Debra Zuppinger-Dingley

My interests lie in processes that maintain biodiversity, specifically plant biodiversity. My work focuses on biodiversity–ecosystem functioning and ecological services; plant invasion biology; community ecology; plant competition and coexistence and plant-soil interactions.

Education and professional positions

For the full professional CV please contact debra.zuppinger(at)ieu.uzh.ch  

• Limberger, R., Daugaard, U., Gupta, A., Krug, R., Lemmen, K., van Moorsel, S.J., Suleiman, M., Zuppinger-Dingley, D., Petchey, O. (2023) Functional diversity can facilitate the collapse of an undesirable ecosystem state. Ecology LettersDOI: 10.1111/ele.14217
• Parreño A., Petchey S., Chapman M., Altermatt F., Backhaus N., Deplazes Zemp A., Horgan K., Niklaus P., Mihaljević M., Pennekamp F., Santos M.J., Schaepman M.E., Schmid B., Weber de Melo V., Zuppinger-Dingley D. & Petchey O. (2022) How puzzles are shaping our understanding of biodiversity: A call for more research into biodiversity representation in educational games. GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 31: 139-145DOI:10.14512/gaia.31.3.3.
• Hahl T.*, van Moorsel, S.J.*, Schmid M.W., Zuppinger-Dingley D., Schmid B. & Wagg C. (2020) Plant responses to diversity-driven selection and associated rhizosphere microbial communities. Functional Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13511.
• Zuppinger-Dingley, D. Ed. (2019) University of Zurich Research Priority Program on Global Change and Biodiversity. Zurich, CH: University of Zurich. ISBN 978-3-906894-10-2
• Schöb C., Brooker R. and Zuppinger-Dingley D. (2018) Evolution of facilitation requires diverse communities. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1-5 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0623-2.
• van Moorsel S. J., Schmid M. W., Hahl T., Zuppinger-Dingley D. and Schmid B. (2018) Selection in response to community diversity alters plant performance and functional traits. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2018.05.002.
• van Moorsel S. J., Hahl T., Wagg C., De Deyn G. B., Flynn D. F. B., Zuppinger-Dingley D. and Schmid B. (2018) Community evolution increases plant productivity at low diversity. Ecology Letters DOI: 10.1111/ele.12879
• Zuppinger-Dingley D., Krug C. B., Petchey O., Schmid B., Backhaus N. and Schaepman M. E.  (2017) Editorial overview: Environmental change issues: Integrated global change and biodiversity research for a sustainable future. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.005.
• Abiven S., Altermatt F., Backhaus N., Deplazes-Zemp A., Furrer R. , Korf B.,  Niklaus P. A., Schaepman-Strub G., Shimizu K. K., Zuppinger-Dingley D., Petchey O. L., Schaepman M. E. (2017) Integrative research efforts at the boundary of biodiversity and global change research. COSUST  DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.04.016.
• Yamasaki E., Altermatt F., Cavender-Bares J., Schuman M.C., Zuppinger-Dingley D., Garonna I., Schneider F.D., ......, Schaepman M.E., Shimizu K.K.  (2017) Genomics meets remote sensing in global change studies: monitoring and predicting phenology, evolution and biodiversity. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.03.005.
• Emmenegger R.*, Rowan R.*, Zuppinger-Dingley D., Krug C., Parreño M.A.,  and Korf B. (2017) Ontology and integrative research on Global Environmental Change: towards a critical GEC science.COSUST DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2018.02.001
• Geijzendorffer I.R., van Teeffelen A.J.A., Allison H., Braun D., Horgan K., Iturrate-Garcia M., Santos M.J., Pellissier L., Prieur-Richard A., Quatrini S., Sakai D., Zuppinger-Dingley D. (2017) How can global conventions for biodiversity and ecosystem services guide local conservation actions? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability  DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.12.011
• Zuppinger-Dingley D., Flynn DFB. , De Deyn GB., Petermann JS., Schmid B. (2016) Plant selection and soil legacy enhance long-term biodiversity effects. Ecology DOI: 10.1890/15-0599.1
• Zuppinger-Dingley D., Schmid B., Petermann JS., Yadav V., De Deyn GB., Flynn DFB. (2014) Selection for niche differentiation in plant communities increases biodiversity effects. Nature DOI: 10.1038/nature13869
• Zuppinger-Dingley D., Flynn DF., Brandl H., Schmid B. (2014) Selection in monoculture vs. mixture alters plant metabolic fingerprints. Journal of Plant Ecology DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtu043
• Zuppinger-Dingley D., Schmid B., Chen Y., Brandl H., van der Heijden MGA., Joshi J. (2011) In their native range, invasive plants are held in check by negative soil-feedbacks. Ecosphere 2(5): art54. DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00061.1