European springtime temperature controls Alpine ibex vitality

Press release WSL: Büntgen et al. (2013) Ecology Letters Alpine ibex populations benefit from climate change: Warmer springtime temperatures, earlier snowmelt, and hence better food availability enhance their horn growth, which is a sign of overall vitality. An international team headed by Ulf Büntgen and Kurt Bollmann at the Swiss ... Read more

Visiting professorship in Brno, Czech Republic, 1-14 Dec 2013

I am staying in Brno, Czech Republic from December 1st to 14th, visiting colleagues and friends at both, the Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, as well as the Department of Geography at Masaryk University and the Institute of Agriculture Systems and Bioclimatology at ... Read more