We invite applications for a 4-year PhD position working on drought tolerance of European beech using a variety of methodological approaches from remote sensing to genomics and metabolomics.

Associate Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Data Science At the Department of Earth Sciences, we

European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests are suffering under increasingly severe and frequent drought. Closely related beech species from Bulgaria,…

Afforestation projects using species mixtures are expected to better support ecosystem services than monoculture plantations. While grassland studies have shown natural selection favoring high-perfo...

EUFORGEN & OptFORESTS webinar – Mechanisms of natural and anthropogenic selection on trees in the forest: consequences for climate change adaptation strategies 11 April 2025. 11:00 - 12:00 CET. ...

Sustainability and environmental impact assessments of trade and investment agreements need to address biodiversity more effectively. To showcase this, we examined a report, commissioned by Switzerlan...

The relationship between functional diversity (richness, evenness) and drought response (resistance, recovery, resilience) during the severe 2018 drought in Switzerland was analyzed using satellite-d...

Leaf reflectance measurements effectively track drought-induced trait changes in beech saplings in a non-destructive way Beech saplings from the Iberian Peninsula show greater drought resistance ...

Landscape-level diversity – the number of different ecosystems in a 250 m by 250 m area – is positively related to landscape-wide primary production across North America, according to remote sensing o...

The true state of ocean biodiversity is difficult to assess, and there are few global indicators to track the primary threat of overfishing. We calculated a 50-year Red List Index of extinction risk a...

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Following the decision that eLife will not receive an Impact Factor in 2025, we share an update on how our model is doing since we were first placed “on hold” by Web of Science, and what we’re up to…