Analysing continuous proportions in ecology and evolution: A practical introduction to beta and Dirichlet regression

JC Douma, JT Weedon - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Proportional data, in which response variables are expressed as percentages or fractions of
a whole, are analysed in many subfields of ecology and evolution. The scale‐independence …

Remote sensing for biodiversity science and conservation

W Turner, S Spector, N Gardiner, M Fladeland… - Trends in ecology & …, 2003 - cell.com
Remote-sensing systems typically produce imagery that averages information over tens or
even hundreds of square meters–far too coarse to detect most organisms–so the remote …

The Community Land Model version 5: Description of new features, benchmarking, and impact of forcing uncertainty

DM Lawrence, RA Fisher, CD Koven… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Community Land Model (CLM) is the land component of the Community Earth
System Model (CESM) and is used in several global and regional modeling systems. In this …

Optimal altitude, overlap, and weather conditions for computer vision UAV estimates of forest structure

JP Dandois, M Olano, EC Ellis - Remote sensing, 2015 - mdpi.com
Ecological remote sensing is being transformed by three-dimensional (3D), multispectral
measurements of forest canopies by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and computer vision …

Vegetation greening and climate change promote multidecadal rises of global land evapotranspiration

K Zhang, JS Kimball, RR Nemani, SW Running… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Recent studies showed that anomalous dry conditions and limited moisture supply roughly
between 1998 and 2008, especially in the Southern Hemisphere, led to reduced vegetation …

Emission factors for open and domestic biomass burning for use in atmospheric models

SK Akagi, RJ Yokelson, C Wiedinmyer… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning (BB) is the second largest source of trace gases and the largest source of
primary fine carbonaceous particles in the global troposphere. Many recent BB studies have …

Estimates of global terrestrial isoprene emissions using MEGAN (Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature)

A Guenther, T Karl, P Harley… - Atmospheric …, 2006 - acp.copernicus.org
Reactive gases and aerosols are produced by terrestrial ecosystems, processed within plant
canopies, and can then be emitted into the above-canopy atmosphere. Estimates of the …

Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA

JR Marlon, PJ Bartlein, DG Gavin… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding the causes and consequences of wildfires in forests of the western United
States requires integrated information about fire, climate changes, and human activity on …

Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model

S Sitch, B Smith, IC Prentice, A Arneth… - Global change …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Lund–Potsdam–Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (LPJ) combines
process‐based, large‐scale representations of terrestrial vegetation dynamics and land …

The emergence of land change science for global environmental change and sustainability

BL Turner, EF Lambin… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Land change science has emerged as a fundamental component of global environmental
change and sustainability research. This interdisciplinary field seeks to understand the …