Dr. Martina Hobi

Function

teamleader

Forest Resources and Management

Stand Dynamics and Silviculture

Contact

martina.hobi(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 22 18+41 44 739 22 18

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HP D 61

Research interests

Forest structure analyses using inventory data
Canopy height modelling with 3d satellite and aerial imagery
Disturbance ecology based on tree-ring data
Biodiversity modelling at different spatial scales

Education and professional experience

Here you can find my CV.

05/2015 - 04/2017	Postdoctoral fellow - SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
06/2013 - 03/2015	Research associate - Remote Sensing Group and Stand Dynamics and Silviculture group WSL
02/2010 - 05/2013	Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences ETH Zurich - WSL and Forest Ecology Group at ETH
	Ph.D. thesis: "Structure and disturbance patterns of the largest European primeval beech forest revealed by terrestrial and remote sensing data"
10/2005 - 11/2010	Certificate of Teaching Ability in Environmental Education ETH Zurich
10/2006 - 10/2008	Master of Science in Environmental Sciences ETH Zurich - Specialisation in Forest and Landscape Management
	Master thesis: "Growth reactions of beech, Scots pine and black pine on a forest fire" (in German)
10/2003 - 09/2006	Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences ETH Zurich

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

DivScaling

The main objective of this project is to elaborate how different diversity components in Swiss forest change with increasing area and how they depend on changing heterogeneity.

Tree species map of Switzerland

Despite the technical developments in the remote sensing sector that have emerged recently, data collection, efficient processing and especially storage of big data, and classifications over large areas are still insufficient.

Preserving 100+ years of growth plot data

This project will digitise the 100+ years worth of data that is stored in field note books, plot maps, hand-drawn root structures and crown maps etc.

Primeval forest structures and biodiversity: A Swiss-Ukrainian research cooperation

The primeval forests of the Carpathians, which are similar to many forests in Switzerland with regards to tree species composition and growth conditions, are therefore of high interest to WSL as research and reference objects.

Beech dominance

Beech forests provide important ecosystem services. In the primeval forest of Uholka-Shyrokyi Luh, 97% of the tree layer is composed of beech. The reasons for this extremely pronounced dominance are examined in this project.

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Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Stillhard, J.; Hobi, M.; Hülsmann, L.; Brang, P.; Ginzler, C.; Kabal, M.; Nitzsche, J.; Projer, G.; Shparyk, Y.; Commarmot, B., 2019: Stand inventory data from the 10‐ha forest research plot in Uholka: 15 yr of primeval beech forest development. Ecology, e02845. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2845

Zarnetske, P.L.; Read, Q.D.; Record, S.; Gaddis, K.D.; Pau, S.; Hobi, M.L.; Malone, S.L.; Costanza, J.; Dahlin, K.M.; Latimer, A.M.; Wilson, A.M.; Grady, J.M.; Ollinger, S.V.; Finley, A.O., 2019: Towards connecting biodiversity and geodiversity across scales with satellite remote sensing. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28: 548-556. doi: 10.1111/geb.12887

Suttidate, N.; Hobi, M.L.; Pidgeon, A.M.; Round, P.D.; Coops, N.C.; Helmers, D.P.; Keuler, N.S.; Dubinin, M.; Bateman, B.L.; Radeloff, V.C., 2019: Tropical bird species richness is strongly associated with patterns of primary productivity captured by the Dynamic Habitat Indices. Remote Sensing of Environment, 232: 111306 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111306

Radeloff, V.C.; Dubinin, M.; Coops, N.C.; Allen, A.M.; Brooks, T.M.; Clayton, M.K.; Costa, G.C.; Graham, C.H.; Helmers, D.P.; Ives, A.R.; Kolesov, D.; Pidgeon, A.M.; Rapacciuolo, G.; Razenkova, E.; Suttidate, N.; Young, B.E.; Zhu, L.; Hobi, M.L., 2019: The dynamic habitat indices (DHIs) from MODIS and global biodiversity. Remote Sensing of Environment, 222: 204-214. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.12.009

Levesque, M.; Andreu-Hayles, L.; Smith, W.K.; Williams, A.P.; Hobi, M.L.; Allred, B.W.; Pederson, N., 2019: Tree-ring isotopes capture interannual vegetation productivity dynamics at the biome scale. Nature Communications, 10, 1: 742 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08634-y

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Further scientific publications

Commarmot, B.; Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Hobi, M.L.; Korol, M.; Lanz, A., 2013: Main results. In: Commarmot, B.; Brändli, U.-B.; Hamor, F.; Lavnyy, V. (eds), 2013: Inventory of the Largest Primeval Beech Forest in Europe. A Swiss-Ukrainian Scientific Adventure. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. 41-57.

Abegg, M.; Hobi, M.L.; Kaufmann, E.; Lanz, A., 2013: Data management and statistical evaluation. In: Commarmot, B.; Brändli, U.-B.; Hamor, F.; Lavnyy, V. (eds), 2013: Inventory of the Largest Primeval Beech Forest in Europe. A Swiss-Ukrainian Scientific Adventure. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. 35-39.

Planning and management of the field survey