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Microclimate affects soil chemical and mineralogical properties of cold alpine soils of the Altai Mountains (Russia)

Egli, Markus ; Lessovaia, Sofia ; Chistyakov, Kirill ; Inozemzev, Svyatoslav ; Polekhovsky, Yurii ; Ganyushkin, Dmitry

In: Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2015, vol. 15, no. 6, p. 1420-1436

An attempt to estimate tolerable soil erosion rates by matching soil formation with denudation in Alpine grasslands

Alewell, Christine ; Egli, Markus ; Meusburger, Katrin

In: Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2015, vol. 15, no. 6, p. 1383-1399

Concentrations and δ2H values of cuticular n -alkanes vary significantly among plant organs, species and habitats in grasses from an alpine and a temperate European grassland

Gamarra, Bruno ; Kahmen, Ansgar

In: Oecologia, 2015, vol. 178, no. 4, p. 981-998

Agriculture, food and environment during Merovingian times: plant remains from three early medieval sites in northwestern Switzerland

Brombacher, Christoph ; Hecker, Dominique

In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2015, vol. 24, no. 2, p. 331-342

Relationship between phenotypic differentiation and glacial history in a widespread Alpine grassland herb

Scheepens, J. ; Frei, E. ; Stöcklin, J.

In: Alpine Botany, 2015, vol. 125, no. 1, p. 11-20

The record of Deinotheriidae from the Miocene of the Swiss Jura Mountains (Jura Canton, Switzerland)

Gagliardi, Fanny ; Maridet, Olivier ; Becker, Damien

In: bioRxiv, 2021, p. 244061

The Miocene sands of the Swiss Jura Mountains, long exploited in quarries for the construction industry, have yielded abundant fossil remains of large mammals. Among Deinotheriidae (Proboscidea), two species, Prodeinotherium bavaricum and Deinotherium giganteum, had previously been identified in the Delémont valley, but never described. A third species, Deinotherium levius, from the locality of...

Assessing the risks of non-target feeding by the accidentally introduced ragweed leaf beetle, Ophraella communa, to native European plant species

Augustinus, Benno Andreas ; Gentili, Rodolfo ; Horvath, David ; Naderi, Ruhollah ; Sun, Yan ; Tournet, Anne-Marth Truce Eleonoor ; Schaffner, Urs ; Müller-Schärer, Heinz

In: Biological Control, 2020, vol. 150, p. 104356

In 2013, the North American oligophagous leaf beetle, Ophraella communa LeSage (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), was found in Europe for the first time. Recent studies in Northern Italy and Southern Switzerland record extensive defoliation by O. communa on its preferred host, common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (Asteraceae, Tribe Heliantheae), and reductions in its flowering and seeding. In...

Predicting impact of a biocontrol agent: integrating distribution modeling with climate-dependent vital rates

Augustinus, Benno ; Sun, Yan ; Beuchat, Carine ; Schaffner, Urs ; Müller‐Schärer, Heinz

In: Ecological Applications, 2020, vol. 30, no. 1, p. e02003

Species distribution models can predict the suitable climatic range of a potential biological control agent (BCA), but they provide little information on the BCA's potential impact. To predict high population buildup, a prerequisite of biocontrol impact, studies are needed that assess the effect of environmental factors on vital rates of a BCA across the environmental gradient of the BCA's...

Distinguishing ice-rich and ice-poor permafrost to map ground temperatures and ground ice occurrence in the Swiss Alps

Kenner, Robert ; Noetzli, Jeannette ; Hoelzle, Martin ; Raetzo, Hugo ; Phillips, Marcia

In: The Cryosphere, 2019, vol. 13, no. 7, p. 1925–1941

Mountain permafrost is invisible, and mapping it is still a challenge. Available permafrost distribution maps often overestimate the permafrost extent and include large permafrost-free areas in their permafrost zonation. In addition, the representation of the lower belt of permafrost consisting of ice-rich features such as rock glaciers or ice-rich talus slopes can be challenging. These...

Complex national sampling design for long-term monitoring of protected dry grasslands in Switzerland

Tillé, Yves ; Ecker, Klaus

In: Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 2014, vol. 21, no. 3, p. 453-476