Deutsch Intern
Earth Observation Research Cluster

Dr. Martin Wegmann

Deputy for both Remote Sensing Departments
EAGLE point of contact

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 martin.wegmann@uni-wuerzburg.de

Institute for Geography und Geology
Department for Remote Sensing
John Skilton Str. 4a
97074 Würzburg

upon request

since 09/2011
Assistant Professor

since 2009
Courses within the Elite Network of Bavaria "Global Change Ecology" (www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de)
Link to the courses here.

since 04/2005
Scientist in the Department of Remote Sensing

since 2017:
Akam. Rat for lifetime

since 2016:
Courses at EAGLE

since 2013:
Courses in AniMove Summerschool (and Founder)

04/2005 - 07/2009
Dissertation within the topic of spatial patterns analysis to explain biodiversity patterns. Cooperation with partners in the BIOTA-West project (West Africa)

2000 – 2004
Diploma thesis using remote sensing based time-series data on a landscape in North-Australia to explain zoological distribution patterns.
Advanced study period in Biology, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Major subject: Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology.
Minor Subject: Behavioural Physiology, Sociobiology and Geography
Specialisation: Macroecology, Biogeography, spatial statistics/modelling, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing

1998 – 2000
Basic study period in Biology, Goettingen, Germany

Journal Articles

  • Fisser, H.; Khorsandi, E.; Wegmann, M.; Baier, F. (2022): Detecting Moving Trucks on Roads Using Sentinel-2 Data. In: Remote Sensing, 14 (7), 1595.
  • Rocchini, D.; Santos, M. J.; Ustin, S. L.; Féret, J.-B.; Asner, G. P.; Turner, W.; Vihervaara, P.; Wegmann, M.; Lenoir, J. (2022): The Spectral Species Concept in Living Color. In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127
  • Lenoir, J.; Rocchini, D.; Santos, M. J.; Ustin, S. L.; Féret, J.; Asner, G. P.; Beierkuhnlein, C.; Dalponte, M.; Feilhauer, H.; Foody, G. M.; Geller, G. N.; Gillespie, T. W.; He, K. S.; Kleijn, D.; Leitão, P. J.; Malavasi, M.; Moudrý, V.; Müllerová, J.; Nagendra, H.; Normand, S.; Ricotta, C.; Schaepman, M. E.; Schmidtlein, S.; Skidmore, A. K.; Šímová, P.; Torresani, M.; Townsend, P. A.; Turner, W.; Vihervaara, P.; Wegmann, M.; Lenoir, J. (2022): The Spectral Species Concept in Living Color. In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127 (9)
  • Halbgewachs, M.; Wegmann, M.; da Ponte, E. (2022): A Spectral Mixture Analysis and Landscape Metrics Based Framework for Monitoring Spatiotemporal Forest Cover Changes: A Case Study in Mato Grosso, Brazil. In: Remote Sensing, 14 (8)
  • Jetz, W.; Tertitski, G.; Kays, R.; Mueller, U.; Wikelski, M.; Åkesson, S.; Anisimov, Y.; Antonov, A.; Arnold, W.; Bairlein, F.; Baltà, O.; Baum, D.; Beck, M.; Belonovich, O.; Belyaev, M.; Berger, M.; Berthold, P.; Bittner, S.; Blake, S.; Block, B.; Bloche, D.; Boehning-Gaese, K.; Bohrer, G.; Bojarinova, J.; Bommas, G.; Bourski, O.; Bragin, A.; Bragin, A.; Bristol, R.; Brlík, V.; Bulyuk, V.; Cagnacci, F.; Carlson, B.; Chapple, T. K.; Chefira, K. F.; Cheng, Y.; Chernetsov, N.; Cierlik, G.; Christiansen, S. S.; Clarabuch, O.; Cochran, W.; Cornelius, J. M.; Couzin, I.; Crofoot, M. C.; Cruz, S.; Davydov, A.; Davidson, S.; Dech, S.; Dechmann, D.; Demidova, E.; Dettmann, J.; Dittmar, S.; Dorofeev, D.; Drenckhahn, D.; Dubyanskiy, V.; Egorov, N.; Ehnbom, S.; Ellis-Soto, D.; Ewald, R.; Feare, C.; Fefelov, I.; Fehérvári, P.; Fiedler, W.; Flack, A.; Froböse, M.; Fufachev, I.; Futoran, P.; Gabyshev, V.; Gagliardo, A.; Garthe, S.; Gashkov, S.; Gibson, L.; Goymann, W.; Gruppe, G.; Guglielmo, C.; Hartl, P.; Hedenström, A.; Hegemann, A.; Heine, G.; Ruiz, M. H.; Hofer, H.; Huber, F.; Iannarilli, F.; Illa, M.; Isaev, A.; Jakobsen, B.; Jenni, L.; Jenni-Eiermann, S.; Jesmer, B.; and others. (2022): Biological Earth observation with animal sensors. In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 37 (4), 293-98.
  • Philipp, M.; Wegmann, M.; Kübert-Flock, C. (2021): Quantifying the Response of German Forests to Drought Events via Satellite Imagery. In: Remote Sensing, 13 (9), 1845.
  • Skidmore, A. K.; Coops, N. C.; Elnaz, N.; Abebe, A.; Schaepman, M. E.; Paganini, M.; Kissling, W. D.; Petteri, V.; Darvishzadeh, R.; Feilhauer, H.; Miguel, F.; Néstor, F.; Gorelick, N.; Geizendorffer, I.; Heiden, U.; Heurich, M.; Hobern, D.; Holzwarth, S.; Muller-Karger, F. E.; Van De Kerchove, R.; Lausch, A.; Leitãu, P. J.; Lock, M. C.; Mücher, C. A.; O’Connor, B.; Rocchini, D.; Turner, W.; Kees, J.; Wang, T.; Wegmann, M.; Wingate, V. (2021): Priority list of biodiversity metrics to observe from space. In: Nature Ecology and Evolution
