Dr. Josef Senn

Function

Visiting scientist

Community Ecology

Plant-Animal Interactions

Contact

josef.senn(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi MG D 35

Research

Ungulate-plant-interactions: habitat and food selection by wild ungulates, food resource partitioning by sympatric ungulate species, influences of ungulates on plant populations

Wild ungulates and trees: influences of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), red deer (Cervus elaphus), and chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) on young trees in forests

Habitat fragmentation and wild ungulate populations: effects of transportation infrastructure and settlements on genetics and habitat use of wild cervids and bovids

Teaching

Lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science www.usys.ethz.ch/index_EN

Teaching at the Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, Faculty of Natural Resources www.iut.ac.ir/en

Further professional activities

Member of the Swiss scientific committee for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES www.cites.org

Further activities

Local and regional nature conservation

Wildlife photography www.ibex.li

FURTHER INFORMATION

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Hosseini, S.P.; Amiri, M.; Senn, J., 2022: The effect of environmental and human factors on the distribution of Brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) in Iran. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 20, 1: 153-170. doi: 10.15666/aeer/2001_153170

Vasiljevic, N.; Morf, N.V.; Senn, J.; Pérez-Espona, S.; Mattucci, F.; Mucci, N.; Moore-Jones, G.; Pisano, S.R.R.; Kratzer, A.; Ogden, R., 2022: Phylogeography and population genetic structure of the European roe deer in Switzerland following recent recolonization. Ecology and Evolution, 12, 2: e8626 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1002/ece3.8626

Hosseini, S.P.; Jafari, R.; Esfahani, M.T.; Senn, J.; Hemami, M.; Amiri, M., 2021: Investigating habitat degradation of Ursus arctos using species distribution modelling and remote sensing in Zagros Mountains of Iran. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 14, 21: 2179 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1007/s12517-021-08490-5

Rezvani, A.; Malakoutikhah, S.; Fakheran, S.; Sossfianian, A.; Hemami, M.; Senn, J., 2020: Comparing landscape suitability and permeability with and without migration data: the influence of species movement behavior. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 44, 4: 335-345. doi: 10.3906/zoo-2003-41

Malakoutikhah, S.; Fakheran, S.; Hemami, M.; Tarkesh, M.; Senn, J., 2020: Assessing future distribution, suitability of corridors and efficiency of protected areas to conserve vulnerable ungulates under climate change. Diversity and Distributions, 26, 10: 1383-1396. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13117

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Further scientific publications

Senn, J., 2022: Large herbivores. In: Wohlgemuth, T.; Jentsch, A.; Seidl, R. (eds), 2022: Disturbance ecology. Cham, Springer. 295-312. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-98756-5_13

Von Atzigen, A.; Bauer, N., 2019: Gesellschaftliche Sicht auf Wildnis. In: Moos, S.; Radford, S.; Bauer, N.; Senn, J.; Von Atzigen, A.; Kienast, F.; Kern, M.; Conradin, K. (eds), 2019: Das Potenzial von Wildnis in der Schweiz. Bern, Haupt. 39-63.

Radford, S.; Kienast, F.; Senn, J., 2019: Modellierung von Wildnis. In: Kienast, F.; Senn, J.; Kern, M.; Moos, S.; Conradin, K.; Radford, S.; Von Atzigen, A.; Bauer, N. (eds), 2019: Das Potenzial von Wildnis in der Schweiz. Bern, Haupt. 65-94.

Moos, S.; Radford, S.; Von Atzigen, A.; Bauer, N.; Senn, J.; Kienast, F.; Kern, M.; Conradin, K., 2019: Das Potenzial von Wildnis in der Schweiz. Bristol-Schriftenreihe, 60. 145 p.

Senn, J.; Kuehn, R., 2014: Habitatfragmentierung, kleine Populationen und das Überleben von Wildtieren. Populationsbiologische Überlegungen und genetische Hintergründe untersucht am Beispiel des Rehes. Bristol-Schriftenreihe, 42. Bern, Haupt. 77 p.

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