Major perturbations in the Earth's forest ecosystems. Possible implications for global warming

R Prăvălie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Forests are among the most important terrestrial ecological systems in terms of the multitude
of ecosystem functions and services they provide. These biotic systems are vital not only for …

Vulnerability of Ukrainian forests to climate change

A Shvidenko, I Buksha, S Krakovska, P Lakyda - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
Ukraine is a country of the Mid-Latitude ecotone—a transition zone between forest zone and
forestless dry lands. Availability of water defines distribution of the country's forests and …

The assessment of socio-economic vulnerability to drought in Southern Romania (Oltenia Plain)

M Dumitraşcu, I Mocanu, B Mitrică, C Dragotă… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Oltenia Plain is one of the most important agricultural regions in Romania and one of the
most sensitive in terms of extreme weather phenomena ie drought, due to its location in the …

Spatial assessment of land degradation sensitive areas in southwestern Romania using modified MEDALUS method

R Prăvălie, I Săvulescu, C Patriche, M Dumitraşcu… - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
Land degradation, a current environmental threat of global proportions, is a complex issue
which needs an interdisciplinary approach in order to tackle a given territory's sensitivity to …

Drought extent and severity on arable lands in Romania derived from normalized difference drought index (2001–2020)

RV Dobri, L Sfîcă, VA Amihăesei, L Apostol, S Țîmpu - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency and severity of drought over the arable
lands of Romania using the Normalized Difference Drought Index (NDDI). This index was …

Detecting climate change effects on forest ecosystems in Southwestern Romania using Landsat TM NDVI data

R Pravalie, I Sîrodoev, D Peptenatu - Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Nowadays, Southwestern Romania faces a large-scale aridization of the climate,
revealed by the rise of temperatures and the decline of the amount of precipitations, with …

Socio-economic and environmental vulnerability to heat-related phenomena in Bucharest metropolitan area

I Grigorescu, I Mocanu, B Mitrică, M Dumitraşcu… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the recent years, the effects of extreme climate phenomena (mainly heat-related) on
agricultural crops, infrastructure and human health have become increasingly severe as a …

Fractal analysis for studying the evolution of forests

IC Andronache, H Ahammer, HF Jelinek… - Chaos, Solitons & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Deforestation is an important phenomenon that may create major imbalances in
ecosystems. In this study we propose a new mathematical analysis of the forest area …

Using fractal analysis in modeling the dynamics of Forest areas and economic impact assessment: Maramureș County, Romania, as a case study

RD Pintilii, I Andronache, DC Diaconu, RC Dobrea… - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
This study uses fractal analysis to quantify the spatial changes of forest resources caused by
an increase of deforested areas. The method introduced contributes to the evaluation of …

Identifying forest structural types along an aridity gradient in peninsular Spain: integrating low-density LiDAR, forest inventory, and aridity index

J Tijerín-Triviño, D Moreno-Fernández, MA Zavala… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Forest structure is a key driver of forest functional processes. The characterization of forest
structure across spatiotemporal scales is essential for forest monitoring and management …