My professional interests

  • Natural sciences, biology and sustainable ecosystem management
  • Project management and support for science, research programmes and science-practice dialog

CV

2018 – present

Coordinator of the SwissForestLab: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (Switzerland)

2015 – 2018

Postdoctoral research associate: Dep. of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich (Switzerland)

2010 – 2015

Coordinator of the research programme ‟Forest and climate change”: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (Switzerland) and Federal Office for the Environment FOEN (Switzerland)

2006 – 2011

Ph.D. in tropical Ecology: Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

2005 – 2006

Scientific assistant: Dep. of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich (Switzerland)

1999 – 2004

Diploma in Biology: Dep. of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich (Switzerland)

Publications

ISI

Born J., Linder H.P., 2018: Water availabilty, fundamental niches and realized niches: a case study from the Cape flora. Austral Ecology, 43: 696-705.

Born J., Bagchi R., Burslem D., Nilus R., Tellenbach C., Pluess A.R., Ghazoul J., 2015: Differential Responses of Dipterocarp Seedlings to Soil Moisture and Microtopography. Biotropica, 47: 49-58.

Born J., Pluess A.R., Burslem D., Nilus R., Maycock C.R., Ghazoul J., 2014: Differing Life History Characteristics Support Coexistence of Tree Soil Generalist and Specialist Species in Tropical Rain Forests. Biotropica, 46: 58-68.

Linder H.P., de Klerk H.M., Born J., Burgess N.D., Fjeldsa J., Rahbek C., 2012: The partitioning of Africa: statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Biogeography, 39: 1189-1205.

Born J., Boreux V., Lawes M.J., 2009: Synthesis: Sharing Ecological Knowledge – The Way Forward. Biotropica, 41, 5: 586-588.

Boreux V., Born J., Lawes M.J., 2009: Sharing Ecological Knowledge: Opportunities and Barriers to Uptake. Biotropica, 41, 5: 532-534.

Born J., Linder H.P., Desmet P., 2007: The Greater Cape Floristic Region. Journal of Biogeography, 34, 1: 147-162.

Hosken D.J., Martin O.Y., Born J., Huber F., 2003: Sexual conflict in Sepsis cynipsea: female reluctance, fertility and mate choice. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 16: 485-490.

Special section ‟Sharing ecological knowledge: conquering the research-implementation gap” (2009) Eds Lawes M., Born J., Boreux V. Biotropica 41, 5: 531-588. (consisting of editorial, six journal articles, commentary)

 

Peer-reviewed non-ISI / Book chapters

Brang P., Augustin S., Born J., Pluess A.R., 2016: Eine Schweizer Forschungsinitiative zum Wald im Klimawandel. In: Wald im Klimawandel. Grundlagen für Adaptationsstrategien. (eds Pluess A.R., Augustin S., Brang P.) pp. 13-20. Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU, Bern; Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL, Birmensdorf; Haupt. Bern, Stuttgart, Wien.

Brang P., Pluess A.R., Bürgi A., Born J., 2016: Potenzial von Gastbaumarten bei der Anpassung an den Klimawandel. In: Wald im Klimawandel. Grundlagen für Adaptationsstrategien. (eds Pluess A.R., Augustin S., Brang P.) pp. 385-406. Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU, Bern; Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL, Birmensdorf; Haupt. Bern, Stuttgart, Wien.

 

Other publications

Hanewinkel M., Gessler A., Born J., 2019: Final report SwissForestLab/NFZ.forestnet Summer School 2019: Forest Resilience – Resilience of Forest Ecosystems under Global Change. 11 p.

Gessler A., Born J., 2018: Final report SwissForestLab/NFZ.forestnet Summer School 2018: CARSEQ – Carbon Sequestration in Forest Ecosystems. 10 p.

Brang P., Born J., Augustin S., Küchli C., Pauli B., Thürig E., Wermelinger B., Wohlgemuth T., Zimmermann N.E., 2011: Forschungsprogramm Wald und Klimawandel. Synthese der ersten Programmphase 2009 - 2011. Birmensdorf, Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL; Bern, Bundesamt für Umwelt. 51 p.

Publications

Brang P., Augustin S., Born J., Pluess A.R. (2016) Eine Schweizer Forschungsinitiative zum Wald im Klimawandel. In A. R. Pluess, S. Augustin, & P. Brang (Eds.), Wald im Klimawandel. Grundlagen für Adaptationsstrategien. Bern: Haupt. 13-18. Institutional Repository DORA

Brang P., Pluess A.R., Bürgi A., Born J. (2016) Potentiel des essences exotiques dans le contexte de l'adaptation aux changements climatiques. In A. R. Pluess, S. Augustin, & P. Brang (Eds.), Forêts et changements climatiques. Éléments pour des stratégies d'adaptation. Berne: Haupt. 391-410. Institutional Repository DORA

Brang P., Pluess A.R., Bürgi A., Born J. (2016) Potenzial von Gastbaumarten bei der Anpassung an den Klimawandel. In A. R. Pluess, S. Augustin, & P. Brang (Eds.), Wald im Klimawandel. Grundlagen für Adaptationsstrategien. Bern: Haupt. 385-404. Institutional Repository DORA

Brang P., Augustin S., Born J., Pluess A.R. (2016) Une initiative suisse de recherche sur la forêt dans le contexte des changements climatiques. In A. R. Pluess, S. Augustin, & P. Brang (Eds.), Forêts et changements climatiques. Éléments pour des stratégies d'adaptation. Berne: Haupt. 13-18. Institutional Repository DORA

Born J., Bagchi R., Burslem D., Nilus R., Tellenbach C., Pluess A.R., Ghazoul J. (2015) Differential responses of Dipterocarp seedlings to soil moisture and microtopography. Biotropica. 47(1), 49-58. doi:10.1111/btp.12180 Institutional Repository DORA

Linder H.P., de Klerk H.M., Born J., Burgess N.D., Fjeldså J.J., Rahbek C. (2012) The partitioning of Africa: statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa. J. Biogeogr. 39(7), 1189-1205. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02728.x Institutional Repository DORA

Brang P., Born J., Augustin S., Küchli C., Pauli B., Thürig E., … Zimmermann N.E. (2011) Forschungsprogramm Wald und Klimawandel. Synthese der ersten Programmphase 2009-2011. Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL; Bern, Bundesamt für Umwelt. 51 p. Institutional Repository DORA

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