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Prof. Dr. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

Professur Geobotanik

 Foto: Jürgen Gocke

 

 

 Curriculum Vitae

 

 Research Interests

 In my current research I aim to mechanistically understand the biotic control of ecological processes and how global change drivers - such as climate change, land use change, nitrogen deposition, or invasive species - are interacting with this control at various temporal and spatial scales.

  Within this field I focus on the functional role of biodiversity for biogeochemical cycles, especially in forest ecosystems.

  In addition to this process-orientated basic research, I consider applied aspects by quantifying the relationship between ecosystem functioning and the delivery of ecological goods and services.

 I am further interested in the relations between biodiversity and human health, and I am coordinating the European project Dr.FOREST. I also coordinated the EU Framework Programme VII project FunDivEUROPE, which aims to quantify the role of forest biodiversity for ecosystem functioning and the delivery of goods and services in major European forest types.

 More recently, I started new projects in Soundscape Ecology, i.e. the study of acoustic signatures within ecosystems and landscapes. Here, we focus on the effect of land use intensity on acoustic diversity of grassland and forest ecosystems.

 

 Current Research Projects

  • Dr.FOREST (Diversity of FORESTs affecting human health), BiodivERsA call 2018)

  • ConFoBi (Conservation of Forest Biodiversity in Multiple-Use Landscapes of Central Europe), DFG Research Training Group, GRK 2123

  • SoilForEUROPE (Predicting European forest soil biodiversity and its functioning under ongoing climate change), BiodivERsA call 2015-16

  • HILLSCAPE (Hillslope Chronosequence and Process Evolution)

  • IDENT-Freiburg (International Diversity Experiment Network with Trees)

  • ECOLINK-SALIX (Linking individual plant traits to ecosystem processes using a willow model system)
  • HighDiv-SRC (High-Diversity Short Rotation Coppice systems)

  • FunDivEUROPE (The Functional significance of forest bioDiversity in EUROPE), EU Framework Programme VII. Coordinator

  • smallFOREST (Biodiversity and ecosystem services of small forest fragments in European landscapes), BiodivERsA, EU Framework Programme VII.

  • IDENT (International Diversity Experiment Network with Trees, within the global TreeDivNet network)

  • BEF CHINA DFG-Reseacrh Unit "Forest Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in China"): The functional significance of forest diversity: N-pools, fluxes and N-uptake complementarity. Decomposition and nutrient cycling.

  • BEsound project within the Biodiversity Exploratories: The relationships between land use intensity, organismic diversity and acoustic complexity

  • BIOTREE (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes of Experimental Tree Stands)

  • FUN_DIV (Functional significance of tree diversity for nutrient dynamics in a tropical plantation) within The Sardinilla Project

     

 

 Past Research Projects

  • The Jena Experiment (DFG-Research Unit "The role of biodiversity for element cycling and trophic interactions“)
  • AlpFUTUR (The effect of management intensity and natural variability on ecosystem services in alpine pastures)
  • BACCARA (Biodiversity And Climate Change, A Risk Analysis). EU Framework Programme VII. "Effects of forest biodiversity on ecosystem functioning"

  • BIODEPTH (Biodiversity and Ecological Processes in Terrestrial Herbaceous Ecosystems)

  • CLIMATE CHANGE project within the Biodiversity Exploratories: Biodiversity controls of climate change effects on biogeochemical processes

  • IMEXCLIME (IMpacts of EXtreme CLIMatic Events on ecosystem functioning in alpine grasslands)

  • NICHE (Neutral vs. niche-structured communities: testing for resource partitioning by plants)

  • Functional and phytosociological characterisation of vegetation at ETH Research Station Alp Weissenstein

  • NICOLA (Niche differentiation and plant coexistence and in alpine pastures under changing land use)

  • SPATEX (Spatial pattern and complementary resource use – Experimentally testing the influence of plant aggregation on biodiversity effects)

 

 Teaching

  I am teaching in both the BSc.- and the MSc.-Programmes in Biology.

 

 Publications

 Books

  • Schulze, E.D., Beck, E., Buchmann, N., Clemens, S., Müller-Hohenstein, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2019) Plant Ecology. 2nd edition. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 926 p.

 

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

2023

  • Bourdin, A., Dokhelar, T., Bord, S., Van Halder, I., Stemmelen, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Jactel, H. (2023) Forests harbor more ticks than other habitats: A meta-analysis. Forest Ecology and Management 541, 121081.

  • Müller, J., Mitesser, O., Cadotte, M.W., van der Plas, F., Mori, A.S., Ammer, C., Chao, A.N., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Baldrian, P., Bassler, C., Biedermann, P., Cesarz, S., Classen, A., Delory, B.M., Feldhaar, H., Fichtner, A., Hothorn, T., Kuenzer, C., Peters, M.K., Pierick, K., Schmitt, T., Schuldt, B., Seidel, D., Six, D., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Thorn, S., von Oheimb, G., Wegmann, M., Weisser, W.W., Eisenhauer, N. (2023) Enhancing the structural diversity between forest patches-A concept and real-world experiment to study biodiversity, multifunctionality and forest resilience across spatial scales. Global Change Biology 29, 1437-1450.
  • Hordijk, I., [...]., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., [...], Crowther, T.W. (2023) Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness. Journal of Ecology n/a.
  • van der Plas, F., Schroder-Georgi, T., Weigelt, A., Barry, K., Meyer, S., Alzate, A., Barnard, R.L., Buchmann, N., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hildebrandt, A., Koller-France, E., Leimer, S., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P.A., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.D., Temperton, V., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Weisser, W., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C. (2023) Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7, 335-336.
  • Schuldt, A., Liu, X., Buscot, F., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A., He, J.-S., Klein, A.-M., Ma, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Staab, M. (2023) Carbon–biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest. Global Change Biology n/a.
  • Joly, F.-X., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Hättenschwiler, S. (2023) Resolving the intricate role of climate in litter decomposition. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7, 214-223.
  • Neyret, M., Peter, S., Le Provost, G., Boch, S., Boesing, A.L., Bullock, J.M., Hölzel, N., Klaus, V.H., Kleinebecker, T., Krauss, J., Müller, J., Müller, S., Ammer, C., Buscot, F., Ehbrecht, M., Fischer, M., Goldmann, K., Jung, K., Mehring, M., Müller, T., Renner, S.C., Schall, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Westphal, C., Wubet, T., Manning, P. (2023) Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity. Nature Sustainability. 
  • Desie, E., Zuo, J., Verheyen, K., Djukic, I., Van Meerbeek, K., Auge, H., Barsoum, N., Baum, C., Bruelheide, H., Eisenhauer, N., Feldhaar, H., Ferlian, O., Gravel, D., Jactel, H., Schmidt, I.K., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Meredieu, C., Mereu, S., Messier, C., Morillas, L., Nock, C., Paquette, A., Ponette, Q., Reich, P.B., Roales, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Seitz, S., Schmidt, A., Stefanski, A., Trogisch, S., Halder, I.v., Weih, M., Williams, L.J., Yang, B., Muys, B. (2023) Disentangling drivers of litter decomposition in a multi-continent network of tree diversity experiments. Science of the Total Environment 857, 159717. 

 

 

2022

  •  Le Provost, G., Schenk, N.V., Penone, C., Thiele, J., Westphal, C., Allan, E., Ayasse, M., Blüthgen, N., Boeddinghaus, R.S., Boesing, A.L., Bolliger, R., Busch, V., Fischer, M., Gossner, M.M., Hölzel, N., Jung, K., Kandeler, E., Klaus, V.H., Kleinebecker, T., Leimer, S., Marhan, S., Morris, K., Müller, S., Neff, F., Neyret, M., Oelmann, Y., Perović, D.J., Peter, S., Prati, D., Rillig, M.C., Saiz, H., Schäfer, D., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schloter, M., Schöning, I., Schrumpf, M., Steckel, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Tschapka, M., Vogt, J., Weiner, C., Weisser, W., Wells, K., Werner, M., Wilcke, W., Manning, P. (2022) The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution.
  • Wagg, C., Roscher, C., Weigelt, A., Vogel, A., Ebeling, A., de Luca, E., Roeder, A., Kleinspehn, C., Temperton, V.M., Meyer, S.T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Buchmann, N., Fischer, M., Weisser, W.W., Eisenhauer, N., Schmid, B. (2022) Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment. Nature Communications 13, 7752.
  • Gillerot, L., Landuyt, D., Oh, R., Chow, W., Haluza, D., Ponette, Q., Jactel, H., Bruelheide, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., De Frenne, P., Muys, B., Verheyen, K. (2022) Forest structure and composition alleviate human thermal stress. Global Change Biology 28, 7340-7352. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16419
  • Liang, J., [....], Scherer-Lorenzen, M., [...], Hui, C. (2022) Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01831-x 
  • Bourdin, A., Bord, S., Durand, J., Galon, C., Moutailler, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Jactel, H. (2022) Forest Diversity Reduces the Prevalence of Pathogens Transmitted by the Tick Ixodes ricinus. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, 891908. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.891908
  • Schmid, B., Schmitz, M., Rzanny, M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Mwangi, P.N., Weisser, W.W., Hector, A., Schmid, R., Flynn, D.F.B. (2022) Removing subordinate species in a biodiversity experiment to mimic observational field studies. Grassland Research 1, 53-62. DOI: 10.1002/glr2.12009
  • Hajek, P., Link, R.M., Nock, C.A., Bauhus, J., Gebauer, T., Gessler, A., Kovach, K., Messier, C., Paquette, A., Saurer, M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Rose, L., Schuldt, B. (2022) Mutually inclusive mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality. Global Change Biology 28, 3365-3378. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16146

  • Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Gessner, M.O., Beisner, B.E., Messier, C., Paquette, A., Petermann, J.S., Soininen, J., Nock, C.A. (2022) Pathways for cross-boundary effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37, 454-467.

