Prof. Helge Bruelheide

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Academic positions

 

  • since 2004 Professor for Geobotany at the Institute of Biology / Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • 2001–2003 Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Goettingen University
  • 1995–2001 Research assistant in the Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Goettingen University
  • 1990–1996 Research assistant of the Department of Vegetation Science, Göttingen
  • 1986–1990 Scientific assistant in various courses and research projects

Education

 

  • 2001Habilitation (venia legendi for botany)
  • 1995 Dissertation (summa cum laude), University of Göttingen, "Vegetation and site conditions of grassland communities of the Harz Mountains. With a contribution to the classification principles of using statistically derived species groups."
  • 1989Diploma, University of Göttingen, "The vegetation of limestone grasslands at the eastern and western foothills of the Meissner Mountains" (with highest honours) 

Editorial boards

 

  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Tuexenia
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Hercynia
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Arid Land
  • Associate Editor of the Journal of Plant Ecology

Committees and memberships

 

  • Floristisch-Soziologische AG e.V. (Flor.-Soz.)
    • International Association of Vegetation Science (IAVS)
    • European Vegetation Survey (EVS)
    • Ecological Society of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein (GfÖ)
    • Council member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Harz National Park
    • Elected member of the Advisory Council of the “International Association of Vegetation Science” (IAVS)
    • Elected member of the DFG Review Board „Plant sciences“ (Fachkollegium 202) in the discipline „Plant ecology and ecosystem research“ 

iDiv-Publikationen

 

Schuldt, A., Liu, X., Buscot, F., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A., He, J.-S., Klein, A.-M., Ma, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Staab, M.

(2023): Carbon–biodiversity relationships in a highly diverse subtropical forest. Global Change Biology

Desie, E., Zuo, J., Verheyen, K., Djukic, I., Van Meerbeek, K., Auge, H., Barsoum, N., Baum, C., Bruelheide, H., Eisenhauer, N., Feldhaar, H., Ferlian, O., Gravel, D., Jactel, H., Schmidt, I. K., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Meredieu, C., Mereu, S., Messier, C., Morillas, L., Nock, C., Paquette, A., Ponette, Q., Reich, P. B., Roales, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Seitz, S., Schmidt, A., Stefanski, A., Trogisch, S., Halder, I. v., Weih, M., Williams, L. J., Yang, B., Muys, B.

(2023): Disentangling drivers of litter decomposition in a multi-continent network of tree diversity experiments. Science of The Total Environment

Hordijk, Iris, Maynard, Daniel S., Hart, Simon P., Lidong, Mo, ter Steege, Hans, Liang, Jingjing, de-Miguel, Sergio, Nabuurs, Gert-Jan, Reich, Peter B., Abegg, Meinrad, Adou Yao, C. Yves, Alberti, Giorgio, Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica M., Alvarado, Braulio V., Esteban, Alvarez-Davila, Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia, Alves, Luciana F., Ammer, Christian, Antón-Fernández, Clara, Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Arroyo, Luzmila, Avitabile, Valerio, Aymard C, Gerardo A., Baker, Timothy, Bałazy, Radomir, Banki, Olaf, Barroso, Jorcely, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean-Francois, Birigazzi, Luca, Birnbaum, Philippe, Bitariho, Robert, Boeckx, Pascal, Bongers, Frans, Bouriaud, Olivier, Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Brandl, Susanne, Brienen, Roel, Broadbent, Eben N., Bruelheide, Helge, Bussotti, Filippo, Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto, César, Ricardo G., Cesljar, Goran, Chazdon, Robin, Chen, Han Y. H., Chisholm, Chelsea, Cienciala, Emil, Clark, Connie J., Clark, David B., Colletta, Gabriel, Coomes, David, Cornejo Valverde, Fernando, Corral-Rivas, Jose J., Crim, Philip, Cumming, Jonathan, Dayanandan, Selvadurai, de Gasper, André L., Decuyper, Mathieu, Derroire, Géraldine, DeVries, Ben, Djordjevic, Ilija, Iêda, Amaral, Dourdain, Aurélie, Nestor Laurier, Engone Obiang, Enquist, Brian, Eyre, Teresa, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Fayle, Tom M., Ferreira, Leandro V., Feldpausch, Ted R., Finér, Leena, Fischer, Markus, Fletcher, Christine, Frizzera, Lorenzo, Gamarra, Javier G. P., Gianelle, Damiano, Glick, Henry B., Harris, David, Hector, Andrew, Hemp, Andreas, Hengeveld, Geerten, Hérault, Bruno, Herbohn, John, Hillers, Annika, Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N., Hui, Cang, Cho, Hyunkook, Ibanez, Thomas, Bin Jung, Il, Imai, Nobuo, Jagodzinski, Andrzej M., Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Johanssen, Vivian, Joly, Carlos A., Jucker, Tommaso, Karminov, Viktor, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kenfack, David, Kennard, Deborah, Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, Keppel, Gunnar, Khan, Mohammed Latif, Killeen, Timothy, Kim, Hyun Seok, Kitayama, Kanehiro, Köhl, Michael, Korjus, Henn, Kraxner, Florian, Laarmann, Diana, Lang, Mait, Lewis, Simon, Lu, Huicui, Lukina, Natalia, Maitner, Brian, Malhi, Yadvinder, Marcon, Eric, Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes, Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur, Marshall, Andrew Robert, Martin, Emanuel, Martynenko, Olga, Meave, Jorge A., Melo-Cruz, Omar, Mendoza, Casimiro, Merow, Cory, Stanislaw, Miscicki, Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, Moreno, Vanessa, Mukul, Sharif A., Mundhenk, Philip, Nava-Miranda, Maria G., Neill, David, Neldner, Victor, Nevenic, Radovan, Ngugi, Michael, Niklaus, Pascal A., Oleksyn, Jacek, Ontikov, Petr, Ortiz-Malavasi, Edgar, Pan, Yude, Paquette, Alain, Parada-Gutierrez, Alexander, Parfenova, Elena, Park, Minjee, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy, Peri, Pablo L., Pfautsch, Sebastian, Phillips, Oliver L., Picard, Nicolas, Piedade, Maria Teresa, Piotto, Daniel, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Polo, Irina, Poorter, Lourens, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Pretzsch, Hans, Ramirez Arevalo, Freddy, Restrepo-Correa, Zorayda, Rodeghiero, Mirco, Rolim, Samir, Roopsind, Anand, Rovero, Francesco, Rutishauser, Ervan, Saikia, Purabi, Salas-Eljatib, Christian, Schall, Peter, Schepaschenko, Dmitry, Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael, Schmid, Bernhard, Schöngart, Jochen, Searle, Eric B., Šebeň, Vladimír, Serra-Diaz, Josep M., Sheil, Douglas, Shvidenko, Anatoly, Silva-Espejo, Javier, Silveira, Marcos, Singh, James, Sist, Plinio, Slik, Ferry, Sonké, Bonaventure, Souza, Alexandre F., Stereńczak, Krzysztof, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Svoboda, Miroslav, Swanepoel, Ben, Targhetta, Natalia, Tchebakova, Nadja, Thomas, Raquel, Tikhonova, Elena, Umunay, Peter, Usoltsev, Vladimir, Valencia, Renato, Valladares, Fernando, van der Plas, Fons, Tran, Do Van, Van Nuland, Michael E., Vasquez Martinez, Rodolfo, Verbeeck, Hans, Viana, Helder, Vibrans, Alexander C., Vieira, Simone, von Gadow, Klaus, Wang, Hua-Feng, Watson, James, Werner, Gijsbert D. A., Wiser, Susan K., Wittmann, Florian, Wortel, Verginia, Zagt, Roderick, Zawila-Niedzwiecki, Tomasz, Zhang, Chunyu, Zhao, Xiuhai, Zhou, Mo, Zhu, Zhi-Xin, Zo-Bi, Irie Casimir, Crowther, Thomas W.

(2023): Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness. Journal of Ecology

Chen, J.-T., Wang, M.-Q., Li, Y., Chesters, D., Luo, A., Zhang, W., Guo, P.-F., Guo, S.-K., Zhou, Q.-S., Ma, K.-P., von Oheimb, G., Kunz, M., Zhang, N.-L., Liu, X.-J., Bruelheide, H., Schuldt, A., Zhu, C.-D.

(2023): Functional and phylogenetic relationships link predators to plant diversity via trophic and non-trophic pathways. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Singavarapu, B., Du, J., Beugnon, R., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Xue, K., Wang, Y., Bruelheide, H., Wubet, T.

(2023): Functional Potential of Soil Microbial Communities and Their Subcommunities Varies with Tree Mycorrhizal Type and Tree Diversity. Microbiology Spectrum

Li, Y., Du, X., Su, X., Han, X., Liang, W., Wang, Z., Bruelheide, H., Bezemer, T. M., Li, Q.

(2023): Local-scale soil nematode diversity in a subtropical forest depends on the phylogenetic and functional diversity of neighbor trees. Plant and Soil

Li, Y., Schmid, B., Schuldt, A., Li, S., Wang, M.-Q., Fornoff, F., Staab, M., Guo, P.-F., Anttonen, P., Chesters, D., Bruelheide, H., Zhu, C.-D., Ma, K., Liu, X.

(2023): Multitrophic arthropod diversity mediates tree diversity effects on primary productivity. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Anttonen, Perttu, Perles-Garcia, Maria, Kunz, Matthias, von Oheimb, Goddert, Li, Yi, Bruelheide, Helge, Ma, Ke-Ping, Zhu, Chao-Dong, Schuldt, Andreas

(2023): Predation pressure by arthropods, birds, and rodents is interactively shaped by tree species richness, vegetation structure, and season. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Laughlin, Daniel C., Siefert, Andrew, Fleri, Jesse R., Tumber-Dávila, Shersingh Joseph, Hammond, William M., Sabatini, Francesco Maria, Damasceno, Gabriella, Aubin, Isabelle, Field, Richard, Hatim, Mohamed Z., Jansen, Steven, Lenoir, Jonathan, Lens, Frederic, McCarthy, James K., Niinemets, Ülo, Phillips, Oliver L., Attorre, Fabio, Bergeron, Yves, Bruun, Hans Henrik, Byun, Chaeho, Ćušterevska, Renata, Dengler, Jürgen, De Sanctis, Michele, Dolezal, Jiri, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, Hérault, Bruno, Homeier, Jürgen, Kattge, Jens, Meir, Patrick, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Noroozi, Jalil, Nowak, Arkadiusz, Peñuelas, Josep, Schmidt, Marco, Škvorc, Željko, Sultana, Fahmida, Ugarte, Rosina Magaña, Bruelheide, Helge

(2023): Rooting depth and xylem vulnerability are independent woody plant traits jointly selected by aridity, seasonality, and water table depth. New Phytologist

Heklau, H., Schindler, N., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Bruelheide, H.

(2023): Temporal variation of mycorrhization rates in a tree diversity experiment. Ecology and Evolution

Engel, T., Bruelheide, H., Hoss, D., Sabatini, F. M., Altman, J., Arfin-Khan, M. A. S., Bergmeier, E., Černý, T., Chytrý, M., Dainese, M., Dengler, J., Dolezal, J., Field, R., Fischer, F. M., Huygens, D., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Jentsch, A., Karger, D. N., Kattge, J., Lenoir, J., Lens, F., Loos, J., Niinemets, Ü., Overbeck, G. E., Ozinga, W. A., Penuelas, J., Peyre, G., Phillips, O., Reich, P. B., Römermann, C., Sandel, B., Schmidt, M., Schrodt, F., Velez-Martin, E., Violle, C., Pillar, V.

(2023): Traits of dominant plant species drive normalized difference vegetation index in grasslands globally. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Beugnon, Rémy, Eisenhauer, Nico, Bruelheide, Helge, Davrinche, Andréa, Du, Jianqing, Haider, Sylvia, Hähn, Georg, Saadani, Mariem, Singavarapu, Bala, Sünnemann, Marie, Thouvenot, Lise, Wang, Yanfen, Wubet, Tesfaye, Xue, Kai, Cesarz, Simone

(2023): Tree diversity effects on litter decomposition are mediated by litterfall and microbial processes. Oikos

Sabatini, Francesco Maria, Hähn, Georg, Speziale, Karina, Cingolani, Ana María, Damasceno, Gabriella, Bruelheide, Helge

(2023): Vegetation of Southern Patagonia in the 1970s – Digitization of a gray-literature data set as a monitoring baseline in a changing world. Journal of Vegetation Science

Jing, X., Muys, B., Baeten, L., Bruelheide, H., De Wandeler, H., Desie, E., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Jucker, T., Kardol, P., Pollastrini, M., Ratcliffe, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Selvi, F., Vancampenhout, K., van der Plas, F., Verheyen, K., Vesterdal, L., Zuo, J., Van Meerbeek, K.

(2022): Climatic conditions, not above- and belowground resource availability and uptake capacity, mediate tree diversity effects on productivity and stability. Science of The Total Environment

Bowler, Diana E., Bhandari, Netra, Repke, Lydia, Beuthner, Christoph, Callaghan, Corey T., Eichenberg, David, Henle, Klaus, Klenke, Reinhard, Richter, Anett, Jansen, Florian, Bruelheide, Helge, Bonn, Aletta

(2022): Decision-making of citizen scientists when recording species observations. Scientific Reports

Li, Y., Wang, M.-Q., Chesters, D., Anttonen, P., Guo, S.-K., Guo, P.-F., Chen, J.-T., Ma, K., Bruelheide, H., Schuldt, A., Zhu, C.-D.

(2022): Differential impacts on herbivore diversity and scale dependence of tree diversity in subtropical forests. Journal of Ecology

Haider, S., Palm, S., Bruelheide, H., de Villemereuil, P., Menzel, A. and Lachmuth, S.

(2022): Disturbance and indirect effects of climate warming support a plant invader in mountains. Oikos

Midolo, G., Herben, T., Axmanová, I., Marcenò, C., Pätsch, R., Bruelheide, H., Karger, D. N., Aćić, S., Bergamini, A., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Čarni, A., Chiarucci, A., De Sanctis, M., Demina, O., Dengler, J., Dziuba, T., Fanelli, G., Garbolino, E., Giusso del Galdo, G., Goral, F., Güler, B., Hinojos-Mendoza, G., Jansen, F., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Lengyel, A., Lenoir, J., Pérez-Haase, A., Pielech, R., Prokhorov, V., Rašomavičius, V., Ruprecht, E., Rūsiņa, S., Šilc, U., Škvorc, Ž., Stančić, Z., Tatarenko, I., Chytrý, M.

(2022): Disturbance indicator values for European plants. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Bowler, D., Eichenberg, D., Conze, K.-J., Suhling, F., Baumann, K., Benken, T., Bönsel, A., Bittner, T., Drews, A., Günther, A., Isaac, N., Petzold, F., Seyring, M., Spengler, T., Trockur, B., Vedder, D., Willigalla, C., Bruelheide, H., Jansen, F., Bonn, A.

(2022): Gewinner und Verlierer in der Libellenfauna: Veränderung der Verbreitung in Deutschland zwischen 1980 und 2016.

Anttonen, P., Li, Y., Chesters, D., Davrinche, A., Haider, S., Bruelheide, H., Chen, J.-T., Wang, M.-Q., Ma, K.-P., Zhu, C.-D., Schuldt, A.

(2022): Leaf Nutritional Content, Tree Richness, and Season Shape the Caterpillar Functional Trait Composition Hosted by Trees. Insects

Bruelheide, Helge, Jansen, Florian, Jandt, Ute, Klenke, Reinhard, Sperle, Thomas

(2022): Mindestanforderungen an ein Monitoring von Gefäßpflanzenarten auf den bundesweit repräsentativen Stichprobenflächen.

Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H., Jansen, F., Bonn, A., Grescho, V., Klenke, R. A., Sabatini, F. M., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Blüml, V., Dengler, J., Diekmann, M., Doerfler, I., Döring, U., Dullinger, S., Haider, S., Heinken, T., Horchler, P., Kuhn, G., Lindner, M., Metze, K., Müller, N., Naaf, T., Peppler-Lisbach, C., Poschlod, P., Roscher, C., Rosenthal, G., Rumpf, S. B., Schmidt, W., Schrautzer, J., Schwabe, A., Schwartze, P., Sperle, T., Stanik, N., Storm, C., Voigt, W., Wegener, U., Wesche, K., Wittig, B., Wulf, M.

(2022): More losses than gains during one century of plant biodiversity change in Germany. Nature

Liu, X., Huang, Y., Chen, L., Li, S., Bongers, F. J., Castro-Izaguirre, N., Liang, Y., Yang, B., Chen, Y., Schnabel, F., Tang, T., Xue, Y., Trogisch, S., Staab, M., Bruelheide, H., Schmid, B., Ma, K.

(2022): Species richness, functional traits and climate interactively affect tree survival in a large forest biodiversity experiment. Journal of Ecology

Bowler, D. E., Callaghan, C. T., Bhandari, N., Henle, K., Benjamin Barth, M., Koppitz, C., Klenke, R., Winter, M., Jansen, F., Bruelheide, H. and Bonn, A.

(2022): Temporal trends in the spatial bias of species occurrence records. Ecography

Zizka, A., Onstein, R. E., Rozzi, R., Weigelt, P., Kreft, H., Steinbauer, M. J., Bruelheide, H., Lens, F.

(2022): The evolution of insular woodiness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Mupepele, A. C., Bruelheide, H., Brühl, C., Dauber, J., Fenske, M., Freibauer, A., Gerowitt, B., Krüß, A., Lakner, S., Plieninger, T., Potthast, T., Schlacke, S., Seppelt, R., Stützel, H., Weisser, W., Wägele, W., Böhning-Gaese, K., Klein, A. M.

(2021): Biodiversity in European agricultural landscapes: transformative societal changes needed. Trends in Ecology & Evolution

A. Perino, H. M. Pereira, M. Felipe-Lucia, H. Kim, H. S. Kühl, M. R. Marselle, J. N. Meya, C. Meyer, L. M. Navarro, R. van Klink, G. Albert, C. D. Barratt, H. Bruelheide, Y. Cao, A. Chamoin, M. Darbi, M. Dornelas, N. Eisenhauer, F. Essl, N. Farwig, J. Förster, J. Freyhof, J. Geschke, F. Gottschall, C. Guerra, P. Haase, T. Hickler, U. Jacob, T. Kastner, L. Korell, I. Kühn, G. U. C. Lehmann, B. Lenzner, A. Marques, E. Motivans Švara, L. C. Quintero, A. Pacheco, A. Popp, J. Rouet-Leduc, F. Schnabel, J. Siebert, I. R. Staude, S. Trogisch, V. Švara, J.-C. Svenning, G. Pe'er, K. Raab, D. Rakosy, M. Vandewalle, A. S. Werner, C. Wirth, H. Xu, D. Yu, Y. Zinngrebe and A. Bonn

(2021): Biodiversity post-2020: Closing the gap between global targets and national-level implementation. Conservation Letters

Kambach, S., Sadlowski, C., Peršoh, D., Guerreiro, M. A., Auge, H., Röhl, O., Bruelheide, H.

(2021): Foliar Fungal Endophytes in a Tree Diversity Experiment Are Driven by the Identity but Not the Diversity of Tree Species. Life

Bongers, F. J., Schmid, B., Bruelheide, H., Bongers, F., Li, S., von Oheimb, G., Li, Y., Cheng, A., Ma, K., Liu, X.

(2021): Functional diversity effects on productivity increase with age in a forest biodiversity experiment. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Ferlian, O., Lintzel, E.-M., Bruelheide, H., Guerra, C. A., Heklau, H., Jurburg, S., Kühn, P., Martinez-Medina, A., Unsicker, S. B., Eisenhauer, N. and Schädler, M.

(2021): Nutrient status not secondary metabolites drives herbivory and pathogen infestation across differently mycorrhized tree monocultures and mixtures. Basic and Applied Ecology

Wang, M. Q., Yan, C., Luo, A., Li, Y., Chesters, D., Qiao, H. J., Chen, J. T., Zhou, Q. S., Ma, K., Bruelheide, H., Schuldt, A., Zhang, Z., Zhu, C. D.

(2021): Phylogenetic relatedness, functional traits, and spatial scale determine herbivore co-occurrence in a subtropical forest. Ecological Monographs

Schnabel, F., Liu, X., Kunz, M., Barry, K. E., Bongers, F. J., Bruelheide, H., Fichtner, A., Härdtle, W., Li, S., Pfaff, C.-T., Schmid, B., Schwarz, J. A., Tang, Z., Yang, B., Bauhus, J., Oheimb, G. v., Ma, K. and Wirth, C.

(2021): Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment. Science Advances

Gu, H. J., Zhang, C. C., Chen, F. S., Huang, J. H., Wang, J. S., Bruelheide, H., Trogisch, S., Fang, X. M., Li, J. J., Bu, W. S.

(2021): The Bamboo Rhizome Evolution in China Is Driven by Geographical Isolation and Trait Differentiation. Forests

Padullés Cubino, J., Axmanová, I., Lososová, Z., Večeřa, M., Bergamini, A., Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Pätsch, R., Chytrý, M.

(2021): The effect of niche filtering on plant species abundance in temperate grassland communities. Functional Ecology

Trogisch, S., Liu, X., Rutten, G., Xue, K., Bauhus, J., Brose, U., Bu, W., Cesarz, S., Chesters, D., Connolly, J., Cui, X., Eisenhauer, N., Guo, L., Haider, S., Härdtle, W., Kunz, M., Liu, L., Ma, Z., Neumann, S., Sang, W., Schuldt, A., Tang, Z., van Dam, N. M., von Oheimb, G., Wang, M.-Q., Wang, S., Weinhold, A., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Xu, X., Yang, B., Zhang, N., Zhu, C.-D., Ma, K., Wang, Y. and Bruelheide, H.

(2021): The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning. Basic and Applied Ecology

Trogisch, S., Liu, X., Rutten, G., Bruelheide, H.

(2021): Tree diversity effects on ecosystem functioning–Introduction. Basic and Applied Ecology

Singavarapu, B., Beugnon, R., Bruelheide, H., Cesarz, S., Du, J., Eisenhauer, N., Guo, L.-D., Nawaz, A., Wang, Y., Xue, K. and Wubet, T.

(2021): Tree mycorrhizal type and tree diversity shape the forest soil microbiota. Environmental Microbiology

Lin, H., Li, Y., Bruelheide, H., Zhang, S., Ren, H., Zhang, N., Ma, K.

(2021): What drives leaf litter decomposition and the decomposer community in subtropical forests – The richness of the above-ground tree community or that of the leaf litter?. Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Zumstein, P., Bruelheide, H., Fichtner, A., Schuldt, A., Staab, M., Härdtle, W., Zhou, H. and Assmann, T.

(2021): What shapes ground beetle assemblages in a tree species-rich subtropical forest?. ZooKeys

A. Weigelt, L. Mommer, K. Andraczek, C. M. Iversen, J. Bergmann, H. Bruelheide, Y. Fan, G. T. Freschet, N. R. Guerrero-Ramírez, J. Kattge, T. W. Kuyper, D. C. Laughlin, I. C. Meier, F. van der Plas, H. Poorter, C. Roumet, J. van Ruijven, F. M. Sabatini, M. Semchenko, C. J. Sweeney, O. J. Valverde-Barrantes, L. M. York, M. L. McCormack

(2021): An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective. New Phytologist

C. Messier, J. Bauhus, R. Sousa-Silva, H. Auge, L. Baeten, N. Barsoum, H. Bruelheide, B. Caldwell, J. Cavender-Bares, E. Dhiedt, N. Eisenhauer, G. Ganade, D. Gravel, J. Guillemot, J. S. Hall, A. Hector, B. Hérault, H. Jactel, J. Koricheva, H. Kreft, S. Mereu, B. Muys, C. A. Nock, A. Paquette, J. D. Parker, M. P. Perring, Q. Ponette, C. Potvin, P. B. Reich, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, F. Schnabel, K. Verheyen, M. Weih, M. Wollni, D. C. Zemp

(2021): For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!. Conservation Letters

D. C. Laughlin, L. Mommer, F. M. Sabatini, H. Bruelheide, T. W. Kuyper, M. L. McCormack, J. Bergmann, G. T. Freschet, N. R. Guerrero-Ramírez, C. M. Iversen, J. Kattge, I. C. Meier, H. Poorter, C. Roumet, M. Semchenko, C. J. Sweeney, O. J. Valverde-Barrantes, F. van der Plas, J. van Ruijven, L. M. York, I. Aubin, O. R. Burge, C. Byun, R. Ćušterevska, J. Dengler, E. Forey, G. R. Guerin, B. Hérault, R. B. Jackson, D. N. Karger, J. Lenoir, T. Lysenko, P. Meir, Ü. Niinemets, W. A. Ozinga, J. Peñuelas, P. B. Reich, M. Schmidt, F. Schrodt, E. Velázquez, A. Weigelt

(2021): Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs. Nature Ecology & Evolution

D. E. Bowler, D. Eichenberg, K.-J. Conze, F. Suhling, K. Baumann, T. Benken, A. Bönsel, T. Bittner, A. Drews, A. Günther, N. J. B. Isaac, F. Petzold, M. Seyring, T. Spengler, B. Trockur, C. Willigalla, H. Bruelheide, F. Jansen, A. Bonn   

(2021): Winners and losers over 35 years of dragonfly and damselfly distributional change in Germany. Diversity and Distributions

F. M. Sabatini, J. Lenoir, T. Hattab, E. A. Arnst, M. Chytrý, J. Dengler, P. De Ruffray, S. M. Hennekens, U. Jandt, F. Jansen, B. Jiménez-Alfaro, J. Kattge, A. Levesley, V. D. Pillar, O. Purschke, B. Sandel, F. Sultana, T. Aavik, S. Aćić, A. T. R. Acosta, E. Agrillo, M. Alvarez, I. Apostolova, M. A. S. Arfin Khan, L. Arroyo, F. Attorre, I. Aubin, A. Banerjee, M. Bauters, Y. Bergeron, E. Bergmeier, I. Biurrun, A. D. Bjorkman, G. Bonari, V. Bondareva, J. Brunet, A. Čarni, L. Casella, L. Cayuela, T. Černý, V. Chepinoga, J. Csiky, R. Ćušterevska, E. De Bie, A. L. de Gasper, M. De Sanctis, P. Dimopoulos, J. Dolezal, T. Dziuba, M. A. E.-R. M. El-Sheikh, B. Enquist, J. Ewald, F. Fazayeli, R. Field, M. Finckh, S. Gachet, A. Galán-de-Mera, E. Garbolino, H. Gholizadeh, M. Giorgis, V. Golub, I. G. Alsos, J.-A. Grytnes, G. R. Guerin, A. G. Gutiérrez, S. Haider, M. Z. Hatim, B. Hérault, G. Hinojos Mendoza, N. Hölzel, J. Homeier, W. Hubau, A. Indreica, J. A. M. Janssen, B. Jedrzejek, A. Jentsch, N. Jürgens, Z. Kącki, J. Kapfer, D. N. Karger, A. Kavgacı, E. Kearsley, M. Kessler, L. Khanina, T. Killeen, A. Korolyuk, H. Kreft, H. S. Kühl, A. Kuzemko, F. Landucci, A. Lengyel, F. Lens, D. V. Lingner, H. Liu, T. Lysenko, M. D. Mahecha, C. Marcenò, V. Martynenko, J. E. Moeslund, A. Monteagudo Mendoza, L. Mucina, J. V. Müller, J. Munzinger, A. Naqinezhad, J. Noroozi, A. Nowak, V. Onyshchenko, G. E. Overbeck, M. Pärtel, A. Pauchard, R. K. Peet, J. Peñuelas, A. Pérez-Haase, T. Peterka, P. Petřík, G. Peyre, O. L. Phillips, V. Prokhorov, V. Rašomavičius, R. Revermann, G. Rivas-Torres, J. S. Rodwell, E. Ruprecht, S. Rūsiņa, C. Samimi, M. Schmidt, F. Schrodt, H. Shan, P. Shirokikh, J. Šibík, U. Šilc, P. Sklenář, Ž. Škvorc, B. Sparrow, M. G. Sperandii, Z. Stančić, J.-C. Svenning, Z. Tang, C. Q. Tang, I. Tsiripidis, K. A. Vanselow, R. Vásquez Martínez, K. Vassilev, E. Vélez-Martin, R. Venanzoni, A. C. Vibrans, C. Violle, R. Virtanen, H. von Wehrden, V. Wagner, D. A. Walker, D. M. Waller, H.-F. Wang, K. Wesche, T. J. S. Whitfeld, W. Willner, S. K. Wiser, T. Wohlgemuth, S. Yamalov, M. Zobel, H. Bruelheide

(2021): sPlotOpen – An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots. Global Ecology and Biogeography

G. Rutten, L. Hönig, R. Schwaß, U. Braun, M. Saadani, A. Schuldt, S. G. Michalski, H. Bruelheide

(2021): G. Rutten, L. Hönig, R. Schwaß, U. Braun, M. Saadani, A. Schuldt, S. G. Michalski, H. Bruelheide. Journal of Ecology

H. Bruelheide, F. Jansen, U. Jandt, M. Bernhardt-Römermann, A. Bonn, D. Bowler, J. Dengler, D. Eichenberg, V. Grescho, S. Kellner, R. A. Klenke, S. Lütt, L. Lüttgert, F. M. Sabatini, K. Wesche

(2021): A checklist for using Beals’ index with incomplete floristic monitoring data. A checklist for using Beals’ index with incomplete floristic monitoring data

H. Bruelheide, L. Tichý, M. Chytrý, F. Jansen

(2021): Implementing the formal language of the vegetation classification expert systems (ESy) in the statistical computing environment R. Applied Vegetation Science

H. Heklau, N. Schindler, F. Buscot, N. Eisenhauer, O. Ferlian, L. D. Prada Salcedo, H. Bruelheide

(2021): Mixing tree species associated with arbuscular or ectotrophic mycorrhizae reveals dual mycorrhization and interactive effects on the fungal partners. Ecology and Evolution

K. Jansen, G. von Oheimb, H. Bruelheide, W. Härdtle, A. Fichtner

(2021): Tree species richness modulates water supply in the local tree neighbourhood: evidence from wood δ13C signatures in a large-scale forest experiment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

M. S. Germany, H. Bruelheide, A. Erfmeier

(2021): Drivers of understorey biomass: tree species identity is more important than richness in a young forest. Journal of Plant Ecology

M. Saadani, L. Hönig, S. Bien, M. Koehler, G. Rutten, T. Wubet, U. Braun, H. Bruelheide

(2021): Local Tree Diversity Suppresses Foliar Fungal Infestation and Decreases Morphological but Not Molecular Richness in a Young Subtropical Forest. Journal of Fungi

P. Kühn, A. Ratier Backes, C. Römermann, H. Bruelheide, S. Haider

(2021): Contrasting patterns of intraspecific trait variability in native and non-native plant species along an elevational gradient on Tenerife, Canary Islands. Annals of Botany

Q. Cai, E. Welk, C. Ji, W. Fang, F. M. Sabatini, J. Zhu, J. Zhu, Z. Tang, F. Attorre, J. A. Campos, A. Čarni, M. Chytrý, S. Çoban, J. Dengler, J. Dolezal, R. Field, J. P. Frink, H. Gholizadeh, A. Indreica, U. Jandt, D. N. Karger, J. Lenoir, R. K. Peet, R. Pielech, M. De Sanctis, F. Schrodt, J.-C. Svenning, C. Q. Tang, I. Tsiripidis, W. Willner, K. Yasuhiro, J. Fang, H. Bruelheide

(2021): The relationship between niche breadth and range size of beech (Fagus) species worldwide. Journal of Biogeography

