Weed suppression greatly increased by plant diversity in intensively managed grasslands: A continental‐scale experiment

John Connolly, Maria‐Teresa Sebastià, L. Kirwan, +31

Journal of Applied Ecology

Grass–legume mixtures can yield more nitrogen than legume pure stands due to mutual stimulation of nitrogen uptake from symbiotic and non-symbiotic sources

D. Nyfeler, Olivier Huguenin‐Elie, Matthias Suter, +2

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

BiogeochemistryGrass–legume MixturesEngineeringPlant-soil InteractionPlant-soil Relationship +6

Ecosystem function enhanced by combining four functional types of plant species in intensively managed grassland mixtures: a 3‐year continental‐scale field experiment

John A. Finn, L. Kirwan, John Connolly, +29

Journal of Applied Ecology

Weed BiomassBiodiversitySpecies MixturesEcosystem FunctionEngineering +12

Strong mixture effects among four species in fertilized agricultural grassland led to persistent and consistent transgressive overyielding

D. Nyfeler, Olivier Huguenin‐Elie, Matthias Suter, +3

Journal of Applied Ecology

BiodiversityConsistent Transgressive OveryieldingFertilized Agricultural GrasslandGrass–legume MixturesFour‐species Mixtures +11

Nitrogen yield advantage from grass–legume mixtures is robust over a wide range of legume proportions and environmental conditions

Matthias Suter, John Connolly, John A. Finn, +4

Global Change Biology

Yield of temperate forage grassland species is either largely resistant or resilient to experimental summer drought

Daniel Hofer, Matthias Suter, E Haughey, +4

Journal of Applied Ecology

EngineeringBotanyAgricultural EconomicsDrought ResilienceCrop Physiology +15

Nitrogen status of functionally different forage species explains resistance to severe drought and post-drought overcompensation

Daniel Hofer, Matthias Suter, Nina Buchmann, +1

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Post-drought OvercompensationEngineeringPlant-abiotic InteractionBotanyDrought +5

Nitrogen deposition but not ozone affects productivity and community composition of subalpine grassland after 3 yr of treatment

Seraina Bassin, Matthias Volk, Matthias Suter, +2

New Phytologist

Higher species richness enhances yield stability in intensively managed grasslands with experimental disturbance

E Haughey, Matthias Suter, Daniel Hofer, +4

Scientific Reports

Do belowground vertical niche differences between deep- and shallow-rooted species enhance resource uptake and drought resistance in grassland mixtures?

Nyncke J. Hoekstra, Matthias Suter, John A. Finn, +2

Plant and Soil

BiodiversityEngineeringDroughtDrylandsGeography +7