Prof Nico Eisenhauer

Since 2007, 459 publications in peer-reviewed journals; 35 other publications (publications total: 494); h-index 88 (Google Scholar, JOctober 17, 2023), i10-index 323, citations 28.356; e.g. Nature, Science, PNAS, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Communications, Ecology Letters. See CV for complete list of publications.

1. Eisenhauer N, Bonn A, Guerra CA (2019) Recognizing the quiet extinction of invertebrates. Nature Communications 10: Article number 50.

2. Eisenhauer N, Dobies T, Cesarz S, Hobbie SE, Meyer RJ, Worm K, Reich PB. (2013) Plant diversity effects on soil food webs are stronger than those of elevated CO2 and N deposition in a long-term grassland experiment. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110:6889–6894.

3. Eisenhauer N and Guerra CA (2019) Global maps of soil nematode worms. Nature 572:187-188.

4. Eisenhauer N*, Hines J*, Isbell F, van der Plas F, Hobbie SE, Kazanski CE, Lehmann A, Liu M, Lochner A, Rillig MC, Vogel A, Worm K, Reich PB (2018) Plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environments. eLife 7:e41228. *shared first authorship

5. Guerra CA, Bardgett RD, Caon L, Crowther TW, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Montanarella L, Navarro LM, Orgiazzi A, Singh BK, Tedersoo L, Vargas-Rojas R, Briones MJI, Buscot F, Cameron EK, Cesarz S, Chatzinotas A, Cowman DA, Djukic I, van den Hoogen J, Lehmann A, Maestre FT, Marín C, Reitz T, Rillig MC, Smith LC, de Vries FT, Weigelt A, Wall DH*, Eisenhauer N* (2021) Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity. Science 371: 239-241. * shared senior authorship.

6. Isbell F, Craven D, 34 co-authors, Eisenhauer N (2015) Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes. Nature 626:574–577.

7. Phillips HRP, Guerra CA, 137 co-authors, Cameron EK*, Eisenhauer N* (2019) Global distribution of earthworm diversity. Science 366: 480-485; DOI: 10.1126/science.aax4851. *shared senior authorship.

8. Reich PB, Tilman D, Isbell F, Mueller K, Hobbie SE, Flynn DFB, Eisenhauer N (2012) Impacts of biodiversity loss escalate through time as redundancy fades. Science 336:589–592.

9. Scherber C, Eisenhauer N, 37 co-authors, Tscharnke T (2010) Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on biotic interactions in a biodiversity experiment. Nature 468:553–556.

10. Schwarz B, Barnes AD*, Thakur MP, Brose U, Ciobanu M, Reich PB, Rich RL, Rosenbaum B, Stefanski A, Eisenhauer N* (2017) Warming alters energetic structure and function but not resilience of soil food webs. Nature Climate Change 7:895-900. *shared senior authorship.

11. FAO, ITPS, GSBI, SCBD and EC. 2020. State of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities, Report 2020. Rome, FAO.https://doi.org/10.4060/cb1928en(Eisenhauer N CoordinatingLead Author; Lead Author of Chapter 2. Global diversity & distribution of soil biodiversity; Contributing Author of Chapter 4. Threats to soil biodiversity - global and regional trends).

12. Pörtner HO, Scholes RJ, Agard J, Archer E, Arneth A, Bai X, Barnes D, Burrows M, Chan L, Cheung WL, Diamond S, Donatti C, Duarte C, Eisenhauer N, Foden W, Gasalla MA, Handa C, Hickler T, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Ichii K, Jacob U, Insarov G, Kiessling W, Leadley P, Leemans R, Levin L, Lim M, Maharaj S, Managi S, Marquet PA, McElwee P, Midgley G, Oberdorff T, Obura D, Osman E, Pandit R, Pascual U, Pires APF, Popp A, Reyes-García V, Sankaran M, Settele J, Shin YJ, Sintayehu DW, Smith P, Steiner N, Strassburg B, Sukumar R, Trisos C, Val AL, Wu J, Aldrian E, Parmesan C, Pichs-Madruga R, Roberts DC, Rogers AD, Díaz S, Fischer M, Hashimoto S, Lavorel S, Wu N, Ngo HT (2021) IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report synopsis on biodiversity and climate change; IPBES and IPCC, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4782538. 

Papers in peer-reviewed journals (chronologically, date of acceptance; see CV for complete list of publications)

(Google Scholar, October 17, 2023, h-index 88, i10-index 323, citations 286.356)

2023

459 Ristok C, Eisenhauer N, Weinhold A, & van Dam NM (2023) Plant diversity and soil legacy independently affect the plant metabolome and induced responses following herbivory. Ecology & Evolution, accepted.

458 Jochum M, Zizka VMA, Scheu S, Eisenhauer N, & Pollierer MM (2023) Global change in above-belowground multitrophic grassland communities. Research Ideas and Outcomes 9: e113960; https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.9.e113960.

457 Smith MD, Wilkins KD, … Eisenhauer N, …., & Zeiter M (2023) Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS), accepted.

456 Sünnemann M, Beugnon R, Breitkreuz C, Buscot F, Cesarz S, Jones A, Lehmann A, Lochner A, Orgiazzi A, Reitz T, Rillig MC, Schädler M, Smith LC, Zeuner A, Guerra CA, & Eisenhauer N (2023) Climate change and cropland management compromise soil integrity and multifunctionality. Communications Earth & Environment, accepted.

455 Eisenhauer N, Hines J, & Rillig MC (2023) Reply: functional similarity is more appropriate than functional redundancy. npg Biodiversity, accepted.

454 Bassi L, Hennecke J, Albracht C, Broecher M, Solbach M, Schaller J, Doan VC, Wagner H, Eisenhauer N, Ebeling A, Meyer S, van Dam N, & Weigelt A (2023) Leaf and root chemical and physical defence traits mediate monoculture yield decline in a grassland experiment. Oikos, accepted.

453 Chao A, Chiu C-H, Hu K-H, van der Plas F, Cadotte MW, Mitesser O, Thorn S, Mori AS, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Eisenhauer N, Bässler C, Delory BM, Feldhaar H, Fichtner A, Hothorn T, Peters MK, Pierick K, von Oheimb G, & Müller J (2023) Hill-Chao numbers allow decomposing gammamultifunctionality into alpha and beta components. Ecology Letters, accepted.

452 Schwarz R, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Maestre F, Rosenbaum B, Uthe H, & Thouvenot L (2023) Invasive earthworms modulate native plant trait expression and competition. Oikos, accepted.

451 Leonard SJ, Dirzo R, Eisenhauer N, Rebollo R, Schädler M, & Ferlian O (2023) Explaining variation in plant-herbivore associational effects in a tree biodiversity experiment. Journal of Ecology, accepted.

