We investigated post-disturbance forest recovery in the Alps using satellite remote sensing from Landsat and Sentinel-2, covering the period from 1990 to 2021. and applying a state-of-the-art technique called temporally generalized synthetic spectral unmixing, which allows to disentangle the land cover types within each pixel, giving us accurate tree cover fractions.
We investigated the resilience of European temperate forests to large and severe disturbances (i.e. creating contiguous patches larger than 1ha) using ground-based inventories of regeneration, in collaboration with several other European research groups. Furthermore, we leveraged on large bioclimatic and topographic datasets to assess the impact of environment and forest management on the recovery process.
FOREXCLIM (Forests and extreme weather events: Solutions for risk resilient management in a changing climate) was the forerunner of FORECO project. The aim of the project was to develop risk-resilient management strategies that enable a provision of diverse ecosystem services despite the uncertainties related to climate change and timber market developments.
The first live meeting of the FORECO project was held from 20th to 21th April in Slovenia, organized by the project partners from the Department of Forestry and Renewable Resources of Biotechnical Faculty.
We investigated post-disturbance forest recovery in the Alps using satellite remote sensing from Landsat and Sentinel-2, covering the period from 1990 to 2021. and applying a state-of-the-art technique called temporally generalized synthetic spectral unmixing, which allows to disentangle the land cover types within each pixel, giving us accurate tree cover fractions.
We investigated the resilience of European temperate forests to large and severe disturbances (i.e. creating contiguous patches larger than 1ha) using ground-based inventories of regeneration, in collaboration with several other European research groups. Furthermore, we leveraged on large bioclimatic and topographic datasets to assess the impact of environment and forest management on the recovery process.
FOREXCLIM (Forests and extreme weather events: Solutions for risk resilient management in a changing climate) was the forerunner of FORECO project. The aim of the project was to develop risk-resilient management strategies that enable a provision of diverse ecosystem services despite the uncertainties related to climate change and timber market developments.
The first live meeting of the FORECO project was held from 20th to 21th April in Slovenia, organized by the project partners from the Department of Forestry and Renewable Resources of Biotechnical Faculty.