Stefan Scheu

JFB Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, university of göttingen

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Earthworm and belowground competition effects on plant productivity in a plant diversity gradient. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 19526252	2009
How do earthworms, soil texture and plant composition affect infiltration along an experimental plant diversity gradient in grassland? PloS one\| PubMed ID: 24918943	2014
Unifying elemental stoichiometry and metabolic theory in predicting species abundances. Ecology letters\| PubMed ID: 25041038	2014
Plant diversity shapes microbe-rhizosphere effects on P mobilisation from organic matter in soil. Ecology letters\| PubMed ID: 26415778	2015
Ecological and socio-economic functions across tropical land use systems after rainforest conversion. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences\| PubMed ID: 27114577	2016
Mineralisation of C-labelled polystyrene plastics by Penicillium variabile after ozonation pre-treatment. New biotechnology\| PubMed ID: 27450755	2017
Flood-Induced Changes in Soil Microbial Functions as Modified by Plant Diversity. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 27870864	2016
Links between the detritivore and the herbivore system: effects of earthworms and Collembola on plant growth and aphid development. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 28307712	1999
Disentangling the root- and detritus-based food chain in the micro-food web of an arable soil by plant removal. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 28704438	2017
Trophic niches, diversity and community composition of invertebrate top predators (Chilopoda) as affected by conversion of tropical lowland rainforest in Sumatra (Indonesia). PloS one\| PubMed ID: 28763453	2017
Leaf and root litter decomposition is discontinued at high altitude tropical montane rainforests contributing to carbon sequestration. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 28861246	2017
Priorities for research in soil ecology. Pedobiologia\| PubMed ID: 29129942	2017
Biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions. Nature ecology & evolution\| PubMed ID: 29180710	2018
Neutral lipid fatty acid composition as trait and constraint in Collembola evolution. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 29187995	2017
Root-derived carbon and nitrogen from beech and ash trees differentially fuel soil animal food webs of deciduous forests. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 29236746	2017
The structure of salt marsh soil mesofauna food webs - The prevalence of disturbance. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 29240806	2017
Micro-decomposer communities and decomposition processes in tropical lowlands as affected by land use and litter type. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 29497833	2018
Evaluation of Morphological Characteristics to Delineate Taxa of the Genus Trigonopyxis (Amoebozoa, Arcellinida). Protist\| PubMed ID: 29614434	2018
Uncovering trophic positions and food resources of soil animals using bulk natural stable isotope composition. Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society\| PubMed ID: 29920907	2019
Carbon costs and benefits of Indonesian rainforest conversion to plantations. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 29921837	2018
Response of Collembola and Acari communities to summer flooding in a grassland plant diversity experiment. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 30161191	2018
Seasonal dynamics and changing sea level as determinants of the community and trophic structure of oribatid mites in a salt marsh of the Wadden Sea. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 30408121	2018
Description of three new species of Thoma, 2014 (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia. ZooKeys\| PubMed ID: 30505162	2018
Decomposer diversity increases biomass production and shifts aboveground-belowground biomass allocation of common wheat. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 30559347	2018
Combining bulk and amino acid stable isotope analyses to quantify trophic level and basal resources of detritivores: a case study on earthworms. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 30659383	2019
Description of four new species of armoured spiders (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia. ZooKeys\| PubMed ID: 30733636	2019
Protura are unique: first evidence of specialized feeding on ectomycorrhizal fungi in soil invertebrates. BMC ecology\| PubMed ID: 30795747	2019
Changes in Trophic Groups of Protists With Conversion of Rainforest Into Rubber and Oil Palm Plantations. Frontiers in microbiology\| PubMed ID: 30809219	2019
Deprivation of root-derived resources affects microbial biomass but not community structure in litter and soil. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 30921392	2019
No signal of deleterious mutation accumulation in conserved gene sequences of extant asexual hexapods. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 30926861	2019
Collembola interact with mycorrhizal fungi in modifying oak morphology, C and N incorporation and transcriptomics. Royal Society open science\| PubMed ID: 31032040	2019
Linking size spectrum, energy flux and trophic multifunctionality in soil food webs of tropical land-use systems. The Journal of animal ecology\| PubMed ID: 31111468	2019
Review of the mite genus (Acari, Laelapidae) and redescription of Berlese. ZooKeys\| PubMed ID: 31217716	2019
Effects of root and leaf litter identity and diversity on oribatid mite abundance, species richness and community composition. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 31291304	2019
Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale. Nature\| PubMed ID: 31341281	2019
Conversion of rainforest to oil palm and rubber plantations alters energy channels in soil food webs. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 31463001	2019
Field exclusion of large soil predators impacts lower trophic levels and decreases leaf-litter decomposition in dry forests. The Journal of animal ecology\| PubMed ID: 31494934	2020
Shift in trophic niches of soil microarthropods with conversion of tropical rainforest into plantations as indicated by stable isotopes (15N, 13C). PloS one\| PubMed ID: 31652281	2019
Functional losses in ground spider communities due to habitat structure degradation under tropical land-use change. Ecology\| PubMed ID: 31840252	2020
Spiders in rice-paddy ecosystems shift from aquatic to terrestrial prey and use carbon pools of different origin. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 32002648	2020
Biodiversity increases multitrophic energy use efficiency, flow and storage in grasslands. Nature ecology & evolution\| PubMed ID: 32094542	2020
Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 32132531	2020
A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. Scientific data\| PubMed ID: 32218461	2020
Variation in trophic niches of oribatid mites in temperate forest ecosystems as indicated by neutral lipid fatty acid patterns. Experimental & applied acarology\| PubMed ID: 32347428	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
Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning. Nature ecology & evolution\| PubMed ID: 33020598	2020
Review of the mite genus Datta & Bhattacharjee (Mesostigmata, Parholaspididae) with re-description of comb. nov. (Ishikawa) from Indonesia. ZooKeys\| PubMed ID: 33335440	2020
The complete mitochondrial genome of an enigmatic predaceous springtail from northeast China. Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources\| PubMed ID: 33366623	2020
Repeated convergent evolution of parthenogenesis in Acariformes (Acari). Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 33437432	2021
Leaf litter identity rather than diversity shapes microbial functions and microarthropod abundance in tropical montane rainforests. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 33717461	2021
Changes in diversity and community assembly of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) after rainforest conversion to rubber and oil palm plantations. PeerJ\| PubMed ID: 33717710	2021
Diversity and functional structure of soil animal communities suggest soil animal food webs to be buffered against changes in forest land use. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 33852071	2021
Incorporation of mineral nitrogen into the soil food web as affected by plant community composition. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 33976811	2021
Legacy effects of temporary grassland in annual crop rotation on soil ecosystem services. The Science of the total environment\| PubMed ID: 34030316	2021
Soil microarthropods respond differently to simulated drought in organic and conventional farming systems. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 34367581	2021
Conversion of rainforest into oil palm and rubber plantations affects the functional composition of litter and soil Collembola. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 34367606	2021
Ectomycorrhizal fungus supports endogenous rhythmic growth and corresponding resource allocation in oak during various below- and aboveground biotic interactions. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 34880358	2021
Conventional agriculture and not drought alters relationships between soil biota and functions. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 34907218	2021
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions depend on environmental conditions and resources rather than the geodiversity of a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 34972835	2021
Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil-associated consumers from protists to vertebrates. Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society\| PubMed ID: 35060265	2022
Trophic niche but not abundance of Collembola and Oribatida changes with drought and farming system. PeerJ\| PubMed ID: 35070508	2022
Drivers of Collembola assemblages along an altitudinal gradient in northeast China. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 35169449	2022
Biotic filtering by species' interactions constrains food-web variability across spatial and abiotic gradients. Ecology letters\| PubMed ID: 35286010	2022
Spatial and temporal variations in salt marsh microorganisms of the Wadden Sea. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 35356561	2022
Tropical land use alters functional diversity of soil food webs and leads to monopolization of the detrital energy channel. eLife\| PubMed ID: 35357306	2022
Earthworms as catalysts in the formation and stabilization of soil microbial necromass. Global change biology\| PubMed ID: 35543252	2022
Trophic structure and origin of resources of soil macrofauna in the salt marsh of the Wadden Sea: a stable isotope (N, C) study. BMC ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 35761170	2022
Land-use change shifts and magnifies seasonal variations of the decomposer system in lowland tropical landscapes. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 35784088	2022
Historical and future climate change fosters expansion of Australian harvester termites, Drepanotermes. Evolution; international journal of organic evolution\| PubMed ID: 35842838	2022
Rainforest conversion to rubber and oil palm reduces abundance, biomass and diversity of canopy spiders. PeerJ\| PubMed ID: 35990898	2022
Differences in leaf and root litter decomposition in tropical montane rainforests are mediated by soil microorganisms not by decomposer microarthropods. PeerJ\| PubMed ID: 36348661	2022
The road to recovery: a synthesis of outcomes from ecosystem restoration in tropical and sub-tropical Asian forests. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences\| PubMed ID: 36373930	2023
Multidimensional stoichiometric mismatch explains differences in detritivore biomass across three forest types. The Journal of animal ecology\| PubMed ID: 36477808	2023
Response of arboreal Collembola communities to the conversion of lowland rainforest into rubber and oil palm plantations. BMC ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 36517771	2022
High consistency of trophic niches in generalist arthropod species (Oribatida, Acari) across soil depth and forest type. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 36523514	2022
Changes in microbial community structure and functioning with elevation are linked to local soil characteristics as well as climatic variables. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 36590334	2022
Reply to: Plant traits alone are good predictors of ecosystem properties when used carefully. Nature ecology & evolution\| PubMed ID: 36646947	2023
Conifers and non-native tree species shift trophic niches of generalist arthropod predators in Central European beech forests. BMC ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 36737705	2023
Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 36750574	2023
Plant roots fuel tropical soil animal communities. Ecology letters\| PubMed ID: 36857203	2023
Correction to: Conifers and non-native tree species shift trophic niches of generalist arthropod predators in central european beech forests. BMC ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 36973647	2023
Earthworms increase forest litter mass loss irrespective of deposited compounds - A field manipulation experiment in subtropical forests. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 37139404	2023
Opening up new niche dimensions: The stoichiometry of soil microarthropods in European beech and Norway spruce forests. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 37223311	2023
Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes. Nature\| PubMed ID: 37225981	2023
Earthworms neutralize the influence of components of particulate pollutants on soil extracellular enzymatic functions in subtropical forests. PeerJ\| PubMed ID: 37551350	2023
Response of protists to nitrogen addition, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi manipulation, and mesofauna reduction in a tropical montane rainforest in southern Ecuador. The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology\| PubMed ID: 37577763	2023
Tree species identity, canopy structure and prey availability differentially affect canopy spider diversity and trophic composition. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 37709958	2023
Urban greenspaces shape soil protist communities in a location-specific manner. Environmental research\| PubMed ID: 37907164	2024
Mycorrhizal C/N ratio determines plant-derived carbon and nitrogen allocation to symbiosis. Communications biology\| PubMed ID: 38053000	2023
Climate-dependent plant responses to earthworms in two land-use types. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 38147134	2024
Global fine-resolution data on springtail abundance and community structure. Scientific data\| PubMed ID: 38172139	2024
Trophic niches of Collembola communities change with elevation, but also with body size and life form. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 38265599	2024
Rainforest transformation reallocates energy from green to brown food webs. Nature\| PubMed ID: 38355803	2024
Balancing economic and ecological functions in smallholder and industrial oil palm plantations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\| PubMed ID: 38621138	2024
Niche dimensions in soil oribatid mite community assembly under native and introduced tree species. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 38770121	2024
Species delimitation 4.0: integrative taxonomy meets artificial intelligence. Trends in ecology & evolution\| PubMed ID: 38849221	2024
Colonization ability and uniformity of resources and environmental factors determine biological homogenization of soil protists in human land-use systems. Global change biology\| PubMed ID: 39001641	2024
The unique epicuticular chemistry of Collembola - A cross-species analysis. iScience\| PubMed ID: 39139403	2024
Colonization of mudflat substrate by microarthropods: the role of distance, inundation frequency and body size. Oecologia\| PubMed ID: 39231844	2024
Convergent evolution revealed by paraphyly and polyphyly of many taxa of oribatid mites: A molecular approach. Experimental & applied acarology\| PubMed ID: 39244702	2024
Identification of unique highly hetero-substituted benzenes as chemical weapons of springtails by a combination of trace analytical methods with DFT calculations and synthesis. Chemical science\| PubMed ID: 39246360	2024
The influence of forest types including native and non-native tree species on soil macrofauna depends on site conditions. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 39301294	2024
Enhancing economic multifunctionality without compromising multidiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality via forest enrichment. Science advances\| PubMed ID: 39441929	2024
Soil community history strengthens belowground multitrophic functioning across plant diversity levels in a grassland experiment. Nature communications\| PubMed ID: 39562617	2024
Trophic Change and Community Decline in Acrobat Ants After Rainforest Conversion to Cash Crops. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 39717641	2024
Litter quality modulates changes in bacterial and fungal communities during the gut transit of earthworm species of different ecological groups. ISME communications\| PubMed ID: 39882509	2025
Interactions Between Bacterivorous Nematodes and Bacteria Reduce NO Emissions. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)\| PubMed ID: 39887670	2025
Shared community history strengthens plant diversity effects on below-ground multitrophic functioning. The Journal of animal ecology\| PubMed ID: 39887967	2025
High litter quality enhances plant energy channeling by soil macro-detritivores and lowers their trophic position. Ecology\| PubMed ID: 39988993	2025
Older Lineages of Oribatid Mites in Mountain Ranges Have Broader Geographic Ranges and Exhibit More Generalistic Traits. Ecology and evolution\| PubMed ID: 40027424	2025