Schramm Oliver

Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research LWF

Project Number: InnesWSL1
Project Type: Permanent/Monitoring_Project
Project Duration: 01/01/1992 - 12/31/2016 project completed
Funding Source: WSL ,
Project Leader: Herr Oliver Schramm
Biogeochemische Kreisläufe
Wald-Ökosystemprozesse
WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Phone: +41 (0) 44 739 24 09 ; +41 (0) 44 739 21 11
FAX: +41 (0) 44 739 22 15
e-Mail: oliver.schramm(at)wsl.ch
http://www.wsl.ch/
Metadata: http://www.parcs.ch/snp/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=7145

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Research Areas:
Monitoring

Disciplines:
environmental sciences
multidisciplinary
general biology
forestry and agricultural sciences

Keywords:
research platform
forest health
monitoring
terrestrial ecosystems
forest stability
biodiversity
climatic impacts
air pollution
sustainable development
landscape ecology
ecosystem interactions
forest policy
climate
risk analysis
forest ecosystem

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Umweltqualität
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Abstract:
The mission of LWF is to improve our understanding of how natural and anthropogenic stresses affect forests in the long term, and which risks for humans are involved. Consequently, we need to gain a more profound knowledge of the cause-effect relationships in the forest ecosystem and the underlying processes. The aims of LWF are:

  • to assess external anthropogenic and natural stresses (e.g., atmospheric deposition, climate)
  • to assess changes of relevant forest ecosystem components
  • to evaluate the influence of external stresses on forest ecosystems
  • to develop indicators of forest health
  • to analyse the risks under different stress scenarios


    Using a network of selected study sites, we monitor the long-term response of forest ecosystem components and processes to the most relevant stress factors. Our particular emphasis is on atmospheric deposition, the biogeochemical cycle, the climate, the soil, the ground vegetation and the trees.

    Leading questions:
    1. What parameters best characterise the condition of forest ecosystems in Switzerland?

    2. How is the condition of forest ecosystems in Switzerland changing, particularly in relation to global problems such as climatic change and air pollution?

    3. How far are models of forest ecosystem development and forest-climate interactions supported by data from integrated monitoring?

    4. What is the relative importance of anthropogenic- and naturally-induced changes in Swiss forest ecosystems?

    5. How have forest ecosystems in Switzerland developed in the past, and what were the main factors affecting their development?

    URL: https://www.wsl.ch/de/wald/waldentwicklung-und-monitoring/langfristige-waldoekosystemforschung-lwf.html

    Publications:
    List of publications

    Thimonier A., Schmitt M., Cherubini P., Kräuchi N., 2001. Monitoring the Swiss forest: building a research platform. In: T. Anfodillo, V. Carraro (eds), Monitoraggio ambientale: metodologie ed applicazioni. Atti del XXXVIII Corso di Cultura in Ecologia, 2001. S. Vito di Cadore, Centro Studi per l'Ambiente Alpino, Università degli Studi di Padova, pp. 121-134.

    Dobbertin M., 2001. Hourly recorded changes in tree stem diamter - Can we distinguish stem growth from contraction and expansion of the bark?. In: M. Labrecque (ed), L'arbre 2000 = 2000 the tree. Papers presented at the 4th International Symposium on The Tree, 21-25 August 2000, Montreal, Canada. Montreal, Isabelle Quentin, pp. 263-267

    Innes, J.L., Theoretical and practical criteria for selection of ecosystem monitoring plots in Swiss forests, in: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol.36 1995, p.271-294.


    Last update: 11/10/23
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