Pascal A. Niklaus

Research interests

Publications

• Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning

  Nature Ecology & Evolution · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01316-9

• Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 10.1073/pnas.1920816117

• Impacts of species richness on productivity in a large-scale subtropical forest experiment

  Science · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat6405

• Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1240

• Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests

  Nature Communications · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05421-z

• Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning in a 15-year grassland experiment: Patterns, mechanisms, and open questions

  Basic and Applied Ecology · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2017.06.002

• Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

  Science · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf8957

• Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

  Nature · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature15374

• Trait-based approaches for understanding microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

  Frontiers in Microbiology · 2014 · 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00251

• Resistance and resilience of the forest soil microbiome to logging-associated compaction

  The ISME Journal · 2013 · 10.1038/ismej.2013.141

• Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical C hina

  Methods in Ecology and Evolution · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.12126

• Biodiversity Promotes Tree Growth during Succession in Subtropical Forest

  PLoS ONE · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081246

• A meta-analysis of responses of soil biota to global change

  Oecologia · 2011 · 10.1007/s00442-011-1909-0

• Competition for Light Causes Plant Biodiversity Loss After Eutrophication

  Science · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1169640

• Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystems exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2

  Oecologia · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-004-1550-2

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