Ecosystem Functioning and Global Change

Biogeochemistry and biodiversity of agro- and forest ecosystems

Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Sustainable Agroecosystems

Elucidating and promoting sustainable agriculture across the world

Prof. Dr. Johan Six, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental System Sciences

In order to understand sustainable agriculture and implement it, we need to elucidate the feedbacks between ecosystem...

Global Change Ecology

Global change ecology

Dr. Christoph Küffer, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology

With global change (e.g. climate change, land use changes) plant communities and ecosystems may dramatically change in...

Biosphere–Atmosphere Exchange Processes

Greenhouse gas fluxes in forests and agroecosystems

PD Dr. Werner Eugster, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

My main interest is the quantification of greenhouse gas fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O and the surface energy fluxes of...

Plant Ecology and Evolution

How species cope with environmental change

Dr. Regula Billeter, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology

Plant Population Biology

Plant adaptation and genetic connectivity in the face of climate change

Dr. Andrea R. Pluess, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute for Terrestrial Ecosystems

Plants are expected to react to climate change with adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, migration or extinction. Given...

Physiological Plant Ecology

Responses of Plants and Ecosystems to Global Environmental Change

Prof. Dr. Ansgar Kahmen, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Plants are fundamental components of the earth system. Their ability to assimilate atmospheric CO₂ and to...