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Overview

Ivano Brunner is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on plant and soil ecological interactions.

Their work frequently appears in several scientific journals, with multiple publications in Frontiers in Microbiology, New Phytologist, Frontiers in Plant Science, Applied Soil Ecology, and Fungal Ecology. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their studies, combining microbiology, plant science, and environmental science.

Brunner's research topics include:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Key recent publications by Ivano Brunner showcase a range of ecological and environmental research themes:

  • "Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs," 2020, New Phytologist
  • "A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements," 2021, New Phytologist
  • "The 'Plastisphere' of Biodegradable Plastics Is Characterized by Specific Microbial Taxa of Alpine and Arctic Soils," 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "Deep Soil Layers of Drought-Exposed Forests Harbor Poorly Known Bacterial and Fungal Communities," 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Rhizosphere activity in an old-growth forest reacts rapidly to changes in soil moisture and shapes whole-tree carbon allocation," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaboration is a significant component of Brunner's research. Frequent coauthors include Beat Frey, Mai-He Li, Arthur Geßler, Cunguo Wang, and Andreas Rigling. These collaborations suggest active engagement with experts in forest ecology, microbiology, and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • How tree roots respond to drought

    Ivano Brunner;Claude Herzog;Melissa A. Dawes;Matthias Arend

  • Specific root length as an indicator of environmental change

    I. Ostonen;U. Puttsepp;C. Biel;O. Alberton

  • Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

    Grégoire T Freschet;Grégoire T Freschet;Catherine Roumet;Louise H Comas;Monique Weemstra

  • A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

    Grégoire T Freschet;Loïc Pagès;Colleen M Iversen;Louise H Comas

  • Variation in fine root biomass of three European tree species: Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.), and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

    L. Finér;H.-S. Helmisaari;K. Lõhmus;H. Majdi

  • Bacterial, archaeal and fungal succession in the forefield of a receding glacier.

    Anita Zumsteg;Joerg Luster;Hans Göransson;Hans Göransson;Rienk H. Smittenberg;Rienk H. Smittenberg

  • Tree roots in a changing world

    Ivano Brunner;Douglas L. Godbold

  • Fine-root turnover rates of European forests revisited: an analysis of data from sequential coring and ingrowth cores

    Ivano Brunner;Mark R Bakker;Mark R Bakker;Robert G Björk;Yasuhiro Hirano

  • Heavy metal accumulation and phytostabilisation potential of tree fine roots in a contaminated soil

    Ivano Brunner;Jörg Luster;Madeleine S. Günthardt-Goerg;Beat Frey

  • Aluminum exclusion and aluminum tolerance in woody plants.

    Ivano Brunner;Christoph Sperisen

  • Weathering-Associated Bacteria from the Damma Glacier Forefield: Physiological Capabilities and Impact on Granite Dissolution

    Beat Frey;Stefan R. Rieder;Ivano Brunner;Michael Plötze

  • Chemical and Biological Gradients along the Damma Glacier Soil Chronosequence, Switzerland

    Stefano M. Bernasconi;Andreas Bauder;Bernard Bourdon;Ivano Brunner

  • A decade of irrigation transforms the soil microbiome of a semi‐arid pine forest

    Martin Hartmann;Ivano Brunner;Frank Hagedorn;Richard D. Bardgett

  • Vertical distribution of the soil microbiota along a successional gradient in a glacier forefield.

    Thomas Rime;Martin Hartmann;Ivano Brunner;Franco Widmer

  • Vitality of tree fine roots: reevaluation of the tetrazolium test.

    Markus Ruf;Ivano Brunner

  • Ability of fungi isolated from plastic debris floating in the shoreline of a lake to degrade plastics.

    Ivano Brunner;Moira Fischer;Joel Rüthi;Beat Stierli

  • Accumulation of mercury and methylmercury by mushrooms and earthworms from forest soils

    Stephan R. Rieder;Ivano Brunner;Milena Horvat;Anna Jacobs

  • Exudation of organic acid anions from poplar roots after exposure to Al, Cu and Zn

    Ruijun Qin;Yasuhiro Hirano;Ivano Brunner

  • The Evolutionary Split of Pinaceae from Other Conifers: Evidence from an Intron Loss and a Multigene Phylogeny

    Felix Gugerli;Christoph Sperisen;Urs Büchler;Ivano Brunner

  • Microbial succession on decomposing root litter in a drought-prone Scots pine forest

    Claude Herzog;Martin Hartmann;Beat Frey;Beat Stierli

  • Pioneering fungi from the Damma glacier forefield in the Swiss Alps can promote granite weathering

    I. Brunner;Michael Plötze;S. Rieder;A. Zumsteg

  • Morphological and physiological responses of Scots pine fine roots to water supply in a dry climatic region in Switzerland.

    Ivano Brunner;Elisabeth Graf Pannatier;Beat Frey;Andreas Rigling

Frequent Co-Authors

Beat Frey
Beat Frey Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Frank Hagedorn
Frank Hagedorn Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Mai-He Li
Mai-He Li Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Ivika Ostonen
Ivika Ostonen University of Tartu
Gerhard Furrer
Gerhard Furrer ETH Zurich
Arthur Gessler
Arthur Gessler ETH Zurich
Martin I. Bidartondo
Martin I. Bidartondo Imperial College London
Douglas L. Godbold
Douglas L. Godbold Mendel University Brno

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