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P.C. de Ruiter
Researcher at Wageningen University and Research Centre
Publications - 52
Citations - 4165
P.C. de Ruiter is an academic researcher from Wageningen University and Research Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ecosystem & Soil organic matter. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 52 publications receiving 3801 citations. Previous affiliations of P.C. de Ruiter include University of Giessen & Utrecht University.
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Ecosystem response of pasture soil communities to fumigation-induced microbial diversity reductions: an examination of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship
Bryan S. Griffiths,Karl Ritz,Richard D. Bardgett,Roger Cook,Soren Christensen,Flemming Ekelund,Søren J. Sørensen,Erland Bååth,Jaap Bloem,P.C. de Ruiter,Jan Dolfing,B. Nicolardot +11 more
TL;DR: Although fumigation reduced soil microbial biodiversity, there was evidence to suggest that it selected for organisms with particular physiological characteristics, and specific functional parameters may be a more sensitive indicator of environmental change than general parameters.
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Species richness–productivity patterns differ between n-, p-, and k-limited wetlands
TL;DR: Richness of threatened species was higher in P (co)-limited sites than in N-limited sites, suggesting that increased P availabilities in wetlands may be particularly important in causing disappearance of threatenedspecies in western Europe.
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Simulation of nitrogen mineralization in the belowground food webs of two winter wheat fields.
P.C. de Ruiter,John C. Moore,K.B. Zwart,L.A. Bouwman,J. Hassink,Jaap Bloem,J.A. de Vos,J.C.Y. Marinissen,W.A.M. Didden,G. Lebbink,Lijbert Brussaard +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, food webs in conventional and integrated farming systems were simulated to estimate the contribution of soil microbes and soil fauna to nitrogen mineralization during the growing season, and found that amoebae and bacterivorous nematodes were the most important contributors to soil mineralization.
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Empirical and theoretical challenges in aboveground-belowground ecology
Wim H. van der Putten,Richard D. Bardgett,P.C. de Ruiter,W.H.G. Hol,Katrin M. Meyer,T. M. Bezemer,Mark A. Bradford,Soren Christensen,Maarten B. Eppinga,Tadashi Fukami,Lia Hemerik,Jane Molofsky,Martin Schädler,Christoph Scherber,Sharon Y. Strauss,Matthijs Vos,David A. Wardle +16 more
TL;DR: This work discusses how understanding succession may help to enhance managing arable crops, grasslands and invasive plants, as well as provide insights into the effects of global change on community re-organisation and ecosystem processes.
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Divergent composition but similar function of soil food webs of individual plants: plant species and community effects
T. M. Bezemer,Michelle T. Fountain,J. M. Barea,Soren Christensen,Stefan C. Dekker,Henk Duyts,R. van Hal,Jeffrey A. Harvey,Katarina Hedlund,Mark Maraun,Juha Mikola,A. G. Mladenov,Christophe Robin,P.C. de Ruiter,P.C. de Ruiter,Stefan Scheu,Heikki Setälä,Petr Šmilauer,W.H. van der Putten +18 more
TL;DR: Soils are extremely rich in biodiversity, and soil organisms play pivotal roles in supporting terrestrial life, but the role that individual plants and plant communities play in influencing the diversity and functioning of soil food webs remains highly debated.