Dr. Martina Hobi
Function
Teamleader
Contact
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
| 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
Publications WSL
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Petrovska, R.; Bugmann, H.; Hobi, M.L.; Ghosh, S.; Brang, P., 2022: Survival time and mortality rate of regeneration in the deep shade of a primeval beech forest. European Journal of Forest Research, 141: 43-58. doi: 10.1007/s10342-021-01427-3
Stillhard, J.; Hobi, M.L.; Brang, P.; Brändli, U.; Korol, M.; Pokynchereda, V.; Abegg, M., 2022: Structural changes in a primeval beech forest at the landscape scale. Forest Ecology and Management, 504: 119836 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119836
Mathys, A.S.; Brang, P.; Stillhard, J.; Bugmann, H.; Hobi, M.L., 2021: Long-term tree species population dynamics in Swiss forest reserves influenced by forest structure and climate. Forest Ecology and Management, 481: 118666 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118666
Forrester, D.I.; Baker, T.G.; Elms, S.R.; Hobi, M.L.; Ouyang, S.; Wiedemann, J.C.; Xiang, W.; Zell, J.; Pulkkinen, M., 2021: Self-thinning tree mortality models that account for vertical stand structure, species mixing and climate. Forest Ecology and Management, 487: 118936 (17 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.118936
Bianchi, E.; Bugmann, H.; Hobi, M.L.; Bigler, C., 2021: Spatial patterns of living and dead small trees in subalpine Norway spruce forest reserves in Switzerland. Forest Ecology and Management, 494: 119315 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119315
Forrester, D.I.; Hobi, M.L.; Mathys, A.S.; Stadelmann, G.; Trotsiuk, V., 2021: Calibration of the process-based model 3-PG for major central European tree species. European Journal of Forest Research, 140: 847-868. doi: 10.1007/s10342-021-01370-3
Ginzler, C.; Price, B.; Weber, D.; Hobi, M.; Marty, M., 2021: Dynamik der Vegetationshöhen im Schweizer Wald. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 172, 5: 310-317. doi: 10.3188/szf.2021.0310
Petrovska, R.; Brang, P.; Gessler, A.; Bugmann, H.; Hobi, M.L., 2021: Grow slowly, persist, dominate—Explaining beech dominance in a primeval forest. Ecology and Evolution, 11, 15: 10077-10089. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7800
Hobi, M.L.; Farwell, L.S.; Dubinin, M.; Kolesov, D.; Pidgeon, A.M.; Coops, N.C.; Radeloff, V.C., 2021: Patterns of bird species richness explained by annual variation in remotely sensed Dynamic Habitat Indices. Ecological Indicators, 127: 107774 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107774
Bernsconi, A.; Brüllhardt, M.; Hobi, M.; Keller, F.; Reutimann, K.; Rudow, A., 2020: Waldlabor Zürich - the Zürich Forest Lab. A unique forest area in Switzerland to illustrate forest management to a large audience. In: Krumm, F.; Schuck, A.; Rigling, A. (eds), 2020: How to balance forestry and biodiversity conservation. A view across Europe. Birmensdorf, European Forest Institute (EFI); Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). 380-383.