450 Spohn M, Bagchi S, Biedermann LA, Borer ET, Bråthen KA, Bugalho MN, Caldeira MC, Carford JA, Collins SL, Eisenhauer N, Hagenah N, Haider S, Hautier Y, Knops JMH, Koerner SE, Laanisto L, Lekberg Y, Martina JP, Martinson H, McCulley RL, Peri PL, Macek P, Power SA, Risch AC, Roscher C, Seabloom EW, Stevens C, Veen GF (Ciska), Virtanen R, & Yahdjian L (2023) The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate. Nature Comminucations, accepted; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42340-0.

449 Warner E, Cook-Patton SC, Lewis OT, Brown N, Koricheva J, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Gravel D, Hall JS, Jactel H, Mayoral C, Meredieu C, Messier C, Paquette A, Parker WC, Potvin C, Reich PB, & Hector A (2023) Young mixed planted forests store more carbon than monocultures – a meta-analysis. Frontiers in Forest and Global Change 6: 1226514; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1226514.

448 Huang Y, Stein G, Kolle O, Kübler K, Schulze E-D, Dong H, Eichenberg D, Gleixner G, Hildebrandt A, Lange M, Roscher C, Schielzeth H, Schmid B, Weigelt A, Weisser WW, Shadaydeh M, Denzler J, Ebeling A, & Eisenhauer N (2023) Enhanced stability of grassland soil temperature by plant diversity. Nature Geoscience, accepted.

447 Zeiss R, Briones MJI, Mathieu J, Lomba A, Dahlke J, Heptner L-F, Salako G, Eisenhauer N, & Guerra CA (2023) Climate effects on the distribution and conservation of commonly observed European earthworms. Conservation Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14187.

446 Sáez-Sandino T, García-Palacios P, Maestre FT, Plaza C, Guirado E, Singh BK, Wang J, Cano-Díaz C, Eisenhauer N, Gallardo A, & Delgado-Baquerizo M (2023) The soil microbiome governs the response of respiration to warming across the globe. Nature Climate Change, accepted.

445 Argens L, Weisser WW, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Lange M, Oelmann Y, Roscher C, Schielzeth H, Schmid B, Wilcke W, & Meyer S (2023) Relationships between ecosystem functions are temporally variable and driven by plant species richness and plant community composition. Oikos, accepted.

444 Chen Q, Wang S, Borer ET, Bakker JD, Seabloom EW, Harpole WS, Eisenhauer N, Lekberg Y, Buckley YM, Catford JA, Roscher C, Donohue I, Power SA, Daleo P, Ebeling A, Knops JMH, Martina JP, Eskelinen A, Morgan JW, Risch AC, Caldeira MC, Bugalho MN, Virtanen R, Barrio IC, Niu Y, Jentsch A, Stevens CJ, Gruner DS, MacDougall AS, Alberti J, & Hautier Y (2023) Multidimensional responses of grassland stability to eutrophication. Nature Communications 14: article number 6375; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42081-0.

443 Wilfahrt PA; Seabloom EW, Bakker JD, Biedermann L, Bugalho MN, Cadotte MW, Caldeira MC, Catford JA, Chen Q, Donohue I, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Haider S, Heckman RW, Jentsch A, Koerner SE, Komatsu KJ, Laungani R, MacDougall A, Martina JP, Martinson H, Moore JL, Niu Y, Ohlert T, Olde Venterink H, Orr D, Peri P, Pos E, Price J, Raynaud X, Ren Z, Roscher C, Smith NG, Stevens CJ, Sullivan LL, Tedder M, Tognetti P, Veen C, Wheeler G, Young AL, Young H, & Borer ET (2023) Nothing lasts forever: dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands. Journal of Ecology, accepted; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14198.

442 Hennecke J, Bassi L, Mommer L, Albracht C, Bergmann J, Eisenhauer N, Guerra CA, Heintz-Buschart A, Kuyper TW, Lange M, Solbach M, & Weigelt A (2023) Rhizosphere fungal guild responses to the root economics space. New Phytologist, accepted; https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19261.  

441 Ray T, Delory BM, Beugnon R, Bruelheide H, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Quosh J, von Oheimb G, & Fichtner A (2023) Tree diversity increases productivity through enhancing structural complexity across mycorrhizal types. Science Advances 9: eadi2362; https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi2362.

440 Martins IS, Schrodt F, Blowes SA, Bates AE, Bjorkman AD, Brambilla V, Carvajal-Quintero J, Chow CFY, Daskalova GN, Edwards K, Eisenhauer N, Field R, Fontrodona-Eslava A, Henn JJ, van Klink R, Madin JS, Magurran AE, McWilliam M, Moyes F, Pugh B, Sagouis A, Trindade-Santos I, McGill B, Chase JM, & Dornelas M (2023) Widespread shifts in body size within populations and assemblages. Science 381: 1067-1071; https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg6006.

439 Eisenhauer N, Ochoa-Hueso R, Huang Y, Barry KE, Gebler A, Guerra CA, Hines J, Jochum M, Andraczek K, Bucher SF, Buscot F, Ciobanu M, Chen H, Junker R, Lange M, Lehmann A, Rillig M, Römermann C, Ulrich J, Weigelt A, Schmidt A, Türke M (2023) Ecosystem consequences of invertebrate decline. Current Biology 33: 1–10; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.012.

438 Cesarz S et al. (2023) The effect of artificial light at night (ALAN) on belowground community composition and functions.Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, accepted.

437 Elliott T, Thompson A, Klein A-M, Albert C, Eisenhauer N, Jansen F, Schneider A, Sommer M, Straka T, Settele J, Sporbert M, Tanneberger F, & Mupepele A-C (2023) Abandoning grassland management negatively influences plant but not bird or insect biodiversity in Europe. Conservation Practice and Practice 5: e13008; https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13008.

436 Bucher SF, Uhde L, Weigelt A, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Gebler A, Kyba C, Römermann C, Shatwell T, & Hines J (2023) Artificial light at night (ALAN) decreases plant diversity and performance in experimental grassland communities. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, accepted.

435 Amyntas A, Berti E, Gauzens B, Albert G, Yu W, Werner AS, Eisenhauer N, & Brose U (2023) Niche complementarity among plants and animals can alter the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship. Functional Ecology 37: 2652-2665; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14419.

434 Dyer A et al. (2023) Insect communities under skyglow: diffuse nighttime illuminance induces spatiotemporal shifts in movement and predation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, accepted.

433 Bei Q, Reitz T, Schnabel B, Eisenhauer N, Schädler M, Buscot F, & Heintz-Buschart A (2023) Extreme summers impact cropland and grassland soil microbiomes. ISME Journal, accepted.

