Prof. Dr. Niklaus Zimmermann
Funktion
Senior Scientist, Mitglied der Direktion
Kontakt
Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Standort
Birmensdorf Bi HL E 22
Please visit my complete website at:
www.wsl.ch/staff/niklaus.zimmermann
Research
My research focuses on modelling macroecological pattern and ecological dynamics of species, populations and biodiversity. I additionally have a strong interest in functional ecology and phylogenetic, and in better understanding the processes and constraints that limit species ranges at large spatial scales. This includes their physiological limitations, demographic processes, as well as interactions at the community level.
Macroecology & SDMs | Comparative Phylogenetics | Dynamic Models | GIS, RS & Climate |
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| WSL-Collaborators: | |||
| Laure, Achilleas, Michael, Damaris | Bianca, Laure | Heike, Michael, Damaris | Dirk, Achilleas |
| I use species distribution models (SDMs) to solve macroecological questions that are often related to studying the impact of global change on species, their ranges, their traits, and to biodiversity and communities. Much of my work has centered on improving and conceptualizing the SDM metho- dology. I frequently also combine it with other approaches. | I use phylogenies and phyloge- netic comparative methods to study the evolution of species, their traits, and how they adapt to a changing environment and thus contribute to assemble to com- munities and to form biodiversity at a range of scales. I mostly work with plants, often trees, but some- times also with animals (birds, fish) as study organisms. | I use (and rarely contribute to develop) dynamic approaches to study the effects of demographic and physiology on species and ecosystem responses to global change. My primary interest is to find novel ways to study rege- neration, growth and mortality as important demographic processes to study global change effects. | I often use Geographical Informa- tion Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) tools to generate large extent predictive layers useful for model building and ecological analyses. The scaling of climate layers from coarse (global, regional climate models) to a high spatial resolution (e.g. 100m, 1km) and to derive physiologically meaningful predictors are important elements. |
| Example References: | |||
| Thuiller et al. 2014 Hanewinkel et al. 2013 Meier et al. 2012 Kissling et al. 2012 Engler et al. 2011 Meier et al. 2011 Zimmermann et al. 2010 Zimmermann et al. 2009 Elith et al. 2006 Guisan & Zimmermann 2000 | Litsios et al. 2014 Pearman et al. 2014 Thuiller et al. 2014 D'Amen et al. 2013 Lexer et al. 2013 Litsios et al. 2012a Litsios et al. 2012b Kunstler et al. 2012 | Dullinger et al. 2012 Schurr et al. 2012 Kaplan et al. 2012 Hodson et al. 2011 Poulter et al. 2011a Thuiller et al. 2008 Lischke et al. 2006 Rickebusch et al. 2007 Thornton & Zimmermann 2007 | Beaumont et al. 2011 Psomas et al 2011 Poulter et al. 2011b Huber et al. 2010 Kaplan et al. 2009 Huber et al. 2008 Leyk & Zimmermann 2007 Zimmermann et al. 2007 Schwarz & Zimmermann 2005 |
FURTHER INFORMATION
Projects
Publications WSL
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Norberg, A.; Abrego, N.; Blanchet, F.G.; Adler, F.R.; Anderson, B.J.; Anttila, J.; Araújo, M.B.; Dallas, T.; Dunson, D.; Elith, J.; Foster, S.D.; Fox, R.; Franklin, J.; Godsoe, W.; Guisan, A.; O'Hara, B.; Hill, N.A.; Holt, R.D.; Hui, F.K.C.; ... Ovaskainen, O., 2019: A comprehensive evaluation of predictive performance of 33 species distribution models at species and community levels. Ecological Monographs, 89, 3: e01370 (24 pp.). doi: 10.1002/ecm.1370
Karger, D.N.; Kessler, M.; Conrad, O.; Weigelt, P.; Kreft, H.; König, C.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2019: Why tree lines are lower on islands—climatic and biogeographic effects hold the answer. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28, 6: 839-850. doi: 10.1111/geb.12897
Zurell, D.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Gross, H.; Baltensweiler, A.; Sattler, T.; Wüest, R.O., 2019: Testing species assemblage predictions from stacked and joint species distribution models. Journal of Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/jbi.13608
Kambach, S.; Lenoir, J.; Decocq, G.; Welk, E.; Seidler, G.; Dullinger, S.; Gégout, J.; Guisan, A.; Pauli, H.; Svenning, J.; Vittoz, P.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Bruelheide, H., 2019: Of niches and distributions: range size increases with niche breadth both globally and regionally but regional estimates poorly relate to global estimates. Ecography, 42, 3: 467-477. doi: 10.1111/ecog.03495
Rumpf, S.B.; Hülber, K.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Dullinger, S., 2019: Elevational rear edges shifted at least as much as leading edges over the last century. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28: 533-543. doi: 10.1111/geb.12865
Thuiller, W.; Guéguen, M.; Renaud, J.; Karger, D.N.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2019: Uncertainty in ensembles of global biodiversity scenarios. Nature Communications, 10, 1: 1446 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09519-w
Ahmadi, M.; Hemami, M.; Kaboli, M.; Malekian, M.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2019: Extinction risks of a Mediterranean neo-endemism complex of mountain vipers triggered by climate change. Scientific Reports, 9, 1: 6332 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42792-9
Saladin, B.; Thuiller, W.; Graham, C.H.; Lavergne, S.; Maiorano, L.; Salamin, N.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2019: Environment and evolutionary history shape phylogenetic turnover in European tetrapods. Nature Communications, 10, 1: 249 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08232-4
Araújo, M.B.; Anderson, R.P.; Barbosa, A.M.; Beale, C.M.; Dormann, C.F.; Early, R.; Garcia, R.A.; Guisan, A.; Maiorano, L.; Naimi, B.; O’Hara, R.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Rahbek, C., 2019: Standards for distribution models in biodiversity assessments. Science Advances, 5, 1: eaat4858 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aat4858
Xu, Z.; Li, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Li, S.; Li, H.; Ren, H.; Sun, H.; Han, X.; Jiang, Y.; Jiang, L., 2018: Plant functional diversity modulates global environmental change effects on grassland productivity. Journal of Ecology, 106, 5: 1941-1951. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12951
Zurell, D.; Gallien, L.; Graham, C.H.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2018: Do long-distance migratory birds track their niche through seasons?. Journal of Biogeography, 45, 7: 1459-1468. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13351
Chalmandrier, L.; Albouy, C.; Descombes, P.; Sandel, B.; Faurby, S.; Svenning, J.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pellissier, L., 2018: Comparing spatial diversification and meta-population models in the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Royal Society Open Science, 5, 3: 171366 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1098/rsos.171366
Caspersen, J.P.; Thürig, E.; Rigling, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2018: Complementarity of gymnosperms and angiosperms along an altitudinal temperature gradient. Oikos, 127, 12: 1787-1799. doi: 10.1111/oik.05360
Zhang, Z.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Calle, L.; Hurtt, G.; Chatterjee, A.; Poulter, B., 2018: Enhanced response of global wetland methane emissions to the 2015–2016 El Niño-Southern Oscillation event. Environmental Research Letters, 13, 7: 074009 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac939
Rumpf, S.B.; Hülber, K.; Klonner, G.; Moser, D.; Schütz, M.; Wessely, J.; Willner, W.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Dullinger, S., 2018: Range dynamics of mountain plants decrease with elevation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 115, 8: 1848-1853. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1713936115
Beck, H.E.; Zimmermann, NiklausE.; McVicar, T.R.; Vergopolan, N.; Berg, A.; Wood, E.F., 2018: Present and future köppen-geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution. Scientific Data, 5: 180214 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.214
Zurell, D.; Graham, C.H.; Gallien, L.; Thuiller, W.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2018: Long-distance migratory birds threatened by multiple independent risks from global change. Nature Climate Change, 8: 992-996. doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0312-9
Pellissier, L.; Albouy, C.; Bascompte, J.; Farwig, N.; Graham, C.; Loreau, M.; Maglianesi, M.A.; Melián, C.J.; Pitteloud, C.; Roslin, T.; Rohr, R.; Saavedra, S.; Thuiller, W.; Woodward, G.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Gravel, D., 2018: Comparing species interaction networks along environmental gradients. Biological Reviews, 93, 2: 785-800. doi: 10.1111/brv.12366
