Sebastian Schmidtlein

Schäfer, J.; Winiwarter, L.; Weiser, H.; Höfle, B.; Schmidtlein, S.; Novotný, J.; Krok, G.; Stereńczak, K.; Hollaus, M.; Fassnacht, F. E. (2024). CNN-based transfer learning for forest aboveground biomass prediction from ALS point cloud tomography. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 57 (1), 1–18. doi:10.1080/22797254.2024.2396932

Schäfer, J.; Winiwarter, L.; Weiser, H.; Novotný, J.; Höfle, B.; Schmidtlein, S.; Henniger, H.; Krok, G.; Stereńczak, K.; Fassnacht, F. E. (2024). Assessing the potential of synthetic and ex situ airborne laser scanning and ground plot data to train forest biomass models. (T. Y. Lam, Hrsg.) Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 97 (4), 512–530. doi:10.1093/forestry/cpad061

Wellenbeck, A.; Fehrmann, L.; Feilhauer, H.; Schmidtlein, S.; Misof, B.; Hein, N. (2024). Discriminating woody species assemblages from National Forest Inventory data based on phylogeny in Georgia. Ecology and Evolution, 14 (7), Art.-Nr.: e11569. doi:10.1002/ece3.11569

Beckmann-Wübbelt, A.; Amissah, L.; Addo-Danso, S. D.; Schmidtlein, S.; Fassnacht, F.; Grunwald, A.; Saha, S. (2024, April 26). Exploiting the potential of nature-based solutions for resilient urban development: Insights into potentials and policy challenges in Kumasi, Ghana. International Conference on Urban Affairs (2024), New York City, NY, USA, 24.–27. April 2024.

Strunk, L.; Petridis, Z.; Schmidtlein, S.; Saha, S. (2024). The potential of tree-related microhabitats (TreMs) and other ecosystem services among cemetery trees in Karlsruhe city. 53rd Annual Conference of the German Ecological Society (GfÖ 2024), Freising, Deutschland, 9.–13. September 2024.

Beckmann-Wübbelt, A.; Addo-Danso, S. D.; Schmidtlein, S.; Fassnacht, F.; Grunwald, A.; Saha, S. (2024). Re-visiting the concept of urban forests’ ecosystem services in the cultural context of West African cities: A participatory study from Kumasi, Ghana. 26th World Congress / International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO 2024), Stockholm, Schweden, 23.–29. Juli 2024.

Beckmann-Wübbelt, A.; Addo-Danso, S. D.; Schmidtlein, S.; Fassnacht, F.; Grunwald, A.; Saha, S. (2024). Structure, composition, and tree health of the urban forest in Kumasi, Ghana: Implications for climate change adaptation and urban forest management. 26th World Congress / International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO 2024), Stockholm, Schweden, 23.–29. Juli 2024.

Sperandii, M. G.; Bazzichetto, M.; Mendieta-Leiva, G.; Schmidtlein, S.; Bott, M.; Lima, R. A. F. de; Pillar, V. D.; Price, J. N.; Wagner, V.; Chytrý, M. (2024). Towards more reproducibility in vegetation research. Journal of Vegetation Science, 35 (1), Art.-Nr.: e13224. doi:10.1111/jvs.13224

Fröhlich, K.; Schmidtlein, S.; Saha, S. (2024). Moss abundance increased along a gradient of postfire interventions from high to low intensity after a forest fire in Brandenburg, Germany. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research. doi:10.1093/forestry/cpae025

Schäfer, J.; Weiser, H.; Winiwarter, L.; Höfle, B.; Schmidtlein, S.; Fassnacht, F. E. (2023). Generating synthetic laser scanning data of forests by combining forest inventory information, a tree point cloud database and an open-source laser scanning simulator. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 96 (5), 653–671. doi:10.1093/forestry/cpad006

Labenski, P.; Ewald, M.; Schmidtlein, S.; Heinsch, F. A.; Fassnacht, F. E. (2023). Quantifying surface fuels for fire modelling in temperate forests using airborne lidar and Sentinel-2: potential and limitations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 295, 113711. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2023.113711

Gafna, D. J.; Obando, J. A.; Kalwij, J. M.; Dolos, K.; Schmidtlein, S. (2023). Climate change impacts on the availability of anti-malarial plants in Kenya. Climate Change Ecology, 5, Art.-Nr.: 100070. doi:10.1016/j.ecochg.2023.100070

Saha, S.; Kramer, D.; Betting, F.; Schmidtlein, S. (2023, Mai 25). Morphological, tree health, and ecophysiological variations among Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.) trees planted along strips and pits near roads in the city of Karlsruhe, Germany. European Forum on Urban Forestry "Urban Forests as Nature-based Solutions" (EFUF 2023), Krakau, Polen, 23.–27. Mai 2023.

