Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL

Research Units

Land Change Science

Hauptinhalt

Land Change Science ¶

Head: Prof. Dr. Matthias Bürgi

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Topics
Projects
Publikationen
Research Groups and Staff

Landscapes change over time, shaped by natural processes, such as erosion and succession, and anthropogenic influences, such as agricultural or forestry activity, construction activity - in short: land use. Our research unit investigates this interplay of ecological and anthropogenic influences and its impact on landscape development.

The landscape level shows how sustainably society deals with natural resources - we use this for comprehensive analyses.

Our research and development activities are aimed at the national and international research community. It is equally important to us to carry out relevant research for the general public and to support public administration in fulfilling its tasks.

Topics ¶

Energy and landscape

The Federal Government's Energy Strategy 2050 envisages the phasing-out of nuclear power and increased use of renewable energies. We identify possible consequences for the landscape.

Urban Development: Making Economical Use of the Land

The configuration and spread of villages and cities affect biodiversity and people's quality of life. We analyse settlement development and its consequences.

Landscape Ecology

Species and ecosystems are influenced by spatial patterns. We study the interactions and influence of landscape change.

Land Use

Land use affects ecosystems and their services. We study how land use changes and develop scenarios for the future.

Landscape Development and Monitoring

We use monitoring programmes to document and quantify how our landscapes change.

Species diversity

We research the diversity of plants and animals, especially in the forests and mountains, and examine the factors that affect species composition.

Projects ¶

Publikationen ¶

Research Groups and Staff ¶

Land Change Science

Matthias Bürgi	Head of Research Unit
Rebecca Swart	PhD student guest

Dynamic macroecology

Niklaus Zimmermann	Group leader
Alvaro Ayala Ramos	Scientific staff member
Silke Bauer	Scientific staff member
Fabienne Stefanie Baumgartner	Master student
Victor Boussange	Visiting scientist
Philipp Brun	Technical staff member
Jan Bührer	Master student
Patrice Descombes	Visiting scientist
Wenna Ding	Postdoc
Sibel Dugan	Administrative specialist
Sophie Hanna Falkeis	Designer
Grace Goss-Durant	Project coordinator
Jan Andri Heuberger	Civilian service employees
Dirk Karger	Scientific staff member
Ingolf Kühn	Visiting scientist
Capucine Marie Sophie Lechartre	PhD student
Yuchen Liao	PhD student guest
Heike Lischke	Visiting scientist
Yi Liu	PhD student guest
Thomas Löffler	Visiting scientist
Haozhi Ma	Postdoc
Johanna Teresa Malle	Visiting scientist
Michael James McCarthy	Scientific staff member
Camille Marie Montalcini	Postdoc
Leon Till Nissen	Trainee
Michael Nobis	Scientific staff member
Oluwadamilola Ogundipe	PhD student
Elena Plekhanova	Postdoc
Manuel Richard Popp	PhD student
Arthur Provost	Scientific assistant
Damiano Righetti	Visiting scientist
Bianca Saladin	Guest
Dirk Schmatz	Scientific staff member
Karolína Slachová	PhD student guest
Elske Karolien Tielens	Postdoc
Otto Wildi	Visiting scientist
Bert Wuyts	Scientific staff member
Gengchen Yang	PhD student
Franziska Zilker	Technical staff member

Remote Sensing

Christian Ginzler	Group leader
Ruedi Bösch	Temporary employee
Claudio Bozzini	Temporary employee
Moritz Bruggisser	Scientific staff member
Simona Di Vincenzo	Trainee
Petra DOdorico	Scientific staff member
Birgit Eben	Technical staff member
Ginevra Fabiani	Postdoc
Dominic Fawcett	Postdoc
Liv Fritsche	Visiting scientist
Charis Moana Gretler	Scientific staff member
Yuanyuan Gui	PhD student guest
Matthias Pierre Hägeli	Temporary employee
Serhii Havryliuk	Visiting scientist
Nica Huber	Visiting scientist
Markus Immitzer	Visiting scientist
Tiziana Li Koch	PhD student
Natalia Kolecka	Scientific staff member
Daniel Stefan Kükenbrink	Scientific staff member
Manuel Luck	Technical specialist
Mauro Marty	Technical staff member
Anita Nussbaumer	Technical staff member
Cécile Nyffeler	Software engineer
Livia Piermattei	Visiting scientist
Bronwyn Price	Technical staff member
Achilleas Psomas	Technical staff member
Marius Rüetschi	Technical specialist
Barbara Schneider	IT specialist
Jan Schweizer	Visiting scientist
Peter Thür	Technical specialist
Urs Treier	Visiting scientist
Daniel Uebersax	Technical staff member
Zuyuan Wang	Scientific staff member
Lars Waser	Senior Researcher
Dominique Weber	Technical staff member
Clare Webster	Scientific staff member
Lisa Zumbrunn	Master student

Land-use systems

Anna Hersperger	Group leader
Somaie Abolhasani	Postdoc
Thomas Niklaus Dalang	Visiting scientist
Rebekka Dossche	Visiting scientist
Tim Geiges	Scientific staff member
Simona Raluca Gradinaru	Scientific staff member
Janine Jung	Master student
Felix Kienast	Visiting scientist
Susan Lock	Temporary employee
Franziska Mohr	Scientific staff member
Rafael Ramirez Eudave	Postdoc
Daniels Saakjans	PhD student
Franziska Schmid	Visiting scientist
Yuri Schmid	Master student
Stephanie Schwab Cammarano	Scientific staff member
Elena Grace Siegrist	PhD student
Silvia Tobias	Scientific staff member
Sophie von Einsiedel	PhD student guest

Ecosystems and Landscape Evolution

Camille Albouy	Visiting scientist
Merin Reji Chacko	PhD student
Marie-Ange Dahito	Postdoc
Albéric de Tessières	Master student
Fabian Fopp	Visiting scientist
Monika Katarzyna Goralczyk	PhD student guest
Jonathan Konrad	Visiting scientist
Flurin Leugger	PhD student
Martina Lüthi	Visiting scientist
Virginie Marques	Postdoc
Loïc Pellissier	Joint Professorship
Julian Rogger	Postdoc
Romane Francine Lucette Rozanski	PhD student guest
Sarah Schmid	PhD student guest
Ilya Semenov	PhD student guest
Karma Sherub	PhD student guest
Anouk-Lisa Taucher	PhD student guest
Sarah Thurnheer	Technical staff member
Thomas Gioacomo Toschini	Technical staff member
Lucie Vanalderweireldt	Visiting scientist
Zili Yuan	PhD student guest