Steinbauer, M.J.; Grytnes, J.; Jurasinski, G.; Kulonen, A.; Lenoir, J.; Pauli, H.; Rixen, C.; Winkler, M.; Bardy-Durchhalter, M.; Barni, E.; Bjorkman, A.D.; Breiner, F.T.; Burg, S.; Dawes, M.A.; Czortek, P.; Delimat, A.; Dullinger, S.; Erschbamer, B.; Felde, V.A.; ... Wipf, S., 2018: Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming. Nature, 556, 7700: 231-234. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0005-6
Smyčka, J.; Roquet, C.; Renaud, J.; Thuiller, W.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Lavergne, S., 2018: Reprint of: disentangling drivers of plant endemism and diversification in the European Alps – a phylogenetic and spatially explicit approach. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 30: 31-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2017.08.003
Saladin, B.; Leslie, A.B.; Wüest, R.O.; Litsios, G.; Conti, E.; Salamin, N.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2017: Fossils matter: improved estimates of divergence times in Pinus reveal older diversification. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17, 1: 95 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0941-z
Karger, D.N.; Conrad, O.; Böhner, J.; Kawohl, T.; Kreft, H.; Soria-Auza, R.W.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Linder, H.P.; Kessler, M., 2017: Climatologies at high resolution for the earth's land surface areas. Scientific Data, 4: 170122 (20 pp.). doi: 10.1038/sdata.2017.122
Reyer, C.P.O.; Bathgate, S.; Blennow, K.; Borges, J.G.; Bugmann, H.; Delzon, S.; Faias, S.P.; Garcia-Gonzalo, J.; Gardiner, B.; Gonzalez-Olabarria, J.R.; Gracia, C.; Guerra Hernández, J.; Kellomäki, S.; Kramer, K.; Lexer, M.J.; Lindner, M.; Van der Maaten, E.; Maroschek, M.; Muys, B.; ... Hanewinkel, M., 2017: Are forest disturbances amplifying or canceling out climate change-induced productivity changes in European forests?. Environmental Research Letters, 12, 3: 034027 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa5ef1
Somodi, I.; Molnár, Z.; Czúcz, B.; Bede-Fazekas, Á.; Bölöni, J.; Pásztor, L.; Laborczi, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2017: Implementation and application of multiple potential natural vegetation models - a case study of Hungary. Journal of Vegetation Science, 28, 6: 1260-1269. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12564
Wang, S.; Xu, X.; Shrestha, N.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Tang, Z.; Wang, Z., 2017: Response of spatial vegetation distribution in China to climate changes since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). PLoS One, 12, 4: e0175742 (18 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175742
Zhang, Z.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Stenke, A.; Li, X.; Hodson, E.L.; Zhu, G.; Huang, C.; Poulter, B., 2017: Emerging role of wetland methane emissions in driving 21st century climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 114, 36: 9647-9652. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1618765114
Sáenz-Romero, C.; Lamy, J.; Ducousso, A.; Musch, B.; Ehrenmann, F.; Delzon, S.; Cavers, S.; Chałupka, W.; Dağdaş, S.; Hansen, J.K.; Lee, S.J.; Liesebach, M.; Rau, H.; Psomas, A.; Schneck, V.; Steiner, W.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Kremer, A., 2017: Adaptive and plastic responses of Quercus petraea populations to climate across Europe. Global Change Biology, 23, 7: 2831-2847. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13576
Guéguen, M.; Barros, C.; Douzet, R.; Carboni, M.; Boulangeat, I.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Münkemüller, T.; Thuiller, W., 2017: Extreme climate events counteract the effects of climate and land-use changes in Alpine tree lines. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54, 1: 39-50. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12742
Yousefpour, R.; Temperli, C.; Bredahl Jacobsen, J.; Jellesmark Thorsen, B.; Meilby, H.; Lexer, M.J.; Lindner, M.; Bugmann, H.; Borges, J.G.; Palma, J.H.N.; Ray, D.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Delzon, S.; Kremer, A.; Kramer, K.; Reyer, C.P.O.; Lasch-Born, P.; Garcia-Gonzalo, J.; Hanewinkel, M., 2017: A framework for modeling adaptive forest management and decision making under climate change. Ecology and Society, 22, 4: 40 (25 pp.). doi: 10.5751/ES-09614-220440
Smyčka, J.; Roquet, C.; Renaud, J.; Thuiller, W.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Lavergne, S., 2017: Disentangling drivers of plant endemism and diversification in the European Alps – a phylogenetic and spatially explicit approach. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, 28: 19-27. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2017.06.004
Loran, C.; Munteanu, C.; Verburg, P.H.; Schmatz, D.R.; Bürgi, M.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2017: Long-term change in drivers of forest cover expansion: an analysis for Switzerland (1850–2000). Regional Environmental Change, 17, 8: 2223-2235. doi: 10.1007/s10113-017-1148-y
Gallien, L.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Levine, J.M.; Adler, P.B., 2017: The effects of intransitive competition on coexistence. Ecology Letters, 20, 7: 791-800. doi: 10.1111/ele.12775
Chala, D.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Brochmann, C.; Bakkestuen, V., 2017: Migration corridors for alpine plants among the 'sky islands' of eastern Africa: do they, or did they exist?. Alpine Botany, 127, 2: 133-144. doi: 10.1007/s00035-017-0184-z
Jucker, T.; Caspersen, J.; Chave, J.; Antin, C.; Barbier, N.; Bongers, F.; Dalponte, M.; Van Ewijk, K.Y.; Forrester, D.I.; Haeni, M.; Higgins, S.I.; Holdaway, R.J.; Iida, Y.; Lorimer, C.; Marshall, P.L.; Momo, S.; Moncrieff, G.R.; Ploton, P.; Poorter, L.; ... Coomes, D.A., 2017: Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes. Global Change Biology, 23, 1: 177-190. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13388
D'Amen, M.; Rahbek, C.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Guisan, A., 2017: Spatial predictions at the community level: from current approaches to future frameworks. Biological Reviews, 92, 1: 169-187. doi: 10.1111/brv.12222
Serra-Varela, M.J.; Alía, R.; Ruiz Daniels, R.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Gonzalo-Jiménez, J.; Grivet, D., 2017: Assessing vulnerability of two Mediterranean conifers to support genetic conservation management in the face of climate change. Diversity and Distributions, 23, 5: 507-516. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12544
Rubio-Salcedo, M.; Psomas, A.; Prieto, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Martínez, I., 2017: Case study of the implications of climate change for lichen diversity and distributions. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26, 5: 1121-1141. doi: 10.1007/s10531-016-1289-1
Gallien, L.; Altermatt, F.; Wiemers, M.; Schweiger, O.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2017: Invasive plants threaten the least mobile butterflies in Switzerland. Diversity and Distributions, 23, 2: 185-195. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12513
Zurell, D.; Thuiller, W.; Pagel, J.; Cabral, J.S.; Münkemüller, T.; Gravel, D.; Dullinger, S.; Normand, S.; Schiffers, K.H.; Moore, K.A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Benchmarking novel approaches for modelling species range dynamics. Global Change Biology, 22, 8: 2651-2664. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13251
Girardin, M.P.; Bouriaud, O.; Hogg, E.H.; Kurz, W.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Metsaranta, J.M.; De Jong, R.; Frank, D.C.; Esper, J.; Büntgen, U.; Guo, X.J.; Bhatti, J., 2016: No growth stimulation of Canada's boreal forest under half-century of combined warming and CO2 fertilization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 113, 52: E8406-E8414. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1610156113
Chala, D.; Brochmann, C.; Psomas, A.; Ehrich, D.; Gizaw, A.; Masao, C.A.; Bakkestuen, V.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Good-bye to tropical alpine plant giants under warmer climates? Loss of range and genetic diversity in Lobelia rhynchopetalum. Ecology and Evolution, 6, 24: 8931-8941. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2603
Kirchheimer, B.; Schinkel, C.C.F.; Dellinger, A.S.; Klatt, S.; Moser, D.; Winkler, M.; Lenoir, J.; Caccianiga, M.; Guisan, A.; Nieto-Lugilde, D.; Svenning, J.; Thuiller, W.; Vittoz, P.; Willner, W.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Hörandl, E.; Dullinger, S., 2016: A matter of scale: apparent niche differentiation of diploid and tetraploid plants may depend on extent and grain of analysis. Journal of Biogeography, 43, 4: 716-726. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12663
Zimmermann, N.E.; Schmatz, D.R.; Gallien, L.; Körner, C.; Huber, B.; Frehner, M.; Küchler, M.; Psomas, A., 2016: Répartition des essences forestières et adéquation des stations. In: Pluess, A.R.; Augustin, S.; Brang, P.; Office fédéral de l’environnement OFEV,Berne; Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt (eds), 2016: Forêts et changements climatiques. Éléments pour des stratégies d'adaptation. Berne, Stuttgart, Vienne, Haupt. 205-227.
