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CatchmentSci @catchmentsci.bsky.social · Aug 31

Nice contribution! - we used the livox for change detection in another environmental setting and found them to be similarly useful agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

An Evaluation of Low‐Cost Terrestrial Lidar Sensors for Assessing Hydrogeomorphic Change

Fixed monitoring platforms using small form lidar sensors offer insight into hydrogeomorphic processes at user defined temporal resolution Change detection products are within 2–4 cm of those pro...

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Aug 20

Terrestrial laser scanning is too expensive? Not any more. @mokros.bsky.social and team have built one for €2k and all the specifications are all open-source papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @3dforecotech.bsky.social

Carlos Cabo on the left holds a Hovermap (very good, very expensive) while Martin Mokros on the right holds their new prototype (pretty good, incredibly cheap).

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌲 What if a terrestrial laser scanner cost ~€2k, and still delivered reliable forest data?

We built one. And it works.
→ DBH accuracy ~1.5 cm
→ Tree height ~1 m
→ Open hardware + open software

Accessible 3D forest monitoring

Wherever you are, get in touch 🌍

Preprint: bit.ly/3HneatY

#LiDAR

Guide + code: https://zenodo.org/records/16531534

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Jul 8

The Final Conference of 3DForEcoTech COST Action has come to an end.

We shared cutting-edge work in ground-based LiDAR, formed lasting collaborations, and, above all, created a truly open and friendly environment.

Reflection & what’s next: www.linkedin.com/posts/martin...

#3DForEcoTech #LiDAR

🎉 The Final Conference of 3DForEcoTech COST Action is now behind us — and what an inspiring journey it has been! | Martin Mokros

🎉 The Final Conference of 3DForEcoTech COST Action is now behind us — and what an inspiring journey it has been! Over three days, we witnessed exceptional talks from colleagues working ground-based L...

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Jul 3

🥳 Second day of 3DForEcoTech Final Conference!

@emilyrlines.bsky.social will have her Keynote on AI-enabled forest ecology in 3D - progress and challenges.
@kimcalders.bsky.social will have his Keynote on Virtual forests for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from space.

And more👇

Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Jun 30

📢 Join us virtually for the 3DForEcoTech Final Conference!
🗓️ July 2–4, 2025
🌲 Proximal sensing in forestry & ecology
🖥️ Open online – everyone welcome!
📄 Program: bit.ly/3TMTOfZ
📝 Register: forms.gle/HfR7rfstt7W6...
💬 Feel free to share and join us!

#3DForEcoTech #Forestry #RemoteSensing #COSTAction

Final detailed program - 3DForEcoTech Final Meeting

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Jul 2

We are on!
@daniel-kuken.bsky.social is kicking it off with his keynote on Ground-Based Laser Scanning in National Forest Inventories!

You can still join us virtually 👇

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Jun 30

📢 Join us virtually for the 3DForEcoTech Final Conference!
🗓️ July 2–4, 2025
🌲 Proximal sensing in forestry & ecology
🖥️ Open online – everyone welcome!
📄 Program: bit.ly/3TMTOfZ
📝 Register: forms.gle/HfR7rfstt7W6...
💬 Feel free to share and join us!

#3DForEcoTech #Forestry #RemoteSensing #COSTAction

Final detailed program - 3DForEcoTech Final Meeting

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Apr 23

Heading to #EGU25?
Join our Townhall Meeting (TM16) on forest ecosystem related COST Actions!
Discover how to connect, collaborate, or leverage research results.
Monday, 19:00, Room G2, Vienna. Programme: bit.ly/3En3n1o
More info: bit.ly/3GkeKro

@3dforecotech.bsky.social
#Forest #COSTActions

Townhall meeting (TM16): Forest ecosystem-related international networks under COST Actions

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Apr 22

Only a week left to apply for our Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems in Oxford from 4-8 August. All costs of EU-based participants will be fully covered.

Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems 2025 – 3DForEcoTech – COST Action CA20118

3dforecotech.eu

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · Apr 18

original version in Spanish by
@OACerebroin X ! 👏👏👏

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Mar 28

📢 Call for Participants!
3rd Interdisciplinary Summer School on Forest Ecosystems

💰 No registration fee + full expenses covered!

Organized by four COST Actions

📍 Where: Oxford University & Wytham Woods
📅 When: 4–8 August 2025
📝 More here: bit.ly/3FWRvDp

#SummerSchool #Forest #COSTActions

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Feb 12

📖Published📖

Addressing the need for improved tree species classification, Puliti et al. present the FOR-species20K dataset, a large, diverse, individual tree point cloud DL-ready benchmark dataset for platform and sensor agnostic tree species classification tasks 🌳 🌎 🧪

https://buff.ly/4hI7P8F

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Jan 17

PhD opportunity!

We are seeking a candidate who will focus on tree species diversity mapping through proximal sensing and multi-view Convolutional Neural Networks.

More in for about the project is here: bit.ly/42hWJ5T

Myself and Peter Bentley as supervisors. Profiles
bit.ly/4g11VhY
bit.ly/3E8ThjW

Tree Species Diversity Mapping through Proximal Sensing and Multi-view Convolutional Neural Networks at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Tree Species Diversity Mapping through Proximal Sensing and Multi-view Convolutional Neural Networks at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Dec 23

The second somebody opens the outside door, I shout, "Close the door, cold is coming inside."

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Ribana Roscher @ribana.bsky.social · Nov 20

🚨Our new review paper "Better, not just more: Data-centric ML for Earth Observation" 🌐🤖🛰️🔍 is out in GRSM. Shifting the focus from models to data offers new possibilities to improve accuracy, generalization, and real-world impact: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/107...

Arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2312.05327

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Dec 20

A 3-month position is available through @3dforecotech.bsky.social to prepare aerial RGB imagery for deep-learning approaches to tree detection and identification. Would suit someone looking for a bridge between MSc/PhD/PD positions. 3dforecotech.eu/activities/s...

STSM Position | WG2 and WP5 – 3DForEcoTech – COST Action CA20118

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · Dec 17

🚨We are recruiting one or more new Lecturers/Senior Lecturers in Biological Sciences (broadly defined, including ecology & global change) here in Bristol @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Apply and spread the word - Bristol is a wonderful place to live and work! Feel free to get in touch with questions.

University of Bristol Life Sciences Building

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Dec 9

🚨 PhD Opportunity
Shape the future of precision forestry!
Join an exciting project integrating mobile laser scanning & AI to revolutionise forest management.
@UCL + @qmul.ac.uk + @Forest_Research

Within
@treesdla.bsky.social

Apply now! 🌳👉 bit.ly/41rmoc6

#lidar #Forestry #AI

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Dec 9

🚨 PhD Opportunity
Shape the future of precision forestry!
Join an exciting project integrating mobile laser scanning & AI to revolutionise forest management.
@UCL + @qmul.ac.uk + @Forest_Research

Within
@treesdla.bsky.social

Apply now! 🌳👉 bit.ly/41rmoc6

#lidar #Forestry #AI

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Dec 3

For those unaware, the 3DForEcoTech COST Action is on @bsky.app.
Many exciting things are coming regarding summer schools, short-term scientific missions, data calls and many other thrilling stuff.

Follow us here:
bsky.app/profile/3dfo...

#lidar #forest #proximalsensing

@3dforecotech.bsky.social

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Dec 2

Just spotted this seminar tomorrow (3 Dec) by the awesome Paloma Ruiz Benito on "Forest dynamics under global change: temporal perspectives with observational approaches". Register here zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Dec 1

It’s December 1st, and we’re giving kids advent calendars, plus a board game each Sunday until Christmas. My 10-year-old daughter wrote me a letter as Santa. We moved to the UK last year—it’s been tough, and I struggle at times. I’ll use her letter as my mantra in hard times.
Not crying, you are!

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Paulina Arancibia @pauliarancibia.bsky.social · Nov 30

I created this stater pack with women in ecology and evolution.
If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing 🧪🌎🌐

go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · Nov 29

Hurricanes cause tremendous damage to forests, whether natural or plantations, but we know very little about what actually happens to trees during high winds (for obvious reasons). In our latest work we have the answer... 🧵👇🧪🌏 1/12

A rubber tree plantation on the island of Hainan in China has been trashed following a cyclone. Trees are bent and several have been snapped.

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Martin Mokros @mokros.bsky.social · Nov 27

I think this could be handy for the emails you will be sending these days.

www.getmagical.com/blog/sorry-f...

How to Professionally Say 'Sorry For the Late Response' in 2024

Here's how you say 'sorry for the late response' professionally, as well as how to respond to it.

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