Application of grazing land models in ecosystem management: Current status and next frontiers

L Ma, JD Derner, RD Harmel, J Tatarko, AD Moore… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Grazing land models can assess the provisioning and trade-offs among ecosystem services
attributable to grazing management strategies. We reviewed 12 grazing land models used …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing vegetation restoration potential under different land uses and climatic classes in northeast Iran

A Emamian, A Rashki, DG Kaskaoutis, A Gholami… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines the trends in vegetation cover using the Growing Season NDVI (GSN)
time series in moderate spatial resolution (250 m) over Khorasan Razavi province, in …

Satellite Remote Sensing for Environmental Sustainable Development Goals: A Review of Applications for Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas

MJ McCarthy, HV Herrero, SA Insalaco… - Remote Sensing …, 2025 - Elsevier
With few years left to achieve the vital United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs), member nations must urgently leverage technological advancements in …

Drought challenges for nature tourism in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve in the eastern region of South Africa

T Smith, JM Fitchett - African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The Lowveld of South Africa, a savanna biome region economically dominated by nature
tourism, has experienced a prolonged dry period beginning in approximately 2015. Despite …

Large‐scale prerain vegetation green‐up across Africa

T Adole, J Dash, PM Atkinson - Global Change Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information on the response of vegetation to different environmental drivers,
including rainfall, forms a critical input to ecosystem models. Currently, such models are run …

A healthy park needs healthy vegetation: The story of Gorongosa National Park in the 21st Century

H Herrero, P Waylen, J Southworth, R Khatami… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Understanding trends or changes in biomass and biodiversity around conservation areas in
Africa is important and has economic and societal impacts on the surrounding communities …

Landscape vulnerability assessment driven by drought and precipitation anomalies in sub-Saharan Africa

X Guo, Z Zhang, X Zhang, M Bi… - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Global climate extremes are increasingly frequent and intense, especially in Africa, which is
most vulnerable to climate change (de Sherbinin 2013 Clim. Change 123 23–37). However …

Studying tourism development and its impact on carbon emissions

X Zhao, T Li, X Duan - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Analyzing the influence of tourism on carbon emission has significant implications for
promoting the sustainable development of tourism. Based on the panel data of 31 tourist …

Refining species traits in a dynamic vegetation model to project the impacts of climate change on tropical trees in Central Africa

M Dury, L Mertens, A Fayolle, H Verbeeck… - Forests, 2018 - mdpi.com
African tropical ecosystems and the services they provide to human society suffer from an
increasing combined pressure of land use and climate change. How individual tropical tree …

Mapping tree canopy thermal refugia for birds using biophysical models and LiDAR

LH Strydom, SR Conradie, IPJ Smit, M Greve… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Accurately predicting exposure of animals to climate change requires evaluating the effects
of warming on the microclimates they occupy. Birds, like many other taxa, make extensive …