  • Shovon, T.A., Kang, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Nock, C.A. (2022) Changes in the direction of the diversity–productivity relationship over 15 years of stand development in a planted temperate forest. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13855

  • Cesarz, S., Craven, D., Auge, H., Bruelheide, H., Castagneyrol, B., Gutknecht, J., Hector, A., Jactel, H., Koricheva, J., Messier, C., Muys, B., O’Brien, M.J., Paquette, A., Ponette, Q., Potvin, C., Reich, P.B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Smith, A.R., Verheyen, K., Eisenhauer, N. (2022) Tree diversity effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration are context dependent across forest diversity experiments. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31, 872-885. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13461 

  • Helbach, J., Frey, J., Messier, C., Mörsdorf, M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2022) Light heterogeneity affects understory plant species richness in temperate forests supporting the heterogeneity–diversity hypothesis. Ecology and Evolution 12, e8534.
  • Müller, S., Mitesser, O., Oschwald, L., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Potvin, C., 2022. Temporal Soundscape Patterns in a Panamanian Tree Diversity Experiment: Polycultures Show an Increase in High Frequency Cover. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10.
  • Müller, S., Gossner, M.M., Penone, C., Jung, K., Renner, S.C., Farina, A., Anhäuser, L., Ayasse, M., Boch, S., Haensel, F., Heitzmann, J., Kleinn, C., Magdon, P., Perović, D.J., Pieretti, N., Shaw, T., Steckel, J., Tschapka, M., Vogt, J., Westphal, C., Scherer- Lorenzen, M. (2022) Land-use intensity and landscape structure drive the acoustic composition of grasslands. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 328, 107845.
  • Jing, X., Muys, B., Baeten, L., Bruelheide, H., De Wandeler, H., Desie, E., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Jucker, T., Kardol, P., Pollastrini, M., Ratcliffe, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Selvi, F., Vancampenhout, K., van der Plas, F., Verheyen, K., Vesterdal, L., Zuo, J., Van Meerbeek, K. (2022) Climatic conditions, not above- and belowground resource availability and uptake capacity, mediate tree diversity effects on productivity and stability. Science of The Total Environment 812, 152560.
  • Cazzolla Gatti, R., et al., incl. Scherer-Lorenzen, M., ...., Liang, J. (2022) The number of tree species on Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, e2115329119.
     

 

2021

  • Wambsganss, J., Freschet, G. T. ,Beyer, F., Bauhus, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2021) Tree diversity, initial litter quality, and site conditions drive early-stage fine-root decomposition in European forests. Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-021-00728-3

  • Freschet, G.T., Pagès, L., Iversen, C.M., Comas, L.H., Rewald, B., Roumet, C., Klimešová, J., Zadworny, M., Poorter, H., Postma, J.A., Adams, T.S., Bagniewska-Zadworna, A., Bengough, A.G., Blancaflor, E.B., Brunner, I., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Garnier, E., Gessler, A., Hobbie, S.E., Meier, I.C., Mommer, L., Picon-Cochard, C., Rose, L., Ryser, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Soudzilovskaia, N.A., Stokes, A., Sun, T., Valverde-Barrantes, O.J., Weemstra, M., Weigelt, A., Wurzburger, N., York, L.M., Batterman, S.A., Gomes de Moraes, M., Janeček, Š., Lambers, H., Salmon, V., Tharayil, N., McCormack, M.L. (2021) A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements. New Phytologist 232, 973-1122.

  • Greinwald, K., Gebauer, T., Treuter, L., Kolodziej, V., Musso, A., Maier, F., Lustenberger, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2021) Root density drives aggregate stability of soils of different moraine ages in the Swiss Alps. Plant and Soil. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-021-05111-8
  • Serrano-León, H., Nitschke, R., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Forrester, D.I. (2021) Intra-specific leaf trait variability of F. sylvatica, Q. petraea and P. abies in response to inter-specific competition and implications for forest functioning. Tree Physiology. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpab109
  • Kwon, T., Shibata, H., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I.K., Larsen, K.S., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., Lamarque, J.-F., Hagedorn, F., Eisenhauer, N., Djukic, I., and the Tea Bag Initiative (incl. Scherer-Lorenzen, M.) (2021) Effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid-term stage litter decomposition across biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480

  • Messier, C., Bauhus, J., Sousa-Silva, R., Auge, H., Baeten, L., Barsoum, N., Bruelheide, H., Caldwell, B., Cavender-Bares, J., Dhiedt, E., Eisenhauer, N., Ganade, G., Gravel, D., Guillemot, J., Hall, J.S., Hector, A., Hérault, B., Jactel, H., Koricheva, J., Kreft, H., Mereu, S., Muys, B., Nock, C.A., Paquette, A., Parker, J.D., Perring, M.P., Ponette, Q., Potvin, C., Reich, P.B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schnabel, F., Verheyen, K., Weih, M., Wollni, M., Zemp, D.C. (2021) For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests! Conservation Letters, e12829.

  • Wambsganss, J., Freschet, G.T., Beyer, F., Goldmann, K., Prada-Salcedo, L.D., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Bauhus, J. (2021) Tree species mixing causes a shift in fine-root soil exploitation strategies across European forests. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13856
  • Jing, X., Muys, B., Bruelheide, H., Desie, E., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Kardol, P., Ratcliffe, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Selvi, F., Vancampenhout, K., van der Plas, F., Verheyen, K., Vesterdal, L., Zuo, J., Van Meerbeek, K. (2021) Above- and below-ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity–productivity relationships in European forests. Functional Ecology.DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13825
  • Shaw, T., Müller, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2021) Slope does not affect autonomous recorder detection shape: considerations for acoustic monitoring in forested landscapes. Bioacoustics. DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2021.1925590
  • Wambsganss, J., Beyer, F., Freschet, G.T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Bauhus, J., Tree species mixing reduces biomass but increases length of absorptive fine roots in European forests (2021). Journal of Ecology 109, 2678-2991. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13675
  • Van Sundert, K., Arfin Khan, M.A.S., Bharath, S., Buckley, Y.M., Caldeira, M.C., Donohue, I., Dubbert, M., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Eskelinen, A., Finn, A., Gebauer, T., Haider, S., Hansart, A., Jentsch, A., Kübert, A., Nijs, I., Nock, C.A., Nogueira, C., Porath-Krause, A.J., Radujković, D., Raynaud, X., Risch, A.C., Roscher, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schuchardt, M.A., Schütz, M., Siebert, J., Sitters, J., Spohn, M., Virtanen, R., Werner, C., Wilfahrt, P., Vicca, S. (2021) Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15583
  • Schaub, S., Finger, R., Leiber, F., Probst, S., Kreuzer, M., Weigelt, A., Buchmann, N., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., 2021. Reply to: “Results from a biodiversity experiment fail to represent economic performance of semi-natural grasslands”. Nature Communications 12, 2124.
  • Greinwald, K., Gebauer, T., Musso, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., 2021. Similar successional development of functional community structure in glacier forelands despite contrasting bedrocks. Journal of Vegetation Science 32, e12993.

  • Freschet, G.T., Roumet, C., Comas, L.H., Weemstra, M., Bengough, A.G., Rewald, B., Bardgett, R.D., De Deyn, G.B., Johnson, D., Klimešová, J., Lukac, M., McCormack, M.L., Meier, I.C., Pagès, L., Poorter, H., Prieto, I., Wurzburger, N., Zadworny, M., Bagniewska-Zadworna, A., Blancaflor, E.B., Brunner, I., Gessler, A., Hobbie, S.E., Iversen, C.M., Mommer, L., Picon-Cochard, C., Postma, J.A., Rose, L., Ryser, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Soudzilovskaia, N.A., Sun, T., Valverde-Barrantes, O.J., Weigelt, A., York, L.M., Stokes, A. (2021) Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs. New Phytologist  https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17072.

  • Greinwald, K., Dieckmann, L.A., Schipplick, C., Hartmann, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Gebauer, T. (2021) Vertical root distribution and biomass allocation along proglacial chronosequences in Central Switzerland. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 53, 20-34.

  • Valdés-Correcher, E., Moreira, X., Augusto, L., Barbaro, L., Bouget, C., Bouriaud, O., Branco, M., Centenaro, G., Csóka, G., Damestoy, T., Dobrosavljević, J., Duduman, M.-L., Dulaurent, A.-M., Eötvös, C.B., Faticov, M., Ferrante, M., Fürjes-Mikó, Á., Galmán, A., Gossner, M.M., Hampe, A., Harvey, D., Gordon Howe, A., Kadiri, Y., Kaennel-Dobbertin, M., Koricheva, J., Kozel, A., Kozlov, M.V., Lövei, G.L., Lupaștean, D., Milanović, S., Mrazova, A., Opgennoorth, L., Pitkänen, J.-M., Popova, A., Popović, M., Prinzing, A., Queloz, V., Roslin, T., Sallé, A., Sam, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schuldt, A., Selikhovkin, A., Suominen, L., Tack, A.J.M., Tahadlova, M., Thomas, R., Castagneyrol, B. (2021) Search for top-down and bottom-up drivers of latitudinal trends in insect herbivory in oak trees in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography.DOI: 10.1111/geb.13244

 

2020

  • van der Plas, F., Schröder-Georgi, T., Weigelt, A., Barry, K., Meyer, S., Alzate, A., Barnard, R.L., Buchmann, N., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hildebrandt, A., Koller-France, E., Leimer, S., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P.A., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., Temperton, V., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Weisser, W., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C. (2020) Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4, 1602-1611. 

  • Barry, K.E., van Ruijven, J., Mommer, L., Bai, Y.F., Beierkuhnlein, C., Buchmann, N., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Guimaraes-Steinicke, C., Hildebrandt, A., Isbell, F., Milcu, A., Nesshover, C., Reich, P.B., Roscher, C., Sauheitl, L., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Tilman, D., von Felten, S., Weigelt, A. (2020) Limited evidence for spatial resource partitioning across temperate grassland biodiversity experiments. Ecology 101.
  • Bastias, C.C., Truchado, D.A., Valladares, F., Benavides, R., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., Coppi, A., Finer, L., Gimeno, T.E., Jaroszewicz, B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Selvi, F., De la Cruz, M. (2020) Species richness influences the spatial distribution of trees in European forests. Oikos 129, 380-390.
  • Landuyt, D., Ampoorter, E., Bastias, C.C., Benavides, R., Muller, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Valladares, F., Wasof, S., Verheyen, K. (2020) Importance of overstorey attributes for understorey litter production and nutrient cycling in European forests. Forest Ecosystems 7.
  • Valdes, A., Lenoir, J., De Frenne, P., Andrieu, E., Brunet, J., Chabrerie, O., Cousins, S.A.O., Deconchat, M., De Smedt, P., Diekmann, M., Ehrmann, S., Gallet-Moron, E., Gartner, S., Giffard, B., Hansen, K., Hermy, M., Kolb, A., Le Roux, V., Liira, J., Lindgren, J., Martin, L., Naaf, T., Paal, T., Proesmans, W., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Wulf, M., Verheyen, K., Decocq, G. (2020) High ecosystem service delivery potential of small woodlands in agricultural landscapes. Journal of Applied Ecology 57, 4-16.
  • Poeydebat, C., Jactel, H., Moreira, X., Koricheva, J., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Francisco, M., Gottschall, F., Gravel, D., Mason, B., Muiruri, E., Muys, B., Nock, C., Paquette, A., Ponette, Q., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Stokes, V., Staab, M., Verheyen, K., Castagneyrol, B. (2020) Climate affects neighbour-induced changes in leaf chemical defences and tree diversity–herbivory relationships. Functional Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13700

  • Cesarz, S, Craven, D, Auge, H, Bruelheide, H, Castagneyrol, B, Hector, A, Jactel, H, Koricheva, J, Messier, C, Muys, B, O’Brien, MJ, Paquette, A, Ponette, Q, Potvin, C, Reich, PB, Scherer-Lorenzen, M, Smith, AR, Verheyen, K, Eisenhauer, N (2020) Biotic and abiotic drivers of soil microbial functions across tree diversity experiments. bioRxiv:2020.2001.2030.927277.
  • Drenckhahn, D., Arneth, A., Filser, J., Haberl, H., Hansjürgens, B., Herrmann, B., Homeier, J., Leuschner, C., Mosbrugger, V., Reusch, T., Schäffer, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Tockner, K. (2020) Globale Biodiversität in der Krise – Was können Deutschland und die EU dagegen tun? Global Biodiversity in Crisis – What can Germany and the EU do about it? Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina (Hrsg.) Diskussion Nr. 24. Halle (Saale).
  • Patoine, G., Bruelheide, H., Haase, J., Nock, C., Ohlmann, N., Schwarz, B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Eisenhauer, N. (2020) Tree litter functional diversity and nitrogen concentration enhance litter decomposition via changes in earthworm communities. Ecology and Evolution 10, 6752-6768.
  • Castagneyrol, B., Valdés-Correcher, E., Bourdin, A., Barbaro, L., Bouriaud, O., Branco, M., Centenaro, G., Csóka, G., Duduman, M.-L., Dulaurent, A.-M., Eötvös, C.B., Faticov, M., Ferrante, M., Fürjes-Mikó, Á., Galmán, A., Gossner, M.M., Harvey, D., Howe, A.G., Kaennel-Dobbertin, M., Koricheva, J., Löveï, G.L., Lupaștean, D., Milanović, S., Mrazova, A., Opgennoorth, L., Pitkänen, J.-M., Popović, M., Roslin, T.V., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Sam, K., Tahadlová, M., Thomas, R., Tack, A.J.M. (2020) Can School Children Support Ecological Research? Lessons from the Oak Bodyguard Citizen Science Project. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 5, 10.
  • Müller, S., Shaw, T., Güntert, D., Helmbold, L., Schütz, N., Thomas, L., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2020) Ecoacoustics of small forest patches in agricultural landscapes: acoustic diversity and bird richness increase with patch size. Biodiversity, 1-13.
  • Buzhdygan, O.Y., Meyer, S.T., Weisser, W.W., Eisenhauer, N., Ebeling, A., Borrett, S.R., Buchmann, N., Cortois, R., De Deyn, G.B., de Kroon, H., Gleixner, G., Hertzog, L.R., Hines, J., Lange, M., Mommer, L., Ravenek, J., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Steinauer, K., Strecker, T., Tietjen, B., Vogel, A., Weigelt, A., Petermann, J.S. (2020) Biodiversity increases multitrophic energy use efficiency, flow and storage in grasslands. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4, 393-405.
  • Storch, I., Penner, J., Asbeck, T., Basile, M., Bauhus, J., Braunisch, V., Dormann, C.F., Frey, J., Gärtner, S., Hanewinkel, M., Koch, B., Klein, A.-M., Kuss, T., Pregernig, M., Pyttel, P., Reif, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Segelbacher, G., Schraml, U., Staab, M., Winkel, G., Yousefpour, R. (2020) Evaluating the effectiveness of retention forestry to enhance biodiversity in production forests of Central Europe using an interdisciplinary, multi-scale approach. Ecology and Evolution 10, 1489-1509.

  • Schaub, S., Finger, R., Leiber, F., Probst, S., Kreuzer, M., Weigelt, A., Buchmann, N., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2020) Plant diversity effects on forage quality, yield and revenues of semi-natural grasslands. Nature Communications 11:768.

  • Kattge, J., [727 co-authors], Scherer-Lorenzen, M., [...], Wirth, C. (2020) TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26, 119-188.

  • Ampoorter, E., Barbaro, L., Jactel, H., Baeten, L., Boberg, J., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Charbonnier, Y., Dawud, S.M., Deconchat, M., Smedt, P.D., Wandeler, H.D., Guyot, V., Hättenschwiler, S., Joly, F.-X., Koricheva, J., Milligan, H., Muys, B., Nguyen, D., Ratcliffe, S., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., van der Plas, F., Keer, J.V., Verheyen, K., Vesterdal, L., Allan, E. (2020) Tree diversity is key for promoting the diversity and abundance of forest-associated taxa in Europe. Oikos 129, 133-146.

 

2019

  • Steidinger, B.S., 207 co-authors incl. Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2019) Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses. Nature 569, 404-408. 

  • Kambach, S., Allan, E., Bilodeau-Gauthier, S., Coomes, D.A., Haase, J., Jucker, T., Kunstler, G., Muller, S., Nock, C., Paquette, A., van der Plas, F., Ratcliffe, S., Roger, F., Ruiz-Benito, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Auge, H., Bouriaud, O., Castagneyrol, B., Dahlgren, J., Gamfeldt, L., Jactel, H., Kandler, G., Koricheva, J., Lehtonen, A., Muys, B., Ponette, Q., Setiawan, N., Van de Peer, T., Verheyen, K., Zavala, M.A., Bruelheide, H. (2019) How do trees respond to species mixing in experimental compared to observational studies? Ecology and Evolution 9, 11254-11265.

  • Schweier, J., Arranz, C., Nock, C.A., Jaeger, D., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2019) Impact of Increased Genotype or Species Diversity in Short Rotation Coppice on Biomass Production and Wood Characteristics. BioEnergy Research 12, 497-508.

  • Eisenhauer, N., Schielzeth, H., Barnes, A.D., Barry, K.E., Bonn, A., Brose, U., Bruelheide, H., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F., Ebeling, A., Ferlian, O., Freschet, G.T., Giling, D.P., Hättenschwiler, S., Hillebrand, H., Hines, J., Isbell, F., Koller-France, E., König-Ries, B., de Kroon, H., Meyer, S.T., Milcu, A., Müller, J., Nock, C.A., Petermann, J.S., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Schnitzer, S.A., Schuldt, A., Tscharntke, T., Türke, M., van Dam, N.M., van der Plas, F., Vogel, A., Wagg, C., Wardle, D.A., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W.W., Wirth, C., Jochum, M., 2019.  A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research. In: Eisenhauer, N., Bohan, D.A., Dumbrell, A.J. (Eds.), Advances in Ecological Research. Academic Press, pp. 1-54.

