Remote Sensing Spectroscopy
Tel.: 044 63 55205
Room number: Y25 J 54
bernhard.schmid@geo.uzh.ch
Recent papers
- Allan, E., Penone, C., Schmid, B., Godoy, O., Pichon, N. (2025). When can we expect negative effects of diversity on community biomass? Journal of Ecology (in press).
- Buzhdygan, O.Y., Tietjen, B., Petermann, J.S., Eisenhauer, N., Hines, J., Schmid, B., Baldauf, S., Ebeling, A., Scherber, C., Buchmann, N., Borrett, S.R., de Kroon, H., Weisser, W.W., Meyer, S.T. (2025). Plant diversity facets differentially affect energy dynamics in grasslands depending on trophic context. Ecological Monographs 95: e70004 (23 pages).
- Chen, C., Bongers, F.J., Schmid, B., Ma, K., Liu, X. (2025). Ecosystem consequences of functional diversity in forests and implications for restoration. New Phytologist (in press).
- Chen, C., Yan, G., Schmid, B., Li, Y., Bongers, F.J., Bruelheide, H., Huang, Y., Li, S., von Oheimb, G., Tang, T., Verheyen, K., Yang, B., Ma, K., Liu, X. (2025). Understory shrub diversity: equally vital as overstory tree diversity to promote forest productivity. National Science Review (in press).
- Cui, K., Xu, W., Zhang, C., Schmid, B., Geng, Y., Zhao, X. (2025). Trait-mediated neighborhood complementarity promotes tree growth in a temperate forest. Forest Ecology and Management 586: 122689 (12 pages).
- De Giorgi, F., Durka, W., Huang, Y., Schmid, B., Roscher, C. (2025). Selection and phenotypic plasticity shape plant performance in a grassland biodiversity experiment. Ecology and Evolution 15: e71117 (18 pages).
- Guan, M., Pan, X.-C., Sun, J.-K., Chen, J.-X., Wei, X.-L., Schmid, B., Loreau, M., Feng, Y.-L. (2025). Interspecific differences in nitrogen form acquisition strategies contribute to species dominance. Ecology (in press).
- Helfenstein, I.S., Sturm, J.T., Schmid, B., Damm, A., Schuman, M.C., Morsdorf, F. (2025). Satellite observations reveal a positive relationship between trait-based diversity and drought response in temperate forests. Global Change Biology 31: e70059 (16 pages).
- Jia, P., Zhang, R., Schmid, B., Wang, H., He, J.-S., Liu, J., Liu, S., Jian, S., Feng, Y. (2025). A global synthesis of how plants respond to climate warming from traits to fitness. Ecology Letters 28: e70114 (18 pages).
- Jiang, F., Pu, X., Schmid, B., …, Wang, Z. (in press). Mycorrhizal symbioses and tree diversity in global forest communities. Science Advances (in press).
- Liang, M., Yang, Q., Chase, J.M., Isbell, F., Loreau, M., Schmid, B., Seabloom, E.W., Tilman, D., Wang, S. (2025). Unifying spatial scaling laws of biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Science 387: eadl2373 (7 pages).
- Mayor, S, Altermatt, F., Crowther, T.W., Hordijk, I., Landauer, S., Oehri, J., Reji Chacko, M., Schaepman, M.E., Schmid, B., Niklaus, P.A. (2025). Landscape diversity promotes landscape functioning in North America. Communications Earth & Environment 6: 28 (9 pages).
- Schnabel, F., Beugnon, R., Yang, B., Richter, R., Eisenhauer, N., Huang, Y., Wirth, C., Cesarz, S., Fichtner, A., Perles Garcia, M.D., Haehn, G., Härdtle, W., Kunz, M., Liu, X., Castro-Izaguirre, N.C., Niklaus, P.A., von Oheimb, G., Schmid, B., Trogisch, S., Wendisch, M., Ma, K., Bruelheide, H. (2025). Tree diversity increases forest temperature buffering in a subtropical biodiversity experiment. Ecology Letters 28: e70096 (11 pages).
- Tang, T., Schmid, B., Schuman, M.C., Li, S., Bongers, F.J., van Moorsel, S.J., von Oheimb, G., Durka, W., Bruelheide, H., Ma, K., Liu, X. (2025). Identifying seed families with high mixture performance in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment. New Phytologist 246: 2537-2550.
- Yao, S., Hu, W., Ji, M., Degen, A.A., Du, Q., Akram, M.A., Sun, Y., Sun, Y., Deng, Y., Dong, L., Gong, H., Hou, Q., Xie, S., Wang, S., Ran, J., Schmid, B., Guo, Q., Niklas, K.J., Deng, J. (2025). Distribution, species richness, and relative importance of different plant life forms across drylands in China. Plant Diversity 47: 273-281.
- Zhang, L. , Schmid, B., Bongers, F.J. , Li, S. , von Oheimb, G. , Ma, K. , Liu, X. (2025). Strong nestedness and turnover effects on stand productivity in a long-term forest biodiversity experiment. New Phytologist 245: 130-140.
