Dr. Matthias Saurer

Function

Scientific staff member, Senior Scientist

Forest Dynamics

Ecosystem Ecology

Contact

matthias.saurer(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 21 98+41 44 739 21 98

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HL D 35

My main research interest is the application of stable isotopes in ecological and climatic studies. This technique is very versatile and helps to improve our understanding of plant-climate interaction and physiological responses to environmental factors.

Here more on info on our Stable isotope lab

Positions

1994 - 2016
Paul Scherrer Institute, Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry
2017 -
WSL Birmensdorf

Projects

SNSF, 2022-2025, High-resolution stable isotope analysis of tree rings
Velux Foundation, 2022-2025, Understanding the influence of daylight on plant functioning
SNSF, 2019-2022, Development of a diagnostic stable isotope tool to study drought responses
SNSF, 2016-2018, Compound-specific dual isotope analysis
WSL, 2018-2019, Establishing hydrogen isotope analysis of organic material
Federal Office of Education-COST, 2013-2017, The relationship between stable isotopes, water-use efficiency and tree mortality under drought

Full publication list

FURTHER INFORMATION

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Saurer, M.; Sahlstedt, E.; Rinne-Garmston, K.T.; Lehmann, M.M.; Oettli, M.; Gessler, A.; Treydte, K., 2023: Progress in high-resolution isotope-ratio analysis of tree rings using laser ablation. Tree Physiology, doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpac141

Tang, Y.; Schiestl-Aalto, P.; Lehmann, M.M.; Saurer, M.; Sahlstedt, E.; Kolari, P.; Leppä, K.; Bäck, J.; Rinne-Garmston, K.T., 2023: Estimating intra-seasonal photosynthetic discrimination and water use efficiency using δ¹³C of leaf sucrose in Scots pine. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74, 1: 321-335. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erac413

Tang, Y.; Sahlstedt, E.; Young, G.; Schiestl-Aalto, P.; Saurer, M.; Kolari, P.; Jyske, T.; Bäck, J.; Rinne-Garmston, K.T., 2022: Estimating intraseasonal intrinsic water-use efficiency from high-resolution tree-ring δ¹³C data in boreal Scots pine forests. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.18649

Leppä, K.; Tang, Y.; Ogée, J.; Launiainen, S.; Kahmen, A.; Kolari, P.; Sahlstedt, E.; Saurer, M.; Schiestl-Aalto, P.; Rinne-Garmston, K.T., 2022: Explicitly accounting for needle sugar pool size crucial for predicting intra-seasonal dynamics of needle carbohydrates δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C. New Phytologist, 236, 6: 2044-2060. doi: 10.1111/nph.18227

Tang, Y.; Schiestl-Aalto, P.; Saurer, M.; Sahlstedt, E.; Kulmala, L.; Kolari, P.; Ryhti, K.; Salmon, Y.; Jyske, T.; Ding, Y.; Bäck, J.; Rinne-Garmston, K.T., 2022: Tree organ growth and carbon allocation dynamics impact the magnitude andδ¹³C signal of stem and soil CO₂ fluxes. Tree Physiology, 24, 12: 2404-2418. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpac079

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Further scientific publications

Churakova, O.V.; Porter, T.J.; Kirdyanov, A.V.; Myglan, V.S.; Fonti, M.V.; Vaganov, E.A., 2022: Stable isotopes in tree rings of boreal forests. In: Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Brooks, R.J.; Roden, J.; Saurer, M. (eds), 2022: Stable isotopes in tree rings. Inferring physiological, climatic and environmental responses. Cham, Springer. 581-603. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-92698-4_20

Saurer, M.; Voelker, S., 2022: Intrinsic water-use efficiency derived from stable carbon isotopes of tree-rings. In: Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Brooks, R.J.; Roden, J.; Saurer, M. (eds), 2022: Stable isotopes in tree rings. Inferring physiological, climatic and environmental responses. Cham, Springer. 481-498. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-92698-4_17

Roden, J.; Saurer, M.; Siegwolf, R.T.W., 2022: Probing tree physiology using the dual-isotope approach. In: Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Brooks, R.J.; Saurer, M.; Roden, J. (eds), 2022: Stable isotopes in tree rings. Inferring physiological, climatic and environmental responses. Cham, Springer. 463-479. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-92698-4_16

Andreu-Hayles, L.; Lévesque, M.; Guerrieri, R.; Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Körner, C., 2022: Limits and strengths of tree-ring stable isotopes. In: Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Brooks, R.J.; Roden, J.; Saurer, M. (eds), 2022: Stable isotopes in tree rings. Inferring physiological, climatic and environmental responses. Cham, Springer. 399-428. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-92698-4_14

Gessler, A.; Ferrio, J.P., 2022: Postphotosynthetic fractionation in leaves, phloem and stem. In: Siegwolf, R.T.W.; Brooks, R.J.; Roden, J.; Saurer, M. (eds), 2022: Stable isotopes in tree rings. Inferring physiological, climatic and environmental responses. Cham, Springer. 381-396. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-92698-4_13

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