Botanik
FG Pflanzenökologie
PD Dr. Günter Hoch
Address
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
Research interests
•Ecophysiology of trees
•Mobile carbon reserves
•Alpine Treelines
•Stress physiology
•Mast reproduction in trees
•Plant cell-wall functions
•Mobile carbon reserves
•Alpine Treelines
•Stress physiology
•Mast reproduction in trees
•Plant cell-wall functions
Professional experience
| 2010-present | Collaborator, ECR project "Treelim", Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2007-present | Lecturer (25 %, autumn semester only), Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| 2007 | Visiting research associate (July-September), Faculty of Ecology & Evolution, Div. of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, USA |
| 2003-2010 | Academic research associate, Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 1997 | Technical assistant (GC-MS, isotope analyses), Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 1992-1996 | Technical assistant in quality management (chemical-physical laboratories, part-time), RHI AG für feuerfeste Erzeugnisse, Gross-Veitsch, Austria |
Education
| 2009 | Habilitation (Venia docendi in Botany), University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2007 | Advanced training courses in university didactics (Sammelzertifikat 'Hochschuldidaktik'), University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2002 | Ph.D. in Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 1999 | Diploma in Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria |
Teaching
| University of Basel | Ecosystem and population processes (lecture) |
| Scientific writing, literature research and management (seminar) | |
| Blockkurs: Ökologie der Pflanzen (lecture and practical course) | |
| University of Bern | Pflanzenbiologie II: Ökophysiologie der Pfanzen (lecture) |
| Praktikum zu Pflanzenbiologie II (practical course) |
Projects
| since 2010 | Growth limitation, phenotypic plasticity and micro-evolution in a long lived alpine plant (PI). Link: SLF |
| since 2009 | Treelim (collaborator). Link: Treelim |
| since 1999 | Swiss Canopy Crane project - SCC (collaborator). Link: SCC |
| 2005-2009 | Hemicelluloses as mobile carbon stores in plants (PI). Link: Hemicelluloses |
| 1999-2003 | C-relations of trees at the alpine treeline ecotone (collaborator). Link: Treeline research |
Publications
| Vitasse Y, Hoch G, Randin CF, Lenz A, Kollas C, Scheepens JF, Körner Ch 2013: Elevational adaptation and plasticity in seedling phenology of temperate deciduous tree species. Oecologia, in press, doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2580-9 | abstract | |
| Fajardo A, Piper FI, Pfund L, Körner Ch, Hoch G 2012: Variation of mobile carbon reserves in trees at the alpine treeline ecotone is under environmental control. New Phytologist 195:794-802 | abstract | |
| Hoch G 2012: Reciprocal root-shoot cooling and soil fertilization effects on the seasonal growth of two treeline conifer species. Plant Ecology and Diversity, in press | abstract | |
| Hoch G, Körner Ch 2012: Global patterns of mobile carbon stores in trees at the high-elevation tree line. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21:861-871 | abstract | |
| Kollas C, Vitasse Y, Randin CF, Hoch G, Körner Ch 2012: Unrestricted quality of seeds in European broad-leaved tree species growing at the cold boundary of their distribution. Annals of Botany 109:473-480 | abstract | |
| Lenz A, Hoch G, Körner Ch 2012: Low temperature limits cambial activity and determines secondary growth at the alpine treeline. Plant Ecology and Diversity, in press | abstract | |
| 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 39:1439-1449 | abstract | |
| Han Q, Kabeya D, Körner Ch, Hoch G 2011: Leaf traits, shoot growth and seed production in mature Fagus sylvatica trees after eight years’ CO₂ enrichment. Annals of Botany 107:1405-1411 | abstract | |
| Sala A, Foutus W, Hoch G 2011: Carbon storage in trees: does relative carbon supply decrease with tree size? In: FC Meinzer, T Dawson, B Ladenbruch (eds.) Size- and Age-Related Changes in Tree Structure and Function. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, pp 287-308 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |