List of works - Steffen Boch

A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization

scientific article published in 2012

A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification

scientific article published on 10 February 2024

Above- and belowground biodiversity jointly tighten the P cycle in agricultural grasslands

scientific article published on 21 July 2021

Among stand heterogeneity is key for biodiversity in managed beech forests but does not question the value of unmanaged forests: Response to Bruun and Heilmann‐Clausen (2021)

scientific article published on 31 August 2021

Are gastropods, rather than ants, important dispersers of seeds of myrmecochorous forest herbs?

scientific article published on 22 November 2011

Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

scientific article

Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article

Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity show contrasting elevation relationships and are negatively affected by disturbances in laurel forests of Madeira island

scientific article published in 2019

Changes in plant-herbivore network structure and robustness along land-use intensity gradients in grasslands and forests

scientific article published on 14 May 2021

Classification of the high‐rank syntaxa of the Central and Eastern Balkan dry grasslands with a new hierarchical expert system approach

scientific article published in 2024

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

scientific article

Contrasting effects of grassland management modes on species-abundance distributions of multiple groups

article

Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity

scientific article published on 24 June 2021

Corrigendum to “Seasonal controls on grassland microbial biogeography: are they governed by plants, abiotic properties or both?” [Soil Biology and Biochemistry 71 (April 2014), 21–30]

article

Database Species-Area Relationships in Palaearctic Grasslands

scientific article published in 2012

Differences in soil fungal communities between European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) dominated forests are related to soil and understory vegetation

scientific article

Different land use intensities in grassland ecosystems drive ecology of microbial communities involved in nitrogen turnover in soil

scientific article

Differential responses of herbivores and herbivory to management in temperate European beech

scientific article

Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe’s alien and native floras ⬇️

scientific article

Direct and Indirect Effects of Management Intensity and Environmental Factors on the Functional Diversity of Lichens in Central European Forests

scientific article published on 23 February 2021

Direct and indirect effects of land use on bryophytes in grasslands

scientific article published on 04 July 2018

Direct and productivity-mediated indirect effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on grassland species richness

scientific article published in 2012

Dispersal ability, trophic position and body size mediate species turnover processes: Insights from a multi‐taxa and multi‐scale approach

scientific article published on 30 November 2020

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

scientific article published in January 2024

Does organic grassland farming benefit plant and arthropod diversity at the expense of yield and soil fertility?

article

Does plant diversity affect the water balance of established grassland systems?

article

Drivers of nitrogen leaching from organic layers in Central European beech forests

article by Martin T. Schwarz et al published 30 January 2016 in Plant and Soil

Drivers of plant diversity in Bulgarian dry grasslands vary across spatial scales and functional‐taxonomic groups

scientific article published in 2020

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

scientific article published on 26 July 2020

Ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic soil fungal biomass are driven by different factors and vary among broadleaf and coniferous temperate forests

scientific article published in April 2019

Effects of forest management on bryophyte species richness in Central European forests

scientific article published on 16 October 2018

Effects of forest management on ground-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae , Staphylinidae ) in Central Europe are mainly mediated by changes in forest structure

scholarly article by Markus Lange published in October 2014

Endozoochory by slugs can increase bryophyte establishment and species richness

article

Factors controlling decomposition rates of fine root litter in temperate forests and grasslands

scholarly article by Emily F Solly et al published 27 May 2014 in Plant and Soil

Fern and bryophyte endozoochory by slugs

scientific article published in December 2012

Fine‐grain beta diversity of Palaearctic grassland vegetation

scientific article published on 22 May 2021

Gastropod seed dispersal: an invasive slug destroys far more seeds in its gut than native gastropods ⬇️

scientific article

Gastropods slow down succession and maintain diversity in cryptogam communities

scientific article

GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands

article

Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa

article

Grassland‐use intensity maps for Switzerland based on satellite time series: Challenges and opportunities for ecological applications

scientific article published in 2023

Grazing response patterns indicate isolation of semi-natural European grasslands

article

Haymaking complemented by moderate disturbances can sustain and restore species-rich alpine to subalpine grasslands

scientific article published in 2024

High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests

article

Influence of experimental soil disturbances on the diversity of plants in agricultural grasslands

article

Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions

article

Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity

scientific article

Intransitive competition is common across five major taxonomic groups and is driven by productivity, competitive rank and functional traits

article

Intransitive competition is widespread in plant communities and maintains their species richness

scientific article published on June 2015

Is fern endozoochory widespread among fern-eating herbivores?

scientific article published in 2015

Land use imperils plant and animal community stability through changes in asynchrony rather than diversity

scientific article

Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

scientific article

Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services

scientific article published on 22 October 2020

Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity

scientific article published on 16 January 2023

Landscape-Scale Mixtures of Tree Species are More Effective than Stand-Scale Mixtures for Biodiversity of Vascular Plants, Bryophytes and Lichens

scientific article published on 19 January 2019

Lichen endozoochory by snails

scientific article published in 2011

Lichen species richness is highest in non-intensively used grasslands promoting suitable microhabitats and low vascular plant competition

Living in Heterogeneous Woodlands - Are Habitat Continuity or Quality Drivers of Genetic Variability in a Flightless Ground Beetle?

scientific article

Local and landscape-scale forest attributes differ in their impact on bird assemblages across years in forest production landscapes

article

Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article published in May 2016

Mapping species richness of plant families in European vegetation

scientific article published on 26 April 2021

More efficient aboveground nitrogen use in more diverse Central European forest canopies

scientific article published in 2014

Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services

scientific article published in Nature Communications

NIRS meets Ellenberg's indicator values: Prediction of moisture and nitrogen values of agricultural grassland vegetation by means of near-infrared spectral characteristics

scientific article published in 2012

Neophyte invasions in European grasslands

scientific article published on 07 April 2021

Nordic-Baltic Grassland Vegetation Database (NBGVD) – current state and future prospects

scientific article published on 23 May 2024

Nutrient concentrations and fibre contents of plant community biomass reflect species richness patterns along a broad range of land-use intensities among agricultural grasslands

article

Nutrient stoichiometry and land use rather than species richness determine plant functional diversity

scientific article published on 3 December 2017

Phylogenetic and functional traits of ectomycorrhizal assemblages in top soil from different biogeographic regions and forest types

scientific article

Plant species richness increases with light availability, but not variability, in temperate forests understorey

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

scientific article published in March 2024

Resource-mediated indirect effects of grassland management on arthropod diversity

scientific article

Richness of lichen species, especially of threatened ones, is promoted by management methods furthering stand continuity

scientific article

Sampling-Design Effects on Properties of Species-Area Relationships – A Case Study from Estonian Dry Grassland Communities

Scale-dependent patterns and drivers of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen diversity in dry grasslands of the Swiss inneralpine valleys

Seasonal controls on grassland microbial biogeography: Are they governed by plants, abiotic properties or both?

article

Soil property and management effects on grassland microbial communities across a latitudinal gradient in Germany

article

Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features

scientific article published on 21 November 2018

Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation: Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Temporal and small-scale spatial variation in grassland productivity, biomass quality, and nutrient limitation

scientific article published in 2016

The impact of even-aged and uneven-aged forest management on regional biodiversity of multiple taxa in European beech forests

article by Peter Schall et al published 30 June 2017 in Journal of Applied Ecology

The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

Up in the tree--the overlooked richness of bryophytes and lichens in tree crowns

scientific article

Will I stay or will I go? Plant species‐specific response and tolerance to high land‐use intensity in temperate grassland ecosystems

scientific article published on 20 March 2019

List of works by Steffen Boch

A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization

A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land-use intensification

Above- and belowground biodiversity jointly tighten the P cycle in agricultural grasslands

Among stand heterogeneity is key for biodiversity in managed beech forests but does not question the value of unmanaged forests: Response to Bruun and Heilmann‐Clausen (2021)

Are gastropods, rather than ants, important dispersers of seeds of myrmecochorous forest herbs?

Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats

Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity show contrasting elevation relationships and are negatively affected by disturbances in laurel forests of Madeira island

Changes in plant-herbivore network structure and robustness along land-use intensity gradients in grasslands and forests

Classification of the high‐rank syntaxa of the Central and Eastern Balkan dry grasslands with a new hierarchical expert system approach

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

Contrasting effects of grassland management modes on species-abundance distributions of multiple groups

Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity

Corrigendum to “Seasonal controls on grassland microbial biogeography: are they governed by plants, abiotic properties or both?” [Soil Biology and Biochemistry 71 (April 2014), 21–30]

Database Species-Area Relationships in Palaearctic Grasslands

Differences in soil fungal communities between European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) dominated forests are related to soil and understory vegetation

Different land use intensities in grassland ecosystems drive ecology of microbial communities involved in nitrogen turnover in soil

Differential responses of herbivores and herbivory to management in temperate European beech

Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe’s alien and native floras ⬇️

Direct and Indirect Effects of Management Intensity and Environmental Factors on the Functional Diversity of Lichens in Central European Forests

Direct and indirect effects of land use on bryophytes in grasslands

Direct and productivity-mediated indirect effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on grassland species richness

Dispersal ability, trophic position and body size mediate species turnover processes: Insights from a multi‐taxa and multi‐scale approach

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

Does organic grassland farming benefit plant and arthropod diversity at the expense of yield and soil fertility?

Does plant diversity affect the water balance of established grassland systems?

Drivers of nitrogen leaching from organic layers in Central European beech forests

Drivers of plant diversity in Bulgarian dry grasslands vary across spatial scales and functional‐taxonomic groups

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

Ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic soil fungal biomass are driven by different factors and vary among broadleaf and coniferous temperate forests

Effects of forest management on bryophyte species richness in Central European forests

Effects of forest management on ground-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae , Staphylinidae ) in Central Europe are mainly mediated by changes in forest structure

Endozoochory by slugs can increase bryophyte establishment and species richness

Factors controlling decomposition rates of fine root litter in temperate forests and grasslands

Fern and bryophyte endozoochory by slugs

Fine‐grain beta diversity of Palaearctic grassland vegetation

Gastropod seed dispersal: an invasive slug destroys far more seeds in its gut than native gastropods ⬇️

Gastropods slow down succession and maintain diversity in cryptogam communities

GrassPlot – a database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands

Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa

Grassland‐use intensity maps for Switzerland based on satellite time series: Challenges and opportunities for ecological applications

Grazing response patterns indicate isolation of semi-natural European grasslands

Haymaking complemented by moderate disturbances can sustain and restore species-rich alpine to subalpine grasslands

High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests

Influence of experimental soil disturbances on the diversity of plants in agricultural grasslands

Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions

Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity

Intransitive competition is common across five major taxonomic groups and is driven by productivity, competitive rank and functional traits

Intransitive competition is widespread in plant communities and maintains their species richness

Is fern endozoochory widespread among fern-eating herbivores?

Land use imperils plant and animal community stability through changes in asynchrony rather than diversity

Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities

Land-use intensity alters networks between biodiversity, ecosystem functions, and services

Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity

Landscape-Scale Mixtures of Tree Species are More Effective than Stand-Scale Mixtures for Biodiversity of Vascular Plants, Bryophytes and Lichens

Lichen endozoochory by snails

Lichen species richness is highest in non-intensively used grasslands promoting suitable microhabitats and low vascular plant competition

Living in Heterogeneous Woodlands - Are Habitat Continuity or Quality Drivers of Genetic Variability in a Flightless Ground Beetle?

Local and landscape-scale forest attributes differ in their impact on bird assemblages across years in forest production landscapes

Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality

Mapping species richness of plant families in European vegetation

More efficient aboveground nitrogen use in more diverse Central European forest canopies

Multiple forest attributes underpin the supply of multiple ecosystem services

NIRS meets Ellenberg's indicator values: Prediction of moisture and nitrogen values of agricultural grassland vegetation by means of near-infrared spectral characteristics

Neophyte invasions in European grasslands

Nordic-Baltic Grassland Vegetation Database (NBGVD) – current state and future prospects

Nutrient concentrations and fibre contents of plant community biomass reflect species richness patterns along a broad range of land-use intensities among agricultural grasslands

Nutrient stoichiometry and land use rather than species richness determine plant functional diversity

Phylogenetic and functional traits of ectomycorrhizal assemblages in top soil from different biogeographic regions and forest types

Plant species richness increases with light availability, but not variability, in temperate forests understorey

ReSurveyEurope: A database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe

Resource-mediated indirect effects of grassland management on arthropod diversity

Richness of lichen species, especially of threatened ones, is promoted by management methods furthering stand continuity

Sampling-Design Effects on Properties of Species-Area Relationships – A Case Study from Estonian Dry Grassland Communities

Scale-dependent patterns and drivers of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen diversity in dry grasslands of the Swiss inneralpine valleys

Seasonal controls on grassland microbial biogeography: Are they governed by plants, abiotic properties or both?

Soil property and management effects on grassland microbial communities across a latitudinal gradient in Germany

Specialisation and diversity of multiple trophic groups are promoted by different forest features

Species–area relationships in continuous vegetation: Evidence from Palaearctic grasslands