Earth Observation for Ecosystem Management at TUM
@eoem-tum.bsky.social
We are the Professorship of Earth Observation for Ecosystem Management at the Technical University of Munich!
Our focus is on applying cutting edge remote sensing technologies to study forest ecosystems.
https://www.lss.ls.tum.de/en/eoem/
Our focus is on applying cutting edge remote sensing technologies to study forest ecosystems.
https://www.lss.ls.tum.de/en/eoem/
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Welcome to the new BlueSky page of our group! Follow for updates on our research in many collaborative projects examining forest structure, disturbance and recovery - with the main focus on European temperate forests and a new direction exploring the Eurasian boreal biome!
We’re thrilled to be part of SafeNet, a Europe-wide effort to tackle biodiversity loss and boost forest resilience 🌳🌲
Watch the project video to learn more!
SafeNet project website: safenet-project.eu
Watch the project video to learn more!
SafeNet project website: safenet-project.eu
🎥✨Our project video is live!
#SafeNet is working to safeguard #biodiversity and #carbon-rich #forest networks across Europe🌲🌳
Watch the animated video to learn more!
📽️ youtu.be/pKzUwJ6qShg
#Biodiversity #OldGrowth #Forests #CarbonCapture #EUProject
@luke.fi
@erinninnovation.bsky.social
#SafeNet is working to safeguard #biodiversity and #carbon-rich #forest networks across Europe🌲🌳
Watch the animated video to learn more!
📽️ youtu.be/pKzUwJ6qShg
#Biodiversity #OldGrowth #Forests #CarbonCapture #EUProject
@luke.fi
@erinninnovation.bsky.social
SafeNet Project Explainer Video: Safeguarding Biodiversity and Carbon-rich Forest Networks in Europe
YouTube video by ERINN Innovation
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We’re thrilled to be part of SafeNet, a Europe-wide effort to tackle biodiversity loss and boost forest resilience 🌳🌲
Watch the project video to learn more!
SafeNet project website: safenet-project.eu
Watch the project video to learn more!
SafeNet project website: safenet-project.eu
Our postdoc @albavianasoto.bsky.social took part in a new ForestChats podcast talking about forest disturbance in Europe - where, when and why it happens. Tune in if you want to learn more about our work! 🔊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD1n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD1n...
ForestChats Episode 2: The European Forest Disturbance Atlas
YouTube video by ForestPaths Project
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Our postdoc @albavianasoto.bsky.social took part in a new ForestChats podcast talking about forest disturbance in Europe - where, when and why it happens. Tune in if you want to learn more about our work! 🔊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD1n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD1n...
New paper by Wout Cherlet of @qforestlab.bsky.social with very valuable insights into tree instance segmentation including one of our intensive measurement sites in #Berchtesgaden National Park 🌳✂️🌲
Co-authored by @hanzlan.bsky.social and @corneliussenf.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Co-authored by @hanzlan.bsky.social and @corneliussenf.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
New paper by Wout Cherlet of @qforestlab.bsky.social with very valuable insights into tree instance segmentation including one of our intensive measurement sites in #Berchtesgaden National Park 🌳✂️🌲
Co-authored by @hanzlan.bsky.social and @corneliussenf.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Co-authored by @hanzlan.bsky.social and @corneliussenf.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
A new paper by @lisa-mandl.bsky.social! By linking satellite time series with ground inventories (contributed by >50 coauthors across Europe), Lisa quantified the scale-sensitivity of landscape effects on forest recovery, showing the importance of landscape context.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The amount of undisturbed forest in proximity of severe disturbance patches enhances their recovery in temperate Europe - Landscape Ecology
Context Forest recovery following disturbances is essential for maintaining ecosystem services, especially after large-scale events where regeneration is limited by seed availability. Understanding ho...
link.springer.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A new paper by @lisa-mandl.bsky.social! By linking satellite time series with ground inventories (contributed by >50 coauthors across Europe), Lisa quantified the scale-sensitivity of landscape effects on forest recovery, showing the importance of landscape context.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🌲 The European Forest Disturbance Atlas by ForestPaths is now on Forest Information Systems for Europe!
