PD Dr. Janine Bolliger
Function
scientific staff member
Contact
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Site
Birmensdorf Bi HL E 40
Position
- Associate Researcher for Landscape Ecology at WSL
- Lecturer at ETH Zürich, Department of Environmental Systems Sciences
Interests
- Research management
- Teaching (Master & PhD)
- Quantitative, ecological modelling
- Landscape ecology
- Landscape genetics
- Scenario-based landscape development
Master Theses
- Landscape Genetics
- Land-use (change) modelling
- Nature conservation
Professional activities
- Editorial Board Landscape Ecology
- Editorial Board Diversity and Distributions
- Research Commission WSL
FURTHER INFORMATION
Publications WSL
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Peterson, A.T.; Anderson, R.P.; Beger, M.; Bolliger, J.; Brotons, L.; Burridge, C.P.; Cobos, M.E.; Cuervo-Robayo, A.P.; Di Minin, E.; Diez, J.; Elith, J.; Embling, C.B.; Escobar, L.E.; Essl, F.; Feeley, K.J.; Hawkes, L.; Jiménez-García, D.; Jimenez, L.; Green, D.M.; ... Zurell, D., 2019: Open access solutions for biodiversity journals: do not replace one problem with another. Diversity and Distributions, 25, 1: 5-8. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12885
Hagen, O.; Bolliger, J.; Hersperger, A.M.; Kienast, F.; Price, B.; Pellissier, L., 2019: Assessing potential landscape service trade-offs driven by urbanization in Switzerland. Palgrave Communications, 5: 109 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1057/s41599-019-0316-8
Holderegger, R.; Balkenhol, N.; Bolliger, J.; Engler, J.O.; Gugerli, F.; Hochkirch, A.; Nowak, C.; Segelbacher, G.; Widmer, A.; Zachos, F.E., 2019: Conservation genetics: linking science with practice. Molecular Ecology, 28, 17: 3848-3856. doi: 10.1111/mec.15202
Hersperger, A.M.; Oliveira, E.; Pagliarin, S.; Palka, G.; Verburg, P.; Bolliger, J.; Grădinaru, S., 2018: Urban land-use change: the role of strategic spatial planning. Global Environmental Change, 51: 32-42. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.05.001
Luqman, H.; Muller, R.; Vaupel, A.; Brodbeck, S.; Bolliger, J.; Gugerli, F., 2018: No distinct barrier effects of highways and a wide river on the genetic structure of the Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) in densely settled landscapes. Conservation Genetics, 19, 3: 673-685. doi: 10.1007/s10592-018-1046-y
Pazúrová, Z.; Pouwels, R.; Ružičková, J.; Bolliger, J.; Krokusová, J.; Ot'ahel', J.; Pazúr, R., 2018: Effects of landscape changes on species viability: a case study from northern Slovakia. Sustainability, 10, 10: 3602 (13 pp.). doi: 10.3390/su10103602
Pazúr, R.; Bolliger, J., 2017: Land changes in Slovakia: past processes and future directions. Applied Geography, 85: 163-175. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.05.009
Pazúr, R.; Bolliger, J., 2017: Enhanced land use datasets and future scenarios of land change for Slovakia. Data in Brief, 14: 483-488. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2017.07.066
Huber, N.; Hergert, R.; Price, B.; Zäch, C.; Hersperger, A.M.; Pütz, M.; Kienast, F.; Bolliger, J., 2017: Renewable energy sources: conflicts and opportunities in a changing landscape. Regional Environmental Change, 17, 4: 1241-1255. doi: 10.1007/s10113-016-1098-9
Bolliger, J.; Gugerli, F., 2017: Isoliert oder vernetzt? Auswirkungen der Landschaft auf den Genfluss. In: Csencsics, D.; Gugerli, F. (eds), 2017: Naturschutzgenetik. Forum für Wissen 2017, WSL Birmensdorf. 23-29.
Bolliger, J.; Schmatz, D.; Pazúr, R.; Ostapowicz, K.; Psomas, A., 2017: Reconstructing forest-cover change in the Swiss Alps between 1880 and 2010 using ensemble modelling. Regional Environmental Change, 17, 8: 2265-2277. doi: 10.1007/s10113-016-1090-4
Kienast, F.; Huber, N.; Hergert, R.; Bolliger, J.; Segura Moran, L.; Hersperger, A.M., 2017: Conflicts between decentralized renewable electricity production and landscape services – a spatially-explicit quantitative assessment for Switzerland. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67: 397-407. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.045
Egli, T.; Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F., 2017: Evaluating ecosystem service trade-offs with wind electricity production in Switzerland. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 67: 863-875. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.074
Frei, M.; Csencsics, D.; Brodbeck, S.; Schweizer, E.; Bühler, C.; Gugerli, F.; Bolliger, J., 2016: Combining landscape genetics, radio-tracking and long-term monitoring to derive management implications for Natterjack toads (Epidalea calamita) in agricultural landscapes. Journal for Nature Conservation, 32: 22-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jnc.2016.04.002
Burkart, S.; Gugerli, F.; Senn, J.; Kuehn, R.; Bolliger, J., 2016: Evaluating the functionality of expert-assessed wildlife corridors with genetic data from roe deer. Basic and Applied Ecology, 17, 1: 52-60. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2015.09.001
Price, B.; Kienast, F.; Seidl, I.; Ginzler, C.; Verburg, P.H.; Bolliger, J., 2015: Future landscapes of Switzerland: risk areas for urbanisation and land abandonment. Applied Geography, 57: 32-41. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.12.009
Le Lay, G.; Angelone, S.; Holderegger, R.; Flory, C.; Bolliger, J., 2015: Increasing pond density to maintain a patchy habitat network of the European Treefrog (Hyla arborea). Journal of Herpetology, 49, 2: 217-221. doi: 10.1670/13-056
Keller, D.; Holderegger, R.; Van Strien, M.J.; Bolliger, J., 2015: How to make landscape genetics beneficial for conservation management?. Conservation Genetics, 16, 3: 503-512. doi: 10.1007/s10592-014-0684-y
Aavik, T.; Holderegger, R.; Bolliger, J., 2014: The structural and functional connectivity of the grassland plant Lychnis flos-cuculi. Heredity, 112, 5: 471-478. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2013.120
Van Strien, M.J.; Keller, D.; Holderegger, R.; Ghazoul, J.; Kienast, F.; Bolliger, J., 2014: Landscape genetics as a tool for conservation planning: predicting the effects of landscape change on gene flow. Ecological Applications, 24, 2: 327-339. doi: 10.1890/13-0442.1
Oertli, B.; Ilg, C.; Angélibert, S.; Bolliger, J.; Crovadore, J.; Demierre, E.; Julliand, C.; Finger-Stich, A.; Forré, C.; Frossard, P.; Lefort, F.; Mayencourt, M.; Piantini, U.; Schmid, S., 2014: Freshwater biodiversity under warming pressure in the Alps: a methodological framework for prioritization of restoration areas for small waterbodies. eco.mont, 6, 1: 23-34. doi: 10.1553/ecomont-6-1s23
Home, R.; Angelone, S.; Hunziker, M.; Bolliger, J., 2014: Public preferences for ecosystem-enhancing elements in agricultural landscapes in the Swiss lowlands. Journal of integrative environmental sciences, 11, 2: 93-108. doi: 10.1080/1943815X.2014.923913
Helfenstein, J.; Bauer, L.; Clalüna, A.; Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F., 2014: Landscape ecology meets landscape science. Landscape Ecology, 29, 7: 1109-1113. doi: 10.1007/s10980-014-0055-6
Bolliger, J.; Lander, T.; Balkenhol, N., 2014: Landscape genetics since 2003: Status, challenges and future directions. Landscape Ecology, 29, 3: 361-366. doi: 10.1007/s10980-013-9982-x
Maggini, R.; Lehmann, A.; Zbinden, N.E.; Zimmermann, J.; Bolliger, J.; Schröder, B.; Foppen, R.; Schmid, H.; Beniston, M.; Jenni, L., 2014: Assessing species vulnerability to climate and land use change: the case of the Swiss breeding birds. Diversity and Distributions, 20, 6: 708-719. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12207
Keller, D.; Van Strien, M.J.; Herrmann, M.; Bolliger, J.; Edwards, P.J.; Ghazoul, J.; Holderegger, R., 2013: Is functional connectivity in common grasshopper species affected by fragmentation in an agricultural landscape?. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 175: 39-46. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.006