- Zhou, L., Zhao, Y., Schmid, B., Biere, A., Jiang, L., Yu, H., Wang, M., Yin, W., Shi, Y., Ding, J. (2025). Genetic variation in leaf chemistry among populations differing in herbivory affects phyllosphere fungal communities. Journal of Plant Ecology (in press).
Education and professional positions
| 2019 - | Adjunct Professor, Institute of Ecology, Peking University, Beijing |
| 2018 - | Professor of Environmental Sciences, Department of Geography, University of Zurich |
| 2014 - 2016 | Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Zurich |
| 2013 - 2019 | Co-director of University Research Priority Program “Global Change and Biodiversity” |
| 2009 - 2018 | Guest Professor, Peking University, Beijing |
| 2009 - 2013 | Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Zurich |
| 2007 - | Editor Journal of Plant Ecology |
| 2004 - 2012 | Member of the Research Council, Division III, Swiss National Science Foundation |
| 1997 - | Visiting professor at several foreign Universities |
| 2010 - 2018 | Professor of Environmental Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich |
| 1994 - 2009 | Professor of Environmental Sciences, Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich |
| 1992 - 1994 | Professor of Conservation Biology, NLU, University of Basel |
| 1987 - 1992 | START-fellow (career development award of the Swiss NSF), University of Basel |
| 1984 - 1987 | Postdoc, Harvard University, Cambridge (with F.A. Bazzaz) |
| 1983 - 1984 | Research Associate, University of Zurich |
| 1981 - 1983 | Postdoc, University College of North Wales, Bangor (with J.L. Harper) |
| 1977 - 1981 | PhD-studies at Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich Teacher in Biology, High school Baden |
| 1976 - 1977 | Teacher in Biology and Chemistry, High school Sargans |
Former members of research group
Surname / name |
Function until |
Current Function |
Link |
Bergamini Ariel |
PhD 2001 |
Research Group Leader |
|
Bossdorf Oliver |
PhD 2004 |
Professor |
|
Chen Yuxin |
Postdoc 2018 |
Professor |
|
Dimitrakopoulos Panos G. |
Postdoc 2003 |
Professor |
https://www.env.aegean.gr/all_staff/panayiotis-g-dimitrakopoulos/ |
Fakheran Sima |
PhD 2009 |
Professor |
|
Fischer Markus |
PhD 1996 |
Professor |
|
Joshi Jasmin |
PhD 1999 |
Professor |
|
Huang Yuanyuan |
PhD 2017 |
Data Scientist |
|
Knop Eva |
PhD 2006 |
Research Group Leader |
|
Koricheva Julia |
Postdoc 1996 |
Professor |
|
Lavigne Claire |
Postdoc 1995 |
Professor |
|
Lindemann-Matthies Petra |
PhD 1999 |
Professor |
https://www.ph-karlsruhe.de/personen/detail/Petra_Lindemann-Matthies_54 |
Lienert Judit |
PhD 2002 |
Research Group Leader |
https://www.eawag.ch/en/about-us/portrait/organisation/staff/profile/judit-lienert/show/ |
Liu Xiaojuan |
Postdoc 2015 |
Professor |
|
Losapio Gianalberto |
PhD 2017 |
Research Group Leader |
https://applicationspub.unil.ch/interpub/noauth/php/Un/UnPers.php?PerNum=1244057&LanCode=37 |
Matthies Diethart |
Postdoc 2000 |
Professor |
https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb17/personenseiten/prof-dr-diethart-matthies |
Moradi Hossein |
PhD 2009 |
Professor |
|
Müller Ivo |
Diploma 1995 |
Professor |
|
Mwangi Peter N. |
PhD 2006 |
Professor |
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-mwangi-4293394a/?originalSubdomain=ke |
O’Brien Michael |
Postdoc 2015 |
Research Group Leader |
|
Petermann Jana S. |
PhD 2009 |
Professor |
|
Rixen Christian |
PhD 2002 |
Research Group Leader |
|
Schläpfer Felix |
PhD 1999 |
Professor |
https://www.kalaidos-fh.ch/de-CH/Kontakt/Personenverzeichnis/S/Schlaepfer-Felix |
Schöb Christian |
Ambizione 2017 |
Professor |
|
Seidl Irmi |
Postdoc 2002 |
Professor |
|
Stoll Peter |
PhD 1995 |
Researcher |
|
Turnbull Lindsay A. |
Postdoc 2013 |
Professor |
|
Van Kleunen Mark |
PhD 2001 |
Professor |
|
Van Moorsel Sofia |
PhD 2017 |
Research Group Leader |
|
Wagg Cameron |
Postdoc 2018 |
Research Group Leader |
|
Wang Zhiheng |
Postdoc 2010 |
Professor |
|
Weber Ewald |
PhD 1994 |
Researcher |
https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/ibb-biodiversitaet/members/dr-ewald-weber |
Willi Yvonne |
PhD 2004 |
Professor |
|
Wüst Samuel |
Ambizione 2017 |
Research Group Leader |
|
Züst Tobias |
PhD 2012 |
Professor |
http://www.ips.unibe.ch/aboutus/personen/plant_ecology/dr_zuest_tobias/index_eng.html |