FunDivEUROPE – Functional significance of forest biodiversity in Europe

Jaroszewicz B, Cholewińska O, Chećko E, Wrzosek M. 2021. Predictors of diversity of deadwood-dwelling macrofungi in a European natural forest. Forest Ecology and Management 490:119123. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119123

Bastias C.C., Truchado D., Valladares F., Benavides R., Bouriaud O., Bruelheide H., Coppi A., Finer L., Gimeno T., Jaroszewicz B., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Selvi F., de la Cruz M. 2020. Species richness influences the spatial distribution of trees in European forests. Oikos 129,3: 380-390. DOI: 10.1111/oik.06776

Barbaro L., Allan E., Ampoorter E., Castagneyrol B., Charbonnier Y., Wandeler H.D., Kerbiriou C., Milligan H.T., Vialatte A., Carnol M., Deconchat M., Smedt P.D., Jactel H., Koricheva J., Viol I.L., Muys B., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verheyen K., Plas F.V.D. 2019. Biotic predictors complement models of bat and bird responses to climate and tree diversity in European forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286: 20182193. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2193

Benavides R., Valladares F., Wirth C., Müller S., Scherer-Lorenzen M. 2019. Intraspecific trait variability of trees is related to canopy species richness in European forests. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 36: 24-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2018.12.002

Maa X., Mahecha M.D.,  Migliavacca M., van der Plas F., Benavides R., Ratcliffe S., Kattge J., Richter R., Musavi T., Baeten L., Barnoaiea I., Bohn F., Bouriaud O., Bussotti F., Coppi A., Domisch T., Huth A., Jaroszewicz B., Joswig J., Pabon-Moreno D.E., Papale D., Selvi F., Vaglio L.G., Valladares F., Reichstein M., Wirth C. 2019. Inferring plant functional diversity from space: The potentials of Sentinel-2. Remote Sensing of Environment 233: 111368. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111368

Baeten L., Bruelheide H., Van Der Plas F., Kambach S., Ratcliffe S., Jucker T., Allan E., Ampoorter E., Barbaro L., Bastias C.C., Bauhus J., Benavides R., Bonal D., Bouriaud O., Bussotti F., Carnol M., Castagneyrol B., Charbonnier Y., Chećko E., Coomes D.A., Dahlgren J., Dawud S.M., De Wandeler H., Domisch T., Finér L., Fischer M., Fotelli M., Gessler A., Grossiord C., Guyot V., Hättenschwiler S., Jactel H., Jaroszewicz B., Joly F.-X., Koricheva J., Lehtonen A., Müller S., Muys B., Nguyen D., Pollastrini M., Radoglou K., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Ruiz-Benito P., Selvi F., Stenlid J., Valladares F., Vesterdal L., Verheyen K., Wirth C., Zavala M.A., Scherer-Lorenzen M. 2018. Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests. Journal of Applied Ecology 56: 733–744. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13308

Bastias C.C., Valladares F., Ricote M.N., Benavides R. 2018. Local canopy diversity does not influence phenotypic expression and plasticity of tree seedlings exposed to different resource availabilities. Environmental and Experimental Botany 156: 38-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.08.023

Benneter A., Forrester D.I., Bouriaud O., Dormann C.F., Bauhus J. 2018. Tree species diversity does not compromise stem quality in major European forest types. Forest Ecology and Management 422: 323-337. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.04.030

De Wandeler H., Bruelheide H., Dawud S.M., Danila G., Domisch T., Finér L., Hermy M., Jaroszewicz B., Joly F.-X., Müller S., Ratcliffe S., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Rota E., Van Meerbeek K., Vesterdal L., Muys B. 2018. Tree identity rather than tree diversity drives earthworm communities in European forests. Pedobiologia 67: 16-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2018.01.003

Grossman J.J., Vanhellemont M., Barsoum N., Bauhus J., Bruelheidef H., Castagneyrol B., Cavender-Bares J., Eisenhauer N., Ferlian O., Gravel D., Hector A., Jactel H., Kreft H., Mereu S., Messier C., Muys B., Nock C., Paquette A., Parker J., Perring M.P., Ponette Q., Reich P.B., Schuldt A., Staab M., Weih M., Zemp D.C., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verheyen K. 2018. Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments. Environmental and Experimental Botany 152: 68-89. DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.12.015

Manning P., Van Der Plas F., Soliveres S., Allan E., Maestre F.T., Mace G., Whittingham M.J., Fischer M. 2018. Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 427-436. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0461-7

Van Der Plas F., Ratcliffe S., Ruiz-Benito P., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verheyen K., Wirth C., Zavala M.A., Ampoorter E., Baeten L., Barbaro L., Bastias C.C., Bauhus J., Benavides R., Benneter A., Bonal D., Bouriaud O., Bruelheide H., Bussotti F., Carnol M., Castagneyrol B., Charbonnier Y., Cornelissen J.H.C., Dahlgren J., Chećko E., Coppi A., Dawud S.M., Deconchat M., De Smedt P., De Wandeler H., Domisch T., Finér L., Fotelli M., Gessler A., Granier A., Grossiord C., Guyot V., Haase J., Hättenschwiler S., Jactel H., Jaroszewicz B., Joly F.-X., Jucker T., Kambach S., Kaendler G., Kattge J., Koricheva J., Kunstler G., Lehtonen A., Liebergesell M., Manning P., Milligan H., Müller S., Muys B., Nguyen D., Nock C., Ohse B., Paquette A., Peñuelas J., Pollastrini M., Radoglou K., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Roger F., Seidl R., Selvi F., Stenlid J., Valladares F., Van Keer J., Vesterdal L., Fischer M., Gamfeldt L., Allan E. 2018. Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality. Ecology Letters 21: 31-42. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12868

Bastias C.C., Fortunel C., Valladares F., Baraloto C., Benavides R., Cornwell W., Markesteijn L., De Oliveira A.A., Sansevero J.B.B., Vaz M.C., Kraft N.J.B. 2017. Intraspecific leaf trait variability along a boreal-to-tropical community diversity gradient. PLoS ONE 12: e0172495. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172495

Dawud S.M., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Ratcliffe S., Domisch T., Finér L., Joly F.-X., Hättenschwiler S., Vesterdal L. 2017. Tree species functional group is a more important driver of soil properties than tree species diversity across major European forest types. Functional Ecology 31: 1153-1162. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12821

Finér L., Domisch T., Dawud S.M., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Vesterdal L., Bouriaud O., Bruelheide H., Jaroszewicz B., Selvi F., Valladares F. 2017. Conifer proportion explains fine root biomass more than tree species diversity and site factors in major European forest types. Forest Ecology and Management 406: 330-350. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.017

Forrester D.I., Benneter A., Bouriaud O., Bauhus J. 2017. Diversity and competition influence tree allometric relationships – developing functions for mixed-species forests. Journal of Ecology 105: 761-774. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12704

Jactel H., Bauhus J., Boberg J., Bonal D., Castagneyrol B., Gardiner B., Gonzalez-Olabarria J.R., Koricheva J., Meurisse N., Brockerhoff E.G. 2017. Tree Diversity Drives Forest Stand Resistance to Natural Disturbances. Current Forestry Reports 3: 223-243. DOI: 10.1007/s40725-017-0064-1

Joly F.-X., Milcu A., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Jean L.-K., Bussotti F., Dawud S.M., Müller S., Pollastrini M., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Vesterdal L., Hättenschwiler S.C. 2017. Tree species diversity affects decomposition through modified micro-environmental conditions across European forests. New Phytologist 214: 1281-1293. 10.1111/nph.14452

Jucker T., Grossiord C., Bonal D., Bouriaud O., Gessler A., Coomes D.A. 2017. Detecting the fingerprint of drought across Europe´s forests: do carbon isotope ratios and stem growth rates tell similar stories? Forest Ecosystems 4: 24. DOI: 10.1186/s40663-017-0111-1

Madrigal-González J., Ruiz-Benito P., Ratcliffe S., Rigling A., Zimmermann N., Wirth C., Zweifel R., Zavala M.A. 2017. Competition drives oak species distribution and functioning in Western Europe: implications under global change. Oaks physiological ecology: exploring the functional diversity of genus Quercus L. (eds E. Gil-Pelegrín, J.J. Peguero-Pina, D. Sancho-Knapik), pp. 513-538. Springer, Heidelberg, New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69099-5_15

Nguyen D., Boberg J., Cleary M., Bruelheide H., Hönig L., Koricheva J., Stenlid J. 2017. Foliar fungi of Betula pendula: impact of tree species mixtures and assessment methods. Scientific Reports 7: 41801. DOI: 10.1038/srep41801

Pollastrini M., Nogales A.G., Benavides R., Bonal D., Finer L., Fotelli M., Gessler A., Grossiord C., Radoglou K., Strasser R.J., Bussotti F. 2017. Tree diversity affects chlorophyll a fluorescence and other leaf traits of tree species in a boreal forest. Tree Physiology 37: 199-208. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpw132

Ratcliffe S., Wirth C., Jucker T., Van Der Plas F., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verheyen K., Allan E., Benavides R., Bruelheide H., Ohse B., Paquette A., Ampoorter E., Bastias C.C., Bauhus J., Bonal D., Bouriaud O., Bussotti F., Carnol M., Castagneyrol B., Chećko E., Dawud S.M., Wandeler H.D., Domisch T., Finér L., Fischer M., Fotelli M., Gessler A., Granier A., Grossiord C., Guyot V., Haase J., Hättenschwiler S., Jactel H., Jaroszewicz B., Joly F.-X., Kambach S., Kolb S., Koricheva J., Liebergesell M., Milligan H., Müller S., Muys B., Nguyen D., Nock C., Pollastrini M., Purschke O., Radoglou K., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Roger F., Ruiz-Benito P., Seidl R., Selvi F., Seiferling I., Stenlid J., Valladares F., Vesterdal L., Baeten L. 2017. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context. Ecology Letters 20: 1414-1426. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12849

Ruiz-Benito P., Ratcliffe S., Jump A.S., Gómez-Aparicio L., Madrigal-González J., Wirth C., Kändler G., Lehtonen A., Dahlgren J., Kattge J., Zavala M.A. 2017. Functional diversity underlies demographic responses to environmental variation in European forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 128-141. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12515

Ruiz-Benito P., Ratcliffe S., Zavala M.A., Martínez-Vilalta J., Vilà-Cabrera A., Lloret F., Madrigal-González J., Wirth C., Greenwood S., Kändler G., Lehtonen A., Kattge J., Dahlgren J., Jump A.S. 2017. Climate- and successional-related changes in functional composition of European forests are strongly driven by tree mortality. Global Change Biology 23: 4162-4176. 10.1111/gcb.13728

Silva Pedro M., Rammer W., Seidl R. 2017. Disentangling the effects of compositional and structural diversity on forest productivity. Journal of Vegetation Science 28,3: 649-658. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12505

Ampoorter E., Selvi F., Auge H., Baeten L., Berger S., Carrari E., Coppi A., Fotelli M., Radoglou K., Setiawan N.N., Vanhellemont M., Verheyen K. 2016. Driving mechanisms of overstorey-understorey diversity relationships in European forests. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 19: 21-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2016.02.001

Charbonnier Y.M., Barbaro L., Barnagaud J.-Y., Ampoorter E., Nezan J., Verheyen K., Jactel H. 2016. Bat and bird diversity along independent gradients of latitude and tree composition in European forests. Oecologia 182: 529-537. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3671-9

Dawud S.M., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Domisch T., Finér L., Jaroszewicz B., Vesterdal L. 2016. Is Tree Species Diversity or Species Identity the More Important Driver of Soil Carbon Stocks, C/N Ratio, and pH? Ecosystems 19: 645-660. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-9958-1

