The National Climate for Climate Services (NCCS) is currently implementing a programme aimed at developing decision-making tools for dealing with climate change in Switzerland. As a contribution to “Ecosystem Services”, one of the projects included in the programme, Agroscope is setting up an interactive information platform that will allow users to display the projected impacts of climate...
Grassland represents the most important land-use system in European alpine regions. Various utili-sation intensities caused by different site conditions, small-scaled structures and multiple cuts per growing season impede a systematic estimation of yield and forage quality. During the growth of grassland, the biomass increases, while at the same time, the forage quality decreases with...
Grasslands are widespread ecosystems that play a vital role in providing multiple ecosystem functions, particularly as sources of fodder. Despite their ecological and economic importance, knowledge about grasslands remains limited due to their high heterogeneity in use and management and, consequently, their species composition. This is particularly the case in regions such as southern...
Spatially explicit information on grassland traits (e.g., biomass, plant N content) can support the optimization of grassland management. Previous studies demonstrated the potential of remote sensing to retrieve different plant traits in grasslands using multispectral and hyperspectral sensors. However, most of these studies used empirical approaches and are therefore hardly transferable to...
