Month: July 2021
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How does biodiversity loss affect the response of plant species to global change?
Principle Investigators: Christiane Roscher, Nico Eisenhauer, Simone Cesarz PhD student: Peter Dietrich Loss of diversity can alter the selection environment that plants experience, so that persisting species must adapt to…
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New publication from Oelmann et al. in Nature Communications: Above- and belowground biodiversity jointly tighten the P cycle in agricultural grasslands
Experiments showed that biodiversity increases grassland productivity and nutrient exploitation, potentially reducing fertiliser needs. Enhancing biodiversity could improve P-use efficiency of grasslands, which is beneficial given that rock-derived P fertilisers…