  • Rocchini, D.; Salvatori, N.; Beierkuhnlein, C.; Chiarucci, A.; {de Boissieu}, F.; Förster, M.; Garzon-Lopez, C. X.; Gillespie, T. W.; Hauffe, H. C.; He, K. S.; Kleinschmit, B.; Lenoir, J.; Malavasi, M.; Moudrý, V.; Nagendra, H.; Payne, D.; Šímová, P.; Torresani, M.; Wegmann, M.; Féret, J.-B. (2021): From local spectral species to global spectral communities: A benchmark for ecosystem diversity estimate by remote sensing. In: Ecological Informatics, 61, 101195.
  • Rocchini, D.; Thouverai, E.; Marcantonio, M.; Iannacito, M.; Re, D. D.; Torresani, M.; Bacaro, G.; Bazzichetto, M.; Bernardi, A.; Foody, G. M.; Furrer, R.; Kleijn, D.; Larsen, S.; Lenoir, J.; Malavasi, M.; Marchetto, E.; Messori, F.; Montaghi, A.; Moudr´y, V.; Naimi, B.; Ricotta, C.; Rossini, M.; Santi, F.; Santos, M. J.; Schaepman, M.; Schneider, F. D.; Schuh, L.; Silvestri, S.; S´ımov´a, P.; Skidmore, A. K.; Tattoni, C.; Tordoni, E.; Vicario, S.; Zannini, Z.; Wegmann, M. (2021): rasterdiv - an Information Theory tailored R package for measuring ecosystem heterogeneity from space: to the origin and back. In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Ulloa-Torrealba, Y.; Stahlmann, R.; Wegmann, M.; Koellner, T. (2020): Over 150 Years of Change: Object-Oriented Analysis of Historical Land Cover in the Main River Catchment, Bavaria/Germany. In: Remote Sensing, 12 (24), 4048.
  • Schwalb-Willmann, J.; Remelgado, R.; Safi, K.; Wegmann, M. (2020): moveVis: Animating movement trajectories in synchronicity with static or temporally dynamic environmental data in r. In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Remelgado, R.; Wegmann, M.; Safi, K. (2019): rsMove – An R package to bridge Remote Sensing and Movement Ecology. In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 1-23.
  • Lausch, A.; Borg, E.; Bumberger, J.; Dietrich, P.; Heurich, M.; Huth, A.; Jung, A.; Klenke, R.; Knapp, S.; Mollenhauer, H.; Paasche, H.; Paulheim, H.; Pause, M.; Schweitzer, C.; Schmulius, C.; Settele, J.; Skidmore, A.; Wegmann, M.; Zacharias, S.; Kirsten, T.; Schaepman, M. (2018): Understanding Forest Health with Remote Sensing, Part III: Requirements for a Scalable Multi-Source Forest Health Monitoring Network Based on Data Science Approaches. In: Remote Sensing, 10 (7), 1-52.
  • Buchanan, G.; Beresford, A.; Hebbelwhite, M.; Escobedo, F.; DeKlerk, H.; Donald, P.; Escribano, P.; Koh, L.; Marínez-López, J.; Pettorelli, N.; Skidmore, A.; Szantoi, Z.; Tabor, K.; Wegmann, M.; Wich, S. (2018): Free satellite data key to conservation. In: Science, Vol. 361 (Issue 6398), 139-40.
  • Lausch, A.; Borg, E.; Bumberger, J.; Dietrich, P.; Heurich, M.; Huth, A.; Jung, A.; Klenke, R.; Knapp, S.; Mollenhauer, H.; Paaschen, H.; Paulheim, H.; Pause, M.; Schweizer, C.; Schmullius, C.; Settele, J.; Skidmore, A.; Wegmann, M.; Zacharias, S.; Kirsten, T.; Schaepman, M. E. (2018): Understanding forest health with remote sensing -Part III - Requirements for a global multi-source forest health monitoring network. In: Remote SensingSpecial Issue "Remote Sensing of Forest Health", 10 (1120), 1-52.
  • Pettorelli, N.; Schulte to Buehne, H.; Tulloch, A.; Dubois, G.; Macinnis-Ng, C.; Queirós, A. M.; Keith, D. A.; Wegmann, M.; Schrodt, F.; Stellmes, M.; Sonnenschein, R.; Geller, G. N.; Roy, S.; Somers, B.; Murray, N.; Bland, L.; Geijzendorffer, I.; Kerr, J. T.; Broszeit, S.; Leit ao, P. J.; Duncan, C.; Serafy, G. E.; He, K. S.; Blanchard, J. L.; Lucas, R.; Mairota, P.; Webb, T. J.; Nicholson, E. (2018): Satellite remote sensing of ecosystem functions: opportunities, challenges and way forward. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conversation 2018, 4 (2), 71-93.
  • Rocchini, D.; Luque, S.; Pettorelli, N.; Bastin, L.; Doktor, D.; Faedi, N.; Feilhauer, H.; Féret, J.-B.; Foody, G. M.; Gavish, Y.; Godinho, S.; Kunin, W. E.; Lausch, A.; Leitão, P. J.; Marcantonio, M.; Neteler, M.; Ricotta, C.; Schmidtlein, S.; Vihervaara, P.; Wegmann, M.; Nagendra, H. (2018): Measuring ß-diversity by remote sensing: A challenge for biodiversity monitoring. In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 1787–1798.
  • Rocchini, D.; Bacaro, G.; Chirici, G.; Re, D. D.; Feilhauer, H.; Foody, G. M.; Galluzzi, M.; Garzon-Lopez, C. X.; Gillespie, T. W.; He, K. S.; Lenoir, J.; Marcantonio, M.; Nagendra, H.; Ricotta, C.; Rommel, E.; Schmidtlein, S.; Skidmore, A. K.; Kerchove, R. V. D.; Wegmann, M.; Rugani, B. (2018): Remotely sensed spatial heterogeneity as an exploratory tool for taxonomic and functional diversity study. In: Ecological Indicators, 85, 983-90.
  • Luque, S.; Pettorelli, N.; Vihervaara, P.; Wegmann, M. (2018): "Improving biodiversity monitoring using satellite remote sensing to provide solutions towards the 2020 conservation targets". In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (8), 1784-86.
  • Pettorelli, N.; Nagendra, H.; Rocchini, D.; Rowcliffe, M.; Williams, R.; Ahumada, J.; Angelo, C. D.; Atzberger, C.; Boyd, D.; Buchanan, G. M.; Chauvenet, A.; Disney, M.; Duncan, C.; Fatoyinbo, T.; Fernandez, N.; Haklay, M.; He, K.; Horning, N.; Kelly, N.; de Klerk, H.; Liu, X.; Merchant, N.; Paruelo, N.; Roy, H.; Shovonlal, R.; Ryan, S.; Sollmann, R.; Swenson, J.; Wegmann, M. (2017): Editorial: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation: three years on. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 3 (2), 53-56.
  • Rocchini, D.; Petras, V.; Petrasova, A.; Horning, N.; Furtkevicova, L.; Neteler, M.; Leutner, B.; Wegmann, M. (2017): Open data and open source for remote sensing training in ecology. In: Ecological Informatics, 40, 57-61.
  • Palumbo, I.; Rose, R. A.; Headley, R.; Nackoney, J.; Vodacek, A.; Wegmann, M. (2017): Building capacity in remote sensing for conservation: present and future challenges. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 1-9.
  • Pettorelli, N.; Nagendra, H.; Rocchini, D.; Rowcliffe, M.; Williams, R.; Ahumada, J.; De Angelo, C.; Atzberger, C.; Boyd, D.; Buchanan, G.; Chauvenet, A.; Disney, M.; Duncan, C.; Fatoyinbo, T.; Fernandez, N.; Haklay, M.; He, K.; Horning, N.; Kelly, N.; de Klerk, H.; Liu, X.; Merchant, N.; Paruelo, J.; Roy, H.; Roy, S.; Ryan, S.; Sollmann, R.; Swenson, J.; Wegmann, M. (2017): Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation: three years on. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 3 (2), 53-56.
  • Remelgado, R.; Leutner, B.; Safi, K.; Sonnenschein, R.; Kuebert, C.; Wegmann, M. (2017): Linking animal movement and remote sensing – mapping resource suitability from a remote sensing perspective. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Wegmann, M. (2017): Editorial: Remote Sensing Training in Ecology and Conservation – challenges and potential. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 3 (1), 5-6.
  • Schulte to Bühne, H.; Wegmann, M.; Durant, S. M.; Ransom, C.; de Ornellas, P.; Grange, S.; Beatty, H.; Pettorelli, N. (2017): Protection status and national socio-economic context shape land conversion in and around a key transboundary protected area complex in West Africa. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Wegmann, M.; Leutner, B. F.; Metz, M.; Neteler, M.; Dech, S.; Rocchini, D. (2017): r.pi: a GRASS GIS package for semi-automatic spatial pattern analysis of remotely sensed land cover data. In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Calabrese, A.; Calabrese, J. M.; Songer, M.; Wegmann, M.; Hedges, S.; Rose, R.; Leimgruber, P. (2017): Conservation status of Asian elephants: the influence of habitat and governance. In: Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-5.
  • Pettorelli, N.; Schulte to Bühne, H.; Tulloch, A.; Dubois, G.; Macinnis-Ng, C.; Queirós, A. M.; Keith, D. A.; Wegmann, M.; Schrodt, F.; Stellmes, M.; Sonnenschein, R.; Geller, G. N.; Roy, S.; Somers, B.; Murray, N.; Bland, L.; Geijzendorffer, I.; Kerr, J. T.; Broszeit, S.; Leitão, P. J.; Duncan, C.; El Serafy, G.; He, K. S.; Blanchard, J. L.; Lucas, R.; Mairota, P.; Webb, T. J.; Nicholson, E. (2017): Satellite remote sensing of ecosystem functions: opportunities, challenges and way forward. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, n/a-n/a.
  • Roccini, D.; Luque, S.; Pettorelli, N.; Bastin, L.; Doktor, D.; Faedi, N.; Feilhauer, H.; Feret, J.-B.; Foody, G. M.; Gavish, Y.; Godinho, S.; Kunin, W.; Lausch, A.; Leitao, P.; Marcantonio, M.; Neteler, M.; Ricotta, C.; Schmidtlein, S.; Vihervaara, P.; Wegmann, M.; Nagendra, H. (2017): Measuring ß-diversity by remote sensing: A challenge for biodiversity monitoring. In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (8), 1787-98.
  • Ernst, R.; Hölting, M.; Rodney, K.; Benn, V.; Thomas-Caesar, R.; Wegmann, M. (2016): A frog’s eye view: logging roads buffer against further diversity loss. In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14 (7), 353-55.
  • Ziegler, S.; Fa, J. E.; Wohlfart, C.; Streit, B.; Jacob, S.; Wegmann, M. (2016): Mapping Bushmeat Hunting Pressure in Central Africa. In: Biotropica, 48 (3), 405-12.
  • Paganini, M.; Leidner, A. K.; Geller, G.; Turner, W.; Wegmann, M. (2016): The role of space agencies in remotely sensed essential biodiversity variables. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2 (3), 132-40.
  • van Toor, M. L.; Newman, S. H.; Takekawa, J. Y.; Wegmann, M.; Safi, K. (2016): Temporal segmentation of animal trajectories informed by habitat use. In: Ecosphere, 7 (10), 1-16.
  • Palumbo, I.; Rose, R. A.; Headley, R. M. K.; Nackoney, J.; Vodacek, A.; Wegmann, M. (2016): Building capacity in remote sensing for conservation: present and future challenges. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Pettorelli, N.; Wegmann, M.; Skidmore, A.; Mücher, S.; Dawson, T. P.; Fernandez, M.; Lucas, R.; Schaepman, M. E.; Wang, T.; O’Connor, B.; Jongman, R. H.; Kempeneers, P.; Sonnenschein, R.; Leidner, A. K.; Böhm, M.; He, K. S.; Nagendra, H.; Dubois, G.; Fatoyinbo, T.; Hansen, M. C.; Paganini, M.; de Klerk, H. M.; Asner, G. P.; Kerr, J. T.; Estes, A. B.; Schmeller, D. S.; Heiden, U.; Rocchini, D.; Pereira, H. M.; Turak, E.; Fernandez, N.; Lausch, A.; Cho, M. A.; Alcaraz-Segura, D.; McGeoch, M. A.; Turner, W.; Mueller, A.; St-Louis, V.; Penner, J.; Vihervaara, P.; Belward, A.; Reyers, B.; Geller, G. N. (2016): Framing the concept of satellite remote sensing essential biodiversity variables: challenges and future directions. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Walz, Y.; Wegmann, M.; Dech, S.; Vounatsou, P.; Poda, J.-N.; N’Goran, E. K.; Utzinger, J.; Raso, G. (2015): Modeling and Validation of Environmental Suitability for Schistosomiasis Transmission Using Remote Sensinged. by Justin V. Remais. In: {PLoS} Negl Trop Dis, 9 (11), e0004217.
  • Skidmore, A. K.; Pettorelli, N.; Coops, N. C.; Geller, G. N.; Hansen, M.; Lucas, R.; Mücher, C. A.; O’Connor, B.; Paganini, M.; Pereira, H. M.; Schaepman, M. E.; Turner, W.; Wang, T.; Wegmann, M. (2015): Environmental science: Agree on biodiversity metrics to track from space. In: Nature, 523 (7561), 403.
  • Walz, Y.; Wegmann, M.; Dech, S.; Raso, G.; Utzinger, J. (2015): Risk profiling of schistosomiasis using remote sensing: approaches, challenges and outlook. In: Parasites Vectors, 8 (1)
  • Fa, J. E.; Olivero, J.; Real, R.; Farfan, M. A.; Marquez, A. L.; Vargas, J. M.; Ziegler, S.; Wegmann, M.; Brown, D.; Margetts, B.; Nasi, R. (2015): Disentangling the relative effects of bushmeat availability on human nutrition in central Africa. In: NATURE, Scientific Reports 5
  • Malec, S.; Rogge, D.; Heiden, U.; Sanchez-Azofeifa, A.; Bachmann, M.; Wegmann, M. (2015): Capability of Spaceborne Hyperspectral EnMAP Mission for Mapping Fractional Cover for Soil Erosion Modeling. In: Remote Sensing, 7 (9), 11776.
  • He, K. S.; Bradley, B. A.; Cord, A. F.; Rocchini, D.; Tuanmu, M.-N.; Schmidtlein, S.; Turner, W.; Wegmann, M.; Pettorelli, N. (2015): Will remote sensing shape the next generation of species distribution models?. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 1 (1), 4-18.
  • Rocchini, D.; Boyd, D. S.; Féret, J.-B.; Foody, G. M.; He, K. S.; Lausch, A.; Nagendra, H.; Wegmann, M.; Pettorelli, N. (2015): Satellite remote sensing to monitor species diversity: potential and pitfalls. In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Turner, W.; Rondinini, C.; Pettorelli, N.; Mora, B.; Leidner, A.; Szantoi, Z.; Buchanan, G.; Dech, S.; Dwyer, J.; Herold, M.; Koh, L.; Leimgruber, P.; Taubenboeck, H.; \textbf{Wegmann, M.; Wikelski, M.; Woodcock, C. (2015): Free and open-access satellite data are key to biodiversity conservation. In: Biological Conservation, 182, 173-76.
  • Turner, W.; Rondinini, C.; Pettorelli, N.; Mora, B.; Leidner, A. K.; Szantoi, Z.; Buchanan, G.; Dech, S.; Dwyer, J.; Herold, M.; Koh, L. P.; Leimgruber, P.; Taubenb{ö}ck, H.; Wegmann, M.; Wikelski, M.; Woodcock, C. (2015): Free and open-access satellite data are key to biodiversity conservation. In: Biological Conservation, 182, 173-76.
  • Alavipanah, S.; Wegmann, M.; Qureshi, S.; Weng, Q.; Koellner, T. (2015): The Role of Vegetation in Mitigating Urban Land Surface Temperatures: A Case Study of Munich, Germany during the Warm Season. In: Sustainability, 7 (4), 4689.
  • Buchanan, G. M.; Brink, A. B.; Leidner, A. K.; Rose, R.; Wegmann, M. (2015): Advancing terrestrial conservation through remote sensing. In: Ecological Informatics, 30, 318-21.
  • Walz, Y.; Wegmann, M.; Leutner, B.; Dech, S.; Vounatsou, P.; N’Goran, E.; Raso, G.; Utzinger, J. (2015): Use of an ecologically relevant modelling approach to improve remote sensing-based schistosomiasis risk profiling. In: Geospatial Health, 10 (2)
  • Früh-Müller, A.; Wegmann, M.; Koellner, T. (2015): Flood exposure and settlement expansion since pre-industrial times in 1850 until 2011 in north Bavaria, Germany. In: Regional Environmental Change, 15 (1), 183-93.
  • Pettorelli, N.; Laurance, W. F.; O’Brien, T. G.; Wegmann, M.; Nagendra, H.; Turner, W. (2014): Satellite remote sensing for applied ecologists: opportunities and challenges. In: Journal of Applied Ecology, 51 (4), 839-48.
