P. B. Reich

Thermal acclimation of stem respiration reduces global carbon burden

The paper predicts and validates the temperature sensitivity of stem respiration, showing thermal acclimation reduces global carbon emissions.

Complementary effects of above- and belowground biodiversity on ecosystem functions across global grasslands

The paper investigates how plant and soil microbial diversity contribute to ecosystem functions in grasslands, finding they have unique and interactive effects under different aridity conditions.

The recovery of plant community composition following passive restoration across spatial scales

This study examines biodiversity recovery in abandoned temperate grasslands over 27 years, finding incomplete recovery of species richness and composition compared to undisturbed sites across multiple spatial scales.

Higher aboveground carbon stocks in mixed-species planted forests than monocultures - a meta-analysis

This study finds mixed-species planted forests store more aboveground carbon than monocultures, with higher carbon stocks in more diverse mixtures.

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 results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic

This paper compares biodiversity experiments to real-world plant communities and finds that experimental results are robust to the inclusion of unrealistic communities.

The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

This study tracks carbon fate in a mature forest under CO2 enrichment, finding that increased carbon uptake does not lead to greater sequestration, as most extra carbon is released via respiration.

A universal scaling method for biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships

The paper develops a method to upscale biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships using macroecological patterns, showing that species-area and biomass-area curves predict biodiversity-biomass relationships at larger scales.

Top-down and bottom-up controls on soil carbon and nitrogen cycling with repeated burning across four ecosystems

The paper examines how repeated burning affects soil carbon and nitrogen cycling across four ecosystems, finding that fire reduces soil C and N storage and alters enzyme activity, with tree cover influencing decomposition rates.

Diversity-dependent plant-soil feedbacks underlie long-term plant diversity effects on primary productivity

The paper investigates how plant diversity affects primary productivity through soil feedbacks, finding that both plant-plant and plant-soil interactions mediate these effects, influenced by soil history and abiotic/biotic pathways.