List of works - Christiane Roscher

A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions

scientific article

A functional trait-based approach to understand community assembly and diversity–productivity relationships over 7 years in experimental grasslands

scientific article published in 2013

A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

A new experimental approach to test why biodiversity effects strengthen as ecosystems age

scientific article published in 2019

A trait-based experimental approach to understand the mechanisms underlying biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships

article published in 2014

Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs

scientific article

Adjustment to the light environment in small-statured forbs as a strategy for complementary resource use in mixtures of grassland species ⬇️

scientific article published on March 7, 2011

An improved model to predict the effects of changing biodiversity levels on ecosystem function

article

Author Correction: Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Author Correction: General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

correction of a scholarly article

Author Correction: Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Below-ground resource partitioning alone cannot explain the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship: A field test using multiple tracers

scientific article published in 2018

Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions

article by Wolfgang W Weisser et al published September 2017 in Basic and Applied Ecology

Biodiversity effects on plant stoichiometry

scientific article

Biodiversity facets affect community surface temperature via 3D canopy structure in grassland communities

scientific article published in 2021

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

scientific article

Biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions

scientific article published in 2017

Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment

Biology, chance, or history? The predictable reassembly of temperate grassland communities

scientific article published in February 2010

Biotic and abiotic properties mediating plant diversity effects on soil microbial communities in an experimental grassland

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Biotic interactions, community assembly, and eco-evolutionary dynamics as drivers of long-term biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships

scientific article published on 4 October 2019

Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

scientific article

Change in functional trait diversity mediates the effects of nutrient addition on grassland stability

scientific article published in 2024

Changes in the abundance of grassland species in monocultures versus mixtures and their relation to biodiversity effects

scientific article

CoRRE Trait Data: A dataset of 17 categorical and continuous traits for 4079 grassland species worldwide

scientific article published in 2024

Community assembly and biomass production in regularly and never weeded experimental grasslands

article

Complementarity among four highly productive grassland species depends on resource availability

scientific article

Complementary nitrogen use among potentially dominant species in a biodiversity experiment varies between two years

article

Compositional variation in grassland plant communities

scientific article published in 2023

Connecting experimental biodiversity research to real-world grasslands

scientific article published in 2018

Contrasting effects of intraspecific trait variation on trait-based niches and performance of legumes in plant mixtures

scientific article published on 17 March 2015

Convergent high diversity in naturally colonized experimental grasslands is not related to increased productivity

scientific article published in 2016

Cumulative nitrogen enrichment alters the drivers of grassland overyielding

scientific article published on 11 March 2024

Density-independent mortality and increasing plant diversity are associated with differentiation of Taraxacum officinale into r- and K-strategists

scientific article

Detecting the role of individual species for overyielding in experimental grassland communities composed of potentially dominant species

scientific article

Different assembly processes drive shifts in species and functional composition in experimental grasslands varying in sown diversity and community history

scientific article

Differential effects of plant diversity on functional trait variation of grass species

scientific article

Diversity promotes temporal stability across levels of ecosystem organization in experimental grasslands

scientific article

Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems.

scientific article published on 2 October 2017

Does biodiversity increase spatial stability in plant community biomass?

scientific article

Does plant diversity influence phosphorus cycling in experimental grasslands?

article

Dominant species predict plant richness and biomass in global grasslands

Dynamic niche partitioning in root water uptake facilitates efficient water use in more diverse grassland plant communities

article

Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity

scientific article published in 2016

Effects of plant diversity on invertebrate herbivory in experimental grassland

scientific article published on 18 October 2005

Effects of plant species diversity on nematode community composition and diversity in a long-term biodiversity experiment

scientific article

Enhanced stability of grassland soil temperature by plant diversity

scientific article published on 4 December 2023

Establishment of grassland species in monocultures: different strategies lead to success

scientific article

Experimental plant communities develop phylogenetically overdispersed abundance distributions during assembly

scientific article published in February 2013

Fertilization, soil and plant community characteristics determine soil microbial activity in managed temperate grasslands

article

Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity

scientific article published on 06 March 2021

Flooding disturbances increase resource availability and productivity but reduce stability in diverse plant communities

scientific article published on 20 January 2015

Foliar and soil δ15N values reveal increased nitrogen partitioning among species in diverse grassland communities

scientific article

Functional composition has stronger impact than species richness on carbon gain and allocation in experimental grasslands

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Functional diversity of leaf nitrogen concentrations drives grassland carbon fluxes

scientific article

Functional groups differ in trait means, but not in trait plasticity to species richness in local grassland communities

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

Functional trait dissimilarity drives both species complementarity and competitive disparity

scientific article published in 2017

Functionally and phylogenetically diverse plant communities key to soil biota

scientific article

General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Genetic differentiation can be predicted from observational data for reproductive but not vegetative traits in a widespread short-lived plant

Genetic identity affects performance of species in grasslands of different plant diversity: an experiment with Lolium perenne cultivars

scientific article

Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity ⬇️

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

How do earthworms, soil texture and plant composition affect infiltration along an experimental plant diversity gradient in grassland?

scientific article

How to estimate complementarity and selection effects from an incomplete sample of species

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

Identifying population- and community-level mechanisms of diversity-stability relationships in experimental grasslands

scientific article published in 2011

Incorporation of mineral nitrogen into the soil food web as affected by plant community composition

scientific article

Increasing plant diversity of experimental grasslands alters the age and growth of Plantago lanceolata from younger and faster to older and slower

scientific article published on 3 April 2019

Integrating community assembly and biodiversity to better understand ecosystem function: the Community Assembly and the Functioning of Ecosystems (CAFE) approach

scientific article published on 27 December 2017

Interactions between functionally diverse fungal mutualists inconsistently affect plant performance and competition

scientific article published on 28 February 2019

Interspecific competition alters leaf stoichiometry in 20 grassland species

article

Intra-annual variability of anatomical structure and delta(13)C values within tree rings of spruce and pine in alpine, temperate and boreal Europe

scientific article published on 4 August 2009

Invertebrate herbivory increases along an experimental gradient of grassland plant diversity

scientific article

Land use modulates resistance of grasslands against future climate and inter‐annual climate variability in a large field experiment

scientific article published in 2024

Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Legume species differ in the responses of their functional traits to plant diversity

scientific article

Light and Nutrient Dependent Responses in Secondary Metabolites of Plantago lanceolata Offspring Are Due to Phenotypic Plasticity in Experimental Grasslands

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

Limited evidence for spatial resource partitioning across temperate grassland biodiversity experiments

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment

scientific article published on 24 October 2022

Linking local species coexistence to ecosystem functioning: a conceptual framework from ecological first principles in grassland ecosystems

scientific article published in 2019

Local nutrient addition drives plant diversity losses but not biotic homogenization in global grasslands

Long-term study of root biomass in a biodiversity experiment reveals shifts in diversity effects over time

scientific article published in 2014

Lost in trait space: species-poor communities are inflexible in properties that drive ecosystem functioning

scientific article published in 2019

Mechanisms behind plant diversity effects on inorganic and organic N leaching from temperate grassland

article

Metabolomics unravel contrasting effects of biodiversity on the performance of individual plant species

scientific article

Microbial processing of plant remains is co-limited by multiple nutrients in global grasslands

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

More diverse plant communities have higher functioning over time due to turnover in complementary dominant species

scientific article

Multidimensional responses of grassland stability to eutrophication

scientific article published in 2023

Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity–stability relationship

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

Multiple plant diversity components drive consumer communities across ecosystems

article

N2 fixation and performance of 12 legume species in a 6-year grassland biodiversity experiment

article

Nematode communities, plant nutrient economy and life‐cycle characteristics jointly determine plant monoculture performance over 12 years

