Fabian Fassnacht
@ffassnacht.bsky.social
Forester - Scientist - FU Berlin - Remote Sensing - Galicia and donkey enthusiast
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⭐ Editor’s choice article ⭐
In search of “tree fingerprints”:
Yrttimaa and colleagues use terrestrial laser scanning to quantify architectural uniqueness in Scots pine trees.
Read more about their approaches and possible applications 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
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In search of “tree fingerprints”:
Yrttimaa and colleagues use terrestrial laser scanning to quantify architectural uniqueness in Scots pine trees.
Read more about their approaches and possible applications 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
🧪
October 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
⭐ Editor’s choice article ⭐
In search of “tree fingerprints”:
Yrttimaa and colleagues use terrestrial laser scanning to quantify architectural uniqueness in Scots pine trees.
Read more about their approaches and possible applications 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
🧪
In search of “tree fingerprints”:
Yrttimaa and colleagues use terrestrial laser scanning to quantify architectural uniqueness in Scots pine trees.
Read more about their approaches and possible applications 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
🧪
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Ecosystem-based management and caribou in Canada 🦌
Stevenson et al. review a range of responses from habitat selection to population dynamics of woodland caribou to forestry and wildfire practices.
Read more about their findings here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
Stevenson et al. review a range of responses from habitat selection to population dynamics of woodland caribou to forestry and wildfire practices.
Read more about their findings here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ecosystem-based management and caribou in Canada 🦌
Stevenson et al. review a range of responses from habitat selection to population dynamics of woodland caribou to forestry and wildfire practices.
Read more about their findings here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
Stevenson et al. review a range of responses from habitat selection to population dynamics of woodland caribou to forestry and wildfire practices.
Read more about their findings here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
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🚨 Deadline approaching to submit to our special issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social on
“Laser scanning applications in forest management”
⏰ Submissions are due 30th November 2025
More information here:
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
“Laser scanning applications in forest management”
⏰ Submissions are due 30th November 2025
More information here:
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🚨 Deadline approaching to submit to our special issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social on
“Laser scanning applications in forest management”
⏰ Submissions are due 30th November 2025
More information here:
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
“Laser scanning applications in forest management”
⏰ Submissions are due 30th November 2025
More information here:
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
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🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
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20 plots, hundreds of #Riegl TLS scans, thousands of berries… 🌲🫐 and a million laughs.
Norway field campaign = success! 💪
Now we are back in Berlin and ready to process our data.
Shoutout to our amazing field crew:
Arvin, Asad, Chiara, Ephraim, Johann, Marius & Miriam!
#RonnieRieglOnTour
Norway field campaign = success! 💪
Now we are back in Berlin and ready to process our data.
Shoutout to our amazing field crew:
Arvin, Asad, Chiara, Ephraim, Johann, Marius & Miriam!
#RonnieRieglOnTour
August 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
20 plots, hundreds of #Riegl TLS scans, thousands of berries… 🌲🫐 and a million laughs.
Norway field campaign = success! 💪
Now we are back in Berlin and ready to process our data.
Shoutout to our amazing field crew:
Arvin, Asad, Chiara, Ephraim, Johann, Marius & Miriam!
#RonnieRieglOnTour
Norway field campaign = success! 💪
Now we are back in Berlin and ready to process our data.
Shoutout to our amazing field crew:
Arvin, Asad, Chiara, Ephraim, Johann, Marius & Miriam!
#RonnieRieglOnTour
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Have you seen our collection of high-impact articles?
Take a look at the most read and cited papers of the last two years at Forestry with topics ranging from:
🌳 Forest monitoring
💻 Deep learning
🍂 Ash dieback and more!
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
Take a look at the most read and cited papers of the last two years at Forestry with topics ranging from:
🌳 Forest monitoring
💻 Deep learning
🍂 Ash dieback and more!
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
August 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Have you seen our collection of high-impact articles?
Take a look at the most read and cited papers of the last two years at Forestry with topics ranging from:
🌳 Forest monitoring
💻 Deep learning
🍂 Ash dieback and more!
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
Take a look at the most read and cited papers of the last two years at Forestry with topics ranging from:
🌳 Forest monitoring
💻 Deep learning
🍂 Ash dieback and more!
academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...
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Check out this innovative work in Forestry:
Yrttimaa et al. Quantifying architectural uniqueness of Scots pine trees using terrestrial laser scanning: toward individual tree fingerprinting. #lidar #tls
academic.oup.com/forestry/art...
Yrttimaa et al. Quantifying architectural uniqueness of Scots pine trees using terrestrial laser scanning: toward individual tree fingerprinting. #lidar #tls
academic.oup.com/forestry/art...
