Effects of forest biodiversity on microbial growth and activity in specific microsites and across the landscape

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Francois Buscot, since 2/2014
• Subject Area: Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
• Term: from 2011 to 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 35758305

• Final Report Year: 2018

Final Report Abstract

In Summary, SP13 has contributed knowledge regarding tree species-microbial functional interactions both at the broad plot and biodiversity scale of the BEF-China experiment, as well as in specific ecosystem compartments such as decomposing litter, the rhizosphere, or decomposing wood. This ultifaceted approach is contributing knowledge to many aspects of biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships.

Publications

• (2016). Soil and tree species traits both shape soil microbial communities during early growth of Chinese subtropical forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 96: 180-190
  Pei, Zhiqin; Eichenberg, David; Bruelheide, Helge; Kröber, Wenzel; Kühn, Peter; Li, Ying; von Oheimb, Goddert; Purschke, Oliver; Scholten, Thomas; Buscot, François & Gutknecht, Jessica L.M.
  
• (2017). Leaf litter diversity alters microbial activity, microbial abundances, and nutrient cycling in a subtropical forest ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 134: 163-181
  Pei, Zhiqin; Leppert, Katrin N.; Eichenberg, David; Bruelheide, Helge; Niklaus, Pascal A.; Buscot, François & Gutknecht, Jessica L. M.