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List of works by Helge Bruelheide

A Test Collection for Dataset Retrieval in Biodiversity Research

scientific article published on 26 May 2021

A checklist for using Beals’ index with incomplete floristic monitoring data

scientific article published on 10 May 2021

A comparison of native and invasive populations of three clonal plant species in Germany and New Zealand

article

A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests

article

A tale of scale: Plot but not neighbourhood tree diversity increases leaf litter ant diversity

scientific article published on 19 October 2019

Abiotic and biotic drivers of tree trait effects on soil microbial biomass and soil carbon concentration

scientific article published on 23 January 2023

Above‐ and below‐ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity–productivity relationships in European forests

scientific article published on 10 May 2021

Action needed for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges

scientific article published on 08 March 2020

Age-Specific and Season-Specific Mollusk Damage to Seedlings of Grassland Asteraceae

scientific article published in 2004

Alien plants associate with widespread generalist arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal taxa: evidence from a continental-scale study using massively parallel 454 sequencing

article

Altitudinal differences in herbivory on montane Compositae species

scientific article published in 2001

Altitudinal gradients of generalist and specialist herbivory on three montane Asteraceae

scientific article published in 2003

An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective

scientific article published on 02 July 2021

Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China

article

Assessing sampling coverage of species distribution in biodiversity databases

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Author Correction: Directed species loss reduces community productivity in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Author Correction: Interactions count: plant origin, herbivory and disturbance jointly explain seedling recruitment and community structure

scientific article published on 8 March 2018

Belowground top-down and aboveground bottom-up effects structure multitrophic community relationships in a biodiverse forest

scientific article

BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

scientific article published in July 2018

Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context

scientific article

Biodiversity in European agricultural landscapes: transformative societal changes needed

scientific article

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

scientific article

Biodiversity post‐2020: Closing the gap between global targets and national‐level implementation

scientific article published on 22 November 2021

Biodiversity promotes tree growth during succession in subtropical forest

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research in Chinese subtropical forests

scientific article published in 2017

Biogeographic differences in plant-soil biota relationships contribute to the exotic range expansion of <i>Verbascum thapsus</i>

scientific article published on 28 October 2020

Biotic and abiotic drivers of soil microbial functions across tree diversity experiments

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Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality

scientific article

Biotic interactions overrule plant responses to climate, depending on the species' biogeography

scientific article

Canopy openness, proportion of deciduous trees and topsoil C/N ratio drive the yield, but their effect on the polyphenol content of medicinal plants is species-specific

scientific article published on 13 August 2024

Carbon–biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest

scientific article published on 3 April 2023

Central and peripheral Hornungia petraea populations: patterns and dynamics

article

Changes in carbon storages of Fagus forest ecosystems along an elevational gradient on Mt. Fanjingshan in Southwest China

scientific article published on 13 December 2019

Characterization of Unexplored Deadwood Mycobiome in Highly Diverse Subtropical Forests Using Culture-independent Molecular Technique

scientific article

Citizen science plant observations encode global trait patterns

scientific article published in 2022

Climate and socio‐economic factors explain differences between observed and expected naturalization patterns of European plants around the world

scientific article

Climate change aggravates bog species extinctions in the Black Forest (Germany)

scientific article published in 2020

Climate regulation processes are linked to the functional composition of plant communities in European forests, shrublands, and grasslands

scientific article published in February 2024

Climate-trait relationships exhibit strong habitat specificity in plant communities across Europe

scientific article published on 9 February 2023

Climatic conditions, not above- and belowground resource availability and uptake capacity, mediate tree diversity effects on productivity and stability

scientific article published on 22 December 2021

Climatic factors controlling the eastern and altitudinal distribution boundary of Digitalis purpurea L. in Germany

article

Clonal structure and genetic diversity of three desert phreatophytes

scientific article

Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients

scientific article published in 2022

Community and neighbourhood tree species richness effects on fungal species in leaf litter

scientific article published in 2020

Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest

article

Community assembly of ectomycorrhizal fungi along a subtropical secondary forest succession

scientific article

Comparison of catchment scale 3D and 2.5D modelling of soil organic carbon stocks in Jiangxi Province, PR China

