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  • New publication from He et al. in Communications Biology: Cumulative nitrogen enrichment alters the drivers of grassland overyielding

    Effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity, or overyielding, are found to be robust to nutrient enrichment. However, the impact of cumulative nitrogen (N) addition (total N added over time)…

  • Plant-consumer interactions (1 PhD position)

    commencing on 01 April 2024.Original link: https://jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/5b1c37b9ca4f6efa349f34ea0b4921cc52dcc3980 The Friedrich Schiller University together with the Technical University Munich offers a part-time position (65%), limited to 48 months (24 months FSU and…

  • Subproject Z1: Coordination (1 Technical Assistant position)

    Principle Investigators: Gerd Gleixner, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany Summary: In the Jena Experiment, the influence of biodiversity on element cycling is investigated. For the long-term observation of…

  • Subproject Z2: Database and synthesis (1 Postdoc position)

    Principle Investigators: Holger Schielzeth, University Jena; Anne Ebeling, University Jena Summary: Stability of ecosystems refers to the persistence of ecological processes in a given area over a long period of…

  • Subproject 01: Plant Physiology (1 PhD position)

    Principle Investigators: Claudia Guimarães-Steinicke and Hannes Feilhauer, Leipzig University Summary: Climate change will increase the occurrence of extreme events that trigger both species evolution and selective removal of not well-acclimated…

  • Subproject 03: Root trait diversity (1 PhD position)

    Principle Investigators: Weigelt, Alexandra, Leipzig University; Mommer, Liesje, Wageningen University Summary: Biodiversity can be considered as the earth’s safety net for mitigating climate change, as biodiversity is known to increase…

  • Subproject 05: Soil nutrient dynamics (1 PhD position)

    Principle Investigators: Yvonne Oelmann, University of Tübingen Summary: Extreme events such as floods or droughts affect the availability of water and, thus, inevitably impact nutrient cycling in soils. The majority…

  • Subproject 06: Plant nutrient responses (1 PhD position)

    Principle Investigators: PD Dr. Christiane Roscher, UFZ/iDiv Summary: Plant tissue nutrient concentrations and ratios are important predictors of ecosystem processes and ecological interactions. The major objective of the subproject “Plant…

  • Subproject 07: Soil multistability (1 PhD position)

    Principle Investigators: Nico Eisenhauer, Leipzig University; Simone Cesarz, Leipzig University; Cordula Vogel, Technical University Dresden Summary: Healthy and stable soil is a prerequisite for well-functioning terrestrial ecosystems and has thus…

  • Subproject 08: Microbiome & Stress (1 PhD position)

    Principle Investigators: Stefanie Schulz, Helmholtz Zentrum München; Michael Schloter, Technische Universität München Summary: If you are eager to apply molecular, isolation and inoculation techniques to answer burning questions related to…