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Thorsten Assmann
Phone:
++49 (0) 4131-677 2840
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SP08e Diversity and functional effects of herbivores, predators and saproxylics in a phytodiverse subtropical forest ecosystem
(Principle investigator)
New Integrated Litter Experiment
(2nd Principle investigator)
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FOR891_sp08e heterotroph: SP08e Diversity and functional effects of herbivores, predators and saproxyl...
Description:
Herbivores have been suggested as important drivers of tree diversity in phytodiverse
forests. Our herbivory census with BEF China revealed a positive herbivory-plant diversity
relationship in the CSPs. This indicates that resource-concentration...
Id:
11
People:
3
Datasets:
31
Proposals:
17
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2011-04-01
Updated at:
2019-12-17
FOR891_NILEx: New Integrated Litter Experiment
Description:
The main objective of the New Integrated Litter Experiment (NILEx) is to quantify the role of biodiversity affecting plant litter decomposition and subsequent mineralisation. Furthermore the impact of litter cover on soil erosion under forest will...
Id:
31
People:
23
Datasets:
17
Proposals:
0
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2011-05-08
Updated at:
2019-12-17
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Talks BEF conference 2011
Abstract:
(1) Bruelheide: Stepping stones and motivation of the BEF China experiment.
(2)Ma, Dali Guo: Below ground biomass, trees harvested near the main experiment, species list of harvested trees, pictures of harvesting and processing, allocation graphs...
Id:
104
People:
22
Projects:
1
Version:
0
Attachments:
8
Created at:
2011-08-09
Updated at:
2014-02-24
CSPs: Herbivore damage on saplings of 23 tree and shrub species in the CSPs
Abstract:
This study was designed to quantify the degree of herbivore damage on saplings of different tree and shrub species in the 27 Comparative Study Plots. In June/July 2008, we selected 1,818 saplings (20-100 cm height) of 23 species and visually asses...
Id:
147
People:
2
Projects:
1
Version:
2
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2011-11-17
Updated at:
2016-11-15
NILEX (general): Talks NILEx meeting February 2013, Leipzig
Abstract:
Talks from the Nilex meeting in Leipzig, February 2013.
Id:
273
People:
12
Projects:
1
Version:
0
Attachments:
7
Created at:
2013-02-21
Updated at:
2017-01-09
NILEx unlabelled (invertebrates): meso- and macrofauna, species diversity
Abstract:
Meso- and macrofauna, species diversity, unlabelled Nilex
Id:
289
People:
2
Projects:
2
Version:
0
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-02-21
Updated at:
2017-01-09
NILEx unlabelled (invertebrates): meso- and macrofauna, proxy for abundance
Abstract:
Meso- and macrofauna, proxy for abundance, unlabelled Nilex
Id:
290
People:
2
Projects:
2
Version:
0
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-02-21
Updated at:
2017-01-09
NILEx unlabelled (invertebrates): feeding guilds, trophic level of species or morphospecies
Abstract:
Feeding guilds, trophic level of species or morphospecies, unlabelled Nilex
Id:
291
People:
2
Projects:
2
Version:
0
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-02-21
Updated at:
2017-01-09
NILEx unlabelled (invertebrates): meso- and macrofauna: abundance, body length and traits
Abstract:
Body length and traits of meso- and macrofauna, unlabelled Nilex
Id:
292
People:
2
Projects:
2
Version:
0
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-02-21
Updated at:
2017-01-09
CSPs: Spiders (Araneae) of pitfall traps in the CSPs 2009
Abstract:
Pitfall traps (four traps per plot, located at the corners of the central 10 x 10 m subplot) were used to assess the activity abundance and species richness of selected macrofauna taxa in relation to the plots' woody plant diversity. Enables to te...
Id:
339
People:
2
Projects:
1
Version:
1
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-05-24
Updated at:
2016-03-03
CSPs: Diplopods (Diplopoda) of pitfall traps in the CSPs 2009
Abstract:
Pitfall traps (four traps per plot, located at the corners of the central 10 x 10 m subplot) were used to assess the activity abundance and species richness of selected macrofauna taxa in relation to the plots' woody plant diversity. Enables to te...