Zhang, Z.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Kaplan, J.O.; Poulter, B., 2016: Modeling spatiotemporal dynamics of global wetlands: comprehensive evaluation of a new sub-grid TOPMODEL parameterization and uncertainties. Biogeosciences, 13, 5: 1387-1408. doi: 10.5194/bg-13-1387-2016
Zurell, D.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Sattler, T.; Nobis, M.P.; Schröder, B., 2016: Effects of functional traits on the prediction accuracy of species richness models. Diversity and Distributions, 22, 8: 905-917. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12450
Wüest, R.O.; Litsios, G.; Forest, F.; Lexer, C.; Linder, H.P.; Salamin, N.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pearman, P.B., 2016: Resprouter fraction in Cape Restionaceae assemblages varies with climate and soil type. Functional Ecology, 30, 9: 1583-1592. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12629
Pellissier, L.; Bronken Eidesen, P.; Ehrich, D.; Descombes, P.; Schönswetter, P.; Tribsch, A.; Bakke Westergaard, K.; Alvarez, N.; Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Normand, S.; Vittoz, P.; Luoto, M.; Damgaard, C.; Brochmann, C.; Wisz, M.S.; Alsos, I.G., 2016: Past climate-driven range shifts and population genetic diversity in arctic plants. Journal of Biogeography, 43, 3: 461-470. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12657
Körner, C.; Basler, D.; Hoch, G.; Kollas, C.; Lenz, A.; Randin, C.F.; Vitasse, Y.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Where, why and how? Explaining the low-temperature range limits of temperate tree species. Journal of Ecology, 104, 4: 1076-1088. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12574
Kunstler, G.; Falster, D.; Coomes, D.A.; Hui, F.; Kooyman, R.M.; Laughlin, D.C.; Poorter, L.; Vanderwel, M.; Vieilledent, G.; Wright, S.J.; Aiba, M.; Baraloto, C.; Caspersen, J.; Cornelissen, J.H.C.; Gourlet-Fleury, S.; Hanewinkel, M.; Herault, B.; Kattge, J.; Kurokawa, H.; ... Westoby, M., 2016: Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition. Nature, 529, 7571: 204-207. doi: 10.1038/nature16476
Hülber, K.; Wessely, J.; Gattringer, A.; Moser, D.; Kuttner, M.; Essl, F.; Leitner, M.; Winkler, M.; Ertl, S.; Willner, W.; Kleinbauer, I.; Sauberer, N.; Mang, T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Dullinger, S., 2016: Uncertainty in predicting range dynamics of endemic alpine plants under climate warming. Global Change Biology, 22, 7: 2608-2619. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13232
Hurdu, B.; Escalante, T.; Pușcaș, M.; Novikoff, A.; Bartha, L.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Exploring the different facets of plant endemism in the South-Eastern Carpathians: a manifold approach for the determination of biotic elements, centres and areas of endemism. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119, 3: 649-672. doi: 10.1111/bij.12902
Gallien, L.; Saladin, B.; Boucher, F.C.; Richardson, D.M.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Does the legacy of historical biogeography shape current invasiveness in pines?. New Phytologist, 209, 3: 1096-1105. doi: 10.1111/nph.13700
Douda, J.; Boublík, K.; Slezák, M.; Biurrun, I.; Nociar, J.; Havrdová, A.; Doudová, J.; Aćić, S.; Brisse, H.; Brunet, J.; Chytrý, M.; Claessens, H.; Csiky, J.; Didukh, Y.; Dimopoulos, P.; Dullinger, S.; FitzPatrick, Ú.; Guisan, A.; Horchler, P.J.; ... Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Vegetation classification and biogeography of European floodplain forests and alder carrs. Applied Vegetation Science, 19, 1: 147-163. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12201
Clark, J.S.; Iverson, L.; Woodall, C.W.; Allen, C.D.; Bell, D.M.; Bragg, D.C.; D'Amato, A.W.; Davis, F.W.; Hersh, M.H.; Ibanez, I.; Jackson, S.T.; Matthews, S.; Pederson, N.; Peters, M.; Schwartz, M.W.; Waring, K.M.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: The impacts of increasing drought on forest dynamics, structure, and biodiversity in the United States. Global Change Biology, 22, 7: 2329-2352. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13160
Boucher, F.C.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Conti, E., 2016: Allopatric speciation with little niche divergence is common among alpine Primulaceae. Journal of Biogeography, 43, 3: 591-602. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12652
Luo, W.; Elser, J.J.; Lü, X.; Wang, Z.; Bai, E.; Yan, C.; Wang, C.; Li, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Han, X.; Xu, Z.; Li, H.; Wu, Y.; Jiang, Y., 2015: Plant nutrients do not covary with soil nutrients under changing climatic conditions. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29, 8: 1298-1308. doi: 10.1002/2015GB005089
Nieto-Lugilde, D.; Lenoir, J.; Abdulhak, S.; Aeschimann, D.; Dullinger, S.; Gégout, J.; Guisan, A.; Pauli, H.; Renaud, J.; Theurillat, J.; Thuiller, W.; Van Es, J.; Vittoz, P.; Willner, W.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Svenning, J., 2015: Tree cover at fine and coarse spatial grains interacts with shade tolerance to shape plant species distributions across the Alps. Ecography, 38, 6: 578-589. doi: 10.1111/ecog.00954
Serra-Varela, M.J.; Grivet, D.; Vincenot, L.; Broennimann, O.; Gonzalo-Jiménez, J.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2015: Does phylogeographical structure relate to climatic niche divergence? A test using maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, 11: 1302-1313. doi: 10.1111/geb.12369
Frank, D.C.; Poulter, B.; Saurer, M.; Esper, J.; Huntingford, C.; Helle, G.; Treydte, K.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Schleser, G.H.; Ahlström, A.; Ciais, P.; Friedlingstein, P.; Levis, S.; Lomas, M.; Sitch, S.; Viovy, N.; Andreu-Hayles, L.; Bednarz, Z.; Berninger, F.; ... Weigl, M., 2015: Water-use efficiency and transpiration across European forests during the Anthropocene. Nature Climate Change, 5, 6: 579-581. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2614
Dullinger, S.; Dendoncker, N.; Gattringer, A.; Leitner, M.; Mang, T.; Moser, D.; Mücher, C.A.; Plutzar, C.; Rounsevell, M.; Willner, W.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Hülber, K., 2015: Modelling the effect of habitat fragmentation on climate-driven migration of European forest understorey plants. Diversity and Distributions, 21, 12: 1375-1387. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12370
Wüest, R.O.; Antonelli, A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Linder, H.P., 2015: Available climate regimes drive niche diversification during range expansion. American Naturalist, 185, 5: 640-652. doi: 10.1086/680551
Schelhaas, M.; Nabuurs, G.; Hengeveld, G.; Reyer, C.; Hanewinkel, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Cullmann, D., 2015: Alternative forest management strategies to account for climate change-induced productivity and species suitability changes in Europe. Regional Environmental Change, 15, 8: 1581-1594. doi: 10.1007/s10113-015-0788-z
Poulter, B.; Cadule, P.; Cheiney, A.; Ciais, P.; Hodson, E.; Peylin, P.; Plummer, S.; Spessa, A.; Saatchi, S.; Yue, C.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2015: Sensitivity of global terrestrial carbon cycle dynamics to variability in satellite-observed burned area. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29, 2: 207-222. doi: 10.1002/2013GB004655
Wasof, S.; Lenoir, J.; Aarrestad, P.A.; Alsos, I.G.; Armbruster, W.S.; Austrheim, G.; Bakkestuen, V.; Birks, H.J.; Bråthen, K.A.; Broennimann, O.; Brunet, J.; Bruun, H.H.; Dahlberg, C.J.; Diekmann, M.; Dullinger, S.; Dynesius, M.; Ejrnæs, R.; Gégout, J.; Graae, B.J.; ... Decocq, G., 2015: Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, 12: 1401-1412. doi: 10.1111/geb.12375
Münkemüller, T.; Gallien, L.; Lavergne, S.; Renaud, J.; Roquet, C.; Abdulhak, S.; Dullinger, S.; Garraud, L.; Guisan, A.; Lenoir, J.; Svenning, J.; Van Es, J.; Vittoz, P.; Willner, W.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Thuiller, W., 2014: Scale decisions can reverse conclusions on community assembly processes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, 6: 620-632. doi: 10.1111/geb.12137
Normand, S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Schurr, F.M.; Lischke, H., 2014: Demography as the basis for understanding and predicting range dynamics. Ecography, 37, 12: 1149-1154. doi: 10.1111/ecog.01490
Merow, C.; Smith, M.J.; Edwards, T.C.; Guisan, A.; McMahon, S.M.; Normand, S.; Thuiller, W.; Wüest, R.O.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Elith, J., 2014: What do we gain from simplicity versus complexity in species distribution models?. Ecography, 37, 12: 1267-1281. doi: 10.1111/ecog.00845
Boulangeat, I.; Georges, D.; Dentant, C.; Bonet, R.; Van Es, J.; Abdulhak, S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Thuiller, W., 2014: Anticipating the spatio-temporal response of plant diversity and vegetation structure to climate and land use change in a protected area. Ecography, 37, 12: 1230-1239. doi: 10.1111/ecog.00694
Pottier, J.; Malenovský, Z.; Psomas, A.; Homolová, L.; Schaepman, M.E.; Choler, P.; Thuiller, W.; Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2014: Modelling plant species distribution in alpine grasslands using airborne imaging spectroscopy. Biology Letters, 10, 7: 20143047 (4 pp.). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0347
Thuiller, W.; Münkemüller, T.; Schiffers, K.H.; Georges, D.; Dullinger, S.; Eckhart, V.M.; Edwards, Jr., T.C.; Gravel, D.; Kunstler, G.; Merow, C.; Moore, K.; Piedallu, C.; Vissault, S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Zurell, D.; Schurr, F.M., 2014: Does probability of occurrence relate to population dynamics?. Ecography, 37, 12: 1155-1166. doi: 10.1111/ecog.00836
Thuiller, W.; Pironon, S.; Psomas, A.; Barbet-Massin, M.; Jiguet, F.; Lavergne, S.; Pearman, P.B.; Renaud, J.; Zupan, L.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2014: The European functional tree of bird life in the face of global change. Nature Communications, 5: 3118 (21 pp.). doi: 10.1038/ncomms4118
Thuiller, W.; Guéguen, M.; Georges, D.; Bonet, R.; Chalmandrier, L.; Garraud, L.; Renaud, J.; Roquet, C.; Van Es, J.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Lavergne, S., 2014: Are different facets of plant diversity well protected against climate and land cover changes? A test study in the French Alps. Ecography, 37, 12: 1254-1266. doi: 10.1111/ecog.00670
Pearman, P.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Guisan, A.; Psomas, A.; Schmatz, D.R., 2014: Impacts on the biodiversity of widely distributed birds and vascular plants: species richness and turnover. In: 2014: CH2014-Impacts. Toward quantitative scenarios of climate change impacts in Switzerland. Bern, Switzerland, OCCR, FOEN, MeteoSwiss, C2SM, Agroscope, ProClim. 69-78.
Bugmann, H.; Brang, P.; Elkin, C.; Henne, P.; Jakoby, O.; Lévesque, M.; Lischke, H.; Psomas, A.; Rigling, A.; Wermelinger, B.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2014: Climate change impacts on tree species, forest properties, and ecosystem services. In: Raible, C.C.; Strassmann, K.M. (eds), 2014: CH2014-Impacts. Toward quantitative scenarios of climate change impacts in Switzerland. Bern, Switzerland, OCCR, FOEN, MeteoSwiss, C2SM, Agroscope, ProClim. 79-89.
Patsiou, T.S.; Conti, E.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Theodoridis, S.; Randin, C.F., 2014: Topo-climatic microrefugia explain the persistence of a rare endemic plant in the Alps during the last 21 millennia. Global Change Biology, 20, 7: 2286-2300. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12515
Litsios, G.; Wüest, R.O.; Kostikova, A.; Forest, F.; Lexer, C.; Linder, H.P.; Pearman, P.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Salamin, N., 2014: Effects of a fire response trait on diversification in replicated radiations. Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution, 68, 2: 453-465. doi: 10.1111/evo.12273
Lexer, C.; Wüest, R.O.; Mangili, S.; Heuertz, M.; Stölting, K.N.; Pearman, P.B.; Forest, F.; Salamin, N.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Bossolini, E., 2014: Genomics of the divergence continuum in an African plant biodiversity hotspot, I: drivers of population divergence in Restio capensis (Restionaceae). Molecular Ecology, 23, 17: 4373-4386. doi: 10.1111/mec.12870
Lindner, M.; Fitzgerald, J.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Reyer, C.; Delzon, S.; Van der Maaten, E.; Schelhaas, M.; Lasch, P.; Eggers, J.; Van der Maaten-Theunissen, M.; Suckow, F.; Psomas, A.; Poulter, B.; Hanewinkel, M., 2014: Climate change and European forests: what do we know, what are the uncertainties, and what are the implications for forest management?. Journal of Environmental Management, 146: 69-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.07.030
Hanspach, J.; Schweiger, O.; Kühn, I.; Plattner, M.; Pearman, P.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Settele, J., 2014: Host plant availability potentially limits butterfly distributions under cold environmental conditions. Ecography, 37, 3: 301-308. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00195.x
Duputié, A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Chuine, I., 2014: Where are the wild things? Why we need better data on species distribution. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, 4: 457-467. doi: 10.1111/geb.12118
Carlson, B.Z.; Georges, D.; Rabatel, A.; Randin, C.F.; Renaud, J.; Delestrade, A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Choler, P.; Thuiller, W., 2014: Accounting for tree line shift, glacier retreat and primary succession in mountain plant distribution models. Diversity and Distributions, 20, 12: 1379-1391. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12238
Maggini, R.; Lehmann, A.; Zbinden, N.E.; Zimmermann, J.; Bolliger, J.; Schröder, B.; Foppen, R.; Schmid, H.; Beniston, M.; Jenni, L., 2014: Assessing species vulnerability to climate and land use change: the case of the Swiss breeding birds. Diversity and Distributions, 20, 6: 708-719. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12207
Meier, E.S.; Dullinger, S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Baumgartner, D.; Gattringer, A.; Hülber, K., 2014: Space matters when defining effective management for invasive plants. Diversity and Distributions, 20, 9: 1029-1043. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12201
Maiorano, L.; Amori, G.; Capula, M.; Falcucci, A.; Masi, M.; Montemaggiori, A.; Pottier, J.; Psomas, A.; Rondinini, C.; Russo, D.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Boitani, L.; Guisan, A., 2013: Threats from climate change to terrestrial vertebrate hotspots in Europe. PLoS One, 8, 9: e74989 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074989
Pearman, P.B.; Lavergne, S.; Roquet, C.; Wüest, R.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Thuiller, W., 2013: Phylogenetic patterns of climatic, habitat and trophic niches in a European avian assemblage. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, 4: 414-424. doi: 10.1111/geb.12127
Pellissier, L.; Bråthen, K.A.; Vittoz, P.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Dubuis, A.; Meier, E.S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Randin, C.F.; Thuiller, W.; Garraud, L.; Van Es, J.; Guisan, A., 2013: Thermal niches are more conserved at cold than warm limits in arctic-alpine plant species. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 8: 933-941. doi: 10.1111/geb.12057
Maiorano, L.; Cheddadi, R.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pellissier, L.; Petitpierre, B.; Pottier, J.; Laborde, H.; Hurdu, B.I.; Pearman, P.B.; Psomas, A.; Singarayer, J.S.; Broennimann, O.; Vittoz, P.; Dubuis, A.; Edwards, M.E.; Binney, H.A.; Guisan, A., 2013: Building the niche through time: using 13,000 years of data to predict the effects of climate change on three tree species in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 3: 302-317. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00767.x
Normand, S.; Randin, C.; Ohlemüller, R.; Bay, C.; Høye, T.T.; Kjær, E.D.; Körner, C.; Lischke, H.; Maiorano, L.; Paulsen, J.; Pearman, P.B.; Psomas, A.; Treier, U.A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Svenning, J., 2013: A greener Greenland? Climatic potential and long-term constraints on future expansions of trees and shrubs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 368, 1624: 20120479 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0479
Alberto, F.J.; Derory, J.; Boury, C.; Frigerio, J.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Kremer, A., 2013: Imprints of natural selection along environmental gradients in phenology-related genes of Quercus petraea. Genetics, 195, 2: 495-512. doi: 10.1534/genetics.113.153783
Delzon, S.; Urli, M.; Samalens, J.; Lamy, J.; Lischke, H.; Sin, F.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Porté, A.J., 2013: Field evidence of colonisation by holm oak, at the northern margin of its distribution range, during the anthropocene period. PLoS One, 8, 11: e80443 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080443
Dawson, M.N.; Algar, A.C.; Antonelli, A.; Dávalos, L.M.; Davis, E.; Early, R.; Guisan, A.; Jansson, R.; Lessard, J.; Marske, K.A.; McGuire, J.; Stigall, A.L.; Swenson, N.G.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Gavin, D.G., 2013: An horizon scan of biogeography. Frontiers of Biogeography, 5, 2: 130-157. doi: 10.21425/F5FBG18854
Parviainen, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Heikkinen, R.K.; Luoto, M., 2013: Using unclassified continuous remote sensing data to improve distribution models of red-listed plant species. Biodiversity and Conservation, 22, 8: 1731-1754. doi: 10.1007/s10531-013-0509-1
Lexer, C.; Mangili, S.; Bossolini, E.; Forest, F.; Stölting, K.N.; Pearman, P.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Salamin, N., 2013: 'Next generation' biogeography: towards understanding the drivers of species diversification and persistence. Journal of Biogeography, 40, 6: 1013-1022. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12076
Hanewinkel, M.; Cullmann, D.A.; Schelhaas, M.; Nabuurs, G.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2013: Climate change may cause severe loss in the economic value of European forest land. Nature Climate Change, 3, 3: 203-207. doi: 10.1038/nclimate1687
D'Amen, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pearman, P.B., 2013: Conservation of phylogeographic lineages under climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 1: 93-104. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00774.x
Coops, N.C.; Morsdorf, F.; Schaepman, M.E.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2013: Characterization of an alpine tree line using airborne LiDAR data and physiological modeling. Global Change Biology, 19, 12: 3808-3821. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12319
Engler, R.; Waser, L.T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Schaub, M.; Berdos, S.; Ginzler, C.; Psomas, A., 2013: Combining ensemble modeling and remote sensing for mapping individual tree species at high spatial resolution. Forest Ecology and Management, 310: 64-73. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.059
Randin, C.F.; Paulsen, J.; Vitasse, Y.; Kollas, C.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Körner, C., 2013: Do the elevational limits of deciduous tree species match their thermal latitudinal limits?. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 8: 913-923. doi: 10.1111/geb.12040
Zurell, D.; Grimm, V.; Rossmanith, E.; Zbinden, N.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Schröder, B., 2012: Uncertainty in predictions of range dynamics: black grouse climbing the Swiss Alps. Ecography, 35, 7: 590-603. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07200.x
Schurr, F.M.; Pagel, J.; Sarmento Cabral, J.; Groeneveld, J.; Bykova, O.; O'Hara, R.B.; Hartig, F.; Kissling, W.D.; Linder, H.P.; Midgley, G.F.; Schröder, B.; Singer, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2012: How to understand species' niches and range dynamics: a demographic research agenda for biogeography. Journal of Biogeography, 39, 12: 2146-2162. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02737.x
Litsios, G.; Pellissier, L.; Forest, F.; Lexer, C.; Pearman, P.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Salamin, N., 2012: Trophic specialization influences the rate of environmental niche evolution in damselfishes (Pomacentridae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological sciences, 279, 1743: 3662-3669. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1140
Kunstler, G.; Lavergne, S.; Courbaud, B.; Thuiller, W.; Vieilledent, G.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Kattge, J.; Coomes, D.A., 2012: Competitive interactions between forest trees are driven by species' trait hierarchy, not phylogenetic or functional similarity: implications for forest community assembly. Ecology Letters, 15, 8: 831-840. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01803.x
Kissling, W.D.; Dormann, C.F.; Groeneveld, J.; Hickler, T.; Kühn, I.; McInerny, G.J.; Montoya, J.M.; Römermann, C.; Schiffers, K.; Schurr, F.M.; Singer, A.; Svenning, J.; Zimmermann, N.E.; O'Hara, R.B., 2012: Towards novel approaches to modelling biotic interactions in multispecies assemblages at large spatial extents. Journal of Biogeography, 39, 12: 2163-2178. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02663.x
Kaplan, J.O.; Krumhardt, K.M.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2012: The effects of land use and climate change on the carbon cycle of Europe over the past 500 years. Global Change Biology, 18, 3: 902-914. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02580.x
Gallien, L.; Douzet, R.; Pratte, S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Thuiller, W., 2012: Invasive species distribution models - how violating the equilibrium assumption can create new insights. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21, 11: 1126-1136. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00768.x
Dullinger, S.; Gattringer, A.; Thuiler, W.; Moser, D.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Guisan, A.; Willner, W.; Plutzar, C.; Leitner, M.; Mang, T.; Caccianiga, M.; Dirnböck, T.; Ertl, S.; Fischer, A.; Lenoir, J.; Svenning, J.; Psomas, A.; Schmatz, D.R.; Silc, U.; ... Hülber, K., 2012: Extinction debt of high-mountain plants under twenty-first-century climate change. Nature Climate Change, 2, 8: 619-622. doi: 10.1038/Nclimate1514
Broennimann, O.; Fitzpatrick, M.C.; Pearman, P.B.; Petitpierre, B.; Pellissier, L.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Thuiller, W.; Fortin, M.-J.; Randin, C.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Graham, C.H.; Guisan, A., 2012: Measuring ecological niche overlap from occurrence and spatial environmental data. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21, 4: 481-497. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00698.x
Litsios, G.; Sims, C.A.; Wüest, R.O.; Pearman, P.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Salamin, N., 2012: Mutualism with sea anemones triggered the adaptive radiation of clownfishes. BMC Molecular Biology, 12, 1: 212 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-212
Taberlet, P.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Englisch, T.; Tribsch, A.; Holderegger, R.; Alvarez, N.; Niklfeld, H.; Coldea, G.; Mirek, Z.; Moilanen, A.; Ahlmer, W.; Marsan, P.A.; Bona, E.; Bovio, M.; Choler, P.; Cieślak, E.; Colli, L.; Cristea, V.; Dalmas, J.; ... IntraBioDiv Consortium, 2012: Genetic diversity in widespread species is not congruent with species richness in alpine plant communities. Ecology Letters, 15, 12: 1439-1448. doi: 10.1111/ele.12004
Meier, E.S.; Lischke, H.; Schmatz, D.R.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2012: Climate, competition and connectivity affect future migration and ranges of European trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21, 2: 164-178. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00669.x
Kunstler, G.; Albert, C.H.; Courbaud, B.; Lavergne, S.; Thuiller, W.; Vieilledent, G.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Coomes, D.A., 2011: Effects of competition on tree radial-growth vary in importance but not in intensity along climatic gradients. Journal of Ecology, 99, 1: 300-312. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01751.x
Meier, E.S.; Edwards Jr., T.C.; Kienast, F.; Dobbertin, M.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2011: Co-occurrence patterns of trees along macro-climate gradients and their potential influence on the present and future distribution of Fagus sylvatica L. Journal of Biogeography, 38, 2: 371-382. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02405.x
Wellstein, C.; Schröder, B.; Reineking, B.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2011: Understanding species and community response to environmental change - a functional trait perspective. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 145, 1: 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.06.024
Steinmann, K.; Eggenberg, S.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Linder, H.P.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2011: Niches and noise - disentangling habitat diversity and area effect on species diversity. Ecological Complexity, 8, 4: 313-319. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2011.06.004
Pearman, P.B.; Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2011: Impacts of climate change on Swiss biodiversity: an indicator taxa approach. Biological Conservation, 144, 2: 866-875. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.11.020
Psomas, A.; Kneubühler, M.; Huber, S.; Itten, K.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2011: Hyperspectral remote sensing for estimating aboveground biomass and for exploring species richness patterns of grassland habitats. International Journal for Remote Sensing, 32, 24: 9007-9031. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2010.532172
Maiorano, L.; Falcucci, A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Psomas, A.; Pottier, J.; Baisero, D.; Rondinini, C.; Guisan, A.; Boitani, L., 2011: The future of terrestrial mammals in the Mediterranean basin under climate change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366, 1578: 2681-2692. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0121
Engler, R.; Randin, C.F..; Thuiller, W.; Dullinger, S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Araújo, M.B.; Pearman, P.B.; Le Lay, G.; Piedallu, C.; Albert, C.H.; Choler, P.; Coldea, G.; De Lamo, X.; Dirnböck, T.; Gégout, J.; Gómez-García, D.; Grytnes, J.; Heegaard, E.; Høistad, F.; ... Guisan, A., 2011: 21st century climate change threatens mountain flora unequally across Europe. Global Change Biology, 17, 7: 2330-2341. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02393.x
D'Amen, M.; Bombi, P.; Pearman, P.B.; Schmatz, D.R.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Bologna, M.A., 2011: Will climate change reduce the efficacy of protected areas for amphibian conservation in Italy?. Biological Conservation, 144, 3: 989-997. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.11.004
Beaumont, L.J.; Pitman, A.; Perkins, S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Thuiller, W., 2011: Impacts of climate change on the world's most exceptional ecoregions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 108, 6: 2306-2311. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1007217108
Hodson, E.L.; Poulter, B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Prigent, C.; Kaplan, J.O., 2011: The El Niño-Southern oscillation and wetland methane interannual variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, 8: L08810 (4 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2011GL046861
Poulter, B.; Ciais, P.; Hodson, E.; Lischke, H.; Maignan, F.; Plummer, S.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2011: Plant functional type mapping for earth system models. Geoscientific Model Development, 4, 4: 993-1010. doi: 10.5194/gmd-4-993-2011
Poulter, B.; Frank, D.C.; Hodson, E.L.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2011: Impacts of land cover and climate data selection on understanding terrestrial carbon dynamics and the CO2 airborne fraction. Biogeosciences, 8, 8: 2027-2036. doi: 10.5194/bg-8-2027-2011
Zimmermann, N.E.; Edwards Jr., T.C.; Graham, C.H.; Pearman, P.B.; Svenning, J., 2010: New trends in species distribution modelling. Ecography, 33, 6: 985-989. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06953.x
Lenoir, J.; Gégout, J.; Guisan, A.; Vittoz, P.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Dullinger, S.; Pauli, H.; Willner, W.; Svenning, J., 2010: Going against the flow: potential mechanisms for unexpected downslope range shifts in an warming climate. Ecography, 33, 2: 295-303. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06279.x
Somodi, I.; Virágh, K.; Székely, B.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2010: Changes in predictor influence with time and with vegetation type identity in a post-abandonment situation. Basic and Applied Ecology, 11, 3: 225-233. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.11.006
Pearman, P.B.; D'Amen, M.; Graham, C.H.; Thuiller, W.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2010: Within-taxon niche structure: niche conservation, divergence and predicted effects of climate change. Ecography, 33, 6: 990-1003. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06443.x
Pellissier, L.; Brathen, K.A.; Pottier, J.; Randin, C.F.; Vittoz, P.; Dubuis, A.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Alm, T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Guisan, A., 2010: Species distribution models reveal apparent competitive and facilitative effects of a dominant species on the distribution of tundra plants. Ecography, 33, 6: 1004-1014. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06386.x
Huber, S.; Koetz, B.; Psomas, A.; Kneubuehler, M.; Schopfer, J.T.; Itten, K.I.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2010: Impact of multiangular information on empirical models to estimate canopy nitrogen concentration in mixed forest. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 4: 43530 (17 pp.). doi: 10.1117/1.3435334
Albert, C.H.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Edwards Jr., T.C.; Graham, C.H.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Thuiller, W., 2010: Sampling in ecology and evolution - bridging the gap between theory and practice. Ecography, 33, 6: 1028-1037. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06421.x
Rammig, A.; Jonas, T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Rixen, C., 2010: Changes in alpine plant growth under future climate conditions. Biogeosciences, 7, 6: 2013-2024. doi: 10.5194/bg-7-2013-2010
McVicar, T.R.; Van Niel, T.G.; Roderick, M.L.; Li, L.T.; Mo, X.G.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Schmatz, D.R., 2010: Observational evidence from two mountainous regions that near-surface wind speeds are declining more rapidly at higher elevations than lower elevations: 1960-2006. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, 6: L06402 (6 pp.). doi: 10.1029/2009GL042255
Meier, E.S.; Kienast, F.; Pearman, P.B.; Svenning, J.; Thuiller, W.; Araújo, M.S.; Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2010: Biotic and abiotic variables show little redundancy in explaining tree species distributions. Ecography, 33, 6: 1038-1048. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06229.x
Lenoir, J.; Gégout, J.; Guisan, A.; Vittoz, P.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Dullinger, S.; Pauli, H.; Willner, W.; Grytner, J.A.; Virtanen, R.; Svenning, J., 2010: Cross-scale analysis of the region effect on vascular plant species diversity in Southern and Northern European mountain ranges. PLoS One, 5, 12: e15734 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015734
Zimmermann, N.E.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Edwards, Jr., T.C.; Meier, E.S.; Thuiller, W.; Guisan, A.; Schmatz, D.R.; Pearman, P.B., 2009: Climatic extremes improve predictions of spatial patterns of tree species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America PNAS, 106, Suppl. 2: 19723-19728. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0901643106
Nobis, M.P.; Jaeger, J.A.G.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2009: Neophyte species richness at the landscape scale under urban sprawl and climate warming. Diversity and Distributions, 15, 6: 928-939. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00610.x
Galley, C.; Linder, H.P.; Zimmermann, N., 2009: Pentaschistis (Poaceae) diversity in the Cape mediterranean region: habitat heterogeneity and climate stability. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 18, 5: 586-595. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00468.x
Steinmann, K.; Linder, H.P.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2009: Modelling plant species richness using functional groups. Ecological Modelling, 220, 7: 962-967. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.01.006
Engler, R.; Randin, C.F.; Vittoz, P.; Czáka, T.; Beniston, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Guisan, A., 2009: Predicting future distributions of mountain plants under climate change: does dispersal capacity matter?. Ecography, 32, 1: 34-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05789.x
Kaplan, J.O.; Krumhardt, K.M.; Zimmermann, N., 2009: The prehistoric and preindustrial deforestation of Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 27-28: 3016-3034. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.09.028
Mathys, L.; Guisan, A.; Kellenberger, T.W.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2009: Evaluating effects of spectral training data distribution on continuous field mapping performance. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 64, 6: 665-673. doi: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2009.04.005
Randin, C.F.; Engler, R.; Normand, S.; Zappa, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pearman, P.B.; Vittoz, P.; Thuiller, W.; Guisan, A., 2009: Climate change and plant distribution: local models predict high-elevation persistence. Global Change Biology, 15, 6: 1557-1569. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01766.x
Zimmermann, N.E.; Bugmann, H., 2008: Die Kastanie im Engadin – oder was halten Baumarten von modellierten Potenzialgebieten?. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 159, 10: 326-335. doi: 10.3188/szf.2008.0326
Thuiller, W.; Albert, C.; Araujo, M.B.; Berry, P.M.; Cabeza, M.; Guisan, A.; Hickler, T.; Midgley, G.F.; Paterson, J.; Schurr, F.M.; Sykes, M.T.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2008: Predicting global change impacts on plant species' distributions: Future challenges. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 9: 137-152. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2007.09.004
Rigling, A.; Brang, P.; Bugmann, H.; Kräuchi, N.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Zimmermann, N., 2008: Klimawandel als Prüfstein für die Waldbewirtschaftung. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 159, 10: 316-325. doi: 10.3188/szf.2008.0316
Rutherford, G.N.; Bebi, P.; Edwards, P.J.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2008: Assessing land-use statistics to model land cover change in a mountainous landscape in the European Alps. Ecological Modelling, 212: 460-471. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.050
Pearman, P.B.; Randin, C.F.; Broennimann, O.; Vittoz, P.; Van der Knaap, W.O.; Engler, R.; Le Lay, G.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Guisan, A., 2008: Prediction of plant species distributions across six millennia. Ecology Letters, 11, 4: 357-369. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01150.x
Kneubühler, M.; Koetz, B.; Huber, S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Schaepman, M.E., 2008: Space-based spectrodirectional measurements for the improved estimation of ecosystem variables. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 34, 3: 192-205.
Huber, S.; Kneubühler, M.; Psomas, A.; Itten, K.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2008: Estimating foliar biochemistry from hyperspectral data in mixed forest canopy. Forest Ecology and Management, 256: 491-501. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.011
Gugerli, F.; Englisch, T.; Niklfeld, H.; Tribsch, A.; Mirek, Z.; Ronikier, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Holderegger, R.; Taberlet, P.; IntraBioDiv Consortium, 2008: Relationships among levels of biodiversity and the relevance of intraspecific diversity in conservation - a project synopsis. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 10, 4: 259-281. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2008.07.001
Gehrig-Fasel, J.; Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2008: Evaluating thermal treeline indicators based on air and soil temperature using an air-to-soil temperature transfer model. Ecological Modelling, 213: 345-355. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.01.003
Gehrig-Fasel, J.; Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: Tree line shifts in the Swiss Alps: climate change or land abandonment?. Journal of Vegetation Science, 18, 4: 571-582. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2007.tb02571.x
Zimmermann, N.E.; Edwards Jr., T.C.; Moisen, G.G.; Frescino, T.S.; Blackard, J.A., 2007: Remote sensing-based predictors improve distribution models of rare, early successional and broadleaf tree species in Utah. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44, 5: 1057-1067. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01348.x
Thornton, P.E.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: An improved canopy integration scheme for a land surface model with prognostic canopy structure. Journal of Climate, 20: 3902-3923. doi: 10.1175/Jcli4222.1
Rickebusch, S.; Lischke, H.; Bugmann, H.; Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: Understanding the low-temperature limitations to forest growth through calibration of a forest dynamics model with tree-ring data. Forest Ecology and Management, 246: 251-263. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.030
Shiyatov, S.G.; Terent'ev, M.M.; Fomin, V.V.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: Altitudinal and Horizontal Shifts of the Upper Boundaries of Open and Closed Forests in the Polar Urals in the 20th Century. Russian Journal of Ecology, 38, 4: 223-227. doi: 10.1134/S1067413607040017
Rutherford, G.N.; Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: Evaluating sampling strategies and logistic regression methods for modelling complex land cover changes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44, 2: 414-424. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01281.x
Rickebusch, S.; Gellrich, M.; Lischke, H.; Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: Combining probabilistic land-use change and tree population dynamics modelling to simulate responses in mountain forests. Ecological Modelling, 209: 157-168. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.06.027
Leyk, S.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: Improving land change detection based on uncertain survey maps using fuzzy sets. Landscape Ecology, 22, 2: 257-272. doi: 10.1007/s10980-006-9021-2
Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Elith, J.; Graham, C.H.; Phillips, S.; Peterson, A.T., 2007: What matters for predicting the occurrences of trees: techniques, data, or species' characteristics?. Ecological Monographs, 77, 4: 615-630. doi: 10.1890/06-1060.1
Gellrich, M.; Baur, P.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: Natural forest regrowth as a proxy variable for agricultural land abandonment in the Swiss mountains: a spatial statistical model based on geophysical and socio-economic variables. Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 12, 4: 269-278. doi: 10.1007/s10666-006-9062-6
Gellrich, M.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: Investigating the regional-scale pattern of agricultural land abandonment in the Swiss mountains: A spatial statistical modelling approach. Landscape and Urban Planning, 79: 65-76. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.03.004
Gellrich, M.; Baur, P.; Koch, B.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: Agricultural land abandonment and natural forest re-growth in the Swiss mountains: A spatially explicit economic analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 118: 93-108. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.05.001
Randin, C.F.; Dirnböck, T.; Dullinger, S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Zappa, M.; Guisan, A., 2006: Are niche-based species distribution models transferable in space?. Journal of Biogeography, 33: 1689-1703. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01466.x
Moisen, G.G.; Freeman, E.A.; Blackard, J.A.; Frescino, T.S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Edwards, T.C.Jr., 2006: Predicting tree species presence and basal area in Utah: A comparison of stochastic gradient boosting, generalized additive models, and tree-based methods. Ecological Modelling, 199: 176-187. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.05.021
Mathys, L.; Ginzler, C.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Brassel, P.; Wildi, O., 2006: Sensitivity assessment on continuous landscape variables to classify a discrete forest area. Forest Ecology and Management, 229, 1-3: 111-119. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.03.012
Lischke, H.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Bolliger, J.; Rickebusch, S.; Löffler, T.J., 2006: TreeMig: A forest-landscape model for simulating spatio-temporal patterns from stand to landscape scale. Ecological Modelling, 199: 409-420. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.11.046
Mathys, L.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Zbinden, N.; Suter, W., 2006: Identifying habitat suitability for hazel grouse Bonasa bonasia at the landscape scale. Wildlife Biology, 12, 4: 357-366. doi: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[357:Ihsfhg]2.0.Co;2
Maggini, R.; Lehmann, A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Guisan, A., 2006: Improving generalized regression analysis for the spatial prediction of forest communities. Journal of Biogeography, 33, 10: 1729-1749. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01465.x
Guisan, A.; Broennimann, O.; Engler, R.; Vust, M.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Lehmann, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2006: Using niche-based models to improve the sampling of rare specie. Conservation Biology, 20, 2: 501-511. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00354.x
Elith, J.; Graham, C.H.; Anderson, R.P.; Dudík, M.; Ferrier, S.; Guisan, A.; Hijmans, R.J.; Huettmann, F.; Leathwick, J.R.; Lehmann, A.; Li, J.; Lohmann, L.G.; Loiselle, B.A.; Manion, G.; Moritz, C.; Nakamura, M.; Nakazawa, Y.; Overton, J.McC.; Townsend Peterson, A.; ... Zimmermann, N.E., 2006: Novel methods improve prediction of species' distributions from occurrence data. Ecography, 29, 2: 129-151. doi: 10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04596.x
Edwards, T.C.Jr.; Cutler, D.R.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Geiser, L.; Moisen, G.G., 2006: Effects of sample survey design on the accuracy of classification tree models in species distribution models. Ecological Modelling, 199: 1322-141. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.05.016
Cunningham, C.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Stöckli, V.; Bugmann, H., 2006: Growth response of Norway spruce saplings in two forest gaps in the Swiss Alps to artificial browsing, infection with black snow mold, and competition by ground vegetation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 36, 11: 2782-2793. doi: 10.1139/X06-156
Cunningham, C.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Stöckli, V.; Bugmann, H., 2006: Growth of Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) saplings in subalpine forests in Switzerland: Does spring climate matter?. Forest Ecology and Management, 228: 19-32. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.052
Edwards, T.C.; Cutler, D.R.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Geiser, L.; Alegria, J., 2005: Model-based stratifications for enhancing the detection of rare ecological events. Ecology, 86, 5: 1081-1090. doi: 10.1890/04-0608
Jolly, W.M.; Dobbertin, M.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2005: Divergent vegetation growth responses to the 2003 heat wave in the Swiss Alps. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L18409: 4 pp.. doi: 10.1029/2005GL023252
Dobbertin, M.; Hilker, N.; Rebetez, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Rigling, A., 2005: The upward shift in altitude of pine mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. austriacum) in Switzerland - the result of climate warming?. International Journal of Biometeorology, 50: 40-47. doi: 10.1007/s00484-005-0263-5
Dobbertin, M.; Mayer, P.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Feldmeyer-Christe, E.; Graf, U.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Rigling, A., 2005: The Decline of Pinus sylvestris L. Forests in the Swiss Rhone Valley - a Result of Drought Stress?. Phyton, 45, 4: 153-156.
