Dr. Eva Spehn, Institute of Botany, University of Basel

Address

Dr. Eva Spehn, Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 6, 4056 Basel (Schweiz)
Tel. ++41 (0)61 267 35 11, Fax ++41 (0)61 267 35 04
Eva.Spehn@unibas.ch

Curriculum vitae

1969	Born on 11. September in Bad Saulgau, Germany
1992	Pre-diploma in Biology at the University of Konstanz, Germany
1996	Diploma in biology, University of Basel, Switzerland (masters project: Effects of elevated CO₂ on moss growth and diversity in a calcareous grassland)
1996	Assistant at the Management and Coordination office of the Integrated Biodiversity Project, Swiss Priority Programme Environment
1997	Certificate of interdisciplinary studies in environmental affairs (Humans, Society & Environment), University of Basel
since 1999	Management of the «Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment» office (University of Basel and Swiss Academy of Sciences, Bern): gmba.unibas.ch
2000	Doctoral dissertation in Botany, University of Basel on «Plant diversity effects on ecosystem processes in experimental grassland communities»

Research project

Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA)

Publications

	1. Book editions
2010	Spehn EM and Körner Ch (Eds) 2010: Data mining for global trends in mountain biodiversity. CRC Press
	Spehn EM, Rudmann-Maurer K, Körner C, Maselli D (Eds) 2010: Mountain Biodiversity and global change.
2005	Spehn EM, Liberman M, Körner Ch (eds) 2005: Land use change and mountain biodiversity. CRC Press, Boca Raton
2002	Körner Ch, Spehn EM (eds) 2002: Mountain biodiversity. A global assessment. Parthenon, Boca Raton	link
	2. Publications
2012	Caprez R, Spehn E, Nakhutsrishvili G, Körner Ch 2012: Drought at erosion edges selects for a ‚hidden’ keystone species.Plant Ecol Divers 4(4):303-311
2007	Guisan A, Spehn E, Körner Ch 2007: Georeferenced biological databases – A tool for understanding mountain biodiversity. MRI Newsletter 8. Mountain Res and Develop 27:80-81
	Körner Ch, Donoghue M, Fabbro T, Häuser Ch, Nogues-Bravo D, Kalin Arroyo MT, Soberon J, Speers L, Spehn EM, Sun H, Tribsch A, Tykarski P, Zbinden N 2007: Creative use of mountain biodiversity databases: The Kazbegi Research Agenda of GMBA-DIVERSITAS. Mountain Res and Develop 27:276-281
2005	Spehn EM et al. 2005: Ecosystem effects of biodiversity manipulations in European grasslands. Ecological Monographs 75: 37-63	abstract
	Spehn EM, Körner Ch 2005: A global assessment of mountain biodiversity and its function. In Huber U, Reasoner M, Bugmann H (eds), Global Change and Mountain Regions- a State of knowledge Overview. Springer, Heidelberg, Berlin
2004	Joshi J, Otway SJ, Koricheva J, Pfisterer AB, Alphei J, Roy BA, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schmid B, Spehn EM, Hector A 2004: Bottom-up effects and feed-backs in simple and diverse experimental grassland communities. In Weisser WW, Siemann E (eds), Insects and Ecosystem Function, Ecological Studies 75, Springer, Heidelberg, Berlin: 115-134
2002	Hector A, Schmid B, Beierkuhnlein C, Caldeira MC, Diemer M, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Finn J, Freitas H, Giller PS, Good J, Harris R, Högberg P, Huss-Danell K, Joshi J., Jumpponen A, Körner C, Leadley PW, Loreau M, Minns A, Mulder CPH, O'Donovan G, Otway SJ, Pereira JS, Prinz A, Read DJ, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schulze E-D, Siamantziouras A-SD, Spehn EM, Terry AC, Troumbis AY, Woodward FI, Yachi S, Lawton JH 2002: Biodiversity and the functioning of grassland ecosystems: Multisite studies. In: Functional consequences of biodiversity: experimental progress and theoretical extensions (eds. A. Kinzig, S. Pacala & D. Tilman): Princeton University Press.
	Körner Ch 2002: Mountain biodiversity, ist causes and function: an overview. In: Körner Ch, Spehn EM (eds) Mountain biodiversity. A global assessment. Parthenon, Boca Raton, pp 3-20
	Spehn EM, Messerli B, Körner Ch 2002: A global assessment of mountain biodiversity: synthesis. In: Körner Ch, Spehn EM (eds) Mountain biodiversity. A global assessment. Parthenon, Boca Raton, pp 3-20
	Spehn EM, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schmid B, Hector A, Caldeira MC, Dimitrakopoulos P, Finn JA, Jumpponen A, O'Donnovan G, Pereira JS, Schulze, ED, Troumbis AY Körner C 2002: The role of legumes as a component of biodiversity in a cross-European study of grassland biomass nitrogen. Oikos 98:205-218	abstract
2001	Hector A, Joshi J, Lawler SP, Spehn EM, Wilby A 2001: Conservation implications of the link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Oecologia, 129:624-628	abstract
	Minns A, Finn J, Hector A, Caldeira, M, Joshi J, Palmborg C, Schmid B, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Spehn E, Troumbis A and the BIODEPTH project 2001: The functioning of European grassland ecosystems: potential benefits of biodiversity to agriculture. Outlook on Agriculture 30: 179-185	abstract
2000	Arnone JA, Zaller JG, Spehn EM, Niklaus PA, Wells CE, Körner Ch 2000: Dynamics of root systems in native grasslands: effects of elevated atmospheric CO₂. New Phytol 147:73-85	abstract
	Spehn EM, Joshi J, Alphei J, Schmid B, Körner Ch 2000: Plant diversity effects on soil heterotrophic activity in experimental grassland ecosystems. Plant and Soil, 224, pp. 217-230	abstract
	Spehn EM, Joshi J, Schmid B, Diemer M, Körner Ch 2000: Above-ground resource use increases with plant species richness in experimental grassland ecosystems. Funct Ecol 14:326-337	abstract
1999	Hector A, Schmid B, Beierkuhnlein C, Caldeira MC, Diemer M, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Finn JA, Freitas H, Giller PS, Good J, Harris R, Högberg P, Huss-Danell K, Joshi J, Jumpponen A, Körner Ch, Leadley PW, Loreau M, Minns A, Mulder CPH, O'Donovan G, Otway SJ, Pereira JS, Prinz A, Read DJ, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schulze E-D, Siamantziouras A-SD, Spehn EM, Terry AC, Troumbis AY, Woodward FI, Yachi S, Lawton JH 1999: Plant diversity and productivity experiments in European grasslands. Science 286:1123-1127	abstract
1997	Arnone JA, Körner Ch 1997: Temperature Adaption and Acclimation Potential of Leaf Dark Respiration in Two Species of Ranunculus from Warm and Cold Habitats. Arctic and Alpine Research 29:122-125
	Diemer MW, Joshi J, Körner Ch, Schmid B, Spehn E 1997: An experimental protocol to assess the effects of plant diversity on ecosystem functioning utilized in a European research network. Bull Geobot Inst ETH 63:95-107