Alexandra Weigelt

German Centre for integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

Affiliated withGerman Centre for integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Leipzig University

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Changes in the abundance of grassland species in monocultures versus mixtures and their relation to biodiversity effects. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 24098704	2013
No evidence of complementary water use along a plant species richness gradient in temperate experimental grasslands. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 25587998	2015
Flooding disturbances increase resource availability and productivity but reduce stability in diverse plant communities. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 25600177	2015
Effects of plant diversity, functional group composition, and fertilization on soil microbial properties in experimental grassland. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 25938580	2015
Plant diversity shapes microbe-rhizosphere effects on P mobilisation from organic matter in soil. Ecology letters\| PubMed ID: 26415778	2015
Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes. Nature\| PubMed ID: 26466564	2015
Predicting stochastic community dynamics in grasslands under the assumption of competitive symmetry. Journal of theoretical biology\| PubMed ID: 27060673	2016
Plant species richness and functional traits affect community stability after a flood event. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences\| PubMed ID: 27114578	2016
Plant diversity effects on grassland productivity are robust to both nutrient enrichment and drought. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences\| PubMed ID: 27114579	2016
Plant diversity and functional groups affect Si and Ca pools in aboveground biomass of grassland systems. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 27164912	2016
Plant diversity and root traits benefit physical properties key to soil function in grasslands. Ecology letters\| PubMed ID: 27459206	2016
Plants are less negatively affected by flooding when growing in species-rich plant communities. The New phytologist\| PubMed ID: 27717024	2017
Effect of plant diversity on the diversity of soil organic compounds. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 28166250	2017
Plant diversity maintains long-term ecosystem productivity under frequent drought by increasing short-term variation. Ecology\| PubMed ID: 28869781	2017
Root chemistry and soil fauna, but not soil abiotic conditions explain the effects of plant diversity on root decomposition. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 28929254	2017
Biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions. Nature ecology & evolution\| PubMed ID: 29180710	2018
Origin context of trait data matters for predictions of community performance in a grassland biodiversity experiment. Ecology\| PubMed ID: 29570784	2018
Functional groups differ in trait means, but not in trait plasticity to species richness in local grassland communities. Ecology\| PubMed ID: 29989166	2018
Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity-stability relationship. Nature ecology & evolution\| PubMed ID: 30150740	2018
Mycorrhiza in tree diversity-ecosystem function relationships: conceptual framework and experimental implementation. Ecosphere (Washington, D.C)\| PubMed ID: 30323959	2018
The Future of Complementarity: Disentangling Causes from Consequences. Trends in ecology & evolution\| PubMed ID: 30527960	2019
Multiple plant diversity components drive consumer communities across ecosystems. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 30926809	2019
Fine root lignin content is well predictable with near-infrared spectroscopy. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 31015553	2019
Limited evidence for spatial resource partitioning across temperate grassland biodiversity experiments. Ecology\| PubMed ID: 31560129	2020
A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research. Advances in ecological research\| PubMed ID: 31908360	2019
Plant diversity effects on forage quality, yield and revenues of semi-natural grasslands. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 32034149	2020
Leaf area and pubescence drive sedimentation on leaf surfaces during flooding. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 32419047	2020
Plant diversity influenced gross nitrogen mineralization, microbial ammonium consumption and gross inorganic N immobilization in a grassland experiment. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 32737568	2020
The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic. Nature ecology & evolution\| PubMed ID: 32839545	2020
The fungal collaboration gradient dominates the root economics space in plants. Science advances\| PubMed ID: 32937432	2020
msGBS: A new high-throughput approach to quantify the relative species abundance in root samples of multispecies plant communities. Molecular ecology resources\| PubMed ID: 33058506	2021
LCVP, The Leipzig catalogue of vascular plants, a new taxonomic reference list for all known vascular plants. Scientific data\| PubMed ID: 33243996	2020
Plant structural diversity alters sediment retention on and underneath herbaceous vegetation in a flume experiment. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 33735182	2021
Reply to: "Results from a biodiversity experiment fail to represent economic performance of semi-natural grasslands". Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 33837190	2021
Incorporation of mineral nitrogen into the soil food web as affected by plant community composition. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 33976811	2021
Root traits explain plant species distributions along climatic gradients yet challenge the nature of ecological trade-offs. Nature ecology & evolution\| PubMed ID: 34112996	2021
An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective. The New phytologist\| PubMed ID: 34197626	2021
The iDiv Ecotron-A flexible research platform for multitrophic biodiversity research. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 34765169	2021
Ecosystem effects of environmental extremes. Science (New York, N.Y.)\| PubMed ID: 34914523	2021
Drought-exposure history increases complementarity between plant species in response to a subsequent drought. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 35680926	2022
Biodiversity-stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 36517483	2022
The structure of root-associated fungal communities is related to the long-term effects of plant diversity on productivity. Molecular ecology\| PubMed ID: 37081579	2023
The importance of trait selection in ecology. Nature\| PubMed ID: 37380696	2023
Biomass removal promotes plant diversity after short-term de-intensification of managed grasslands. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 37384725	2023
Putting conservation gardening into practice. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 37652902	2023
Responses of rhizosphere fungi to the root economics space in grassland monocultures of different age. The New phytologist\| PubMed ID: 37691273	2023
Ecosystem consequences of invertebrate decline. Current biology : CB\| PubMed ID: 37757832	2023
Artificial light at night decreases plant diversity and performance in experimental grassland communities. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences\| PubMed ID: 37899022	2023
Relationships between species richness and biomass production are context dependent in grasslands differing in land-use and seed addition. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 37952061	2023
Plant Species Richness and the Root Economics Space Drive Soil Fungal Communities. Ecology letters\| PubMed ID: 39737799	2025
Tree growth is better explained by absorptive fine root traits than by transport fine root traits. Communications biology\| PubMed ID: 40011709	2025
Plant species richness promotes the decoupling of leaf and root defence traits while species-specific responses in physical and chemical defences are rare. The New phytologist\| PubMed ID: 40013369	2025