Rupert Seidl

@rupertseidl.bsky.social

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Professor at Technical University of Munich
Head of Research at Berchtesgaden National Park
Ecosystem Dynamics - Forest Management - Mountain Landscapes
https://www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm | https://www.nationalpark-berchtesgaden.bayern.de .. more

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 6d

I wholeheartedly agree, and feel incredibly blessed and grateful to being able to do research in such a magnificent landscape!

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 8d

Global, multi-scale standing deadwood segmentation in centimeter-scale aerial images. Important work by J. Möhring, @cmosig.bsky.social, T. Kattenborn et al. in detecting dead trees across biomes from high resolution aerial images. doi.org/10.1016/j.op...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 10d

#2: Landscape context modulates the effect of local canopy cover on forest multidiversity across elevations by T. Richter doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Thanks to @sebseibold.bsky.social and many others for their contributions, looking forward to continue our efforts to better understand biodiv change!

Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Francis Martin, Sabina Burrascano , and 2 more Ingolf Kühn, Francis Martin, Sabina Burrascano, Joan Dudney, Benjamin Wildermuth

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 10d

Great to see the results of our massive biodiversity assessment at Berchtesgaden Natl. Park pour in! Cool insights on patterns & drivers of multidiversity!

#1 Macro- and microclimate interactively shape species diversity of multiple taxa in mountain landscapes by L. Geres. doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 11d

Biotic disturbances are synchronized across large spatial scales. Also, they are consistently greater under warmer and drier conditions across feeding guilds and host types, suggesting that climate change could substantially amplify biotic forest disturbances.

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Joan Dudney , and 2 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Joan Dudney, Julen Astigarraga, Benjamin Wildermuth

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 11d

Mortality from fire & wind is increasing in Europe's forests, but what about biotic disturbances? A new, massive dataset compiled by @thlasny.bsky.social and many local experts shows a mixed picture: While wood borers increase strongly, defoliator activity generally decreases doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Rupert Seidl, Brian J. Harvey , and 1 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Rupert Seidl, Brian J. Harvey, Joan Dudney

Monica G. Turner @monicagturner.bsky.social · 13d

Great new paper led by @knowlton.bsky.social with @ttkeller.bsky.social and @rupertseidl.bsky.social (and me!) Still so much to learn from #Yellowstone about #fire, #forests & #climatechange. #NSFfunded #JFSPfunded

ESA Journals @esajournals.bsky.social · 13d

🆕 in Ecosphere's "Vegetation Ecology" track: A hot & dry future may shake up Yellowstone forests—think fewer spruce, more fire-tolerant neighbors

📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...

Conceptual figure of postfire reorganization pathways and photo representations of pre- versus postfire differences in stand structure and composition.

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 13d

Great to be visiting the Basque Centre for Climate Change in beautiful Bilbao this week! Thanks @philmartin.bsky.social for having me, and for showing me around! I particularly enjoyed visiting really exciting experiments, e.g. on European beech recovery at the temperate-mediterranean ecotone!

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 19d

How do changes in disturbance and regeneration interact to affect widely different temperate forest ecosystems? New insights from a simulation experiment on forest change, led by @christinadollinger.bsky.social, out now in Global Ecology and Biogeography doi.org/10.1111/geb.... #ERCresearch

Reposted by Garry Peterson

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 22d

How forest disturbances can lead to tipping points in the wood value chain. Great work coming out of the RESONATE project, led by T. Boiger and T. Stern from @uni-graz.at
doi.org/10.1007/s110...

Reposted by Brian J. Harvey

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 25d

Great new paper out by @ttkeller.bsky.social, using simulations to explore if and how fire exclusion zones can enhance tree regeneration. I particularly enjoyed the interaction between scientists and managers on this one, which added another important dimension to the work! doi.org/10.1002/eap....

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 29d

Been on a different kind of field trip last week, spending a day in the forest with the primary school class of my daughter! It was really fun to see the kids explore, and they got to experience forest biodiversity first-hand!

Reposted by Rupert Seidl, Christina Dollinger

Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Group @edfm-tum.bsky.social · Oct 1

Our research in the National Park Berchtesgaden - both in the field and in silico - was reported on by NANO.
The segment is in German and starts at minute 7:37

www.zdf.de/play/magazin...

@rupertseidl.bsky.social @wernerrammer.bsky.social @christinadollinger.bsky.social

Overtourism und Klimakrise: Alpen unter Druck

NANO vom 25.09.: Skipisten oberhalb der Waldgrenzen können Lawinen auslösen. Die Bergidylle gerät aus dem Gleichgewicht. Können die Alpen dem Klimawandel trotzen?

www.zdf.de

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 18

Thanks for the kind words Mat!

