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@ARTICLE{Scherber:10925,
      author       = {Scherber, Ch. and Eisenhauer, N. and Weisser, W.W. and
                      Schmidt, B. and Voigt, W. and Fischer, M. and Schulze, E.-D.
                      and Roscher, C. and Weigelt, A. and Allan, E. and Beßler,
                      H. and Bonkowski, M. and Buchmann, N. and Buscot, F. and
                      Clement, L.W. and Ebeling, A. and Engels, C. and Halle, S.
                      and Kertscher, I. and Klein, A.-M. and Koller, R. and
                      König, S. and Kowalski, E. and Kummer, V. and Kuu, A. and
                      Lange, M. and Lauterbach, D. and Middelhoff, C. and
                      Migunova, V.D. and Milcu, A. and Müller, R. and Partsch, S.
                      and Petermann, J.S. and Renker, C. and Rottstock, T. and
                      Sabais, A. and Scheu, S. and Schumacher, J. and Temperton,
                      V. M. and Tscharntke, T.},
      title        = {{B}ottom-up effects of plant diversity on biotic
                      interactions in a biodiversity experiment},
      journal      = {Nature},
      volume       = {468},
      issn         = {0028-0836},
      address      = {London [u.a.]},
      publisher    = {Nature Publising Group},
      reportid     = {PreJuSER-10925},
      pages        = {553 - 556},
      year         = {2010},
      note         = {We thank J. M. Tylianakis, P. Batary, Y. Clough, M. J.
                      Crawley, J. Fox, J. Frund, D. Gladbach and A. Hector for
                      comments that improved this manuscript. The gardeners,
                      technicians, student helpers and managers of the Jena
                      Experiment are acknowledged for their assistance. This work
                      was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (FOR
                      456).},
      abstract     = {Biodiversity is rapidly declining, and this may negatively
                      affect ecosystem processes, including economically important
                      ecosystem services. Previous studies have shown that
                      biodiversity has positive effects on organisms and processes
                      across trophic levels. However, only a few studies have so
                      far incorporated an explicit food-web perspective. In an
                      eight-year biodiversity experiment, we studied an
                      unprecedented range of above- and below-ground organisms and
                      multitrophic interactions. A multitrophic data set
                      originating from a single long-term experiment allows
                      mechanistic insights that would not be gained from
                      meta-analysis of different experiments. Here we show that
                      plant diversity effects dampen with increasing trophic level
                      and degree of omnivory. This was true both for abundance and
                      species richness of organisms. Furthermore, we present
                      comprehensive above-ground/below-ground biodiversity food
                      webs. Both above ground and below ground, herbivores
                      responded more strongly to changes in plant diversity than
                      did carnivores or omnivores. Density and richness of
                      carnivorous taxa was independent of vegetation structure.
                      Below-ground responses to plant diversity were consistently
                      weaker than above-ground responses. Responses to increasing
                      plant diversity were generally positive, but were negative
                      for biological invasion, pathogen infestation and
                      hyperparasitism. Our results suggest that plant diversity
                      has strong bottom-up effects on multitrophic interaction
                      networks, with particularly strong effects on lower trophic
                      levels. Effects on higher trophic levels are indirectly
                      mediated through bottom-up trophic cascades.},
      keywords     = {Animals / Biodiversity / Models, Biological / Plant
                      Physiological Phenomena / Population Density / J (WoSType)},
      cin          = {ICG-3},
      ddc          = {070},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)ICG-3-20090406},
      pnm          = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
      pid          = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
      shelfmark    = {Multidisciplinary Sciences},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:20981010},
      UT           = {WOS:000284584200040},
      doi          = {10.1038/nature09492},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/10925},
}