Trap nests are a well established tool to monitor cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and to assess parasitism rates. Despite only 5-10% of all non parasitoid solitary bee and wasp species are colonizing trap nests, it has been show that the cavity-nesting...

The soil microbial enzyme activity data from tracer NILEx 2012, data include all the tracer nilex time points.

SP 11 studied the interaction between tree layer diversity and herb layer diversity in highly diverse subtropical forests. Apart from species richness alone, a high functional diversity of resident communities influences ecosystem functioning. Eff...

SP 11 studied the interaction between tree layer diversity and herb layer diversity in highly diverse subtropical forests. Apart from species richness alone, a high functional diversity of resident communities influences ecosystem functioning. Eff...

For the “decomposcape” approach, a total of 4131 litter bags were filled with single-species litter of Osmanthus fragrans, Pinus massoniana and Schima superba, respectively. These bags have been fixed on the soil surface across both field sites. T...

Decomposition rates of wood samples placed into defined subplots of the Comparative Study plots (CSPs) of the BEF-China Research group.