De Wandeler H., Sousa-Silva R., Ampoorter E., Bruelheide H., Carnol M., Dawud S.M., Danila G., Finer L., Hättenschwiler S., Hermy M., Jaroszewicz B., Joly F.-X., Müller S., Pollastrini M., Ratcliffe S., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Selvi F., Valladares F., Van Meerbeek K., Verheyen K., Vesterdal L., Muys B. 2016. Drivers of earthworm incidence and abundance across European forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 99: 167-178. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.05.003

Guyot V., Castagneyrol B., Vialatte A., Deconchat M., Jactel H. 2016. Tree diversity reduces pest damage in mature forests across Europe. Biology Letters 12: 20151037. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.1037

Jucker T., Avăcăriței D., Bărnoaiea I., Duduman G., Bouriaud O., Coomes D.A. 2016. Climate modulates the effects of tree diversity on forest productivity. Journal of Ecology 104: 388-398. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12522

Liebergesell M., Reu B., Stahl U., Freiberg M., Welk E., Kattge J., Cornelissen J.H.C., Peñuelas J., Wirth C. 2016. Functional Resilience against Climate-Driven Extinctions ? Comparing the Functional Diversity of European and North American Tree Floras. PLoS ONE 11: e0148607. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148607

Madrigal-González J., Ruiz-Benito P., Ratcliffe S., Calatayud J., Kändler G., Lehtonen A., Dahlgren J., Wirth C., Zavala M.A. 2016. Complementarity effects on tree growth are contingent on tree size and climatic conditions across Europe. Scientific Reports 6: 32233. DOI: 10.1038/srep32233

Nguyen D., Boberg J., Ihrmark K., Stenström E., Stenlid J. 2016. Do foliar fungal communities of Norway spruce shift along a tree species diversity gradient in mature European forests? Fungal Ecology 23: 97-108.

Nguyen D., Castagneyrol B., Bruelheide H., Bussotti F., Guyot V., Jactel H., Jaroszewicz B., Valladares F., Stenlid J., Boberg J. 2016. Fungal disease incidence along tree diversity gradients depends on latitude in European forests. Ecology and Evolution 6: 2426-2438. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2016.07.003

Pollastrini M., Feducci M., Bonal D., Fotelli M., Gessler A., Grossiord C., Guyot V., Jactel H., Nguyen D., Radoglou K., Bussotti F. 2016. Physiological significance of forest tree defoliation: Results from a survey in a mixed forest in Tuscany (central Italy). Forest Ecology and Management 361: 170-178. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.11.018

Pollastrini M., Holland V., Brüggemann W., Bruelheide H., Danila I., Jaroszewicz B., Valladares F., Bussotti F. 2016. Taxonomic and ecological relevance of the chlorophyll a fluorescence signature of tree species in mixed European forests. New Phytologist 212: 51-65. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14026

Pollastrini M., Holland V., Brüggemann W., Bussotti F. 2016. Chlorophyll a fluorescence analysis in forests. Annali di Botanica 6: 57-71. DOI: 10.4462/annbotrm-13257

Ratcliffe S., Liebergesell M., Ruiz-Benito P., Madrigal González J., Muñoz Castañeda J.M., Kändler G., Lehtonen A., Dahlgren J., Kattge J., Peñuelas J., Zavala M.A., Wirth C. 2016. Modes of functional biodiversity control on tree productivity across the European continent. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 251-262. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12406

Silva Pedro M., Rammer W., Seidl R. 2016. A disturbance-induced increase in tree species diversity facilitates forest productivity. Landscape Ecology 31: 989-1004. DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0317-y

Simonson W., Ruiz-Benito P., Valladares F., Coomes D. 2016. Modelling above-ground carbon dynamics using multi-temporal airborne lidar: insights from a Mediterranean woodland. Biogeosciences 13: 961-973. DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-961-2016