  • Rose, R.; Byler, D.; Eastman, R.; Fleishman, E.; Geller, G.; Goetz, S.; Guild, L.; Hamilton, H.; Hansen, M.; Headley, R.; Hewson, J.; Horning, N.; Kaplin, A. B.; Laporte, N.; Leidern, A.; Leimgruber, P.; Morisette, J.; Musinsky, H.; Pintea, L.; Prados, A.; Radeloff, V.; Rowen, M.; Saatchi, S.; Schill, S.; Tabor, K.; Tunrer, W.; Vodacek, A.; Vogelmann, J.; Wegmann, M.; Wilkie, D.; Wilson, C. (2014): Ten Ways Remote Sensing Can Contribute to Conservation. In: Conservation Biology
  • Bevanda, M.; Horning, N.; Reineking, B.; Heurich, M.; Wegmann, M.; Mueller, J. (2014): Adding structure to land cover - using fractional cover to study animal habitat use. In: Movement Ecology, 2 (26)
  • Duncan, C.; Kretz, D.; Wegmann, M.; Rabeil, T.; Pettorelli, N. (2014): Oil in the Sahara: mapping anthropogenic threats to Saharan biodiversity from space. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369 (1643)
  • Wohlfahrt, C.; Wegmann, M.; Leimgruber, P. (2014): Mapping threatened dry deciduous dipterocarp forest in South-east Asia for conservation management. In: Tropical Conservation Science, 7 (4), 597-613.
  • Wegmann, M.; Santini, L.; Leutner, B.; Safi, K.; Rocchini, D.; Bevanda, M.; Latifi, H.; Dech, S.; Rondinini, C. (2014): Role of African protected areas in maintaining connectivity for large mammals. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369 (1643)
  • Kuenzer, C.; Ottinger, M.; Wegmann, M.; Guo, H.; Wang, C.; Zhang, J.; Dech, S.; Wikelski, M. (2014): Earth observation satellite sensors for biodiversity monitoring: potentials and bottlenecks. In: International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35 (18), 6599-6647.
  • Kachelriess, D.; Wegmann, M.; Gollock, M.; Pettorelli, N. (2014): The application of remote sensing for marine protected area management. In: Ecological Indicators, 36, 169-77.
  • Turner, W.; Buchanan, G.; Rondinini, C.; Dwyer, J.; Herold, M.; Koh, L. P.; Leidner, A.; Leimgruber, P.; Mora, B.; Pettorelli, N.; Szantoi, Z.; Taubenb{ö}ck, H.; Wegmann, M.; Wikelski, M. (2013): Satellites: make data freely accessible. In: Nature, 498 (37), 37.
  • Pereira, H. M.; Ferrier, S.; Walters, M.; Geller, G. N.; Jongman, R. H. G.; Scholes, R. J.; Bruford, M. W.; Brummitt, N.; Butchart, S. H. M.; Cardoso, A. C.; Coops, N. C.; Dulloo, E.; Faith, D. P.; Freyhof, J.; Gregory, R. D.; Heip, C.; H{ö}ft, R.; Hurtt, G.; Jetz, W.; Karp, D. S.; McGeoch, M. A.; Obura, D.; Onoda, Y.; Pettorelli, N.; Reyers, B.; Sayre, R.; Scharlemann, J. P. W.; Stuart, S. N.; Turak, E.; Walpole, M.; Wegmann, M. (2013): Essential Biodiversity Variables. In: Science, 339 (6117), 277-78.
  • Naidoo, R.; Du Preez, P.; Stuart-Hill, G.; Jago, M.; Wegmann, M. (2012): Home on the range: factors explaining partial migration of African buffalo in a tropical environment.. In: PLOS One, 7 (5)
  • Ayanu, Y.; Conrad, C.; Nauss, T.; Wegmann, M.; Koellner, T. (2012): Quantifying and Mapping Ecosystem Services Supplies and Demands: A Review of Remote Sensing Applications. In: Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (16), 8529-41.
  • Naidoo, R.; Du Preez, P.; Stuart-Hill, G.; Weaver, L. C.; Jago, M.; Wegmann, M. (2012): Factors affecting intraspecific variation in home range size of a large African herbivore.. In: Landscape Ecology, 27 (10), 1523-34.
  • Leutner, B.; Reineking, B.; Müller, J.; Bachmann, M.; Beierkuhnlein, C.; Dech, S.; Wegmann, M. (2012): Modelling Forest alpha-Diversity and Floristic Composition - On the Added Value of LiDAR plus Hyperspectral Remote Sensing. In: Remote Sensing, 4, 2818-45.
  • Oney, B.; Shapiro, A.; Wegmann, M. (2011): Evolution of water quality around the Island of Borneo during the last 8-years.. In: Procedia Environmental Sciences.
  • Rocchini, D.; Delucchi, L.; Bacaro, G.; Cavallini, P.; Feilhauer, H.; Foody, G.; Nagendra, H.; Porta, C.; Ricotta, C.; Schmidtlein, S.; Spano, D.; Wegmann, M.; Neteler, M. (2011): Measuring landscape heterogeneity by remotely-sensed spectral variability in an Open Source space.. In: Ecological Informatics.
  • Penner, J.; Wegmann, M.; Hillers, A.; Schmidt, M.; Rödel, M. (2011): A hotspot revisited - a biogeographical analysis of West African amphibians. In: Diversity and Distributions, 1-12.
  • Hüttich, C.; Herold, M.; Wegmann, M.; Cord, A.; Strohbach, B.; Schmullius, C.; Dech, S. (2011): Assessing effects of temporal compositing and varying observation periods for large-area land-cover mapping in semi-arid ecosystems: Implications for global monitoring. In: Remote Sensing of Environment, 115 (10), 2445-59.
  • Taubenböck, H.; Wegmann, M.; Roth, A.; Mehl, H.; Dech, S. (2009): Urbanization in India – Spatiotemporal analysis using remote sensing data. In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 33 (3), 179-88.
  • Kalko, E. K. V.; Villegas, S. E.; Schmidt, M.; Wegmann, M.; Meyer, C. F. J. (2008): Flying high - assessing the use of the aerosphere by bats. In: Integrative and Comparative Biology, 48, 60-73.