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Nitrogen and phosphorus budgets in experimental grasslands of variable diversity

scientific article

Nitrogen but not phosphorus addition affects symbiotic N2 fixation by legumes in natural and semi-natural grasslands located on four continents

scientific article published in 2022

Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance

article

No evidence of complementary water use along a plant species richness gradient in temperate experimental grasslands

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Non-random recruitment of invader species in experimental grasslands

article

Not even wrong: Comment by Wagg et al

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

Nothing lasts forever: Dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands

scientific article published in 2023

Nutrient enrichment alters seasonal <i>β</i>‐diversity in global grasslands

scientific article published in 2023

Origin context of trait data matters for predictions of community performance in a grassland biodiversity experiment

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Overyielding in experimental grassland communities - irrespective of species pool or spatial scale

article

PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY MASKS RANGE‐WIDE GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION FOR VEGETATIVE BUT NOT REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS IN A SHORT‐LIVED PLANT

scientific article

Phenotypic plasticity to light and nutrient availability alters functional trait ranking across eight perennial grassland species

scientific article published on 27 March 2015

Phylogenetically diverse grasslands are associated with pairwise interspecific processes that increase biomass

scientific article

Plant community diversity influences allocation to direct chemical defence in Plantago lanceolata

scientific article

Plant density can increase invertebrate postdispersal seed predation in an experimental grassland community

scientific article

Plant diversity alters the representation of motifs in food webs

article

Plant diversity and community age stabilize ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article published in March 2024

Plant diversity and community history shift colonization success from early- to mid-successional species

article

Plant diversity and functional groups affect Si and Ca pools in aboveground biomass of grassland systems

scientific article

Plant diversity drives soil microbial biomass carbon in grasslands irrespective of global environmental change factors

scientific article

Plant diversity effects on aboveground and belowground N pools in temperate grassland ecosystems: Development in the first 5 years after establishment

article

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

scientific article

Plant diversity effects on herbivory are related to soil biodiversity and plant chemistry

scientific article published in 2022

Plant diversity effects on plant longevity and their relationships to population stability in experimental grasslands

scientific article

Plant diversity enhances production and downward transport of biodegradable dissolved organic matter

scientific article

Plant diversity generates enhanced soil microbial access to recently photosynthesized carbon in the rhizosphere

article

Plant diversity improves protection against soil-borne pathogens by fostering antagonistic bacterial communities

scientific article published on 4 January 2012

Plant diversity surpasses plant functional groups and plant productivity as driver of soil biota in the long term

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Plant functional diversity increases grassland productivity-related water vapor fluxes: an Ecotron and modeling approach

scientific article

Plant functional trait identity and diversity effects on soil meso- and macrofauna in an experimental grassland

scientific article published in 2019

Plant geographic distribution influences chemical defences in native and introduced <i>Plantago lanceolata</i> populations

scientific article published in March 2024

Plant history and soil history jointly influence the selection environment for plant species in a long‐term grassland biodiversity experiment

scientific article

Plant resource-use characteristics as predictors for species contribution to community biomass in experimental grasslands

article

Plant species diversity affects infiltration capacity in an experimental grassland through changes in soil properties

article

Plant species loss affects life-history traits of aphids and their parasitoids

scientific article

Plant species richness and functional composition drive overyielding in a six-year grassland experiment

scientific article

Plant species richness and functional groups have different effects on soil water content in a decade-long grassland experiment

article

Plant species richness and functional traits affect community stability after a flood event

scientific article

Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Plants are less negatively affected by flooding when growing in species-rich plant communities

scientific article

Plasticity of functional traits of forb species in response to biodiversity

article

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship due to increased plant density

article

Positive diversity effects on productivity in mixtures of arable weed species as related to density–size relationships

scientific article published in 2016

Predicting ecosystem stability from community composition and biodiversity

article

Predicting invertebrate herbivory from plant traits: evidence from 51 grassland species in experimental monocultures

