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Dispersal limitations and historical factors determine the biogeography of specialized terrestrial protists

Enrique Lara, Luca Bragazza

Recent studies show that soil eukaryotic diversity is immense and dominated by micro-organisms. However, it is unclear to what extent the processes that shape the distribution of diversity in plants and animals also apply to micro-organisms. Major diversif ...

WILEY2019

Shift in plant-soil interactions along a lakeshore hydrological gradient

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Wenjuan Feng, Mathieu Raymond Santonja

Wetlands occupy the transitional zone between aquatic and terrestrial systems. Hydrological conditions have significant influence on wetland plant communities and soil biogeochemistry. However, our knowledge about plant-soil interactions in wetlands along ...

ELSEVIER2020

Plant traits across different habitats of the Italian Alps: a comparative analysis between native and alien species

Luca Bragazza

While it is well known that the success of alien plants in new environments greatly depends on their functional traits, to date only a few other studies have tested whether coexisting alien and native species show converging or diverging functional attribu ...

2012

Peatland vascular plant functional types affect dissolved organic matter chemistry

Alexandre Buttler, Adrian Pulgarin, Luca Bragazza, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek, Remy Jean Henry Albrecht, Samuel Thomas Gabriel Hamard

Northern peatlands are large repositories of carbon. Peatland vascular plant community composition has been functionally associated to a set of biogeochemical processes such as carbon cycling. Yet, we do not fully understand to what extent vascular plant f ...

Springer2016

Experimental warming interacts with soil moisture to discriminate plant responses in an ombrotrophic peatland

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Pierre Rémi Mariotte, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

QuestionA better understanding of the response of Sphagnum mosses and associated vascular plants to climate warming is relevant for predicting the carbon balance of peatlands in a warmer world. Open-top chambers (OTCs) have been used to investigate the eff ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Seasonal patterns of testate amoeba diversity, community structure and species-environment relationships in four Sphagnum-dominated peatlands along a 1300 m altitudinal gradient in Switzerland

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey

Altitudinal gradients are useful to study the potential effects of climate change on ecosystems. Historically, studies on elevation gradients have primarily focused on macro-organisms and ecosystem processes, while microorganisms have been mostly ignored d ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2013

Valorization of calcium phosphite waste as phosphorus fertilizer: Effects on green manure productivity and soil properties

Alexandre Buttler, Mario Fontana, Luca Bragazza, Thomas Guillaume, Mathieu Raymond Santonja

The potential to use calcium phosphite (Ca-Phi) as phosphorus (P) fertilizer may represent an effective recycling of P-containing by-products. A greenhouse experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of Ca-Phi (38 kg P ha(-1)) on soil properties and ...

ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021

Interaction of compost additives with phosphate solubilizing rhizobacteria improved maize production and soil biochemical properties under dryland agriculture

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

Dry land soils from the Indo-Gangetic plains are inherently poor in organic matter content and phosphorus (P). Amendment of these soils with P-enriched compost, together with P solubilizing rhizobacterial (PSR) inoculation has been suggested to improve pla ...

Elsevier2017

Plant functional types define magnitude of drought response in peatland CO2 exchange

Luca Bragazza, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

Peatlands are important sinks for atmospheric carbon (C), yet the role of plant functional types (PFTs) for C sequestration under climatic perturbations is still unclear. A plant-removal experiment was used to study the importance of vascular PFTs for the ...

Ecological Soc Amer2014

Persistent high temperature and low precipitation reduce peat carbon accumulation

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Constant Signarbieux, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek, Remy Jean Henry Albrecht

Extreme climate events are predicted to become more frequent and intense. Their ecological impacts, particularly on carbon cycling, can differ in relation to ecosystem sensitivity. Peatlands, being characterized by peat accumulation under waterlogged condi ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Taxonomic and functional turnover are decoupled in European peat bogs

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

In peatland ecosystems, plant communities mediate a globally significant carbon store. The effects of global environmental change on plant assemblages are expected to be a factor in determining how ecosystem functions such as carbon uptake will respond. Us ...

Springer Nature2017

Glasshouse vs field experiments: do they yield ecologically similar results for assessing N impacts on peat mosses?

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza

Peat bogs have accumulated more atmospheric carbon (C) than any other terrestrial ecosystem today. Most of this C is associated with peat moss (Sphagnum) litter. Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition can decrease Sphagnum production, compromising the C seque ...

2012

Alien plant species distribution in the European Alps: influence of species' climatic requirements

Luca Bragazza

The paper provides the first estimate of the role of abiotic and anthropogenic variables driving both alien plant species richness and composition covering the whole region of the European Alps. To establish and spread in a new area, alien plants must be a ...

Springer Verlag2014

An unexpected role for mixotrophs in the response of peatland carbon cycling to climate warming

Alexandre Buttler, Enrique Lara, Luca Bragazza, Robert Thomas Edmund Mills, Constant Signarbieux, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

Mixotrophic protists are increasingly recognized for their significant contribution to carbon (C) cycling. As phototrophs they contribute to photosynthetic C fixation, whilst as predators of decomposers, they indirectly influence organic matter decompositi ...

Nature Publishing Group2015

Fresh and composted industrial sludge restore soil functions in surface soil of degraded agricultural land

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza

2018

Increasing the Perspectives of Engineering Undergraduates on Societal Issues through an Interdisciplinary Program

Ambrogio Fasoli, Denis Gillet, Antonin Danalet, Ingrid Le Duc, Alexis Berne, Luca Bragazza, Delphine Preissmann, Samuel Bendahan, Siara Ruth Isaac, Roland John Tormey, Jérome Feige, Isabelle Barbara Marie-Hélène Cardia, Adrian Christian Holzer

To tackle the challenges of the 21st century, future scientists and engineers have to understand the interplay between societal challenges and technical solutions as early as possible in their education. They also have to develop the communication and the ...

Tempus Publications2016

Vascular plant-mediated controls on atmospheric carbon assimilation and peat carbon decomposition under climate change

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Konstantin Svetlozarov Gavazov, Robert Thomas Edmund Mills, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek, Remy Jean Henry Albrecht

2018

Tipping point in plant-fungal interactions under severe drought causes abrupt rise in peatland ecosystem respiration

Alexandre Buttler, Enrique Lara, Luca Bragazza, Pierre Rémi Mariotte, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek

2018

Drought-induced decline of productivity in the dominant grassland species Lolium perenne L. depends on soil type and prevailing climatic conditions

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Pierre Rémi Mariotte, Konstantin Svetlozarov Gavazov, Constant Signarbieux, Amarante Vitra, Juan Carlos Quezada Rivera, Thomas Guillaume

2019

Litter decomposition in peatlands is promoted by mixed plants

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza

2018