Publications
2025
Mycorrhizal symbioses and tree diversity in global forest communities.
Jiang, F., Pu, X., Schmid, B., Reich, P. B., Liang, J., Abbasi, A. O., . . . Wang, Z. (2025). Mycorrhizal symbioses and tree diversity in global forest communities.. Science advances, 11(24), eadt5743. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adt5743
2024
Mycorrhizal associations modify tree diversity-productivity relationships across experimental tree plantations.
Luo, S., Schmid, B., Hector, A., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Barsoum, N., . . . Eisenhauer, N. (2024). Mycorrhizal associations modify tree diversity-productivity relationships across experimental tree plantations.. The New phytologist, 243(3), 1205-1219. doi:10.1111/nph.19889
2023
Higher productivity in forests with mixed mycorrhizal strategies.
Luo, S., Phillips, R. P., Jo, I., Fei, S., Liang, J., Schmid, B., & Eisenhauer, N. (2023). Higher productivity in forests with mixed mycorrhizal strategies.. Nature communications, 14(1), 1377. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36888-0
Grassland degradation-induced declines in soil fungal complexity reduce fungal community stability and ecosystem multifunctionality
Luo, S., Png, G. K., Ostle, N. J., Zhou, H., Hou, X., Luo, C., . . . Bardgett, R. D. (2023). Grassland degradation-induced declines in soil fungal complexity reduce fungal community stability and ecosystem multifunctionality. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 176, 108865. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108865
2022
Increasing plant group productivity through latent genetic variation for cooperation.
Wuest, S. E., Pires, N. D., Luo, S., Vasseur, F., Messier, J., Grossniklaus, U., & Niklaus, P. A. (2022). Increasing plant group productivity through latent genetic variation for cooperation.. PLoS biology, 20(11), e3001842. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001842
Historical context modifies plant diversity–community productivity relationships in alpine grassland
Luo, S., Bardgett, R. D., Schmid, B., Johnson, D., Png, K., Schaffner, U., . . . Ostle, N. J. (2022). Historical context modifies plant diversity–community productivity relationships in alpine grassland. The Journal of ecology, 110(9), 2205-2218. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13943
2020
Community‐wide trait means and variations affect biomass in a biodiversity experiment with tree seedlings
Luo, S., Schmid, B., Wagg, C., Chen, Y., Jiang, B., Liang, M., . . . Yu, S. (2020). Community‐wide trait means and variations affect biomass in a biodiversity experiment with tree seedlings. Oikos, 129(6), 799-810. doi:10.1111/oik.07273
Soil nitrogen availability intensifies negative density-dependent effects in a subtropical forest
Huang, F., Liang, M., Zheng, Y., Liu, X., Chen, Y., Li, W., . . . Yu, S. (2020). Soil nitrogen availability intensifies negative density-dependent effects in a subtropical forest. Journal of Plant Ecology, 13(3), 281-287. doi:10.1093/jpe/rtaa012
2019
Soil microbes drive phylogenetic diversity-productivity relationships in a subtropical forest.
Liang, M., Liu, X., Parker, I. M., Johnson, D., Zheng, Y., Luo, S., . . . Yu, S. (2019). Soil microbes drive phylogenetic diversity-productivity relationships in a subtropical forest.. Science advances, 5(10), eaax5088. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax5088
Increasing plant group productivity through latent genetic variation for cooperation
2018
Soil microbes promote complementarity effects among co‐existing trees through soil nitrogen partitioning
Luo, S., Schmid, B., De Deyn, G. B., & Yu, S. (2018). Soil microbes promote complementarity effects among co‐existing trees through soil nitrogen partitioning. Functional Ecology., 32(7), 1879-1889. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13109
2016
Adult trees cause density-dependent mortality in conspecific seedlings by regulating the frequency of pathogenic soil fungi.
Liang, M., Liu, X., Gilbert, G. S., Zheng, Y., Luo, S., Huang, F., & Yu, S. (2016). Adult trees cause density-dependent mortality in conspecific seedlings by regulating the frequency of pathogenic soil fungi.. Ecology letters, 19(12), 1448-1456. doi:10.1111/ele.12694