Conservation biology
A key societal challenge is to halt biodiversity loss in a changing world. We aim at providing knowledge to guide biodiversity conservation in the face of climate and land-use changes. More specifically, we study how various facets of biodiversity affect ecosystem functioning and human well-being. We focus on forests and agroforestry systems in temperate and tropical regions from local to global scales. With our research, we try to reconcile biodiversity conservation and land uses such as agriculture and forestry.
Our methodological approach relies on four major pillars including 1) ground-based studies such as tree diversity experiments and agroforestry sites; 2) remote sensing such as terrestrial laser scanner, drones, satellites; 3) statistical models and complex network approaches and, 4) interdisciplinary and intercultural collaborations.
► ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2239-2995
Prof. Dr. Clara Zemp
University of Neuchâtel
Institute of Biology
2000 Neuchâtel
Phone: +41 32 718 31 14