PD Dr Christiane Roscher

Scientific Employee

iDiv publications

 

Winkler, Daniel E., Garbowski, Magda, Kožić, Kevin, Ladouceur, Emma, Larson, Julie, Martin, Sarah, Rosche, Christoph, Roscher, Christiane, Slate, Mandy L., Korell, Lotte

(2024): Facilitating comparable research in seedling functional ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Bakker, Jonathan D., Price, Jodi N., Henning, Jeremiah A., Batzer, Evan E., Ohlert, Timothy J., Wainwright, Claire E., Adler, Peter B., Alberti, Juan, Arnillas, Carlos Alberto, Biederman, Lori A., Borer, Elizabeth T., Brudvig, Lars A., Buckley, Yvonne M., Bugalho, Miguel N., Cadotte, Marc W., Caldeira, Maria C., Catford, Jane A., Chen, Qingqing, Crawley, Michael J., Daleo, Pedro, Dickman, Chris R., Donohue, Ian, DuPre, Mary Ellyn, Ebeling, Anne, Eisenhauer, Nico, Fay, Philip A., Gruner, Daniel S., Haider, Sylvia, Hautier, Yann, Jentsch, Anke, Kirkman, Kevin, Knops, Johannes M. H., Lannes, Lucíola S., MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Mitchell, Rachel M., Moore, Joslin L., Morgan, John W., Mortensen, Brent, Olde Venterink, Harry, Peri, Pablo L., Power, Sally A., Prober, Suzanne M., Roscher, Christiane, Sankaran, Mahesh, Seabloom, Eric W., Smith, Melinda D., Stevens, Carly, Sullivan, Lauren L., Tedder, Michelle, Veen, G. F., Virtanen, Risto, Wardle, Glenda M.

(2023): Compositional variation in grassland plant communities. Ecosphere

Bröcher, M., Ebeling, A., Hertzog, L., Roscher, C., Weisser, W., Meyer, S. T.

(2023): Effects of plant diversity on species-specific herbivory: patterns and mechanisms. Oecologia

Dietrich, P., Eisenhauer, N., Roscher, C.

(2023): Linking plant diversity–productivity relationships to plant functional traits of dominant species and changes in soil properties in 15-year-old experimental grasslands. Ecology and Evolution

Chen, Qingqing, Wang, Shaopeng, Borer, Elizabeth T., Bakker, Jonathan D., Seabloom, Eric W., Harpole, W. Stanley, Eisenhauer, Nico, Lekberg, Ylva, Buckley, Yvonne M., Catford, Jane A., Roscher, Christiane, Donohue, Ian, Power, Sally A., Daleo, Pedro, Ebeling, Anne, Knops, Johannes M. H., Martina, Jason P., Eskelinen, Anu, Morgan, John W., Risch, Anita C., Caldeira, Maria C., Bugalho, Miguel N., Virtanen, Risto, Barrio, Isabel C., Niu, Yujie, Jentsch, Anke, Stevens, Carly J., Gruner, Daniel S., MacDougall, Andrew S., Alberti, Juan, Hautier, Yann

(2023): Multidimensional responses of grassland stability to eutrophication. Nature Communications

Argens, Laura, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Ebeling, Anne, Eisenhauer, Nico, Lange, Markus, Oelmann, Yvonne, Roscher, Christiane, Schielzeth, Holger, Schmid, Bernhard, Wilcke, Wolfgang, Meyer, Sebastian T.

