Thomas Crowther

Assistant Professor

ETH Zürich

Switzerland

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Dr. Thomas Crowther is an Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His research primarily focuses on climate vulnerability of terrestrial biomes, forest biomass dynamics, and the impacts of land use on microbial diversity. He has published extensively on topics such as global plant diversity hotspots and the effects of environmental factors on plant productivity.

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Global patterns in plant environmental breadths

Degradable film mulching increases soil carbon sequestration in major Chinese dryland agroecosystems

Climate vulnerability of Earth’s terrestrial biomes

A globally consistent negative effect of edge on aboveground forest biomass

Fragmentation increased in over half of global forests from 2000 to 2020

Forest edges are globally warmer than interiors and exceed optimal temperatures for vegetation productivity

Global divergence in plant and mycorrhizal fungal diversity hotspots

Lagged precipitation effects on plant production across terrestrial biomes

Leaf economic strategies drive global variation in phosphorus stimulation of terrestrial plant production

Land Use Interacts With Climate to Influence Microbial Diversity‐To‐Biomass Ratios Across Europe via Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen

Improving access and use of climate projections for ecological research through the use of a new Python tool

Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics

Regional uniqueness of tree species composition and response to forest loss and climate change

Mapping safe drinking water use in low- and middle-income countries

Demographic but not competitive time lags can transiently amplify climate‐induced changes in vegetation carbon storage

Frugivores enhance potential carbon recovery in fragmented landscapes

Refining stoichiometric approaches to trace soil organic matter sources

Accounting for albedo change to identify climate-positive tree cover restoration

Mutualisms weaken the latitudinal diversity gradient among oceanic islands

Drivers and mechanisms that contribute to microbial β‐diversity patterns and range sizes in mountains across a climatic variability gradient

Poleward shifts in the maximum of spring phenological responsiveness of Ginkgo biloba to temperature in China

Home‐based microbial solution to boost crop growth in low‐fertility soil

Acclimation of phenology relieves leaf longevity constraints in deciduous forests

Below-ground traits mediate tree survival in a tropical dry forest restoration

Inferring plant–plant interactions using remote sensing

Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients

Defending Earth’s terrestrial microbiome

Nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacteria act as a global filter for plant establishment on islands

Direct and indirect impacts of urbanization on vegetation growth across the world’s cities

Uniting the scales of microbial biogeochemistry with trait‐based modelling

Collaborators (44)

Charley Willison

Carolina Bello

Catherine Waite

Raina K. Plowright

Christopher A. Williams

Lidong Mo

Timothy Julian

Mengting Yuan

Bogdan Jaroszewicz

Arie Staal

Devis Tuia

Andrea Paz

Daniel Maynard

Jan U. H. Eitel

Jennifer S. Powers

Juan Gabriel Álvarez-González

Emil Cienciala

Clara Antón-Fernández

Tim Coulson

Tigga Kingston

Jizhong Zhou

Kadambot H.M. Siddique

MANUEL DELGADO-BAQUERIZO

Christof Bigler

Josep Penuelas

Toby Kiers

Niels Anten

Patrick Weigelt

Sharif A. Mukul

Sebastian Kepfer Rojas

Hans Verbeeck

Peter Hudson

Vivian Kvist Johannsen

Niklaus Zimmermann

Samantha Yeo

Fabian Fopp

Anne Mette Lykke

Etienne Yergeau

Goytom Abraha Kahsay

Ivan Janssens

Petr Kohout

Kabir G Peay

Winifred Frick