The course covers the dynamics of carbon and nutrient between plants, microbiota, and soils in forested and agricultural landscapes. Through real case studies across pedoclimatic zones, we investigate: (i) carbon and nutrient fluxes from plot to regional scales; (ii) biogeochemical controls on cycling; and (iii) climate and land management effects on carbon fluxes in global change hotspots

The students are measuring carbon and nutrient fluxes in forest soils under a changing climate and land-use. In laboratory and field experiments, they are manipulating climatic conditions (temperature, drought) and quantify the response of C and N fluxes in soils, and plant-soil interactions. The results will be interpreted and discussed in the context of changes in climate and land-use.