A new MSc. student started her thesis “Suitability of Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data and texture measures of aerial images to model the species distribution of Glaucidium passerinum (Pygmy Owl) in Vercors, French Alps”. Wanda Graf is using LiDAR data to describe the three dimensional habitat structure of Glaucidium passerinum at different scales. Moreover texture measures of aerial images will be used to describe the habitat structure of Glaucidium passerinum at different scales. It is assumed that LiDAR data are more suitable to model the distribution of Glaucidium passerinum than texture measures of aerial images. The thesis is supervised by Dr. Björn Reineking and Dr. Martin Wegmann
New Elite Master “Ecological Forecasting” with Uni Bayreuth started
This fall, the new Master Ecological Forecasting (MEF) in the Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) has welcomed its first generation of students. The unique programme is an interdisciplinary initiative between University of Bayreuth and University of Würzburg.







