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I am a landscape ecologist motivated to conduct and link scientific research with applied spatial ecology and conservation. I have been involved in multidisciplinary work, including alpine and coastal phytogeomorphology and Environmental Niche Modelling for the conservation of priority species and habitats.
Over the last few years, I have explored the use of close-range photogrammetry and UAV systems (UAS) in biodiversity mapping and ecological monitoring. I also strive to include these topics in education and capacity-building projects aiming at the sustainable use and management of natural resources.

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Publications

2024

Assessment of SoilGrids data for soil erosion estimation at watershed scale: A case study in northern Thailand (2024)Pedosphere, 34(4), 797-813. Madueke, C. O., Shrestha, D. P. & Nyktas, P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedsph.2023.03.022

2022

Prediction of leaf area index using thermal infrared data acquired by UAS over a mixed temperate forest (2022)International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (JAG), 114. Article 103049. Stobbelaar, P., Neinavaz, E. & Nyktas, P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.103049Investigating the potential of thermal infrared UAS imagery for detecting the health status of pine trees (2022)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] 12th EARSeL Workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy 2022. Gidey Kahsay , A., Neinavaz, E. & Nyktas, P.

2021

Identification of potential rockfall sources using UAV-derived point cloud (2021)Bulletin of engineering geology and the environment, 80(8), 6539-6561. Albarelli, D. S. N. A., Mavrouli, O. C. & Nyktas, P.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02306-2Using automated vegetation cover estimation from close-range photogrammetric point clouds to compare vegetation location properties in mountain terrain (2021)GIScience & remote sensing, 58(1), 120-137. Niederheiser, R., Winkler, M., Di Cecco, V., Erschbamer, B., Fernández, R., Geitner, C., Hofbauer, H., Kalaitzidis, C., Klingraber, B., Lamprecht, A., Lorite, J., Nicklas, L., Nyktas, P., Pauli, H., Stanisci, A., Steinbauer, K., Theurillat, J.-P., Vittoz, P. & Rutzinger, M.https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2020.1859264Altitudinal Vascular Plant Richness and Climate Change in the Alpine Zone of the Lefka Ori, Crete (2021)Diversity, 13(1), 1-16. Article 22. Kazakis, G., Ghosn, D., Remoundou, I., Nyktas, P., Talias, M. & Vogiatzakis, I.https://doi.org/10.3390/d13010022

2020

Automated vegetation cover estimation from close-range photogrammetric point clouds in mountain terrain for comparison of vegetation location properties - Dataset (2020)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Nyktas, P., Lorite, J., Theurillat, J. P., Nicklas, L., Erschbamer, B., Rutzinger, M., Di Cecco, V., Fernández, R., Hofbauer, H., Winkler, M., Klingraber, B., Pauli, H., Kalaitzidis, C., Geitner, C., Niederheiser, R., Stanisci, A., Steinbauer, K., Lamprecht, A. & Vittoz, P.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3939129

Research profiles

The bulk of my educational activities are linked to the MSc programme "Master Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation":

- Designing and coordination of the first course of the Natural Resources Management "(NRM) specialisation, "NRM FUNdamentals".

- Co-coordinating the NRM specialisation course "Geospatial Mapping for Natural Resources", where I lead the part of in-situ data collection design and field methods.

- Teaching in the course "Species Distribution and Environmental Niche Modelling"

- Teaching in the course "Environmental Assessment using Spatial Decision Support and Advanced Earth Observation Tools"

Courses academic year 2024/2025

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2023/2024

Address

University of Twente

Langezijds (building no. 19), room 1111
Hallenweg 8
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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