Mixed-species forests are promoted as a forest management strategy for climate change adaptation, but whether they are more resistant to drought than monospecific forests remains contested. Particularly, the trait-based mechanisms driving the role...

Based on a comprehensive dataset of lepidopteran herbivores recorded from the BEF sites, we tested the contribution to herbivore species co-occurrence of herbivore phylogenetic relatedness, plant diversity and functional traits, and spatial scale....

Soil chemical laboratory analyses of all plots on Site B. Contents of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur as well as pH-values (in H2O and KCl) of depth increments per plot.

Herbivory levels estimated categorically, and main cause of damage for site A extinction scenario A trees following TreeDi tree species pair (TSP) sampling design.

This Dataset contains 15 leaf traits (LDMC, SLA, Leaf N, Leaf C, CN Ratio, Leaf Mg, Leaf Ca, Leaf K, Leaf P, Cellulose, Hemicellulose, Lignin, Phenol, Tannin, Sulfur) measured in different sampling heights within the individuals. Traits were analy...

Human-induced biodiversity change may impair ecosystem functions crucial to human well-being. However, the consequences of this change for ecosystem multifunctionality are poorly understood beyond effects of plant species loss, particularly in reg...