Martina Hobi
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Waldressourcen & Waldmgmt
Bestandesdynamik und Waldbau
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+41 44 7392 252
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Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
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Doctoral Research Project
Disturbance patterns of the relic virgin beech forest of Uholka-Shyrokyj Luh
The goal of my Ph.D. project is to analyse the structure and
disturbance patterns of the largest virgin beech forest situated in the
Ukrainian Carpathians. It is part of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve and constitutes with an area of over 10,000 ha the largest component of the transnational UNESCO World heritage site "Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient beech Forests of Germany".
To do so I combine two methodological approaches. On the one hand a large-scale sampling inventory was carried out to gain representative estimates of the stuctural characteristics. On the other hand I use stereo high resolution WorldView-2 satellite images to generate a canopy surface model allowing a canopy gap analysis of the whole forest area. The combination of the terrestrial and the remote sensing approach allows for an overall picture of the natural disturbance regime of the virgin beech forest of Uholka-Shyrokyj Luh.
Supervisors:
Prof. Dr. Harald Bugmann, ETHZ
Brigitte
Commarmot, WSL
Christian
Ginzler, WSL
Education
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since 03/2010
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Ph.D. student at WSL; ETHZ, Forest Ecology Group
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10/2008 - 02/2010
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Teaching assistant at ETHZ, Forest Ecology Group
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10/2005 - 11/2010
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Certificate of Teaching Ability, Environmental Education, ETHZ
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10/2006 - 10/2008
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Master of science in Environmental Sciences, ETHZ
Specialisation: Forest and Landscape Management
Master thesis: "Growth reactions of beech, Scots pine and
black pine on a forest fire" (in German)
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10/2003 - 09/2006
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Bachelor of science in Environmental Sciences, ETHZ
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Publications
Hobi, M. L., Ginzler, C., Commarmot, B. & Bugmann, H. Forest structure analysis of the largest virgin beech forest in the Ukrainian Carpathians based on a WorldView-2 canopy surface model. In preparation.
Hobi, M. L., Commarmot, B. & Bugmann, H. Fine-scale structural processes shape the largest virgin beech forest of Europe (Ukrainian Carpathians). In preparation.
Hobi, M. L. & Ginzler, C. 2012. Accuracy Assessment of Digital Surface Models
Based on WorldView-2 and ADS80 Stereo Remote Sensing Data. Sensors 12: 6347-6368. [Article]
Trotsiuk, V., Hobi, M. L. & Commarmot, B. 2012. Age structure and disturbance dynamics of the relic virgin beech forest Uholka (Ukrainian Carpathians). Forest Ecology and Management 265:181-190. [Abstract]
Presentations
Hobi, M. L. & Ginzler, C. Accuracy assessment of WorldView-2 digital surface models over three different land cover types. High resolution satellite imagery - the magnifying glass for science. Bern, Switzerland, November 8-10, 2012.
Hobi, M. L., Ginzler, C., Commarmot, B. & Bugmann, H. Forest structure analysis of a virgin beech forest in the Ukrainian Carpathians: a WorldView-2 canopy height model combined with terrestrial inventory data. ForestSAT 2012. Corvallis, Oregon USA, September 11-14, 2012.
Posters
Hobi, M. L., Trotsiuk, V. & Commarmot, B., 2011. Age structure and growth patterns in a virgin beech forest in the Ukrainian Carpathians. The 9th Inernational Beech Symposium. Dresden, Germany, September 12-17, 2011. [PDF]
Supervised theses
Grimmer, A. 2011. Analyse der Totholzmenge und –qualität im Buchenurwald Uholka-Schyrokykj Luh in der Ukraine. Bachelorarbeit. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, Wädenswil. 66 S.
Trotsiuk, V. 2011. Vikova struktura bukniaki v Uholsko-Shyrokoluzhanskoho masyvu Karpatskoho biosfernoho. Mahisterska robota. NLTU Ukraïny, Lviv. 65 S.
Meile, C. 2010. Die Auswirkungen der Windexposition und des
Temperaturanstiegs auf das Wachstum von Bauminseln an der Waldgrenze.
Masterarbeit. Professur Waldökologie, ETH Zürich. 83 S.
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