Using Landsat data (1985–2023), the maps track fires, storms, bark beetles & harvesting across 38 countries — open-source & updated annually.
🔗 Explore more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
Using Landsat data (1985–2023), the maps track fires, storms, bark beetles & harvesting across 38 countries — open-source & updated annually.
🔗 Explore more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
ForestPaths disturbance maps now available on FISE
With ForestPaths releasing the European Forest Disturbance Atlas - a dataset of annual forest disturbance maps across 38 European countries - it is also now featured on the Forest Information System f...
forestpaths.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🌲 The European Forest Disturbance Atlas by ForestPaths is now on Forest Information Systems for Europe!
Using Landsat data (1985–2023), the maps track fires, storms, bark beetles & harvesting across 38 countries — open-source & updated annually.
🔗 Explore more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
Using Landsat data (1985–2023), the maps track fires, storms, bark beetles & harvesting across 38 countries — open-source & updated annually.
🔗 Explore more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...
A new study by Mohr et al. (including our very own Prof. Senf) shows that forest disturbance costs in Europe could more than double under future climate scenarios, underlining the importance of adaptation in forestry. More details: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rising cost of disturbances for forestry in Europe under climate change - Nature Climate Change
Climate change will raise the severity and frequency of forest disturbance, damaging the economic value of timber. Researchers show Europe’s timber-based forestry could lose up to €247 billion, yet in...
www.nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A new study by Mohr et al. (including our very own Prof. Senf) shows that forest disturbance costs in Europe could more than double under future climate scenarios, underlining the importance of adaptation in forestry. More details: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We keep growing!
Are you excited about remote sensing and mountain forests? Then consider applying to this PhD position, supported by the TUM Center for Forest Management in the Alps! More details at: portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...
Are you excited about remote sensing and mountain forests? Then consider applying to this PhD position, supported by the TUM Center for Forest Management in the Alps! More details at: portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...
September 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We keep growing!
Are you excited about remote sensing and mountain forests? Then consider applying to this PhD position, supported by the TUM Center for Forest Management in the Alps! More details at: portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...
Are you excited about remote sensing and mountain forests? Then consider applying to this PhD position, supported by the TUM Center for Forest Management in the Alps! More details at: portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissens...
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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...
August 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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...
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We had to change our summer retreat plans due to bad weather but Munichs technical museum was a great alternative. They even have a stuffed spy pigeon on display!
July 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We had to change our summer retreat plans due to bad weather but Munichs technical museum was a great alternative. They even have a stuffed spy pigeon on display!
We warmly congratulate @lisa-mandl.bsky.social on her successful PhD defence! In accordance with tradition, Lisa is wearing a special hand-made hat 🎓, illustrating her research and PhD journey, and signifying her transformation into Dr. Mandl😉
July 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We warmly congratulate @lisa-mandl.bsky.social on her successful PhD defence! In accordance with tradition, Lisa is wearing a special hand-made hat 🎓, illustrating her research and PhD journey, and signifying her transformation into Dr. Mandl😉
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Were recent waves of large-scale forest dieback predictable? We say yes! A simple approach to describe temporal disturbance dynamics based on Taylor's Law. Now out in Nature Communications: rdcu.be/euG1A Thanks @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social and @rupertseidl.bsky.social for this great project!
July 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Were recent waves of large-scale forest dieback predictable? We say yes! A simple approach to describe temporal disturbance dynamics based on Taylor's Law. Now out in Nature Communications: rdcu.be/euG1A Thanks @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social and @rupertseidl.bsky.social for this great project!
