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Sander Mücher is senior researcher Remote Sensing & GIS at Alterra, within the team Earth Observation and Environmental Informatics. Active for more than 20 year at Alterra in the field of remote sensing and agriculture, he was already in 1997 co-ordinator of the EU-FP4 project PELCOM which aimed at land use monitoring with low resolution satellite data for environmental applications. He is now involved in many European activities with a strong accent on land use, agriculture and biodiversity monitoring using remote sensing & field data. He has been involved in many European projects such as BIOPRESS, BIOHAB, EBONE and ECOCHANGE. Example of a recently finished EU project is the FP7 project BIO-SOS, which aimed at supporting operational monitoring of protected sites with advanced remote sensing techniques.  Next to these international activities (also with respect to the current SIGMA project on global agricultural monitoring in support of GEOGLAM), he is also involved in many national projects in the field of precision agriculture. Personal information First name(s) / Surname(s): C.A. (Sander) Mücher Address(es): Alterra, Wageningen UR, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands Telephone(s): + 31 317 481607, Mobile: +31.(0)622730497 Fax(es): + 31 317 419000 E-mail(s): Sander.mucher@wur.nl Nationality: Dutch Date of birth: 02/08/1967 Gender: Male Work experience Dates: 1993 → present: Alterra, Wageningen UR, the Netherlands. Alterra is part of Stichting Dienst landbouwkundig Onderzoek. Occupational field: Senior researcher remote sensing & GIS – Team Earth Observation & Environmental Informatics, Education and training Dates: 2009 Title of qualification awarded: PhD Principal subjects / occupational skills covered: PhD Thesis on Geo-spatial modelling and monitoring of European landscapes and habitats using remote sensing and field surveys   Name and type of organisation providing education and training: Wageningen University, The Netherlands   Dates:1986 - 1992 Title of qualification awarded :MSc Tropical Crop Science, with specialisations in Rural Surveys & Land Ecology, Soil Science and Geo-Information. Principal subjects / occupational skills covered: During his study he did also intensive course in Rural and Land Ecology Survey at the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC, Enschede). He finished his MSc study in 1992 at Wageningen University with specialisations in Tropical Crop Science, Soil Science and Geo-Information. Name and type of organisation providing education and training : Wageningen University, The Netherlands Membership of professional bodies: GEO-BON (Group on Earth Observation – Biodiversity Observation Network) GLOSSY (Group on Land Observation for Science, Services and policy) ETC/SIA (European Topic Centre – Spatial Information Analysis) ETC/BD (European Topic Centre – Biological Diversity) Key Publications (Peer-reviewed) Lucas, R.M., Blonda, P.,  Bunting, P.F.,   Jones, G.,  Inglada, J.,  Arias, M.,  Kosmidou, V.,  Petrou, Z.,  Manakos, I.,  Adamo, M., Charnock, R., Tarantino, C.,  Mücher, C.A.,  Kramer, H. Jongman, R., Honrado, J., Mairota, P., 2015. The Earth Observation Data for Habitat Monitoring (EODHaM) System. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 37 (2015) 17–28. Mücher, C.A., Roupioz, L., Kramer, H., , Bogers, M.M.B., Jongman, R.H.G., Lucas, R.M., , Petrou, Z., Kosmidou, V.E., Manakos, I., Padoa-Schioppa, E., Adamo, M., Blonda., 2015. Synergy of Airborne LiDAR and Worldview-2 satellite imagery for land cover and habitat mapping: a BIO_SOS-EODHaM case study for the Netherlands. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 37 (2015) 48–55. Harini Nagendra, Paola Mairota, Carmela Marangi, Richard Lucas, Panayotis Dimopoulos, João P Honrado, Madhura Niphadkar, Caspar A Mücher, Valeria Tomaselli, Maria Panitsa, Cristina Tarantino, Ioannis Manakos, Palma Blonda, 2015. Satellite Earth observation data to identify anthropogenic pressures in selected protected areas, 2014. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 37 (2015) 124–132 Ficetola, G.F, Bonardia, A., Mücher, C.A., Gilissen, N.L.M., Padoa-Schioppa, E., 2014. How many predictors in species distribution models at the landscape scale? Land use versus LiDAR-derived canopy height. Submitted to Special Issue on Earth Observation for Habitat Mapping and Biodiversity Monitoring, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 2014, Vol. 28, No. 8, 1723–1739. Garonna, I., De Jong, R., De Wit, A., Mücher, C.A., Schmid, B., Schaepman, M., 2014. Landscape-based assessment of Pan-European Land Surface Phenology for 1982-2011 reveals asymmetric trends, 2013. To be submitted in Nov 2013 to Global Change Biology (2014) 20, 3457–3470. Adamo, M.,  Tarantino, C.,  Tomaselli, V.,  Kosmidou, V., Petrou, Z., Manakos, I. Lucas, R.M., Mücher, C.A., Veronico, G.,  Marangi, C., De Pasquale, V., Blonda, P. 2014. Expert knowledge for translating land cover/ use maps to General Habitat Categories (GHCs). Landscape Ecol (2014) 29:1045–1067. Gustaf Granath, Juul Limpens, Maximilian Posch, Sander Mücher, Wim de Vries, 2014. Spatio-temporal trends of nitrogen deposition and climate effects on Sphagnum productivity in European peatlands. Environmental pollution 187 (2014) pp. 73- 80 .  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749113006568 Kosmidou, V. Petrou, Z., Bunce, R. G. H., Mücher, C.A., Jongman, R. H. G., Bogers, M.M.B. Lucas, R., Tomaselli, V.,  Blonda, P., Padoa-Schioppa, E., Petrou, M. 2014. Harmonization of the Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) with the General Habitat Categories (GHC) classification system. Ecological Indicators  36 (2014), pp. 290-300. Coops, N.C,  Schaepman, M.E., Mücher, C.A,  2013. What Multi-Scale Environmental Drivers can be best discriminated from a habitat index derived from a remotely sensed vegetation time series ? Landscape Ecology (2013) 28: 1529-1543. Valeria Tomaselli, Panayotis Dimopoulos,  Carmela Marangi, Athanasios S. Kallimanis, Maria Adamo, Cristina Tarantino, Maria Panitsa, Massimo Terzi, Giuseppe Veronico, Francesco Lovergine, Harini Nagendra, Richard Lucas, Paola Mairota, Caspar A. Mücher, Palma Blonda, 2013. Translating land cover/land use classifications to habitat taxonomies for landscape monitoring: a Mediterranean assessment. Landscape Ecology (2013) 28: 905-930. Van der Zanden, E.H., Verburg, P.H.,  Mücher, C.A., 2013. Modelling the spatial distribution of linear landscape elements in Europe. Ecological Indicators 27 (2013) 125-136. Mücher, C.A.,  Kooistra, L.  Vermeulen, M.,  Vanden Borre, J.  Haest, B.  Haveman, R., 2013 Quantifying structure and function of Natura 2000 heathland habitats using spectral mixture analysis and segmentation techniques on hyperspectral imagery. Ecological indicators, Special Issue: Biodiversity Monitoring, Vol. 33 (2013) 71-81. Bunce, R.G.H., Bogers M.M.B., Evans, D., Halada, L., Jongman, R.H.G., Mucher, C.A., Bauch, B., de Blust, G., Parr T.W., and Olsvig-Whittaker L., 2013. The significance of habitats as indicators of biodiversity and their links to species. Ecological Indicators, Special Issue: Biodiversity Monitoring, Vol. 33 (2013) 19-25. Delalieux, S., Somers, B., Haest, B., Spanhove, T.,  VandenBorre, J.,  Mücher, C.A., 2012. Heathland conservation status mapping through integration of hyperspectral mixture analysis and decision tree classifiers. Remote Sensing of Environment, 126 (2012), 222-231.    