R. Pouteau, W. Thuiller, C. Hobohm, C. Brunel, B. J. Conn, W. Dawson, M. de Sá Dechoum, A. L. Ebel, F. Essl, O. Fragman-Sapir, T. Fristoe, N. Jogan, H. Kreft, B. Lenzner, C. Meyer, J. Pergl, P. Pyšek, A. Verkhozina, P. Weigelt, Q. Yang, E. Zykova, S. Aćić, E. Agrillo, F. Attorre, A. Bergamini, C. Berg, E. Bergmeier, I. Biurrun, S. Boch, G. Bonari, Z. Botta-Dukát, H. Bruelheide, J. A. Campos, A. Čarni, L. Casella, M. L. Carranza, M. Chytrý, R. Ćušterevska, M. De Sanctis, J. Dengler, P. Dimopoulos, R. Ejrnæs, J. Ewald, G. Fanelli, F. Fernández-González, R. G. Gavilán, J.-C. Gegout, R. Haveman, M. Isermann, U. Jandt, F. Jansen, B. Jiménez-Alfaro, A. Kavgacı, L. Khanina, I. Knollová, A. Kuzemko, M. Lebedeva, J. Lenoir, T. Lysenko, C. Marcenò, V. Martynenko, J. E. Moeslund, R. Pätsch, R. Pielech, V. Rašomavičius, I. de Ronde, E. Ruprecht, S. Rūsiņa, P. Shirokikh, J. Šibík, U. Šilc, A. Stanisci, Z. Stančić, J.-C. Svenning, G. Swacha, P. Dan Turtureanu, M. Valachovič, K. Vassilev, S. Yamalov, M. van Kleunen

(2021): Climate and socio-economic factors explain differences between observed and expected naturalization patterns of European plants around the world. Global Ecology and Biogeography

R. Testolin, C. P. Carmona, F. Attorre, P. Borchardt, H. Bruelheide, J. Dolezal, M. Finckh, S. Haider, A. Hemp, U. Jandt, A. Y. Korolyuk, J. Lenoir, N. Makunina, G. P. Malanson, L. Mucina, J. Noroozi, A. Nowak, R. K. Peet, G. Peyre, F. M. Sabatini, J. Šibík, P. Sklenář, K. Vassilev, R. Virtanen, S. K. Wiser, E. G. Zibzeev, B. Jiménez-Alfaro

(2021): Global functional variation in alpine vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science

T. Proß, H. Bruelheide, C. Potvin, M. Sporbert, S. Trogisch, S. Haider

(2021): Drivers of within-tree leaf trait variation in a tropical planted forest varying in tree species richness. Basic and Applied Ecology

W.-S. Bu, F.-C. Wang, C.-C. Zhang, H. Bruelheide, X.-M. Fang, H.-M. Wang, F.-S. Chen

(2021): The contrasting effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizations on the growth of Cunninghamia lanceolata depend on the season in subtropical China. Forest Ecology and Management

X. Jing, B. Muys, H. Bruelheide, E. Desie, S. Hättenschwiler, H. Jactel, B. Jaroszewicz, P. Kardol, S. Ratcliffe, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, F. Selvi, K. Vancampenhout, F. van der Plas, K. Verheyen, L. Vesterdal, J. Zuo, K. Van Meerbeek

(2021): Above- and below-ground complementarity rather than selection drive tree diversity–productivity relationships in European forests. Functional Ecology

Y. Li, D. Chesters, M.-Q. Wang, T. Wubet, A. Schuldt, P. Anttonen, P.-F. Guo, J.-T. Chen, Q.-S. Zhou, N.-L. Zhang, K.-P. Ma, H. Bruelheide, C.-S. Wu, C.-D. Zhu

(2021): Tree diversity and functional leaf traits drive herbivore-associated microbiomes in subtropical China. Ecology and Evolution

Bergmann, J., Weigelt, A., Plas, F. v. d., Laughlin, D. C., Kuyper, T. W., Guerrero-Ramirez, N., Valverde-Barrantes, O. J., Bruelheide, H., Freschet, G. T., Iversen, C. M., Kattge, J., McCormack, M. L., Meier, I. C., Rillig, M. C., Roumet, C., Semchenko, M., Sweeney, C. J., Ruijven, J. v., York, L. M., Mommer, L.

(2020): The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants. Science Advances

Bongers, F. J., Schmid, B., Durka, W., Li, S., Bruelheide, H., Hahn, C. Z., Yan, H., Ma, K.,Liu, X.

(2020): Genetic richness affects trait variation but not community productivity in a tree diversity experiment. New Phytologist

Bruelheide, H., Jansen, F., Jandt, U., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Bonn, A., Bowler, D., Dengler, J., Eichenberg, D., Grescho, V., Harter, D., Jugelt, M., Kellner, S., Ludwig, M., Wesche, K., Lütt, S.

(2020): Using incomplete floristic monitoring data from habitat mapping programmes to detect species trends. Diversity and Distributions

Bruelheide, H., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Jandt, U., Sabatini, F. M.

(2020): Deriving site-specific species pools from large databases. Ecography

Cai, Q., Ji, C. J., Zhou, X. L., Bruelheide, H., Fang, W. J., Zheng, T. L., Zhu, J. L., Shi, L., Li, H. B., Zhu, J. X., Fang, J. Y.

(2020): Changes in carbon storages of Fagus forest ecosystems along an elevational gradient on Mt. Fanjingshan in Southwest China. Journal of Plant Ecology

Chen, Y., Huang, Y., Niklaus, P. A., Castro-Izaguirre, N., Clark, A. T., Bruelheide, H., Ma, K., Schmid, B.

(2020): Directed species loss reduces community productivity in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Desie, E., Van Meerbeek, K., De Wandeler, H., Bruelheide, H., Domisch, T., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Vancampenhout, K., Vesterdal, L., Muys, B.

(2020): Positive feedback loop between earthworms, humus form and soil pH reinforces earthworm abundance in European forests. Functional Ecology

Dieskau, J., H. Bruelheide, J. Gutknecht, A. Erfmeier

(2020): Biogeographic differences in plant–soil biota relationships contribute to the exotic range expansion of Verbascum thapsus. Ecology and Evolution

Eichenberg, D., D. E. Bowler, A. Bonn, H. Bruelheide, V. Grescho, D. Harter, U. Jandt, R. May, M. Winter, F. Jansen

(2020): Widespread decline in Central European plant diversity across six decades. Global Change Biology

Fichtner, A., Schnabel, F., Bruelheide, H., Kunz, M., Mausolf, K., Schuldt, A., Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G

(2020): Neighbourhood diversity mitigates drought impacts on tree growth. Journal of Ecology

Guerrero-Ramírez, N. R., L. Mommer, G. T. Freschet, C. M. Iversen, M. L. McCormack, J. Kattge, H. Poorter, F. van der Plas, J. Bergmann, T. W. Kuyper, L. M. York, H. Bruelheide, D. C. Laughlin, I. C. Meier, C. Roumet, M. Semchenko, C. J. Sweeney, J. van Ruijven, O. J. Valverde-Barrantes, I. Aubin, J. A. Catford, P. Manning, A. Martin, R. Milla, V. Minden, J. G. Pausas, S. W. Smith, N. A. Soudzilovskaia, C. Ammer, B. Butterfield, J. Craine, J. H. C. Cornelissen, F. T. de Vries, M. E. Isaac, K. Kramer, C. König, E. G. Lamb, V. G. Onipchenko, J. Peñuelas, P. B. Reich, M. C. Rillig, L. Sack, B. Shipley, L. Tedersoo, F. Valladares, P. van Bodegom, P. Weigelt, J. P. Wright, A. Weigelt

(2020): Global root traits (GRooT) database. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Hock, M., Hofmann, R., Essl, F., Pyšek, P., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A.

(2020): Native distribution characteristics rather than functional traits explain preadaptation of invasive species to high-UV-B environments. Diversity and Distributions

Kambach, S., H. Bruelheide, K. Gerstner, J. Gurevitch, M. Beckmann, R. Seppelt

(2020): Consequences of multiple imputation of missing standard deviations and sample sizes in meta-analysis. Ecology and Evolution

Kattge, J., ..., Bruelheide, H., ..., De Frutos, A.,..., Durka, W., ..., Erfmeier, A., ..., Jandt, U., ..., Klotz, S., ..., Kühn, I.,..., Römermann, C., ..., Roscher, C., ..., Rüger, N.,..., Wirth, C., Nutrient, N.

(2020): TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology

Kühl, H. S., D. E. Bowler, L. Bösch, H. Bruelheide, J. Dauber, D. Eichenberg, N. Eisenhauer, N. Fernández, C. A. Guerra, K. Henle, I. Herbinger, N. J. B. Isaac, F. Jansen, B. König-Ries, I. Kühn, E. B. Nilsen, G. Pe'er,A. Richter, R. Schulte, J. Settele, N. M. van Dam,M. Voigt, W. J. Wägele, C. Wirth,A. Bonn

(2020): Effective Biodiversity Monitoring Needs a Culture of Integration. One Earth

Patoine, G., Bruelheide, H., Haase, J., Nock, C., Ohlmann, N., Schwarz, B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Eisenhauer, N.

(2020): Tree litter functional diversity and nitrogen concentration enhance litter decomposition via changes in earthworm communities. Ecology and Evolution

Pe'er, G., Bonn, A., Bruelheide, H., Dieker, P., Eisenhauer, N., Feindt, P., Hagedorn, G., Hansjürgens, B., Herzon, I., Lomba, Â., Marquard, E., Moreira, F., Nitsch, H., Oppermann, R., Perino, A., Röder, N., Schleyer, C., Schindler, S., Wolf, C., Lakner, S.

(2020): Action needed for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges. People and Nature

Pillar, V. D., F. M. Sabatini, U. Jandt, S. Camiz, H. Bruelheide

(2020): Revealing the functional traits linked to hidden environmental factors in community assembly. Journal of Vegetation Science

Sabatini, F. M., W. S. Keeton, M. Lindner, M. Svoboda, P. J. Verkerk, J. Bauhus, H. Bruelheide, S. Burrascano, N. Debaive, I. Duarte, M. Garbarino, N. Grigoriadis, F. Lombardi, M. Mikoláš, P. Meyer, R. Motta, G. Mozgeris, L. Nunes, P. Ódor, M. Panayotov, A. Ruete, B. Simovski, J. Stillhard, J. Svensson, J. Szwagrzyk, O.-P. Tikkanen, K. Vandekerkhove, R. Volosyanchuk, T. Vrska, T. Zlatanov, T. Kuemmerle

(2020): Protection gaps and restoration opportunities for primary forests in Europe. Diversity and Distributions

Schöps, R., Goldmann, K., Korell, L., Bruelheide, H., Wubet, T., Buscot, F.

(2020): Resident and phytometer plants host comparable rhizosphere fungal communities in managed grassland ecosystems. Scientific Reports

Sperle, T., H. Bruelheide

(2020): Climate change aggravates bog species extinctions in the Black Forest (Germany). Diversity and Distributions

Sporbert, M., Keil, P., Seidler, G., Bruelheide, H., Jandt, U., Acic, S., Biurrun, I., Campos, J. A., Carni, A., Chytry, M., Custerevska, R., Dengler, J., Golub, V., Jansen, F., Kuzemko, A., Lenoir, J., ..., Virtanen, R.,  Welk, E.

