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Overgrazing has resulted in widespread decline in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grasslands world-wide in recent decades. However, few stud...

Plants act as ecosystem engineers playing fundamental roles in steering their surroundings, including soil abiotic and biotic conditions, soil organis...

Species-rich grasslands are highly endangered habitats in Central Europe. To halt their ongoing loss, many sites have become subjects of restoration e...

Despite playing central roles in nutrient cycles and plant growth, soil microbes are generally neglected in the study of ecosystem services (ES), due ...

Manipulating plant functional diversity to improve agroecosystem multifunctionality is a central challenge of agricultural systems world-wide. In coco...

Life-history theory predicts energy allocation trade-offs between traits when resources are limited. If females reduce allocation to growth when they ...

Semi-natural open habitats in north-western Europe are highly prioritized for conservation, and optimization of management planning is essential for c...

With their large diversity of species, solitary bees are important pollinators of crops and native plant communities in agricultural landscapes. Stres...

Phylogenetic and functional diversity are theorised to increase invasion resistance. Experimentally testing whether plant communities higher in these ...

An increasing number of studies have shown how feedback interactions between plants and soil can influence primary and secondary succession. However, ...