Marquard, E.; Weigelt, A.; Temperton, V. M.; Roscher, C.; Schumacher, J.; Buchmann, N.; Fischer, M.; Weisser, W. W.; Schmid, B.: Plant species richness and functional composition drive overyielding in a six-year grassland experiment. Ecology 90 (12), pp. 3290 - 3302 (2009)
Ebeling, A.; Klein, A. M.; Schumacher, J.; Weisser, W. W.; Tscharntke, T.: How does plant richness affect pollinator richness and temporal stability of flower visits? Oikos 117 (12), pp. 1808 - 1815 (2008)
Getzin, S.; Wiegand, K.; Schumacher, J.; Gougeon, F. A.: Scale-dependent competition at the stand level assessed from crown areas. Forest Ecology and Management 255 (7), pp. 2478 - 2485 (2008)
Lorentzen, S.; Roscher, C.; Schumacher, J.; Schulze, E. D.; Schmid, B.: Species richness and identity affect the use of aboveground space in experimental grasslands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 10 (2), pp. 73 - 87 (2008)
Roscher, C.; Schumacher, J.; Weisser, W. W.; Schulze, E. D.: Genetic identity affects performance of species in grasslands of different plant diversity: An experiment with Lolium perenne cultivars. Annals of Botany 102 (1), pp. 113 - 125 (2008)
Turner, N. C.; Schulze, E. D.; Nicolle, D.; Schumacher, J.; Kuhlmann, I.: Annual rainfall does not directly determine the carbon isotope ratio of leaves of Eucalyptus species. Physiologia Plantarum 132 (4), pp. 440 - 445 (2008)
Bisutti, I.; Hilke, I.; Schumacher, J.; Raessler, M.: A novel single-run dual temperature combustion (SRDTC) method for the determination of organic, in-organic and total carbon in soil samples. Talanta 71 (2), pp. 521 - 528 (2007)
Don, A.; Schumacher, J.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Scholten, T.; Schulze, E. D.: Spatial and vertical variation of soil carbon at two grassland sites - Implications for measuring soil carbon stocks. Geoderma 141 (3-4), pp. 272 - 282 (2007)
Oelmann, Y.; Kreutziger, Y.; Temperton, V. M.; Buchmann, N.; Roscher, C.; Schumacher, J.; Schulze, E. D.; Weisser, W. W.; Wilcke, W.: Nitrogen and phosphorus budgets in experimental grasslands of variable diversity. Journal of Environmental Quality 36 (2), pp. 396 - 407 (2007)
Oelmann, Y.; Wilcke, W.; Temperton, V. M.; Buchmann, N.; Roscher, C.; Schumacher, J.; Schulze, E.-D.; Weisser, W. W.: Soil and plant nitrogen pools as related to plant diversity in an experimental grassland. Soil Science Society of America 71 (3), pp. 720 - 729 (2007)
Roscher, C.; Schumacher, J.; Foitzik, O.; Schulze, E. D.: Resistance to rust fungi in Lolium perenne depends on within-species variation and performance of the host species in grasslands of different plant diversity. Oecologia 153 (1), pp. 173 - 183 (2007)
Roscher, C.; Schumacher, J.; Weisser, W. W.; Schmid, B.; Schulze, E. D.: Detecting the role of individual species for overyielding in experimental grassland communities composed of potentially dominant species. Oecologia 154 (3), pp. 535 - 549 (2007)
Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Schulze, E. D.; Don, A.; Schumacher, J.; Weller, E.: 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 (2), pp. 53 - 70 (2007)
Scherber, C.; Mwangi, P. N.; Temperton, V. M.; Roscher, C.; Schumacher, J.; Schmid, B.; Weisser, W. W.: Effects of plant diversity on invertebrate herbivory in experimental grassland. Oecologia 147 (3), pp. 489 - 500 (2006)
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