(2020): Testing macroecological abundance patterns: The relationship between local abundance and range size, range position and climatic suitability among European vascular plants. Journal of Biogeography

Staab, M., X. Liu, T. Assmann, H. Bruelheide, F. Buscot, W. Durka, A. Erfmeier, A.-M. Klein, K. Ma, S. Michalski, T. Wubet, B. Schmid, A. Schuldt

(2020): Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities. Functional Ecology

Trogisch, S., G. Albert, J. Du, Y. Wang, K. Xue, H. Bruelheide

(2020): Promoting resilience of large international collaborative research programs in times of global crisis. Ecology and Evolution

Wang, M. Q., Li, Y., Chesters, D., Bruelheide, H., Ma, K., Guo, P. F., Zhou, Q. S., Staab, M., Zhu, C. D., Schuldt, A.

(2020): Host functional and phylogenetic composition rather than host diversity structure plant-herbivore networks. Mol Ecol

Zhang, N., H. Bruelheide, Y. Li, Y. Liang, T. Wubet, S. Trogisch, K. Ma

(2020): Community and neighbourhood tree species richness effects on fungal species in leaf litter. Fungal Ecology

Baeten, L., Bruelheide, H., van der Plas, F., Kambach, S., Ratcliffe, S., Jucker, T., Allan, E., Ampoorter, E., Barbaro, L., Bastias, C. C., et al.

(2019): Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests. Journal of Applied Ecology

Bastias, C. C., Truchado, D. A., Valladares, F., Benavides, R., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., Coppi, A., Finér, L., Gimeno, T. E., Jaroszewicz, B., Scherer–Lorenzen, M., Selvi, F., Cruz, M. D. l.

(2019): Species richness influences the spatial distribution of trees in European forests. Oikos

Blowes, S. A., Supp, S. R., Antão, L. H., Bates, A., Bruelheide, H., Chase, J. M., ..., Winter, M., Bjorkman, A. D., Bowler, D. E., ..., Hines, J., Isbell, F., Jones, H. P., Navarro, L. M. et al.

(2019): The geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages. Science

Breitschwerdt, E., Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H.

(2019): Trait–performance relationships of grassland plant species differ between common garden and field conditions. Ecology and Evolution

Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Purschke, O., Hennekens, S. M., Chytrý, M., Pillar, V. D., Jansen, F., Kattge, J., Sandel, B., Aubin, I., Biurrun, I., Field, R., Haider, S., Jandt, U., Lenoir, J., Peet, R. K., Peyre, G., Sabatini, F. M., Schmidt, M., Schrodt, F., Winter, M., ..., Kühl, H., Kühn, I., ..., Sop, T., ..., Virtanen, R., von Wehrden, H., Wagner, V., Walker, D. A., Wana, D., Weiher, E., Wesche, K., et al.

(2019): sPlot – a new tool for global vegetation analyses. Journal of Vegetation Science

Chase, J. M., McGill, B. J., Thompson, P. L., Antão, L. H., Bates, A. E., Blowes, S. A., Dornelas, M., Gonzalez, A., Magurran, A. E., Supp, S. R., Winter, M., Bjorkman, A. D., Bruelheide, H., Byrnes, J. E. K., Cabral, J. S., Elahi, R., Gomez, C., Guzman, H. M., Isbell, F., Myers-Smith, I. H., Jones, H. P., Hines, J., Vellend, M., Waldock, C., O'Connor, M.

(2019): Species richness change across spatial scales. Oikos

Dietz, S., Herz, K., Döll, S., Haider, S., Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H., Scheel, D.

(2019): Semi-polar root exudates in natural grassland communities. Ecology and Evolution

Eisenhauer, N., ..., A. D. Barnes, K. Barry, A. Bonn, U. Brose, H. Bruelheide, ..., F. Buscot, ..., O. Ferlian, ..., D. P. Giling, ..., H. Hillebrand, J. Hines, ..., B. König-Ries, ..., C. Roscher, ..., M. Türke, N. M. van Dam, F. van der Plas, A. Vogel, ..., A. Weigelt, ..., C. Wirth,  M. Jochum

(2019): A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research. In: Nico Eisenhauer, David A. Bohan, Alex J. Dumbrell (Eds.) Mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function Advances in Ecological Research

Germany, M. S., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A.

(2019): Janzen-Connell effects in a forest BEF experiment: Strong distance-dependent seedling establishment of multiple species. Ecology

Goebes, P., K. Schmidt, S. Seitz, S. Both, H. Bruelheide, A. Erfmeier, T. Scholten, P. Kühn

(2019): The strength of soil-plant interactions under forest is related to a Critical Soil Depth. Scientific Reports

Heklau, H., Jetschke, G., Bruelheide, H., Seidler, G., Haider, S.

(2019): Species-specific responses of wood growth to flooding and climate in floodplain forests in Central Germany. iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry

Jansen, F., Bonn, A., Bowler, D. E., Bruelheide, H., Eichenberg, D

(2019): Moderately common plants show highest relative losses. Conservation Letters

Kambach, S., Allan, E., Bilodeau-Gauthier, S., Coomes, D. A., Haase, J., ..., Bruelheide, H.

(2019): How do trees respond to species mixing in experimental compared to observational studies?. Ecology and Evolution

Kambach, S., Lenoir, J., Decocq, G., Welk, E., Seidler, G., Dullinger, S., Gégout, J.-C., Guisan, A., Pauli, H., Svenning, J.-C., Vittoz, P., Wohlgemuth, T., Zimmermann, N. E., Bruelheide, H.

(2019): Of niches and distributions: range size increases with niche breadth both globally and regionally but regional estimates poorly relate to global estimates. Ecography

Kunz, M., Fichtner, A., Härdtle, W., Raumonen, P., Bruelheide, H., von Oheimb, G.

(2019): Neighbour species richness and local structural variability modulate aboveground allocation patterns and crown morphology of individual trees. Ecology Letters

Ladouceur, E., C. Bonomi, H. Bruelheide et al.

(2019): The functional trait spectrum of European temperate grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science

Li, Y., H. Bruelheide, T. Scholten, B. Schmid, Z. Sun, N. Zhang, W. Bu, X. Liu, K. Ma

(2019): Early positive effects of tree species richness on soil organic carbon accumulation in a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment. Journal of Plant Ecology

Mupepele, A. C., H. Bruelheide, J. Dauber, A. Kruss, T. Pottast, W. Wagele, A. M. Klein

(2019): Insect decline and its drivers: Unsupported conclusions in a poorly performed meta-analysis on trends-A critique of Sanchez-Bayo and Wyckhuys (2019). Basic and Applied Ecology

Rentschler, T., Gries, P., Behrens, T., Bruelheide, H., Kühn, P., Seitz, S., Shi, X., Trogisch, S., Scholten, T., Schmidt, K.

(2019): Comparison of catchment scale 3D and 2.5D modelling of soil organic carbon stocks in Jiangxi Province, PR China. PLOS ONE

Ristok, C., K. N. Leppert, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, P. A. Niklaus, H. Bruelheide

(2019): Soil macrofauna and leaf functional traits drive the decomposition of secondary metabolites in leaf litter. Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Schuldt, A., Ebeling, A., Kunz, M., Staab, M., Guimarães-Steinicke, C., Bachmann, D., Buchmann, N., Durka, W., Fichtner, A., Fornoff, F., Härdtle, W., Hertzog, L. R., Klein, A.-M., Roscher, C., Schaller, J., von Oheimb, G., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W., Wirth, C., Zhang, J., Bruelheide, H., Eisenhauer, N.

(2019): Multiple plant diversity components drive consumer communities across ecosystems. Nature Communications

Skarbek, C. J., Noack, M., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Scholten, T., Seitz, S., Staab, M.

(2019): A tale of scale: Plot but not neighbourhood tree diversity increases leaf litter ant diversity. Journal of Animal Ecology

Sporbert, M., H. Bruelheide, G. Seidler, P. Keil, U. Jandt, G. Austrheim, I. Biurrun, J. A. Campos, A. Čarni, M. Chytrý, J. Csiky, E. De Bie, J. Dengler, V. Golub, J.-A. Grytnes, A. Indreica, F. Jansen, M. Jiroušek, J. Lenoir, M. Luoto, C. Marcenò, J. E. Moeslund, A. Pérez-Haase, S. Rūsiņa, V. Vandvik, K. Vassilev, E. Welk

(2019): Assessing sampling coverage of species distribution in biodiversity databases. Journal of Vegetation Science

Steidinger, B. S., T. W. Crowther, J. Liang, M. E. Van Nuland, G. D. A. Werner, P. B. Reich, G. Nabuurs, S. de-Miguel, M. Zhou, N. Picard, B. Herault, X. Zhao, C. Zhang, D. Routh, K. G. Peay, ..., H. Bruelheide et al.

(2019): Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses. Nature

van der Sande, M. T., Bruelheide, H., ..., Haider, S., ..., Purschke, O., Pyšek, P., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., ..., Jandt, U., ..., Kattge, J., Kearsley, E., Klotz, S., ..., Knight, T. M.

(2019): Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Vieira, S., Sikorski, J., Dietz, S., Herz, K., Schrumpf, M., Bruelheide, H., Scheel, D., Friedrich, M. W., Overmann, J.

(2019): Drivers of the composition of active rhizosphere bacterial communities in temperate grasslands. The ISME Journal

Wang, M.-Q., Li, Y., Chesters, D., Anttonen, P., Bruelheide, H., Chen, J.-T., Durka, W., ..., von Oheimb, G., Wu, C.-S., Zhang, N.-L., Zhou, Q.-S., Schuldt, A., Zhu, C.-D.

(2019): Multiple components of plant diversity loss determine herbivore phylogenetic diversity in a subtropical forest experiment. Journal of Ecology

Weigand, A., Abrahamczyk, S., Aubin, I., Bita-Nicolae, C., Bruelheide, H., ..., J., Dengler, J., Gasper, A. L. d., Guerin, G. R., Haider, S., Hernández-Rojas, A., Jandt, U. et al.

(2019): Global fern and lycophyte richness explained: How regional and local factors shape plot richness. Journal of Biogeography

Weißbecker, C., Heintz-Buschart, A., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F., Wubet, T.

(2019): Linking Soil Fungal Generality to Tree Richness in Young Subtropical Chinese Forests. Microorganisms

Welk, A., Welk, E., Baudis, M., Böckelmann, J., Bruelheide, H.

(2019): Plant species’ range type determines local responses to biotic interactions and land use. Ecology

Binkenstein, J., Klein, A.-M., Assmann, T., Buscot, F., Erfmeier, A., Ma, K., Pietsch, K. A., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Wubet, T., Bruelheide, H., Schuldt, A., Staab, M.

(2018): Multi-trophic guilds respond differently to changing elevation in a subtropical forest. Ecography

Bjorkman, A. D., Myers-Smith, I. H., Elmendorf, S. C., Normand, S., Thomas, H. J. D., Alatalo, J. M., Alexander, H., Anadon-Rosell, A., Angers-Blondin, S., Bai, Y., Baruah, G., te Beest, M., Berner, L., Björk, R. G., Blok, D., Bruelheide, H., Buchwal, A., Buras, A., Carbognani, M., Christie, K., Collier, L. S., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Dickinson, K. J. M., Dullinger, S., Elberling, B., Eskelinen, A., et al.

(2018): Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Breitschwerdt, E., Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H.

(2018): Using co-occurrence information and trait composition to understand individual plant performance in grassland communities. Scientific Reports

Bruelheide, H., Dengler, J., Purschke, O., Lenoir, J., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Hennekens, S. M., Botta-Dukat, Z., Chytry, M., Field, R., Jansen, F., Kattge, J., Pillar, V. D., Schrodt, F., Mahecha, M. D., Peet, R. K., Sandel, B., van Bodegom, P., Altman, J., Alvarez-Davila, E., Khan, M., Attorre, F., Aubin, I., Baraloto, C., Barroso, J. G., Bauters, M., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Bjorkman, A. D., Blonder, B., Carni, A., Cayuela, L., Cerny, T., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Craven, D., Dainese, M., Derroire, G., De Sanctis, M., Diaz, S., Dolezal, J., Farfan-Rios, W., Feldpausch, T. R., Fenton, N. J., Garnier, E., Guerin, G. R., Gutierrez, A. G., Haider, S., Hattab, T., Henry, G., Herault, B., Higuchi, P., Holzel, N., Homeier, J., Jentsch, A., Jurgens, N., Kacki, Z., Karger, D. N., Kessler, M., Kleyer, M., Knollova, I., Korolyuk, A. Y., Kühn, I., Laughlin, D. C., Lens, F., Loos, J., Louault, F., Lyubenova, M. I., Malhi, Y., Marceno, C., Mencuccini, M., Muller, J. V., Munzinger, J., Myers-Smith, I. H., Neill, D. A., Niinemets, U., Orwin, K. H., Ozinga, W. A., Penuelas, J., Perez-Haase, A., Petrik, P., Phillips, O. L., Partel, M., Reich, P. B., Römermann, C., Rodrigues, A. V., Sabatini, F. M., Sardans, J., Schmidt, M., Seidler, G., Espejo, J. E. S., Silveira, M., Smyth, A., Sporbert, M., Svenning, J. C., Tang, Z. Y., Thomas, R., Tsiripidis, I., Vassilev, K., Violle, C., Virtanen, R., Weiher, E., Welk, E., Wesche, K., Winter, M., Wirth, C., Jandt, U.

(2018): Global trait-environment relationships of plant communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution

De Wandeler, H., Bruelheide, H., Dawud, S. M., Dănilă, G., Domisch, T., Finer, L., Hermy, M., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Müller, S., et al.

(2018): Tree identity rather than tree diversity drives earthworm communities in European forests. Pedobiologia

Djukic, I., ..., Auge, H., ..., Bruelheide, H., ..., Schädler, M., ..., Eisenhauer, N., ..., Trogisch, S., TeaComposition, et al.

(2018): Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment

Dornelas, M., Antão, L. H., Moyes, F., Bates, A. E., Magurran, A. E., Adam, D., Akhmetzhanova, A. A., Appeltans, W., Arcos, J. M., Arnold, H., Ayyappan, N., Badihi, G., Baird, A. H., Barbosa, M., Barreto, T. E., Bässler, C., Bellgrove, A., Belmaker, J., Benedetti‐Cecchi, L., Bett, B. J., Bjorkman, A. D., Błażewicz, M., Blowes, S. A., Bloch, C. P., Bonebrake, T. C., Boyd, S., Bradford, M., Brooks, A. J., Brown, J. H., Bruelheide, H., ..., Jandt, U., et al.

(2018): BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Ferlian, O., Cesarz, S., Craven, D., Hines, J., Barry, K. E., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F., Haider, S., Heklau, H., Herrmann, S., Kühn, P., Pruschitzki, U., Schädler, M., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Wubet, T., Eisenhauer, N.

(2018): Mycorrhiza in tree diversity–ecosystem function relationships: conceptual framework and experimental implementation. Ecosphere

Fichtner, A., Hardtle, W., Bruelheide, H., Kunz, M., Li, Y., von Oheimb, G.

(2018): Neighbourhood interactions drive overyielding in mixed-species tree communities. Nature Communications

Grossman, J. J., Vanhellemont, M., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Bruelheide, H., Castagneyrol, B., Cavender-Bares, J., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Gravel, D., Hector, A., Jactel, H., Kreft, H., Mereu, S., Messier, C., Muys, B., Nock, C., Paquette, A., Parker, J., Perring, M. P., Ponette, Q., Reich, P. B., Schuldt, A., et al.

(2018): Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments. Environmental and Experimental Botany

Haider, S., Kueffer, C., Bruelheide, H., Seipel, T., Alexander, J. M., Rew, L. J., Arévalo, J. R., Cavieres, L. A., McDougall, K. L., Milbau, A., Naylor, B. J., Speziale, K., Pauchard, A.

(2018): Mountain roads and non‐native species modify elevational patterns of plant diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Huang, Y., Chen, Y., Castro-Izaguirre, N., Baruffol, M., Brezzi, M., Lang, A. N., Li, Y., Hardtle, W., Oheimb, G., Yang, X., Liu, X., Pei, K., Both, S., Yang, B., Eichenberg, D., Assmann, T., Bauhus, J., Behrens, T., Buscot, F., Chen, X. Y., Chesters, D., Ding, B. Y., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Fang, J., Fischer, M., Guo, L. D., Guo, D., Gutknecht, J. L. M., He, J. S., He, C. L., Hector, A., Hoenig, L., Hu, R. Y., Klein, A. M., Kuehn, P., Liang, Y., Li, S., Michalski, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Shi, X., Tan, M. Z., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., Wang, Z., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Xiang, W., Yu, M., Yu, X. D., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, N., Zhou, H. Z., Zhu, C. D., Zhu, L., Bruelheide, H., Ma, K., Niklaus, P. A., Schmid, B.

(2018): Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment. Science

Liu, X. J., Trogisch, S., He, J. S., Niklaus, P. A., Bruelheide, H., Tang, Z. Y., Erfmeier, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Pietsch, K. A., Yang, B., et al.

(2018): Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences

Peters, K., Gorzolka, K., Bruelheide, H., Neumann, S.

(2018): Computational workflow to study the seasonal variation of secondary metabolites in nine different bryophytes. Scientific Data

Peters, K., Gorzolka, K., Bruelheide, H., Neumann, S.

(2018): Seasonal variation of secondary metabolites in nine different bryophytes. Ecology and Evolution

Peters, K., Worrich, A., Weinhold, A., Alka, O., Balcke, G., Birkemeyer, C., Bruelheide, H., Calf, O. W., Dietz, S., Duhrkop, K., Gaquerel, E., Heinig, U., Kucklich, M., Macel, M., Muller, C., Poeschl, Y., Pohnert, G., Ristok, C., Rodriguez, V. M., Ruttkies, C., Schuman, M., Schweiger, R., Shahaf, N., Steinbeck, C., Tortosa, M., Treutler, H., Ueberschaar, N., Velasco, P., Weiss, B. M., Widdig, A., Neumann, S., van Dam, N. M.

(2018): Current Challenges in Plant Eco-Metabolomics. International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Rana, R., Herz, K., Bruelheide, H., Dietz, S., Haider, S., Jandt, U., Pena, R.

(2018): Leaf Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) biochemical profile of grassland plant species related to land-use intensity. Ecological Indicators

Schops, R., Goldmann, K., Herz, K., Lentendu, G., Schoning, I., Bruelheide, H., Wubet, T., Buscot, F.

(2018): Land-Use Intensity Rather Than Plant Functional Identity Shapes Bacterial and Fungal Rhizosphere Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology

Schuldt, A., Assmann, T., Brezzi, M., Buscot, F., Eichenberg, D., Gutknecht, J., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Liu, X., Ma, K., Niklaus, P. A., Pietsch, K. A., Purahong, W., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Staab, M., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Zhu, C.-D., Bruelheide, H.

(2018): Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests. Nature Communications

van der Plas, F., Ratcliffe, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Zavala, M. A., Ampoorter, E., Baeten, L., Barbaro, L., Bastias, C. C., Bauhus, J., Benavides, R., Benneter, A., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., Bussotti, F., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Charbonnier, Y., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Dahlgren, J., Checko, E., Coppi, A., Dawud, S. M., Deconchat, M., De Smedt, P., De Wandeler, H., Domisch, T., Finér, L., Fotelli, M., Gessler, A., Granier, A., Grossiord, C., Guyot, V., Haase, J., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Jucker, T., Kambach, S., Kaendler, G., Kattge, J., Koricheva, J., Kunstler, G., Lehtonen, A., Liebergesell, M., et al.

(2018): Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality. Ecology Letters

Weißbecker, C., Wubet, T., Lentendu, G., Kuhn, P., Scholten, T., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F.

(2018): Experimental Evidence of Functional Group-Dependent Effects of Tree Diversity on Soil Fungi in Subtropical Forests. Frontiers in Microbiology

Zhang, N. L., Li, Y. N., Wubet, T., Bruelheide, H., Liang, Y., Purahong, W., Buscot, F., Ma, K. P.

(2018): Tree species richness and fungi in freshly fallen leaf litter: Unique patterns of fungal species composition and their implications for enzymatic decomposition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Alberti, G., Nock, C., Fornasier, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., De Nobili, M., Peressotti, A., Hoenig, L., Bruelheide, H., Bauhus, J.

(2017): Tree functional diversity influences belowground ecosystem functioning. Applied Soil Ecology

Bu, W., Schmid, B., Liu, X., Li, Y., Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Liang, Y., Sun, Z., Huang, Y., Bruelheide, H., Ma, K.

(2017): Interspecific and intraspecific variation in specific root length drives aboveground biodiversity effects in young experimental forest stands. Journal of Plant Ecology

Engst, K., Baasch, A., Bruelheide, H.

(2017): Predicting the establishment success of introduced target species in grassland restoration by functional traits. Ecology and Evolution

Fichtner, A., Härdtle, W., Li, Y., Bruelheide, H., Kunz, M., von Oheimb, G.

(2017): From competition to facilitation: how tree species respond to neighbourhood diversity. Ecology Letters

Finér, L., Domisch, T., Dawud, S. M., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., Vesterdal, L., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Selvi, F., Valladares, F.

(2017): Conifer proportion explains fine root biomass more than tree species diversity and site factors in major European forest types. Forest Ecology and Management

Herz, K., Dietz, S., Haider, S., Jandt, U., Scheel, D., Bruelheide, H.

(2017): Drivers of intraspecific trait variation of grass and forb species in German meadows and pastures. Journal of Vegetation Science

Herz, K., Dietz, S., Haider, S., Jandt, U., Scheel, D., Bruelheide, H.

(2017): Predicting individual plant performance in grasslands. Ecology and Evolution

Korell, L., Lang, B. R., Hensen, I., Auge, H., Bruelheide, H.

