Search Results - "Gross, Nicolas"
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Climate mediates the biodiversity–ecosystem stability relationship globally
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (14-08-2018)“…The insurance hypothesis, stating that biodiversity can increase ecosystem stability, has received wide research and political attention. Recent experiments…”
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Testing the environmental filtering concept in global drylands
Published in The Journal of ecology (01-07-2017)“…1. The environmental filtering hypothesis predicts that the abiotic environment selects species with similar trait values within communities. Testing this…”
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global meta‐analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities
Published in Ecology letters (01-12-2015)“…Recent studies have shown that accounting for intraspecific trait variation (ITV) may better address major questions in community ecology. However, a general…”
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Theranostic Trigger‐Responsive Carbon Monoxide‐Generating Microbubbles
Published in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (01-05-2022)“…Carbon monoxide (CO) is a gaseous signaling molecule that modulates inflammation, cell survival, and recovery after myocardial infarction. However, handling…”
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Cascading effects from plants to soil microorganisms explain how plant species richness and simulated climate change affect soil multifunctionality
Published in Global change biology (01-12-2018)“…Despite their importance, how plant communities and soil microorganisms interact to determine the capacity of ecosystems to provide multiple functions…”
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Functional diversity enhances the resistance of ecosystem multifunctionality to aridity in Mediterranean drylands
Published in The New phytologist (01-04-2015)“…We used a functional trait‐based approach to assess the impacts of aridity and shrub encroachment on the functional structure of Mediterranean dryland…”
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Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (19-12-2017)“…Our ability to understand and predict the response of ecosystems to a changing environment depends on quantifying vegetation functional diversity. However,…”
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Spiral blurring correction with water–fat separation for magnetic resonance fingerprinting in the breast
Published in Magnetic resonance in medicine (01-04-2020)“…Purpose Magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) with spiral readout enables rapid quantification of tissue relaxation times. However, it is prone to blurring…”
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Functional trait diversity maximizes ecosystem multifunctionality
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (18-04-2017)“…Understanding the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has been a core ecological research topic over the past decades. Although a key…”
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Confounding factors in breast magnetic resonance fingerprinting: B1+, slice profile, and diffusion effects
Published in Magnetic resonance in medicine (01-04-2021)“…Purpose Magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) offers rapid quantitative imaging but may be subject to confounding effects (CE) if these are not included in…”
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Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands
Published in Nature ecology & evolution (01-01-2018)“…1. Dryland vegetation is characterized by discrete plant patches that accumulate and capture soil resources under their canopies. These "fertile islands" are…”
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Habitat filtering and niche differentiation jointly explain species relative abundance within grassland communities along fertility and disturbance gradients
Published in The New phytologist (01-10-2012)“…Deterministic niche-based processes have been proposed to explain species relative abundance within communities but lead to different predictions: habitat…”
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Fire disturbance effects on plant taxonomic and functional β‐diversity mediated by topographic exposure
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-01-2022)“…Although the diversity–disturbance relationship has been extensively studied, the differences in responses of taxonomic vs. functional diversity to natural…”
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Indirect facilitation promotes macrophyte survival and growth in freshwater ecosystems threatened by eutrophication
Published in The Journal of ecology (01-03-2012)“…1. Eutrophication is a major threat for freshwater ecosystems. Submerged aquatic plants (macrophytes) can maintain clear water conditions in eutrophic lakes by…”
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Functional equivalence, competitive hierarchy and facilitation determine species coexistence in highly invaded grasslands
Published in The New phytologist (01-04-2015)“…Alien and native plant species often differ in functional traits. Trait differences could lead to niche differences that minimize competitive interactions and…”
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Disentangling coordination among functional traits using an individual-centred model: impact on plant performance at intra- and inter-specific levels
Published in PloS one (09-10-2013)“…Plant functional traits co-vary along strategy spectra, thereby defining trade-offs for resource acquisition and utilization amongst other processes. A main…”
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Leaf dry matter content and lateral spread predict response to land use change for six subalpine grassland species
Published in Journal of vegetation science (01-04-2007)“…Question: Land-use change has a major impact on terrestrial plant communities by affecting fertility and disturbance. We test how particular combinations of…”
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Trade-off between root nitrogen acquisition and shoot nitrogen utilization across 13 co-occurring pasture grass species
Published in Functional ecology (01-08-2009)“…1. Although plant nitrogen (N) strategies may play an important role for community structure and ecosystem functioning, there is not a clear understanding of…”
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Gemini: A grassland model simulating the role of plant traits for community dynamics and ecosystem functioning. Parameterization and evaluation
Published in Ecological modelling (24-04-2012)“…► In this study, we develop and evaluate a structure–function–diversity model of grassland ecosystems. ► The model is parameterized from plant functional…”
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Description of long-term monitoring of farmland biodiversity in a LTSER
Published in Data in brief (01-08-2018)“…Understanding the response of biodiversity to management, land use and climate change is a major challenge in farmland to halt the decline of biodiversity…”
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