Books

  • Wegmann, M.; Schwalb-Willmann, J.; Dech, S. (2020): An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis
  • Wegmann, M.; Leutner, B.; Dech, S. (2016): Remote Sensing and GIS for Ecologists: Using Open Source Softwareed. by M. Wegmann, B. Leutner, and S. Dech

Book contributions

  • Pettorelli, N.; Wegmann, M.; Gurney, L.; Dubois, G. (2016): Monitoring protected areas from space. In: Protected areas: are they safeguarding biodiversity?
  • Oppelt, N.; Scheiber, R.; Gege, P.; Wegmann, M.; Taubenboeck, H.; Michael, B. (2015): Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Applications: Evolution, Current State of the Art, and Future Possibilities. In: Remotely sensing handbook. Volume I
  • Wegmann, M.; Machwitz, M.; Schmidt, M.; Dech, S. (2010): Fragmentation of rain forest - endangering biodiversity. In: Biodiversity Atlas of West Africa, Volume II: Burkina Fasopages, 86-91.
  • Giriraj, A.; Joshi, P. K.; Babar, S.; Wegmann, M.; Conrad, C.; Sudhakar, S.; Beierkuhnlein, C. (2009): Systematic Assessment of Forest Cover Change and Forest Fragmentation in Indian Sub-Continent using Multi-Scale Satellite Remote Sensing Inputs. In: Geoinformatics for Natural Resource Management

