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Martin Schütz is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant emphasis on ecology and related disciplines.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, Schütz has contributed to several subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Soil Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Their research topics cover areas like:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Martin Schütz has published multiple papers in prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecology Letters
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Schütz comprise:

  • Spatial resolution, spectral metrics and biomass are key aspects in estimating plant species richness from spectral diversity in species-rich grasslands, 2021, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands, 2021, Journal of Ecology
  • Soil properties as key predictors of global grassland production: Have we overlooked micronutrients?, 2021, Ecology Letters

Schütz frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Anita C. Risch
  • Elizabeth T. Borer
  • Eric W. Seabloom
  • Risto Virtanen
  • Anu Eskelinen

Best Publications

  • Consistent responses of soil microbial communities to elevated nutrient inputs in grasslands across the globe

    Jonathan W. Leff;Stuart E. Jones;Suzanne M. Prober;Albert Barberán

  • Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients

    Philip A. Fay;Suzanne M. Prober;W. Stanley Harpole;Johannes M. H. Knops

  • Range dynamics of mountain plants decrease with elevation.

    Sabine B. Rumpf;Karl Hülber;Günther Klonner;Dietmar Moser

  • Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

    Sally E. Koerner;Melinda D. Smith;Deron E. Burkepile;Niall P. Hanan

  • Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

    A.C. Risch;S. Zimmermann;R. Ochoa-Hueso;M. Schütz

  • General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

    Yann Hautier;Pengfei Zhang;Michel Loreau;Kevin R. Wilcox

  • Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

    Jennifer Firn;James M. McGree;Eric Harvey;Habacuc Flores-Moreno

  • Impact of herbivory by red deer ( Cervus elaphus L.) on patterns and processes in subalpine grasslands in the Swiss National Park

    Martin Schütz;Anita C Risch;Eliane Leuzinger;Bertil O Krüsi

  • Dominance reduction of species through disturbance—a proposed management principle for central European forests

    Thomas Wohlgemuth;Matthias Bürgi;Christoph Scheidegger;Martin Schütz

  • Importance of alternative food resources for browsing by roe deer on deciduous trees: The role of food availability and species quality

    Barbara Moser;Martin Schütz;Karin E. Hindenlang

  • The contribution of red wood ants to soil C and N pools and CO2 emissions in subalpine forests

    Anita C. Risch;Anita C. Risch;Martin F. Jurgensen;Martin Schütz;Deborah S. Page-Dumroese

  • How to predict plant functional types using imaging spectroscopy: linking vegetation community traits, plant functional types and spectral response

    Anna K. Schweiger;Martin Schütz;Anita C. Risch;Mathias Kneubühler

  • Spatial resolution, spectral metrics and biomass are key aspects in estimating plant species richness from spectral diversity in species-rich grasslands

    Christian Rossi;Christian Rossi;Christian Rossi;Mathias Kneubühler;Martin Schütz;Michael E. Schaepman

  • Size-dependent loss of aboveground animals differentially affects grassland ecosystem coupling and functions

    A. C. Risch;R. Ochoa-Hueso;W. H. van der Putten;J. K. Bump;J. K. Bump

  • Fertilized graminoids intensify negative drought effects on grassland productivity

    Kevin Van Sundert;Mohammed A. S. Arfin Khan;Mohammed A. S. Arfin Khan;Siddharth Bharath;Yvonne M. Buckley

  • Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity

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  • Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands

    Judith Sitters;E. R. Jasper Wubs;Elisabeth S. Bakker;Thomas W. Crowther

  • Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory.

    E. T. Borer;W. S. Harpole;W. S. Harpole;P. B. Adler;C. A. Arnillas

  • Long-term development of above- and below-ground carbon stocks following land-use change in subalpine ecosystems of the Swiss National Park

    Anita C. RischA.C. Risch;Anita C. RischA.C. Risch;Anita C. RischA.C. Risch;Martin F. JurgensenM.F. Jurgensen;Martin F. JurgensenM.F. Jurgensen;Martin F. JurgensenM.F. Jurgensen;Deborah S. Page-DumroeseD.S. Page-Dumroese;Deborah S. Page-DumroeseD.S. Page-Dumroese;Deborah S. Page-DumroeseD.S. Page-Dumroese;Otto WildiO. Wildi;Otto WildiO. Wildi;Otto WildiO. Wildi

  • Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands

    Anne Ebeling;Alex T. Strauss;Alex T. Strauss;Peter B. Adler;Carlos A. Arnillas

  • Soil properties as key predictors of global grassland production: Have we overlooked micronutrients?

    Dajana Radujković;Erik Verbruggen;Eric W Seabloom;Michael Bahn

  • Phosphorus Translocation by Red Deer on a Subalpine Grassland in the Central European Alps

    Martin Schütz;Anita C. Risch;Anita C. Risch;Gérald Achermann;Conny Thiel-Egenter;Conny Thiel-Egenter

  • From local to regional: Functional diversity in differently managed alpine grasslands

    Christian Rossi;Christian Rossi;Christian Rossi;Mathias Kneubühler;Martin Schütz;Michael E. Schaepman

  • Reconstruction of a long-term recovery process from pasture to forest

    O. Wildi;M. Schütz

  • Herbivory and eutrophication mediate grassland plant nutrient responses across a global climatic gradient

    T. Michael Anderson;Daniel M. Griffith;James B. Grace;Eric M. Lind

Frequent Co-Authors

Anita C. Risch
Anita C. Risch Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Elizabeth T. Borer
Elizabeth T. Borer University of Minnesota
Eric W. Seabloom
Eric W. Seabloom University of Minnesota
Jennifer Firn
Jennifer Firn Queensland University of Technology
Joslin L. Moore
Joslin L. Moore Monash University
Carly J. Stevens
Carly J. Stevens Lancaster University
Anu Eskelinen
Anu Eskelinen University of Oulu
Peter B. Adler
Peter B. Adler Utah State University
Andrew S. MacDougall
Andrew S. MacDougall University of Guelph
Mahesh Sankaran
Mahesh Sankaran University of Leeds

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