Michèle Kaennel Dobbertin

Function

Administrative staff member

Communication

Communication WSL

Contact

michele.kaennel(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 25 96+41 44 739 25 96

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HL B 29

Education

1984: Licence d'Anglais (B.A. in English) - University of Nancy (France)

1985: Licence de Lettres Modernes (B.A. in French) - University of Nancy

1992: Maîtrise d'Anglais (Master's Thesis in French: English/French terminology of dendrochronology) - University of Nancy

Activities and selected projects

Since March 2020: communication für SwissForestLab, LWF, research unit Forest dynamics and WSL site in Lausanne.
Since 2017: Oak bodyguards. Citizen science project: interface scientists/schools, videos, project redaction
2019: Tree stories - An exhibition at WSL. Concept and project management, editing and translation of web site.
2011 - August 2019: chief editor of wsl-junior.ch, an information platform for pre-teens and teens
2011: Concept, organisation and implementation of knowledge transfer activities for the International Year of Forests, e.g. Waldwanderungen, a special brochure published with Schweizer Wanderwege
Since 2005: English>French and German>French translations and editorial work for the information platform waldwissen.net
Since 2006: Member of nfz.forestnet: communication, social media marketing

Videos

Surviving Drought - Trockenheit überleben - Survivre à la sécheresse
International Course on Wood Anatomy & Tree-Ring Ecology, Klosters, Switzerland, 2016
Wer hat meine Raupe gefressen?
17 video clips produced for the 10th anniversary of the NFZ forest network (Nancy-Freiburg-Zurich)

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

Junior Research: Der Waldboden lebt, Föhren sterben heimlich und Jahrringe erzählen aus der Vergangenheit

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Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Valdés-Correcher, E.; Moreira, X.; Augusto, L.; Barbaro, L.; Bouget, C.; Bouriaud, O.; Branco, M.; Centenaro, G.; Csóka, G.; Damestoy, T.; Dobrosavljević, J.; Duduman, M.; Dulaurent, A.; Eötvös, C.B.; Faticov, M.; Ferrante, M.; Fürjes-Mikó, Á.; Galmán, A.; Gossner, M.M.; ... Castagneyrol, B., 2021: Search for top-down and bottom-up drivers of latitudinal trends in insect herbivory in oak trees in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30: 651-665. doi: 10.1111/geb.13244

Castagneyrol, B.; Valdés-Correcher, E.; Bourdin, A.; Barbaro, L.; Bouriaud, O.; Branco, M.; Centenaro, G.; Csóka, G.; Duduman, M.; Dulaurent, A.; Eötvös, C.B.; Faticov, M.; Ferrante, M.; Fürjes-Mikó, Á.; Galmán, A.; Gossner, M.M.; Harvey, D.; Howe, A.G.; Kaennel-Dobbertin, M.; ... Tack, A.J.M., 2020: Can school children support ecological research? Lessons from the Oak Bodyguard citizen science project. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 5, 1: 10 (11 pp.). doi: 10.5334/cstp.267

Büntgen, U.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Gärtner, H., 2020: Schweingruber’s cosmos of inspiration. Dendrochronologia, 60: 125680 (4 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.dendro.2020.125680

Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Nobis, M.P., 2010: Exploring research issues in selected forest journals 1979-2008. Annals of Forest Science, 67, 8: 800 (7 pp.). doi: 10.1051/forest/2010052

Randrup, T.B.; Konijnendijk, C.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Prüller, R., 2005: The concept of urban forestry in Europe. In: Konijnendijk, C.C.; Nilsson, K.; Randrup, T.B.; Schipperijn, J. (eds), 2005: Urban forests and trees. A reference book. Berlin, Springer. 9-21. doi: 10.1007/3-540-27684-X_2

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Further scientific publications

Schaub, M.; Dobbertin, M.; Kräuchi, N.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M., 2011: Preface - long-term ecosystem research: understanding the present to shape the future. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 174, 1-4: 1-2. doi: 10.1007/s10661-010-1756-1

Kaennel Dobbertin, M. (eds), 2009: Long-term ecosystem research: understanding the present to shape the future. Abstracts. International Conference Long‐term ecosystem research, Zürich, Switzerland, September 7-10, 2009. Zürich, Switzerland, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. 118 p.

Schaub, M.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Steiner, D. (eds), 2008: Air pollution and climate change at contrasting altitude and latitude. 23rd IUFRO conference for specialists in air pollution and climate change effects on forest ecosystems, Murten, Switzerland, September 7-12, 2008. Murten, Switzerland, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL. 161 p.

Kaennel Dobbertin, M. (eds), 2006: forestXchange. New approaches in knowledge management. International conference 25-27 October 2006, Freiburg, Germany. Abstracts. forestXchange international conference, Freiburg, Germany, October 25-27, 2006. Freiburg, Germany, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL; Bavarian Forest Institute, LWF. 61 p.

Giudici, F.; Pividori, M.; Zingg, A.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Amorini, E.; Manetti, M.C.; Martins, A.; Loureiro, A.; Monteiro, M.L.; Chatziphilippidis, G.; Gallardo Lancho, J.F.; Sevrin, E., 2005: Research activities on chestnut: recommendations for terminology and measurement standards. In: 2005: III International Chestnut Congress, Chaves, Portugal, October 2005. 117-129. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.693.12

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Magazine article and brochures

Rothenbacher, S.; Moser, B.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Kaennel, M.; Schaub, M.; Etzold, S., 2022: Gesucht: Bäume mit Zukunft. Schweizer Familie, 36-45.

Castagneyrol, B.; Valdés Correcher, E.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Gossner, M., 2018: Predation assessment on fake caterpillars and leaf sampling. Protocol for partner schools. 18 p. doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.42pgydn

Bollmann, K.; Tschopp, T.; Schmid, M.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Reich, T.; Holderegger, R., 2015: Le douglas et la biodiversité forestière. La Forêt, 68, 12: 18-19.

Bollmann, K.; Tschopp, T.; Schmid, M.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Reich, T.; Holderegger, R., 2015: Ökologisch anders, aber kein "Totraum". Wald und Holz, 18-19.

Buser, T.; Di Giulio, M.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Moritzi, M., 2008: Die WSL im Dialog - zwei Workshops am Natur Kongress 3/08. Informationsblatt Landschaft, 71: 5-6.

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