Welcome!
Our research aims at better understanding of how biotic and abiotic factors interact to influence plant community dynamics, diversity and ecosystem functioning. In the Anthropocene, this is especially important because plants are facing multiple interacting global changes, such as eutrophication, changing climatic conditions and grazing regimes. These are likely to alter plant fitness in different life stages and competitive interactions with other plants and soil biota, ultimately leading to changes in community composition and diversity, and multiple ecosystem functions. We mainly do experimental research that seeks disentangling the impacts of different driving factors alone and in interaction with others.
NEWS
July 2023
Herbivory and nutrients shape grassland soil seed banks. New paper in Nature Communications!
April 2023
Congratulation Mia & Noémie for their papers in Journal of Ecology and Ecology Letters!
November 2022
Light competition drives herbivore and nutrient effects on plant diversity. New paper out in Nature!
February 2022
Mia defended her PhD thesis, congrats Mia!
January 2022
Noémie’s paper out in Journal of Ecology, congrats Noémie!
January 2022
Lena officially started her PhD project!
November 2021
Xuebin Yan started as a visiting PhD-student in our lab, welcome!
October 2021
Chhaya’s paper was accepted to Oecologia, congratulations Chhaya!
August 2021
New paper in press in Ecology!
June 2021
Two new papers accepted to Ecology and Ecology Letters!
October 2020
New paper accepted to Global Change Biology!
September 2020
New research paper accepted for publication in Ecology
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