We conducted a transplant experiment for nine plant species in a 17-year-old biodiversity experiment (Jena Experiment) to disentangle the role of adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in phenotypic re...

Arthropods play an important role in grasslands, making trait-based research a valuable approach to advance our understanding of ecosystem functioning. However, a wide range of functional traits for ....

Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.

Soil fungi are critical for plants and ecosystems but are also affected by the vegetation itself. Here, we show how an experimental gradient of plant species richness and community fine root traits d...

Plant diversity modulates above-ground–below-ground interdependence through intricate phenological dynamics, with the degree of synchrony fluctuating in response to the varying combination of process....

Nature Ecology & Evolution - A meta-analysis finds that decreasing diversity of pollinator species has a negative affect on multiple measures of plant reproductive success, with wild plant...

Winter wheat is one of the most important crops in the world. Microplastics, as an emerging pollutant, are widespread in agricultural soils due to various modern agricultural practices and can have a....

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The FAIR-Device, a novel nonlethal field tool, combines semi-automatic image capture and AI-based species identification to monitor insect biodiversity. In a 26-day proof-of-concept evaluation, it re....