Flurin Sutter

Function

GIS specialist

Forest Dynamics

Ecosystem Ecology

Contact

flurin.sutter(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 24 02+41 44 739 24 02

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HL D 21

ORCID 0000-0001-6201-5791

Education

Degree in Geography (University of Zurich)

Glaciology
Geographic Information Systems
Masters thesis: Investigation of funnels within the snow cover of the rock glacier Murtèl / Corvatsch.

Activities

Research associate at the WSL

Forest Dynamics -Ecosystem Ecology

GIS: ArcGIS Pro (ESRI)

GIS development, spatial modeling, visualisation

Use of Geodatabases ArcSDE/SDO, Web application for ArcGIS Server from ESRI), ArcGIS Server >>

Database: ORACLE

Designing and building database applications using ORACLE

Metadata

Collaboration in the Environmental Data Portal EnviDat using the CKAN API

Other

Collaborator webpublishing of the research unit Forest Dynamics and LWF

Coordinator of aerial view for the LWF
Member of the medical team at the Birmensdorf site
Organiser LWF-/NFI snow weekend, etc.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

ICOS-2: Integrated Carbon Observation System in Switzerland, Phase 2017-2021

Die Forschungsstation Seehornwald Davos wurde in den 80er-Jahren von der WSL initiiert und ist damit eine der ältesten permanent betriebenen Wald-Vegetations-Forschungsstationen in der Schweiz.

eLTER Switzerland

The Long-Term Ecologiocal Research in Europe (LTER-Europe) capitalizes on research infrastructures such as the in-situ network of sites and information technology. Thousands of research projects have been carried out taking advantage of this infrastructure.

Tea bag decomposition study

Decomposition of plant litter is a key process for the transfer of carbon and nutrients in ecosystems. Carbon contained in the decaying biomass is released to the atmosphere as respired CO2, and may contribute to global warming. Litterbag studies have been used to improve our knowledge of the drivers of litter decomposition, but they lack comparability because litter quality is plant species-specific. The use of commercial tea bags as a standard substrate was suggested in order to harmonize studies, where green tea and rooibos represent more labile and more recalcitrant C compounds as surrogates of local litter.

Soil as a site factor

This project delivers soil and site related information for Swiss forests which are based mainly on measured values: (i) response of tree species relating to direct and indirect environmental variables, (ii) quantitative characterisation of species' ecological niche and (iii) soil ecological indicator values for forest plant species.

Evoltree

A large network of research institutions collaborates within an EC-funded Network of Excellence to study the impacts of climate change on forest ecosystems from an evolutionary perspective.

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Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Kwon, T.; Shibata, H.; Kepfer-Rojas, S.; Schmidt, I.K.; Larsen, K.S.; Beier, C.; Berg, B.; Verheyen, K.; Lamarque, J.; Hagedorn, F.; Eisenhauer, N.; Djukic, I.; Rixen, C.; Sutter, F.; Von Oppen, J.; Schaub, M.; Didion, M.; Wipf, S.; TeaComposition Network, 2021: Effects of climate and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on early to mid-term stage litter decomposition across biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4: 678480 (18 pp.). doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480

Rebetez, M.; Von Arx, G.; Gessler, A.; Pannatier, E.G.; Innes, J.L.; Jakob, P.; Jetel, M.; Kube, M.; Nötzli, M.; Schaub, M.; Schmitt, M.; Sutter, F.; Thimonier, A.; Waldner, P.; Haeni, M., 2018: Meteorological data series from Swiss long-term forest ecosystem research plots since 1997. Annals of Forest Science, 75, 2: 41 (7 pp.). doi: 10.1007/s13595-018-0709-7

Djukic, I.; Kepfer-Rojas, S.; Schmidt, I.K.; Larsen, K.S.; Beier, C.; Berg, B.; Verheyen, K.; Caliman, A.; Paquette, A.; Gutiérrez-Girón, A.; Rixen, C.; Sutter, F.; Von Oppen, J.; Schaub, M.; Didion, M.; Wipf, S.; Tóth, Z., 2018: Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629: 1369-1394. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012

Wohlgemuth, T.; Schwitter, R.; Bebi, P.; Sutter, F.; Brang, P., 2017: Post-windthrow management in protection forests of the Swiss Alps. European Journal of Forest Research, 136, 5-6: 1029-1040. doi: 10.1007/s10342-017-1031-x

Baltensweiler, A.; Walthert, L.; Ginzler, C.; Sutter, F.; Purves, R.S.; Hanewinkel, M., 2017: Terrestrial laser scanning improves digital elevation models and topsoil pH modelling in regions with complex topography and dense vegetation. Environmental Modelling and Software, 95: 13-21. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.05.009

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Further scientific publications

Waldner, P.; Hobi, M.; Stillhard, J.; Brang, P.; Hug, C.; Thimonier, A.; Schmitt, M.; Walser, M.; Köchli, R.; Zürcher, A.; Christen, D.; Hajjar, N.; Schaub, M.; Sutter, F.; Häni, M.; Meusburger, K.; Gessler, A.; Nussbaumer, A.; Hirsiger, T.; Zhu, J., 2023: Forschung im Waldreservat am Bettlachstock. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft des Kantons Solothurn, 161-179. doi: 10.5169/seals-1007786

Stofer, S.; Scheidegger, C.; Dietrich, M.; Frei, M.; Groner, U.; Keller, C.; Roth, I.; Sutter, F.; Zimmermann, E., 2008: SwissLichens - On-line Verbreitungsatlas der baumbewohnenden Flechten der Schweiz. Meylania, 26: 6-7.

Waldner, P.; Rickli, C.; Köchli, D.; Usbeck, T.; Schmocker, L.; Sutter, F., 2007: Schwemmholz. In: Bezzola, G.R.; Hegg, C. (eds), 2007: Ereignisanalyse Hochwasser 2005. Teil 1 - Prozesse, Schäden und erste Einordnung. Bern; Birmensdorf, BAFU; WSL. 181-193.

Jakob, P.; Sutter, F.; Waldner, P.; Schneiter, G., 2007: Designing a flexible ICT framework for processing remote gauging-data. In: Gómez, J.M.; Sonnenschein, M.; Müller, M.; Welsch, H.; Rautenstrauch, C. (eds), 2007: Information technologies in environmental engineering. ITEE 2007 - 3rd international ICSC symposium, Carl VonOssietzky Univ Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany, March 29-30, 2007. 211. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-71335-7_22

Stofer, S.; Scheidegger, C.; Dietrich, M.; Frei, M.; Groner, U.; Keller, C.; Roth, I.; Sutter, F.; Zimmermann, E., 2003: SwissLichens. On-line Verbreitungsatlas der baumbewohnenden Flechten der Schweiz. Meylania, 26: 7-8.

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