The Xylem database is an atlas of microscopic stem structures of herbs, dwarf shrubs, shrubs and trees in transversal, tangential and radial sections.
The current technical setup is temporary and may have some limitations.
In this project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC / DEZA), we propose to apply large scale hazard indication mapping algorithms to the Himalayan province of Uttarakhand. Our goal is to identify unstable rock/ice masses and perform thermo-mechanical simulations – at the large-scale – to predict the danger of rock/ice avalanches, such as the recent event in Chamoli.
All of these events hence have disastrous consequences for people and infrastructures
Tree-ring d13C variations are a valuable archive of climatic information. A novel laser-ablation isotope-ratio mass-spectrometer enables to study variations within a single tree ring. We therefore plan to determine the occurrence of dry and wet periods of the past with unprecedented resolution.
Finanzierung Swiss National Science Foundation Tree-ring d13C variations have
The goal of this project is to contribute to the evaluation of non-native tree species that could potentially mitigate mortality in our forests, through scalable drone-based phenotyping approaches and the assessment of mechanistic traits, such as phenological plasticity and drought stress-resistance
conditions (i.e., assisted migration), is among the forest management practices that have
This project aims to holistically understand and quantify nitrogen fluxes across and within compartments to predict the effects of energy transition and environmental changes from other drivers and provide stakeholders and policymakers with informed possible outcomes of future scenarios.
Researchers have until now mainly focused onindividual compartments, thereby largely
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, WSL Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf
research interests are long-distance movements and the manifold consequences these may have
Pine tree stand and forest site resilience after the severe 2017 wildfire on the slopes of Vesuvius, Italy
Since that date, even some seriously damaged pine stands have started to regenerate
Proper ditch detection and maintenance within forests is critical to protect the environment and infrastructure. The project focuses on the ditch detection for the entire country using semantic segmentation.
On going experimental results have illustrated the potential effectiveness.
Die Blue Green Biodiversity Forschungsinitiative ist eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen Eawag und WSL mit dem Ziel, die Biodiversität an der Schnittstelle von aquatischen und terrestrischen Ökosystemen zu untersuchen.
addressing the impacts of land use on multiple ecosystem functions (multifunctionality) have
Our project, which proposes a novel approach (i.e., the use of virus-like particles), is key for the fundamental biological understanding of the transport and fate of nanoparticles in forest trees. Possible immediate applications include the development of new solutions for the nano-enabled foliar-a
Virus-like particles (VLPs) have b
