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Michele Dalponte

Fondazione Edmund MachORCID 0000-0001-9850-8985Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Approach:deep learning· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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David A. CoomesiD· 3 shared Fabian Jörg FischeriD· 3 shared Toby D. JacksoniD· 3 shared Jérôme ChaveiD· 2 shared Nicolas BarbieriD· 2 shared Pierre PlotoniD· 2 shared Stephen Adu‐BreduiD· 2 shared Tommaso JuckeriD· 2 shared

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Geospatial foundation models enable data-efficient tree species mapping in temperate mountain forests

James Ball, Jana Annika Wicklein, Zhengpeng Feng, Jovana Knezevic, Sadiq Jaffer, Anil Madhavapeddy, Clement Atzberger, Michele Dalponte, David A. Coomes

This paper evaluates geospatial foundation models for tree species mapping in mountain forests, finding they outperform traditional methods with fewer labels and preserve ecological structure, though performance degrades over time.

Science of Remote Sensing · Jul 10, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology

Liana cutting accelerates tropical forest recovery at a fraction of the cost of tree planting

Toby D. Jackson, Lucy V. J. Beese, Andy Hector, Eleanor E. Jackson, Michael J. O’Brien, Gianluca R. Cerullo, David A. Coomes, David F. R. P. Burslem, Fabian Jörg Fischer, Christopher D. Philipson, Elia Godoong, Charissa Wong, Martin Svátek, Michele Dalponte, Wan Shafrina Wan Mohd Jaafar, Tommaso Jucker

This study compares enrichment tree planting and liana cutting for tropical forest restoration, finding liana cutting accelerates canopy height recovery more rapidly and cheaply.

bioRxiv · Mar 4, 2026 · PreprintEcology

The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems

Fabian Jörg Fischer, Rebecca Banbury Morgan, Toby Jackson, Jérôme Chave, David M. Coomes, Katherine C. Cushman, Ricardo Dalagnol, Michele Dalponte, Laura Innice Duncanson, Sassan S Saatchi, Rupert Seidl, Krzysztof Stereńczak, Gaia Vaglio Laurin, Stephen Adu‐Bredu, Jesús Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, , Ronald Vernimmen

The paper introduces the Global Canopy Atlas, a harmonized dataset of 3D canopy structure from ALS data, and demonstrates its applications in validating satellite maps, analyzing canopy gap patterns, and quantifying forest turnover.

bioRxiv · Aug 31, 2025 · PreprintEcology

The global spectrum of tree crown architecture

Tommaso Jucker, Fabian Jörg Fischer, Jérôme Chave, David A. Coomes, John P. Caspersen, Arshad Ali, Grâce Jopaul Loubota Panzou, Ted R. Feldpausch, Daniel S. Falster, Vladimir Andreevich Usoltsev, Toby Jackson, Stephen Adu‐Bredu, Luciana F. Alves, Mohammad Aminpour, Bhely Angoboy Ilondea, , Alexander Frederick Shenkin

The paper analyzes global tree crown architecture to identify factors driving diversity in height, crown size, and shape across species.

Nature Communications · May 26, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology