Grazing intensity significantly affects belowground carbon and nitrogen cycling in grassland ecosystems: A meta‐analysis

G Zhou, X Zhou, Y He, J Shao, Z Hu, R Liu… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Livestock grazing activities potentially alter ecosystem carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles in
grassland ecosystems. Despite the fact that numerous individual studies and a few meta …

Seasonal variation of surface radiation and energy balances over two contrasting areas of the seasonally dry tropical forest (Caatinga) in the Brazilian semi-arid

CK Borges, CAC Dos Santos, RG Carneiro… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Arid and semi-arid environments correspond to one-third of the Earth's terrestrial surface. In
these environments, precipitation is an essential and limiting element for vegetation growth …

Seasonal variation in net ecosystem CO2 exchange of a Brazilian seasonally dry tropical forest

KR Mendes, S Campos, LL da Silva, PR Mutti… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Forest ecosystems sequester large amounts of atmospheric CO2, and the contribution from
seasonally dry tropical forests is not negligible. Thus, the objective of this study was to …

Evaluation of the plant phenology index (PPI), NDVI and EVI for start-of-season trend analysis of the Northern Hemisphere boreal zone

P Karkauskaite, T Tagesson, R Fensholt - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Satellite remote sensing of plant phenology provides an important indicator of climate
change. However, start of the growing season (SOS) estimates in Northern Hemisphere …

Seasonal patterns of carbon dioxide, water and energy fluxes over the Caatinga and grassland in the semi-arid region of Brazil

PF da Silva, JR de Sousa Lima, ACD Antonino… - Journal of Arid …, 2017 - Elsevier
The Caatinga is a typical seasonally dry forest with a fine-tuned adaptation to the climatic
conditions of the Brazilian semi-arid region and has been frequently replaced by grassland …

Effects of grazing management on spatio-temporal heterogeneity of soil carbon and greenhouse gas emissions of grasslands and rangelands: Monitoring …

J Wang, Y Li, EW Bork, GM Richter, C Chen… - Journal of cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Grazing lands provide many goods and ecosystem services, such as forage, livestock, soil
carbon (C) storage, biodiversity, and recreational opportunities. Ensuring the long-term …

Eddy covariance measurements reveal a decreased carbon sequestration strength 2010–2022 in an African semiarid savanna

A Wieckowski, P Vestin, J Ardö… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring the changes of ecosystem functioning is pivotal for understanding the global
carbon cycle. Despite its size and contribution to the global carbon cycle, Africa is largely …

Increased carbon uptake and water use efficiency in global semi-arid ecosystems

L Zhang, J **ao, Y Zheng, S Li… - Environmental Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The semi-arid ecosystems dominate the inter-annual variability of the global carbon sink and
the driving role of semi-arid ecosystems is becoming increasingly important. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of spatio-temporal variability of carbon dioxide and energy fluxes in a Mediterranean savanna ecosystem

TS El-Madany, M Reichstein, O Perez-Priego… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2018 - Elsevier
To understand what is driving spatial flux variability within a savanna type ecosystem in
central Spain, data of three co-located eddy covariance (EC) towers in combination with …

A physiology‐based Earth observation model indicates stagnation in the global gross primary production during recent decades

T Tagesson, F Tian, G Schurgers, S Horion… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Earth observation‐based estimates of global gross primary production (GPP) are essential
for understanding the response of the terrestrial biosphere to climatic change and other …