Kramer, H., Mücher, C.A., Hazeu, G., 2011. Historical land use databases : a new layer of information for geographical research. International Journal Of Humanities and Arts Computing, Vol. 5.1 : 41-58. Bakker, M.M., Hatna, E., Kuhlman., T., Mücher, C.A., 2011. Changing environmental characteristics of European cropland. Agricultural systems 104 (2011) 522-532. Hazeu, G.W., Metzger, M.J., Mücher, C.A., Perez-Soba, M., Renetzeder, C., Andersen, E. 2011. European environmental stratifications and typologies: An overview. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ., 142 (2011) 29–39. Vanden Borre, J., Paelinckx, D., Mücher, C.A., Kooistra, L., Haest, B. De Blust, G., Schmidt, A.M., 2011. Integrating remote sensing in Natura 2000 habitat monitoring: prospects on the way forward.  Journal for Nature Conservation, 19 (2), 116-125. Gerard, F., Petit, S., Smith, G., Thomson, A., Brown, N., Manchester, S., Wadsworth, R., Bugar, G., Halada, L., Bezák, P., Boltiziar, M., Badts, E., Gregor, M., Hazeu, G., Mücher, C.A., Wachowicz, M., Huitu, Tuominen, S., Köhler, R., Olschofsky, K., Ziese, H.,  Kolar, J., Sustera, J., Luque, S., Pino, J., Pons, X., Roda, F., Roscher, M., Feranec, J., 2010. Land cover change in Europe between 1950 to 2000 determined employing aerial photography. Progress in Physical Geography, Vol. 34(2), 2010, pp. 183-205. Mücher, C.A., Klijn, J.A., Wascher, D.M., Schaminée, J.H.J., 2010. A new European Landscape Classification (LANMAP): A transparent, flexible and user-oriented methodology to distinguish landscapes. Ecol. Indicat., 10 (1), 87–103. Renetzeder, C., Schindler, S., Peterseil, J., Prinz, M.A., Mücher, C.A., Wrbka, T., 2010. Can we measure ecological sustainability? Landscape pattern as an indicator for naturalness and land use intensity at regional, national and European level. Ecol. Indicat., 10 (1), 39-48. Mücher, C.A., Hennekens, S.M., Bunce, R.G.H., Schaminée, J.H.J., Schaepman, M.E., 2009. Modelling the spatial distribution of Natura 2000 habitats across Europe. Landscape Urban Plan. 92 (2), 148-159. Bunce, R.G.H., Metzger, M.J., Jongman, R.H.G., Brandt, J., De Blust, G., Elena-Rossello, R., Groom, G.B., Halada, L., Hofer, G., Howard, D. C., Ková, P., Mücher, C.A., Padoa-Schioppa, E., Paelinx, D., Palo, A., Perez-Soba, M., Ramos, I.L., Roche, P., Skånes, H., Wrbka, T., 2008. A standardized procedure for surveillance and monitoring European habitats and provision of spatial data. Landscape Ecol. 23 (1), 11-25. Clevers, J.G.P.W., Schaepman, M. E., Mücher, C.A., de Wit, A.J.W., Zurita-Milla, R., Bartholomeus, H. M., 2007. Using MERIS on Envisat for land cover mapping in the Netherlands. Int. J. Remote Sens. 28 (3-4), 637-652. Jongman, R.H.G., Bunce, R.G.H., Metzger, M.J., Mücher, C.A., Howard, D.C., Mateus, V.L., 2006. Objectives and applications of a statistical environmental stratification of Europe. Landscape Ecol. 21 (3), 409-419. Groom, G., Mücher, C.A., Ihse, M., Wrbka, T., 2006. Remote sensing in landscape ecology: experiences and perspectives in a European context. Landscape Ecol. 21 (3 Spec. Iss.), 391-408. Kooistra, L., Schaepman, M.E., Clevers, J., Jia, L., Mücher, C.A., de Wit, A.J.W., 2006. University Profile: Centre for Geo-Information, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands. In IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Newsletter (ed IEEE), pp. 17-22. Metzger, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Jongman, R.H.G., Mücher, C.A., Watkins, J.W., 2005. A climatic stratification of the environment of Europe. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 14 (6), 549-563. Mücher, C.A., Steinnocher, K.T., Kressler, F.P., Heunks, C., 2000. Land cover characterization and change detection for environmental monitoring of pan-Europe. Int. J. Remote Sens. 21 (6-7), 1159-1181. Stomph, T.J., Mücher, C.A., Fresco, L.O., 1997. Environmental impact of land use: a new basis for analysis. The Land: (1.2), 29-142.