In this project we assess the uptake and transport of nanoplastics in trees by using polystyrene nanoparticles doped with Palladium and detection of these particles with ICP-MS.
Palladium to detect plastics in different tree organs with ICP-MS(/MS), we will have
The Xylem database is an atlas of microscopic stem structures of herbs, dwarf shrubs, shrubs and trees in transversal, tangential and radial sections.
The current technical setup is temporary and may have some limitations.
Pine tree stand and forest site resilience after the severe 2017 wildfire on the slopes of Vesuvius, Italy
Since that date, even some seriously damaged pine stands have started to regenerate
Tree-ring d13C variations are a valuable archive of climatic information. A novel laser-ablation isotope-ratio mass-spectrometer enables to study variations within a single tree ring. We therefore plan to determine the occurrence of dry and wet periods of the past with unprecedented resolution.
Finanzierung Swiss National Science Foundation Tree-ring d13C variations have
The goal of this project is to contribute to the evaluation of non-native tree species that could potentially mitigate mortality in our forests, through scalable drone-based phenotyping approaches and the assessment of mechanistic traits, such as phenological plasticity and drought stress-resistance
conditions (i.e., assisted migration), is among the forest management practices that have
This project aims to holistically understand and quantify nitrogen fluxes across and within compartments to predict the effects of energy transition and environmental changes from other drivers and provide stakeholders and policymakers with informed possible outcomes of future scenarios.
Researchers have until now mainly focused onindividual compartments, thereby largely
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, WSL Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf
research interests are long-distance movements and the manifold consequences these may have
Proper ditch detection and maintenance within forests is critical to protect the environment and infrastructure. The project focuses on the ditch detection for the entire country using semantic segmentation.
On going experimental results have illustrated the potential effectiveness.
Sustainable Intensification of agriculture (SI) is advocated by both, scientists and policy makers, as a solution for the dilemma between the need to increase agricultural production and the need to reduce the environmental burden which intensification historically entailed.
What have been the main trajectories of agricultural intensification in Europe and
Our project, which proposes a novel approach (i.e., the use of virus-like particles), is key for the fundamental biological understanding of the transport and fate of nanoparticles in forest trees. Possible immediate applications include the development of new solutions for the nano-enabled foliar-a
Virus-like particles (VLPs) have b
