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  • 2011Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","273"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1-2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Plant and Soil"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","286"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","343"],["dc.contributor.author","Coq, Sylvain"],["dc.contributor.author","Weigel, Jean"],["dc.contributor.author","Butenschoen, Olaf"],["dc.contributor.author","Bonal, Damien"],["dc.contributor.author","Haettenschwiler, Stephan"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:55:43Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:55:43Z"],["dc.date.issued","2011"],["dc.description.abstract","Litter decomposition is strongly controlled by litter quality, but the composition of litter mixtures and potential interactions with live plants through root activity may also influence decomposers. In a greenhouse experiment in French Guiana we studied the combined effects of the presence of tropical tree seedlings and of distinct litter composition on mass and nitrogen (N) loss from decomposing litter and on microbial biomass. Different litter mixtures decomposed for 435 days in pots filled with sand and containing an individual seedling from one of four different tree species. We found both additive and negative non-additive effects (NAE) of litter mixing on mass loss, whereas N loss showed negative and positive NAE of litter mixing. If litter from the two tree species, Platonia insignis and Goupia glabra were present, litter mixtures showed more positive and more negative NAE on N loss, respectively. Overall, decomposition, and in particular non-additive effects, were only weakly affected by the presence of tree seedlings. Litter mass loss weakly yet significantly decreased with increasing fine root biomass in presence of Goupia seedlings, but not in the presence of seedlings of any other tree species. Our results showed strong litter composition effects and also clear, mostly negative, non-additive effects on mass loss and N loss. Species identity of tree seedlings can modify litter decomposition, but these live plant effects remain quantitatively inferior to litter composition effects."],["dc.description.sponsorship","CNRS (SDV)"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1007/s11104-011-0717-y"],["dc.identifier.isi","000290688000020"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/22972"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Springer"],["dc.relation.issn","0032-079X"],["dc.title","Litter composition rather than plant presence affects decomposition of tropical litter mixtures"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2012Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Soil Biology and Biochemistry"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","11"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","50"],["dc.contributor.author","Scharroba, Anika"],["dc.contributor.author","Dibbern, Doerte"],["dc.contributor.author","Huenninghaus, Maike"],["dc.contributor.author","Kramer, Susanne"],["dc.contributor.author","Moll, Julia"],["dc.contributor.author","Butenschoen, Olaf"],["dc.contributor.author","Bonkowski, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Buscot, Francois"],["dc.contributor.author","Kandeler, Ellen"],["dc.contributor.author","Koller, Robert"],["dc.contributor.author","Krueger, Dirk"],["dc.contributor.author","Lueders, Tillmann"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Ruess, Liliane"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:08:55Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:08:55Z"],["dc.date.issued","2012"],["dc.description.abstract","Soil food webs are important determinants for the carbon flow through terrestrial systems, with the trophic networks between microbes and microfaunal grazers forming the basis for processing plant resources. At an agricultural field site cropped with maize or wheat, plant carbon input to soil was experimentally manipulated by amendment with maize litter. The community structure of dominant micro-food web components, the bacteria, fungi, protozoa and nematodes, was investigated across a depth gradient comprising plough layer, rooted soil below plough horizon, and deeper root free soil. The community composition and diversity within micro-food webs, and the response to resource supply, were assessed in summer, the vegetation period with highest root exudation. In the plough layer amendment with plant residues increased microbial biomass as well as density of fan shaped amoeba morphotypes and of bacterial- and fungal-feeding nematodes. Diversity of food web assemblages was assessed by operational taxonomic units (OTU) for bacteria and fungi, protozoa morphotypes and nematode families. Changes in diversity were either not apparent (fungi, protozoa), negatively related to litter (bacteria) or positively linked to the presence of a specific crop plant (bacteria, nematodes). Based on nematode functional guilds and the related enrichment and structure index, general food web conditions were assigned as nutrient enriched, with a high degree of disturbance, and a dominance of the bacterial energy channel. In sum, litter amendment fostered the abundance but not the diversity of organisms as food webs remained bottom heavy with only small amounts of carbon conserved at higher trophic levels. Food web structure was more affected by the abiotic (soil profile) and biotic (crop plant) environment than by the supply with litter resources. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.03.002"],["dc.identifier.isi","000305104400001"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/26142"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd"],["dc.relation.issn","0038-0717"],["dc.title","Effects of resource availability and quality on the structure of the micro-food web of an arable soil across depth"],["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","1245"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","8"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Soil Biology and Biochemistry"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1252"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","42"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Butenschoen, Olaf"],["dc.contributor.author","Radsick, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:41:06Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:41:06Z"],["dc.date.issued","2010"],["dc.description.abstract","Anecic earthworms have been shown to collect, concentrate and bury seeds in their burrows. Moreover, recent studies suggest that earthworms function as granivores and seedling herbivores thereby directly impacting plant community assembly. However, this has not been proven unequivocally. Further, it remains unclear if earthworms benefit from seed ingestion, i.e., if they assimilate seed carbon. We set up a series of three laboratory experiments in order to test the following hypotheses: (1) anecic earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris L) not only ingest seeds but also seedlings, (2) ingestion of seedlings is lower than that of seeds due to a 'size refuge' of seedlings (i.e., they are too big to be swallowed), and (3) seeds and seedlings contribute to earthworm nutrition. L terrestris readily consumed legume seedlings in the radicle stage, whereas legume seeds and seedlings in the cotyledon stage, and grass seeds and seedlings in the radicle and cotyledon stage were ingested in similar but lower amounts. Importantly, ingestion of seedlings, in contrast to seeds, was lethal for all plant species. Moreover, earthworm weight change varied with the functional identity and vitality of seeds and natural N-15 signatures in earthworm body tissue underlined the importance of seedlings for earthworm nutrition. The results indicate that the anecic earthworm L. terrestris indeed functions as a granivore and seedling herbivore. The selectivity in seedling ingestion points at the potential of direct earthworm effects on plant community assembly. Further, seeds and seedlings most likely contribute significantly to earthworm nutrition potentially explaining the collection and concentration of seeds by L terrestris in its middens and burrows; however, the present results call for experiments under more natural conditions. (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved."],["dc.description.sponsorship","German Science Foundation [FOR 456]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.04.012"],["dc.identifier.isi","000279503400007"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/19395"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd"],["dc.relation.issn","0038-0717"],["dc.title","Earthworms as seedling predators: Importance of seeds and seedlings for earthworm nutrition"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2018Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Scientific Reports"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","8"],["dc.contributor.author","Ai, Fuxun"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.contributor.author","Jousset, Alexandre"],["dc.contributor.author","Butenschoen, Olaf"],["dc.contributor.author","Ji, Rong"],["dc.contributor.author","Guo, Hongyan"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T18:10:09Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T18:10:09Z"],["dc.date.issued","2018"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1038/s41598-018-23522-z"],["dc.identifier.eissn","2045-2322"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/15426"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/73868"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.title","Elevated tropospheric CO2 and O3 concentrations impair organic pollutant removal from grassland soil"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2012Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","111"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Pedobiologia"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","119"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","55"],["dc.contributor.author","Kramer, Susanne"],["dc.contributor.author","Marhan, Sven"],["dc.contributor.author","Ruess, Liliane"],["dc.contributor.author","Armbruster, Wolfgang"],["dc.contributor.author","Butenschoen, Olaf"],["dc.contributor.author","Haslwimmer, Heike"],["dc.contributor.author","Kuzyakov, Yakov"],["dc.contributor.author","Pausch, Johanna"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheunemann, Nicole"],["dc.contributor.author","Schoene, Jochen"],["dc.contributor.author","Schmalwasser, Andreas"],["dc.contributor.author","Totsche, Kai Uwe"],["dc.contributor.author","Walker, Frank"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Kandeler, Ellen"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:15:26Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:15:26Z"],["dc.date.issued","2012"],["dc.description.abstract","The origin and quantity of plant inputs to soil are primary factors controlling the size and structure of the soil microbial community. The present study aimed to elucidate and quantify the carbon (C) flow from both root and shoot litter residues into soil organic, extractable, microbial and fungal C pools. Using the shift in C stable isotope values associated with replacing C3 by C4 plants we followed root- vs. shoot litter-derived C resources into different soil C pools. We established the following treatments: Corn Maize (CM), Fodder Maize (FM), Wheat + maize Litter (WL) and Wheat (W) as reference. The Corn Maize treatment provided root- as well as shoot litter-derived C (without corn cobs) whereas Fodder Maize (FM) provided only root-derived C (aboveground shoot material was removed). Maize shoot litter was applied on the Wheat + maize Litter (WL) plots to trace the incorporation of C4 litter C into soil microorganisms. Soil samples were taken three times per year (summer, autumn, winter) over two growing seasons. Maize-derived C signal was detectable after three to six months in the following pools: soil organic C (C-org), extractable organic C (EOC), microbial biomass (C-mic) and fungal biomass (ergosterol). In spite of the lower amounts of root- than of shoot litter-derived C inputs, similar amounts were incorporated into each of the C pools in the FM and WL treatments, indicating greater importance of the root- than shoot litter-derived resources for the soil microorganisms as a basis for the belowground food web. In the CM plots twice as much maize-derived C was incorporated into the pools. After two years, maize-derived C in the CM treatment contributed 14.1, 24.7, 46.6 and 76.2% to C-org, EOC, C-mic and ergosterol pools, respectively. Fungi incorporated maize-derived C to a greater extent than did total soil microbial biomass. (c) 2011 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved."],["dc.description.sponsorship","DFG [FOR 918]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.12.001"],["dc.identifier.isi","000302984000006"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/27686"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Elsevier Gmbh, Urban & Fischer Verlag"],["dc.relation.issn","0031-4056"],["dc.title","Carbon flow into microbial and fungal biomass as a basis for the belowground food web of agroecosystems"],["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.firstpage","79"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Soil Biology and Biochemistry"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","89"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","93"],["dc.contributor.author","Müller, K."],["dc.contributor.author","Kramer, S."],["dc.contributor.author","Haslwimmer, H."],["dc.contributor.author","Marhan, S."],["dc.contributor.author","Scheunemann, N."],["dc.contributor.author","Butenschön, O."],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, S."],["dc.contributor.author","Kandeler, E."],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-11-28T10:03:26Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-11-28T10:03:26Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.description.abstract","Plant-derived carbon (C) transfer to soil is one of the important factors controlling the size and structure of the belowground microbial community. The present study quantifies this plant-derived C incorporation into abiotic and biotic C pools in top- and subsoil in an arable field over five years. Stable isotope analysis was used to determine the incorporation of maize root and shoot litter C into soil organic C (SOC), extractable organic C (EOC), total microbial biomass (Cmic), ergosterol and phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs). The following treatments were investigated: corn maize (CM), providing root- and shoot-derived C (without corncobs), fodder maize (FM), providing only root-derived C, and wheat plus maize shoot litter amendment (WL), providing only shoot-derived maize C. Wheat plants (W) without maize litter amendment served as control. Soil samples were taken each September directly before harvest from 2009 to 2013. During the experiment, the maize-derived C signal increased in SOC, EOC, Cmic, ergosterol, bacterial and fungal PLFAs in the topsoil (0–10 cm). Although total maize shoot C input was threefold lower than maize root C input, similar relative amounts of maize C derived from shoots and roots were incorporated into the different C pools in the WL and the FM treatments, indicating the importance of shoot-derived C sources for microorganisms in the topsoil. An additive effect of both C sources was found in the CM treatment with almost twice as much maize-derived C in the respective pools. Furthermore, the proportion of maize-derived C varied between the different pools with lower incorporation into the total SOC (17%) and total EOC (24%) pools and higher incorporation ratios of maize C into PLFAs of different microbial groups (29% in Gram-positive (Gr+) bacterial PLFA-C, 44% in Gram-negative (Gr−) bacterial PLFA-C, 69% in fungal PLFA-C and 78% in ergosterol) in the CM treatment in topsoil after five years. After the third and fifth vegetation periods, we also detected maize-derived C in the rooted zone (40–50 cm depth) and the root-free zone (60–70 cm depth). The maize-derived C incorporation was lower in subsoil C pools in comparison to topsoil C pools. In the root-free zone, the maize-derived C was found to be 2% in total SOC, 28% in total EOC, 9% in Gr+ bacterial PLFA-C, 20% in Gr− bacterial PLFA-C and 53% in fungal PLFA-C. Saprotrophic fungi incorporated maize-derived C in all soil depths to a greater degree than Gr+ and Gr− bacteria, indicating the importance of saprotrophic fungi in this agro-ecosystem."