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Blüthgen, N., and A.-M. Klein. 2011. Functional complementarity and specialisation: The role of biodiversity in plant–pollinator interactions. Basic and Applied Ecology 12:282–291. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2010.11.001

Butenschoen, O., S. Scheu, and N. Eisenhauer. 2011. Interactive effects of warming, soil humidity and plant diversity on litter decomposition and microbial activity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43:1902–1907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.05.011

Connolly, J., M. W. Cadotte, C. Brophy, Á. Dooley, J. Finn, L. Kirwan, et al. 2011. Phylogenetically diverse grasslands are associated with pairwise interspecific processes that increase biomass. Ecology 92:1385–1392. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-2270.1

Ebeling, A., A.-M. Klein, and T. Tscharntke. 2011. Plant–flower visitor interaction webs: Temporal stability and pollinator specialization increases along an experimental plant diversity gradient. Basic and Applied Ecology 12:300–309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2011.04.005

Eisenhauer, N., V. D. Migunova, M. Ackermann, L. Ruess, and S. Scheu. 2011a. Changes in plant species richness induce functional shifts in soil nematode communities in experimental grassland. PLOS ONE 6:e24087. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024087

Eisenhauer, N., A. Milcu, E. Allan, N. Nitschke, C. Scherber, V. Temperton, et al. 2011b. Impact of above- and below-ground invertebrates on temporal and spatial stability of grassland of different diversity. Journal of Ecology 99:572–582. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01783.x

Eisenhauer, N., A. Milcu, A. C. W. Sabais, H. Bessler, J. Brenner, C. Engels, et al. 2011c. Plant diversity surpasses plant functional groups and plant productivity as driver of soil biota in the long term. PLOS ONE 6:e16055. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016055

Eisenhauer, N., A. C. W. Sabais, and S. Scheu. 2011d. Collembola species composition and diversity effects on ecosystem functioning vary with plant functional group identity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43:1697–1704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.04.015

Eisenhauer, N., and M. Schädler. 2011. Inconsistent impacts of decomposer diversity on the stability of aboveground and belowground ecosystem functions. Oecologia 165:403–415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1784-0

Gubsch, M., C. Roscher, G. Gleixner, M. Habekost, A. Lipowsky, B. Schmid, et al. 2011. Foliar and soil δ15n values reveal increased nitrogen partitioning among species in diverse grassland communities. Plant, cell & environment 34:895–908. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02287.x

Hector, A., T. Bell, Y. Hautier, F. Isbell, M. Kéry, P. B. Reich, et al. 2011. Bugs in the analysis of biodiversity experiments: Species richness and composition are of similar importance for grassland productivity. PLOS ONE 6:e17434. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017434

Isbell, F., V. Calcagno, A. Hector, J. Connolly, W. S. Harpole, P. B. Reich, et al. 2011. High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services. Nature 477:199–202. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10282

Lipowsky, A., B. Schmid, and C. Roscher. 2011. Selection for monoculture and mixture genotypes in a biodiversity experiment. Basic and Applied Ecology 12:360–371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2011.03.005

Mraja, A., S. B. Unsicker, M. Reichelt, J. Gershenzon, and C. Roscher. 2011. Plant community diversity influences allocation to direct chemical defence in plantago lanceolata. PLOS ONE 6:e28055. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028055

Nestmann, S., T. Sretenovic Rajicic, K. J. Dehmer, M. Fischer, J. Schumacher, and C. Roscher. 2011. Plant species diversity and composition of experimental grasslands affect genetic differentiation of lolium perenne populations. Molecular Ecology 20:2188–2203. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05027.x

Oelmann, Y., N. Buchmann, G. Gleixner, M. Habekost, C. Roscher, S. Rosenkranz, et al. 2011a. Plant diversity effects on aboveground and belowground n pools in temperate grassland ecosystems: Development in the first 5 years after establishment. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 25:GB2014. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GB003869

Oelmann, Y., A. K. Richter, C. Roscher, S. Rosenkranz, V. M. Temperton, W. W. Weisser, et al. 2011b. Does plant diversity influence phosphorus cycling in experimental grasslands? Geoderma 167-168:178–187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.09.012

Roscher, C., W. L. Kutsch, O. Kolle, W. Ziegler, and E.-D. Schulze. 2011a. Adjustment to the light environment in small-statured forbs as a strategy for complementary resource use in mixtures of grassland species. Annals of Botany 107:965–979. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcr044

Roscher, C., W. L. Kutsch, and E. D. Schulze. 2011b. Light and nitrogen competition limit lolium perenne in experimental grasslands of increasing plant diversity. Plant Biology 13:134–144. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00338.x

Roscher, C., M. Scherer-Lorenzen, J. Schumacher, V. M. Temperton, N. Buchmann, and E.-D. Schulze. 2011c. Plant resource-use characteristics as predictors for species contribution to community biomass in experimental grasslands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 13:1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2010.11.001

Roscher, C., B. Schmid, N. Buchmann, A. Weigelt, and E.-D. Schulze. 2011d. Legume species differ in the responses of their functional traits to plant diversity. Oecologia 165:437–452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1735-9

Roscher, C., S. Thein, A. Weigelt, V. M. Temperton, N. Buchmann, and E.-D. Schulze. 2011e. N2 fixation and performance of 12 legume species in a 6-year grassland biodiversity experiment. Plant and Soil 341:333–348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-010-0647-0

Roscher, C., A. Weigelt, R. Proulx, E. Marquard, J. Schumacher, W. W. Weisser, et al. 2011f. Identifying population- and community-level mechanisms of diversity–stability relationships in experimental grasslands. Journal of Ecology 99:1460–1469. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01875.x

Sabais, A. C. W., S. Scheu, and N. Eisenhauer. 2011. Plant species richness drives the density and diversity of collembola in temperate grassland. Acta Oecologica 37:195–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2011.02.002

Zuppinger-Dingley, D., B. Schmid, Y. Chen, H. Brandl, M. G. A. van der Heijden, and J. Joshi. 2011. In their native range, invasive plants are held in check by negative soil-feedbacks. Ecosphere2:art54. https://doi.org/10.1890/ES11-00061.1