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Our new perspective on the use (& misuse) of what we're calling virtual forests (rather than digital twins!), for forest change from space, led by @kimcalders.bsky.social w many great colleagues 🔭 🧪🔬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Realistic virtual forests for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from space
Forests worldwide are undergoing large-scale and unprecedented changes in terms of structure and composition due to land use change and natural distur…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our new perspective on the use (& misuse) of what we're calling virtual forests (rather than digital twins!), for forest change from space, led by @kimcalders.bsky.social w many great colleagues 🔭 🧪🔬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Greetings from the #LPS in Vienna! Tomorrow's the last and the hottest (at least for us) day at the conference: a talk by @albavianasoto.bsky.social and posters by a lot of PhD students! Do not miss the chance to connect ;)
June 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Greetings from the #LPS in Vienna! Tomorrow's the last and the hottest (at least for us) day at the conference: a talk by @albavianasoto.bsky.social and posters by a lot of PhD students! Do not miss the chance to connect ;)
We will be in Vienna for the entire next week, attending the Living Planet Symposium! Below is an overview of our talks and posters:🧵
#LPS25
#LPS25
June 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We will be in Vienna for the entire next week, attending the Living Planet Symposium! Below is an overview of our talks and posters:🧵
#LPS25
#LPS25
🎓 Come work with us!
We are offering a new PhD position in our lab! You will study the impacts of forest disturbance and fragmentation on microclimate and forest regeneration, together with @katjakowalski.bsky.social.
Applicants from diverse backgrounds encouraged!
shorturl.at/RT4uk
Please RT!
We are offering a new PhD position in our lab! You will study the impacts of forest disturbance and fragmentation on microclimate and forest regeneration, together with @katjakowalski.bsky.social.
Applicants from diverse backgrounds encouraged!
shorturl.at/RT4uk
Please RT!
May 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🎓 Come work with us!
We are offering a new PhD position in our lab! You will study the impacts of forest disturbance and fragmentation on microclimate and forest regeneration, together with @katjakowalski.bsky.social.
Applicants from diverse backgrounds encouraged!
shorturl.at/RT4uk
Please RT!
We are offering a new PhD position in our lab! You will study the impacts of forest disturbance and fragmentation on microclimate and forest regeneration, together with @katjakowalski.bsky.social.
Applicants from diverse backgrounds encouraged!
shorturl.at/RT4uk
Please RT!
This year, we have only a small - but mighty - presence at the @egu.eu annual conference. Come spark some tree-mendous ideas with our doctoral researcher Brittany Engle @englebritt.bsky.social who will present results of her work on mapping lightning-ignited boreal wildfires! ⚡️🔥🌲
April 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This year, we have only a small - but mighty - presence at the @egu.eu annual conference. Come spark some tree-mendous ideas with our doctoral researcher Brittany Engle @englebritt.bsky.social who will present results of her work on mapping lightning-ignited boreal wildfires! ⚡️🔥🌲
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📣In our new paper we analyzed the impact of #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 🛰️ #satellite data density and SMA endmembers on trends in #grasslands ground cover:
- for monthly composites data density is irrelevant
- correct endmember definitions are critical‼️
Check out the full paper tinyurl.com/wha6pzax
- for monthly composites data density is irrelevant
- correct endmember definitions are critical‼️
Check out the full paper tinyurl.com/wha6pzax
April 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📣In our new paper we analyzed the impact of #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 🛰️ #satellite data density and SMA endmembers on trends in #grasslands ground cover:
- for monthly composites data density is irrelevant
- correct endmember definitions are critical‼️
Check out the full paper tinyurl.com/wha6pzax
- for monthly composites data density is irrelevant
- correct endmember definitions are critical‼️
Check out the full paper tinyurl.com/wha6pzax
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Natural disturbances are often invoked as an argument against creating new forest reserves. But are reserves more affected by disturbances than managed forests? For C Europe the answer is no, in fact reserves have lower disturbance rate & severity than managed forests! doi.org/10.1111/1365...