scientific article

Predicting invertebrate herbivory from plant traits: polycultures show strong nonadditive effects

scientific article published in July 2013

Priority effects transcend scales and disciplines in biology

scientific article published in March 2024

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

scientific article published in March 2024

Reducing dispersal limitation via seed addition increases species richness but not above-ground biomass

scientific article published on 21 June 2020

Relationships between ecosystem functions vary among years and plots and are driven by plant species richness

scientific article published in November 2023

Resistance to rust fungi in Lolium perenne depends on within-species variation and performance of the host species in grasslands of different plant diversity

scientific article

Resource Availability Alters Biodiversity Effects in Experimental Grass-Forb Mixtures

scientific article

Resources, recruitment limitation and invader species identity determine pattern of spontaneous invasion in experimental grasslands

article

Scale-dependent impact of land management on above- and belowground biodiversity

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

Selection for monoculture and mixture genotypes in a biodiversity experiment

scientific article published in 2011

Soil and Plant Nitrogen Pools as Related to Plant Diversity in an Experimental Grassland

article

Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Soil properties as key predictors of global grassland production: Have we overlooked micronutrients?

scientific article

Spatial plant resource acquisition traits explain plant community effects on soil microbial properties

article

Species loss due to nutrient addition increases with spatial scale in global grasslands

scientific article published in 2021

Species losses, gains, and changes in persistent species are associated with distinct effects on ecosystem functioning in global grasslands

Species richness and identity affect the use of aboveground space in experimental grasslands

article

Strengths of fertilizer and litter effects on seedling recruitment and growth of grassland species differ depending on functional groups and seed size

scientific article published in 2024

Sustainable land management enhances ecological and economic multifunctionality under ambient and future climate

scientific article published on 10 June 2024

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Terrestrial laser scanning reveals temporal changes in biodiversity mechanisms driving grassland productivity

scientific article published in 2019

The Future of Complementarity: Disentangling Causes from Consequences

scientific article published on 04 December 2018

The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate

scientific article published on 19 October 2023

The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic

scientific article published on 5 August 2019

The role of biodiversity for element cycling and trophic interactions: an experimental approach in a grassland community

scientific article published in January 2004

Using plant functional traits to explain diversity-productivity relationships

scientific article

What happens to the sown species if a biodiversity experiment is not weeded?

article

List of works by Christiane Roscher

A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions

A functional trait-based approach to understand community assembly and diversity–productivity relationships over 7 years in experimental grasslands

A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research

A new experimental approach to test why biodiversity effects strengthen as ecosystems age

A trait-based experimental approach to understand the mechanisms underlying biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships

Aboveground overyielding in grassland mixtures is associated with reduced biomass partitioning to belowground organs

Adjustment to the light environment in small-statured forbs as a strategy for complementary resource use in mixtures of grassland species ⬇️

An improved model to predict the effects of changing biodiversity levels on ecosystem function

Author Correction: Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems

Author Correction: General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

Author Correction: Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

Below-ground resource partitioning alone cannot explain the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship: A field test using multiple tracers

Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions

Biodiversity effects on plant stoichiometry

Biodiversity facets affect community surface temperature via 3D canopy structure in grassland communities

Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

Biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions

Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment

Biology, chance, or history? The predictable reassembly of temperate grassland communities

Biotic and abiotic properties mediating plant diversity effects on soil microbial communities in an experimental grassland

Biotic interactions, community assembly, and eco-evolutionary dynamics as drivers of long-term biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships

Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

Change in functional trait diversity mediates the effects of nutrient addition on grassland stability

Changes in the abundance of grassland species in monocultures versus mixtures and their relation to biodiversity effects

CoRRE Trait Data: A dataset of 17 categorical and continuous traits for 4079 grassland species worldwide

Community assembly and biomass production in regularly and never weeded experimental grasslands

Complementarity among four highly productive grassland species depends on resource availability