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 18

Increasing tree growth could offset disturbance costs in northern Europe, but in southern Europe overall forest value is decreasing under moderate and severe climate change. Our results highlight that climate change adaptation in forestry is not only an ecological but also an economic imperative!

Reposted by Mathias Disney, Juan Rocha, Tommaso Jucker , and 1 more Mathias Disney, Juan Rocha, Tommaso Jucker, Victor Danneyrolles

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 18

What is the cost of wildfire, windthrow and bark beetles for Europe’s forestry? We estimate that disturbances reduce Europe’s forest value by €115 bn, more than doubling to €247 bn under severe climate change. Led by @johannesmohr.bsky.social, out in @natclimate.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 9

Last segment of field work for this year, surveying Pinus mugo stands (which can be quite challenging to navigate!) to understand the spread and impacts of the invasive pathogen Lecanosticta acicola. Great to have such a wonderful field crew, led by @michaelmaroschek.bsky.social and Barbara Araujo!

Reposted by Pieter De Frenne, Neil Pederson, Brian J. Harvey , and 4 more Pieter De Frenne, Neil Pederson, Brian J. Harvey, Martin Ehbrecht, Victor Danneyrolles, Joan Dudney, Maria Faticov

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 8

Climate change increasingly alters the interactions between forest disturbances. Here we present a framework for quantifying dist. interactions and compile evidence for their impacts. Led by @dudney-joan.bsky.social with @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social & @julieedtree.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 4

It was wonderful to have you Brian, thanks for making the trip! I look forward to our continued collaboration!

Reposted by Pieter A. Zuidema, Emilio Vilanova, Martin Ehbrecht

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 2

Good news for a change: Background mortality in unmanaged forests of Europe has not increased over past decades. Great work from the European Forest Reserve Initiative EuFoRIa, out in @journalofecology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 2

Given the strong increase in forest disturbances, Europe urgently needs a concerted and harmonized forest damage monitoring program, argue @thlasny.bsky.social et al. in a new perspective paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Brian J. Harvey, Carly D. Ziter

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Aug 27

Just a few days left to apply!

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Jul 24

Come work with us! We are looking to fill a PhD (mountain forest management) and PostDoc position (forest adaptive capacity, w/ @juditlecinadiaz.bsky.social). We'd be happy to have you as part of our dynamic team!

PhD: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

PostDoc: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Aug 25

However, structurally complex forests increase with future disturbances. This suggests a decoupling of forest structure and demography in the 21st century. Great collaboration with @michaelmaroschek.bsky.social @wernerrammer.bsky.social @sebseibold.bsky.social and D. Thom (not on here).

Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Brian J. Harvey, Darío Martin‐Benito

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Aug 25

Protected areas safeguard old-growth forests against human land use, but not against the impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Here we show that a climate-mediated increase in disturbances could cause a decline in old-growth forests in a national park in C Europe. doi.org/10.1088/1748...

Reposted by Brian J. Harvey, Juan Rocha

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Aug 21

Can we map species richness across taxonomic groups from space? Promising results for fungi, plants, insects and birds in a mountain forest landscape, obtained by @corneliussenf.bsky.social et al. by combining different sensors (EnMAP, Sentinel-1/2). doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

Reposted by Martin Ehbrecht

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hunting strongly affects the habitat selection of red deer, particularly during daylight hours. This suggests that hunting can efficiently control habitat use, and underscores the value of protected areas w/o hunting to conserve the behavior of ungulates. Led by J. Eggers doi.org/10.1002/wlb3...

Reposted by Monica G. Turner, Akira Mori, Federico Riva , and 2 more Monica G. Turner, Akira Mori, Federico Riva, Joan Dudney, Juan Antonio Hernández‐Agüero

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Aug 18

Several small reserves hold more beetle, spider and bird species than a single large reserve of the same size in Central Europe, with habitat heterogeneity being an important driver. First PhD paper by Anne Huber (not on Bsky), w/ @sebseibold.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Reposted by Akira Mori, Susanne Lachmuth, Ana Stritih , and 4 more Akira Mori, Susanne Lachmuth, Ana Stritih, María Triviño, Karl Andraczek, Maximilian Hanusch, Billur Bektaş

Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Jul 24

Big congrats Lisa, very well done!

Reposted by Rupert Seidl

Laura Dee @lauradee.bsky.social · Mar 5

This paper - Quantifying disturbance effects on ecosystem services in a changing climate - was motivated by the need to anticipate and quantify how extreme events, which are accelerating with climate change, impact nature;s contributions to people, YET ... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Quantifying disturbance effects on ecosystem services in a changing climate - Nature Ecology & Evolution

A generalizable, functional-trait-based approach for quantifying the effects of disturbances to ecosystem services and economic outcomes, including under climate change, highlights the need for incorp...

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