How does rapid urban construction land expansion affect the spatial inequalities of ecosystem health in China? Evidence from the country, economic regions and …

G Wei, BJ He, Y Liu, R Li - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2024 - Elsevier
Identifying the adaptation mechanisms between urban construction land expansion (UCE)
and ecosystem health (EHI) is a crucial aspect of sustainable management. However, there …

[HTML][HTML] Wetting or greening? Probing the global trends in Vegetation Condition Index (VCI)

G Yin, W He, X Liu, Y **a, H Zhang - International Journal of Applied Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Vegetation Condition Index (VCI), as a widely used drought index for monitoring
vegetation drought stress and estimating drought trends, is constructed by normalizing the …

Dynamic process of ecosystem water use efficiency and response to drought in the Yellow River Basin, China

SH Liu, L Xue, Y **ao, M Yang, Y Liu, Q Han… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ecosystem water use efficiency (WUE) is a crucial indicator of the impact of climate change
on terrestrial ecosystems, reflecting the balance between biological processes …

Using multi-platform LiDAR to guide the conservation of the world's largest temperate woodland

T Jucker, CR Gosper, G Wiehl, PB Yeoh… - Remote sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Australia's Great Western Woodlands are the largest intact temperate woodland
ecosystem on Earth, spanning an area the size of the average European country. These …

Recent Water Constraints Mediate the Dominance of Climate and Atmospheric CO2 on Vegetation Growth Across China

Y Song, J Penuelas, P Ciais, S Wang, Y Zhang… - Earth's …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple lines of evidence confirm a widespread increase in vegetation growth across China
over the past few decades. The relationship between vegetation growth and water …

Optimistic growth of marginal region plantations under climate warming: Assessing divergent drought resilience

J Li, Y **e, JJ Camarero, A Gazol… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Given the context of significant global warming and the intensification of extreme climate
events in the last century, large‐scale reforestation and afforestation have been recognized …

Impact of grassland storage balance management policies on ecological vulnerability: Evidence from ecological vulnerability assessments in the Selinco region of …

T Bao, G ** - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The Selinco region is a highland grassland ecosystem with a unique lake system and
diverse flora and fauna. However, it is highly vulnerable to degradation due to its high …

Regional divergent evolution of vegetation greenness and climatic drivers in the Sahel-Sudan-Guinea region: nonlinearity and explainable machine learning

Y Zeng, L Jia, M Menenti, M Jiang, C Zheng… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The vegetation dynamics of the Sahel-Sudan-Guinea region in Africa, one of the
largest transition zones between arid and humid zones, is of great significance for …

Differentiated growth of the most widely planted conifer in response to extreme droughts across semi-arid regions in Northern China

J Li, Y **e, T Wulan, J Gong, H Liu, JJ Camarero… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global warming is leading to more frequent and intense drought events, exerting
unprecedented pressure on forest growth. Although post-drought recovery in plantation …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in wetland landscape and inundation patterns in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin from 1990 to 2020

D Lu, Y Zheng, X Liu, J Chang - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Wetlands are crucial to diverse societies and ecosystems but are threatened globally.
Natural wetlands in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin (MLRYRB) …