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Experimental and evolutionary ecology of plants in changing environments

Plant Evolutionary Ecology

I am particularly interested in plant intraspecific variation, the different causes of this variation (phenotypic plasticity, maternal effects, genetic and epigenetic variation), and its ecological and evolutionary consequences, particularly in the context of biological invasions and other global environmental changes. I am also very interested in mechanisms of plant-plant interactions, general questions about biodiversity, ecosystem processes and global change, and in the use of citizen science for addressing ecological and evolutionary questions.

Research topics

  • Intraspecific variation
  • Epigenetics
  • Biological invasions
  • Global change ecology
  • Plant-plant interactions
  • Ecological synthesis

Interdisciplinary

  • Collaboration with stable isotope experts, molecular epigeneticists
  • Global Garlic Mustard Field Survey (www.garlicmustard.org)
  • Management of invasive plants
  • Role of intraspecific variation and microevolution in agriculture & ecological restoration

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Contact Person

Dr. Oliver Bossdorf

University of Bern
Institute of Plant Sciences
Website
bossdorf-at-ips.unibe.ch
+41 (0)31 631 49 26


Recent publications

  • Title: Citizen Science Reveals Unexpected Continental-Scale Evolutionary Change in a Model Organism
    Author(s): Silvertown, J; Cook, L; Cameron, R; et al.
    Source: PLOS ONE, 6 (4): e18927 APR 27 2011
    Document type: Article (Details)
  • Title: A truly ecological epigenetics study
    Author(s): Bossdorf, O; Zhang, YY
    Source: MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 20 (8): 1572-1574 APR 2011
    Document type: Article (Details)
  • Title: INVASIVE KNOTWEED AFFECTS NATIVE PLANTS THROUGH ALLELOPATHY
    Author(s): Murrell, C; Gerber, E; Krebs, C; et al.
    Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 98 (1): 38-43 JAN 2011
    Document type: Article (Details)
  • Title: Experimental alteration of DNA methylation affects the phenotypic plasticity of ecologically relevant traits in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Author(s): Bossdorf, O; Arcuri, D; Richards, CL.; et al.
    Source: EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY, 24 (3): 541-553 MAY 2010
    Document type: Article (Details)