Bernhard Schmid
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 6017006 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Bernhard Schmid |
| NOMBRES | Bernhard |
| APELLIDO | Schmid |
| FIRMA | SCHMID B |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8430-3214 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1995 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Transdisciplinarity
Thirty years of Gaia
How puzzles are shaping our understanding of biodiversity
Games as a didactic tool (e. g., puzzles) are gaining recognition in environmental education to promote skill development, but also to develop a specific understanding of the natural world. However, a children’s puzzle containing representations of nature may unwillingly lead to “misconceptions” of biodiversity themes and processes, and an over-simplification of the relationship between people and nature. To solve this problem, positive connotati…
Der Aufstieg der Biodiversität zum globalen Thema
Shifting relative importance of climatic constraints on land surface phenology
Land surface phenology (LSP), the study of seasonal dynamics of vegetated land surfaces from remote sensing, is a key indicator of global change, that both responds to and influences weather and climate. The effects of climatic changes on LSP depend on the relative importance of climatic constraints in specific regions—which are not well understood at global scale. Understanding the climatic constraints that underlie LSP is crucial for explaining…
Observations, indicators and scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services change — a framework to support policy and decision-making
Genomics meets remote sensing in global change studies
Although the monitoring and prediction of ecosystem dynamics under global change have been extensively assessed, large gaps remain in our knowledge, including a need for concepts in rapid evolution and phenotypic plasticity, and a lack of large-scale and long-term monitoring. Recent genomic studies using the model species Arabidopsis predict that plastic and evolutionary changes in phenology may affect plant reproduction. We propose that three ge…
The Phenomenological Approach to Social Reality
Phenomenological Approach to Social Reality
Measuring Impartial Preference for Biodiversity
Shrines in Central Italy conserve plant diversity and large trees
Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes
Public participation and willingness to cooperate in common-pool resource management
Quantifying the evidence for biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning and services
Concern is growing about the consequences of biodiversity loss for ecosystem functioning, for the provision of ecosystem services, and for human well being. Experimental evidence for a relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem process rates is compelling, but the issue remains contentious. Here, we present the first rigorous quantitative assessment of this relationship through meta‐analysis of experimental work spanning 50 years to June 200…
Effects of Biodiversity on Ecosystem Functioning
Humans are altering the composition of biological communities through a variety of activities that increase rates of species invasions and species extinctions, at all scales, from local to global. These changes in components of the Earth's biodiversity cause concern for ethical and aesthetic reasons, but they also have a strong potential to alter ecosystem properties and the goods and services they provide to humanity. Ecological experiments, obs…
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
The ecological consequences of biodiversity loss have aroused considerable interest and controversy during the past decade. Major advances have been made in describing the relationship between species diversity and ecosystem processes, in identifying functionally important species, and in revealing underlying mechanisms. There is, however, uncertainty as to how results obtained in recent experiments scale up to landscape and regional levels and g…
Auf dem Weg von der Durchflußökonomie zur nachhaltigen Stoffwirtschaft Ein Vorschlag zur Weiterentwicklung der grundlegenden Regeln
Beim Übergang von der Durchflußökonomie zur nachhaltigen Stoffwirtschaft gilt es, nicht nur auf die Erhaltung der Biodiversität zu achten. Es gibt in der Natur und somit in Ökosystemen auch eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Zeitskalen, eine Diversität der Zeiten also, welche in die Regeln zum nachhaltigen Umgang mit Stoffen Eingang finden muß. Abstract & Keywords → p. 316
Die Biodiversitätsstrategie als Naturschutzkonzept auf nationaler Ebene
Die Geschichte des Naturschutzes in seinen ersten hundert Jahren gleicht einer endlosen Reihe von Feuerwehrübungen: Rettung von Tier- und Pflanzenarten vor dem Aussterben, Bewahren von Biotopen und Landschaften in Schutzgebieten, fast immer in Eile und als Reaktion auf Eingriffe der nutzsuchenden Menschen. Ist Naturschutz im großen und ganzen erfolgreich gewesen? Die Frage wird verschieden beantwortet und erinnert dabei an die Metapher vom halbvo…
Wieviel Natur brauchen wir
Is it unreasonable to ask “How Much Nature Do We Need?” I argue that this is one of the most important questions facing humankind at the turn to the next millenium. In spite of our reluctance to address this question it is a fact that we use nature (almost 50 per cent of the world primary production), that we do not pay for it, and that we make huge profits from this use. As a consequence many services of nature that are important for human survi…
Was wird von einem Nachdiplomstudium in Umweltwissenschaften erwartet
Since 1989 the University of Zurich offers a postgraduate course in environmental studies which was attended by about 150 students of varied professional backgrounds during the past five years. With the creation of the new Institute of Environmental Sciences at the university (Institut für Umweltwissenschaften) the curriculum for this postgraduate course was to be evaluated and modified accordingto the experiences gained in the previous five cour…
Diversity of Life in a Changing World
The current anthropogenic loss of biological diversity is expected to have widespread ecological and social consequences. In this introductory article, we review some major research topics in the rapidly growing field of biodiversity research. Our primary concern is to show the tight connection of biodiversity with ecosystem and population processes. From this perspective, important questions concern the response of ecosystems to environmental ch…
The Importance of Population Processes for the Maintenance of Biological Diversity
The central question in ecology is why a certain species is present at a given site and absent at others. A common view is that the physical site conditions determine the distribution and abundance of species, and therefore patterns of species and ecosystem diversity. Results from research in population biology, including examples from our own multidisciplinary biodiversity research programme, demonstrate, however, that observed patterns of speci…
Reductionism, holism, and integrated approaches in biodiversity research
It is widely appreciated today that research towards the conservation of biological diversity should transcend the boundaries of the traditional disciplines within the life sciences and between the life and the social sciences. However, experience shows that conceptual and methodological problems can arise in attempts to integrate the contributions of scientists working in different fields, for example in genetics and ecology. These problems are …
Diversity of Life in a Changing World
The current anthropogenic loss of biological diversity is expected to have widespread ecological and social consequences. In this introductory article, we review some major research topics in the rapidly growing field of biodiversity research. Our primary concern is to show the tight connection of biodiversity with ecosystem and population processes. From this perspective, important questions concern the response of ecosystems to environmental ch…
The Importance of Population Processes for the Maintenance of Biological Diversity
The central question in ecology is why a certain species is present at a given site and absent at others. A common view is that the physical site conditions determine the distribution and abundance of species, and therefore patterns of species and ecosystem diversity. Results from research in population biology, including examples from our own multidisciplinary biodiversity research programme, demonstrate, however, that observed patterns of speci…
Reductionism, holism, and integrated approaches in biodiversity research
It is widely appreciated today that research towards the conservation of biological diversity should transcend the boundaries of the traditional disciplines within the life sciences and between the life and the social sciences. However, experience shows that conceptual and methodological problems can arise in attempts to integrate the contributions of scientists working in different fields, for example in genetics and ecology. These problems are …
Wieviel Natur brauchen wir
Is it unreasonable to ask “How Much Nature Do We Need?” I argue that this is one of the most important questions facing humankind at the turn to the next millenium. In spite of our reluctance to address this question it is a fact that we use nature (almost 50 per cent of the world primary production), that we do not pay for it, and that we make huge profits from this use. As a consequence many services of nature that are important for human survi…
Was wird von einem Nachdiplomstudium in Umweltwissenschaften erwartet
Since 1989 the University of Zurich offers a postgraduate course in environmental studies which was attended by about 150 students of varied professional backgrounds during the past five years. With the creation of the new Institute of Environmental Sciences at the university (Institut für Umweltwissenschaften) the curriculum for this postgraduate course was to be evaluated and modified accordingto the experiences gained in the previous five cour…
Die Biodiversitätsstrategie als Naturschutzkonzept auf nationaler Ebene
Die Geschichte des Naturschutzes in seinen ersten hundert Jahren gleicht einer endlosen Reihe von Feuerwehrübungen: Rettung von Tier- und Pflanzenarten vor dem Aussterben, Bewahren von Biotopen und Landschaften in Schutzgebieten, fast immer in Eile und als Reaktion auf Eingriffe der nutzsuchenden Menschen. Ist Naturschutz im großen und ganzen erfolgreich gewesen? Die Frage wird verschieden beantwortet und erinnert dabei an die Metapher vom halbvo…
Auf dem Weg von der Durchflußökonomie zur nachhaltigen Stoffwirtschaft Ein Vorschlag zur Weiterentwicklung der grundlegenden Regeln
Beim Übergang von der Durchflußökonomie zur nachhaltigen Stoffwirtschaft gilt es, nicht nur auf die Erhaltung der Biodiversität zu achten. Es gibt in der Natur und somit in Ökosystemen auch eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Zeitskalen, eine Diversität der Zeiten also, welche in die Regeln zum nachhaltigen Umgang mit Stoffen Eingang finden muß. Abstract & Keywords → p. 316
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
The ecological consequences of biodiversity loss have aroused considerable interest and controversy during the past decade. Major advances have been made in describing the relationship between species diversity and ecosystem processes, in identifying functionally important species, and in revealing underlying mechanisms. There is, however, uncertainty as to how results obtained in recent experiments scale up to landscape and regional levels and g…
Effects of Biodiversity on Ecosystem Functioning
Humans are altering the composition of biological communities through a variety of activities that increase rates of species invasions and species extinctions, at all scales, from local to global. These changes in components of the Earth's biodiversity cause concern for ethical and aesthetic reasons, but they also have a strong potential to alter ecosystem properties and the goods and services they provide to humanity. Ecological experiments, obs…
Quantifying the evidence for biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning and services
Concern is growing about the consequences of biodiversity loss for ecosystem functioning, for the provision of ecosystem services, and for human well being. Experimental evidence for a relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem process rates is compelling, but the issue remains contentious. Here, we present the first rigorous quantitative assessment of this relationship through meta‐analysis of experimental work spanning 50 years to June 200…
Public participation and willingness to cooperate in common-pool resource management
Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes
The Phenomenological Approach to Social Reality
Phenomenological Approach to Social Reality
Measuring Impartial Preference for Biodiversity
Shrines in Central Italy conserve plant diversity and large trees
Shifting relative importance of climatic constraints on land surface phenology
Land surface phenology (LSP), the study of seasonal dynamics of vegetated land surfaces from remote sensing, is a key indicator of global change, that both responds to and influences weather and climate. The effects of climatic changes on LSP depend on the relative importance of climatic constraints in specific regions—which are not well understood at global scale. Understanding the climatic constraints that underlie LSP is crucial for explaining…
Observations, indicators and scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services change — a framework to support policy and decision-making
Genomics meets remote sensing in global change studies
Although the monitoring and prediction of ecosystem dynamics under global change have been extensively assessed, large gaps remain in our knowledge, including a need for concepts in rapid evolution and phenotypic plasticity, and a lack of large-scale and long-term monitoring. Recent genomic studies using the model species Arabidopsis predict that plastic and evolutionary changes in phenology may affect plant reproduction. We propose that three ge…
Der Aufstieg der Biodiversität zum globalen Thema
Thirty years of Gaia
How puzzles are shaping our understanding of biodiversity
Games as a didactic tool (e. g., puzzles) are gaining recognition in environmental education to promote skill development, but also to develop a specific understanding of the natural world. However, a children’s puzzle containing representations of nature may unwillingly lead to “misconceptions” of biodiversity themes and processes, and an over-simplification of the relationship between people and nature. To solve this problem, positive connotati…
Transdisciplinarity
Biodiversity (12 obras) · Biology (12 obras) · Ecology (10 obras) · Geography (10 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Ecosystem (8 obras) · Environmental resource management (8 obras) · Environmental Science (8 obras) · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras)