Remote sensing for monitoring tropical dryland forests: A review of current research, knowledge gaps and future directions for Southern Africa

RM David, NJ Rosser… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Climate change, manifest via rising temperatures, extreme drought, and associated
anthropogenic activities, has a negative impact on the health and development of tropical …

A systematic review of vegetation phenology in Africa

T Adole, J Dash, PM Atkinson - Ecological Informatics, 2016 - Elsevier
The study of vegetation phenology is important because it is a sensitive indicator of climate
changes and it regulates carbon, energy and water fluxes between the land and …

[HTML][HTML] Phenology of short vegetation cycles in a Kenyan rangeland from PlanetScope and Sentinel-2

Y Cheng, A Vrieling, F Fava, M Meroni… - Remote sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The short revisit times afforded by recently-deployed optical satellite sensors that acquire 3–
30 m resolution imagery provide new opportunities to study seasonal vegetation dynamics …

Three decades of multi-dimensional change in global leaf phenology

R Buitenwerf, L Rose, SI Higgins - Nature Climate Change, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the phenology of vegetation activity may accelerate or dampen rates of
climate change by altering energy exchanges between the land surface and the …

Assessing spring phenology of a temperate woodland: A multiscale comparison of ground, unmanned aerial vehicle and Landsat satellite observations

EF Berra, R Gaulton, S Barr - Remote sensing of environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The monitoring of forest phenology in a cost-effective manner, at a fine spatial scale and
over relatively large areas remains a significant challenge. To address this issue, unmanned …

Tracking forest phenology and seasonal physiology using digital repeat photography: a critical assessment

TF Keenan, B Darby, E Felts, O Sonnentag… - Ecological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Digital repeat photography is becoming widely used for near‐surface remote sensing of
vegetation. Canopy greenness, which has been used extensively for phenological …

Spatial patterns and temporal dynamics in savanna vegetation phenology across the North Australian Tropical Transect

X Ma, A Huete, Q Yu, NR Coupe, K Davies… - Remote sensing of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The phenology of a landscape is a key parameter in climate and biogeochemical cycle
models and its correct representation is central to the accurate simulation of carbon, water …

Warming shortens flowering seasons of tundra plant communities

JS Prevéy, C Rixen, N Rüger, TT Høye… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Advancing phenology is one of the most visible effects of climate change on plant
communities, and has been especially pronounced in temperature-limited tundra …

Continuous observation of tree leaf area index at ecosystem scale using upward-pointing digital cameras

Y Ryu, J Verfaillie, C Macfarlane, H Kobayashi… - Remote Sensing of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Understanding the dynamics of leaf area index (LAI) at ecosystem scale is critical for
evaluating and modeling the response of vegetation to environmental variability and …

Terrestrial hydrological controls on land surface phenology of African savannas and woodlands

K Guan, EF Wood, D Medvigy, J Kimball… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a continental‐scale phenological analysis of African savannas and
woodlands. We apply an array of synergistic vegetation and hydrological data records from …