Lipowsky, A.; Schmid, B.; Roscher, C.: Selection for monoculture and mixture genotypes in a biodiversity experiment. Basic and Applied Ecology 12 (4), pp. 360 - 371 (2011)
Mraja, A.; Unsicker, S. B.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Roscher, C.: Plant community diversity influences allocation to direct chemical defence in Plantago lanceolata. Plos One 6 (12), p. e28055 (2011)
Nestmann, S.; Rajicic, T. S.; Dehmer, K. J.; Fischer, M.; Schumacher, J.; Roscher, C.: Plant species diversity and composition of experimental grasslands affect genetic differentiation of Lolium perenne populations. Molecular Ecology 20 (10), pp. 2188 - 2203 (2011)
Roscher, C.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Schumacher, J.; Temperton, V. M.; Buchmann, N.; Schulze, E. D.: Plant resource-use characteristics as predictors for species contribution to community biomass in experimental grasslands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 13 (1), pp. 1 - 13 (2011)
Roscher, C.; Schmid, B.; Buchmann, N.; Weigelt, A.; Schulze, E.-D.: Legume species differ in the responses of their functional traits to plant diversity. Oecologia 165 (2), pp. 437 - 452 (2011)
Roscher, C.; Thein, S.; Weigelt, A.; Temperton, V. M.; Buchmann, N.; Schulze, E. D.: N2 fixation and performance of 12 legume species in a 6-year grassland biodiversity experiment. Plant and Soil 341 (1-2), pp. 333 - 348 (2011)
Petermann, J. S.; Fergus, A. J. F.; Roscher, C.; Turnbull, L. A.; Weigelt, A.; Schmid, B.: Biology, chance, or history? The predictable reassembly of temperate grassland communities. Ecology 91 (2), pp. 408 - 421 (2010)
Petermann, J. S.; Müller, C. B.; Roscher, C.; Weigelt, A.; Weisser, W. W.; Schmid, B.: Plant Species Loss Affects Life-History Traits of Aphids and Their Parasitoids. Plos One 5 (8), p. e12053 (2010)
Scherling, C.; Roscher, C.; Giavalisco, P.; Schulze, E. D.; Weckwerth, W.: Metabolomics unravel contrasting effects of biodiversity on the performance of individual plant species. Plos One 5 (9), e12569 (2010)
Weigelt, A.; Marquard, E.; Temperton, V. M.; Roscher, C.; Scherber, C.; Mwangi, P. N.; Von Felten, S.; Buchmann, N.; Schmid, B.; Schulze, E. D.et al.; Weisser, W. W.: The Jena-Experiment: six years of data from a grassland biodiversity experiment. Ecology 91 (3), p. 930 (2010)
Bessler, H.; Temperton, V. M.; Roscher, C.; Buchmann, N.; Schmid, B.; Schulze, E. D.; Weisser, W. W.; Engels, C.: Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs. Ecology 90 (6), pp. 1520 - 1530 (2009)
A new study shows a natural solution to mitigate the effects of climate change such as extreme weather events. Researchers found that a diverse plant community acts as a buffer against fluctuations in soil temperature. This buffer, in turn, can have a decisive influence on important ecosystem processes.
Storing carbon in the soil can help to mitigate climate change. Soil organic matter bound to minerals in particular can store carbon in the long term. A new study shows that the formation of mineral-associated organic matter depends primarily on the type of mineral, but is also influenced by land use and cultivation intensity.
The future of the Amazon rainforest and its influence on the global climate were the focus of the visit by Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Steffi Lemke to the ATTO in Brazil. The President and the Federal Minister for the Environment visited the German-Brazilian research station on January 2nd.
Susan Trumbore receives AGU’s William Kaula Award, dedicated to “recognize an individual who has unselfishly served AGU’s publications program and the scientific community through extraordinary dedication and efforts”.
Dr. Henrik Hartmann, group leader at the MPI for Biogeochemistry, takes over the management of the newly founded Institute for Forest Conservation at the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) in Quedlinburg. We are happy with him about his new area of responsibility and we will stay in touch.