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Organisational unit:	Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Conservation Biology
Phone:	+41 44 7392 411
Fax:	+41 44 7392 215
Room:	Bi MG D 43
E-Mail:
Address:	Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf

Research interests

Ecology of species with small populations in fragmented habitats
Species-habitat relationships
Forest ecology and biological diversity
Conceptual criteria for the identification of priorities in conservation

Current position

2006-

Group leader "Conservation biology" at the Research unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

Previous position

2000−2006	Module leader and Postdoc within WSL program Forest-Wildlife-Landscape at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
1995−2000	Scientific collaborator and deputy director of SVS/BirdLife Switzerland
1990−1995	PhD „The mating system of the alpine water pipit in a variable environment: ecological, demographic and fitness aspects“ at the Zoological Institute, University of Zürich (Prof. H.-U. Reyer; Prof. N. Davies, Univ. of Cambridge)
1988−1990	Scientific assistant of the Research commission of the Swiss National Park
1989	Diploma thesis „Bestand, Populationsstruktur, Standortwahl und Aktivitätsmuster der Bezoarziege (Capra aegagrus blythi) im Kirthar Nationalpark, Sind, Pakistan“ at the Zoological Institute, University of Zürich

Professional affiliations

Expert panel "Forest nature conservation", Baden-Württemberg (2011-)
Swiss Society of Wildlife Biology (Chairman 2001–2008, board member 1989–2000)
Foundation board of the Swiss Ornithological Institute (since 2004)
Member of the IUCN/SSC group: Grouse (since 2002)
Member of the IUCN/SSC group: Caprinae (1990–2000)
Member of the Federal Panel for Ecological Compensation (1998–2001)

Scientific board

Scientific commission of the Swiss Ornithological Institute (since 2004)

Editorial board

European Journal of Wildlife Research (Editor since 2004)

Reviews (Journals)

Acta Oecologica; Annales Zoologici Fennici; Avian Biology; Biological Conservation; Bird Studies; Conservation Biology; Der Ornithologische Beobachter; Ecography; Ecological Bulletin; Ecological Modelling; European Journal of Wildlife Research; Forest Ecology and Management; Ibis; Journal of Applied Ecology; Landscape Ecology; Oikos; Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen; Wildlife Biology

Keywords

Capercaillie, Conservation biology, Forest biodiversity, Grouse, Metapopulation ecology, Ornithology, Wildlife biology