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SUMMARY:EESS talk on "Swiss agroecosystems: Drivers of or driven by climat
 e change?"
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Nina Buchmann\, professor\, Institute of Agricultural Scien
 ce\, Dept. Environmental System Science\, ETHZ\n\nShort biography:\nNina B
 uchmann studied Geoecology at the University of Bayreuth\, Germany (1984-1
 989). After her Ph.D. in Plant Ecology in 1993\, she worked as a postdoc i
 n the USA and in Germany. She finished her Habilitation in 1996. She then 
 joined the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry\, Jena\, Germany\, bef
 ore coming to Zurich as Full Professor of Grassland Sciences in 2003. Her 
 main research topics include (1) plant and ecosystem physiology\, (2) biog
 eochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems\, and (3) interactions among biodive
 rsity\, ecosystem functions/services\, and sustainable resource use.\nAbst
 ract:\nAgroecosystems\, i.e. arable as well as grassland ecosystems\, are 
 highly relevant for the provision of many ecosystem services in Switzerlan
 d. This includes not only forage production for livestock\, but also clima
 te regulation\, erosion control and cultural services (among others). How 
 these services are affected by climate change\, but also to what extend Sw
 iss agroecosystems contribute to climate change or can actually mitigate i
 t\, are important research questions.\nWithin the Swiss FluxNet\, greenhou
 se gas fluxes and C sequestration have been measured at one arable and thr
 ee grassland sites since more than a decade. Climate impact studies\, link
 s to remote sensing\, but also agroeconomic assessments have complemented 
 these long-term measurements. Currently\, legumes are tested as N2O mitiga
 tion option in an intensively managed grassland site in the Swiss lowlands
 . Lessons learned from more than a decade of research will be presented.
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