
The Physiological Plant Ecology Group
About Us
Plants are fundamental components of the earth system. Their ability to assimilate atmospheric carbon dioxide, to take up nitrogen and to transpire water shapes the way ecosystems function and controls the provision of ecosystem goods and services that we as people depend on. We investigate the ecophysiological processes in plants that determine the fluxes of water, nitrogen and carbon in natural and agricultural ecosystems. The goals of our research are to understand how plants function in the context of their environment, to reveal the responses of plants and ecosystems to global environmental change, and to establish the ecophysiological and biogeochemical basis for the sustainable use ecosystems.

Events
Botanical Colloquium by Prof. em. Christian Körner
Botanical Colloquium by Prof. Aelys M. Humphreys, University of Stockholm
Location:
Lecture hall 00.003
Organizer:
Botanik
Botanical Colloquium by Prof. Dr. Florian Schiestl, University of Zurich, Switzerland
News

Niek ten Cate joins the PPE group as the new site manager at the SCC II site
We are pleased to welcome Niek ten Cate as a new member of the PPE group! Niek has joined our group in January 2023 as the new site manager and crane operator at the SCC II forest crane facility. He is a trained arborist, and we are looking…
New paper on tree phenology and microclimate in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Cedric Zahnd, Günter Hoch and co-authors published a new study on how vertical microclimatic canopy gradients cause phenological variations within mature tree crowns. Tree crowns are exposed to strong vertical gradients in light,…