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Mart-Jan Schelhaas is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, focusing on environmental science. Their research covers several subfields, including global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, atmospheric science, mechanical engineering, and ecology.

The scientist's research topics include forest management and policy, forest ecology and management, carbon dioxide capture technologies, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, climate change policy and economics, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, and remote sensing in agriculture.

Mart-Jan Schelhaas has contributed to multiple recent papers published in notable venues. Key publications include:

  • Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Europe: State of Knowledge and Ways Forward for Management, 2021, Current Forestry Reports
  • Significant increase in natural disturbance impacts on European forests since 1950, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • A comprehensive framework for assessing the accuracy and uncertainty of global above-ground biomass maps, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • European anthropogenic AFOLU greenhouse gas emissions: a review and benchmark data, 2020, Earth system science data
  • The consolidated European synthesis of CO 2 emissions and removals for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990-2018, 2021, Earth system science data

Frequent co-authors of Mart-Jan Schelhaas include:

  • G.J. Nabuurs
  • Philippe Ciais
  • Ana Maria Roxana Petrescu
  • Giacomo Grassi
  • Julia Pongratz

The most common venues where Mart-Jan Schelhaas's work appears include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth system science data
  • Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)
  • Global Change Biology
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Best Publications

  • Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

    Jingjing Liang;Thomas W. Crowther;Nicolas Picard;Susan Wiser

  • Increasing forest disturbances in Europe and their impact on carbon storage

    Rupert Seidl;Mart-Jan Schelhaas;Werner Rammer;Pieter Johannes Verkerk

  • Natural disturbances in the European forests in the 19th and 20th centuries

    Mart-Jan Schelhaas;Mart-Jan Schelhaas;Gert-Jan Nabuurs;Gert-Jan Nabuurs;Andreas Schuck

  • Climate change may cause severe loss in the economic value of European forest land

    Marc Hanewinkel;Dominik A. Cullmann;Mart-Jan Schelhaas;Gert-Jan Nabuurs

  • Climate change and European forests: What do we know, what are the uncertainties, and what are the implications for forest management?

    Marcus Lindner;Joanne B. Fitzgerald;Niklaus E. Zimmermann;Christopher Reyer

  • Unraveling the drivers of intensifying forest disturbance regimes in Europe

    Rupert Seidl;Rupert Seidl;Mart-Jan Schelhaas;Manfred J. Lexer

  • Modelling natural disturbances in forest ecosystems: a review

    Rupert Seidl;Rupert Seidl;Paulo M. Fernandes;Teresa F. Fonseca;François Gillet;François Gillet

  • Carbon accumulation in European forests

    P. Ciais;M. J. Schelhaas;S. Zaehle;S. L. Piao;S. L. Piao

  • Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Europe : State of Knowledge and Ways Forward for Management

    Tomáš Hlásny;Louis König;Paal Krokene;Marcus Lindner

  • The European carbon balance. Part 3: forests

    Sebsatiaan Luyssaert;Philippe Ciais;SL Piao;E-D Schulze

  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential

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  • The influences of forest stand management on biotic and abiotic risks of damage

    Hervé Jactel;Bruce C. Nicoll;Manuela Branco;José Ramon Gonzalez-Olabarria

  • Temporal evolution of the European forest sector carbon sink from 1950 to 1999

    Gert-Jan Nabuurs;Gert-Jan Nabuurs;Mart-Jan Schelhaas;Godefridus (frits) M. J. Mohren;Christopher B. Field

  • Disentangling Biodiversity and Climatic Determinants of Wood Production

    Montserrat Vilà;Amparo Carrillo-Gavilán;Jordi Vayreda;Harald Bugmann

  • Reconstructing European forest management from 1600 to 2010

    M. J. McGrath;S. Luyssaert;P. Meyfroidt;J. O. Kaplan

  • Destructive storms in European forests: past and forthcoming impacts.

    B. Gardiner;K. Blennow;J. M. Carnus;P. Fleischer

  • Are forest disturbances amplifying or canceling out climate change-induced productivity changes in European forests?

    Christopher P.O. Reyer;Stephen Bathgate;Kristina Blennow;Jose G. Borges

  • Living with bark beetles: impacts, outlook and management options

    Tomáš Hlásny;Paal Krokene;Andrew Liebhold;Claire Montagné-Huck

  • Future harvesting pressure on European forests

    G. J. Nabuurs;A. Pussinen;J. van Brusselen;M. J. Schelhaas

  • Modelling bark beetle disturbances in a large scale forest scenario model to assess climate change impacts and evaluate adaptive management strategies

    Rupert Seidl;Mart-Jan Schelhaas;Marcus Lindner;Manfred J. Lexer

  • Assessing risk and adaptation options to fires and windstorms in European forestry.

    Mart-Jan Schelhaas;Geerten Hengeveld;Marco Moriondo;Gert Jan Reinds

  • Greenhouse gas reporting for the LULUCF sector in the Netherlands

    E.J.M.M. Arets;van der J.W.H. Kolk;G.M. Hengeveld;J.P. Lesschen

Frequent Co-Authors

Gert-Jan Nabuurs
Gert-Jan Nabuurs Wageningen University & Research
Marcus Lindner
Marcus Lindner European Forest Institute
Rupert Seidl
Rupert Seidl Technical University of Munich
Koen Kramer
Koen Kramer Wageningen University & Research
Sebastiaan Luyssaert
Sebastiaan Luyssaert Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pieter Johannes Verkerk
Pieter Johannes Verkerk European Forest Institute
Julia Pongratz
Julia Pongratz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Marc Hanewinkel
Marc Hanewinkel University of Freiburg
Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Godefridus M. J. Mohren
Godefridus M. J. Mohren Wageningen University & Research

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