Remote sensing of forest insect disturbances: Current state and future directions

C Senf, R Seidl, P Hostert - … journal of applied earth observation and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Insect disturbance are important agents of change in forest ecosystems around the globe,
yet their spatial and temporal distribution and dynamics are not well understood. Remote …

[HTML][HTML] Global change and forest disturbances in the Mediterranean basin: Breakthroughs, knowledge gaps, and recommendations

J Peñuelas, J Sardans - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin are mostly situated in the north of the Basin
(mesic). In the most southern and dry areas, the forest can only exist where topography …

Forest resilience to drought varies across biomes

A Gazol, JJ Camarero… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasted increase drought frequency and severity may drive worldwide declines in forest
productivity. Species‐level responses to a drier world are likely to be influenced by their …

When tree rings go global: Challenges and opportunities for retro-and prospective insight

F Babst, P Bodesheim, N Charney, AD Friend… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The demand for large-scale and long-term information on tree growth is increasing rapidly
as environmental change research strives to quantify and forecast the impacts of continued …

Forest growth responses to drought at short-and long-term scales in Spain: squeezing the stress memory from tree rings

J Julio Camarero, A Gazol… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Drought-triggered declines in forest productivity and associated die-off events have
increased considerably due to climate warming in the last decades. There is an increasing …

Estimating defoliation of Scots pine stands using machine learning methods and vegetation indices of Sentinel-2

P Hawryło, B Bednarz, P Wężyk… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In the presented study, the Sentinel-2 vegetation indices (VIs) were evaluated in context of
estimating defoliation of Scots pine stands in western Poland. Regression and classification …

[HTML][HTML] Using spectral indices as early warning signals of forest dieback: The case of drought-prone Pinus pinaster forests

D Moreno-Fernández, A Viana-Soto… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Forest dieback processes linked to drought are expected to increase due to climate
warming. Remotely sensed data offer several advantages over common field monitoring …

Modelling the productivity of Siberian larch forests from Landsat NDVI time series in fragmented forest stands of the Mongolian forest-steppe

S Erasmi, M Klinge, C Dulamsuren, F Schneider… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The monitoring of the spatial and temporal dynamics of vegetation productivity is important
in the context of carbon sequestration by terrestrial ecosystems from the atmosphere. The …

Attributing forest responses to global‐change drivers: limited evidence of a CO2‐fertilization effect in Iberian pine growth

JJ Camarero, A Gazol, JC Tardif… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Forest responses to global‐change drivers such as rising atmospheric CO 2
concentrations (Ca), warming temperatures and increased aridification will depend on tree …

Remotely-sensed detection of effects of extreme droughts on gross primary production

S Vicca, M Balzarolo, I Filella, A Granier, M Herbst… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Severe droughts strongly impact photosynthesis (GPP), and satellite imagery has yet to
demonstrate its ability to detect drought effects. Especially changes in vegetation functioning …