FunDivEUROPE – Functional significance of forest biodiversity in Europe
- Project duration:
- 01.10.2010-30.09.2014 (48 months)
- Financing institutions:
- 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission
Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education - Composition of the consortium:
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- University of Zurich (Switzerland)
- University of Stefan cel Mare, Suceava (Romania)
- University of Leipzig (Germany)
- University of Gent (Belgium)
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (Germany)
- University of Florence (Italy)
- University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
- University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
- University of Bern (Switzerland)
- University of Alcala (Spain)
- Swedish Agricultural University (SLU) (Sweden)
- Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London (United Kingdom)
- National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF) (Greece)
- University of Martin-Luther, Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)
- Metsantutkimuslaitos (METLA) (Finland)
- Catholic University Leuven (Belgium)
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) (France)
- Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany)
- Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain)
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) – CEFE, Montpellier (France)
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna (Austria)
- Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek – Alterra (the Netherlands)
- University of Warsaw (Poland)
- University of Albert-Ludvig in Freiburg (Germany) - Leader
- Project leader of the Polish part of the project:
- prof. dr hab. Bogdan Jaroszewicz (Białowieża Geobotanical Station of the University of Warsaw)
- Project website:
- www.fundiveurope.eu
Many people perceive Biodiversity, the variety of life in all its forms, as enrichment and would agree that it has a value by itself. Does biodiversity have, on top of that, an effect on the functions and services of an ecosystem, as productivity and stability or nutrient, carbon and water cycling? This question was addressed by scientists within a European research project FunDivEUROPE on the functional significance of biodiversity in European forests.
Within this project that started in October 2010 – the international year of biodiversity – the University of Freiburg and its partners, 24 institutions from 15 countries, worked on quantifying the influence of biodiversity on this ecosystem functions and services and to deliver timely, relevant and understandable information to policymakers and stakeholders about forest biodiversity and ecosystem services. To achieve this, scientists combined field data sampled on all European experimental sites on tree diversity and on a newly created network within established forests, with the analysis of forest inventory data.
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
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