432 Beugnon R, Eisenhauer N, Bruelheide H, Davrinche A, Du J, Haider S, Haehn G, Saadani M, Singavarapu B, Sünnemann M, Thouvenot L, Wang Y, Wubet T, Xue K, & Cesarz S (2023) Tree diversity effects on litter decomposition are mediated by litterfall and microbial processes. Oikos, accepted.

431 Beaumelle L, Tison L, Eisenhauer N, Hines J, Malladi S, Pelosi C, Thouvenot L, & Phillips HRP (2023) Pesticide effects on soil fauna communities—A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology, in press; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14437.

430 Eisenhauer N, Angst G, Asato AEB, Beugnon R, Bönisch E, Cesarz S, Dietrich P, Jurburg SD, Madaj A-M, Reuben RC, Ristok C, Sünnemann M, Yi H, Guerra CA, & Hines J (2023) The heterogeneity-diversity-system performance nexus. National Science Review, in press; https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwad109.

429 Siles JA, Vera A, … Eisenhauer N, …, & Bastida F (2023) Land-use- and climate-mediated variations in soil bacterial and fungal biomass across Europe and their driving factors. Geoderma 434: 116474; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116474.

428 Maciá-Vicente JG, Francioli D, Weigelt A, Albracht C, Barry KE, Buscot F, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Hennecke J, Heintz-Buschart A, van Ruijven J, & Mommer L (2023) The structure of root-associated fungal communities is related to the long-term effects of plant diversity on productivity. Molecular Ecology, in press; https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16956.

427 Yin R, Qin W, Wang X, Xie D, Wang H, Zhao H, Zhang Z, He J-S, Schädler M, Kardol P, Eisenhauer N, & Zhu B (2023)Experimental warming causes mismatches in alpine plant-microbe-fauna phenology. Nature Communications 14: 2159; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37938-3.

426 Eisenhauer N, Hines J, Maestre F, & Rillig MC (2023) Reconsidering functional redundancy in biodiversity research. Biodiversity 2: article no. 9; https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-023-00015-5.

425 Asato AEB, Wirth C, Eisenhauer N, & Hines J (2023) On the phenology of soil organisms: current knowledge and future steps. Ecology & Evolution 13: e10022; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10022.

424 Heklau H, Schindler N, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, & Bruelheide H (2023) Temporal variation of mycorrhization rates in a tree diversity experiment. Ecology & Evolution 13: e10002; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10002.

423 Albracht C, Eisenhauer N, Vogel A, Wagg C, Buscot F, & Heintz-Buschart (2023) Effects of recurrent summer droughts on arbuscular mycorrhizal and total fungal communities in experimental grasslands differing in plant diversity and community composition. Frontiers in Soil Science 3: 1129845; https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2023.1129845.

422 Terlau JF, Brose U, Eisenhauer N, Amyntas A, Boy T, Dyer A, Gebler A, Hof C, Liu T, Scherber C, Schlägel UE, Schmidt A, & Hirt MR (2023) Microhabitat conditions remedy heat stress effects on insect activity. Global Change Biology 29: 3747-3758; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16712.

421 Bakker JD, Price JN, Henning JA, … Eisenhauer N, …, & Wardle GM (2023) Compositional variation in grassland plant communities. Ecosphere 14: e4542; https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4542.

420 Heimburger B, Klein A, Roth A, Scheu S, Eisenhauer N, & Schaefer I (2023) Population structure and genetic variance among local populations of a non‑native earthworm species in Minnesota, USA. Biological Invasions 25: 2361–2375; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03048-w.

419 Risch AC, Zimmermann S, Schütz M, Borer ET, Broadbent AAD, Caldeira MC, Davies KF, Eisenhauer N, Eskelinen A, Fay PA, Hagedorn F, Knops JMH, Lembrechts JJ, MacDougall AS, McCulley RL, Melbourne BA, Moore JL, Power SA, Seabloom EW, Silviera ML, Virtanen R, Yahdjian L, & Ochoa-Hueso R (2023) Drivers of the microbial metabolic quotient across global grasslands. Global Ecology & Biogeography 32: 904-918; https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13664.

418 Luo S, Phillips RP, Jo I, Fei S, Liang J, Schmid B, & Eisenhauer N (2023) Higher productivity in forests with mixed mycorrhizal strategies. Nature Communications 14: 1377; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36888-0.

417 Daleo P, Alberti J, Chaneton EJ, Iribarne O, Tognetti PM, Bakker JD, Borer ET, Bruschetti M, MacDougall AS, Pascual J, Sankaran M, Seabloom EW, Wang S, Bagchi S, Brudvig LA, Catford JA, Dickman CR, Dickson TL, Donohue I, Eisenhauer N, Gruner DS, Haider S,  Jentsch A, Knops JMH, Lekberg Y, McCulley RL, …, & Hautier Y (2023) Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial varia-bility of grassland biomass. Nature Communications 14: 1809; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37395-y.

416 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 11: e0457822; https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04578-22.

415 Lange M, Eisenhauer N, Chen H, & Gleixner G (2023) Increased soil carbon storage through plant diversity strengthens with time and extends into the subsoil. Global Change Biology 29: 2627–2639; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16641.

414 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 & Evolution 13: e9883; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9883.

413 Gottschall F, Cesarz S, Auge H, Kovach KR, Nock CA, & Eisenhauer N (2023) Tree community composition stabilizes ecosystem functions in response to drought. Ecosphere 14: e4486; https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4486.

412 Potapov AM, Guerra CA, van den Hoogen J, …, Crowther TW, Eisenhauer N, & Scheu S (2023) Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails. Nature Communications 14: 674; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36216-6.  

411 Müller J, Mitesser O, Cadotte MW, van der Plas F, Mori A, Ammer C, Chao A, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Baldrian P, Bässler C, Biedermann P, Cesarz S, Claßen A, Delory BM, Feldhaar H, Fichtner A, Hothorn T, Kuenzer C, Peters MK, Pierick K, Schmitt T, Schuldt B, Seidel D, Six D, Steffan-Dewenter I, Thorn S, von Oheimb G, Wegmann M, Weisser WW, & Eisenhauer N (2023) Enhancing the structural diversity between forest patches – a concept and real-world experiment to study biodiversity, multifunctionality and forest resilience across spatial scales. Global Change Biology 29: 1437-1450; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16564.

410 Han X, Zhou G, Luo Q, Ferlian O, Zhou L, Meng J, Qi Y, Pei J, He Y, Lui R, Du Z, Long J, Zhou X, & Eisenhauer N (2023) Plant biomass responses to elevated CO₂ aremediated by phosphorus uptake. Science of the Total Environment 863: 160775; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160775.

