Research interests and activities:
- Using remote sensing and field data for mapping and modelling of natural and agroecosystems
- Geodata processing and management for modelling of agricultural systems
- Vegetation and vegetation dynamics of the North German Plain
Teaching and academic activities:
- Crop Modelling for Risk Management
- Acker- und Pflanzenbauliche Übungen
Projects on Github:
- leafarea - a tool to measure geometrical properties e.g. of torn off plant leaves using digital photography or scans (based on Python 3 and Qt)
https://github.com/achtmalklug/leafarea - rwofost - an R interface for the WOFOST crop simulation model
https://github.com/achtmalklug/rwofost - pyApsim - a python interface for the APSIM crop simulation model
https://github.com/achtmalklug/pyApsim - Retp - An R package for estimating daily potential evapo-transpiration.
https://github.com/achtmalklug/Retp
Publications:
2017
Koch, M., Schröder, B., Günther, A., Albrecht, K., Pivarci, R., Jurasinki, G. Taxonomic and functional vegetation changes after shifting management from traditional herding to fenced grazing in temperate grassland communities. Applied Vegetation Science 20, 259-270.
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12287
Koch, M., Koebsch, F., Hahn, J., Jurasinki, G.,. From meadow to shallow lake: Monitoring secondary succession in a coastal fen after rewetting by flooding based on aerial imagery and plot data. Mires & Peat 19(11), 1-17.
DOI: 10.19189/MaP.2015.OMB.188
2015
Koch M., Jurasinski G: Four decades of vegetation development in a percolation mire complex following intensive drainage and abandonment. Plant Ecology and Diversity 8(1):49-60.
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2013.862752
2013
Bauwe, A., Koch, M., Kallweit, R., Konopatzky, A., Strohbach, B., Lennartz, B., Tree-ring growth response of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) to climate and soil water availability in the lowlands of North-Eastern Germany. Baltic Forestry 19, 212-225.
ISSN 2029-9230
Koch, M., Schröder, B., Günther, A., Albrecht, K., Pivarci, R., Jurasinki, G. Taxonomic and functional vegetation changes after shifting management from traditional herding to fenced grazing in temperate grassland communities. Applied Vegetation Science 20, 259-270.
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12287
Koch, M., Koebsch, F., Hahn, J., Jurasinki, G.,. From meadow to shallow lake: Monitoring secondary succession in a coastal fen after rewetting by flooding based on aerial imagery and plot data. Mires & Peat 19(11), 1-17.
DOI: 10.19189/MaP.2015.OMB.188
2015
Koch M., Jurasinski G: Four decades of vegetation development in a percolation mire complex following intensive drainage and abandonment. Plant Ecology and Diversity 8(1):49-60.
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2013.862752
2013
Bauwe, A., Koch, M., Kallweit, R., Konopatzky, A., Strohbach, B., Lennartz, B., Tree-ring growth response of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) to climate and soil water availability in the lowlands of North-Eastern Germany. Baltic Forestry 19, 212-225.
ISSN 2029-9230