
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.

Location:
online on Zoom
Organizer:
Botanik
Colloquium by Prof. Jasmin Joshi, HSR University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
Location:
online on Zoom
Organizer:
Botanik
Colloquium by Prof. Catherine Graham, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
Location:
online on Zoom
Organizer:
Botanik
Colloquium by Dr. Simon Aeschbacher, University of Zurich
News

News article on Bidmer/Bel-Alp project
How does climate change affect alpine grasslands? Our project in the Swiss central Alps addresses this question and is now featured in the 'Sci Five' blog of the University. The ongoing work is led by Erika Hiltbrunner and started in 2016...Open position: Collections Manager / Curator for the Herbaria Basel
The Herbaria Basel at the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel seeks a competent, experienced, and motivated Collection Manager / Curator for the herbarium of the Basel Botanical Society (acronym BASBG).