PD Dr. Janine Bolliger

Function

Scientific staff member

Land Change Science

Land-use systems

Contact

janine.bolliger(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 23 93+41 44 739 23 93

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HL E 39

Research topics

Social-ecological systems in urban and peri-urban areas
Blue-green infrastructure: functional connectivity across human-dominated landscapes
Light pollution: impacts of artificial light at night on biodiversity
Scenario-based land-change assessments and future pathways
Land multifunctionality and ES trade-offs
Conservation genetics

Academic qualifications

2008: PD/Lecturer Landscape Modelling, D-USYS, ETH Zürich

1999: PhD Landscape Modelling, University of Bern

1994: Msc Biology, University of Basel

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

WSL Projects

Social-ecological networks

We investigate the interactions between ecological and social networks of urban green areas and derive a fully operationalized social-ecological network based on individual, empirically validated social and ecological networks as a basis to evaluate transformation pathways related to biodiversity.

Opportunities for biodiversity in sustainable cities, the Urban Living Lab in Viererfeld Bern

Urbanisation is a main driver of biodiversity and ecological change, but how the process affects biodiversity is not well understood. This project on urban ecology monitors the impact of urbanisation and establishes an Urban Living Lab (ULL) for sustainable city development.

More Trees – Less Biodiversity?

In this WSL Biodiversity Centre Postdoc project, we will investigate the relationships between woody encroachment, habitat diversity and plant species diversity. Modelled vegetation height based on historical aerial stereo images, covering 40 years of woody encroachment and forest expansion, will be combined with existing biodiversity data. This allows for a spatially explicit assessment of the relationship between woody encroachment and the dynamics of habitat and plant species diversity.

ALANex

ALANeX is an inter- and transdisciplinary project that integrates benefits of LED technology and practitioner's experiences to develop future lighting transformation pathways and guide-lines for LED outdoor lighting systems based on sound scientific evidence. To do so, we bring together light engine

Night Light

Die Versuche leisten einen Beitrag zum Verständnis des Effektes von Lichtverschmutzung auf die Natur. Der wissenschaftliche Versuch über die Auswirkungen verschiedener Lampeneigenschaften (Lichtfarbe, Gehäusedesign, Intensität) soll helfen, Nachtlicht nachhaltiger zu gestalten.

Nightscapes 2019

Wir untersuchen die relativen Auswirkungen verschiedener spektraler LED-Strassenleuchten und bedarfsorientierter Beleuchtungssysteme auf acht Insekten- und Fledermaus-Artengruppen.

Simulating dynamics and spread of vegetation and interacting species

The spatio-temporal DGVM LPJ-GM is extended with modules for dynamics and spread of interacting species and tested in case studies with different interactors

CLIMASTEPPE - Solutions for climate-smart land use in the dry steppes of Russia

In the CLIMASTEPPE project, we will investigate with partners from Russia, Germany, Slovakia how to optimise the land use of Russian steppe under changing climate conditions.

Future prospects for renewable energy

The production of renewable energy is a landscape service of growing importance and great political relevance. However, the expansion of renewable energies is causing various conflicts with competing landscape services.

BioScene: Reconciling biodiversity conservation

For centuries agriculture has played a multifunctional role in defining and sustaining mountain biodiversity in Europe through the management of habitats, species and landscapes. The overall aim of this project is to investigate the implications of agricultural restructuring and decline for biodiversity conservation in Europe’s mountain areas.

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BlueGreenNet

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Scientific publications

McFadden, I.R.; Sendek, A.; Brosse, M.; Bach, P.M.; Baity‐Jesi, M.; Bolliger, J.; Bollmann, K.; Brockerhoff, E.G.; Donati, G.; Gebert, F.; Ghosh, S.; Ho, H.; Khaliq, I.; Lever, J.J.; Logar, I.; Moor, H.; Odermatt, D.; Pellissier, L.; De Queiroz, L.J.; ... Narwani, A., 2022: Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Ecology Letters, doi: 10.1111/ele.14153

Donati, G.F.A.; Bolliger, J.; Psomas, A.; Maurer, M.; Bach, P.M., 2022: Reconciling cities with nature: identifying local Blue-Green Infrastructure interventions for regional biodiversity enhancement. Journal of Environmental Management, 316: 115254 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115254

Bolliger, J.; Haller, J.; Wermelinger, B.; Blum, S.; Obrist, M.K., 2022: Contrasting impacts of street light shapes and LED color temperatures on nocturnal insects and bats. Basic and Applied Ecology, 64: 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2022.07.002

Hölker, F.; Bolliger, J.; Davies, T.W.; Giavi, S.; Jechow, A.; Kalinkat, G.; Longcore, T.; Spoelstra, K.; Tidau, S.; Visser, M.E.; Knop, E., 2021: 11 pressing research questions on how light pollution affects biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 767177 (13 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.767177

Eggimann, S.; Lischer, P.; Bolliger, J., 2021: Evaluating superblock design to enhance urban greening. In: Scartezzini, J.; Smith, B.; Lindelof, D. (eds), 2021: CISBAT 2021 carbon neutral cities - energy efficiency & renewables in the digital era. CISBAT 2021, Lausanne, Switzerland. 012005 (6 pp.). doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012005

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