Conference contributions

  • Remelgado, R.; Wegmann, M. (2017): Towards Behavior Dependent Species Distribution Modeling. In: 37th International Symposium of Remote Sensing of Environmentpage, 473.
  • Leutner, B.; Kölzsch, A.; Wegmann, M.; Safi, K.; Wikelski, M.; Dech, S. (2017): Habitat Use of Migratory Birds: Movement Ecology Meets Remote Sensing. In: 37th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
  • K{ö}lzsch, A.; Leutner, B.; Safi, K.; Wegmann, M.; Dech, S.; Wikelski, M. (2017): Habitat use during spring migration: Remote sensing meets movement ecology. In: 6th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium
  • Leutner, B.; K{ö}lzsch, A.; Wegmann, M.; Safi, K.; Wikelski, M.; Dech, S. (2017): Habitat use of migratory birds: movement ecology meets remote sensing. In: 37th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Künzer, C.; Wegmann, M.; Dech, S. (2016): Langzeit-Erdbeobachtungsdaten für die Analyse globaler Veränderungen. In: Leopoldina Symposium Erdbeobachtung durch Tiere – Chancen und Perspektiven
  • Remelgado, R.; Wegmann, M.; Kamran, S. (2016): Remote Sensing in Movement Ecology: Scale Dependencies of Space Use. In: Living Planet Symposium - Europen Space Agency (ESA)
  • Wegmann, M. (2016): Remote sensing in ecology and conservation. In: ESA Living Planet Symposium
  • Heiden, U.; Holzwarth, S.; Pinnel, N.; Reichmuth, A.; Raczko, E.; Heurich, M.; Müller, J.; Wang, Z.; Skidmore, A.; Ali, A.; Wang, T.; Darvishzadeh, R.; Wegmann, M. (2016): Laboratory for Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBV) Concepts – The “Data Pool Initiative for the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem”. In: Living Planet Symposium 2016
  • Wegmann, M. (2016): Moving remote sensing towards application. In: Space – the final frontier for biodiversity monitoring
  • Wegmann, M. (2016): Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. In: Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
  • Leutner, B.; Wegmann, M.; Müller, J.; Dech, S. (2015): Sensor requirements for biodiversity research. The role of spatial and spectral resolution in mapping habitat of zoological communities. In: The 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Leutner, B. F.; Wegmann, M.; Müller, J.; Bachmann, M.; Dech, S. (2014): How much is enough? Habitat mapping and the need for hyper-resolution. In: 44th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland: Integrating ecological knowledge into nature conservation and ecosystem management
  • Leutner, B. F.; Wegmann, M.; Müller, J.; Bachmann, M.; Dech, S. (2014): Modelling forest habitat of zoological communities - Which sensors do we actually need?. In: 34th EARSeL Symposium European remote sensing - new opportunities for science and practicepage, 380.
  • Esch, T.; Marconcini, M.; Felbier, A.; Heldens, W.; Roth, A.; Wegmann, M. (2014): The Global Urban Footprint - A new worldwide human settlements layer to assess anthropogenic disturbances. In: ZSL Symposium on Remote Sensing for Conservation
  • Wegmann, M.; Pettorelli, N.; DiMarco, M.; Szantoi, Z. (2014): Combining land cover change and fragmentation analyses to track habitat degradation. In: Symposium "Remote Sensing for Conservation"
  • Wegmann, M.; Pettorelli, N.; Dubois, G.; Dech, S. (2013): Biodiversity activities within the Committee of Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS). In: Committee of Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)
  • Wegmann, M.; Pettorelli, N.; Dubois, G.; Dech, S. (2013): Unifying Conservation and Remote Sensing approaches. In: ICCB - International Congress for Conservation Biology
  • Walz, Y.; Wegmann, M.; Dech, S. (2012): Transmission of Schistosomiasis in Africa and its vulnerability to climate change. In: 32. Internationaler Geographischer Kongress in Köln
  • Sirmacek, B.; Wegmann, M.; Reinartz, P.; Dech, S. (2012): Automatic population counts for improved wildlife management using aerial photography. In: IEMSs Proceedings 2012pages, 1-8.
  • Walz, Y.; Wegmann, M.; Dech, S. (2012): Schistosomiasis risk assessment from space using high resolution Rapid Eye data. In: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - Remote Sensing for a Dynamic Earth, 22-27 Jul 2012pages, 7224-27.
  • Walz, Y.; Wegmann, M.; Dech, S. (2012): Beitrag von hochaufgelösten Rapid Eye Daten zur Räumlichen Risikoanalyse in der Gesundheitsforschung am Beispiel von Schistosomiasis. In: Proceedings 4. RESA Nutzerworkshop, DLR Rapid Eye Science Archive (RESA), DLR Neustrelitz, pp. 325-332
  • Wegmann, M.; Taubenb{ö}ck, H.; Besser, T.; Shapiro, A. C.; Ziegler, S.; Rajashekariah, K.; Esch, T.; Dech, S. (2011): Sprawling Crisis? Exploring the Crossroads of Urban Growth and Natural Environments with Earth Observation. In: 34th International Symposium for remote Sensing of the Environment
  • Machwitz, M.; Wegmann, M.; Conrad, C.; Dech, S. (2011): Remote Sensing based estimation of potential terrestrial carbon stocks in West Africa.. In: 34rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Taubenb{ö}ck, H.; Klotz, M.; Felbier, A.; Wegmann, M.; Ludwig, R. (2011): Spatio-temporal cross-city comparison using multisensoral remote sensing for Mexican cities. In: Proceedings of JURSE2011pages, 81-84.
  • Zeidler, J.; Wegmann, M.; Shapiro, A.; Dech, S. (2011): Robustness and Constraints on Spatial Transferability of Fractional Cover in the Caprivi, Namibia.. In: Proceedings of the 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 10.-15. April 2011, Sydney, Australien. ISRSE 2011, 10.-15. Apr. 2011, Sydney, Australia
  • Walz, Y.; Wegmann, M.; Dech, S. (2011): Disease Risk Assessment from Space: Case Study of Human Schistosomiasis. In: Workshop "Biodiversität und Infektionskrankheiten" (DIVERSITAS Deutschland e.V.) vom 28.11.2011 - 29.11.2011 in Frankfurt, Poster
  • Ziegler, S.; Jacob, S.; Melisch, R.; Wegmann, M. (2011): Bushmeat harvest at the nexus of socio-economics and habitat.. In: Status and future of tropical biodiversity - BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE & POLICY, 21.-24.02.2011, Frankfurt, Deutschland
  • Leutner, B.; Müller, H.; Wegmann, M.; Beierkuhnlein, C.; Müller, J.; Reineking, B. (2011): Modelling Biodiversity and Forest Structure Using Hyperspectral and LIDAR Remote Sensing. In: 41st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GFÖ), 05.09.2011 – 09.09.2011, Oldenburg, Germany
  • Kübert, C.; Klein, D.; Wegmann, M.; Conrad, C.; Dech, S. (2011): Multi-sensor-concepts for the assessment of land surface phenology using remote sensing data.. In: PhenoALP project final meeting, 12.-14.Oct. 2011, Torgnon, Italy
  • Wegmann, M.; Oney, B.; Shapiro, A.; Dech, S. (2011): Land Use Change Affects Coastal Water Quality around Borneo.. In: Proceedings of the 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 10.-15. April 2011, Sydney, Australien. ISRSE 2011, 10.-15. Apr. 2011, Sydney, Australia
  • Wegmann, M.; Taubenboeck, H.; Besser, T.; Shapiro, A.; Ziegler, S.; Rajashekariah, K.; Esch, T.; Dech, S. (2011): Sprawling Crisis? Exploring the Crossroads of Urban Growth and Natural Environments with Earth Observation.. In: Proceedings of the 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 10.-15. April 2011, Sydney, Australien. ISRSE 2011, 10.-15. Apr. 2011, Sydney, Australia
  • Taubenböck, H.; Clodt, S.; Wurm, M.; Wegmann, M.; Jürgens, C. (2010): The capabilities of remote sensing to derive urban location factors for probability-based spatial growth analysis. In: 15th International Conference on Urban Planning, Regional Development and Information Society (REAL CORP)
  • Taubenb{ö}ck, H.; Wegmann, M.; Wurm, M.; Ullmann, T.; Dech, S. (2010): The global trend of urbanization - Spatiotemporal analysis of megacities using multitemporal remote sensing, landscape metrics and gradient analysis. In: Proceedings of SPIE Europe Remote Sensingpages, 1-20.
  • Wegmann, M.; Schmidt, M.; Dech, S. (2009): Adding spatial attributes to landcover data – an ecological perspective. In: Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
  • Taubenböck, H.; Wegmann, M.; Roth, A.; Mehl, H.; Dech, S. (2009): Analysis of urban sprawl at mega city Cairo, Egypt using multisensoral remote sensing data, landscape metrics and gradient analysis. In: 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Taubenböck, H.; Wegmann, M.; Roth, A.; Schmidt, M.; Dech, S. (2009): Urbanization: A global change issue. In: 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Wegmann, M.; Schmidt, M.; Dech, S. (2009): Analysis of Spatial Patterns – adding attributes to Forest Patches to Evaluate the Importance of Individual Fragments for Spatial Landscape Integrity. In: 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Taubenb{ö}ck, H.; Wegmann, M.; Berger, C.; Breunig, M.; Roth, A.; Mehl, H. (2008): Spatiotemporal analysis of Indian megacities. In: Proceedings of the International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 75-82.
  • Yao, N. A.; Schmidt, M.; Landmann, T.; Wegmann, M.; Konaté, S.; Penner, J.; Rödel, M.-O.; Fahr, J.; Linsenmair, K. E. (2006): Satellite derived spatial and temporal distribution of fire activity in subsahelian West Africa. In: 6th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE)
  • Wegmann, M.; Colditz, R. R.; Fahr, J.; Landmann, T.; Linsenmair, K. E.; Penner, J.; Rödel, M.-O.; Schmidt, M.; Sommer, H.; Dech, S. (2006): Spatio-temporal analysis of African landscapes for biodiversity research. In: 6th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE)
  • König, K.; Runge, J.; Wegmann, M.; Schmidt, M.; Schmidt, M.; Agbani, P.; Agonyissa, D.; Wiekhorst, A. (2006): Spatial modelling of changes of the distribution of tree species with Landsat satellite data in Benin. In: 6th International Conference of the African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE)
  • Vogel, M.; Wegmann, M.; Schmidt, M.; Dech, S. (2005): Land Cover Change in Southern and Western Africa - A combined Change Detection Approach. In: 2005 Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation

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