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Rodolphe Schlaepfer

rodolphe.schlaepfer@epfl.ch +41 21 693 57 71 +41 79 636 25 55

Nationalité: Swiss

Expertise

Planification expérimentale, analyses statistiques, critères et indicateurs environnementaux, gestion des écosystèmes forestiers, écologie du paysage, 

Expertise

Planification expérimentale, analyses statistiques, techniques d'échantillonnage, critères et indicateurs environnementaux, gestion des écosystèmes forestiers, écologie du paysage, 

Formation

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1964 – 1964 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

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1966 – 1966 Université Laval, Québec
Dirigée par Gilles Ladouceur

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1969 – 1969 University of Edinburgh
Dirigée par David Finney

Expériences professionnelles

1967–1967

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Research, Birmensdorf

1969–1976

Ciba-Geigy, Basel

1976–1982

Swiss Engineering School for Agronomy

1982–1987

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich

1987–1996

Swiss Federal Institute of technology in Zürich (ETHZ), Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)

1997–2005

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)

Enseignement

Cours Introduction aux méthodes statistiques Haute Ecole Spécialisée Bernoise, Architecture, bois et génie civil, Bienne

Some past professional responsabilities

- President of the Swiss Biometrical Society - Board member of IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organisation) - Editor for Europe of the Journal Urban and Landscape Planning - President of the Lemanic Forest Forum

Supervision of master and PhD theses

Round 100 master and PhD projects in the fields of forest management, forest inventory, forest growth, forest ecology, criteria and indicator of sustainable forestry, landscape ecology, participation techniques, remote sensing, forest certification.

Publications représentatives

Looking for differences in wood properties as a function of the felling date: lunar phase-correlated variations in the drying behavior of Norway Spruce (Picea abies Karst.) and Sweet Chestnut (Castan

E. Zuercher, R. Schlaepfer, M. Conedera and F. Giudici
Published in Trees-Structure and Function, 24, p. 31-41, 2010 in

Landscape effects on anuran pond occupancy in agricultural countryside: barrier-based buffers predict distributions better than circular buffers

Zanini, Flavio; Klingemann,Anna; Schlaepfer, Rodolphe;Schmidt, Benedikt R.
Published in Can. J. Zoo. 86: 692-699 (2008) in

Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Management as Fundaments of Forest Landscape Restoration

Schlaepfer Rodolphe
Published in in Forest Landscape Restoration in Central and Northern Europe. Veltheim, T. and Pajari, B (eds). EFI Proceedings No 53. 2005 in

Gouvernance participative dans la gestion intégrée de l'eau par bassin versant au Québec: Etat des lieux et réflexions.

Luyet, V. Rousseau, A.N., Schlaepfer, R., Villeneuve, J.-P.
Published in Vecteur Environnement, Novembre 2005: 36-45 in

Recent climate change: Rethinking drought in the context of Forest Fire Research in Ticino, South of Switzerland

Reinhard, M., Rebetez, M., Schlaepfer, R.
Published in Theoretical and Applied Climatology. Published online, March 31, 2005 in

Critères et indicateurs de la gestion des ressources forestières: Prise en compte de la complexité et de l'approche écosystémique

Schlaepfer, Rodolphe; Bütler, Rita
Published in Revue Forestière Française, 2004 (5): 431-444 in

Quantitative snag targets for the three-toed woodpecker Picoïdes tridactylus

Bütler, Rita; Angelstam Per; Schlaepfer, Rodolphe.
Published in Ecological Bulletins 51 (2004): 219-232 in

Impacts of snow-farming on alpine soil and vegetation: A case study from the Swiss Alps

A. Buttler; R. Teuscher; N. Deschamps; K. Gavazov; L. Bragazza  et al.

Science Of The Total Environment. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166225.

Detailed record

Ericoid shrub encroachment shifts aboveground-belowground linkages in three peatlands across Europe and Western Siberia

A. Buttler; L. Bragazza; F. Laggoun-Defarge; S. Gogo; M.-L. Toussaint  et al.

Global Change Biology. 2023. DOI : 10.1111/gcb.16904.

Detailed record

Composition and superposition of alluvial deposits drive macro-biological soil engineering and organic matter dynamics in floodplains

A. Schomburg; D. Sebag; P. Turberg; E. P. Verrecchia; C. Guenat  et al.

Geoderma. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.113899.

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Earthworms as ecosystem engineers : a review

R.-C. Le Bayon; G. Bullinger-Weber; A. C. Schomburg; P. Turberg; R. Schlaepfer  et al.

Earthworms. Types, roles and research; New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2017. p. 129 - 177.

Detailed record

A framework to implement Stakeholder participation in environmental projects

V. Luyet; R. Schlaepfer; M. Parlange; A. Buttler

Journal of Environmental Management. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.06.026.

Detailed record

Looking for differences in wood properties as a function of the felling date: lunar phase-correlated variations in the drying behavior of Norway Spruce (Picea abies Karst.) and Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.)