(2023): Relationships between ecosystem functions vary among years and plots and are driven by plant species richness. Oikos

Spohn, Marie, Bagchi, Sumanta, Biederman, Lori A., Borer, Elizabeth T., Bråthen, Kari Anne, Bugalho, Miguel N., Caldeira, Maria C., Catford, Jane A., Collins, Scott L., Eisenhauer, Nico, Hagenah, Nicole, Haider, Sylvia, Hautier, Yann, Knops, Johannes M. H., Koerner, Sally E., Laanisto, Lauri, Lekberg, Ylva, Martina, Jason P., Martinson, Holly, McCulley, Rebecca L., Peri, Pablo L., Macek, Petr, Power, Sally A., Risch, Anita C., Roscher, Christiane, Seabloom, Eric W., Stevens, Carly, Veen, G. F., Virtanen, Risto, Yahdjian, Laura

(2023): The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate. Nature Communications

Slabbert, E. L., Knight, T. M., Wubet, T., Kautzner, A., Baessler, C., Auge, H., Roscher, C. and Schweiger, O.

(2022): Abiotic factors are more important than land management and biotic interactions in shaping vascular plant and soil fungal communities. Global Ecology and Conservation

Wagg, C., Roscher, C., Weigelt, A., Vogel, A., Ebeling, A., de Luca, E., Roeder, A., Kleinspehn, C., Temperton, V. M., Meyer, S. T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Buchmann, N., Fischer, M., Weisser, W. W., Eisenhauer, N., Schmid, B.

(2022): Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment. Nature Communications

Dietrich, P., Schumacher, J., Eisenhauer, N.Roscher, C.

(2022): Eco-evolutionary dynamics modulate plant responses to global change depending on plant diversity and species identity. eLife

Ladouceur, E., Blowes, S. A., Chase, J. M., Clark, A. T., Garbowski, M., Alberti, J., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Barrio, I. C., Bharath, S., Borer, E. T., Brudvig, L. A., Cadotte, M. W., Chen, Q., Collins, S. L., Dickman, C. R., Donohue, I., Du, G., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Fay, P. A., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Jentsch, A., Jónsdóttir, I. S., Komatsu, K., MacDougall, A., Martina, J. P., Moore, J. L., Morgan, J. W., Peri, P. L., Power, Sally A., Ren, Z., Risch, A. C., Roscher, C., Schuchardt, Max A., Seabloom, E. W., Stevens, C. J., Veen, G. F., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G. M., Wilfahrt, P. A., Harpole, W. S.

(2022): Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment. Ecology Letters

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

Vázquez, E., Schleuss, P.-M., Borer, E. T., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M. C., Eisenhauer, N., Eskelinen, A., Fay, P. A., Haider, S., Jentsch, A., Kirkman, K. P., McCulley, R. L., Peri, P. L., Price, J., Richards, A. E., Risch, A. C., Roscher, C., Schütz, M., Seabloom, E. W., Standish, R. J., Stevens, C. J., Tedder, M. J., Virtanen, R.Spohn, M.

(2022): Nitrogen but not phosphorus addition affects symbiotic N2 fixation by legumes in natural and semi-natural grasslands located on four continents. Plant and Soil

Ristok, C., Weinhold, A., Ciobanu, M., Poeschl, Y., Roscher, C., Vergara, F., Eisenhauer, N., van Dam, N. M.

(2022): Plant diversity effects on herbivory are related to soil biodiversity and plant chemistry. Journal of Ecology

de Bello, F., Lavorel, S., Hallett, L. M., Valencia, E., Garnier, E., Roscher, C., Conti, L., Galland, T., Goberna, M., Májeková, M., Montesinos-Navarro, A., Pausas, J. G., Verdú, M., E-Vojtkó, A., Götzenberger, L., Lepš, J.

(2021): Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle. Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Ebeling, A., Strauss, A. T., Adler, P. B., Arnillas, C. A., Barrio, I. C., Biederman, L. A., Borer, E. T., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M. C., Cadotte, M. W., Daleo, P., Eisenhauer, N., Eskelinen, A., Fay, P. A., Firn, J., Graff, P., Hagenah, N., Haider, S., Komatsu, K. J., McCulley, R. L., Mitchell, C. E., Moore, J. L., Pascual, J., Peri, P. L., Power, S. A., Prober, S. M., Risch, A. C., Roscher, C., Sankaran, M., Seabloom, E. W., Schielzeth, H., Schütz, M., Speziale, K. L., Tedder, M., Virtanen, R. and Blumenthal, D. M.

