A lesson unlearned? Underestimating tree cover in drylands biases global restoration maps

An overview of ABoVE airborne campaign data acquisitions and science opportunities

(2019) Charles E Miller et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The global tree restoration potential

(2019) Jean-Francois Bastin et al.   SCIENCE

Characterizing global forest canopy cover distribution using spaceborne lidar

(2019) Hao Tang et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

The Trouble with Trees: Afforestation Plans for Africa

(2019) William J. Bond et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Identifying Biases in Global Tree Cover Products: A Case Study in Costa Rica

(2019) Daniel Cunningham et al.   Forests

Remote sensing of dryland ecosystem structure and function: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

(2019) William K. Smith et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”

(2019) Joseph W. Veldman et al.   SCIENCE

Mapping and Monitoring Fractional Woody Vegetation Cover in the Arid Savannas of Namibia Using LiDAR Training Data, Machine Learning, and ALOS PALSAR Data

(2019) Konrad Wessels et al.   Remote Sensing

A Review of Regional and Global Gridded Forest Biomass Datasets

(2019) Yuzhen Zhang et al.   Remote Sensing

Reduction of tree cover in West African woodlands and promotion in semi-arid farmlands

(2018) Martin Brandt et al.   Nature Geoscience

Human impacts in African savannas are mediated by plant functional traits

(2018) Colin P. Osborne et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

An above-ground biomass map of African savannahs and woodlands at 25 m resolution derived from ALOS PALSAR

(2018) Alexandre Bouvet et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Mapping continuous fields of tree and shrub cover across the Gran Chaco using Landsat 8 and Sentinel-1 data

(2018) Matthias Baumann et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

The global forest/non-forest map from TanDEM-X interferometric SAR data

(2018) Michele Martone et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Satellite passive microwaves reveal recent climate-induced carbon losses in African drylands

(2018) Martin Brandt et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Resilience and restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and grassy woodlands

(2018) Elise Buisson et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Green streets − Quantifying and mapping urban trees with street-level imagery and computer vision

(2017) Ian Seiferling et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Natural climate solutions

(2017) Bronson W. Griscom et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comment on “The extent of forest in dryland biomes”

(2017) Dmitry Schepaschenko et al.   SCIENCE

Response to Comment on “The extent of forest in dryland biomes”

(2017) J.-F. Bastin et al.   SCIENCE

A human-driven decline in global burned area

(2017) N. Andela et al.   SCIENCE

The extent of forest in dryland biomes

(2017) Jean-François Bastin et al.   SCIENCE

Tropical forests are a net carbon source based on aboveground measurements of gain and loss

(2017) A. Baccini et al.   SCIENCE

The impact of charcoal production on forest degradation: a case study in Tete, Mozambique

(2016) F Sedano et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Land-use change outweighs projected effects of changing rainfall on tree cover in sub-Saharan Africa

(2016) Julie C. Aleman et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Woodland expansion in South African grassy biomes based on satellite observations (1990-2013): general patterns and potential drivers

(2016) Andrew L. Skowno et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mapping gains and losses in woody vegetation across global tropical drylands

(2016) Feng Tian et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Savanna woody encroachment is widespread across three continents

(2016) Nicola Stevens et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery performs better than optical datasets at retrieving woody fractional cover in deciduous, dry savannahs

(2016) Laven Naidoo et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

(2016) Lourens Poorter et al.   NATURE

Woody encroachment and its consequences on hydrological processes in the savannah

(2016) Eliane A. Honda et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests

(2016) John T. Abatzoglou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Earth science data records of global forest cover and change: Assessment of accuracy in 1990, 2000, and 2005 epochs

(2016) Min Feng et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Calibration and Validation of Landsat Tree Cover in the Taiga−Tundra Ecotone

(2016) Paul Montesano et al.   Remote Sensing

Where Tree Planting and Forest Expansion are Bad for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

(2015) Joseph W. Veldman et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Toward an old-growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and woodlands

(2015) Joseph W Veldman et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Analysis of stable states in global savannas: is the CART pulling the horse? - a comment

(2015) A. Carla Staver et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Dry forests, livelihoods and poverty alleviation: understanding current trends

(2015) H. Djoudi et al.   INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY REVIEW

LiDAR based prediction of forest biomass using hierarchical models with spatially varying coefficients

(2015) Chad Babcock et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Tyranny of trees in grassy biomes

(2015) J. W. Veldman et al.   SCIENCE

Sparing grasslands: Map misinterpreted

(2015) L. Laestadius et al.   SCIENCE

The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO2 sink

(2015) A. Ahlstrom et al.   SCIENCE

Conservation policy and the measurement of forests

(2015) Joseph O. Sexton et al.   Nature Climate Change

Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the global carbon cycle

(2014) Benjamin Poulter et al.   NATURE

New global forest/non-forest maps from ALOS PALSAR data (2007–2010)

(2014) Masanobu Shimada et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Tropical grassy biomes: misunderstood, neglected, and under threat

(2014) Catherine L. Parr et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa

(2014) Miyuki Iiyama et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

GRACE satellite observed hydrological controls on interannual and seasonal variability in surface greenness over mainland Australia

(2014) Yuting Yang et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

(2013) M. C. Hansen et al.   SCIENCE

Making better use of accuracy data in land change studies: Estimating accuracy and area and quantifying uncertainty using stratified estimation

(2012) Pontus Olofsson et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities

(2011) Isla H Myers-Smith et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World's Forests

(2011) Y. Pan et al.   SCIENCE

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

(2009) Craig D. Allen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

MODIS tree cover validation for the circumpolar taiga–tundra transition zone

(2009) P.M. Montesano et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Large area mapping of southwestern forest crown cover, canopy height, and biomass using the NASA Multiangle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer

(2008) Mark Chopping et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT