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Consistent responses of soil microbial communities to elevated nutrient inputs in grasslands across the globe by Leff, Jonathan W., Jones, Stuart E., Prober, Suzanne M., Barberán, Albert, Borer, Elizabeth T., Firn, Jennifer L., Harpole, W. Stanley, Hobbie, Sarah E., Hofmockel, Kirsten S., Knops, Johannes M. H., McCulley, Rebecca L., LaPierre, Kimberly, Risch, Anita C., Seabloom, Eric W., Schütz, Martin, Steenbock, Christopher, Stevens, Carly J., Fierer, Noah

“…Soil microorganisms are critical to ecosystem functioning and the maintenance of soil fertility. However, despite global increases in the inputs of nitrogen…”
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Biodiversity and ecosystem stability in a decade-long grassland experiment by Tilman, D, Reich, P.B, Knops, J.M.H

“…Human-driven ecosystem simplification has highlighted questions about how the number of species in an ecosystem influences its functioning. Although…”
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What drives masting? The phenological synchrony hypothesis by Koenig, Walter D, Knops, Johannes M. H, Carmen, William J, Pearse, Ian S

“…Annually variable and synchronous seed production, or masting behavior, is a widespread phenomenon with dramatic effects on wildlife populations and their…”
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Plant species loss decreases arthropod diversity and shifts trophic structure by Haddad, Nick M, Crutsinger, Gregory M, Gross, Kevin, Haarstad, John, Knops, Johannes M.H, Tilman, David

“…Plant diversity is predicted to be positively linked to the diversity of herbivores and predators in a foodweb. Yet, the relationship between plant and animal…”
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Large-scale spatial synchrony and cross-synchrony in acorn production by two California oaks by Koenig, Walter D, Knops, Johannes M. H

“…Seed production that varies greatly from year to year, known as "masting" or "mast-fruiting" behavior, is a population-level phenomenon known to exhibit…”
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Cues versus proximate drivers: testing the mechanism behind masting behavior by Pearse, Ian S., Koenig, Walter D., Knops, Johannes M. H.

“…Masting, the intermittent and synchronized production of seeds, is a common and important phenomenon throughout the plant kingdom. Surprisingly, the proximate…”
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Pocket gopher disturbance slows soil carbon accumulation in abandoned agricultural lands by Yang, Yi, Knops, Johannes, Brassil, Chad

“…Soil carbon (C) sequestration rates vary widely in abandoned agricultural lands, and factors determining this variation, beyond climate, soil type, and…”
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Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on soil carbon fractions in alpine meadows on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Li, Jin Hua, Yang, Yu Jie, Li, Bo Wen, Li, Wen Jin, Wang, Gang, Knops, Johannes M H

“…In grassland ecosystems, N and P fertilization often increase plant productivity, but there is no concensus if fertilization affects soil C fractions. We…”
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Multiple invasive species affect germination, growth, and photosynthesis of native weeds and crops in experiments by Lenda, Magdalena, Steudel, Bastian, Skórka, Piotr, Zagrodzka, Zuzanna B., Moroń, Dawid, Bączek-Kwinta, Renata, Janowiak, Franciszek, Baran, Agnieszka, Possingham, Hugh P., Knops, Johannes M. H.

“…Alien plant species regularly and simultaneously invade agricultural landscapes and ecosystems; however, the effects of co-invasion on crop production and…”
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Nitrogen limitation constrains sustainability of ecosystem response to CO2 by Reich, P.B, Hobbie, S.E, Lee, T, Ellsworth, D.S, West, J.B, Tilman, D, Knops, J.M.H, Naeem, S, Trost, J

“…Enhanced plant biomass accumulation in response to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration could dampen the future rate of increase in CO2 levels and associated…”
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Nitrogen addition increases sexual reproduction and improves seedling growth in the perennial rhizomatous grass Leymus chinensis by Gao, Song, Wang, Junfeng, Knops, Johannes M H, Wang, Jiao

“…The Eurasian steppe is an important vegetation type characterized by cold, arid and nitrogen poor conditions. At the Eastern edge, including in the Songnen…”
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Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide by Prober, Suzanne M., Leff, Jonathan W., Bates, Scott T., Borer, Elizabeth T., Firn, Jennifer, Harpole, W. Stanley, Lind, Eric M., Seabloom, Eric W., Adler, Peter B., Bakker, Jonathan D., Cleland, Elsa E., DeCrappeo, Nicole M., DeLorenze, Elizabeth, Hagenah, Nicole, Hautier, Yann, Hofmockel, Kirsten S., Kirkman, Kevin P., Knops, Johannes M.H., La Pierre, Kimberly J., MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Mitchell, Charles E., Risch, Anita C., Schuetz, Martin, Stevens, Carly J., Williams, Ryan J., Fierer, Noah

“…Aboveground–belowground interactions exert critical controls on the composition and function of terrestrial ecosystems, yet the fundamental relationships…”
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Effect of the internet commerce on dispersal modes of invasive alien species by Lenda, Magdalena, Skórka, Piotr, Knops, Johannes M H, Moroń, Dawid, Sutherland, William J, Kuszewska, Karolina, Woyciechowski, Michał

“…The spread of invasive alien plants has considerable environmental and economic consequences, and is one of the most challenging ecological problems. The…”
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Globally consistent response of plant microbiome diversity across hosts and continents to soil nutrients and herbivores by Seabloom, Eric W., Caldeira, Maria C., Davies, Kendi F., Kinkel, Linda, Knops, Johannes M. H., Komatsu, Kimberly J., MacDougall, Andrew S., May, Georgiana, Millican, Michael, Moore, Joslin L., Perez, Luis I., Porath-Krause, Anita J., Power, Sally A., Prober, Suzanne M., Risch, Anita C., Stevens, Carly, Borer, Elizabeth T.

“…All multicellular organisms host a diverse microbiome composed of microbial pathogens, mutualists, and commensals, and changes in microbiome diversity or…”
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Interrelationships among life-history traits in three California oaks by Barringer, Brian C., Koenig, Walter D., Knops, Johannes M. H.

“…Life-history traits interact in important ways. Relatively few studies, however, have explored the relationships between life-history traits in long-lived taxa…”
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Biodiversity as a barrier to ecological invasion by Kennedy, Theodore A, Naeem, Shahid, Howe, Katherine M, Knops, Johannes M. H, Tilman, David, Reich, Peter

“…Biological invasions are a pervasive and costly environmental problem that has been the focus of intense management and research activities over the past half…”
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Herbivore impact on grassland plant diversity depends on habitat productivity and herbivore size by Bakker, Elisabeth S, Ritchie, Mark E, Olff, Han, Milchunas, Daniel G, Knops, Johannes M.H

“…Mammalian herbivores can have pronounced effects on plant diversity but are currently declining in many productive ecosystems through direct extirpation,…”
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Species-driven changes in nitrogen cycling can provide a mechanism for plant invasions by Laungani, Ramesh, Knops, Johannes M.H

“…Traits that permit successful invasions have often seemed idiosyncratic, and the key biological traits identified vary widely among species. This fundamentally…”
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Negative correlation does not imply a tradeoff between growth and reproduction in California oaks by Knops, Johannes M.H, Koenig, Walter D, Carmen, William J

“…A tradeoff between growth and reproduction, often inferred from an inverse correlation between these two variables, is a fundamental paradigm of life-history…”
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The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate by Spohn, Marie, Bagchi, Sumanta, Biederman, Lori A., Borer, Elizabeth T., Bråthen, Kari Anne, Bugalho, Miguel N., Caldeira, Maria C., Catford, Jane A., Collins, Scott L., Eisenhauer, Nico, Hagenah, Nicole, Haider, Sylvia, Hautier, Yann, Knops, Johannes M. H., Koerner, Sally E., Laanisto, Lauri, Lekberg, Ylva, Martina, Jason P., Martinson, Holly, McCulley, Rebecca L., Peri, Pablo L., Macek, Petr, Power, Sally A., Risch, Anita C., Roscher, Christiane, Seabloom, Eric W., Stevens, Carly, Veen, G. F. (Ciska), Virtanen, Risto, Yahdjian, Laura

“…Little is currently known about how climate modulates the relationship between plant diversity and soil organic carbon and the mechanisms involved. Yet, this…”
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