Publications

Here you find the list of this year's papers published by members of the Grassland Sciences group as well as our Download Guidelines on Authorships (PDF, 11 KB) which we developed at our group retreat in 2006.

For papers from earlier years please check our Publication Archive. Publication lists of each group member can be accessed through the People section of our website.

We mostly publish in open access journals (around 90% of our papers in recent years). All other papers (published since 2017) are available as postprints (i.e., the accepted manuscript after the peer review process) after the respective embargo periods of the publishers (between 2 and 36 months) in the ETH Zurich Research Collection.

2026

Jia A, Mallick K, Lin Z, Sulis M, Szantoi Z, Zhang L, Corbari C, Torralbo Munoz P, Nieto H, Roujean J-L, Etchanchu J, Demarty J, Mwangi S, Olioso A, Merlin O, Boulet G (2026) Sensitivity of thermal evapotranspiration models to surface and atmospheric drivers across ecosystems and aridity. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 376: 110930, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110930
Kesselring J, Humphrey V, Niederberger M, Feigenwinter I, Shekhar A, Buchmann N, Damm-Reiser A (2026) Divergence between in situ and satellite-based estimates of forest canopy water content. Remote Sensing Environment 332: 115097, doi: external page 10.1016/j.rse.2025.115097
Klaus VH, Richter FJ, Fox N, Andreatta D, Chai-allah A (2026) Powerful flowers: Public perception of grassland aesthetics is strongly related to management and biodiversity. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 398: 110111, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agee.2025.110111
Kohonen K-M, Kübert A, Merbold L, Räsänen M, Buchmann N, Mammarella I, Pellikka P, Vesala T (2026) Tracking canopy conductance and transpiration of CAM-plants Agave sisalana with carbonyl sulfide fluxes. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology 378: 110966, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110966
Le Clec'h S, Huber R, Finger R, Delore J-M, Richter FJ, Klaus VH
(2026) Spatial arrangement of action-oriented versus hybrid agri-environmental schemes: implications for the optimisation of grassland ecosystem services. Agricultural Systems 231: 104490, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104490
Li Y, Riedl A, Buchmann N, Eugster W (2026) Magnitude and impacts of non-rainfall water inputs and nocturnal evapotranspiration on temperate grassland ecosystems. Journal of Hydrology 664: 134632, doi: external page 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.134632

