Biogeochemistry and biodiversity of agro- and forest ecosystems

Ecosystem Functioning and Global Change

Research topics

  • Plant and Ecosystem Ecophysiology

  • Biogeochemistry

  • Greenhouse Gas Exchange (CO2, H2O, CH4, N2O)

  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

  • Stable Isotope Ecology

  • Policy Advice

Interdisciplinary

  • Global change biology

  • Sustainable and efficient resource use.

  • Ecosystem Ecology

Contact Person

Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann

ETH Zurich
Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Website
nina.buchmann-at-ipw.agrl.ethz.ch
+41 (0)44 632 39 59

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Recent publications

  • Title: Thermal optimality of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and underlying mechanisms
    Author(s): Niu, Shuli; Luo, Yiqi; Fei, Shenfeng; et al.
    Source: NEW PHYTOLOGIST, 194 (3): 775-783 MAY 2012
    Document type: Article (Details)
  • Title: Carbon allocation and carbon isotope fluxes in the plant-soil-atmosphere continuum: a review
    Author(s): Brueggemann, N.; Gessler, A.; Kayler, Z.; et al.
    Source: BIOGEOSCIENCES, 8 (11): 3457-3489 2011
    Document type: Article (Details)
  • Title: The Carbon Balance of Two Contrasting Mountain Forest Ecosystems in Switzerland: Similar Annual Trends, but Seasonal Differences
    Author(s): Etzold, Sophia; Ruehr, Nadine K.; Zweifel, Roman; et al.
    Source: ECOSYSTEMS, 14 (8): 1289-1309 DEC 2011
    Document type: Article (Details)
  • Title: Afforestation of Tropical Pasture Only Marginally Affects Ecosystem-Scale Evapotranspiration
    Author(s): Wolf, Sebastian; Eugster, Werner; Majorek, Sonja; et al.
    Source: ECOSYSTEMS, 14 (8): 1264-1275 DEC 2011
    Document type: Article (Details)
  • Carbon sequestration potential of tropical pasture compared with afforestation in Panama
    Wolf, Sebastian; Eugster, Werner; Potvin, Catherine; et al.
    GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 17 (9): 2763-2780 SEP 2011 (Details)