Monitoring nature's calendar from space: Emerging topics in land surface phenology and associated opportunities for science applications

X Ma, X Zhu, Q Xie, J Jin, Y Zhou, Y Luo… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetation phenology has been viewed as the nature's calendar and an integrative indicator
of plant‐climate interactions. The correct representation of vegetation phenology is important …

Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s

AS MacDougall, E Esch, Q Chen, O Carroll… - Nature ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Global change is associated with variable shifts in the annual production of aboveground
plant biomass, suggesting localized sensitivities with unclear causal origins. Combining …

Uncovering the critical soil moisture thresholds of plant water stress for European ecosystems

Z Fu, P Ciais, D Makowski, A Bastos… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the critical soil moisture (SM) threshold (θcrit) of plant water stress and land
surface energy partitioning is a basis to evaluate drought impacts and improve models for …

Soil moisture determines the effects of climate warming on spring phenology in grasslands

Z Liu, YH Fu, X Shi, TR Lock, RL Kallenbach… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spring vegetation phenology is highly sensitive to global change. However, the effects of
ongoing climate warming and N deposition on grassland spring phenology and how abiotic …

Internal physiological drivers of leaf development in trees: Understanding the relationship between non‐structural carbohydrates and leaf phenology

Y Luo, C Zohner, TW Crowther, J Feng… - Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plant phenology is crucial for understanding plant growth and climate feedback. It affects
canopy structure, surface albedo, and carbon and water fluxes. While the influence of …

[HTML][HTML] Using terrestrial laser scanning for characterizing tree structural parameters and their changes under different management in a Mediterranean open …

E Bogdanovich, O Perez-Priego, TS El-Madany… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Analyzing tree structural features and capturing their temporal dynamic is challenging but
crucial for determining key state variables related to plant function, management practices …

Hyper-nutrient enrichment status in the Sabalan Lake, Iran

R Noori, E Ansari, YW Jeong, S Aradpour, M Maghrebi… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lakes/reservoirs are rapidly deteriorating from cultural eutrophication due to anthropogenic
factors. In this study, we aimed to (1) explore nutrient levels in the Sabalan dam reservoir …

Soil respiration response to simulated precipitation change depends on ecosystem type and study duration

KA Morris, S Hornum, R Crystal‐Ornelas… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil respiration—the flow of biologically‐generated CO2 from the soil surface to the
atmosphere—is a major component of global carbon cycling, but the long‐term response of …

How nitrogen and phosphorus availability change water use efficiency in a Mediterranean savanna ecosystem

TS El‐Madany, M Reichstein, A Carrara… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nutrient availability, especially of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), is of major importance for
every organism and at a larger scale for ecosystem functioning and productivity. Changes in …

Warming, elevated CO2 and drought in combination amplify shifts in canopy greenness dynamics in managed grassland

LSK Joseph, E Cremonese, M Migliavacca… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2025 - Elsevier
Grasslands are strongly exposed to multiple global changes, including elevated CO 2,
warming, and severe drought events. While the individual effects of these global change …