7 Result(s)

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Summer rain and wet soil rather than management affect the distribution of a toxic plant in production grasslands

In the northern forelands of the Alps, farmers report an increase of Jacobaea aquatica in production grasslands. Due to its toxicity, the species affects grassland productivity and calls for costly control measur...

Thomas C. Wagner, Michael Laumer, Gisbert Kuhn, Franziska Mayer… in Scientific Reports (2023)

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Increased brick ratio in urban substrates has a marginal effect on tree saplings

From construction and demolition of buildings, brick wastes accumulate in large quantities and are difficult to recycle. Re-using bricks as planting substrate could partly substitute gravel or other raw materi...

Markus Bauer, Martin Krause, Valentin Heizinger, Johannes Kollmann in Trees (2023)

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Plant species composition and local habitat conditions as primary determinants of terrestrial arthropod assemblages

Arthropods respond to vegetation in multiple ways since plants provide habitat and food resources and indicate local abiotic conditions. However, the relative importance of these factors for arthropod assembla...

Cynthia Tobisch, Sandra Rojas-Botero, Johannes Uhler, Jörg Müller… in Oecologia (2023)

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Using crushed waste bricks for urban greening with contrasting grassland mixtures: no negative effects of brick-augmented substrates varying in soil type, moisture and acid pre-treatment

Ecological restoration aims at supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, and urban greening is a great opportunity to achieve this goal. This is facilitated by species-rich seed mixtures based on local p...

Markus Bauer, Martin Krause, Valentin Heizinger, Johannes Kollmann in Urban Ecosystems (2022)

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Plant richness, land use and temperature differently shape invertebrate leaf-chewing herbivory on plant functional groups

Higher temperatures can increase metabolic rates and carbon demands of invertebrate herbivores, which may shift leaf-chewing herbivory among plant functional groups differing in C:N (carbon:nitrogen) ratios. B...

Ute Fricke, Sarah Redlich, Jie Zhang, Cynthia Tobisch, Sandra Rojas-Botero… in Oecologia (2022)

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Competitive trait hierarchies of native communities and invasive propagule pressure consistently predict invasion success during grassland establishment

Invasive non-native plants challenge ecosystems restoration, and understanding the factors that determine the establishment of invasive plants is crucial to improve restoration outcomes. However, the drivers o...

Sandra Rojas-Botero, Johannes Kollmann, Leonardo H. Teixeira in Biological Invasions (2022)

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Speed restoration of EU ecosystems

Jordi Cortina-Segarra, Kris Decleer, Johannes Kollmann in Nature (2016)