S. Scheu

Body size is a better predictor of intra- than interspecific variation of animal stoichiometry across realms

The paper analyzes animal stoichiometry across species and body sizes, finding body size better predicts intraspecific than interspecific variation in elemental content.

BATF controls IFN I production via DC-SCRIPT in plasmacytoid dendritic cells

The paper shows BATF suppresses IFN I production in pDCs via DC-SCRIPT, revealing a negative feedback loop in antiviral immunity.

Landscape heterogeneity and soil biota are central to multi-taxa diversity for landscape restoration

The paper tests if increasing landscape heterogeneity through tree islands enhances multi-taxa diversity in monoculture-dominated landscapes and finds that it does by fostering unique species.

Global environmental drivers of local abundance-mass scaling in soil animal communities

The paper examines how climatic and edaphic factors influence body mass-abundance scaling in soil animal communities across four countries.

Tropical land use alters functional diversity of soil food webs and leads to monopolization of the detrital energy channel

The paper examines how converting rainforest to plantations in Sumatra affects soil food web structure and energy flow, finding increased energy channeling through fresh plant carbon and reduced functional diversity.

The mycotoxin Beauvericin exhibits immunostimulatory effects on dendritic cells via activating the TLR4 signaling pathway

This study identifies Beauvericin as an activator of dendritic cells via the TLR4 signaling pathway, suggesting its potential as a vaccine adjuvant or cancer immunotherapy.

Global monitoring of soil animal communities using a common methodology

The paper introduces a global collaborative network to standardize soil animal community monitoring and food web analysis across diverse ecosystems.

High consistency of trophic niches in soil microarthropod species (Oribatida, Acari) across soil depth and forest type

The paper quantifies stable isotope ratios in oribatid mites across forest types and soil depths, finding consistent trophic niches despite environmental variation.

Rapid diversification of the Australian Amitermes group during late Cenozoic climate change

This study examines the diversification of the Australian Amitermes Group during late Cenozoic climate change, finding two pulses of rapid diversification linked to climate shifts.

Haplotype divergence supports ancient asexuality in the oribatid mite Oppiella nova

The paper uses genomic and transcriptomic data to show haplotype divergence patterns in asexual and sexual mite species, supporting ancient asexuality in Oppiella nova.

Epigenetic reprogramming of plasmacytoid dendritic cells drives type I interferon-dependent differentiation of acute myeloid leukemias for therapeutic benefit

The paper shows that inhibiting HDACs in AML promotes type I IFN production by pDCs, enhancing anti-tumor immunity and therapeutic benefit.

Response of soil microbial communities to mixed forests of European beech and conifers: Variations with site conditions

The paper examines how soil microbial communities respond to different forest types, finding that microbial functioning is more sensitive to site conditions in coniferous forests than in beech forests.

Does metal pollution affect stoichiometry of soil-litter food webs?

The paper examines how metal pollution affects elemental ratios in a terrestrial detritivorous food web across six sites with varying metal contamination levels.

Plant traits are poor predictors of long-term ecosystem functioning

This study shows that plant traits poorly predict long-term ecosystem functioning, with only moderate explanatory power across years.

The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic

This paper compares biodiversity experiments to real-world plant communities and finds that experimental results are robust to the inclusion of unrealistic communities.

Trophic consistency of supraspecific taxa in belowground invertebrate communities

The paper tests trophic consistency of supraspecific taxa in soil invertebrates using stable isotope data, finding that genera and families show trophic consistency but species-level identification is more predictive of isotopic niches.

Applying generalised allometric regressions to predict live body mass of tropical and temperate arthropods

This study develops and evaluates length-mass regressions to predict arthropod body mass across temperate and tropical regions, finding that including body width improves accuracy and that regional parameters reduce prediction error.

Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study

This study tests whether introducing genotypic variability improves reproducibility in ecological experiments across multiple labs, finding it increases consistency in controlled environments but not in variable ones.

Effective purifying selection in ancient asexual oribatid mites

The paper compares purifying selection effectiveness in asexual and sexual oribatid mite lineages, finding stronger selection in asexuals despite no sex.

Combining molecular gut content analysis and functional response models shows how body size affects prey choice in soil predators

The paper combines molecular gut content analysis with functional response models to show that predator body size and prey identity drive prey choice in soil centipedes.