Boundaries: fixed or fluid

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Swiss Federal Institute WSL

Series:

Diagonal 23/1

Publishing year:

2023

Amount:

36 Pages

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Swiss Federal Institute WSL (2023) Boundaries: fixed or fluid. WSL Magazine Diagonal, 23/1: 36 S.

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Schwerpunkt ¶

In nature, transitions between habitats are fluid. Where a boundary is sharp, humans are most likely to be involved.

But how does a tree know it’s spring and it can safely open its buds?

SLF researchers have developed a device to determine the density and thickness of snow layers. DIAGONAL accompanied them when they were testing it.

Mountain forest are spreading – but not at the same rate everywhere. SLF researchers are investigating why.

WSL researchers are working on strategies and methods to contain alien species such as the tree-of-heaven.

Is it possible to separate the city from the countryside and say what is one and what the other? Yes, says Marco Pütz, a researcher at WSL