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  • 2015Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","UNSP e0125678"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","5"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","PLoS ONE"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","10"],["dc.contributor.author","Strecker, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Barnard, Romain L."],["dc.contributor.author","Niklaus, Pascal A."],["dc.contributor.author","Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:57:22Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:57:22Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","Background Loss of biodiversity and increased nutrient inputs are two of the most crucial anthropogenic factors driving ecosystem change. Although both received considerable attention in previous studies, information on their interactive effects on ecosystem functioning is scarce. In particular, little is known on how soil biota and their functions are affected by combined changes in plant diversity and fertilization. Methodology/Principal Findings We investigated the effects of plant diversity, functional community composition, and fertilization on the biomass and respiration of soil microbial communities in a long-term biodiversity experiment in semi-natural grassland (Jena Experiment). Plant species richness enhanced microbial basal respiration and microbial biomass, but did not significantly affect microbial specific respiration. In contrast, the presence of legumes and fertilization significantly decreased microbial specific respiration, without altering microbial biomass. The effect of legumes was superimposed by fertilization as indicated by a significant interaction between the presence of legumes and fertilization. Further, changes in microbial stoichiometry (C-to-N ratio) and specific respiration suggest the presence of legumes to reduce N limitation of soil microorganisms and to modify microbial C use efficiency. Conclusions/Significance Our study highlights the role of plant species and functional group diversity as well as interactions between plant community composition and fertilizer application for soil microbial functions. Our results suggest soil microbial stoichiometry to be a powerful indicator of microbial functioning under N limited conditions. Although our results support the notion that plant diversity and fertilizer application independently affect microbial functioning, legume effects on microbial N limitation were superimposed by fertilization, indicating significant interactions between the functional composition of plant communities and nutrient inputs for soil processes."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open-Access Publikationsfonds 2015"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1371/journal.pone.0125678"],["dc.identifier.isi","000353943000090"],["dc.identifier.pmid","25938580"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/11820"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/37141"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Public Library Science"],["dc.relation.issn","1932-6203"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.title","Effects of Plant Diversity, Functional Group Composition, and Fertilization on Soil Microbial Properties in Experimental Grassland"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2016Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","e01619"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","12"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Ecosphere"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","7"],["dc.contributor.author","Meyer, Sebastian T."],["dc.contributor.author","Ebeling, Anne"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Hertzog, Lionel"],["dc.contributor.author","Hillebrand, Helmut"],["dc.contributor.author","Milcu, Alexandru"],["dc.contributor.author","Pompe, Sven"],["dc.contributor.author","Abbas, Maike"],["dc.contributor.author","Bessler, Holger"],["dc.contributor.author","Buchmann, Nina"],["dc.contributor.author","Luca, Enrica de"],["dc.contributor.author","Engels, Christof"],["dc.contributor.author","Fischer, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Gleixner, Gerd"],["dc.contributor.author","Hudewenz, Anika"],["dc.contributor.author","Klein, Alexandra-Maria"],["dc.contributor.author","Kroon, Hans de"],["dc.contributor.author","Leimer, Sophia"],["dc.contributor.author","Loranger, Hannah"],["dc.contributor.author","Mommer, Liesje"],["dc.contributor.author","Oelmann, Yvonne"],["dc.contributor.author","Ravenek, Janneke M."],["dc.contributor.author","Roscher, Christiane"],["dc.contributor.author","Rottstock, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherber, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmid, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Schulze, Ernst-Detlef"],["dc.contributor.author","Staudler, Andrea"],["dc.contributor.author","Strecker, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Temperton, Vicky"],["dc.contributor.author","Tscharntke, Teja"],["dc.contributor.author","Vogel, Anja"],["dc.contributor.author","Voigt, Winfried"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Wilcke, Wolfgang"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:54:46Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:54:46Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1002/ecs2.1619"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150091"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/14122"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/6821"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","public"],["dc.notes.submitter","chake"],["dc.relation.issn","2150-8925"],["dc.rights","CC BY 3.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0"],["dc.title","Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2021Journal Article Research Paper
