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Publikationen 2025

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First-, second- and/or senior authors:

• Proß, T., Bruelheide, H., &  Haider, S. (2025). Within-individual leaf trait response to local light  availability and biodiversity in a subtropical forest experiment. Ecology, 106(7), e70160. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70160   

• Köhler,  M., Sánchez‐Bermejo, P. C.,  Hähn, G., Ferlian, O., Eisenhauer, N.,  Wubet, T., ... & Bruelheide,  H. (2025). Foliar Endophytic Fungal  Communities Are Driven by Leaf  Traits—Evidence From a Temperate Tree  Diversity Experiment. Ecology and Evolution, 15(7), e71691. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71691   

• Dietrich,  P., Elias, M., Dietrich, P.,  Harpole, S., Roscher, C., &  Bumberger, J. (2024). Advancing plant  biomass measurements: Integrating  smartphone‐based 3D scanning  techniques for enhanced ecosystem  monitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70084   

• Köhler,  M., Hähn, G., Kanitz, M.,  Ferlian, O., Eisenhauer, N., Wubet, T.,  & Bruelheide, H. (2025). The  effects of tree diversity and  neighborhood on phyllosphere fungal  communities. Fungal Ecology, 76, 101440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2025.101440   

• Kreisler,  T., Kambach, S., Becker, O.  A., & Bruelheide, H. (2025). The  Relationship between Greenspace and  Physical Activity. A Systematic  Review and Meta-Analysis. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 128971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128971       

• Bhadra,  S., Damasceno, G., Hoss, D.,  & Weyrich, A. (2025). Improving  gender equity in academia depends on  the workplace environment. eLife, 14, e105352. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.105352   

• Kambach,  S., Bruelheide, H., Comita,  L. S., Condit, R., Wright, S. J., Aguilar,  S., ... & Rüger, N.  (2025). Putting seedlings on the map:  Trade‐offs in demographic rates  between ontogenetic size classes in  five tropical forests. Ecology, 106(1), e4527. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4527   

• Wirth,  C., Bruelheide, H., Farwig, N.,  Settele, J., Marx, J. M., Ellerbrok,  J. S., ... & Xylander, W.  (2024). Faktencheck Artenvielfalt:  Zusammenfassung für die politische  und gesellschaftliche  Entscheidungsfindung. Faktencheck Artenvielfalt. https://doi.org/10.14512/9783987263361
     

• Schnabel,  F., Beugnon, R., Yang, B.,  Richter, R., Eisenhauer, N., Huang, Y., ...  & Bruelheide, H. (2025).  Tree Diversity Increases Forest  Temperature Buffering via Enhancing  Canopy Density and Structural  Diversity. Ecology Letters, 28(3), e70096. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70096   

• Wirth,  C., Bruelheide, H., Farwig, N.,  Marx, J., Ellerbrok, J. S., &  Settele, J. (2025). German  biodiversity assessment goes below ground:  Editorial–This paper is part  of the special collection ‘Faktencheck  Artenvielfalt’. Soil Organisms, 97(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.25674/465    

• Haq,  H. U., Singavarapu, B., Hauer,  A., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O.,  Bruelheide, H., & Wubet, T. (2025).  Temperate Forest Soil  Microbiomes and Their Assembly Processes are  Modulated by the Interplay  of Co‐Existing Tree Species Identity,  Diversity and Their Mycorrhizal  Type. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 4(2), e70064. https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.70064   

Co-Authors:

• Stradic,  S. L., Damasceno, G.,  Cancian, L. F., Donadieu, M., Kollmann, J.,  & Fidelis, A. (2025).  High Root Biomass and Variation in Root  Functional Traits Allow  Non‐Native Grass Species to Invade Tropical  Open Savannahs in Brazil. Journal of Vegetation Science, 36(4), e70051. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70051   

• Schwarz,   R., Eisenhauer, N., Ammer,  C., Bradler, P. M., Decker, O., Delory, B.   M., ... & Cesarz, S.  (2025). Inconsistent short-term effects of  enhanced structural  complexity on soil microbial properties across  German forests. Applied Soil Ecology, 214, 106335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106335   

• Chen,  J. T., Wang, M. Q., Luo, A.,  Zhang, F., Chesters, D., Liu, S., ...  & Zhu, C. D. (2025). Bottom‐up  and top‐down effects combine to  drive predator–prey interactions in a  forest biodiversity experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70103   

• Klimešová, J., Laughlin, D. C.,  Siebert, F., Bergmann, J., Tumber-Dávila, S. J., Andraczek, K., ...  & Fidelis, A. (2025). Belowground persistence types relevant to  severe disturbance. Trends in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.06.010       

• Moeller,  L., Wollschläger, N.,      Hecht, C., Schlosser, D., Dietrich, P.,  Friesen, J., ... & Otto, P. (2025). Research green roof in       Leipzig, Germany. Ecological Engineering, 220, 107729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2025.107729   

• Du,  F., Zhang, Y., Zhou, L.,      Dietrich, P., Zhou, G., Wang, J., ...  & Zhou, X. (2025). Similar carbon accumulation rates with distinct  drivers      in two temperate forest restoration approaches. CATENA, 258, 109249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2025.10924   

• Gillerot,  L., Landuyt, D., Bourdin,  A., Rozario, K., Shaw, T., Steinparzer, M.,  ... & Verheyen, K.  (2025). Forest biodiversity and structure  modulate human health benefits  and risks. Nature Sustainability, 8(5), 485-497. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01547-3   

• Pe'er,  G., Kachler, J., Herzon, I.,  Hering, D., Arponen, A., Bosco, L., ...  & Bonn, A. (2025). Role of  science and scientists in public  environmental policy debates: The case  of EU agrochemical and Nature  Restoration Regulations. People and Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70064   

• Kühn,  P., Umazekabiri, R., Römermann, C., Bruelheide, H., & Wesche,  K.  (2025). Nitrogen content of herbarium specimens from arable fields  and  mesic meadows reflect the intensifying agricultural management  during  the 20th century. Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14474   

• Pilon,  N., Peixoto, F., Oliveira, R. S., Oliveira, A. C. C., Alquéres,  J.,  Alvarado, S., ... & Durigan, G. (2025). Open letter: There are  more  than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored. Plants, People, Planet. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10635   

• Klinkovská,  K., Sperandii, M. G.,  Knollová, I., Danihelka, J., Hájek, M., Hájková,  P., ... & Chytrý,  M. (2025). Half a Century of Temperate  Non‐Forest Vegetation Changes: No  Net Loss in Species Richness, but  Considerable Shifts in Taxonomic and  Functional Composition. Global Change Biology, 31(1), e70030. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70030   

• Dugerdil,  L., Peyron, O., Violle, C.,  Joannin, S., Ménot, G., Denelle, P., ...  & Garnier, E. (2025).  Functional Signatures of Surface Pollen and  Vegetation Are Broadly  Similar: Good News for Past Reconstructions of  Vegetation. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15100   

• Buzhdygan,  O., Baldauf, S., Borovyk,  D., Vynokurov, D., Ladouceur, E., Chusova,  O., ... & Kuzemko, A.  (2025). Scale‐Dependent Effects of Plant  Diversity Drivers Across  Different Grassland Habitats in Ukraine. Ecology and Evolution, 15(2), e70941. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70941   

• Chen,  C., Yan, G., Schmid, B., Li, Y.,  Bongers, F. J., Bruelheide, H., ...  & Liu, X. (2025). Understory  shrub diversity: equally vital as  overstory tree diversity to promote  forest productivity. National Science Review, nwaf093. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf093   

• Bwambale,  J., Aisu, J., & Mugwanya, M. (2025). Insights into small Heat Shock  Proteins: Drivers of environmental stress tolerance in selected animal  species. https://doi.org/10.46793/BiolNyss.16.1.5B   

• Bricca,  A., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B.,  Chytrý, M., Chytrý, K., Padullés Cubino, J.,  Fernández‐González, F., ...  & Bonari, G. (2025). Biodiversity  Within and Beyond the Native  Distribution of Tree Species: The Case of  Pinus nigra Forests in Europe.  Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(4), e70036. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70036   

• Tang,  T., Schmid, B., Schuman, M. C.,  Bongers, F. J., Li, S., Liang, Y., ...  & Liu, X. Identifying seed  families with high mixture performance  in a subtropical forest  biodiversity experiment. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70130   

• Zhang,  S., Veen, G. F., Van der  Putten, W. H., Liu, X., Bruelheide, H., Ma,  K., & Zhang, N. (2025).  Non‐random tree species loss shifts soil  fungal communities. Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70029   

• Mäkinen,  J., Ellis, E. E., Antão, L.  H., Davrinche, A., Laine, A. L.,  Saastamoinen, M., ... & Roslin, T.  (2025). Thermal homogenization  of boreal communities in response to  climate warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(17), e2415260122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415260122   

• Radujković,  D., Verbruggen, E.,  Clavel, J., Pauchard, A., Fuentes‐Lillo, E.,  Barros, A., ... &  Lembrechts, J. J. (2025). Road Disturbance Shifts  Root Fungal Symbiont  Types and Reduces the Connectivity of  Plant‐Fungal Co‐Occurrence  Networks in Mountains. Molecular Ecology, e17771. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17771   

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