Publications Lutz Merbold

Anken T., Baumgartner S., Bérard J., Blaser S., Bragazza L., Carlen C., Dohme-Meier F., El Benni N., Fabian Y., Flury C. M., Garland G., Gilgen A., Guillaume T., Häfner F., Herrera Mourente J. M. and others
Umweltwirkung von Landwirtschaftsbetrieben mit Hilfe von Indikatoren messen und optimieren: Synthesebericht des Agroscope Forschungsprogramms Indicate.
Agroscope Science, 223, 2025, 1-128.

Gurmu E. B., Kiprotich L. E., Kagai J. G., Solomon A., Leitner S., Marquardt S., Merbold L., Ndungu P., Arndt C.
Enteric methane emission factors for cattle in pastoral systems: A case study in Kenya.
In: Poster presented at the 9th International Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture (GGAA) Conference, 5-9 October 2025. Nairobi: ILRI. 5 October, Nairobi (KE). 2025.

Odongo V. O., Leitner S., Räsänen M., Omondi J. O., Pellikka P., Vesala T., Heiskanen J., Rinne J., Dowling T. P. F., Jackowicz-Korczynski M., Wooster M. J., Mauder M., Merbold L.
Environmental controls on peak carbon uptake across four Kenyan dryland ecosystems.
In: 9th International Greenhouse Gas & Animal Agriculture Conference, Nairobi, 5-9 October 2025. 5 October, Nairobi (KE). 2025.

Gurmu E. B., Kiprotich L. E., Kagai J. G., Solomon A., Leitner S., Marquardt S., Merbold L., Ndungu P. W., Arndt C.
Beyond default estimates: developing system-specific Tier 2 enteric methane emission factors for rangeland cattle in Kenya.
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice, 15, 2025, Article 14566.

Bretscher D., Grassnick N., Isaacs C., Heidecke C., Koster B., Merbold L., Leifeld J.
Opportunities and limitations of farm-level greenhouse gas accounting tools: An overview based on experience from practice.
Science of the Total Environment, 1003, 2025, Article 180688.

Odongo V., Leitner S. M., Dowling T. P. F., Gluecks I., Jackowicz‐Korczynski M., Rinne J., Wooster M. J., Merbold L.
Contrasting carbon and water flux dynamics in an East African rangeland and cropland.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130, (10), 2025, Article e2024JG008623.

Kreuzer A., Herzog F., Bretscher D., Calanca P., Edlinger A., Gilgen A., Heller O., Holzkaemper A., Keel S., Klein J., Merbold L., Wüst C., Strahm I., Kay S.
Where to crop and where to graze ?: A spatial approach towards sustainable farming in Switzerland.
In: GfÖ Annual Meeting 2025. 2 September, Würzburg (DE). 2025.

Jarosch K., Bütikofer N., Heller O., Hirte J., Bucheli T., Garland G., Holzkaemper A., Ghiasi S., Hagemann N., Keel S., Keller T., Köstel J., Leifeld J., Liebisch F., Mayer J. and others
Die landwirtschaftlichen Böden der Schweiz klimafit machen: Synthese des 5-jährigen EJP SOIL Projektes im nationalen Kontext.
In: DBG Jahrestagung. 15. September, Publ. Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft, Tübingen (DE). 2025.

Wen J., Tagliabue G., Rossini M., Fava F. P., Panigada C., Merbold L., Leitner S., Sun Y.
Detection of fast-changing intra-seasonal vegetation dynamics of drylands using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF).
Biogeosciences, 22, (8), 2025, Article 2049.

De R., Bao S., Kirala S., Brenning A., Reichenstein M., Tagesson T., Liddell M., Ibrom A., Wolf S., Šigut L., Hörtnagl L., Woodgate W., Korkiakoski M., Merbold L., Black T. A. and others
Addressing challenges in simulating inter-annual variability of gross primary production.
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 17, (5), 2025, Article e2024MS004697.

Virkkala A.-M., Rogers B. M., Watts J. D., Arndt K. A., Potter S., Wargowsky I., Schuur E. A. G., See C. R., Mauritz M., Boike J., Bret-Harte M. S., Burke E. J., Burrell A., Chae N., Chatterjee A. and others
Wildfires offset the increasing but spatially heterogeneous Arctic–boreal CO2 uptake.
Nature Climate Change, 15, (2), 2025, 188-195.

Epper C. A., Zavattaro L., Velthof G. L., Thuriès L., Steinsberger T., Sørensen P., Richards K., Oberson A., Möller K., Merbold L., Menzi H., Liebisch F., Levavasseur F., Leiber F., Kupper T. and others
Optimizing nitrogen use efficiency in European livestock systems: From feed to plant growth.
Advances in Agronomy, 191, 2025, 277-362.

Baumgartner S., Gilgen A., Epper C., Merbold L., Liebisch F.
Nährstoffbilanzvergleich: Betriebsbilanzierung von Stickstoff und Phosphor anhand zweier unterschiedlicher Methoden: Suisse-Bilanz und Bodenoberflächenbilanz.
Agroscope Science, 205, 2025, 1-37.

Worsley-Tonks K. E. L., Angwenyi S., Carlson C., Cissé G., Deem S. L., Ferguson A. W., Fèvre E. M., Kimaro E. G., Kimiti D. W., Martins D. J., Merbold L., Mottet A., Murray S., Muturi M., Potter T. M. and others
A framework for managing infectious diseases in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in the face of climate change: East Africa as a case study.
PLOS Global Public Health, 5, (1), 2025, Article e0003892.

Skogberg M., Kohonen K.-M., Lohila A., Merbold L., Räsänen M., Vuorinne I., Pellikka P., Vesala T., Kübert A.
Ecosystem-scale crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) gas exchange of a sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 381, 2025, Article 109435.

Nisbet E. G., Manning M. R., Lowry D., Fisher R. E., Lan X., Michel S. E., France J. L., Nisbet R. E. R., Bakkaloglu S., Leitner S. M., Brooke C., Röckmann T., Allen G., Denier van der Gon H. A. C., Merbold L. and others
Practical paths towards quantifying and mitigating agricultural methane emissions.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 481, (2309), 2025, Article 20240390.

Liebisch F., Baumgartner S., Gilgen A., Epper C., Merbold L.
Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung der Stickstoff- und Phosphornutzung in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft.
In: 12. Nachhaltigkeitstagung. 23. Januar, Publ. Agroscope, Zürich (CH). 2025.

Ozolina K., Bilola T., Saunders M., Salmon E., Skjelvan I., Bornman T., Klausen J., Feig G., Merbold L., Kutsch W.
Designing a pan-African climate observation system to deliver societal benefit through climate action: The KADI project.
In: EGU General Assembly. 14 - 19 April, Publ. EGU, Vienna (AT). 2024.

Klausen J., Danioth S., Nying'uro P., Kimutai J., Thiong'o K., Steinbacher M., Merbold L., Käyhkö N., Saunders M., Bilola T., Salmon E., Kutsch W. L.
Taking stock of observing capabilities for designing a pan-African atmospheric and climate research infrastructure (KADI): Lessons learnt from Kenya and best practices.
In: EGU General Assembly. 14 - 19 April, Publ. EGU, Vienna (AT). 2024.

Kohonen K.-M., Skogberg M., Kübert A., Räsänen M., Merbold L., Buchmann N., Mammarella I., Pellikka P., Vesala T.
COS, CO2 and H2O eddy covariance flux measurements over Agave sisalana.
In: EGU General Assembly. 14 - 19 April, Publ. EGU, Vienna (AT). 2024.

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