Van Der Plas F., Manning P., Allan E., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verheyen K., Wirth C., Zavala M.A., Hector A., Ampoorter E., Baeten L., Barbaro L., Bauhus J., Benavides R., Benneter A., Berthold F., Bonal D., Bouriaud O., Bruelheide H., Bussotti F., Carnol M., Castagneyrol B., Charbonnier Y., Coomes D., Coppi A., Bastias C.C., Dawud M.S., De Wandeler H., Domisch T., Finer L., Gessler A., Granier A., Grossiord C., Guyot V., Hattenschwiler S., Jactel H., Jaroszewicz B., Joly F.-X., Jucker T., Koricheva J., Milligan H., Muller S., Muys B., Nguyen D., Pollastrini M., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Selvi F., Stenlid J., Valladares F., Vesterdal L., Zieliński D., Fischer M. 2016. Jack-of-all-trades effects drive biodiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality relationships in European forests. Nature Communications 7: 11109. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11109

Van Der Plas F., Manning P., Soliveres S., Allan E., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verheyen K., Wirth C., Zavala M.A., Ampoorter E., Baeten L., Barbaro L., Bauhus J., Benavides R., Benneter A., Bonal D., Bouriaud, O., Bruelheide H., Bussotti F., Carnol M., Castagneyrol B., Charbonnier Y., Coomes D.A., Coppi A., Bastias C.C., Dawud S.M., De Wandeler H., Domisch T., Finér L., Gessler A., Granier A., Grossiord C., Guyot V., Hättenschwiler S., Jactel H., Jaroszewicz B., Joly F.-X., Jucker T., Koricheva J., Milligan H., Mueller S., Muys B., Nguyen D., Pollastrini M., Ratcliffe S., Raulund-Rasmussen K., Selvi F., Stenlid J., Valladares F., Vesterdal L., Zieliński D., Fischer M. 2016. Biotic homogenization can decrease landscape-scale forest multifunctionality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113: 3557-3562. 10.1073/pnas.1517903113

Ampoorter E., Baeten L., Vanhellemont M., Bruelheide H., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Baasch A., Erfmeier A., Hock M., Verheyen K. 2015. Disentangling tree species identity and richness effects on the herb layer: first results from a German tree diversity experiment. Journal of Vegetation Science 26: 742-755. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12281

Bussotti F., Pollastrini M. 2015. Evaluation of leaf features in forest trees: methods, techniques, obtainable information and limits. Ecological Indicators 52: 219-230. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.12.010

Bussotti F., Pollastrini M. 2015. Do tree-species richness, stand structure and ecological factors affect the photosynthetic efficiency in European forests? Web Ecology 15,1: 39-41. DOI: 10.5194/WE-15-39-2015

Domisch T., Finér L., Dawud S.M., Vesterdal L., Raulund-Rasmussen K. 2015. Does species richness affect fine root biomass and production in young forest plantations? Oecologia 177: 581-594. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3107-3

Guyot V., Castagneyrol B., Vialatte A., Deconchat M., Selvi F., Bussotti F., Jactel H. 2015. Tree Diversity Limits the Impact of an Invasive Forest Pest. PLoS ONE 10, 9: e0136469. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136469

Jucker T., Bouriaud O., Coomes D.A. 2015. Crown plasticity enables trees to optimize canopy packing in mixed-species forests. Functional Ecology 29: 1078-1086. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12428

Nguyen D.T., Cleary M.R., Enderle R., Berlin A., Stenlid J. 2015. Analyses of the ash dieback pathogen, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, suggest role of tree species diversity on colonization and population structure differentiation. Forest Pathology 46,1: 82-84. DOI: 10.1111/efp.12236

Paine C.E.T., Amissah L., Auge H., Baraloto C., Baruffol M., Bourland N., Bruelheide H., Daïnou K., De Gouvenain R.C., Doucet J.-L., Doust S., Fine P.V.A., Fortunel C., Haase J., Holl K.D., Jactel H., Li X., Kitajima K., Koricheva J., Martínez-Garza C., Messier C., Paquette A., Philipson C., Piotto D., Poorter L., Posada J.M., Potvin C., Rainio K., Russo S.E., Ruiz-Jaen M., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Webb C.O., Wright S.J., Zahawi R.A., Hector A. 2015. Globally, functional traits are weak predictors of juvenile tree growth, and we do not know why. Journal of Ecology 103: 978-989. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12401

Ratcliffe S., Holzwarth F., Nadrowski K., Levick S., Wirth C. 2015. Tree neighbourhood matters – Tree species composition drives diversity-productivity patterns in a near-natural beech forest. Forest Ecology and Management 335: 225-234. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.032

Silva Pedro M., Rammer W., Seidl R. 2015. Tree species diversity mitigates disturbance impacts on the forest carbon cycle. Oecologia 177: 619-630. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3150-0

Ampoorter E., Baeten L., Koricheva J., Vanhellemont M., Verheyen K. 2014. Do diverse overstoreys induce diverse understoreys? Lessons learnt from an experimental-observational platform in Finland. Forest Ecology and Management 318: 206-215. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.030

Grossiord C., Forner A., Gessler A., Granier A., Pollastrini M., Valladares F., Bonal D. 2014. Influence of species interactions on transpiration of Mediterranean tree species during a summer drought. European Journal of Forest Research 134,2: 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/s10342-014-0857-8

Grossiord C., Gessler A., Granier A., Berger S., Bréchet C., Hentschel R., Hommel R., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Bonal D. 2014. Impact of interspecific interactions on the soil water uptake depth in a young temperate mixed species plantation. Journal of Hydrology 519: 3511-3519. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.011

Grossiord C., Gessler A., Granier A., Pollastrini M., Bussotti F., Bonal D. 2014. Interspecific competition influences the response of oak transpiration to increasing drought stress in a mixed Mediterranean forest. Forest Ecology and Management 318: 54-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.004

Grossiord C., Granier A., Gessler A., Jucker T., Bonal D. 2014. Does Drought Influence the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Boreal Forests? Ecosystems 17: 394-404. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9729-1

Grossiord C., Granier A., Ratcliffe S., Bouriaud O., Bruelheide H., Chećko E., Forrester D.I., Dawud S.M., Finér L., Pollastrini M., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Valladares F., Bonal D., Gessler A. 2014. Tree diversity does not always improve resistance of forest ecosystems to drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111: 14812-14815. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411970111

Hantsch L., Bien S., Radatz S., Braun U., Auge H., Bruelheide H. 2014. Tree diversity and the role of non-host neighbour tree species in reducing fungal pathogen infestation. Journal of Ecology 102: 1673-1687. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12317

Hantsch L., Braun U., Haase J., Purschke O., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Bruelheide H. 2014. No plant functional diversity effects on foliar fungal pathogens in experimental tree communities. Fungal Diversity 66: 139-151. DOI: 10.1007/s13225-013-0273-2

Jucker T., Bouriaud O., Avacaritei D., Coomes D.A. 2014. Stabilizing effects of diversity on aboveground wood production in forest ecosystems: linking patterns and processes. Ecology Letters 17: 1560–1569. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12382

Jucker T., Bouriaud O., Avacaritei D., Danila I., Duduman G., Valladares F., Coomes D.A. 2014. Competition for light and water play contrasting roles in driving diversity–productivity relationships in Iberian forests. Journal of Ecology 102: 1202–1213. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12276

Pollastrini M., Holland V., Brüggemann W., Koricheva J., Jussila I., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Berger S., Bussotti F. 2014. Interactions and competition processes among tree species in young experimental mixed forests, assessed with chlorophyll fluorescence and leaf morphology. Plant Biology 16: 323-331. DOI: 10.1111/plb.12068

Ruiz-Benito P., Gómez-Aparicio L., Paquette A., Messier C., Kattge J., Zavala M.A. 2014. Diversity increases carbon storage and tree productivity in Spanish forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23: 311-322. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12126

Scherer-Lorenzen M. 2014. The functional role of biodiversity in the context of global change. Forests and Global Change (eds D. Burslem, D. Coomes & W. Simonson), pp. 195-238. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107323506.011

Valladares F., Benavides R., Rabasa S., Pausas J.G., Paula S., Simonson W., Díaz M. 2014. Global change and Mediterranean forests: current impacts and potential responses. Forests and Global Change (eds D.A. Coomes, D.F.R.P. Burslem & W.D. Simonson), pp. 47-75. Cambridge University Press Cambridge.

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