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Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL 
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Marcus Schaub - Personal Homepage
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Dr. Marcus Schaub,
teamleader
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Forest Ecosystem Processes
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| Research group: |
Global Change and Ecopysiology
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+41 44 7392 564
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+41 44 7392 215 |
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Bi HL D 25 |
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Swiss Federal Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
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Function
Research Interests
- Public concerns, evidence from research, and increasing scientific knowledge are all driving widespread discussions on air pollution, climate change, and forest health problems. Our research group investigates the combined effects of air pollutants and environmental stressors on plants and forest ecosystems. In order to assess the forest health status and to estimate the forest risk we combine the sciences from plant physiology, forest inventory, and environmental monitoring including meteorology. We draw conclusions and develop quantitative scenarios for stakeholders on a regional and international level.
- Based on the Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (UNECE LRTAP), both, our investigations as well as the collaboration with our partners are based on the broad network for Long-Term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF) within the framework of ICP-Forests. This network is complemented by intensive research platforms which allow us to answer questions regarding the mechanistic and multi-causal interrelationships between environmental stressors and forest ecosystem responses.
Current main research projects
- Assessment of Ozone Flux for Switzerland, Application – Validation – Further Development O3FLUX
- International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring
of Air Pollution Effects on Forests ICP-Forests
- Further Development and Implementation of an EU-level Forest Monitoring System FutMon
- European Long-Term Ecosystem Research Network LTER-Europe
- Monitoring Network in the Alpine Region for Persistent and other Organic Pollutants MONARPOP
- Swiss Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research LWF
- Poplar bio-indicator initiative for ozone risk assessment PO3PLAR
- www.ozoneeffects.org
Current activities
- 23rd IUFRO World Congress, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 23-28 August 2010. Session on “Changes in climate and air pollution – new directions in forest monitoring, research and modeling” >>>
Past activities
- 5th NFZ Summer School, Zurich, 6-12 September 2009 >>>
- International Conference, Zurich, 7-11 September 2009.
Long-term ecosystem research: Understanding the present to shape the
future. 15th anniversary of the Swiss Long-term Forest Ecosystem
Research LWF >>>
- 10th UNECE/ICP-Forests & FutMon Intercalibration Course on the Assessment of Ozone Visible Injury. Budapest, 21-24 September 2009 >>>
- 23rd IUFRO Conference for Specialists in Air Pollution and Climate Change Effects on Forest Ecosystem, 7-12 September 2008 >>>
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