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Department of Geography Spatial Genetics

Plant Ecology and Global Change

  • Repotting the beech saplings. (Photo: Sofia van Moorsel)

  • LOI composition

    Leafing out of beech saplings. (Photos: Dave Kurath)

  • Leaf spectroscopy to measure spetral drought during an experimental drought. (Photo: Dave Kurath)

  • Sofia with beech

    Sofia with beech saplings. (Photo: Dave Kurath)

  • Drone shot of the beech common garden experiment. (Photo: Nicole Manser)

  • Measuring stomatal conductances. (Photo: Dave Kurath)

    Measuring stomatal conductance. (Photo: Dave Kurath)

  • Labelling individual beech seedlings to track them over the years. (Photo: Toja Guerra)

  • Sleepy beech seedlings in winter. (Photo: Toja Guerra)

  • SPAD dry beech

    Measuring chlorophyll content of a very drought-stressed beech sapling using a SPAD. (Photo: Jolanda Klaver)

  • RGB drone shot Felix 2024

    RGB image of the beech common garden experiment in 2024. (Photo: Felix Morsdorf)

  • MS drone shot by Felix 2024

    Multispectral image taken from a drone in 2024. (Photo: Felix Morsdorf)

In the Plant Ecology and Global Change group, we are interested in how ecological communities respond to global change drivers. We seek to understand how intra- and interspecific diversity  separately or interactively shape plant community stability and functioning in changing and deteriorating environments. Using experiments in the field, in the glasshouse, and in the lab with both aquatic and terrestrial plants, we assess how biodiversity relates to the future of plant populations under global change. To do so, we're using an interdisciplinary approach in which we blend plant community ecology and population ecology with ecological genomics and remote sensing tools.  

Are you interested in doing a Bachelor thesis project, a Master thesis project or a research internship with Sofia? Just reach out!

Group leader

Dr. Sofia van Moorsel 

Group members

Natalie Bilen (MSc student)
Domitille Coq--Etchegaray (Postdoc)
Toja Guerra (Research assistant)
Vanessa Schnellmann (MSc student)
Haruka Sano (visiting PhD student)

Past group members

Lara Zeltner (B.Sc. student and research assistant, 2024)
Dave Kurath (M.Sc. student and research assistant, 2023 – 2024)
Jolanda Klaver (M.Sc. student, 2023)
Katia Pfister (research intern, 2022)
Sofia Vámos (MSc student, 2021–2022)
Lorena Lanthemann (BSc student, 2021)

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Spatial Genetics

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