Leaf area index (LAI) is a critical vegetation structural variable and is essential in the
feedback of vegetation to the climate system. The advancement of the global Earth …

The AR5 concluded that human influence on the climate system is clear, evident from
increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, positive radiative forcing …

Vegetation is a crucial component of terrestrial ecosystems, and its changes are driven
mainly by a combination of climate change and human activities. This paper aims to reveal …

Revegetation of degraded ecosystems provides opportunities for carbon sequestration and
bioenergy production,. However, vegetation expansion in water-limited areas creates …

Global environmental change is rapidly altering the dynamics of terrestrial vegetation, with
consequences for the functioning of the Earth system and provision of ecosystem services 1 …

The detection and attribution of vegetation changes is a prerequisite for vegetation
restoration and management. In arid and semi-arid areas, natural and anthropogenic factors …

Global vegetation dynamics are of critical importance for understanding changes in
ecosystem structure and functioning and their responses to different natural and …

Climate conditions significantly affect vegetation growth in terrestrial ecosystems. Due to the
spatial heterogeneity of ecosystems, the vegetation responses to climate vary considerably …

Robust projections and predictions of climate variability and change, particularly at regional
scales, rely on the driving processes being represented with fidelity in model simulations …

The reliable detection and attribution of changes in vegetation growth is a prerequisite for
the development of strategies for the sustainable management of ecosystems. This is an …