Thünen: Projects Forest Condition Survey

Institute of

WO Forest Ecosystems

Visual assessment of the crown condition as part of the forest condition survey

National Forest Condition Survey

How is the forest doing in Germany? The Forest Condition Survey (WZE; Level I monitoring) investigates this question. The nationwide survey takes annually place on an area-representative sample grid.

Spruce slope with bark beetle infestation in the Harz

Regionalization Forest Condition Survey

Forest trees at very different sites in Germany are increasingly suffering from climate change. In this project, the cause-effect relationships between environmental influences and tree vitality are to be investigated in order to generate ...

RTK-GNSS antenna recording geocoordinate of centre and satellite point of WZE sample plots

Forest condition: remote sensing and ground truthing

In order to be able to make statements about forest condition using remote sensing (RS), reference data collected on the ground, so-called ground truth data, is required. This project is investigating how the individual tree information from the ...

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Institute of

WO Forest Ecosystems

National Forest Condition Survey

Regionalization Forest Condition Survey

Forest condition: remote sensing and ground truthing

Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute

Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries