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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 Bonato Asato et al. in Soil Biology and Biochemistry: Positive plant diversity effects on soil detritivore feeding activity and stability increase with ecosystem age October 25, 2024 8:06am - Increasing species diversity frequently enhances ecosystem functioning - a pattern strengthened with ecosystem age. It… 
New Publication from Hutengs et al. in Geoderma: Enhanced VNIR and MIR proximal sensing of soil organic matter and PLFA-derived soil microbial properties through machine learning ensembles and external parameter orthogonalization September 26, 2024 2:43pm - Portable visible-to-near-infrared (VNIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy coupled with machine learning can provide detailed and… 
New Publication from Li et al. in Nature Ecology and Evolution: Plant diversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality via multitrophic diversity August 29, 2024 2:09pm - A latest international research has shown that, in both forest and grassland ecosystems, the association… 
New Publication from Zhou et al. in Nature Geoscience: Resistance of ecosystem services to global change weakened by increasing number of environmental stressors August 26, 2024 1:49pm - Terrestrial ecosystems are subjected to multiple global changes simultaneously. Yet, how an increasing number of… 
New Publicaion from Eisenhauer et al. in Basic and Applied Ecology: The multiple-mechanisms hypothesis of biodiversity–stability relationships August 8, 2024 1:40pm - Long-term research in grassland biodiversity experiments has provided empirical evidence that ecological and evolutionary processes… 
New Publicaion from Lipoma et al. in Global Ecology & Biogeography: No general support for functional diversity enhancing resilience across terrestrial plant communities August 5, 2024 8:00am - Aim Understanding the mechanisms promoting resilience in plant communities is crucial in times of increasing…
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