Roscher, C.; Kutsch, W. L.; Kolle, O.; Ziegler, W.; Schulze, E. D.: Adjustment to the light environment in small-statured forbs as a strategy for complementary resource use in mixtures of grassland species. Annals of Botany 107 (6), pp. 965 - 979 (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)
Schrumpf, M.; Schulze, E. D.; Kaiser, K.; Schumacher, J.: How accurately can soil organic carbon stocks and stock changes be quantified by soil inventories? Biogeosciences 8 (5), pp. 1193 - 1212 (2011)
Schulze, E. D.; Luyssaert, S.; Ciais, P.: Response to 'The European nitrogen cycle: response to Schulze et al, Global Change Biology (2010) 16, pp. 1451-1469'. Global Change Biology 17 (8), pp. 2758 - 2761 (2011)
Von Lüpke, N.; Hardtke, A.; Lück, M.; Hessenmöller, D.; Ammer, C.; Schulze, E.-D.: Bestandesvorrat, Baumartenvielfalt und Struktur kleinparzellierter Privatwälder im Hainich. Forstarchiv 82, pp. 202 - 215 (2011)
Wäldchen, J.; Schulze, E. D.; Mund, M.; Winkler, B.: Der Einfluss politischer, rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Rahmenbedingungen des 19. Jahrhunderts auf die Bewirtschaftung der Wälder im Hainich-Dün-Gebiet (Nordthüringen). Forstarchiv 82, pp. 35 - 47 (2011)
Bryuhanova, M.; Vaganov, E. A.; Pp, S.; Schulze, E. D.: Seasonal changes of 13C/12C, anatomical structure, and wood density in tree rings of sycamore maple, common beech, and European Ash. Lesovedenie 5, pp. 3 - 11 (2010)
Ciais, P.; Canadell, J. G.; Luyssaert, S.; Chevallier, F.; Shvidenko, A.; Poussi, Z.; Jonas, M.; Peylin, P.; King, A. W.; Schulze, E. D.et al.; Piao, S. L.; Rödenbeck, C.; Peters, W.; Breon, F. M.: Can we reconcile atmospheric estimates of the Northern terrestrial carbon sink with land-based accounting? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 2 (4), pp. 225 - 230 (2010)
Kutsch, W. L.; Aubinet, M.; Buchmann, N.; Smith, P.; Osborne, B.; Eugster, W.; Wattenbach, M.; Schrumpf, M.; Schulze, E. D.; Tomelleri, E.et al.; Ceschia, E.; Bernhofer, C.; Béziat, P.; Carrara, A.; Di Tommasi, P.; Grünwald, T.; Jones, M.; Magliulo, V.; Marloie, O.; Moureaux, C.; Olioso, A.; Sanz, M. J.; Saunders, M.; Søgaard, H.; Ziegler, W.: The net biome production of full crop rotations in Europe. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 139 (3), pp. 336 - 345 (2010)
Kutsch, W. L.; Persson, T.; Schrumpf, M.; Moyano, F. E.; Mund, M.; Andersson, S.; Schulze, E.-D.: Heterotrophic soil respiration and soil carbon dynamics in the deciduous Hainich forest obtained by three approaches. Biogeochemistry 100 (1-3), pp. 167 - 183 (2010)
Luyssaert, S.; Ciais, P.; Piao, S. L.; Schulze, E.-D.; Jung, M.; Zaehle, S.; Schelhaas, M. J.; Reichstein, M.; Churkina, G.; Papale, D.et al.; Abril, G.; Beer, C.; Grace, J.; Loustau, D.; Matteucci, G.; Magnani, F.; Nabuurs, G. J.; Verbeeck, H.; Sulkava, M.; Van Der Werf, G. R.; Janssens, I.; Team, C. S.: The European carbon balance. Part 3: forests. Global Change Biology 16 (5), pp. 1429 - 1450 (2010)
Mund, M.; Kutsch, W. L.; Wirth, C.; Kahl, T.; Knohl, A.; Skomarkova, M. V.; Schulze, E.-D.: The influence of climate and fructification on the inter-annual variability of stem growth and net primary productivity in an old-growth, mixed beech forest. Tree Physiology 30 (6), pp. 689 - 704 (2010)
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina will hold a joint conference on the challenges of achieving carbon neutrality in Berlin on October 29-30, 2024.
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