Ecology Team
The Ecology research group in April 2026 in the Tropical Greenhouse of the Botanical Garden in Basel. From left to right: Front row - Leo, Sarina, Sophie G., Sabine, Myriam, Maimoonah, Judith; Second row - Benjamin, Sophie, Noah, Franziska, Peppa, Sonja, Raphael; Back row - Samuel, Martino, Marco, Georg, Jonathan
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University of Basel
Departement of Environmental Sciences
Research Group Ecology
Bernoullistrasse 32
4056 Basel
Switzerland
Franziska Grob / Administration:
Tel. +41 61 207 23 11
Monday - Thursday afternoons
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Completed theses
Leo Amrein - Master's thesis completed in 2026: From scree to grassland: warming favours taller growth forms in an alpine plant community
Bastian Zingg - Master's thesis completed in 2025: Wild bee diversity increases with urbanisation
Saskia Durisch - Master's thesis completed in 2025: Reduced copper concentrations in Salix alba rootstock soil on a Swiss vineyard without affecting arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity
Alexandra Kuttnig - Master's thesis completed in 2024: Beta diversity analyses reveal the benefits of grazing exclusion for regional bird diversity in Burkina Faso
Former group members
Maya Schrödl
Christopher Johnson
Bastian Zingg
Saskia Durisch
Tianchen Liang
Alexandra Kuttnig
Brigitte Braschler
Camila Pacheco-Riaño
Sarah Bürli
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