Id:
340
People:
3
Projects:
1
Version:
1
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-05-24
Updated at:
2016-03-03
CSPs: Chilopoda of pitfall traps in the CSPs 2009
Abstract:
Pitfall traps (four traps per plot, located at the corners of the central 10 x 10 m subplot) were used to assess the activity abundance and species richness of selected macrofauna taxa in relation to the plots' woody plant diversity. Enables to te...
Id:
341
People:
3
Projects:
1
Version:
1
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-05-24
Updated at:
2016-03-03
Main Experiment: Herbivore damage of tree individuals Site A fall 2011
Abstract:
Leaf damage by insect herbivores can severely affect the growth and fitness of plants and is considered to play an important role in the maintenance of high tree diversity in (sub)tropical forests. The trees of the main experimental plantations of...
Id:
367
People:
2
Projects:
1
Version:
1
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-06-21
Updated at:
2016-03-03
Main Experiment: Herbivore damage of tree individuals Site A summer 2011
Abstract:
Leaf damage by insect herbivores can severely affect the growth and fitness of plants and is considered to play an important role in the maintenance of high tree diversity in (sub)tropical forests. The trees of the main experimental plantations of...
Id:
368
People:
2
Projects:
1
Version:
1
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-07-03
Updated at:
2016-03-03
NILEx unlabelled (invertebrates): soil fauna abundance (collembola abundance), preliminary data
Abstract:
This dataset provides information about the Unlabelled NILEx soil fauna abundance (collembola) preliminary data
Id:
426
People:
3
Projects:
1
Version:
2
Attachments:
0
Created at:
2013-10-08
Updated at:
2017-01-09
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Predator diversity and abundance provide little support for the enemies hypothesis in forests of high tree diversity. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022905
Abstract:
[14] Schuldt, A., Both, S., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Schmid, B., Zhou, H.Z. & Assmann, T. (2011): Predator diversity and abundance provide little support for the enemies hypothesis in forests of high tree diversity. - PloS One 6(7): e22905. (p...
Id:
39
Users:
6
Datafiles:
0
Attachments:
1
Board:
Prep
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2012-02-02
Updated at:
2013-01-18
Scale-dependent diversity patterns affect spider assemblages of two contrasting forest ecosystems
Abstract:
. Spiders are important generalist predators in forests. However, differences in assemblage structure and diversity can have consequences for their functional impact and conservation approaches. Such differences are particularly evident across lat...
Id:
56
Users:
4
Datafiles:
1
Attachments:
2
Board:
Final
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2012-05-11
Updated at:
2017-02-09
Integrating highly diverse invertebrates into broad-scale analyses of cross-taxon congruence across the Palaearctic. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05973.x
Abstract:
citation: [1] Schuldt, A., Wang, Z.H., Zhou, H.Z. & Assmann, T. (2009): Integrating highly diverse invertebrates into broad-scale analyses of cross-taxon congruence across the Palaearctic. Ecography 32: 1019-1030. (prop. 31) doi:10.1111/j.1600-058...
Id:
5
Users:
3
Datafiles:
0
Attachments:
2
Board:
Final
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2010-03-03
Updated at:
2017-02-09
Predator assemblage structure and temporal variability of species richness and abundance in forests of high tree diversity (doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00876.x)
Abstract:
Assemblage composition and temporal dynamics in species richness and abundance of epigeic spiders in relation to woody plant diversity and stand age in the CSPs
Id:
31
Users:
4
Datafiles:
1
Attachments:
2
Board:
Final
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2011-07-12
Updated at:
2015-04-25
Tree diversity promotes insect herbivory in subtropical forests of south-east China. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01659.x
Abstract:
[2] Schuldt, A., Baruffol, M., Böhnke, M., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W. Lang, A.C., Nadrowski, K., Von Oheimb, G., Voigt, W., Zhou, H.Z. & Assmann, T. (2010). Tree diversity promotes insect herbivory in subtropical forests of south-east China. Jour...
Id:
32
Users:
10
Datafiles:
0
Attachments:
1
Board:
Final
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2012-02-01
Updated at:
2015-08-26
Functional and phylogenetic dissimilarity of woody plants drive insect herbivory in highly diverse forests
Abstract:
The degree of herbivore damage a plant species experiences has been shown to often be affected by the density of conspecific plant neighbors. However, host spectra of many herbivores often comprise a suite of related plant species, and generalist ...
