Sven Lautenbach

Effects of urban building structures on the distribution of breeding sites and ovitrap egg counts of Aedes albopictus in Pfaffengrund, Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract Background In recent years, the increased abundance and expansion of the invasive species Aedes albopictus has become a nuisance and health threat in urban areas of Germany. While intensive control and monitoring measures have shown promising results to reduce population...

The changing surface of the world’s roads

Abstract Resilient road infrastructure is a cornerstone of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), yet spatially consistent information on road surface conditions at the global scale remains limited. We overcome this gap based on a deep learning framework that extracts both...