Publications by Valentin Klaus

Peer-reviewed Journals
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Peer-reviewed Journals

Boesing AL, Klaus VH, Neyret M, Le Provost G, Peter S, Fischer M, Manning P (2024) Identifying the optimal landscape configuration for landscape multifunctionality. Ecosystem Services 67: 101630, doi: external page 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101630
Sun Q, Gilgen AK, Wittwer R, von Arx G, van der Heijden M, Klaus VH, Buchmann N (2024) Drought effects on trait space of winter wheat are independent of land management. New Phytologist, doi: external page 10.1111/nph.19851
Klaus VH, Schaub S, Séchaud R, Fabian Y, Jeanneret P, Lüscher A, Huguenin-Elie O (2024) Upscaling of ecosystem service and biodiversity indicators from field to farm to inform agri-environmental decision-and policy-making. Ecological Indicators 163: 112104, doi: external page 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112104
Richter F, Suter M, Lüscher A, Buchmann N, El Benni N, Feola-Conz R, Hartmann M, Jan P, Klaus VH (2024) Effects of management practices on the ecosystem-service multifunctionality of temperate grasslands. Nature Communications 15: 3829, doi: external page 10.1038/s41467-024-48049-y
Neyret M, Provost G, Boesing AL, Schneider F, Baulechner D, Bergmann J, de Vries F, Fiore-Donno AM, Geisen S, Goldmann K, Merges A, Saifutdinov R, Simons N, Tobias J, Zaitsev A, Gossner M, Jung K, Kandeler E, Krauss J, Penone C, Schloter M, Staab M, Wolters V, Apostolakis A, Birkhofer K, Boch S, Boeddinghaus R, Bolliger R, Bonkowski M, Buscot F, Dumack K, Fischer M, Gan HY, Heinze J, Hölzel N, John K, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Marhan S, Müller J, Renner S, Rillig M, Schenk N, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Seibold S, Socher S, Solly E, Teuscher M, van Kleunen M, Wubet T, Schulz S, and Manning P (2024) A slow-fast trait continuum at the whole community level in relation to land use intensification. Nature Communications 15: 1251, doi: external page 10.1038/s41467-024-45113-5
Pichon N, Cappelli SL, Soliveres S, Mannall T, Nwe TZ, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Vincent H, Allan E (2024) Nitrogen availability and plant functional composition modify biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships. Ecology Letters 27: e14361, doi: external page 10.1111/ele.14361
Romanelli JP, Piana MR, Klaus VH, Brancalion PHS, Murcia C, Cardou F, Wallace KJ, Adams C, Martin PA, Burton PJ, Diefenderfer HL, Gornish ES, Stanturf J, Beyene M, Bispo Santos JP, Rodrigues RR, Cadotte MW (2024) Convergence and divergence in science and practice of urban and rural forest restoration. Biological Reviews 99: 295-312, doi: external page 10.1111/brv.13022
Klaus VH, Jehle A, Richter F, Buchmann N, Knop E, Lüscher G (2023) Additive effects of two agri-environmental schemes on plant diversity but not on productivity indicators in permanent grasslands in Switzerland. Journal of Environmental Management 348: 119416, doi: external page 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119416
Andreatta D, Bachofen C, Dalponte M, Klaus VH, Buchmann N (2023) Extracting single species flowering phenology from grassland species mixtures using time-lapse cameras. Remote Sensing of Environment 298: 113835, doi: external page 10.1016/j.rse.2023.113835
Wittwer RA, Klaus VH, Miranda Oliveira E, Sun Q, Liu Y, Gilgen AK, Buchmann N, van der Heijden MGA (2023) Limited capability of organic farming and conservation tillage to enhance agroecosystem resilience to severe drought. Agricultural Systems 211: 103721, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103721
Freitag M, Hölzel N, Neuenkamp L, van der Plas F, Manning P, Abrahão A, Bergmann J, Boeddinghaus R, Bolliger R, Hamer U, Kandeler E, Kleinebecker T, Knorr K-H, Marhan S, Neyret M, Prati D, Le Provost G, Saiz H, van Kleunen M, Schäfer D, Klaus VH (2023) Increasing plant species richness by seeding has marginal effects on ecosystem functioning in agricultural grasslands. Journal of Ecology 111: 1968-1984, doi: external page 10.1111/1365-2745.14154
Klaus VH (2023) Pitfalls in global grassland restoration challenge restoration programs and the science-policy dialogue. Ecological Indicators 149: 110185, doi: external page 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110185
Neyret M , Peter S, Le Provost G, Boch S, Boesing AL, Bullock JM, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Müller J, Müller S, Ammer C, Buscot F, Ehbrecht M, Fischer M, Goldmann K, Jung K, Mehring M, Müller T , Renner SC, Schall P, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Westphal C, Wubet T, Manning P (2023) Landscape management strategies for multifunctionality and social equity. Nature Sustainability 6: 391-403, doi: external page 10.1038/s41893-022-01045-w
Le Provost G, Schenk NV, Penone C, Thiele J, Westphal C, Allan E, Ayasse M, Blüthgen N, Boeddinghaus RS, Boesing AL, Bolliger R, Busch V, Fischer M, Gossner M, Hölzel N, Jung K, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Leimer S, Marhan S, Morris K, Müller S, Neff F, Neyret M, Oelmann Y, Perović D, Peter S, Prati D, Rillig MS, Saiz H, Schäfer D, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schloter M, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Steckel J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stempfhuber B, Trumbore S, TschapkaM, Vogt J, Weiner C, Weisser W, Wells K, Werner M, Wilcke W, Manning, P (2023) The supply of multiple ecosystem services requires biodiversity across spatial scales. Nature Ecology and Evolution 7: 236-249, doi: external page 10.1038/s41559-022-01918-5
Francksen RM, Turnbull S, Rhymer CM, Hiron M, Bufe C, Klaus VH, Newell-Price P, Stewart G, Whittingham MJ (2022) The effects of nitrogen fertilisation on plant species richness in European permanent grasslands: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Agronomy 12: 2928, doi: external page 10.3390/agronomy12122928
Abrahão A, Marhan S, Boeddinghaus RS, Nawaz A, Wubet T, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Freitag M, Hamer U, Oliveira R, Lambers H, Kandeler E (2022) Microbial drivers of plant richness and productivity in a grassland restoration experiment along a gradient of land-use intensity. New Phytologist 236:1936-1950, doi: external page 10.1111/nph.18503
Apostolakis A, Schöning I, Michalzik B, Klaus VH, Boeddinghaus RS, Kandeler E, Marhan S, Bolliger R, Fischer M, Prati D, Hänsel F, Nauss T, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T, Schrumpf M (2022) Drivers of soil respiration across a management intensity gradient in temperate grasslands under drought. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 124: 101-116, doi: external page 10.1007/s10705-022-10224-2
Liu Y, Silva Duarte Gicele, Sun Q, Gilgen AK, Wittwer R, an der Heijden MGA, Buchmann N, Klaus VH (2022) Severe drought rather than cropping system determines litter decomposition in arable systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 338: 108078, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108078
Apostolakis A, Schöning I, Klaus VH, Michalzik B, Bischoff W-A, Boeddinghaus RS, Bolliger R, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Kandeler E, Kleinebecker Till, Manning P, Marhan S, Neyret M, Oelmann Y, Prati D, van Kleunen M, Schwarz A, Schurig E, Schrumpf M (2022) Direct and plant community mediated effects of management intensity on annual nutrient leaching risk in temperate grasslands. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 123: 83-104, doi: external page 10.1007/s10705-022-10209-1
Meyer U-N, Tischer A, Freitag M, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Oelmann Y, Kandeler E, Hölzel N, Hamer U (2022) Enzyme kinetics inform about mechanistic changes in tea litter decomposition across gradients in land-use intensity in Central German grasslands. Science of the Total Environment 836: 155748, doi: external page 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155748
Sun Q, Klaus VH, Wittwer R, Liu Y, van der Heijden MGA, Gilgen AK, Buchmann N (2022) Water uptake patterns of pea and barley responded to drought but not to cropping systems. Biogeosciences 19: 1853-1869, doi: external page 10.5194/bg-19-1853-2022
Lachaise T, Bergmann J, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Rillig, MC, van Kleunen M (2022) Soil conditions drive belowground trait space in temperate agricultural grasslands. Journal of Ecology 110: 1189-1200, doi: external page 10.1111/1365-2745.13862
Schils RLM, Bufe C, Rhymer C, Francksen R, Klaus VH, Abdalla , Milazzo F, Lellei-Kovács E, ten Berge H, Bertora C, Chodkiewicz A, Dǎmǎtîrcǎ C, Feigenwinter I, Fernández-Rebollo P, Ghiasi S, Hejduk S, Hiron M, Janicka M, Pellaton R, Smith K, Thorman R, Vanwalleghem T, Williams J, Zavattaro L, Kampen J, Derkx R, Smith P, Whittingham MJ, Buchmann N, Newell Price P (2022) Permanent grasslands in Europe: land use change and intensification decrease their multifunctionality. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 330: 107891, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agee.2022.107891
Scherreiks P, Gossner MM, Ambarli D, Ayasse M, Blüthgen M, Fischer M, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Neff F, Prati D, Seibold S, Simons NK, Weisser WW, Wells K, Westphal C, Thiele J (2022) Present and historical landscape structure shapes current species richness in Central European grasslands. Landscape Ecology 37: 745-762, doi: external page 10.1007/s10980-021-01392-7
Sikorski J, Baumgartner V, Birkhofer K, Boeddinghaus RS, Bunk B, Fischer M, Fösel BU, Friedrich MW, Göker M, Hölzel N, Huang S, Huber KJ, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Marhan S, Von Mering C, Oelmann Y, Prati D, Regan KM, Richter-Heitmann T, Matias Rodrigues JF, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Schurig E, Solly EF, Wolters V, Overmann J (2022) The evolution of ecological diversity in Acidobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 715637, doi: external page 10.3389/fmicb.2022.715637
