Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL

Research Units

Land Change Science

Hauptinhalt

Land Change Science

Head: Prof. Dr. Matthias Bürgi

Contents

Topics
Projects
Publikationen
Research Groups and Staff

Landscapes change over time, shaped by natural processes, such as erosion and succession, and anthropogenic influences, such as agricultural or forestry activity, construction activity - in short: land use. Our research unit investigates this interplay of ecological and anthropogenic influences and its impact on landscape development.

The landscape level shows how sustainably society deals with natural resources - we use this for comprehensive analyses.

Our research and development activities are aimed at the national and international research community. It is equally important to us to carry out relevant research for the general public and to support public administration in fulfilling its tasks.

Topics

Energy and landscape

The Federal Government's Energy Strategy 2050 envisages the phasing-out of nuclear power and increased use of renewable energies. We identify possible consequences for the landscape.

Urban Development: Making Economical Use of the Land

The configuration and spread of villages and cities affect biodiversity and people's quality of life. We analyse settlement development and its consequences.

Landscape Ecology

Species and ecosystems are influenced by spatial patterns. We study the interactions and influence of landscape change.

Land Use

Land use affects ecosystems and their services. We study how land use changes and develop scenarios for the future.

Landscape Development and Monitoring

We use monitoring programmes to document and quantify how our landscapes change.

Species diversity

We research the diversity of plants and animals, especially in the forests and mountains, and examine the factors that affect species composition.

Projects

Publikationen

Research Groups and Staff

Land Change Science

Matthias Bürgi	Head of Research Unit
Angelina Cebulla	Master student
Juri Fitz	Master student
Julia Murer	Master student
Rebecca Swart	PhD student guest

Remote Sensing

Christian Ginzler	Groupleader
Ruedi Bösch	Temporary employee
Claudio Bozzini	Temporary employee
Moritz Bruggisser	Postdoc
Petra D`Odorico	Scientific staff member
Birgit Eben	Technical staff member
Dominic Fawcett	Postdoc
Liv Fritsche	Visiting scientist
Charis Moana Gretler	Scientific staff member
Natacha Gribenski	Visiting scientist
Yuanyuan Gui	PhD student guest
Matthias Pierre Hägeli	Temporary employee
Serhii Havryliuk	Visiting scientist
Nica Huber	Visiting scientist
Markus Immitzer	Visiting scientist
Tiziana Li Koch	PhD student
Natalia Kolecka	Scientific staff member
Daniel Stefan Kükenbrink	Scientific staff member
Manuel Luck	Technical staff member
Mauro Marty	Technical staff member
Anita Nussbaumer	Technical staff member
Livia Piermattei	Technical staff member
Joel Podgorski	Visiting scientist
Bronwyn Price	Technical staff member
Achilleas Psomas	Technical staff member
Marius Rüetschi	Technical staff member
Barbara Schneider	IT specialist
Jan Schweizer	Visiting scientist
Manu Tom	Visiting scientist
Urs Treier	Visiting scientist
Daniel Uebersax	Technical staff member
Zuyuan Wang	Scientific staff member
Lars Waser	Senior Researcher
Dominique Weber	Technical staff member

Land-use systems

Anna Hersperger	Groupleader
Mahsa Bazrafshan	PhD student guest
Janine Bolliger	Scientific staff member
Silvia Canelos Raimann	Trainee
Giulia Casciano	PhD student
Fabio Costa	Trainee
Thomas Niklaus Dalang	Visiting scientist
Vasco Diogo	Scientific staff member
Rebekka Dossche	Visiting scientist
Maria Garcia Martin	Scientific staff member
Tim Geiges	Scientific staff member
Simona Raluca Gradinaru	Scientific staff member
Felix Kienast	Temporary employee
Yuexin Liu	Visiting scientist
Susan Lock	Temporary employee
Philipp Manser	Temporary employee
Franziska Mohr	PhD student
Daniels Saakjans	PhD student
Franziska Schmid	PhD student
Stephanie Schwab Cammarano	Scientific staff member
Elena Grace Siegrist	Scientific assistant
Silvia Tobias	Scientific staff member
Nicola Van Koppenhagen	PhD student
Peter H. Verburg	Senior Scientist
Lea von Büren	Bachelor student
Sophie von Einsiedel	PhD student guest

Dynamic macroecology

Niklaus Zimmermann	Groupleader
David Böhm	Temporary employee
Victor Boussange	Postdoc
Philipp Brun	Technical staff member
Liangzhi Chen	Postdoc
Lucienne Claudine de Witte	Visiting scientist
Patrice Descombes	Guest
Wenna Ding	Postdoc
Grace Goss-Durant	Project coordinator
Walter Jetz	Fellow
Dirk Karger	Scientific staff member
Veiko Lehsten	Visiting scientist
Heike Lischke	Senior Scientist
Yi Liu	PhD student guest
Thomas Löffler	Visiting scientist
Johanna Teresa Malle	Postdoc
Christine Moos	Visiting scientist
Michael Nobis	Scientific staff member
Oluwadamilola Ogundipe	PhD student
Manuel Richard Popp	Scientific assistant
Arthur Provost	Scientific assistant
Damiano Righetti	Visiting scientist
Bianca Saladin	PhD student guest
Dirk Schmatz	Scientific staff member
Eric Sulmoni	Temporary employee
Jon Went	Master student
Otto Wildi	Visiting scientist
Deborah Zani	Visiting scientist
Franziska Zilker	Technical staff member
Nik Zimmerli	Civil service employee

Ecosystems and Landscape Evolution

Camille Albouy	Visiting scientist
Wilhelmine Bach	PhD student
Merin Reji Chacko	PhD student
Yaquan Chang	PhD student guest
Marie-Ange Dahito	Postdoc
Benjamin Flück	Visiting scientist
Fabian Fopp	Scientific staff member
Monika Katarzyna Goralczyk	PhD student guest
Julia Hatzl	PhD student guest
Kevin Keyaert	Visiting scientist
Dominik Kirschner	PhD student guest
Flurin Leugger	PhD student
Martina Lüthi	Visiting scientist
Virginie Marques	Postdoc
Loïc Pellissier	Joint Professorship
Romane Francine Lucette Rozanski	PhD student guest
Theophile Sanchez	Postdoc
Sarah Schmid	PhD student guest
Michel Schmidlin	Visiting scientist
Karma Sherub	PhD student guest
Anouk-Lisa Taucher	PhD student guest
Sarah Thurnheer	Technical staff member
Lucie Vanalderweireldt	Visiting scientist
Zili Yuan	PhD student guest