2025

Ahmadi SH, Seidel SJ, Lopez G, Kamali B, Gaiser T, Hadir S, Demie DT, Andersen MN, Ewert F, Ochoa IH (2025) Root:shoot ratio of field crops under conventional and conservation tillage: A meta analysis. Soil Use and Management 41: e70026, doi: external page 10.1111/sum.70026
Andreatta D, Buchmann N, Jucker T, Belelli Marchesini L, Dalponte M, Scotton M, Vescovo L, Gianelle D (2025) Diverging trends in plant phenology across European mountains in a warming world. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 375: 110874, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110874
Bachmann D, Buchmann N, Ebeling A, Roscher C (2025) Traits of the leaf economics spectrum do not always relate to species biomass proportions in grassland communities of varying diversity. Ecology and Evolution 15:e72013, doi: external page 10.1002/ece3.72013
Bose AK, Etzold S, Meusburger K, Gessler A, Baltensweiler A, Braun S, Buchmann N, Camarero JJ, Haeni M, Kahmen A, Peters RL, Sterck FJ, Tresch S, Walthert L, Zweifel R (2025) Decreasing stem growth in common European tree species despite earlier growth onset. Global Change Biology 31: e70318, doi: external page 10.1111/gcb.70318
Buchmann N (2025) Lachgasverluste reduzieren? Die Pflanze muss gewinnen! die grüne 1/2025: 11, external page read online
Buchmann N (2025) Netto-Null 2050: Der Beitrag des Graslands. UFA-Revue 9: 8-12, external page read online
Buchmann N (2025) Pflanzenvielfalt im Futterbau als Versicherung gegen Wetterrisiken. die grüne 7/2025: 11, external page read online
Buzhdygan OY, Tietjen B, Petermann JS, Eisenhauer N, Hines J, Schmid B, Baldauf S, Ebeling A, Scherber C, Buchmann N, Borrett SR, de Kroon H, Weisser W, Meyer ST (2025) Plant diversity facets differentially affect energy dynamics in grasslands depending on trophic contexts. Ecological Monographs 95: e70004, doi: external page 10.1002/ecm.70004
De R, Bao S, Koirala S, Brenning A, Reichstein M, Tagesson T, Liddell M, Ibrom A, Wolf S, Šigut L, Hörtnagl L, Woodgate W, Korkiakoski M, Merbold L, Black TA, Roland M, Klosterhalfen A, Blanken PD, Knox S, Sabbatini S, Gielen B, Montagnani L, Fensholt R, Wohlfahrt G, Desai AR, Paul-Limoges E, Galvagno M, Hammerle A, Jocher G, Ruiz Reverter B, Holl D, Chen J, Vitale LO, Arain MA, Nuno Carvalhais N (2025) Addressing challenges in simulating inter–annual variability of gross primary production. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 17: e2024MS004697, doi: external page 10.1029/2024MS004697
de Bonfioli Cavalcabo' G, Stagakis S, Feigenwinter C, Kalberer M, Damm A, Buchmann N, Brunner D (2025) Modelling urban radiation exchange using a high-resolution 3D approach. In: Mohammad P, Shahfahad, Comino JR, Matamanda AR (eds) Geographic approaches to climate change and mitigation: Urban and rural perspectives (Volume 1). Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp 237-244, doi: external page 10.1007/978-3-031-92119-3_21
de Clippele A, Jaeger ACH, Baumgartner S, Bauters M, Boeckx P, Botefa C, Bush G, Carilli J, Drake TW, Ekamba C, Lompoko G, Mukwiele NB, Van Oost K, Werner RA, Zambo J, Six J, Barthel M (2025) Aquatic and soil CO₂ emissions from forested wetlands of Congo's Cuvette Centrale. Biogeosciences 22: 3011-3027, doi: external page 10.5194/bg-22-3011-2025
de Vries A, Wohlfahrt G, Kohonen K-M, Abadie C, Remaud M, Kesselmeier J, Laasonen A, Whelan M, Mammarella I, Vesala T (2025) The contribution of boreal wetlands to the Northern Hemisphere carbonyl sulfide sink. Geophysical Research Letters 52: e2024GL112858, doi: external page 10.1029/2024GL112858
Denzler B, Eugster W, Bogdal C, Bishop K, Buchmann N, Hungerbühler K, Osterwalder S (2025) Uptake of gaseous elemental mercury by a rainforest: Insights from a tropical glasshouse used as a dynamic flux chamber. Environmental Science & Technology 59: 18675-18686 , doi: external page 10.1021/acs.est.5c05823
Dong Y, Zhou Y, Zhang L, Tian F, Xie Q, Chen Y, Ruan L, Zhang B (2025) An enhanced phenology dataset for global drylands from 2001 to 2019. Scientific Data 12: 1167, doi: external page 10.1038/s41597-025-05519-2
Holloway-Phillips M, Tcherkez G, Wieloch T, Lehmann MM, Werner RA (2025) Is photosynthesis-derived NADPH really a source of ²H-depleted hydrogen in plant compounds? Plant, Cell and Environment 48: 4083-4098, doi: external page 10.1111/pce.15403
Gharun M, Shekhar A, Hörtnagl L, Krebs L, Arriga N, Migliavacca M, Roland M, Gielen B, Montagnani L, Tomelleri E, Šigut L, Peichl M, Zhao P, Schmidt M, Grünwald T, Korkiakoski M, Lohila A, Buchmann N (2025) Impact of winter warming on CO₂ fluxes in evergreen needleleaf forests. Biogeosciences 22: 1393-1411, doi: external page 10.5194/bg-22-1393-2025
Ibañez M, Aljazairi S, Leiva MJ, Chocarro C, Werner RA, Ghashghaie J, Sebastià M-T (2025) Tree canopies drive δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N patterns in Mediterranean wood pastures of the Iberian Peninsula. Land 14:1135, doi: external page 10.3390/land14061135
Kohonen K-M, Kübert A, Merbold L, Räsänen M, Buchmann N, Mammarella I, Pellikka P, Vesala T (2025) Tracking canopy conductance and transpiration of CAM-plants Agave sisalana with carbonyl sulfide fluxes. Authorea [preprint], doi: external page 10.22541/au.174711610.06004106/v1
Krebs L, Hörtnagl L, Scapucci L, Gharun M, Feigenwinter I, Buchmann N (2025) Net ecosystem CO₂ exchange of a subalpine spruce forest in Switzerland over 26 Years: Effects of phenology and contributions of abiotic drivers at daily time scales. Global Change Biology 31: e70371, doi: external page 10.1111/gcb.70371
Laasonen A, Buzacott A, Kohonen K-M, Lundin E, Meire A, Pihlatie M, Mammarella I (2025) Radiation and surface wetness drive carbon monoxide fluxes from an Arctic peatland. Biogeosciences 22: 7505-7518, doi: external page 10.5194/bg-22-7505-2025
Leolini L, Costafreda-Aumedes S, Brilli L, Galvagno M, Bindi M, Argenti G, Cammarano D, Bellini E, Dibari C, Wohlfahrt G, Feigenwinter I, Dal Prà A, Dalmonech D, Collalti A, Cremonese E, Filippa G, Staglianò N, Moriondo M (2025) Modeling carbon and water fluxes in agro-pastoral systems under contrasting climates and different management practices. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 367: 110486, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110486
Luo Y, Wei N, Lu X, Zhou Y, Tao F, Quan Q, Liao C, Jiang L, Xia J, Huang Y, Niu S, Xu X, Sun Y, Zeng N, Koven C, Peng L, Davis S, Smith P, You F, Jiang Y, Cheng L, Houlton B (2025) Large CO₂ removal potential of woody debris preservation in managed forests. Nature Geoscience 18: 675-681, doi: external page 10.1038/s41561-025-01731-2
Maier R, Hörtnagl L, Buchmann N (2025) Large nitrous oxide emissions from arable soils after crop harvests prior to sowing. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 130: 161-175, doi: external page 10.1007/s10705-024-10395-0
Mayerhofer J, Richter F, Fox A, Widmer F, Lüscher A, Klaus V, Hartmann M (2025) Impact of grassland management intensity on associations between bacterial, fungal and plant communities. European Journal of Soil Biology 126: 103754, doi: external page 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2025.103754
MeteoSwiss (2025) National Climate Observing System (GCOS Switzerland). Update 2025, external page full report [with author contributions by Buchmann N, Burri S, Eugster W, Feigenwinter I]
Pilon N, Peixoto F, Oliveira R, Oliveira AC, Alquéres J, Alvarado S, Angelo J, Archibald S, Armani M, Baldaszti L, Barot S, Barros F, Barroso M, Bassani A, te Beest M, Benavides-Tocarruncho J, Benitez L, Bernardino P, Bond W, den Braber B, Buchmann N, Buisson E, Campos B, Campos C, Canadell J, Charles-Dominique T, Cohen R, Courtenay A, Cromsigt J, Damasceno G, Dantas V, Deák B, Dechoum M, Devenish A, Diaz M, Djiofack B, Donaldson J, Doria L, Dudinszky N, Durães L, Eshelman S, Fialho M, Finckh M, Funk JL, Gallagher R, Ganesh T, Gignoux J, Gonçalves LG, Greve M, Griffith D, Guerin N, Helsen K, Hempson G, Hiremath A, Hoffman W, Holmes S, Hutley L, Jewitt D, Kannan A, Keijzer M, Keith D, Khaling S, Kirkman K, Kolb R, Koné F, Kozovits A, Kull, C, van Langevelde F, Lapuz RS, Lata RJC, Le Stradic S, Lehmann C, Luz N, Madhusudan