Dr. Martin Obrist
Fonction
collaborateur scientifique
Contact
+41 44 739 24 66
Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Site
Birmensdorf Bi MG D 52
Interests
By applying innovative technologies I contribute to the base of biological knowledge relevant to the understanding and conservation of nature.
Education
- 1978-1983 University of Zurich, diploma in zoology (Topic: Bee-dance)
- 1985-1989 Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, PhD (Topic: Variability in bat echolocation)
- 1989-1991 York University Toronto, postdoc with SNF (Topics: Foraging strategy and ear characteristics of bats)
- 1992 University Zurich, gymnasium teachers diploma
- WSL, research associate since 1.12.1991
Responsibilities
- Design, extend and work with the joint fauna data base of the research groups Conservation Biology, Forest Entomology and Insubric Ecosystems
- Analyse and publish results from primary and meta-analyses of this data base
- Develop material and methods for the computerized acoustic identification of bats
- Research on habitat requirements, distribution and endangerment of bats
Cowork in projects
- Testing the diversity hypothesis: Can structural diversity and habitat heterogeneity explain species diversity in temperate forests? - therein: Optimizing acoustic monitoring methods for bats
- Revision of the Red List of endangered bat species of Switzerland - external links (DE), (FR), (Methodenprotokoll)
- Bioacoustic recognition of bats
- Is the quality of life in urban areas improved by the urban wildlife? - BiodiverCity (WSL Merkblatt)
- CCES ENHANCE: Enhancing ecosystem connectivity through intervention – a benefit for nature and society? - specifically Task 4 of Module 2: Connectivity in urban habitats
- Biodiversity correlates of processes and gradients of built over development-BIKORA, a project in the framework of the research program 'man and nature'
- Long-term dynamics of insect abundance in diversity in windthrow areas
- Succession of insect recolonization of forest fire area Leuk
Former projects
- Fauna exchange between natural and cultivated habitat
- Faunistic inventory methods for invertebrates
- Red data books on threatened animals in Switzerland
- Succession of invertebrate fauna in windthrow areas
- The influence of sporadic and regular fires on invertebrate biodiversity in temperate forests of the southern slope of the Alps
- The contribution of forest edges to the regional biodiversity
- Acoustic bat species recognition by synergetic pattern recognition
- Assessing the distribution and habitat requirements of bat species assemblages by means of bioacoustic, synergetic pattern recognition