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","4295"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","9"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Ecology and Evolution"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","4309"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","11"],["dc.contributor.author","Strecker, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Jesch, Annette"],["dc.contributor.author","Bachmann, Dörte"],["dc.contributor.author","Jüds, Melissa"],["dc.contributor.author","Karbstein, Kevin"],["dc.contributor.author","Ravenek, Janneke"],["dc.contributor.author","Roscher, Christiane"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-04-14T08:29:27Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-04-14T08:29:27Z"],["dc.date.issued","2021"],["dc.description.abstract","Abstract Although nitrogen (N) deposition is increasing globally, N availability still limits many organisms, such as microorganisms and mesofauna. However, little is known to which extent soil organisms rely on mineral‐derived N and whether plant community composition modifies its incorporation into soil food webs. More diverse plant communities more effectively compete with microorganisms for mineral N likely reducing the incorporation of mineral‐derived N into soil food webs. We set up a field experiment in experimental grasslands with different levels of plant species and functional group richness. We labeled soil with 15NH415NO3 and analyzed the incorporation of mineral‐derived 15N into soil microorganisms and mesofauna over 3 months. Mineral‐derived N incorporation decreased over time in all investigated organisms. Plant species richness and presence of legumes reduced the uptake of mineral‐derived N into microorganisms. In parallel, the incorporation of mineral‐derived 15N into mesofauna species declined with time and decreased with increasing plant species richness in the secondary decomposer springtail Ceratophysella sp. Effects of both plant species richness and functional group richness on other mesofauna species varied with time. The presence of grasses increased the 15N incorporation into Ceratophysella sp., but decreased it in the primary decomposer oribatid mite Tectocepheus velatus sarekensis. The results highlight that mineral N is quickly channeled into soil animal food webs via microorganisms irrespective of plant diversity. The amount of mineral‐derived N incorporated into soil animals, and the plant community properties affecting this incorporation, differed markedly between soil animal taxa, reflecting species‐specific use of food resources. Our results highlight that plant diversity and community composition alter the competition for N in soil and change the transfer of N across trophic levels in soil food webs, potentially leading to changes in soil animal population dynamics and community composition. Sustaining high plant diversity may buffer detrimental effects of elevated N deposition on soil biota."],["dc.description.abstract","Soil mineral nitrogen is incorporated quickly into microorganisms and higher trophic levels of the soil food web. Incorporation is not affected by plant species richness, but by plant community composition with legumes diluting the incorporation of soil mineral nitrogen. This highlights that plant community composition alters the competition for nitrogen in soil and changes nitrogen transfer across trophic levels in soil food webs, potentially leading to changes in soil animal population dynamics and community composition. image"],["dc.description.sponsorship","German Research Foundation (DFG)"],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2021"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1002/ece3.7325"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/82906"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-399"],["dc.relation.eissn","2045-7758"],["dc.relation.issn","2045-7758"],["dc.relation.orgunit","Zentrum für Biodiversität und Nachhaltige Landnutzung"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.title","Incorporation of mineral nitrogen into the soil food web as affected by plant community composition"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2020Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","393"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Nature Ecology & Evolution"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","405"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","4"],["dc.contributor.author","Buzhdygan, Oksana Y."],["dc.contributor.author","Meyer, Sebastian T."],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Ebeling, Anne"],["dc.contributor.author","Borrett, Stuart R."],["dc.contributor.author","Buchmann, Nina"],["dc.contributor.author","Cortois, Roeland"],["dc.contributor.author","De Deyn, Gerlinde B."],["dc.contributor.author","de Kroon, Hans"],["dc.contributor.author","Gleixner, Gerd"],["dc.contributor.author","Hertzog, Lionel R."],["dc.contributor.author","Hines, Jes"],["dc.contributor.author","Lange, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Mommer, Liesje"],["dc.contributor.author","Ravenek, Janneke"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherber, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmid, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Steinauer, Katja"],["dc.contributor.author","Strecker, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Tietjen, Britta"],["dc.contributor.author","Vogel, Anja"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Petermann, Jana