ICAS
Interacademic Commission for Alpine Studies
Botanisches Institut - Pflanzenökologie
Universität Basel
Mailing address:
Botanisches Institut - PflanzenökologieUniversität Basel
Schönbeinstrasse 6
CH-4056 Basel
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 61 267 35 10
Fax: +41 (0) 61 267 35 04
E-mail:
URL: http://www.unibas.ch/botschoen/
Research Focus of the Institute:
The Department for Plant Ecology is headed by Prof. Christian Körner and consists of the following groups:Plant Ecophysiology and Systems Ecology (Prof. Ch. Körner)
• Effects of elevated CO2-concentration on plants and ecosystems
• Swiss Canopy Crane project
• Alpine plant ecology
• High elevation treeline research
• Wood quality and storm damage risk
Population Ecology and Reproduktive Biology (PD Dr. J. Stöcklin)
• Long-term Vegetation Change in Calcareous Grasslands
• Reproduction in Alpine Plants: Persistence, Dispersal and the Landscape Level
• Ecology and function of clonal growth in plant communities
• Global Change and the Genetic Structure of Grassland Species
• How cultural traditions and land use affect grassland biodiversity in the Swiss Alps
Tropical Ecology (PD Dr. G. Zotz)
• Vascular epiphytes: long-term changes in community composition
• Tank bromeliads: form and function
• Vascular epiphytes and canopy arthropods
• Ecophysiology of tropical bryophytes
Forest Biodiversity (S. Hättenschwiler)
• Atmospheric CO2 enrichment and forest biodiversity
• Tree species diversity, litter quality and macro decomposer activity
• Plant-derived polyphenols and nutrient cycling
• Treeline trees in a CO2-enriched world
Systematics (H. Schneider)
• Botanical Image Database
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ICAS
Interacademic Commission for Alpine Studies
Schwarztorstrasse 9
CH-3007 Bern
Tel +41 (0)31 318 70 18
Fax +41 (0)31 312 16 78
icas@scnat.ch
Präsident: Prof. Heinz Veit
Office: Dr. Thomas Scheurer