Matthias Volk

Dr. Matthias Volk
Climate and Agriculture
Standort Reckenholz
Agroscope
Reckenholzstr. 191
CH-8046 Zürich
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 58 468 75 07
E-mail: matthias.volk(at)agroscope.admin.ch
URL Institution: https://www.agroscope.admin.ch/agroscope/en/home/topics/environment-resources/climate-air-quality.html
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Key Publications of Matthias Volk (up to ten) :
Volk, M., Suter, M., Wahl, A. L., & Bassin, S. (2022)
Massive warming-induced carbon loss from subalpine grassland soils in an altitudinal transplantation experiment.
Biogeosciences, 19(11), 2921-2937.

Volk, M., Suter, M., Wahl, A. L., & Bassin, S. (2021)
Subalpine grassland productivity increased with warmer and drier conditions, but not with higher N deposition, in an altitudinal transplantation experiment.
Biogeosciences, 18(6), 2075-2090.

Volk, M., Bassin, S., Lehmann, M. F., Johnson, M. G., & Andersen, C. P. (2018)
13C isotopic signature and C concentration of soil density fractions illustrate reduced C allocation to subalpine grassland soil under high atmospheric N deposition.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 125, 178-184.

Volk, M., Enderle, J. and Bassin, S. (2016)
Subalpine grassland carbon balance during 7 years of increased atmospheric N deposition.
Biogeosciences 13, 3807–3817.

Volk, M., Wolff, V., Bassin, S., Ammann, C. and Fuhrer, J. (2014)
High tolerance of subalpine grassland to long-term ozone exposure is independent of N input and climatic drivers.
Environmental Pollution 189, 161–168.

Volk, M., Obrist, D., Novak, K., Giger, R., Bassin, S., & Fuhrer, J. (2011)
Subalpine grassland carbon dioxide fluxes indicate substantial carbon losses under increased nitrogen deposition, but not at elevated ozone concentration.
Global Change Biology, 17(1), 366-376.

Volk, M., Bungener, P., Contat, F., Montani, M., & Fuhrer, J. (2006)
Grassland yield declined by a quarter in 5 years of free?air ozone fumigation.
Global Change Biology, 12(1), 74-83.

Volk, M., & Niklaus, P. A. (2002)
Respiratory carbon loss of calcareous grasslands in winter shows no effects of 4 years' CO2 enrichment.
Functional Ecology, 162-166.

Volk, M., & Körner, C. (2001)
Genotype? elevated CO2 interaction and allocation in calcareous grassland species.
New Phytologist, 151(3), 637-645.

Matthias Volk, Pascal A. Niklaus, Christian Körner (2000)
Soil moisture effects determine CO2 responses of grassland species.
Oecologia, 125:380–388


Expertise of Matthias Volk:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeExpert Type
Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic PedospherePedosphere
Topic BiospherePlants
Topic Integrated SystemsIntegrated Systems and Ecology
Carbon Cycle
Topic EcosystemsEcosystems
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Spatial ZonesMountain / Highland
Spatial ScaleSpatial Scale
Global / Hemispheric
National / Cultural
Time FrameTime Frame
Recent / Today
Future
Time ScaleTime Scale
Decadal / Centennial
MethodsMethod
Data Collection - Measurement
Data Analysis

Specialties of Matthias Volk:
Mountain grassland Net Ecosystem Carbon Balance (NECB), using CO2 flux measurements, fractionated soil samples and stable isotope (13C) analysis > soil carbon sink/source properties.

Last update: 12/21/23
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