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

Comparison of native and invasive Rhododendron ponticum populations: Growth, reproduction and morphology under field conditions

article published in 2004

Computational workflow to study the seasonal variation of secondary metabolites in nine different bryophytes

Conifer proportion explains fine root biomass more than tree species diversity and site factors in major European forest types

scientific article published in 2017

Consequences of multiple imputation of missing standard deviations and sample sizes in meta-analysis

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Consistency of demographic trade‐offs across 13 (sub)tropical forests

scientific article published in 2022

Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality

scientific article

Contrasting patterns of intra-specific trait variability in native and non-native plant species along an elevational gradient on Tenerife, Canary Islands

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations

scientific article

Correction to 'Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests'

scientific article published on 10 October 2018

Correction: Biodiversity Promotes Tree Growth during Succession in Subtropical Forest.

scientific article published on 31 December 2013

Correction: Linking root exudates to functional plant traits

article

Crown and leaf traits as predictors of subtropical tree sapling growth rates

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

Current Challenges in Plant Eco-Metabolomics.

scientific article published on 6 May 2018

Decision-making of citizen scientists when recording species observations

scientific article published in 2022

Deriving site‐specific species pools from large databases

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China

article

Different sets of traits explain abundance and distribution patterns of European plants at different spatial scales

scientific article published on 18 March 2021

Directed species loss reduces community productivity in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Disentangling tree species identity and richness effects on the herb layer: first results from a German tree diversity experiment

article

Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

scientific article published in 2022

Distance decay 2.0 – a global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

scientific article published on 19 March 2021

Disturbance and indirect effects of climate warming support a plant invader in mountains

scientific article published on 04 February 2022

Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær's life forms in European vegetation

scientific article published in January 2024

Diversity of lowland hay meadows and pastures in Western and Central Europe

Do newcomers stick to the rules of the residents? Designing trait-based community assembly tests

Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats

scientific article published on 17 July 2024

Drivers of earthworm incidence and abundance across European forests

scholarly article by Hans De Wandeler et al published August 2016 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Drivers of intraspecific trait variation of grass and forb species in German meadows and pastures

article

Drivers of the composition of active rhizosphere bacterial communities in temperate grasslands

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Drivers of understorey biomass: tree species identity is more important than richness in a young forest

scientific article published in 2021

Drivers of within-tree leaf trait variation in a tropical planted forest varying in tree species richness

scientific article

EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

scientific article published on 26 July 2020

Early positive effects of tree species richness on herbivory in a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment influence tree growth

scientific article published on 28 March 2015

Early positive effects of tree species richness on soil organic carbon accumulation in a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment

scientific article published in 2019

Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

scientific article published in July 2018

Early subtropical forest growth is driven by community mean trait values and functional diversity rather than the abiotic environment

scientific article

Ecological networks are more sensitive to plant than to animal extinction under climate change

scientific article (publication date: 23 December 2016)

Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration

scientific article

Effects of UV-B radiation on germination characteristics in invasive plants in New Zealand

scientific article published on 23 July 2015

Effects of dominance and diversity on productivity along Ellenberg's experimental water table gradients

scientific article published on 12 September 2012

Effects of enemy exclusion on biodiversity–productivity relationships in a subtropical forest experiment

scientific article published in 2022

Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding

scientific article published on 7 March 2024

Effects of range position, inter-annual variation and density on demographic transition rates of Hornungia petraea populations

scientific article published on 29 September 2005

Effects of tree sapling diversity and nutrient addition on herb-layer invasibility in communities of subtropical species

scientific article published in 2012

Ellenberg‐type indicator values for European vascular plant species

scientific article published in 2023

Establishment success in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning experiment in subtropical China (BEF-China)

article

Evaluating the transplantation of a meadow in the Harz Mountains, Germany

article

Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness

scientific article published in 2023

Experimental Evidence of Functional Group-Dependent Effects of Tree Diversity on Soil Fungi in Subtropical Forests

scientific article published in 2018

Exploring large vegetation databases to detect temporal trends in species occurrences

Fewer chromosomes, more co‐occurring species within plant lineages: A likely effect of local survival and colonization

scientific article published on 30 March 2023

Foliar Fungal Endophytes in a Tree Diversity Experiment Are Driven by the Identity but Not the Diversity of Tree Species

scientific article published on 13 October 2021

Foliar fungi of Betula pendula: impact of tree species mixtures and assessment methods

scientific article

For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!

scientific article

Forest Age and Plant Species Composition Determine the Soil Fungal Community Composition in a Chinese Subtropical Forest

scientific article

Forest structure and composition alleviate human thermal stress

scientific article published on 19 September 2022

From competition to facilitation: how tree species respond to neighbourhood diversity

scientific article

Front Cover

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Functional Potential of Soil Microbial Communities and Their Subcommunities Varies with Tree Mycorrhizal Type and Tree Diversity

scientific article published on 13 April 2023

Functional and phylogenetic diversity of woody plants drive herbivory in a highly diverse forest

scientific article

Functional community ecology meets restoration ecology: Assessing the restoration success of alluvial floodplain meadows with functional traits

scientific article published in 2016

Functional diversity effects on productivity increase with age in a forest biodiversity experiment

scientific article published on 04 November 2021

Functional diversity of neighbours mediates sap flow density and radial growth of focal trees, but in different ways between evergreen and deciduous broadleaved species

scientific article published in July 2024

Functional trait similarity of native and invasive herb species in subtropical China—Environment-specific differences are the key

article

Fungal disease incidence along tree diversity gradients depends on latitude in European forests

scientific article

Gap dynamics in a near-natural spruce forest at Mt. Brocken, Germany

article

Genetic and phenotypic differentiation between invasive and native Rhododendron (Ericaceae) taxa and the role of hybridization

scientific article published on November 2011

Genetic richness affects trait variation but not community productivity in a tree diversity experiment

scientific article published on 03 April 2020

German Vegetation Reference Database (GVRD)

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Germination responses of three grassland species differ between native and invasive origins

article

Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Global fern and lycophyte richness explained: How regional and local factors shape plot richness

scientific article published on 30 December 2019

Global functional variation in alpine vegetation

scientific article published on 06 April 2021

Global patterns and drivers of alpine plant species richness

scientific article

Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity

scientific article published in September 2022

Global priorities of environmental issues to combat food insecurity and biodiversity loss

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

Global root traits (GRooT) database

scientific article

Global trait-environment relationships of plant communities

article

Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

article

Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why

scientific article published in 2015

Harmonizing, annotating and sharing data in biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research

article by Karin Nadrowski et al published 20 December 2012 in Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Herbivore and pathogen effects on tree growth are additive, but mediated by tree diversity and plant traits

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

High phenotypic variation of seed traits, germination characteristics and genetic diversity of an invasive annual weed

Horizontal, but not vertical canopy structure is related to stand functional diversity in a subtropical slope forest

scientific article published on 21 October 2011

Host functional and phylogenetic composition rather than host diversity structure plant-herbivore networks

scientific article published on 21 June 2020

How do evergreen and deciduous species respond to shade?—Tolerance and plasticity of subtropical tree and shrub species of South-East China

scientific article published on 04 October 2012

How do trees respond to species mixing in experimental compared to observational studies?

