Research Portfolios
Global Change and Soil Ecology
Consequences of environmental change on plant communities and plant-soil interactions
PD Dr. Pascal Niklaus, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Zurich, Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
The research conducted in my group focuses on the consequences of environmental change for plant communities and the...
Plant Nutrition
Improve nutrient-use efficiency in agro-ecosystems
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Frossard, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences
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Plant Nutrition
Oxygen isotope in phosphate, a new approach to study the soil/plant system
Dr. Federica Tamburini, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Phosphorus (P) is a major nutrient and an important constituent in cell membranes, DNA and RNA, and energy transporters....
Plant Nutrition
Phosphorus and nitrogen (re-)cycling in agro-ecosystems
Dr. Astrid Oberson, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Globally food demand is increasing while natural resources are shrinking. Human alterations of nutrient cycles are a...
Plant Community Ecology
Plant community ecology
Dr. Lindsay A. Turnbull, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Zurich, Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
My research is mainly focused on plant coexistence mechanisms. I am interested in the relative merits of neutral and...
Whole Plant Physiology
Plant nutrient dynamics and ecophysiology
Prof. Dr. Urs Feller, BeNeFri, University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences
Nutrients and pollutants are taken up from the soil into the roots and distributed via the transpiration stream in the...
Plant and Ecosystems Ecology
Species coexistence and ecosystem functioning in relation to C:N:P stoichiometry
Dr. Harry Olde Venterink, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology