Biogeochemistry and biodiversity of agro- and forest ecosystems
Ecosystem Functioning and Global Change
Research in the Grassland Sciences group focuses on the process- and system-oriented understanding of functional plant diversity and of ecosystem biogeochemistry, in particular biospheric-atmospheric greenhouse gas exchange, both in response to human and biophysical drivers, across spatial and temporal scales.
Based on a multidisciplinary approach, we use classical ecological methods and further develop innovative tools, such as stable isotope analyses and micrometeorological measurements, in our observational and experimental studies.
Recent Publications
- Rethinking temperature effects on leaf growth, gene expression and metabolism: Diel variation matters
Kronenberg, Lukas; Yates, Steven; Ghiasi, Shiva; Roth, Lukas; Friedli, Michael; Ruckle, Michael E; Werner, Roland A; Tschurr, Flavian; Binggeli, Melanie; Buchmann, Nina; Studer, Bruno; Walter, Achim
Plant Cell And Environment DOI: 10.1111/pce.13958 DEC 2020 - Plant traits alone are poor predictors of ecosystem properties and long-term ecosystem functioning
van der Plas, Fons; Schroeder-Georgi, Thomas; Weigelt, Alexandra; Barry, Kathryn; Meyer, Sebastian; et al.
Nature Ecology & Evolution DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-01316-9 DEC 2020 - COSORE: A community database for continuous soil respiration and other soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas flux data
Bond-Lamberty, Ben; Christianson, Danielle S.; Malhotra, Avni; Pennington, Stephanie C.; Sihi, Debjani; et al.
Global Change Biology DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15353 DEC 2020 - The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic
Jochum, Malte; Fischer, Markus; Isbell, Forest; Roscher, Christiane; van der Plas, Fons; Boch, Steffen; Boenisch, Gerhard; Buchmann, Nina; Catford, Jane A; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Ebeling, Anne; Eisenhauer, Nico; Gleixner, Gerd; Hoelzel, Norbert; Kattge, Jens; Klaus, Valentin H.; Kleinebecker, Till; Lange, Markus; Le Provost, Gaetane; Meyer, Sebastian T.; Molina-Venegas, Rafael; Mommer, Liesje; Oelmann, Yvonne; Penone, Caterina; Prati, Daniel; Reich, Peter B.; Rindisbacher, Abiel; Schaefer, Deborah; Scheu, Stefan; Schmid, Bernhard; Tilman, David; Tscharntke, Teja; Vogel, Anja; Wagg, Cameron; Weigelt, Alexandra; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Wilcke, Wolfgang; Manning, Peter
Nature Ecology & Evolution Nov 2020, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1280-9 - SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature
Lembrechts, Jonas J; Aalto, Juha; Ashcroft, Michael B; De Frenne, Pieter; Kopecky, Martin; et al.
Global Change Biology DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15123 Published: NOV 2020 - Altered energy partitioning across terrestrial ecosystems in the European drought year 2018
Graf, Alexander; Klosterhalfen, Anne; Arriga, Nicola; Bernhofer, Christian; Bogena, Heye; et al.
Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-biological Sciences DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0524 OCT 26 2020 - Physiological response of Swiss ecosystems to 2018 drought across plant types and elevation
Gharun, Mana; Hoertnagl, Lukas; Paul-Limoges, Eugenie; Ghiasi, Shiva; Feigenwinter, Iris; Burri, Susanne; Marquardt, Kristiina; Etzold, Sophia; Zweifel, Roman; Eugster, Werner; Buchmann, Nina
Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-biological Sciences 10.1098/rstb.2019.0521 OCT 26 2020 - Adaptation to drought is coupled with slow growth, but independent from phenology in marginal silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) populations
Csillery, Katalin; Buchmann, Nina; Fady, Bruno
Evolutionary Applications DOI: 10.1111/eva.13029 OCT 2020 - Nitrate and ammonium differ in their impact on delta C-13 of plant metabolites and respired CO2 from tobacco leaves
Ghiasi, Shiva; Lehmann, Marco M.; Badeck, Franz-W; Ghashghaie, Jaleh; Haensch, Robert; et al.
Isotopes In Environmental And Health Studies DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2020.1810683 SEP 2020 - Stomatal response to decreased relative humidity constrains the acceleration of terrestrial evapotranspiration
Xiao, Mingzhong; Yu, Zhongbo; Kong, Dongdong; Gu, Xihui; Mammarella, Ivan; et al.
Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab9967 SEP 2020 - Canopy photosynthesis of six major arable crops is enhanced under diffuse light due to canopy architecture
Emmel, Carmen; D'Odorico, Petra; Revill, Andrew; Hortnagl, Lukas; Ammann, Christof; et al.
Global Change Biology DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15226 SEP 2020 - The results of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments are realistic
Jochum, Malte; Fischer, Markus; Isbell, Forest; Roscher, Christiane; van der Plas, Fons; Boch, Steffen; Boenisch, Gerhard; Buchmann, Nina; Catford, Jane A; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine; Ebeling, Anne; Eisenhauer, Nico; Gleixner, Gerd; Hoelzel, Norbert; Kattge, Jens; Klaus, Valentin H.; Kleinebecker, Till; Lange, Markus; Le Provost, Gaetane; Meyer, Sebastian T.; Molina-Venegas, Rafael; Mommer, Liesje; Oelmann, Yvonne; Penone, Caterina; Prati, Daniel; Reich, Peter B.; Rindisbacher, Abiel; Schaefer, Deborah; Scheu, Stefan; Schmid, Bernhard; Tilman, David; Tscharntke, Teja; Vogel, Anja; Wagg, Cameron; Weigelt, Alexandra; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Wilcke, Wolfgang; Manning, Peter
Nature Ecology & Evolution Early Access: AUG 2020, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1280-9 - Biodiversity increases multitrophic energy use efficiency, flow and storage in grasslands
Buzhdygan, OY; Meyer, ST; Weisser, WW; Eisenhauer, N; Ebeling, A; Borrett, SR; Buchmann, N; Cortois, R; De Deyn, GB; de Kroon, H; Gleixner, G; Hertzog, LR; Hines, J; Lange, M; Mommer, L ; Ravenek, J; Scherber, C; Scherer-Lorenzen, M; Scheu, S; Schmid, B; Steinauer, K; Strecker, T; Tietjen, B; Vogel, A; Weigelt, A; Petermann, JS
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2020, 10.1038/s41559-020-1123-8 - The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data
Pastorello, Gilberto; Trotta, Carlo; Canfora, Eleonora; Chu, Housen; Christianson, Danielle; et al.
Scientific Data DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0534-3 JUL 9 2020 - Carbon allocation to the root system of tropical tree Ceiba pentandra using C-13 pulse labelling in an aeroponic facility
Mannerheim, Neringa; Blessing, Carola H.; Oren, Israel; Grunzweig, Jose M.; Bachofen, Christoph; et al.
Tree Physiology DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpz142 Published: MAR 2020 - Do biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments inform stakeholders how to simultaneously conserve biodiversity and increase ecosystem service provisioning in grasslands?
Klaus, Valentin H.; Whittingham, Mark J.; Baldi, Andras; Eggers, Sonke; Francksen, Richard M.; et al.
Biological Conservation DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108552 Published: MAY 2020 - Carbon-nitrogen interactions in European forests and semi-natural vegetation - Part 1: Fluxes and budgets of carbon, nitrogen and greenhouse gases from ecosystem monitoring and modelling
Flechard, Chris R.; Ibrom, Andreas; Skiba, Ute M.; de Vries, Wim; van Oijen, Marcel; et al.
Biogeosciences DOI: 10.5194/bg-17-1583-2020, Published: MAR 26 2020 - Carbon-nitrogen interactions in European forests and semi-natural vegetation - Part 2: Untangling climatic, edaphic, management and nitrogen deposition effects on carbon sequestration potentials
Flechard, Chris R.; van Oijen, Marcel; Cameron, David R.; de Vries, Wim; Ibrom, Andreas; et al.
Biogeosciences DOI: 10.5194/bg-17-1621-2020, Published: MAR 26 2020 - Plant diversity effects on forage quality, yield and revenues of semi-natural grasslands
Schaub, S; Finger, R; Leiber, F; Probst, S; Kreuzer, M; Weigelt, A; Buchmann, N; Scherer-Lorenzen, M
Nature Communications 11(1) Article Number: 768 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14541-4 FEB 7 2020 - Assessing the response of forest productivity to climate extremes in Switzerland using model-data fusion
Trotsiuk, Volodymyr; Hartig, Florian; Cailleret, Maxime; Babst, Flurin; Forrester, David I.; Baltensweiler, Andri; Buchmann, Nina; Bugmann, H; Gessler, A; Gharun, M; Minunno, F; Rigling, A; Rohner, B; Stillhard, J; Thurig, E; Waldner, P; Ferretti, M; Eugster, W; Schaub, M
Global Change Biology 10.1111/gcb.15011 FEB 2020 - Light and VPD gradients drive foliar nitrogen partitioning and photosynthesis in the canopy of European beech and silver fir
Bachofen, Christoph; D'Odorico, Petra; Buchmann, Nina
Oecologia, 10.1007/s00442-019-04583-x, FEB 2020 - TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access
Kattge, Jens; Boenisch, Gerhard; Diaz, Sandra; Lavorel, Sandra; Prentice, Iain Colin; et al.
Global Change Biology, 10.1111/gcb.14904, JAN 2020 - Multimodel Evaluation of Nitrous Oxide Emissions From an Intensively Managed Grassland
Fuchs, Kathrin; Merbold, Lutz; Buchmann, Nina; Bretscher, Daniel; Brilli, Lorenzo; et al.
Journal Of Geophysical Research-biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2019JG005261 JAN 2020 - Economic benefits from plant species diversity in intensively managed grasslands
Schaub, Sergei; Buchmann, Nina; Luscher, Andreas; Finger, Robert
Ecological Economics, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106488 2020 - Adaptation to local climate in multi-trait space: evidence from silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) populations across a heterogeneous environment
Csillery, Katalin; Ovaskainen, Otso; Sperisen, Christoph; Buchmann, Nina; Widmer, Alex; Gugerli, F
Heredity, DOI: 10.1038/s41437-019-0240-0, 2020 - Limited evidence for spatial resource partitioning across temperate grassland biodiversity experiments
Barry, Kathryn E.; van Ruijven, Jasper; Mommer, Liesje; Bai, Yongfei; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Buchmann, N; de Kroon, H; Ebeling, A; Eisenhauer, N; Guimaraes-Steinicke, C; Hildebrandt, A; Isbell, F; Milcu, A; Nesshover, C; Reich, PB; Roscher, C; Sauheitl, L; Scherer-Lorenzen, M; Schmid, B; Tilman, D; von Felten, S; Weigelt, A
Ecology, DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2905, 2020 - Transferring biodiversity-ecosystem function research to the management of 'real-world' ecosystems
Manning, Peter; Loos, Jacqueline; Barnes, Andrew D.; Batary, Peter; Bianchi, Felix J. J. A.; et al.
Mechanisms Underlying The Relationship Between Biodiversity And Ecosystem Function, 10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.009, 2019 - A multitrophic perspective on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research
Eisenhauer, Nico; Schielzeth, Holger; Barnes, Andrew D.; Barry, Kathryn E.; Bonn, Aletta; et al.
Mechanisms Underlying The Relationship Between Biodiversity And Ecosystem Function, DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.001 - The Rich Picture Method: A Simple Tool for Reflective Teaching and Learning about Sustainable Food Systems
Grant, Michelle; Gilgen, Anna K.; Buchmann, Nina
Sustainability, DOI: 10.3390/su11184815, 2019 - Assessment of spatial variability of multiple ecosystem services in grasslands of different intensities
Solen, Le Clec'h; Finger, Robert; Buchmann, Nina; Gosal, Arjan S.; Hoertnagl, Lukas; et al.
Journal Of Environmental Management, 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109372, 2019 - Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"
Veldman, JW; Aleman, JC; Alvarado, ST; Anderson, TM et al.
