Departement Umweltwissenschaften, Botanik
Universität BaselMailing address:
Departement Umweltwissenschaften, BotanikUniversität Basel
Schönbeinstrasse 6
CH-4056 Basel
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 61 267 35 10
Fax: +41 (0) 61 267 35 04
URL: https://botanik.unibas.ch/
Phone: +41 (0) 61 267 35 10
Fax: +41 (0) 61 267 35 04
URL: https://botanik.unibas.ch/
Research Focus of the Institute:
The Botany Institute consist of the research groupsPlant Ecology
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headed by Prof. Christian Körner
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
Plant Physiology
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headed by
* Prof. Thomas Boller
* Prof. Andres Wiemken
The Research topics are
* Ecology of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza
* Ectomycorrhiza
* Elicitor perception
* Ethylene
* Fructans
* Molecular Biology of Symbiosis
* Plants and Trehalose
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