The role of herbivory in mediating ecosystem functions in species-rich forests

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Andreas Schuldt
• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
• Term: from 2011 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 35758305

• Final Report Year: 2018

Final Report Abstract

In summary, the study results of SP8 provide novel and detailed insights into not only the local-scale interplay between tree diversity, herbivory, and interacting groups of organisms in species-rich subtropical forest stands, but also the ecosystem-level context from local to larger scales in which these relationships are embedded.

Publications

• (2010). Tree diversity promotes insect herbivory in subtropical forests of south-east China. Journal of Ecology 98:917-926
  Schuldt, Andreas; Baruffol, Martin; Böhnke, Martin; Bruelheide, Helge; Härdtle, Werner; Lang, Anne C.; Nadrowski, Karin; Von Oheimb, Goddert; Voigt, Winfried; Zhou, Hongzhang & Assmann, Thorsten
  
• (2011). Predator diversity and abundance provide little support for the enemies hypothesis in forests of high tree diversity. PLoS ONE 6:e22905
  Schuldt, Andreas; Both, Sabine; Bruelheide, Helge; Härdtle, Werner; Schmid, Bernhard; Zhou, Hongzhang & Assmann, Thorsten
  
• (2012). Plant traits affecting herbivory on tree recruits in highly diverse subtropical forests. Ecology Letters 15:732-739
  Schuldt, Andreas; Bruelheide, Helge; Durka, Walter; Eichenberg, David; Fischer, Markus; Kröber, Wenzel; Härdtle, Werner; Ma, Keping; Michalski, Stefan G.; Palm, Wolf‐Ulrich; Schmid, Bernhard; Welk, Erik; Zhou, Hongzhang & Assmann, Thorsten
  
• (2014) Tree diversity promotes functional dissimilarity and maintains functional richness despite species loss in predator assemblages. Oecologia 174:533-543
  Schuldt, Andreas; Bruelheide, Helge; Durka, Walter; Michalski, Stefan G.; Purschke, Oliver & Assmann, Thorsten
  
• (2014). Functional and phylogenetic diversity of woody plants drive herbivory in a highly diverse forest. New Phytologist 202:864-873
  Schuldt, Andreas; Assmann, Thorsten; Bruelheide, Helge; Durka, Walter; Eichenberg, David; Härdtle, Werner; Kröber, Wenzel; Michalski, Stefan G. & Purschke, Oliver
  
• (2014). Woody plant phylogenetic diversity mediates bottom-up control of arthropod biomass in species-rich forests. Oecologia 176:171-182
  Schuldt, Andreas; Baruffol, Martin; Bruelheide, Helge; Chen, Simon; Chi, Xiulian; Wall, Marcus & Assmann, Thorsten
  
• (2015) Tree species richness strengthens relationships between ants and the functional composition of spider assemblages in a highly diverse forest. Biotropica 47:339-346
  Schuldt, Andreas & Staab, Michael
  
• (2015). Early positive effects of tree species richness on herbivory in a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment influence tree growth. Journal of Ecology 103:563-571
  Schuldt, Andreas; Bruelheide, Helge; Härdtle, Werner; Assmann, Thorsten; Li, Ying; Ma, Keping; von Oheimb, Goddert & Zhang, Jiayong
  
• (2017). Tree diversity promotes generalist herbivore community patterns in a young subtropical forest experiment. Oecologia 183:455-467
  Zhang, Jiayong; Bruelheide, Helge; Chen, Xufei; Eichenberg, David; Kröber, Wenzel; Xu, Xuwen; Xu, Liting & Schuldt, Andreas
  
• (2017). Tree diversity increases levels of herbivore damage in a subtropical forest canopy: evidence for dietary mixing by arthropods? Journal of Plant Ecology 10:13-27
  Brezzi, Matteo; Schmid, Bernhard; Niklaus, Pascal A. & Schuldt, Andreas