Andreas Rigling

portrait Prof. Andreas Rigling
Adj. Professor "Forest Growth and Global Change"

Professorship Forest Ecology
Institut für Terrestrische Ökosysteme (ITES)
ETH Zürich
ETH Zentrum CHN G 77
Universitätstrasse 8
CH-8092 Zürich
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 44 632 82 48
Phone2: +41 (0) 44 632 32 17
Fax: +41 (0) 44 632 13 58
E-mail: andreas.rigling(at)usys.ethz.ch
URL Institution: www.ites.ethz.ch
Personal URL: link

in which Andreas Rigling holds an official function.

Additional functions:
  • Forest Research Institute FVA, Freiburg, D – Member advisory board (Kuratorium) (since 2018): http://www.fva-bw.de/indexjs.html?http://www.fva-bw.de/fva/abt_dirkurat.html

  • Daylight Academy – Founding member: https://daylight.academy/

  • Forest Research Partnership NFZ Nancy-Freiburg-Zürich (since 2009) – chairman (2014-16): http://www.nfz-forestnet.eu/

  • Bern University of Applied Sciences, Member advisory board of the Division of Forest sciences (since 2014). https://www.hafl.bfh.ch/forschung-dienstleistungen/waldwissenschaften.html



    Key Publications of Andreas Rigling (up to ten) :
    Bose A**, Rigling A**, Gessler A, Hagedorn F, Brunner I, Feichtinger L, Bigler C, Egli S, Etzold S, Gossner MM, Lévesque M, Meusburger K, Peter M, Saurer M, Scherrer D, Schönbeck L, Vogel ME, von Arx G, Wermelinger B, Wohlgemuth T, Zweifel R, Schaub M (2022) Response patterns of ecosystem traits and functioning to a long-term drought-release experiment in a mature dry Scots pine forest. Ecological Monographs, DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1507. (**equal contribution).

    Krumm F, Schuck A, Rigling A (Eds) (2020) How to balance forestry and biodiversity conservation – A view across Europe. European Forest Institute EFI, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, 650 pp.

    Bose AK, Gessler A, Bolte A, Bottero A, Buras A, Cailleret M, Camarero JJ, Häni M, Here? A-M, Hevia A, Lévesque M, Linares JC, Martinez-Vilalta J, Matías L, Menzel A, Sánchez-Salguero R, Sanders T, Saurer M, Vennetier M, Ziche D, Rigling A (2020) Growth and resilience responses of Pinus sylvestris L. to extreme droughts: How do they vary across a 2800 km latitudinal gradient in Europe? Global Change Biology, 26: 4521-4537.

    Etzold S, Ziemi?ska K, Rohner B, Bottero A, Bose AK, Rühr NK, Zingg A, Rigling A (2019) One century of forest monitoring data in Switzerland reveals species- and site-specific trends of climate-induced tree mortality. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 307 pp. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00307

    Rigling A, Landolt D, Manser R (2015) Forests in change – Synthesis of the Swiss forest report 2015. In Rigling A, Schaffer HP (Eds) Forest report 2015. Condition and use of Swiss forests. Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Bern, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf. pages 143. (In German, French, Italian, English).

    Hagedorn F, Shiyatov FG, Mazepa VS, Devi NM, Grygoriev AA, Bartyish AA, Fomin V, Kapralov D, Terentiev M, Bugman H, Rigling A, Moiseev PA (2014) Treeline advances along the Urals mountain range – driven by improved winter conditions? Global Change Biology, doi:10.1111/gcb.12613.

    Rigling A, Bigler C, Eilmann B, Mayer P, Ginzler C, Vacchiano G, Weber P, Wohlgemuth T, Zweifel R, Dobbertin M (2013) Driving factors of a vegetation shift from Scots pine to pubescent oak in dry Alpine forests. Global Change Biology. 19: 229-240

    Lévesque M, Siegwolf R, Saurer M, Brang P, Eilmann B, Bugmann H, Rigling A (2013) Drought responses of five conifers at their xeric distribution limit in the Alps and under mesic conditions in Central Europe. Global Change Biology, 19: 3184-3199.

    Huber R, Rigling A, Bebi P, Brand F, Briner S, Buttler A, Elkin C, Gillet F, Grêt-Regamey A, Hirschi C, Lischke H, Scholz R, Seidl R, Spiegelberger T, Walz A, Zimmermann W, Bugmann H (2013) Sustainable land use in mountain regions under global change: synthesis across Scales and Disciplines. Ecology & Society, 18: 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-05499-180336

    Allen CD, Macalady A, Chenchouni H, Bachelet D, McDowell N, Vennetier M, Gonzales P, Hogg T, Rigling A, Breshears DD, Fensham R, Zhang Z, Kitzberger T, Lim J-H, Castro J, Allard G, Running SW, Semerci A, Cobb N (2010) Drought-Induced Forest Mortality: A Global Overview Reveals Emerging Climate Change Risks. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 660-684















    Expertise of Andreas Rigling:
    Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
    Expert TypeExpert Type
    Scientific / Fundamental Research
    Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
    Topic AtmosphereAtmosphere
    Global Warming
    Topic PedospherePedosphere
    Soil Formation
    Topic BiosphereBiosphere
    Plants
    Biodiversity
    Topic Integrated SystemsIntegrated Systems and Ecology
    Carbon Cycle
    Biogeochemical Cycles except Carbon
    Topic EcosystemsEcosystems
    Terrestrial Ecosystems
    Topic Economy/ResourceUseEconomy / Resource Use
    Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery
    Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
    Topic SustainabilitySustainability
    Ecological Sustainability
    Spatial ZonesSpatial Zones
    Mountain / Highland
    Lowland
    Urban
    Rural
    Spatial ScaleSpatial Scale
    Global / Hemispheric
    Continental
    Regional
    National / Cultural
    Local / Community
    Time FrameTime Frame
    Past
    Recent / Today
    Future
    Statistical FocusStatistical Focus
    Extreme Events
    Mean Change / Trends
    Variability
    Time ScaleTime Scale
    Seasonal / Annual
    Decadal / Centennial
    MethodsMethod
    Data Collection
    Data Collection - Measurement
    Data Analysis
    Literature Study
    Modeling
    Integrated Assessment
    Program Coordination / Management

    Specialties of Andreas Rigling:
    Forest dynamics (including mortality and regeneration) at the dry (inner-alpine dry valleys) and the cold tree-line (upper and northern tree-line in Eusasian mountain systems) in relation to Global Change (including climate warming and land-use changes)

    Last update: 9/3/23
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