Urs Treier, visiting scientist
Period of stay at the Department
1. november 2006 - 31. december 2010
Summary of research interests
I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in the structure of plant populations and their changes due to ecological and evolutionary processes. My studies apply and combine macro-ecological techniques and cytological (e.g. flow cytometry) or molecular (e.g. AFLP, cp-DNA) methods.
Specifically, my research focuses on biogeographic and phylogenetic aspects of weeds and plant invaders. By studying different aspects of the population biology of Veratrum album, a tall lily toxic to livestock, I aim at understanding the weed problem in mountain pastures and meadows, grasslands that are species-rich but threatened in abundance and diversity through changing farming activities. With Centaurea maculosa I am investigating factors leading to the invasion success of this species in North America introduced from its native range in Europe.
For more detailed information see my personal webpage (link above).
Closest colleague at the Department
Prof. Jens-Christian Svenning, Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity
Work space at the Department: room No., building No., mail address
Building 1540, room 329, Ny Munkegade,