Rodolphe Schlaepfer
Professeur honoraire
rodolphe.schlaepfer@epfl.ch +41 21 693 57 71 http://personnes.epfl.ch/rodolphe.schlaepfer
Nationalité: Swiss
Date de naissance: 22.06.1940
Enseignement
Cours Introduction aux méthodes statistiques Haute Ecole Spécialisée Bernoise, Architecture, bois et génie civil, BienneSome 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 ForumSupervision 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.Parcours professionnel
Research scientist
Forest Growth
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Research, Birmensdorf
1967
Statistician
Statistical Division
Ciba-Geigy, Basel
1969-1976
Professor for Statistics and Physics
Statistics and Physics
Swiss Engineering School for Agronomy
1976-1982
Professor for Forest Management
Chair of Forest Management
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Z�rich
1982-1987
Professor for Forest Science and Director of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
Swiss Federal Institute of technology in Z�rich (ETHZ), Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
1987-1996
Professor and Director
Ecosystem Management
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
1997-2005
Publications
Publications Infoscience
Infoscience
Impacts of snow-farming on alpine soil and vegetation: A case study from the Swiss Alps
Science Of The Total Environment. 2023-12-10. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166225.Ericoid shrub encroachment shifts aboveground-belowground linkages in three peatlands across Europe and Western Siberia
Global Change Biology. 2023-08-14. DOI : 10.1111/gcb.16904.Biogeoinformatics for the management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources (FAnGR)
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7147.Asymmetric effects of cooler and warmer winters on beech phenology last beyond spring
Global Change Biology. 2017. DOI : 10.1111/gcb.13740.Earthworms as ecosystem engineers : a review
Earthworms. Types, roles and research; New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2017. p. 129-177.Linking historical land use to present vegetation and soil characteristics under slash-and-burn cultivation in Madagascar
Applied Vegetation Science. 2016. DOI : 10.1111/avsc.12202.Carbon storage and soil organic matter stabilisation in near-natural, restored and embanked Swiss floodplains
Geoderma. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.12.029.A framework to implement Stakeholder participation in environmental projects
Journal of Environmental Management. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.06.026.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.)
Trees-Structure And Function. 2010. DOI : 10.1007/s00468-009-0376-2.Landscape effects on anuran pond occupancy in an agricultural countryside: barrier-based buffers predict distributions better than circular buffers
Canadian Journal Of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie. 2008. DOI : 10.1139/Z08-048.Ecological response of a multi-purpose river development project using macro-invertebrates richness and fish habitat value
Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3807.Log decay of Picea abies in the Swiss Jura mountains of central Europe
Forest Ecology and Management. 2007. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.017.Flooding tolerance of Central European tree and shrub species
Forest Ecology And Management. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.065.How does the landscape affect patch occupancy in metapopulation models? Comparing Euclidean vs landscape-based inter-patch distance
Biodiversity Conservation - From Genes to Habitats, Davos, 23/24 November, 2006.Förderung von saproxylischen Arten: Massnahmen, Zielkonflikte und offene Fragen
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen. 2006.Saproxylische Arten in der Schweiz: ökologisches Potential und Hotspots
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen. 2006.Analyse de la dynamique du paysage de la plaine du Rhône de 1850 à 2003 sur la base de cartes topographiques
Bulletin de la Murithienne. 2006.Amphibian conservation in human shaped environments
Lausanne, EPFL, 2006. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3635.Prevention of forest fires in a changing climatic context in Ticino, southern Switzerland
Lausanne, EPFL, 2006. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3416.The temporal development of ecological quality in a riverine landscape: A tool to define priority areas for rehabilitation
Our Shared Landscape, Ascona, Ticino, Switzerland, 3-7 May.Bases méthodologiques de la participation lors de projets ayant des impacts sur le paysage
Lausanne, EPFL, 2005. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3342.Éléments méthodologiques de diagnostic paysager utilisant les systèmes d'information géographique
Lausanne, EPFL, 2005. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2961.Process-based, spatially-explicit modelling of riparian forest dynamics in Central Europe
Lausanne, EPFL, 2005. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3223.Spruce snag quantification by coupling colour infrared aerial photos and a GIS
Forest Ecology And Management. 2004. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.02.042.Totholz braucht der Wald?
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen. 2004.Dead wood threshold values for the three-toed woodpecker presence in boreal and sub-alpine forest
Biological Conservation. 2004. DOI : 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.11.014.Quantitative snag targets for the three-toed woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus
Ecological Bulletins. 2004.Critères et indicateurs dans le contexte de systèmes écologiques complexes: gestion écosystémique des ressources forestières et du paysage
Revue forestière française. 2004.Spatial simulation of the evolution of an intensively cultivated and densely inhabited landscape, integrating cellular automata, Markov chain and multicriterion methods: a case study in a Swiss context
18th SCB Annual Meeting, “Conservation in an urbanizing world”, New York, USA, 30 July – 2 August.Hydrological behaviour through experimental and modelling approaches
Lausanne, EPFL, 2004. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3007.Système d'indicateurs environnementaux pour évaluer les impacts principaux de l'exploitation du pétrole dans une région pilote en Colombie
Lausanne, EPFL, 2004. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2861.Hare abundance as an indicator for urbanisation and intensification of agriculture in Western Europe
Ecological Modelling. 2003. DOI : 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00142-X.Integration of economic and ecological considerations into ecosystem-based management of mountain forests
2003. International Research Course, Bardonecchia (Italy), 30.06.-05.07.2002. p. 73-86.Benthic macroinvertebrates and logging activities
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2836.Dead wood in managed forests: how much and how much is enough?
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2761.Apport des systèmes d'information géographiques (SIG) pour la surveillance et l'évaluation de la qualité des eaux côtières
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2724.Un territoire en mutation. Le Valais et la 3e correction du Rhône
2002Interaction between landscape structure and regional climatea numerical experiment over central Spain
Lausanne, EPFL, 2002. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2628.Contribution à l'étude de l'évolution des réservoirs de carbone en zone nord-soudanienne au Sénégal
Lausanne, EPFL, 2002. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2585.Le Pic tridactyle (Picoides tridactylus), un indicateur de la qualité écologique de l’écosystème forestier du Pays-d’Enhaut (Préalpes suisses
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen. 2000.Définition d'un cadre géosémantique pour le couplage des modèles prévisionnels de comportement et des SIG
Lausanne, EPFL, 1999. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2087.Impacts of snow-farming on alpine soil and vegetation: A case study from the Swiss Alps
Science Of The Total Environment. 2023-12-10. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166225.Ericoid shrub encroachment shifts aboveground-belowground linkages in three peatlands across Europe and Western Siberia
Global Change Biology. 2023-08-14. DOI : 10.1111/gcb.16904.Biogeoinformatics for the management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources (FAnGR)
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7147.Asymmetric effects of cooler and warmer winters on beech phenology last beyond spring
Global Change Biology. 2017. DOI : 10.1111/gcb.13740.Earthworms as ecosystem engineers : a review
Earthworms. Types, roles and research; New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2017. p. 129-177.Linking historical land use to present vegetation and soil characteristics under slash-and-burn cultivation in Madagascar
Applied Vegetation Science. 2016. DOI : 10.1111/avsc.12202.Carbon storage and soil organic matter stabilisation in near-natural, restored and embanked Swiss floodplains
Geoderma. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.12.029.A framework to implement Stakeholder participation in environmental projects
Journal of Environmental Management. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.06.026.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.)
Trees-Structure And Function. 2010. DOI : 10.1007/s00468-009-0376-2.Landscape effects on anuran pond occupancy in an agricultural countryside: barrier-based buffers predict distributions better than circular buffers
Canadian Journal Of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie. 2008. DOI : 10.1139/Z08-048.Ecological response of a multi-purpose river development project using macro-invertebrates richness and fish habitat value
Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3807.Log decay of Picea abies in the Swiss Jura mountains of central Europe
Forest Ecology and Management. 2007. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.017.Flooding tolerance of Central European tree and shrub species
Forest Ecology And Management. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.065.How does the landscape affect patch occupancy in metapopulation models? Comparing Euclidean vs landscape-based inter-patch distance
Biodiversity Conservation - From Genes to Habitats, Davos, 23/24 November, 2006.Förderung von saproxylischen Arten: Massnahmen, Zielkonflikte und offene Fragen
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen. 2006.Saproxylische Arten in der Schweiz: ökologisches Potential und Hotspots
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen. 2006.Analyse de la dynamique du paysage de la plaine du Rhône de 1850 à 2003 sur la base de cartes topographiques
Bulletin de la Murithienne. 2006.Amphibian conservation in human shaped environments
Lausanne, EPFL, 2006. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3635.Prevention of forest fires in a changing climatic context in Ticino, southern Switzerland
Lausanne, EPFL, 2006. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3416.The temporal development of ecological quality in a riverine landscape: A tool to define priority areas for rehabilitation
Our Shared Landscape, Ascona, Ticino, Switzerland, 3-7 May.Bases méthodologiques de la participation lors de projets ayant des impacts sur le paysage
Lausanne, EPFL, 2005. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3342.Éléments méthodologiques de diagnostic paysager utilisant les systèmes d'information géographique
Lausanne, EPFL, 2005. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2961.Process-based, spatially-explicit modelling of riparian forest dynamics in Central Europe
Lausanne, EPFL, 2005. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3223.Spruce snag quantification by coupling colour infrared aerial photos and a GIS
Forest Ecology And Management. 2004. DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.02.042.Totholz braucht der Wald?
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen. 2004.Dead wood threshold values for the three-toed woodpecker presence in boreal and sub-alpine forest
Biological Conservation. 2004. DOI : 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.11.014.Quantitative snag targets for the three-toed woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus
Ecological Bulletins. 2004.Critères et indicateurs dans le contexte de systèmes écologiques complexes: gestion écosystémique des ressources forestières et du paysage
Revue forestière française. 2004.Spatial simulation of the evolution of an intensively cultivated and densely inhabited landscape, integrating cellular automata, Markov chain and multicriterion methods: a case study in a Swiss context
18th SCB Annual Meeting, “Conservation in an urbanizing world”, New York, USA, 30 July – 2 August.Hydrological behaviour through experimental and modelling approaches
Lausanne, EPFL, 2004. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3007.Système d'indicateurs environnementaux pour évaluer les impacts principaux de l'exploitation du pétrole dans une région pilote en Colombie
Lausanne, EPFL, 2004. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2861.Hare abundance as an indicator for urbanisation and intensification of agriculture in Western Europe
Ecological Modelling. 2003. DOI : 10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00142-X.Integration of economic and ecological considerations into ecosystem-based management of mountain forests
2003. International Research Course, Bardonecchia (Italy), 30.06.-05.07.2002. p. 73-86.Benthic macroinvertebrates and logging activities
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2836.Dead wood in managed forests: how much and how much is enough?
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2761.Apport des systèmes d'information géographiques (SIG) pour la surveillance et l'évaluation de la qualité des eaux côtières
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2724.Un territoire en mutation. Le Valais et la 3e correction du Rhône
2002Interaction between landscape structure and regional climatea numerical experiment over central Spain
Lausanne, EPFL, 2002. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2628.Contribution à l'étude de l'évolution des réservoirs de carbone en zone nord-soudanienne au Sénégal
Lausanne, EPFL, 2002. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2585.Le Pic tridactyle (Picoides tridactylus), un indicateur de la qualité écologique de l’écosystème forestier du Pays-d’Enhaut (Préalpes suisses
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen. 2000.Définition d'un cadre géosémantique pour le couplage des modèles prévisionnels de comportement et des SIG
Lausanne, EPFL, 1999. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2087.Sélection de publications
| E. Zuercher, R. Schlaepfer, M. Conedera and F. Giudici Trees-Structure and Function, 24, p. 31-41, 2010 |
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 |
| Zanini, Flavio; Klingemann,Anna; Schlaepfer, Rodolphe;Schmidt, Benedikt R. Can. J. Zoo. 86: 692-699 (2008) |
Landscape effects on anuran pond occupancy in agricultural countryside: barrier-based buffers predict distributions better than circular buffers |
| Schlaepfer Rodolphe in Forest Landscape Restoration in Central and Northern Europe. Veltheim, T. and Pajari, B (eds). EFI Proceedings No 53. 2005 |
Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Management as Fundaments of Forest Landscape Restoration |
| Luyet, V. Rousseau, A.N., Schlaepfer, R., Villeneuve, J.-P. Vecteur Environnement, Novembre 2005: 36-45 |
Gouvernance participative dans la gestion int�gr�e de l'eau par bassin versant au Qu�bec: Etat des lieux et r�flexions. |
| Reinhard, M., Rebetez, M., Schlaepfer, R. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. Published online, March 31, 2005 |
Recent climate change: Rethinking drought in the context of Forest Fire Research in Ticino, South of Switzerland |
| Schlaepfer, Rodolphe; B�tler, Rita Revue Foresti�re Fran�aise, 2004 (5): 431-444 |
Crit�res et indicateurs de la gestion des ressources foresti�res: Prise en compte de la complexit� et de l'approche �cosyst�mique |
| B�tler, Rita; Angelstam Per; Schlaepfer, Rodolphe. Ecological Bulletins 51 (2004): 219-232 |
Quantitative snag targets for the three-toed woodpecker Pico�des tridactylus |