Monitoring Biodiversity from Space

Project Information

BIOSPACE

Grant agreement ID: 834709

DOI 10.3030/834709

EC signature date 20 May 2019

Start date 1 September 2019

End date 31 August 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 470 315,00

EU contribution € 2 470 315,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE
Netherlands

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (21)

Priority list of biodiversity metrics to observe from space

Author(s): Andrew K. Skidmore, Nicholas C. Coops, Elnaz Neinavaz, Abebe Ali, Michael E. Schaepman, Marc Paganini, W. Daniel Kissling, Petteri Vihervaara, Roshanak Darvishzadeh, Hannes Feilhauer, Miguel Fernandez, Néstor Fernández, Noel Gorelick, Ilse Geijzendorffer, Uta Heiden, Marco Heurich, Donald Hobern, Stefanie Holzwarth, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Ruben Van De Kerchove, Angela Lausch, Pedro J. Leitão,
Published in: Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2021, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01451-x

LiDAR reveals a preference for intermediate visibility by a forest‐dwelling ungulate species

Author(s): Xin Zong; Tiejun Wang; Andrew K. Skidmore; Marco Heurich
Published in: 14, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 0021-8790
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13847

Canopy chlorophyll content retrieved from time series remote sensing data as a proxy for detecting bark beetle infestation

Author(s): Abebe Mohammed Ali; Haidi Abdullah; Roshanak Darvishzadeh; Andrew K. Skidmore; Andrew K. Skidmore; Marco Heurich; Marco Heurich; Claudia Roeoesli; Marc Paganini; Uta Heiden; David Marshall
Published in: Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 22:100524, 1 - 9. Elsevier, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2352-9385
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100524

Temperate tree microbiomes: divergent soil and phyllosphere microbial communities share few but dominant taxa

Author(s): Andjin Siegenthaler; Andrew K. Skidmore; G. Arjen de Groot; Ivo Laros; Mélody Rousseau; Yiwei Duan
Published in: Crossref, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 0032-079X
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-023-06364-1

A voxel matching method for effective leaf area index estimation in temperate deciduous forests from leaf-on and leaf-off airborne LiDAR data

Author(s): Xi Zhu, Jing Liu, Andrew K. Skidmore, Joe Premier, Marco Heurich
Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment, Issue 240, 2020, Page(s) 111696, ISSN 0034-4257
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.111696

Quantifying Marine Plastic Debris in a Beach Environment Using Spectral Analysis

Author(s): Jenna A. Guffogg; Samantha M. Blades; Mariela Soto-Berelov; Chris Bellman; Andrew K. Skidmore; Simon Jones
Published in: Remote sensing, 13(22):4548. MDPI, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs13224548

Harmonizing Forest Conservation Policies with Essential Biodiversity Variables Incorporating Remote Sensing and Environmental DNA Technologies

Author(s): Marcelle Lock; Iris van Duren; Andrew K. Skidmore; Neil Saintilan
Published in: VOLUME=13;ISSUE=3;STARTPAGE=1;ENDPAGE=15;ISSN=1999-4907;TITLE=Forests, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/f13030445

The impact of voxel size, forest type, and understory cover on visibility estimation in forests using terrestrial laser scanning

Author(s): Xin Zong, Tiejun Wang, Andrew K. Skidmore, Marco Heurich
Published in: GIScience & Remote Sensing, Issue 58/3, 2021, Page(s) 323-339, ISSN 1548-1603
Publisher: V.H. Winston and Sons, Inc.
DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2021.1873588

50 Years of Cumulative Open-Source Data Confirm Stable and Robust Biodiversity Distribution Patterns for Macrofungi

Author(s): Haili Yu; Tiejun Wang; Andrew Skidmore; Marco Heurich; Claus Bässler
Published in: Journal of Fungi, Vol 8, Iss 9, p 981 (2022), Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2309-608X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jof8090981

Estimating Community-Level Plant Functional Traits in a Species-Rich Alpine Meadow Using UAV Image Spectroscopy

Author(s): Yi-Wei Zhang; Tiejun Wang; Yanpei Guo; Andrew Skidmore; Zhenhua Zhang; Rong Tang; Shanshan Song; Zhiyao Tang
Published in: VOLUME=14;ISSUE=14;STARTPAGE=1;ENDPAGE=14;ISSN=2072-4292;TITLE=Remote sensing, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs14143399

Comparative evaluation of algorithms for leaf area index estimation from digital hemispherical photography through virtual forests

