Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Function
Scientific staff member
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Site
WSL Birmensdorf Bi HL D 27
13 Sep. 2024: Interview/Article in NZZ: Trockene Luft zermürbt den Wald
2 Sep 2024: Publication in STOTEN: Isohydricity and root water uptake
10 Jun 2024: Data publication in Envidat: Metadata and site description Seehornwald Davos
15 Mar 2024: Publication in STOTEN: Soil and air drought - impact on forests
14 Mar 2024: Publication in Global Change Biology: Treering isotops
20 Feb 2024: Publication in New Phytologist: Carbon balance of tree
1 Jun 2023: Publication in STOTEN: Legacy effects in oaks
26 May 2023: Publication in New Phytologist: Transpiration regulation optimized for nighttime rehydration
25 Jul 2023: Radio interview: SRF 1 News: Wälder leiden unter letztjährigem Wasserdefizit
1 Jul 2023: Publication in AFM: Towards monitoring stem growth phenology from space
12 May 2023: Publication New Phytologist: Daytime stomatal regulation prioritizes stem rehydration at night
13 February 2023: Publication STOTEN. White Paper TreeNet
25 Nov 2022: Science story SwissForestLab: Tracking the growth of a decapitated tree
22 Sep 2022: Publication J of the Royal Society Interface. TreeNet goes AI
21 Sep 2022: Radio interview: SRF 2 Radio News. Trotz grosser Hitze wachsen die Bäume
27-28 Juni 2022: TreeNet 10-year anniversary conference
9 Juni 2022: Exhibition: Touch Wood, ZAZ, 9.6.22 – 30.10.22
6 Juni 2022: Radio interview: SRF 2 Radio News. Den Schweizer Bäumen scheint es gut zu gehen.
15 April 2022: Publication: Env. Exp. Bot. Krejza J et al. Zweifel R. 2022. Disentangling carbon uptake.
11 Januar 2022: Publication in Nature Communications: Hitzewelle 2018
9. Januar 2022: Publication Ecological Monographs. Lessons learned from an irrigation experiment
9. Dec 2021: Publication Ecology Letters: Saisonal tree growth
4. Nov. 2021: Publication Frontiers: TreeNet infrastructure
19 Oct. 2021: Science-Art-Project Silva im Estnischen TV
14 Jun. 2021: Publication New Phytologist: Why trees grow at night
13 Jun. 2021: Publication FORESTS: treenetproc - Processing and Extraction of Seasonal Tree Physiological Parameters from Stem Radius Time Series
18 May 2021: Publication Waldschutzüberblick 2020 with contribution of TreeNet.
5 Jan. 2021: Publication Methods in Ecology and Evolution: sap flow data analyses with the TREX R package.
25 Apr. 2021: Publication Earth System Science Data Discussions: SAPFLUXNET database.
21 Apr. 2021: Publication STOTEN: Climate sensitivity of Quercus petraea and Quercus robur in Europe.
15 Mar. 2021: Publication Forest Ecology and Management: drought sensitivity of juniper trees on the Tibetan plateau.
25 Aug. 2020: Publication in STOTEN: From the comfort zone to crown dieback of beech
18 Jul 2020: Media reports about legacy effects in pine: Forstpraxis, Bote, Swissinfo, Blick, Wald Schweiz, BZ, DBG, und einige mehr
