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Master, Bachelor & Semester Theses
Discovering nature's wonder
An interview with Jaboury Ghazoul on Mongabay.com
New book!
Ghazoul, J. and Sheil, D. 2010. Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, Diversity and Conservation. Oxford University Press.
New Publications
Ismail, S., J. Ghazoul, G. Ravikanth, R. Uma Shaanker, C. G. Kushalappa and C. J. Kettle (2012). Does long-distance pollen dispersal preclude inbreeding in tropical trees? Fragmentation genetics of Dysoxylum malabaricum in an agro-forest landscape. Molecular Ecology 21(22): 5484-5496.
Garcia-Ulloa, J., Sloan, S., Pacheco, P., Ghazoul, J. & Koh, L.P. (2012). Lowering environmental costs of oil-palm expansion in Colombia. Conserv Lett. 5, 366-375.
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, 21, 2369-2382.
Ghazoul, J. (2012) The challenge of inferring palaeoclimates from extant plant distributions: an example from Dipterocarpus. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 173, 80-81.
Hennig, E.I. and Ghazoul, J. (2012) Pollinating animals in the urban environment. Urban Ecosystems, 15, 149-166.
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.
Available Projects
Pollen pool differentiation in European Beech: How many fathers sire individual mother trees?
Contact: Dr. Andrea R. Pluess: 044 632 8975, andrea.pluess(at)env.ethz.ch
European beech is the most important deciduous tree species in Switzerland and is expected to be highly influenced by the expected longer drought periods under climate change. While regeneration is primarily natural nowadays, artificial regeneration might become important in future as assisted seed migration might be the choice of management for resilient beech forests. This project aims to elucidate the diversity and differentiation of the siring fathers within and among maternal trees. Thereby guidelines for the numbers of sampled seed trees for a diverse next generation will be developed.
The MSc student will sample beech seedlings in a nursery experiment at WSL and use microsatellite markers for fingerprinting. In the lab, the MSc student will extract DNA, run PCRs and use the fragment analyser to determine banding patterns. The method is well established in the lab of Ecosystem Management, including species specific microsatellite markers. Several free-ware programs will be used to determin pollen pool diversity and differentiation.
The earliest starting date is late summer 2012. The thesis can be written in English or German.
Sustainability of hunting in a logging concession in Congo, Brazzaville
Contact: Olivia Rickenbach: 044 632 3674, olivia.rickenbach(at)env.ethz.ch
Entwicklung einer Biodiversitätskarte für die UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch
Die UNESCO Biosphäre Entlebuch möchte in den kommenden Jahren Grundlagen für die grossräumige Besucherlenkung erarbeiten. Dazu ist es nötig, die räumliche Ausstattung des Perimeters genauer zu erfassen. Diese Masterarbeit soll wichtige Komponenten dieser Grundlage im Bereich der Lebensräume und Biodiversität bereitstellen. Das Ziel der Arbeit ist es, eine flächendeckende Lebensraum- und Biodiversitätskarte für das Biosphärenreservat zu erstellen. Dazu soll eine Methodik entwickelt werden, welche bestehende Daten (GIS, Artenvorkommen in Datenbanken und Expertenwissen) integriert und flächig extrapoliert. Voraussetzung für die Arbeit sind gute GIS Kenntnisse. Interessenten können sich bei Florian Knaus, 044 632 3987, florian.knaus(at)env.ethz.ch, melden.
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