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Head: Christian Ginzler
We develop and apply comprehensive and robust methods to extract and classify natural objects from continuous and discrete raster datasets. Relevant features are acquired to describe changes in landscape and land resources at different levels using image data. Mathematical-statistical methods are adopted for automatic detection and description of image objects. Thus we contribute concepts, methods and data to describe/detect area wide changes and processes in the resources of landscape.
Tasks and main research:
- Development and application of methods to extract natural objects from continuous data.
- Development of methods for a comprehensive description of natural and anthropogenetic boundaries in continuous pattern (e.g. map signatures, vegetation transition, forest borders).
- Development and application of methods to extract 3D-information from remotely sensed data for description of natural structures and changes. The main focus lies on wood and its embedding/interaction within/with the landscape.
- Conception and development of data acquisition based on high resolution remote sensing data.
- Conception, development and maintenance of the software interface in area wide data acquisition using airborne remote sensing data.
- Scientific expert advice and support in the fields of photogrammetry and survey at WSL. Maintenance, enhancements and future development in these specific fields.
- Adequate presentation of scientific results on national level and in noted international journals and at international congresses/workshops/symposia.
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Publications
Mariotti, B.; Conedera, M.; Manetti, M.C.; Marcolin, E.; Maresi, G.; Pelleri, F.; Pezzi, G.; Pividori, M.; Tani, A.; Maltoni, A., 2020: Castagneti da frutto e da legno: è possibile mettere ordine nel marasma delle definizioni?. In: Palmieri, L.; Beccaro, G.; Cristofori, V.; Salvadori, C. (eds), 2020: Acta Italus Hortus. VII Convegno Nazionale sul Castagno, Pergine Valsugana (TN), Italia. 192-196.
Krebs, P.; Pezzatti, B.; Conedera, M., 2020: L'Italia principale area rifugio del castagno nell'ultima glaciazione. In: Palmieri, L.; Beccaro, G.; Cristofori, V.; Maresi, G.; Salvadori, C. (eds), 2020: Acta Italus Hortus. VII Convegno Nazionale sul Castagno, Pergine Valsugana (TN), Italia. 185-188.
Heubi, M.; Conedera, M.; Krebs, P.; Pezzatti, G.B., 2020: Stima del potenziale ecologico di castagneti da frutto recuperati alla gestione. In: Palmieri, L.; Beccaro, G.; Cristofori, V.; Maresi, G.; Salvadori, C. (eds), 2020: Acta Italus Hortus. VII Convegno Nazionale sul Castagno, Pergine Valsugana (TN), Italia. 21-24.
Issler, D.; Gauer, P.; Schaer, M.; Keller, S., 2020: Inferences on mixed snow avalanches from field observations. Geosciences, 10, 1: 2 (31 pp.). doi: 10.3390/geosciences10010002
Ireland, K.B.; Van Klinken, R.; Cook, D.C.; Logan, D.; Jamieson, L.; Tyson, J.L.; Hulme, P.E.; Worner, S.; Brockerhoff, E.G.; Fletcher, J.D.; Rodoni, B.; Christopher, M.; Ludowici, V.A.; Bulman, L.; Teulon, D.; Crampton, K.A.; Hodda, M.; Paini, D., 2020: Plant Pest Impact Metric System (PPIMS): framework and guidelines for a common set of metrics to classify and prioritise plant pests. Crop Protection, 128: 105003 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2019.105003
Heilig, A.; Eisen, O.; Schneebeli, M.; MacFerrin, M.; Stevens, C.M.; Vandecrux, B.; Steffen, K., 2020: Relating regional and point measurements of accumulation in southwest Greenland. Cryosphere, 14, 1: 385-402. doi: 10.5194/tc-14-385-2020
Guerra, C.A.; Rosa, I.M.D.; Valentini, E.; Wolf, F.; Filipponi, F.; Karger, D.N.; Nguyen Xuan, A.; Mathieu, J.; Lavelle, P.; Eisenhauer, N., 2020: Global vulnerability of soil ecosystems to erosion. Landscape Ecology, doi: 10.1007/s10980-020-00984-z
Govigli, V.M.; Alkhaled, S.; Arnesen, T.; Barlagne, C.; Bjerck, M.; Burlando, C.; Fernandez-Blanco, C.R.; Sfeir, P.; Górriz-Mifsud, E., 2020: Testing a framework to co-construct social innovation actions: insights from seven marginalized rural areas. Sustainability, 12, 4: 1441 (26 pp.). doi: 10.3390/su12041441
Gallart, F.; Von Freyberg, J.; Valiente, M.; Kirchner, J.W.; Llorens, P.; Latron, J., 2020: Technical note: an improved discharge sensitivity metric for young water fractions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24, 3: 1101-1107. doi: 10.5194/hess-24-1101-2020
Faccoli, M.; Gallego, D.; Branco, M.; Brockerhoff, E.G.; Corley, J.; Coyle, D.R.; Hurley, B.P.; Jactel, H.; Lakatos, F.; Lantschner, V.; Lawson, S.; Martínez, G.; Gómez, D.F.; Avtzis, D., 2020: A first worldwide multispecies survey of invasive Mediterranean pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Biological Invasions, doi: 10.1007/s10530-020-02219-3
Fabian, Y.; Holderegger, R.; Bollmann, K.; Brang, P.; Heiri, C.; Olschewski, R.; Rigling, A.; Stofer, S., 2020: Welche Informationsquellen nutzt die Naturschutzpraxis? Which information sources are used by professionals in nature conservation?. Natur und Landschaft, 95, 3: 179-184.
Esper, J.; Klippel, L.; Krusic, P.J.; Konter, O.; Raible, C.C.; Xoplaki, E.; Luterbacher, J.; Büntgen, U., 2020: Eastern Mediterranean summer temperatures since 730 CE from Mt. Smolikas tree-ring densities. Climate Dynamics, 54, 3-4: 1367-1382. doi: 10.1007/s00382-019-05063-x
Dubernet, T.; Axhausen, K.W., 2020: Comparing values of travel time obtained from workplace and short-term decisions. Travel Behaviour and Society, 20: 83-90. doi: 10.1016/j.tbs.2020.02.002
Dengler, J.; Guarino, R.; Moysiyenko, I.; Vynokurov, D.; Boch, S.; Cykowska-Marzencka, B.; Babbi, M.; Catalano, C.; Eggenberg, S.; Gehler, J.; Monigatti, M.; Pachlatko, J.; Riedel, S.; Willner, W.; Dembicz, I.,
2020:
On the trails of Josias Braun-Blanquet II: first results from the 12th EDGG Field Workshop studying the dry grasslands of the inneralpine dry valleys
of Switzerland.
Palaearctic Grasslands,
45:
59-72.
Dengler, J.; Biurrun, I.; Boch, S.; Dembicz, I.; Török, P., 2020: Grasslands of the Palaearctic biogeographic realm: introduction and synthesis. In: Elias, S.; Alderton, D.H.M.; Bliznak, V.; Cochran, J.K.; DellaSala, D.A.; Funiciello, F.; Goldstein, M.I.; Gröcke, D.; Lajtha, K.; Marshall, S.J.; Mineau, P.; Wohl, E.; Yang, X.J. (eds), 2020: Reference module in earth systems and environmental sciences. Sine loco, Elsevier. 1-21. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12432-7
Conedera, M.; Pezzatti, G.B.; Krebs, P.; Gehring, E.; Rizzoli, A., 2020: Resoconto delle attività di ricerca del WSL Cadenazzo. Forestaviva, 24-25.
Crivellaro, A.; Büntgen, U., 2020: New evidence of thermally constrained plant cell wall lignification. Trends in Plant Science, 25, 4: 322-324. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.01.011
Cailleret, M.; Bircher, N.; Hartig, F.; Hülsmann, L.; Bugmann, H., 2020: Bayesian calibration of a growth-dependent tree mortality model to simulate the dynamics of European temperate forests. Ecological Applications, 30, 1: e02021 (17 pp.). doi: 10.1002/eap.2021
Cabon, A.; Peters, R.L.; Fonti, P.; Martínez‐Vilalta, J.; De Cáceres, M., 2020: Temperature and water potential co‐limit stem cambial activity along a steep elevational gradient. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.16456
Buchecker, M.; Frick, J., 2020: The implications of urbanization for inhabitants' relationship to their residential environment. Sustainability, 12, 4: 1624 (23 pp.). doi: 10.3390/su12041624
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Services and Products
Digitizing historical plagues
Person in charge:
Christian Ginzler
Scenarios of land-use change for download
Person in charge:
Bronwyn Price