Bolliger, J.; Keller, D.; Holderegger, R., 2011: When landscape variables do not explain migration rates: an example from an endangered dragonfly, Leucorrhinia caudalis (Odonata: Libellulidae). European Journal of Entomology, 108, 2: 327-330. doi: 10.14411/eje.2011.039
Bolliger, J.; Bättig, M.; Gallati, J.; Kläy, A.; Stauffacher, M.; Kienast, F., 2011: Landscape multifunctionality: a powerful concept to identify effects of environmental change. Regional Environmental Change, 11, 1: 203-206. doi: 10.1007/s10113-010-0185-6
Bolliger, J.; Edwards, T.C.; Eggenberg, S.; Ismail, S.; Seidl, I.; Kienast, F., 2011: Balancing forest-regeneration probabilities and maintenance costs in dry grasslands of high conservation priority. Conservation Biology, 25, 3: 567-576. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01630.x
Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F., 2010: Landscape functions in a changing environment. Landscape Online, 21, 1: 1-5. doi: 10.3097/LO.201021
Soliva, R.; Bolliger, J.; Hunziker, M., 2010: Differences in preferences towards potential future landscapes in the Swiss Alps. Landscape Research, 35, 6: 671-696. doi: 10.1080/01426397.2010.519436
Bolliger, J.; Le Lay, G.; Holderegger, R., 2010: Landscape genetics. How landscapes affect ecological processes. GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 19, 3: 238-240. doi: 10.14512/gaia.19.3.19
Kienast, F.; Bolliger, J.; Potschin, M.; De Groot, R.S.; Verburg, P.H.; Heller, I.; Wascher, D.; Haines-Young, R., 2009: Assessing landscape functions with broad-scale environmental data: insights gained from a prototype development for Europe. Environmental Management, 44, 6: 1099-1120. doi: 10.1007/s00267-009-9384-7
Lütolf, M.; Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F.; Guisan, A., 2009: Scenario-based assessment of future land use change on butterfly species distributions. Biodiversity and Conservation, 18, 5: 1329-1347. doi: 10.1007/s10531-008-9541-y
Bolliger, J., 2008: Book Review: G.J. Brierley and K.A. Fryirs, River Futures: An integrative scientific approach to river repair. Island Press, Washington DC 2008: 325 pp. Landscape Ecology, doi: 10.1007/s10980-008-9276-x
Bolliger, J.; Hagedorn, F.; Leifeld, J.; Böhl, J.; Zimmermann, S.; Soliva, R.; Kienast, F., 2008: Effects of land-use change on carbon stocks in Switzerland. Ecosystems, 11, 6: 895-907. doi: 10.1007/s10021-008-9168-6
Stofer, S.; Bergamini, A.; Bolliger, J.; Scheidegger, C., 2007: Evaluating macrolichens and environmental variables as predictors of the diversity of epiphytic microlichens. Lichenologist, 39, 5: 475-489. doi: 10.1017/S0024282907007074
Dormann, K.F.; McPherson, J.M.; Aroújo, M.B.; Bivand, R.; Bolliger, J.; Carl, G.; Davies, R.G.; Hirzel, A.; Jetz, W.; Kissling, W.D.; Kühn, I.; Ohlemüller, R.; Peres-Neto, P.R.; Reineking, B.; Schröder, B.; Schurr, F.M.; Wilson, R., 2007: Methods to account for spatial autocorrelation in the analysis of species distributional data: a review. Ecography, 30, 5: 609-628. doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.05171.x
Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F.; Soliva, R.; Rutherford, G., 2007: Spatial sensitivity of species habitat patterns to scenarios of land use change (Switzerland). Landscape Ecology, 22, 5: 773-789. doi: 10.1007/s10980-007-9077-7
Bolliger, J.; Bergamini, A.; Stofer, S.; Kienast, F.; Scheidegger, C., 2007: Predicting the potential spatial distributions of epiphytic lichen species at the landscape scale. Lichenologist, 39, 3: 279-291. doi: 10.1017/S0024282907006652
Steck, C.E.; Bürgi, M.; Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F.; Lehmann, A.; Gonseth, Y., 2007: Conservation of grasshopper diversity in a changing environment. Biological Conservation, 138: 360-370. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.05.001
Lischke, H.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Bolliger, J.; Rickebusch, S.; Löffler, T.J., 2006: TreeMig: A forest-landscape model for simulating spatio-temporal patterns from stand to landscape scale. Ecological Modelling, 199: 409-420. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.11.046
Bolliger, J., 2005: Simulating complex landscapes with a generic model: Sensitivity to qualitative and quantitative classifications. Ecological Complexity, 2, 2: 131-149. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2004.11.008
Bolliger, J.; Mladenoff, D.J., 2005: Quantifying spatial classification uncertainties of the historical Wisconsin landscape (USA). Ecography, 28: 141-156. doi: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2005.03955.x
Bolliger, J.; Lischke, H.; Green, D.G., 2005: Simulating the spatial and temporal dynamics of landscapes using generic and complex models. Ecological Complexity, 2, 2: 107-116. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2004.11.005
Bolliger, J.; Schulte, L.A.; Burrows, S.N.; Sickley, T.A.; Mladenoff, D.J., 2004: Assessing Ecological Restoration Potentials of Wisconsin (U.S.A.) Using Historical Landscape Reconstructions. Restoration Ecology, 12, 1: 124-142. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2004.00285.x
Bolliger, J.; Sprott, J.C.; Mladenoff, D.J., 2003: Self-organization and complexity in historical landscape patterns. Oikos, 100, 3: 541-553. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12109.x
Bolliger, J., 2002: Schweizer Wälder und Klimaveränderungen: Vergleich von Simulationen quantitativer Vegetationsmodelle. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 153, 5: 167-175. doi: 10.3188/szf.2002.0167
Sprott, J.C.; Bolliger, J.; Mladenoff, D.J., 2002: Self-organized criticality in forest-landscape evolution. Physics Letters A, 297: 267-271. doi: 10.1016/S0375-9601(02)00052-X
Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2000: Risks of global warming on montane and subalpine forests in Switzerland - a modeling study. Regional Environmental Change, 1, 3-4: 99-111. doi: 10.1007/s101130000018
Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F.; Bugmann, H., 2000: Comparing models for tree distributions: concept, structures, and behavior. Ecological Modelling, 134: 89-102. doi: 10.1016/S0304-3800(00)00338-0
Günthardt-Goerg, M.S.; Maurer, S.; Bolliger, J.; Clark, A.J.; Landolt, W.; Bucher, J.B., 1999: Responses of young trees (five species in a chamber exposure) to near-ambient ozone concentrations. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 116, 1-2: 323-332. doi: 10.1023/A:1005280908529
Further scientific publications
Kozak, J.; Gimmi, U.; Houet, T.; Bolliger, J., 2017: Current practices and challenges for modelling past and future land use and land cover changes in mountainous regions. Regional Environmental Change, 17, 8: 2187-2191. doi: 10.1007/s10113-017-1217-2
Gugerli, F.; Balkenhol, N.; Bolliger, J., 2016: Genfluss und Lebensraumzerschneidung. In: Holderegger, R.; Segelbacher, G. (eds), 2016: Naturschutzgenetik: Ein Handbuch für die Praxis. Bern, Haupt. 107-128.
Zingerli, C.; Schmid, F.; Bolliger, J., 2012: SAGUF: 40 Jahre Impulse für Forschung, Politik und Gesellschaft. GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 21, 1: 67-68. doi: 10.14512/gaia.21.1.17
Zingerli, C.; Schmid, F.; Bolliger, J., 2012: 40 Jahre SAGUF: Zusammen mehr erreichen. GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 21, 3: 246-248. doi: 10.14512/gaia.21.3.22
Bolliger, J.; Holderegger, R., 2012: Landscape genetics: key contributions from ENHANCE. In: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL (eds), 2012: ENHANCE. Enhancing ecosystem connectivity through intervention - benefits for nature and society? Final Report. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. 11-12.
Le Lay, G.; Angelone, S.; Holderegger, R.; Flory, C.; Kienast, F.; Bolliger, J., 2012: The role of management intervention in enhancing breeding-habitat networks in the European tree frog. In: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL (eds), 2012: ENHANCE. Enhancing ecosystem connectivity through intervention - benefits for nature and society? Final Report. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. 13-16.
Moser, W.K.; Bolliger, J.; Bragg, D.C.; Hansen, M.H.; Hatfield, M.A.; Nigh, T.A.; Schulte, L.A., 2008: Tools for understanding landscapes: Combining large-scale surveys to characterize change. In: Lafortezza, R.; Chen, J.; Sanesi, G.; Crow, T.R. (eds), 2008: Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes. Berlin, Springer. 149-166.
Mladenoff, D.J.; Schulte, L.A.; Bolliger, J., 2008: Broad-scale change in the northern forests: from past to present. In: Waller, D.M.; Rooney, T.P. (eds), 2008: The Vanishing Present: Wisconsin's Changing Lands, Waters, and Wildlife. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. 61-73.
Bolliger, J., 2007: Book Review: Individual-based Modelling and Ecology: V. Grimm and S.F. Railsback. Princeton University Press 2005. Landscape Ecology, 22: 317-318. doi: 10.1007/s10980-006-9008-z
Lischke, H.; Bolliger, J.; Seppelt, R., 2007: Dynamic Spatio-temporal Landscape Models. In: Kienast, F.; Wildi, O.; Ghosh, S. (eds), 2007: A Changing World. Challenges for Landscape Research. Dordrecht, Springer. 273-296.
