Dr. Berthold Traub

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Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

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Birmensdorf Bi HP C 73

Professional and Research Interests

Software Development, sample based forest inventories on regional and national level
Statistical Analysis of forest inventory data including analysis of data quality
Implementation of user requirements in forest inventory software applications

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Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Brändli, U.; Abegg, M.; Düggelin, C.; Traub, B., 2021: Baummikrohabitate im Schweizer Wald und im Buchenurwald Uholka-Schyrokyj Luh. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 172, 5: 286-299. doi: 10.3188/szf.2021.0286

Traub, B.; Wüest, R.O., 2020: Analysing the quality of Swiss National Forest Inventory measurements of woody species richness. Forest Ecosystems, 7: 37 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1186/s40663-020-00252-1

Brändli, U.; Abegg, M.; Allgaier Leuch, B.; Bischof, S.; Cioldi, F.; Düggelin, C.; Fraefel, M.; Fischer, C.; Ginzler, C.; Lanz, A.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Hägeli, M., 2020: Das Landesforstinventar. In: Abegg, M.; Allgaier Leuch, B.; Brändli, U. (eds), 2020: Schweizerisches Landesforstinventar. Ergebnisse der vierten Erhebung 2009-2017. Birmensdorf; Bern, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL; Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU. 11-33.

Brändli, U.; Abegg, M.; Allgaier Leuch, B.; Bischof, S.; Cioldi, F.; Düggelin, C.; Fraefel, M.; Fischer, C.; Ginzler, C.; Lanz, A.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Hägeli, M., 2020: L'inventaire forestier national. In: Abegg, M.; Allgaier Leuch, B.; Brändli, U. (eds), 2020: Inventaire forestier national suisse. Résultats du quatrième inventaire 2009-2017. Birmensdorf; Berne, Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL; Office fédéral de l'environnement OFEV. 11-33.

Brändli, U.; Hägeli, M., 2019: Swiss NFI at a Glance. In: Fischer, C.; Traub, B. (eds), 2019: Swiss National Forest Inventory – Methods and models of the fourth assessment. Cham, Springer. 3-35. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-19293-8_1

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Further scientific publications

Hägeli, M.; Fischer, C.; Abegg, M.; Traub, B.; Thürig, E., 2021: Swiss National Forest Inventory Programme. In: Ferretti, M.; Fischer, C.; Gessler, A. (eds), 2021: Towards an advanced inventorying and monitoring system for the Swiss forest. Towards an advanced inventorying and monitoring system for the Swiss forest, Birmensdorf. 31-32.

Swiss National Forest Inventory – Methods and models of the fourth assessment

Comprises detailed description of all facets of a National Forest Inventory, ranging from organizational and methodological aspects to technical details of sampling designs and statistical results analyses

Managing forest ecosystems 35

2019

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Traub, B., 2001: Representativeness of the sample grid. In: Brassel, P.; Lischke, H. (eds), 2001: Swiss National Forest Inventory: methods and models of the second assessment. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. 132-149.

Traub, B.; Schnellbächer, H., 2001: Analysis software. In: Brassel, P.; Lischke, H. (eds), 2001: Swiss National Forest Inventory: methods and models of the second assessment. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. 288-296.

Strobel, T.; Traub, B., 2001: Appendix. Variable documentation. In: Brassel, P.; Lischke, H. (eds), 2001: Swiss National Forest Inventory: methods and models of the second assessment. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. 327-336.

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Curriculum vitae

Education (start with professional training)

1994‑1997	Doctoral thesis: Quantitative methods for the assessment of forest area structure (grade: magna cum laude).
1986‑1993	Diploma in Forestry (M. Sc.) Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg.

Work Experience (academic and implementation)

2012‑current	Scientific Service of the Swiss NFI, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland. IT specialist, statistical programming, software development.
2008‑2012	Associated Director, Head of Department Data Integration Standards, Nycomed: a Takeda company, Konstanz Germany. Responsible for the Clinical data warehouse and integration of clinical trial data, management of CDISC data standardisation.
2002-2008	Senior group leader SAS Application Programming, Byk Gulden / Altana Pharma AG, Konstanz. Organization, conducting and supervision of SAS-related clinical application programming tasks and the SAS services supply for the Nycomed R&D Departments.
1997-2002	Project Manager Inventory Design and Statistics Department of National Forest Inventory, WSL, development of quantitative methods in landscape ecology, development and maintenance of databases and data analysis software.
1996-1997	Research assistant, WSL software development, for the European Forest Information and Communication System project.
1993-1996	Research Assistant, Department Forest Biometry, University of Freiburg. Duties: Research and teaching I Forest Biometry and forest mensuration.