2025

Amyntas, A., B. Gauzens, M. Ciobanu, L. Warnke, M. Maraun, et al. 2025. Shared community history strengthens plant diversity effects on below-ground multitrophic functioning. Journal of Animal Ecology n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14241.

Angst, Š., G. Angst, K. E. Mueller, M. Lange, N. Eisenhauer, 2025. Un(Der)Explored Links between Plant Diversity and Particulate and Mineral-Associated Organic Matter in Soil. Nature Communications, 16 (1), 5548. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60712-6.

Bachmann, D., N. Buchmann, A. Ebeling, and C. Roscher. 2025. Traits of the leaf economics spectrum do not always relate to species biomass proportions in grassland communities of varying diversity. Ecology and Evolution 15:e72013. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72013.

Bassi, L., J. Hennecke, C. Albracht, M. D. Solbach, A. Rai, et al. 2025. Plant species richness promotes the decoupling of leaf and root defence traits while species-specific responses in physical and chemical defences are rare. New Phytologist n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20434.

Bonato Asato, A. E., A. Ebeling, C. Wirth, N. Eisenhauer, and J. Hines. 2025. Positive plant diversity effects on soil detritivore feeding activity and stability increase with ecosystem age. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 200:109637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109637.

Bonato Asato, A. E., C. Guimarães-Steinicke, G. Stein, B. Schreck, T. Kattenborn, et al. 2025. Seasonal shifts in plant diversity effects on above-ground–below-ground phenological synchrony. Journal of Ecology 113:472–484. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14470.

Buzhdygan, O. Y., B. Tietjen, J. S. Petermann, N. Eisenhauer, J. Hines, et al. 2025. Plant diversity facets differentially affect energy dynamics in grasslands depending on trophic contexts. Ecological Monographs 95:e70004. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70004.

De Giorgi, F., W. Durka, Y. Huang, B. Schmid, and C. Roscher. 2025. Selection and phenotypic plasticity shape plant performance in a grassland biodiversity experiment. Ecology and Evolution 15:e71117. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71117.

Hennecke, J., L. Bassi, C. Albracht, A. Amyntas, J. Bergmann, et al. 2025. Plant Species Richness and the Root Economics Space Drive Soil Fungal Communities. Ecology Letters 28:e70032. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70032.

Roscher, C. 2025. Competitive superiority of non-native invaders becomes weaker when plant diversity increases – a case study with Solidago species. NeoBiota 100:239–256. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.100.153209.