Schiefer, F.; Schmidtlein, S.; Frick, A.; Frey, J.; Klinke, R.; Zielewska-Büttner, K.; Uhl, A.; Junttila, S.; Kattenborn, T. (2023, Mai 17). Data package v2: UAV-based reference data for the prediction of fractional cover of standing deadwood from Sentinel time series. doi:10.5445/IR/1000158765

Schiefer, F.; Schmidtlein, S.; Frick, A.; Frey, J.; Klinke, R.; Zielewska-Büttner, K.; Uhl, A.; Junttila, S.; Kattenborn, T. (2023, April 19). Data package from: UAV-based reference data for the prediction of fractional cover of standing deadwood from Sentinel time series. doi:10.5445/IR/1000155244

Schiefer, F.; Schmidtlein, S.; Frick, A.; Frey, J.; Klinke, R.; Zielewska-Büttner, K.; Junttila, S.; Uhl, A.; Kattenborn, T. (2023). UAV-based reference data for the prediction of fractional cover of standing deadwood from Sentinel time series. ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 8, Art.-Nr.: 100034. doi:10.1016/j.ophoto.2023.100034

Schäfer, J.; Weiser, H.; Winiwarter, L.; Höfle, B.; Schmidtlein, S.; Fassnacht, F. E. (2023, Januar 25). Generating synthetic laser scanning data of forests by combining forest inventory information, a tree point cloud database and an open-source laser scanning simulator [Data to reproduce the ALS simulations]. doi:10.5445/IR/1000147797

Saha, S.; Schobert, M.; Schmidtlein, S.; Köhler, M. (2023). Crown damage of single-standing city trees after the catastrophic drought of 2018 – field observational studies on 79,753 trees from the city of Karlsruhe, Germany. European Forum on Urban Forestry "Urban Forests as Nature-based Solutions" (EFUF 2023), Krakau, Polen, 23.–27. Mai 2023.

Beckmann-Wübbelt, A.; Addo-Danso, S. D.; Schmidtlein, S.; Fassnacht, F.; Grunwald, A.; Saha, S. (2023). Quantifying ecosystem services from urban forests and their importance in increasing social-ecological resilience in Greater Kumasi, Ghana. European Forum on Urban Forestry "Urban Forests as Nature-based Solutions" (EFUF 2023), Krakau, Polen, 23.–27. Mai 2023.

Petridis, Z.; Saha, S.; Schmidtlein, S.; Köhler, M. (2023). Microhabitat Abundance, Richness and Diversity in Park and Street Trees of Karlsruhe. European Forum on Urban Forestry "Urban Forests as Nature-based Solutions" (EFUF 2023), Krakau, Polen, 23.–27. Mai 2023.

Andaladi Thekkethil, S. G.; Fassnacht, F. E.; Schmidtlein, S.; Joshi, P. K.; Saha, S. (2023). Post-fire recovery assessment for fostering socio-ecological resilience in the Western Himalayan Region. International Symposium on Intersectoral Cooperation for Resilient Landscapes, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) and the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) (2023), Dehradun, Indien, 29.–30. März 2023.

Fröhlich, K.; Gaber, J.; Rühr, N.; Schmidtlein, S.; Saha, S. (2023). Die Kombination von aktiven und passiven Restorationsmaßnahmen führt zu einer größeren und artenreicheren Bodenvegetation drei Jahre nach einem Waldbrand. Forstwissenschaftliche Tagung (FOWITA 2023 2023), Dresden, Deutschland, 11.–13. September 2023.

Rocchini, D.; Feilhauer, H.; Müllerová, J.; Schmidtlein, S. (2022). Remote sensing for vegetation science: A virtual special issue on its power and challenges. Applied Vegetation Science, 25 (3), Art.Nr. e12677. doi:10.1111/avsc.12677

Rocchini, D.; Santos, M. J.; Ustin, S. L.; Féret, J.-B.; Asner, G. P.; Beierkuhnlein, C.; Dalponte, M.; Feilhauer, H.; Foody, G. M.; Geller, G. N.; Gillespie, T. W.; He, K. S.; Kleijn, D.; Leitão, P. J.; Malavasi, M.; Moudrý, V.; Müllerová, J.; Nagendra, H.; Normand, S.; Ricotta, C.; Schaepman, M. E.; Schmidtlein, S.; Skidmore, A. K.; Šímová, P.; Torresani, M.; Townsend, P. A.; Turner, W.; Vihervaara, P.; Wegmann, M.; Lenoir, J. (2022). The Spectral Species Concept in Living Color. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127 (9), e2022JG007026. doi:10.1029/2022JG007026

Tröger, D.; Christian Braun, A.; Eichel, J.; Schmidtlein, S.; Sandoval Estrada, M.; Valdés Durán, A. (2022). Pinus plantations impact hillslope stability and decrease landscape resilience by changing biogeomorphic feedbacks in Chile. CATENA, 216, Art.-Nr.: 106364. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2022.106364

Schiefer, F.; Frick, A.; Frey, J.; Koch, B.; Zielewska-Büttner, K.; Junttila, S.; Schmidtlein, S.; Kattenborn, T. (2022, Mai 27). Predicting fractional cover of standing deadwood at landscape level based on long short-term memory networks and Sentinel time series. Living Planet Symposium (2022), Bonn, Deutschland, 23.–27. Mai 2022.

Labenski, P.; Ewald, M.; Schmidtlein, S.; Fassnacht, F. E. (2022). Classifying surface fuel types based on forest stand photographs and satellite time series using deep learning. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation, 109, Article no: 102799. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2022.102799

Fassnacht, F. E.; Müllerová, J.; Conti, L.; Malavasi, M.; Schmidtlein, S. (2022). About the link between biodiversity and spectral variation. Applied vegetation science, 25 (1), e12643. doi:10.1111/avsc.12643

Feilhauer, H.; Zlinszky, A.; Kania, A.; Foody, G. M.; Doktor, D.; Lausch, A.; Schmidtlein, S. (2021). Let your maps be fuzzy!—Class probabilities and floristic gradients as alternatives to crisp mapping for remote sensing of vegetation. (K. He & M. Disney, Hrsg.) Remote sensing in ecology and conservation, 7 (2), 292–305. doi:10.1002/rse2.188

Schiefer, F.; Kattenborn, T.; Frick, A.; Frey, J.; Schall, P.; Koch, B.; Schmidtlein, S. (2021, April 26). Mapping forest tree species in high resolution UAV-based RGB-imagery by means of convolutional neural networks. European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU 2021), Online, 19.–30. April 2021. doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12957

Schiefer, F.; Schmidtlein, S.; Kattenborn, T. (2021). The retrieval of plant functional traits from canopy spectra through RTM-inversions and statistical models are both critically affected by plant phenology. Ecological indicators, 121, Art.-Nr.: 107062. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107062

Gafna, D. J.; Obando, J. A.; Reichelt, M.; Schmidtlein, S.; Dolos, K. (2021). Medicinal service supply by wild plants in Samburu, Kenya: Comparisons among medicinal plant assemblages. Global Ecology and Conservation, 30, e01749. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01749

Schiller, C.; Schmidtlein, S.; Boonman, C.; Moreno-Martínez, A.; Kattenborn Teja. (2021). Deep learning and citizen science enable automated plant trait predictions from photographs. Scientific Reports, 11 (1), Art.-Nr.: 16395. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-95616-0

Ferner, J.; Linstädter, A.; Rogass, C.; Südekum, K.-H.; Schmidtlein, S. (2021). Towards Forage Resource Monitoring in subtropical Savanna Grasslands: going multispectral or hyperspectral?. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 54 (1), 364–384. doi:10.1080/22797254.2021.1934556

Hagedorn, G.; Baasch, S.; Blöbaum, A.; Brendel, H.; Hardt, J. N.; Heiland, S.; Klinsmann, M.; Matthies, E.; Pfennig, A.; West, C.; Wipfler, B.; Altermatt, P. P.; Baumgarten, S.; Bergmann, M.; Brendel, E.; Bronswijk, K. van; Creutzig, F.; Daub, C.-H.; Dohm, L.; Engel, S.; Feilner, M.; Glawe, C.; Hentschel, K.-M.; Jetzkowitz, J.; König, N.; Krenzer, S.; Kromp-Kolb, H.; Kuhn, G.; Linow, S.; Loew, T.; Lucht, W.; Mickley, A.; Müschen, K.; Ossenkopf-Okada, V.; Raulf, F. F.; Rothenberg-Elder, K.; Scheffran, J.; Schmidtlein, S.; Seppelt, R.; Urbat, S.; Valdivia, L.; Vogel, P.; Wagener-Lohse, G.; Wagner, O.; Weber, U. (2020, Dezember 11). Scientists for Future empfiehlt eine repräsentative Klima-Bürger:innenversammlung im Jahr 2021 (Version 1.0).

Schiefer, F.; Kattenborn, T.; Frick, A.; Frey, J.; Schall, P.; Koch, B.; Schmidtlein, S. (2020). Mapping forest tree species in high resolution UAV-based RGB-imagery by means of convolutional neural networks. ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, 170, 205–215. doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.10.015

Kattenborn, T.; Eichel, J.; Wiser, S.; Burrows, L.; Fassnacht, F. E.; Schmidtlein, S. (2020). Convolutional Neural Networks accurately predict cover fractions of plant species and communities in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle imagery. Remote sensing in ecology and conservation, 6 (4), 472–486. doi:10.1002/rse2.146

Senn, J. A.; Fassnacht, F. E.; Eichel, J.; Seitz, S.; Schmidtlein, S. (2020). A new concept for estimating the influence of vegetation on throughfall kinetic energy using aerial laser scanning. Earth surface processes and landforms, 45 (7), 1487–1498. doi:10.1002/esp.4820

Ewald, M.; Skowronek, S.; Aerts, R.; Lenoir, J.; Feilhauer, H.; Van De Kerchove, R.; Honnay, O.; Somers, B.; Garzón-López, C. X.; Rocchini, D.; Schmidtlein, S. (2020). Assessing the impact of an invasive bryophyte on plant species richness using high resolution imaging spectroscopy. Ecological indicators, 110, Art.-Nr.: 105882. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105882

Kattenborn, T.; Schmidtlein, S. (2019). Radiative transfer modelling reveals why canopy reflectance follows function. Scientific reports, 9 (1), Article: 6541. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-43011-1

Lopatin, J.; Kattenborn, T.; Galleguillos, M.; Perez-Quezada, J. F.; Schmidtlein, S. (2019). Using aboveground vegetation attributes as proxies for mapping peatland belowground carbon stocks. Remote sensing of environment, 231, 111217. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111217

Kattenborn, T.; Schiefer, F.; Zarco-Tejada, P.; Schmidtlein, S. (2019). Advantages of retrieving pigment content [μg/cm 2 ] versus concentration [%] from canopy reflectance. Remote sensing of environment, 230, Art. Nr.: 111195. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.05.014

Kattenborn, T.; Fassnacht, F. E.; Schmidtlein, S. (2019). Differentiating plant functional types using reflectance: which traits make the difference?. Remote sensing in ecology and conservation, 5 (1), 5–19. doi:10.1002/rse2.86

Ewald, M.; Skowronek, S.; Aerts, R.; Dolos, K.; Lenoir, J.; Nicolas, M.; Warrie, J.; Hattab, T.; Feilhauer, H.; Honnay, O.; Garzón-López, C. X.; Decocq, G.; Van De Kerchove, R.; Somers, B.; Rocchini, D.; Schmidtlein, S. (2018). Analyzing remotely sensed structural and chemical canopy traits of a forest invaded by Prunus serotina over multiple spatial scales. Biological invasions, 20 (8), 2257–2271. doi:10.1007/s10530-018-1700-9

Rocchini, D.; Luque, S.; Pettorelli, N.; Bastin, L.; Doktor, D.; Faedi, N.; Feilhauer, H.; Féret, J.-B.; Foody, G. M.; Gavish, Y.; Godinho, S.; Kunin, W. E.; Lausch, A.; Leitão, P. J.; Marcantonio, M.; Neteler, M.; Ricotta, C.; Schmidtlein, S.; Vihervaara, P.; Wegmann, M.; Nagendra, H. (2018). Measuring β-diversity by remote sensing: A challenge for biodiversity monitoring. (F. Parrini, Hrsg.) Methods in ecology and evolution, 9 (8), 1787–1798. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.12941

Skowronek, S.; Van De Kerchove, R.; Rombouts, B.; Aerts, R.; Ewald, M.; Warrie, J.; Schiefer, F.; Garzon-Lopez, C.; Hattab, T.; Honnay, O.; Lenoir, J.; Rocchini, D.; Schmidtlein, S.; Somers, B.; Feilhauer, H. (2018). Transferability of species distribution models for the detection of an invasive alien bryophyte using imaging spectroscopy data. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation, 68, 61–72. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2018.02.001

Rocchini, D.; Bacaro, G.; Chirici, G.; Da Re, D.; Feilhauer, H.; Foody, G. M.; Galluzzi, M.; Garzon-Lopez, C. X.; Gillespie, T. W.; He, K. S.; Lenoir, J.; Marcantonio, M.; Nagendra, H.; Ricotta, C.; Rommel, E.; Schmidtlein, S.; Skidmore, A. K.; Kerchove, R. V. D.; Wegmann, M.; Rugani, B. (2018). Remotely sensed spatial heterogeneity as an exploratory tool for taxonomic and functional diversity study. Ecological indicators, 85, 983–990. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.09.055

Ferner, J.; Schmidtlein, S.; Guuroh, R. T.; Lopatin, J.; Linstädter, A. (2018). Disentangling effects of climate and land-use change on West African drylands’ forage supply. Global environmental change, 53, 24–38. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.08.007

Ewald, M.; Aerts, R.; Lenoir, J.; Fassnacht, F. E.; Nicolas, M.; Skowronek, S.; Piat, J.; Honnay, O.; Garzón-López, C. X.; Feilhauer, H.; Van De Kerchove, R.; Somers, B.; Hattab, T.; Rocchini, D.; Schmidtlein, S. (2018). LiDAR derived forest structure data improves predictions of canopy N and P concentrations from imaging spectroscopy. Remote sensing of environment, 211, 13–25. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.038

Guuroh, R. T.; Ruppert, J. C.; Ferner, J.; Canak, K.; Schmidtlein, S.; Linstaedter, A. (2018). Drivers of forage provision and erosion control in West African savannas : A macroecological perspective. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 251, 257–267. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2017.09.017

Schmidt, J.; Fassnacht, F. E.; Förster, M.; Schmidtlein, S. (2017). Synergetic use of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 for assessments of heathland conservation status. Remote sensing in ecology and conservation, 4 (3), 225–239. doi:10.1002/rse2.68

Baur, P. A.; Egger, G.; Lautsch, E.; Schmidtlein, S. (2017). Ecology and development of Typha minima illustrated by a re-introduced population at the Upper Drava River (Austria) [Ökologie und Entwicklung des Zwerg-Rohrkolbens (Typha minima) dargestellt am Beispiel der wieder eingebürgerten Population an der Oberen Drau (Österreich)]. Tuexenia, 37 (1), 163–177. doi:10.14471/2017.37.003

Lopatin, J.; Faßnacht, F. E.; Kattenborn, T.; Schmidtlein, S. (2017). Mapping plant species in mixed grassland communities using close range imaging spectroscopy. Remote sensing of environment, 201, 12–23. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2017.08.031

Stenzel, S.; Fassnacht, F. E.; Mack, B.; Schmidtlein, S. (2017). Identification of high nature value grassland with remote sensing and minimal field data. Ecological indicators, 74, 28–38. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.11.005

Schmidt, J.; Fassnacht, F. E.; Neff, C.; Lausch, A.; Kleinschmit, B.; Förster, M.; Schmidtlein, S. (2017). Adapting a Natura 2000 field guideline for a remote sensing-based assessment of heathland conservation status. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation, 60, 61–71. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2017.04.005

Hattab, T.; Garzón-López, C. X.; Ewald, M.; Skowronek, S.; Aerts, R.; Horen, H.; Brasseur, B.; Gallet-Moron, E.; Spicher, F.; Decocq, G.; Feilhauer, H.; Honnay, O.; Kempeneers, P.; Schmidtlein, S.; Somers, B.; Van De Kerchove, R.; Rocchini, D.; Lenoir, J. (2017). A unified framework to model the potential and realized distributions of invasive species within the invaded range. Diversity & distributions, 23 (7), 806–819. doi:10.1111/ddi.12566

Kattenborn, T.; Fassnacht, F. E.; Pierce, S.; Lopatin, J.; Grime, J. P.; Schmidtlein, S. (2017). Linking plant strategies and plant traits derived by radiative transfer modelling. Journal of vegetation science, 28 (4), 717–727. doi:10.1111/jvs.12525

Eichel, J.; Draebing, D.; Klingbeil, L.; Wieland, M.; Eling, C.; Schmidtlein, S.; Kuhlmann, H.; Dikau, R. (2017). Solifluction meets vegetation : The role of biogeomorphic feedbacks for turf-banked solifluction lobe development. Earth surface processes and landforms, 42 (11), 1623–1635. doi:10.1002/esp.4102

Aerts, R.; Ewald, M.; Nicolas, M.; Piat, J.; Skowronek, S.; Lenoir, J.; Hattab, T.; Garzón-López, C. X.; Feilhauer, H.; Schmidtlein, S.; Rocchini, D.; Decocq, G.; Somers, B.; Van De Kerchove, R.; Denef, K.; Honnay, O. (2017). Invasion by the Alien Tree Prunus serotina Alters Ecosystem Functions in a Temperate Deciduous Forest. Frontiers in plant science, 8, Art. Nr. 179. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00179

Schmidtlein, S.; Fassnacht, F. E. (2017). The spectral variability hypothesis does not hold across landscapes. Remote sensing of environment, 192, 114–125. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2017.01.036

Schmidt, J.; Fassnacht, F. E.; Lausch, A.; Schmidtlein, S. (2017). Assessing the functional signature of heathland landscapes via hyperspectral remote sensing. Ecological indicators, 73, 505–512. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.10.017

