The BEFdata portal allows to import research data directly from an Excel 2003 workbook. To get most out of the workbook, it's good to know that the "General Metadata" sheet saves dataset ownership, as well as general information of where, how, and...

While coexistence in plant communities is frequently explained by effects of resource niche partitioning, the Janzen-Connell (J-C) hypothesis is an alternative approach that has been assumed as a major ecological mechanism explaining high species ...

In forests, the herbaceous understory vegetation plays an important role for ecosystem functioning as it represents a significant component of total aboveground productivity. In addition, the herb layer contributes to overall forest species richne...

In forests, the herbaceous understory vegetation plays an important role for ecosystem functioning as it represents a significant component of total aboveground productivity. In addition, the herb layer contributes to overall forest species richne...

While coexistence in plant communities is frequently explained by effects of resource niche partitioning, the Janzen-Connell (J-C) hypothesis is an alternative approach that has been assumed as a major ecological mechanism explaining high species ...

Recent studies have shown the positive effect of diversity on primary productivity. Here we investigated this diversity-productivity relationship between the established tree richness gradient in the main experiment and the naturally occurring tr...