Spatial modelling of drought effects on Swiss forests
Changes in forest health have direct implications for forest management practice,
Using advanced dendrometer technology, we aim to unravel drought stress and growth patterns in European forests. By developing new analysis methods and leveraging a network of research sites, it seeks to pinpoint areas most vulnerable to drought across Central Europe.
Through advanced analytical techniques, we have identified consistent shrinkage thresholds
During periods of low water availability, trees differently modulate C and H2O fluxes to balance photosynthesis, growth, and other metabolic activities. However, we still do not know how increased vapor pressure deficit (VPD) and reduced soil water availability periods affect whole-tree hydraulics.
To efficiently manage these processes, trees have developed various water-use strategies
Wir engagieren und vorwiegend in der Erfassung, Analyse, Bewertung und Entwicklungsprognosen der Ressourcen des Waldes.
individual trees until they die and to consider a wide range of stress factors that may have
This research aims to explore the predictability of drought at a monthly time horizon in the form of low flow in Switzerland and the European Alps by using machine learning techniques and linking large scale weather patterns with local hydrological events.
disaster that is not historically associated with the European Alps, however, studies have
We analyse the stability of Lotka-Volterra competition models
This model can have many equilibria with non-negative, i.e., ecologically meaningful
Senior Scientist, WSL Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf
.; only localized intra-ring measurements that have been obtained from dated annual
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Leiter Forschungseinheit, Forest Resources and Management, WSL Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf
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Gruppenleiter, WSL Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf
Using dated tree rings, I gain detailed insight into how trees have grown over centuries
