Marco Heurich
A5006620203- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Forest ecology and management
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
Bavarian Forest National Park
2016-2025
University of Freiburg
2016-2025
University of Inland Norway
2021-2025
Frankfurt Zoological Society
2024
University of Amsterdam
2022
Ghent University Hospital
2022
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
2022
University of Zurich
2022
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
2022
University of Oslo
2022
Animal movement is fundamental for ecosystem functioning and species survival, yet the effects of anthropogenic footprint on animal movements have not been estimated across species. Using a unique GPS-tracking database 803 individuals 57 species, we found that mammals in areas with comparatively high human were average one-half to one-third extent their low footprint. We attribute this reduction behavioral changes individual animals exclusion long-range from higher impact. Global loss...
Abstract The successional dynamics of forests—from canopy openings to regeneration, maturation, and decay—influence the amount heterogeneity resources available for forest‐dwelling organisms. Conservation has largely focused only on selected stages forest succession (e.g., late‐seral stages). However, develop comprehensive conservation strategies understand impact management biodiversity, a quantitative understanding how different trophic groups vary over course is needed. We classified...
The status, changes, and disturbances in geomorphological regimes can be regarded as controlling regulating factors for biodiversity. Therefore, monitoring geomorphology at local, regional, global scales is not only necessary to conserve geodiversity, but also preserve biodiversity, well improve biodiversity conservation ecosystem management. Numerous remote sensing (RS) approaches platforms have been used the past enable a cost-effective, increasingly freely available, comprehensive,...
NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is collecting spaceborne full waveform lidar data with a primary science goal of producing accurate estimates forest aboveground biomass density (AGBD). This paper presents the development models used to create GEDI's footprint-level (~25 m) AGBD (GEDI04_A) product, including description datasets and procedure for final model selection. The fit our are from compilation globally distributed spatially temporally coincident field airborne...
Knowledge about forest structures, particularly of deadwood, is fundamental for understanding, protecting, and conserving biodiversity. While individual tree-based approaches using single wavelength airborne laserscanning (ALS) can successfully distinguish broadleaf coniferous trees, they still perform multiple tree species classifications with limited accuracy. Moreover, the mapping standing dead trees becoming increasingly important damage calculation after pest infestation or biodiversity...
1. Unprecedented bark beetle outbreaks have been observed for a variety of forest ecosystems recently, and damage is expected to further intensify as consequence climate change. In Central Europe, the response ecosystem management increasing infestation risk has hitherto focused largely on stand level, while contingency outbreak dynamics large-scale drivers remains poorly understood. 2. To investigate how factors beyond local scale contribute from Ips typographus (Col., Scol.), we analysed...
Anthropogenic stress and disturbance of forest ecosystems (FES) has been increasing at all scales from local to global. In rapidly changing environments, in-situ terrestrial FES monitoring approaches have made tremendous progress but they are intensive often integrate subjective indicators for health (FH). Remote sensing (RS) bridges the gaps these limitations, by FH on different spatio-temporal scales, in a cost-effective, rapid, repetitive objective manner. this paper, we provide an...
COVID-19 lockdowns in early 2020 reduced human mobility, providing an opportunity to disentangle its effects on animals from those of landscape modifications. Using GPS data, we compared movements and road avoidance 2300 terrestrial mammals (43 species) during the same period 2019. Individual responses were variable with no change average or behavior, likely due lockdown conditions. However, under strict 10-day 95th percentile displacements increased by 73%, suggesting permeability. Animals'...
Abstract Wildlife must adapt to human presence survive in the Anthropocene, so it is critical understand species responses humans different contexts. We used camera trapping as a lens view mammal changes activity during COVID-19 pandemic. Across 163 sampled 102 projects around world, amount and timing of animal varied widely. Under higher activity, mammals were less active undeveloped areas but unexpectedly more developed while exhibiting greater nocturnality. Carnivores most sensitive,...
Abstract Survival and cause‐specific mortality rates are vital for evidence‐based population forecasting conservation, particularly large carnivores, whose populations often vulnerable to human‐caused mortalities. It is therefore important know the relationship between anthropogenic natural causes evaluate whether they additive or compensatory. Further, relation survival environmental covariates could reveal specific landscape characteristics influence demographic performance. We used...
Ungulate populations exhibiting partial migration present a unique opportunity to explore the causes of general phenomenon migration. The European roe deer Capreolus capreolus is particularly suited for such studies due wide distribution range and high level ecological plasticity. In this study we undertook comparative analysis GPS location data from representative set ecosystems available within EURODEER collaborative project. We aimed at evaluating factors affecting tactic (i.e....
Summary Because many large mammal species have wide geographical ranges, spatially distant populations may be confronted with different sets of environmental conditions. Investigating how home range ( HR ) size varies across gradients should yield a better understanding the factors affecting ecology. We evaluated herbivore, roe deer C apreolus capreolus ), in relation to seasonality, latitude (climate), weather, plant productivity and landscape features its W estern E urope. As are income...
Stress in forest ecosystems (FES) occurs as a result of land-use intensification, disturbances, resource limitations or unsustainable management, causing changes health (FH) at various scales from the local to global scale. Reactions such stress depend on phylogeny species communities and characteristics their impacting drivers processes. There are many approaches monitor indicators FH using in-situ inventory experimental studies, but they generally limited sample points small areas, well...
Abstract Natural disturbances induced by insect outbreaks have increased in forest ecosystems over the past decades. To minimize economic loss and prevent a mass outbreak, early detection of bark beetle green attack – period when trees yet to show visual signs infestation stress is therefore crucial effective timely management. In this study, we evaluated ability spectral vegetation indices extracted from Landsat‐8 Sentinel‐2 imagery map using principal component analysis ( PCA ) partial...
For mapping, quantifying and monitoring regional global forest health, satellite remote sensing provides fundamental data for the observation of spatial temporal patterns processes. While new remote-sensing technologies are able to detect in high quality large quantity, operational applications still limited by deficits situ verification. In sampling as input is required order add value physical imaging observations possibilities interlink health assessment with biotic abiotic factors....