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peer-reviewed publications for reprints please write an email to Lutz.Merbold[at]gmail.com h-index 48, March 2024 2024 Gurmu EB, Ndung'u PW, Wilkes A, Getahun D, Graham MW, Leitner SM, Marquardt S, Mulat DG, Merbold L, Worku T, Kagai JG, Arndt C (2024) Comparison of Tier 1 and 2 methodologies for estimating intake and enteric methane emission factors from smallholder cattle systems in Africa: a case study from Ethiopia, Animal - Open Space 3, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anopes.2024.100064. Ernst Y, Archibald S, Balzter H, Chevallier F, Ciais P, Fischer CG, Gaubert B, Higginbottom T, Higgins S, Lawal S, Lacroix F, Lauerwald R, Lourenco M, Martens C, Mengistu AG, Merbold L, Mitchard E, Moyo M, Nguyen H, O'Sullivan M, Rodriguez-Veiga P, Rosan T, Rosentreter J, Ryan C, Scheiter S, Sitch S, Stevens N, Tagesson T, Tian H, Wang M, Woon JS, Zheng B, Zhou Y and Scholes RJ (2024). The African regional greenhouse gases budget (2010–2019). Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 38, e2023GB008016. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GB008016 Mwangi PM, Eckard R, Gluecks I, Merbold L, Mulat DG, Gakige J, Marquardt S, Pinares-Patino CS (2024) Supplementation of a tropical low-quality forage with Calliandra calothyrsus improves sheep health and performance, and reduces methane emission. Frontiers in Animal Science 5, www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2024.1296203 Laubach J, Flesch TK, Ammann C, Bai M, Gao Z, Merbold L, Campbell DI, Goodrich JP, Graham SL, Hunt JE, Wall AM, & Schipper LA (2024). Methane emissions from animal agriculture: Micrometeorological solutions for challenging measurement situations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 350, 109971. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109971 Leitner SM, Carbonell V, Mhindu RL, Zhu Y, Mutuo P, Butterbach-Bahl K and Merbold L (2024) Greenhouse gas emissions from cattle enclosures in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa: The case of a rangeland in South-Central Kenya. Agriculture, Ecosystem & Environment 367, 108980 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108980 Zhu Y, Butterbach-Bahl K, Merbold L, Oduor CO, Gakige JK, Mwangi P, Leitner S (2024) Greenhouse gas emissions from sheep excreta deposited onto tropical pastures in Kenya. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108724 2023 Feigenwinter I, Hoertnagl L, Zeeman MJ, Eugster W, Fuchs K, Merbold L, Buchmann N (2023) Large inter-annual variation in carbon sink strength of a permanent grassland over 16 years: Impacts of management practices and climate. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 340, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109613 Mwangi P, Eckard R, Gluecks I, Merbold L, Mulat DG, Gakige J, Pinares-Patina CS, Marquardt S (2023) Impact of Haemonchus contortus on feed intake, digestion, liveweight gain, and enteric methane emissions from Red Maasai and Dorper sheep. Frontiers in Animal Sciences https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2023.1212194 Beal T, Gardner CD, Herrero M, Iannotti LL, Merbold L, Nordhagen S and Mottet A (2023) Friend or Foe? The Role of Animal-Source Foods in Healthy and Environmentally Sustainable Diets. The Journal of Nutrition https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.10.016 Gilgen A, Blaser S, Schneuwly J, Liebsich F and Merbold L (2023) The Swiss agri-environmental data network (SAEDN): Description and critical review of the dataset, Agricultural Systems 205, 103576, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103576 2022 *Ndung’u PW, du Toit CJL , Takahashi T, Robertson-Dean M, Butterbach-Bahl K, Merbold L and Goopy JP (2022) A simplified approach for producing Tier 2 enteric-methane emission factors based on East African smallholder farm data. Animal Production Science doi:10.1071/AN22082 *Korir D, Marquardt S, Eckard R, Sanchez A, Dickhoefer U, Merbold L, Butterbach-Bahl K, Jones C, Robertson-Dean M, Goopy J (2022) Weight gain and enteric methane production of cattle fed on tropical grasses. Animal Production Science www.publish.csiro.au/an/AN21327 *Korir D, Eckard R, Goopy JP, Arndt C, Merbold L and Marquardt S (2022) "Effects of Desmodium intortum or commercial concentrate supplementation on animal performance and enteric methane emissions of low-yielding dairy cows fed on Brachiaria hay". Frontiers in Animal Science doi:10.3389/fanim.2022.963323 *Graham M, Arndt C, Butterbach-Bahl K, du Doit LCJ, Korir D, Leitner S, Merbold L, Mwape A, Ndung'u PW, Pelster DE, Rufino M, van der Weerden T, Wilkes A (2022) Research progress on greenhouse gas emissions from livestock in Africa falls short of national inventory ambitions. Frontiers in Soil Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2022.927452 *Vrieling A, Fava F, Leitner S, Merbold L, Cheng Y, Nakalema T, Groen T, Butterbach-Bahl K (2022) Identification of temporary livestock enclosures in Kenya from multi-temporal PlanetScope imagery. Remote Sensong of Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113110 *Gorfer M, Borruso L, Deltedescp E, Gichuhi EW, Menge DM, Makihara D, Prang N, Cesco S, Mimmo T, Merbold L and Leitner S (2022) The effect of environmental parameters and fertilization practices on yield and soil microbial diversity in a Kenyan paddy rice field. Applied Soil Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104495 *Dowling TPF, Langsdale MF, Ermida SL, Wooster MJ, Merbold L, Leitner S, Trigo IF, Gluecks I, Main B, O'Shea F, Hook S, Rivera G, De Jong MC, Nguyen H, Hyll K (2022) A new East African satellite data validation station: Performance of the LSA-SAF all-weather land surface temperature product over a savannah biome. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 187, 240-258, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.03.003 *Salmon E, Jégou F, Guenet B, Jourdain L, Qiu C, Bastrikov V, Guimbaud C, Zhu D, Ciais P, Peylin P, Gogo S, Laggoun-Défarge F, Aurela M, Bret-Harte MS, Chen J, Chojnicki BH, Chu H, Edgar CW, Euskirchen ES, Flanagan LB, Fortuniak K, Holl D, Klatt J, Kolle O, Kowalska N, Kutzbach L, Lohila A, Merbold L, Pawlak W, Sachs T, Ziemblińska K (2022) Assessing methane emissions for northern peatlands in ORCHIDEE-PEAT revision 7020. Geoscientific Model Development 15, 2813–2838, 2022 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2813-2022 *Ndungu PW, Takahashi T, Du Toit CJL, Robertson Dean M, Butterbach-Bahl K, McAuliffe GA, Merbold L, Goopy JP (2022) Farm-level emission intensities of smallholder cattle (Bos indicus; B. indicus–B. taurus crosses) production systems in highlands and semi-arid regions. Animal 16 (1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2021.100445 *Bao S, Wutzler T, Koirala S, Cuntz M, Ibrom A, Besnard S, Walther S, Šigut L, Moreno A, Weber U, Wohlfahrt G, Cleverly J, Migliavacca M, Woodgate W, Merbold L, Veenendaal E, Carvalhais N (2022) Environment-sensitivity functions for gross primary productivity in light use efficiency models. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 312, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108708.www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168192321003944 *Wachiye S, Pellikka P, Rinne J, Heiskanen J, Abwanda S and Merbold L (2022) Effects of livestock and wildlife grazing intensity on soil carbon dioxide flux in the savanna grassland of Kenya. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 325, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107713 2021 *Ndung'u PW, Kirui P, Takahashi T, du Toit CJL, Merbold L, Goopy JP (2021) Data describing cattle performance and feed characteristics to calculate enteric methane emissions in smallholder livestock systems in Bomet County, Kenya. Data in Brief 39, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107673 Heiskanen J, Brümmer C, Buchmann N, Calfapietra C, Chen H, Gielen B, Gkritzalis T, Hammer S, Hartman S, Herbst M, Janssens IA, Jordan A, Juurola E, Karstens U, Kasurinen V, Kruijt B, Lankreijer H, Levin I, Linderson MJ, Loustau D, Merbold L, Lund Myhre C, Papale D, Pavelka M, Pilegaard K, Ramonet M, Rebmann C, Rinne J, Rivier L, Saltikoff E, Sanders R, Steinbacher M, Steinhoff T, Watson A, Vermeulen AT, Vesala T, Vítková G and Kutsch WL (2021) The Integrated Carbon Observation System in Europe. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 1-54, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0364.1 Harper AB, Williams KE, McGuire PC, Duran Rojas MC, Hemming D, Verhoef A, Huntingford C, Rowland L, Marthews T, Breder Eller C, Mathison C, Nobrega RLB, Gedney N, Vidale PL, Otu-Larbi F, Pandey D, Garrigues S, Wright A, Slevin D, De Kauwe MG, Blyth E, Ardo J, Black A, Bonal D, Buchmann N, Burban B, Fuchs K, de Grandcourt A, Mammarella I, Merbold L, Montagnani L, Nouvellon Y, Restrepo-Coupe N, Wohlfahrt G (2021) Improvement of modeling plant responses to low soil moisture in JULESvn4.9 and evaluation against flux tower measurements. Geoscientifc Model Development 14:6, 3269-3294, doi:10.5194/gmd-14-3269-2021 *Wolz K, Leitner S, Merbold L, Wolf B, Mauder M (2021) Enteric methane emission estimates for Kenyan cattle in a nighttime enclosure using a backward Lagrangian Stochastic dispersion technique. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-021-03868-7 *Merbold L, Scholes RJ, Beck J, Bombelli B, Fiedler B, Grieco E, Helmschrot J, Hugo W, Kasurinen V, Dong-Gill K, Koertzinger A, Leitner S, Lopez-Ballesteros A, Ndisi M, Nickless A, Salmon E, Saunders M, Skjelvan I, Vermeulen TA, Kutsch WL (2021) Opportunities for an African greenhouse gas observation system. Regional Environmental Change 21:104, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-021-01823-w *Dowling TPF, Song P, De Jong MC, Merbold L, Wooster MJ, Huang J, Zhang Y (2021) An improved cloud gap-filling methos for longwave infrared land surface temperatures through introducing passive microwave techniques. Remote Sensing 13(17), 3522; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13173522 *Yang L, Schallhart S, Taipale T, Tykkae T, Raesaenen M, Merbold L, Hellén H and Pellikka P (2021) Seasonal and diurnal variations in biogenic volatile organic compounds in highland and lowland ecosystems in southern Kenya. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21, 14761–14787, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-14761-2021 Irvin J, Zhou S, McNicol G, …, Merbold L, … Jackson RB (2021) Gap-filling eddy covariance methane fluxes: Comparison of machine learning model predictions and uncertainties at FLUXNET-CH4 wetlands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 208-209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108528 *Zhu Y, Butterbach-Bahl, Merbold L, Leitner S, Pelster DE (2021) Nitrous oxide emission factors for cattle dung and urine deposited onto tropical pastures: A review of field-based studies. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 322, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107637 Virkkala AM, Natali SM, Rogers BM, Watts JD, Savage K, Connon SJ, Mauritz M, Schuur EAG, Peter D, Minions C, Nojeim J, Commane R, Emmerton CA, Goeckede M, Helbig M, Holl D, Iwata H, Kobayashi H, Kolari P, López-Blanco E, Marushchak ME, Mastepanov M, Merbold L, Parmentier FJW, Peichl M, Sachs T, Sonnentag O, Ueyama M, Voigt C, Aurela M, Boike J, Celis G, Chae N, Christensen TR, Bret-Harte MS, Dengel S, Dolman H, Edgar CW, Elberling B, Euskirchen E, Grelle A, Hatakka J, Humphreys E, Järveoja J, Kotani A, Kutzbach L, Laurila T, Lohila A, Mammarella I, Matsuura Y, Meyer G, Nilsson MB, Oberbauer SF, Park SJ, Petrov R, Prokushkin AS, Schulze C, St Louis VL, Tuittila ES, Tuovinen JP, Quinton W, Varlagin A, Zona D, Zyryanov VI (2021) The ABCflux database: Arctic-Borela CO2 flux observations and ancillary information aggregated to monthly time steps across terrestrial ecosystems. Earth Systems Science Data https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2021-233 Graham M, Chelanga P, Jensen ND, Leitner SM, Fava F and Merbold L (2021) A framework for assessing the effects of shock events on livestock and environment in sub-Saharan Africa: The COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Kenya. Agricultural Systems 192 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103203 Carbonell V, Merbold L, Diaz-Pienes E, Dowling T, Butterbach-Bahl K (2021) Nitrogen cycling in pastoral livestock systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: knowns and unknowns. Ecological Applications https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2368 Wachiye S, Merbold L, Vesala T, Rinne J, Leitner S, Räsänen M, Vuorinne I, Heiskanen J, Pellikka P (2021) Soil greenhouse gas emissions from a sisal chronosequence in Kenya. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology 307 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108465 Leitner S, Ring D, Wanyama GN, Korir D, Pelster DE, Goopy JP, Butterbach-Bahl K and Merbold L (2021) Effect of feeding practices and manure quality on CH4 and N2O emissions from uncovered cattle manure heaps in Kenya. Waste Management 126, 209-220 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2021.03.014 Merbold L, Decock C, Eugster W, Fuchs K, Wolf B, Buchmann N and Hörtnagl L (2021) Are there memory effects on greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, N2O and CH4) following grassland restoration? Biogeosciences 18, 1481–1498, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1481-2021 Zhu Y, Merbold L, Leitner S, Wolf B, Pelster DE, Goopy JP, Butterbach-Bahl K (2021) Interactive effects of dung deposited onto urine patches on greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical pastures in Kenya. Science of The Total Environment. 761, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143184 Ali AIM, Wassie SE, Joergensen RG, Korir D, Goopy JP, Butterbach-Bahl K, Merbold L, Dickhoefer U, Schlecht E (2021) Feed Quality and Feeding Level Effects on Faecal Composition in East African Cattle Farming Systems. Animals 11, 564. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020564 Delwiche KB, Knox SH, Malhotra A, Fluet-Chouinard E, McNicol G, Feron S, Ouyang Z, Papale D, Trotta C, .... Merbold L, .... Jackson RB (2021) FLUXNET-CH4: A global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands. Earth System Science Data https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2020-307 Rivero MJ, Lopez-Villalobos N, Evans A, Berndt A, Cartmill A, Neal AL, McLaren A, Farruggia A, Mignolet C, Chadwick DR, Styles D, McCracken D, Busch D, Martin GB, Fleming HR, Sheridan H, Gibbons J, Merbold L, Eisler M, Lambe N, Rovira P, Harris P, Murphy P, Vercoe PE, Williams P, Machado R (2021) Key traits for ruminant livestock across diverse production systems in the context of climate change: perspectives from a global platform of research farms. Reproduction, Fertility and Development. 33 (2), pp. 1- 19. https://doi.org/10.1071/RD20205 Liu Y, Schallhart S, Tykka T, Raesanen M, Merbold L, Hellen H and Pellika P (2020) Biogenic volatile organic carbon compounds in different ecosystems in Southern Kenya. Atmospheric Environment 118064 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.118064 2020 Fuchs K, Merbold L, Buchmann N, Bellocchi G, Bindi M, Brilli L, Conant RT, Dorich CD, Ehrhardt F, Fitton N, Grace P, Klumpp K, Liebig M, Lieffering M, Martin R, McAuliffe R, Newton PCD, Rees RM, Recous S, Smith P, Soussana JF, Topp CFE, Snow V (2020) Evaluating the potential of legumes to mitigate N2O emissions from permanent grassland using process-based models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006561 Zhu Y, Merbold L, Leitner S, Wolf B, Pelster DE, Goopy J, Butterbach-Bahl K (2020) Interactive effects of dung deposited onto urine patches on greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical pastures in Kenya. Science of the Total Environment https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143184 Merbold L, Decock C, Eugster W, Fuchs K, Wolf B, Buchmann N, Hörtnagl L (2020) Memory effects on greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, N2O and CH4) following grassland restoration? Biogeosciences Discussions https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2020-141 Xiao M, Yu Z, Kong D, Gu X, Mammarella I, Montagnani L, Arain MA, Merbold L, Magliulo V, Lohila A, Buchmann N, Wolf S, Gharun M, Hörtnagl L, Beringer J, Gioli B (2020) Stomatal response to decreased relative humidity constrains the acceleration of terrestrial evapotranspiration. Environmental Research Letters 15 094066 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9967 Harper AB, Williams KE, McGuire PC, Duran Rojas MC, Hemming D, Verhoef A, Huntingford C, Rowland L, Marthews T, Breder Eller C, Mathison C, Nobrega RLB, Gedney N, Vidale PL, Otu-Larbi F, Pandey D, Garrigues S, Wright A, Slevin D, De Kauwe MG, Blyth E, Ärdo J, Black A, Bonal D, Buchmann N, Burban B, Fuchs K, de Grandcourt A, Mammarella I, Merbold L, Montagnani L, Nouvellon Y, Restrepo-Coupe N and Wohlfahrt G (2020) Improvement of modelling plant responses to low soil moisture in JULESvn4.9 and evaluation against flux tower measurements, Geosci. Model Dev. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2020-273 Leitner S, Pelster DE, Werner C, Merbold L, Baggs EM, Mapanda F and Butterbach-Bahl K (2020) Closing maize yield gaps in sus-Saharan Africa will boost soil N2O emissions. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 47, 95-105 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2020.08.018 Bigaignon L, Delon C, Ndiaye O, Galy-Lacaux C, Serca D, Guerin F, Tallec T, Merbold L, Tagesson T, Fesnholt R, Andre S, Galliau S (2020) Understanding N2O emissions in African Ecosystems: Assessment from a semi-arid savanna grassland in Senegal and sub-tropical agricultural fields in Kenya. Sustainability 12 (21), 8875; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218875 Pastorello G, Trotta C, Canfora E .... Merbold L, ..... Papale D (2020) The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data. Scientific Data 7, 225 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0534-3 van Wijk MT, Merbold L, Hammond J and Butterbach-Bahl K (2020) Improving Assessments of the Three Pillars of Climate Smart Agriculture: Current Achievements and Ideas for the Future. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4:558483. doi:10.3389/fsufs.2020.558483 Butterbach-Bahl K, Gettel G, Kiese R, Fuchs K, Werner C, Rahimi J, Barthel M and Merbold L (2020) Livestock enclosures in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa are overlooked hotspots of N2O emissions. Nature Communications 11, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18359-y Fuchs K, Merbold L, Buchmann N, Bretscher D, Brilli L, Fitton N, Topp CFE, Klumpp K, Lieffering M, Martin R, Newton PCD, Rees RM, Rolinski S, Smith P, Snow V (2020) Multi–model evaluation of nitrous oxide emissions from an intensively managed grassland. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005261 Goopy JP, Korir D, Pelster D, ALI AIM, Wassie SE, Schlecht E, Dickhöfer U, Merbold L, Butterbach-Bahl K (2020) Severe below-maintenance feed intake increases methane yield from enteric fermentation in cattle. British Journal of Nutrition https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114519003350 Räsänen M, Merbold L, Vakkari V, Aurela M, Laakso L, Beikes JP, Van Zyl PG, Josipovic M, Feig G, Pellikka P, Rinne J and Kautl GG (2020) Root-zone soil moisture variability across African savannas: from pulsed rainfall to landcover switches. Ecohydrology https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2213 Ueyama M, Ichii K, Kobayashi H, Kumagai T, Beringer J, Merbold L, Euskirchen E, Hirano T, Belelli Marchesini L, Baldocchi D, Taku S, Mizoguchi Y, Ono K, Joon K, Varlagin A, Kang M, Shimizu T, Kosugi Y, Bret-Harte M, Machimura T, Matsuura Y, Ohta T, Takagi K, Takanashi S, Yasuda Y (2020) Inferring CO2 fertilization effect based on global monitoring land-atmosphere exchange with a theoretical model. Environmental Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab79e5 Wachiye S, Merbold L, Vesala T, Rinne J, Räsänen M, Leitner S, Pellikka P (2020) Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions under Different Land-Use Types in Savanna Ecosystems of Kenya. Biogeosciences https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2149-2020 Zhu Y, Merbold L, Leitner S, Pelster DE, Okoma AA, Ngetich F, Onyango AA, Pellikka P, Butterbach-Bahl K (2020) The effects of climate on manure decomposition for cattle, sheep and goat in Kenyan tropcial pastures. Plant and Soil https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04528-x Zhu Y, Merbold L, Leitner S, Xia L, Pelster DE, Diaz-Pines E, Abwanda S, Mutuo PM and Butterbach-Bahl K (2020) Influence of soil properties on N2O and CO2 emissions from excreta deposited on tropical pastures in Kenya. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 140: 107636 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107636 2019 Ali AIM, Wassie SE, Korir D, Goopy JP, Butterbach-Bahl K,Merbold L, Dickhoefer U and Schlecht E (2019) Digesta passage and nutrient digestibility in Boran steers at low feed intake levels. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpn.13158 Peaucelle M, Bacour C, Ciais P, Vuichard N, Kuppel S, Peñuelas J, Belelli Marchesini L, Blanken PD, Buchmann N, Chen J, Delpierre N, Desai AR, Dufrene E, Gianelle D, Gimeno‐Colera C, Gruening C, Helfter C, Hörtnagl L, Ibrom A, Joffre R, Kato T, Kolb TE, Law B, Lindroth A, Mammarella I, Merbold L, Minerbi S, Montagnani L, Šigut L, Sutton M, Varlagin A, Vesala T, Wohlfahrt G, Wolf S, Yakir D, Viovy N (2019) Covariations between plant functional traits emerge from constraining parameterization of a terrestrial biosphere model. Global Ecology and Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/geb.12937 Ali AIM, Wassie SE, Korir D, Merbold L, Goopy JP, Butterbach-Bahl K, Dickhoefer U and Schlecht E (2019) Supplementing tropical cattle for improved nutrient utilization and reduced enteric methane emissions. Animals 9 (5), 210, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9050210 Besnard S, Carvalhais N, Arain MA, Black A, Brede B, Buchmann N, Chen J, Clevers JGPW, Dutrieux LP, Gans F, Herold M, Jung M, Kosugi Y, Knohl A, Law BE, Paul-Limoges E, Lohila A, Merbold L, Roupsard O, Valentini R, Wolf S, Zhang X, Reichstein M (2019) Memory effects of climate and vegetation affecting net ecosystem CO2 fluxes in global forests. PLOS One doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0211510 Fitton N, Bindi M, Brilli L, Cichota R, Dibari C, Fuchs K, Huguenin-Elie O, Klumpp K, Lieffering M, Lüscher A, Martin R, McAuliffe R, Merbold L, Newton P, Rees RM, Smith P, Topp CFE, Snow V (2019) Modelling biological N fixation and grass-legume dynamics with process-based biogeochemical models of varying complexity. European Journal of Agronomy, doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2019.03.008 Wachiye S, Merbold L, Vesala T, Rinne J, Räsänen M, Leitner S, Pellikka P: Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions under Different Land-Use Types in Savanna Ecosystems of Kenya. Biogeosciences Discussions, 2019, doi:10.5194/bg-2019-407 Wassie SE, Ali AIM, Korir D, Butterbach-Bahl K, Goopy JP, Merbold L, Schlecht E, Dickhoefer U (2019) Effects of feed intake level on efficiency of microbial protein synthesis and nitrogen balance in Boran steers consuming tropical poor-quality forage. Archives of Animal Nutrition https://doi.org/10.1080/1745039X.2019.1572343 2018 Zhu Y, Merbold L, Pelster D, Diaz-Pines E, Wanyama GN, Butterbach-Bahl K (2018) Effect of dung quantity and quality on greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical pastures in Kenya. Global Biogeochemical Cycles doi: 10.1029/2018GB005949 Fuchs K, Hoertnagl L, Buchmann N, Eugster W, Snow V and Merbold L (2018) Management matters: Testing a mitigation strategy for nitrous oxide emissions on intensively managed grassland. Biogeosciences 15, 5519-5543 doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5519-2018 Lopez-Ballesteros A, Beck J, Bombelli A, Grieco E, Lorencova EK, Merbold L, Bruemmer C, Hugo W, Scholes RJ, Vackar D, Vermeulen A, Acosta M, Butterbach-Bahl K, Helmschrot J, Kim D-G, Jones M, Jorch V, Pavelka M, Skjelvan I, Saunders M (2018) Towards a feasible and representative pan-African Research Infrastructure network for GHG observations. Environmental Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aad66c Ndung'u P, Bebe BO, Ondit J, Butterbach-Bahl K, Merbold L, Goopy JP (2018) Improved region-specific emission factors for enteric methane emissions from cattle in smallholder mixed crop-livestock systems of Nandi county, Kenya. 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Xia J, Niu S, Luo Y, Ciais P, Janssens I, Chen J, Ammann C, Arain A, Blanken PD, Cescatti A, Bonal D, Buchmann N, Curtis PS, Chen S, Dong J, Flanagan LB, Frankenberg C, Georgiadis T, Gough CM, Hui D, Kiely G, Li J, Lund M, Magliulo V, Marcolla B, Merbold L, Montagnani L, Moors E, Olesen JE, Piao S, Raschi A, Roupsard O, Suyker AE, Urbaniak M, Vaccari F, Varlagin A, Vesala T, Wilkinson M, Weng E, Wohlfahrt G, Yan L (2015) Joint Control of Terrestrial Gross Primary Productivity by Plant Phenology and Physiology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1413090112. Merbold L, Wohlfahrt G, Butterbach-Bahl K, Pilegaard K, DelSontro T, Stoy P, and Zona D (2015) Preface: Towards a full greenhouse gas balance of the biosphere. Biogeosciences 12, 453–456 doi:10.5194/bg-12-453-2015 Eugtser W and Merbold L (2015) Eddy Covariance For Quantifying Trace Gas Fluxes From Soils. SOIL 1, 187-205 doi:10.5194/soil-1-187-2015 (open access) Kayler ZE, De Boeck HJ, Fatichi S, Grünzweig JM, Merbold L, McDowell N, Dukes JS: Experiments to Confront the Environmental Extremes of Climate Change (2015) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 13(4): 219–225 doi:10.1890/140174 2014 Yuan W, Cai W, Xia J, Liu S, Dong W, Chen J, Arain A, Blanken PD, Cescatti A, Wohlfahrt G, Georgiadis T, Genesio L, Gianelle D, Grelle A, Kiely G, Knohl A, Liu D, Marek M, Merbold L, Montagnani L, Panferov O, Peltoniemi M, Rambal S, Raschi A, Varlagin A, Xia J: Vegetation-specific model parameters are not required for estimating gross primary production (2014) Ecological Modelling doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.08.017 Song B, Niu S, Luo R, Luo Y, Chen J, You G, Olejnik J, Wohlfahrt G, Kiely G, Noormets A, Montagnani L, Cescatti A, Magliulo V, Law BE, Lund M, Varlagin A, Raschi A, Peichl M, Nilsson MA and Merbold L: Divergent apparent temperature sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystem respiration (2014) Journal of Plant Ecology doi:10.1093/jpe/rtu014 Yuan W, Cai W, Xia J, Chen J, Liu S, Donga W, Merbold L, Law B, Arain A, Beringer J, Bernhofer C, Black A, Blanken PD, Cescatti A, Chena Y, Francois L, Gianelle D, Janssens IA, Jung M, Kato T, Kiely G, Liu D, Marcolla B, Montagnani L, Raschi A, Roupsard O, Varlagin A, Wohlfahrt G: Global comparison of light use efficiency models for simulating terrestrial vegetation gross primary production based on the LaThuile database (2014) Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 192-193, 108-120 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.03.007 Hiller RV, Bretscher D, DelSontro T, Diem T, Eugster W, Henneberger R, Hobi S, Hodson E, Imer D, Kreuzer M, Künzle T, Merbold L, Niklaus PA, Rihm B, Schellenberger A, Schroth MH, Schubert CJ, Siegrist H, Stieger J, Buchmann N, and Brunner D: Anthropogenic and natural methane fluxes in