Plant Ecology and Global Change
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Repotting the beech saplings. (Photo: Sofia van Moorsel)
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Leafing out of beech saplings. (Photos: Dave Kurath)
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Leaf spectroscopy to measure spetral drought during an experimental drought. (Photo: Dave Kurath)
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Sofia with beech saplings. (Photo: Dave Kurath)
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Drone shot of the beech common garden experiment. (Photo: Nicole Manser)
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Measuring stomatal conductance. (Photo: Dave Kurath)
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Labelling individual beech seedlings to track them over the years. (Photo: Toja Guerra)
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Sleepy beech seedlings in winter. (Photo: Toja Guerra)
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Measuring chlorophyll content of a very drought-stressed beech sapling using a SPAD. (Photo: Jolanda Klaver)
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RGB image of the beech common garden experiment in 2024. (Photo: Felix Morsdorf)
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Multispectral image taken from a drone in 2024. (Photo: Felix Morsdorf)
In the Plant Ecology and Global Change group, we are interested in how ecological communities respond to global change drivers. We seek to understand how intra- and interspecific diversity separately or interactively shape plant community stability and functioning in changing and deteriorating environments. Using experiments in the field, in the glasshouse, and in the lab with both aquatic and terrestrial plants, we assess how biodiversity relates to the future of plant populations under global change. To do so, we're using an interdisciplinary approach in which we blend plant community ecology and population ecology with ecological genomics and remote sensing tools.
Are you interested in doing a Bachelor thesis project, a Master thesis project or a research internship with Sofia? Just reach out!
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Group leader
Group members
Domitille Coq--Etchegaray (Postdoc)
Ting Tang (Postdoc)
Toja Guerra (Research assistant)
Vanessa Schnellmann (MSc student)
Natalie Bilen (MSc student)
Past group members
Lara Zeltner (B.Sc. student and research assistant, 2024)
Dave Kurath (M.Sc. student and research assistant, 2023 – 2024)
Jolanda Klaver (M.Sc. student, 2023)
Katia Pfister (research intern, 2022)
Sofia Vámos (MSc student, 2021–2022)
Lorena Lanthemann (BSc student, 2021)
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Publications
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Publications
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2017
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Community evolution increases ecosystem functioning and stability. 2017, University of Zurich, Faculty of Science.
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Community evolution increases plant productivity at low diversity. Ecology Letters, 21(1):128-137.
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2011
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Antagonistic interactions between filamentous heterotrophs and the cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum. BMC Research Notes, 4:357.
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