ETH - Ecosystem Management - Professor of Ecosystem Management

Finger, A., Kettle, C.J., Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N. and Ghazoul, J. (2012) Forest fragmentation genetics in a formerly widespread island endemic tree: Vateriopsis seychellarum (Dipterocarpaceae). Molecular Ecology, in press.

Ghazoul, J. (2012) The challenge of inferring palaeoclimates from extant plant distributions: an example from Dipterocarpus. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, in press.

Hennig, E.I. and Ghazoul, J. (2012) Pollinating animals in the urban environment. Urban Ecosystems (in press)

Humbert, J.-Y., Ghazoul, J., Richner, N., Walter, T. (2012) Uncut grass refuges mitigate the impact of mechanical meadow harvesting on orthopterans. Biological Conservation, in press.

Krishnan, S., Kushalappa, C.G., Uma Shaanker, R. and Ghazoul, J. (2012) Status of pollinators and their efficiency in coffee fruit set in a fragmented landscape mosaic in South India. Basic and Applied Ecology, in press.

Krishnan, S. and Ghazoul, J. (2012) Importance of bees, shade trees and forests in coffee production in Kodagu. Indian Coffee, 76, 10-12.

Welcome to the Ecosystem Management group at ETH Zurich

The Ecosystem Management group was established at ETH Zurich in October 2005. The group is institutionally located in the Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, in the Department of Environmental Sciences.

Research within the group centres on ecological and evolutionary processes relating to plant reproduction, and the relevance of these processes to ecosystem management, conservation and agricultural production. Our research addresses both pure and applied issues spanning local to global scales. Specific fields include ecosystem services, plant reproductive ecology and conservation, conservation genetics, adaptation to climate change, sustainable forest management, ecological responses to forest fragmentation, and agricultural and biofuel production.

Teaching at postgraduate level (PhD and Masters) focuses on ecology and environmental management of both natural and human-dominated ecosystems. The group runs several courses within the Masters majors of Forest and Landscape Management and Ecology and Evolution. These include Ecosystem Management, Disturbance Ecology, Managing for Resistance and Resilience, and Ecological Assessment and Evaluation. The group also runs a PhD field course in Scotland on Conservation Management.

The Ecosystem Management group belongs to several networks and competence centres, including the Zurich-Basel Plant Sciences Centre, and the ETH North-South Centre, reflecting both our core ecological interests as well the relevance of our work to tropical ecology and development.

Contact Details

ETH Zürich
Institute for Terrestrial Ecosystems
Professorship Ecosystem Management
Universitaetstrasse 22, CHN G73.1
Zurich 8092, Switzerland

Phone: +41 44 632 86 30
Fax: +41 44 632 15 75
email: info.em(at)env.ethz.ch

Wed. 8.00-12.00 &
Mon./Tue./Thur. 8.00-12.00 + 13.00-16.00

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