Our interdisciplinary research project ECOSENSE investigates all relevant scales in a next generation ecosystem research assessment. Our vision is to detect and forecast critical changes in ecosystem functioning based on the understanding of hierarchical process interaction. To do so ECOSENSE develops, implements, and tests a new versatile, distributed, cost-effective, autonomous, intelligent sensor network based on novel microsensors tailored to the specific needs in remote and harsh forest environments.
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- Moutahir, H.; Sulzer, M.; Kiese, R.; Christen, A.; Weiler, M.; Dedden, L.; Brzozon, J.; Labenski, P.; Khanal, P.; Sigut, L.; Grote, R. (2026) Matching scales of eddy covariance measurements and process-based modeling – assessing spatiotemporal dynamics of carbon and water fluxes in a mixed forest in Southern Germany. Biogeosciences, 23, 1719–1738, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-1719-2026
- Sulzer, M.; Haberstroh, S.; Werner, C.; Christen, A. (2026) Carbon dioxide fluxes of two differently managed sites in a former Scots pine plantation in response to widespread drought mortality. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6141034 preprint
- Tesch, J.; Kühnhammer, K.; Wagner, D.; Christen, A.; Dormann, C.; Frey, J.; Grote, R.; Kattenborn, T.; Sulzer, M.; Wallrabe, U.; Weiler, M.; Werner, C.; Baghbani, S.; Brzozon, J.; Comella, L.M.; Dedden, L.; Dumberger, S.; Frey, Y.; Gassilloud, M.; Gerach, T.; Göritz, A.; Haberstroh, S.; Klüppel, J.; Kremer, L.; Kreuzwieser, J.; Lee, H.; Maack, J.; Müller, J.; Prucker, O.; Rajak, S.K.; Rühe, J.; Rupitsch, S.J.; Schack-Kirchner, H.; Scharinger, C.; Shinde, U.; Steinmann, T.; Stock, C.; Strack, J. (2025) The ECOSENSE forest: A distributed sensor and data management system for real-time monitoring of ecosystem processes and stresses. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4979 preprint
- Kükenbrink, D.; Gassilloud, M.; Bredec, B.; Bornand, A.; Calders, K.; Cherlet, W.; Eichhorn, M.P.; Frey, J.; Gretlera, C.M.; Höfle, B.; Kattenborn, T.; Klinger, L.; Mokros, M.; Pitkänen, T.P.; Saarinen, N.; Terryn, L.; Weiser, H.; Göritz, A. (2025) Insights from the Unseen – Occlusion in Forest Laser Scanning. https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/10336/ preprint