Current problems in confidently predicting individual, community and ecosystem performance in the Jena Experiment point to our limited understanding of how plant traits translate into functioning. Our general objective is to link plant species traits to the functioning of grassland ecosystems in the context of the Jena Experiment. We therefore use correlative and mechanistic modelling approaches that are apt to use the abundantly available information on traits and functions in the context of the Jena experiment to elucidate mechanisms underlying diversity-functioning relationships.
