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Organisationseinheit: Waldressourcen & Waldmgmt Bestandesdynamik und Waldbau Tel: +41 44 7392 252 Fax: +41 44 7392 215 Raum: Bi HL D 34 E-Mail: Adresse: Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf

Doctoral Research Project

Disturbance patterns of a virgin beech forest in the Ukrainian Carpathians

The goal of my Ph.D. project is to analyse the disturbance patterns of the virgin beech forest of Uholka-Schyrokyj Luh in the Ukrainian Carpathians. This forest belongs to the UNSECO world heritage and covers an area over 10'000 ha.

I will focus on two methodological approaches. On the one hand I rely on the sample inventory, where different variables were measured in the forest. On the other hand I will use very high resolution satellite images to extract imortant information about the composition and the structure of this virgin forest. Finally the combination of the results of these two approaches will broaden the understanding of the role of natural disturbances in virgin beech forest.

Supervisors:

Prof. Dr. Harald Bugmann, ETHZ

Brigitte Commarmot, WSL

Christian Ginzler, WSL

Education

since 03/2010             Ph.D. student at WSL; ETHZ, Forest Ecology Group

10/2008 - 02/2010      Teaching assistant at ETHZ, Forest Ecology Group

10/2005 - 11/2010      Certificate of Teaching Ability, Environmental Education

10/2006 - 10/2008      Master of science in Environmental Sciences, ETHZ

10/2003 - 09/2006      Bachelor of science in Environmental Sciences, ETHZ

Publications

Hobi, M. L.; Ginzler, C. 2012. Accuracy Assessment of Digital Surface Models Based on WorldView-2 and ADS80 Stereo Remote Sensing Data. Sensors 12: 6347-6368. [Article]

Trotsiuk, V., Hobi, M. L. & Commarmot, B. 2012. Age structure and disturbance dynamics of the relic virgin beech forest Uholka (Ukrainian Carpathians). Forest Ecology and Management 265:181-190. [Abstract]

Posters

Hobi, M. L., Trotsiuk, V. & Commarmot, B., 2011. Age structure and growth patterns in a virgin beech forest in the Ukrainian Carpathians. The 9th Inernational Beech Symposium. Dresden, Germany, 12-17 September 2011. [PDF]

Supervised theses

Grimmer, A. 2011. Analyse der Totholzmenge und –qualität im Buchenurwald Uholka-Schyrokykj Luh in der Ukraine. Bachelorarbeit. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, Wädenswil. 66 S.

Trotsiuk, V. 2011. Vikova struktura bukniaki v Uholsko-Shyrokoluzhanskoho masyvu Karpatskoho biosfernoho. Mahisterska robota. NLTU Ukraïny, Lviv. 65 S.

Meile, C. 2010. Die Auswirkungen der Windexposition und des Temperaturanstiegs auf das Wachstum von Bauminseln an der Waldgrenze. Masterarbeit. Professur Waldökologie, ETH Zürich. 83 S.

Contact

• Martina Hobi