Dr. Daniel Scherrer

Address

Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 6, 4056 Basel (Schweiz)
Tel. +41 (0)61 267 35 07, Fax. +41 (0)61 267 29 80
Daniel.Scherrer@unibas.ch

Curriculum vitae

1981Born on November 11 in Basel, Switzerland
2002-2005Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland
2004-2005Teaching assistant for informatics, University of Basel, Switzerland
2006-2007Master of Science in Ecology, University of Basel, Switzerland. Thesis: "Local extinction risk, colonisation probability, and spatial spread of the alpine Geum reptans on a glacier foreland in the Swiss Alps"
2007-2010Ph.D. at the University of Basel, EU-founded FP6 Project ECOCHANGE WP 4.1: «Niche stability in space»
since 2010Post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Botany, University of Basel, Switzerland. Project: Drought sensitivity of central European broadleaf trees, funded by the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Climate.

Teaching experience

2004-2005Teaching assistent in undergraduate course Informatics (Werkzeuge der Informatik)
2005Teaching assistent in undergraduate course Informatics (Programmieren I&II)

Publications

2011de Witte LC, Scherrer D, Stöcklin J 2011: Genet longevity and population age structure of the clonal pioneer species Geum reptans based on demographic field data and projection matrix modelling. Special Edition of Preslia, in press
Scherrer D, Bader MKF, Körner Ch 2011: Drought-sensitivity ranking of deciduous tree species based on thermal imaging of forest canopies. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, in press
Scherrer D, Körner C 2011: Topographically controlled thermal-habitat differentiation buffers alpine plant diversity against climate warming. J of Biogeography 38(2):406-416
2010Scherrer D, Schmid S, Körner Ch 2010: Elevational species shifts in a warmer climate are overestimated when based on weather station data. Intern J of Biometeorology: DOI 10.1007/s00484-010-0364-7
Scherrer D, Körner C 2010. Infra-red thermometry of alpine landscapes challenges climatic warming projections. Global Change Biology 16:2602-2613
Scherrer D, Stoll P, Stöcklin J: Local extinction risk, colonisation probability, and spatial spread of the alpine Geum reptans on a glacier foreland in the Swiss Alps. OIKOS (submitted)

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