Schwarz, M.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2005: A new GLM-based method for mapping tree cover continuous fields using regional MODIS reflectance data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 95: 428-443. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.12.010
Powell, J.A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2004: Multiscale analysis of active seed dispersal contributes to resolving Reid's paradox. Ecology, 85, 2: 490-506. doi: 10.1890/02-0535
Cherubini, P.; Gärtner, H.; Esper, J.; Kaennel Dobbertin, M.; Kaiser, K.F.; Rigling, A.; Treydte, K.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Bräker, O.U., 2004: Jahrringe als Archiv für interdisziplinäre Umweltforschung. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 155, 6: 162-168. doi: 10.3188/szf.2004.0162
Schaepman, M.E.; Koetz, B.; Schaepman-Strub, G.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Itten, K.I., 2004: Quantitative retrieval of biogeophysical characteristics using imaging spectroscopy - a mountain forest case study. Community Ecology, 5, 1: 93-104. doi: 10.1556/ComEc.5.2004.1.9
Wildi, O.; Feldmeyer-Christe, E.; Ghosh, S.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2004: Comments on vegetation monitoring approaches. Community Ecology, 5, 1: 1-5. doi: 10.1556/ComEc.5.2004.1.1
Schwarz, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Wildi, O.; Kienast, F., 2004: Erfassen kontinuierlicher Bodenbedeckungsdaten anhand von MODIS Daten in der Schweiz. Botanica Helvetica, 114, 2: 151-167.
Price, D.T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Van der Meer, P.J.; Lexer, M.J.; Leadly, P.; Jorritsma, I.T.M.; Schaber, J.; Clark, D.F.; Lasch, P.; McNulty, S.; Wu, J.; Smith, B., 2001: Regeneration in gap models: Priority issues for studying forest responses to climate change. Climatic Change, 51, 3-4: 475-508. doi: 10.1023/A:1012579107129
Schloeder, C.A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Jacobs, M.J., 2001: Comparison of Methods for Interpolating Soil Properties Using Limited Data. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 65, 2: 470-479.
Bolliger, J.; Kienast, F.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2000: Risks of global warming on montane and subalpine forests in Switzerland - a modeling study. Regional Environmental Change, 1, 3-4: 99-111. doi: 10.1007/s101130000018
Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2000: Predictive habitat distribution models in ecology. Ecological Modelling, 135, 2-3: 147-186. doi: 10.1016/S0304-3800(00)00354-9
Kienast, F.; Zimmermann, N.; Wildi, O., 2000: Évolutions possibles des aires de répartition des principales essences forestières en fonction des scénarios de changement climatique. Revue Forestiere Francaise, 52: 119-126.
Zimmermann, N.E.; Kienast, F., 1999: Predictive mapping of alpine grasslands in Switzerland: species versus community approach. Journal of Vegetation Science, 10, 4: 469-482. doi: 10.2307/3237182
Further scientific publications
This book introduces the key stages of niche-based habitat suitability model building, evaluation and prediction required for understanding and predicting future patterns of species and biodiversity.
Madrigal-González, J.; Ruiz-Benito, P.; Ratcliffe, S.; Rigling, A.; Wirth, C.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Zweifel, R.; Zavala, M.A., 2017: Competition drives oak species distribution and functioning in Europe: implications under global change. In: Gil-Pelegrín, E.; Peguero-Pina, J.J.; Sancho-Knapik, D. (eds), 2017: Oaks physiological ecology. Exploring the functional diversity of genus Quercus L.. Cham, Springer. 513-518.
Zimmermann, N.E.; Schmatz, D.R.; Gallien, L.; Körner, C.; Huber, B.; Frehner, M.; Küchler, M.; Psomas, A., 2016: Baumartenverbreitung und Standorteignung. In: Pluess, A.R.; Augustin, S.; Brang, P.; Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU,Bern; Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald,Schnee und Landschaft WSL,Birmensdorf (eds), 2016: Wald im Klimawandel. Grundlagen für Adaptationsstrategien. Bern, Stuttgart, Wien, Haupt. 199-221.
Wohlgemuth, T.; Gallien, L.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Verjüngung von Buche und Fichte im Klimawandel. In: Pluess, A.R.; Augustin, S.; Brang, P.; Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU,Bern; Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald,Schnee und Landschaft WSL,Birmensdorf (eds), 2016: Wald im Klimawandel. Grundlagen für Adaptationsstrategien. Bern, Stuttgart, Wien, Haupt. 115-135.
Wohlgemuth, T.; Gallien, L.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Régénération du hêtre et de l'épicéa dans le contexte des changements climatiques. In: Pluess, A.R.; Augustin, S.; Brang, P.; Office fédéral de l’environnement OFEV,Berne; Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt (eds), 2016: Forêts et changements climatiques. Éléments pour des stratégies d'adaptation. Berne, Stuttgart, Vienne, Haupt. 119-141.
Remund, J.; Von Arx, G.; Gallien, L.; Rebetez, M.; Huber, B.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Klimawandel in der Schweiz - Entwicklung waldrelevanter Klimagrössen. In: Pluess, A.R.; Augustin, S.; Brang, P.; Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU,Bern; Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald,Schnee und Landschaft WSL,Birmensdorf (eds), 2016: Wald im Klimawandel. Grundlagen für Adaptationsstrategien. Bern, Stuttgart, Wien, Haupt. 23-37.
Remund, J.; Von Arx, G.; Gallien, L.; Rebetez, M.; Huber, B.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Changements climatiques en Suisse - définition de paramètres climatiques relatifs à la forêt. In: Pluess, A.R.; Augustin, S.; Brang, P.; Office fédéral de l’environnement OFEV,Berne; Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt (eds), 2016: Forêts et changements climatiques. Éléments pour des stratégies d'adaptation. Berne, Stuttgart, Vienne, Haupt. 23-39.
Meier, E.S.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Importance of species competition and migration limitation for tree distributions during global change. In: Krumm, F.; Vitková, L. (eds), 2016: Introduced tree species in European forests: opportunities and challenges. Freiburg, European Forest Institute. 226-235.
Clark, J.S.; Iverson, L.; Woodall, C.W.; Allen, C.D.; Bell, D.M.; Bragg, D.C.; D'Amato, T.; Davis, F.W.; Hersh, M.; Ibáñez, I.; Jackson, S.T.; Matthews, S.; Pederson, N.; Peters, M.; Schwartz, M.; Waring, K.; ... Zimmermann, N.E., 2016: Impacts of Increasing Drought on Forest Dynamics, Structure, Diversity, and Management. In: Vose, J.M.; Clark, J.S.; Patel-Weynand, T. (eds), 2016: Effects of drought on forests and rangelands in the United States: A comprehensive science synthesis. Washington, USDA. 59-96.
Wohlgemuth, T.; Brang, P.; Bugmann, H.; Rigling, A.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2014: Forschung zu Wald und Klimawandel in Mitteleuropa: eine Werkschau. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 165, 2: 27-36. doi: 10.3188/szf.2014.0027
Zimmermann, N.E.; Gebetsroither, E.; Züger, J.; Schmatz, D.; Psomas, A., 2013: Future climate of the European alps. In: Cerbu, G.A.; Hanewinkel, M.; Gerosa, G.; Jandl, R. (eds), 2013: Management Strategies to Adapt Alpine Space Forests to Climate Change Risks. Rijeka, InTech. 257-260. doi: 10.5772/56278
Zimmermann, N.E.; Jandl, R.; Hanewinkel, M.; Kunstler, G.; Kölling, C.; Gasparini, P.; Breznikar, A.; Meier, E.S.; Normand, S.; Ulmer, U.; Gschwandtner, T.; Veit, H.; Naumann, M.; Falk, W.; Mellert, K.; Rizzo, M.; Skudnik, M.; ... Psomas, A., 2013: Potential future ranges of tree species in the Alps. In: Cerbu, G.A.; Jandl, R. (eds), 2013: Management Strategies to Adapt Alpine Space Forests to Climate Change Risks. Rijeka, InTech. 37-48. doi: 10.5772/56279
Zimmermann, N.E.; Normand, S.; Psomas, A., 2013: Climate change and range shifts in mountain plants of the European Alps and Carpathians. Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica, 55, Suppl. 1: 18.
Hengeveld, G.; Schelhaas, M.-J.; Reyer, C.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Cullmann, D.A.; Nabuurs, G.-J., 2013: How fast can European forests adapt to a changing climate?. In: Fitzgerald, J.; Lindner, M. (eds), 2013: Adapting to Climate Change in European Forests - Results of the MOTIVE Project. Sofia, Pensoft Publishers. 80-82.
Zimmermann, N.E.; Normand, S.; Pearman, P.B.; Psomas, A., 2013: Future ranges in European tree species. In: Fitzgerald, J.; Lindner, M. (eds), 2013: Adapting to Climate Change in European Forests - Results of the MOTIVE Project. Sofia, Pensoft Publishers. 15-21.
Zimmermann, N.E.; Schmatz, D.; Psomas, A., 2013: Climate change scenarios to 2100 and implications for forest management. In: Fitzgerald, J.; Lindner, M. (eds), 2013: Adapting to Climate Change in European Forests - Results of the MOTIVE Project. Sofia, Pensoft Publishers. 9-14.
Pearman, P.B.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2012: Biological indicators - species. In: Spellerberg, I.; Fogel, D.S.; Fredericks, S.E.; Butler Harrington, L.M. (eds), 2012: Measurements, indicators and research methods for sustainability. Great Barrington, Berkshire Publishing. 26-31.
Brang, P.; Born, J.; Augustin, S.; Küchli, C.; Pauli, B.; Thürig, E.; Wermelinger, B.; Wohlgemuth, T.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2011: Forschungsprogramm Wald und Klimawandel. Synthese der ersten Programmphase 2009-2011. Birmensdorf, Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL; Bern, Bundesamt für Umwelt. 51 p.
Tribsch, A.; Englisch, T.; Gugerli, F.; Holderegger, R.; Niklfeld, H.; Steinmann, K.; Thiel-Egenter, C.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Taberlet, P.; IntraBioDiv Consortium, 2010: Integrating data across biodiversity levels; the project IntraBioDiv. In: Spehn, E.M.; Körner, C. (eds), 2010: Data mining for global trends in mountain biodiversity. Boca Raton, CRC Press. 89-105.
Lischke, H.; Löffler, T.J.; Thornton, P.E.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2007: Model Up-scaling in landscape research. In: Kienast, F.; Wildi, O.; Ghosh, S. (eds), 2007: A Changing World. Challenges for Landscape Research. Dordrecht, Springer. 249-272.
Zimmermann, N.E.; Washington-Allen, R.A.; Ramsey, R.D.; Schaepman, M.E.; Mathys, L.; Kötz, B.; Kneubühler, M.; Edwards, T.C., 2007: Modern remote sensing for environmental monitoring of landscape states and trajectories. In: Kienast, F.; Wildi, O.; Ghosh, S. (eds), 2007: A Changing World. Challenges for Landscape Research. Dordrecht, Springer. 65-91.
Zimmermann, N.; Bolliger, J.; Gehrig-Fasel, J.; Guisan, A.; Kienast, F.; Lischke, H.; Rickebusch, S.; Wohlgemuth, T., 2006: Wo wachsen die Bäume in 100 Jahren?. In: 2006: Wald und Klimawandel. Forum für Wissen 2006, WSL Birmensdorf. 63-71.
Schwarz, M.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Waser, L.T., 2004: MODIS based continuous fields of tree cover using generalized linear models. In: 2004: 2004 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium proceedings. Science for society: exploring and managing a changing planet. IGARSS 2004 Vol. 7. 2004 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IGARSS 2004, Anchorage, AK, USA. 2377-2380. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1369766
Leyk, S.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2004: A predictive uncertainty model for field-based survey maps using generalized linear models. In: Egenhofer, M.; Freska, C.; Harvey, M. (eds), 2004: Geographic information science. Proceedings. Third International Conference, GI Science 2004, Adelphi. 191-205. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-30231-5_13
Feldmeyer-Christe, E.; Ghosh, S.; Wildi, O.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Podani, J. (eds), 2004: Modern approaches in vegetation monitoring. State of the Art in Vegetation Monitoring Approaches, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, March 24-26, 2003. Birmensdorf, Switzerland, Akadémiai Kiado. 143 p.
Mathys, L.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Guisan, A., 2004: Spatial pattern of forest resources in a multifunctional landscape. International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 36, 8/W2: 340-342.
Wohlgemuth, T.; Eggenberg, S.; Favre, P.; Hollenstein, H.-U.; König Urmi, K.; Pauli, D.; Zimmermann, N., 2002: Farn- und Blütenpflanzen. In: Hänggi, A.; Müller, J.P. (eds), 2002: Eine 24-Stunden Aktion zur Erfassung der Biodiversität auf der Alp Flix (Graubünden): Methoden und Resultate. 15-17.
Waser, L.; Zimmermann, N.; Keller, M.; Schwarz, M., 2001: Rapid assessmant of land cover in the European Alps - Evaluation of MODIS MOD 12 data. In: Belward, A.; Binaghi, E.; Brivio, P.A.; Lanzarone, G.A.T.G. (eds), 2001: International Workshop on Geo-Spatial Knowledge Processing for Natural Resource Management. International Workshop on Geo-Spatial Knowledge Processing for Natural Resource Management, Varese. 376-381.
Kienast, F.; Zimmermann, N.; Wildi, O., 2000: Scénarios d'évolution des aires de répartition des principles essences forestières en fonction des scénarios de changement climatique. In: Rebetez, M.; Combe, J. (eds), 2000: Quelle sylviculture pour les climats à venir?. Journée thématique de l'Antenne romande du WSL, Lausanne, November 28, 2000. 21-26.
Kienast, F.; Wildi, O.; Brzeziecki, B.; Zimmermann, N.; Lemm, R., 1998: Klimaänderung und mögliche langfristige Auswirkungen auf die Vegetation der Schweiz. Schlussbericht NFP 31. Zürich, vdf, Hochschulverlag an der ETH. 71 p.
Magazine article and brochures
Ottmer, B.; Semadeni, S.; Zimmermann, N., 2019: Handeln, bevor es zu spät ist. WSL-Magazin Diagonal, 2019, 1: 16-19.
Ottmer, B.; Semadeni, S.; Zimmermann, N., 2019: Agir avant qu’il ne soit trop tard. Magazine du WSL Diagonale, 2019, 1: 16-19.
Ottmer, B.; Semadeni, S.; Zimmermann, N., 2019: Act before it is too late. WSL magazine Diagonal, 2019, 1: 16-19.
Wohlgemuth, T.; Wermelinger, B.; Zimmermann, N.E., 2018: Wie lange kann die Fichte dem Klimawandel im Kanton Zürich trotzen?. Zürcher Wald, 6-10.
Gugerli, F.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Holderegger, R., 2013: Genetische Vielfalt. Die Alpen als Barriere und Schmelztiegel. Hotspot, 12-13.
Zimmermann, N.E., 2010: Synergien nutzen: Biodiversität im Zeichen des Klimawandels. Hotspot, 18-19.
Kienast, F.; Wildi, O.; Zimmermann, N., 2004: Mögliche Auswirkungen der Klimaänderung auf die Baumartenverbreitung in der Schweiz. Antworten mit Hilfe von Modellen. Local Land and Soil News: The Bulletin of the European Land and Soil Alliance, 7-8.
Waser, L.; Zimmermann, N.; Schwarz, M., 2003: Landcoverdaten unter der Lupe. Eignung von MODIS-Landcoverdaten und ähnlichen Produkten anderer Satelliten zur Bewertung Landschafts-relevanter Fragen im Alpenraum - ein Vergleich mit nationalen Forstinventuren. Informationsblatt Landschaft, 56: 1-4.
Zimmermann, N., 2001: TERRA/MODIS - Ein umfassendes, satellitengestütztes Erdbeobachtungssystem. Informationsblatt Landschaft, 49: 3-4.
Zimmermann, N., 2001: Umfassender Blick auf die Erde. Informationsfülle Modis fördert das wissenschaftliche Überwachen von Landschaften. Aargauer Zeitung, 24.
Kienast, F.; Wildi, O.; Lemm, R.; Zimmermann, N., 1997: Autre climat - Autre végétation? Les réponses données par la modélisation. Arguments de la recherche, 13: 2-8.
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