The BEFmod experiment is subject to a manipulation of resource supply and biotic impacts to examine whether Biodiversity-Ecosystem-Functioning (BEF) relationships may change under different environmental influences. BEFmod was conducted on subplot...

In forests, the herbaceous understory vegetation plays an important role for ecosystem functioning as it represents a significant component of total aboveground productivity. In addition, the herb layer contributes to overall forest species richne...

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In July 2016, Z2 gave a talk at the Australian National Universtiy, Menzies Library to introduce and propmote the usage of the BEFData protal infrastrucutre.Z2 has been invited by the Information Literacy Programme of the ANU. The talk has been re...

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...

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.