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Alexey Noskov

Postdoctoral Researcher, WG Bendix, Geography
Philipps-Universität Marburg
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Project: MicroMap: Forest Floor Microbiome Habitat Dynamics Mapping

Project summary:
The microbiome, a vital constituent of the forest floor, exerts influence over ecosystem nutritional chains, the carbon cycle, and other indispensable processes. There is a substantial demand for comprehensive cartography of the forest floor, coupled with the fluxes of greenhouse gases, and their underlying determinants. The ultimate objective is to establish a framework for predicting the covert microbial and geochemical processes, compositions, effects, and impacts of forest soils, utilizing field data. Given the infeasibility of aerial observation of the forest floor, employing UGVs emerges as the sole pragmatic approach for systematically amassing accurate forest floor data. In a prior endeavor, we introduced a pioneering concept and developed a multi-sensor rover that employs visual tracking. We put forth an approach for forest floor segmentation rooted in rover-generated data, and we plan to gather spatial trial data to facilitate the monitoring of microbiome habitat dynamics.

Cooperation with: Julia Kurth, Judith Klatt (UMR, MEC)

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