Bolliger, J.; Wagner, H.H.; Turner, M.G., 2007: Identifying and quantifying landscape patterns in space and time. In: Kienast, F.; Wildi, O.; Ghosh, S. (eds), 2007: A Changing World. Challenges for Landscape Research. Dordrecht, Springer. 177-194.
Zimmermann, N.; Bolliger, J.; Gehrig-Fasel, J.; Guisan, A.; Kienast, F.; Lischke, H.; Rickebusch, S.; Wohlgemuth, T., 2006: Wo wachsen die Bäume in 100 Jahren?. In: 2006: Wald und Klimawandel. Forum für Wissen 2006, WSL Birmensdorf. 63-71.
Magazine article and brochures
Bolliger, J.; Hennet, T.; Wermelinger, B.; Pazur, R.; Bösch, R.; Blum, S.; Haller, J.; Obrist, M.K., 2019: Mehr Dunkelheit für nachtaktive Tiere. Nachtinsekten und Fledermäuse profitieren von dimmbaren LED-Strassenleuchten. Elektrotechnik: ET, 70, 2: 28-31.
Soland, K.; Bolliger, J.; Haller, J., 2018: In Urdorf schont gedimmtes Licht Menschen und Tiere. Schweizer Gemeinde, 66-67.
Bolliger, J.; Hennet, T.; Pazur, R.; Wermelinger, B.; Bösch, R.; Blum, S.; Haller, J.; Obrist, M.K., 2018: Dimmbare LED Strassenleuchten: gute Aussichten für Nachtinsetken und Fledermäuse?. Éclairage public à LED d’intensité variable: bonne nouvelle pour les insectes nocturnes et les chauves-souris?. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 16-21.
Gugerli, F.; Vaupel, A.; Ellenbroek, T.; Nagel, D.; Muller, R.; Luqman, H.; Brodbeck, S.; Bolliger, J., 2017: Amphibien und Autobahnen: eine Trennungsgeschichte? Autoroutes: quels véritables effets sur les amphibiens?. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 26-30.
Graf, C.; Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F., 2016: Wirkungsvolle und attraktive Besucherlenkung in Schutzgebieten. Gestion des visiteurs efficace et attractive dans les aires protégées. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 22-25.
Holderegger, R.; Gugerli, F.; Bolliger, J., 2016: Naturschutzgenetik für die Praxis. Génétique de la conservation pour la pratique. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 19.
Schmid, M.; Birrer, S.; Bolliger, J.; Csencsics, D.; Gugerli, F., 2015: Monitoring genetischer Vielfalt: Fallbeispiel Schachbrettfalter. Suivi de la diversité génétique: exemple du Demi-deuil. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 19-24.
Bolliger, J.; Junge, X.; Wülser, G.; Pohl, C.; Vaupel, A.; Gugerli, F.; Teilnehmende der GeneMig-Workshops, 2015: Herausforderungen und Chancen in der Zusammenarbeit Praxis-Wissenschaft – ein Erfahrungsbericht. Défis et opportunités de la collaboration entre science et pratique: compte rendu d'expérience. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 24-28.
Dans le cadre du projet ENHANCE, des méthodes écologiques, génétiques et socio-économiques ont été mises en œuvre pour étudier l’influence d’un paysage agricole suisse, morcelé et intensivement exploité, sur la mise en réseau des habitats de diverses espèces animales et végétales.
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Home, R.; Angelone, S.; Hunziker, M.; Bolliger, J., 2014: Die öffentliche Wahrnehmung von ökologischen Aufwertungsmassnahmen in Kulturlandschaften des Schweizer Mittellands. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 23-26.
Frei, M.; Csencsics, D.; Bühler, C.; Gugerli, F.; Bolliger, J., 2014: Wie gut sind Vorkommen der Kreuzkröte in einer landwirtschaftlich geprägten Landschaft vernetzt? – Interconnexion des populations de crapauds calamites dans le paysage agricole. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 16-20.
Bolliger, J.; Junge, X.; Vaupel, A.; Gugerli, F., 2013: Wissenschaft und Praxis im Dialog über Landschaftsgenetik. Science et pratique dans la génétique du paysage. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 16-19.
Bolliger, J.; Holderegger, R.; Gugerli, F., 2012: Winter school on landscape genetics. ProClim-Flash, 17.
Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F., 2002: Klima- und Vegetationsveränderungen in der Schweiz - acht Jahre nach unserer ersten Prognose. Informationsblatt Landschaft, 53: 1-2.