Institute of Botany
Sect. Plant Ecology
PD Dr. Günter Hoch
Address
PD Dr. Günter Hoch, Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 6, 4056 Basel (Schweiz)
Tel. ++41 (0)61 267 35 16, Fax ++41 (0)61 267 35 04
Günter Hoch
Tel. ++41 (0)61 267 35 16, Fax ++41 (0)61 267 35 04
Günter Hoch
Professional experience
| since 2007 | Teaching associate (25 %, autumn semester only), Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| since 2005 | Group-leader, SNF project nr. 3100A0-17542 “Are hemicelluloses mobile carbon stores?” |
| since 2003 | Research associate (75 %), Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Switzerland Research activities and collaborations abroad in Bolivia (2003), Tanzania (2005), China (2006) and Chile (2008) |
| Jul-Sept 2007 | Visiting researcher, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, USA |
| 1997 | Technical assistant (determination of 15N-abundance in amino acids), Institute of Plant Physiology, University Vienna, Austria |
| 1992-1996 | Laboratory assistant (part-time), RHI refractories AG, Gross-Veitsch, Austria |
| 1989-1991 | Assistant at the municipal administration (part-time) Dorf-Veitsch, Austria |
Education
| 2006-2007 | Advanced training courses in academical didactics (“Sammelzertifikat Hochschuldidaktik”), University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 1999-2002 | PhD, Institute of Botany University of Basel, Switzerland, “The carbon charging of trees in temperate and cold climates”, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christian Körner, abroad research stays in Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) and Sweden (Abisko research station) |
| 1998-1999 | Military service |
| 1999 | MSc in ecology, “Biosynthesis of galactopinitols and oligosaccharides of the raffinose-family in legume seeds”, Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Vienna, Austria, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marianne Popp |
| 1991-1999 | Study of ecology (main subject: chemical physiology of plants), University of Vienna, Austria |
Teaching experience
| 2007 | Class and course in ecophysiology of plants, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| since 2006 | Literature seminar, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2006/07 | Tutorial classes in Biology, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| since 2005 | Lecture series in ecosystem ecology (planning and contribution), University of Basel, Switzerland |
| since 2003 | Course in plant ecology (planning and contribution), University of Bern, Switzerland |
| 2000-2002 | Ecophysiological field course (contribution), University of Bern, Switzerland |
| 1998 | Course in chemical-physiological ecology of plants (contribution), University of Vienna, Austria |
Research interest
•Mobile carbon reserves of plants
•Carbon relations of plants
•Ecophysiology of trees
•Reproduction ecology
•High elevation treeline research
•Swiss Canopy Crane project
•Carbon relations of plants
•Ecophysiology of trees
•Reproduction ecology
•High elevation treeline research
•Swiss Canopy Crane project
Publications
| Vitasse Y, Hoch G, Randin CF, Lenz A, Kollas C, Körner Ch (2012): Tree recruitment of European tree species at their current upper elevational limits in the Swiss Alps. Journal of Biogeography | ||
| 2011 | Kollas C, Vitasse Y, Randin C, Hoch G, Körner Ch 2011: Unrestricted quality of seeds in European broad-leaved tree species growing at the cold boundary of their distribution. Annals of Botany 2011 doi: 10.1093/aob/mcr299 | |
| 2010 | Sala A, Piper F, Hoch G (2010) Physiological mechanisms of drought-induced tree mortality are far from being resolved. New Phytologist 186: 274-281 | |
| Schädel CM, Blöchl A, Richter A, Hoch G (2010) Quantification and monosaccharide composition of hemicelluloses from different functional plant types. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 48: 1-8 | abstract | |