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests

article

Impact of tree diversity and environmental conditions on the survival of shrub species in a forest biodiversity experiment in subtropical China

article

Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment

scientific article

Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment

scientific article published in Science

Implementing the formal language of the vegetation classification expert systems (ESy) in the statistical computing environment R

scientific article published on 15 January 2021

Individual-tree radial growth in a subtropical broad-leaved forest: The role of local neighbourhood competition

article

Insect decline and its drivers: Unsupported conclusions in a poorly performed meta-analysis on trends—A critique of Sánchez-Bayo and Wyckhuys (2019)

scientific article published on 18 April 2019

Interaction of gap age and microsite type for the regeneration of Picea abies

scientific article published on 10 February 2010

Interactions count: plant origin, herbivory and disturbance jointly explain seedling recruitment and community structure

scientific article published on 15 August 2017

Interspecific and intraspecific variation in specific root length drives aboveground biodiversity effects in young experimental forest stands

scientific article published in 2017

Intraspecific differences in responses to rainshelter-induced drought and competition of Fagus sylvatica L. across Germany

article

Intraspecific variability in frost hardiness of Fagus sylvatica L

Invasibility or invasiveness? Effects of habitat, genotype, and their interaction on invasive Rhododendron ponticum populations

Invasive and nativeRhododendron ponticumpopulations: is there evidence for genotypic differences in germination and growth?

article

Investigating habitat-specific plant species pools under climate change

article

Is the degree of clonality of forest herbs dependent on gap age? Using fingerprinting approaches to assess optimum successional stages for montane forest herbs

scientific article

Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests

scientific article

Janzen-Connell effects in a forest BEF experiment: Strong distance-dependent seedling establishment of multiple species.

scientific article

Kinetic energy of Throughfall in subtropical forests of SE China - effects of tree canopy structure, functional traits, and biodiversity

scientific article published on 15 February 2013

Lack of tree layer control on herb layer characteristics in a subtropical forest, China

article

Land-Use Intensity Rather Than Plant Functional Identity Shapes Bacterial and Fungal Rhizosphere Communities

article

Leaf Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) biochemical profile of grassland plant species related to land-use intensity

article

Leaf litter diversity alters microbial activity, microbial abundances, and nutrient cycling in a subtropical forest ecosystem

scientific article published on 05 July 2017

Leaf litter diversity positively affects the decomposition of plant polyphenols

scientific article published on 21 July 2017

Leaf trait variation within individuals mediates the relationship between tree species richness and productivity

scientific article published on 5 December 2023

Leaf trait variation within individuals mediates the relationship between tree species richness and productivity

Leaf trait-environment relationships in a subtropical broadleaved forest in South-East China

scientific article

Life on the edge â to which degree does phreatic water sustain vegetation in the periphery of the Taklamakan Desert?

Limited tree richness effects on herb layer composition, richness and productivity in experimental forest stands

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

Linking Soil Fungal Generality to Tree Richness in Young Subtropical Chinese Forests

scientific article published on 10 November 2019

Linking root exudates to functional plant traits

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Linking trends of habitat types and plant species using repeated habitat mapping data

scientific article published in July 2024

Linking xylem hydraulic conductivity and vulnerability to the leaf economics spectrum--a cross-species study of 39 evergreen and deciduous broadleaved subtropical tree species

scientific article

Local performance of six clonal alien species differs between native and invasive regions in Germany and New Zealand

article

Maintenance of High Genetic Diversity during Invasion of Rhododendron ponticum

article by Alexandra Erfmeier & Helge Bruelheide published July 2011 in International Journal of Plant Sciences

Maintenance of constant functional diversity during secondary succession of a subtropical forest in China

article

Mapping human pressures on biodiversity across the planet uncovers anthropogenic threat complexes

scientific article

Mapping plant strategy types using remote sensing

article

Mechanisms driving diversity-productivity relationships differ between exotic and native communities and are affected by gastropod herbivory

scientific article published on 4 August 2015

Mechanisms promoting tree species co-existence: Experimental evidence with saplings of subtropical forest ecosystems of China

article

Mixed afforestation of young subtropical trees promotes nitrogen acquisition and retention

scientific article published on 20 September 2013

Mixing tree species associated with arbuscular or ectotrophic mycorrhizae reveals dual mycorrhization and interactive effects on the fungal partners

scientific article published on 02 April 2021

Modelling epiphytic bryophyte vegetation in an urban landscape

Moderately common plants show highest relative losses

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

More diverse tree communities promote foliar fungal pathogen diversity, but decrease infestation rates per tree species, in a subtropical biodiversity experiment

scientific article published in 2021

More losses than gains during one century of plant biodiversity change in Germany

scientific article published on 19 October 2022

Mountain roads and non-native species modify elevational patterns of plant diversity

article

Multi-trophic guilds respond differently to changing elevation in a subtropical forest

scientific article published in 2017

Multiple components of plant diversity loss determine herbivore phylogenetic diversity in a subtropical forest experiment

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

Multiple plant diversity components drive consumer communities across ecosystems

article

Multitrophic diversity in a biodiverse forest is highly nonlinear across spatial scales

scientific article

Mycorrhiza in tree diversity-ecosystem function relationships: conceptual framework and experimental implementation

scientific article published in 2018

Mycorrhizal associations modify tree diversity−productivity relationships across experimental tree plantations

scientific article published on 10 June 2024

Native distribution characteristics rather than functional traits explain preadaptation of invasive species to high‐UV‐B environments

scientific article

Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions

scientific article published on 23 August 2023

Neighbour species richness and local structural variability modulate aboveground allocation patterns and crown morphology of individual trees

scientific article published on 17 October 2019

Neighbourhood diversity mitigates drought impacts on tree growth

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Neighbourhood interactions drive overyielding in mixed-species tree communities.

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Niche partitioning in nitrogen uptake among subtropical tree species enhances biomass production

scientific article published in 2022

Nitrogen content of herbarium specimens from arable fields and mesic meadows reflect the intensifying agricultural management during the 20th century

scientific article published on 8 January 2025

No plant functional diversity effects on foliar fungal pathogens in experimental tree communities

scientific article published on 09 January 2014

Nutrient status not secondary metabolites drives herbivory and pathogen infestation across differently mycorrhized tree monocultures and mixtures

scientific article published in September 2020

Of niches and distributions: range size increases with niche breadth both globally and regionally but regional estimates poorly relate to global estimates

article

On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems—a study from SE China

article

On the run for water – Root growth of two phreatophytes in the Taklamakan Desert

Opposing intraspecific vs. interspecific diversity effects on herbivory and growth in subtropical experimental tree assemblages

scientific article published in 2017

Peeking at ecosystem stability: making use of a natural disturbance experiment to analyze resistance and resilience

scientific article published on May 2009

Phylogenetic relatedness, functional traits, and spatial scale determine herbivore co‐occurrence in a subtropical forest

scientific article published on 29 October 2021

Phylogenetic turnover during subtropical forest succession across environmental and phylogenetic scales

scientific article

Phylogenetic turnover during subtropical forest succession across environmental and phylogenetic scales

scholarly article published 12 July 2017

Plant diversity effects on grassland productivity are robust to both nutrient enrichment and drought

scientific article

Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity

scientific article published on 29 August 2024

Plant species' range type determines local responses to biotic interactions and land use

scientific article published on 09 October 2019

Plant traits affecting herbivory on tree recruits in highly diverse subtropical forests

scientific article

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

scientific article

Positive effects of tree species richness on fine-root production in a subtropical forest in SE-China

article

Positive feedback loop between earthworms, humus form and soil pH reinforces earthworm abundance in European forests

scientific article published in 2020

Potential links between wood-inhabiting and soil fungal communities: Evidence from high-throughput sequencing

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Predator Assemblage Structure and Temporal Variability of Species Richness and Abundance in Forests of High Tree Diversity

article

Predator diversity and abundance provide little support for the enemies hypothesis in forests of high tree diversity

scientific article

Predicting individual plant performance in grasslands

scientific article

Predicting the establishment success of introduced target species in grassland restoration by functional traits