Author(s): Jing Liu; Jing Liu; Longhui Li; Longhui Li; Markku Åkerblom; Tiejun Wang; Andrew K. Skidmore; Xi Zhu; Marco Heurich; Marco Heurich
Published in: Remote Sensing; Volume 13; Issue 16; Pages: 3325, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs13163325

Mapping the relative abundance of soil microbiome biodiversity from eDNA and remote sensing

Author(s): Andrew K. Skidmore; Andjin Siegenthaler; Tiejun Wang; Roshanak Darvishzadeh; Xi Zhu; Anthony Chariton; G. Arjen de Groot
Published in: Science of Remote Sensing, 6, Issue 7, 2022, ISSN 2666-0172
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.srs.2022.100065

Towards the spectral mapping of plastic debris on beaches

Author(s): Jenna A. Guffogg; Mariela Soto-Berelov; Simon Jones; Chris Bellman; Jennifer L. Lavers; Andrew K. Skidmore
Published in: Remote sensing, 13(9):1850, 1 - 21. MDPI, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs13091850

Mapping canopy chlorophyll content in a temperate forest using airborne hyperspectral data

Author(s): J. Malin Hoeppner; Andrew K. Skidmore; Roshanak Darvishzadeh; Marco Heurich; Marco Heurich; Hsing-Chung Chang; Tawanda W. Gara
Published in: Remote sensing, 12(21):3573, 1 - 24. MDPI, Issue 1, 2020, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs12213573

Deep learning enables satellite-based monitoring of large populations of terrestrial mammals across heterogeneous landscape

Author(s): Zijing Wu; Ce Zhang; Xiaowei Gu; Isla Duporge; Lacey F. Hughey; Jared A. Stabach; Andrew K. Skidmore; J. Grant C. Hopcraft; Stephen J. Lee; Peter M. Atkinson; Douglas J. McCauley; Richard Lamprey; Shadrack Ngene; Tiejun Wang
Published in: VOLUME=14;ISSN=2041-1723;TITLE=Nature communications, Issue 1, 2023, Page(s) 15, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38901-y

An improved area-based approach for estimating plot-level tree DBH from airborne LiDAR data

Author(s): Zhengnan Zhang; Tiejun Wang; Andrew K. Skidmore; Fuliang Cao; Guanghui She; Lin Cao
Published in: Forest Ecosystems, Vol 10, Iss , Pp 100089- (2023), Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 2095-6355
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1016/j.fecs.2023.100089

A laboratory for conceiving Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)—The ‘Data pool initiative for the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem’

Author(s): Hooman Latifi; Hooman Latifi; Stefanie Holzwarth; Andrew K. Skidmore; Andrew K. Skidmore; Josef Brůna; Jaroslav Červenka; Roshanak Darvishzadeh; Martin Hais; Uta Heiden; Lucie Homolová; Peter Krzystek; Thomas Schneider; Martin Starý; Tiejun Wang; Jörg Müller; Jörg Müller; Marco Heurich; Marco Heurich
Published in: Methods in ecology and evolution, 12(11), 2073 - 2083. Wiley, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2041-210X
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13695

Forest soils further acidify in core Natura 2000 areas amongst unaware government policy

Author(s): Skidmore, A.K.; Abdullah, H.; Siegenthaler, Andjin; Adiningrat, Devara Prawira; Rousseau, Mélody; Duan, Yiwei; Torres Rodriguez, Alejandra; Neinavaz, E.
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Vol 159, Iss , Pp 111621- (2024), Issue 1, 2024, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111621

A Novel Approach to Match Individual Trees between Aerial Photographs and Airborne LiDAR Data

Author(s): Yi Xu; Tiejun Wang; Andrew K. Skidmore; Tawanda W. Gara
Published in: Remote Sensing, Vol 15, Iss 17, p 4128 (2023), Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs15174128

How future climate and tree distribution changes shape the biodiversity of macrofungi across Europe

Author(s): Haili Yu; Tiejun Wang; Andrew Skidmore; Marco Heurich; Claus Bässler
Published in: urn:issn:1366-9516, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1366-9516
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13688

Monitoring Coastal Water Body Health with Sentinel-2 MSI Imagery

Author(s): Marcelle Lock; Neil Saintilan; Iris van Duren; Andrew Skidmore
Published in: Remote Sensing; Volume 15; Issue 7; Pages: 1734, Issue 9, 2023, Page(s) 18, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs15071734