Ecosystems and Landscape Evolution
@ELE_ETHWSL
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Ecosystems and Landscape Evolution Lab @ETH_en @wsl_research. We study the processes shaping spatial diversity from genes to ecosystems.
Zurich, Switzerland
Joined November 2017
This summer, postdoc Virginie Marques spent a month in Greenland for the last fieldwork session of the GreenFjord project, aiming to understand the effect of glacier melt on marine biodiversity from plankton 🪼 to fish 🐟 @VirginieMarque2
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"Happy to take part in the Biodiversity Research Day 2024 at WSL. Thanks to the Biodiversity Center for organising" @WSL_research
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🌿"Update on invasive Japanese beetle project in the canton of Ticino"🌳 🌳We have successfully completed this year’s field season for our invasive Japanese beetle project, aiming to develop rapid detection solutions for this quarantine organism. #Biodiversity #Ecosystem
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We are finishing off this week with yet another fantastic PhD defense by @DoKirschner, on using #environmentalDNA to study patterns of riverine fish diversity. #Congratulations #PhDone 🎉🥳
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Congratulations to @YaquanChang on successfully defending her thesis on the geological controls on plant #biodiversity in the #HengduanMountains. #PhDone #CelebrateSuccess
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Congratulations to @LiuYi_eco for successfully defending his dissertation on the global drivers of mountain plant biodiversity today! #PhDone
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What lives in ponds? Detecting amphibians by their DNA - New publication by @FlurinLeugger @ELE_ETHWSL
wsl.ch
Contact for the press office of the WSL. We will be glad to assist the media in their research and to arrange interviews with our in-house experts.
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Excited to share our latest paper! 🐸 Using #CRISPR-Dx tech, @FlurinLeugger and colleagues detected endangered amphibians from #environmentalDNA faster & more efficiently than traditional methods. #eDNA Read more: https://t.co/37nq8S0SYw
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🚨 Exciting news! Martina Lüthi was part of the team interviewed in this @CNN article about a revolutionary #eDNA-collecting robot #fish 🐟🤖! Dive into the future of #EnvironmentalScience with this cutting-edge tech 🌍🔬 #ProudTeam
edition.cnn.com
Scientists are collecting environmental DNA using an autonomous robot fish, to learn more about life below the waves.
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Join us in Bratislava 🇸🇰 at the #IALE2025 European Landscape Ecology Congress!! Call for sessions is open until 30 Sept 2024. Submit your proposal for workshops, symposia or other formats here https://t.co/2fbYNyqBev
@ialeUK @ialeGermany
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New paper from our group! Looking at climatic shifts in the last 250 million years, @chulio_rog et al. find that the vegetation response may have strongly delayed the climatic recovery after past CO2 inputs! https://t.co/eKA1cSbar2
science.org
Periods of large igneous province (LIP) magmatism have shaped Earth’s biological and climatic history, causing major climatic shifts and biological reorganizations. The vegetation response to...
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We had the great opportunity to share our work on developing an autonomous robot fish named "Eve" to explore the ocean and help protect marine ecosystems with @cnni #TechForGood. You can vote for us to be featured in a special episode here: https://t.co/xM2XejPOJD
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🌊 #eDNA reveals fish composition turnover in the coral reefs of West Indian Ocean islands. Combining eDNA inventories and #spatialmodeling provides insights into species #habitat preferences related to distance-to-reef gradients at a small scale. 🐟 https://t.co/f9pU7iVrXo
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
This study utilised environmental DNA metabarcoding to examine the variation in fish species composition in the Western Indian Ocean's French Scattered Islands across different distances from reefs....
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🏔️ #Bhutan's #Himalayas are home to elusive snow leopards, Pallas's cats, and more. 🐾 With #eDNA, we can now detect these rare species through river water samples, revealing the hidden biodiversity of this region. 🌿🧬
worldwildlife.org
WWF uses eDNA to reveal hidden wildlife in Bhutan's Himalayas, aiding conservation efforts by detecting elusive species like snow leopards through water samples.
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La science estime que des mesures politiques s’imposent en matière de biodiversité. Die Wissenschaft sieht politischen Handlungsbedarf bei der Biodiversität. https://t.co/WTb61llWM3
sgm-meteo.ch
1.7.24 – Zustand und Entwicklung der Biodiversität in der Schweiz sind nach wie vor besorgniserregend. Der negative Trend zeigt, dass die Bemühungen der verschiedenen Akteure zum Schutz und zur...
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An #eDNA time series reveals the influence of protection level, depth, and seasonality on the dynamics of #fish communities in a #Mediterranean #Marine Protected Area.
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«Die #Wissenschaft sieht #politischen #Handlungsbedarf bei der #Biodiversität» CarteBlanche @scnatCH von @loic_pellissier, @mjsantos_uzh und mir: https://t.co/pYZjxbet46 1/3: Zustand & Entwicklung der Biodiversität in der 🇨🇭 sind nach wie vor besorgniserregend.
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Curious about how #alpine valleys shaped the genetic population structure of #chamois across #Alps over millennia and their management? @FlurinLeugger et al summarized the results of the chamois project & its conservation implications, available in DE/FR: https://t.co/dqPF0hCDGe
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📢 @mk_goralczyk uses #environmentalDNA to monitor #biodiversity to aid in #Forest #restoration! 🧬Find out more about how her work is revolutionising #wildlife #monitoring and #conservation here:
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🦋🦊Introducing #trophiCH 🌿🐛, the Swiss 🇨🇭national #metaweb of >1 million empirically-based #trophic interactions between 23k #species. For a sneak peek at how @merinrejichacko and colleagues built this #foodweb, check out our 📄preprint here: https://t.co/IipPAB1BqJ
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