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Head: Dr. Martina Peter
We study ecological processes in populations of plants, mycorrhizal fungi and animals with molecular-genetic methods and supplement them with experimental approaches. We mainly investigate species that are relevant for Switzerland owing to their function in ecosystems, their distributional focus or their conservation status. We describe how plants of the Alpine region evolve to adapt to changing environmental conditions (adaptation). As important symbiosis partners of our forest trees, we investigate mycorrhizal fungi, their adaptation to tree partners and local conditions, and their significance for the stability of forest ecosystems in a changing environment. We study how landscape features impact the dispersal and connectivity of organisms and their populations and how land use affects rare plant and animal species (conservation genetics).
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Publications
Gmünder, N.; Brodbeck, S.; Schenker, L.; Jucker, M.; Rehnus, M.; Bollmann, K.; Gugerli, F., 2023: Mobiler Schneehase. Grande mobilité du lièvre variable. Nature et Paysage. Natur und Landschaft: Inside, 21-22.
Buser, C.; Mosimann, M.; Iosifescu-Enescu, I.; Woodcock, S.; Gugerli, F., 2023: Nutzen einer nationalen Datenbank zur innerartlichen genetischen Vielfalt für die Naturschutzpraxis. Utilisation d'une banque de données nationale sur la diversité génétique intraspécifique pour la pratique de la conservation. Nature et Paysage. Natur und Landschaft: Inside, 33-40.
Dauphin, B.; Peter, M., 2023: Advancing research on ectomycorrhizal fungal adaptation with landscape genomics. Trends in Microbiology, 31, 5: 439-443. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.02.002
Rellstab, C.; Reutimann, O.; Graf, R.; Horisberger, D., 2023: Vergleich von Feldschlüssel und Genetik bei der Artbestimmung von Eichen. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 174, 3: 138-145. doi: 10.3188/szf.2023.0138
Wraase, L.; Reuber, V.M.; Kurth, P.; Fekadu, M.; Demissew, S.; Miehe, G.; Opgenoorth, L.; Selig, U.; Woldu, Z.; Zeuss, D.; Schabo, D.G.; Farwig, N.; Nauss, T., 2023: Remote sensing-supported mapping of the activity of a subterranean landscape engineer across an afro-alpine ecosystem. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 9, 2: 195-209. doi: 10.1002/rse2.303
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Short film to introduce the new Globi non-fiction book "Globi and the Microbes": We dive with Globi into the WWW of nature - the fungus network in the forest (Wood-Wide-Web). Martina Peter explains to Globi, Atlant & Arin what role mushrooms play in the forest. 03.05.2022, 9:02min
White truffle in Zurich.
24.01.2022, SRF Schweiz aktuell, 4.22min, with Dr. Martina Peter
Winter in the Swiss Alps. How animal survive.
15.01.2022, SRF School, 41min, Production: Marcus Fischötter 2021. Dr. Felix Gugerli and Dr. Maik Rehnus give explanations in the German spoken documentary film.

"Catch a glimpse into the past: complementary evidence for deciphering the history of an emblematic tree species" on the Journal of Biogeographie blog.
Blog for a recent published article about post glacial migration of Swiss Stone Pine.
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Ecological Genetics
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