Square Foot Project
Epochal changes of grassland diversity in Switzerland
At a glance
- Project leader : Jürgen Dengler
- Deputy of project leader : Manuel Babbi
- Project team : Dr. Annelie Holzkämper, Dr. Michael Kessler, Hallie Seiler, Stefan Widmer, Dr. Thomas Michael Wohlgemuth
- Project status : ongoing
- Funding partner : SNSF (SNF-Projektförderung / Projekt Nr. 197641)
- Project partner : Agroscope
- Contact person : Jürgen Dengler
Description
The grasslands of Central Europe are habitats of great ecological and economic importance whose biodiversity has declined drastically due to human influence. Using a globally unique dataset of historical vegetation records, the Square Foot Project aims to quantify this transformation over more than a century and identify its drivers.
Further information
Publications
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Riedel, Susanne; Widmer, Stefan; Babbi, Manuel; Buholzer, Serge; Grünig, Andreas; Herzog, Felix; Richner, Nina; Dengler, Jürgen,
2023.
Journal of Vegetation Science.
34(5), pp. e13208.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13208
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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