August 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Check out this innovative work in Forestry:
Yrttimaa et al. Quantifying architectural uniqueness of Scots pine trees using terrestrial laser scanning: toward individual tree fingerprinting. #lidar #tls
academic.oup.com/forestry/art...
Yrttimaa et al. Quantifying architectural uniqueness of Scots pine trees using terrestrial laser scanning: toward individual tree fingerprinting. #lidar #tls
academic.oup.com/forestry/art...
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Terrestrial laser scanning can transform national forest inventories by adding new measurements and a 3D perspective. In our new paper we provide a pathway for implementing 3D forest surveys. 1/6 🧪🌎🌳🌲 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Terrestrial laser scanning can transform national forest inventories by adding new measurements and a 3D perspective. In our new paper we provide a pathway for implementing 3D forest surveys. 1/6 🧪🌎🌳🌲 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚀 Getting started with Deep Learning for remote sensing? Check out these beginner tutorials from FU Berlin: 🧠 UNet in PyTorch: bit.ly/3GBWPx1 🛰️ Segment Anything for GeoTIFFs: bit.ly/3GBWRVF 🌍 #DeepLearning #PyTorch #GeospatialAI #UNet #SegmentAnything #EarthObservation #OpenScience
July 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🚀 Getting started with Deep Learning for remote sensing? Check out these beginner tutorials from FU Berlin: 🧠 UNet in PyTorch: bit.ly/3GBWPx1 🛰️ Segment Anything for GeoTIFFs: bit.ly/3GBWRVF 🌍 #DeepLearning #PyTorch #GeospatialAI #UNet #SegmentAnything #EarthObservation #OpenScience
Really interesting PhD position on rain drop impacts below forest cover at my former work place at the KIT in Karlsruhe - really nice people and cool topic!
www.ifgg.kit.edu/downloads/so...
www.ifgg.kit.edu/downloads/so...
www.ifgg.kit.edu
July 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Really interesting PhD position on rain drop impacts below forest cover at my former work place at the KIT in Karlsruhe - really nice people and cool topic!
www.ifgg.kit.edu/downloads/so...
www.ifgg.kit.edu/downloads/so...
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Our Editor-in-Chief @ffassnacht.bsky.social is on Bluesky!
🌲 Are there any other Forestry editors taking root here?
🤝 We are thinking about creating a starter pack to connect Forestry editors.
👇Let us know if you would be interested in being added to one
🌲 Are there any other Forestry editors taking root here?
🤝 We are thinking about creating a starter pack to connect Forestry editors.
👇Let us know if you would be interested in being added to one
Forestry is now on Bluesky 👋
We are looking forward to putting down roots here and connecting with researchers, practioners and policy makers working in the forestry sector. 🌳🌲
academic.oup.com/forestry
We are looking forward to putting down roots here and connecting with researchers, practioners and policy makers working in the forestry sector. 🌳🌲
academic.oup.com/forestry
July 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Our Editor-in-Chief @ffassnacht.bsky.social is on Bluesky!
🌲 Are there any other Forestry editors taking root here?
🤝 We are thinking about creating a starter pack to connect Forestry editors.
👇Let us know if you would be interested in being added to one
🌲 Are there any other Forestry editors taking root here?
🤝 We are thinking about creating a starter pack to connect Forestry editors.
👇Let us know if you would be interested in being added to one
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On our idyllic GeoCampus Lankwitz, smart sensors track tree growth, soil moisture & light of some of our many trees. TLS scans turn trees like "Rosie" 🌳 the chestnut into stunning 3D models 👓. #TTN #SmartForestry #IoT #TreeGrowth #LoRaWAN #ForestEcology #SensingFUB
July 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
On our idyllic GeoCampus Lankwitz, smart sensors track tree growth, soil moisture & light of some of our many trees. TLS scans turn trees like "Rosie" 🌳 the chestnut into stunning 3D models 👓. #TTN #SmartForestry #IoT #TreeGrowth #LoRaWAN #ForestEcology #SensingFUB
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Economic evaluation of a tree breeding programme 📈🌲
In their economic sensitivity analysis, Saraev et al. show that using improved Scots pine forest reproductive material is cost-effective, outperforming the current timber production and financial outcomes.
Read more here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
In their economic sensitivity analysis, Saraev et al. show that using improved Scots pine forest reproductive material is cost-effective, outperforming the current timber production and financial outcomes.
Read more here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
July 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Economic evaluation of a tree breeding programme 📈🌲
In their economic sensitivity analysis, Saraev et al. show that using improved Scots pine forest reproductive material is cost-effective, outperforming the current timber production and financial outcomes.