SCIENCE, 10.1126/science.aay7976, Published: OCT 18 2019 - Microbial succession on decomposing root litter in a drought-prone Scots pine forest
Herzog, C; Hartmann, M; Frey, B; Stierli, B; Rumpel, C; Buchmann, N; Brunner, I
ISME JOURNAL, 13 (9):2346-2362; 10.1038/s41396-019-0436-6 SEP 2019 - Step back from the forest and step up to the Bonn Challenge: how a broad ecological perspective can promote successful landscape restoration
Temperton, VM; Buchmann, N; Buisson, E; Durigan, G; Kazmierczak, L; Perring, MP; Dechoum, MD; Veldman, JW; Overbeck, GE
RESTORATION ECOLOGY, 27 (4):705-719; 10.1111/rec.12989 JUL 2019 - Covariations between plant functional traits emerge from constraining parameterization of a terrestrial biosphere model
Peaucelle, M; Bacour, C; Ciais, P; Vuichard, N; Kuppel, S; Penuelas, J; Marchesini, LB; Blanken, PD; Buchmann, N; Chen, JQ; Delpierre, N; Desai, AR; Dufrene, E; Gianelle, D; Gimeno-Colera, C; Gruening, C; Helfter, C; Hortnagl, L; Ibrom, A; Joffre, R; Kato, T; Kolb, TE; Law, B; Lindroth, A; Mammarella, I; Merbold, L; Minerbi, S; Montagnani, L; Sigut, L; Sutton, M; Varlagin, A; Vesala, T; Wohlfahrt, G; Wolf, S; Yakir, D; Viovy, N
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 10.1111/geb.12937 - Measurement precision and accuracy of high artificial enrichment N-15 and C-13 tracer samples
Mannerheim, N; Werner, RA; Buchmann, N
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY, 33 (13):1153-1163; 10.1002/rcm.8451 JUL 15 2019 - Multiple plant diversity components drive consumer communities across ecosystems
Schuldt, A; Ebeling, A; Kunz, M; Staab, M; Guimaraes-Steinicke, C; Bachmann, D; Buchmann, N; Durka, W; Fichtner, A; Fornoff, F; Hardtle, W; Hertzog, LR; Klein, AM; Roscher, C; Schaller, J; von Oheimb, G; Weigelt, A; Weisser, W; Wirth, C; Zhang, JY; Bruelheide, H; Eisenhauer, N
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 10 10.1038/s41467-019-09448-8 MAR 29 2019 - Estimating cropland carbon fluxes: A process-based model evaluation at a Swiss crop-rotation site
Revill, A; Emmel, C; D'Odorico, P; Buchmann, N; Hortnagl, L; Eugster, W
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH, 234 95-106; 10.1016/j.fcr.2019.02.006 MAR 15 2019 - Vertical patterns of photosynthesis and related leaf traits in two contrasting agricultural crops
D'Odorico, P; Emmel, C; Revill, A; Liebisch, F; Eugster, W; Buchmann, N
FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY, 46 (3):213-227; 10.1071/FP18061 2019 - Memory effects of climate and vegetation affecting net ecosystem CO2 fluxes in global forests
Besnard, S; Carvalhais, N; Arain, MA; Black, A; Brede, B; Buchmann, N; Chen, JQ; Clevers, JGPW; Dutrieux, LP; Gans, F; Herold, M; Jung, M; Kosugi, Y; Knohl, A; Law, BE; Paul-Limoges, E; Lohila, A; Merbold, L; Roupsard, O; Valentini, R; Wolf, S; Zhang, XD; Reichstein, M
PLOS ONE, 14 (2):10.1371/journal.pone.0211510 FEB 6 2019 - Functional composition has stronger impact than species richness on carbon gain and allocation in experimental grasslands
Roscher, C; Karlowsky, S; Milcu, A; Gessler, A; Bachmann, D; Jesch, A; Lange, M; Mellado-Vazquez, P; Strecker, T; Landais, D; Ravel, O; Buchmann, N; Roy, J; Gleixner, G
PLOS ONE, 14 (1):10.1371/journal.pone.0204715 JAN 31 2019 - Source partitioning of atmospheric methane using stable carbon isotope measurements in the Reuss Valley, Switzerland
Stieger, Jacqueline; Bamberger, Ines; Siegwolf, Rolf T. W.; Buchmann, Nina; Eugster, Werner
ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES, 55 (1):1-24; 10.1080/10256016.2018.1561448 JAN 2 2019 - Species-specific differences in water uptake depth of mature temperate trees vary with water availability in the soil
Brinkmann, N.; Eugster, W.; Buchmann, N.; Kahmen, A.
PLANT BIOLOGY, 21 (1):71-81; 10.1111/plb.12907 JAN 2019 - …

Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann
ETH Zurich
Institute of Agricultural Sciences
8092 Zurich
Tel: +41 (0)44 632 39 59
Publications
Research topics
- Plant and Ecosystem Ecophysiology
- Biogeochemistry
- Greenhouse Gas Exchange (CO2, H2O, CH4, N2O)
- Biodiversity & Ecosystem Functioning
- Stable Isotope Ecology
- Policy Advice
Interdisciplinary
- Global change biology
- Sustainable and efficient resource use.
- Ecosystem Ecology