H. Bruelheide

Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering

This study shows that higher tree species diversity enhances forest temperature buffering across multiple time scales, mediated by canopy density and structural diversity.

Biodiversity monitoring in Europe: user and policy needs

The paper identifies gaps in biodiversity monitoring in Europe and recommends establishing a coordinated network to improve data harmonization and policy response to biodiversity loss.

Tree diversity increases productivity through enhancing structural complexity across mycorrhizal types

The paper shows that tree species diversity increases productivity by enhancing structural complexity in temperate forests, regardless of mycorrhizal type.

Species abundances often conform to 'abundant-centre' patterns depending on dispersal capabilities

The paper tests the abundant-centre hypothesis across 3,675 species, finding it applies more to plants with certain traits and larger-bodied mammals, but not generally across all species.

High within-tree leaf trait variation and its response to species diversity and soil nutrients

The paper quantifies intra-individual leaf trait variation in a subtropical forest and shows its complex interaction with soil nutrients and species diversity.

ReSurveyGermany: Vegetation-plot time-series over the past hundred years in Germany

The paper compiles and harmonizes vegetation-plot resurvey data from Germany over almost 100 years, enabling analysis of biodiversity change and species distribution shifts.

Distance decay 2.0 - a global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities.

This paper synthesizes global taxonomic and functional distance decay patterns across 149 datasets, finding taxonomic decay is stronger than functional decay, with mid-latitude datasets showing the fastest taxonomic spatial decay.

Tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity via functional diversity and trophic feedbacks

This study shows that both tree species and genetic diversity increase productivity through functional diversity and trophic feedbacks, with genetic diversity effects varying between monocultures and mixtures.

Plant longevity, drought and island isolation favoured rampant evolutionary transitions towards insular woodiness

The paper identifies 1,097 insular woody species and infers 175 evolutionary transitions, finding that aseasonal climate, drought, and island isolation drive insular woodiness.

Tropical forest dynamics correspond to fair games in economic theory of financial markets

The paper applies efficient market theory to tropical forest dynamics, finding that species abundance patterns align with equalizing mechanisms rather than stabilizing ones.

Hydraulic diversity stabilizes productivity in a large-scale subtropical tree biodiversity experiment

The paper shows that tree species richness stabilizes forest productivity through increased species asynchrony and hydraulic trait diversity, not community-weighted means.

Revealing the functional traits that are linked to hidden environmental factors in community assembly

This paper introduces a method to identify functional traits linked to hidden environmental factors in community assembly using simulated and real-world data.

Widespread decline in plant diversity across six decades

The paper analyzes plant diversity changes in Germany from 1960 to 2017, finding widespread declines in native species and increases in neophytes, leading to reduced species richness.

Winners and losers over 35 years of dragonfly and damselfly distributional change in Germany

The paper analyzes 35 years of dragonfly and damselfly distributional changes in Germany using citizen science data, finding mixed trends linked to climate change and habitat loss.

Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database

The paper creates the Global Root Trait (GRooT) Database to integrate root trait data into large-scale analyses by standardizing and curating root trait records from diverse studies.

Biotic and abiotic drivers of soil microbial functions across tree diversity experiments

This study examines how tree diversity and environmental factors influence soil microbial functions across global experiments, finding that abiotic factors like soil water content are more significant than tree diversity in the short term.

The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants

The paper identifies a collaboration gradient in root economics that expands the traditional fast-slow resource acquisition spectrum by incorporating mycorrhizal partnerships.

The geography of the Anthropocene differs between the land and the sea

The paper examines geographic differences in anthropogenic drivers of biodiversity change between land and sea, identifying distinct threat complexes with varying driver intensities.

Biodiversity trends are stronger in marine than terrestrial assemblages

The paper analyzes biodiversity trends across 50,000 time-series, finding stronger compositional change and species turnover in marine assemblages compared to terrestrial ones.

Phylogenetic turnover during subtropical forest succession across environmental and phylogenetic scales

The paper examines phylogenetic turnover during forest succession, finding low inter-stage turnover but high within-stage turnover linked to environmental differentiation and deep phylogenetic traits.