(2021): Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology

Villellas, J., Ehrlén, J., Crone, E. E., Csergő, A. M., Garcia, M. B., Laine, A. L., Roach, D. A., Salguero-Gómez, R., Wardle, G. M., Childs, D. Z., Elderd, B. D., Finn, A., Munné-Bosch, S., Bachelot, B., Bódis, J., Bucharova, A., Caruso, C. M., Catford, J. A., Coghill, M., Compagnoni, A., Duncan, R. P., Dwyer, J. M., Ferguson, A., Fraser, L. H., Griffoul, E., Groenteman, R., Hamre, L. N., Helm, A., Kelly, R., Laanisto, L., Lonati, M., Münzbergová, Z., Nuche, P., Olsen, S. L., Oprea, A., Pärtel, M., Petry, W. K., Ramula, S., Rasmussen, P. U., Enri, S. R., Roeder, A., Roscher, C., Schultz, C., Skarpaas, O., Smith, A. L., Tack, A. J. M., Töpper, J. P., Vesk, P. A., Vose, G. E., Wandrag, E., Wingler, A., Buckley, Y. M.

(2021): Phenotypic plasticity masks range-wide genetic differentiation for vegetative but not reproductive traits in a short-lived plant. Ecology Letters

Radujković, D., Verbruggen, E., Seabloom, E. W., Bahn, M., Biederman, L. A., Borer, E. T., Boughton, E. H., Catford, J. A., Campioli, M., Donohue, I., Ebeling, A., Eskelinen, A., Fay, P. A., Hansart, A., Knops, J. M. H., MacDougall, A. S., Ohlert, T., Olde Venterink, H., Raynaud, X., Risch, A. C., Roscher, C., Schütz, M., Silveira, M. L., Stevens, C. J., Van Sundert, K., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G. M., Wragg, P. D., Vicca, S.

(2021): Soil properties as key predictors of global grassland production: Have we overlooked micronutrients?. Ecology Letters

A. Roeder, F. H. Schweingruber, A. Ebeling, N. Eisenhauer, M. Fischer, C. Roscher

(2021): Plant diversity effects on plant longevity and their relationships to population stability in experimental grasslands. Journal of Ecology

C. Guimarães-Steinicke, A. Weigelt, R. Proulx, T. Lanners, N. Eisenhauer, J. Duque-Lazo, B. Reu, C. Roscher, C. Wagg, N. Buchmann, C. Wirth

(2021): Biodiversity facets affect community surface temperature via 3D canopy structure in grassland communities. Journal of Ecology

E. W. Seabloom, E. Batzer, J. M. Chase, W. Stanley Harpole, P. B. Adler, S. Bagchi, J. D. Bakker, I. C. Barrio, L. Biederman, E. H. Boughton, M. N. Bugalho, M. C. Caldeira, J. A. Catford, P. Daleo, N. Eisenhauer, A. Eskelinen, S. Haider, L. M. Hallett, I. Svala Jónsdóttir, K. Kimmel, M. Kuhlman, A. MacDougall, C. D. Molina, J. L. Moore, J. W. Morgan, R. Muthukrishnan, T. Ohlert, A. C. Risch, C. Roscher, M. Schütz, G. Sonnier, P. M. Tognetti, R. Virtanen, P. A. Wilfahrt, E. T. Borer

(2021): Species loss due to nutrient addition increases with spatial scale in global grasslands. Ecology Letters

K. Van Sundert, M. A. S. Arfin Khan, S. Bharath, Y. M. Buckley, M. C. Caldeira, I. Donohue, M. Dubbert, A. Ebeling, N. Eisenhauer, A. Eskelinen, A. Finn, T. Gebauer, S. Haider, A. Hansart, A. Jentsch, A. Kübert, I. Nijs, C. A. Nock, C. Nogueira, A. J. Porath-Krause, D. Radujković, X. Raynaud, A. C. Risch, C. Roscher, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, M. A. Schuchardt, M. Schütz, J. Siebert, J. Sitters, M. Spohn, R. Virtanen, C. Werner, P. Wilfahrt, S. Vicca

(2021): Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity. Global Change Biology

P. Dietrich, S. Cesarz, T. Liu, C. Roscher, N. Eisenhauer

(2021): Effects of plant species diversity on nematode community composition and diversity in a long-term biodiversity experiment. Oecologia

S. F. M. Wahdan, T. Reitz, A. Heintz-Buschart,M. Schädler, C. Roscher, C. Breitkreuz, B. Schnabel, W. Purahong, F. Buscot

(2021): Organic agricultural practice enhances arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in correspondence to soil warming and altered precipitation patterns. Environmental Microbiology

Y. Oelmann, M. Lange, S. Leimer, C. Roscher, F. Aburto, F. Alt, N. Bange, D. Berner, S. Boch, R. S. Boeddinghaus, F. Buscot, S. Dassen, G. De Deyn, N. Eisenhauer, G. Gleixner, K. Goldmann, N. Hölzel, M. Jochum, E. Kandeler, V. H. Klaus, T. Kleinebecker, G. Le Provost, P. Manning, S. Marhan, D. Prati, D. Schäfer, I. Schöning, M. Schrumpf, E. Schurig, C. Wagg, T. Wubet, W. Wilcke

(2021): Above- and belowground biodiversity jointly tighten the P cycle in agricultural grasslands. Nature Communications

Clark, A. T., Ann Turnbull, L., Tredennick, A., Allan, E., Harpole, W. S., Mayfield, M. M., Soliveres, S., Barry, K., Eisenhauer, N., de Kroon, H., Rosenbaum, B., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Feng, Y., Roscher, C., Schmid, B.

(2020): Predicting species abundances in a grassland biodiversity experiment: Trade-offs between model complexity and generality. Journal of Ecology

Dietrich, P., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Roscher, C.

(2020): Effects of steam sterilization on soil abiotic and biotic properties. SOIL ORGANISMS

Dietrich, P., Roscher, C., Clark, A. T., Eisenhauer, N., Schmid, B., Wagg, C.

(2020): Diverse plant mixtures sustain a greater arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi spore viability than monocultures after 12 years. Journal of Plant Ecology

Feng, Y., Soliveres, S., Allan, E., Rosenbaum, B., Wagg, C., Tabi, A., De Luca, E., Eisenhauer, N., Schmid, B., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W. W., Roscher, C., Fischer, M.

(2020): Inferring competitive outcomes, ranks and intransitivity from empirical data: A comparison of different methods. Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Hautier, Y., P. Zhang, M. Loreau, K. R. Wilcox, E. W. Seabloom, E. T. Borer, J. E. K. Byrnes, S. E. Koerner, K. J. Komatsu, J. S. Lefcheck, A. Hector, P. B. Adler, J. Alberti, C. A. Arnillas, J. D. Bakker, L. A. Brudvig, M. N. Bugalho, M. Cadotte, M. C. Caldeira, O. Carroll, M. Crawley, S. L. Collins, P. Daleo, L. E. Dee, N. Eisenhauer, A. Eskelinen, P. A. Fay, B. Gilbert, A. Hansar, F. Isbell, J. M. H. Knops, A. S. MacDougall, R. L. McCulley, J. L. Moore, J. W. Morgan, A. S. Mori, P. L. Peri, E. T. Pos, S. A. Power, J. N. Price, P. B. Reich, A. C. Risch, C. Roscher, M. Sankaran, M. Schütz, M. Smith, C. Stevens, P. M. Tognetti, R. Virtanen, G. M. Wardle, P. A. Wilfahrt , S. Wang

(2020): General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales. Nature Communications

Jochum, M., Fischer, M., Isbell, F., Roscher, C., van der Plas, F., ..., Eisenhauer, N., ..., Kattge, J., ..., Vogel, A., ..., Weigelt, A., ..., Manning, P.

(2020): The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic. Nature Ecology & 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

Ladouceur, E., Stanley Harpole, W., Blowes, S. A., Roscher, C., Auge, H., Seabloom, E. W., Chase, J. M.

(2020): Reducing dispersal limitation via seed addition increases species richness but not above-ground biomass. Ecology Letters

Lange, M., V.-N. Roth, N. Eisenhauer, C. Roscher, T. Dittmar, C. Fischer-Bedtke, O. González Macé, A. Hildebrandt, A. Milcu, L. Mommer, N. J. Oram, J. Ravenek, S. Scheu, B. Schmid, T. Strecker, C. Wagg, A. Weigelt, G. Gleixner

(2020): Plant diversity enhances production and downward transport of biodegradable dissolved organic matter. Journal of Ecology

Ochoa-Hueso, R., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Hobbie, S. E., Risch, A. C., Collins, S. L., ..., Eisenhauer, N., Esch, E. H., Eskelinen, A., ..., Roscher, C., ..., Siebert, J., ..., Virtanen, R., ..., Zamin, T.

(2020): Microbial processing of plant remains is co-limited by multiple nutrients in global grasslands. Global Change Biology

Slabbert, E. L., Schweiger, O., Wubet, T., Kautzner, A., Baessler, C., Auge, H., Roscher, C., Knight, T. M.

(2020): Scale-dependent impact of land management on above- and belowground biodiversity. Ecology and Evolution

Barry, K. E., H. de Kroon, P. Dietrich, W. Stanley Harpole, A. Roeder, B. Schmid, A. T. Clark, M. M. Mayfield, C. Wagg, C. Roscher

(2019): Linking local species coexistence to ecosystem functioning: A conceptual framework from ecological first principles in grassland ecosystems. In: Nico Eisenhauer, David A. Bohan, Alex J. Dumbrell (Eds.) Mechanisms underlying the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function Advances in Ecological Research

Beugnon, R., Steinauer, K., Barnes, A. D., Ebeling, A., Roscher, C., Eisenhauer, N.

(2019): Plant functional trait identity and diversity effects on soil meso- and macrofauna in an experimental grassland. In: Eisenhauer, N. Bohan, D. A. Dumbrell, A. J. (Eds.) Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function Academic Press Ltd-Elsevier Science Ltd

Clark, A. T., Barry, K. E., Roscher, C., Buchmann, T., Loreau, M., Harpole, W. S.

(2019): How to Estimate Complementarity and Selection Effects from an Incomplete Sample of Species. Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Dietrich, P., Roeder, A., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Ebeling, A., Schmid, B., Schulze, E. D., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Roscher, C.

(2019): Nematode communities, plant nutrient economy, and life-cycle characteristics jointly determine plant monoculture performance over 12-years. Oikos

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

Firn, J., McGree, J. M., Harvey, E., Flores-Moreno, H., Schütz, M., Buckley, Y. M., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., La Pierre, K. J., MacDougall, A. M., Prober, S. M., Stevens, C. J., Sullivan, L. L., Porter, E., Ladouceur, E., Allen, C., Moromizato, K. H., Morgan, J. W., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Eisenhauer, N., ..., Roscher, C., et al.

(2019): Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Giling, D. P., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Meyer, S. T., Roscher, C., Rzanny, M., Voigt, W., Weisser, W. W., Hines, J.

(2019): Plant diversity alters the representation of motifs in food webs. Nature Communications

Guerrero-Ramírez, N. R., Craven, D., Reich, P. B., Ewel, J. J., Isbell, F., Koricheva, J., Parrotta, J. A., Auge, H., ..., Eisenhauer, N

(2019): Author Correction: Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Risch, A. C., Zimmermann, S., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Schütz, M., ..., Harpole, W. S., ..., Eisenhauer, N., Esch, E., Eskelinen, A., ..., Roscher, C., Sankaran, M., Siebert, J. et al.

(2019): Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nature Communications

Roeder, A., Schweingruber, F. H., Fischer, M., Roscher, C.

(2019): Increasing plant diversity of experimental grasslands alters the age and growth of Plantago lanceolata from younger and faster to older and slower. Oikos

Roscher, C., Karlowsky, S., Milcu, A., Gessler, A., Bachmann, D., Jesch, A., Lange, M., Mellado-Vazquez, P., Strecker, T., Landais, D., et al.

(2019): Functional composition has stronger impact than species richness on carbon gain and allocation in experimental grasslands. PLOS ONE

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

Thakur, M. P., Quast, V., van Dam, N. M., Eisenhauer, N., Roscher, C., Biere, A., Martinez-Medina, A.

(2019): Interactions between functionally diverse fungal mutualists inconsistently affect plant performance and competition. Oikos

Wagg, C., K. E. Barry, M. J. O'Brien, A. McKenzie-Gopsill, C. Roscher, N. Eisenhauer, B. Schmid

(2019): Not even wrong: Comment by Wagg et al. Ecology

Bachmann, D., Roscher, C., Buchmann, N.

(2018): How do leaf trait values change spatially and temporally with light availability in a grassland diversity experiment?. Oikos

Bannar-Martin, K. H., Kremer, C. T., Ernest, M., Leibold, M. A., Auge, H., Chase, J., Declerck, S. A. J., Eisenhauer, N., Harpole, S., Hillebrand, H., Isbell, F., Koffel, T., Larsen, S., Narwani, A., Petermann, J. S., Roscher, C., Cabral, J. S., Supp, S. R.

(2018): Integrating community assembly and biodiversity to better understand ecosystem function: the Community Assembly and the Functioning of Ecosystems (CAFE) approach. Ecology Letters

Buchmann, T., Schumacher, J., Roscher, C.

(2018): Intraspecific trait variation in three common grass species reveals fine-scale species adjustment to local environmental conditions. Journal of Plant Ecology

Craven, D., Eisenhauer, N., Pearse, W. D., Hautier, Y., Isbell, F., Roscher, C., Bahn, M., Beierkuhnlein, C., Bonisch, G., Buchmann, N., Byun, C., Catford, J. A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Craine, J. M., De Luca, E., Ebeling, A., Griffin, J. N., Hector, A., Hines, J., Jentsch, A., Kattge, J., Kreyling, J., Lanta, V., Lemoine, N., Meyer, S. T., Minden, V., Onipchenko, V., Polley, H. W., Reich, P. B., van Ruijven, J., Schamp, B., Smith, M. D., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Tilman, D., Weigelt, A., Wilsey, B., Manning, P.

(2018): Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity-stability relationship. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Fischer, C., Leimer, S., Roscher, C., Ravenek, J., Kroon, H., Kreutziger, Y., Baade, J., Beßler, H., Eisenhauer, N., Weigelt, A., Mommer, L., Lange, M., Gleixner, G., Wilcke, W., Schröder, B., Hildebrandt, A.

(2018): Plant species richness and functional groups have different effects on soil water content in a decade-long grassland experiment. Journal of Ecology

Guderle, M., Bachmann, D., Milcu, A., Gockele, A., Bechmann, M., Fischer, C., Roscher, C., Landais, D., Ravel, O., Devidal, S., Roy, J., Gessler, A., Buchmann, N., Weigelt, A., Hildebrandt, A.

(2018): Dynamic niche partitioning in root water uptake facilitates efficient water use in more diverse grassland plant communities. Functional Ecology

Guiz, J., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Hacker, N., Hertzog, L., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Wagg, C., Hillebrand, H.

(2018): Interspecific competition alters leaf stoichiometry in 20 grassland species. Oikos

Meyer, S. T., Ptacnik, R., Hillebrand, H., Bessler, H., Buchmann, N., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Halle, S., Klein, A.-M., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Rottstock, T., Scherber, C., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., Temperton, V. M., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W., Weisser, W. W.

(2018): Biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Roscher, C., Gubsch, M., Lipowsky, A., Schumacher, J., Weigelt, A., Buchmann, N., Schulze, E.-D., Schmid, B.

(2018): Trait means, trait plasticity and trait differences to other species jointly explain species performances in grasslands of varying diversity. Oikos

Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Gubsch, M., Lipowsky, A., Weigelt, A., Buchmann, N., Schmid, B., Schulze, E. D.

(2018): Origin context of trait data matters for predictions of community performance in a grassland biodiversity experiment. Ecology

Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Gubsch, M., Lipowsky, A., Weigelt, A., Buchmann, N., Schulze, E.-D., Schmid, B.

(2018): Interspecific trait differences rather than intraspecific trait variation increase the extent and filling of community trait space with increasing plant diversity in experimental grasslands. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Lipowsky, A., Gubsch, M., Weigelt, A., Schmid, B., Buchmann, N., Schulze, E.-D.

(2018): Functional groups differ in trait means, but not in trait plasticity to species richness in local grassland communities. Ecology

Dietrich, P., Buchmann, T., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Roscher, C.

(2017): Fertilization, soil and plant community characteristics determine soil microbial activity in managed temperate grasslands. Plant and Soil

Fergus, A. J. F., Gerighausen, U., Roscher, C.

(2017): Vascular plant diversity structures bryophyte colonization in experimental grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science

Guerrero-Ramírez, N. R., Craven, D., Reich, P. B., Ewel, J. J., Isbell, F., Koricheva, J., Parrotta, J. A., Auge, H., Erickson, H. E., Forrester, D. I., Hector, A., Joshi, J., Montagnini, F., Palmborg, C., Piotto, D., Potvin, C., Roscher, C., van Ruijven, J., Tilman, D., Wilsey, B., Eisenhauer, N.

(2017): Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Meyer, S. T., Scheithe, L., Hertzog, L., Ebeling, A., Wagg, C., Roscher, C., Weisser, W. W.

(2017): Consistent increase in herbivory along two experimental plant diversity gradients over multiple years. Ecosphere

Milcu, A., Gessler, A., Roscher, C., Rose, L., Kayler, Z., Bachmann, D., Pirhofer-Walzl, K., Zavadlav, S., Galiano, L., Buchmann, T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Roy, J.

(2017): Top canopy nitrogen allocation linked to increased grassland carbon uptake in stands of varying species richness. Scientific Reports

Roeder, A., Schweingruber, F. H., Fischer, M., Roscher, C.

(2017): Growth ring analysis of multiple dicotyledonous herb species—a novel community-wide approach. Basic and Applied Ecology

Steinauer, K., Fischer, F. M., Roscher, C., Scheu, S., Eisenhauer, N.

(2017): Spatial plant resource acquisition traits explain plant community effects on soil microbial properties. Pedobiologia

Wagg, C., Ebeling, A., Roscher, C., Ravenek, J., Bachmann, D., Eisenhauer, N., Mommer, L., Buchmann, N., Hillebrand, H., Schmid, B., Weisser, W. W.

(2017): Functional trait dissimilarity drives both species complementarity and competitive disparity. Functional Ecology

Weisser, W. W., Roscher, C., Meyer, S., Ebeling, A., Luo, G., Allan, E., Beßler, H., Barnard, R., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F., Engels, C., Fischer, C., Fischer, M., Gessler, A., Gleixner, G., Halle, S., Hildebrandt, A., Hillebrand, H., de Kroon, H., Lange, M., Leimer, S., Le Roux, X., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P., Oelmann, Y., Proulx, R., Roy, J., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Tscharntke, T., Wachendorf, M., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W., Wirth, C., Schulze, E.-D., Schmid, B., Eisenhauer, N.

(2017): Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: patterns, mechanisms, and open questions. Basic and Applied Ecology

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

Dudenhöffer, J.-H., Pufal, G., Roscher, C., Klein, A.-M.

(2016): Plant density can increase invertebrate postdispersal seed predation in an experimental grassland community. Ecology and Evolution

Fischer F. M., Wright A. J., Eisenhauer N., Ebeling A., Roscher C., Wagg C., Weigelt A., Weisser  W. W., Pillar V. D.

(2016): Plant species richness and functional traits affect community stability after a flood event. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Leimer, S., Oelmann, Y., Eisenhauer, N., Milcu, A., Roscher, C., Scheu, S., Weigelt, A., Wirth, C., Wilcke, W.

(2016): Mechanisms behind plant diversity effects on inorganic and organic N leaching from temperate grassland. Biogeochemistry

Meyer, S. T., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Hertzog, L., Hillebrand, H., Milcu, A., Pompe, S., Abbas, M., Bessler, H., Buchmann, N., De Luca, E., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hudewenz, A., Klein, A.-M., de Kroon, H., Leimer, S., Loranger, H., Mommer, L., Oelmann, Y., Ravenek, J. M., Roscher, C., Rottstock, T., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., Staudler, A., Strecker, T., Temperton, V., Tscharntke, T., Vogel, A., et al.

(2016): Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity. Ecosphere

Roscher, C., Schmid, B., Kolle, O., Schulze, E. D.

(2016): Complementarity among four highly productive grassland species depends on resource availability. Oecologia

Roscher, C., Schumacher, J.

(2016): Positive diversity effects on productivity in mixtures of arable weed species as related to density–size relationships. Journal of Plant Ecology

Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Petermann, J. S., Fergus, A. J. F., Gerighausen, U., Michalski, S. G., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D.

(2016): Convergent high diversity in naturally colonized experimental grasslands is not related to increased productivity. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Schaller, J., Roscher, C., Hillebrand, H., Weigelt, A., Oelmann, Y., Wilcke, W., Ebeling, A., Weisser, W. W.

(2016): Plant diversity and functional groups affect Si and Ca pools in aboveground biomass of grassland systems. Oecologia

Siebenkäs, A., Roscher, C.

(2016): Functional composition rather than species richness determines root characteristics of experimental grasslands grown at different light and nutrient availability. Plant and Soil

Siebenkäs, A., Schumacher, J., Roscher, C.

(2016): Resource Availability Alters Biodiversity Effects in Experimental Grass-Forb Mixtures. PLoS ONE

Siebenkäs, A., Schumacher, J., Roscher, C.

(2016): Trait variation in response to resource availability and plant diversity modulates functional dissimilarity among species in experimental grasslands. Journal of Plant Ecology

Bachmann, D., Gockele, A., Ravenek, J. M., Roscher, C., Strecker, T., Weigelt, A., Buchmann, N.

(2015): No Evidence of Complementary Water Use along a Plant Species Richness Gradient in Temperate Experimental Grasslands. Plos One

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

Thakur, M. P., Milcu, A., Manning, P., Niklaus, P. A., Roscher, C., Power, S., Reich, P. B., Scheu, S., Tilman, D., Ai, F., Guo, H., Ji, R., Pierce, S., Ramirez, N. G., Richter, A. N., Steinauer, K., Strecker, T., Vogel, A., Eisenhauer, N.

(2015): Plant diversity drives soil microbial biomass carbon in grasslands irrespective of global environmental change factors. Global Change Biology

Wright, A. J., Ebeling, A., de Kroon, H., Roscher, C., Weigelt, A., Buchmann, N., Buchmann, T., Fischer, C., Hacker, N., Hildebrandt, A., Leimer, S., Mommer, L., Oelmann, Y., Scheu, S., Steinauer, K., Strecker, T., Weisser, W., Wilcke, W., Eisenhauer, N.

(2015): Flooding disturbances increase resource availability and productivity but reduce stability in diverse plant communities. Nature Communications
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