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

Predicting the spread of an invasive plant: combining experiments and ecological niche model

article

Production of Perennial Vegetation in an Oasis-desert Transition Zone in NW China - Allometric Estimation, and Assessment of Flooding and Use Effects

article

Promoting resilience of large international collaborative research programs in times of global crisis

scientific article published on 27 September 2020

Protection gaps and restoration opportunities for primary forests in Europe

scientific article published on 17 September 2020

Radial growth response of trees to seasonal soil humidity in a subtropical forest

scientific article published on 27 February 2021

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

scientific article published in March 2024

ReSurveyGermany: Vegetation-plot time-series over the past hundred years in Germany

scientific article published in 2022

Readable workflows need simple data

scientific article published on 17 June 2014

Reduced tolerance to simulated herbivory on clonal organs in alien genotypes: a multi-species experiment with native and introduced origins

Regulation of the water status in three co-occurring phreatophytes at the southern fringe of the Taklamakan Desert

scientific article published in 2008

Relating Stomatal Conductance to Leaf Functional Traits

scientific article published on 12 October 2015

Relationships Between Soil Microorganisms, Plant Communities, and Soil Characteristics in Chinese Subtropical Forests

article

Repeated habitat mapping data reveal gains and losses of plant species

scientific article published in 2022

Reprint of: Drivers of within-tree leaf trait variation in a tropical planted forest varying in tree species richness

scientific article

Resident and phytometer plants host comparable rhizosphere fungal communities in managed grassland ecosystems

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

Response to Comment on “Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment”

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Revealing the functional traits linked to hidden environmental factors in community assembly

scientific article published on 05 December 2020

Root exudate composition of grass and forb species in natural grasslands

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs

scientific article

Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth

scientific article published on 24 September 2023

Seasonal variation of secondary metabolites in nine different bryophytes

scientific article published in 2018

Secondary invasion of Acer negundo: the role of phenotypic responses versus local adaptation

article

Semi-polar root exudates in natural grassland communities.

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Shifts in community leaf functional traits are related to litter decomposition along a secondary forest succession series in subtropical China

scientific article published on 19 October 2014

Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Site and neighborhood effects on growth of tree saplings in subtropical plantations (China)

article

Slug herbivory as a limiting factor for the geographical range of<i>Arnica montana</i>

scientific article published in 1999

Soil and tree species traits both shape soil microbial communities during early growth of Chinese subtropical forests

article

Soil bacterial community structure responses to precipitation reduction and forest management in forest ecosystems across Germany

scientific article published on 14 April 2015

Soil macrofauna and leaf functional traits drive the decomposition of secondary metabolites in leaf litter

scientific article published on 09 June 2019

Species groups can be transferred across different scales

scientific article published on 12 June 2006

Species richness change across spatial scales

scientific article published on 20 April 2019

Species richness influences the spatial distribution of trees in European forests

scientific article published on 28 November 2019

Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment

Species richness, functional traits and climate interactively affect tree survival in a large forest biodiversity experiment

scientific article published on 21 July 2022

Species-Specific Effects on Throughfall Kinetic Energy in Subtropical Forest Plantations Are Related to Leaf Traits and Tree Architecture

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Splash erosion potential under tree canopies in subtropical SE China

article

Strong positive biodiversity-productivity relationships in a subtropical forest experiment

Stronger effect of gastropods than rodents on seedling establishment, irrespective of exotic or native plant species origin

article

Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Taxonomic and ecological relevance of the chlorophyll a fluorescence signature of tree species in mixed European forests

scientific article

Temperate forests in continental East Asia

article

Temporal trends in the spatial bias of species occurrence records

scientific article published on 20 May 2022

Temporal variation of mycorrhization rates in a tree diversity experiment

scientific article published in April 2023

Ten (mostly) simple rules to future‐proof trait data in ecological and evolutionary sciences

scientific article published on 22 November 2022

Testing macroecological abundance patterns: The relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants

scientific article published on 9 July 2020

The Bamboo Rhizome Evolution in China Is Driven by Geographical Isolation and Trait Differentiation

scientific article published on 20 September 2021

The Impact of Tree Diversity on Different Aspects of Insect Herbivory along a Global Temperature Gradient - A Meta-Analysis

