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Sebastian Schmidtlein
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The Link Between Rapid Enigmatic Amphibian Decline and the Globally Emerging Chytrid Fungus
Amphibians are globally declining and approximately one-third of all species are threatened with extinction. Some of the most severe declines have occurred suddenly and for unknown reasons in apparently pristi...
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Historical Land Use Explains Current Distribution of Calcareous Grassland Species
In this study we analyzed if characteristic calcareous grassland species persist in forest habitats after land use change. Furthermore, we investigated whether the current distribution of such species is relat...
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Precipitation-driven decrease in wildfires in British Columbia
Trends of summer precipitation and summer temperature and their influence on trends in summer drought and area burned in British Columbia (BC) were investigated for the period 1920–2000. The complexity imposed...
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Remote Sensing of Vegetation for Nature Conservation
A rapidly changing environment with land use and climate as the most dynamic components causes new challenges for nature conservation and management of protected areas. Dealing with these changes requires a sy...
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Map** an invasive bryophyte species using hyperspectral remote sensing data
Reliable distribution maps are crucial for the management of invasive plant species. An alternative to traditional field surveys is the use of remote sensing data, which allows coverage of large areas. However...
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Analyzing remotely sensed structural and chemical canopy traits of a forest invaded by Prunus serotina over multiple spatial scales
Non-native invasive plant species can influence ecosystem functioning over broad spatial scales, but most research on ecosystem impacts has focused on the plot level covering sampling units of only a few squar...
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Open AccessRadiative transfer modelling reveals why canopy reflectance follows function
Optical remote sensing is potentially highly informative to track Earth’s plant functional diversity. Yet, causal explanations of how and why plant functioning is expressed in canopy reflectance remain limited...
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Integrated nature conservation valuation (INCV): A new biotic area-assessment method based on habitats and species occurrences and derivation of hydroecologic vulnerability
Groundwater depletion through drinking water abstraction, irrigation or climate change generally has a negative impact on terrestrial groundwater-dependent ecosystems. Towards the concept of ecologically susta...
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Open AccessDeep learning and citizen science enable automated plant trait predictions from photographs
Plant functional traits (‘traits’) are essential for assessing biodiversity and ecosystem processes, but cumbersome to measure. To facilitate trait measurements, we test if traits can be predicted through visi...