409 Beugnon R, Bu W, Bruelheide H, Davrinche A, Du J, Haider S, Kunz M, von Oheimb G, Perles-Garcia MD, Saadani M, Scholten T, Seitz S, Singavarapu B, Trogisch S, Wang Y, Wubet T, Xue K, Yang B, Cesarz S, & Eisenhauer N (2023) Abiotic and biotic drivers of scale-dependent tree trait effects on soil microbial biomass and soil carbon concentration. Ecological Monographs 93: e1563; https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1563.

408 van der Plas F, Schröder-Georgi T, Weigelt A, Barry K, Meyer ST, …, Eisenhauer N, …, & Wirth C (2023) Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7: 335–336; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01957-y.

407 Reuben RC, Langer D, Eisenhauer N, & Jurburg SD (2023) Universal drivers of cheese microbiomes. iScience 26: 105744; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105744.

406 Ristok C, Weinhold A, Ciobanu M, Poeschl Y, Roscher C, Vergara F, Eisenhauer N*, & van Dam NM* (2023) Plant diversity effects on herbivory are related to soil biodiversity and plant chemistry. Journal of Ecology 111: 412–427. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14032. * senior authors.

405 Antunes AC, Gauzens B, Brose U, Potapov AM, Jochum M, Santini L, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Cesarz S, Scheu S, & Hirt MR (2023) Environmental drivers of local abundance-mass scaling in soil animal communities. Oikos 2023: 2023: e09735; https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09735.

404 Dietrich P, Ferlian O, Huang Y, Luo S, Quosh J, & Eisenhauer N (2023) Tree diversity effects on productivity depend on mycorrhizae and life strategies in a temperate forest experiment. Ecology 104: e3896; https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3896.

403 Isbell F, Balvandera P, Mori AS, He J-S, Bullock JM, … Eisenhauer N,… (2023) Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 21: 94–103; https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2536.

2022

402 Wagg C, Roscher C, Weigelt A, Vogel A, Ebeling A, de Luca E, Roeder A, Kleinspehn C, Temperton VM, Meyer ST, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Buchmann N, Fischer M, Weisser WW, Eisenhauer N, & Schmid B (2022) Biodiversity-stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment. Nature Communications 13: 7752; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35189-2.

401 Frey B, Moser B, Tytgat B, Zimmermann S, Alberti J, Biedermann LA, Borer ET, Broadbent AAD, Caldeira MC, Davies KF, Eisenhauer N, …, & Risch AC (2022) Long-term N-addition alters the community structure of functionally important N-cycling soil microorganisms across global grasslands. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 176: 108887; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108887.

400 Mahecha MD, Bastos A, Bohn FJ, Eisenhauer N, Feilhauer H, Hartmann H, Hickler T, Kalesse-Los H, Migliavacca M, Otto FEL, Peng J, Quaas J, Tegen I, Weigelt A, Wendisch M, & Wirth C (2022) Biodiversity loss and climate extremes – study the feedbacks. Nature 612: 30-32; https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04152-y.

399 Delgado-Baquerizo M, Hu H-W, Maestre MT, Guerra CA, Eisenhauer N,…, & He J-Z (2022) The global distribution and environmental drivers of the soil antibiotic resistome. Microbiome 10: 219; doi.org/10.1186/s40168‑022‑01405‑w.

398 Desie E, Zuo J, Verheyen K, Djukic I, Van Meerbeek K,…, Eisenhauer N,…, & Muys B (2022) Disentangling drivers of litter decomposition in a multi-continent network of tree diversity experiments. Science of the Total Environment 857: 159717; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159717.

397 Liu T, Wang X, Zhang W, Eisenhauer N, Shao Y, Zhao J, Li J, He X, Tao L, Fu S, & Lu X (2022) Earthworms regulate the nematode community by directly enhancing the bacterial-based energy channel rather than through the effect of casts. Pedogiologia 95: 150843; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2022.150843.

396 Maestre FT, Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Eldridge DJ, Saiz H, Berdugo M,…, Eisenhauer N,…, Singh BK, & Gross N (2022) Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands. Science 378: 915-920; DOI: 10.1126/science.abq4062.

395 Ladouceur E, Blowes S, Chase J, Clark A, Garbowski M, Alberti J, … Eisenhauer N,… & Harpole S (2022) Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment. Ecology Letters 25: 2699-2712; https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14126.

394 Gruss I, Yin R, Siebert J, Eisenhauer N, & Schädler M (2022) The responses of Collembola biomass to climate and land-use changes vary with life form. Soil & Tillage Research 225: 105541; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2022.105541.

393 Eisenhauer N, Bender SF, Calderón-Sanou I, de Vries FT, Lembrechts JJ, Thuiller W, Wall DH, Zeiss R, Bahram M, Beugnon R, Burton VJ, Crowther TW, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Geisen S, Kardol P, Krashevska V, Martínez‐Muñoz CA, Patoine G, Seeber J, Soudzilovskaia NA, Steinwandter M, Sünnemann M, Sun X, van der Heijden MGA, Guerra CA, & Potapov A (2022) Frontiers in soil ecology—Insights from the World Biodiversity Forum 2022. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture & Environment 1: 245-261; https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12031.

392 Wang Y, Du J, Pang Z, Liu Y, Xue K, Hautier Y, Zhang B, Tang B, Jiang L, Ji B, Xu X, Zhang J, Hu R, Zhou S, Wang F, Che R, Wang D, Zhou C, Cui X, Eisenhauer N, & Hao Y (2022) Unimodal productivity-biodiversity relationship along the gradient of multidimensional resources across Chinese grasslands. National Science Review 9: nwac165; https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwac165.

391 Eisenhauer N (2022) A walk in the office.Science 377: 6611; https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade6972.

390 Zanne AE, Flores-Moreno H, Powell JR, Cornwell WK, Dalling JW, … Eisenhauer N, …, & Zalamea P-C (2022) Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates. Science 377: 1440-1440; https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3856.

389 Mathieu J, Antunes AC, Barot S, Bonato Asato AE, Bartz MLC, Brown GG, Calderon-Sanou I, Decaëns T, Fonte SJ, Ganault P, Gauzens B, Gongalsky KB, Guerra CA, Hengl T, Lavelle P, Marichal R, Mehring H, Peña-Venegas CP, Castro D, Potapov A, Thébault E, Thuiller W, Witjes M, Zhang C, & Eisenhauer N (2022) sOilFauna - a global synthesis effort on the drivers of soil macrofauna communities and functioning. Soil Organisms 94: 111-126; https://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss2id282.

388 Jurburg S, Eisenhauer N, Buscot F, Chatzinotas A, Chaudhari N, Heintz-Buschart A, Kallies R, Küsel K, Litchman E, Macdonald C, Müller S, Reuben RC, da Rocha UN, Panagiotou G, Rillig MC, & Singh BK (2022) Potential of microbiome-based solutions for agri-food systems. Nature Food 3: 557–560; https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00576-x.

387 Guerra CA, Berdugo M, Eldridge DJ, Eisenhauer N, Singh BK, Cui H, Abades S, Alfaro FD, Bamigboye AR, Bastida F, Blanco-Pastor JL, de los Ríos A, Durán J, Grebenc T, Illán JG, Liu Y-R, Makhalanyane TP, Mamet S, Molina-Montenegro MA, Moreno JL, Mukherjee A, Nahberger TU, Peñaloza-Bojacá GF, Plaza C, Picó S, Verma JK, Rey A, Rodríguez A, Tedersoo L, Teixido AL, Torres-Díaz C, Trivedi P, Wang J, Wang L, Wang J, Zaady E, Zhou X, Zhou X-Q, & Delgado-Baquerizo M (2022) Global hotspots for soil nature conservation. Nature 610: 693–698; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05292-x.

386 Phillips HRP, Cameron EK, & Eisenhauer N (2022) Illuminating biodiversity changes in the “Black Box”. Research Ideas & Outcomes 8: e87143; https://riojournal.com/article/87143/.

385 Zhou G, Lucas-Borja ME, Eisenhauer N, Eldridge DJ, Liu S, & Delgado-Baquerizo (2022) Understorey biodiversity supports multiple ecosystem services in mature Mediterranean forests. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 172: 108774; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108774.

384 Sasaki T, Ishii NI, Makishima D, Sutou R, Goto A, Kawai Y, Taniguchi H, Okano K, Matsuo A, Lochner A, Cesarz S, Suyama Y, Hikosaka K, & Eisenhauer N (2022) Plant and microbial community composition jointly determine moorland multifunctionality. Journal of Ecology 110: 2507-2521; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13969.

383 Yin R, Kardol P, Eisenhauer N, & Schädler M (2022) Land-use intensification reduces soil macrofauna biomass at the community but not individual level. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 337: 108079; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108079.

382 Patoine G, Eisenhauer N, Cesarz S, Phillips HRP, Xu X, Zhang L, & Guerra CA (2022) Drivers and trends of global soil microbail carbon over two decades. Nature Communications 13: 4195; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31833-z.

381 Ferlian O, Cesarz S, Lochner A, Potapov A, Thouvenot L, & Eisenhauer N (2022) Earthworm invasion shifts trophic niches of ground-dwelling invertebrates in a North American forest. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 171: 108730, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108730.

380 Vázquez E, Schleuss P-M, Borer BT, Bugalho MN, Caldeira MC, Eisenhauer N, Eskelinen A, Fay PA; Haider S, Jentsch A, Kirkman KP, McCulley RL, Peri PL, Price J, Richards AE, Risch AC, Roscher C, Schütz M, Seabloom EW, Standish RJ, Stevens CJ, Tedder MJ, Virtanen R, & Spohn M (2022) Nitrogen but not phosphorous addition affects symbiotic N₂ fixation in grasslands located on four continents. Plant & Soil 478: 689–707; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05498-y.

379 Eisenhauer N, Bonfante P, Buscot F, Cesarz S, Guerra CA, Heintz-Buschart A, Hines J, Patoine G, Rillig MC, Schmid B, Verheyen K, Wirth C, & Ferlian O (2022) Biotic interactions as mediators of context-dependent biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships. Research Ideas and Outcomes 5: e47042; https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.5.e47042.

378 Zeiss R, Eisenhauer N, Orgiazzi A, Rillig M, Buscot F, Jones A, Lehmann A, Reitz T, Smith L, & Guerra CA (2022) Challenges of and opportunities for protecting European soil biodiversity. Conservation Biology 36: e13930; https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13930.

377 Chen Y, Vogel A, Wagg C, Xu T, Iturrate Garcia M, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Weigelt A, Eisenhauer N, & Schmid B (2022) Drought memory increases species complementarity in response to a new drought in experimental plant communities. Nature Communications 13: Article number: 3217; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30954-9.

376 Angst G, Frouz J, van Groenigen J-W, Scheu S, Kögel-Knabner I*, & Eisenhauer N* (2022) Earthworms as catalysts in the formation and stabilization of soil microbial necromass. Global Change Biology 28: 4775-4782;  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16208.

375 Potapov A,… Eisenhauer N,… (2022) Global monitoring of soil animal communities using a common methodology. Soil Organisms 94 (1), 55-68;https://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss1id178.

374 Dietrich P, Schumacher J, Eisenhauer N, & Roscher C (2022) Eco-evolutionary feedbacks modulate plant responses to global change depending on plant diversity and species identity. eLife 11: e74054.       https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74054.

373 Klusmann C, Cesarz S, Ciobanu M, Ferlian O, Jochum M, Schädler M, Scheu S, Sünnemann M, Wall D, & Eisenhauer N (2022) Climate-change effects on the sex ratio of free-living soil nematodes – perspective and prospect. Soil Organisms 94 (1), 15-28; https://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss1id174.

372 Clark A, Eisenhauer N, & Tilman D (2022) Experimental warming weakens positive plant diversity effects on pitfall trap sampled ant diversity. Soil Organisms 94 (1), 41-53; https://doi.org/10.25674/so94iss1id177.

371 Stolze K, Barnes AD, Eisenhauer N, & Totsche KU (2022) Depth-differntiated, multivariate control of biopore number under different land-use practices. Geoderma 418, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115852.

370 Guimarães-Steinicke C, Weigelt A, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, & Wirth C (2022) Diversity effects on canopy structure change throughout a growing season in experimental grassland communities. Remote Sensing 14: 1557; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14071557.

369 Liu J, Isbell F, Ma Q, Chen Y, Xing F, Sun W, Wang L, Li J, Wang Y, Hou F, Xin X, Nan Z, Eisenhauer N, & Wang D (2022) Overgrazing, not haying, decreases grassland topsoil organic carbon by decreasing plant species richness along an aridity gradient in Northern China. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 332: 107935; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.107935.

368 Jochum M, Thouvenot L, Ferlian O, Zeiss R, Klarner B, Pruschitzki U, Johnson EA, & Eisenhauer N (2022) Aboveground impacts of a belowground invader: how invasive earthworms alter aboveground arthropod communities in a northern North American forest. Biology Letters 18 (3);https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0636.

367 Xu S, Eisenhauer N, Pellegrini AFA, Wang J, Certini G, Guerra CA, & Lai DYF (2022) Fire frequency and type regulate the response of soil carbon cycling and storage to fire across soil depths and ecosystems: A meta-analysis. Science of the Total Environment 825: 153921; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153921.

366 Du J, Wang Y, Hao Y, Eisenhauer N, Liu Y, Zhang N, Xue K, Cui X, Xu X, Bardgett RD, & Wang S (2022) Climatic resources mediate the shape and strength of grassland productivity-richness relationships from local to regional scales. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 30: 107888; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.107888.

