New paper out! 🤘
Can we estimate forest biodiversity using spaceborne #EnMAP data? 🛰️
Turns out, yes — spectral heterogeneity from EnMAP can estimate tree species diversity in Alpine forests 🌲🌳🏔️
Especially in the NIR region, with area-weighted pixels and canopy cover > 70%.
🔓 lnkd.in/eWKGeGfs

🤩Proud to co-author a new paper led by Petra Pracná & Vítězslav Moudrý (CZU Prague): combining NASA’s ICESat-2 & GEDI LiDAR 🛰️data to build 90 m global DTMs 🌍—matching or surpassing Copernicus DEM accuracy in forests!🌲
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 New research paper! 🌸🐝 UAV RGB + machine learning detect flowers as an indirect proxy for bee abundance—fast, scalable & eco-friendly! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#MAP-Rezia data collection is almost done! 🌺🌱 Thanks to @sonja, Angel & @gianmariabonari.bsky.social for completing botanical surveys between Stelvio & Swiss NP using the #ORCHAMP protocol. Now collecting remote sensing data✈️📡🛰️—will we detect the same biodiversity? Stay tuned for more…

Look who visited our biodiversity plots! 🦊These pics come from our camera traps in Switzerland, part of the ORCHAMP network we’re using in the MAP-Rezia project to monitor biodiversity between Stelvio and the Swiss National Park.
Can we spot the same wild animals using Earth observation?🛰️Stay tuned!

Just 2 weeks after setting up plots & camera traps, we’ve got our first visitor! In #MAPRezia (Interreg Italia–Svizzera lnkd.in/eWv5FtPN) we map biodiversity in all forms—plants, trees, and wildlife—using field & remote sensing data. More to come this summer! 🌲🛰️

🌿 Field season has officially started for MAP-Rezia project!
Great to finally meet all partners in the forest instead of just on screen! We kicked off our data collection, discussed next steps, and set the ground for linking what we see on the ground🌲 with remote sensing data🛰️

Just returned from the @esa.int #biospace25 conference hold in Frascati-Rome where I present my research on the link between different aspects of #biodiversity and vegetation height heterogeneity, assessed through remote sensing data 🌲 🛰️
If you missed my talk you can find it here: lnkd.in/eNxqeuMc

🌿 Kick-off for the #MAP-Rezia Project! 🌿
Excited to launch MAP-Rezia (~€1M, #InterregItaliaSvizzera) to monitor biodiversity in #ParcoNazionaledelloStelvio & #SchweizerischerNationalpark! We'll use remote sensing to map ecosystems, track herbivores & assess forest scenarios under climate change. 🚀🌍

During the war in Ukraine, alongside the devastating loss of human lives, vast areas of forests have also been destroyed. In this new paper we estimated this forest loss using AI and remote sensing data🌲📡 #forest #war #Ukraine #remotesensing #Landsat

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It’s never too late to collect field data in the forest at @unibz.bsky.social 🥶❄️🌲

Great discussions after my presentation at @unibz.bsky.social "Extreme Weather Events and Adaptation in the South-Eastern Alps" conference. I shared how LiDAR remote sensing helps track forest changes after windstorms like Vaia (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) & bark beetle outbreaks 🌲🛰️.