Dr Simone Cesarz

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Since 2014:
Head of laboratory in the lab of Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig University, Germany

2013:
Head of laboratory in the lab of Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany

2008-2012:
PhD at the Georg August University of Goettingen under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Stefan Scheu and Prof. Dr. Matthias Schaefer.
Title: "Plant species and global change agents as driving factors of rhizosphere processes and soil nematode communities" funded by the Ministry of Science and Culture of Excellence "Functional Biodiversity Research"

2006-2007:
Diploma at the Georg August University of Goettingen under  the supervision of Prof. Dr. Matthias Schaefer: "Untersuchungen zum Einfluss der Baumartendiversität auf die Regenwürmer (Lumbricidae) eines Laubmischwaldes: Zusammensetzung der Gemeinschaft und Effekte der Qualität der Bodenstreu auf die Entwicklung"

2001-2006:
Study of Biology at the Georg August University of Goettingen

Sciene. I am an experimental soil ecologist interested in the effects of species loss on ecosystem functions. For this purpose I use nematodes as indicator organisms and measurements of microbial respiration. This combination allows me to work in different systems and on different topics, such as soils of grasslands and forests, in tree canopies, or on light pollution. These measurements are complemented with expertise on fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), which provide information on microbial community structures, but also biomass information of fungi and bacteria. The activity of extracellular enzymes and water-stable aggregates often complement my research.

Expertise. Due to the position of laboratory manager and the close cooperation with the working group leader Nico Eisenhauer, I have experience of a wide range of methods, as well as a wide variety of administrative procedures.

Teaching. Together with Alexandra Weigelt, I conduct classes for Bachelor and Master students every semester, in which we set up experiments, that are sampled and analyzed together. I further lead zoological excursions for teachers with a focus on soil fauna and insects.

My current externally funded projects:

• TreeDì - 林地 - TreeDiversity Interactions: The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests - is an International Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS).
• BETA-FOR - Enhancing structural diversity in production forests - is a Research Unit funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• PhytOakmeter - Using clonal oak phytometers to unravel acclimation and adaptation mechanisms of long-lived forest tree holobionts to ecological variations and climate change - is a Research Unit funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Jena-Experiment - Biotic interactions, community assembly, and eco-evolutionary dynamics as drivers of long-term biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships - is a Research Unit funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

   

*senior authorship | ** shared senior authorship

78. Hutengs C, Eisenhauer N, Schädler M, Cesarz S, Lochner A, Seidel M, Vohland M (2024) Enhanced VNIR and MIR proximal sensing of soil organic matter and PLFA-derived soil microbial properties through machine learning ensembles and external parameter orthogonalization. Geoderma 450: 117037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117037

77. Christel H, Bruelheide H, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Hähn GJA, Beugnon R (2024) The spatial distribution of tree–tree interaction effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration. Ecology and Evolution 14: e11530. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11530

76. Guo L, Chang P, Deng M, Yang S, Yang L, Peng Z, Beugnon R, Saadani M, Wang Z, Jia Z, Wang B, Liu C, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Bruelheide H, Liu L (2024) Tree species diversity modulates the effects of fungal pathogens on litter decomposition: evidences from an incubation experiment. Plant and Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-06780-x

75. Eisenhauer N, Vogel C, Domeignoz Horta LA, Bonato Asato A, Janda Z, Cesarz S* (2024) Plant diversity effects on soil multistability. Research Ideas and Outcomes 10: e127123. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e127123

