During his time, his efforts focused on deepening his understanding of how landscape metrics depend on the scale and structure of the analyzed landscape. Building upon this, he aims to evaluate the sensitivity of these metrics for detecting landscape changes across various factors, including landscape change, landscape type/structure, and data scale.
These goals will be pursued through the simulation of landscapes using neutral landscape models combined with landscape change simulations. A crucial aspect of these simulations is the ability to replicate authentic landscapes. Upon completing this work, he aims to develop a simulator for landscape change driven by virtual environmental variables, which will also be used for landscape creation.
"Having this experience so early in my PhD is great for future research stays and collaborations. My stay in Bonn was great and inspiring – thank you again!" - Michael