DR. STEPHANIE SOCHER

2019

Jörg Müller, Steffen Boch, Daniel Prati, Stephanie A. Socher, Ulf Pommer, Dominik Hessenmöller, Peter Schall, Ernst Detlef Schulze, Markus Fischer   (2019) Effects of forest management on bryophyte species richness in Central European forests. Forest Ecology and ManagementVolume 432, Pages 850-859

2018

Busch, Verena; Klaus, Valentin; Penone, Caterina; Schäfer, Deborah; Boch, Steffen ; Prati, Daniel; Müller, Jörg; Socher, Stephanie ; Niinemets, Ülo; Peñuelas, Josep; Hölzel, Norbert; Fischer, Markus; Kleinebecker, Till,  (2018) Nutrient stoichiometry and land use rather than species richness determine plant functional diversity. Ecology and Evolution, 8(1), pp. 601-616.

2017

Simons, Nadja K.; Lewinsohn, Thomas; Blüthgen, Nico; Buscot, François;Boch, Steffen; Daniel, Rolf; Gossner, Martin M.; Jung, Kirsten; Kaiser, Kristin;Müller, Jörg; Prati, Daniel; Renner, Swen C.; Socher, Stephanie A.; Sonnemann, Ilja; Weiner, Christiane N.; Werner, Michael; Wubet, Tesfaye;Wurst, Susanne; Weisser, Wolfgang W.(2017). Contrasting effects of grassland management modes on species-abundance distributions of multiple groups. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 237, pp. 143-153. Elsevier

2016  

Martin M. Gossner, Thomas M. Lewinsohn, Tiemo Kahl, Fabrice Grassein, Steffen Boch, Daniel Prati, Klaus Birkhofer, Swen C. Renner, Johannes Sikorski, Tesfaye Wubet, Hartmut Arndt, Vanessa Baumgartner, Stefan Blaser, Nico Blüthgen, Carmen Börschig, Francois Buscot, Tim Diekötter, Leonardo Ré Jorge, Kirsten Jung, Alexander C. Keyel, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Sandra Klemmer, Jochen Krauss, Markus Lange, Jörg Müller, Jörg Overmann, Esther Pašalić, Caterina Penone, David J. Perović, Oliver Purschke, Peter Schall, Stephanie A. Socher, Ilja Sonnemann, Marco Tschapka, Teja Tscharntke, Manfred Türke, Paul Christiaan Venter, Christiane N. Weiner, Michael Werner, Volkmar Wolters, Susanne Wurst, Catrin Westphal, Markus Fischer, Wolfgang W. Weisser & Eric Allan (2016). Land-use intensification causes multitrophic homogenization of grassland communities. Nature, 540, S. 266–269. doi:10.1038/nature20575

Santiago Soliveres, Fons van der Plas, Peter Manning, Daniel Prati, Martin M. Gossner, Swen C. Renner, Fabian Alt, Hartmut Arndt, Vanessa Baumgartner, Julia Binkenstein, Klaus Birkhofer, Stefan Blaser, Nico Blüthgen, Steffen Boch, Stefan Böhm, Carmen Börschig, Francois Buscot, Tim Diekötter, Johannes Heinze, Norbert Hölzel, Kirsten Jung, Valentin H. Klaus, Till Kleinebecker, Sandra Klemmer, Jochen Krauss, Markus Lange, E. Kathryn Morris, Jörg Müller, Yvonne Oelmann, Jörg Overmann, Esther Pašalić, Matthias C. Rillig, H. Martin Schaefer, Michael Schloter, Barbara Schmitt, Ingo Schöning, Marion Schrumpf, Johannes Sikorski, Stephanie A. Socher, Emily F. Solly, Ilja Sonnemann, Elisabeth Sorkau, Juliane Steckel, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Barbara Stempfhuber, Marco Tschapka, Manfred Türke, Paul C. Venter, Christiane N. Weiner, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Michael Werner, Catrin Westphal, Wolfgang Wilcke, Volkmar Wolters, Tesfaye Wubet, Susanne Wurst, Markus Fischer & Eric Allan (2016). Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature, 536(7617), S. 456-459. Macmillan Journals Ltd. 10.1038/nature19092

