Publications by Aurélie Thébault

Land management trumps the effects of climate change and elevated CO2 on grassland functioning

Grasslands cover similar to 30% of the Earth's terrestrial surface and provide many ecosystem services. Many grasslands are heavily managed to maximize these services for human benefit, but the outcome of management is anticipated to be increasingly inf ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Nitrogen limitation and microbial diversity at the treeline

Alexandre Buttler, Julien Roy, Aurélie Thébault

Tree growth limitation at treeline has mainly been studied in terms of carbon limitation while effects and mechanisms of potential nitrogen (N) limitation are barely known, especially in the southern hemisphere. We investigated how soil abiotic properties ...

Nordic Ecological Society2014

Complex interactions between spatial pattern of resident species and invasiveness of newly arriving species affect invasibility

Alexandre Buttler, Aurélie Thébault

Understanding the factors that affect establishment success of new species in established communities requires the study of both the ability of new species to establish and community resistance. Spatial pattern of species within a community can affect plan ...

Springer-Verlag2012

Polyploidy and invasion success: trait trade-offs in native and introduced cytotypes of two Asteraceae species

Alexandre Buttler, François Gillet, Aurélie Thébault

Invasion success is favoured by the introduction of pre-adapted genotypes. In addition, novel pressures in the introduced range may lead to phenotypic changes related to fitness or competitive ability of introduced plants. Polyploidy appears to be over-rep ...

Springer Netherlands2011

Species-specific effects of polyploidisation and plant traits of Centaurea maculosa and Senecio inaequidens on rhizosphere microorganisms

Alexandre Buttler, Edward Mitchell, Aurélie Thébault

Invasive plant species represent a threat to terrestrial ecosystems, but their effects on the soil biota and the mechanisms involved are not yet well understood. Many invasive species have undergone polyploidisation, leading to the coexistence of various c ...

Springer Verlag2010

Resistance of plant communities to invasive species : disentangling invasiveness from invasibility

Aurélie Thébault

Invasive species are nowadays considered as one of the most important threat to biodiversity. By displacing native species, modifying ecosystem functioning and causing substantial losses to agricultural production, they represent a menace to natural and ma ...

EPFL2009