List of works - Alexandru Milcu

A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions

scientific article

All size classes of soil fauna and litter quality control the acceleration of litter decay in its home environment

article

Animal ecosystem engineers modulate the diversity-invasibility relationship ⬇️

scientific article

Aphid honeydew-induced changes in soil biota can cascade up to tree crown architecture

scholarly article by Alexandru Milcu et al published July 2015 in Pedobiologia

Belowground interactive effects of elevated CO2, plant diversity and earthworms in grassland microcosms

article

Biotic carbon feedbacks in a materially closed soil–vegetation–atmosphere system

article

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

scientific article

Changes in soil microbial substrate utilization in response to altered litter diversity and precipitation in a Mediterranean shrubland

Circadian rhythms regulate the environmental responses of net CO 2 exchange in bean and cotton canopies

article

Decomposers (Lumbricidae, Collembola) affect plant performance in model grasslands of different diversity

scientific article published in October 2006

Earthworm and belowground competition effects on plant productivity in a plant diversity gradient

scientific article published on 13 June 2009

Earthworms and legumes control litter decomposition in a plant diversity gradient

scientific article

Earthworms enhance plant regrowth in a grassland plant diversity gradient

article

Ecotrons: powerful and versatile ecosystem analysers for ecology, agronomy and environmental science

scientific article published on 03 December 2020

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

scientific article published in 2016

Elevated CO2 maintains grassland net carbon uptake under a future heat and drought extreme

scientific article

Functional diversity of leaf nitrogen concentrations drives grassland carbon fluxes

scientific article

Functionally and phylogenetically diverse plant communities key to soil biota

scientific article

Fungal toxins affect the fitness and stable isotope fractionation of Collembola

Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study

scientific article published in 2018

Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study

Global Change Experiments: Challenges and Opportunities

article by Hans J De Boeck et al published 31 July 2015 in BioScience

Higher tree diversity increases soil microbial resistance to drought

scientific article published on 14 July 2020

How does N deposition affect belowground heathland recovery following wildfire?

scholarly article by E.R. Green et al published February 2013 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Identification of General Patterns of Nutrient and Labile Carbon Control on Soil Carbon Dynamics Across a Successional Gradient

article

Impact of above- and below-ground invertebrates on temporal and spatial stability of grassland of different diversity

scientific article published in January 2011

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

article

Memory of environmental conditions across generations affects the acclimation potential of scots pine

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

Night and day – Circadian regulation of night-time dark respiration and light-enhanced dark respiration in plant leaves and canopies

article

Non-intrusive monitoring of atmospheric CO2in analogue models of terrestrial carbon cycle

scientific article published in 2010

Olfactory cues associated with fungal grazing intensity and secondary metabolite pathway modulate Collembola foraging behaviour

Plant community impacts on the structure of earthworm communities depend on season and change with time

article

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

scientific article

Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis.

scientific article

Plant diversity enhances the reliability of belowground processes

article

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

article

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

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Processes driving nocturnal transpiration and implications for estimating land evapotranspiration

scientific article

Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully

scientific article published in 2023

The effects of plant diversity and insect herbivory on performance of individual plant species in experimental grassland

article

The response of decomposers (earthworms, springtails and microorganisms) to variations in species and functional group diversity of plants

article

The role of closed ecological systems in carbon cycle modelling

article published in 2011

Tree species diversity affects decomposition through modified micro-environmental conditions across European forests

scientific article

Tree species mixing affects soil microbial functioning indirectly via root and litter traits and soil parameters in European forests

scientific article published on 02 July 2021

List of works by Alexandru Milcu

A comparison of the strength of biodiversity effects across multiple functions

All size classes of soil fauna and litter quality control the acceleration of litter decay in its home environment

Animal ecosystem engineers modulate the diversity-invasibility relationship ⬇️

Aphid honeydew-induced changes in soil biota can cascade up to tree crown architecture

Belowground interactive effects of elevated CO2, plant diversity and earthworms in grassland microcosms

Biotic carbon feedbacks in a materially closed soil–vegetation–atmosphere system

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

Changes in soil microbial substrate utilization in response to altered litter diversity and precipitation in a Mediterranean shrubland

Circadian rhythms regulate the environmental responses of net CO 2 exchange in bean and cotton canopies

Decomposers (Lumbricidae, Collembola) affect plant performance in model grasslands of different diversity

Earthworm and belowground competition effects on plant productivity in a plant diversity gradient

Earthworms and legumes control litter decomposition in a plant diversity gradient

Earthworms enhance plant regrowth in a grassland plant diversity gradient

Ecotrons: powerful and versatile ecosystem analysers for ecology, agronomy and environmental science

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

Elevated CO2 maintains grassland net carbon uptake under a future heat and drought extreme

Functional diversity of leaf nitrogen concentrations drives grassland carbon fluxes

Functionally and phylogenetically diverse plant communities key to soil biota

Fungal toxins affect the fitness and stable isotope fractionation of Collembola

Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study

Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study

Global Change Experiments: Challenges and Opportunities

Higher tree diversity increases soil microbial resistance to drought

How does N deposition affect belowground heathland recovery following wildfire?

Identification of General Patterns of Nutrient and Labile Carbon Control on Soil Carbon Dynamics Across a Successional Gradient

Impact of above- and below-ground invertebrates on temporal and spatial stability of grassland of different diversity

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

Memory of environmental conditions across generations affects the acclimation potential of scots pine

Night and day – Circadian regulation of night-time dark respiration and light-enhanced dark respiration in plant leaves and canopies

Non-intrusive monitoring of atmospheric CO2in analogue models of terrestrial carbon cycle

Olfactory cues associated with fungal grazing intensity and secondary metabolite pathway modulate Collembola foraging behaviour

Plant community impacts on the structure of earthworm communities depend on season and change with time

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

Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis.

Plant diversity enhances the reliability of belowground processes

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

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

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

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

Processes driving nocturnal transpiration and implications for estimating land evapotranspiration

Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully

The effects of plant diversity and insect herbivory on performance of individual plant species in experimental grassland

The response of decomposers (earthworms, springtails and microorganisms) to variations in species and functional group diversity of plants

The role of closed ecological systems in carbon cycle modelling

Top canopy nitrogen allocation linked to increased grassland carbon uptake in stands of varying species richness

Tree species diversity affects decomposition through modified micro-environmental conditions across European forests

Tree species mixing affects soil microbial functioning indirectly via root and litter traits and soil parameters in European forests