Habitat Dynamics

Modeling

We develop process/pattern oriented simulation models that deal with (a) vegetation (b) land-use dynamics (c) interactions between human activities, vegetation and landscape patterns. The models employ GIS technology, spatial statistics as well as time series analysis.
People	Bolliger Janine Ghosh Sucharita Heller-Kellenberger Iris Hoffmann Christian Kienast Felix (head of the section)
Topics	Predictive vegetation modelling Impacts of climate change and environmental risk assessment GIS in landscape modelling Extremes of stochastic processes Semiparametric modeling of time series Spatial processes Web-based Extension Outreach (see products)
Products	Biosphere Reserves - potential UNESCO biosphere reserves in Switzerland: an evaluation package (in German) Biodiversity Hotspots - expert model to simulate faunistic biodiversity in Switzerland (in English and German) Climate and Vegetation Change - information package on climate-change and potential vegetation changes (in German) Statistics software
Contacts	Consulting in Mathematics and general Statistics (formulae, software): Christian Hoffmann GIS and spatial modeling: Felix Kienast biodiversity modeling: Felix Kienast biosphere reserves / large conservation areas: Felix Kienast IALE Switzerland: Felix Kienast web-based extension outreach: Felix Kienast