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.10.015"],["dc.identifier.fs","619810"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/10589"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","public"],["dc.relation.issn","0038-0717"],["dc.subject","Carbon cycle; Stable isotopes; Soil microorganisms; Soil profile; Aboveground C input; Belowground C input"],["dc.title","Carbon transfer from maize roots and litter into bacteria and fungi depends on soil depth and time"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","unknown"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2011Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1902"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","9"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Soil Biology and Biochemistry"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1907"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","43"],["dc.contributor.author","Butenschoen, Olaf"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Eisenhauer, Nico"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:52:30Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:52:30Z"],["dc.date.issued","2011"],["dc.description.abstract","Human activity has induced a multitude of global changes that are likely to affect the functioning of ecosystems. Although these changes act in concert, studies on interactive effects are scarce. Here, we conducted a laboratory microcosm experiment to explore the impacts of temperature (9, 12 and 15 C), changes in soil humidity (moist, dry) and plant diversity (1, 4, 16 species) on soil microbial activity and litter decomposition. We found that changes in litter decomposition did not mirror impacts on microbial measures indicating that the duration of the experiment (22 weeks) may not have been sufficient to determine the full magnitude of global change effects. However and notably, changes in temperature, humidity and plant litter diversity/composition affected in a non-additive way the microbial parameters investigated. For instance, microbial metabolic efficiency increased with plant diversity in the high moisture treatment but remained unaffected in low moisture treatment suggesting that climate changes may mask beneficial effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. Moreover, litter decomposition was unaffected by plant litter diversity/composition but increased with increasing temperature in the high moisture treatment, and decreased with increasing temperature in the low moisture treatment. We conclude that it is inevitable to perform complex experiments considering multiple global change agents in order to realistically predict future changes in ecosystem functioning. Non-additive interactions highlight the context-dependency of impacts of single global change agents. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved."],["dc.description.sponsorship","DFG (German Research Foundation) [Ei 862/1-1]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.05.011"],["dc.identifier.isi","000294942300018"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/22176"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd"],["dc.relation.issn","0038-0717"],["dc.title","Interactive effects of warming, soil humidity and plant diversity on litter decomposition and microbial activity"],["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","263"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","4"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Pedobiologia"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","272"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","52"],["dc.contributor.author","Butenschoen, Olaf"],["dc.contributor.author","Marhan, Sven"],["dc.contributor.author","Langel, Reinhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, S."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T08:35:20Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T08:35:20Z"],["dc.date.issued","2009"],["dc.description.abstract","Earthworms play an important rote in organic matter processing and nutrient cycling in temperate ecosystems. It is known that earthworms preferentially ingest sand grains mixed with organic material and it has been suggested that the mixture of sand and organic material during the gut passage may play an important rote in titter degradation and nutrient release, which may accelerate assimilation of nutrients by earthworms and likely enhance plant growth. In a greenhouse experiment, we investigated the effect of the anecic earthworm species Lumbricus terrestris and the endogeic earthworm species Octolasion tyrtaeum separately and in combination on carbon and nitrogen mobilisation from surface applied rye titter labelled with (13)C and (15)N. By mixing arable soil with 25% sand, we investigated the effect of the availability of sand. To quantify the mobilisation of (15)N, three rye seedlings were planted in each microcosm and analysed for isotope signature after 3 months of incubation. Mobilisation of (13)C was quantified by analysing the incorporation of label into the soil and earthworm tissue. Irrespective of the addition of sand the biomass of L. terrestris decreased during the experiment, whereas that of O. tyrtaeum increased in single species treatment and slightly decreased in the combined treatment with L. terrestris. The concentration of (13)C decreased white that of (15)N increased in the tissue of both earthworm species, with the effect being more pronounced in L. terrestris for (13)C and in O. tyrtaeum for (15)N. Both earthworm species increased shoot biomass, with the effect of L. terrestris (+80%) exceeding that of O. tyrtaeum (+28%) and maximum plant biomass in the combined treatment (+92%). Earthworms did not affect the (15)N concentration of rye plants, but sand significantly increased (15)N concentration of plants, presumably due to improving soil structure. Overall, the incorporation of (13)C into the soil was low and was significantly increased in presence of sand, with the highest enrichment in treatments without earthworms. The results indicate that the availability of sand does not increase effects of earthworms on litter degradation, nutrient release and plant growth. Rather, independent of soil sand content earthworms increase plant growth, whereas the presence of sand itself enhances the uptake of nitrogen from plant litter and the incorporation of litter carbon into the soil. (C) 2008 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [SPP 1090]"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.pedobi.2008.11.001"],["dc.identifier.isi","000265925000004"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/18038"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Elsevier Gmbh, Urban & Fischer Verlag"],["dc.relation.issn","0031-4056"],["dc.title","Carbon and nitrogen mobilisation by earthworms of different functional groups as affected by soil sand content"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2014Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","49"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Acta Oecologica"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","56"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","60"],["dc.contributor.author","Butenschoen, Olaf"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:34:39Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:34:39Z"],["dc.date.issued","2014"],["dc.description.abstract","Increasing infestation by insect herbivores and pathogenic fungi in response to climate change will inevitably impact the amount and quality of leaf litter inputs into the soil. However, little is known on the interactive effect of infestation severity and climate change on litter decomposition, and no such study has been published for deciduous forests in Central Europe. We assessed changes in initial chemical quality of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and maple litter (Acer platanoides L) in response to infestation by the gall midge Mikiola fagi Hart. and the pathogenic fungus Sawadaea tulasnei Fuckel, respectively, and investigated interactive effects of infestation severity, changes in temperature and soil moisture on carbon mineralization in a short-term laboratory study. We found that infestation by the gall midge M. fagi and the pathogenic fungus S. tulasnei significantly changed the chemical quality of beech and maple litter. Changes in element concentrations were generally positive and more pronounced, and if negative less pronounced for maple than beech litter most likely due to high quality fungal tissue remaining on litter after abscission. More importantly, alterations in litter chemical quality did not translate to distinct patterns of carbon mineralization at ambient conditions, but even low amounts of infested litter accelerated carbon mineralization at moderately increased soil moisture and in particular at higher temperature. Our results indicate that insect herbivores and fungal pathogens can markedly alter initial litter chemical quality, but that afterlife effects on carbon mineralization depend on soil moisture and temperature, suggesting that increased infestation severity under projected climate change potentially increases soil carbon release in deciduous forests in Central Europe. (C) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.actao.2014.08.003"],["dc.identifier.isi","000342727000007"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/32220"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Gauthier-villars/editions Elsevier"],["dc.relation.issn","1873-6238"],["dc.relation.issn","1146-609X"],["dc.title","Climate change triggers effects of fungal pathogens and insect herbivores on litter decomposition"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2018Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","29"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Pedobiologia"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","33"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","69"],["dc.contributor.author","Pausch, Johanna"],["dc.contributor.author","Hünninghaus, Maike"],["dc.contributor.author","Kramer, Susanne"],["dc.contributor.author","Scharroba, Anika"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheunemann, Nicole"],["dc.contributor.author","Butenschoen, Olaf"],["dc.contributor.author","Marhan, Sven"],["dc.contributor.author","Bonkowski, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Kandeler, Ellen"],["dc.contributor.author","Scheu, Stefan"],["dc.contributor.author","Kuzyakov, Yakov"],["dc.contributor.author","Ruess, Liliane"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T15:20:43Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T15:20:43Z"],["dc.date.issued","2018"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.pedobi.2018.06.002"],["dc.identifier.issn","0031-4056"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/72777"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.title","Carbon budgets of top- and subsoil food webs in an arable system"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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