MD, Madjima S, Majgaonkar I, Marini-Filho O, Mekuria A, Meller P, Menezes M, Merisse R, Munhoz C, Murphy N, Naftal L, Nanjarisoa O, N'Dri A, Nerlekar A, Neto A, Nippert K, Nikuna S, Noss R, Oliveras I, Osborne C, Overbeck G, Palazzi G, Parr C, Pausas J, Pennington T, Pillar V, Putz F, Ramos D, Rasaminirina F, Ratnam J, Raymundo D, Ribeiro A, Rickenback J, Rowland L, Sampaio A, Sankaran M, Schwartz N, Seshadri, KS, Siebert S, Siebert F, Silva S, Silva D, Monteiro Silva J, Silveira F, Simpson K, Staver C, Stein B, Stevens N, Still C, Strömberg C, Studer R, Swemmer A, Tomlinson K, Valkó O, Vanderlei R, Veldman J, Verona L, Vetter S, Viani R, Vorontsova M, Wieczorkowski J, Wigley B, Zanne A, Durigan G (2025). Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored. Plants, People, Planet 7: 1220-1224, doi: external page 10.1002/ppp3.10635
Quan Q, Zhou J, Hanson PJ, Ricciuto D, Sebestyen SD, Weston DJ, Chanton JP, Wilson RM, Kostka JE, Zhou Y, Wei N, Jiang L, Mayers MA, Stelling JM, Richardson AD, Dusenge ME, Way D, Warren JM, Luo Y (2025) Drought-induced peatland carbon loss exacerbated by elevated CO₂ and warming. Science 390: 367-370, doi: external page 10.1126/science.adv7104
Scapucci L, Krebs L, Burri S, Hörtnagl L, Buchmann N (2025) Soil and forest floor respiration already acclimated to increasing temperatures in a mixed deciduous forest. Ecological Processes 14: 71, doi: external page 10.1186/s13717-025-00639-4
Schaub S, El Benni N, Pierrick J, Huguenin-Elie O, Richter F, Klaus VH (2025) Optimizing land-use strategies to improve grassland multifunctionality. Land Use Policy 153: 107548, doi: external page 10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107548
Skogberg M, Kohonen K-M, Lohila A, Merbold L, Räsänen M, Vuorinne I, Pellikka P, Vesala T, Kübert A (2025) Ecosystem-scale crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) gas exchange of a sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation. Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment 381: 109435, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agee.2024.109435
Soininen J, Kohonen K-M, Rantala P, Kulmala L, Aaltonen H, Järvi L (2025) Carbon uptake of an urban green space inferred from carbonyl sulfide fluxes. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 8: 90, doi: external page 10.1038/s41612-025-00958-5
Stagakis S, Brunner D, Li J, Backman L, Karvonen A, Constantin L, Järvi L, Havu M, Chen J, Emberger S, Kulmala L (2025) Intercomparison of biogenic CO₂ flux models in four urban parks in the city of Zurich. Biogeosciences 22: 2133-2161, doi: external page 10.5194/bg-22-2133-2025
Wang Y, Feigenwinter I, Hörtnagl L, Gilgen AK, Buchmann N (2025) Drivers of long-term grassland CO₂ fluxes and regrowth: effects of management and meteorological conditions over time. EGUsphere [preprint], doi: external page 10.5194/egusphere-2025-3562
Wang Y, Klaus VH, Gilgen AK, Buchmann N (2025) Temperate grasslands under climate extremes: effects of plant diversity on ecosystem services. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 379: 109372, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agee.2024.109372
Zou X, Krebs L, Richter F, Mo Y, Kumar Singh A, Chen C, Liu W, Buchmann N (2025) Tropical forest restoration promotes soil phosphorus bioavailability in SW China: Processes and predictors. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 381: 109459, doi: external page 10.1016/j.agee.2024.109459
Zou X, Shekhar A, Mo Y, Kumar Singh A, Jiang X, Liu W (2025) Edaphic and climatic effects on soil water dynamics and infiltration patterns in tropical rainforests. Geoderma 455: 117197, doi: external page 10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117197
Zweifel R, Bachofen C, Basler D, Braun S, Buchmann N, Conedera M, Etzold S, Floriancic MG, Freund ER, Gehring E, Gessler A, Hummel D, Peters RL, Rigling A, Schaub M, Walthert L (2025) Wachstum und Trockenstress: physiologische Charakterisierung von Schweizer Waldbäumen. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen 176: 99-105, doi: external page 10.3188/szf.2025.0099