Publications by authors named "Willem Q M van de Koot"
Peatlands have become a focal point in climate mitigation strategies as these ecosystems have significant carbon sequestration capacities when healthy but release CO and other greenhouse gases when damaged. However, as drought episodes become more frequent and prolonged, organisms key to the functioning of some peatlands are increasingly under pressure from desiccation. The mosses, which tend to keep their ecosystem waterlogged and many of whom promote peat formation, are only mildly desiccation-tolerant in comparison to other mosses.
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- * There is a lack of effective tools to measure species traits in peatlands, especially colony density, which is key for understanding species establishment and performance.
- * This study introduces a validated image analysis pipeline for accurately measuring plant density, using common smartphone images, which can assist ecologists and conservationists in monitoring biodiversity and habitat relationships efficiently.