Research outputs
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). 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. 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. P., Jo, I., Fei, S., Liang, J., Schmid, B., & Eisenhauer, N. (2023). Higher productivity in forests with mixed mycorrhizal strategies. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 14(1). 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 & BIOCHEMISTRY, 176. 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). 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. 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). 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