74. Eldridge DJ, Ding J, Dorrough J, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Sala O, Gross N, Le Bagousse-Pinguet Y, Mallen-Cooper M, Saiz H, Asensio S, Ochoa V, Gozalo B, Guirado E, García-Gómez M, Valencia E, Martínez-Valderrama J, Plaza C, Abedi M, Ahmadian N, Ahumada RJ, Alcántara JM, Amghar F, Azevedo L, Ben Salem F, Berdugo M, Blaum N, Boldgiv B, Bowker M, Bran D, Bu C, Canessa R, Castillo-Monroy AP, Castro I, Castro-Quezada P, Cesarz S, Chibani R, Conceição AA, Darrouzet-Nardi A, Davila YC, Deák B, Díaz-Martínez P, Donoso DA, Dougill AD, Durán J, Eisenhauer N, Ejtehadi H, Espinosa CI, Fajardo A, Farzam M, Foronda A, Franzese J, Fraser LH, Gaitán J, Geissler K, Gonzalez SL, Gusman-Montalvan E, Hernández RM, Hölzel N, Hughes FM, Jadan O, Jentsch A, Ju M, Kaseke KF, Köbel M, Lehmann A, Liancourt P, Linstädter A, Louw MA, Ma Q, Mabaso M, Maggs-Kölling G, Makhalanyane TP, Issa OM, Marais E, McClaran M, Mendoza B, Mokoka V, Mora JP, Moreno G, Munson S, Nunes A, Oliva G, Oñatibia GR, Osborne B, Peter G, Pierre M, Pueyo Y, Emiliano Quiroga R, Reed S, Rey A, Rey P, Gómez VMR, Rolo V, Rillig MC, Le Roux PC, Ruppert JC, Salah A, Sebei PJ, Sharkhuu A, Stavi I, Stephens C, Teixido AL, Thomas AD, Tielbörger K, Robles ST, Travers S, Valkó O, Van Den Brink L, Velbert F, Von Heßberg A, Wamiti W, Wang D, Wang L, Wardle GM, Yahdjian L, Zaady E, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Maestre FT (2024) Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands. Nature Plants 10: 760–770. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01670-7

73. Singavarapu B, UlHaq H, Darnstaedt F, Nawaz A, Beugnon R, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Du J, Xue K, Wang Y, Bruelheide H, Wubet T (2024) Dissecting the Effects of Tree Mycorrhizal Type, Ecology, and Phylogeny on Forest Root Mycobiomes. New Phytologist 242:1691-1703. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19722

72. Patoine G, Eisenhauer N, Cesarz S, Phillips HRP, Xu X, Zhang L, Guerra CA (2024) Reply to: Field experiments show no consistent reductions in soil microbial carbon in response to warming. Nature Communications 15:1732 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45509-3

2023

71. Sünnemann M, Beugnon R, Breitkreuz C, Buscot F, Cesarz S, Jones A, Lehmann A, Lochner A, Orgiazzi A, Reitz T, Rillig MC, Schädler M, Smith LC, Zeuner A, Guerra CA, Eisenhauer N (2023) Climate change and cropland management compromise soil integrity and multifunctionality. Communications Earth & Environment 4: 394. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01047-2

70. Ray T, Delory BM, Beugnon R, Bruelheide H, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Quosh J, von Oheimb G, Fichtner A (2023) Tree diversity increases productivity through enhancing structural complexity across mycorrhizal types. Science Advances 9, eadi2362. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi2362

69. Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Bucher SF, Ciobanu M, Hines H (2023) Artificial light at night (ALAN) causes shifts in soil communities and functions. Philosophical Transactions B 378: 20220366. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0366

68. Dyer A, Ryser R, Brose U, Amyntas A, Bodnar N, Boy T, Bucher SF, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer E, Gebler A, Hines J, Kyba CCM, Menz MHM, Rackwitz K, Shatwell T, Terlau JF, Hirt M (2023) Insect communities under the influence of skyglow: diffuse night-time illuminance induces spatiotemporal shifts in movement and predation. Philosophical Transactions B 78: 20220359 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0359

67. Bucher SF, Uhde L, Weigelt A, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Gebler A, Kyba C, Römermann C, Shatwell T, Hines J (2023) Artificial light at night (ALAN) decreases plant diversity and performance in experimental grassland communities. Philosophical Transactions B 378: 20220358. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0358

PREPRINT Schnabel F, Beugnon R, Yang B, Richter R, Eisenhauer N, Huang Y, Liu X, Wirth C, Cesarz S, Fichtner A, Perles-Garcia MD, Hähn GJA, Härdtle W, Kunz M, Castro Izaguirre NC, Niklaus PA, von Oheimb G, Schmid B, Trogisch S, Wendisch M, Ma K, Bruelheide H (2023) Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering. bioRxiv: 2023.09.11.556807. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.11.556807

66. Beugnon R, Eisenhauer N, Bruelheide H, Davrinche A, Du J, Haider S, Hähn G, Saadani M, Singavarapu B, Sünnemann M, Thouvenot L, Wang Y, Wubet T, Xue K, Cesarz S* (2023) Tree diversity effects on litter decomposition are mediated by litterfall and microbial processes. Oikos.https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09751

65. Eisenhauer N, Angst G, Asato AEB, Beugnon R, Bönisch E, Cesarz S, Dietrich P, Jurburg SD, Madaj A-M, Reuben RC, Ristok C, Sünnemann M, Yi H, Guerra CA, Hines J (2023) The heterogeneity-diversity-system performance nexus.National Science Review 10: nwad109,   https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwad109.

64. Singavarapu B, Du J, Beugnon R, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Xue K, Wang Y, Bruelheide H, Wubet T (2023) Functional Potential of Soil Microbial Communities and Their Subcommunities Varies with Tree Mycorrhizal Type and Tree Diversity. Microbiology Spectrum 11: e04578-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04578-22

63. Müller J, Mitesser O, Cadotte MW, van der Plas F, Mori AS, Ammer C, Chao A, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Baldrian P, Bässler C, Biedermann P, Cesarz S, Claßen A, Delory BM, Feldhaar H, Fichtner A, Hothorn T, Kuenzer C, Peters MK, Pierick K, Schmitt T, Schuldt B, Seidel D, Six D, Steffan-Dewenter I, Thorn S, von Oheimb G, Wegmann M, Weisser WW, Eisenhauer N (2023) Enhancing the structural diversity between forest patches—A concept and real-world experiment to study biodiversity, multifunctionality and forest resilience across spatial scales. Global Change Biology 29: 1437–1450. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16564

2022

62. Beugnon R, Bu W, Bruelheide H, Davrinche A, Du J, Haider S, Kunz M, von Oheimb G, Perles‐Garcia MD, Saadani M, Scholten T, Seitz S, Singavarapu B, Trogisch S, Wang Y, Wubet T, Xue K, Yang B, Cesarz S**, Eisenhauer N (2022) Abiotic and biotic drivers of tree trait effects on soil microbial biomass and soil carbon concentration. Ecological Monographs 93: e1563. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1563

61. Gottschall F, Cesarz S**, Auge H, Kovach KR, Nock CA, Eisenhauer N (2022) Tree community composition stabilizes ecosystem functions in response to drought. Ecosphere 14: e4486. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.4486

60. Maestre FT, Bagousse-Pinguet YL, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Eldridge DJ, Saiz H, Berdugo M, Gozalo B, Ochoa V, Guirado E, García-Gómez M, Valencia E, Gaitán JJ, Asensio S, Mendoza BJ, Plaza C, Díaz-Martínez P, Rey A, Hu H-W, He J-Z, Wang J-T, Lehmann A, Rillig MC, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Martínez-Valderrama J, Moreno-Jiménez E, Sala O, Abedi M, Ahmadian N, Alados CL, Aramayo V, Amghar F, Arredondo T, Ahumada RJ, Bahalkeh K, Salem FB, Blaum N, Boldgiv B, Bowker MA, Bran D, Bu C, Canessa R, Castillo-Monroy AP, Castro H, Castro I, Castro-Quezada P, Chibani R, Conceição AA, Currier CM, Darrouzet-Nardi A, Deák B, Donoso DA, Dougill AJ, Durán J, Erdenetsetseg B, Espinosa CI, Fajardo A, Farzam M, Ferrante D, Frank ASK, Fraser LH, Gherardi LA, Greenville AC, Guerra CA, Gusmán-Montalvan E, Hernández-Hernández RM, Hölzel N, Huber-Sannwald E, Hughes FM, Jadán-Maza O, Jeltsch F, Jentsch A, Kaseke KF, Köbel M, Koopman JE, Leder CV, Linstädter A, Liu J, Louw MA, Maggs-Kölling G, Makhalanyane TP, Issa OM, Manzaneda AJ, Marais E, Mora JP, Moreno G, Munson SM, Nunes A, Oliva G, Oñatibia GR, Peter G, Pivari MOD, Pueyo Y, Quiroga RE, Rahmanian S, Reed SC, Rey PJ, Richard B, Rodríguez A, Rolo V, Rubalcaba JG, Ruppert JC, Salah A, Schuchardt MA, Spann S, Stavi I, Stephens CRA, Swemmer AM, Teixido AL, Thomas AD, Throop HL, Tielbörger K, Travers S, Val J, Valkó O, Wamiti W, Wang D, Wang L, Wardle GM, Yahdjian L, Zaady E, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Singh BK, Gross N (2022). Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands. Science 378: 915–920. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1126/science.abq40691

59. Antunes AC, Gauzens B, Brose U, Potapov AM, Jochum M, Santini L, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Cesarz S, Scheu S, Hirt MR. (2022). Environmental drivers of local abundance–mass scaling in soil animal communities. Oikos 2023: e09735. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09735

58. Patoine G, Eisenhauer N, Cesarz S, Phillips H,  Xu X, Zhang L, Guerra CA (2022) Drivers and trends of global soil microbial carbon over two decades. Nature Communications 13: 4195. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31833-z

57. Sasaki T, Ishii N, Makishima D, Sutoh R, Goto A, Kawai Y, Taniguchi H, Okano K, Matsuo A, Lochner A, Cesarz S, Suyama Y, Hikosaka K, Eisenhauer N (2022) Plant and microbial community composition jointly determine moorland multifunctionality. Journal of Ecology 110: 2507–2521. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.13969

56. Ferlian O, Cesarz S, Lochner A, Potapov A, Thouvenot L, Eisenhauer N (2022)Earthworm invasion shifts trophic niches of ground-dwelling invertebrates in a North American forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 171, 108730. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108730

55.Cesarz S, Craven D, Auge H, Bruehlheide H, Castagneyrol, Gutknecht J, Hector A, Jactel H, Koricheva J, Messier C, Muys B, O'Brien M, Paquette A, Ponette Q, Potvin C, Reich PB, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Smith AR, Verheyen K, Eisenhauer N (2022) Tree diversity effects on soil microbial biomass and respiration are context dependent across forest diversity experiments (2022). Global Ecology and Biogeography 31:872-885. http://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13461

54. Lembrechts JJ, …, Cesarz S, … , Lenoir J (2022) Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology 28: 3110-3144. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16060.

53. Mielke L, Taubert M, Cesarz S, Ruess L, Küsel K, Gleixner B,  G, Lange M (2022) Nematode grazing increases the allocation of plant-derived carbon to soil bacteria and saprophytic fungi, and activates bacterial species of the rhizosphere. Pedobiologia 90, 150787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2021.150787

2021

52. Liu M, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Xia H, Fu S, Dylan C (2021) Soil quality, leaf litter quality, and microbial biomass interactively drive soil respiration in a microcosm experiment.SOIL ORGANISMS 93:181–194. https://doi.org/10.25674/so93iss3id158

51. Beugnon R, Ladouceur E, Sünnemann M, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N (2021) Diverse forests are cool: Promoting diverse forests to mitigate carbon emissions and climate change. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment 1:5-8. http://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12005

50. Gottschall F, Cesarz S, Auge H, Kovach KR, Mori AS, Nock CA, Eisenhauer N (2021) Spatio-temporal dynamics of abiotic and biotic properties explain biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships. Ecological Monographs 92:e01490. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1490

49. Beugnon R, Du J, Cesarz S, Jurburg SD, Pang Z, Singavarapu B, Wubet T, Xue K, Wang Y, Eisenhauer N (2021) Tree diversity and soil chemical properties drive the linkages between soil microbial community and ecosystem functioning. ISME Communications 1: 41. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-021-00040-0

48. Singavarapu B, Beugnon R, Bruelheide H, Cesarz S, Du J, Eisenhauer N, Guo L-D, Nawaz A, Wang Y, Xue K & Wubet T (2021) Tree mycorrhizal type and tree diversity shape the forest soil microbiota. Environmental Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15690

47. Smith L, Orgiazzi A, Eisenhauer N, Cesarz S, Lochner A,  Jones A, Bastida F, Patoine G, Reitz T, Buscot F, Rillig MC,  Heintz-Buschart A, Lehmann A, Guerra CA (2021) Large-scale drivers of relationships between soil microbial properties and organic carbon across Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30: 2070-2083. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13371

46. Dietrich P, Cesarz S, Liu T, Roscher C, Eisenhauer N (2021) Effects of plant species diversity on nematode community composition and diversity in a long‑term biodiversity experiment. Oecologia 197: 297–311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04956-1

PREPRINT Lambrechts JJ, ..., Cesarz S, ... et al (2021) Mismatch between soil and air temperature. https://doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/pksqw

45. Trogisch S, Liu X, Rutten G, Xue K, Bauhus J, Brose U, Bu W, Cesarz S, Chesters D, Connolly J, Cui X, Eisenhauer N, Guo L, Haider S, Härdtle W, Kunz M, Liu L, Ma Z, Neumann S, Sang W, Schuldt A, Tang Z, van Dam NM, von Oheimb G, Wang M-Q, Wang S, Weinhold A, Wirth C, Wubet T, Xu X, Yang B, Zhang N, Zhu C-D, Ma K, Wang Y, Bruelheide H (2021) The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning. Basic and Applied Ecology 55:33-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2021.02.003

44. Singh J, Eisenhauer N, Schädler M, Cesarz S* (2021) Earthworm gut passage reinforces land-use effects on soil microbial communities across climate treatments. Applied Soil Ecology 164:103919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.103919

2020

43. Carlos A. Guerra, Richard D. Bardgett, Lucrezia Caon, Thomas W. Crowther, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Luca Montanarella, Laetitia M. Navarro, Alberto Orgiazzi, Brajesh K. Singh, Leho Tedersoo, Ronald Vargas-Rojas, Maria J. I. Briones, François Buscot, Erin K. Cameron, Simone Cesarz, Antonis Chatzinotas, Don A. Cowan, Ika Djukic, Johan van der Hoogen, Anika Lehmann, Fernando T. Maestre, César Marín, Thomas Reitz, Matthias C. Rillig, Linnea C. Smith, Franciska T. de Vries, Alexandra Weigelt, Diana H. Wall & Nico Eisenhauer (2020) Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity, Science 371: 239-241, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd7926

42. Kostin J, Cesarz S, Lochner A, Schädler M, Macdonald C, Eisenhauer N (2020) Land-use drives the temporal stability and magnitude of soil microbial functions and modulates climate effects. Ecological Applications 31:e02325. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2325

41. Guerra CA, Heintz-Buschart A, Sikorski J, Chatzinotas A, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Cesarz S, Beaumelle L, Rillig MC, Maestre FT, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Buscot F, Overmann J, Patoine G, Phillips HRP, Winter M, Wubet T, Küsel K, Bardgett RD, Cameron EK, Cowan D, Grebenc T, Marín C, Orgiazzi A, Singh BK, Wall DH, Eisenhauer N (2020) Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research. Nature Communications 11:3870. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17688-2

40. Lembrechts JJ, ..., Cesarz S, ... et al. (2020) SoilTemp: a global database of near-surface temperature. Global Change Biology 26:6616-6629. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15123

PREPRINT Cesarz S, Craven D, Auge H, Bruelheide, H, Castagneyrol B, Hector A, Jactel H, Koricheva J, Messier C, Muys B, O’Brien MJ, Paquette A, Ponette Q, Potvin C, Reich PB, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Smith AR, Verheyen K, Eisenhauer N (2020) Biotic and abiotic drivers of soil microbial functions across tree diversity experiments