Read more here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
In their economic sensitivity analysis, Saraev et al. show that using improved Scots pine forest reproductive material is cost-effective, outperforming the current timber production and financial outcomes.
Read more here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
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🌳 In Brandenburg, we’ve set up a TTN-connected station to monitor soil moisture & light intensity—exploring how these factors affect young oak seedlings growing under mature pines. Stay tuned for more news from our #sensorfield!
#SmartForestry #IoT #TreeGrowth #LoRaWAN #ForestEcology #SensingFUB
#SmartForestry #IoT #TreeGrowth #LoRaWAN #ForestEcology #SensingFUB
July 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🌳 In Brandenburg, we’ve set up a TTN-connected station to monitor soil moisture & light intensity—exploring how these factors affect young oak seedlings growing under mature pines. Stay tuned for more news from our #sensorfield!
#SmartForestry #IoT #TreeGrowth #LoRaWAN #ForestEcology #SensingFUB
#SmartForestry #IoT #TreeGrowth #LoRaWAN #ForestEcology #SensingFUB
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🥳 Second day of 3DForEcoTech Final Conference!
@emilyrlines.bsky.social will have her Keynote on AI-enabled forest ecology in 3D - progress and challenges.
@kimcalders.bsky.social will have his Keynote on Virtual forests for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from space.
And more👇
@emilyrlines.bsky.social will have her Keynote on AI-enabled forest ecology in 3D - progress and challenges.
@kimcalders.bsky.social will have his Keynote on Virtual forests for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from space.
And more👇
📢 Join us virtually for the 3DForEcoTech Final Conference!
🗓️ July 2–4, 2025
🌲 Proximal sensing in forestry & ecology
🖥️ Open online – everyone welcome!
📄 Program: bit.ly/3TMTOfZ
📝 Register: forms.gle/HfR7rfstt7W6...
💬 Feel free to share and join us!
#3DForEcoTech #Forestry #RemoteSensing #COSTAction
🗓️ July 2–4, 2025
🌲 Proximal sensing in forestry & ecology
🖥️ Open online – everyone welcome!
📄 Program: bit.ly/3TMTOfZ
📝 Register: forms.gle/HfR7rfstt7W6...
💬 Feel free to share and join us!
#3DForEcoTech #Forestry #RemoteSensing #COSTAction
Final detailed program - 3DForEcoTech Final Meeting
bit.ly
July 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
🥳 Second day of 3DForEcoTech Final Conference!
@emilyrlines.bsky.social will have her Keynote on AI-enabled forest ecology in 3D - progress and challenges.
@kimcalders.bsky.social will have his Keynote on Virtual forests for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from space.
And more👇
@emilyrlines.bsky.social will have her Keynote on AI-enabled forest ecology in 3D - progress and challenges.
@kimcalders.bsky.social will have his Keynote on Virtual forests for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from space.
And more👇
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Our new perspective on the use (& misuse) of what we're calling virtual forests (rather than digital twins!), for forest change from space, led by @kimcalders.bsky.social w many great colleagues 🔭 🧪🔬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Realistic virtual forests for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from space
Forests worldwide are undergoing large-scale and unprecedented changes in terms of structure and composition due to land use change and natural distur…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our new perspective on the use (& misuse) of what we're calling virtual forests (rather than digital twins!), for forest change from space, led by @kimcalders.bsky.social w many great colleagues 🔭 🧪🔬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Are you working with LiDAR or inventory data? Visit me at poster H07 at #LPS25 to find out more about our R package, TreeCompR, which provides solutions for quantifying tree competition!
June 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Are you working with LiDAR or inventory data? Visit me at poster H07 at #LPS25 to find out more about our R package, TreeCompR, which provides solutions for quantifying tree competition!
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Great to see this study out In @rsecjournal.bsky.social led by Marius Somveille @ UEA zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Low-cost lidar + bioacoustics for assessing avian habitat in agroforestry systems (coffee in this case)
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Great to see this study out In @rsecjournal.bsky.social led by Marius Somveille @ UEA zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Low-cost lidar + bioacoustics for assessing avian habitat in agroforestry systems (coffee in this case)
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Job Alert!
We are hiring a new PhD candidate to work with me and @louiseterryn.bsky.social on multitemporal terrestrial laser scanning for better understanding forest structural dynamics at @qforestlab.bsky.social .
More info ➡️ bit.ly/449NunA
Apply here ➡️ bit.ly/3I5AnMP
Application deadline: Aug 3
We are hiring a new PhD candidate to work with me and @louiseterryn.bsky.social on multitemporal terrestrial laser scanning for better understanding forest structural dynamics at @qforestlab.bsky.social .
More info ➡️ bit.ly/449NunA
Apply here ➡️ bit.ly/3I5AnMP
Application deadline: Aug 3
June 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Job Alert!
