Biological Diversity and Adaptation
The research focus «Biological Diversity and Adaptation» concentrates on the question of how ecosystems react to environmental changes and how they can adapt to them.
Bumblebee genome mapped (Photo: Ben Sadd)
Genetic, species and ecosystem diversity are essential components of the biosphere. Researchers at D-USYS investigate the evolutionary and ecological processes that generate and maintain this diversity, thus regulating the way ecosystems respond to environmental changes.
The researchers at D-USYS are concerned with the dynamics of infectious diseases, biological invasions and declining populations as well as the prediction and control of such developments. An important question is how ecosystems can react to and adapt to environmental changes.
Examples of research projects
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Behaviour of the social bacteria Myxococcus Bantus (Photo: J. Berger / S. Kadam) -
How do plants respond to competition? (Photo: J. Williams) -
Alpine field experiments: Plants subjected to water stress (Photo: J. Levine)