39. Heintz-Buschart A, Guerra C, Djukic I, Cesarz S, Chatzinotas A, Patoine G, Sikorski J, Buscot F, Küsel K, Wegner CE, & Eisenhauer N (2020) Microbial diversity-ecosystem function relationships across environmental gradients. Research Ideas and Outcomoes 6: e52217. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.6.e52217

2019

38. Dietrich P, Roeser A, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Ebeling A, Schmid B, Schulze ED, Wagg C, Weigelt A, Roscher C (2019) Nematode communities, plant nutrient economy, and life-cycle characteristics jointly determine plant monoculture performance over 12-years: Oikos 129:466-479. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.06989

37. Gottschall F, Davids S, Newiger‐Dous TE,Auge H, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N (2019) Tree species identity determines wood decomposition via microclimatic effects. Ecology and Evolution 9:12113-12127. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5665

36.Cesarz S, Schulz, Annika, Beugnon R, Eisenhauer N (2019) Testing soil nematode extraction efficiency using different variations of the Baermann-funnel method. Soil Organisms 91:61-72. https://doi.org/10.25674/so91201

35. González Macé O, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Cesarz S, Scheu S (2019) Variations in trophic niches of generalist predators with plant community composition as indicated by stable isotopes and fatty acids. Soil Organisms 91:45-59. https://doi.org/10.25674/so91204

34. Thakur MP, Del Real IM, Cesarz S, Steinauer K, Reich PB, Hobbie S, Ciobanu M, Rich R, Worm K, Eisenhauer N (2019) Soil microbial, nematode, and enzymatic responses to elevated CO2, N fertilization, warming, and reduced precipitation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 135:184–193. https://doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.04.020

33. Cameron EK, Martins IS, Lavelle P, Mathieu J, Tedersoo L, Bahram M, Gotschall F, Guerra CA, Hines J, Patoine G, Siebert J, Winter M, Cesarz S, Kreft H, Lovejoy TE, Montanarella L, Orgiazzi A, Pereira HM, Phillips HRP, Settele J, Wall DH, Eisenhauer N. (2019) Global mismatches in aboveground and belowground biodiversity. Conervation Biology 33:1187–1192 . https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13311

32. Kehoe L, ...., Cesarz S et al (2019) Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable. Science 364:341. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw8276

2018

31. Ciobanu M, Eisenhauer N, Stoica IA, CesarzS* (2018) Natura 2000 priority and non-priority habitats do not differ in soil nematode diversity. Applied Soil Ecology 135:166-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.12.009

30. Giling DP, Beaumelle L, Phillips HRP, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Ferlian O, Gottschall F, Guerra C, Hines J, Sendek A, Siebert J, Thakur MP, Barnes AD  (2018) A niche for ecosystem multifunctionality in global change research. Global Change Biology 25:763-774. https://doi: 10.1111/gcb.14528

29. Siebert J, Suennemann M, Auge H, Berger S, Cesarz S, Ciobanu M, Guerrero-Ramirez NR, Eisenhauer N (2018) The effects of drought and nutrient addition on soil organisms vary across taxonomic groups, but are constant across seasons, Scientific Reports 9:639. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36777-3

PREPRINTSiebert J, Suennemann M, Auge H, Berger S, Cesarz S, Ciobanu M, Guerrero-Ramirez NR, Eisenhauer N (2018) The effects of drought and nutrient addition on soil organisms vary across taxonomic groups, but are constant across seasons

28. Kuťáková E, Cesarz S, Münzbergová Z, Eisenhauer N (2018) Soil microarthropods alter the outcome of plant-soil feedback experiments. Scientific Reports 8:11898. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30340-w

PREPRINTSchulz AE, Eisenhauer N, Cesarz S (2018) Testing soil nematode extraction efficiency using different variations of the Baermann funnel method

27. Cameron EK, Martins, IS, Lavelle P, Mathieu J, Tedersoo L, Gottschall F, Guerra CA, Hines J, Patoine G, Siebert J, Winter M, Cesarz S, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Ferlian O, Fierer N, Kreft H, Lovejoy TE, Montanarella L, Orgiazzi AS, Pereira HM, Phillips HRP, Settele J, Wall DH, Eisenhauer N (2018) Global gaps in soil biodiversity data. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2:1042-1043. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0573-8

26. Ferlian O, Cesarz S, Craven D, Hines J, Barry KE, Bruelheide H, Buscot F, Haider S, Heklau H, Herrmann S, Kühn P, Pruschitzki U, Schädler U, Wagg C, Weigelt A, Wubet T, Eisenhauer N (2018) Mycorrhiza in tree diversity-ecosystem function relationships: conceptual framework and experimental implementation. Ecosphere 9:e02226. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2226

25. Milcu A, Puga-Freitas R, Ellison AM, Blouin M, Scheu S, Freschet GT, Rose L, Barot S, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N, Girin T, Assandri D, Bonkowski M, Buchmann N, Butenschoen O, Devidal S, Gleixner G, Gessler A, Gigon A, Greiner A, Grignani C, Hansart A, Kayler Z, Lange M, Lata J-C, Le Galliard J-F, Lukac M, Mannerheim N, Müller MEH, Pando A, Rotter P, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Seyhun R, Urban-Mead K, Weigelt A, Zavattaro L, Roy J (2018). Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2:279-287. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0434-x

2017

24. Hines J, Pabst S, Mueller KE, Blumenthal DM, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N (2017) Soil-mediated effects of global change on plants communities depend on plant growth form. Ecosphere 8: 1–15. doi:10.1002/ecs2.1996

23. Dietrich P , Buchmann T , Cesarz S , Eisenhauer N , Roscher C (2017) Fertilization, soil and plant community characteristics determine soil microbial activity in managed temperate grasslands. Plant and Soil 419: 189–199. doi:10.1007/s11104-017-3328-4

22. Cesarz S, Ciobanu M, Wright AJ, Ebeling A, Vogel A, Weisser WW, Eisenhauer N (2017) Plant species richness sustains higher trophic levels of soil nematode communities after consecutive environmental perturbations. Oecologia 184: 715-728. doi 10.1007/s00442-017-3893-5

2016

21. Rughoeft S, Herrmann M, Lazar CS, Cesarz S, Levick S, Trumbore S, Küsel K (2016) Community composition and abundance of nitrifiers and total bacterial and archaeal populations in savanna soils on contrasting bedrock material in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 1638. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01638

20.Cesarz S, Craven D, Dietrich C, Eisenhauer N (2016) Effects of soil and leaf litter quality on the biomass of two endogeic earthworm species. European Journal of Soil Biology 77: 9-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2016.09.002

19. Mueller K, Blumenthal DM, Carrillo Y, Cesarz S, Ciobanu M, Hines J, Pabst S, Pendall E, de Tomasel CM, Wall D, Eisenhauer N (2016) Elevated CO2 and warming shift the functional composition of soil nematode communities in a semiarid grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 103: 46-51. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.08.005

18. Eisenhauer N, Barnes A, Cesarz S, Craven D, Ferlian O, Gottschall F, Hines J, Sendek A, Siebert J, Thakur M, Türke M (2016) Biodiversity–ecosystem function experiments reveal the mechanisms underlying the consequences of biodiversity change in real world ecosystems. Journal of Vegetation Science 27: 1061-1070. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12435

17. do Couto GM, Eisenhauer N, de Oliveira EB, Cesarz S, Feliciano ALP, Marangon LC (2016) Response of soil microbial biomass and activity in early restored lands in the northeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Restoration Ecology 24: 609-616. doi: 10.1111/rec.12356

2015

16. Wagner D, Eisenhauer N, Cesarz S* (2015) Plant species richness does not attenuate responses of soil microbial and nematode communities to a flood event. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 89: 135–149. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.07.001

15. Thakur MP, Herrmann M, Steinauer K, Rennoch S, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N (2015) Cascading effects of belowground predators on plant communities are density-dependent. Ecology and Evolution 19: 4300-4319. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1597

14. Schwarz B, Dietrich C, Cesarz S, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Auge H, Schulz E, Eisenhauer N (2015) Non-significant tree diversity but significant identity effects on earthworm communities in three tree diversity experiments. European Journal of Soil Biology 67: 17-26. doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.01.001

13. Cesarz S, Reich PB, Scheu S, Ruess L, Schaefer M and Eisenhauer N (2015) Nematode functional guilds, not trophic groups, reflect shifts in soil food webs and processes in response to interacting global change factors. Pedobiologia 58: 23.32. doi:10.1016/j.pedobi.2015.01.001

2014

12. Araújo ASP, Borges CD, Tsai SM, Cesarz S, Eisenhauer N (2014) Soil bacterial diversity in degraded and restored lands of Northeast Brazil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 106: 891-899. doi:10.1007/s10482-014-0258-5

11. Ferlian O, Cesarz S, Marhan S, Scheu S (2014) Carbon food resources of earthworms of different ecological groups as indicated by 13C compound-specific stable isotope analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 77: 22-30. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.06.002

10. Steinauer K, Tilman D, Wragg PD, Cesarz S, Cowles JM, Pritsch K, Reich PB, Weisser WW, Eisenhauer N (2014) Plant diversity effects on soil microbial functions and enzymes are stronger than warming in a grassland experiment. Ecology 96: 99-112. doi:10.1890/14-0088.1

09. Eisenhauer N, Wirsch D, Cesarz S, Craven D, Dietrich P, Friese J, Helm J, Hines J, Schellenberg M, Scherreiks P, Schwarz B, Uhe C, Wagner K, Steinauer K (2014) Organic textile dye improves the visual assessment of the bait-lamina test. Applied Soil Ecology 82: 78-81. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.05.008

08. Thakur MP, Reich P, Fisichelli N, Stefanski A, Cesarz S, Dobies T, Rich R, Hobbie S, Eisenhauer N (2014) Nematode community shifts in response to experimental warming and canopy conditions are associated with plant community changes in the temperate-boreal forest ecotone. Oecologia. 175: 713-723. doi:10.1007/s00442-014-2927-5

2013

07. Araújo ASF, Eisenhauer N, Nunes LAPL, Leite LFC, Cesarz S* (2013) Soil surface-active fauna in degraded and restored lands of Northeast Brazil. Land Degradation & Development 26: 1-8. doi:10.1002/ldr.2247

06. Araújo ASF, Cesarz S, Leite LFC, Daniel C, Tsai S, Eisenhauer N (2013) Soil microbial properties and temporal stability in degraded and restored lands of Northeast Brazil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 66: 175-181. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.07.013

05. Eisenhauer N, Dobies T, Cesarz S, Hobbie SE, Meyer RJ, Worm K, Reich PB (2013) Plant diversity effects on soil food webs are stronger than those of elevated CO2 and N deposition in a long-term grassland experiment. PNAS 110: 6889-6894. doi:10.1073/pnas.1217382110

04. Cesarz S, Ruess L, Jacob M, Jacob A, Schaefer M and Scheu S (2013) Tree species diversity versus tree species identity: driving forces in structuring forest food webs as indicated by soil nematodes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 62: 36-45. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.02.020

03.Cesarz S, Fender A-C, Beyer F, Valtanen K, Pfeiffer B, Gansert D, Hertel D, Polle A, Daniel R, Leuschner C and Scheu S. (2013) Roots from beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) differentially affect soil microorganisms and carbon dynamics. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 61: 23-32. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.02.003

2012

02. Eisenhauer N, Cesarz S, Koller R, Worm K and Reich PB (2012) Global change below ground: impacts of elevated CO2, nitrogen and summer drought on soil food webs and biodiversity. Global Change Biology 18: 435-447. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02555.x

01. Cesarz S, Fahrenholz N, Migge-Kleian S, Platner C, Schaefer M (2007) Earthworm communities in relation to tree diversity in a deciduous forest. European Journal of Soil Biology 43: 61-67. doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2007.08.003