S."],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T18:09:57Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T18:09:57Z"],["dc.date.issued","2020"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1038/s41559-020-1123-8"],["dc.identifier.eissn","2397-334X"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/73806"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","Biodiversity increases multitrophic energy use efficiency, flow and storage in grasslands"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2020Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1284"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Ecology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1297"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","109"],["dc.contributor.author","Lange, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Roth, Vanessa‐Nina"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Roscher, Christiane"],["dc.contributor.author","Dittmar, Thorsten"],["dc.contributor.author","Fischer‐Bedtke, Christine"],["dc.contributor.author","González Macé, Odette"],["dc.contributor.author","Hildebrandt, Anke"],["dc.contributor.author","Milcu, Alexandru"],["dc.contributor.author","Mommer, Liesje"],["dc.contributor.author","Oram, Natalie J."],["dc.contributor.author","Ravenek, Janneke"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmid, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Strecker, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Wagg, Cameron"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Gleixner, Gerd"],["dc.contributor.editor","de Vries, Franciska"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-04-14T08:24:16Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-04-14T08:24:16Z"],["dc.date.issued","2020"],["dc.description.abstract","Abstract Plant diversity is an important driver of below‐ground ecosystem functions, such as root growth, soil organic matter (SOM) storage and microbial metabolism, mainly by influencing the interactions between plant roots and soil. Dissolved organic matter (DOM), as the most mobile form of SOM, plays a crucial role for a multitude of soil processes that are central for ecosystem functioning. Thus, DOM is likely to be an important mediator of plant diversity effects on soil processes. However, the relationships between plant diversity and DOM have not been studied so far. We investigated the mechanisms underlying plant diversity effects on concentrations of DOM using continuous soil water sampling across 6 years and 62 plant communities in a long‐term grassland biodiversity experiment in Jena, Germany. Furthermore, we investigated plant diversity effects on the molecular properties of DOM in a subset of the samples. Although DOM concentrations were highly variable over the course of the year with highest concentrations in summer and autumn, we found that DOM concentrations consistently increased with plant diversity across seasons. The positive plant diversity effect on DOM concentrations was mainly mediated by increased microbial activity and newly sequestered carbon in topsoil. However, the effect of soil microbial activity on DOM concentrations differed between seasons, indicating DOM consumption in winter and spring, and DOM production in summer and autumn. Furthermore, we found increased contents of small and easily decomposable DOM molecules reaching deeper soil layers with high plant diversity. Synthesis. Our findings suggest that plant diversity enhances the continuous downward transport of DOM in multiple ways. On the one hand, higher plant diversity results in higher DOM concentrations, on the other hand, this DOM is less degraded. This study indicates, for the first time, that higher plant diversity enhances the downward transport of dissolved molecules that likely stimulate soil development in deeper layers and therefore increase soil fertility."],["dc.description.abstract","We investigated the mechanisms underlying plant diversity effects on concentrations and molecular properties of dissolved organic matter using continuous soil water sampling across several years and 62 plant communities in a long‐term grassland biodiversity experiment. Our study shows that plant diversity enhances the downward transport of dissolved molecules that stimulate soil development in deeper layers and therefore increase soil fertility. image"],["dc.description.sponsorship","Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/1365-2745.13556"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/81222"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-399"],["dc.relation.eissn","1365-2745"],["dc.relation.issn","0022-0477"],["dc.rights","This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited."],["dc.title","Plant diversity enhances production and downward transport of biodegradable dissolved organic matter"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2018Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","2002"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","5"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Ecology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","2018"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","106"],["dc.contributor.author","Jesch, Annette"],["dc.contributor.author","Barry, Kathryn E."],["dc.contributor.author","Ravenek, Janneke M."],["dc.contributor.author","Bachmann, Dörte"],["dc.contributor.author","Strecker, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Buchmann, Nina"],["dc.contributor.author","de Kroon, Hans"],["dc.contributor.author","Gessler, Arthur"],["dc.contributor.author","Mommer, Liesje"],["dc.contributor.author","Roscher, Christiane"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael"],["dc.contributor.editor","Hector, Andy"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T18:26:29Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T18:26:29Z"],["dc.date.issued","2018"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/1365-2745.12947"],["dc.identifier.issn","0022-0477"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/76098"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","Below-ground