365 Cesarz S, Craven D, Auge H, Bruelheide H, Castagneyrol B, …, & Eisenhauer N (2022) Tree diversity effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration are context-dependent across forest diversity experiments. Global Ecology & Biogeography 31 (5): 872-885; https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13461.

364 Siles JA, Díaz-López M, Vera A, Eisenhauer N, Guerra CA, Smith LC, Buscot F, Reitz T, Breitkreuz C, van den Hoogen J, Crowther TW, Orgiazzi A, Kuzyakov Y, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Bastida F (2022) Priming effects in soils across Europe. Global Change Biology 28 (6): 2146-2157; https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16062.

363 Lembrechts JJ, van den Hoogen J, …, Eisenhauer N, …, Nijs I, & Lenoir J (2022) Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology 28 (9): 3110-3144; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16060.

362 Eisenhauer N (2022) The shape that matters: how important is biodiversity for ecosystem functioning? Science China Life Sciences 65: 651-653; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11427-021-2052-5.

361 Yin R, Liu Q, Tian S, Potapov A, Zhu B, Yang K, Li Z, Zhuang L, Tan B, Zhang L, Xu Z, Kardol P, Schädler M, & Eisenhauer N (2022) Nitrogen deposition stimulates decomposition via changes in the structure and function of litter food webs. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 166, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108522.

360 Dumack K, Ferlian O, Gysi DM, Degrune F, Jauss R-T, Walden S, Öztoprak H, Wubet T, Bonkowski M, & Eisenhauer N (2022) Contrasting protist communities (Cercozoa: Rhizaria) in pristine and earthworm-invaded North American deciduous forests. Biological Invasions 24: 1345-1357; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02726-x. 

359 Hong P, Schmid B, De Laender F, Eisenhauer N, Zhang X, Chen H, Craven D, De Boeck HJ, Hautier Y, Petchey OL, Reich PB, Steudel B, Striebel M, Thakur MP, & Wang S (2021) Biodiversity promotes ecosystem functioning despite environmental changes. Ecology Letters 25: 555-569; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ele.13936.

358 Perino A, Pereira HM, … Eisenhauer N, …, & Bonn A (2021) Biodiversity post-2020: Closing the gap between global targets and national-level implementation. Conservation Letters 15 (2): e12848; https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12848.

357 Ebeling A, Strauss AT, Adler P, Arnillas CA, Barrio IC, Biedermann LA, Borer ET, Bugalho MN, Caldeira MC, Cadotte MW, Daleo P, Eisenhauer N, Eskelinen A, Fay PA, Firn J, Graff P, Hagenah N, Haider S, Komatsu KJ, McCulley RL, Mitchell CE, Moore J, Pascual J, Peri PL, Power SA, Prober SA, Risch AC, Roscher C, Sankaran M, Seabloom EW, Schielzeth H, Schütz M, Speziale KL, Tedder M, Virtanen R, & Blumenthal DM (2021) Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology110 (2): 327-339; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13801.

356 Beugnon R, Ladouceur E, Sünnemann M, Cesarz S, & Eisenhauer N (2022) Diverse forests are cool: promoting diverse forests to mitigate carbon emissions and climate change. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture & Environment 1: 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12005.

355 Gottschall F, Cesarz S, Auge H, Kovach KR, Mori AS, Nock CA, & Eisenhauer N (2021) Spatio-temporal dynamics of abiotic and biotic properties explain biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships. Ecological Monographs 92 (1): e01490; https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1490.

354 Singavarapu B, Beugnon R, Bruelheide H, Cesarz S, Du J, Eisenhauer N, Guo L-D, Nawaz A, Wang Y, Xue K, & Wubet T (2021) Tree mycorrhizal type and tree diversity shape the forest soil microbiota. Environmental Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15690.

353 Jochum M & Eisenhauer N (2021) Out of the dark: using energy flux to connect above- and belowground communities and ecosystem functioning. European Journal of Soil Science 73 (1): e13154; https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13154.

352 Messier C, Bauhus J, Sousa-Silva R, Auge H, Baeten L, Barsoum N, Bruelheide H, Caldwell B, Cavender-Bares J, Dhiedt E, Eisenhauer N, Ganade G, Gravel D, Guillemot J, Hall JS, Hector A, Hérault B, Jactel H, Koricheva J, Kreft H, Mereu S, Muys B, Nock CA, Paquette A, Parker JD, Perring MP, Ponette Q, Potvin C, Reich PB, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schnabel F, Verheyen K, Weih M, Wollni M, & Zemp DC (2022) For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let’s diversify planted forests!Conservation Letters 2021: e12829, https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12829.

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351 Eisenhauer N & Weigelt A (2021) Ecosystem effects of environmental extremes. Science 374, 1442-1443,      https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn1406.

350 Liu M, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Xia H, Fu S, & Craven D (2021) Soil quality, leaf litter quality, and microbial biomass interactively drive soil respiration in a microcosm experiment. Soil Organisms 93, 181–194, https://doi.org/10.25674/so93iss3id158.

349 Schmidt A, Hines J, Türke M, Buscot F, Schädler M, Weigelt A, Gebler A, Klotz S, Liu T, Reth S, Trogisch S, Roy J, Wirth C, & Eisenhauer N (2021) The iDiv Ecotron - a flexible research platform for multitrophic biodiversity research. Ecology & Evolution 11: 15174-15190, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8198.

348 Sünnemann M, Alt C, Kostin J, Lochner A, Reitz T, Siebert J, Schädler M, & Eisenhauer N (2021) Low-intensity land-use enhances soil microbial activity, biomass and fungal-to-bacterial ratio in current and future climates. Journal of Applied Ecology 58: 2614-2625, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14004.

347 Guerra CA, Wall DH, & Eisenhauer N (2021) Unearthing soil ecological observations. Soil Organisms 91: 33-35, https://doi.org/10.25674/so93iss2id164.

346 Jochum M, Barnes AD, Brose U, Gauzens B, Sünnemann M, Amyntas A, & Eisenhauer N (2021) For flux’s sake: general considerations for energy-flux calculations in ecological communities. Ecology & Evolution 11: 12948-12969, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8060.

345 Beugnon R, Du J, Cesarz S, Jurburg SD, Pang Z, Singavarapu B, Wubet T, Xue K, Wang Y, & Eisenhauer N (2021) Tree diversity and soil chemical properties drive the linkages between soil microbial community and ecosystem functioning. ISME Communications 1: article number 41, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-021-00040.

344 Ferlian O, Goldmann K, Eisenhauer N, Tarkka MT, Buscot F, & Heintz-Buschart A (2021) Distinct effects of host and neighbour tree identity on arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi along a tree diversity gradient. ISME Communications 1: article number 40, https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-021-00042-y.

