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The Jena Experiment is a DFG-funded Research Unit (FOR 5000) that builds on a long history of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) research (FOR 456; FOR 1451). Despite broad consensus of the positive BEF relationship, the underlying ecological and evolutionary mechanisms have not been well understood. The Jena Experiment aims at filling this gap of knowledge by applying novel experimental and analytical approaches in one of the longest-running biodiversity experiments in the world (running since 2002). The central aim of the Research Unit is to uncover the mechanisms that determine BEF relationships in the short- and in the long-term.
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New publication from Bröcher et al. in Oecologia: Effects of plant diversity on species-specific herbivory: patterns and mechanisms March 27, 2023 7:41am - Invertebrate herbivory can shape plant communities when impacting growth and fitness of some plant species… 
New publication from Dietrich et al. in Ecology and Evolution: Linking plant diversity–productivity relationships to plant functional traits of dominant species and changes in soil properties in 15-year-old experimental grasslands March 16, 2023 9:45am - Positive plant diversity–productivity relationships are known to be driven by complementary resource use via differences… 
New publication from Lange et al. in Global Change Biology: Increased soil carbon storage through plant diversity strengthens with time and extends into the subsoil March 2, 2023 9:11am - Soils are important for ecosystem functioning and service provisioning. Soil communities and their functions, in… 
New publication from Lange et al. in Scientific Reports: Restoration of insect communities after land use change is shaped by plant diversity: a case study on carabid beetles (Carabidae) February 16, 2023 9:48am - There is no doubt about the insect decline currently taking place in ecosystems with large… 
Gärtner/in (m/w/d) gesucht February 15, 2023 8:34am - Die Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena ist eine traditionsreiche und forschungsstarke Universität im Zentrum Deutschlands. Als Volluniversität verfügt… 
New publication from Wagg et al. in Nature Communication: Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment December 15, 2022 8:17am - Numerous studies have demonstrated that biodiversity drives ecosystem functioning, yet how biodiversity loss alters ecosystems…
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