Id:
69
Users:
19
Datafiles:
7
Attachments:
1
Board:
Accept
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2013-01-19
Updated at:
2015-02-09
Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest. doi:10.1890/09-2172.1
Abstract:
[5] Bruelheide, H., Böhnke, M., Both, S., Fang, T., Assmann, T., Baruffol, M., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Chen, X.-Y., Ding, B.-Y., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Geißler, C., Guo, D., Guo, L.-D., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Hector, A., Kröber, W....
Id:
35
Users:
39
Datafiles:
0
Attachments:
1
Board:
Prep
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2012-02-01
Updated at:
2013-01-18
Woody plant phylogenetic diversity mediates bottom-up control of arthropod biomass in a species-rich forest
Abstract:
Effects of global change are predicted to cause non-random species loss in plant communities, with important consequences for ecosystem functioning. However, little is known about how plant diversity and the loss of this diversity influence the st...
Id:
102
Users:
13
Datafiles:
4
Attachments:
0
Board:
Accept
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2013-12-12
Updated at:
2015-02-25
Plant traits affecting susceptibility to herbivory of tree recruits in highly diverse subtropical forests
Abstract:
Differences in herbivory among woody species can greatly affect the functioning of forest ecosystems, particularly in species-rich (sub)tropical regions. However, the relative importance of the different plant traits which determine herbivore dama...
Id:
150
Users:
12
Datafiles:
0
Attachments:
0
Board:
Prep
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2015-03-09
Updated at:
2015-03-09
Early positive effects of tree species richness on herbivory in a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment influence tree growth
Abstract:
Despite the importance of herbivory for the structure and functioning of species-rich forests, little is known about how herbivory is affected by tree species richness, and more specifically by random versus nonrandom species loss. We assessed her...
Id:
119
Users:
16
Datafiles:
6
Attachments:
0
Board:
Final
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2014-08-20
Updated at:
2017-03-10
Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China
Abstract:
Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiments address ecosystem-level consequences of species loss by comparing communities of high species richness with communities from which species have been gradually eliminated. BEF experiments origina...
Id:
137
Users:
36
Datafiles:
0
Attachments:
0
Board:
Final
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2015-01-27
Updated at:
2017-06-16
Tree diversity promotes functional dissimilarity and maintains functional richness despite species loss in predator assemblages
Abstract:
The effects of species loss on ecosystems depend on the functional characteristics of the species, i.e. the functional diversity, in a community. However, how functional diversity is impacted by environmental changes in natural ecosystems is only ...
Id:
64
Users:
14
Datafiles:
3
Attachments:
1
Board:
Final
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2012-12-05
Updated at:
2017-02-09
Tree diversity promotes predator but not omnivore ants in a subtropical Chinese forest
Abstract:
1. Epigeic ants are functionally important arthropods in tropical and subtropical forests, particularly by acting as predators. High predation pressure has been hypothesized to be a mechanism facilitating high diversity across trophic levels.
2. ...
Id:
86
Users:
9
Datafiles:
2
Attachments:
1
Board:
Final
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2013-06-20
Updated at:
2015-08-30
Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China
Abstract:
Understanding how communities respond to environmental gradients is critical to predict responses of species to changing habitat conditions such as in regenerating secondary habitats after human land use. In this study, ground-living ants were sam...
Id:
101
Users:
10
Datafiles:
2
Attachments:
0
Board:
Final
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2013-12-04
Updated at:
2017-02-09
On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems - a study from SE China
Abstract:
Aims
The aim of our research was to understand small-scale effects of topography and soil fertility on tree growth in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiment in subtropical SE China.
Methods
Geomorphometric terrain an...
Id:
192
Users:
23
Datafiles:
0
Attachments:
0
Board:
Prep
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2016-11-03
Updated at:
2016-11-03
The influence of leaf litter diversity and soil fauna on initial soil erosion in subtropical forests
Abstract:
Soil erosion is one of the main environmental problems, especially in subtropical regions with monsoon climate. Afforestation is suggested to be an ecological solution for the loss of soil. Litter cover plays a major role in soil erosion processes...
Id:
97
Users:
13
Datafiles:
2
Attachments:
0
Board:
Final
State:
Accepted
Created at:
2013-10-17
Updated at:
2017-01-27
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