March 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Natural disturbances are often invoked as an argument against creating new forest reserves. But are reserves more affected by disturbances than managed forests? For C Europe the answer is no, in fact reserves have lower disturbance rate & severity than managed forests! doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Strengthening European Forest Monitoring with Earth Observation! 🌍
Led by Prof. Martin Herold, 77 EO experts signed an open letter to the European Commission to consider wider implementation of Earth Observation data for the reevaluation of the Forest Monitoring Law. 🌳🛰️
Read here: shorturl.at/Kst5t
Led by Prof. Martin Herold, 77 EO experts signed an open letter to the European Commission to consider wider implementation of Earth Observation data for the reevaluation of the Forest Monitoring Law. 🌳🛰️
Read here: shorturl.at/Kst5t
shorturl.at
February 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Strengthening European Forest Monitoring with Earth Observation! 🌍
Led by Prof. Martin Herold, 77 EO experts signed an open letter to the European Commission to consider wider implementation of Earth Observation data for the reevaluation of the Forest Monitoring Law. 🌳🛰️
Read here: shorturl.at/Kst5t
Led by Prof. Martin Herold, 77 EO experts signed an open letter to the European Commission to consider wider implementation of Earth Observation data for the reevaluation of the Forest Monitoring Law. 🌳🛰️
Read here: shorturl.at/Kst5t
And just another example of using our European disturbance dataset. Susanne Suvanto @ssuvanto.bsky.social analysed forest harvesting regimes in Europe and assessed the importance of socioeconomic factors and disturbances for harvest intensity.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
February 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
And just another example of using our European disturbance dataset. Susanne Suvanto @ssuvanto.bsky.social analysed forest harvesting regimes in Europe and assessed the importance of socioeconomic factors and disturbances for harvest intensity.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🎥 Our postdoc Alba Viana-Soto @albavianasoto.bsky.social talked about the development of innovative Earth observation tools for monitoring forest disturbances as part of the ForestPaths project @forestpaths.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGKN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGKN...
Pan-European Forest Disturbance Maps: Interview with Alba Viana-Soto
YouTube video by ForestPaths Project
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🎥 Our postdoc Alba Viana-Soto @albavianasoto.bsky.social talked about the development of innovative Earth observation tools for monitoring forest disturbances as part of the ForestPaths project @forestpaths.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGKN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGKN...
Together with a lot of colleagues, we show how to make in-situ monitoring networks more efficient, and how remote sensing 🛰️ and modeling can be used to complement them.
Towards a global understanding of tree mortality - out in @newphyt.bsky.social a collaboration between 113 of our members exploring the potential to better understand tree death globally nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
February 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Together with a lot of colleagues, we show how to make in-situ monitoring networks more efficient, and how remote sensing 🛰️ and modeling can be used to complement them.
Another example of how our European forest disturbance data can be integrated in conservation research: colleagues from @au.dk (Aarhus Uni) mapped high conservation value forests in Denmark and analysed the rates of disturbance therein (very low!):
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Another example of how our European forest disturbance data can be integrated in conservation research: colleagues from @au.dk (Aarhus Uni) mapped high conservation value forests in Denmark and analysed the rates of disturbance therein (very low!):
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
TUM is looking for a new tenure track Professor on Transformative Landscape Governance, bridging between landscape planning, social sciences and quantitative land system science. Open to early-career candidates, female applicants especially encouraged!
Details: portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
Details: portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
TUM - Professor in »Transformative Landscape Governance«
Studierenden- und Mitarbeiterportal der Technische Universität München
portal.mytum.de
January 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
TUM is looking for a new tenure track Professor on Transformative Landscape Governance, bridging between landscape planning, social sciences and quantitative land system science. Open to early-career candidates, female applicants especially encouraged!
Details: portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
Details: portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
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Happy to share our new paper on soil-specific unmixing of croplands in Germany led by Felix Lobert.
We adapted @katjakowalski.bsky.social’s approach using #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 🛰️ to account for soil variability using a soil reflectance composite developed at @thuenen.de EO:
tinyurl.com/5n92ae5z
We adapted @katjakowalski.bsky.social’s approach using #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 🛰️ to account for soil variability using a soil reflectance composite developed at @thuenen.de EO:
tinyurl.com/5n92ae5z
January 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Happy to share our new paper on soil-specific unmixing of croplands in Germany led by Felix Lobert.
We adapted @katjakowalski.bsky.social’s approach using #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 🛰️ to account for soil variability using a soil reflectance composite developed at @thuenen.de EO:
tinyurl.com/5n92ae5z
We adapted @katjakowalski.bsky.social’s approach using #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 🛰️ to account for soil variability using a soil reflectance composite developed at @thuenen.de EO:
tinyurl.com/5n92ae5z