(2017): Interactions count: plant origin, herbivory and disturbance jointly explain seedling recruitment and community structure. Scientific Reports

Li, Y., Kröber, W., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G.

(2017): Crown and leaf traits as predictors of subtropical tree sapling growth rates. Journal of Plant Ecology

Ma, K., He, J.-S., Bruelheide, H., Klein, A.-M., Liu, X., Schmid, B.

(2017): Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning research in Chinese subtropical forests. Journal of Plant Ecology

Nguyen, D., Boberg, J., Cleary, M., Bruelheide, H., Hönig, L., Koricheva, J., Stenlid, J.

(2017): Foliar fungi of Betula pendula: impact of tree species mixtures and assessment methods. Scientific Reports

Pei, Z., Leppert, K. N., Eichenberg, D., Bruelheide, H., Niklaus, P. A., Buscot, F., Gutknecht, J. L. M.

(2017): Leaf litter diversity alters microbial activity, microbial abundances, and nutrient cycling in a subtropical forest ecosystem. Biogeochemistry

Purahong, W., Pietsch, K. A., Lentendu, G., Schöps, R., Bruelheide, H., Wirth, C., Buscot, F., Wubet, T.

(2017): Characterization of Unexplored Deadwood Mycobiome in Highly Diverse Subtropical Forests Using Culture-independent Molecular Technique. Frontiers in Microbiology

Ratcliffe, S., Wirth, C., Jucker, T., van der Plas, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Allan, E., Benavides, R., Bruelheide, H., Ohse, B., Paquette, A., Ampoorter, E., Bastias, C. C., Bauhus, J., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bussotti, F., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Chećko, E., Dawud, S. M., Wandeler, H. D., Domisch, T., Finér, L., Fischer, M., Fotelli, M., Gessler, A., Granier, A., Grossiord, C., Guyot, V., Haase, J., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Kambach, S., Kolb, S., Koricheva, J., Liebersgesell, M., Milligan, H., Müller, S., Muys, B., Nguyen, D., Nock, C., Pollastrini, M., Purschke, O., et al.

(2017): Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context. Ecology Letters

Ristok, C., Leppert, K. N., Franke, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Niklaus, P. A., Wessjohann, L. A., Bruelheide, H.

(2017): Leaf litter diversity positively affects the decomposition of plant polyphenols. Plant and Soil

Rodríguez-Rojo, M. P., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H., Rodwell, J. S., Schaminée, J. H. J., Perrin, P. M., Kącki, Z., Willner, W., Fernández-González, F., Chytrý, M.

(2017): Diversity of lowland hay meadows and pastures in Western and Central Europe. Applied Vegetation Science

Scholten, T., Goebes, P., Kühn, P., Seitz, S., Assmann, T., Bauhus, J., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Ma, K., Niklaus, P. A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Shi, X., Song, Z., von Oheimb, G., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Schmidt, K.

(2017): On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems—a study from SE China. Journal of Plant Ecology

Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F., Assmann, T., Erfmeier, A., Klein, A.-M., Ma, K., Scholten, T., Staab, M., Wirth, C., Zhang, J., Wubet, T.

(2017): Belowground top-down and aboveground bottom-up effects structure multitrophic community relationships in a biodiverse forest. Scientific Reports

Schuldt, A., Fornoff, F., Bruelheide, H., Klein, A.-M., Staab, M.

(2017): Tree species richness attenuates the positive relationship between mutualistic ant–hemipteran interactions and leaf chewer herbivory. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Schuldt, A., Hönig, L., Li, Y., Fichtner, A., Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Bruelheide, H.

(2017): Herbivore and pathogen effects on tree growth are additive, but mediated by tree diversity and plant traits. Ecology and Evolution

Sun, Z., Liu, X., Schmid, B., Bruelheide, H., Bu, W., Ma, K.

(2017): Positive effects of tree species richness on fine-root production in a subtropical forest in SE-China. Journal of Plant Ecology

Yang, B., Li, B., He, Y., Zhang, L., Bruelheide, H., Schuldt, A.

(2017): Tree diversity has contrasting effects on predation rates by birds and arthropods on three broadleaved, subtropical tree species. Ecological Research

Yang, B., Li, Y., Ding, B., Both, S., Erfmeier, A., Härdtle, W., Ma, K., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Seidler, G., von Oheimb, G., Yang, X., Bruelheide, H.

(2017): Impact of tree diversity and environmental conditions on the survival of shrub species in a forest biodiversity experiment in subtropical China. Journal of Plant Ecology

Zhang, J., Bruelheide, H., Chen, X., Eichenberg, D., Kröber, W., Xu, X., Xu, L., Schuldt, A.

(2017): Tree diversity promotes generalist herbivore community patterns in a young subtropical forest experiment. Oecologia

Beckmann, M., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A.

(2016): Reduced tolerance to simulated herbivory on clonal organs in alien genotypes: a multi-species experiment with native and introduced origins. Biological Invasions

Bruelheide, H.

(2016): Cocktail clustering – a new hierarchical agglomerative algorithm for extracting species groups in vegetation databases. Journal of Vegetation Science

Craven D., Isbell F., Manning P., Connolly J., Bruelheide H., Ebeling A., Roscher C., van Ruijven J., Weigelt A., Wilsey B., Beierkuhnlein C., de Luca E., Griffin J. N., Hautier Y., Hector A., Jentsch A., Kreyling J., Lanta V., Loreau M., Meyer S.T., Mori A. S., Naeem S., Palmborg C, Polley H. W., Reich P.B., Schmid B., Siebenkäs A., Seabloom E., Thakur M. P., Tilman D., Vogel A., Eisenhauer N.

(2016): Plant diversity effects on grassland productivity are robust to both nutrient enrichment and drought. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

De Wandeler, H., Sousa-Silva, R., Ampoorter, E., Bruelheide, H., Carnol, M., Dawud, S. M., Dănilă, G., Finer, L., Hättenschwiler, S., Hermy, M., et al.

(2016): Drivers of earthworm incidence and abundance across European forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Engst, K., Baasch, A., Erfmeier, A., Jandt, U., May, K., Schmiede, R., Bruelheide, H.

(2016): Functional community ecology meets restoration ecology: Assessing the restoration success of alluvial floodplain meadows with functional traits. Journal of Applied Ecology

Kambach, S., Kühn, I., Castagneyrol, B., Bruelheide, H.

(2016): The Impact of Tree Diversity on Different Aspects of Insect Herbivory along a Global Temperature Gradient - A Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE

Korell, L., Stein, C., Hensen, I., Bruelheide, H., Suding, K. N., Auge, H.

(2016): Stronger effect of gastropods than rodents on seedling establishment, irrespective of exotic or native plant species origin. Oikos

Liang, J., Crowther, T. W., Picard, N., Wiser, S., Zhou, M., Alberti, G., Schulze, E.-D., McGuire, A. D., Bozzato, F., ..., Bruelheide, H., et al.

(2016): Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests. Science

Nguyen, D., Castagneyrol, B., Bruelheide, H., Bussotti, F., Guyot, V., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Valladares, F., Stenlid, J., Boberg, J.

(2016): Fungal disease incidence along tree diversity gradients depends on latitude in European forests. Ecology and Evolution

Pei, Z. Q., Eichenberg, D., Bruelheide, H., Krober, W., Kuhn, P., Li, Y., von Oheimb, G., Purschke, O., Scholten, T., Buscot, F., Gutknecht, J. L. M.

(2016): Soil and tree species traits both shape soil microbial communities during early growth of Chinese subtropical forests. Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Pollastrini, M., Holland, V., Brüggemann, W., Bruelheide, H., Dănilă, I., Jaroszewicz, B., Valladares, F., Bussotti, F.

(2016): Taxonomic and ecological relevance of the chlorophyll a fluorescence signature of tree species in mixed European forests. New Phytologist

Schleuning, M., Fründ, J., Schweiger, O., Welk, E., Albrecht, J., Albrecht, M., Beil, M., Benadi, G., Blüthgen, N., Bruelheide, H., Böhning-Gaese, K., Dehling, D. M., Dormann, C. F., Exeler, N., Farwig, N., Harpke, A., Hickler, T., Kratochwil, A., Kuhlmann, M., Kühn, I., Michez, D., Mudri-Stojnić, S., Plein, M., Rasmont, P., Schwabe, A., Settele, J., et al.

(2016): Ecological networks are more sensitive to plant than to animal extinction under climate change. Nature Communications

Staab, M., Bruelheide, H., Durka, W., Michalski, S., Purschke, O., Zhu, C.-D., Klein, A.-M.

(2016): Tree phylogenetic diversity promotes host–parasitoid interactions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences

van der Plas, F., Manning, P., Allan, E., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Zavala, M. A., Hector, A., Ampoorter, E., Baeten, L., Barbaro, L., Bauhus, J., Benavides, R., Benneter, A., Berthold, F., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., et al.

(2016): Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests. Nature Communications

van der Plas, F., Manning, P., Soliveres, S., Allan, E., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Zavala, M. A., Ampoorter, E., Baeten, L., Barbaro, L., Bauhus, J., Benavides, R., Benneter, A., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., et al.

(2016): Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Verheyen, K., Vanhellemont, M., Auge, H., Baeten, L., Baraloto, C., Barsoum, N., Bilodeau-Gauthier, S., Bruelheide, H., Castagneyrol, B., Godbold, D., et al.

(2016): Contributions of a global network of tree diversity experiments to sustainable forest plantations. Ambio

Ampoorter, E., Baeten, L., Vanhellemont, M., Bruelheide, H., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Baasch, A., Erfmeier, A., Hock, M., Verheyen, K.

(2015): Disentangling tree species identity and richness effects on the herb layer: first results from a German tree diversity experiment. Journal of Vegetation Science

Baudis, M., Premper, T., Welk, E., Bruelheide, H.

(2015): The response of three Fagus sylvatica L. provenances to water availability at different soil depths. Ecological Research

Breitschwerdt, E., Jandt, U., Bruelheide, H.

(2015): Do newcomers stick to the rules of the residents? Designing trait-based community assembly tests. Journal of Vegetation Science

Eichenberg, D., Purschke, O., Ristok, C., Wessjohann, L., Bruelheide, H.

(2015): Trade-offs between physical and chemical carbon-based leaf defence: of intraspecific variation and trait evolution. Journal of Ecology

Eichenberg, D., Trogisch, S., Huang, Y., He, J.-S., Bruelheide, H.

(2015): Shifts in community leaf functional traits are related to litter decomposition along a secondary forest succession series in subtropical China. Journal of Plant Ecology

Gao, C., Zhang, Y., Shi, N.-N., Zheng, Y., Chen, L., Wubet, T., Bruelheide, H., Both, S., Buscot, F., Ding, Q., Erfmeier, A., et al.

(2015): Community assembly of ectomycorrhizal fungi along a subtropical secondary forest succession. New Phytologist

Gimbel, K. F., Felsmann, K., Baudis, M., Puhlmann, H., Gessler, A., Bruelheide, H., Kayler, Z., Ellerbrock, R. H., Ulrich, A., Welk, E., Weiler, M.

(2015): Drought in forest understory ecosystems - a novel rainfall reduction experiment. Biogeosciences

Goebes, P., Bruelheide, H., Haerdtle, W., Kroeber, W., Kuehn, P., Li, Y., Seitz, S., von Oheimb, G.,  Scholten, T.

(2015): Species-Specific Effects on Throughfall Kinetic Energy in Subtropical Forest Plantations Are Related to Leaf Traits and Tree Architecture. Plos One

Hock, M., Beckmann, M., Hofmann, R. W., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A.

(2015): Effects of UV-B radiation on germination characteristics in invasive plants in New Zealand. Neobiota

Hofmann, M., Bruelheide, H.

(2015): Frost hardiness of tree species is independent of phenology and macroclimatic niche. Journal of Biosciences

Hofmann, M., Durka, W., Liesebach, M., Bruelheide, H.

(2015): Intraspecific variability in frost hardiness of Fagus sylvatica L. European Journal of Forest Research

Isbell, F., Craven, D., Connolly, J., Loreau, M., Schmid, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Bezemer, T. M., Bonin, C., Bruelheide, H., de Luca, E., Ebeling, A., Griffin, J. N., Guo, Q., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Jentsch, A., Kreyling, J., Lanta, V., Manning, P., Meyer, S. T., Mori, A. S., Naeem, S., Niklaus, P. A., Polley, H. W., Reich, P. B., Roscher, C., Seabloom, E. W., Smith, M. D., Thakur, M. P., Tilman, D., Tracy, B. F., van der Putten, W. H., van Ruijven, J., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W. W., Wilsey, B., Eisenhauer, N.

(2015): Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes. Nature

Korell, L., Schmidt, R., Bruelheide, H., Hensen, I., Auge, H.

(2015): Mechanisms driving diversity-productivity relationships differ between exotic and native communities and are affected by gastropod herbivory. Oecologia

Kröber, W., Heklau, H., Bruelheide, H.

(2015): Leaf morphology of 40 evergreen and deciduous broadleaved subtropical tree species and relationships to functional ecophysiological traits. Plant Biology

Kröber, W., Plath, I., Heklau, H., Bruelheide, H.

(2015): Relating Stomatal Conductance to Leaf Functional Traits. Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Kröber, W., Li, Y., Haerdtle, W., Ma, K., Schmid, B., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Seidler, G., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H.

(2015): Early subtropical forest growth is driven by community mean trait values and functional diversity rather than the abiotic environment. Ecology and Evolution

Liu, H., Bruelheide, H., Ewald, J., Chytry, M.

(2015): Temperate forests in continental East Asia. Applied Vegetation Science

Paine, C. E. T., Amissah, L., Auge, H., Baraloto, C., Baruffol, M., Bourland, N., Bruelheide, H., Daïnou, K., de Gouvenain, R. C., Doucet, J.-L., et al.

(2015): Globally, functional traits are poor predictors of juvenile tree growth. Journal of Ecology

Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Assmann, T., Li, Y., Ma, K., von Oheimb, G., Zhang, J.

(2015): Early positive effects of tree species richness on herbivory in a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment influence tree growth. Journal of Ecology

Schuldt, A., Wubet, T., Buscot, F., Staab, M., Assmann, T., Bohnke-Kammerlander, M., Both, S., Erfmeier, A., Klein, A.-M., Ma, K., Pietsch, K., Schultze, S., Wirth, C., Zhang, J., Zumstein, P., Bruelheide, H.

(2015): Multitrophic diversity in a biodiverse forest is highly nonlinear across spatial scales. Nature Communications

Baudis, M., Ellerbrock, R. H., Felsmann, K., Gessler, A., Gimbel, K., Kayler, Z., Puhlmann, H., Ulrich, A., Weiler, M., Welk, E., Bruelheide, H.

(2014): Intraspecific differences in responses to rainshelter-induced drought and competition of Fagus sylvatica L. across Germany. Forest Ecology and Management

Beckmann, M., Bruelheide, H., Erfmeier, A.

(2014): Local performance of six clonal alien species differs between native and invasive regions in Germany and New Zealand. Austral Ecology

Beckstein, C., Böcke, r. S., Bogdan, M., Bruehlheide, H., Bücker, M. H., Denzler, J., Dittrich, P., Grosse, I., Hinneburg, A., König-Ries, B., Löffler, F., Marz, M., Müller-Hannemann, M., Winter, M., Zimmermann, W.

(2014): Explorative Analysis of Heterogeneous, Unstructured, and Uncertain Data - A Computer Science Perspective on Biodiversity Research. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Data Management Technologies and Applications

Böhnke, M., Kröber, W., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H., Kühn, I.

(2014): Maintenance of constant functional diversity during secondary succession of a subtropical forest in China. Journal of Vegetation Science

Bruelheide, H., Nadrowski, K., Assmann, T., Bauhus, J., Both, S., Buscot, F., Chen, X.-Y., Ding, B., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Gutknecht, J. L. M., Guo, D., Guo, L.-D., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Klein, A.-M., Kühn, P., Liang, Y., Liu, X., Michalski, S., Niklaus, P. A., Pei, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Seidler, G., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., et al.

(2014): Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China. Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Dengler, J., Bruelheide, H., Purschke, O., Chytrý, M., Jansen, F., Hennekens, S. M., Jandt, U., Jiménez-Alfaro, B., Kattge, J., Pillar, V. D., Sandel, B., Winter, M., sPlot Consortium

(2014): sPlot – the new global vegetation-plot database for addressing trait-environment relationships across the world’s biomes. In: Mucina, L., Price, J.N., Kalwij, J.M. (Eds.) Biodiversity and vegetation: patterns, processes, conservation Kwongan Foundation

Eichenberg, D., Ristok, C., Kröber, W., Bruelheide, H.

(2014): Plant polyphenols – implications of different sampling, storage and sample processing in biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments. Chemistry and Ecology

Grossiord, C., Granier, A., Ratcliffe, S., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide, H., Checko, E., Forrester, D. I., Dawud, S. M., Finer, L., Pollastrini, M., et al.

(2014): Tree diversity does not always improve resistance of forest ecosystems to drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Hantsch, L., Bien, S., Radatz, S., Braun, U., Auge, H., Bruelheide, H.

(2014): Tree diversity and the role of non-host neighbour tree species in reducing fungal pathogen infestation. Journal of Ecology

Hantsch, L., Braun, U., Haase, J., Purschke, O., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Bruelheide, H.

(2014): No plant functional diversity effects on foliar fungal pathogens in experimental tree communities. Fungal Diversity

Hofmann, M., Jager, M., Bruelheide, H.

(2014): Relationship between frost hardiness of adults and seedlings of different tree species. iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry

Kröber, W., Bruelheide, H.

(2014): Transpiration and stomatal control: a cross-species study of leaf traits in 39 evergreen and deciduous broadleaved subtropical tree species. Trees

Kröber, W., Zhang, S., Ehmig, M., Bruelheide, H.

(2014): Linking Xylem Hydraulic Conductivity and Vulnerability to the Leaf Economics Spectrum-A Cross-Species Study of 39 Evergreen and Deciduous Broadleaved Subtropical Tree Species. PLoS ONE

Lang, A. C., von Oheimb, G., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Yang, B., Trogisch, S., Bruelheide, H., Ma, K., Härdtle, W., Kardol, P.

(2014): Mixed afforestation of young subtropical trees promotes nitrogen acquisition and retention. Journal of Applied Ecology

Lang, A., Härdtle, W., Bruelheide, H., von Oheimb, G.

(2014): Local neighborhood competition following an extraordinary snow break event: implications for tree-individual growth. iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry

Li, Y., Härdtle, W., Bruelheide, H., Nadrowski, K., Scholten, T., von Wehrden, H., von Oheimb, G.

(2014): Site and neighborhood effects on growth of tree saplings in subtropical plantations (China). Ecology and Management

Nadrowski, K., Pietsch, K., Baruffol, M., Both, S., Gutknecht, J., Bruelheide, H., Heklau, H., Kahl, A., Kahl, T., Niklaus, P., Kröber, W., Liu, X., Mi, X., Michalski, S., von Oheimb, G., Purschke, O., Schmid, B., Fang, T., Welk, E., Wirth, C.

(2014): Tree Species Traits but Not Diversity Mitigate Stem Breakage in a Subtropical Forest following a Rare and Extreme Ice Storm. PLoS ONE

Pompe, S., Hanspach, J., Badeck, F. W., Klotz, S., Bruelheide, H., Kühn, I.

(2014): Using ecological and life-history characteristics for projecting species' responses to climate change. Frontiers of Biogeography

Schuldt, A., Assmann, T., Bruelheide, H., Durka, W., Eichenberg, D., Härdtle, W., Kröber, W., Michalski, S. G., Purschke, O.

(2014): Functional and phylogenetic diversity of woody plants drive herbivory in a highly diverse forest. New Phytologist

Schuldt, A., Baruffol, M., Bruelheide, H., Chen, S. M., Chi, X. L., Wall, M., Assmann, T.

(2014): Woody plant phylogenetic diversity mediates bottom-up control of arthropod biomass in species-rich forests. Oecologia

Staab, M., Schuldt, A., Assmann, T., Bruelheide, H., Klein, A.-M.

(2014): Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China. Acta Oecologica

Welk, A., Welk, E., Bruelheide, H.

(2014): Biotic Interactions Overrule Plant Responses to Climate, Depending on the Species' Biogeography. PLoS ONE

Baeten, L., Verheyen, K., Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H., Bussotti, F., Finér, L., Jaroszewicz, B., Selvi, F., Valladares, F., Allan, E., Ampoorter, E., Auge, H., et al.

(2013): A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Erfmeier, A., Hantsch, L., Bruelheide, H.

(2013): The Role of Propagule Pressure, Genetic Diversity and Microsite Availability for Senecio vernalis Invasion. PLoS ONE

Hantsch, L., Braun, U., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Bruelheide, H.

(2013): Species richness and species identity effects on occurrence of foliar fungal pathogens in a tree diversity experiment. Ecosphere

Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Durka, W., Michalski, S. G., Purschke, O., Assmann, T.

(2013): Tree diversity promotes functional dissimilarity and maintains functional richness despite species loss in predator assemblages. Oecologia

Wu, Y. T., Wubet, T., Trogisch, S., Both, S., Scholten, T., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F.

(2013): Forest Age and Plant Species Composition Determine the Soil Fungal Community Composition in a Chinese Subtropical Forest. PLoS ONE

Yang, X., Bauhus, J., Both, S., Fang, T., Härdtle, W., Kröber, W., Ma, K., Nadrowski, K., Pei, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scholten, T., Seidler, G., Schmid, B., Oheimb, G., Bruelheide, H.

(2013): Establishment success in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning experiment in subtropical China (BEF-China). European Journal of Forest Research
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