E. Zuercher; R. Schlaepfer; M. Conedera; F. Giudici

Trees-Structure And Function. 2010. DOI : 10.1007/s00468-009-0376-2.

Detailed record

Landscape effects on anuran pond occupancy in an agricultural countryside: barrier-based buffers predict distributions better than circular buffers

F. Zanini; A. Klingemann; R. Schlaepfer; B. R. Schmidt

Canadian Journal Of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie. 2008. DOI : 10.1139/Z08-048.

Detailed record

Modelling the impact of flooding stress on the growth performance of woody species using fuzzy logic

C. Glenz; I. Iorgulescu; F. Kienast; R. Schlaepfer

Ecological Modelling. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.06.008.

Detailed record

Flooding tolerance of Central European tree and shrub species

C. Glenz; R. Schlaepfer; I. Iorgulescu; F. Kienast

Forest Ecology And Management. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.065.

Detailed record

Recent Climate Change: Rethinking Drought in the Context of Forest Fire Research in Ticino, South of Switzerland

M. Reinhard; M. Rebetez; R. Schlaepfer

Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 2005. DOI : 10.1007/s00704-005-0123-6.

Detailed record

Spruce snag quantification by coupling colour infrared aerial photos and a GIS

R. Bütler; R. Schlaepfer

Forest Ecology And Management. 2004. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.02.042.

Detailed record

Hare abundance as an indicator for urbanisation and intensification of agriculture in Western Europe

R. Schlaepfer; C. Lundstrom-Gillieron

Ecological Modelling. 2003. DOI : 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00142-X.

Detailed record

Impacts of snow-farming on alpine soil and vegetation: A case study from the Swiss Alps

A. Buttler; R. Teuscher; N. Deschamps; K. Gavazov; L. Bragazza  et al.

Science Of The Total Environment. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166225.

Detailed record

Ericoid shrub encroachment shifts aboveground-belowground linkages in three peatlands across Europe and Western Siberia

A. Buttler; L. Bragazza; F. Laggoun-Defarge; S. Gogo; M.-L. Toussaint  et al.

Global Change Biology. 2023. DOI : 10.1111/gcb.16904.

Detailed record

Composition and superposition of alluvial deposits drive macro-biological soil engineering and organic matter dynamics in floodplains

A. Schomburg; D. Sebag; P. Turberg; E. P. Verrecchia; C. Guenat  et al.

Geoderma. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.113899.

Detailed record

Earthworms as ecosystem engineers : a review

R.-C. Le Bayon; G. Bullinger-Weber; A. C. Schomburg; P. Turberg; R. Schlaepfer  et al.

Earthworms. Types, roles and research; New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2017. p. 129 - 177.

Detailed record

A framework to implement Stakeholder participation in environmental projects

V. Luyet; R. Schlaepfer; M. Parlange; A. Buttler

Journal of Environmental Management. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.06.026.

Detailed record

Looking for differences in wood properties as a function of the felling date: lunar phase-correlated variations in the drying behavior of Norway Spruce (Picea abies Karst.) and Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.)

E. Zuercher; R. Schlaepfer; M. Conedera; F. Giudici

Trees-Structure And Function. 2010. DOI : 10.1007/s00468-009-0376-2.

Detailed record

Landscape effects on anuran pond occupancy in an agricultural countryside: barrier-based buffers predict distributions better than circular buffers

F. Zanini; A. Klingemann; R. Schlaepfer; B. R. Schmidt

Canadian Journal Of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie. 2008. DOI : 10.1139/Z08-048.

Detailed record

Modelling the impact of flooding stress on the growth performance of woody species using fuzzy logic

C. Glenz; I. Iorgulescu; F. Kienast; R. Schlaepfer

Ecological Modelling. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.06.008.

Detailed record

Flooding tolerance of Central European tree and shrub species

C. Glenz; R. Schlaepfer; I. Iorgulescu; F. Kienast

Forest Ecology And Management. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.065.

Detailed record

Recent Climate Change: Rethinking Drought in the Context of Forest Fire Research in Ticino, South of Switzerland

M. Reinhard; M. Rebetez; R. Schlaepfer

Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 2005. DOI : 10.1007/s00704-005-0123-6.

Detailed record

Spruce snag quantification by coupling colour infrared aerial photos and a GIS

R. Bütler; R. Schlaepfer

Forest Ecology And Management. 2004. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.02.042.

Detailed record

Hare abundance as an indicator for urbanisation and intensification of agriculture in Western Europe

R. Schlaepfer; C. Lundstrom-Gillieron

Ecological Modelling. 2003. DOI : 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00142-X.

Detailed record

Enseignement et PhD

A dirigé les thèses EPFL de

Christopher Elliott, Natalia Hasler Pointet, Corinne Lundström, Rita Bütler Sauvain, Pascale Derleth, Elizabeth Leon Velasquez, Vincent Luyet, Christian Glenz, Michael Reinhard, Flavio Zanini, Marc Pellaud