| Schädel CM, Richter A, Blöchl A, Hoch G (2010) Hemicelluloses concentration and composition in plant cell walls under extreme carbon source-sink imbalances. Physiologia Plantarum 139: 241-255 | abstract | |
| 2009 | Hoch G, Körner Ch 2009: Growth and carbon relations of treeline forming conifers at constant vs. variable low temperatures. Journal of Ecology 97:57-66 | abstract |
| Sala A, Hoch G 2009: Height-related growth declines in ponderosa pine are not due to carbon limitation. Plant, Cell and Environment 32:22-30 | abstract | |
| Schädel C, Blöchl A, Richter A, Hoch G 2009: Short-term dynamics of non-structural carbohydrates and hemicelluloses in young branches of temperate forest trees during bud break. Tree Physiology 29:901-911 | abstract | |
| 2008 | Hoch G 2008: The carbon supply of Picea abies trees at a Swiss montane permafrost site. Plant Ecology and Diversity 1:13-20 | abstract |
| Shi P, Hoch G, Körner Ch 2008: A test of the growth-limitation theory for alpine treeline formation in evergreen and deciduous taxa of the Eastern Himalayas. Funct Ecol 22:213-220 | abstract | |
| 2007 | Hoch G 2007: Cell wall hemicelluloses as mobile carbon stores in non-reproductive plant tissues. Functional Ecology 21:823-834 | |
| Hoch G 2007: Zellwände und ihre Bausteine. UNINOVA 107:8-10 | ||
| 2006 | Hoch G, Keel SG 2006: ¹³C labelling reveals different contributions of photoassimilates from infructescences for fruiting in two temperate forest tree species. Plant Biology 8:606-614 | abstract |
| Körner Ch, Hoch G 2006: A test of treeline theory on a montane permafrost island. Arctic Antarctic And Alpine Research 38:113-119 | abstract | |
| Shi P, Körner Ch, Hoch G. 2006: End of season carbon supply status of woody species near the treeline in western China. Basic and Applied Ecology 7:370-377 | abstract | |
| 2005 | Hoch G 2005: Fruit bearing branchlets are carbon autonomous in mature broad-leaved temperate forest trees. Plant Cell and Environment 28:651-659 | abstract |
| Hoch G, Körner Ch 2005: Growth, demography and carbon relations of Polylepis trees at the world’s highest treeline. Functional Ecology 19: 941-951 | ||
| 2003 | Hoch G, Körner Ch 2003: The carbon charging of pines at the climatic treeline: a global comparison. Oecologia 135:10-21 | |
| Hoch G, Richter A, Körner Ch 2003: Non-structural carbon compounds in temperate forest trees. Plant Cell Environ 26:1067-1081 | ||
| 2002 | Arndt SK, Wanek W, Hoch G, Richter A, Popp M (2002) Flexibility of nitrogen metabolism in the tropical CAM-C3 tree species Clusia minor. Functional Plant Biology 29:741-747 | |
| Hoch G, Popp M, Körner Ch 2002: Altitudinal increase of mobile carbon pools in Pinus cembra suggests sink limitation of growth at the Swiss treeline. Oikos 98:361-374 | ||
| Li MH, Hoch G, Körner Ch 2002: Source/sink removal affects mobile carbohydrates in Pinus cembra at the Swiss treeline. Trees 16:331-337 | ||
| 2001 | Hoch G, Körner Ch 2001: Evidence for CO₂-saturation of trees at the high elevation treeline: a global comparison. Extended summary. In: Zotz G., Körner Ch. (eds.) The functional importance of biodiversity, Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 31, Parey, p: 348 | |
| Li MH, Hoch G, Körner Ch 2001: Spatial variability of mobile carbohydrates within Pinus cembra trees at the alpine treeline. Phyton 41: 203-213 | ||
| 2000 | Richter A, Hoch G, Puschenreiter M, Mayer U, Peterbauer T 2000: The role of stachyose synthase in the oligosaccharide metabolism of legume seeds. In: Seed Biology: Advances and Applications (Black M, Bradford KJ, Vázquez-Ramos J eds.), CAB International, pp. 75-84 | |
| 1999 | Hoch G, Peterbauer T, Richter A 1999: Purification and Characterization of Stachyose Synthase from Lentil (Lens culinaris) Seeds: Galactopinitol and Stachyose Synthesis. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 366 (1): 75-81 |