resistant against plant invasions because they use resources in a more efficient way. However,…”
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Long-term study of root biomass in a biodiversity experiment reveals shifts in diversity effects over time by Ravenek, Janneke M., Bessler, Holger, Engels, Christof, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Gessler, Arthur, Gockele, Annette, De Luca, Enrica, Temperton, Vicky M., Ebeling, Anne, Roscher, Christiane, Schmid, Bernhard, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Wirth, Christian, de Kroon, Hans, Weigelt, Alexandra, Mommer, Liesje

“…Biodiversity experiments generally report a positive effect of plant biodiversity on aboveground biomass (overyielding), which typically increases with time…”
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Processing Municipal Waste for Phytostabilization of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils by Hazratqulov, Shohnazar, von Ahlefeldt, Georgina, Liu, Rui, Bessler, Holger, Almuina-Villar, Hernán, Dieguez-Alonso, Alba, Engels, Christof

“…Background: Organic amendments are often used for the phytostabilization of heavy metal-contaminated soils. This study investigated the suitability of…”
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Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance by Bessler, Holger, Oelmann, Yvonne, Roscher, Christiane, Buchmann, Nina, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Temperton, Vicky M., Wilcke, Wolfgang, Engels, Christof

“…Aims This study aimed to measure the effect of plant diversity on N uptake in grasslands and to assess the mechanisms contributing to diversity effects…”
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A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions by Allan, Eric, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Fischer, Markus, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Weigelt, Alexandra, Roscher, Christiane, Baade, Jussi, Barnard, Romain L., Beßler, Holger, Buchmann, Nina, Ebeling, Anne, Eisenhauer, Nico, Engels, Christof, Fergus, Alexander J. F., Gleixner, Gerd, Gubsch, Marlén, Halle, Stefan, Klein, Alexandra M., Kertscher, Ilona, Kuu, Annely, Lange, Markus, Le Roux, Xavier, Meyer, Sebastian T., Migunova, Varvara D., Milcu, Alexandru, Niklaus, Pascal A., Oelmann, Yvonne, Pašalić, Esther, Petermann, Jana S., Poly, Franck, Rottstock, Tanja, Sabais, Alexander C. W., Scherber, Christoph, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Scheu, Stefan, Steinbeiss, Sibylle, Schwichtenberg, Guido, Temperton, Vicky, Tscharntke, Teja, Voigt, Winfried, Wilcke, Wolfgang, Wirth, Christian, Schmid, Bernhard

“…In order to predict which ecosystem functions are most at risk from biodiversity loss, meta-analyses have generalised results from biodiversity experiments…”
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Aboveground Overyielding in Grassland Mixtures Is Associated with Reduced Biomass Partitioning to Belowground Organs by Bessler, Holger, Temperton, Vicky M., Roscher, Christiane, Buchmann, Nina, Schmid, Bernhard, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Engels, Christof

“…We investigated effects of plant species richness in experimental grassland plots on annual above- and belowground biomass production estimated from repeated…”
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Plant community impacts on the structure of earthworm communities depend on season and change with time by Eisenhauer, Nico, Milcu, Alexandru, Sabais, Alexander C.W., Bessler, Holger, Weigelt, Alexandra, Engels, Christof, Scheu, Stefan

“…Declining plant diversity potentially threatens essential ecosystem functions driven by the decomposer community, such as litter decomposition and nutrient…”
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Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity by Meyer, Sebastian T., Ebeling, Anne, Eisenhauer, Nico, Hertzog, Lionel, Hillebrand, Helmut, Milcu, Alexandru, Pompe, Sven, Abbas, Maike, Bessler, Holger, Buchmann, Nina, De Luca, Enrica, Engels, Christof, Fischer, Markus, Gleixner, Gerd, Hudewenz, Anika, Klein, Alexandra‐Maria, de Kroon, Hans, Leimer, Sophia, Loranger, Hannah, Mommer, Liesje, Oelmann, Yvonne, Ravenek, Janneke M., Roscher, Christiane, Rottstock, Tanja, Scherber, Christoph, Scherer‐Lorenzen, Michael, Scheu, Stefan, Schmid, Bernhard, Schulze, Ernst‐Detlef, Staudler, Andrea, Strecker, Tanja, Temperton, Vicky, Tscharntke, Teja, Vogel, Anja, Voigt, Winfried, Weigelt, Alexandra, Wilcke, Wolfgang, Weisser, Wolfgang W.

“…Abstract Human‐caused declines in biodiversity have stimulated intensive research on the consequences of biodiversity loss for ecosystem services and policy…”
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Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: contribution of N sub(2) fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance by Bessler, Holger, Oelmann, Yvonne, Roscher, Christiane, Buchmann, Nina, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Temperton, Vicky M, Wilcke, Wolfgang, Engels, Christof

“…Aims: This study aimed to measure the effect of plant diversity on N uptake in grasslands and to assess the mechanisms contributing to diversity effects…”
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Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: contribution of N 2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance by Bessler, Holger, Oelmann, Yvonne, Roscher, Christiane, Buchmann, Nina, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Temperton, Vicky M., Wilcke, Wolfgang, Engels, Christof

“…Aims This study aimed to measure the effect of plant diversity on N uptake in grasslands and to assess the mechanisms contributing to diversity effects…”
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