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PPE group research on forest sensitivity to drought featured on Telebasel
The combined effects of drought and elevated temperature during the warmest summer ever recorded in the Basel region had a large impact on the region’s forests, with widespread tree death and damage. Research in the PPE group continues to…
Snow manipulation at Furka Pass enters the 4th season
From June 12th to 15th this year's snow shoveling team (Erika, Maria, Florian, Fabian, Lawrence, and Patrick) were up on the Bidmer plateau to manipulate the snow cover. Digging 'holes' (~50 cm snow height) and piling up snow (~130 cm snow…New paper by Devesh Singh on hydraulic lift published in Plant and Soil
This work shows how a common mycorrhizal network can facilitate the transfer of hydraulically lifted water from a deep-rooted pigeon pea to shallow-rooted finger millet under drought conditions.
PPE hosts GfÖ Workshop to assess the impact of the 2018 drought on European forests
The 2018 heat wave and drought in central Europe was one of the most extreme climatic events in central Europe since instrumental climate records exist. Initiated by the Arbeitskreis Ökosystemforschung of the GfÖ…Corinne Bloch passes her master exam
Congratulations to Corinne for passing her master's exam in Plant Sciences on May 27!
2019 Botanical Field Trip to Tenerife
From May 11th to May 18th Juri, Günter and Ansgar took 12 students to the island of Tenerife to study the flora of this spectacular island. The students explored physiological adaptations of plants to an extremely high diversity of…
Marie-Louise Schärer passes her Master's exam
Congratulations to Marie-Louise Schärer for successfully passing her master’s exam on April 30th.
Jurriaan de Vos receives new SNF project funding
PRO-Alp - Plant reproduction of the alpine zone: disentangling ecological drivers of trait evolution
PPE members presenting at EGU
Several members of the PPE group have presentations at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna (7-12 April, 2019).Open PhD position in plant phylogenetics and evolution
Dr. Jurriaan de Vos is looking for a motivated candidate to start in July 2019.
New team photos!
Due to the great weather and availability of all the 27 (!) team members of the Physiological Plant Ecology group we were able to take a new team photo in front of the historical Viktoriahaus in the Botanical Garden.
Rope training at the Hölstein crane site
On April 29th 2019, members of the PPE group participated in a one-day rope training at the crane facility at Hölstein. Sebastian Wolf (ETH Zürich) instructed the technical and scientific PPE members working at our crane site in basic…
Gymnasium Laufen visits PPE crane site
On March 28th 2019, we welcomed final grade students from the Gymnasium Laufen (BL) for an excursion to our field site at Hölstein. The students were introduced to the ongoing research activities at the crane site and enjoyed the…
Sibylle Lustenberger passes her Master's exam
Congratulations to Sibylle Lustenberger in passing her Master's exam on Thursday March 28th.