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How lichens impact on terrestrial community and ecosystem properties by Asplund, Johan, Wardle, David A.

“…ABSTRACT Lichens occur in most terrestrial ecosystems; they are often present as minor contributors, but in some forests, drylands and tundras they can make up…”
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The Overlooked Role of Facilitation in Biodiversity Experiments by Wright, Alexandra J., Wardle, David A., Callaway, Ragan, Gaxiola, Aurora

“…Past research has demonstrated that decreased biodiversity often reduces ecosystem productivity, but variation in the shape of biodiversity–ecosystem function…”
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Rhizosphere control of soil nitrogen cycling: a key component of plant economic strategies by Henneron, Ludovic, Kardol, Paul, Wardle, David A., Cros, Camille, Fontaine, Sébastien

“…• Understanding how plant species influence soil nutrient cycling is a major theme in terrestrial ecosystem ecology. However, the prevailing paradigm has…”
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Do experiments exploring plant diversity–ecosystem functioning relationships inform how biodiversity loss impacts natural ecosystems? by Wardle, David A.

“…An enormous recent research effort focused on how plant biodiversity (notably species richness) influences ecosystem functioning, usually through experiments…”
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Long-term effects of species loss on community properties across contrasting ecosystems by Kardol, Paul, Fanin, Nicolas, Wardle, David A.

“…Biodiversity loss can heavily affect the functioning of ecosystems, and improving our understanding of how ecosystems respond to biodiversity decline is one of…”
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Plant-soil feedback and the maintenance of diversity in Mediterranean-climate shrublands by Teste, François P., Kardol, Paul, Turner, Benjamin L., Wardle, David A., Zemunik, Graham, Renton, Michael, Laliberté, Etienne

“…Soil biota influence plant performance through plant-soil feedback, but it is unclear whether the strength of such feedback depends on plant traits and whether…”
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Community and Ecosystem Responses to Elevational Gradients: Processes, Mechanisms, and Insights for Global Change by Sundqvist, Maja K., Sanders, Nathan J., Wardle, David A.

“…Community structure and ecosystem processes often vary along elevational gradients. Their responses to elevation are commonly driven by changes in temperature,…”
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Carbon sequestration is related to mycorrhizal fungal community shifts during long‐term succession in boreal forests by Clemmensen, Karina E, Finlay, Roger D, Dahlberg, Anders, Stenlid, Jan, Wardle, David A, Lindahl, Björn D

“…Boreal forest soils store a major proportion of the global terrestrial carbon (C) and below‐ground inputs contribute as much as above‐ground plant litter to…”
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Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales by Isbell, Forest, Gonzalez, Andrew, Loreau, Michel, Cowles, Jane, Díaz, Sandra, Hector, Andy, Mace, Georgina M., Wardle, David A., O'Connor, Mary I., Duffy, J. Emmett, Turnbull, Lindsay A., Thompson, Patrick L., Larigauderie, Anne

“…Biodiversity enhances many of nature's benefits to people, including the regulation of climate and the production of wood in forests, livestock forage in…”
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Impacts of biological invasions: what's what and the way forward by Simberloff, Daniel, Martin, Jean-Louis, Genovesi, Piero, Maris, Virginie, Wardle, David A., Aronson, James, Courchamp, Franck, Galil, Bella, García-Berthou, Emili, Pascal, Michel, Pyšek, Petr, Sousa, Ronaldo, Tabacchi, Eric, Vilà, Montserrat

“…Study of the impacts of biological invasions, a pervasive component of global change, has generated remarkable understanding of the mechanisms and consequences…”
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The influence of biotic interactions on soil biodiversity by Wardle, David A.

“…Belowground communities usually support a much greater diversity of organisms than do corresponding aboveground ones, and while the factors that regulate their…”
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The use of chronosequences in studies of ecological succession and soil development by Walker, Lawrence R., Wardle, David A., Bardgett, Richard D., Clarkson, Bruce D.

“…1. Chronosequences and associated space-for-time substitutions are an important and often necessary tool for studying temporal dynamics of plant communities…”
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The ecosystem and evolutionary contexts of allelopathy by Inderjit, Wardle, David A., Karban, Richard, Callaway, Ragan M.

“…Plants can release chemicals into the environment that suppress the growth and establishment of other plants in their vicinity: a process known as…”
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Impacts of invasive biota in forest ecosystems in an aboveground–belowground context by Wardle, David A., Peltzer, Duane A.

“…Forest ecosystems world-wide are being subjected to invasion by organisms representing all domains of life. Here we use a combined aboveground-belowground…”
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The ratio of Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacterial PLFA markers as an indicator of carbon availability in organic soils by Fanin, Nicolas, Kardol, Paul, Farrell, Mark, Nilsson, Marie-Charlotte, Gundale, Michael J., Wardle, David A.

“…Despite recent progress in understanding soil microbial responses to carbon (C) limitation, the functional shifts in microbial community structure associated…”
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A tale of two theories, a chronosequence and a bioindicator of soil quality by Wardle, David A., Ghani, Anwar

“…In this Citation Classics commentary, we reflect upon a paper that we published in Soil Biology & Biochemistry in 1995 and that provided a critical assessment…”
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Biological invasions in forest ecosystems by Liebhold, Andrew M., Brockerhoff, Eckehard G., Kalisz, Susan, Nuñez, Martin A., Wardle, David A., Wingfield, Michael J.

“…Forests play critical roles in global ecosystem processes and provide numerous services to society. But forests are increasingly affected by a variety of human…”
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Litter quality and environmental controls of home-field advantage effects on litter decomposition by Veen, G. F. (Ciska), Freschet, Grégoire T., Ordonez, Alejandro, Wardle, David A.

“…The ‘home-field advantage (HFA) hypothesis’ predicts that plant litter is decomposed faster than expected in the vicinity of the plant where it originates from…”
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Contrasting effects of plant inter- and intraspecific variation on community-level trait measures along an environmental gradient by Kichenin, Emilie, Wardle, David A., Peltzer, Duane A., Morse, Chris W., Freschet, Grégoire T.

“…1. Despite widespread focus on interspecific variation in trait-based ecology, there is growing evidence that intraspecific trait variability can play a…”
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Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity by Cardinale, Bradley J., Duffy, J. Emmett, Gonzalez, Andrew, Hooper, David U., Perrings, Charles, Venail, Patrick, Narwani, Anita, Mace, Georgina M., Tilman, David, Wardle, David A., Kinzig, Ann P., Daily, Gretchen C., Loreau, Michel, Grace, James B., Larigauderie, Anne, Srivastava, Diane S., Naeem, Shahid

“…Two decades ago the first Earth Summit raised the question of how biological diversity loss alters ecosystem functioning and affects humanity; this Review…”
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