Santiago Soliveres, Peter Manning, Daniel Prati, Martin M. Gossner, Fabian Alt, Hartmut Arndt, Vanessa Baumgartner, Julia Binkenstein, Klaus Birkhofer, Stefan Blaser, Nico Blüthgen, Steffen Boch, Stefan Böhm, Carmen Börschig, Francois Buscot, Tim Diekötter, Johannes Heinze, Norbert Hölzel, Kirsten Jung, Valentin H. Klaus, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Till Kleinebecker, Sandra Klemmer, Jochen Krauss, Markus Lange, E. Kathryn Morris, Jörg Müller, Yvonne Oelmann, Jörg Overmann, Esther Pašalić, Swen C. Renner, Matthias C. Rillig, H. Martin Schaefer, Michael Schloter, Barbara Schmitt, Ingo Schöning, Marion Schrumpf, Johannes Sikorski, Stephanie A. Socher, Emily F. Solly, Ilja Sonnemann, Elisabeth Sorkau, Juliane Steckel, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Barbara Stempfhuber, Marco Tschapka, Manfred Türke, Paul Venter, Christiane N. Weiner, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Michael Werner, Catrin Westphal, Wolfgang Wilcke, Volkmar Wolters, Tesfaye Wubet, Susanne Wurst, Markus Fischer, Eric Allan (2016)Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Series B – Biological Sciences, 371(1694), S. 20150269. Royal Society of London 10.1098/rstb.2015.0269

Havinga R, Kool A, Achille F, Bavcon J, Berg C, Bonomi C, Burkart M, De Meyere D, Hart J, Havström M, Keßler P, Knickmann B, Köster N, Martinez R, Ostgaard H,  Ravnjak B, Scheen AC, Smith Pamela, Smith Paul, Socher SA, Vange V (2016) The Index Seminum: Seeds of change for seed exchange. Taxon 65(2): 333-336.

2015

Soliveres, S; Maestre, ; Ulrich, W; Manning, P; Boch, S; Bowker, MA.; Prati, D; Delgado-Baquerizo, M; Quero, JL.; Schöning, I; Gallardo, A; Weisser, W; Müller, J; Socher, S; Garcia-Gomez, M; Ochoa, V; Schulze, ED; Fischer, M; Allan, E; Holyoak, M (2015). Intransitive competition is widespread in plant communities and maintains their species richness. Ecology Letters, 18(8), 790-798

Manning, P; Gossner, MM; Bossdorf, O; Allan, E; Zhang, YY; Prati, D; Blühgen, N; Boch, S; Böhm, S; Börschig, C; Hölzel, N; Jung, K; Klaus, VH; Klein, AM; Kleinebecker, T; Krauss, J; Lange, M; Müller, J; Palavic, E; Socher, S; … (2015). Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa. Ecology, 96(6) 1492-1501

2014

Lange, Markus; Türke, Manfred; Pasalic, Esther; Boch, Steffen; Hessenmöller, Dominik; Müller, Jörg; Prati, Daniel; Socher, Stephanie; Fischer, Markus; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Gossner, Martin M. (2014). Effects of forest management on ground-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae, Staphylinidae) in Central Europe are mainly mediated by changes in forest structure. Forest Ecology and Management, 329, S. 166-176. Elsevier 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.06.012

Simons, Nadja K.; Gossner, Martin M.; Lewinsohn, Thomas M.; Boch, Steffen; Lange, Markus; Müller, Jörg; Pasalic, Esther; Socher, Stephanie; Türke, Manfred; Fischer, Markus; Weisser, Wolfgang W. (2014). Resource-Mediated Indirect Effects of Grassland Management on Arthropod Diversity. PLoS ONE, 9(9), e107033. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0107033

Morris, E. Kathryn; Caruso, Tancredi; Buscot, Francois; Fischer, Markus; Hancock, Christine; Maier, Tanja S.; Meiners, Torsten; Mueller, Caroline; Obermaier, Elisabeth; Prati, Daniel; Socher, Stephanie A.; Sonnemann, Ilja; Waeschke, Nicole; Wubet, Tesfaye; Wurst, Susanne; Rillig, Matthias C. (2014). Choosing and using diversity indices: insights for ecological applications from the German Biodiversity Exploratories. Ecology and evolution, 4(18), S. 3514-3524. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 10.1002/ece3.1155

Gossner, Martin M.; Pasalic, Esther; Lange, Markus; Lange, Patricia; Boch, Steffen; Hessenmöller, Dominik; Müller, Jörg; Socher, Stephanie; Fischer, Markus; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef; Weisser, Wolfgang W. (2014). Differential Responses of Herbivores and Herbivory to Management in Temperate European Beech. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e104876. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0104876
Weiss, Lina; Pfestorf, Hans; May, Felix; Kärner, Katrin; Boch, Steffen; Fischer, Markus; Müller, Jörg; Prati, Daniel; Socher, Stephanie A.; Jeltsch, Florian (2014). Grazing response patterns indicate isolation of semi-natural European grasslands. Oikos, 123(5), S. 599-612. Blackwell 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00957.x

Allan, Eric; Bossdorf, Oliver; Dormann, Carsten F.; Prati, Daniel; Gossner, Martin M.; Tscharntke, Teja; Bluethgen, Nico; Bellach, Michaela; Birkhofer, Klaus; Boch, Steffen; Boehm, Stefan; Boerschig, Carmen; Chatzinotas, Antonis; Christ, Sabina; Daniel, Rolf; Diekoetter, Tim; Fischer, Christiane; Friedl, Thomas; Glaser, Karin; Hallmann, Christine; … (2014). Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America – PNAS, 111(1), S. 308-313. National Academy of Sciences NAS 10.1073/pnas.1312213111

Herold, Nadine; Schoening, Ingo; Gutknecht, Jessica; Alt, Fabian; Boch, Steffen; Mueller, Jorg; Oelmann, Yvonne; Socher, Stephanie A.; Wilcke, Wolfgang; Wubet, Tesfaye; Schrumpf, Marion (2014). Soil property and management effects on grassland microbial communities across a latitudinal gradient in Germany. Applied soil ecology, 73, S. 41-50. Elsevier 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.07.009

2013

Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Gossner MM, Alt F, Boch S, Gockel S, Hemp A, Lange M, Müller J, Oelmann Y, Pasalic E, Renner SC, Socher S, Türke M, Weisser  WW, Fischer M, Hölzel N (2013) Does organic grassland farming benefit plant and arthropod diversity at the expense of yield and soil fertility? Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 177, 1-9

Boch S, Prati D, Müller J, Socher S, Baumbach H, Buscot F, Gockel S, Hemp A, Hessenmöller D, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Pfeiffer S, Pommer U, Schöning I, Schulze ED, Seilwinder C, Weisser WW, Wells K, Fischer M(2013). High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests. Basic and applied ecology, 14(6),  496-505

Solly E, Schöning I, Boch S, Müller J, Socher S, Trumbore SE, Schrumpf M (2013). Mean age of carbon in fine roots from temperate forests and grasslands with different management. Biogeosciences, 10(7), 4833-4843

Klaus VH, Hölzel N, Boch S, Müller J, Socher SA, Prati D, Fischer M, Kleinebecker T (2013). Direct and indirect associations between plant species richness and productivity in grasslands: regional differences preclude simple generalization of productivity-biodiversity relationships. Preslia, 85(2), 97-112

Pfestorf H, Weiss L,  Müller J, Boch S, Socher SA, Prati D, Schöning I,  Weisser W, Fischer M, Jeltsch F (2013).Community mean traits as additional indicators to monitor effects of land-use intensity on grassland plant diversity. Perspectives in plant ecology, evolution and systematics, 15(1) 1-11

Socher SA, Prati D, Boch S, Müller Jörg, Baumbach H, Gockel S, Hemp A, Schöning Ingo, Wells K, Buscot F, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Schulze ED, Weisser WW, Fischer M (2013). Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions. Basic and applied ecology, 14(2) 126-136.

2012

Türke M, Andreas K, Gossner MM, Kowalski E, Lange M, Boch S, Socher SA, Müller J, Prati D, Fischer M, Meyhöfer R, Weisser WW (2012). Are Gastropods, Rather than Ants, Important Dispersers of Seeds of Myrmecochorous Forest Herbs? American naturalist, 179(1) 124-131

Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Boch S, Müller J, Socher S, Prati D, Fischer M, Hölzel N. (2012). NIRS meets Ellenberg’s indicator values: Prediction of moisture and nitrogen values of agricultural grassland vegetation by means of near-infrared spectral characteristics. Ecological indicators, 14(1),  82-86.

Blüthgen N, Dormann CF, Prati D, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N, Alt F, Boch S, Gockel S, Hemp A, Müller J, Nieschulze J, Renner SC, Schöning I, Schumacher U, Socher SA, Wells K, Birkhofer K, Buscot F, Oelmann Y; … (2012). A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization. Basic and applied ecology, 13(3) 207-220

Socher SA, Prati D,  Boch S, Müller J, Klaus VH, Hölzel N, Fischer M (2012) Direct and productivity-mediated indirect effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on grassland species richness. Journal of Ecology, 100(6),  1391-1399

2011

Heinze E, Boch S, Fischer M, Hessenmöller D, Klenk B, Müller J, Prati D, Schulze ED, Seele  C,  Socher S, Halle S (2011) Habitat use of large ungulates in northeastern Germany in relation to forest management. Forest Ecology and Management, 261(2), 288-296

Birkhofer K, Diekö¶tter T, Boch S, Fischer M, Müller Jörg, Socher S, Wolters V (2011) Soil fauna feeding activity in temperate grassland soils increases with legume and grass species richness. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 43(10): 2200-2207

Klaus VH; Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N, Blüthgen N, Boch S, Müller J, Socher SA, Prati D, Fischer M (2011) Nutrient concentrations and fibre contents of plant community biomass reflect species richness patterns along a broad range of land-use intensities among agricultural grasslands. Perspectives in plant ecology, evolution and systematics, 13(4): 287-295