resource partitioning alone cannot explain the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship: A field test using multiple tracers"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2015Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","e0116367"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","PLoS ONE"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","10"],["dc.contributor.author","Bachmann, Doerte"],["dc.contributor.author","Gockele, Annette"],["dc.contributor.author","Ravenek, Janneke M."],["dc.contributor.author","Roscher, Christiane"],["dc.contributor.author","Strecker, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Buchmann, Nina"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:02:12Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:02:12Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","Niche complementarity in resource use has been proposed as a key mechanism to explain the positive effects of increasing plant species richness on ecosystem processes, in particular on primary productivity. Since hardly any information is available for niche complementarity in water use, we tested the effects of plant diversity on spatial and temporal complementarity in water uptake in experimental grasslands by using stable water isotopes. We hypothesized that water uptake from deeper soil depths increases in more diverse compared to low diverse plant species mixtures. We labeled soil water in 8 cm (with O-18) and 28 cm depth (with H-2) three times during the 2011 growing season in 40 temperate grassland communities of varying species richness (2, 4, 8 and 16 species) and functional group number and composition (legumes, grasses, tall herbs, small herbs). Stable isotope analyses of xylem and soil water allowed identifying the preferential depth of water uptake. Higher enrichment in 18O of xylem water than in H-2 suggested that the main water uptake was in the upper soil layer. Furthermore, our results revealed no differences in root water uptake among communities with different species richness, different number of functional groups or with time. Thus, our results do not support the hypothesis of increased complementarity in water use in more diverse than in less diverse communities of temperate grassland species."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1371/journal.pone.0116367"],["dc.identifier.isi","000347928300011"],["dc.identifier.pmid","25587998"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/11435"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/38181"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Public Library Science"],["dc.relation.issn","1932-6203"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.title","No Evidence of Complementary Water Use along a Plant Species Richness Gradient in Temperate Experimental Grasslands"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2015Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","6092"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Nature Communications"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","6"],["dc.contributor.author","Wright, Alexandra J."],["dc.contributor.author","Ebeling, Anne"],["dc.contributor.author","de Kroon, Hans"],["dc.contributor.author","Roscher, Christiane"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Buchmann, Nina"],["dc.contributor.author","Buchmann, Tina"],["dc.contributor.author","Fischer, Christine"],["dc.contributor.author","Hacker, Nina"],["dc.contributor.author","Hildebrandt, Anke"],["dc.contributor.author","Leimer, Sophia"],["dc.contributor.author","Mommer, Liesje"],["dc.contributor.author","Oelmann, Yvonne"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Steinauer, Katja"],["dc.contributor.author","Strecker, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Wilcke, Wolfgang"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:03:45Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:03:45Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","The natural world is increasingly defined by change. Within the next 100 years, rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations will continue to increase the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events. Simultaneously, human activities are reducing global biodiversity, with current extinction rates at similar to 1,000 x what they were before human domination of Earth's ecosystems. The co-occurrence of these trends may be of particular concern, as greater biological diversity could help ecosystems resist change during large perturbations. We use data from a 200-year flood event to show that when a disturbance is associated with an increase in resource availability, the opposite may occur. Flooding was associated with increases in productivity and decreases in stability, particularly in the highest diversity communities. Our results undermine the utility of the biodiversity-stability hypothesis during a large number of disturbances where resource availability increases. We propose a conceptual framework that can be widely applied during natural disturbances."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1038/ncomms7092"],["dc.identifier.isi","000348831300019"],["dc.identifier.pmid","25600177"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/38544"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Nature Publishing Group"],["dc.relation.issn","2041-1723"],["dc.title","Flooding disturbances increase resource availability and productivity but reduce stability in diverse plant communities"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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