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Michael Bonkowski
Researcher at University of Cologne
Publications - 298
Citations - 17708
Michael Bonkowski is an academic researcher from University of Cologne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rhizosphere & Soil biology. The author has an hindex of 66, co-authored 279 publications receiving 13851 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael Bonkowski include Southern Illinois University School of Medicine & Zoological Institute.
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Decoupling the direct and indirect effects of nitrogen deposition on ecosystem function
Peter Manning,John E. Newington,Helen R. Robson,M. A. Saunders,Till Eggers,Mark A. Bradford,Richard D. Bardgett,Michael Bonkowski,Richard J. Ellis,Alan C. Gange,Susan J. Grayston,Ellen Kandeler,Sven Marhan,E. J. Reid,Dagmar Tscherko,H. Charles J. Godfray,Mark Rees +16 more
TL;DR: Direct effects on plant growth dominate ecosystem response to N deposition, although long-term carbon storage is reduced under high N plant-species composition, suggesting that direct effects of N deposition on ecosystem function could be relatively strong in comparison with the indirect effects of plant community change.
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Effects of soil decomposer invertebrates (protozoa and earthworms) on an above‐ground phytophagous insect (cereal aphid) mediated through changes in the host plant
TL;DR: Aphid performance was strongly influenced by the presence of protozoa, but not by earthworms, and the numbers and biomass of adult and juvenile aphids were significantly increased, likely due to an increased N content in barley plants and consequently increased nitrogen availability to aphids.
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Predators promote defence of rhizosphere bacterial populations by selective feeding on non-toxic cheaters
Alexandre Jousset,Laurène Rochat,Maria Péchy-Tarr,Christoph Keel,Stefan Scheu,Stefan Scheu,Michael Bonkowski,Michael Bonkowski +7 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that signal blind Pseudomonas increase their fitness by exploiting the toxins produced by wild-type bacteria, and that predation promotes the production of bacterial defence compounds by selectively eliminating non-toxic mutants.
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A Belowground Perspective on Dutch Agroecosystems: How Soil Organisms Interact to Support Ecosystem Services
Christian Mulder,Alice Boit,Michael Bonkowski,Peter C. De Ruiter,Giorgio Mancinelli,Marcel G. A. van der Heijden,Harm J. van Wijnen,J. Arie Vonk,Michiel Rutgers +8 more
TL;DR: Most observed trends support the hypothesis that the direct influence of ecological stoichiometry on the soil biota as an independent predictor is more dominant than either ET or ST, and provides opportunities to develop a mechanistic and physiologically oriented model for the distribution of species’ body sizes.
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Interactions between earthworms and soil protozoa: A trophic component in the soil food web
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that A. caliginosa is actively searching for places with high protozoan densities and that protozoa may play a significant role in earthworm nutrition.