Dr. Benjamin Dauphin

• Gugerli, F., Brodbeck, S., Lendvay, B., Dauphin, B., Bagnoli, F., ..., & Schwörer, C. Accepted. A range-wide postglacial history of Swiss stone pine based on molecular markers and palaeoecological evidence. Journal of Biogeography.
• Olsson, S., Dauphin, B., Jorge, V., Grivet, D., Farsakoglou, A., ..., & Alia, R. Accepted. Diversity and enrichment of breeding material for resilience in European forests. Forest Ecology and Management.
• Dauphin, B., Rellstab, C., Wüest, R., Karger, D., Holderegger, R., Gugerli, F., & Manel, S. 2023. Re-thinking the environment in landscape genomics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2022.10.010
• Steidinger, B., Büntgen, U., Stobbe, U., Tegel, W., …, Dauphin, B., … & Peter, M. 2022. The fall of the summer truffle: recurring hot, dry summers result in declining fruitbody production of Tuber aestivum in central Europe.Global Change Biology, 28: 7378–7390. doi:10.1111/gcb.16424
• Zacharias, M., Pampuch, T., Dauphin, B., Opgenoorth, L., Roland, C., ... & Heer, K. 2022. Genetic basis of growth reaction to drought stress differs in contrasting high‐latitude treeline ecotones of a widespread conifer.Molecular Ecology, 31: 5165–5181. doi:10.1111/mec.16648
• Staubli, F., Imola, L., Dauphin, B., Molinier, V., Pfister, S., ... & Peter, M. 2022. Hidden fairy rings and males—Genetic patterns of natural Burgundy truffle (Tuber aestivum Vittad.) populations reveal new insights into its life cycle.Environmental microbiology, 24: 6376–6391. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.16131
• Mossion, V., Dauphin, B., Grant, J., Kessler, M., Zemp, N., & Croll, D. 2022. Transcriptome‐wide SNPs for Botrychium lunaria ferns enable fine‐grained analysis of ploidy and population structure. Molecular Ecology Resources, 22: 254–271. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.13478
• Kuo, L. Y., Tang, S. K., Kao, T. T., Ebihara, A., Fawcett, S., Hsiao, M. C., Shinohara, W. & Dauphin, B. 2021. A dormant resource for genome size estimation in ferns: C‐value inference of the Ophioglossaceae using herbarium specimen spores. Applications in Plant Sciences, 9: e11452. doi:10.1002/aps3.11452
• Dauphin, B., de Freitas Pereira, M., Kohler, A., Grigoriev, I., Barry, K., Na, H., Amirebrahimi, M., Lipzen, A., Martin, F., Peter, M., & Croll, D. 2021. Cryptic genetic structure and copy‐number variation in the ubiquitous forest symbiotic fungus Cenococcum geophilum. Environmental Microbiology, 23: 6536–6556. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15752
• Rellstab, C., Dauphin, B., & Exposito-Alonso, M. 2021. Prospects and limitations of genomic offset in conservation management.Evolutionary Applications, 14: 1202–1212. doi:10.1111/eva.13205
• Opgenoorth, L., Dauphin, B., Benavides, R., Heer, K., Alizoti, E., Martínez-Sancho, E., & al. 2021. The GenTree Platform: growth traits and tree-level environmental data in twelve European forest tree species.GigaScience, 10: 1–13. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giab010
• Benavides, R., Carvalho, B., Bastias, C., López‐Quiroga, D., Mas, A., Cavers, S., Gray, A., Albet, A., Alía, R., Ambrosio, O., Dauphin, B., & al. 2021. The GenTree Leaf Collection: inter‐ and intraspecific leaf variation in seven forest tree species in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30: 590–597. doi:10.1111/geb.13239
• Dauphin, B., Rellstab, C., Schmid, M., Zoller, S., Karger, D., Brodbeck, S., Guillaume, F., & Gugerli, F. 2021. Genomic vulnerability to rapid climate warming in a tree species with a long generation time. Global Change Biology, 27: 1181–1195. doi:10.1111/gcb.15469
• Dauphin, B., Grant, J., & Farrar, D. 2020. Outcrossing mating system of the early-divergent fern moonwort (Botrychium lunaria, Ophioglossaceae) revealed in the European Alps. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 181: 926–936. doi:10.1086/710491