  • Barry, K.E., Weigelt, A., van Ruijven, J., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Gessler, A., Ravenek, J.M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Oram, N.J., Vogel, A., Wagg, C., Mommer, L., 2019. Above- and belowground overyielding are related at the community and species level in a grassland biodiversity experiment. In: Eisenhauer, N., Bohan, D.A., Dumbrell, A.J. (Eds.), Advances in Ecological Research. Academic Press, pp. 55-89.

  • Vogel, A., Manning, P., Cadotte, M.W., Cowles, J., Isbell, F., Jousset, A.L.C., Kimmel, K., Meyer, S.T., Reich, P.B., Roscher, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Tilman, D., Weigelt, A., Wright, A.J., Eisenhauer, N., Wagg, C. (2019) Lost in trait space: Species-poor communities are inflexible in properties that drive ecosystem functioning. Advances in Ecological Research. Academic Press, pp. 91-131.

  • Forrester, D.I., Rodenfels, P., Haase, J., Härdtle, W., Leppert, K.N., Niklaus, P.A., von Oheimb, G., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Bauhus, J. (2019) Tree-species interactions increase light absorption and growth in Chinese subtropical mixed-species plantations. Oecologia 191, 421-432.

  • Benavides, R., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Valladares, F. (2019). The functional trait space of tree species is influenced by the species richness of the canopy and the type of forest. Oikos 128, 1435-1445.

  • Ristok, C., Leppert, K.N., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Niklaus, P.A. & Bruelheide, H. (2019). Soil macrofauna and leaf functional traits drive the decomposition of secondary metabolites in leaf litter. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 135, 429-437.
  • Baeten, L., Bruelheide, H., van der Plas, F., Kambach, S., Ratcliffe, S., Jucker, T., Allan, E., Ampoorter, E., Barbaro, L., Bastias, C.C., Bauhus, J., Benavides, R., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bussotti, F., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Charbonnier, Y., Checko, E., Coomes, D.A., Dahlgren, J., Dawud, S.M., De Wandeler, H., Domisch, T., Finér, L., Fischer, M., Fotelli, M., Gessler, A., Grossiord, C., Guyot, V., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Koricheva, J., Lehtonen, A., Müller, S., Muys, B., Nguyen, D., Pollastrini, M., Radoglou, K., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., Ruiz-Benito, P., Selvi, F., Stenlid, J., Valladares, F., Vesterdal, L., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Zavala, M.A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2019) Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests. Journal of Applied Ecology 56, 733-744.
  • Barbaro, L., Allan, E., Ampoorter, E., Castagneyrol, B., Charbonnier, Y., Wandeler, H.D., Kerbiriou, C., Milligan, H.T., Vialatte, A., Carnol, M., Deconchat, M., Smedt, P.D., Jactel, H., Koricheva, J., Viol, I.L., Muys, B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K. & Plas, F.V.D. (2019) Biotic predictors complement models of bat and bird responses to climate and tree diversity in European forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286, 20182193.
  • Benavides, R., Valladares, F., Wirth, C., Müller, S. & Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2019) Intraspecific trait variability of trees is related to canopy species richness in European forests. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 36, 24-32.
  • Barry, K.E., Mommer, L., Van Ruijven, J., Wirth, C., Wright, A.J., Bai, Y., Connolly, J., De Deyn, G.B., De Kroon, H., Isbell, F., Milcu, A., Roscher, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B. & Weigelt, A. (2019) The Future of Complementarity: Disentangling Causes from Consequences. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 34, 167-180.

 

 

2018

  • Ammer, C., Fichtner, A., Fischer, A., Gossner, M.M., Meyer, P., Seidl, R., Thomas, F.M., Annighöfer, P., Kreyling, J., Ohse, B., Berger, U., Feldmann, E., Häberle, K.-H., Heer, K., Heinrichs, S., Huth, F., Krämer-Klement, K., Mölder, A., Müller, J., Mund, M., Opgenoorth, L., Schall, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Seidel, D., Vogt, J. & Wagner, S. (2018) Key ecological research questions for Central European forests. Basic and Applied Ecology 32, 3-25.
  • Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Castro-Izaguirre, N., Baruffol, M., Brezzi, M., Lang, A., Li, Y., Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Yang, X., Liu, X., Pei, K., Both, S., Yang, B., Eichenberg, D., Assmann, T., Bauhus, J., Behrens, T., Buscot, F., Chen, X.-Y., Chesters, D., Ding, B.-Y., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Fang, J., Fischer, M., Guo, L.-D., Guo, D., Gutknecht, J.L.M., He, J.-S., He, C.-L., Hector, A., Hönig, L., Hu, R.-Y., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Liang, Y., Li, S., Michalski, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Shi, X., Tan, M.-Z., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., Wang, Z., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Xiang, W., Yu, M., Yu, X.-D., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, N., Zhou, H.-Z., Zhu, C.-D., Zhu, L., Bruelheide, H., Ma, K., Niklaus, P.A., Schmid, B., 2018. Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment. Science 362, 80-83.
  • Liu, X., Trogisch, S., He, J.-S., Niklaus, P.A., Bruelheide, H., Tang, Z., Erfmeier, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Pietsch, K.A., Yang, B., Kühn, P., Scholten, T., Huang, Y., Wang, C., Staab, M., Leppert, K.N., Wirth, C., Schmid, B., Ma, K., 2018. Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285.
  • Schuldt, A., Assmann, T., Brezzi, M., Buscot, F., Eichenberg, D., Gutknecht, J., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Liu, X., Ma, K., Niklaus, P.A., Pietsch, K.A., Purahong, W., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Staab, M., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Zhu, C.-D., Bruelheide, H., 2018. Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests. Nature Communications, 9, 2989.
  • Hoeber, S., Arranz, C., Nordh, N.-E., Baum, C., Low, M., Nock, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Weih, M., 2018. Genotype identity has a more important influence than genotype diversity on shoot biomass productivity in willow short-rotation coppices. Global Change Biology - Bioenergy, 10, 534-547.
  • Freschet, G.T., Violle, C., Bourget, M.Y., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Fort, F. (2018). Allocation, morphology, physiology, architecture: the multiple facets of plant above- and below-ground responses to resource stress. New Phytologist, 219, 1338-1352.
  • Paquette, A., Hector, A., Castagneyrol, B., Vanhellemon,t M., Koricheva, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Verheyen, K. (2018). A million and more trees for science. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 763-766.
  • Milcu, A., Puga-Freitas, R., Ellison, A.M., Blouin, M., Scheu, S., Freschet, G.T., Rose, L., Barot, S., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Girin, T., Assandri, D., Bonkowski, M., Buchmann, N., Butenschoen, O., Devidal, S., Gleixner, G., Gessler, A., Gigon, A., Greiner, A., Grignani, C., Hansart, A., Kayler, Z., Lange, M., Lata, J.-C., Le Galliard, J.-F., Lukac, M., Mannerheim, N., Müller, M.E.H., Pando, A., Rotter, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Seyhun, R., Urban-Mead, K., Weigelt, A., Zavattaro, L. & Roy, J. (2018) Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 279-287.
  • Morin, X., Fahse, L., Jactel, H., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., García-Valdés, R., Bugmann, H. (2018) Long-term response of forest productivity to climate change is mostly driven by change in tree species composition. Scientific Reports 8, 5627.
  • Djukic, I., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I.K., Larsen, K.S., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., TeaComposition (incl. Scherer-Lorenzen, M.) (2018). Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629, 1369-1394.
  • Jesch, A., Barry, K.E., Ravenek, J., Bachmann, D., Strecker, T., Weigelt, A., Buchmann, N., de Kroon, H., Gessler, A., Mommer, L., Roscher, C. & Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2018). Belowground resource partitioning alone cannot explain the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship: A field test using multiple tracers. Journal of Ecology, 106, 2002-2018.
  • Ehrmann, S., Ruyts, S. C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Bauhus, J., Brunet, J., Cousins, S. A. O., Deconchat, M., Decocq, G., De Frenne, P., De Smedt, P., Diekmann, M., Gallet-Moron, E., Gärtner, S., Hansen, K., Kolb, A., Lenoir, J., Lindgren, J., Naaf, T., Paal, T., Panning, M., Prinz, M., Valdés, A., Verheyen, K., Wulf, M. & Liira, J. (2018) Habitat properties are key drivers of Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) prevalence in Ixodes ricinus populations of deciduous forest fragments. Parasites & Vectors, 11, 23.
  • Grossman, J.J., M. Vanhellemont, N. Barsoum, J. Bauhus, H. Bruelheidef, B. Castagneyrol, J. Cavender-Bares, N. Eisenhauer, O. Ferlian, D. Gravel, A. Hector, H. Jactel, H. Kreft, S. Mereu, C. Messier, B. Muys, C. Nock, A. Paquette, J. Parker, M.P. Perring, Q. Ponette, P.B. Reich A. Schuldt, M. Staab, M.Weih, D.C. Zemp, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, K. Verheyen (2018) Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments. Environmental and Experimental Botany. In Press.
  • Müller, M., Klein, A. M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Nock, C. & Staab, M. (2018) Tree genetic diversity increases arthropod diversity in willow short rotation coppice. Biomass & Bioenergy, 108, 338-344.
  • Van Der Plas, F., Ratcliffe, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Zavala, M. A., Ampoorter, E., Baeten, L., Barbaro, L., Bastias, C. C., Bauhus, J., Benavides, R., Benneter, A., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., Bussotti, F., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Charbonnier, Y., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Dahlgren, J., Checko, E., Coppi, A., Dawud, S. M., Deconchat, M., De Smedt, P., De Wandeler, H., Domisch, T., Finér, L., Fotelli, M., Gessler, A., Granier, A., Grossiord, C., Guyot, V., Haase, J., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Jucker, T., Kambach, S., Kaendler, G., Kattge, J., Koricheva, J., Kunstler, G., Lehtonen, A., Liebergesell, M., Manning, P., Milligan, H., Müller, S., Muys, B., Nguyen, D., Nock, C., Ohse, B., Paquette, A., Peñuelas, J., Pollastrini, M., Radoglou, K., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., Roger, F., Seidl, R., Selvi, F., Stenlid, J., Valladares, F., Van Keer, J., Vesterdal, L., Fischer, M., Gamfeldt, L. & Allan, E. (2018) Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality. Ecology Letters, 21, 31-42

 

 2017

  • Patoine, G., Thakur, M. P., Friese, J., Nock, C., Hönig, L., Haase, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Eisenhauer, N. (2017) Plant litter functional diversity effects on litter mass loss depend on the macro-detritivore community. Pedobiologia, 65, 29-42.
  • Trogisch, S., Schuldt, A., Bauhus, J., Blum, J.A., Both, S., Buscot, F., Castro-Izaguirre, N., Chesters, D., Durka, W., Eichenberg, D., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Geißler, C., Germany, M.S., Goebes, P., Gutknecht, J., Hahn, C.Z., Haider, S., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Hector, A., Hönig, L., Huang, Y., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Kunz, M., Leppert, K.N., Li, Y., Liu, X., Niklaus, P.A., Pei, Z., Pietsch, K.A., Prinz, R., Proß, T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Seitz, S., Song, Z., Staab, M., von Oheimb, G., Weißbecker, C., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Yang, B., Yang, X., Zhu, C.-D., Schmid, B., Ma, K., Bruelheide, H., 2017. Toward a methodical framework for comprehensively assessing forest multifunctionality. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 10652–10674.
  • Milcu, A., Gessler, A., Roscher, C., Rose, L., Kayler, Z., Bachmann, D., Pirhofer-Walzl, K., Zavadlav, S. A., Galiano, L., Buchmann, T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Roy, J. (2017) Top canopy nitrogen allocation linked to increased grassland carbon uptake in stands of varying species richness. Scientific Reports, 7, 8392.
  • Oram, N.J., Ravenek, J.M., Barry, K.E., Weigelt, A., Chen, H., Gessler, A., Gockele, A., de Kroon, H., van der Paauw, J.W., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Smit-Tiekstra, A., van Ruijven, J., Mommer, L., 2017. Below-ground complementarity effects in a grassland biodiversity experiment are related to deep-rooting species. Journal of Ecology, 106, 265-277.
  • Ratcliffe, S., Wirth, C., Jucker, T., van der Plas, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Allan, E., Benavides, R., Bruelheide, H., Ohse, B., Paquette, A., Ampoorter, E., Bastias, C.C., Bauhus, J., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bussotti, F., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Chećko, E., Dawud, S.M., Wandeler, H.D., Domisch, T., Finér, L., Fischer, M., Fotelli, M., Gessler, A., Granier, A., Grossiord, C., Guyot, V., Haase, J., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Kambach, S., Kolb, S., Koricheva, J., Liebersgesell, M., Milligan, H., Müller, S., Muys, B., Nguyen, D., Nock, C., Pollastrini, M., Purschke, O., Radoglou, K., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., Roger, F., Ruiz-Benito, P., Seidl, R., Selvi, F., Seiferling, I., Stenlid, J., Valladares, F., Vesterdal, L., Baeten, L., 2017. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context. Ecology Letters 20, 1414-1426.
  • Chen, H., Oram, N.J., Barry, K.E., Mommer, L., van Ruijven, J., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Fischer, C., Gleixner, G., Gessler, A., González Macé, O., Hacker, N., Hildebrandt, A., Lange, M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Oelmann, Y., Wagg, C., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C., Weigelt, A. (2017). Root chemistry and soil fauna, but not soil abiotic conditions explain the effects of plant diversity on root decomposition. Oecologia 185, 499-511.
  • Alberti, G., Nock, C., Fornasier, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., De Nobili, M., Peresotti, A., Hoenig, L., Bruelheide, H., Bauhus, J., 2017. Tree functional diversity influences belowground ecosystem functioning. Applied Soil Ecology 120, 160-168.
  • Weisser, W.W., Roscher, C., Meyer, S.T., Ebeling, A., Luo, G., Allan, E., Beßler, H., Barnard, R.L., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F., Engels, C., Fischer, C., Fischer, M., Gessler, A., Gleixner, G., Halle, S., Hildebrandt, A., Hillebrand, H., de Kroon, H., Lange, M., Leimer, S., Le Roux, X., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P.A., Oelmann, Y., Proulx, R., Roy, J., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Tscharntke, T., Wachendorf, M., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C., Schulze, E.-D., Schmid, B., Eisenhauer, N., 2017. Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions. Basic and Applied Ecology 23, 1-73.
  • Ehrmann, S., Liira, J., Gärtner, S., Hansen, K., Brunet, J., Cousins, S.A.O., Deconchat, M., Decocq, G., De Frenne, P., De Smedt, P., Diekmann, M., Gallet-Moron, E., Kolb, A., Lenoir, J., Lindgren, J., Naaf, T., Paal, T., Valdés, A., Verheyen, K., Wulf, M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., 2017. Environmental drivers of Ixodes ricinus abundance in forest fragments of rural European landscapes. BMC Ecology 17, 31

  • Prinz, M., Fuchs, J., Ehrmann, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Kochs, G., Panning, M. 2017. Molecular identification of novel phlebovirus sequences in European ticks. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 8, 795-798.

  • Leppert, K.N., Niklaus, P.A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., 2017. Does species richness of subtropical tree leaf litter affect decomposition, nutrient release, transfer and subsequent uptake by plants? Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 115, 44-53.

  • Ristok, C., Leppert, K., Franke, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Niklaus, P., A. Wessjohann, L., Bruelheide, H., 2017. Leaf litter diversity positively affects the decomposition of plant polyphenols. Plant and Soil, 419, 305-317.
  • Dormann, C.F., von Riedmatten, L., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., 2017. No consistent effect of plant species richness on resistance to simulated climate change for above- or below-ground processes in managed grasslands. BMC Ecology, 17, 23.
  • Joly, F.-X., Milcu, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Jean, L.-K., Bussotti, F., Dawud, S.M., Müller, S., Pollastrini, M., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., Vesterdal, L., Hättenschwiler, S.C., 2017. Tree species diversity affects decomposition through modified micro-environmental conditions across European forests. New Phytologist, 214, 1281-1293.
  • Isbell, F., Adler, P.B., Eisenhauer, N., Fornara, D.A., Kimmel, K., Kremen, C., Letourneau, D.K., Liebmna, M., Polley, H.W., Quijas, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., 2017. Benefits of increasing plant diversity in sustainable agroecosystems. Journal of Ecology 105, 871-879.
  • Chen, H., Mommer, L., van Ruijven, J., de Kroon, H., Fischer, C., Gessler, A., Hildebrandt, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Wirth, C., Weigelt, A. (2017) Plant species richness negatively affects root decomposition in grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 105, 209-218.
  • Scholten T., Goebes P., Kühn P., Seitz S., Assmann T., Bauhaus J., Bruelheide H., Buscot F., Erfmeier A., Fischer M., Härdtle W., H, J.-S., Ma K., Niklaus P.A., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Schmid B., Shi,X., Song Z., von Oheimb G., Wirth C., Wubet T., Schmidt K. (2017): On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems-a study from SE China. Journal of Plant Ecology 10, 111-127.
  • Wang  C., Ma Y., Trogisch S., Huang Y., Geng Y., Scherer-Lorenzen M., He J.-S.  (2017) Soil  respiration is driven by fine root biomass along a forest  chronosequence  in subtropical China. Journal of Plant Ecology 10: 36-46.

 

2016

  • Liang J., Crowther T.W., Picard N., Wiser S., Zhou M., Alberti G., Schulze E.-D., McGuire A.D., Bozzato F., Pretzsch H., de-Miguel S., Paquette A., Hérault B., Scherer-Lorenzen M.,  et al., Reich, P.B. (2016): Positive Biodiversity–Productivity Relationship Predominant in Global Forests. Science, 354, 196.

  • Meyer S. T., Ebeling A., Eisenhauer N., Hertzog L., Hillebrand H., Milcu A., Pompe S., Abbas M., Bessler H., Buchmann N., De Luca E., Engels C., Fischer M., Gleixner G., Hudewenz A., Klein A.-M., De Kroon H., Leimer S., Loranger H., Mommer L., Oelmann Y., Ravenek J. M., Roscher C., Rottstock T., Scherber C., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Scheu S., Schmid B., Schulze E.-D., Staudler A., Strecker T., Temperton V., Tscharntke T., Vogel A., Voigt W., Weigelt A., Wilcke W., Weisser W. W. (2016) Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity. Ecosphere 7(12):e01619. 10.1002/ecs2.1619

  • Wein A., Bauhus J., Bilodeau-Gauthier S., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Nock C., Staab M. (2016): Tree Species Richness Promotes Invertebrate Herbivory on Congeneric Native and Exotic Tree Saplings in a Young Diversity Experiment. PLoS ONE 11(12): e0168751.   http://journals.plos.org

  • Chen, H., Mommer, L., van Ruijven, J., de Kroon, H., Fischer, C., Gessler, A., Hildebrandt, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Wirth, C., Weigelt, A. (2016) Plant species richness negatively affects root decomposition in grasslands. Journal of Ecology. doi 10.1111/1365-2745.12650.

  • Seidelmann, K. N., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Niklaus, P.A.(2016). Direct vs. Microclimate-Driven Effects of Tree Species Diversity on Litter Decomposition in Young Subtropical Forest Stands. PLoS ONE, 11:e0160569.

  • Niklaus, P. A., X. Le Roux, F. Poly, N. Buchmann, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, A. Weigelt, Barnard, R. L. (2016) Plant species diversity affects soil-atmosphere fluxes of methane and nitrous oxide. Oecologia, 181, 919-930.

  • van der Plas, F., Manning, P., Allan, E., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Zavala, M.A., Hector, A., Ampoorter, E., Baeten, L., Barbaro, L., Bauhus, J., Benavides, R., Benneter, A., Berthold, F., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., Bussotti, F., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Charbonnier, Y., Coomes, D., Coppi, A., Bastias, C.C., Muhie Dawud, S., De Wandeler, H., Domisch, T., Finer, L., Gessler, A., Granier, A., Grossiord, C., Guyot, V., Hattenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Jucker, T., Koricheva, J., Milligan, H., Muller, S., Muys, B., Nguyen, D., Pollastrini, M., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., Selvi, F., Stenlid, J., Valladares, F., Vesterdal, L., Zielinski, D., Fischer, M., (2016) Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests. Nature Communications 7, 11109.

  • Van Der Plas, F., Manning, P., Soliveres, S., Allan, E., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Zavala, M.A., Ampoorter, E., Baeten, L., Barbaro, L., Bauhus, J., Benavides, R., Benneter, A., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., Bussotti, F., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Charbonnier, Y., Coomes, D.A., Coppi, A., Bestias, C.C., Dawud, S.M., De Wandeler, H., Domisch, T., Finér, L., Gessler, A., Granier, A., Grossiord, C., Guyot, V., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Jucker, T., Koricheva, J., Milligan, H., Mueller, S., Muys, B., Nguyen, D., Pollastrini, M., Ratcliffe, S., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., Selvi, F., Stenlid, J., Valladares, F., Vesterdal, L., Zielínski, D. & Fischer, M. (2016) Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113: 3557-3562.

  • Trogisch S., Salmon Y., He J.-S., Hector A., Scherer-Lorenzen M. (2016) Spatio-temporal water uptake patterns of tree saplings are not altered by interspecific interaction in the early stage of a subtropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 367, 52-61.

 

2015

  • Haase J., Castagneyrol B., Cornelissen J.H.C., Ghazoul J., Kattge J., Koricheva J., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Morath S., Jactel H. (2015) Contrasting effects of tree diversity on young tree growth and resistance to insect herbivores across three biodiversity experiments. Oikos, 124, 1674-1685.

  • Scherer-Lorenzen M. (2015). Conservation through closure. Nature Plants 1, 15116.

  • Keil D., Niklaus P.A., von Riedmatten L.R., Boeddinghaus R.S., Dormann C.F., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Kandeler E., Marhan S. (2015) Effects of warming and drought on potential N2O emissions and denitrifying bacteria abundance in grasslands with different land-use. Fems Microbiology Ecology 91, fiv066.

  • Oelmann Y., Vogel A., Wegener F., Weigelt A., Scherer-Lorenzen M. (2015) Management Intensity Modifies Plant Diversity Effects on N Yield and Mineral N in Soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal 79, 559-568.

  • Valdés A., Lenoir J., Gallet-Moron E., Andrieu E., Brunet J., Chabrerie O., Closset-Kopp D., Cousins S.A.O., Deconchat M., De Frenne P., De Smedt P., Diekmann M., Hansen K., Hermy M., Kolb A., Liira J., Lindgren J., Naaf T., Paal T., Prokofieva I., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Wulf M., Verheyen K., Decocq G. (2015) The contribution of patch-scale conditions is greater than that of macroclimate in explaining local plant diversity in fragmented forests across Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24, 1094-1105.

  • Strecker T., Barnard R.L., Niklaus P.A., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Weigelt A., Scheu S. & Eisenhauer N. (2015) Effects of Plant Diversity, Functional Group Composition, and Fertilization on Soil Microbial Properties in Experimental Grassland. PLoS ONE 10, e0125678.

  • Loiola P.P., Scherer-Lorenzen M. & Batalha M.A. (2015). The role of environmental filters and functional traits in predicting the root biomass and productivity in savannas and tropical seasonal forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 342, 49-55.

  • Ampoorter E., Baeten L., Vanhellemont M., Bruelheide H., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Baasch A., Erfmeier A., Hock M., & Verheyen K. (2015) Disentangling tree species identity and richness effects on the herb layer: first results from a German tree diversity experiment. Journal of Vegetation Science, in press. 

  • Schwarz B., Dietrich C., Cesarz S., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Auge H., Schulz E. & Eisenhauer N. (2015). Non-significant tree diversity but significant identity effects on earthworm communities in three tree diversity experiments. European Journal of Soil Biology, 67, 17-26.

 

2014

  • Gockele A., Weigelt A., Gessler A. & Scherer-Lorenzen M. (2014). Quantifying resource use complementarity in grassland species: A comparison of different nutrient tracers. Pedobiologia, 57, 251-256.

  • Grossiord C., Gessler A., Granier A., Berger S., Bréchet C., Hentschel R., Hommel R., Scherer-Lorenzen M. & Bonal D. (2014). Impact of interspecific interactions on the soil water uptake depth in a young temperate mixed species plantation. Journal of Hydrology, 519, 3511-3519.

  • Grossiord C., Granier A., Ratcliffe S., Bouriaud O., Bruelheide H., Checko E., Forrester D.I., Dawud S.M., Finér L., Pollastrini M., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Valladares F., Bonal D. & Gessler A. (2014). Tree diversity does not always improve resistance of forest ecosystems to drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411970111

  • Ravenek J.M., Bessler H., Engels C., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Gessler A., Gockele A., De Luca E., Temperton V.M., Ebeling A., Roscher C., Schmid B., Weisser W.W., Wirth C., de Kroon H., Weigelt A. & Mommer L. (2014). Long-term study of root biomass in a biodiversity experiment reveals shifts in diversity effects over time. Oikos, DOI: 10.1111/oik.01502

  • Morin X., Fahse L., de Mazancourt C., Scherer-Lorenzen M. & Bugmann H. (2014). Temporal stability in forest productivity increases with tree diversity due to asynchrony in species dynamics. Ecology Letters, DOI: 10.1111/ele.12357

  • Schuldt A., Scherer-Lorenzen M. (2014). Non-native tree species (Pseudotsuga menziesii) strongly decreases predator biomass and abundance in mixed-species plantations of a tree diversity experiment. Forest Ecology and Management, 327, 10-17.

  • Lang A.C., von Oheimb G., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Yang B., Trogisch S., Bruelheide H., Ma K., Haerdtle W. (2014). Mixed afforestation of young subtropical trees promotes nitrogen acquisition and retention. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, 224-233.
  • Hantsch L, Braun U, Haase J, Purschke O, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Bruelheide H (2014) No plant functional diversity effects on foliar fungal pathogens in experimental tree communities. Fungal Diversity, 66, 139-151.

  • Bruelheide H., Nadrowski K., Assmann T., Bauhus J., Both S., Buscot F., Chen X.-Y., Ding B., Durka W., Erfmeier A., Gutknecht J.L.M., Guo D., Guo L.-D., Härdtle W., He J.-S., Klein A.-M., Kühn P., Liang Y., Liu X., Michalski S., Niklaus P.A., Pei K., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Scholten T., Schuldt A., Seidler G., Trogisch S., von Oheimb G., Welk E., Wirth C., Wubet T., Yang X., Yu M., Zhang S., Zhou H., Fischer M., Ma K. & Schmid B. (2014). Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5: 74-89.

  • Pollastrini M., Holland V., Brüggemann W., Koricheva J., Jussila I., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Berger S. & Bussotti F. (2014). Interactions and competition processes among tree species in young experimental mixed forests, assessed with chlorophyll fluorescence and leaf morphology. Plant Biology, 16, 323-331.

 

2013

  • Grossiord C., Granier A., Gessler A., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Pollastrini M. & Bonal D. (2013). Application of Loreau & Hector's (2001) partitioning method to complex functional traits. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 954-960.

  • Vogel A., Fester T., Eisenhauer N., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Schmid B., Weisser W.W. & Weigelt A. (2013). Separating Drought Effects from Roof Artifacts on Ecosystem Processes in a Grassland Drought Experiment. PLoS ONE, 8, e70997.
  • Rabasa S.G., Granda E., Benavides R., Kunstler G., Espelta J.M., Ogaya R., Penuelas J., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Gil W., Grodzki W., Ambrozy S., Bergh J., Hodar J.A., Zamora R. & Valladares F. (2013). Disparity in elevational shifts of European trees in response to recent climate warming. Global Change Biology, 19, 2490-9.
  • Schneider M.K., Homburger H., Scherer-Lorenzen M. & Lüscher A. (2013). Beweidungsintensität und Ökosystemleistungen im Alpgebiet. Agrarforschung Schweiz, 4, 222-229.
  • Vogel A., Eisenhauer N., Weigelt A. & Scherer-Lorenzen M. (2013). Plant diversity does not buffer drought effects on early-stage litter mass loss rates and microbial properties. Global Change Biology, 19, 2795-2803.
  • Hantsch L., Braun U., Scherer-Lorenzen M. & Bruelheide H. (2013). Species richness and species identity effects on occurrence of foliar fungal pathogens in a tree diversity experiment. Ecosphere, 4, Article 81.
  • Vogel A., Eisenhauer N., Weigelt A. & Scherer-Lorenzen M. (2013) Plant diversity does not buffer drought effects on early-stage litter mass loss rates and microbial properties. Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.12225
  • Allan, E., Weisser, W.W., Fischer, M., Schulze, E.-D., Weigelt, A., Roscher, C., Baade, J., Barnard, R.L., Beßler, H., Buchmann, N., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fergus, A.J.F., Gleixner, G., Gubsch, M., Halle, S., Klein, A.M., Kertscher, I., Kuu, A., Lange, M., Roux, X., Meyer, S.T., Migunova, V.D., Milcu, A., Niklaus, P.A., Oelmann, Y., Pasalic, E., Petermann, J.S., Poly, F., Rottstock, T., Sabais, A.C.W., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Steinbeiss, S., Schwichtenberg, G., Temperton, V., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C., Schmid, B. (2013) A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions. Oecologia,  doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2589-0
  • Schneider, M.K., Homburger, H., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Lüscher, A. (2013) Beweidungsintensität und Ökosystemleistungen im Alpgebiet. Agrarforschung Schweiz, 4, 222-229.
  • Ebeling, A., Allan, E., Heimann, J., Köhler, G., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Vogel, A., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W.W. (2013) The impact of plant diversity and fertilization on fitness of a generalist grasshopper. Basic and Applied Ecology, 14, 246-254.
  • Yang, Y., Bauhus, J., Both, S., Fang, T., Härdtle, W., Kröber, W., Ma, K., Nadrowski, K., Pei, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scholten, T., Seidler, G., Schmid, B., von Oheimb, G., Bruelheide, H. (2013) Establishment success in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning experiment in subtropical China (BEF-China). European Journal of Forest Research, 132, 592-606.
  • Schmitz M., Flynn D.F.B., Mwangi P., Schmid R., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Weisser W.W. & Schmid B. (2013). Consistent Effects of Biodiversity on Ecosystem Functioning Under Varying Density and Evenness. Folia Geobotanica, 48, 335-353.

 

2012

  • Von Felten, S., Niklaus, P. A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Hector, A. & Buchmann, N. (2012) Do grassland plant communities profit from N  partitioning by soil depth? Ecology, 93, 2386-2396.
  • Bachmann, D., Both, S., Bruelheide, H., Ding, B. Y., Gao, M., Hardtle, W., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Erfmeier, A. (2012) Functional trait similarity of native and invasive herb species in subtropical China-Environment-specific differences are the key. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 83, 82-92.
  • Vogel, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Weigelt, A. (2012) Grassland Resistance and Resilience after Drought Depends on Management Intensity and Species Richness. PLoS ONE, 7, e36992.
  • Bessler, H., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Buchmann, N., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Temperton, V.M., Wilcke, W. & Engels, C. (2012). Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance. Plant and Soil, 358, 301-322.
  • Lei, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Bauhus, J. (2012). The effect of tree species diversity on fine-root production in a young temperate forest. Oecologia, 169, 1105-1115.
  • Lei, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Bauhus, J. (2012). Belowground facilitation and competition in young tree species mixtures. Forest Ecology and Management, 265, 191-200.
  • Bütof, A., von Riedmatten, L. R., Dormann, C. F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Welk, E. & Bruelheide, H. (2012). The responses of grassland plants to experimentally simulated climate change depend on land use and region. Global Change Biology, 18, 127-137.

 

2011

  • Morin, X., Fahse, L., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., & Bugmann, H. (2011). Tree species richness promotes productivity in temperate forests through strong complementarity between species. Ecology Letters, 14, 1211-1219.
  • Isbell, F., Calcagno, V., Hector, A., Connolly, J., Harpole, W.S., Reich, P.B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Tilman, D., van Ruijven, J., Weigelt, A., Wilsey, B.J., Zavaleta, E.S., & Loreau, M. (2011). High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services. Nature, 477, 199–202.
  • Potvin, C., Mancilla, L., Buchmann, N., Monteza, J., Moore, T., Murphy, M., Oelmann, Y., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Turner, B.L., Wilcke, W., Zeugin, F., & Wolf, S. (2011). An ecosystem approach to biodiversity effects: Carbon pools in a tropical tree plantation. Forest Ecology and Management, 261, 1614-1624.
  • Bruelheide, H., Böhnke, M., Both, S., Fang, T., Assmann, T., Baruffol, M., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Chen, X.-Y., Ding, B.-Y., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Geißler, C., Guo, D., Guo, L.-D., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Hector, A., Kröber, W., Kühn, P., Lang, A.C., Nadrowski, K., Pei, K.Q., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Shi, X.Z., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wu, Y.-T., Yang, X.F., Yu, M.J., Zeng, X.Q., Zhang, S.R., Zhou, H.Z., Ma, K.P., & Schmid, B. (2011). Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest. Ecological Monographs, 81, 25-41.
  • Roscher, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schumacher, J., Temperton, V.M., Buchmann, N., & schulze, E.D. (2011) Plant resource-use characteristics as predictors for species contribution to community biomass in experimental grasslands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 13, 1-13.
  • Mouillot, D., Villéger, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., & Mason, N.W.H. (2011) Functional structure of biological communities predicts ecosystem multifunctionality. PLoS ONE, 6, e17476.

 

2010

  • Zeugin, F., Potvin, C., Jansa, J. & Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2010). Is tree diversity an important driver for phosphorus and nitrogen acquisition of a young tropical plantation? Forest Ecology and Management 260: 1424-1433.
  • Proulx, R.l., Wirth, C., Voigt, W., Weigelt, A., Roscher, C., Attinger, S., Baade, J., Barnard, R.L., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F.o., Eisenhauer, N., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Halle, S., Hildebrandt, A., Kowalski, E., Kuu, A., Lange, M., Milcu, A., Niklaus, P.A., Oelmann, Y., Rosenkranz, S., Sabais, A., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schulze, E.-D., Schumacher, J., Schwichtenberg, G., Soussana, J.-F.o., Temperton, V.M., Weisser, W.W., Wilcke, W. & Schmid, B. (2010) Diversity promotes temporal stability across levels of ecosystem organization in experimental grasslands. PLoS ONE 5: e13382.
  • Richards, A.E., Forrester, D.I., Bauhus, J. & Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2010) The influence of mixed tree plantations on the nutrition of individual species: a review. Tree Physiology 30: 1192-1208.
  • Scherber, C., Mwangi, P.N., Schmitz, M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Bessler, H., Engels, C., Eisenhauer, N., Migunova, V.D., Scheu, S., Weisser, W.W., Schulze, E.-D. & Schmid, B. (2010) Biodiversity and belowground interactions mediate community invasion resistance against a tall herb invader. Journal of Plant Ecology 3: 99-108.
  • Hector, A., Hautier, Y., Saner, P., Wacker, L., Bagchi, R., Joshi, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Spehn, E.M., Bazeley-White, E., Weilenmann, M., Caldeira, M.C., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J.A., Huss-Danell, K., Jumpponen, A., Mulder, C.P.H., Palmborg, C., Pereira, J.S., Siamantziouras, A.S.D., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y., Schmid, B. Loreau, M. (2010). General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity at multiple sites through population asynchrony and overyielding. Ecology 91:2213-2220.
  • Nadrowski, K., Wirth, C. Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2010). Is forest diversity driving ecosystem function and service? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2: 75-79.

 

2009

  • Saner, P., Lim, R., Burla, B., Ong, R. C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Hector A.(2009.) Reduced soil respiration in gaps in secondary lowland dipterocarp forests. Forest Ecology and Managemen 258: 2007-2012.
  • Weigelt, A., Weisser, W. W., Buchmann, N., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2009.) Biodiversity and multifunctional agriculture: equal productivity in high diversity low-input and low diversity high-input grasslands. Biogeosciences 6: 1695-1706.
  • Don, A., Rebmann, C., Kolle, O., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D. (2009) Impact of afforestation-associated management changes on the carbon balance of grassland. Global Change Biology 15:1990-2002.
  • Weigelt ,A., Weisser, W.W., Buchmann, N., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2009) Biodiversity for multifunctional grasslands: equal productivity in high-diversity low-input and low-diversity high-input systems. Biogeosciences Discussusions 6:3187-3214.
  • Carlsson, G., Palmborg, C., Jumpponen, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Högberg, P., Huss-Danell, K. (2009) N2 fixation in three perennial Trifolium species in experimental grasslands of varied plant species richness and composition. Plant Ecology 205:87-104.
  • von Felten, S., Buchmann, N., Hector, A., Niklaus, P.A., Schmid, B. & Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2009). Belowground nitrogen partitioning in experimental grassland plant communities of varying species richness. Ecology 90:1389-1399.

 

2008

  • Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2008) Functional diversity affects decomposition processes in experimental grasslands. Functional Ecology 22: 547-555.
  • von Felten, S., Buchmann, N., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2008) Preferences for different nitrogen forms by coexisting plant species and soil microbes: comment. Ecology 89: 878-879.
  • Roscher, R., Thein, S., Schmid, B. & Scherer-Lorenzen, M. (2008) Complementary nitrogen use among potentially dominant species in a biodiversity experiment varies between two years. Journal of Ecology 96: 477–488.

 

2007

  • Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Bonilla, J. L., Potvin, C. (2007) Tree species richness affects litter production and decomposition dynamics in a tropical biodiversity experiment. Oikos 116: 2108-2124
  • Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Don, A., Schumacher, J., Weller, E. (2007) Exploring the functional significance of forest diversity: a new long-term experiment with temperate tree species (BIOTREE). Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 9: 53-70.
  • Don, A., Arenhövel, W., Jacob, R., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., & Schulze, E.-D. (2007) Anwuchserfolg von 19 verschiedenen Baumarten bei Erstaufforstungen - Ergebnisse eines Biodiversitätsexperiments. Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung 178: 164-172.
  • Don, A., Schumacher, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scholten, T., & Schulze, E.-D. (2007) Spatial and vertical variation of soil carbon at two grassland sites – implications for measuring soil carbon stocks. Geoderma 141: 272-282.
  • Hector, A., Joshi, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Spehn, E.M., Wacker, L., Weilenmann, M., Bazeley-White, E., Beierkuhnlein, C., Caldeira, M.C., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J.A., Huss-Danell, K., Jumpponen, A., Leadley, P.W., Loreau, M., Mulder, C.P.H., Nesshöver, C., Palmborg, C., Read, D.J., Siamantziouras, A.S.D., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y. (2007) Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: reconciling the results of experimental and observational studies. Functional Ecology 21: 998-1002.
  • Mwangi, P.N., Schmitz, M., Scherber, C., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Weisser, W.W., & Schmid, B. (2007) Niche pre-emption increases with species richness in plant communities. Journal of Ecology 95: 65-78.
  • Temperton, V.M., Mwangi, P.N., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., & Buchmann, N. (2007) Positive interactions between nitrogen-fixing legumes and four different neighbouring species in a biodiversity experiment. Oecologia 151: 190-205.

 

2005

  • Palmborg, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Jumpponen, A., Carlsson, G., Huss-Danell, K., & Högberg, P. (2005) Inorganic soil nitrogen under grassland plant communities of different species composition and diversity. Oikos 110: 271-282.
  • Roscher, C., Temperton, V.M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmitz, M., Schumacher, J., Schmid, B., Buchmann, N., Weisser, W.W., & Schulze, E.-D. (2005) Overyielding in experimental grassland communities - irrespective of species pool or spatial scale. Ecology Letters 8: 419-429.
  • Spehn, E.M., Hector, A., Joshi, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Bazeley-White, E., Beierkuhnlein, C., Caldeira, M.C., Diemer, M., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J., Freitas, H., Giller, P.S., Good, J., Harris, R., Högberg, P., Huss-Danell, K., Jumpponen, A., Koricheva, J., Körner, C., Leadley, P.W., Loreau, M., Minns, A., Mulder, C.P.H., O'Donovan, G., Otway, S.J., Palmborg, C., Pereira, J.S., Pfisterer, A., Prinz, A., Read, D.J., Schulze, E.-D., Siamantziouras, A.-S.D., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y., Woodward, F.I., Yachi, S., Lawton, J.H. (2005): Ecosystem effects of biodiversity manipulations in European grasslands. Ecological Monographs 75: 37-63.
  • Hector, A., Bazeley-White, E., Spehn, E. M., Joshi, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Caldeira, M. C., Diemer, M., Dimitrakopoulos, P. G., Finn, J. A., Freitas, H., Giller, P. S., Good, J., Harris, R., Hogberg, P., Huss-Danell, K., Jumpponen, A., Koricheva, J., Leadley, P. W., Loreau, M., Minns, A., Mulder, C. P. H., O'Donovan, G., Otway, S. J., Palmborg, C., Pereira, J. S., Pfisterer, A.B., Prinz, A., Read, D. J., Schulze, E. D., Siamantziouras, A. S. D., Spehn, E. M., Terry, A. C., Troumbis, A. Y., Woodward, F. I., Yachi, S., Lawton, J. H. (2005) Ecosystem effects of biodiversity manipulations in European grasslands. Ecological Archives M075-001.

 

2004

  • Mulder, C.P.H, Bazeley-White, E., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Hector, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B. (2004) Species evenness and productivity in experimental plant communities. Oikos 107:50-63.

 

2003

  • Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Palmborg, C., Prinz, A. & Schulze, E.-D. (2003): The role of plant diversity and composition for nitrate leaching in grasslands. Ecology 84(6): 1539-1552.
  • Gastine, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. & Leadley, P. W. (2003): No consistent effect of plant diversity on root biomass, soil biota and soil abiotic conditions in temperate grassland communities. Applied Soil Ecology 24: 101-111.

 

2002

  • Spehn, E.M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Hector, A., Caldeira, M.C., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J., Jumpponen A., O’Donnovan, G., Pereira, J.S., Schulze, E.-D., Troumbis, A.Y. & Körner, C. (2002): Species diversity or species identity as drivers of ecosystem processes? A cross-European comparison of biomass nitrogen. Oikos 98: 205-218.

 

2001

  • Minns, A., Finn J., Hector, A., Caldeira, M., Joshi, J., Palmborg, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Spehn, E., Troumbis, A. & the BIODEPTH project (2001): The functioning of European grassland ecosystems: potential benefits of biodiversity to agriculture. Outlook on Agriculture 30/3: 179-185.
  • Joshi, J., Schmid, B., Caldeira, M.C., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Good, J., Harris, R., Hector, H., Huss-Danell, K., Jumpponen, A., Minns, A., Mulder, C.P.H., Pereira, J.S., Prinz, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Siamantziouras, A.S.D., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y. & Lawton, J.H. (2001): Local adaptation enhances performance of common plant species. Ecology Letters 4: 536-544.

 

2000

  • Hector, A., Schmid, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Caldeira, M.C., Diemer, M., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J., Freitas, H., Giller, P.S., Good, J., Harris, R., Högberg, P., Huss-Danell, K., Joshi, J., Jumpponen, A., Körner, C., Leadley, P.W., Loreau, M., Minns, A., Mulder, C.P.H., O'Donovan, G., Otway, S.J., Pereira, J.S., Prinz, A., Read, D.J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Siamantziouras, A.-S.D., Spehn, E.M., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y., Woodward, F.I., Yachi, S., Lawton, J.H. (2000) No consistent effect of plant diversity on productivity. - Science 289: 1255a. http://intl.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/289/5483/1255a

 

1999

  • Hector, A., Schmid, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Caldeira, M.C., Diemer, M., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J., Freitas, H., Giller, P.S., Good, J., Harris, R., Högberg, P., Huss-Danell, K., Joshi, J., Jumpponen, A., Körner, C., Leadley, P.W., Loreau, M., Minns, A., Mulder, C.P.H., O'Donovan, G., Otway, S.J., Pereira, J.S., Prinz, A., Read, D.J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Siamantziouras, A.-S.D., Spehn, E.M., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y., Woodward, F.I., Yachi, S., Lawton, J.H. (1999) Plant diversity and productivity experiments in european grasslands. - Science 286: 1123-1127.

 

1997

  • Scherer, M. & Deil, U. (1997): Floristische Diversität und Vegetationsstrukturen in traditionellen und modernen Kulturlandschaften - untersucht an Beispielen aus Chile und dem westlichen Mittelmeergebiet. Zeitschrift für Ökologie und Naturschutz 6: 19-31.

 

1996

  • Deil, U. & Scherer, M. (1996): Wirtschaftsstufe und Pflanzendecke - Geobotanische Differenzierung von Landschaften im Mittelmeerraum und in Chile. Erdkunde 50(2): 81-99.

 

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