Switzerland synthesized within a spatially-explicit inventory (2014) Biogeosciences 11, 1941-1959 doi:10.5194/bg-11-1941-2014 Merbold L, Eugster W, Stieger J, Zahniser M, Nelson D and Buchmann N: Greenhouse gas budget (CO2, CH4 and N2O) of intensively managed grassland following restoration (2013) Global Change Biology 20, 1918-1928 doi:10.1111/gcb.12518 Valentini R, Arneth A, Bombelli A, Castaldi S, Cazzolla Gatti R, Chevallier F, Ciais P, Grieco E, Hartmann J, Henry M, Houghton RA, Jung M, Kutsch WL, Malhi Y, Mayorga E, Merbold L, Murray-Tortarolo G, Papale D, Peylin P, 7 Poulter B, Raymond PA, Santini M, Sitch S, Vaglio Laurin G, van der Werf GR, Williams CA, Scholes RJ : The full greenhouse gases budget of Africa: synthesis, uncertainties and vulnerabilities (2014) Biogeosciences 11, 381-407 doi:10.5194/bg-11-381-2014 (open access) -> highlighted in Nature "Biogeoscience: Africa's greenhouse-gas budget is in the red" in April 2014. 2013 McCallum I, Franklin O, Moltchanova E, Merbold L, Schmullius C, Shvidenko A, Schepaschenko D and Fritz S: Improved light and temperature responses for light use efficiency based GPP models (2013) Biogeosciences 10, 6577-6590 doi:10.5194/bg-10-6577-2013 (open access) Nyckowiak J, Lesny J, Merbold L, Niu S, Haas E, Kiese R, Butterbach-Bahl K and Olejnik J: Direct N2O emissions from agricultural soils in Poland between 1960 - 2009 (2013) Regional Environmental Change doi:10.1007/s10113-013-0543-2 Kohler M, Leiber F, Willems H, Merbold L, Liesegang A: Influence of altitude on vitamin D and bone metabolism of lactating sheep and goats (2013) Journal of Animal Science doi:10.2527/jas.2013-6702 Imer D, Merbold L, Eugster W and Buchmann N: Temporal and spatial variations of CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes at three differently managed grasslands (2013), Biogeosciences 10, 5931-5945 doi:10.5194/bg-10-5931-2013 (open access) Wolf S, Eugster W, Ammann C, Haeni M, Zielis S, Hiller R, Stieger J, Imer D, Merbold L, Buchmann N: Contrasting response of grassland versus forest carbon and water fluxes to spring drought in Switzerland (2013) Environmental Research Letters, 8 035007 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035007 (open access) Mohn J, Steinlin C, Merbold L, Emmenegger L, Hagedorn F: N2O emissions and source processes in snow-covered soils in the Swiss Alps (2013), Isotopes in Environmental & Health Studies 49(4):520-31, doi:10.1080/10256016.2013.826212 Merbold L, Steinlin C, Hagedorn F: Winter grenhouse gas fluxes (CO2, CH4 and N2O) from a sub-alpine grassland (2013), Biogeosciences 10, 3185-3203 doi:10.5194/bg-10-3185-2013 (open access) Jin C, Xiao X, Merbold L, Arneth Arneth, Veenendaal EM, Kutsch WL: Phenology and gross primary production of the two dominant savanna woodland ecosystems in Botswana and Zambia (2013), Remote Sensing of Environment 135, 189-201 doi:10.1016/j.rse.2013.03.033 Sjoestroem M, Zhao M, Archibald S, Arneth A, Cappelaere B, Falk U, de Grandcourt A, Hanan N, Kergoat L, Kutsch WL, Merbold L, Mougin E, Nickless A, Nouvellon Y, Scholes RJ, Veenendaal E and Jonas A: Evaluation of MODIS gross primary production for Africa using eddy covariance data (2013) Remote Sensing of Environment, 131: 275-286 doi:10.1016/j.rse.2012.12.023 Stoy P, Mauder M, Foken T, Marcolla B, Boegh E, Ibrom A, Arain MA, Arneth A, Aurela M, Bernhofer C, Cescatti A, Dellwik E, Duce P, Gianelle D, van Gorsel E, Kiely G, Knohl A, Margolis H, McCaughey J, Merbold L, Montagnani L, Papale D, Reichstein M, Serrano-Ortiz P, Sottocornola M, Saunders M, Spano D, Vaccari F, Varlagin A: The energy balance closure of FLUXNET research sites (2013) Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 171: 137-152 doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.11.004 2012 Wang T, Brender P, Ciais P, Piao S, Mahecha MD, Chevallier F, Reichstein M, Ottlé C, Maignan F, Arain A, Bohrer G, Cescatti A, Kiely G, Law BE, Merbold L, Montagnani L, Moors E, Osborne B, Panferov O, Papale D, Vaccari FP: State-dependent errors in a land surface model across biomes inferred from eddy covariance observations on multiple timescales (2012) Ecological Modelling 246: 11-25 doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.07.017 Sun Z, Gebremichael M, Ardö J, Nickless A, Caquet B, Merbold L, Kutsch WL: Estimation of daily evapotranspiration over Africa using MODIS/Terra and SEVIRI/MSG data (2012) Atmospheric Research 112: 35-44 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.04.005 Akkerman T, Lauwaet D, Demuzere M, Vogel G, Nouvellon Y, Ardö J, Caquet B, De Grandcourt A, Merbold L, Kutsch WL, Van Lipzig N: Validation and comparison of two soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer models for Tropical Africa (2012) Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences doi:10.1029/2011JG001802 Merbold L, Rogiers N, Eugster W: Winter CO2 fluxes in a sub-alpine grassland in relation to snow cover, radiation and temperature (2012) Biogeochemistry doi: 10.1007/s10533-011-9647-2 2011 Kutsch WL, Merbold L, Ziegler W, Mukelabai MM, Muchinda M, Kolle O, Scholes RJ: The Charcoal Trap: Miombo Forests and the Energy Needs of People (2011) Carbon Balance and Management 6:5 doi:10.1186/1750-0680-6-5 (open access) Jung M, Reichstein M, Margolis H, Cescatti A, Richardson A, Arain A, Arneth A, Bernhofer C, Bonal D, Chen J, Gianelle D, Gobron N, KIely G, Kutsch WL, Lasslop L, Law BE, Lindroth A, Merbold L, Montagnani L, Moors E, Papale D, Sottocornola M, Vaccari FP, Williams CA: Global patterns of land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat, and