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Ecosystems fulfil important functions which are also beneficial to humans. We examine how biodiversity affects the functions and services of ecosystems and what consequences changes in biodiversity have.
Ecosystems, or in other words, natural habitats and the creatures living in them, fulfil a range of important functions. Ecosystems produce biomass, they filter and store water, ensure the pollination of plants and therefore their survival in agriculture, and convert and break down organic and inorganic substances, thereby maintaining the fertility of the soil.
Many of these processes are also directly beneficial to humans. Forests and wetlands store CO2, we benefit from drinking water filtered by the forest soil, we can harvest fruit and vegetables thanks to pollination by insects, and enjoy fresh air and relaxation in the forest. The forest also protects us from floods and natural hazards, such as rockfall and avalanches. These services, which an ecosystem provides "for humans", are called ecosystem services.
People shape ecosystems
Humans not only benefit, they also influence: land use and climate change have profound effects on ecosystem functions and services, as species diversity is an important parameter for the stability of an ecosystem. Intensive use reduces biodiversity, for example, and can therefore have a negative impact on important ecosystem services, such as crop pollination or the natural control of pests.
We examine how individual species, species characteristics, species groups, the diversity of species and their interactions affect the functions and services of ecosystems. In our work, we consider changes in land use, natural disturbances and climatic changes. Using historical comparisons and statistical models, we can predict future developments of ecosystems, for instance how biodiversity will change, how this change will affect ecosystem services, and at what point changes in biodiversity will no longer be able to guarantee the stability of ecosystems.
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Dr. Christian Rixen
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PD Dr. Anita Christina Risch
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Prof. Dr. Martin Gossner
teamleader, senior scientist
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Lecture with Practical Exercises: Functional plant anatomy and ecology

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In der vorliegenden Medienanalyse wird die Wahrnehmung und Thematisierung von Flussrenaturierungen bzw. -revitalisierungen in unterschiedlichen Zeitungstiteln der Kantone Bern und Wallis über den Zeitraum von 2000 bis 2013 rekonstruiert. Im Zentrum der Arbeit steht das Verstehen dieser medienöffentlichen Prozesse.
Die Kernfragen des WSL-Forschungsprogramm «Raumansprüche von Mensch und Natur» lauteten: Wie können sich Siedlung und Landschaft in den Fallstudienregionen Oberes Freiamt (AG), Luzerner Seetal (LU), Linthebene (SG) und Glarus Nord (GL) bis ins Jahr 2030 weiterentwickeln? Wie kann die Entwicklung in nachhaltige Bahnen gelenkt werden? Der Synthesebericht gibt Antworten.
Axmanová, I.; Kalusová, V.; Danihelka, J.; Dengler, J.; Pergl, J.; Pyšek, P.; Večeřa, M.; Attorre, F.; Biurrun, I.; Boch, S.; Conradi, T.; Gavilán, R.G.; Jiménez‐Alfaro, B.; Knollová, I.; Kuzemko, A.; Lenoir, J.; Leostrin, A.; Medvecká, J.; Moeslund, J.E.; ... Chytrý, M., 2021: Neophyte invasions in European grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32, 2: e12994 (17 pp.). doi: 10.1111/jvs.12994
Boch, S.; Saiz, H.; Allan, E.; Schall, P.; Prati, D.; Schulze, E.; Hessenmöller, D.; Sparrius, L.B.; Fischer, M., 2021: Direct and indirect effects of management intensity and environmental factors on the functional diversity of lichens in Central European Forests. Microorganisms, 9, 2: 463 (18 pp.). doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9020463
Simons, N.K.; Felipe-Lucia, M.R.; Schall, P.; Ammer, C.; Bauhus, J.; Blüthgen, N.; Boch, S.; Buscot, F.; Fischer, M.; Goldmann, K.; Gossner, M.M.; Hänsel, F.; Jung, K.; Manning, P.; Nauss, T.; Oelmann, Y.; Pena, R.; Polle, A.; Renner, S.C.; ... Weisser, W.W., 2021: National forest inventories capture the multifunctionality of managed forests in Germany. Forest Ecosystems, 8: 5 (19 pp.). doi: 10.1186/s40663-021-00280-5
Dembicz, I.; Velev, N.; Boch, S.; Janišová, M.; Palpurina, S.; Pedashenko, H.; Vassilev, K.; Dengler, J., 2021: Drivers of plant diversity in Bulgarian dry grasslands vary across spatial scales and functional-taxonomic groups. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32, 1: e12935 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1111/jvs.12935
Bae, S.; Heidrich, L.; Levick, S.R.; Gossner, M.M.; Seibold, S.; Weisser, W.W.; Magdon, P.; Serebryanyk, A.; Bässler, C.; Schäfer, D.; Schulze, E.; Doerfler, I.; Müller, J.; Jung, K.; Heurich, M.; Fischer, M.; Roth, N.; Schall, P.; Boch, S.; ... Renner, S.C.; Müller, J., 2021: Dispersal ability, trophic position and body size mediate species turnover processes: insights from a multi-taxa and multi-scale approach. Diversity and Distributions, 27: 439-453. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13204
Boch, S.; Kurtogullari, Y.; Allan, E.; Lessard-Therrien, M.; Rieder, N.S.; Fischer, M.; Martínez De León, G.; Arlettaz, R.; Humbert, J.Y., 2021: Effects of fertilization and irrigation on vascular plant species richness, functional composition and yield in mountain grasslands. Journal of Environmental Management, 279: 111629 (7 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111629
Reinig, F.; Cherubini, P.; Engels, S.; Esper, J.; Guidobaldi, G.; Jöris, O.; Lane, C.; Nievergelt, D.; Oppenheimer, C.; Park, C.; Pfanz, H.; Riede, F.; Schmincke, H.; Street, M.; Wacker, L.; Büntgen, U., 2020: Towards a dendrochronologically refined date of the Laacher See eruption around 13,000 years ago. Quaternary Science Reviews, 229: 106128 (6 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106128
Sauter, I.; Kienast, F.; Bolliger, J.; Winter, B.; Pazúr, R., 2019: Changes in demand and supply of ecosystem services under scenarios of future land use in Vorarlberg, Austria. Journal of Mountain Science, 16, 12: 2793-2809. doi: 10.1007/s11629-018-5124-x
Hussain, R.I.; Walcher, R.; Eder, R.; Allex, B.; Wallner, P.; Hutter, H.; Bauer, N.; Arnberger, A.; Zaller, J.G.; Frank, T., 2019: Management of mountainous meadows associated with biodiversity attributes, perceived health benefits and cultural ecosystem services. Scientific Reports, 9, 1: 14977 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51571-5
Boch, S.; Martins, A.; Ruas, S.; Fontinha, S.; Carvalho, P.; Reis, F.; Bergamini, A.; Sim‐Sim, M., 2019: Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity show contrasting elevation relationships and are negatively affected by disturbances in laurel forests of Madeira island. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30, 6: 1122-1133. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12802
Hou, G.; Delang, C.O.; Lu, X.; Olschewski, R., 2019: Valuing carbon sequestration to finance afforestation projects in China. Forests, 10, 9: 754 (20 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f10090754
Boeddinghaus, R.S.; Marhan, S.; Berner, D.; Boch, S.; Fischer, M.; Hölzel, N.; Kattge, J.; Klaus, V.H.; Kleinebecker, T.; Oelmann, Y.; Prati, D.; Schäfer, D.; Schöning, I.; Schrumpf, M.; Sorkau, E.; Kandeler, E.; Manning, P., 2019: Plant functional trait shifts explain concurrent changes in the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities. Journal of Ecology, 107, 5: 2197-2210. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13182
Braun, D.; De Jong, R.; Schaepman, M.E.; Furrer, R.; Hein, L.; Kienast, F.; Damm, A., 2019: Ecosystem service change caused by climatological and non‐climatological drivers: a Swiss case study. Ecological Applications, 29, 4: e01901 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1002/eap.1901
Dengler, J.; Widmer, S.; Staubli, E.; Babbi, M.; Gehler, J.; Hepenstrick, D.; Bergamini, A.; Billeter, R.; Boch, S.; Rohrer, S.; Dembicz, I., 2019: Dry grasslands of the central valleys of the Alps from a European perspective: the example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland). Hacquetia, 18, 2: 155-177. doi: 10.2478/hacq-2019-0008
Busch, V.; Klaus, V.H.; Schäfer, D.; Prati, D.; Boch, S.; Müller, J.; Chisté, M.; Mody, K.; Blüthgen, N.; Fischer, M.; Hölzel, N.; Kleinebecker, T., 2019: Will I stay or will I go? Plant species‐specific response and tolerance to high land‐use intensity in temperate grassland ecosystems. Journal of Vegetation Science, 30, 4: 674-686. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12749
Rigling, A.; Etzold, S.; Bebi, P.; Brang, P.; Ferretti, M.; Forrester, D.; Gärtner, H.; Gessler, A.; Ginzler, C.; Moser, B.; Schaub, M.; Stroheker, S.; Trotsiuk, V.; Walthert, L.; Zweifel, R.; Wohlgemuth, T., 2019: Wie viel Trockenheit ertragen unsere Wälder? Lehren aus extremen Trockenjahren. In: Bründl, M.; Schweizer, J. (eds), 2019: Lernen aus Extremereignissen. Forum für Wissen 2019: Lernen aus Extremereignissen, Davos, Switzerland. 39-51.
Müller, A.; Knoke, T.; Olschewski, R., 2019: Can existing estimates for ecosystem service values inform forest management?. Forests, 10, 2: 132 (17 pp.). doi: 10.3390/f10020132
Peterson, A.T.; Anderson, R.P.; Beger, M.; Bolliger, J.; Brotons, L.; Burridge, C.P.; Cobos, M.E.; Cuervo-Robayo, A.P.; Di Minin, E.; Diez, J.; Zurell, D., 2019: Open access solutions for biodiversity journals: do not replace one problem with another. Diversity and Distributions, 25, 1: 5-8. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12885
Penone, C.; Allan, E.; Soliveres, S.; Felipe-Lucia, M.R.; Gossner, M.M.; Seibold, S.; Simons, N.K.; Schall, P.; Van der Plas, F.; Manning, P.; Manzanedo, R.D.; Boch, S.; Prati, D.; Ammer, C.; Bauhus, J.; Buscot, F.; Ehbrecht, M.; Goldmann, K.; Jung, K.; ... Fischer, M., 2019: Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features. Ecology Letters, 22, 1: 170-180. doi: 10.1111/ele.13182
Visconti, P.; Elias, V.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Fischer, M.; Ali-Zade, V.; Báldi, A.; Brucet, S.; Bukvareva, E.; Byrne, K.; Caplat, P.; Boch, S.; Zazanashvili, N., 2018: Status, trends and future dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystems underpinning nature's contributions to people. In: Rounsevell, M.; Fischer, M.; Torre-Marin Rando, A.; Mader, A. (eds), 2018: The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia. Bonn, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). 187-383.
Felipe-Lucia, M.R.; Soliveres, S.; Penone, C.; Manning, P.; Van der Plas, F.; Boch, S.; Prati, D.; Ammer, C.; Schall, P.; Gossner, M.M.; Bauhus, J.; Buscot, F.; Blaser, S.; Blüthgen, N.; De Frutos, A.; Ehbrecht, M.; Frank, K.; Goldmann, K.; Hänsel, F.; ... Allan, E., 2018: Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services. Nature Communications, 9: 4839 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07082-4
Bjorkman, A.D.; Myers-Smith, I.H.; Elmendorf, S.C.; Normand, S.; Thomas, H.J.D.; Alatalo, J.M.; Alexander, H.; Anadon-Rosell, A.; Angers-Blondin, S.; Bai, Y.; Frei, E.R.; Jaroszynska, F.; Kulonen, A.; Prevéy, J.S.; Rixen, C.; Wipf, S.; Zamin, T., 2018: Tundra Trait Team: a database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, 12: 1402-1411. doi: 10.1111/geb.12821
Bjorkman, A.D.; Myers-Smith, I.H.; Elmendorf, S.C.; Normand, S.; Rüger, N.; Beck, P.S.A.; Blach-Overgaard, A.; Blok, D.; Cornelissen, J.H.C.; Forbes, B.C.; Karger, D.N.; Prevéy, J.S.; Rixen, C.; Wipf, S.; Frei, E.R.; Jaroszynska, F.; Kulonen, A.; Weiher, E., 2018: Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome. Nature, 562, 7725: 57-62. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7
Wubs, E.R.J.; Woodin, S.J.; Stutter, M.I.; Wipf, S.; Sommerkorn, M.; Van der Wal, R., 2018: Two decades of altered snow cover does not affect soil microbial ability to catabolize carbon compounds in an oceanic alpine heath. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 124: 101-104. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.05.034
Zabel, A.; Schulz, T.; Lieberherr, E., 2018: Grüne Wirtschaft: eine Annäherung an mögliche Zielkonflikte und Synergien im Wald. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 169, 3: 143-149. doi: 10.3188/szf.2018.0143
Bösch, M.; Elsasser, P.; Franz, K.; Lorenz, M.; Moning, C.; Olschewski, R.; Rödl, A.; Schneider, H.; Schröppel, B.; Weller, P., 2018: Forest ecosystem services in rural areas of Germany: insights from the national TEEB study. Ecosystem Services, 31: 77-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.03.014
Rogivue, A.; Graf, R.; Parisod, C.; Holderegger, R.; Gugerli, F., 2018: The phylogeographic structure of Arabis alpina in the Alps shows consistent patterns across different types of molecular markers and geographic scales. Alpine Botany, 128, 1: 35-45. doi: 10.1007/s00035-017-0196-8
Heer, N.; Klimmek, F.; Zwahlen, C.; Fischer, M.; Hölzel, N.; Klaus, V.H.; Kleinebecker, T.; Prati, D.; Boch, S., 2018: Hemiparasite-density effects on grassland plant diversity, composition and biomass. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 32: 22-29. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2018.01.004
Djukic, I.; Kepfer-Rojas, S.; Schmidt, I.K.; Larsen, K.S.; Beier, C.; Berg, B.; Verheyen, K.; Caliman, A.; Paquette, A.; Gutiérrez-Girón, A.; Rixen, C.; Sutter, F.; Von Oppen, J.; Schaub, M.; Didion, M.; Wipf, S.; Tóth, Z., 2018: Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629: 1369-1394. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012
Busch, V.; Klaus, V.H.; Penone, C.; Schäfer, D.; Boch, S.; Prati, D.; Müller, J.; Socher, S.A.; Niinemets, Ü.; Peñuelas, J.; Hölzel, N.; Fischer, M.; Kleinebecker, T., 2018: Nutrient stoichiometry and land use rather than species richness determine plant functional diversity. Ecology and Evolution, 8, 1: 601-616. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3609
Kulonen, A.; Imboden, R.A.; Rixen, C.; Maier, S.B.; Wipf, S., 2018: Enough space in a warmer world? Microhabitat diversity and small-scale distribution of alpine plants on mountain summits. Diversity and Distributions, 24, 2: 252-261. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12673
Hautier, Y.; Isbell, F.; Borer, E.T.; Seabloom, E.W.; Harpole, W.S.; Lind, E.M.; MacDougall, A.S.; Stevens, C.J.; Adler, P.B.; Alberti, J.; Bakker, J.D.; Brudvig, L.A.; Buckley, Y.M.; Cadotte, M.; Caldeira, M.C.; Chaneton, E.J.; Chu, C.; Daleo, P.; Dickman, C.R.; ... Hector, A., 2018: Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2: 50-56. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0395-0
Schall, P.; Gossner, M.M.; Heinrichs, S.; Fischer, M.; Boch, S.; Prati, D.; Jung, K.; Baumgartner, V.; Blaser, S.; Böhm, S.; Buscont, F.; Daniel, R.; Goldmann, K.; Kaiser, K.; Kahl, T.; Lange, M.; Müller, J.; Overmann, J.; Renner, S.C.; ... Ammer, C., 2018: The impact of even-aged and uneven-aged forest management on regional biodiversity of multiple taxa in European beech forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, 1: 267-278. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12950
Schweiger, A.K.; Schütz, M.; Risch, A.C.; Kneubühler, M.; Haller, R.; Schaepman, M.E., 2017: How to predict plant functional types using imaging spectroscopy: linking vegetation community traits, plant functional types and spectral response. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 1: 86-95. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12642
Egli, T.; Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F., 2017: Evaluating ecosystem service trade-offs with wind electricity production in Switzerland. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67: 863-875. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.074
Kienast, F.; Huber, N.; Hergert, R.; Bolliger, J.; Segura Moran, L.; Hersperger, A.M., 2017: Conflicts between decentralized renewable electricity production and landscape services – a spatially-explicit quantitative assessment for Switzerland. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67: 397-407. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.045
Vandegehuchte, M.L.; Wermelinger, B.; Fraefel, M.; Baltensweiler, A.; Düggelin, C.; Brändli, U.; Freitag, A.; Bernasconi, C.; Cherix, D.; Risch, A.C., 2017: Distribution and habitat requirements of red wood ants in Switzerland: implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 212: 366-375. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.06.008
Blattert, C.; Lemm, R.; Thees, O.; Lexer, M.J.; Hanewinkel, M., 2017: Management of ecosystem services in mountain forests: review of indicators and value functions for model based multi-criteria decision analysis. Ecological Indicators, 79: 391-409. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.04.025
Gavazov, K.; Ingrisch, J.; Hasibeder, R.; Mills, R.T.E.; Buttler, A.; Gleixner, G.; Pumpanen, J.; Bahn, M., 2017: Winter ecology of a subalpine grassland: effects of snow removal on soil respiration, microbial structure and function. Science of the Total Environment, 590-591: 316-324. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.010
Devkota, S.; Chaudhary, R.P.; Werth, S.; Scheidegger, C., 2017: Indigenous knowledge and use of lichens by the lichenophilic communities of the Nepal Himalaya. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 13: 15 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1186/s13002-017-0142-2
Puissant, J.; Mills, R.T.E.; Robroek, B.J.M.; Gavazov, K.; Perrette, Y.; De Danieli, S.; Spiegelberger, T.; Buttler, A.; Brun, J.; Cécillon, L., 2017: Climate change effects on the stability and chemistry of soil organic carbon pools in a subalpine grassland. Biogeochemistry, 132, 1-2: 123-139. doi: 10.1007/s10533-016-0291-8
Olschewski, R., 2017: Bewertung von Ökosystemleistungen: eine Bestandsaufnahme. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 168, 1: 3-13. doi: 10.3188/szf.2017.0003
Hegetschweiler, K.T.; De Vries, S.; Arnberger, A.; Bell, S.; Brennan, M.; Siter, N.; Stahl Olafsson, A.; Voigt, A.; Hunziker, M., 2017: Linking demand and supply factors in identifying cultural ecosystem services of urban green infrastructures: a review of European studies. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 21: 48-59. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.11.002
Baltensweiler, A.; Walthert, L.; Ginzler, C.; Sutter, F.; Purves, R.S.; Hanewinkel, M., 2017: Terrestrial laser scanning improves digital elevation models and topsoil pH modelling in regions with complex topography and dense vegetation. Environmental Modelling and Software, 95: 13-21. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.05.009
Van der Plas, F.; Manning, P.; Soliveres, S.; Allan, E.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Verheyen, K.; Wirth, C.; Zavala, M.A.; Ampoorter, E.; Baeten, L.; Gessler, A.; Fischer, M., 2016: Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 113, 13: 3557-3562. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1517903113
Van der Plas, F.; Manning, P.; Allan, E.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Verheyen, K.; Wirth, C.; Zavala, M.A.; Hector, A.; Ampoorter, E.; Baeten, L.; Gessler, A.; Fischer, M., 2016: Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests. Nature Communications, 7: 11109 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1038/ncomms11109
Risch, A.C.; Zimmermann, S.; Ohashi, M.; Finér, L.; Kho, L.K.; Schütz, M., 2016: First evidence that the sodium ecosystem respiration (SER) hypothesis may also hold for a coastal tropical rainforest. Applied Soil Ecology, 108: 92-95. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.08.007
Bast, A.; Wilcke, W.; Graf, F.; Lüscher, P.; Gärtner, H., 2016: Does mycorrhizal inoculation improve plant survival, aggregate stability, and fine root development on a coarse-grained soil in an alpine eco-engineering field experiment?. Journal of Geophysical Research G: Biogeosciences, 121, 8: 2158-2171. doi: 10.1002/2016JG003422
Harpole, W.S.; Sullivan, L.L.; Lind, E.M.; Firn, J.; Adler, P.B.; Borer, E.T.; Chase, J.; Fay, P.A.; Hautier, Y.; Hillebrand, H.; MacDougall, A.S.; Seabloom, E.W.; Williams, R.; Bakker, J.D.; Cadotte, M.W.; Chaneton, E.J.; Chu, C.; Cleland, E.E.; D'Antonio, C.; ... Wragg, P.D., 2016: Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity. Nature, 537, 7618: 93-96. doi: 10.1038/nature19324
Tredennick, A.T.; Adler, P.B.; Grace, J.B.; Harpole, W.S.; Borer, E.T.; Seabloom, E.W.; Anderson, T.M.; Bakker, J.D.; Biederman, L.A.; Brown, C.S.; Buckley, Y.M.; Chu, C.; Collins, S.L.; Crawley, M.J.; Fay, P.A.; Firn, J.; Gruner, D.S.; Hagenah, N.; Hautier, Y.; ... Yang, L.H., 2016: Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness". Science, 351, 6272: 457 (4 pp.). doi: 10.1126/science.aad6236
Milcu, A.; Eugster, W.; Bachmann, D.; Guderle, M.; Roscher, C.; Gockele, A.; Landais, D.; Ravel, O.; Gessler, A.; Lange, M.; Ebeling, A.; Weisser, W.W.; Roy, J.; Hildebrandt, A.; Buchmann, N., 2016: Plant functional diversity increases grassland productivity-related water vapor fluxes: an Ecotron and modeling approach. Ecology, 97, 8: 2044-2054. doi: 10.1890/15-1110.1
Rime, T.; Hartmann, M.; Stierli, B.; Anesio, A.M.; Frey, B., 2016: Assimilation of microbial and plant carbon by active prokaryotic and fungal populations in glacial forefields. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 98: 30-41. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.03.012
Fay, P.A.; Prober, S.M.; Harpole, W.S.; Knops, J.M.H.; Bakker, J.D.; Borer, E.T.; Lind, E.M.; MacDougall, A.S.; Seabloom, E.W.; Wragg, P.D.; Adler, P.B.; Blumenthal, D.M.; Buckley, Y.M.; Chu, C.; Cleland, E.E.; Collins, S.L.; Davies, K.F.; Du, G.; Feng, X.; ... Yang, L.H., 2015: Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients. Nature Plants, 1, 7: 15080 (5 pp.). doi: 10.1038/nplants.2015.80
Risch, A.C.; Schütz, M.; Vandegehuchte, M.L.; Van Der Putten, W.H.; Duyts, H.; Raschein, U.; Gwiazdowicz, D.J.; Busse, M.D.; Page-Dumroese, D.S.; Zimmermann, S., 2015: Aboveground vertebrate and invertebrate herbivore impact on net N mineralization in subalpine grasslands. Ecology, 96, 12: 3312-3322. doi: 10.1890/15-0300.1
Myers-Smith, I.H.; Elmendorf, S.C.; Beck, P.S.A.; Wilmking, M.; Hallinger, M.; Blok, D.; Tape, K.D.; Rayback, S.A.; Macias-Fauria, M.; Forbes, B.C.; Speed, J.D.M.; Boulanger-Lapointe, N.; Rixen, C.; Lévesque, E.; Schmidt, N.M.; Baittinger, C.; Trant, A.J.; Hermanutz, L.; Siegwart Collier, L.; ... Vellend, M., 2015: Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome. Nature Climate Change, 5, 9: 887-891. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2697
Stevens, C.J.; Lind, E.M.; Hautier, Y.; Harpole, W.S.; Borer, E.T.; Hobbie, S.; Seabloom, E.W.; Ladwig, L.; Bakker, J.D.; Chu, C.; Collins, S.; Davies, K.F.; Firn, J.; Hillebrand, H.; La Pierre, K.J.; MacDougall, A.; Melbourne, B.; McCulley, R.L.; Morgan, J.; ... Wragg, P.D., 2015: Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition predicts local grassland primary production worldwide. Ecology, 96, 6: 1459-1465. doi: 10.1890/14-1902.1
Tschopp, T.; Holderegger, R.; Bollmann, K., 2015: Auswirkungen der Douglasie auf die Waldbiodiversität. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 166, 1: 9-15. doi: 10.3188/szf.2015.0009
Schweiger, A.K.; Risch, A.C.; Damm, A.; Kneubühler, M.; Haller, R.; Schaepman, M.E.; Schütz, M., 2015: Using imaging spectroscopy to predict above-ground plant biomass in alpine grasslands grazed by large ungulates. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26, 1: 175-190. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12214
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