projects



current projects

MOUNTLAND
EE4F
REFOSOL: Restoration of the fonctioning of a degraded mountain grassland. 
LTSER-plateform Alps. In collaboration with S. Lavorel (CNRS - LECA Grenoble) and Sylvain Bigot (University of Grenoble - LTHE). 
SEMAINE: Sensibility of mountain ecosystems to invasion by exotic plants species (Fallopia spp.). Projet in collaboration with F. Anthelme (IRD Montpellier).
Long-term observational study on White Hellebore (Veratrum album) , a native invasive species in European mountain grasslands. Project funded by the Conseil général de l'Isère. 
Resilience of mountain grasslands to soil amendments. In collaboration with Claire Deléglise, master student at INA P-G, Paris, France.
FlorAlp: a floristic database on mountain grasslands in the Northern French Alps, in collaboration with Claude Bernard-Brunet and Sébastien De Danieli (Cemagref Grenoble) 
Comparision of plant species richness in the Rocky Mountains and the Alps. Collaboration with U. Schaffner (CABI Bioscience Switzerland), G.W. Chong, C.S. Jarnevich & T. Stohlgren (Colorado State University, USA)

finished projects

VERA: Biodiversity on mountain grasslands

Invasive, alien species. A regional assessment.

Long-term effect of short-term soil amendments on a subalpine grassland.
Analysis of a manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) habitat in French Guiana
Survey about the success of restoration of wetland Bavaria, Germany (only in  German)

students

2007 Claire Deléglise (Master student): Response of the vegetation of a mountain pasture to soil amendments. INA Paris-Grignon.
2005 Jasmin Weishäutpl (Master student): Significance of soil-plant interactions for successful management concepts in the Swiss Jura (University of Bielefeld, supervisor: U. Schaffner & T. Steinlein)

last update: Feb 09