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A facilitation between large herbivores and ants accelerates litter decomposition by modifying soil microenvironmental conditions

scientific article published in 2021

Aboveground mammal and invertebrate exclusions cause consistent changes in soil food webs of two subalpine grassland types, but mechanisms are system-specific

scientific article published in 2016

Aboveground vertebrate and invertebrate herbivore impact on net N mineralization in subalpine grasslands

scientific article published in December 2015

Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity

scientific article published on 24 August 2016

Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition predicts local grassland primary production worldwide

scientific article published in June 2015

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

Author Correction: Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s

scientific article published in 2024

CO2 efflux from a red wood ant mound in a boreal forest

Carbon dioxide fluxes in a spatially and temporally heterogeneous temperate grassland.

scientific article

Carex sempervirens tussocks induce spatial heterogeneity in litter decomposition, but not in soil properties, in a subalpine grassland in the Central Alps

scientific article published in 2011

Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity ⬇️

article

Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness"

scientific article published in Science

Consistent responses of soil microbial communities to elevated nutrient inputs in grasslands across the globe

scientific article published in September 2015

Continuous Fields From Imaging Spectrometer Data for Ecosystem Parameter Mapping and Their Potential for Animal Habitat Assessment in Alpine Regions

Description of the sexuales of Myzodium modestum (Hottes) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) discovered in the Swiss Alps

scientific article (publication date: 24 November 2016)

Detecting successional changes in long-term empirical data from subalpine conifer forests

scientific article published in 2004

Distribution and habitat requirements of red wood ants in Switzerland: Implications for conservation

article

Diurnal and Seasonal Patterns in Ecosystem CO2 Fluxes and Their Controls in a Temperate Grassland

scientific article published in 2010

Do changes in soil properties after rooting by wild boars (Sus scrofa) affect understory vegetation in Swiss hardwood forests?

article

Does the aboveground herbivore assemblage influence soil bacterial community composition and richness in subalpine grasslands?

scientific article published on 3 June 2014

Does the mutualism between wood ants (Formica rufa group) and Cinara aphids affect Norway spruce growth?

scientific article published in 2009

Does topsoil removal in grassland restoration benefit both soil nematode and plant communities?

scientific article published on 19 April 2019

Dominant native and non‐native graminoids differ in key leaf traits irrespective of nutrient availability

scientific article published on 12 March 2020

Dominant species predict plant richness and biomass in global grasslands

Effects of elk and bison carcasses on soil microbial communities and ecosystem functions in Yellowstone, USA

scientific article published in 2020

Effects of grazing and soil micro-climate on decomposition rates in a spatio-temporally heterogeneous grassland

Effects of increased soil water availability on grassland ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes

Effects of wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) rooting on the bacterial community structure in mixed-hardwood forest soils in Switzerland

article

Endozoochorous seed dispersal and germination strategies of Serengeti plants

article

Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass

scientific article published on 31 March 2023

Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands ⬇️

scientific article published on 16 February 2014

Evaluating long‐term success in grassland restoration: an ecosystem multifunctionality approach

scientific article published on 04 December 2020

Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity

scientific article published in 2022

Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity

scientific article published on 06 March 2021

First evidence that the sodium ecosystem respiration (SER) hypothesis may also hold for a coastal tropical rainforest

article

Foraging ecology of three sympatric ungulate species - Behavioural and resource maps indicate differences between chamois, ibex and red deer

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Global Grassland Diazotrophic Communities Are Structured by Combined Abiotic, Biotic, and Spatial Distance Factors but Resilient to Fertilization

scientific article published on 28 March 2022

Global impacts of fertilization and herbivore removal on soil net nitrogen mineralization are modulated by local climate and soil properties

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Global maps of soil temperature

scientific article published on 30 December 2021

Global maps of soil temperature

Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Grubbing by wild boars (Sus scrofa L.) and its impact on hardwood forest soil carbon dioxide emissions in Switzerland

scientific article published on 30 May 2010

Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation

scientific article published on 9 March 2014

Herbivores sculpt leaf traits differently in grasslands depending on life form and land-use histories

scientific article published on January 2017

Herbivory and eutrophication mediate grassland plant nutrient responses across a global climatic gradient. ⬇️

scientific article published on 31 March 2018

How to predict plant functional types using imaging spectroscopy: linking vegetation community traits, plant functional types and spectral response

article

Hydrothermal conditions determine soil potential net N mineralization rates in arid and semi‐arid grasslands

scientific article published in 2022

Impact of herbivory by red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) on patterns and processes in subalpine grasslands in the Swiss National Park

article

Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Indirect short- and long-term effects of aboveground invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores on soil microarthropod communities

scientific article

Influence of migratory ungulate management on competitive interactions with resident species in a protected area

article

Initial turnover rates of two standard wood substrates following land-use change in subalpine ecosystems in the Swiss Alps

article

Interactive and unimodal relationships between plant biomass, abiotic factors, and plant diversity in global grasslands

scientific article published on 21 January 2025

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

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Leaf trait variability between and within subalpine grassland species differs depending on site conditions and herbivory

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Life-history constraints in grassland plant species: a growth-defence trade-off is the norm

scientific article

Linkages between grazing history and herbivore exclusion on decomposition rates in mineral soils of subalpine grasslands

article

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

scientific article published on 24 October 2022

Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 December 2017

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

Long-term development of above- and below-ground carbon stocks following land-use change in subalpine ecosystems of the Swiss National Park

article

Long-term restoration success of insect herbivore communities in semi-natural grasslands: a functional approach

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Long‐term recovery of above‐ and below‐ground interactions in restored grasslands after topsoil removal and seed addition

scientific article published on 25 February 2022

Mammal-induced trophic cascades in invertebrate food webs are modulated by grazing intensity in subalpine grassland

scientific article published on 16 August 2017

Mammalian herbivores affect leafhoppers associated with specific plant functional types at different timescales

article

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

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

Multidimensional responses of grassland stability to eutrophication

scientific article published in 2023

Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide

scientific article published on 06 July 2021

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 increases early‐stage and slows late‐stage decomposition across diverse grasslands

scientific article published on 26 March 2022

Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Nutrient identity modifies the destabilising effects of eutrophication in grasslands

scientific article published on 27 December 2021

Nutrient release from moose bioturbation in aquatic ecosystems

scientific article published in 2016

Nutrients and herbivores impact grassland stability across spatial scales through different pathways

scientific article published on 18 January 2022

Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory

scientific article published on 27 November 2020

Out of the shadows: multiple nutrient limitations drive relationships among biomass, light and plant diversity

scientific article published in September 2017

Phosphorus Translocation by Red Deer on a Subalpine Grassland in the Central European Alps

article by Martin Schütz et al published 31 May 2006 in Ecosystems

Planning for the future: Grasslands, herbivores, and nature‐based solutions

scientific article published in 2024

Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide

scientific article published on 28 November 2014

Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Predicting long-term development of abandoned subalpine conifer forests in the Swiss National Park

article

Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness

scientific article

Progressively excluding mammals of different body size affects community and trait structure of ground beetles

scientific article published in 2018

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

scientific article published in March 2024

Responses of plant leaf economic and hydraulic traits mediate the effects of early- and late-season drought on grassland productivity

article

Seed dispersal in red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) dung and its potential importance for vegetation dynamics in subalpine grasslands

article

Seed germination cues and the importance of the soil seed bank across an environmental gradient in the Serengeti

scientific article published in 2011

Simulating structural forest patterns with a forest gap model: a model evaluation

article

Size-dependent loss of aboveground animals differentially affects grassland ecosystem coupling and functions

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Soil CO2 Emissions Associated with Termitaria in Tropical Savanna: Evidence for Hot-Spot Compensation

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

Sources of variation in the incidence of ant-aphid mutualism in boreal forests

Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilisation

article

Spatiotemporal dynamics of natural tree regeneration in unmanaged subalpine conifer forests with high wild ungulate densities

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

scientific article published in 2021

Stand type is more important than red wood ant abundance for the structure of ground-dwelling arthropod assemblages in managed boreal forests

Stem exclusion and mortality in unmanaged subalpine forests of the Swiss Alps

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Struktur und Langzeitentwicklung von subalpinen Pinus montana Miller und Pinus cembra L. Waldern in den zentraleuropaischen Alpen

THE CONTRIBUTION OF RED WOOD ANTS TO SOIL C AND N POOLS AND CO2EMISSIONS IN SUBALPINE FORESTS

article by Anita C. Risch et al published February 2005 in Ecology

Temporal rarity is a better predictor of local extinction risk than spatial rarity

scientific article published in 2021

The Response of Soil CO2 Fluxes to Progressively Excluding Vertebrate and Invertebrate Herbivores Depends on Ecosystem Type

article

The Role of Wood Ants (Formica rufa group) in Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics of a Boreal Norway Spruce Forest Ecosystem

article

The distribution of a group of keystone species is not associated with anthropogenic habitat disturbance

The effect of red wood ant (Formica rufa group) mounds on root biomass, density, and nutrient concentrations in boreal managed forests

The effect of stand age on CO2 efflux from wood ant (Formica rufa group) mounds in boreal forests

article

The impact of ants on mineral soil properties and processes at different spatial scales

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

scientific article published on 19 October 2023

Using imaging spectroscopy to predict above-ground plant biomass in alpine grasslands grazed by large ungulates

article

Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s

scientific article published on 5 August 2024

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