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@ARTICLE{Steinbeiss:56245,
      author       = {Steinbeiss, S. and Beßler, H. and Engels, C. and
                      Temperton, V. M. and Buchmann, N. and Roscher, Ch. and
                      Kreutziger, Y. and Baade, J. and Habekost, M. and Gleixner,
                      G.},
      title        = {{P}lant diversity positively affects short-term soil carbon
                      storage in experimental grasslands},
      journal      = {Global change biology},
      volume       = {14},
      issn         = {1354-1013},
      address      = {Oxford [u.a.]},
      publisher    = {Wiley-Blackwell},
      reportid     = {PreJuSER-56245},
      pages        = {2937 - 2949},
      year         = {2008},
      note         = {The current project (GL 262-6) and The Jena Experiment in
                      general is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
                      (DFG) as part of a large research group (FOR 456) with
                      additional support from the Friedrich Schiller University
                      Jena and the Max Planck Society. We gratefully acknowledge
                      all the people who were involved in the planning and the
                      setup of the experiment, especially E.-D. Schulze, W. W.
                      Weisser, B. Schmid and J. Schumacher. Numerous student
                      helpers assisted in soil sampling campaigns and sample
                      preparation, especially C. Noll, C. Seidel, M. Pieles, and
                      K. Muller. Many thanks also go to the gardeners S. Eismann,
                      S. Junghans, B. Lenk, H. Scheffler, U. Wehmeier as well as
                      the numerous student helpers who maintained the field site
                      by weeding and regular maintenance work. The method
                      development and quality control of soil organic carbon
                      measurements was performed by Ines Hilke at the Max Planck
                      Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena.},
      abstract     = {Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration and related
                      climate change have stimulated much interest in the
                      potential of soils to sequester carbon. In ‘The Jena
                      Experiment’, a managed grassland experiment on a former
                      agricultural field, we investigated the link between plant
                      diversity and soil carbon storage. The biodiversity gradient
                      ranged from one to 60 species belonging to four functional
                      groups. Stratified soil samples were taken to 30 cm depth
                      from 86 plots in 2002, 2004 and 2006, and organic carbon
                      contents were determined. Soil organic carbon stocks in
                      0–30 cm decreased from 7.3 kg C m−2 in 2002 to
                      6.9 kg C m−2 in 2004, but had recovered to
                      7.8 kg C m−2 by 2006. During the first 2 years,
                      carbon storage was limited to the top 5 cm of soil while
                      below 10 cm depth, carbon was lost probably as short-term
                      effect of the land use change. After 4 years, carbon stocks
                      significantly increased within the top 20 cm. More
                      importantly, carbon storage significantly increased with
                      sown species richness (log-transformed) in all depth
                      segments and even carbon losses were significantly smaller
                      with higher species richness. Although increasing species
                      diversity increased root biomass production, statistical
                      analyses revealed that species diversity per se was more
                      important than biomass production for changes in soil
                      carbon. Below 20 cm depth, the presence of one functional
                      group, tall herbs, significantly reduced carbon losses in
                      the beginning of the experiment. Our analysis indicates that
                      plant species richness and certain plant functional traits
                      accelerate the build-up of new carbon pools within 4 years.
                      Additionally, higher plant diversity mitigated soil carbon
                      losses in deeper horizons. This suggests that higher
                      biodiversity might lead to higher soil carbon sequestration
                      in the long-term and therefore the conservation of
                      biodiversity might play a role in greenhouse gas
                      mitigation.},
      cin          = {ICG-3},
      ddc          = {570},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)ICG-3-20090406},
      pnm          = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
      pid          = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
      shelfmark    = {Biodiversity Conservation / Ecology / Environmental
                      Sciences},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      UT           = {WOS:000261061000013},
      doi          = {10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01697.x},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/56245},
}