2026
Besnard, S., Viana-Soto, A., Hartmann, H., Patacca, M., Heinrich, V. H. A., Kowalski, K., Santoro, M., De Keersmaecker, W., Van De Kerchove, R., Herold, M., & Senf, C. (2026) Natural disturbances increasingly affect Europe’s most mature and carbon-rich forests. Biogeosciences. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6288
Zheleznyy, O., Senf, C., Boike, J., Pflugmacher, D. (in press) Remote sensing reveals post-fire forest composition shifts in boreal Eastern Siberia. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35, e70298. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70298
Sonnweber Mohr, J., Schattenberg, C., Potterf, M., Braziunas, K., Dollinger, C., Erhardt, A., Gégout, J.-C., Geres, L., Greiner, S., Grünig, M., Hlásny, T., Hochholzer, K., Huber, A., Kerber, J., Krueger, K., Lecina-Diaz, J., Mandl, L., Modlinger, R., Munoz Mazon, M., Pinto, P., Rammer, W., Richter, T., Seibold, S., Senf, C., Serra-Diaz, J., Stritih, A., Thom, D., Viana-Soto, A., Zou, J., & Seidl, R. (in press) Regeneration response to post-disturbance forest management in Central Europe. Journal of Applied Ecology, 63, e70535. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70535
Kowalski, K., Viana-Soto, A., Brandt, M., Ciais, P., De Keersmaecker, W., Fensholt, R., Pugh, T. A. M., Xu, Y., Senf, C. (2026) Accelerating biomass loss from forest disturbances across Europe. Nature Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02032-y
Su, Y., Xu, Y., Zhang, X., Makowski, D., Pellissier-Tanon, A., Francini, S., Shi, T., Yu, K., Liu, S., Chen, H., Li, H., Chang, J., Chen, S., Yin, C., Besic, N., Brandt, M., Viana-Soto, A., Kowalski, K., Senf, C., d’Aspremont, A., & Ciais, P. (2026) Forest disturbances intensify land surface warming across Europe. Nature Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02071-5
Schneider, P., Pellissier-Tanon, A., Zhou, C., Ciais, P., Piedallu, C., Viana-Soto, A., Lever, J. J., Gessler, A. (2026) Rising tree mortality in France is associated with distinct seasonal climate anomalies. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74613-9
Ritter, F., Ciais, P., Senf, C., Santoro, M., Xu, Y., Pelissier-Tanon, A., Schwartz, M., Fayad, I., Carvalhais, N., Brandt, M., Fensholt, R., Besnard, S., Avitabile, V. (2026) Alarming decline in the carbon sink of European forests driven by disturbances. National Science Review, 13, nwag354. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag354
Wieland-Glasmann, F., Senf, C., Braziunas, K. H., Seidl, R., & Annighöfer, P. (2026) Using airborne LiDAR and Sentinel-2 to understand light regimes and understory diversity of vascular plants in temperate mountain forests. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70086
Kowalski, K., Tenbergen, L., Wieland-Glasmann, F., & Senf, C. (in press) Characterizing near-surface temperature dynamics in mountain ecosystems using Landsat. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 287, 111258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2026.111258
Wang, J., Zhang, C., Pan, Y. Su, Y., Ciais, P., Smith, T., Shang, J., Liu, J., Chen, J., Cescatti, A., Zhang, Y., Laurance, W., Senf, C., Zuo, Z., Liao, J., Lafortezza, R., Yan, K., Zhu, P., Guan, X., Li, X., Yuan, W., Zhou, W., Chen, X. (2026) Global forests are surpassing the safety margin of tree cover loss for degradation. Nature Communications, 17, 4991. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71480-2
