Buttler Alexandre

Impact des Changements de Gestion et des Changements Climatiques sur les Pâturages Boisés d'altitude (MOUNTLAND)

Project Number: CH-6427

Project Type:	Research_Project
Project Duration:	02/01/2009 - 01/01/2012 project completed
Funding Source:	other ,
Leading Institution:	EPFL
Project Leader:	Prof. Alexandre Buttler Head of Ecological systems laboratory EPFL-ENAC and WSL Laboratoire ECOS (EPFL and WSL) WSL - Site de Lausanne WSL GR B2 417 Bâtiment GR, Station 2 1015 Lausanne Phone: +41 (0) 21 693 39 39 ; +41 (0) 79 277 37 00 FAX: +41 (0) 21 693 39 13 e-Mail: alexandre.buttler(at)epfl.ch http://ecos.epfl.ch

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Disciplines:

environmental sciences
ecology

Keywords:
silvopastoral systems, vegetation dynamics, spatially explicit modeling, biogeochemistry, aboveground-belowground interactions, soil transplantation, mesocosms

Abstract:
Silvopastoral systems are highly productive and combine long-term wood production with annual provision of forage for livestock. In the Swiss Jura Mountains these systems are a key component of the landscape. As in other cold biomes, climate change can potentially accelerate landscape change within these historically sustainable systems. Experimental transplantation of monolith soil turfs to lower altitudes will simulate soil warming and reduced annual precipitation. A list of above- and belowground variables will be measured to assess the resilience of biogeochemical processes, plant productivity, tree regeneration, and carbon sequestration for each respective land-use practice: pastures, wooded pastures, and forests. Furthermore the project will improve on the existing spatially explicit, dynamic model WoodPaM and refine the model?s climatic and land-use variables so that different scenarios of climate change and land use change can be simulated. Natural and management induced disturbance patterns will be incorporated into the model. Essentially, it will be parameterized with the field-collected data.

URL: https://ecos.epfl.ch/page-57426-fr.html


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