343 Smith L, Orgiazzi A, Eisenhauer N, Cesarz S, Lochner A, Jones A, Bastida F, Patoine G, Reitz T, Buscot F, Rillig MC, Heintz-Buschart A, Lehmann A, & Guerra CA (2021) Large-scale drivers of relationships between soil microbial properties and organic carbon across Europe. Global Ecology & Biogeography 30: 2070-2083, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13371.

342 Eisenhauer N (2021) Post-2020 aspirations for biodiversity - Protect the Earth’s thin skin. One Earth 4: 894.

341 Archidona-Yuste A, Wiegand T, Eisenhauer N, Cantalapiedra-Navarrete C, Palomares-Rius JE, & Castillo P (2021) Agriculture causes homogenization of soil nematode communities at the regional scale. Journal of Applied Ecology 58: 2881-2891, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14025.

340 Kwon T, Shibata H, Kepfer-Rojas S, Schmidt IK, Larsen KS, Beier C, Berg B, Verheyen K, Lamarque JF, Hagedorn F, Eisenhauer N, Djukic I, & TeaComposition Network (2021) Effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid-term stage litter decomposition across biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4: 678480, doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480.

339 Hines J & Eisenhauer N (2021) Species identity and the functioning of ecosystems: the role of detritivore traits and trophic interactions in connecting of multiple ecosystem responses. Oikos 130: 1692-1703, https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08333.

338 Junker RR, Eisenhauer N, Schmidt A, & Türke M (2021) Invertebrate decline reduces bacterial diversity associated with leaves and flowers. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 97: fiab088, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab088.

337 Grenzer J, Kulmatiski A, Forero L, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, & Norton J (2021) Moderate plant–soil feedbacks have small effects on the biodiversity–productivity relationship: A field experiment. Ecology & Evolution 11: 11651-11663, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.7819.

336 Hutengs C, Eisenhauer N, Schädler M, Lochner A, Seidel M, & Vohland M (2021) Soil spectroscopy with handheld VNIR and MIR instruments to analyse PLFA-derived soil microbial properties and associated physicochemical soil characteristics in an experimental plant diversity gradient. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 160: 108319, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108319.

335 Dietrich P, Cesarz S, Liu T, Roscher C, & Eisenhauer N (2021) Efects of plant species diversity on nematode communitycomposition and diversity in a long-term biodiversity experiment. Oecologia 197: 297–311 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7742-6064.

334 Oelmann Y, Lange M, Leimer S, Roscher C, Aburto F, Alt F, Bange N, Berner D, Boch S, Boeddinghaus RS, Buscot F, Dassen S, De Deyn G, Eisenhauer N, Gleixner G, Goldmann K, Hölzel N, Jochum M, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Le Provost G, Manning P, Marhan S, Prati D, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Schurig E, Wagg C, Wubet T, & Wilcke W (2021)  Above- and belowground biodiversity jointly tighten the P cycle. Nature Communications 12: 4431, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24714-4.

333 Seabloom EW, Batzer E, Chase JM, Harpole WS, Adler PB, Bagchi S, Bakker JD, Barrio IC, Biederman L, Boughton EH, Bugalho MN, Caldeira MC, Catford JA, Daleo P, Eisenhauer N, Eskelinen A, Haider S, Hallett LM, Svala Jónsdóttir I, Kimmel K, Kuhlman M, MacDougall A, Molina CD, Moore JL, Morgan JW, Muthukrishnan R, Ohlert T, Risch AC, Roscher C, Schütz M, Sonnier G, Tognetti PM, Virtanen R, Wilfahrt PA, & Borer ET (2021) Species loss due to nutrient addition increases with spatial scale in global grasslands. Ecology Letters 24:  2100-2112, https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13838.

332 Sünnemann M, Siebert J, Reitz T, Schädler M, Yin R, & Eisenhauer N (2021) Combined effects of land-use type and climate change on soil microbial activity and invertebrate decomposer activity. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 318: 107490, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107490.

331 Dietrich P, Eisenhauer N, Otto P, & Roscher C (2021) Plant and soil community jointly influence the selection environment for plant species in a long-term grassland biodiversity experiment. Ecology & Evolution 11:  8156-8169, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7647.

330 Eisenhauer N & Hines J (2021) Invertebrate biodiversity and conservation. Current Biology 31: R1214-R1218, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.058.

329 Potapov A, Schaefer I, Jochum M, Widyastuti R, Eisenhauer N, & Scheu S (2021) Oil palm and rubber plantation facilitates earthworm invasion in Indonesia. Biological Invasions, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02539-y.

328 Reuter R, Ferlian O, Tarkka M, Eisenhauer N, Pritsch K, & Simon J (2021) Tree species rather than type of mycorrhizal association drives inorganic and organic nitrogen acquisition in tree-tree interactions. Tree Physiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpab059.

327 Djukic I, Kepfer-Rojas S, Kappel Schmidt I, Steenberg Larsen K, Beier C, Berg B, Verheyen K, Trevathan-Tackett SM, Macreadie PI, Bierbaumer M, Patoine G, Eisenhauer N, Guerra CA, Maestre FT, Hagedorn F, Oggioni A, Bergami C, Magagna B, Kwon T, Shibata H, & TeaComposition Initiative (2021) The TeaComposition initiative: Unleashing the power of international collaboration to understand litter decomposition. Soil Organisms 93: 73-78, https://doi.org/10.25674/so93iss1pp73.

326 Roeder A, Schweingruber FH, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Fischer M, & Roscher C (2021) Plant diversity effects on plant longevity and their relationships to population stability in experimental grasslands. Journal of Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13661.

325 Heklau H, Schindler N, Buscot F, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Salcedo P, Bruelheide H (2021) Mixing tree species associated with arbuscular or ectotrophic mycorrhizae reveals dual mycorrhization and interactive effects on the fungal partners. Ecology & Evolution 11: 5424-5440, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7437.

324 van Sundert K, Arfin Khan MAS, Bharath S, Buckley YM, Caldeira MC, Donohue I, Dubbert M, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Eskelinen A, Finn A, Gebauer T, Haider S, Hansart A, Jentsch A, Kübert A, Nijs I, Nock CA, Nogueira C, Porath-Krause AJ, Radujković D, Raynaud X, Risch AC, Roscher C, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schuchardt MA, Schütz M, Siebert J, Sitters J, Spohn M, Virtanen R, Werner C, Wilfahrt P, Vicca S (2021) Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity. Global Change Biology 27: 2441-2457, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15583.

323 Thouvenot L, Ferlian O, Beugnon R, Künne T, Lochner A, Thakur MP, Türke M, Eisenhauer N (2021) Do invasive earthworms affect the functional traits of native plants? Frontiers in Plant Science 12: article 627573, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.627573.

322 Phillips HRP, 155 co-authors, Cameron EK*, Eisenhauer N* (2021) Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties. Scientific Data 8: 136, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00912-z. * shared senior authorship.

321 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 NM, 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, Bruelheide H (2021) The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning. Basic & Applied Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2021.02.003.

320 Xu S, Sayer E, Eisenhauer N, Lu X, Wang J, Liu C (2021) Aboveground litter inputs determine carbon storage across soil profiles: a meta-analysis. Plant & Soil, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-04881-5.

319 Jochum M, Ferlian O, Thakur MP, Ciobanu M, Klarner B, Salamon JA, Frelich LE, Johnson EA, Eisenhauer N (2021) Earthworm invasion causes declines across soil fauna size classes and biodiversity facets in northern North American forests. Oikos, doi: 10.1111/oik.07867.

318 Singh J, Eisenhauer N, Schädler M, Cesarz S (2021) Earthworm gut passage reinforces land-use effects on soil microbial communities across climate treatments. Applied Soil Ecology 164: 103919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.103919.

317 Guimarães-Steinicke C, Weigelt A, Proulx R, Lanners T, Eisenhauer N, Duque-Lazo J, Reu B, Roscher C, Wagg C, Buchmann N, Wirth C (2021) Biodiversity facets affect community surface temperature via 3D canopy structure in grassland communities. Journal of Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13631.

316 Beaumelle L, Thouvenot L, Hines J, Jochum M, Eisenhauer N, Phillips HRP (2021) Soil fauna diversity and chemical stressors: a review of knowledge gaps and roadmap for future research. Ecography, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05627.

315 Strecker T, Jesch A, Bachmann D, Eisenhauer N, Jüds M, Karbstein K, Ravenek J, Roscher C, Weigelt A, Scheu S (2021) Incorporation of mineral nitrogen into the soil food web as affected by plant community composition. Ecology & Evolution, accepted.

314 Wang S, Loreau M, de Mazancourt C, Isbell F, Beierkuhnlein C, Connolly J, Deutschman DH, Doležal J, Eisenhauer N, Hector A, Jentsch A, Kreyling J, Lanta V, Lepš J, Polley HW, Reich PB, van Ruijven J, Schmid B, Tilman B, Wilsey B, Craven D (2021) Biotic homogenization destabilizes ecosystem functioning by decreasing spatial asynchrony. Ecology, in press.

313 Guerra CA, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Duarte E, Marigliano O, Görgen C, Maestre FT, Eisenhauer N (2021) Global projections of the soil microbiome in the Anthropocene. Global Ecology & Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13273.

312 Guerra CA, Bardgett RD, Caon L, Crowther TW, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Montanarella L, Navarro LM, Orgiazzi A, Singh BK, Tedersoo L, Vargas-Rojas R, Briones MJI, Buscot F, Cameron EK, Cesarz S, Chatzinotas A, Cowman DA, Djukic I, van den Hoogen J, Lehmann A, Maestre FT, Marín C, Reitz T, Rillig MC, Smith LC, de Vries FT, Weigelt A, Wall DH*, Eisenhauer N* (2021) Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity. Science 371: 239-241. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6526/239. * shared senior authorship.

311 Roy J, Rineau F, De Boeck HJ, Nijs I, Pütz T, Abiven S, Arnone III JA, Barton CVM, Beenaerts N, Brüggemann N, Dainese M, Domisch T, Eisenhauer N, Garré S, Gebler A, Ghirardo A, Jasoni RL, Kowalchuk G, Landais D, Le Galliard J-F, Larsen SH, Leemans V, Longdoz B, Massol F, Mikkelsen TN, Niedrist G, Piel C, Ravel O, Sauze J, Schmidt A, Schnitzler J-P, Teixeira LH, Tjoelker MG, Weisser WW, Winkler JB, Milcu A (2021) Ecotrons: powerful and versatile ecosystem analysers for ecology, agronomy and environmental science. Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15471.

310 Phillips HRP, Briones MJI, Brown GG, Decaëns T, Cameron E, Eisenhauer N (2021) Response to Comment on “Global distribution of earthworm diversity”. Science 371: eabe4744. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6525/eabe4744 .

309 Lange M, Roth V-N, Eisenhauer N, Roscher C, Dittmar T, Fischer C, González Macé O, Hildebrandt A, Milcu A, Mommer L, Oram NJ, Ravenek J, Scheu S, Schmid B, Strecker T, Wagg C, Weigelt A, & Gleixner G (2021) Plant diversity enhances production and downward transport of biodegradable dissolved organic matter. Journal of Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13556.

308 Kostin JE, Cesarz S, Lochner A, Schädler M, Macdonald CA, & Eisenhauer N (2021) Effects of climate change on soil microbial communities and functions are modulated by land-use. Ecological Applications, accepted.

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• 2023: Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the national academy of Germany, Section: Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences
• 2023: Short-listed for Hamburger Wissenschaftspreis on “One Health” by the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg
• 2023: Top Scientist (discipline: Ecology & Evolution), Ecology and Evolution Leader Award 2023, Research.com
• 2023: Honorary award by the city of Fürth (Odenwald) for scientific achievements
• 2022: Top Scientist (discipline: Ecology & Evolution; #394 worldwide, #25 in Germany), Research.com
• 2021: World Expert in Soil (top 0.1%), Expertscape
• 2021: Reuters list of the world’s top climate scientists, Reuters
• 2021: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, German Research Foundation
• 2020: Selected Alexander von Humboldt Scout of the Henriette Herz-Scouting-Programm
• 2020: Highly Cited Researcher 2020, Clarivate  
• 2016: ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council
• 2014: “Top 40 under 40”, magazine Capital (“Best of Germany”)
• 2014: Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, German Research Foundation
• 2012: Emmy-Noether scholarship, German Research Foundation
• 2010: Postdoc research scholarship, German Research Foundation
• 2004: Research scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Since 2012 Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV), 2007-2023 Ecological Society of America (ESA), since 2007 Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ), since 2014 Full member of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research iDiv, since 2019 Founding member of Soil BON; Member of Nutrient Network (PI of site BadNut in Bad Lauchstädt, with Sylvia Haider), since 2015 Member of TreeDivNet (PI of the MyDiv Experiment), Drought-Net (PI of site BadDrought in Bad Lauchstädt, with Harald Auge), and BugNet (PI of site BadBug in Bad Lauchstädt, with Harald Auge, Malte Jochum, Lotte Korell, & Martin Schädler).

• 2022 –                 Reviewing Editor at eLife
• 2021 –                 Advisory Editorial Board at Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
• 2019 –                 Editor-in-Chief at Soil Organisms
• 2014 – 2018         Editor-in-Chief at Pedobiologia – Journal of Soil Ecology
• 2012 – 2013         Subject Editor at Plant and Soil
• 2011 – 2013         Subject Editor at Biodiversity and Conservation