sensible heat derived from eddy covariance, satellite, and meteorological observations (2011) Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences doi:10.1029/2010JG001566 de Villiers MS, Mecenero S, Sherley RB, Heinze E, Kieser J, Leshoro TM, Merbold L, Nordt A, Parsons NJ and Peter H-U: Introduced European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and domestic cats (Felis catus) on Robben Island: Population trends and management recommendations (2011) Journal of South African Journal of Wildlife Research 40(2): 139-148 doi: 10.3957/056.040.0205 Sjöström M, Ardö J, Arneth A, Boulain N, Cappelaere B, Eklundh L, de Grandcourt A, Kutsch WL, Merbold L, Nouvellon Y, Scholes RJ, Schubert P, Seaquist J and Veenendaal EM: Exploring the potential of MODIS EVI for modeling gross primary production across African ecosystems (2011) Remote Sensing of Environment doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.12.013 Merbold L, Ziegler W, Mukelabai MM and Kutsch WL: Spatial and temporal variation of CO2 efflux along a disturbance gradient in a miombo woodland in Western Zambia (2011) Biogeosciences 8, 147-164 doi:10.5194/bg-8-147-2011 (open access) 2010 Chuixiang Yi, Ricciuto D, Runze L, Wolbeck J, Xiyan X, Mats N, ... , Merbold L, ... , et. al.: Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents (2010) Environmental Research Letters 5, 034007 doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034007 (open access) 2009 Merbold L, Kutsch WL, Corradi C, Kolle O, Rebmann C, Stoy PC, Zimov ZA and Schulze E-D: Artificial drainage and associated carbon fluxes (CO2/CH4) in a tundra ecosystem (2009) Global Change Biology 15, 2599-2614 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2426.2009.01962.x Merbold L, Ardoe J, Arneth A, Scholes RJ, Nouvellon Y, de Grandcourt A, Archibald S, Bonnefond JM, Boulain N, Brueggemann N, Bruemmer C, Cappelaere B, Ceschia E, El-Khidir HAM, El-Tahir BA, Falk U, Kergoatz L, Lloyd J, Le Dantec V, Mougin E, Muchinda M, Mukelabai MM, Ramier D, Roupsard O, Timouk F and Kutsch WL: Precipitation as driver of carbon fluxes in 11 African ecosystems (2009) Biogeosciences 6, 1027-1041 doi:10.5194/bg-6-1027-2009 (open access) Book chapters M Zaman, K Kleineidam, L Bakken, J Berendt, C Bracken, K Butterbach-Bahl, Z Cai, SX Chang, T Clough, K Dawar, WX Ding, P Dörsch, M dos Reis Martins, C Eckhardt, S Fiedler, T Frosch, J Goopy, C-M Görres, A Gupta, S Henjes, MEG Hofmann, MA Horn, MMR Jahangir, A Jansen-Willems, K Lenhart, L Heng, D Lewicka-Szczebak, G Lucic, L Merbold, J Mohn, L Molstad, G Moser, P Murphy, A Sanz-Cobena, M Šimek, S Urquiaga, R Well, N Wrage-Mönnig, S Zaman, J Zhang, C Müller (2021) Greenhouse gases from agriculture. In: Zaman M., Heng L., Müller C. (eds) Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation Options using Nuclear and Related. Springer, Cham. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-55396-8_1 M Zaman, K Kleineidam, L Bakken, J Berendt, C Bracken, K Butterbach-Bahl, Z Cai, SX Chang, T Clough, K Dawar, WX Ding, P Dörsch, M dos Reis Martins, C Eckhardt, S Fiedler, T Frosch, J Goopy, C-M Görres, A Gupta, S Henjes, MEG Hofmann, MA Horn, MMR Jahangir, A Jansen-Willems, K Lenhart, L Heng, D Lewicka-Szczebak, G Lucic, L Merbold, J Mohn, L Molstad, G Moser, P Murphy, A Sanz-Cobena, M Šimek, S Urquiaga, R Well, N Wrage-Mönnig, S Zaman, J Zhang, C Müller (2021) Methodology for measuring greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils using non-isotopic techniques. In: Zaman M., Heng L., Müller C. (eds) Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation Options using Nuclear and Related. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55396-8_2 M Zaman, K Kleineidam, L Bakken, J Berendt, C Bracken, K Butterbach-Bahl, Z Cai, SX Chang, T Clough, K Dawar, WX Ding, P Dörsch, M dos Reis Martins, C Eckhardt, S Fiedler, T Frosch, J Goopy, C-M Görres, A Gupta, S Henjes, MEG Hofmann, MA Horn, MMR Jahangir, A Jansen-Willems, K Lenhart, L Heng, D Lewicka-Szczebak, G Lucic, L Merbold, J Mohn, L Molstad, G Moser, P Murphy, A Sanz-Cobena, M Šimek, S Urquiaga, R Well, N Wrage-Mönnig, S Zaman, J Zhang, C Müller (2021) Automated Laboratory and Field Techniques to Determine Greenhouse Gas Emissions.. In: Zaman M., Heng L., Müller C. (eds) Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation Options using Nuclear and Related. Springer, Cham. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-55396-8_3 M Zaman, K Kleineidam, L Bakken, J Berendt, C Bracken, K Butterbach-Bahl, Z Cai, SX Chang, T Clough, K Dawar, WX Ding, P Dörsch, M dos Reis Martins, C Eckhardt, S Fiedler, T Frosch, J Goopy, C-M Görres, A Gupta, S Henjes, MEG Hofmann, MA Horn, MMR Jahangir, A Jansen-Willems, K Lenhart, L Heng, D Lewicka-Szczebak, G Lucic, L Merbold, J Mohn, L Molstad, G Moser, P Murphy, A Sanz-Cobena, M Šimek, S Urquiaga, R Well, N Wrage-Mönnig, S Zaman, J Zhang, C Müller (2021) Micrometeorological methods for greenhouse gas measurements. In: Zaman M., Heng L., Müller C. (eds) Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation Options using Nuclear and Related. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55396-8_4 M Zaman, K Kleineidam, L Bakken, J Berendt, C Bracken, K Butterbach-Bahl, Z Cai, SX Chang, T Clough, K Dawar, WX Ding, P Dörsch, M dos Reis Martins, C Eckhardt, S Fiedler, T Frosch, J Goopy, C-M Görres, A Gupta, S Henjes, MEG Hofmann, MA Horn, MMR Jahangir, A Jansen-Willems, K Lenhart, L Heng, D Lewicka-Szczebak, G Lucic, L Merbold, J Mohn, L Molstad, G Moser, P Murphy, A Sanz-Cobena, M Šimek, S Urquiaga, R Well, N Wrage-Mönnig, S Zaman, J Zhang, C Müller (2021) Direct and Indirect Effects of Soil Fauna, Fungi and Plants on Greenhouse Gas Fluxes. In: Zaman M., Heng L., Müller C. (eds) Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation Options using Nuclear and Related. Springer, Cham. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-55396-8_5 M Zaman, K Kleineidam, L Bakken, J Berendt, C Bracken, K Butterbach-Bahl, Z Cai, SX Chang, T Clough, K Dawar, WX Ding, P Dörsch, M dos Reis Martins, C Eckhardt, S Fiedler, T Frosch, J Goopy, C-M Görres, A Gupta, S Henjes, MEG Hofmann, MA Horn, MMR Jahangir, A Jansen-Willems, K Lenhart, L Heng, D Lewicka-Szczebak, G Lucic, L Merbold, J Mohn, L Molstad, G Moser, P Murphy, A Sanz-Cobena, M Šimek, S Urquiaga, R Well, N Wrage-Mönnig, S Zaman, J Zhang, C Müller (2021) Methane Production in Ruminant Animals. In: Zaman M., Heng L., Müller C. (eds) Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation Options using Nuclear and Related. Springer, Cham. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-55396-8_6 M Zaman, K Kleineidam, L Bakken, J Berendt, C Bracken, K Butterbach-Bahl, Z Cai, SX Chang, T Clough, K Dawar, WX Ding, P Dörsch, M dos Reis Martins, C Eckhardt, S Fiedler, T Frosch, J Goopy, C-M Görres, A Gupta, S Henjes, MEG Hofmann, MA Horn, MMR Jahangir, A Jansen-Willems, K Lenhart, L Heng, D Lewicka-Szczebak, G Lucic, L Merbold, J Mohn, L Molstad, G Moser, P Murphy, A Sanz-Cobena, M Šimek, S Urquiaga, R Well, N Wrage-Mönnig, S Zaman, J Zhang, C Müller (2021) Isotopic Techniques to Measure N2O, N2 and Their Sources. In: Zaman M., Heng L., Müller C. (eds) Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation Options using Nuclear and Related. Springer, Cham. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-55396-8_7 M Zaman, K Kleineidam, L Bakken, J Berendt, C Bracken, K Butterbach-Bahl, Z Cai, SX Chang, T Clough, K Dawar, WX Ding, P Dörsch, M dos Reis Martins, C Eckhardt, S Fiedler, T Frosch, J Goopy, C-M Görres, A Gupta, S Henjes, MEG Hofmann, MA Horn, MMR Jahangir, A Jansen-Willems, K Lenhart, L Heng, D Lewicka-Szczebak, G Lucic, L Merbold, J Mohn, L Molstad, G Moser, P Murphy, A Sanz-Cobena, M Šimek, S Urquiaga, R Well, N Wrage-Mönnig, S Zaman, J Zhang, C Müller (2021) Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions. In: Zaman M., Heng L., Müller C. (eds) Measuring Emission of Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and Developing Mitigation Options using Nuclear and Related. Springer, Cham. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-55396-8_8 Ueyama M, Iwata H, Koboyashi H, Euskirchen E, Merbold L, Ohta T, Machimura T, Zona D, Oechel WC, Schuur EAG (2021) Greenhouse Gases and Energy Fluxes at Permafrost Zone. In: Yang D., Kane D. (eds) Arctic Hydrology, Permafrost and Ecosystems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50930-9_18 Loubet B, Ammann C, Castell JF, Emberson L, Ganzeveld L, Kowalski AS, Laville P, Merbold L, Personne E, Stella P, Tuovinen JP and Tuzet A (2015) O3 and NOx Exchange. In: Review and Integration of Biosphere-Atmosphere Modelling of Reactive Trace Gases and Volatile Aerosols Eds: Massad RS and Loubet B, p. 163-167, Springer Netherlands, ISBN: 978-94-017-7284-6 Massad RS, Sutton MA, Bash JO, Bedos C, Carrara A, Cellier P, Delon C, Famulari D, Genermont S, Horvath L. and Merbold L (2015) Soil and Litter Exchange of Reactive Trace Gases. In: Review and Integration of Biosphere-Atmosphere Modelling of Reactive Trace Gases and Volatile Aerosols Eds: Massad RS and Loubet B, p. 207-213, Springer Netherlands, ISBN: 978-94-017-7284-6 Miscallaneous publications/Reports Marquardt S, Ndung’u PW, Onyango AA and Merbold L (2020) Protocol for a Tier 2 approach to generate region-specific enteric methane emission factors (EF) for cattle kept in smallholder systems. ILRI Manual 39. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI. Leitner S, Pelster D, Owino J, Marquardt S and Merbold L (2020) Protocol for generating region-specific Tier 2 emission factors for methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from cattle manure. ILRI Manual 36. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI. Merbold L (2016) Quantifying and understanding Europe’s greenhouse gas balance. ProClim Flash 65 Merbold L (2016) Official station labeling well under way: CH-DAV nominated ICOS ecosystem class 1 station. ICOS-RI blog Merbold L (2015) Quantifying and understanding Europe’s greenhouse gas balance, ETH Zukunftsblog Amrhein N, Apel K, Baginsky S, Buchmann N, Geisler M, Keller F, Körner C, Martinoia E, Merbold L, Müller C, Paschke M, Schmid B (2013) Plant responses to Stress. Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-009779047 Merbold L, Olejnik J, Vesala T (2011) Trace gas observations. International Innovation, December Issue Merbold L: Highlight Young scientist (2010) Fluxletter Vol. 3(1) Merbold L: Dissertation for the Doctor of Sciences: Ecosystem - atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide in highly seasonal environments under the aspect of disturbance (2010) ISBN: 978-3-909386-41-3 149p doi:10.3929/ethz-a-006159547 Kutsch WL, Merbold L, Mukelabai MM and Muchinda M: Flux-measurements in a miombo woodland in Western Zambia in relation to deforestation and forest degradation (2009) Fluxletter Vol. 2(1): 12-15 Kutsch WL, Scholes RJ, Merbold L: A manual of standardised methods for site parameterisation, suitable for application in Africa (2008) available via CarboAfrica |