Effects of management practices on the ecosystem-service multifunctionality of temperate grasslands

Autor: Franziska J. Richter, Matthias Suter, Andreas Lüscher, Nina Buchmann, Nadja El Benni, Rafaela Feola Conz, Martin Hartmann, Pierrick Jan, Valentin H. Klaus

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2024)

Abstract Human wellbeing depends on ecosystem services, highlighting the need for improving the ecosystem-service multifunctionality of food and feed production systems. We study Swiss agricultural grasslands to assess how employing and combining thr

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Upscaling of ecosystem service and biodiversity indicators from field to farm to inform agri-environmental decision- and policy-making

Autor: Valentin H. Klaus, Sergei Schaub, Robin Séchaud, Yvonne Fabian, Philippe Jeanneret, Andreas Lüscher, Olivier Huguenin-Elie

Publikováno v: Ecological Indicators, Vol 163, Iss , Pp 112104- (2024)

Ecosystem services and biodiversity are frequently measured by field-scale indicators. Yet, many important agricultural and economic drivers as well as agri-environmental policies operate at larger sales, to which field-scale indicators first need to

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Can the soil seed bank of Rumex obtusifolius in productive grasslands be explained by management and soil properties?

Autor: Matthias Suter, Julie Klötzli, Deborah Beaumont, Aleš Kolmanič, Robert Leskovšek, Urs Schaffner, Jonathan Storkey, Andreas Lüscher

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 6, p e0286760 (2023)

Rumex obtusifolius is a problematic weed in temperate grasslands worldwide as it decreases yield and nutritional value of forage. Because the species can recruit from the seed bank, we determined the effect of management and soil properties on the so

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Plant species identity drives soil microbial community structures that persist under a following crop

Autor: Aaron Fox, Andreas Lüscher, Franco Widmer

Publikováno v: Ecology and Evolution, Vol 10, Iss 16, Pp 8652-8668 (2020)

Abstract Compared to monocultures, multi‐species swards have demonstrated numerous positive diversity effects on aboveground plant performance, such as yield, N concentration, and even legacy effects on a following crop. Whether such diversity effe

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Using plant diversity to reduce vulnerability and increase drought resilience of permanent and sown productive grasslands

Autor: Andreas Lüscher, Karim Barkaoui, John A. Finn, Daniel Suter, Matthias Suter, Florence Volaire

Publikováno v: 29th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation
29th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, European Grassland Federation, Jun 2022, Caen, France. pp.309-322
Grass and Forage Science
Grass and Forage Science, 2022, 77 (4), pp.235-246. ⟨10.1111/gfs.12578⟩

An earlier version of this article was a keynote presentation at the 29th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation hosted by France in 2022 (www.europeangrassland.org).; International audience; Climate change associated with a greater var

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