Mapping gains and losses in woody vegetation across global tropical drylands

Revealing turning points in ecosystem functioning over the Northern Eurasian agricultural frontier

(2016) Stéphanie Horion et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

(2016) Martin Brandt et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Comparison of SMOS and AMSR-E vegetation optical depth to four MODIS-based vegetation indices

(2016) J.P. Grant et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

SMOS retrieval over forests: Exploitation of optical depth and tests of soil moisture estimates

(2016) C. Vittucci et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Assessing woody vegetation trends in Sahelian drylands using MODIS based seasonal metrics

(2016) Martin Brandt et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Quantifying drought-induced tree mortality in the open canopy woodlands of central Texas

(2016) Amanda M. Schwantes et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Spatial partitioning and temporal evolution of Australia's total water storage under extreme hydroclimatic impacts

(2016) Zunyi Xie et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Remote sensing of vegetation dynamics in drylands: Evaluating vegetation optical depth (VOD) using AVHRR NDVI and in situ green biomass data over West African Sahel

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

Charcoal production through selective logging leads to degradation of dry woodlands: a case study from Mutomo District, Kenya

(2016) Geoffrey M. Ndegwa et al.   Journal of Arid Land

A Comparative Study of Cross-Product NDVI Dynamics in the Kilimanjaro Region—A Matter of Sensor, Degradation Calibration, and Significance

(2016) Florian Detsch et al.   Remote Sensing

Ground- and satellite-based evidence of the biophysical mechanisms behind the greening Sahel

(2015) Martin Brandt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Global-scale mapping of changes in ecosystem functioning from earth observation-based trends in total and recurrent vegetation

(2015) Rasmus Fensholt et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Influence of fire on woody vegetation density, cover and structure at Tiisa Kalahari Ranch in western Botswana

(2015) Edwin Mudongo et al.   GRASSLAND SCIENCE

Evaluating temporal consistency of long-term global NDVI datasets for trend analysis

(2015) Feng Tian et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

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

(2015) A. Ahlstrom et al.   SCIENCE

Recent reversal in loss of global terrestrial biomass

(2015) Yi Y. Liu et al.   Nature Climate Change

Large divergence of satellite and Earth system model estimates of global terrestrial CO2 fertilization

(2015) W. Kolby Smith et al.   Nature Climate Change

Fodder Biomass Monitoring in Sahelian Rangelands Using Phenological Metrics from FAPAR Time Series

(2015) Abdoul Diouf et al.   Remote Sensing

Examining the linkage between shrub encroachment and recent greening in water-limited southern Africa

(2015) M. V. Saha et al.   Ecosphere

Influence of fire on woody vegetation density, cover and structure at Tiisa Kalahari Ranch in western Botswana

(2015) Edwin Mudongo et al.   GRASSLAND SCIENCE

Bush encroachment in southern Africa: changes and causes

(2014) Tim G O'Connor et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE

History of land use in India during 1880–2010: Large-scale land transformations reconstructed from satellite data and historical archives

(2014) Hanqin Tian et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

Using earth observation-based dry season NDVI trends for assessment of changes in tree cover in the Sahel

(2014) Stéphanie Horion et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

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

(2014) Benjamin Poulter et al.   NATURE

Where does the carbon go? A model-data intercomparison of vegetation carbon allocation and turnover processes at two temperate forest free-air CO2enrichment sites

(2014) Martin G. De Kauwe et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

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

Recent trends in African fires driven by cropland expansion and El Niño to La Niña transition

(2014) Niels Andela et al.   Nature Climate Change

Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models for their response to climate variability and to CO2trends

(2013) Shilong Piao et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Satellite microwave detection of boreal forest recovery from the extreme 2004 wildfires in Alaska and Canada

(2013) Matthew O. Jones et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Woody encroachment and forest degradation in sub-Saharan Africa's woodlands and savannas 1982-2006

(2013) E. T. A. Mitchard et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2013) M. C. Hansen et al.   SCIENCE

Mapping charcoal driven forest degradation during the main period of Al Shabaab control in Southern Somalia

(2013) F. Rembold et al.   Energy for Sustainable Development

A New Tree Cover Percentage Map in Eurasia at 500 m Resolution Using MODIS Data

(2013) Toshiyuki Kobayashi et al.   Remote Sensing

Deforestation and Reforestation of Latin America and the Caribbean (2001-2010)

(2012) T. Mitchell Aide et al.   BIOTROPICA

Linkages between global sea surface temperatures and decadal rainfall variability over Eastern Africa region

(2012) Philip Omondi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Vegetation impoverishment despite greening: A case study from central Senegal

(2012) S.M. Herrmann et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

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

Trend-preserving blending of passive and active microwave soil moisture retrievals

(2012) Y.Y. Liu et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Climate and landscape drivers of tree decline in a Mediterranean ecoregion

(2012) Niels C. Brouwers et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Global long-term passive microwave satellite-based retrievals of vegetation optical depth

(2011) Yi Y. Liu et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Tropical cyclones and the ecohydrology of Australia's recent continental-scale drought

(2011) Gavan S. McGrath et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Increased tree densities in South African savannas: >50 years of data suggests CO2 as a driver

(2011) R. Buitenwerf et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Assessment of charcoal driven deforestation rates in a fragile rangeland environment in North Eastern Somalia using very high resolution imagery

(2011) S.M. Oduori et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Satellite passive microwave remote sensing for monitoring global land surface phenology

(2011) Matthew O. Jones et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

The historical ecology of Namibian rangelands: Vegetation change since 1876 in response to local and global drivers

(2011) Richard F. Rohde et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Mapping land degradation in the Gilbués region, northeastern Brazil, using Landsat TM images

(2010) Raimundo Almeida-Filho et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Positive feedback between microclimate and shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan desert

(2010) Paolo D'Odorico et al.   Ecosphere

Deforestation and fragmentation of Chaco dry forest in NW Argentina (1972–2007)

(2009) N. Ignacio Gasparri et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Using satellite radar backscatter to predict above-ground woody biomass: A consistent relationship across four different African landscapes

(2009) E. T. A. Mitchard et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Climate-related trends in Australian vegetation cover as inferred from satellite observations, 1981-2006

(2009) RANDALL J. DONOHUE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ground-Based Microwave Investigations of Forest Plots in Italy

(2009) E. Santi et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING

Causes and consequences of woody plant encroachment into western North American grasslands

(2009) O.W. Van Auken   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Atmospheric correction for the monitoring of land surfaces

(2008) Eric F. Vermote et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH