Rainer Ferdinand Wunderlich

National Taiwan University | NTU · Department of Bio-Environmental Systems Engineering

Model evaluation metrics play a critical role in the selection of adequate species distribution models for conservation and for any application of species distribution modelling (SDM) in general. The responses of these metrics to modelling conditions, however, are rarely taken into account. This leads to inadequate model selection, downstream analy...

Accurate information provided by reliable models is essential for identifying hotspots and mitigating roadkill. However, existing methods, such as kernel density estimation (KDE) and maximum entropy modeling (ME) may individually identify only a subset of the suitable locations for mitigation, because KDE cannot detect hotspots once local abundance...

Context Species distribution modeling (SDM) is an integral tool for conservation, biogeography, and climate change biology. However, practioners have to choose from increasingly numerous SDM algorithms performing well under different conditions, including clade and resolution. Objectives To identify the most suitable SDM algorithms for trees, bird...

Rising energy needs and pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have led to a significant increase in solar power projects worldwide. Recently, the development of floating photovoltaic (FPV) systems offers promising opportunities for land scarce areas. We present a dynamic model that simulates the main biochemical processes in a milkfish (Chano...

Nitrogen (N) amendment of soil ecosystems alters GHG fluxes to the atmosphere by increasing nitrous oxide (N2O) emission and affecting methane (CH4) uptakes in well-aerated soils. Although nitrification inhibitors (NIs) can decrease N2O emission, this may alter the rate of ammonia (NH3) volatilization, crop yield, and soil CH4 fluxes by directly or...

Recent advances in computation power have enabled the creation of digital twins of the microbiome (DTM) to substantially curb soil greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions under global change conditions [...]

Understanding the environmental niche segregation of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) and its impact on their relative contributions to nitrification and nitrous oxide (N2O) production is essential for predicting N2O dynamics within an ecosystem. Here, we used ammonia oxidizer-specific inhibitors to measure the differential contri...

Nitrification inhibitors (NIs) such as dicyandiamide (DCD), 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP), and allylthiourea (AT) are commonly used to suppress ammonia oxidization at different time scales varying from a few hours to several months. Although the responses of NIs to edaphic and temperature conditions have been studied, the influence of the a...

Soil encompasses diverse microbial communities that are essential for fundamental ecosystem functions such as biogeochemical cycling. To better understand underlying biogeochemical processes, it is necessary to know the structure of soil archaeal and bacterial communities and their responses to edaphic and climate variables within and across variou...

Globally, soils are subject to radical changes in their biogeochemistry as rampant deforestation and other forms of land use and climate change continue to transform planet Earth. To better understand soil ecosystem functioning, it is necessary to understand the responses of soil microbial diversity and community structure to changing climate, land...

Though agricultural landscape biodiversity and ecosystem service (ES) conservation is crucial to sustainability, agricultural land is often underrepresented in ES studies, while cultural ES associated with agricultural land is often limited to aesthetic and tourism recreation value only. This study mapped 7 nonmaterial-intangible cultural ES (NICE)...

The human population is exponentially increasing and is projected to reach or exceed 9 billion by 2050. Accordingly, demand for agricultural goods such as cereals and oil crops is expected to grow by more than 200%. To meet crop production targets under a variety of dynamic environmental conditions, new solutions, including further advances in crop...

Local farmer knowledge is key to sustainable agriculture when organic farming promotes biodiversity conservation. Yet, farmers may not recognize ecosystem service (ES) benefits within their agricultural landscape. Surveys were administered to 113 farmers, and the opinions of 58 respondents toward organic farming were analyzed to identify influentia...

Supplementary code. Maintained at: https://github.com/RWunderlich/SEDI

Edge effects on microclimate and small herpetofauna in forest type 5b fragments across the Atherton Tablelands Rain e r F . W u n d erl ic h Abstract In Australia tropical rainforests cover less than 0.2 percent of the land area and Tracey type 5b forest (or Mabi forest) constitutes only about 0.1 percent of Australia's rainforests. Similarly to ot...