C. Senf

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1. Excess forest mortality is consistently linked to drought across Europe

   C. Senf, A. Buras, Christian S. Zang, A. Rammig +1 more

   2020Nature Communications512 citations Open access

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2. Mapping the forest disturbance regimes of Europe

   C. Senf, R. Seidl

   2020bioRxiv466 citations Open access

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3. Supplementary material to "Persistent impacts of the 2018 drought on forest disturbance regimes in Europe"

   C. Senf, R. Seidl

   2021Biogeosciences168 citations Open access

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4. Storm and fire disturbances in Europe: Distribution and trends

   C. Senf, R. Seidl

   2021Global Change Biology148 citations Open access

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5. Globally consistent climate sensitivity of natural disturbances across boreal and temperate forest ecosystems

   R. Seidl, Juha Honkaniemi, T. Aakala, A. Aleinikov +21 more

   2020Ecography148 citations Open access

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6. Increasing aridity causes larger and more severe forest fires across Europe

   Marc Grünig, R. Seidl, C. Senf

   2022Global Change Biology132 citations Open access

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7. Increasing canopy mortality affects the future demographic structure of Europe's forests

   C. Senf, Julius Sebald, R. Seidl

   2021105 citations Open access

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8. Characterizing spring phenology of temperate broadleaf forests using Landsat and Sentinel-2 time series

   Katja Kowalski, C. Senf, P. Hostert, Dirk Pflugmacher

   2020International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation102 citations Open access

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9. Post‐disturbance canopy recovery and the resilience of Europe’s forests

   C. Senf, R. Seidl, B. Poulter

   2021Global Ecology and Biogeography95 citations Open access

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10. Concerns about reported harvests in European forests

    M. Palahí, R. Valbuena, C. Senf, N. Acil +29 more

    2021Nature87 citations Open access

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11. Seeing the System from Above: The Use and Potential of Remote Sensing for Studying Ecosystem Dynamics

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    2022Ecosystems84 citations Open access

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12. Tree canopy extent and height change in Europe, 2001–2021, quantified using Landsat data archive

    S. Turubanova, P. Potapov, Matthew C Hansen, Xin-Yuan Li +14 more

    2023Remote Sensing of Environment66 citations Open access

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13. A generalized regression-based unmixing model for mapping forest cover fractions throughout three decades of Landsat data

    C. Senf, Josef Laštovička, A. Okujeni, M. Heurich +1 more

    202065 citations

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14. Ecosystem services at risk from disturbance in Europe's forests

    J. Lecina‐Diaz, C. Senf, Marc Grünig, R. Seidl

    2024Global Change Biology61 citations Open access

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15. The effects of forest cover and disturbance on torrential hazards: large-scale evidence from the Eastern Alps

    Julius Sebald, C. Senf, M. Heiser, C. Scheidl +2 more

    2019Environmental Research Letters61 citations Open access

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16. Towards a global understanding of tree mortality

    Cornelius Adriane Thomas A. M. William R. L. Kristina J. Gab Senf Esquivel‐Muelbert Pugh Anderegg Anderson‐Teix, C. Senf, A. Esquível-Muelbert, T. A. M. Pugh +111 more

    2025New Phytologist59 citations Open access

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17. The impact of land-use legacies and recent management on natural disturbance susceptibility in mountain forests

    A. Stritih, C. Senf, R. Seidl, A. Grêt-Regamey +1 more

    2021Forest Ecology and Management57 citations Open access

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18. Human or natural? Landscape context improves the attribution of forest disturbances mapped from Landsat in Central Europe

    Julius Sebald, C. Senf, R. Seidl

    202154 citations Open access

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19. Unmixing-based forest recovery indicators for predicting long-term recovery success

    Lisa Mandl, A. Viana-Soto, R. Seidl, A. Stritih +1 more

    2024Remote Sensing of Environment53 citations Open access

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20. The response of canopy height diversity to natural disturbances in two temperate forest landscapes

    C. Senf, A. Mori, J. Müller, R. Seidl

    2020Landscape Ecology53 citations Open access

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21. Spaceborne LiDAR for characterizing forest structure across scales in the European Alps

    Lisa Mandl, A. Stritih, R. Seidl, C. Ginzler +1 more

    2023Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation49 citations Open access

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22. Climate change will increase forest disturbances in Europe throughout the 21st century.

    Marc Grünig, W. Rammer, C. Senf, Katharina Albrich +39 more

    2026Science47 citations Open access

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23. Changes in planned and unplanned canopy openings are linked in Europe’s forests

    R. Seidl, C. Senf

    2024Nature Communications46 citations Open access

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24. Ecosystem Resilience Monitoring and Early Warning Using Earth Observation Data: Challenges and Outlook

    Sebastian Bathiany, R. Bastiaansen, A. Bastos, Lana L. Blaschke +9 more

    2024Surveys in geophysics46 citations Open access

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25. The European Forest Disturbance Atlas: a forest disturbance monitoring system using the Landsat archive

    A. Viana-Soto, C. Senf

    2025Earth System Science Data45 citations Open access

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26. Alternative states in the structure of mountain forests across the Alps and the role of disturbance and recovery

    A. Stritih, R. Seidl, C. Senf

    2023Landscape Ecology37 citations Open access

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27. Using historical spy satellite photographs and recent remote sensing data to identify high‐conservation‐value forests

