Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

Dr. Nico Eisenhauer is a soil ecologist with special interest in aboveground-belowground interactions and ecosystem ecology. He is professor for Experimental Interaction Ecology at Leipzig University and research group leader at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig. He studies the causes and consequences of biodiversity in global change and biodiversity experiments. Dr. Eisenhauer is speaker of the Jena Experiment and head of the iDiv Ecotron and the MyDiv Experiment.

• Preface - Mechanistic links between biodiversity and ecosystem functionNico Eisenhauer1. A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity–ecosystem functioning researchNico Eisenhauer2. Species contributions to above and belowground biodiversity effects in the Trait-Based ExperimentLiesje Mommer3. "Lost in trait space: species-poor communities are inflexible in properties that drive ecosystem functioning" Anja Vogel4. Terrestrial laser scanning reveals temporal changes in biodiversity mechanisms driving grassland productivityClaudia Guimarães-Steinicke5. Plant functional trait identity and diversity effects on soil meso- and macrofauna in experimental grasslandRemy Beugnon and Nico Eisenhauer6. How plant diversity impacts the coupled water, nutrient and carbon cyclesMarkus Lange7. A new experimental approach to test why biodiversity effects Anja Vogel8. Linking local species coexistence to ecosystem functioning - a conceptual framework from ecological first principles in grassland ecosystemsKathryn E. Barry9. Mapping change in biodiversity and ecosystem function research: Food webs foster integration of experiments and science policyJessica Hines10. Transferring biodiversity-ecosystem function research to the management of ‘real-world’ ecosystemsPeter Manning