{"id":722,"date":"2020-06-23T12:36:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T12:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/je-wp.inf-bb.uni-jena.de\/blog\/?page_id=722"},"modified":"2020-09-23T08:45:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T08:45:40","slug":"temporal-dynamics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-jena-experiment.de\/index.php\/temporal-dynamics\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporal dynamics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plant diversity, plant history, and soil history effects on the temporal dynamics of plant and soil activity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Principle Investigators<\/strong>: Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer, Leipzig; Dr. Jes Hines, Leipzig; Prof. Dr. Christian Wirth, Leipzig<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer<\/strong><\/a>
Leipzig
Principle Investigator<\/strong>
Email<\/a>
<\/i> +49 (0) 341 97 33200<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Jes Hines<\/a>
Leipzig

Principle Investigator<\/strong>
Email<\/a>
<\/i> +49 341 97 33172 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Prof. Dr. Christian Wirth<\/a>
Leipzig
Principle Investigator<\/strong>
Email<\/a>
<\/i> +49 341 97 38591<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ana Asato<\/a>
Leipzig

PhD student<\/strong>
Email<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One major underlying reason why relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning strengthen over time may be that species respond to the presence of competitors by differentiating into dissimilar niches, which allows diverse communities to maximize resource use and minimize competition. In theory, such niche differences include temporal variation in biological activity, but the seasonality (phenology) and development of plant temporal niches and potential linkages to soil biological activity patterns have rarely been quantified in BEF experiments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this subproject, we designed\nthree coordinated work packages to test mechanisms driving potential shifts in\nactivity periods. We start by testing whether aboveground and belowground\nactivity periods are linked to the effects of plant diversity on abiotic\nconditions (WP1). If so, are activity periods dependent upon longer-term\nselection effects of plant diversity on soils (WP2), or are activity periods\nmore strongly associated with plant traits and plant history, and their\ninteraction with soil history (WP3)?\nBy exploring the influence of plant\ndiversity, plant history, and soil history on the onset, magnitude, duration,\nand stability of activity patterns, we test whether these factors drive\ntemporal niche differentiation and strengthen over time due to plant history\nand soil history effects. If true, an important implication is that novel\ncommunities without shared interaction history could be a poor surrogate for\nconservation of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the long-term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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