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The Jena Experiment is a DFG-funded Research Unit (FOR 5000) that builds on a long history of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) research (FOR 456; FOR 1451). Despite broad consensus of the positive BEF relationship, the underlying ecological and evolutionary mechanisms have not been well understood. The Jena Experiment aims at filling this gap of knowledge by applying novel experimental and analytical approaches in one of the longest-running biodiversity experiments in the world (running since 2002). The central aim of the Research Unit is to uncover the mechanisms that determine BEF relationships in the short- and in the long-term.
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New Publication from Bonato Asato et al. in Journal of Ecology: Seasonal shifts in plant diversity effects on above-ground–below-ground phenological synchrony January 6, 2025 12:22pm - The significance of biological diversity as a mechanism that optimizes niche breadth for resource acquisition… 
New Publication from Amyntas et al. in Nature Communications: Soil community history strengthens belowground multitrophic functioning across plant diversity levels in a grassland experiment January 6, 2025 10:49am - Experimental design Biodiversity experiments revealed that plant diversity loss can decrease ecosystem functions across trophic… 
New Publication from Hennecke et al. in Ecology Letters: Plant Species Richness and the Root Economics Space Drive Soil Fungal Communities January 6, 2025 8:13am - Trait-based approaches have been increasingly used to relate plants to soil microbial communities. Using the… 
Stellenausschreibung: Gärtner:in December 3, 2024 9:30am - Reg.-Nr. 253/2024 Fristende 31.12.2024 Die Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena ist eine traditionsreiche und forschungsstarke Universität im Zentrum… 
New Publication from Bonato Asato et al. in Soil Biology and Biochemistry: Positive plant diversity effects on soil detritivore feeding activity and stability increase with ecosystem age October 25, 2024 8:06am - Increasing species diversity frequently enhances ecosystem functioning - a pattern strengthened with ecosystem age. It… 
New Publication from Hutengs et al. in Geoderma: Enhanced VNIR and MIR proximal sensing of soil organic matter and PLFA-derived soil microbial properties through machine learning ensembles and external parameter orthogonalization September 26, 2024 2:43pm - Portable visible-to-near-infrared (VNIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy coupled with machine learning can provide detailed and…
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