Optical vegetation indices for monitoring terrestrial ecosystems globally

Y Zeng, D Hao, A Huete, B Dechant, J Berry… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Vegetation indices (VIs), which describe remotely sensed vegetation properties such as
photosynthetic activity and canopy structure, are widely used to study vegetation dynamics …

Evolution of light use efficiency models: Improvement, uncertainties, and implications

Y Pei, J Dong, Y Zhang, W Yuan, R Doughty… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Light use efficiency (LUE) models have been widely used to estimate terrestrial gross
primary production (GPP) at local, regional, and global scales, which is vital for …

Transition from positive to negative indirect CO2 effects on the vegetation carbon uptake

Z Chen, W Wang, G Forzieri, A Cescatti - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Although elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration (eCO2) has substantial indirect effects on
vegetation carbon uptake via associated climate change, their dynamics remain unclear …

China's current forest age structure will lead to weakened carbon sinks in the near future

R Shang, JM Chen, M Xu, X Lin, P Li, G Yu, N He, L Xu… - The Innovation, 2023 - cell.com
Forests are chiefly responsible for the terrestrial carbon sink that greatly reduces the buildup
of CO 2 concentrations in the atmosphere and alleviates climate change. Current predictions …

Fossil-fuel-dependent scenarios could lead to a significant decline of global plant-beneficial bacteria abundance in soils by 2100

P Li, L Tedersoo, TW Crowther, AJ Dumbrell… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Exploiting the potential benefits of plant-associated microbes represents a sustainable
approach to enhancing crop productivity. Plant-beneficial bacteria (PBB) provide multiple …

Climate-driven disturbances amplify forest drought sensitivity

M Liu, AT Trugman, J Peñuelas… - Nature Climate Change, 2024 - nature.com
Forests are a major terrestrial carbon sink, but the increasing frequency and intensity of
climate-driven disturbances such as droughts, fires and biotic agent outbreaks is threatening …

Evaluating the cumulative and time-lag effects of vegetation response to drought in Central Asia under changing environments

S Xu, Y Wang, Y Liu, J Li, K Qian, X Yang, X Ma - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Central Asia (CA) is an arid region sensitive to climate change, and with the increase in
drought events due to global warming, droughts are posing more severe threats to the …

Monitoring drought impacts on crop productivity of the US Midwest with solar-induced fluorescence: GOSIF outperforms GOME-2 SIF and MODIS NDVI, EVI, and NIRv

R Qiu, X Li, G Han, J **ao, X Ma, W Gong - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
The frequency and severity of drought are increasing in the context of global warming.
Elucidating the responses of crop productivity to drought is essential for informing …

Global diversity and biogeography of potential phytopathogenic fungi in a changing world

P Li, L Tedersoo, TW Crowther, B Wang, Y Shi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Phytopathogenic fungi threaten global food security but the ecological drivers of their global
diversity and biogeography remain unknown. Here, we construct and analyse a global atlas …

Drought trigger thresholds for different levels of vegetation loss in China and their dynamics

W Guo, S Huang, Q Huang, G Leng, Z Mu, Z Han… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Frequent meteorological droughts can negatively impact terrestrial ecosystems by
controlling the opening and closing of vegetation stomatal and altering vegetation structure …