Dr. Ariel Bergamini

Research interests

Biodiversity patterns and processes at different spatial and temporal scales, monitoring, conservation strategies, statistical modeling, plant ecology (flowering plants, mosses, lichens) and floristics (especially of mosses), peatlands, TWW, floodplains, red lists

Education and professional career

since 2011 Head of the 'Habitat Dynamics' group in the 'Biodiversity and Conservation Biology' research unit

2006-2010 Head of the 'Indicators and Evaluation' group in the 'Biodiversity and Conservation Biology' research unit

2003-2006 Staff scientist at the WSL in the department 'Genetic Ecology'

2001-2003 Staff scientist at the 'Research Center for Environmental Monitoring (FUB)'

1999-2002 Field surveys and moss determinations for the project 'Erfolgskontrolle Moorbiotopschutz' (WSL)

1996-2001 PhD thesis at the Institute of Systematic Botany and the Institute of Environmental Sciences at the University of Zurich under the Head of Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schmid and Dr. E. Urmi: 'Species diversity of bryophytes in montane calcareous wetlands: Effects of environmental variables and influence of vascular plants'

1993-1995 Diploma thesis at the Institute of Systematic Botany at the University of Zurich under the Head of Dr. E. Urmi: ' Investigations of the relationships between moss flora and environmental parameters using canonical correspondence analysis '

Further activities

since 1993 Staff member of the 'National Inventory of the Swiss Moss Flora' NISM

since 1996 board member of the 'Swiss Association for Bryology and Lichenology' (BRYOLICH)

2001- 2009 Webmaster at BRYOLICH: development and maintenance of the homepage

since 2004 Member of the mapping commission 'Natural inventory of the Swiss moss flora'

2008 - 2012 Member of the Board of the Zurich Botanical Society ZBG

since 2016 President of the 'Swiss Association for Bryology and Lichenology' BRYOLICH

since 2014 IUCN Red List Authority (RLA) Coordinator Bryophytes within the IUCN Bryophyte Specialist Group(BSG)

• As part of the FOEN-WSL project "Impact monitoring of biotope protection in Switzerland", Master's theses on various aspects of biotopes of national importance are always possible. For further information, please contact me (ariel.bergamini(at)wsl.ch).

• Master's theses on bryological topics are also always possible. For New topics just ask (ariel.bergamini(at)wsl.ch).

• Swiss Association for Bryology and Lichenology (Bryolich)
• National Inventory of the Swiss Moss Flora (NISM)
• Zurich Botanical Society
• R
• Society for Ecology
• Badscience