scientific article

The effect of niche filtering on plant species abundance in temperate grassland communities

scientific article published on 23 December 2021

The evolution of insular woodiness

scientific article published on 6 September 2022

The functional trait spectrum of European temperate grasslands

scientific article published on 25 June 2019

The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

The genetic architecture of seedling resistance to Septoria tritici blotch in the winter wheat doubled-haploid population Solitär × Mazurka

article

The geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages

scientific article

The impact of altitude and simulated herbivory on the growth and carbohydrate storage of Petasites albus

scientific article published in November 2004

The importance of trait selection in ecology

scientific article published on 28 June 2023

The interaction of gap age and microsite for herb layer species in a near-natural spruce forest

article

The interactive effect of tree mycorrhizal type, mycorrhizal type mixture and tree diversity shapes rooting zone soil fungal communities in temperate forest ecosystems

scientific article published on 3 September 2024

The relationship between niche breadth and range size of beech ( Fagus ) species worldwide

scientific article

The response of three Fagus sylvatica L. provenances to water availability at different soil depths

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

The responses of grassland plants to experimentally simulated climate change depend on land use and region

article

The role of UV-B radiation in the invasion of Hieracium pilosella—A comparison of German and New Zealand plants

article

The role of propagule pressure, genetic diversity and microsite availability for Senecio vernalis invasion

scientific article

The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning

scientific article published on 09 February 2021

The spatial distribution of tree–tree interaction effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration

scientific article published in June 2024

The strength of soil-plant interactions under forest is related to a Critical Soil Depth.

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

There may be bias in R/P ratios (realized vs. potential range) calculated for European tree species ? an illustrated comment on

article

Toward a methodical framework for comprehensively assessing forest multifunctionality

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Trade‐offs between physical and chemical carbon‐based leaf defence: of intraspecific variation and trait evolution

scientific article published on 02 September 2015

Trait interactions help explain plant invasion success in the German flora

article

Trait-performance relationships of grassland plant species differ between common garden and field conditions

article

Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally

scientific article published on 22 February 2023

Translocation of a montane meadow to simulate the potential impact of climate change

scholarly article by Helge Bruelheide published 2003 in Applied Vegetation Science

Translocation of a montane meadow to simulate the potential impact of climate change

scientific article published in 2003

Transpiration and stomatal control: a cross-species study of leaf traits in 39 evergreen and deciduous broadleaved subtropical tree species

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

Tree and mycorrhizal fungal diversity drive intraspecific and intraindividual trait variation in temperate forests: Evidence from a tree diversity experiment

scientific article published on 21 March 2024

Tree diversity and functional leaf traits drive herbivore‐associated microbiomes in subtropical China

scientific article published on 01 April 2021

Tree diversity and the role of non-host neighbour tree species in reducing fungal pathogen infestation

scientific article

Tree diversity does not always improve resistance of forest ecosystems to drought

scientific article

Tree diversity effects on ecosystem functioning–Introduction

scientific article published in 2021

Tree diversity effects on litter decomposition are mediated by litterfall and microbial processes

scientific article published in 2023

Tree diversity effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration are context dependent across forest diversity experiments

scientific article published on 21 February 2022

Tree diversity has contrasting effects on predation rates by birds and arthropods on three broadleaved, subtropical tree species

scientific article published on 11 November 2017

Tree diversity increases productivity through enhancing structural complexity across mycorrhizal types

scientific article published on 6 October 2023

Tree diversity promotes functional dissimilarity and maintains functional richness despite species loss in predator assemblages

scientific article

Tree diversity promotes generalist herbivore community patterns in a young subtropical forest experiment

scientific article published on 14 November 2016

Tree diversity promotes insect herbivory in subtropical forests of south-east China

scientific article

Tree diversity reduces variability in sapling survival under drought

scientific article published on 8 April 2024

Tree identity rather than tree diversity drives earthworm communities in European forests

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