Earth-observation-based monitoring of forests in Germany—recent progress and research frontiers: a review

S Holzwarth, F Thonfeld, P Kacic, S Abdullahi, S Asam… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
One-third of Germany's land surface area is covered by forest (around 11.4 million hectares),
and thus, it characterizes the landscape. The forest is a habitat for a large number of animal …

Machine learning-based prediction and assessment of recent dynamics of forest net primary productivity in Romania

R Prăvălie, M Niculiță, B Roșca, G Marin… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
While the analysis of spatio-temporal changes in the net primary productivity (NPP) of forests
can provide critical information on carbon cycle and climate change, these ecological trends …

Call for caution regarding the efficacy of large-scale afforestation and its hydrological effects

H Douville, RP Allan, PA Arias, RA Fisher - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Large-scale afforestation programmes are generally presented as effective ways of
increasing the terrestrial carbon sink while preserving water availability and biodiversity. Yet …

Global vegetation‐temperature sensitivity and its driving forces in the 21st century

W Yuxi, P Li, Y Yuemin, C Tiantian - Earth's Future, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It has been projected that climatic warming will contribute to vegetation productivity
variability at the global scale. With a continued warming, to what extent and where the …

Assessment of Six Machine Learning Methods for Predicting Gross Primary Productivity in Grassland

H Wang, W Shao, Y Hu, W Cao, Y Zhang - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Grassland gross primary productivity (GPP) is an important part of global terrestrial carbon
flux, and its accurate simulation and future prediction play an important role in …

Shifts in intra-annual growth dynamics drive a decline in productivity of temperate trees in Central European forest under warmer climate

R Matula, S Knířová, J Vítámvás, M Šrámek… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change shifts tree growth phenology and dynamics in temperate forests. However,
there is still little information on how warming climate changes intra-annual growth patterns …

Critical thresholds for nonlinear responses of ecosystem water use efficiency to drought

Y Hu, F Wei, S Wang, W Zhang, R Fensholt… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change is expected to lead to greater variability in precipitation and drought in
different regions. However, the responses of ecosystem carbon and water cycles (ie, water …

Volatile compounds in citrus in adaptation to water deficit and to herbivory by Diaphorina citri: how the secondary metabolism of the plant is modulated under …

IP da Silva, MGC Costa, MFF da Costa, MAA da Silva… - Plant Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Citrus plants are grown in diverse regions of the world, from subtropical to semi-arid and
humid tropical areas. Through mechanisms essential for their survival, they adapt to the …

Variability of spring ecosystem water use efficiency in Northeast Asia and its linkage to the Polar-Eurasia pattern

N Xin, B Zhou, H Chen, S Sun - Environmental Research Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Given that water use efficiency (WUE) is an important indicator to measure the trade-off
between carbon uptake and water consumption within the ecosystem, better understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of the Net Primary Productivity of Grasslands in the Qinghai Tibet Plateau Based on a Machine Learning Model and Sensitivity Analysis to Climate …

X Liu, Y Zhao, M Zhang, M Su - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study applies the Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and Random Forest (RF) models,
utilizing remote sensing and ground-based net primary productivity (NPP) data from 1992 to …