A5074197286- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Forest Management and Policy
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2018-2024
Abstract Aim Primary forests have high conservation value but are rare in Europe due to historic land use. Yet many primary forest patches remain unmapped, and it is unclear what extent they effectively protected. Our aim was (1) compile the most comprehensive European‐scale map of currently known forests, (2) analyse spatial determinants characterizing their location (3) locate areas where so far unmapped likely occur. Location Europe. Methods We aggregated data from a literature review,...
Land-use change is a root cause of the extinction crisis, but links between habitat and biodiversity loss are not fully understood. While there evidence that an important driver, relevance fragmentation remains debated. Moreover, while time delays responses to transformation well-documented, time-delayed effects have been ignored in versus debate. Here, using hierarchical Bayesian multi-species occupancy framework, we systematically tested for bird mammal communities fragmentation. We...
Abstract In times of rapid global change, ecosystem monitoring is utmost importance. Combined field and remote sensing data enable large‐scale assessments, while maintaining local relevance accuracy. heterogeneous landscapes, however, the integration field‐collected with image pixels not a trivial matter. Indeed, much uncertainty in models that use to map larger areas lies on integration. this study, we propose fine spatial resolution (5 × 5 m 2 ) as auxiliary for upscaling field‐sampled...
Abstract Aim Large and ecologically functioning steppe complexes have been lost historically across the globe, but recent land‐use changes may allow reversal of this trend in some regions. We aimed to develop map indicators changing human influence using satellite imagery historical maps, use these identify areas for broad‐scale rewilding. Location Eurasian steppes Kazakhstan. Methods mapped decreasing indicated by cropland abandonment, declining grazing pressure rural outmigration northern...
Abstract Commodity agriculture continues to spread into tropical dry forests globally, eroding their social-ecological integrity. Understanding where deforestation frontiers expand, and which impacts this process triggers, is thus important for sustainability planning. We reconstructed past land-system change (1985–2015) simulated alternative futures (2015–2045) the Gran Chaco, a 1.1 million km 2 global hotspot with high biological cultural diversity. co-developed nine plausible future...
Abstract Land‐use change is a major driver of biodiversity loss, affecting tropical forests and savannas at an unprecedented rate. To protect these ecosystems their biodiversity, national conservation areas international funding have increased considerably in regions. Understanding how allocation relates to dynamics deforestation crucial identifying what mobilizes distributes funding. By applying fixed‐effect models on 30 years forest cover, the main regions South America, we analysed...
Tropical dry forests are widespread, harbour vast amounts of carbon and unique biodiversity, underpin the livelihoods millions. A variety natural anthropogenic disturbances affect tropical forest canopy, yet our understanding how these impact on structure ecosystem functioning, develop after different disturbances, is partial. This translates into knowledge gaps regarding long-term outcomes as well which signify recovery vs. degradation. Here, we use a rich dataset remotely-sensed,...