Walter Schönenberger (forest scientist)

Walter Schönenberger (* 1944 ) is a Swiss forest scientist .

Life

Schoenberger was in 1978 at the University of Freiburg with a thesis on the ecology of the natural regeneration of spruce and mountain pine in avalanche paths in the northern foothills doctorate . He worked at the Federal Institute for Forest Research . In his most famous book he deals with the hurricane Vivian (2002/3).

Site influences on experimental afforestation on the alpine tree line (Stillberg, Davos). Birmensdorf: Federal Institute for Forest Research, 1975
With Peter Blaser : Location factors and soil formation in a subalpine avalanche start area (Stillberg near Davos). Birmensdorf: Federal Institute for Forest Research, 1976, special edition.
Ecology of the natural regeneration of spruce and mountain pine in avalanches in the northern foothills of the Alps. Birmensdorf: Federal Institute for Forest Research, 1978.
The growth forms of the trees on the alpine tree line. Birmensdorf: Federal Institute for Forest Research, 1981.
With Ernst Frehner and Hanspeter Stutz : Potted plants for high-altitude afforestation. Birmensdorf: Federal Institute for Forest Experiments , 1984.
With Werner Frey and Franz Leuenberger : Ecology and technology of afforestation in the mountains: suggestions for practice. Birmensdorf: Federal Institute for Forest Research, 1990.
As editor: Vivian 's legacy in Switzerland - impact of windthrow on forest dynamics. Bern: Haupt , 2002.
Vivian's legacy: forest development after windthrow in the mountains. Birmensdorf: Library WSL , 2003.