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The Jena Experiment is seeking PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and technical staff
Within the DFG Research Unit FOR 5000 (Biotic interactions, community assembly, and eco-evolutionary dynamics as drivers of long-term biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships), nine four-year PhD positions, a three-year postdoctoral position, and…
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Funding new research in the Jena Experiment – focus on ecosystem stability
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) to fund Research Unit for another four years Joint media release from iDiv, Leipzig University and Friedrich Schiller University Jena Jena/Leipzig. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) is to…
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New publication from Hennecke et al. in New Phytologist: Responses of rhizosphere fungi to the root economics space in grassland monocultures of different age
Recent studies on root traits have shown that there are two axes explaining trait variation belowground: the collaboration axis with mycorrhizal partners and the conservation (‘fast – slow’) axis. However,…
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New publication from Pinheiro Alves de Souza et al. in Microbial Ecology: Deterministic development of soil Microbial communities in disturbed soils depends on microbial biomass of the bioinoculum
Despite its enormous importance for ecosystem services, factors driving microbial recolonization of soils after disturbance are still poorly understood. Here, we compared the microbial recolonization patterns of a disturbed, autoclaved…
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New publication from Albracht et al. in Frontiers in Soil Science: Effects of recurrent summer droughts on arbuscular mycorrhizal and total fungal communities in experimental grasslands differing in plant diversity and community composition
Introduction: Biodiversity loss and climate change have been determined as major global drivers affecting ecosystems and their functioning. In this context, drought was shown to have negative effects on ecosystems…
