Vegetation responses to variation in climate are a current research priority in the context of
accelerated shifts generated by climate change. However, the interactions between …

As part of the Sustainable Development Goals, countries are striving to achieve by 2030 a
land degradation neutral world. Land degradation neutrality (LDN) is the state whereby the …

Vegetation is the main component of the terrestrial Earth, and it plays an imperative role in
carbon cycle regulation and surface water/energy exchange/balance. The coupled effects of …

The aridity-related drought studies have been carried out extensively in Brazilian semi-arid
ecosystems, although there is no report on relating aridity with different drought indices over …

Pastoral systems worldwide secure rural livelihoods in the harshest environments on Earth.
Their low productivity per area unit or head makes them the subject of much criticism with …

Land degradation directly affects global and regional economic, social development, and
food security, which has become a hot and challenging issue in the global ecological field. A …

The detection and attribution of vegetation dynamics in drylands is an important step for the
development of effective adaptation and mitigation strategies to combat the challenges …

This article describes a data-driven framework based on spatiotemporal machine learning to
produce distribution maps for 16 tree species (Abies alba Mill., Castanea sativa Mill …

The use of time series of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), obtained from
satellite sensors has become frequent in studies for land degradation assessment and …

Vegetation greenness is one of the main indicators to characterize changes in terrestrial
ecosystems. China has implemented a few large-scale ecological restoration programs on …