Professorship for Ecosystem Functioning and Services

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Reseach focusses on grassland ecology and productivity with two key questions:
How interactions between plants (whether negative or positive) influence nutrient cycling and productivity, and how interactions between plants influence assembly and ecosystem functioning. Recently the reasearch focus has moved towards root-root interactions and the potential role of priority effects during assembly as a tool for ecosystem management and restorations.

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    Exploring plant community assembly for its potential for grassland restoration: the role of traits and functional diversity in assembling grasslands

    Weidlich, E. W. A., Conradi, T., Kollmann, J. & Temperton, V. M., 2014, Integrating ecological knowledge into nature conservation and ecosystem management: GfÖ 2014, 44th Annual Meeting; Book of Abstracts. Mantilla-Contreras, J. & Pätsch, R. (eds.). Gesellschaft für Ökologie, p. 117 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; vol. 44).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Enhancing the structural diversity between forest patches — A concept and real-world experiment to study biodiversity, multifunctionality and forest resilience across spatial scales

    Müller, J., Mitesser, O., Cadotte, M. W., van der Plas, F., Mori, A., Ammer, C., Chao, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Baldrian, P., Bässler, C., Biedermann, P., Cesarz, S., Claßen, A., Delory, B. M., Feldhaar, H., Fichtner, A., Hothorn, T., Kuenzer, C., Peters, M. K., Pierick, K., Schmitt, T., Schuldt, B., Seidel, D., Six, D., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Thorn, S., von Oheimb, G., Wegmann, M., Weisser, W. W. & Eisenhauer, N., 03.2023, In: Global Change Biology. 29, 6, p. 1437-1450 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Energizing marginal soils - The establishment of the energy crop Sida hermaphrodita as dependent on digestate fertilization, NPK, and legume intercropping

    Nabel, M., Temperton, V. M., Poorter, H., Lücke, A. & Jablonowski, N. D., 01.04.2016, In: Biomass and Bioenergy. 87, p. 9-16 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Energizing marginal soils: A perennial cropping system for Sida hermaphrodita

    Nabel, M., Poorter, H., Temperton, V. M., Schrey, S., Koller, R., Schurr, U. & Jablonowski, N., 2017, Geophysical Research Abstracts. European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vol. 19. 1 p. (Geophysical research abstracts; vol. 19).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Effects of pesticide application and plant sexual identity on leaf physiological traits and phyllosphere bacterial communities

    Zhu, Z., He, Y., Xu, J., Zhou, Z., Kumar, A. & Xia, Z., 01.04.2023, In: Journal of Plant Ecology. 16, 2, 12 p., rtac084.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Effects of maize roots on aggregate stability and enzyme activities in soil

    Kumar, A., Dorodnikov, M., Pausch, J., Kuzyakov, Y. & Pausch, J., 15.11.2017, In: Geoderma. 306, p. 50-57 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity

    Meyer, S. T., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Hertzog, L., Hillebrand, H., Milcu, A., Pompe, S., Abbas, M., Bessler, H., Buchmann, N., De Luca, E., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hudewenz, A., Klein, A-M., de Kroon, H., Leimer, S., Loranger, H., Mommer, L., Oelmann, Y., Ravenek, J. M., Roscher, C., Rottstock, T., Scherber, D. C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E-D., Staudler, A., Strecker, T., Temperton, V. M., Tscharntke, T., Vogel, A., Voigt, W., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W. & Weisser, W. W., 01.12.2016, In: Ecosphere - An esa open access journal. 7 , 12, 14 p., 1619.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Ecosystem functions as indicators for heathland responses to nitrogen fertilisation

    Bähring, A., Fichtner, A., Ibe, K., Schütze, G., Temperton, V. M., Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 01.01.2017, In: Ecological Indicators. 72, p. 185-193 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review