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Philippe Saner is a community ecologist and studies the global impact of land degradation and its restoration potential through nature-based solutions. He is committed to preserve the world's forests and their diversity. Latest publications are accessible through the following links:

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Meteomatics Collaborates With Reinhart and Alliance Ginneries To Increase Organic Cotton Yields by 15–20%.
Narindal-Aoki A, Haeni M, Saner P and others. Online blog article. 2025. Link forward

Mycorrhizal symbioses and tree diversity in global forest communities.
Jiang F, Pu X, Schmid B, Reich PB, Liang J, Abbasi AO, Aguirre-Gutiérrez J, Zambrano AM, Altman J, Saner P, and others. Science Advances. Jun 13, 11(24):eadt5743. 2025. Link forward

Impact Performance Snapshot Tanzania: Voice of the Cotton Farmer
60 Decibels Project Team, Haeni M, Saner P, and others. 60 Decibels Impact Report.2024. View PDF

Impact Performance Snapshot Zambia: Voice of the Cotton Farmer
60 Decibels Project Team, Haeni M, Saner P, and others. 60 Decibels Impact Report.2024. View PDF

Impact Performance Snapshot Ivory Coast: Voice of the Cotton Farmer
60 Decibels Project Team, Haeni M, Saner P, and others. 60 Decibels Impact Report.2024. View PDF

The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks.
Mo L, Crowther TW, Maynard DS, Van den Hoogen J, Ma H, Bialic-Murphy L, Liang J, De-Miguel S, Nabuurs GJ, Saner P, and others. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Dec8(12):2195-2212. 2024. Link forward

Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types.
Zou Y, Zohner CM, Averill C, Ma H, Merder J, Berdugo M, Bialic-Murphy L, Mo L, Brun P, Saner P, and others. Nature Communications. May 31, 15(1):4658. 2024. Link forward

Consistent climatic controls of global wood density among angiosperms and gymnosperms.
Mo L, Crowther TW, Maynard DS, van den Hoogen J, Bialic-Murphy L, Renner SS, de-Miguel S, Nabuurs GJ, Reich PB, Saner P, and others. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8, 2195–2212. 2024. Link forward

Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential.
Mo L, Zohner CM, Reich PB, Liang J, De Miguel S, Nabuurs GJ, Renner SS, Van Den Hoogen J, Araza A, Saner P, and others. Nature. Dec 7, 624(7990):92-101. 2023. Link forward

Positive effects of tree diversity on tropical forest restoration in a field-scale experiment.
O’Brien MJ, Anthony R, Both S, Burslem DF, Chen B, Fernandez-Miranda Cagigal E, Godfray HC, Saner P, and others. Science Advances. Sep 15, 9(37):eadf0938. 2023. Link forward

The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit.
Ma H, Crowther TW, Mo L, Maynard DS, Renner SS, Van den Hoogen J, Zou Y, Liang J, De-Miguel S, Saner P, and others. Nature Plants. Nov, 9(11):1795-809. 2023. Link forward

Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions.
Delavaux CS, Crowther TW, Zohner CM, Robmann NM, Lauber T, Van den Hoogen J, Kuebbing S, Liang J, De-Miguel S, Saner P, and others. Nature. Sep 28, 621(7980):773-81. 2023. Link forward

Concept pour le projet “L’eau pour l’impact”
Saner P, Matthias H, and others. Faso Coton, Burkina Faso, Oct 01. 2021. Link forward, View PDF

Reinhart’s sustainability journey: Transforming implicit knowledge into measurable targets
Saner P, Kasemir B. Paul Reinhart AG and Sustainserv GmbH, Nov 02. 2020. Link forward, View PDF

Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses.
Steidinger BS, Crowther TW, Liang J, Van Nuland ME, Werner GD, Reich PB, Nabuurs GJ, De-Miguel S, Zhou M, Saner P, and others. Nature, May 16, 569(7756):404-8. 2019. Link forward

Private-sector investor’s intention and motivation to invest in Land Degradation Neutrality.
Reyhanloo T, Baumgärtner S, Haeni M, Quatrini S, Saner P von Lindern E. PloS One. Dec 13, 13(12):e0208813. 2018. Link forward

Pan‐tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees.
Bastin JF, Rutishauser E, Kellner JR, Saatchi S, Pélissier R, Hérault B, Slik F, Bogaert J, De Cannière C, Saner P, and others. Global Ecology and Biogeography. Nov 27(11):1366-83. 2018. Link forward

Phylogenetic classification of the world’s tropical forests.
Slik JF, Franklin J, Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Field R, Aguilar S, Aguirre N, Ahumada J, Aiba SI, Alves LF, Saner P, and others. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Feb 20, 115(8):1837-42. 2018. Link forward

The ecology of the Asian dipterocarps.
Brearley FQ, Banin LF, Saner P. Plant Ecology & Diversity, Nov 1, 9(5-6):429-36. 2016. Link forward

Growth rates and relative change in non-structural carbohydrates of dipterocarp seedlings in response to light acclimation.
Saner P, Philipson CD, Peters S, Keller F, Bigler L, Turnbull LA, Hector A. Plant Ecology & Diversity, Nov 1, 9(5-6):491-504. 2016. Link forward

Testing the importance of a common ectomycorrhizal network for dipterocarp seedling growth and survival in tropical forests of Borneo.
Brearley FQ, Saner P, Uchida A, Burslem DF, Hector A, Nilus R, Scholes JD, Egli S. Plant Ecology & Diversity. Nov 1, 9(5-6):563-76. 2016 Link forward

The value of biodiversity for the functioning of tropical forests: insurance effects during the first decade of the Sabah biodiversity experiment.
Tuck SL, O'Brien MJ, Philipson CD, Saner P, Tanadini M, Dzulkifli D, Godfray HC, Godoong E, Nilus R, Ong RC, Schmid B. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Dec 14, 283(1844):20161451. 2016. Link forward

Data from: the value of biodiversity for the functioning of tropical forests: insurance effects during the first decade of the Sabah biodiversity experiment.
Tuck SL, O'Brien MJ, Philipson CD, Saner P, Tanadini M, Dzulkifli D, Godfray HC, Godoong E, Nilus R, Ong RC, Schmid B. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Dec 14, 283(1844):20161451. 2016. Link forward

Ein teures Durcheinander.
Läubli M, Haeni M, Saner P. 2015. Link forward

Assessment of the implementation of the Convention: financing and technology transfer.
Saner P, Haeni M. In: The Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention. Technical Report ICCD/CRIC(13)/6/Rev.1. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. 2015. Link forward

Review of financial support for the implementation of the Convention.
Saner P, Haeni M. In: The Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention. Technical Report ICCD/CRIC(13)/7/Rev.1. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. 2015. Link forward

Bayesian analysis of measurement error models using integrated nested Laplace approximations.
Muff S, Riebler A, Held L, Rue H, Saner P. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C: Applied Statistics, Feb, 64(2):231-52. 2015. Link forward

An estimate of the number of tropical tree species.
Slik JF, Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Aiba SI, Alvarez-Loayza P, Alves LF, Ashton P, Balvanera P, Bastian ML, Bellingham PJ, Van Den Berg E, Saner P and others. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Jun 16, 112(24):7472-7. 2015. Link forward

A trait-based trade-off between growth and mortality: Evidence from 15 tropical tree species using size-specific relative growth rates.
Philipson CD, Dent DH, O'brien MJ, Chamagne J, Dzulkifli D, Nilus R, Philips S, Reynolds G, Saner P, and Hector A. Ecology and Evolution, 4(18):3675–3688. 2014. Link forward

Stimmt es, dass es im ostafrikanischen Binnenstaat Ruanda keine Plastiksäcke gibt?
Saner P. 2013. Link forward

Creating a wildlife corridor for Malaysia's largest wildlife reserve.
Saner P, Risch R. 2012. Link forward

Carbon stocks and fluxes in tropical lowland dipterocarp rainforests in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
Saner P, Loh YY, Ong RC, Hector A. PloS one, Jan 3;7(1):e29642. 2012. Link forward

Light‐based Regeneration Niches: Evidence from 21 Dipterocarp Species using Size‐specific RGRs.
Philipson CD, Saner P, Marthews TR, Nilus R, Reynolds G, Turnbull LA, Hector A. Biotropica, Sep;44(5):627-36. 2012. Link forward

Differential growth responses in seedlings of ten species of Dipterocarpaceae to experimental shading and defoliation.
Paine CT, Stenflo M, Philipson CD, Saner P, Bagchi R, Ong RC, Hector A. Journal of Tropical Ecology, Jul;28(4):377-84. 2012. Link forward

The Sabah Biodiversity Experiment: a long-term test of the role of tree diversity in restoring tropical forest structure and functioning.
Hector A, Philipson CD, Saner P, Chamagne J, Dzulkifli D, O'Brien M, Snaddon JL, Ulok P, Weilenmann M, Reynolds G, and others. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366(1582): 3303–3315. 2011. Link forward

Positive effects of ectomycorrhizal colonization on growth of seedlings of a tropical tree across a range of forest floor light conditions.
Saner P, Philipson CD, Ong RC, Majalap N, Egli S, Hector A. Plant and Soil Jan, 338(1):411-21. 2011. Link forward

Unternehmen im grünen Bereich: Mit Hose statt Feigenblatt.
Saner P, Alpha, Nov6 p.4, 2010. View PDF

Der etwas andere Dschungelkämpfer
Saner P, Tagblatt, Dec15 p.7, 2010. View PDF

Effects of seed predators of different body size on seed mortality in Bornean logged forest.
Hautier Y, Saner P, Philipson CD, Bagchi R, Ong RC, Hector A. PloS one, 5(7): e11651. 2010. Link forward

General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding.
Hector A, Hautier Y, Saner P, Wacker L, Bagchi R, Joshi J, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Spehn EM, Bazeley-White E, Weilenmann M, Caldeira MC. Ecology, Aug;91(8):2213-20. 2010. Link forward

Reduced soil respiration in gaps in logged lowland dipterocarp forests.
Saner P, Lim R, Burla B, Ong RC, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Hector A. Forest Ecology and Management, 258(9):2007-2012. 2009. Link forward

Ecosystem carbon dynamics in logged forest of Malaysian Borneo.
Saner P. PhD Thesis, University of Zurich. 2009. Link forward