A review of potential methods for monitoring rangeland degradation in Libya

A Al-Bukhari, S Hallett, T Brewer - Pastoralism, 2018‏ - Springer
Natural and human factors exert a profound impact on the degradation of rangelands,
human effects being the most significant factor in increasing the severity of deterioration …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing-based biomass estimation and its spatio-temporal variations in temperate grassland, Northern China

Y **, X Yang, J Qiu, J Li, T Gao, Q Wu, F Zhao, H Ma… - Remote Sensing, 2014‏ - mdpi.com
Grassland biomass is essential for maintaining grassland ecosystems. Moreover, biomass is
an important characteristic of grassland. In this study, we combined field sampling with …

Multi-index time series monitoring of drought and fire effects on desert grasslands

ML Villarreal, LM Norman, S Buckley… - Remote sensing of …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Western United States is expected to undergo both extended periods of
drought and longer wildfire seasons under forecasted global climate change and it is …

Solar energy development and aquatic ecosystems in the Southwestern United States: potential impacts, mitigation, and research needs

M Grippo, JW Hayse, BL O'Connor - Environmental Management, 2015‏ - Springer
The cumulative impacts of utility-scale solar energy facilities on aquatic ecosystems in the
Southwestern United States are of concern, considering the many existing regional …

A comparison of multiple methods for map** local-scale mesquite tree aboveground biomass with remotely sensed data

NW Ku, SC Popescu - Biomass and bioenergy, 2019‏ - Elsevier
A local-scale mesquite tree (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) aboveground biomass map
contribute to our understanding of the spatial distribution of woody plant aboveground …

Remote sensing-based forest biomass assessment in northwest Himalayan landscape

S Nandy, S Ghosh, SPS Kushwaha… - Remote sensing of …, 2019‏ - Springer
Forests cover around one-third of the global land cover (4.03 billion hectares)(FAO 2010;
Pan et al. 2013) and are among the richest ecosystems in terms of biological and genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Constraints and opportunities for detecting land surface phenology in drylands

SD Taylor, DM Browning, RA Baca… - Journal of Remote …, 2021‏ - spj.science.org
Land surface phenology (LSP) enables global-scale tracking of ecosystem processes, but its
utility is limited in drylands due to low vegetation cover and resulting low annual amplitudes …

[HTML][HTML] Rangeland Brush Estimation Tool (RaBET): An operational remote sensing-based application for quantifying woody cover on western rangelands

C Holifield Collins, S Skirvin, M Kautz, Z Winston… - Remote Sensing, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Much of the western United States is covered by rangelands used for grazing and wildlife.
Woody plant cover is increasing in areas historically covered by grasslands and can cause …