M. Scherer-Lorenzen

Mutually inclusive mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality

This study investigates the factors influencing drought-induced tree mortality by analyzing hydraulic traits, carbon dynamics, and environmental interactions across 9,435 trees.

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.

Plant traits are poor predictors of long-term ecosystem functioning

This study shows that plant traits poorly predict long-term ecosystem functioning, with only moderate explanatory power across years.

Can school children support ecological research? Lessons from the ‘Oak bodyguard’ citizen science project

The paper evaluates schoolchildren's ability to collect ecological data through a citizen science project and finds their data require calibration but are comparable to untrained professionals.

Strong positive biodiversity-productivity relationships in a subtropical forest experiment

The paper demonstrates a strong positive biodiversity-productivity relationship in a subtropical forest experiment, showing increased productivity with species richness and complementary effects over time.

Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study

This study tests whether introducing genotypic variability improves reproducibility in ecological experiments across multiple labs, finding it increases consistency in controlled environments but not in variable ones.