Oeser, J., Kowalczyk, R., Kuijper, D., Neumann, W., Reiner, R., Seidl, R., Senf, C., Bluhm, H., Bonnot, N. C., Börger, L., Borowik, T., Cagnacci, F., Churski, M., Gehr, B., Heurich, M., Hewison, A. J. M., Jerina, K., Kröschel, M., Morellet, N., Mysterud, A., Pagon, N., Retez, G., Seibold, S., Torres, R. T., Viana-Soto, A., Aldea, A. M., Baryło, R., Baur, S., Catanoiu, S., Černe, R., Grzegorzek, M., Hipólito, D., Januszczak, M., Jarnemo, A., Ježek, M., Kibiša, A., Klich, D., Licoppe, A., Lievens, J., Loretto, M.-C., Maślanko, W., Meisingset, E., Mortensen, R. M., Náhlik, A., Olech, W., Olejarz, A., Ossi, F., Paulauskas, A., Pellerin, M., Perzanowski, K., Peters, W., Ratkiewicz, M., Rempfler, T., Saïd, S., Șerban, C. C., Šimkevičius, K., Skorupski, J., Sobczuk, M., Šprem, N., Sunde, P., Tari, T., Tracz, M., Tracz, M., Wołoszyn-Gałęza, A., & Kuemmerle, T. (2026). Increasing forest disturbance enhances habitat suitability for Europe's large herbivores. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03096-0
Miguel, S., Lines, E., Tanase, M., Viana-Soto, A., Senf, C. & Ruiz-Benito, P. (in press) Unravelling the spatial and temporal variability of natural disturbances in European forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 63, e70344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70344
Grünig, M., Rammer, W., Senf, C., Albrich, K., André, F., Augustynczik, A. L. D., Baumann, M., Bohn, F. J., Bouwman, M., Bugmann, H., Collalti, A., Cristal, I., Dalmonech, D., De Coligny, F., Dobor, L., Dollinger, C., Espelta, J. M., Forrester, D. I., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., González Olabarria, J. R., Hiltner, U., Hlásny, T., Honkaniemi, J., Huber, N., Jonard, M., Jönsson, A. M., Kunstler, G., Lagergren, F., Lindner, M., Mina, M., Moos, C., Morin, X., Muys, B., Nabuurs, G.-J., Nieberg, M., Patacca, M., Peltoniemi, M., Reyer, C. P. O., Schelhaas, M.-J., Storms, I., Thom, D., Toigo, M. and Seidl, R (2026) Increasing forest disturbances in Europe throughout the 21st century. Science, 391, 6789. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adx632
Cherlet, W., Dayal, K., Chen, S., Cooper, Z., Disney, M., Hanzl, A., Levick, S., Nightingale, J., Origo, N., Senf, C., Soenens, L., Terryn, L., Van den Broeck, W. A. J., & Calders, K. (2026). Benchmarking tree instance segmentation of terrestrial laser scanning point clouds. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 231, 230–247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.10.033
Patacca, M., Grünig, M., Schelhaas, M.-J., Alberdi, I., Filipek, S., Fridman, J., Järvikylä, J., Seidl, R., Senf, C., Staritsky, I., Zudin, S., Lohbeck, M., Nabuurs, G.-J. (2026) Climate-driven increases in wildfire projected to affect European forest types differently. Environmental Research Letters, 21, 034027. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4115
Farahani, R., Fibich, J., Mohr, J., Senf, C., Knoke, T. (2026) The Impact of Extreme Disturbance Events on the Economic Attractiveness of Stand Types: A Monte Carlo Simulation-Based Study. Forest Policy and Economics, 183, 103696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2026.103696
Potterf, M., Schattenberg, C., Krüger, K., Hochholzer, K., Rammer, W., Grünig, M., Braziunas, K. H., Dollinger, C., Erhardt, A., Gégout, J.-C., Geres, L., Greiner, S., Hlásny, T., Huber, A., Kerber, J., Lecina-Diaz, J., Mandl, L., Modlinger, R., Mohr, J., Müller, J., Muñoz Mazón, M., Pinto, P. E., Richter, T., Seibold, S., Senf, C., Serra-Diaz, J. M., Stritih, A., Thom, D., Viana-Soto, A., Zou, J.-Y., Seidl, R. (2026) Tree regeneration after unprecedented forest disturbances in Central Europe is robust but maladapted to future climate change. Global Change Biology, 32, e70734. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70734
Mandl, L., Stritih, A., Seidl, R. & Senf, C. (2026) The role of climate variability in post-disturbance forest recovery across the European Alps – a large-scale remote sensing study. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 378, 111016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2026.111016