Richter F, Jan P, El Benni N, Lüscher A, Buchmann N, Klaus VH (2021) A guide to assess and value ecosystem services from grasslands. Ecosystem Services 52: 101376, doi: external page 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101376
Liu Y, Bachofen C, Wittwer R, Silva Duarte G, Sun Q, Klaus VH, Buchmann N (2022) Using PhenoCams to track crop phenology and explain the effects of different cropping systems on yield. Agricultural Systems 195: 103306, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103306
Boch S, Becker T, Deák B, Dengler J, Klaus VH (2021) Grasslands of temperate Europe in a changing world – Editorial to the 16th EDGG Special Feature in Tuexenia. Tuexenia 351-359, doi: external page 10.14471/2021.41.020
Neyret M, Fischer M, Allan E, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Le Provost G, Peter S, Schenk N, Simons NK, van der Plas F, Binkenstein J, Börschig C, Jung K, Prati D, Schäfer M, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Tschapka M, Westphal C, Manning P (2021) Assessing the impact of grassland management on landscape multifunctionality. Ecosystem Services 52: 101366, doi: external page 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101366
Neuenkamp L, Fischer LK, Schröder R, Klaus VH (2021) Special Issue: Urban ecosystems: potentials, challenges, and solutions. Basic and Applied Ecology 56: 281-288, doi: external page 10.1016/j.baae.2021.08.010
Schaub S, Finger R, Buchmann N, Steiner V, Klaus VH (2021) The costs of diversity: higher prices for more diverse grassland seed mixtures. Environmental Research Letters 16: 094011, doi: external page 10.1088/1748-9326/ac1a9c
Kwon T, Shibata H, Kepfer-Rojas S, Schmidt IK, Larsen KS, Beier C, Berg B, Verheyen K, Lamarque J-F, Hagedorn F, Eisenhauer N, Djukic I and TeaComposition Network* (2021) Effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid-term stage litter decomposition across biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4: 678480, doi: external page 10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480 *among others: Klaus VH
Oelmann Y, Lange M, Leimer S, Roscher C, Aburto F, Alt F, Bange N, Berner D, Boch S, Boeddinghaus R, Buscot F, Dassen S, De Deyn G, Eisenhauer N, Gleixner G, Goldmann K, Hölzel N, Jochum M, Kandeler K, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Le Provost G, Manning P, Marhan S, Prati D, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Schurig E, Wagg C, Wubet T, and Wilcke W (2021) Above- and belowground biodiversity jointly tighten the P cycle in agricultural grasslands. Nature Communications 12: 4431, doi: external page 10.1038/s41467-021-24714-4
Le Provost G, Thiele J, Westphal C, Penone C, Allan E, Neyret M, van der Plas F, Ayasse M, Bardgett R, Birkhofer K, Boch S, Bonkowski M, Buscot F, Feldhaar H, Gaulton R, Goldmann K, Gossner MM, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Renner S, Scherreiks P, Sikorski J, Baulechner D, Bluethgen N, Bolliger R, Börschig C, Busch V, Chisté M, Fiore-Donno AM, Fischer M, Arndt H, Hölzel N, John K, Jung K, Lange M, Marzini C, Overmann J, Pašalić E, Perovic DJ, Prati D, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Sonnemann I, Steffan-Dewenter I, Tschapka M, Türke M, Vogt J, Wehner K, Weiner C, Weisser WW, Wells K, Werner M, Wolters V, Wubet T, Wurst S, Zaytsev A, Manning P (2021) Contrasting responses of above- and belowground diversity to multiple components of land-use intensity. Nature Communications 12: 3918, doi: external page 10.1038/s41467-021-23931-1
Freitag M, Klaus VH, Bolliger R, Hamer U, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Schäfer D, Hölzel N (2021) Restoration of plant diversity in permanent grassland by seeding: assessing the limiting factors along land-use gradients. Journal of Applied Ecology 58: 1681-1692, doi: external page 10.1111/1365-2664.13883
Sun Q, Gilgen AK, Signarbieux C, Klaus VH, Buchmann N (2021) Cropping systems alter hydraulic traits of barley but not pea grown in mixture. Plant Cell & Environment 44: 2912-2924, doi: external page 10.1111/pce.14054
Neff F, Brändle M, Ambarlı D, Ammer C, Bauhus J, Boch S, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Schall P, Schäfer D, Schulze E-D, Seibold S, Simons NK, Weisser WW, Pellissier L, Gossner MM (2021) Changes in plant–herbivore network structure and robustness along land-use intensity gradients in grasslands and forests. Science Advances 7: eabf3985, doi: external page 10.1126/sciadv.abf3985
Klaus VH, Kiehl K (2021) A conceptual framework for urban ecological restoration and rehabilitation. Basic and Applied Ecology 52: 82-94, doi: external page 10.1016/j.baae.2021.02.010
Lampinen J, Tuomi M, Fischer LK, Neuenkamp L, Alday JG, Bucharova A, Cancellieri C, Casado-Arzuaga I, Čeplová N, Cerveró L, Deák B, Eriksson E, Fellowes MDE, Fernández de Manuel B, Filibeck G, González-Guzmán A, Hinojosa MB, Kowarik I, Lumbierres B, Miguel A, Pardo R, Pons X, Rodríguez-García E, Schröder R, Gaia Sperandii M, Unterweger P, Valkó O, Vázquez V, Klaus VH (2021) Acceptance of near-natural greenspace management relates to ecological and socio-cultural assigned values among European urbanites. Basic and Applied Ecology 50: 119-131, doi: external page 10.1016/j.baae.2020.10.006
Felipe-Lucia M, Soliveres S, Penone C, Fischer M, Ammer C, Boch S, Boeddinghaus RS, Bonkowski M, Buscot F, Fiore-Donno AM, Frank K, Goldmann K, Gossner MM, Hölzel N, Jochum M, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Leimer S, Manning P, Oelmann Y, Saiz H, Schall P, Schloter M, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Solly EF, Stempfhuber B, Weiser WW, Wilcke W, Wubet T, Allan E (2020) Land-use intensity alters biodiversity - ecosystem function - service networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117: 28140-28149, doi: external page 10.1073/pnas.2016210117
Jochum M, Fischer M, Isbell F, Roscher C, van der Plas F, Boch S, Boenisch G, Buchmann N, Catford J, Cavender-Bares J, Ebeling A, Eisenhauer N, Gleixner G, Hölzel N, Kattge J, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Lange M, Le Provost G, Meyer ST, Molina-Venegas R, Mommer L, Oelmann Y, Penone C, Prati D, Reich PB, Rindisbacher A, Schäfer D, Scheu S, Schmid B, Tilman D, Tscharntke T, Vogel A, Wagg C, Weigelt A, Weisser WW, Wilcke W, Manning P (2020) The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 1485-1494, doi: external page 10.1038/s41559-020-1280-9
Klaus VH, Whittingham MJ, Báldi A, Eggers S, Francksen RM, Hiron M, Lellei-Kovács E, Rhymer CM, Buchmann N (2020) Do biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments inform stakeholders how to simultaneously conserve biodiversity and increase ecosystem service provisioning in grasslands? Biological Conservation 245: 108552, doi: external page 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108552
Pichon N, Cappelli S, Soliveres S, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Allan E (2020) Decomposition disentangled: a test of the multiple mechanisms by which nitrogen enrichment alters litter decomposition. Functional Ecology 34: 1485-1496, doi: external page 10.1111/1365-2435.13560
Fischer L*, Neuenkamp L*, Lampinen J, Tuomi M, Alday JG, Bucharova A, Cancellieri C, Casado-Arzuaga I, Čeplová N, Cerveró L, Deák B, Eriksson E, Fellowes MDE, Fernández de Manuel B, Filibeck G, González-Guzmán A, Hinojosa MB, Kowarik I, Lumbierres B, Miguel A, Pardo R, Pons X, Rodríguez-García E, Schröder R, Gaia Sperandii M, Unterweger P, Valkó O, Vázquez V, Klaus VH (2020) Public attitudes towards biodiversity-friendly greenspace management in Europe. Conservation Letters e12718, doi: external page 10.1111/conl.12718 * equal contributions
Klaus VH, Friedritz L, Hamer U, Kleinebecker T (2020) Drought boosts risk of nitrate leaching from grassland fertilisation. Science of the Total Environment 726: 137877, doi: external page 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137877
Vogt J, Klaus VH, Both S, Fürstenau C, Gockel S, Gossner MM, Heinze J, Hemp A, Hölzel N, Jung K, Kleinebecker T, Lauterbach R, Lorenzen K, Ostrowski A, Otto N, Prati D, Renner S, Schumacher U, Seibold S, Simons N, Steitz I, Teuscher M, Thiele J, Weithmann S, Wells K, Wiesner K, Ayasse M, Blüthgen N, Fischer M, Weisser WW (2019) Eleven years’ data of grassland management in Germany. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e36387. doi: external page 10.3897/BDJ.7.e36387
Schäfer D, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Boeddinghaus RS, Hinderling J, Kandeler E, Marhan S, Nowak S, Sonnemann I, Wurst S, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Hamer U, Prati D (2019) Recovery of ecosystem functions after experimental disturbance in 73 grasslands differing in land-use intensity, plant species richness and community composition. Journal of Ecology 107: 2635-2649 doi: external page 10.1111/1365-2745.13211
Boeddinghaus RS, Marhan S, Berner D, Boch S, Fischer M, Hoelzel N, Kattge J, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Oelmann Y, Prati D, Schäfer D, Schöning, I, Schrumpf M, Sorkau E, Kandeler E, Manning P (2019) Plant functional trait shifts explain concurrent changes in the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities. Journal of Ecology 107: 2197-2210 doi: external page 10.1111/1365-2745.13182
Busch V, Klaus VH, Prati D, Schäfer D, Boch S, Müller J, Socher SA, Chisté M, Mody C, Blüthgen N, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T (2019) Will I stay or will I go? Plant species specific response and tolerance to high land-use intensity in temperate grassland ecosystems. Journal of Vegetation Science 30: 674-686 doi: external page 10.1111/jvs.12749
Tischer A, Sehl L, Meyer U-N, Kleinebecker T, Klaus V, Hamer U (2019) Land-use intensity shapes kinetics of extracellular enzymes in rhizosphere soil of agricultural grassland plant species. Plant and Soil 437: 215-239 doi: external page 10.1007/s11104-019-03970-w
van der Plas F, Allan E, Fischer M, Alt F, Arndt H, Binkenstein J, Blaser S, Blüthgen N, Boehm S, Hoelzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Morris K, Oelmann Y, Prati D, Renner S, Rillig MC, Schaefer HM, Schloter M, Schmitt B, Schoening I, Schrumpf M, Solly E, Sorkau E, Steckel J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stempfhuber B, Tschapka M, Weiner C, Weisser W, Werner M, Westphal C, Wilcke W, Manning P (2019) Towards the development of general rules describing landscape heterogeneity-multifunctionality relationships. Journal of Applied Ecology 56: 168-179 doi: external page 10.1111/1365-2664.13260
Djukic I, Kepfer-Rojas S, Schmidt IK, Larsen KS, Beier C, Berg B, Verheyend K, TeaComposition* (2018) Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment 628–629: 1369-1394 doi: external page 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012 . *among others: Klaus VH
Heer N, Klimmek F, Zwahlen C, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Boch S (2018) Hemiparasite-density effects on grassland plant diversity, composition and biomass. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 32: 22-29 doi: external page 10.1016/j.ppees.2018.01.004
Leimer S, Bischoff S, Boch S, Busch V, Escher P, Fischer M, Hänsel F, Hölzel N, Kerber K, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Michalzik B, Nauss T, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schwarz MT, Siemens J, Thieme L, Wöllauer S, Wilcke W (2018) Does plant diversity affect the water balance of established grassland systems? Ecohydrology 11:e1945 doi: external page 10.1002/eco.1945
Busch V, Klaus VH, Penone C, Schäfer D, Boch S, Prati D, Müller J, Socher SA, Niinemets Ü, Peñuelas J, Hölzel N, Fischer M, Kleinebecker T (2018) Nutrient stoichiometry and land use rather than species richness determine plant functional diversity. Ecology and Evolution 8: 601-618 doi: external page 10.1002/ece3.3609
Kleinebecker T, Busch V, Hölzel N, Hamer U, Schäfer D, Prati D, Fischer M, Hemp A, Lauterbach R, Klaus VH (2018) And the winner is … ! A test of simple predictors of plant species richness in agricultural grasslands. Ecological Indicators 87: 296-301 doi: external page 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.031
Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Busch V, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Nowak S, Prati D, Schäfer D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Hamer U (2018) Land use intensity, rather than plant species richness, affects the leaching risk of multiple nutrients from permanent grasslands. Global Change Biology 24: 2828-2840 doi: external page 10.1111/gcb.14123; external page Corrigendum
Klaus VH, Hoever CJ, Fischer M, Hamer U, Kleinebecker T, Mertens D, Schäfer D, Prati D, Hölzel N (2018) Contribution of the soil seed bank to the restoration of temperate grasslands by mechanical sward disturbance. Restoration Ecology 26: 114-122 doi: external page 10.1111/rec.12626
Klaus VH, Schäfer D, Prati D, Busch V, Hamer U, Hoever CJ, Kleinebecker T, Mertens D, Fischer M, Hölzel N (2018) Effects of mowing, grazing and fertilization on soil seed banks in temperate grasslands in Central Europe. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 256: 211-217 doi: external page 10.1016/j.agee.2017.11.008
Sorkau E, Boch S, Boeddinghaus RS, Bonkowski M, Fischer M, Kandeler E, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Marhan S, Müller J, Prati D, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Weinert J, Oelmann Y (2018) The role of soil chemical properties, land use and plant diversity for microbial phosphorus in forest and grassland soils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 181: 185-197, doi: external page 10.1002/jpln.201700082
Gilhaus K, Boch S, Fischer M, Hölzel, N, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Rupprecht D, Schmitt B, Klaus VH (2017) Grassland management in Germany: effects on plant diversity and vegetation composition. Tuexenia 37: 379-397 doi: external page 10.14471/2017.37.010
Hejkal J, Buttschardt TK, Klaus VH (2017) Connectivity of public urban grasslands: implications for grassland conservation and restoration in cities. Urban Ecosystems 20 (2): 511-519 external page doi: 10.1007/s11252-016-0611-8
Klaus VH, Schäfer D, Kleinebecker T, Fischer M, Prati D, Hölzel N (2017) Enriching plant diversity in grasslands by large-scale experimental sward disturbance and seed addition along gradients of land-use intensity. Journal of Plant Ecology 10 (4): 581-591 external page doi:10.1093/jpe/rtw062
Rudolph M, Velbert F, Schwenzfeier S, Kleinebecker T, Klaus VH (2017) Patterns and potentials of plant species richness in high- and low-maintenance urban grasslands. Applied Vegetation Science 20 (1): 18–27 external page doi: 10.1111/avsc.12267
Blüthgen N, Simons N, Jung K, Prati D, Renner S, Boch S, Fischer M, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Tschapka M, Weisser WW, Gossner MM (2016) Land use imperils plant and animal community stability through changes in asynchrony rather than diversity. Nature Communications 7: 10697 external page doi:10.1038/ncomms10697
Klaus VH, Boch S, Boeddinghaus RS, Hölzel N, Kandeler E, Marhan S, Oelmann Y, Prati D, Regan KM, Schmitt B, Sorkau E, Kleinebecker T (2016) Temporal and small-scale spatial variation in grassland productivity, biomass quality and nutrient limitation. Plant Ecology 217 (7): 843-856 external page doi:10.1007/s11258-016-0607-8
Klaus VH*, Hölzel N, Prati D, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Solly EF, Hänsel F, Fischer M, Kleinebecker T* (2016) Plant diversity moderates drought stress in grasslands: Implications from a large real-world study on 13C natural abundances. Science of the Total Environment 566–567: 215–222 external page doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.008 (* equal authorship)
Soliveres S, Manning P, Prati D, Gossner MM, Alt F, Arndt H, Baumgartner V, Binkenstein J, Birkhofer K, Blaser S, Blüthgen N, Boch S, Böhm S, Börschig C, Buscot F, Diekötter T, Heinze J, Hölzel N, Jung K, Klaus VH, Klein A-M, Kleinebecker T, Klemmer S, Krauss J, Lange M, Morris EK, Müller J, Oelmann Y, Overmann J, Pašalić E, Renner SC, Rillig MC, Schaefer HM, Schloter M, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Sikorski J, Socher SA, Solly EF, Sonnemann I, Sorkau E, Steckel J, Steffen-Dewenter I, Stempfhuber B, Tschapka M, Türke M, Venter P, Weiner CN, Weisser WW, Werner M, Westphal C, Wilcke W, Wolters V, Wubet T, Wurst S, Fischer M, Allan E (2016) Locally rare species influence grassland ecosystem multifunctionality. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371: 20150269 external page doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0269
Soliveres S, van der Plas F, Manning P, Prati D, Gossner MM, Renner SC, Alt F, Arndt H, Baumgartner V, Binkenstein J, Birkhofer K, Blaser S, Blüthgen N, Boch S, Böhm S, Börschig C, Buscot F, Diekötter T, Heinze J, Hölzel N, Jung K, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Klemmer S, Krauss J, Lange M, Morris EK, Müller J, Oelmann Y, Overmann J, Pašalić E, Rillig MC, Schaefer HM, Schloter M, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Sikorski J, Socher SA, Solly EF, Sonnemann I, Sorkau E, Steckel J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stempfhuber B, Tschapka M, Türke M, Venter P, Weiner CN, Weisser WW, Werner M, Westphal C, Wilcke W, Wolters V, Wubet T, Wurst S, Fischer M, Allan E (2016) Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature 536: 456–459 external page doi:10.1038/nature19092
Allan E, Manning P, Prati D, Grassein F, Alt F, Binkenstein J, Blaser S, Blüthgen N, Hölzel N, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Morris E-K, Oelmann Y, Renner SC, Rillig MC, Schäfer M, Schloter M, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Solly E, Sorkau E, Steckel J, Steffen-Dewenter I, Stempfhuber B, Trumbore S, Weiner CN, Weisser WW, Werner W, Westphal C, Wilcke W, Fischer M (2015) Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition. Ecology Letters 18: 834–843 external page doi:10.1111/ele.12469
Manning P, Gossner M, Bossdorf O, Allan E, Prati D, Blüthgen N, Boch S, Böhm S, Börschig C, Hölzel N, Jung K, Klaus VH, Klein A, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Lange M, Müller J, Pašalić E, Socher S, Tschapka M, Türke M, Weiner C, Werner M, Gockel S, Hemp A, Renner S, Wells K, Buscot F, Kalko E, Linsenmair KE, Weisser WW, Fischer M (2015) Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa. Ecology 96:1492–1501 external page http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1307.1
Allan E, Bossdorf O, Dormann CF, Prati D, Gossner M, Tscharntke T, Blüthgen N, Bellach M, Birkhofer K, Boch S, Böhm S, Börschig C, Chatzinotas A, Christ S, Daniel R, Diekoetter T, Fischer C, Friedl T, Glaser K, Hallman C, Hodac L, Hölzel N, Jung K, Klein A-M, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Krauss J, Lange M, Morris EK, Müller J, Nacke H, Pašalic E, Rillig M, Rothenwöhrer C, Schall P, Scherber C, Schulze W, Socher S, Steckel J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Türke M, Weiner CN, Werner M, Westphal C, Wolters V, Wubet T, Gocke S, Gorke M, Hemp A, Renner SC, Schöning I, Pfeiffer S, König-Ries B, Buscot F, Linsenmair K-E, Schulze E-D, Weisser WW, Fischer M (2014) Inter-annual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (1): 308–313 external page doi:10.1073/pnas.1312213111
Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N, Prati D, Schmitt B, Fischer M, Klaus VH (2014) Evidence from the real world: ¹⁵N natural abundances reveal enhanced nitrogen use at high plant diversity in Central European grasslands. Journal of Ecology 102 2: 456-465 external page doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12202
Müller J, Heinze J, Joshi J, Boch S, Klaus VH, Fischer M, Prati D (2014) Influence of experimental soil disturbances on the diversity of bryophytes and vascular plants in agricultural grasslands. Journal of Plant Ecology 7 (6): 509-517 external page doi:10.1093/jpe/rtt062
Klaus VH (2013) Urban grassland restoration: a neglected opportunity for biodiversity conservation. Restoration Ecology 21: 665–669 external page doi: 10.1111/rec.12051
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: 97–112 external page link open access pdf
Klaus VH, Hölzel N, Prati D, Schmitt B, Schöning I, Schrumpf M, Fischer M, Kleinebecker T (2013) Organic vs. conventional grassland management: Do 15N and 13C isotopic signatures of hay and soil samples differ? PLoS ONE 8(10): e78134 external page doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078134
Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Fischer M, Alt F, Boch S, Gockel S, Gossner M, Hemp A, Lange M, Müller J, Oelmann Y, Pašalić E, Renner SC, Socher SA, Türke M, Weisser WW, Hölzel N (2013) Does organic grassland farming benefit plant and arthropod diversity at the expense of yield and soil fertility? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 177:1-9 external page doi:10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.019
Blüthgen N, Dormann C, 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, Rothenwöhrer C, Scherber C, Tscharntke T, Weiner C, Fischer M, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Schulze E-D, Weisser WW (2012) A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization. Basic and Applied Ecology 13: 207-220
external page doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.04.001
Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Boch S, Müller J, Socher AS, 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: 82-86 external page doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.07.016
Müller J, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Hölzel N, Fischer M (2012) Impact of Land-Use Intensity and Productivity on Bryophyte Diversity in Agricultural Grasslands. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51520 external page doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051520
Socher S, Prati D, Müller J, Klaus VH, Hölzel N, Fischer M (2012) Direct and productivity-mediated indirect effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing intensities on grassland plant species richness. Journal of Ecology 100: 1391-1399 external page doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.02020.x
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: 287-295
external page doi:10.1016/j.ppees.2011.07.001
Klaus VH, Sintermann J, Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N (2011) Sedimentation-induced eutrophication in large river floodplains - an obstacle to restoration? Biological Conservation 144: 451–458
external page doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2010.09.031
Kleinebecker T, Klaus VH, Hölzel N (2011) Reducing sample quantity and maintaining high prediction accuracy of quality parameters in grassland biomass with near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS). Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy 19: 495-505 external page DOI 10.1255/jnirs.957

Books and Book Chapters

Klaus VH, Müller J (2014) The Role of Bryophytes in Central European Grasslands. In: Mariotte P, Kardol P (Eds) external page Grasslands Biodiversity and Conservation in a Changing World. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, USA. pp 251-278

Further Publications

Wittwer R, Klaus VH, Richter F, van der Heijden MGA (2024) Ökosystemleistungen und Multifunktionalität in der Landwirtschaft messen und bewerten. Agroscope Science 182, doi: external page 10.34776/as182g
Klaus VH (2023) Stadtnatur gewinnt - Wie sich die europäische Bevölkerung ihr Stadtgrün wünscht. Nodium 15: 50-55, Download PDF (PDF, 12.7 MB)
Richter F, Lüscher A, Jan P, El Benni N, Suter M, Buchmann N, Klaus V (2023) Der Einfluss biologischer Bewirtschaftung auf Ökosystemleistungen von Wiesen und Weiden. In: 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau No. 203. Ed. FIBL, Frick, Switzerland, external page Organic ePrints
Klaus V, Richter F, Buchmann N, El Benni N, Jan P, Lüscher A (2023) Produktivität biologisch bewirtschafteter Weiden und Wiesen im Kanton Solothurn. In: 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau No. 203. Ed. FiBL, Frick, Switzerland, external page Organic ePrints
Klaus VH, Richter F, Reichmuth C, Jan P, El Benni N, Buchmann N, Lüscher A (2022) How professional stakeholders perceive the current and future relevance of grassland ecosystem services in Switzerland. Grassland Science in Europe 27: 198-200, external page Proceedings of the 29^th General Meeting of the EGF
Richter F, Lüscher A, El Benni N, Jan P, Buchmann N, Klaus VH (2022) Provisioning ecosystem services of fertilized meadows and pastures differ in their response to organic management. Grassland Science in Europe 27: 262-264, external page Proceedings of the 29^th General Meeting of the EGF