Read, Q.D.; Zarnetske, P.L.; Record, S.; Dahlin, K.M.; Costanza, J.K.; Finley, A.O.; Gaddis, K.D.; Grady, J.M.; Hobi, M.L.; Latimer, A.M.; Malone, S.L.; Ollinger, S.V.; Pau, S.; Wilson, A.M., 2020: Beyond counts and averages: relating geodiversity to dimensions of biodiversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29, 4: 696-710. doi: 10.1111/geb.13061
Zenner, E.K.; Peck, J.E.; Hobi, M.L., 2020: Development phase convergence across scale in a primeval European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 460: 117889 (9 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117889
Razenkova, E.; Radeloff, V.C.; Dubinin, M.; Bragina, E.V.; Allen, A.M.; Clayton, M.K.; Pidgeon, A.M.; Baskin, L.M.; Coops, N.C.; Hobi, M.L., 2020: Vegetation productivity summarized by the Dynamic Habitat Indices explains broad-scale patterns of moose abundance across Russia. Scientific Reports, 10: 836 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-57308-8
Torresan, C.; Del Río, M.; Hilmers, T.; Notarangelo, M.; Bielak, K.; Binder, F.; Boncina, A.; Bosela, M.; Forrester, D.I.; Hobi, M.L.; Nagel, T.A.; Bartkowicz, L.; Sitkova, Z.; Zlatanov, T.; Tognetti, R.; Pretzsch, H., 2020: Importance of tree species size dominance and heterogeneity on the productivity of spruce-fir-beech mountain forest stands in Europe. Forest Ecology and Management, 457: 117716 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117716
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
Hilmers, T.; Avdagić, A.; Bartkowicz, L.; Bielak, K.; Binder, F.; Bončina, A.; Dobor, L.; Forrester, D.I.; Hobi, M.L.; Ibrahimspahić, A.; Jaworski, A.; Klopčič, M.; Matović, B.; Nagel, T.A.; Petráš, R.; Del Rio, M.; Stajić, B.; Uhl, E.; Zlatanov, T.; ... Pretzsch, H., 2019: The productivity of mixed mountain forests comprised of Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies, and Abies alba across Europe. Forestry, 92, 5: 512-522. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpz035
Ginzler, C.; Price, B.; Bösch, R.; Fischer, C.; Hobi, M.L.; Psomas, A.; Rehush, N.; Wang, Z.; Waser, L.T., 2019: Area-wide products. In: Fischer, C.; Traub, B. (eds), 2019: Swiss National Forest Inventory – Methods and models of the fourth assessment. Cham, Springer. 125-142. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-19293-8_7
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, 100, 11: e02845 (1 pp.). doi: 10.1002/ecy.2845
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
Coops, N.C.; Bolton, D.K.; Hobi, M.L.; Radeloff, V.C., 2019: Untangling multiple species richness hypothesis globally using remote sensing habitat indices. Ecological Indicators, 107: 105567 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105567
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
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
Ginzler, C.; Hobi, M.L., 2016: Das aktuelle Vegetationshöhenmodell der Schweiz: spezifische Anwendungen im Waldbereich. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 167, 3: 128-135. doi: 10.3188/szf.2016.0128
Zenner, E.K.; Peck, J.E.; Hobi, M.L.; Commarmot, B., 2016: Validation of a classification protocol: meeting the prospect requirement and ensuring distinctiveness when assigning forest development phases. Applied Vegetation Science, 19, 3: 541-552. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12231
Peck, J.E.; Commarmot, B.; Hobi, M.L.; Zenner, E.K., 2015: Should reference conditions be drawn from a single 10 ha plot? Assessing representativeness in a 10,000 ha old-growth European beech forest. Restoration Ecology, 23, 6: 927-935. doi: 10.1111/rec.12258
Petritan, I.C.; Commarmot, B.; Hobi, M.L.; Petritan, A.M.; Bigler, C.; Abrudan, I.V.; Rigling, A., 2015: Structural patterns of beech and silver fir suggest stability and resilience of the virgin forest Sinca in the Southern Carpathians, Romania. Forest Ecology and Management, 356: 184-195. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.07.015
Zenner., E.K.; Peck, J.E.; Hobi, M.L.; Commarmot, B., 2015: The dynamics of structure across scale in a primaeval European beech stand. Forestry, 88, 2: 180-189. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpu042
Hobi, M.L.; Commarmot, B.; Bugmann, H., 2015: Pattern and process in the largest primeval beech forest of Europe (Ukrainian Carpathians). Journal of Vegetation Science, 26, 2: 323-336. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12234
Ginzler, C.; Hobi, M.L., 2015: Countrywide stereo-image matching for updating digital surface models in the framework of the Swiss National Forest Inventory. Remote Sensing, 7, 4: 4343-4370. doi: 10.3390/rs70404343
Hobi, M.L.; Ginzler, C.; Commarmot, B.; Bugmann, H., 2015: Gap pattern of the largest primeval beech forest of Europe revealed by remote sensing. Ecosphere, 6, 5: 76 (15 pp.). doi: 10.1890/ES14-00390.1
Dymytrova, L.; Nadyeina, O.; Hobi, M.L.; Scheidegger, C., 2014: Topographic and forest-stand variables determining epiphytic lichen diversity in the primeval beech forest in the Ukrainian Carpathians. Biodiversity and Conservation, 23, 6: 1367-1394. doi: 10.1007/s10531-014-0670-1
Trotsiuk, V.; Hobi, M.L.; Commarmot, B., 2012: Age structure and disturbance dynamics of the relic virgin beech forest Uholka (Ukrainian Carpathians). Forest Ecology and Management, 265: 181-190. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.042
Hobi, M.L.; Ginzler, C., 2012: Accuracy assessment of digital surface models based on worldview-2 and ADS80 stereo remote sensing data. Sensors, 12, 5: 6347-6368. doi: 10.3390/s120506347
Further scientific publications
Moor, H.; Gossner, M.M.; Graham, C.; Hobi, M.L.; Holderegger, R.; Reber, U.; Altermatt, F.; Logar, I.; Matthews, B.; Narwani, A.; Seehausen, O.; Shipley, R., 2021: Biodiversitätsschutz dank Ökosystem-übergreifendem Denken. Forschungsinitiative Blau-Grüne Biodiversität (BGB). Aqua & Gas, 101, 12: 44-49.
Kipfer, T.; Zangger, A.; Plattner, M.; Sattler, T.; Schmid, H.; Wechsler, S.; Bergamini, A.; Boch, S.; Hobi, M.; Wotruba, L.; De Sassi, C.; Künzle, I.; Bühler, C.; Martinez, N.; Roth, T.; Weggler, M.; Thiébaud, J.; Dändliker, G., 2020: Monitoring und Wirkungskontrolle Biodiversität. Übersicht zu nationalen Programmen und Anknüpfungspunkten. Umwelt-Wissen, 2005. 57 p.
Record, S.; Dahlin, K.M.; Zarnetske, P.L.; Read, Q.D.; Malone, S.L.; Gaddis, K.D.; Grady, J.M.; Costanza, J.; Hobi, M.L.; Latimer, A.M.; Pau, S.; Wilson, A.M.; Ollinger, S.V.; Finley, A.O.; Hestir, E., 2020: Remote sensing of geodiversity as a link to biodiversity. In: Cavender-Bares, J.; Gamon, J.A.; Townsend, P.A. (eds), 2020: Remote sensing of plant biodiversity. Cham, Springer. 225-253. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-33157-3_10
Der Sihlwald ist einer der grössten zusammenhängenden Buchenwälder im schweizerischen Mittelland. Im Jahr 2000 wurde die Holznutzung eingestellt. Auf einer Fläche von 1098 ha steht der Wald seit 2007 als Naturwaldreservat und seit 2008 als kantonales Natur- und Landschaftsschutzgebiet (SVO Sihlwald) unter strengem Schutz.
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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.
Magazine article and brochures
Stillhard, J.; Abegg, M.; Brang, P.; Hobi, M., 2022: Entwicklung im Buchenurwald Uholka-Schyrokyi Luh über 9 Jahre. Bündnerwald, 75, 1: 18-21.
Moor, H.; Gossner, M.M.; Graham, C.; Hobi, M.L.; Logar, I.; Matthews, B.; Narwani, A.; Seehausen, O.; Holderegger, R.; Altermatt, F., 2022: Blau-grüne Biodiversität ist ein wichtiger Teil des Waldes. Wald und Holz, 103, 4: 30-33.
Moor, H.; Gossner, M.M.; Graham, C.; Hobi, M.L.; Logar, I.; Narwani, A.; Reber, U.; Seehausen, O.; Holdereger, R.; Altermatt, F., 2022: Besserer Biodiversitätsschutz in Blau-Grünen Ökosystemen. Des écosystèmes bleus-verts pour mieux protéger la biodiversité. Nature + Paysage. Natur + Landschaft: Inside, 25-29.
Brang, P.; Zimmermann, S.; Feuerstein, G.; Hobi, M.; Bugmann, H., 2018: Klimawandel verursacht Waldwandel. Cratschla, 4-7.