Claus Bässler

The study shows that warmer microclimates in forest gaps boost biodiversity in colder regions but not in warmer ones, suggesting climate-specific forest management strategies.

The paper describes a cross-regional field trial testing deadwood retention practices to improve multifunctional forest regeneration after Norway spruce disturbances.

This study shows that increasing structural heterogeneity in managed forests boosts gamma diversity in understorey plants but not beta diversity, with light niche variation playing a key role.

The paper tracks changes in macrofungal alpha diversity across Europe from the 1980s to 2010s, finding weak positive trends and identifying environmental factors influencing diversity.

The paper experiments with structural heterogeneity in forests to determine its impact on beetle metacommunities, finding increased species diversity and support for mass-effect and species-sorting processes.

The paper tests how forest management strategies affect deadwood fungal diversity and decomposition by manipulating canopy cover and deadwood enrichment in beech and pine forests.

The paper experimentally increases forest structural heterogeneity and finds it boosts soil fungal gamma-diversity mainly through beta-diversity and microclimate effects, with weak phylogenetic diversity gains and contrasting functional responses.