Anne Ebeling - Publications

Bassi, L., Hennecke, J., Albracht, C., Bröcher, M., Solbach, M.D., Schaller, J., Doan, V., Wagner, H., Eisenhauer, N., Ebeling, A., Meyer, S.T., van Dam, N.M. & Weigelt, A. (2023). Uncovering the secrets of monoculture yield decline: trade-offs between leaf and root chemical and physical defence traits in a grassland experiment. Oikos 2023: e10061.  doi: 10.1111/oik.10061External link

Bröcher, M., Meyer, S.T., Eisenhauer, N. & Ebeling, A. (2024). The positive plant diversity-consumer relationship is independent of grassland age. Basic and Applied Ecology doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2024.02.006External link 

Dietrich, P., Ebeling, A., Meyer, S.T., Bonato Asato, A.E., Bröcher, M., Gleixner, G., Huang, Y., Roscher, C., Schmid, B., Vogel, A. & Eisenhauer, N. (2024). Plant diversity and community age stabilize ecosystem multifunctionality. Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/gcb.17225External link

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, W.W., Shadaydeh, M., Denzler, J., Ebeling, A. & Eisenhauer, N. (2023). Enhanced stability of grassland soil temperature by plant diversity. Nature Geoscience 17: 44-50. doi: 10.1038/s41561-023-01338-5External link

Smith, M.D., Wilkins, K.D., Holdrege, M.C., Wilfahrt, P., Collins, S.L., Knapp, A.K., Sala, O.E., Dukes, J.S., Phillips, R.P., Yahdjian, L., Gherardi, L.A., Ohlert, T., Beier, C., Fraser, L.H., Jentsch, A., Loik, M.E., Maestre, F.T., Power, S.A., Yu, Q., Felton, A.J., Munson, S.M., Luo, Y., Abdoli, H., Abedi, M., Alados, C.L., Alberti, J., Alon, M., An, H., Anacker, B., Anderson, M., Auge, H., Bachle, S., Bahalkeh, K., Bahn, M., Batbaatar, A., Bauerle, T., Beard, K.H., Behn, K., Beil, I., Biancari, L., Blindow, I., Bondaruk, V.F., Borer, E.T., Bork, E.W., Bruschetti, C.M., Byrne, K.M., Cahill Jr., J.F., Calvo, D.A., Carbognani, M., Cardoni, A., Carlyle, C.N., Castillo-Garcia, M., Chang, S.X., Chieppa, J., Cianciaruso, M.V., Cohen, O., Cordeiro, A.L., Cusack, D.F., Dahlke, S., Daleo, P., D'Antonio, C.M., Dietterich, L.H., S. Doherty, T., Dubbert, M., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Fischer, F.M., Forte, T.a.G.W., Gebauer, T., Gozalo, B., Greenville, A.C., Guidoni-Martins, K.G., Hannusch, H.J., Vatsø Haugum, S., Hautier, Y., Hefting, M., Henry, H.A.L., Hoss, D., Ingrisch, J., Iribarne, O., Isbell, F., Johnson, Y., Jordan, S., Kelly, E.F., Kimmel, K., Kreyling, J., Kröel-Dulay, G., Kröpfl, A., Kübert, A., Kulmatiski, A., Lamb, E.G., Larsen, K.S., Larson, J., Lawson, J., Leder, C.V., Linstädter, A., Liu, J., Liu, S., Lodge, A.G., Longo, G., Loydi, A., Luan, J., Curtis Lubbe, F., Macfarlane, C., Mackie-Haas, K., Malyshev, A.V., Maturano-Ruiz, A., Merchant, T., Metcalfe, D.B., Mori, A.S., Mudongo, E., Newman, G.S., Nielsen, U.N., Nimmo, D., Niu, Y., Nobre, P., O'Connor, R.C., Ogaya, R., Oñatibia, G.R., Orbán, I., Osborne, B., Otfinowski, R., Pärtel, M., Penuelas, J., Peri, P.L., Peter, G., Petraglia, A., Picon-Cochard, C., Pillar, V.D., Piñeiro-Guerra, J.M., Ploughe, L.W., Plowes, R.M., Portales-Reyes, C., Prober, S.M., Pueyo, Y., Reed, S.C., Ritchie, E.G., Rodríguez, D.A., Rogers, W.E., Roscher, C., Sánchez, A.M., Santos, B.A., Cecilia Scarfó, M., Seabloom, E.W., Shi, B., Souza, L., Stampfli, A., Standish, R.J., Sternberg, M., Sun, W., Sünnemann, M., Tedder, M., Thorvaldsen, P., Tian, D., Tielbörger, K., Valdecantos, A., van den Brink, L., Vandvik, V., Vankoughnett, M.R., Guri Velle, L., Wang, C., Wang, Y., Wardle, G.M., Werner, C., Wei, C., Wiehl, G., Williams, J.L., Wolf, A.A., Zeiter, M., Zhang, F., Zhu, J., Zong, N. & Zuo, X. (2024). Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 121: e2309881120.  doi:10.1073/pnas.2309881120External link

Zheng, L., Barry, K.E., Guerrero-Ramírez, N.R., Craven, D., Reich, P.B., Verheyen, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Eisenhauer, N., Barsoum, N., Bauhus, J., Bruelheide, H., Cavender-Bares, J., Dolezal, J., Auge, H., Fagundes, M.V., Ferlian, O., Fiedler, S., Forrester, D.I., Ganade, G., Gebauer, T., Haase, J., Hajek, P., Hector, A., Hérault, B., Hölscher, D., Hulvey, K.B., Irawan, B., Jactel, H., Koricheva, J., Kreft, H., Lanta, V., Leps, J., Mereu, S., Messier, C., Montagnini, F., Mörsdorf, M., Müller, S., Muys, B., Nock, C.A., Paquette, A., Parker, W.C., Parker, J.D., Parrotta, J.A., Paterno, G.B., Perring, M.P., Piotto, D., Wayne Polley, H., Ponette, Q., Potvin, C., Quosh, J., Rewald, B., Godbold, D.L., van Ruijven, J., Standish, R.J., Stefanski, A., Sundawati, L., Urgoiti, J., Williams, L.J., Wilsey, B.J., Yang, B., Zhang, L., Zhao, Z., Yang, Y., Sandén, H., Ebeling, A., Schmid, B., Fischer, M., Kotowska, M.M., Palmborg, C., Tilman, D., Yan, E. & Hautier, Y. (2024). Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding. Nature Communications 15: 2078.  doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46355-zExternal link 

Argens, L., Weisser, W.W., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Lange, M., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Schielzeth, H., Schmid, B., Wilcke, W. & Meyer, S.T. (2023). Relationships between ecosystem functions vary among years and plots and are driven by plant species richness. Oikos doi: 10.1111/oik.10096External link

Bakker, J.D., Price, J.N., Henning, J.A., Batzer, E.E., Ohlert, T.J., Wainwright, C.E., Adler, P.B., Alberti, J., Arnillas, C.A., Biederman, L.A., Borer, E.T., Brudvig, L.A., Buckley, Y.M., Bugalho, M.N., Cadotte, M.W., Caldeira, M.C., Catford, J.A., Chen, Q.Q., Crawley, M.J., Daleo, P., Dickman, C.R., Donohue, I., DuPre, M.E., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Fay, P.A., Gruner, D.S., Haider, S., Hautier, Y., Jentsch, A., Kirkman, K., Knops, J.M.H., Lannes, L.S., MacDougall, A.S., McCulley, R.L., Mitchell, R.M., Moore, J.L., Morgan, J.W., Mortensen, B., Venterink, H.O., Peri, P.L., Power, S.A., Prober, S.M., Roscher, C., Sankaran, M., Seabloom, E.W., Smith, M.D., Stevens, C., Sullivan, L.L., Tedder, M., Veen, G.F., Virtanen, R. & Wardle, G.M. (2023). Compositional variation in grassland plant communities. Ecosphere 14: e4542.  doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4542External link

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 doi: 10.1007/s00442-023-05361-6External link 

