Ecosystem Functioning and Global Change

Biogeochemistry and biodiversity of agro- and forest ecosystems

Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Global Change and Soil Ecology

Consequences of environmental change on plant communities and plant-soil interactions

PD Dr. Pascal Niklaus, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Zurich, Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies

The research conducted in my group focuses on the consequences of environmental change for plant communities and the...

Plant Ecology

Ecosystem function and biodiversity under global change

Prof. Dr. Christian Körner, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Basel, Institute of Botany

Plant ecology studies the interaction between plants and their environment. Ecosystem science considers life processes...

Sustainable Agroecosystems

Elucidating and promoting sustainable agriculture across the world

Prof. Dr. Johan Six, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental System Sciences

In order to understand sustainable agriculture and implement it, we need to elucidate the feedbacks between ecosystem...

Plant Evolutionary Ecology

Experimental and evolutionary ecology of plants in changing environments

Dr. Oliver Bossdorf, BeNeFri, University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences

I am particularly interested in plant intraspecific variation, the different causes of this variation (phenotypic...

Global Change Ecology

Global change ecology

Dr. Christoph Küffer, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology

With global change (e.g. climate change, land use changes) plant communities and ecosystems may dramatically change in...

Biosphere–Atmosphere Exchange Processes

Greenhouse gas fluxes in forests and agroecosystems

PD Dr. Werner Eugster, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

My main interest is the quantification of greenhouse gas fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O and the surface energy fluxes of...

Plant Ecology and Evolution

How species cope with environmental change

Dr. Regula Billeter, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology

Plant Population Biology

Plant adaptation and genetic connectivity in the face of climate change

Dr. Andrea R. Pluess, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute for Terrestrial Ecosystems

Plants are expected to react to climate change with adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, migration or extinction. Given...

Physiological Plant Ecology

Responses of Plants and Ecosystems to Global Environmental Change

Prof. Dr. Ansgar Kahmen, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Plants are fundamental components of the earth system. Their ability to assimilate atmospheric CO₂ and to...

Spatial Ecology

Spatial modelling of plants species distribution

Prof. Dr. Antoine Guisan, Arc Lémanique PS, University of Lausanne, Department of Ecology and Evolution