Viana-Soto, A. & Senf, C. (2026) Forest reburns are integral to southern Europe’s disturbance regimes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35, e70198. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70198
Espelta, J.M., Viana-Soto, A., Molowny-Horas, R., de Caceres, M., Selwyn, M., Banqué, M., Brotons, Ll., Lloret, F., Martínez-Vilalta, J., Piqué, M., Senf, C. (2026) Natura 2000 and non-protected forests differ on harvesting extent but not on wildfires and drought-driven decay: A long-term comparison (1985-2023). Journal of Applied Ecology, 23, e70282. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70282
2025
Cherlet, W., Dayal, K., Chen, S., Cooper, Z., Disney, M., Hanzl, A., Levick, S., Nightingale, J., Origo, N., Senf, C., Soenens, L., Terryn, L., Van den Broeck, W. A. J. & Calders, K. (2025) Benchmarking tree instance segmentation of terrestrial laser scanning point clouds. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 231, 230-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.10.033
Mandl, L., Cerioni, M., Bače, R., Bončina, A., Brůna, J., Chećko, E., De Koning, J., Diaci, J., Dobrowolska, D., Fidej, G., Garbarino, M., Jansons, Ā., Keren, S., Kitenberga, M., Klopčič, M., Konôpka, B., Kopecký, M., Köster, K., Kucbel, S., Lingua, E., Macek, M., Marzano, R., Metslaid, M., Panayotov, M., Pittner, J., Šebeň, V., Socha, J., Svoboda, M., Szwagrzyk, J., Tsvetanov, N., Urbinati, C., Vencurik, J., Vitali, A., Vodde, F., Wild, J., Nagel, T., Senf, C. (2025) The amount of mature forest in proximity to severe disturbance patches positively affects their recovery in temperate Europe. Landscape Ecology, 40, 190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-025-02231-9
Richter, T., Seidl, R., Geres, L., König, S., Mandl, L., Senf, C., Keller, A. & Seibold, S. (2025) Landscape context modulates the effect of local canopy cover on forest biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70195
Senf, C., Geres L., Richter, T., Braziunas, K., Glasmann, F., Seidl, R. & Seibold, S. (2025) Spaceborne remote sensing effectively maps species richness across taxonomic groups in a mountain landscape. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 143, 104797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2025.104797
Calders, K., Herold, M., Adams, J., Armston, J., Brede, B., Cherlet, W., Cooper, Z. T., Dayal, K., De Frenne, P., Levick, S. R., Meir, P., Origo, N., Senf, C., Soenens, L., Terryn, L., Van den Broeck, W A. J., Vastaranta, M., Verbeeck, H., Villard, L., Disney, M. (2025) Digital twins for understanding forest disturbances and recovery from space. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 227, 501-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2025.06.031
Senf, C., Seidl, R., Knoke, T. and Jucker, T. (2025) Taylor’s law predicts unprecedented pulses of forest disturbance under global change. Nature Communications, 16, 6133. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61585-5
Mohr, J., Bastit, F., Grünig, M., Knoke, T., Rammer, W., Senf, C., Thom, D. & Seidl, D. (2025) Rising cost of disturbances in Europe’s forests under climate change. Nature Climate Change, 15, 1078–1083. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02408-9
Lewińska, K. E., Okujeni, A., Kowalski, K., Lehmann, F., Radeloff, V. C., Leser, U., & Hostert, P. (2025). Impact of data density and endmember definitions on long-term trends in ground cover fractions across European grasslands. Remote Sensing of Environment, 323, 114736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114736
Engle, B., Bratoev, I., Crowley, M. A., Zhu, Y., and Senf, C. (2025) Distribution and Characteristics of Lightning-Ignited Wildfires in Boreal Forests – the BoLtFire database. Earth System Science Data. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2249-2025
Viana-Soto, A. and Senf, C. (2025) The European Forest Disturbance Atlas: a forest disturbance monitoring system using the Landsat archive. Earth System Science Data. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2373-2025
Krüger, K., Senf, C., Hagge, J. & Seidl, R. (2025) Setting aside areas for conservation does not increase disturbances in temperate forests. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70036
Graser, A., Frank, C., Schuldt, A., Senf, C., Sudelfeldt, C., Trautmann, S. & Kamp, J. (2025) Increasing disturbance in temperate forests shapes bird communities over time and space. Basic and Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2025.01.013
Graser, A., Frank, C., Kunz, F., Schuldt, A., Senf, C., Sudfeldt, C., … Kamp, J. (2025). Increase in disturbance-induced canopy gaps leads to reorganization of Central European bird communities. Basic and Applied Ecology, 83, 88–97. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2025.01.013
Braziunas, K., Rammer, W., De Frenne, P., Díaz-Calafat, J., Hedwall, P.-O., Senf, C., Thom, D., Zellweger, F. and Seidl, R. (2025) Microclimate temperature effects propagate across scales in forest ecosystems. Landscape Ecology, 40, 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-025-02054-8
Suvanto, S., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Schelhaas, M.-J., Astigarraga, J., Astrup, R., Cienciala, E., Fridman, J., Henttonen, H. M., Kunstler, G., Kändler, G., König, L. A., Ruiz-Benito, P., Senf, C., Stadelmann, G., Starcevic, A., Talarczyk, A., Zavala, M. A., Pugh, T. A. M (2025) Understanding Europe’s forest harvesting regimes. Earth’s Future, 13(2), e2024EF005225. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF005225
Assmann J. J., Pedersen, P. B., M., Moeslund, J. E., Senf, C., Treier, U. A., Corcoran, D., Koma, Z., Nord-Larsen, T., Normand, S. (2025) LiDAR data fusion and machine learning identify temperate forests of high conservation value. Conservation Science and Practice, e13302. http://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13302
Senf, C., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Pugh, T. A. M. & the International Tree Mortality Network, consisting of more than 100 coauthors from around the world (2025) Towards a global understanding of tree mortality. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20407
Graser, A., Georg, M., Kallmayer, J., Marten, A., Pertl, C., Rumpf, H., Senf, C. and Kamp, J. (2025) Large-scale forest disturbance and associated management shape bird communities in Central European spruce forests. Journal of Applied Ecology. http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14849
Lobert, F., Schwieder, M., Alsleben, J., Broeg, T., Kowalski, K., Okujeni, A., Hostert, P & Erasmi, S. (2025) Unveiling year-round cropland cover by soil-specific spectral unmixing of Landsat and Sentinel-2 time series. Remote Sensing of Environment, 318, 114594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114594
2024
Richter. T, Geres, L., Braziunas, K. H., Seidl, R., Senf, C., Bässler, C., Müller, J., Thom, D. & Sebastian Seibold, S. (2024) Testing the altitudinal-niche-breadth hypothesis – implications for biodiversity along forest succession. Communications Biology, 7, 1518. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07239-6
Acil, N., Sadler, J. P, Senf, C., Suvanto, S., Pugh, T. A. M. (2024) Global Patterns in Forest Disturbances. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01450-3
Miguel, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., Rebollo, P., Viana-Soto, A., Mihai, M.C., García-Martín, A., Tanase, M. (2024) Forest disturbance regimes and trends in continental Spain (1985–2023) using dense landsat time series. Environmental Research, 262, 119802