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Dr. Rita Bütler Sauvain Organisational unit: Forest Dynamics Research group: Functional Diversity of Forests Phone: +41 21 69 36336; +41 44 7392 812 Fax: +41 21 6933 913 Room: La GR B2 402; Bi LG B 23 E-Mail: Address: Case postale 96 1015 Lausanne 15 Swiss Federal Institute WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf

Functions
Since 2005:	Scientific collaborator, WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research)
1997–2005:	Scientific collaborator, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne), Laboratory of Ecosystem Management
1996:	Biologist, SFFN (Service des forêts, de la faune et de la nature du canton de Vaud), Lausanne
1991-1992:	Lecturer and project leader, VŜST (Technical University), Liberec, Czechia
1989-1991:	Teacher for natural sciences, KKSS (Kath. Kantonssekundarschule), KSBG (Kantonsschule am Burggraben), St. Gallen and NTB (Interstaatliche Hochschule für Technik), Buchs
Education
2003:	Ph.D. degree EPFL, Title: Dead wood in managed forests: how much and how much is enough? Development of a snag-quantification method by remote sensing and GIS and snag targets based on Three-toed woodpeckers' habitat requirements. Hintermann&Weber research award
1995:	Master degree in Environmental Sciences, EPFL
1989:	Diploma for teaching of natural sciences - mathematics, PHSG (Pädagogische Hochschule), St. Gallen
1984:	Baccalaureate Latin, St. Gallen. Award for best matura.

Research Focus

Dead wood ecology - roles of dead wood for forest biodiversity Decay processes of dead trees Comparison between natural and managed forest ecosystems Dead tree quantification by remote-sensing techniques

Keywords

Dead wood, veteran trees, coarse woody debris, quantification methods, forest dynamics, biodiversity management, sustainable forest management, forest ecology, old-growth forests