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One of the longest-running grassland biodiversity experiments worldwide (since 2002). Uncovering the mechanisms that drive biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) relationships over time. https://the-jena-experiment.de Funding: @dfgpublic.bsky.social
🌱 #Fieldwork days at The Jena Experiment - @jena-experiment.bsky.social!
Scanning roots with a minirhizotron, tracking seasonal changes & traits, plus plant surveys & soil checks. Led by PhD candidate Srijna Saxena with support from Tom Künne. Can’t wait to see what the data reveal!
#RootTraits
That's us in the picture! 🖼️
Read about diversity-stability relationships in biodiversity experiments such as ours in @natecoevo.nature.com
Meng et al. develop a theoretical approach and show that empirical diversity–stability relationships in grasslands are best explained by species-specific dynamics rather than by interspecific interactions www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
16.07.2025 13:22 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1👇Out in @oikosjournal.bsky.social
New research from our Ecotron facility by @elisabethboenisch.bsky.social, @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social et al 🌱
Wie Artenvielfalt der Landwirtschaft nützt und wie der Rückgang der #Biodiversität unsere Lebensgrundlagen bedroht, schildert Roland Schulz in seinem Artikel über das seit 18 Jahren laufende @jena-experiment.bsky.social im Tagesspiegel (€) www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/das-j...
10.07.2025 14:57 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
(c) The Jena Experiment
‼️Fresh out @natcomms.nature.com
Un(der)explored links between #plant #diversity and #POM and #MAOM in soil
nature.com/articles/s41...
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@eisenhauerlab.bsky.social
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🌿 ☘️ 🌱 A new study shows plant diversity boosts soil carbon — especially in under-saturated ecosystems.
Learn more about this study in a report by #iDiv's Dr. @gangst.bsky.social: www.idiv.de/plant-divers...
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@eisenhauerlab.bsky.social
My colleague Tanja and I had a flash visit to Jena today, where we sampled our chemodiversity field experiment. Tomorrow, we will start a new greenhouse experiment based on these samples. Hopefully more insights from this field very soon!
11.06.2025 20:29 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Public broadcasting visited our experiment today to shoot a science education clip on #biodiversity
Happy to contribute to "Planet Schule" #SWR & looking forward to seeing the finished clip soon 🌱🪲🪱
Excited to share our new study published in JoVE! We explore how plant history and soil history influence the functioning of grassland ecosystems. Have a look!
app.jove.com/v/67496/jena...
What a great week for Max, he also defended his PhD with great success - congratulations!
Stay tuned for more of his research on plant-consumer interactions 🌱🪲
With proud supervisors @ebelingae.bsky.social, Sebastian Meyer @terrecolgroup.bsky.social & Holger Schielzeth
One more day to submit abstracts for this year's international conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland #gfoe2025: Join us in beautiful Würzburg for great ecological science, amazing keynotes and great wine! @gfoesoc.bsky.social www.gfoe-conference.de/index.php?ca...
11.05.2025 21:10 — 👍 4 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0We made the cover!
Congrats Maximilian Bröcher, @ebelingae.bsky.social et al.
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What an honor! Thanks to the many group members and project collaborators!!! 🧪 @icos-ri.eu @fluxnet.bsky.social @jena-experiment.bsky.social
06.05.2025 15:26 — 👍 29 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0Led by Maximilian Bröcher & @ebelingae.bsky.social
23.04.2025 13:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New data paper @esajournals.bsky.social Ecology:
9 ecological traits for 1374 grassland arthropod species, collected over 10 years 🪲🐝🕷️
The traits cover feeding ecology, habitat requirements, flight capability and size.📏
doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Our paper on the integration of biodiversity-disease and biodiversity-herbivore relationships is out now! Thanks to @idiv-research.bsky.social for supporting us through #sDiv working group funding to bring together two typically disparate fields in ecology! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
23.04.2025 01:06 — 👍 25 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 0@ecol-evol.bsky.social
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New study led by Francesca De Giorgi finds that selection and phenotypic plasticity shape plant performance 🌱🌿
Find the results from the transplant experiment here:
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Blue sky over the iDiv core centre in Leipzig. Photo: S. Bernhardt
The sky’s the limit for biodiversity research! 🌳☀️ Join iDiv on Bluesky and stay informed about new research, upcoming events, and #iDiv initiatives, including sDiv, the #InsideBiodiversity podcast, and the yDiv Graduate School.
03.04.2025 08:51 — 👍 31 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 0
Logo of the 2025 Annual Meeting of the GfÖ in Würzburg, Germany.
Fellow Ecologists,
The #gfoe2025 @gfoesoc.bsky.social call for papers has just been published. Please submit your abstracts for exciting talks and engaging posters to present in Würzburg in September!
gfoe-conference.de/index.php?ca...
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@ebelingae.bsky.social
@eisenhauerlab.bsky.social
With the fieldwork season ahead, we assembled for our #spring retreat, sharing progress and plans 🌞
Right on time, we celebrated the publication of a videopaper on our JenaTron experiment, manipulating soil 🪱 and plant 🌱community history, led by Anna-Maria Madaj
dx.doi.org/10.3791/67496
We just wrapped up the spring retreat of The Jena Experiment. Our professors—Alexandra Weigelt, Liesje Mommer, and Bernhard Schmid—enjoyed a field trip during the retreat ☘️ 🪴🏵️ @jena-experiment.bsky.social #thejenaexperiment #fieldwork #nature #Ecology #Biodiversity
27.03.2025 10:31 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0A new Ecological Monographs study dives into the complexities of biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships👇
11.03.2025 13:32 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Grouping of trophic compartments, their biomass stocks (shown by circles), and energy flows among them (shown by arrows) into trophic groups, ecosystem functions, trophic levels, and aboveground (AG) versus belowground (BG) subnetworks. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70004
Paper is out in Ecological Monographs @esajournals.bsky.social
Plant diversity facets differentially affect energy dynamics in grasslands depending on trophic contexts doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
Research in @jena-experiment.bsky.social
How does #biodiversity affect plant #defence investment?
We found that while overall defence investment remains stable, plant species richness decouples leaf and root defences.
For more details, check out our paper: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@newphyt.bsky.social
New research in @newphyt.bsky.social led by Leonardo Bassi
Plant species richness promotes the decoupling of leaf and root defence traits - possibly in response to resource limitations in diverse communities. 🌱🍃
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
New research in @esajournals.bsky.social Ecological Monographs led by @oksanabuzh.bsky.social
Different facets of plant diversity differentially affect energy dynamics across trophic levels and below- or aboveground compartements. 🌱🍃🪲🪱
doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
New research in @animalecology.bsky.social led by @amyntas.bsky.social
The relationship between plant richness & belowground multitrophic functioning is stronger in communities with shared plant and soil community history 🌱🪱
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