Tonn B, Ten Berge H, Bufe C, Buchmann N, Eggers S, Fernández Rebollo P, Klaus VH, Lellei-Kovács E, Lombardi G, Ravetto Enri S, Stypinski P, Newell Price JP (2022) Are we talking about the same thing? Stakeholder perspectives on grassland management intensity. Grassland Science in Europe 27: 47-49, external page Proceedings of the 29^th General Meeting of the EGF
Schils RLM, Bufe C, Rhymer CM, Francksen RM, Klaus VH, Abdalla M, Milazzo F, Lellei-Kovács E, Ten Berge H, Bertora C, Chodkiewicz A, Dǎmǎtîrcǎ C, Feigenwinter I, Fernández-Rebollo P, Ghiasi S, Hejduk S, Hiron M, Janicka M, Pellaton R, Smith KE, Thorman R, Vanwalleghem T, Williams J, Zavattaro L, Kampen J, Derkx R, Smith P, Whittingham MJ, Buchmann N, Newell Price JP (2022) Delivery of ecosystem services from permanent grasslands in Europe: a systematic review. Grassland Science in Europe 27: 274-276, external page Proceedings of the 29^th General Meeting of the EGF
Ravetto Enri S, Bausson C, Ten Berge H, Hiron M, Jones M, Klaus VH, Buchmann N, Lellei-Kovács E, Rankin J, Fernández-Rebollo P, Schils R, Tonn B, Lombardi G, Newell Price JP (2022) Variability of European farming systems relying on permanent grasslands across biogeographic regions. Grassland Science in Europe 27: 35-37, external page Proceedings of the 29^th General Meeting of the EGF
Klaus VH, Newell Price JP, Bufe C, Caraes C, Chodkiewicz A, Feigenwinter I, Hejduk S, Klopčič M, Báldi A, Lellei-Kovács E, Lively F, Lombardi G, Markovic M, Milazzo F, Oenema J, Rankin J, Ravetto Enri S, Rhymer CM, Schils RLM, Stypiński P, Tonn B, Vanwalleghem T, Whittingham MJ, Buchmann N (2022) Ecosystem service research in grasslands at 31 experimental farms, networks and demonstration platforms across Europe. Grassland Science in Europe 27: 195-197, external page Proceedings of the 29^th General Meeting of the EGF
Klaus H, Richter F, Buchmann N, Jan P, El Benni N, Lüscher A (2020) Effects of organic farming on ecosystem services and multifunctionality in Switzerland: the ServiceGrass project. Grassland Science in Europe 25: 505-507, external page Proceedings of the 28^th General Meeting of the EGF
Schils RLM, Newell Price J.P, Klaus VH, Tonn B, Hejduk S, Stypinski P, Hiron M, Fernández P, Ravetto Enri S, Lellei-Kovacs E, Annett N, Markovic B, Lively F, Ten Berge H, Smith K, Forster-Brown C, Jones M, Buchmann N, Janicka M, Fernandez J, Rankin J, McConnell D, Aubry A, Korevaar H (2020) European permanent grasslands mainly threatened by abandonment, heat and drought, and conversion to temporary grassland. Grassland Science in Europe 25: 553-555, external page Proceedings of the 28^th General Meeting of the EGF
Tonn B, Bausson C, Ten Berge H, Buchmann N, Bufe C, Eggers S, Fernández-Rebollo P, Forster-Brown C, Hiron M, Klaus VH, Korevaar H, Lellei-Kovács E, Lombardi G, Markovic B, Ravetto Enri S, Schils RLM, Stypinski P, Newell Price P (2020) A management-based typology for European permanent grasslands. Grassland Science in Europe 25: 412-414, external page Proceedings of the 28^th General Meeting of the EGF
Gilgen AK, Klaus VH, Lüscher A, Buchmann N (2019) ‘From research – for practice’: translating research findings for practical application. Grassland Science in Europe 24: 536
Klaus VH, Gilgen AK, Lüscher A, Buchmann N (2019) Can we deduce general management recommendations from biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research in grasslands? Grassland Science in Europe 24: 63-65
Lüscher A, Grieder C, Huguenin-Elie O, Klaus VH, Reidy B, Schneider MK, Schubiger F, Suter D, Suter M, Kölliker R (2019) Grassland systems in Switzerland with a main focus on sown grasslands. Grassland Science in Europe 24: 3-16
Klaus VH, Fischer M, Hamer U, Hölzel N, Kleinebecker T, Prati D, Schäfer D, Allan E (2018) The Biodiversity Exploratories: a large-scale framework project for functional biodiversity research. Grassland Science in Europe 23: 610-120 [external page download]
Hölzel N, Klaus VH (2017) Zur Artenvielfalt im Grünland. Was sie beeinflusst, wozu wir sie brauchen und wie wir sie unterstützen können. Natur in NRW 2/2017: 35-39 [external page download]
Boch S, Allan E, Birkhofer K, Blüthgen N, Christ-Breulmann S, Diekoetter T, Dormann CF, Gossner MM, Hallmann C, Hemp A, Hölzel N, Jung K, Klaus VH, Klein A-M, Kleinebecker T, Lange M, Müller J, Nacke H, Prati D, Renner SC, Rothenwöhrer C, Schall P, Schulze E-D, Socher SA, Tscharntke T, Türke M, Weiner CN, Weisser WW, Westphal C, Wolters V, Wubet T, Fischer M (2016): Extensive und jährlich wechselnde Nutzungsintensität fördert den Artenreichtum im Grünland. ANLiegen Natur 38(1): online, 10 pp [external page download]
Klaus VH (2012) Relationships between productivity, land-use intensity and plant species richness in agricultural grasslands. PhD Tesis, Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Germany
Klaus VH (2008) Vegetations- und Nährstoffgradienten in Auenwiesen am nördlichen Oberrhein. Diploma Thesis, Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Germany [external page Abstract pdf 4,2 KB] [external page Poster (German) pdf 408 KB]