Research Portfolios
Experimental Plant Ecology
Organization of plant populations and communities
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schmid, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Zurich, Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
Biodiversity – the variety of individuals, populations, species, and ecosystems and the natural processes occurring in...
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...
Plant Community Ecology
Plant community ecology
Dr. Lindsay A. Turnbull, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Zurich, Institute for Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
My research is mainly focused on plant coexistence mechanisms. I am interested in the relative merits of neutral and...
Plant Population and Evolutionary Biology
Plant life in alpine habitats
Prof. Dr. Jürg Stöcklin, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Basel, Institute of Botany
Adaptation and phenotypic plasticity are both crucial for the long-term survival of plants in changing world. Our actual...
Plant Ecology
Plant population dynamics
PD Dr. Peter Stoll, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Basel, Section of Conservation Biology
Understanding plant population dynamics is important in ecology and conservation biology including basic (coexistence...
Plant reproductive Biology
Plant-insect interactions: pollination and reproductive biology
Prof. Dr. Andreas Erhardt, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Basel, Section of Conservation Biology
Conservation Biology
Plants and animals in a rapidly changing environment
Prof. Dr. Bruno Baur, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Basel, Section of Conservation Biology
Quantifying and conserving biodiversity is now recognized as more important than ever. We are investigating origins of...
Plant Pathology
Population genetics and evolutionary biology of plant pathogenic fungi
Prof. Dr. Bruce McDonald, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology
Plant pathogens evolve rapidly to overcome the disease control strategies that are deployed against them. Resistance...
Population and Community Ecology
Understanding plant population, community, and invasion dynamics
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Levine, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology