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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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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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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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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 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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Global change and species interactions in terrestrial ecosystems by Tylianakis, Jason M, Didham, Raphael K, Bascompte, Jordi, Wardle, David A

“…The main drivers of global environmental change (CO₂ enrichment, nitrogen deposition, climate, biotic invasions and land use) cause extinctions and alter…”
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Fire-Derived Charcoal Causes Loss of Forest Humus by Wardle, David A, Nilsson, Marie-Charlotte, Zackrisson, Olle

“…Fire is a global driver of carbon storage and converts a substantial proportion of plant biomass to black carbon (for example, charcoal), which remains in the…”
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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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Climate change effects on plant-soil feedbacks and consequences for biodiversity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems by Pugnaire, Francisco I, Morillo, José A, Peñuelas, Josep, Reich, Peter B, Bardgett, Richard D, Gaxiola, Aurora, Wardle, David A, van der Putten, Wim H

“…Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) are interactions among plants, soil organisms, and abiotic soil conditions that influence plant performance, plant species…”
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Plant-soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges by van der Putten, Wim H., Bardgett, Richard D., Bever, James D., Bezemer, T. Martijn, Casper, Brenda B., Fukami, Tadashi, Kardol, Paul, Klironomos, John N., Kulmatiski, Andrew, Schweitzer, Jennifer A., Suding, Katherine N., Van de Voorde, Tess F. J., Wardle, David A.

“…1. Plant-soil feedbacks is becoming an important concept for explaining vegetation dynamics, the invasiveness of introduced exotic species in new habitats and…”
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Impacts of climate on the biodiversity-productivity relationship in natural forests by Fei, Songlin, Jo, Insu, Guo, Qinfeng, Wardle, David A., Fang, Jingyun, Chen, Anping, Oswalt, Christopher M., Brockerhoff, Eckehard G.

“…Understanding biodiversity-productivity relationships (BPRs) is of theoretical importance, and has important management implications. Most work on BPRs has…”
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Terrestrial Ecosystem Responses to Species Gains and Losses by Wardle, David A., Bardgett, Richard D., Callaway, Ragan M., Van der Putten, Wim H.

“…Ecosystems worldwide are losing some species and gaining others, resulting in an interchange of species that is having profound impacts on how these ecosystems…”
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Linking litter decomposition of above- and below-ground organs to plant-soil feedbacks worldwide by Freschet, Grégoire T., Cornwell, William K., Wardle, David A., Elumeeva, Tatyana G., Liu, Wendan, Jackson, Benjamin G., Onipchenko, Vladimir G., Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Tao, Jianping, Cornelissen, Johannes H.C.

“…1. Conceptual frameworks relating plant traits to ecosystem processes such as organic matter dynamics are progressively moving from a leaf-centred to a…”
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