Woody plant encroachment enhanced global vegetation greening and ecosystem water‐use efficiency

Woody plant encroachment intensifies under climate change across tundra and savanna biomes

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Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic

(2020) Isla H. Myers-Smith et al.   Nature Climate Change

Satellite-based global-scale irrigation water use and its contemporary trends

(2020) Muhammad Zohaib et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Detecting shrub encroachment in seminatural grasslands using UAS LiDAR

(2020) Bjarke Madsen et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Does habitat fragmentation affect landscape-level temperatures? A global analysis

(2020) Clarice B. Mendes et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

A Multivariable Approach for Estimating Soil Moisture from Microwave Radiation Imager (MWRI)

(2020) Sibo Zhang et al.   Journal of Meteorological Research

Global patterns of rainfall partitioning by invasive woody plants

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Methodology of fish eDNA and its applications in ecology and environment

(2020) Shuping Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Hierarchical mapping of annual global land cover 2001 to present: The MODIS Collection 6 Land Cover product

(2019) Damien Sulla-Menashe et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Coupled estimation of 500 m and 8-day resolution global evapotranspiration and gross primary production in 2002–2017

(2019) Yongqiang Zhang et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Greening in Rural Areas Increases the Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity

(2019) Rui Yao et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Functional responses of the herbaceous plant community explain ecohydrological impacts of savanna shrub encroachment

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An overview of global leaf area index (LAI): Methods, products, validation, and applications

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Extensive twenty‐first century woody encroachment in South America's savanna

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Appropriate spatial scale for potential woody cover observation in Texas savanna

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Rates of woody encroachment in African savannas reflect water constraints and fire disturbance

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Divergent evapotranspiration partition dynamics between shrubs and grasses in a shrub-encroached steppe ecosystem

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Characterizing the encroachment of juniper forests into sub-humid and semi-arid prairies from 1984 to 2010 using PALSAR and Landsat data

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Drivers of woody plant encroachment over Africa

(2018) Z. S. Venter et al.   Nature Communications

Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers

(2018) Dakota E. McCoy et al.   Nature Communications

TerraClimate, a high-resolution global dataset of monthly climate and climatic water balance from 1958–2015

(2018) John T. Abatzoglou et al.   Scientific Data

Enhanced gross primary production and evapotranspiration in juniper encroached grasslands

(2018) Jie Wang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Increased water-use efficiency and reduced CO2 uptake by plants during droughts at a continental scale

(2018) Wouter Peters et al.   Nature Geoscience

Evaluating the use of fire to control shrub encroachment in global drylands: A synthesis based on ecosystem service perspective

(2018) Stefani Daryanto et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Does phenology play a role in the feedbacks underlying shrub encroachment?

(2018) Ying Fan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Revisiting the contribution of transpiration to global terrestrial evapotranspiration

(2017) Zhongwang Wei et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Measuring canopy loss and climatic thresholds from an extreme drought along a fivefold precipitation gradient across Texas

(2017) Amanda M. Schwantes et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Inconsistencies of interannual variability and trends in long-term satellite leaf area index products

(2017) Chongya Jiang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Shrub encroachment and vertebrate diversity: A global meta-analysis

(2017) Richard A. Stanton et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Alnus shrub expansion increases evapotranspiration in the Swiss Alps

(2017) Thijs van den Bergh et al.   Regional Environmental Change

Woody plant encroachment reduces annual runoff and shifts runoff mechanisms in the tallgrass prairie, USA

(2017) Lei Qiao et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Scrubbing Up: Multi-Scale Investigation of Woody Encroachment in a Southern African Savannah

(2017) Christopher Marston et al.   Remote Sensing

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

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

Woody plant cover estimation in drylands from Earth Observation based seasonal metrics

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Shrub Encroachment Increases Transpiration Water Loss from a Subtropical Wetland

(2016) Michelle L. Budny et al.   WETLANDS

Greening of the Earth and its drivers

(2016) Zaichun Zhu et al.   Nature Climate Change

Ultrastructural Characterization of the Lower Motor System in a Mouse Model of Krabbe Disease

(2016) Valentina Cappello et al.   Scientific Reports

Reorienting land degradation towards sustainable land management: Linking sustainable livelihoods with ecosystem services in rangeland systems

(2015) M.S. Reed et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Influence of shrub encroachment on CT-measured soil macropore characteristics in the Inner Mongolia grassland of northern China

(2015) Xia Hu et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Reduced streamflow in water-stressed climates consistent with CO2 effects on vegetation

(2015) Anna M. Ukkola et al.   Nature Climate Change

Grass-woodland transitions: determinants and consequences for ecosystem functioning and provisioning of services

(2015) Osvaldo E. Sala et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Climate and native grassland vegetation as drivers of the community structures of shrub-encroached grasslands in Inner Mongolia, China

(2014) Leiyi Chen et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Woody plant encroachment of grasslands: a comparison of terrestrial and wetland settings

(2014) Neil Saintilan et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effect of woody-plant encroachment on livestock production in North and South America

(2014) J. D. Anadon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Soil water and temperature dynamics in shrub-encroached grasslands and climatic implications: Results from Inner Mongolia steppe ecosystem of north China

(2013) Xiao-Yan Li et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Impacts of seasonality and surface heterogeneity on water-use efficiency in mesic grasslands

(2013) N. A. Brunsell et al.   Ecohydrology

Shrub Hydropedology: Preferential Water Availability to Deep Soil Layer

(2013) Xiao-Yan Li et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Woody plant encroachment facilitated by increased precipitation intensity

(2013) Andrew Kulmatiski et al.   Nature Climate Change

The indirect impact of encroaching trees on gully extension: A 64year study in a sub-humid grassland of South Africa

(2012) Séraphine Grellier et al.   CATENA

A global database of shrub encroachment effects on ecosystem structure and functioning

(2012) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGY

A model-based evaluation of woody plant encroachment effects on coupled carbon and water cycles

(2012) F. C. O'Donnell et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Greenness in semi-arid areas across the globe 1981–2007 — an Earth Observing Satellite based analysis of trends and drivers

(2012) Rasmus Fensholt et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

(2012) Sarah C. Elmendorf et al.   Nature Climate Change

A synthetic review of feedbacks and drivers of shrub encroachment in arid grasslands

(2011) Paolo D'Odorico et al.   Ecohydrology

Woody encroachment decreases diversity across North American grasslands and savannas

(2011) Zakary Ratajczak et al.   ECOLOGY

Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis

(2011) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

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

Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: A synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance

(2011) Nichole N. Barger et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Patterns and processes of global shrub expansion

(2011) Adam T. Naito et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Positive feedbacks amplify rates of woody encroachment in mesic tallgrass prairie

(2011) Zak Ratajczak et al.   Ecosphere

Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate

(2010) C. Beer et al.   SCIENCE

Shrub encroachment can reverse desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean grasslands

(2009) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Russian Arctic warming and ‘greening’ are closely tracked by tundra shrub willows

(2009) BRUCE C. FORBES et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of vegetation control on ecosystem water use efficiency within and among four grassland ecosystems in China

(2008) ZHONGMIN HU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY