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@ARTICLE{Eisenhauer:14652,
      author       = {Eisenhauer, N. and Milcu, A. and Sabais, A.C.W. and
                      Bessler, H. and Brenner, J. and Engels, C. and Klarner, B.
                      and Maraun, M. and Partsch, S. and Roscher, C. and Schonert,
                      F. and Temperton, V. M. and Thomisch, K. and Weigelt, A. and
                      Weisser, W.W. and Scheu, S.},
      title        = {{P}lant {D}iversity {S}urpasses {P}lant {F}unctional
                      {G}roups and {P}lant {P}roductivity as {D}river of {S}oil
                      {B}iota in the {L}ong {T}erm},
      journal      = {PLoS one},
      volume       = {6},
      issn         = {1932-6203},
      address      = {Lawrence, Kan.},
      publisher    = {PLoS},
      reportid     = {PreJuSER-14652},
      pages        = {1 - 6},
      year         = {2011},
      note         = {German Science Foundation (FOR 456), German Science
                      Foundation (Ei 862/1-1). The funders had no role in study
                      design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish,
                      or preparation of the manuscript.},
      abstract     = {One of the most significant consequences of contemporary
                      global change is the rapid decline of biodiversity in many
                      ecosystems. Knowledge of the consequences of biodiversity
                      loss in terrestrial ecosystems is largely restricted to
                      single ecosystem functions. Impacts of key plant functional
                      groups on soil biota are considered to be more important
                      than those of plant diversity; however, current knowledge
                      mainly relies on short-term experiments.We studied changes
                      in the impacts of plant diversity and presence of key
                      functional groups on soil biota by investigating the
                      performance of soil microorganisms and soil fauna two, four
                      and six years after the establishment of model grasslands.
                      The results indicate that temporal changes of plant
                      community effects depend on the trophic affiliation of soil
                      animals: plant diversity effects on decomposers only
                      occurred after six years, changed little in herbivores, but
                      occurred in predators after two years. The results suggest
                      that plant diversity, in terms of species and functional
                      group richness, is the most important plant community
                      property affecting soil biota, exceeding the relevance of
                      plant above- and belowground productivity and the presence
                      of key plant functional groups, i.e. grasses and legumes,
                      with the relevance of the latter decreasing in time.Plant
                      diversity effects on biota are not only due to the presence
                      of key plant functional groups or plant productivity
                      highlighting the importance of diverse and high-quality
                      plant derived resources, and supporting the validity of the
                      singular hypothesis for soil biota. Our results demonstrate
                      that in the long term plant diversity essentially drives the
                      performance of soil biota questioning the paradigm that
                      belowground communities are not affected by plant diversity
                      and reinforcing the importance of biodiversity for ecosystem
                      functioning.},
      keywords     = {Biodiversity / Ecosystem / Environmental Monitoring /
                      Fabaceae / Plants / Poaceae / Soil / Soil Microbiology /
                      Soil (NLM Chemicals) / J (WoSType)},
      cin          = {IBG-2},
      ddc          = {500},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118},
      pnm          = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
      pid          = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
      shelfmark    = {Biology},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      pubmed       = {pmid:21249208},
      pmc          = {pmc:PMC3017561},
      UT           = {WOS:000286512900020},
      doi          = {10.1371/journal.pone.0016055},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/14652},
}