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Master thesis - Modelling optimal acclimation across canopy gradients
Background The rate of CO2 uptake by photosynthesis is determined by the acclimation of leaves to the prevailing light environment. In dense forests, light intensity decreases exponentially as we go from the top of the canopy towards the ground, as light is absorbed and scattered by leaves.
Feb 21, 2023 —
Institute of Geography, University of Bern
Jaideep Joshi
Master thesis - High resolution quantification of seasonal water deficits
Background Seasonal water deficits, caused by the imbalance of water from the land surface through evapotranspiration and runoff and the gain through precipitation, are an important driver of agricultural productivity and forest growth.
Benjamin Stocker
Feb 21, 2023
Master thesis - Global land carbon cycle modelling
Background Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs) are key tools for understanding biosphere-climate feedbacks and transient vegetation dynamics in response to global change. A novel vegetation demography model, the BiomeE, is a mechanistic cohort-based model which simulates vegetation dynamics and biogeochemical processes.
Feb 21, 2023 8:38 AM — 8:38 AM
Institute of Geography, University of Bern
Laura Marqués
Master thesis - Droughts in the last millennium
Background There is a current scientific debate if the intensity of the recent 2003, 2015, and 2018 droughts is exceptional in the context of the last millennium. Based on tree-ring reconstructions, some authors find them to be within the range of natural variability (Ionita et al.
Benjamin Stocker
Feb 21, 2023
Master and Bachelors theses - Topographic controls on vegetation patterns
Supervision: Dr. Koen Hufkens and Prof. Benjamin Stocker We call on students to determine the importance of topographic and soil factors on natural vegetative landscape components (forest cover fraction, vegetation height, woody fraction).
Feb 21, 2023 —
Institute of Geography, University of Bern
Koen Hufkens
Master thesis - Sink vs. source control on tree growth
Modelling biophysical limits to forest production
Dec 14, 2022 12:00 AM
Institute of Geography, University of Bern and WSL Birmensdorf
Benjamin Stocker
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