Manuel Babbi

Work at ZHAW

Focus

• Vegetation surveys in various habitats
• Ecological enhancement of forest edges
• Aquatic vegetation

Projects

• VegCHange: A toolbox to investigate anthropogenic changes in the Swiss flora and vegetation / Team member / ongoing
• Settlement edges – Transition areas / Team member / ongoing
• Clonal diversity of Brachypodium pinnatum in Swiss National Park / Project leader / ongoing
• VegChangeCH – A comprehensive picture of anthropogenic changes in the vegetation of Switzerland / Team member / completed
• Epochal changes of grassland diversity in Switzerland: The Square Foot Project / Deputy project leader / completed
• Floristic and vegetation-ecological analyses of the green roofs of the lake water plant / Team member / completed
• Mobile tool for the evaluation of forest edges – Digital Transformation / Project leader / completed
• Digital Grass Identification / Deputy project leader / completed

Publications

• Widmer, Stefan; Riedel, Susanne; Babbi, Manuel; Herzog, Felix; Wohlgemuth, Thomas; Kessler, Michael; Dengler, Jürgen,

  2025.

  One century of change : stronger diversity decline in lowland than in mountain grasslands in Central Europe.

  Global Change Biology.

  31(10), pp. e70529.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70529

• Knollová, Ilona; Chytrý, Milan; Bruelheide, Helge; Dullinger, Stefan; Jandt, Ute; Bernhardt‐Römermann, Markus; Biurrun, Idoia; de Bello, Francesco; Glaser, Michael; Hennekens, Stephan; Jansen, Florian; Jiménez‐Alfaro, Borja; Kadaš, Daniel; Kaplan, Ekin; Klinkovská, Klára; Lenzner, Bernd; Pauli, Harald; Sperandii, Marta Gaia; Verheyen, Kris; Winkler, Manuela; Abdaladze, Otar; Aćić, Svetlana; Acosta, Alicia T. R.; Alignier, Audrey; Andrews, Christopher; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Attorre, Fabio; Axmanová, Irena; Babbi, Manuel; Baeten, Lander; Baran, Jakub; Barni, Elena; Benito‐Alonso, José‐Luis; Berg, Christian; Bergamini, Ariel; Berki, Imre; Boch, Steffen; Bock, Barbara; Bode, Frank; Bonari, Gianmaria; Boublík, Karel; Britton, Andrea J.; Brunet, Jörg; Bruzzaniti, Vanessa; Buholzer, Serge; Burrascano, Sabina; Campos, Juan A.; Carlsson, Bengt‐Göran; Carranza, Maria Laura; Černý, Tomáš; Charmillot, Kévin; Chiarucci, Alessandro; Choler, Philippe; Chytrý, Kryštof; Corcket, Emmanuel; Csecserits, Anikó; Cutini, Maurizio; Czarniecka‐Wiera, Marta; Danihelka, Jiří; de Francesco, Maria Carla; De Frenne, Pieter; Di Musciano, Michele; De Sanctis, Michele; Deák, Balázs; Decocq, Guillaume; Dembicz, Iwona; Dengler, Jürgen; Di Cecco, Valter; Dick, Jan; Diekmann, Martin; Dierschke, Hartmut; Dirnböck, Thomas; Doerfler, Inken; Doležal, Jiří; Döring, Ute; Durak, Tomasz; Dwyer, Ciara; Ejrnæs, Rasmus; Ermakova, Inna; Erschbamer, Brigitta; Fanelli, Giuliano; Fernández‐Calzado, María‐Rosa; Fickert, Thomas; Fischer, Andrea; Fischer, Markus; Foremnik, Kacper; Frouz, Jan; García‐González, Ricardo; García‐Magro, Daniel; García‐Mijangos, Itziar; Gavilán, Rosario G.; Germ, Mateja; Ghosn, Dany; Gigauri, Khatuna; Gizela, Jaroslav; Golob, Aleksandra; Golub, Valentin; Gómez‐García, Daniel; Gowing, David; Grytnes, John‐Arvid; Güler, Behlül; Gutiérrez‐Girón, Alba; Haase, Peter; Haider, Sylvia; Hájek, Michal; Halassy, Melinda; Harásek, Martin; Härdtle, Werner; Heinken, Thilo; Hester, Alison; Humbert, Jean‐Yves; Ibáñez, Ricardo; Illa, Estela; Jaroszewicz, Bogdan; Jensen, Kai; Jentsch, Anke; Jiroušek, Martin; Kalníková, Veronika; Kanka, Róbert; Kapfer, Jutta; Kazakis, George; Kermavnar, Janez; Kesting, Stefan; Khanina, Larisa; Kindermann, Elisabeth; Kotrík, Marek; Koutecký, Tomáš; Kozub, Łukasz; Kuhn, Gisbert; Kutnar, Lado; La Montagna, Dario; Lamprecht, Andrea; Lenoir, Jonathan; Lepš, Jan; Leuschner, Christoph; Lorite, Juan; Madsen, Bjarke; Ugarte, Rosina Magaña; Malicki, Marek; Maliniemi, Tuija; Máliš, František; Maringer, Alexander; Marrs, Robert; Matesanz, Silvia; Metze, Katrin; Meyer, Stefan; Millett, Jonathan; Mitchell, Ruth J.; Moeslund, Jesper Erenskjold; Moiseev, Pavel; di Cella, Umberto Morra; Mudrák, Ondřej; Müller, Frank; Müller, Norbert; Naaf, Tobias; Nagy, Laszlo; Napoleone, Francesca; Nascimbene, Juri; Navrátilová, Jana; Ninot, Josep M.; Niu, Yujie; Normand, Signe; Ogaya, Romá; Onipchenko, Vladimir; Orczewska, Anna; Ortmann‐Ajkai, Adrienne; Pakeman, Robin J.; Pardo, Iker; Pätsch, Ricarda; Peet, Robert K.; Penuelas, Josep; Peppler‐Lisbach, Cord; Pérez‐Hernández, Javier; Pérez‐Haase, Aaron; Petraglia, Alessandro; Petřík, Petr; Pielech, Remigiusz; Piórkowski, Hubert; Pladevall‐Izard, Eulàlia; Poschlod, Peter; Prach, Karel; Praleskouskaya, Safiya; Prokhorov, Vadim; Provoost, Sam; Pușcaș, Mihai; Pustková, Štěpánka; Randin, Christophe François; Rašomavičius, Valerijus; Reczyńska, Kamila; Rédei, Tamás; Řehounková, Klára; Richner, Nina; Risch, Anita C.; Rixen, Christian; Rosbakh, Sergey; Roscher, Christiane; Rosenthal, Gert; Rossi, Graziano; Rötzer, Harald; Roux, Camille; Rumpf, Sabine B.; Ruprecht, Eszter; Rūsiņa, Solvita; Sanz‐Zubizarreta, Irati; Schindler, Meret; Schmidt, Wolfgang; Schories, Dirk; Schrautzer, Joachim; Schubert, Hendrik; Schuetz, Martin; Schwabe, Angelika; Schwaiger, Helena; Schwartze, Peter; Šebesta, Jan; Seiler, Hallie; Šilc, Urban; Silva, Vasco; Šmilauer, Petr; Šmilauerová, Marie; Sperle, Thomas; Stachurska‐Swakoń, Alina; Stanik, Nils; Stanisci, Angela; Steffen, Kristina; Storm, Christian; Stroh, Hans Georg; Sugorkina, Nadezhda; Świerkosz, Krzysztof; Świerszcz, Sebastian; Szymura, Magdalena; Teleki, Balázs; Thébaud, Gilles; Theurillat, Jean‐Paul; Tichý, Lubomír; Treier, Urs A.; Turtureanu, Pavel Dan; Ujházy, Karol; Ujházyová, Mariana; Ursu, Tudor Mihai; Uziębło, Aldona K.; Valkó, Orsolya; Van Calster, Hans; Van Meerbeek, Koenraad; Vandevoorde, Bart; Vandvik, Vigdis; Varricchione, Marco; Vassilev, Kiril; Villar, Luis; Virtanen, Risto; Vittoz, Pascal; Voigt, Winfried; von Hessberg, Andreas; von Oheimb, Goddert; Wagner, Eva; Walther, Gian‐Reto; Wellstein, Camilla; Wesche, Karsten; Wilhelm, Markus; Willner, Wolfgang; Wipf, Sonja; Wittig, Burghard; Wohlgemuth, Thomas; Woodcock, Ben A.; Wulf, Monika; Essl, Franz,

  2024.

  ReSurveyEurope : a database of resurveyed vegetation plots in Europe.

  Journal of Vegetation Science.

  35(2), pp. e13235.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13235

• Riedel, Susanne; Widmer, Stefan; Babbi, Manuel; Buholzer, Serge; Grünig, Andreas; Herzog, Felix; Richner, Nina; Dengler, Jürgen,

  2023.

  The Historic Square Foot Dataset : outstanding small‐scale richness in Swiss grasslands around the year 1900.

  Journal of Vegetation Science.

  34(5), pp. e13208.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13208

• Bergauer, Miro; Dembicz, Iwona; Boch, Steffen; Willner, Wolfgang; Babbi, Manuel; Blank-Pachlatko, Jonathan; Catalano, Chiara; Cykowska-Marzencka, Beata; Gehler, Jamyra; Guarino, Riccardo; Keller, Sabrina; Moysiyenko, Ivan; Vynokurov, Denys; Widmer, Stefan; Dengler, Jürgen,

  2022.

  Scale-dependent patterns and drivers of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen diversity in dry grasslands of the Swiss inneralpine valleys.

  Alpine Botany.

  132(2), pp. 195-209.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00035-022-00285-y

• Charmillot, Kévin; Hedinger, Christian; Babbi, Manuel; Widmer, Stefan; Dengler, Jürgen,

  2021.

  Vegetation change in meso-xeric grasslands of the Swiss Jura Mts. over 40 years.

  Tuexenia.

  41, pp. 441-457.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.14471/2021.41.019

• Keller, Sabrina; Babbi, Manuel; Widmer, Stefan; Gehler, Jamyra; Hausmann, Sonja; Berg, Christian; Landucci, Flavia; Schwager, Patrick; Sumberova, Katerina; Dengler, Jürgen,

  2020.

  Determination of habitat requirements of the glacial relict Nuphar pumila as basis for successful (re-)introductions.

  Tuexenia.

  40, pp. 309-326.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.14471/2020.40.022

• Dengler, Jürgen; Guarino, Riccardo; Moysiyenko, Ivan; Vynokurov, Denys; Boch, Steffen; Cykowska-Marzencka, Beata; Babbi, Manuel; Catalano, Chiara; Eggenberg, Stefan; Gehler, Jamyra; Monigatti, Martina; Pachlatko, Jonathan; Riedel, Susanne; Willner, Wolfgang; Dembicz, Iwona,

  2020.

  On the trails of Josias Braun-Blanquet II : first results from the 12th EDGG Field Workshop studying the dry grasslands of the inneralpine dry valleys of Switzerland.

  Palaearctic Grasslands.

  (45), pp. 59-88.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.45.59-88

• Biurrun, Idoia; Burrascano, Sabina; Dembicz, Iwona; Guarino, Riccardo; Kapfer, Jutta; Pielech, Remigiusz; Babbi, Manuel; Hepenstrick, Daniel; Widmer, Stefan; Dengler, Jürgen; et al.,

  2019.

  GrassPlot v. 2.00 : first update on the database of multi-scale plant diversity in Palaearctic grasslands.

  Palaearctic Grasslands.

  (44), pp. 26-47.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21570/EDGG.PG.44.26-47

• Fuhrer, Björn; Babbi, Manuel; Krüsi, Bertil,

  2019.

  Seespiegeldynamik und Vegetation in einem Feuchtgebiet im Bielersee (Schweiz) : Veränderung zwischen 1976 und 2017.

  Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung.

  51(9), pp. 420-427.

• Frei, Eva Silvia; Widmer, Stefan; Babbi, Manuel; Krüsi, Bertil,

  2019.

  Extensive Bekämpfung des Adlerfarns an einem voralpinen Trockenstandort.

  Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung.

  51(8), pp. 374-381.

• Dengler, Jürgen; Widmer, Stefan; Staubli, Eline; Babbi, Manuel; Gehler, Jamyra; Hepenstrick, Daniel; Bergamini, Ariel; Billeter, Regula; Boch, Steffen; Rohrer, Sven; Dembicz, Iwona,

  2019.

  Dry grasslands of the central valleys of the Alps from a European perspective : the example of Ausserberg (Valais, Switzerland).

  Hacquetia.

  18(2), pp. 155-177.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0008

• Widmer, Stefan; Frei, Eva Silvia; Babbi, Manuel; Krüsi, Bertil,

  2018.

  Extensive Bekämpfung des Adlerfarns fördert die floristische Vielfalt.

  Bauhinia.

  2018(27).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4939

• Döös, Christian; Riesen, Matthias; Babbi, Manuel,

  2017.

  Ist der Breitrandkäfer Dytiscus latissimus Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in der Schweiz ausgestorben?.

  Entomo Helvetica.

  10, pp. 21-30.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-986067

• Fuhrer, Björn; Babbi, Manuel; Krüsi, Bertil,

  2017.

  Ökologische Bewertung von Waldrändern : ein Methodenvergleich.

  Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen.

  168(6), pp. 313-320.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3188/szf.2017.0313

• Babbi, Manuel; Widmer, Stefan; Blattner, Marcel; Krüsi, Bertil,

  2016.

  Waldrandaufwertungen : Einfluss von Exposition und Wüchsigkeit des Standorts.

  Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen.

  167(5), pp. 286-293.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3188/szf.2016.0286

• Spörri, Kaspar; Babbi, Manuel; Krüsi, Bertil,

  2014.

  20 Jahre ökologische Aufwertung von Waldrändern im Kanton Aargau : erste Erfolgskontrolle.

  Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen.

  165(10), pp. 313-320.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3188/szf.2014.0313

• Babbi, Manuel; Krüsi, Bertil; Robinson, Christopher,

  2014.

  Ein neuer Hakenkäfer für die Schweiz : Dryops anglicanus Edwards, 1909 (Coleoptera, Dryopidae) in der Agglomeration von Zürich.

  Entomo Helvetica.

  7, pp. 29-39.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-985957

• Babbi, Manuel; Krüsi, Bertil,

  2013.

  Naturschutz zwischen Agglomeration und Autobahn : erfolgreiche Renaturierung des Flachmoors Hänsiried im Kanton Zürich.

  Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich.

  158(3/4), pp. 65-78.

  Available from: http://www.ngzh.ch/archiv/2013_158/158_3-4/158_22.pdf

• Babbi, Manuel; Graber, Andreas; Küry, Daniel,

  2009.

  Umsiedlung von Dohlenkrebsbeständen (Austropotamobius pallipes) im Kanton Basel-Landschaft (Schweiz).

  Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaften beider Basel.

  11, pp. 161-175.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-676590

• Babbi, Manuel; Schmit, Françoise,

  2023.

  Reussschlaufe Hegnau – ein Paradies für Wasserkäfer.

  Umwelt Aargau.

  (92), pp. 53-56.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27980

• Dengler, Jürgen; Babbi, Manuel; Widmer, Stefan,

  2021.

  Square Foot Project gestartet : Wandel der Grünlanddiversität in der Schweiz über ein Jahrhundert.

  IUNR Magazin.

  2021(1), pp. 13.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22288

• Babbi, Manuel; de Sassi, Claudio,

  2020.

  Neue Hilfsmittel zur Aufwertung von Waldrändern.

  N+L Inside.

  20(4), pp. 28-30.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21049

• Dembicz, Iwona; Zhang, Jing Hui; Dengler, Jürgen; Babbi, Manuel; Gehler, Jamyra,

  2020.

  Two international postdocs at the IUNR : interview with Iwona Dembicz and Jinghui Zhang.

  IUNR Magazin.

  2020(2), pp. 12-13.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-21327

• Babbi, Manuel; Widmer, Stefan; Frei, Eva Silvia,

  2020.

  Erfolgreiche extensive Bekämpfung des invasiven Adlerfarns.

  N+L Inside.

  2020(2), pp. 28-31.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20114

• Treichler Bratschi, Regula; Babbi, Manuel; Gehler, Jamyra; Dengler, Jürgen,

  2019.

  IUNR Campus-Tag der Biodiversität : erste "Volkszählung der Biodiversität" auf dem Campus Grüental der ZHAW Wädenswil.

  IUNR Magazin.

  2019(2), pp. 32-33.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18366

• Babbi, Manuel; Widmer, Stefan; Ochsner, Pascal; Krüsi, Bertil,

  2017.

  Hilfe von oben : Erfassung von Adlerfarnbeständen mit Drohnen.

  Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich.

  162(3/4), pp. 10-11.

• Haritz, Candida; Gaggini, Luca; Babbi, Manuel; Catalano, Chiara; Donati, Franca; Meier, Sybille; Krüsi, Bertil O.; Patocchi, Nicola,

  2017.

  Monitoraggi floristici alle Bolle di Magadino (Cantone Ticino, Svizzera) : modifiche vegetazionali delle associazioni palustri aperte su substrato sabbioso (località Piattone) : confronto tra il 1992 e il 2015.

  Bollettino della Società Ticinese di Scienze Naturali.

  105, pp. 39-51.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-1003046

• Babbi, Manuel,

  2016.

  Wenn Wasserpflanzen zum Problem werden : Massenvorkommen von Wasserpflanzen und mögliche Bekämpfungsmassnahmen.

  IUNR intern.

  2016(1), pp. 30-31.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-7181

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