• 2015 DR1 CNRS CEFE Montpellier, France
  • 2014-15 Invited professor, ECOS, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 2008 DR2 CNRS CEFE Montpellier, France
  • 2003-07 CR1 CNRS CEFE Montpellier, France
  • 2001-03 Assistant Professor, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • 2002 Habilitation (HDR), University of Basel, Switzerland
  • 1999-00 Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford, USA
  • 1996-98 Postdoctoral research assistant, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • 1996 PhD in Ecology, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • 1992 Master Plant Ecology, University of Basel, Switzerland

 

Selected projects

  • Treeline trees in a CO2-enriched world (2001-2011)
  • CLIMED - Climate change effects on Mediterranean biodiversity and consequences for ecosystem functioning - ANR CEP (2010-2013)
  • StoichioDIVERSITY - A stoichiometric approach to biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles in the Amazonian forest - PIR AMAZONIE II (2008-2011)
  • BioCycle - Biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles: a search for mechanisms across ecosystems - ESF Eurodiversity (2006-2009)
  • FunDivEUROPE - Functional significance of forest biodiversity - EU-FP7 (2010-2014)
  • SoilForEurope - Predicting European forest soil biodiversity and its functioning under ongoing climate change - 2015/16 BiodivERsA COFUND (2017-2020)
  • BELOW - BiodivOc consortium call (2022-2024)

 

Selected Publications

  • Luan J, Li S, Wang Y, Ding L, Lu H, Chen L, Zhang J, Zhou W, Han S, Zhang Y, Hättenschwiler S (2024) Biodiversity mitigates drought effects in the decomposer system across biomes. PNAS, 121: e2313334121.
  • Beugnon R, Le Guyader N, Milcu A, Lenoir J, Puissant J, Morin X, Hättenschwiler S (2024) Microclimate modulation: An overlooked mechanism influencing the impact of plant diversity on ecosystem functioning. Global Change Biology, 30: e17214.
  • Joly FX, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Hättenschwiler S (2023) Resolving the intricate role of climate in litter decomposition. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7: 214-223. link
    Gillespie LM, Fromin N, Milcu A, Buatois B, Pontoizeau C, Hättenschwiler S (2020) Higher tree diversity increases soil microbial resistance to drought. Communications Biology, 3: 660.
  • Sun T, Hobbie SE, Berg B, Zhang H, Wang Q, Wang Z, Hättenschwiler S (2018) Contrasting dynamics and trait controls in first-order root compared with leaf litter decomposition. PNAS, 115: 10392-10397.
  • Camenzind T, Hättenschwiler S, Treseder KK, Lehmann A, Rillig MC (2018) Nutrient limitation of soil microbial processes in tropical forests. Ecological Monographs, 88: 4-21.
  • Dawes MA, Schleppi P, Hättenschwiler S, Rixen C, Hagedorn F (2017) Soil warming opens the nitrogen cycle at the alpine tree line. Global Change Biology, 23: 421-434.
  • Garcia-Palacios P, Shaw AE, Wall DH, Hättenschwiler S (2016) Temporal dynamics of biotic and abiotic drivers of litter decomposition. Ecology Letters, 19: 554-563.
  • Handa IT, Aerts R, Berendse F, Berg MP, Bruder A, Butenschoen O, Chauvet E, Gessner MO, Jabiol J, Makkonen M, McKie BG, Malmqvist B, Peeters ETHM, Scheu S, Schmid B, van Ruijven J, Vos VCA, Hättenschwiler S (2014) Consequences of biodiversity loss for litter decomposition across biomes. Nature, 509: 218-221.
  • Fanin N, Fromin N, Buatois B, Hättenschwiler S (2013) An experimental test of the hypothesis of non-homeostatic consumer stoichiometry in a plant litter - microbe system. Ecology Letters, 16: 764-772.
  • Hättenschwiler S, Coq S, Barantal S, Handa IT (2011) Leaf traits and decomposition in tropical rainforests: revisiting some commonly held views and towards a new hypothesis. New Phytologist, 189: 950-965. PDF
  • Gessner MO, Swan CM, Dang CK, McKie BG, Bardgett RD, Wall DH, Hättenschwiler S (2010) Diversity meets decomposition. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 25: 372-378.
  • Hättenschwiler S, Gasser P (2005) Soil animals alter plant litter diversity effects on decomposition. PNAS, 102: 1519-1524. PDF
    Hättenschwiler S, Tiunov AV, Scheu S (2005) Biodiversity and litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 36: 191-218.
  • Hättenschwiler S, Vitousek PM (2000) The role of polyphenols in terrestrial ecosystem nutrient cycling. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 15: 238-243.
  • Hättenschwiler S, Miglietta F, Raschi A, Körner Ch (1997) Thirty years of in situ growth under elevated CO2: a model for future forest responses? Global Change Biology, 3: 463-471.

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