Dr Tommaso Jucker
PhD, MSc, BSc
Current positions
Associate Professor in Forest Ecology and Global Change
School of Biological Sciences
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Biography
Research interests
We study the processes that shape the strucure, composition and function of the world's forests to better understand how these ecosystems are responding to rapid environmental change. We do this using a range of different approaches, including manipulative experiments, large-scale datasets, remote sensing and modelling. Our goal is to get a more accurate picture of what forests will look like in the future and what consequences this will have for climate, biodiversity and the billion or so people whose livelihoods depend on these ecosystems.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Fast-tracking nature recovery by restoring forest habitat complexity
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/01/2026 to 31/12/2029
Drivers and impacts of Insect biodiversity changes across PanTropical forests
Principal Investigator
Role
Collaborator
Description
"PanTropIn: Causas e Impactos de Mudanças na biodiversidade de Insetos em florestas PanTropicais" (in Portuguese)
Despite the growing number of academic studies and media headlines drawing attention to 'collapses in insect…Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/05/2024 to 30/04/2028
Forest ecosystems and their resilience to climate extremes across Europe
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/10/2023 to 30/09/2028
The role of biodiversity in the functioning and stability of tropical forests
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/06/2023 to 31/05/2026
Unlocking the potential of remote sensing for mapping tree resilience to climate extremes
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
31/03/2020 to 30/03/2022
Thesis supervisions
Restoring the 3D structure of tropical ecosystems – how important is tree diversity?
Supervisors
Capturing how forest canopies respond and recover from disturbances using airborne laser scanning
Supervisors
The role of climate and competition in shaping tree allometry, growth and function of miombo woodlands
Supervisors
Short and long-term impacts of disturbance on the structural complexity of tropical forest canopies
Supervisors
Map the gap
Supervisors
Investigating the effects of soil microclimate on mesofauna communities in a temperate rainforest
Supervisors
Global variation and drivers of crown architecture in canopy-dominant trees – an airborne laser scanning perspective
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
16/01/2026Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation
New Phytologist
deadtrees.earth — An open-access and interactive database for centimeter-scale aerial imagery to uncover global tree mortality dynamics
Remote Sensing of Environment
Hyperspectral species maps and LiDAR‐based structured population models show future forest fire frequency may compromise forest resilience
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
Spaceborne Canopy Height Products Should Be Complemented With Airborne Laser Scanning Data
Earth and Space Science
A unifying framework for understanding how edge effects reshape the structure, composition and function of forests
New Phytologist