Chen, Q., Wang, S., Borer, E.T., Bakker, J.D., Seabloom, E.W., Harpole, W.S., Eisenhauer, N., Lekberg, Y., Buckley, Y.M., Catford, J.A., Roscher, C., Donohue, I., Power, S.A., Daleo, P., Ebeling, A., Knops, J.M.H., Martina, J.P., Eskelinen, A., Morgan, J.W., Risch, A.C., Caldeira, M.C., Bugalho, M.N., Virtanen, R., Barrio, I.C., Niu, Y., Jentsch, A., Stevens, C.J., Gruner, D.S., MacDougall, A.S., Alberti, J. & Hautier, Y. (2023). Multidimensional responses of grassland stability to eutrophication. Nature Communications 14: 6375. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42081-0External link

Garbowski, M., Boughton, E., Ebeling, A., Fay, P., Hautier, Y., Holz, H., Jentsch, A., Jurburg, S., Ladouceur, E., Martina, J., Ohlert, T., Raynaud, X., Roscher, C., Sonnier, G., Tognetti, P.M., Yahdjian, L., Wilfahrt, P. & Harpole, S. (2023). Nutrient enrichment alters seasonal β-diversity in global grasslands. Journal of Ecology doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.14182External link 

Lange, M., Ebeling, A., Voigt, W. & Weisser, W. (2023). Restoration of insect communities after land use change is shaped by plant diversity: a case study on carabid beetles (Carabidae). Scientific Reports 13: 2140.  doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-28628-7External link

Maciá-Vicente, J.G., Francioli, D., Weigelt, A., Albracht, C., Barry, K.E., 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 doi: 10.1111/mec.16956External link

Wilfahrt, P.A., Seabloom, E.W., Bakker, J.D., Biederman, L., Bugalho, M.N., Cadotte, M.W., Caldeira, M.C., Catford, J.A., Chen, Q.Q., Donohue, I., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Haider, S., Heckman, R.W., Jentsch, A., Koerner, S.E., Komatsu, K.J., Laungani, R., MacDougall, A., Martina, J.P., Martinson, H., Moore, J.L., Niu, Y.J., Ohlert, T., Venterink, H.O., Orr, D., Peri, P., Pos, E., Price, J., Raynaud, X., Ren, Z.W., Roscher, C., Smith, N.G., Stevens, C.J., Sullivan, L.L., Tedder, M., Tognetti, P.M., Veen, C., Wheeler, G., Young, A.L., Young, H. & Borer, E.T. (2023). Nothing lasts forever: Dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands. Journal of Ecology 111:  2472-2482. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.14198External link

Achury, R., Clement, L., Ebeling, A., Meyer, S., Voigt, W. & Weisser, W.W. (2022). Plant diversity and functional identity alter ant occurrence and activity in experimental grasslands. Ecosphere 13: e4252. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4252External link 

Ebeling, A., Strauss, A., Adler, P.B., Arnillas, C., Barrio, I., Biederman, L., Borer, E., Bugalho, M., Caldeira, M., Cadotte, M., Daleo, P., Eisenhauer, N., Eskelinen, A., Fay, P., Firn, J., Graff, P., Hagenah, N., Haider, S., Komatsu, K., McCulley, R., Mitchell, C., Moore, J., Pascual, J., Peri, P., Power, S., Prober, S., Risch, A., Roscher, C., Sankaran, M., Seabloom, E., Schielzeth, H., Schutz, M., Speziale, K., Tedder, M., Virtanen, R. & Blumenthal, D. (2022). Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology 110: 327-339. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13801External link

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., Jonsdottir, I.S., Komatsu, K., MacDougall, A., Martina, J.P., Moore, J.L., Morgan, J.W., Peri, P.L., Power, S.A., Ren, Z., Risch, A.C., Roscher, C., Schuchardt, M.A., Seabloom, E.W., Stevens, C.J., Veen, G.F.C., 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 25: 2699-2712. doi: 10.1111/ele.14126External link

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 and Evolution 11: 11651-11663. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7819External link

Radujkovic, 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., Venterink, H.O., Raynaud, X., Risch, A.C., Roscher, C., Schutz, 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 doi: 10.1111/ele.13894External link

Skarbek, C.J., Ebeling, A., Meyer, S.T., Schulze, C., Sepperl, A. & Pufal, G. (2021). Testing a highly replicable and standardized method to rapidly assess seed removal probabilities. Basic and Applied Ecology 52: 15-23. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2021.02.008External link

van Moorsel, S.J., Hahl, T., Petchey, O.L., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Schmid, B. & Wagg, C. (2021). Co-occurrence history increases ecosystem stability and resilience in experimental plant communities. Ecology 102: e03205. doi:10.1002/ecy.3205External link [Data availability]External link

Van Sundert, K., Arfin Khan, M.A.S., Bharath, S., Buckley, Y.M., Caldeira, M.C., 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, C.A., Nogueira, C., Porath‐Krause, A.J., Radujković, D., Raynaud, X., Risch, A.C., Roscher, C., Scherer‐Lorenzen, M., Schuchardt, M.A., 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 doi: 10.1111/gcb.15583External link

Barnes, D., Scherber, C., Brose, U., Borer, E.T., Ebeling, A., Gauzens, B., Giling, D.P., Hines, J., Isbell, F., Ristok, C., Tilman, D., Weisser, W.W. & Eisenhauer, N. (2020). Biodiversity enhances the multitrophic control of arthropod herbivory. Science Advances doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abb6603External link

Buzhdygan, O.Y., Meyer, S.T., Weisser, W.W., Eisenhauer, N., Ebeling, A., Borrett, S.R., Buchmann, N., Cortois, R., De Deyn, G.B., de Kroon, H., Gleixner, G., Hertzog, L.R., Hines, J., Lange, M., Mommer, L., Ravenek, J., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Steinauer, K., Strecker, T., Tietjen, B., Vogel, A., Weigelt , A. & Petermann, J.S. (2020). Biodiversity increases multitrophic energy use efficiency, flow and storage in grasslands. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 393-405. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1123-8External link

Dietrich, P., Roeder, A., Cesarz, S., Eisenhauer, N., Ebeling, A., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.D., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A. & Roscher, C. (2020). Nematode communities, plant nutrient economy and life-cycle characteristics jointly determine plant monoculture performance over 12 years. Oikos 129: 466-479. doi: 10.1111/oik.06989External link

Ebeling, A., Lind, E.W., Meyer, S.T., Barnes, A.D., Borer, E.T., Eisenhauer, N. & Weisser, W.W. (2020). Contrasting effects of plant diversity on β- and γ-diversity of grassland invertebrates. Ecology e03057. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3057External link

Jochum, M., Fischer, M., Isbell, F., Roscher, C., van der Plas, F., Boch, S., Boenisch, G., Buchmann, N., Catford, J.A., Cavender-Bares, J., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Gleixner, G., Hölzel, N., Kattge, J., Klaus, V.H., Kleinebecker, T., Lange, M., Le Provost, G., Meyer, S.T., Molina-Venegas, R., Mommer, L., Oelmann, Y., Penone, C., Prati, D., Reich, P.B., Rindisbacher, A., Schäfer, D., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Tilman, D., Tscharntke, T., Vogel, A., Wagg, C., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W.W., Wilcke, W. & Manning, P. (2020). The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 1485-1494. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1280-9External link

Ochoa-Hueso, R., Borer, E.T., Seabloom, E.W., Hobbie, S.E., Risch, A.C., Collins, S.L., Alberti, J., Bahamonde, H.A., Brown, C.S., Caldeira, M.C., Daleo, P., Dickman, C.R., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Esch, E.H., Eskelinen, A., Fernández, V., Güsewell, S., Gutierrez-Larruga, B., Hofmockel, K., Laungani, R., Lind, E., López, A., McCulley, R.L., Moore, J.L., Peri, P.L., Power, S.A., Price, J.N., Prober, S.M., Roscher, C., Sarneel, J.M., Schütz, M., Siebert, J., Standish, R.J., Velasco Ayuso, S., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G.M., Wiehl, G., Yahdjian, L. & Zamin, T. (2020). Microbial processing of plant remains is co-limited by multiple nutrients in global grasslands. Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/gcb.15146External link

van der Plas, F., Schröder-Georgi, T., Weigelt, A., Barry, K., Meyer, S., Alzate, A., Barnard, R.L., Buchmann, N., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hildebrandt, A., Koller-France, E., Leimer, S., Milcu, A., Mommer, L., Niklaus, P.A., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., Temperton, V., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Weisser, W., Wilcke, W. & Wirth, C. (2020). Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 1602–1611. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-01316-9External link

Risch, A.C., Zimmermann, S., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Schütz, M., Frey, B., Firn, J.L., Fay, P.A., Hagedorn, F., Borer, E.T., Seabloom, E.W., Harpole, W.S., Knops, J.M.H., McCulley, R.L., Broadbent, A.A.D., Stevens, C.J., Silveira, M.L., Adler, P.B., Báez, S., Biederman, L.A., Blair, J.M., Brown, C.S., Caldeira, M.C., Collins, S.L., Daleo, P., di Virgilio, A., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Esch, E., Eskelinen, A., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Kirkman, K.P., MacDougall, A.S., Moore, J.L., Power, S.A., Prober, S.M., Roscher, C., Sankaran, M., Siebert, J., Speziale, K.L., Tognetti, P.M., Virtanen, R., Yahdjian, L. & Moser, B. (2019). Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nature Communications 10: 4981. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12948-2External link

Manning, P., Loos, J., Barnes, A.D., Batáry, P., Bianchi, F.J.J.A., Buchmann, N., De Deyn, G.B., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Fischer, M., Fründ, J., Grass, I., Isselstein, J., Jochum, M., Klein, A.M., Klingenberg, E.O.F., Landis, D.A., Lepš, J., Lindborgs, R., Meyer, S.T., Temperton, V.M., Westphal, C. & Tscharntke, T. (2019). Transferring biodiversityecosystem function research to the management of ‘real-world’ ecosystems. Advances in Ecological Research doi: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.009External link

Barry, K.E., Weigelt, A., van Ruijven, J., de Kroon, H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Gessler, A., Ravenek, J.M., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Oram, N.J., Vogel, A., Wagg, C. & Mommer, L. (2019). Above- and belowground overyielding are related at the community and species level in a grassland biodiversity experimen. Advances in Ecological Research doi: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.05.001External link

González Macé, O., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Cesarz, S. & Scheu, S. (2019). Variations in trophic niches of generalist predators with plant community composition as indicated by stable isotopes and fatty acids. Soil Organisms 91: 45-59. doi: 10.25674/so91204External link

Vogel, A., Ebeling, A., Gleixner, G., Roscher, C., Scheu, S., Ciobanu, M., Koller-France, E., Lange, M., Lochner, A., Meyer, S.T., Oelmann, Y., Wilcke, W., Schmid, B. & Eisenhauer, N. (2019). A new experimental approach to test why biodiversity effects strengthen as ecosystems age. Advances in Ecological Research: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.006External link

Beugnon, R., Steinauer, K., Barnes, A., Ebeling, A., Roscher, C. & Eisenhauer, N. (2019). Plant functional trait identity and diversity effects on soil meso- and macrofauna in an experimental grassland. Advances in Ecological Research (in press). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.004 [Data availability:

Guimarães-Steinicke, C., Weigelt, A., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Duque-Lazo, J., Reu, B., Roscher, C., Schumacher, J., Wagg, C. & Wirth, C. (2019). Terrestrial laser scanning reveals temporal changes in biodiversity mechanisms driving grassland productivity. Advances in Ecological Research: doi: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.003External link

Eisenhauer, N., Schielzeth, H., Barnes, A.D., Barry, K., Bonn, A., Brose, U., Bruelheide, H., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F., Ebeling, A., Ferlian, O., Freschet, G.T., Giling, D.P., Hättenschwiler, S., Hillebrand, H., Hines, J., Isbell, F., Koller-France, E., König-Ries, B., de Kroon, H., Meyer, S.T., Milcu, A., Müller, J., Nock, C.A., Petermann, J.S., Roscher, C., Scherber, C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Schnitzer, S.A., Schuldt, A., Tscharntke, T., Türke, M., van Dam, N.M., van der Plas, F., Vogel, A., Wagg, C., Wardle, D.A., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W.W., Wirth, C. & Jochum, M. (2019). A multitrophic, eco-evolutionary perspective on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research. Advances in Ecological Research doi:10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.001External link

Ristok, C., Poeschl, Y., Dudenhöffer, J.H., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Vergara, F., Wagg, C., van Dam, N.M. & Weinhold, A. (2019). Plant species richness elicits changes in the metabolome of grassland species via soil biotic legacy. Journal of Ecology doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13185External link

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