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  • 2010Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","e13382"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","10"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","PLoS ONE"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","5"],["dc.contributor.author","Proulx, Raphael"],["dc.contributor.author","Wirth, Christian"],["dc.contributor.author","Voigt, Winfried"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Roscher, Christiane"],["dc.contributor.author","Attinger, Sabine"],["dc.contributor.author","Baade, Jussi"],["dc.contributor.author","Barnard, Romain L."],["dc.contributor.author","Buchmann, Nina"],["dc.contributor.author","Buscot, Francois"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Fischer, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Gleixner, Gerd"],["dc.contributor.author","Halle, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Hildebrandt, Anke"],["dc.contributor.author","Kowalski, Esther"],["dc.contributor.author","Kuu, Annely"],["dc.contributor.author","Lange, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Milcu, Alex"],["dc.contributor.author","Niklaus, Pascal A."],["dc.contributor.author","Oelmann, Yvonne"],["dc.contributor.author","Rosenkranz, Stephan"],["dc.contributor.author","Sabais, Alexander C. W."],["dc.contributor.author","Scherber, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Schulze, Ernst-Detlef"],["dc.contributor.author","Schumacher, Jens"],["dc.contributor.author","Schwichtenberg, Guido"],["dc.contributor.author","Soussana, Jean-Francois"],["dc.contributor.author","Temperton, Vicky M."],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Wilcke, Wolfgang"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmid, Bernhard G. M."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:38:02Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:38:02Z"],["dc.date.issued","2010"],["dc.description.abstract","The diversity-stability hypothesis states that current losses of biodiversity can impair the ability of an ecosystem to dampen the effect of environmental perturbations on its functioning. Using data from a long-term and comprehensive biodiversity experiment, we quantified the temporal stability of 42 variables characterizing twelve ecological functions in managed grassland plots varying in plant species richness. We demonstrate that diversity increases stability i) across trophic levels (producer, consumer), ii) at both the system (community, ecosystem) and the component levels (population, functional group, phylogenetic clade), and iii) primarily for aboveground rather than belowground processes. Temporal synchronization across studied variables was mostly unaffected with increasing species richness. This study provides the strongest empirical support so far that diversity promotes stability across different ecological functions and levels of ecosystem organization in grasslands."],["dc.description.sponsorship","German Science Foundation [FOR 456]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1371/journal.pone.0013382"],["dc.identifier.isi","000282869800046"],["dc.identifier.pmid","20967213"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/7424"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/18681"],["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 2.5"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5"],["dc.title","Diversity Promotes Temporal Stability across Levels of Ecosystem Organization in 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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  • 2013Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","285"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1-2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Plant and Soil"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","299"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","373"],["dc.contributor.author","Peres, G."],["dc.contributor.author","Cluzeau, D."],["dc.contributor.author","Menasseri, S."],["dc.contributor.author","Soussana, Jean-Francois"],["dc.contributor.author","Bessler, Holger"],["dc.contributor.author","Engels, Christof"],["dc.contributor.author","Habekost, M."],["dc.contributor.author","Gleixner, Gerd"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, S."],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:17:15Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:17:15Z"],["dc.date.issued","2013"],["dc.description.abstract","Soil aggregate stability depends on plant community properties, such as functional group composition, diversity and biomass production. However, little is known about the relative importance of these drivers and the role of soil organisms in mediating plant community effects. We studied soil aggregate stability in an experimental grassland plant diversity gradient and considered several explanatory variables to mechanistically explain effects of plant diversity and plant functional group composition. Three soil aggregate stability measures (slaking, mechanical breakdown and microcracking) were considered in path analyses. Soil aggregate stability increased significantly from monocultures to plant species mixtures and in the presence of grasses, while it decreased in the presence of legumes, though effects differed somewhat between soil aggregate stability measures. Using path analysis plant community effects could be explained by variations in root biomass, soil microbial biomass, soil organic carbon concentrations (all positive relationships), and earthworm biomass (negative relationship with mechanical breakdown). The present study identified important drivers of plant community effects on soil aggregate stability. The effects of root biomass, soil microbial biomass, and soil organic carbon concentrations were largely consistent across plant diversity levels suggesting that the mechanisms identified are of general relevance."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s11104-013-1791-0"],["dc.identifier.isi","000327400400020"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/28120"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.relation.issn","1573-5036"],["dc.relation.issn","0032-079X"],["dc.title","Mechanisms linking plant community properties to soil aggregate stability in an experimental grassland plant diversity gradient"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2010Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","485"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Ecology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","496"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","91"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Bessler, Holger"],["dc.contributor.author","Engels, Christof"],["dc.contributor.author","Gleixner, Gerd"],["dc.contributor.author","Habekost, M."],["dc.contributor.author","Milcu, Alex"],["dc.contributor.author","Partsch, Stephan"],["dc.contributor.author","Sabais, Alexander C. W."],["dc.contributor.author","Scherber, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Steinbeiss, Sibylle"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, S."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:46:09Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:46:09Z"],["dc.date.issued","2010"],["dc.description.abstract","The global decline in biodiversity has generated concern over the consequences for ecosystem functioning and services. Although ecosystem functions driven by soil microorganisms such as plant productivity, decomposition, and nutrient cycling are of particular importance, interrelationships between plant diversity and soil microorganisms are poorly understood. We analyzed the response of soil microorganisms to variations in plant species richness (1-60) and plant functional group richness (1-4) in an experimental grassland system over a period of six years. Major abiotic and biotic factors were considered for exploring the mechanisms responsible for diversity effects. Further, microbial growth characteristics were assessed following the addition of macronutrients. Effects of plant diversity oil Soil microorganisms were most pronounced in the most diverse plant communities though differences only became established after it time lag Of four years. Differences in microbial growth characteristics indicate Successional changes from a disturbed (zymogeneous) to an established (autochthonous) microbial community four years after establishment of the experiment. Supporting the singular hypothesis for plant diversity, the results Suggest that plant species are unique, each contributing to the functioning of the belowground system. The results reinforce the need for long-term biodiversity experiments to fully appreciate consequences of current biodiversity loss for ecosystem functioning."],["dc.description.sponsorship","German Science Foundation [FOR 456]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1890/08-2338.1"],["dc.identifier.isi","000275816900020"],["dc.identifier.pmid","20392013"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/20620"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Ecological Soc Amer"],["dc.relation.issn","0012-9658"],["dc.title","Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["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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  • 2013Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","223"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Oecologia"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","237"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","173"],["dc.contributor.author","Allan, Eric"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Fischer, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Schulze, Ernst-Detlef"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Roscher, Christiane"],["dc.contributor.author","Baade, Jussi"],["dc.contributor.author","Barnard, Romain L."],["dc.contributor.author","Beßler, Holger"],["dc.contributor.author","Buchmann, Nina"],["dc.contributor.author","Ebeling, Anne"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Engels, Christof"],["dc.contributor.author","Fergus, Alexander J. F."],["dc.contributor.author","Gleixner, Gerd"],["dc.contributor.author","Gubsch, Marlén"],["dc.contributor.author","Halle, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Klein, Alexandra Maria"],["dc.contributor.author","Kertscher, Ilona"],["dc.contributor.author","Kuu, Annely"],["dc.contributor.author","Lange, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Le Roux, Xavier"],["dc.contributor.author","Meyer, Sebastian T."],["dc.contributor.author","Migunova, Varvara D."],["dc.contributor.author","Milcu, Alexandru"],["dc.contributor.author","Niklaus, Pascal A."],["dc.contributor.author","Oelmann, Yvonne"],["dc.contributor.author","Pašalić, Esther"],["dc.contributor.author","Petermann, Jana S."],["dc.contributor.author","Poly, Franck"],["dc.contributor.author","Rottstock, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Sabais, Alexander"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherber, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Steinbeiss, Sibylle"],["dc.contributor.author","Schwichtenberg, Guido"],["dc.contributor.author","Temperton, Vicky"],["dc.contributor.author","Voigt, Winfried"],["dc.contributor.author","Wilcke, Wolfgang"],["dc.contributor.author","Wirth, Christian"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmid, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Tscharntke, Teja"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:54:44Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:54:44Z"],["dc.date.issued","2013"],["dc.description.abstract","In order to predict which ecosystem functions are most at risk from biodiversity loss, meta-analyses have generalised results from biodiversity experiments over different sites and ecosystem types. In contrast, comparing the strength of biodiversity effects across a large number of ecosystem processes measured in a single experiment permits more direct comparisons. Here, we present an analysis of 418 separate measures of 38 ecosystem processes. Overall, 45 % of processes were significantly affected by plant species richness, suggesting that, while diversity affects a large number of processes not all respond to biodiversity. We therefore compared the strength of plant diversity effects between different categories of ecosystem processes, grouping processes according to the year of measurement, their biogeochemical cycle, trophic level and compartment (above- or belowground) and according to whether they were measures of biodiversity or other ecosystem processes, biotic or abiotic and static or dynamic. Overall, and for several individual processes, we found that biodiversity effects became stronger over time. Measures of the carbon cycle were also affected more strongly by plant species richness than were the measures associated with the nitrogen cycle. Further, we found greater plant species richness effects on measures of biodiversity than on other processes. The differential effects of plant diversity on the various types of ecosystem processes indicate that future research and political effort should shift from a general debate about whether biodiversity loss impairs ecosystem functions to focussing on the specific functions of interest and ways to preserve them individually or in combination."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s00442-012-2589-0"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150095"],["dc.identifier.pmid","23386044"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/6825"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","0029-8549"],["dc.title","A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2014Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","e106529"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","9"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","PLoS ONE"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","9"],["dc.contributor.author","Ebeling, Anne"],["dc.contributor.author","Meyer, Sebastian T."],["dc.contributor.author","Abbas, Maike"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Hillebrand, Helmut"],["dc.contributor.author","Lange, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherber, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Vogel, Anja"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:35:11Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:35:11Z"],["dc.date.issued","2014"],["dc.description.abstract","Loss of plant diversity influences essential ecosystem processes as aboveground productivity, and can have cascading effects on the arthropod communities in adjacent trophic levels. However, few studies have examined how those changes in arthropod communities can have additional impacts on ecosystem processes caused by them (e. g. pollination, bioturbation, predation, decomposition, herbivory). Therefore, including arthropod effects in predictions of the impact of plant diversity loss on such ecosystem processes is an important but little studied piece of information. In a grassland biodiversity experiment, we addressed this gap by assessing aboveground decomposer and herbivore communities and linking their abundance and diversity to rates of decomposition and herbivory. Path analyses showed that increasing plant diversity led to higher abundance and diversity of decomposing arthropods through higher plant biomass. Higher species richness of decomposers, in turn, enhanced decomposition. Similarly, species-rich plant communities hosted a higher abundance and diversity of herbivores through elevated plant biomass and C:N ratio, leading to higher herbivory rates. Integrating trophic interactions into the study of biodiversity effects is required to understand the multiple pathways by which biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [FOR 1451]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1371/journal.pone.0106529"],["dc.identifier.isi","000344317700012"],["dc.identifier.pmid","25226237"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/10858"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/32334"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Public Library Science"],["dc.relation.issn","1932-6203"],["dc.rights.access","openAccess"],["dc.title","Plant Diversity Impacts Decomposition and Herbivory via Changes in Aboveground Arthropods"],["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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  • 2010Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","553"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","7323"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Nature"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","556"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","468"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherber, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Schmid, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Voigt, Winfried"],["dc.contributor.author","Fischer, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Schulze, Ernst-Detlef"],["dc.contributor.author","Roscher, Christiane"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Allan, Eric"],["dc.contributor.author","Beßler, Holger"],["dc.contributor.author","Bonkowski, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Buchmann, Nina"],["dc.contributor.author","Buscot, François"],["dc.contributor.author","Clement, Lars W."],["dc.contributor.author","Ebeling, Anne"],["dc.contributor.author","Engels, Christof"],["dc.contributor.author","Halle, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Kertscher, Ilona"],["dc.contributor.author","Klein, Alexandra-Maria"],["dc.contributor.author","Koller, Robert"],["dc.contributor.author","König, Stephan"],["dc.contributor.author","Kowalski, Esther"],["dc.contributor.author","Kummer, Volker"],["dc.contributor.author","Kuu, Annely"],["dc.contributor.author","Lange, Markus"],["dc.contributor.author","Lauterbach, Dirk"],["dc.contributor.author","Middelhoff, Cornelius"],["dc.contributor.author","Migunova, Varvara D."],["dc.contributor.author","Milcu, Alexandru"],["dc.contributor.author","Müller, Ramona"],["dc.contributor.author","Partsch, Stephan"],["dc.contributor.author","Petermann, Jana S."],["dc.contributor.author","Renker, Carsten"],["dc.contributor.author","Rottstock, Tanja"],["dc.contributor.author","Sabais, Alexander"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Schumacher, Jens"],["dc.contributor.author","Temperton, Vicky"],["dc.contributor.author","Tscharntke, Teja"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:54:47Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:54:47Z"],["dc.date.issued","2010"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1038/nature09492"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150106"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/6837"],["dc.notes.status","public"],["dc.notes.submitter","chake"],["dc.publisher","Springer Nature"],["dc.relation.issn","0028-0836"],["dc.title","Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2011Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","572"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Ecology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","582"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","99"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Milcu, Alexandru"],["dc.contributor.author","Allan, Eric"],["dc.contributor.author","Nitschke, Norma"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherber, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Temperton, Vicky M."],["dc.contributor.author","Weigelt, Alexandra"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:58:45Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:58:45Z"],["dc.date.issued","2011"],["dc.description.abstract","1. Recent theoretical studies suggest that the stability of ecosystem processes is not governed by diversity per se, but by multitrophic interactions in complex communities. However, experimental evidence supporting this assumption is scarce. 2. We investigated the impact of plant diversity and the presence of above- and below-ground invertebrates on the stability of plant community productivity in space and time, as well as the interrelationship between both stability measures in experimental grassland communities. 3. We sampled above-ground plant biomass on subplots with manipulated above- and below-ground invertebrate densities of a grassland biodiversity experiment (Jena Experiment) 1, 4 and 6 years after the establishment of the treatments to investigate temporal stability. Moreover, we harvested spatial replicates at the last sampling date to explore spatial stability. 4. The coefficient of variation of spatial and temporal replicates served as a proxy for ecosystem stability. Both spatial and temporal stability increased to a similar extent with plant diversity. Moreover, there was a positive correlation between spatial and temporal stability, and elevated plant density might be a crucial factor governing the stability of diverse plant communities. 5. Above-ground insects generally increased temporal stability, whereas impacts of both earth., worms and above-ground insects insects depended on plant species richness and the presence of grasses. These results suggest that inconsistent results of previous studies on the diversity-stability relationship have in part been due to neglecting higher trophic-level interactions governing ecosystem stability. 6. Changes in plant species diversity in one trophic level are thus unlikely to mirror changes in multitrophic interrelationships. Our results suggest that both above- and below-ground invertebrates decouple the relationship between spatial and temporal stability of plant community productivity by differently affecting the homogenizing mechanisms of plants in diverse plant communities. 7. Synthesis. Species extinctions and accompanying changes in multitrophic interactions are likely to result not only in alterations in the magnitude of ecosystem functions but also in its variability complicating the assessment and prediction of consequences of current biodiversity loss."],["dc.description.sponsorship","German Science Foundation [FOR 456, Ei 862/1-1]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01783.x"],["dc.identifier.isi","000287785300023"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/23719"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Wiley-blackwell"],["dc.relation.issn","0022-0477"],["dc.title","Impact of above- and below-ground invertebrates on temporal and spatial stability of grassland of different diversity"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2009Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","31"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Applied Soil Ecology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","36"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","42"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Klier, Matthias"],["dc.contributor.author","Partsch, Stephan"],["dc.contributor.author","Sabais, Alexander C. W."],["dc.contributor.author","Scherber, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:30:06Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:30:06Z"],["dc.date.issued","2009"],["dc.description.abstract","Non-target effects of pesticides are widespread and potentially modify essential ecosystem processes. Since microorganisms are major soil decomposers driving key processes such as organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling and, thereby, plant productivity, effects of pesticides on soil microorganisms need to be considered. In the context of the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning debate, the question arises if pesticide effects are modulated by the diversity of the plant community. We applied pesticides (dimethoate, chlorpyrifos and fosthiazate) to plots of the Jena Experiment field site differing in plant diversity, and measured basal respiration, biomass and specific respiration of soil microorganisms. Pesticide applications either increased (chlorpyrifos and fosthiazate) or decreased (dimethoate) soil microbial parameters, but the effects neither varied with plant species nor with plant functional group richness. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved."],["dc.description.sponsorship","German Science Foundation [FOR 456]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.01.005"],["dc.identifier.isi","000265336000005"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/16812"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Elsevier Science Bv"],["dc.relation.issn","0929-1393"],["dc.title","No interactive effects of pesticides and plant diversity on soil microbial biomass and respiration"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2013Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1878"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","8"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Ecology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1885"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","94"],["dc.contributor.author","Milcu, Alexandru"],["dc.contributor.author","Allan, Eric"],["dc.contributor.author","Roscher, Christiane"],["dc.contributor.author","Jenkins, Tania"],["dc.contributor.author","Meyer, Sebastian T."],["dc.contributor.author","Flynn, Dan"],["dc.contributor.author","Bessler, Holger"],["dc.contributor.author","Buscot, Francois"],["dc.contributor.author","Engels, Christof"],["dc.contributor.author","Gubsch, Marlen"],["dc.contributor.author","Koenig, Stephan"],["dc.contributor.author","Lipowsky, Annett"],["dc.contributor.author","Loranger, Jessy"],["dc.contributor.author","Renker, Carsten"],["dc.contributor.author","Scherber, Christoph"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmid, Bernhard G. M."],["dc.contributor.author","Thebault, Elisa"],["dc.contributor.author","Wubet, Tesfaye"],["dc.contributor.author","Weisser, Wolfgang W."],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:21:55Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:21:55Z"],["dc.date.issued","2013"],["dc.description.abstract","Recent studies assessing the role of biological diversity for ecosystem functioning indicate that the diversity of functional traits and the evolutionary history of species in a community, not the number of taxonomic units, ultimately drives the biodiversity-ecosystem-function relationship. Here, we simultaneously assessed the importance of plant functional trait and phylogenetic diversity as predictors of major trophic groups of soil biota (abundance and diversity), six years from the onset of a grassland biodiversity experiment. Plant functional and phylogenetic diversity were generally better predictors of soil biota than the traditionally used species or functional group richness. Functional diversity was a reliable predictor for most biota, with the exception of soil microorganisms, which were better predicted by phylogenetic diversity. These results provide empirical support for the idea that the diversity of plant functional traits and the diversity of evolutionary lineages in a community are important for maintaining higher abundances and diversity of soil communities."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1890/12-1936.1"],["dc.identifier.isi","000322336600022"],["dc.identifier.pmid","24015531"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/29217"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Ecological Soc Amer"],["dc.relation.issn","0012-9658"],["dc.title","Functionally and phylogenetically diverse plant communities key to soil biota"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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