15 Jul 2020: News release WSL: Waldföhren haben ein ökologisches Gedächtnis
20 May 2020: Publication in New Phytologist: Determinants of legacy effects in pine trees
5 May 2020: Publication in Wald und Holz: TreeNet - Wann wachsen unsere Bäume?
10 Mar 2020: Publication in Wald und Holz: TreeNet - Am Puls der Bäume
21 Nov 2019: The research site Seehornwald Davos earned the CLASS 1 Label of ICOS.
21 Nov 2019: TV-Reportage: Ökoakustik: Die Tonspur des Klimas
1 Nov 2019: Relaunch TreeNet.info
31 Oct 2019: Radio-Reportage im Bayrischen Rundfunk mit Marcus Maeder: Horizonte - Von Käfern, Kiefern und dem Klimawandel
5 Sep 2019: Radio-Reportage auf MDR: Vom Flüstern, Ächzen und Knacken der Bäume
22 Aug 2019: TreeNet.info Artikel: First preliminary results about the effects of the drought summer 2018 on forest trees
12. Aug 2019: TV-Reportage auf RTS 1: La canicule tue nos forêt
11 Ju 2019: Zeitungsartikel in der NZZ: Rückblick auf den Trockensommer 2018
24 May 2019: Forum für Wissen Artikel: Wie viel Trockenheit ertragen unjsere Wälder? Lehren aus extremen Trockenjahren
23 Apr 2019: Zeitungsartikel in La Forêt: TreeNet fait 'parler' les arbres
6 Dec 2018: TV-Reportage auf SRF1 - Einstein: Wie die Trockenheit unseren Wald umbaut
10 Dec 2018: Publication in WSL Berichte: TreeNet - Analyses (in German)
28 Nov 2018: Publication in Frontiers: Legacy effects on stem growth
9 Nov 2018: News article in Zürichsee Zeitung: Sie fühlen dem Sihlwald den Puls
1 Nov 2018: Publication in Trees: Growth potential of Ailanthus
15 Aug 2018: TV-Reportage in 3Sat – nano: Bäume leiden unter akutem Wassermangel
13 Aug 2018: TV-Reportage with SRF – Schweiz aktuell: Bäume leiden unter akutem Wassermangel
7 Aug 2018: News article in Schaffhauser Nachrichten: Bäume leiden unter Stress wegen der Trockenheit
7 Aug 2018: News article in Schweizer Bauer: Bäume leiden unter Trockenheit
3 Aug 2018: News article in 20min: So belastet die Hitze die Gesundheit und die Natur
2 Aug 2018: News article in NZZ: Wie der Wald unter der Trockenheit leidet
1 Aug 2018: Publikation in Environmental and Experimental Botany: Long-term soil water change affects control of tree water relations.
17 Apr 2018: Publikation in Tree Physiology: Water relations of a mangrove species
4 Apr 2018: Vortrag 'Das Flüstern der Bäume'. Flying Science. Basel
15 Mar 2018: Publikation in Tree Physiology: Tree water deficit allows for estimating crown water potentials
29 Jan 2018: Radio Interview SRF2 - Kultur: What about nature's worth? Musik, Soundkunst und der Klimawandel
26 Jan 2018: Vortrag Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Winterthur: Das Flüstern der Bäume
22 Dec 2017: Publication in Forest, Ecology and Management: Competition for water in xeric forest
21 Dec 2017: Radio interview Hessischer Rundfunk
9 May 2017: STARTS Prize 2017: TreeLab earns 'Honorary Mention'
17 Oct 2016: Publication in Tree Physiology: Trees maintain a similar conductance per leaf area
25 Sep 2016: Publication in Tree Physiology: Temperate tree species show identical response in tree water deficit
19 May 2016: Publication in New Phytologist: Are trees able to grow in periods of stem shrinkage?
24 Jan 2016: TreeNet in der Sonntagszeitung
2 Dec 2015: 'trees' at COP21 in Paris
25 Oct 2015: Publication in PCE: Radial stem variations
2 Jul 2015: Radio reportage about 'trees', Ö1 (Austrian radio)
23 Apr 2015: US-ambassador LeVine visits 'trees', Salgesch
16 Apr 2015: State president of France, Francois Hollande, visits 'trees', ZHdK
18 Nov 2014: TV report: Gesang der Bäume, Nano, 3SAT
4 Sep 2014: Exhibition trees: Pinus sylvestris, WSL
6 Jun 2014: Das Flüstern der Föhren, Die Zeit
4 Jun 2014: Die leise Symphonie der Bäume, SRF Kultur
10 Dec 2012: NEW Webpage Treenet.info
24 Jul 2012: Exhibition in San Francisco
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Roman Zweifel (Dr. sc. nat. ETHZ)
Education | ||
| 1986-1990 | Matura, Kantonsschule St.Gallen. | |
| 1990-1996 | Studies of Biology, University of Zurich. | |
| 1995 | MSc in Ecophysiology, University of Zurich and WSL Birmensdorf. | |
| 1996-1999 | PhD „The Rhythm of Trees“, ETH Zurich and WSL Birmensdorf. | |
Experience | ||
| 2000 | Postdoc, WSL Birmensdorf. | |
| 2000-2005 | Swiss Federal Research Fellowship (Oberassistenz), Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern. | |
| 2002-2003 | Consultant and analyst for sustainable development, Julius Bär Asset Management Ltd., Zurich. | |
| 2005-2010 | Zweifel Consulting: System analyses and strategic consulting: the concepts of natural systems. | |
| 2006-today | Zweifel Consulting/Natkon: Measurement systems for the ecological research (www.natkon.ch). | |
| 2006-today | Senior Researcher at the WSL Birmensdorf. PI TreeNet Co-PI ICOS Switzerland PI TEA Co-PI trees PI research site Seehornwald, Davos PI Tree response to climate change and many more ... | |
| 2010-today | Review Editor of Frontiers in Plant Biophysics and Modeling Member Editorial Review Board Tree Physiology | |
| 2001-today | Lectureships and research contracts at the Universities of Bern (2001-2005, 2008) and Basel (2007-2015), at ETH Zurich (2010), and at CSIRO Hobart Tasmania Australia (2010), Auckland University of Technology AUT (2015) |