A5062449736- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Forest ecology and management
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Forest Management and Policy
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
2014-2024
Praxis
2023
Kanton Aargau
2023
The University of Queensland
2007-2013
CRC for Spatial information
2007
ETH Zurich
2005-2006
In Switzerland, the decreasing significance of agriculture has led to prominent processes land abandonment in mountainous areas where maintenance open relies on human intervention. At same time, urbanisation Switzerland is increasing at a rapid rate expense other use types, particularly agriculture. spite these observed trends, extent and location anticipated land-use changes for coming 20 years remain unknown, as does impact landscape services. This research defines 5 scenarios future along...
Grassland use intensity is a topic of growing interest worldwide, as grasslands are integral in supporting biodiversity, food production, and regulating the global carbon cycle. Data available for characterizing management largely descriptive collected from laborious field campaigns or questionnaires. The recent launch Sentinel-2 earth monitoring constellation provides new possibilities high temporal spatial resolution remote sensing data covering large areas. This study aims to evaluate...
Flooding is a major environmental hazard in Poland with risks that are likely to increase the future. Land use and land cover (LULC) have strong influencing on flood risk. In Polish Carpathians, two main projected change processes forest expansion urbanization. These contradictory impact risk, which makes future of LULC changes flooding Carpathians hard estimate. this paper, we investigate risk for test area Ropa river basin. We used three models spatially explicit scenarios year 2060....
Mountain forest areas are key for providing a wide range of ecosystem services and hot spots land use change processes, in particular, increase cover at the expense mountain pastures meadows. systems eastern western Europe have likely similar future socio-economic situations but significantly different history. Using scenario-based modelling approach (Dyna-CLUE framework) we model three scenarios (trend, liberalisation self-sufficiency) Polish Carpathians Swiss Alps, focussing on change. We...
Abstract. Agricultural landscapes support multiple functions and are of great importance for biodiversity. Heterogeneous agricultural mosaics cropland grassland commonly result from variable land use practices ecosystem service demands. Switzerland's is considerably spatially heterogeneous due to strong variability in conditions, especially topography climate, thus presenting challenges automated mapping. Nationwide knowledge the location necessary effective conservation planning. We mapped...
Habitat maps at high thematic and spatial resolution broad extents are fundamental tools for biodiversity conservation, the planning of ecological networks management ecosystem services. To derive a habitat map Switzerland, we used composite methodology bringing together best available data distribution models. The approach relies on segmentation classification (1 m) aerial imagery. Land cover data, as well species models built Earth observation from Sentinel 1 2, Landsat, Planetscope LiDAR,...
Conceptualising landscapes as a mosaic of discrete habitat patches is fundamental to landscape ecology, metapopulation theory and conservation biology. An emerging question in ecology is: when the patch model more appropriate than alternative conceptually appealing models such continuum model? There limited empirical testing utility compared for range species. In this paper, we constructed three sets effect structure on diversity abundance suite woodland birds savanna northern Australia:...
Soil properties influence plant physiology and growth, playing a fundamental role in shaping species niches temperate forest ecosystems. Here, we investigated the impact of soil data quality on performance distribution models (SDMs) 41 woody Swiss forests. We compared based measured with those digitally mapped regional (Swiss Forest Maps) global scales (SoilGrids). first calibrated topo-climatic SDMs presences absences from mature stand plots. developed further using same predictors, but...
Scattered trees represent an important element within the agricultural matrix for birds. The aims of this study were to develop methods mapping isolated from satellite imagery and assess importance bird species richness. Field sampling birds plants was conducted at 120 sites in south-east Australia. We mapped tree cover Landsat SPOT images using a combination spectral segmentation based methods. Mapping as point objects highly accurate (80–90%). Tree spatial extents 3–28 ha around explained...
In highly seasonal tropical environments, temporal changes in habitat and resources are a significant determinant of the spatial distribution species. This study disentangles effects mid to long-term heterogeneity on diversity abundance savanna birds by testing four competing conceptual models varying complexity. Focussing sites northeast Australia over 20 year time period, we used ground cover foliage projected surfaces derived from series Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery, rainfall data...
Spatial planning plays an important role in cropland protection, but its effectiveness is often questioned the face of ongoing urban and infrastructure growth. Moreover, methods to assess spatial are lacking. In Switzerland, revision national act 2014 was a new starting point for stricter prescriptions on development. We assessed whether regulations would better protect dedicated prime from conversion areas using land-use suitability models scenarios. The findings show that with according...
Abstract European grasslands face strong declines in extent and quality. Many grassland types are priority habitats for national conservation strategies. Countrywide, high spatial resolution maps of their distribution often lacking. Here, we modelled the 20 permanent at level phytosociological alliances across Switzerland 10x10 m resolution. First, applied ensemble models to provide individual habitat types, using training data from various sources. Copernicus Sentinel satellite imagery...
Trees outside forest (TOF) can perform a variety of social, economic and ecological functions including carbon sequestration. However, detailed quantification tree biomass is usually limited to areas. Taking advantage structural information available from stereo aerial imagery airborne laser scanning (ALS), this research models using national inventory data linear least-square regression applies the model both inside create nationwide for (above ground below ground). Validation against TOF...
Abstract Landscapes have been changing at an increasing pace over the past century, with countless consequences for humans and their surrounding environments. Information on future land use change resulting alteration of landscape service provisioning are valuable inputs policy making planning. Land transitions in Switzerland (2009–2081) were simulated using statistical models informed by changes as well environmental socio-economic data (1979–2009). By combining types additional contextual...
The demand for precise mapping and monitoring of forest resources, such as above ground biomass (AGB), has increased rapidly. National accounting AGB requires regularly updated information based on consistent methods. While remote sensing technologies airborne laser scanning (ALS) digital aerial photogrammetry (DAP) have been shown to deliver the necessary 3D spatial data mapping, capacity repeat acquisition, remotely sensed, vegetation structure received less attention. Here, we use height...
Abstract Context Open data policies and accessible computation platforms allow efficient extraction of information from remote sensing for landscape research. Landscape ecology is strongly influenced by sensing, the value fine resolution temporal characterising landscapes under-explored. Objectives We highlighted importance extracted gathered over a period time A case study approach was used to show how time-series can benefit mapping land cover elements in heterogeneous dominated...