Square Foot Project
Epochal changes of grassland diversity in Switzerland
Description
The grasslands of Central Europe are habitats of great ecological and economic importance whose biodiversity has declined drastically due to human influence. Using a globally unique dataset of historical vegetation records, the Square Foot Project aims to quantify this transformation over more than a century and identify its drivers.
Key Data
Projectlead
Deputy Projectlead
Project team
Dr. Annelie Holzkämper, Dr. Michael Kessler, Hallie Seiler, Stefan Widmer, Dr. Thomas Michael Wohlgemuth
Project partners
Agroscope
Project status
ongoing, started 01/2021
Funding partner
SNF-Projektförderung / Projekt Nr. 197641
Further documents and links
Publications
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Cover vs. biomass sampling in grassland vegetation plots
2024 Riedel, Susanne; Widmer, Stefan; Bringuier, Orane; Dengler, Jürgen
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The Historic Square Foot Dataset : outstanding small‐scale richness in Swiss grasslands around the year 1900
2023 Riedel, Susanne; Widmer, Stefan; Babbi, Manuel; Buholzer, Serge; Grünig, Andreas; Herzog, Felix; Richner, Nina; Dengler, Jürgen
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Square Foot Project gestartet : Wandel der Grünlanddiversität in der Schweiz über ein Jahrhundert
2021 Dengler, Jürgen; Babbi, Manuel; Widmer, Stefan
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