Dr. Heike Lischke

ResearcherID: J-5719-2013

Research Focus

• Species range dyamics
  
  • Simulation of population dynamics and migration of tree species under changing climate and land use (MEPHYSTO, TreeMig,TreeMig-CH, BBS)

• Spatio-temporal vegetation models
  • Combination of population dynamical and ecophysiological models (MEPHYSTO)
  • Dynamic spatio-temporal vegetation models (TreeMig)
    
  • Modelling of tree species migration (MUSCATELLA, TreeMig)
    
  http://www.wsl.ch/fe/landschaftsdynamik/projekte/TreeMig/index_EN/index_EN

• Model up-scaling
  http://www.wsl.ch/fe/landschaftsdynamik/projekte/TreeMig/index_EN/index_EN
  • Development of methods for efficient simulation of tree species spread on large scales (MUSCATELLA, TreeMig)
  • Upscaling of stochastic ecological models (TreeMig, MUSCATELLA, MEPHYSTO)
• Feedbacks between vegetation dynamics and...
  • ... climate (all projects)
  • ... hydrology (CCHYDRO)
  • ... natural antagonists (e.g. bark beetle, BARBEEKEY)
  • ... avalanches (MOUNTLAND-Treeline)
  • ... land use

Products

• Forest landscape model TreeMig

Teaching

Systems ecology at ETHZ