    Catalina Munteanu, C. Senf, M. Niță, Francesco Maria Sabatini +3 more

    2021Conservation Biology34 citations Open access

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28. Meteorological history of low-forest-greenness events in Europe in 2002–2022

    Mauro Hermann, M. Röthlisberger, A. Gessler, A. Rigling +3 more

    2023Biogeosciences31 citations Open access

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29. Mapping spatial microclimate patterns in mountain forests from LiDAR

    Michiel Vandewiele, L. Geres, A. Lotz, Lisa Mandl +4 more

    2023Agricultural and Forest Meteorology31 citations Open access

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30. Projected climate and canopy change lead to thermophilization and homogenization of forest floor vegetation in a hotspot of plant species richness

    Kristin H. Braziunas, L. Geres, Tobias Richter, Felix Glasmann +4 more

    2024Global Change Biology29 citations Open access

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31. Landscape patterns in stand-replacing disturbances across the world’s forests

    N. Acil, J. Sadler, C. Senf, Susanne Suvanto +1 more

    2024Nature Sustainability26 citations Open access

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32. Understanding Europe's Forest Harvesting Regimes

    S. Suvanto, A. Esquível-Muelbert, M. Schelhaas, J. Astigarraga +14 more

    2025Earth's Future23 citations Open access

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33. Gap expansion is the dominant driver of canopy openings in a temperate mountain forest landscape

    Kirsten Krüger, C. Senf, T. Jucker, Dirk Pflugmacher +1 more

    2024Journal of Ecology23 citations Open access

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34. Rising cost of disturbances for forestry in Europe under climate change

    J. Mohr, Félix Bastit, Marc Grünig, Thomas Knoke +4 more

    2025Nature Climate Change22 citations Open access

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35. Microclimate temperature effects propagate across scales in forest ecosystems

    Kristin H. Braziunas, W. Rammer, P. De Frenne, Joan Díaz-Calafat +5 more

    2025Landscape Ecology21 citations Open access

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36. Mapping the natural disturbance risk to protective forests across the European Alps.

    A. Stritih, C. Senf, Thomas Marsoner, R. Seidl

    2024Journal of Environmental Management21 citations Open access

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37. Quantifying patch size distributions of forest disturbances in protected areas across the European Alps

    Michael Maroschek, R. Seidl, B. Poschlod, C. Senf

    2023Journal of Biogeography21 citations Open access

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38. Satellite-based habitat monitoring reveals long-term dynamics of deer habitat in response to forest disturbances.

    J. Oeser, M. Heurich, C. Senf, Dirk Pflugmacher +1 more

    2020Ecological Applications21 citations Open access

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39. Effects of climate and forest development on habitat specialization and biodiversity in Central European mountain forests

    Tobias Richter, L. Geres, Sebastian König, Kristin H. Braziunas +6 more

    2024Communications Biology20 citations Open access

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40. The potential role of an alien tree species in supporting forest restoration: Lessons from Shiretoko National Park, Japan

    Kureha F. Suzuki, Yuta Kobayashi, R. Seidl, C. Senf +9 more

    202117 citations Open access

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41. The anthropogenic imprint on temperate and boreal forest demography and carbon turnover

    T. A. M. Pugh, R. Seidl, Dai-Jun Liu, M. Lindeskog +2 more

    2023Global Ecology and Biogeography16 citations Open access

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42. Setting aside areas for conservation does not increase disturbances in temperate forests

    Kirsten Krüger, C. Senf, Jonas Hagge, R. Seidl

    2025Journal of Applied Ecology15 citations Open access

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43. Benchmarking inference methods for water quality monitoring and status classification

    Hoseung Jung, C. Senf, P. Jordan, Tobias Krüger

    2020Environmental Monitoring & Assessment15 citations Open access

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44. Large‐scale remote sensing analysis reveals an increasing coupling of grassland vitality to atmospheric water demand

    Katja Kowalski, C. Senf, A. Okujeni, P. Hostert

    2024Global Change Biology14 citations Open access

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45. Benchmarking tree instance segmentation of terrestrial laser scanning point clouds

    W. Cherlet, Karun Dayal, Shilin Chen, Z. Cooper +10 more

    2026Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing11 citations Open access

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46. Increasing canopy mortality challenges the future of Europe's forests

    C. Senf, Julius Sebald, R. Seidl

    202011 citations Open access

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47. Increase in disturbance-induced canopy gaps leads to reorganization of Central European bird communities

    A. Gräser, Claudia Frank, Friederike Kunz, Andreas Schuldt +4 more

    2025Basic and Applied Ecology10 citations Open access

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48. Taylor’s law predicts unprecedented pulses of forest disturbance under global change

    C. Senf, R. Seidl, Thomas Knoke, T. Jucker

    2025Nature Communications10 citations Open access

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49. Soundscapes and airborne laser scanning identify vegetation density and its interaction with elevation as main driver of bird diversity and community composition

    S. Seibold, Tobias Richter, L. Geres, R. Seidl +5 more

    2024Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity10 citations Open access

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50. Mapping subcanopy light regimes in temperate mountain forests from Airborne Laser Scanning, Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2

    Felix Glasmann, C. Senf, R. Seidl, P. Annighöfer

    2023Science of Remote Sensing10 citations Open access

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