• Dauphin, B., Wüest, R., Brodbeck, S., Zoller, S., Gugerli, F., & Rellstab, C. 2020. Disentangling the effects of geographic peripherality and habitat suitability on neutral and adaptive genetic variation in Swiss stone pine. Molecular Ecology, 29: 1972–1989. doi:10.1111/mec.15467
• Sandoz, F., Bindschedler,S., Dauphin, B., Farinelli, L., Grant, J., & Hervé, V. 2020. Biotic and abiotic factors shape arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community assembly of the widespread fern Botrychium lunaria. Environmental Microbiology Report, 12: 342–354. doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12840
• Martínez-Sancho, E., Mateju, L., Morganti, S., Carvalho, B., Dauphin, B., & al. 2020. The GenTree Dendroecological Collection, tree-ring and wood density data from seven tree species across Europe. Scientific Data, 7: 1–7. doi:10.1038/s41597-019-0340-y
• Rellstab, C., Dauphin, B., Zoller, S., Brodbeck, S., & Gugerli, F. 2019. Using transcriptome sequencing and pooled exome capture to study local adaptation in the giga-genome of Pinus cembra. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19: 536–551. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12986
• Dauphin, B., Grant, J., Farrar, D., & Rothfels, C. 2018. Rapid allopolyploid radiation of moonwort ferns (Botrychium; Ophioglossaceae) revealed by PacBio sequencing of homologous and homeologous nuclear regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 120: 342–353. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.11.025
• Dauphin, B., Farrar, D., Maccagni, A., & Grant, J. 2017. A worldwide molecular phylogeny provides new insight on cryptic diversity within the moonworts (Botrychium s.s., Ophioglossaceae). Systematic Botany, 42: 620–639. doi:10.1600/036364417x696483
• Schuettpelz, E., Schneider, H., Smith, A., Hovenkamp, P., Prado, J., Rouhan, G., …, Dauphin, B., & al. 2016. A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54: 563–603. doi:10.1111/jse.12229
• Dauphin, B., Grant, J., & Mráz, P. 2016. Ploidy level and genome size variation in the homosporous ferns Botrychium s.l. (Ophioglossaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution, 302: 575–584. doi:10.1007/s00606-016-1285-7
• Dauphin, B., Julien, V., & Grant, J. 2014. Molecular phylogenetics supports widespread cryptic species in moonworts (Botrychium s.s. Ophioglossaceae). American Journal of Botany, 101: 128–140. doi:10.3732/ajb.1300154

• Gugerli, F., Brodbeck, S., Bebi, P., Bollmann, K., Dauphin, B., ..., & Zweifel, R. 2022. Die Arve – Portrait eines Gebirgswaldbaums. Merkblatt für die Praxis, WSL. 16 p. doi:10.55419/wsl:31959
• Gugerli, F., Brodbeck, S., Bebi, P., Bollmann, K., Dauphin, B., ..., & Zweifel, R. 2022. L’arole – portrait d’un montagnard. Notice pour le praticien, WSL. 16 p. doi:10.55419/wsl:31960

Positions

2021–Present: Scientific Staff Member

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

2018–2020: Post-Doctoral Researcher

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

2014–2017: Ph.D. Student

University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

2016: Visiting Ph.D. Student

University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A

2014: Scientific Collaborator

Forest and Landscape service, Sion, Switzerland

2013–2014: Scientific Collaborator

University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

2013: Intern

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

Education

2014–2017: Ph.D. in Biology

University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

2013: Certificate Advanced Studies in Geomatics

University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

2011–2012: Master in Plant Physiology and Ecology

University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

2010–2011: Visiting Student

University of Montreal, Québec, Canada

2008–2011: Bachelor in General Biology and Earth Sciences

University of Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy, France