Peter B. Reich

Research interests

Publications

• Erosion reduces soil microbial diversity, network complexity and multifunctionality

  The ISME Journal · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00913-1

• Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes

  Nature Ecology & Evolution · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1084-y

• Shifting plant species composition in response to climate change stabilizes grassland primary production

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700299114

• Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

  Nature Ecology & Evolution · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0699-8

• Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

  Science · 2016 · 10.1126/science.aaf8957

• Corrigendum to : New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

  Australian Journal of Botany · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1071/bt12225_co

• Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

  Nature · 2016 · 10.1038/nature20150

• Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems

  Nature Communications · 2016 · 10.1038/ncomms10541

• Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

  Nature · 2015 · 10.1038/nature15374

• The global spectrum of plant form and function

  Nature · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16489

• The world‐wide ‘fast–slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

  Journal of Ecology · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12211

• Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

  Nature · 2013 · 10.1038/nature12872

• New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

  Australian Journal of Botany · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1071/bt12225

• High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

  Nature · 2011 · 10.1038/nature10282

• Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta‐analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

  New Phytologist · 2011 · 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03952.x

• TRY – a global database of plant traits

  Global Change Biology · 2011 · 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02451.x

• Soil microbes drive the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern

  Ecology · 2010 · 10.1890/10-0773.1

• Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

  New Phytologist · 2009 · 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02917.x

• Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

  Ecology Letters · 2008 · 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01219.x

• Biodiversity and ecosystem stability in a decade-long grassland experiment

  Nature · 2006 · 10.1038/nature04742

• Assessing the generality of global leaf trait relationships

  New Phytologist · 2005 · 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01349.x

• Global patterns of plant leaf N and P in relation to temperature and latitude

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 10.1073/pnas.0403588101

• The worldwide leaf economics spectrum

  Nature · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02403

• A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

  Australian Journal of Botany · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1071/bt02124

• The Evolution of Plant Functional Variation: Traits, Spectra, and Strategies

  International Journal of Plant Sciences · 2003 · 10.1086/374368

• Diversity and Productivity in a Long-Term Grassland Experiment

  Science · 2001 · 10.1126/science.1060391

• The Influence of Functional Diversity and Composition on Ecosystem Processes

  Science · 1997 · 10.1126/science.277.5330.1300

• From tropics to tundra: Global convergence in plant functioning

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 10.1073/pnas.94.25.13730

• Leaf Life‐Span in Relation to Leaf, Plant, and Stand Characteristics among Diverse Ecosystems

  Ecological Monographs · 1992 · 10.2307/2937116

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