A new study, published in Environmental Research Letters finds large-scale evidence for the protective function of forests against torrential hazards (debris flow, flood). However, increasing disturbances might reduce protective power of forests in the future.
Written by Julius Sebald on Tuesday November 12, 2019
A novel approach for scaling vegetation dynamics based on deep learning was published recently in Methods in Ecology and Evolution. The modeling framework developed by Werner Rammer and Rupert Seidl allows a consistent scaling of local vegetation dynamics (with abundant data and high process understading) to much larger spatial extents (think: country to continental level). At the core, the model harnesses deep learning, which is an exciting new branch of machine learning that revolutionized many fields of computer science in the last years.
Written by Admin on Friday March 15, 2019
A recent remote sensing study, published in Nature Communications, reveals consistently increasing trends in forest canopy mortality over Central Europe.
Written by Julius Sebald on Friday December 14, 2018
In a recent study, published in Nature Communications, we found that global disturbance patterns in the temperate biome are highly variable, and shaped by variation in disturbance agents and traits of prevailing tree species.
Written by andreas on Monday December 10, 2018
PhD student Katharina Albrich visited Prof. Monica G. Turner and her team at the University of Wisconsin in Madison!
Written by katharina on Monday November 5, 2018
Legacy effects from past disturbances and climatic extremes drive recent disturbances in the primary forests of Central Europe, finds a study recently published in Global Change Biology.
Written by rupert on Monday August 27, 2018
A recent study published in Ecological Applications found a trade-off between temporal stability and level of provisioning for three forest ecosystem services.
Written by katharina on Wednesday August 1, 2018
The Austrian public television ORF invited Rupert Seidl to talk about the latest RESIN publication on “Aktuell in Österreich”
Written by rupert on Thursday April 26, 2018
On March 22-23, 2018 we held a workshop focused on modeling natural disturbances in the Western Carpathian mountains
Written by rupert on Friday April 13, 2018
Harnessing landscape heterogeneity can help address changing disturbance regimes in management, finds a recent study published in the Journal of Environmental Management.
Written by rupert on Tuesday April 10, 2018