We are hiring a new PhD candidate to work with me and @louiseterryn.bsky.social on multitemporal terrestrial laser scanning for better understanding forest structural dynamics at @qforestlab.bsky.social .
More info ➡️ bit.ly/449NunA
Apply here ➡️ bit.ly/3I5AnMP
Application deadline: Aug 3
We are hiring a new PhD candidate to work with me and @louiseterryn.bsky.social on multitemporal terrestrial laser scanning for better understanding forest structural dynamics at @qforestlab.bsky.social .
More info ➡️ bit.ly/449NunA
Apply here ➡️ bit.ly/3I5AnMP
Application deadline: Aug 3
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Three of us—@ffassnacht.bsky.social , @miriamher.bsky.social & @HuaJiang—are heading to the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna next week! We will present on forest practitioners' requirements for remote sensing-based products and modeling surface fuels from 3D TLS Data. Hope to see you there!🌍 #LPS25
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Three of us—@ffassnacht.bsky.social , @miriamher.bsky.social & @HuaJiang—are heading to the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna next week! We will present on forest practitioners' requirements for remote sensing-based products and modeling surface fuels from 3D TLS Data. Hope to see you there!🌍 #LPS25
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Hello everyone! We’re the Remote Sensing & Geoinformatics Group at FU Berlin. We study trees and ecosystems using tech like LiDAR, satellites & AI. From forests to cities, we’re all about research, learning, teaching and collaboration. Excited to share our journey with you! 🌳📡💥🛸🛰️🤓💻🌍
June 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hello everyone! We’re the Remote Sensing & Geoinformatics Group at FU Berlin. We study trees and ecosystems using tech like LiDAR, satellites & AI. From forests to cities, we’re all about research, learning, teaching and collaboration. Excited to share our journey with you! 🌳📡💥🛸🛰️🤓💻🌍
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Automating forest management 🌲
Li et al. develop a vision-based planting position selection system to assess the feasibility of autonomous reforestation.
Read more about their workflow here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
📷: Linnea Hansson
Li et al. develop a vision-based planting position selection system to assess the feasibility of autonomous reforestation.
Read more about their workflow here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
📷: Linnea Hansson
June 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Automating forest management 🌲
Li et al. develop a vision-based planting position selection system to assess the feasibility of autonomous reforestation.
Read more about their workflow here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
📷: Linnea Hansson
Li et al. develop a vision-based planting position selection system to assess the feasibility of autonomous reforestation.
Read more about their workflow here 👇
doi.org/10.1093/fore...
📷: Linnea Hansson
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📢 We’re hiring a #Postdoc for SmartForest4.0 at NIBIO in Ås!
Work on AI-based decision support for sustainable forestry using LLMs, CV & agent systems.
PhD req.
Apply by June 8 www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Work on AI-based decision support for sustainable forestry using LLMs, CV & agent systems.
PhD req.
Apply by June 8 www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
#postdoc #openposition #openpostdoc #computer_vision #machine_learning… | SmartForest4.0
📢 💥 We are hiring a #Postdoc for SmartForest4.0 at NIBIO in Ås!
💡 🌲 Do you want to work with us on developing and implementing AI models for decision support in sustainable forestry. This will includ...
www.linkedin.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
📢 We’re hiring a #Postdoc for SmartForest4.0 at NIBIO in Ås!
Work on AI-based decision support for sustainable forestry using LLMs, CV & agent systems.
PhD req.
Apply by June 8 www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Work on AI-based decision support for sustainable forestry using LLMs, CV & agent systems.
PhD req.
Apply by June 8 www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
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Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay and the focus is on plastic pollution, which is often overlooked in forest environments!
A study by Naskrent et al. examined the impacts of brush cutters on worker operations, plastic pollution and fuel use when managing young forests in Poland. doi.org/10.1093/fore...
A study by Naskrent et al. examined the impacts of brush cutters on worker operations, plastic pollution and fuel use when managing young forests in Poland. doi.org/10.1093/fore...
Influence of cutting attachment on work efficiency, fuel consumption and environmental pollution from plastic wire during tending of young forests with brush cutters
Abstract. Petrol brush cutters are among the most widely used devices for tending young forests. During this work, environmental pollution is generated by
doi.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay and the focus is on plastic pollution, which is often overlooked in forest environments!
A study by Naskrent et al. examined the impacts of brush cutters on worker operations, plastic pollution and fuel use when managing young forests in Poland. doi.org/10.1093/fore...
A study by Naskrent et al. examined the impacts of brush cutters on worker operations, plastic pollution and fuel use when managing young forests in Poland. doi.org/10.1093/fore...