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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

  • Greinwald, K., Musso, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Weiler, M., Egli, M. (2023) The development of nutrient pools along two holocene chronosequences with contrasting bedrocks in the Swiss Alps. Catena 233, 107507.

  • Wei, L., Liira, J., Ehrmann, S., Lenoir, J., Decocq, G., Brunet, J., Wulf, M., Diekmann, M., Naaf, T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Hansen, K., De Smedt, P., Valdés, A., Verheyen, K., De Frenne, P. (2023) Impact of patch age and size on forest soil characteristics in European agricultural landscapes. Science of the Total Environment 898, 165543.
  • 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 29, 5321-5333.
  • 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.
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