Skowronek, S.; Ewald, M.; Isermann, M.; Kerchove, R. van de; Lenoir, J.; Aerts, R.; Warrie, J.; Hattab, T.; Honnay, O.; Schmidtlein, S.; Rocchini, D.; Somers, B.; Feilhauer, H. (2017). Mapping an invasive bryophyte species using hyperspectral remote sensing data. Biological invasions, 19 (1), 239–254. doi:10.1007/s10530-016-1276-1

Lausch, A.; Bannehr, L.; Beckmann, M.; Boehm, C.; Feilhauer, H.; Hacker, J. M.; Heurichr, M.; Jung, A.; Klenke, R.; Neumann, C.; Pause, M.; Rocchini, D.; Schaepman, M. E.; Schmidtlein, S.; Schulz, K.; Selsam, P.; Settele, J.; Skidmore, A. K.; Cord, A. F. (2016). Linking Earth Observation and taxonomic, structural and functional biodiversity: Local to ecosystem perspectives. Ecological indicators, 70 (SI), 317–339. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.06.022

Neumann, C.; Itzerott, S.; Weiss, G.; Kleinschmit, B.; Schmidtlein, S. (2016). Mapping multiple plant species abundance patterns : A multiobjective optimization procedure for combining reflectance spectroscopy and species ordination. Ecological informatics, 36, 61–76. doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2016.10.002

Mack, B.; Roscher, R.; Stenzel, S.; Feilhauer, H.; Schmidtlein, S.; Waske, B. (2016). Mapping raised bogs with an iterative one-class classification approach. ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, 120, 53–64. doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.07.008

Feilhauer, H.; Doktor, D.; Schmidtlein, S.; Skidmore, A. K. (2016). Mapping pollination types with remote sensing. Journal of vegetation science, 27 (5), 999–1011. doi:10.1111/jvs.12421

Maringer, J.; Ascoli, D.; Kueffer, N.; Schmidtlein, S.; Conedera, M. (2016). What drives European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) mortality after forest fires of varying severity?. Forest ecology and management, 368, 81–93. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2016.03.008

Baur, P. A.; Egger, G.; Lautsch, E.; Schmidtlein, S. (2015). Artenschutzprojekt Zwerg-Rohrkolben (Typha minima Funck ex Hoppe): Die Wiederansiedlung im Europaschutzgebiet Obere Drau in Kärnten (Österreich). Carinthia / 2, 125 (205), 503–536.

Neumann, C.; Weiss, G.; Schmidtlein, S.; Itzerott, S.; Lausch, A.; Doktor, D.; Brell, M. (2015). Gradient-based assessment of habitat quality for spectral ecosystem monitoring. Remote sensing, 7 (3), 2871–2898. doi:10.3390/rs70302871

De Caceres, M.; Chytry, M.; Agrillo, E.; Attorre, F.; Botta-Dukat, Z.; Capelo, J.; Czucz, B.; Dengler, J.; Ewald, J.; Faber-Langendoen, D.; Feoli, E.; Franklin, S. B.; Gavilan, R.; Gillet, F.; Jansen, F.; Jimenez-Alfaro, B.; Krestov, P.; Landucci, F.; Lengyel, A.; Loidi, J.; Mucina, L.; Peet, R. K.; Roberts, D. W.; Rolecek, J.; Schaminee, J. H. J.; Schmidtlein, S.; Theurillat, J.-P.; Tichy, L.; Walker, D. A.; Wildi, O.; Willner, W.; Wiser, S. K. (2015). A comparative framework for broad-scale plot-based vegetation classification. Applied vegetation science, 18 (4), 543–560. doi:10.1111/avsc.12179

Feilhauer, H.; Dahlke, C.; Doktor, D.; Lausch, A.; Schmidtlein, S.; Schulz, G.; Stenzel, S. (2014). Mapping the local variability of Natura 2000 habitats with remote sensing. Applied Vegetation Science, 17 (4), 765–779. doi:10.1111/avsc.12115

Schmidtlein, S.; Faude, U.; Stenzel, S.; Feilhauer, H. (2014). Remote Sensing of Vegetation for Nature Conservation. Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Europe - Practices & Trends. Ed.: I. Manakos, 203–215, Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7969-3_13

Stenzel, S.; Schmidtlein, S. (2014). Multisaisonale Datenreihen in der FFH-Kartierung - Ergebnisse des Verbundprojekts MSAVE. BfN-Skripten, 388, 36–45.

Stenzel, S.; Feilhauer, H.; Mack, B.; Metz, A.; Schmidtlein, S. (2014). Remote sensing of scattered natura 2000 habitats using a one-class classifier. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 33 (1), 211–217. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2014.05.012

Mockel, T.; Dalmayne, J.; Prentice, H. C.; Eklundh, L.; Purschke, O.; Schmidtlein, S.; Hall, K. (2014). Classification of Grassland Successional Stages Using Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery. Remote sensing, 6 (8), 7732–7761. doi:10.3390/rs6087732

Hein, N.; Feilhauer, H.; Finch, O.-D.; Schmidtlein, S.; Löffler, J. (2014). Snow cover determines the ecology and biogeography of spiders (araneae) in alpine tundra ecosystems. Erdkunde, 68 (3), 157–172. doi:10.3112/erdkunde.2014.03.01

Reu, B.; Zaehle, S.; Bohn, K.; Pavlick, R.; Schmidtlein, S.; Williams, J. W.; Kleidon, A. (2014). Future no-analogue vegetation produced by no-analogue combinations of temperature and insolation. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23 (2), 156–167. doi:10.1111/geb.12110

Meyn, A.; Schmidtlein, S.; Taylor, S. W.; Girardin, M. P.; Thonicke, K.; Cramer, W. (2013). Precipitation-driven decrease in wildfires in British Columbia. Regional environmental change, 13 (1), 165–177. doi:10.1007/s10113-012-0319-0

Eichel, J.; Krautblatter, M.; Schmidtlein, S.; Dikau, R. (2013). Biogeomorphic interactions in the Turtmann glacier forefield, Switzerland. Geomorphology, 201, 98–110. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.06.012

Schmidtlein, S.; Faude, U.; Rössler, O.; Feilhauer, H.; Ewald, J.; Meyn, A.; Schmidt, J. (2013). Differences between recent and historical records of upper species limits in the northern European Alps. Erdkunde, 67 (4), 345–354. doi:10.3112/erdkunde.2013.04.04

Rocchini, D.; Delucchi, L.; Bacaro, G.; Cavallini, P.; Feilhauer, H.; Foody, G. M.; He, K. S.; Nagendra, H.; Porta, C.; Ricotta, C.; Schmidtlein, S.; Spano, L. D.; Wegmann, M.; Neteler, M. (2013). Calculating landscape diversity with information-theory based indices: A GRASS GIS solution. Ecological Informatics, 17, 82–93. doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.04.002

Schmidtlein, S.; Feilhauer, H.; Bruelheide, H. (2012). Mapping plant strategy types using remote sensing. Journal of vegetation science, 23 (3), 395–405. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01370.x

Maaten, L. van der; Schmidtlein, S.; Mahecha, M. D. (2012). Analyzing floristic inventories with multiple maps. Ecological informatics, 9, 1–10. doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.01.005

Feilhauer, H.; Faude, U.; Schmidtlein, S. (2011). Combining Isomap ordination and imaging spectroscopy to map continuous floristic gradients in a heterogeneous landscape. Remote sensing of environment, 115 (10), 2513–2524. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.05.011

Reu, B.; Proulx, R.; Bohn, K.; Dyke, J. G.; Kleidon, A.; Pavlick, R.; Schmidtlein, S. (2011). The role of climate and plant functional trade-offs in shaping global biome and biodiversity patterns. Global ecology and biogeography, 20, 570–581. doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00621.x

Feilhauer, H.; Schmidtlein, S. (2011). On variable relations between vegetation patterns and canopy reflectance. Ecological informatics, 6, 83–92. doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2010.12.004

Heubes, J.; Retzer, V.; Schmidtlein, S.; Beierkuhnlein, C. (2011). Historical Land Use Explains Current Distribution of Calcareous Grassland Species. Folia geobotanica, 46, 1–16. doi:10.1007/s12224-010-9090-5

Reu, B.; Zaehle, S.; Proulx, R.; Bohn, K.; Kleidon, A.; Pavlick, R.; Schmidtlein, S. (2011). The role of plant functional trade-offs for biodiversity changes and biome shifts under scenarios of global climatic change. Biogeosciences, 8, 1255–1266. doi:10.5194/bg-8-1255-2011

Schmidtlein, S.; Tichy, L.; Feilhauer, H.; Faude, U. (2010). A brute-force approach to vegetation classification. Journal of vegetation science, 21 (6), 1162–1171. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01221.x

Feilhauer, H.; Asner, G. P.; Martin, R. E.; Schmidtlein, S. (2010). Brightness-normalized Partial Least Squares Regression for hyperspectral data. Journal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer, 111 (11-12), 1947–1957. doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.03.007

Feilhauer, H.; Oerke, E.-C.; Schmidtlein, S. (2010). Quantifying empirical relations between planted species mixtures and canopy reflectance with PROTEST. Remote sensing of environment, 114 (7), 1513–1521. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.02.006

Schmidtlein, S.; Franz, H.; Huber, D. (2010). Klimawandelszenarien für Schutzgebiete - Veränderungen potentieller Wuchsgebiete von Gefäßpflanzen im Nationalpark Berchtesgaden. Biologische Vielfalt und Klimawandel. Hrsg.: C. Epple, 70–71, Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN).

Meyn, A.; Schmidtlein, S.; Taylor, S. W.; Girardin, M. P.; Thonicke, K.; Cramer, W. (2010). Spatial variation of trends in wildfire and summer drought in British Columbia, Canada, 1920-2000. International journal of wildland fire, 19 (3), 272–283. doi:10.1071/wf09055

Faude, U.; Feilhauer, H.; Schmidtlein, S. (2010). Estimating the impact of forest use on biodiversity in protected areas of developing tropical regions. Erdkunde, 64 (1), 47–56. doi:10.3112/erdkunde.2010.01.04

Rödder, D.; Schmidtlein, S.; Veith, M.; Lötters, S. (2009). Alien Invasive Slider Turtle in Unpredicted Habitat: A Matter of Niche Shift or of Predictors Studied?. PLOS ONE, 4 (11), Article no: e7843. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007843

Feilhauer, H.; Schmidtlein, S. (2009). Mapping continuous fields of forest alpha and beta diversity. Applied vegetation science, 12 (4), 429–439. doi:10.1111/j.1654-109x.2009.01037.x

Lötters, S.; Kielgast, J.; Bielby, J.; Schmidtlein, S.; Bosch, J.; Veith, M.; Walker, S. F.; Fisher, M. C.; Rödder, D. (2009). The Link Between Rapid Enigmatic Amphibian Decline and the Globally Emerging Chytrid Fungus. EcoHealth, 6, 358–372. doi:10.1007/s10393-010-0281-6

Rödder, D.; Kielgast, J.; Bielby, J.; Schmidtlein, S.; Bosch, J.; Garner, T. W. J.; Veith, M.; Walker, S. F.; Fisher, M. C.; Lötters, S. (2009). Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus. Diversity, 1 (1), 52–66. doi:10.3390/d1010052

Schmidtlein, S.; Weiß, C. (2009). Integration von kontinuierlichen und diskreten FFH - Lebensraumkartierungen per Fernerkundung. BfN-Skripten, 249, 105–106.

Mahecha, M. D.; Schmidtlein, S. (2008). Revealing biogeographical patterns by nonlinear ordinations and derived anisotropic spatial filters. Global ecology and biogeography, 17 (2), 284–296. doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00368.x

Schmidtlein, S.; Zimmermann, P. (2008). Klassenlose Kartierung von Vegetationsmustern. Natur und Landschaft, 11, 494–497.

Schmidtlein, S.; Weiß, C.; Zimmermann, P.; Schüpferling, R. (2007). Mapping the floristic continuum: Ordination space position estimated from imaging spectroscopy. Journal of vegetation science, 18 (1), 131–140. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2007.tb02523.x

Schmidtlein, S. (2005). Imaging spectroscopy as a tool for mapping Ellenberg indicator values. Journal of applied ecology, 42 (5), 966–974. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01064.x

Schmidtlein, S.; Sassin, J. (2004). Mapping of continuous floristic gradients in grasslands using hyperspectral imagery. Remote sensing of environment, 92 (1), 126–138. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2004.05.004

Schmidtlein, S. (2004). Coarse-scale substrate mapping using plant functional response types. Erdkunde, 58 (2), 137–156. doi:10.3112/erdkunde.2004.02.03

Schmidtlein, S. (2003). Raster-based detection of vegetation patterns at landscape scale levels. Phytocoenologia, 33, 603–621. doi:10.1127/0340-269x/2003/0033-0603

Schmidtlein, S.; Ewald, J. (2003). Landscape patterns of indicator plants for soil acidity in the Bavarian Alps. Journal of biogeography, 30 (10), 1493–1503. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00879.x

Rödl, T.; Schmidtlein, S. (2003). Biogeographie der deutschen Alpen. Nationalatlas Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Tl. 3. Klima, Pflanzen- und Tierwelt Hrsg.: M. Kappas, 118–119, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

Schmidtlein, S. (1989). Die Flora und Vegetation der Wahner Heide. Die Wahner Heide. Hrsg.: Interkommunaler Arbeitskreis Wahner Heide, 123–155, Rheinland-Verlag.

Schmidtlein, S. (1986). Neufund von Hierochloe odorata (L.)P.B. in der Wahner Heide und weitere bemerkenswerte Pflanzennachweise. Decheniana, 139, 204.

Schmidtlein, S.; Gorissen, I.; Pechau, M. (1985). Bemerkungen zur Flora der Wahner Heide. Göttinger Floristische Rundbriefe, 19 (1), 54–57.