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View article: Plant–herbivore interactions depend on plant richness, plant and soil history
Plant–herbivore interactions depend on plant richness, plant and soil history Open
Insect herbivores play a central role in grassland ecosystems. They depend on plants for their nutrition and exert feedback effects on plant communities. Although such reciprocal relationships are well recognized, how they are shaped by pl…
View article: Resource inequality limits transfer of nutrients from soils to plants in experimental grassland
Resource inequality limits transfer of nutrients from soils to plants in experimental grassland Open
A system's functioning is influenced not only by resource availability but also, likely, by resource inequality. In ecological systems most experimental manipulations of resource availability typically focused on homogeneous resource addit…
View article: JenaTron - An Experimental Approach to Study the Effects of Plant History and Soil History on Grassland Ecosystem Functioning
JenaTron - An Experimental Approach to Study the Effects of Plant History and Soil History on Grassland Ecosystem Functioning Open
The global loss of biodiversity has motivated many studies that experimentally vary plant species richness and examine the consequences for ecosystem functioning. Such experiments generally show a positive relationship between above- and b…
View article: Plant species richness promotes the decoupling of leaf and root defence traits while species‐specific responses in physical and chemical defences are rare
Plant species richness promotes the decoupling of leaf and root defence traits while species‐specific responses in physical and chemical defences are rare Open
Summary The increased positive impact of plant diversity on ecosystem functioning is often attributed to the accumulation of mutualists and dilution of antagonists in diverse plant communities. While increased plant diversity alters traits…
View article: Shared community history strengthens plant diversity effects on below‐ground multitrophic functioning
Shared community history strengthens plant diversity effects on below‐ground multitrophic functioning Open
The relationship of plant diversity and several ecosystem functions strengthens over time. This suggests that the restructuring of biotic interactions in the process of a community's assembly and the associated changes in function differ b…
View article: Plant Species Richness and the Root Economics Space Drive Soil Fungal Communities
Plant Species Richness and the Root Economics Space Drive Soil Fungal Communities Open
Trait‐based approaches have been increasingly used to relate plants to soil microbial communities. Using the recently described root economics space as an approach to explain the structure of soil‐borne fungal communities, our study in a g…
View article: Soil community history strengthens belowground multitrophic functioning across plant diversity levels in a grassland experiment
Soil community history strengthens belowground multitrophic functioning across plant diversity levels in a grassland experiment Open
Biodiversity experiments revealed that plant diversity loss can decrease ecosystem functions across trophic levels. To address why such biodiversity-function relationships strengthen over time, we established experimental mesocosms replica…
View article: Shared community history strengthens plant diversity effects on belowground multitrophic functioning
Shared community history strengthens plant diversity effects on belowground multitrophic functioning Open
The relationship of plant diversity and several ecosystem functions strengthens over time. This suggests that the restructuring of biotic interactions in the process of a community’s assembly and the associated changes in function differ b…
View article: Common soil history is more important than plant history for arbuscular mycorrhizal community assembly in an experimental grassland diversity gradient
Common soil history is more important than plant history for arbuscular mycorrhizal community assembly in an experimental grassland diversity gradient Open
The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning strengthens with ecosystem age. However, the interplay between the plant diversity - ecosystem functioning relationship and Glomeromycotinian arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF…
View article: Plant species richness and the root economics space drive soil fungal communities
Plant species richness and the root economics space drive soil fungal communities Open
Trait-based approaches have been increasingly used to relate plants to soil microbial communities. However, the plant organs mediating this plant-microbe interaction – the roots – have been largely overlooked. The recent discovery of the r…
View article: Common soil history is more important than plant history for arbuscular mycorrhizal community assembly in an experimental grassland diversity gradient
Common soil history is more important than plant history for arbuscular mycorrhizal community assembly in an experimental grassland diversity gradient Open
The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning strengthens with ecosystem age. However, the interplay between the plant diversity - ecosystem functioning relationship and Glomeromycotinian arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF…
View article: Intra- and inter-specific changes in leaf and root defence traits along an experimental plant diversity gradient.
Intra- and inter-specific changes in leaf and root defence traits along an experimental plant diversity gradient. Open
The enhancement of biodiversity's positive impact on ecosystem functioning (BEF) over time is commonly observed and attributed to the accumulation of mutualists and dilution of antagonists in more diverse communities. If antagonists play a…
View article: Uncovering the secrets of monoculture yield decline: trade‐offs between leaf and root chemical and physical defence traits in a grassland experiment
Uncovering the secrets of monoculture yield decline: trade‐offs between leaf and root chemical and physical defence traits in a grassland experiment Open
Plant monocultures growing for extended periods face severe losses of productivity. This phenomenon, known as ‘yield decline', is often caused by the accumulation of above‐ and below‐ground plant antagonists. The effectiveness of plant def…
View article: Responses of rhizosphere fungi to the root economics space in grassland monocultures of different age
Responses of rhizosphere fungi to the root economics space in grassland monocultures of different age Open
Summary Recent studies on root traits have shown that there are two axes explaining trait variation belowground: the collaboration axis with mycorrhizal partners and the conservation (‘fast – slow’) axis. However, it is yet unknown whether…
View article: Shared community history strengthens plant diversity effects on belowground multitrophic functioning
Shared community history strengthens plant diversity effects on belowground multitrophic functioning Open
The relationship of plant diversity and several ecosystem functions strengthens over time. This suggests that the restructuring of biotic interactions in the process of a community’s assembly and the associated changes in function differ b…
View article: Leaf and root chemical and physical defence traits mediate monoculture yield decline in a grassland experiment
Leaf and root chemical and physical defence traits mediate monoculture yield decline in a grassland experiment Open
Plant monocultures growing for extended periods face severe losses of productivity. This phenomenon, known as ‘yield decline’, is often caused by the accumulation of above- and belowground plant antagonists. The effectiveness of plant defe…
View article: Exergy and Environmental Analysis of the Substitution of Coal for Biomass in Thermal Power Plants in Brazil
Exergy and Environmental Analysis of the Substitution of Coal for Biomass in Thermal Power Plants in Brazil Open
In the last decade, biomass consumption for thermal and electrical energy generation presented significant growth, as part of the plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the gradual substitution of fossil fuels for renewable source…
View article: Evaluating different methods for retrieving intraspecific leaf trait variation from hyperspectral leaf reflectance
Evaluating different methods for retrieving intraspecific leaf trait variation from hyperspectral leaf reflectance Open