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Liliane Ruess
Researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin
Publications - 116
Citations - 6382
Liliane Ruess is an academic researcher from Humboldt University of Berlin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Trophic level & Soil food web. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 106 publications receiving 5431 citations. Previous affiliations of Liliane Ruess include University of Ulm & University of Hohenheim.
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Consumer–resource body-size relationships in natural food webs
Ulrich Brose,Tomas Jonsson,Eric L. Berlow,Eric L. Berlow,Philip H. Warren,Carolin Banašek-Richter,Louis-Félix Bersier,Julia L. Blanchard,Thomas Brey,Stephen R. Carpenter,Marie-France Cattin Blandenier,Lara Cushing,Hassan Ali Dawah,Tony Dell,Francois Edwards,Sarah Harper-Smith,Ute Jacob,Mark E. Ledger,Neo D. Martinez,Jane Memmott,Katja Mintenbeck,John K. Pinnegar,Björn C. Rall,Thomas S. Rayner,Daniel C. Reuman,Liliane Ruess,Werner Ulrich,Richard J. Williams,Guy Woodward,Joel E. Cohen +29 more
TL;DR: Using a unique global database on consumer and resource body sizes, it is shown that the mean body-size ratios of aquatic herbivorous and detritivorous consumers are several orders of magnitude larger than those of carnivorous predators.
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The fat that matters: Soil food web analysis using fatty acids and their carbon stable isotope signature
TL;DR: Systematic patterns and processes underlying variations in the composition of fatty acids and their 13C/12C ratio are described and areas in which future experimentation can lead to progress in soil food web analysis are identified.
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Feeding guilds in Collembola based on nitrogen stable isotope ratios
TL;DR: Investigation of nitrogen stable isotope ratios (15N/14N) of a major decomposer group, the Collembola, is investigated to evaluate trophic relationship and determine feeding guilds, suggesting that trophIC niches of Colleembola species differ and this likely contributes to ColleMBola species diversity.
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Fatty acids of fungi and nematodes—possible biomarkers in the soil food chain?
TL;DR: The fatty acid composition of 16 different soil fungi and a fungal-feeding nematode Aphelenchoides sp. reared on seven fungal species was investigated in this paper.
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Collembola switch diet in presence of plant roots thereby functioning as herbivores.
TL;DR: Collembola in the rhizosphere of plants, being assumed to be mainly decomposers, in fact predominately live on plant resources, presumably fine roots or root hairs, i.e. are herbivorous rather than detritivorous or fungivorous.