Our article in MEE got accepted “r.pi: a GRASS GIS package for semi-automatic spatial pattern analysis of remotely sensed land cover data” by Martin Wegmann, Benjamin Leutner, Markus Metz, Markus Neteler, Stefan Dech, Stefan and Duccio Rocchini. It outlines the capabilities of the r.pi package to analyze spatial patterns derived from remote sensing land cover data to inform about landscape conditions and changes. Such fragmentation measures are relevant for ecology or conservation as well as for remote sensing to produce value-added landcover maps that provide details on the spatial structure of the landscape.
Field Impressions from the Beech Decline Survey
In late July, PhD student Julia Rieder and EAGLE student Henning Riecken (InnoLab) conducted field visits to several beech forest stands in Northern Bavaria. Their survey covered regions including the Rhön, the Steigerwald, and areas around Würzburg and Bayreuth, as...