Dr. Martin Schütz

Funktion

Senior Scientist

Ökologie der Lebensgemeinschaften

Kontakt

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+41 44 739 25 26+41 44 739 25 26

Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Standort

Birmensdorf Bi MG D 38

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

Restoration of species rich grasslands

Restoration of species rich grasslands from species poor agricultural sites was successful in several projects and studies. However, the existing vegetation including the roots and the nutrient enriched topsoil had to be removed in most of the successful examples. The impact of such radical disturbances on soil organisms and soil functions has not yet been assessed. Our study aims on shedding more light into these aspects.

Exclosure Experiment

Trophic interactions of herbivores of different body sizes are assessed using exclosures in different vegetation types in grassland ecosystems of the Swiss National Park. The focus is on changes in plant, root and microbial biomass and nutrient content (nitrogen and phosphorus) as well as on the composition of plant and microbial communities over the course of several growing seasons.

Nutrient Network

The Nutrient Network (NutNet) is a grassroots research effort to address these questions within a coordinated research network comprised of more than 40 grassland sites worldwide. We are interested in how general our current understanding of productivity-diversity relationships is, to what extent plant production and diversity are co-limited by multiple nutrients in herbaceous-dominated communities and under what conditions grazers or fertilization control plant biomass, diversity, and composition.

Back to wilderness – long-term vegetation monitoring in the Swiss National Park

Since the foundation of the Swiss National Park in 1914, one focus of botanical research has always been long-term monitoring of vegetation development. As relevées have been repeated on the permanent plots, the researchers are now able to make precise statements about long-term development of tall-herb communities, nutrient-rich meadows, rich and poor pastures as well as woodland communities.

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Gill, A.L.; Adler, P.B.; Borer, E.T.; Buyarski, C.R.; Cleland, E.E.; D'Antonio, C.M.; Davies, K.F.; Gruner, D.S.; Harpole, W.S.; Hofmockel, K.S.; MacDougall, A.S.; McCulley, R.L.; Melbourne, B.A.; Moore, J.L.; Morgan, J.W.; Risch, A.C.; Schütz, M.; Seabloom, E.W.; Wright, J.P.; ... Hobbie, S.E., 2022: Nitrogen increases early-stage and slows late-stage decomposition across diverse grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 110, 6: 1376-1389. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13878

Resch, M.C.; Schütz, M.; Ochoa-Hueso, R.; Buchmann, N.; Frey, B.; Graf, U.; Van der Putten, W.H.; Zimmermann, S.; Risch, A.C., 2022: Long-term recovery of above- and below-ground interactions in restored grasslands after topsoil removal and seed addition. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 9: 2299-2308. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14145

Vázquez, E.; Schleuss, P.; Borer, E.T.; Bugalho, M.N.; Caldeira, M.C.; Eisenhauer, N.; Eskelinen, A.; Fay, P.A.; Haider, S.; Jentsch, A.; Kirkman, K.P.; McCulley, R.L.; Peri, P.L.; Price, J.; Richards, A.E.; Risch, A.C.; Roscher, C.; Schütz, M.; Seabloom, E.W.; ... Spohn, M., 2022: Nitrogen but not phosphorus addition affects symbiotic N₂fixation by legumes in natural and semi-natural grasslands located on four continents. Plant and Soil, 478: 689-707. doi: 10.1007/s11104-022-05498-y

Price, J.N.; Sitters, J.; Ohlert, T.; Tognetti, P.M.; Brown, C.S.; Seabloom, E.W.; Borer, E.T.; Prober, S.M.; Bakker, E.S.; MacDougall, A.S.; Yahdjian, L.; Gruner, D.S.; Olde Venterink, H.; Barrio, I.C.; Graff, P.; Bagchi, S.; Arnillas, C.A.; Bakker, J.D.; Blumenthal, D.M.; ... Wardle, G.M., 2022: Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6: 1290-1298. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01809-9

Nepel, M.; Angel, R.; Borer, E.T.; Frey, B.; MacDougall, A.S.; McCulley, R.L.; Risch, A.C.; Schütz, M.; Seabloom, E.W.; Woebken, D., 2022: Global grassland diazotrophic communities are structured by combined abiotic, biotic, and spatial distance factors but resilient to fertilization. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13: 821030 (12 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.821030

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Further scientific publications

Schütz, M.; Risch, A.C., 2020: Synthese. In: Schütz, M.; Anderwald, P.; Risch, A.C. (eds), 2020: Nahrungsnetze im Schweizerischen Nationalpark. Von Produzenten, Konsumenten und Destruenten. Bern, Haupt. 145-153.

Schütz, M.; Risch, A.C., 2020: Interaktionen zwischen Produzenten, Konsumenten und Destruenten. In: Schütz, M.; Anderwald, P.; Risch, A.C. (eds), 2020: Nahrungsnetze im Schweizerischen Nationalpark. Von Produzenten, Konsumenten und Destruenten. Bern, Haupt. 103-116.

Schütz, M.; Risch, A.C., 2020: Einfluss von Herbivoren auf die pflanzliche Artenvielfalt. In: Schütz, M.; Anderwald, P.; Risch, A.C. (eds), 2020: Nahrungsnetze im Schweizerischen Nationalpark. Von Produzenten, Konsumenten und Destruenten. Bern, Haupt. 89-102.

Schütz, M.; Risch, A.C., 2020: Einfluss von Herbivoren auf die Vegetationsdynamik. In: Schütz, M.; Anderwald, P.; Risch, A.C. (eds), 2020: Nahrungsnetze im Schweizerischen Nationalpark. Von Produzenten, Konsumenten und Destruenten. Bern, Haupt. 73-88.

Schütz, M.; Schweiger, A.K.; Risch, A.C., 2020: Eigenschaften von Boden und Vegetation steuern die Habitatwahl von Herbivoren. In: Schütz, M.; Anderwald, P.; Risch, A.C. (eds), 2020: Nahrungsnetze im Schweizerischen Nationalpark. Von Produzenten, Konsumenten und Destruenten. Bern, Haupt. 59-72.

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Magazine article and brochures

Schütz, M.; Risch, A.C., 2020: Huftiere und Wirbellose spielen verschiedene Rollen. Cratschla, 12-13.

Schütz, M.; Risch, A.C., 2020: ... und die im Boden lebenden Fadenwürmer ebenfalls. Cratschla, 10-11.

Schütz, M.; Risch, A.C., 2020: Warum Zikaden und Spinnen auf Hirsche reagieren .... Cratschla, 8-9.

Schütz, M.; Risch, A.C., 2020: Nahrungsnetze im Schweizerischen Nationalpark. Cratschla, 4-5.

Schütz, M.; Risch, A.C., 2019: Nutzungsintensivierung gefährdet botanische Vielfalt. Cratschla, 6-7.

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Education

1988: Ph.D. Degree in Plant Ecology, ETH Zurich
1983: Masters Degree in Ecology and Systematics, ETH Zurich

Professional experience

10/2006 - present: Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Tech, USA

07/2006 - present: Senior Scientist

1997 - present: Lectureship at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

07/2006 - 2010: Head of Vegetation Ecology research group within research unit Community Ecology, WSL, Switzerland

1997 - 2006: Head of Vegetation dynamics research team, WSL, Switzerland

1992 - 1997: Research scientist, WSL, Switzerland

1988 - 1991: Research scientist, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Collaborations

Dr. Debbie Page-Dumroese, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forestry Science Lab, Moscow ID, USA
Prof. T. Michael Anderson, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem NC, USA
Prof. Martin Jurgensen, Mike Hyslop, Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI, USA
Dr. Matt Busse, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Silviculture Lab, Redding CA, USA
Dr. Jennifer Firn, Queensland Technological University, Brisbane, Australia
Prof. Dr. Helene Wagner, University of Toronto, Mississauga ON, Canada
Dr. Ruedi Haller, Dr. Pia Anderwald, Dr. Flurin Filli, Swiss National Park, Zernez, Switzerland
Prof. Mizue Ohashi, University of Hyogo, Japan
Prof. Leena Finér, Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA), Joensuu Research Centre, Joensuu, Finland