Complementary nitrogen use among potentially dominant species in a biodiversity experiment varies between two years

Compositional variation in grassland plant communities

Connecting experimental biodiversity research to real-world grasslands

Contrasting effects of intraspecific trait variation on trait-based niches and performance of legumes in plant mixtures

Convergent high diversity in naturally colonized experimental grasslands is not related to increased productivity

Cumulative nitrogen enrichment alters the drivers of grassland overyielding

Density-independent mortality and increasing plant diversity are associated with differentiation of Taraxacum officinale into r- and K-strategists

Detecting the role of individual species for overyielding in experimental grassland communities composed of potentially dominant species

Different assembly processes drive shifts in species and functional composition in experimental grasslands varying in sown diversity and community history

Differential effects of plant diversity on functional trait variation of grass species

Diversity promotes temporal stability across levels of ecosystem organization in experimental grasslands

Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems.

Does biodiversity increase spatial stability in plant community biomass?

Does plant diversity influence phosphorus cycling in experimental grasslands?

Dominant species predict plant richness and biomass in global grasslands

Dynamic niche partitioning in root water uptake facilitates efficient water use in more diverse grassland plant communities

Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity

Effects of plant diversity on invertebrate herbivory in experimental grassland

Effects of plant species diversity on nematode community composition and diversity in a long-term biodiversity experiment

Enhanced stability of grassland soil temperature by plant diversity

Establishment of grassland species in monocultures: different strategies lead to success

Experimental plant communities develop phylogenetically overdispersed abundance distributions during assembly

Fertilization, soil and plant community characteristics determine soil microbial activity in managed temperate grasslands

Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity

Flooding disturbances increase resource availability and productivity but reduce stability in diverse plant communities

Foliar and soil δ15N values reveal increased nitrogen partitioning among species in diverse grassland communities

Functional composition has stronger impact than species richness on carbon gain and allocation in experimental grasslands

Functional diversity of leaf nitrogen concentrations drives grassland carbon fluxes

Functional groups differ in trait means, but not in trait plasticity to species richness in local grassland communities

Functional trait dissimilarity drives both species complementarity and competitive disparity

Functionally and phylogenetically diverse plant communities key to soil biota

General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

Genetic differentiation can be predicted from observational data for reproductive but not vegetative traits in a widespread short-lived plant

Genetic identity affects performance of species in grasslands of different plant diversity: an experiment with Lolium perenne cultivars

Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity ⬇️

How do earthworms, soil texture and plant composition affect infiltration along an experimental plant diversity gradient in grassland?

How to estimate complementarity and selection effects from an incomplete sample of species

Identifying population- and community-level mechanisms of diversity-stability relationships in experimental grasslands

Incorporation of mineral nitrogen into the soil food web as affected by plant community composition

Increasing plant diversity of experimental grasslands alters the age and growth of Plantago lanceolata from younger and faster to older and slower

Integrating community assembly and biodiversity to better understand ecosystem function: the Community Assembly and the Functioning of Ecosystems (CAFE) approach

Interactions between functionally diverse fungal mutualists inconsistently affect plant performance and competition

Interspecific competition alters leaf stoichiometry in 20 grassland species

Intra-annual variability of anatomical structure and delta(13)C values within tree rings of spruce and pine in alpine, temperate and boreal Europe

Invertebrate herbivory increases along an experimental gradient of grassland plant diversity

Land use modulates resistance of grasslands against future climate and inter‐annual climate variability in a large field experiment

Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

Legume species differ in the responses of their functional traits to plant diversity

Light and Nutrient Dependent Responses in Secondary Metabolites of Plantago lanceolata Offspring Are Due to Phenotypic Plasticity in Experimental Grasslands

Limited evidence for spatial resource partitioning across temperate grassland biodiversity experiments

Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment

Linking local species coexistence to ecosystem functioning: a conceptual framework from ecological first principles in grassland ecosystems