I am the head of the newly established Applied Ecology Research Group at the Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland. My research focuses on the development and evaluation of conservation actions for endangered species and communities, and understanding and predicting the effects of land use on biodiversity and species interactions in general. I mostly work with birds, but I am also broadly interested in other species groups (pollinators, plants). I am interested in understanding why some conservation measures work under some circumstances, but not in others, i.e. context-dependent efficiency. A further research objective is to understand how human actions affect the way that organisms move through landscapes, and the ecological consequences there-off. Through my work, I aim to contribute to evidence-based solutions for sustainable management of biodiversity and other natural resources.
Current projects include the evaluation of restoration efforts for songbird communities in farmland and forest landscapes, ecology and dispersal of birds, the intersection of migration and demography, landscape change effects on mobile ecosystem service providers (hummingbirds, frugivores) and associated animal-mediated gene flow in plants.
Please drop me an email for any inquiries.
urs.kormann(here is an at sign)vogelwarte[dot]ch
Current projects include the evaluation of restoration efforts for songbird communities in farmland and forest landscapes, ecology and dispersal of birds, the intersection of migration and demography, landscape change effects on mobile ecosystem service providers (hummingbirds, frugivores) and associated animal-mediated gene flow in plants.
Please drop me an email for any inquiries.
urs.kormann(here is an at sign)vogelwarte[dot]ch