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@article{RN910,
title = {Applied soil ecology, author index, volume 5, 6},

journal = {Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment},
volume = {66},
number = {3},
pages = {283-285},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8809(97)85561-2},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880997855612},
year = {1997},
type = {Journal Article}
}
@article{RN97,
title = {Applied Soil Ecology, subject index, volume 5, 6},
volume = {66},
number = {3},
pages = {287-298},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {1997},
}
@article{RN992,
title = {Contents of Applied soil ecology},
volume = {66},
number = {2},
pages = {177},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {1997},
}
@article{RN979,
title = {Contents of Applied Soil Ecology, vol, 6, no. 36},
volume = {66},
number = {3},
pages = {301},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {1997},
}
@article{RN926,
title = {Contents of Applied Soil Ecology, vol. 6 no. 2o determine the effects
of},
volume = {65},
number = {1},
pages = {93},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {1997},
}
@article{RN971,
title = {Contents of Applied soil ecology, vol. 65 no. 2},
volume = {65},
number = {2},
pages = {187},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {1997},
}
@article{RN966,
title = {Contents of Applied Soil Ecology, volume 5},
journal = {Applied Soil Ecology},
volume = {5},
number = {3},
pages = {275-276},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {1997},
}
@article{RN76,
title = {Contents of Applied Soil Ecology, volume 6},
volume = {6},
number = {3},
pages = {325-326},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {1997},
}
@article{RN530,
title = {Erratum to “Analysing land cover and land use change processes at
watershed level: A multitemporal study in the Lake Cuitzeo Watershed, Mexico (1975–
2003)” [Appl. Geogr. 31 (2011) 237–250]},
journal = {Applied Geography},
volume = {32},
number = {2},
pages = {916},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.10.015},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN415,
title = {Peer review report 1 on EFFECTS OF LAND COVER CHANGE ON
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND STREAMFLOW OF SMALL CATCHMENTS IN THE UPPER XINGU RIVER
BASIN, CENTRAL BRAZIL},
journal = {Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies},
volume = {3},
pages = {41-43},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.06.008},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN968,
title = {Peer review report 1 on Evaluating the impacts of climate change and
crop land use change on streamflow, nitrates and phosphorus: A modelling study in
Bavaria},
volume = {3},
pages = {26},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN695,
Bavaria},
volume = {3},
pages = {27-28},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN795,
Bavaria},
volume = {3},
pages = {27-28},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN17,
title = {ERRATUM: Dirilgen T. et al (2016) Mite composition across a European
Transect. Applied Soil Ecology 97: 86–97},
volume = {114},
pages = {170},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.03.019},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN15,
author = {Abbott, Lyn},
title = {Soil ecology: P. Lavelle and A.V. Spain. Kluwer Academic Publishers,
2001. Hardbound, 654 pp. ISBN 0792371232. GBP200},
journal = {Geoderma},
volume = {108},
number = {1},
pages = {151-152},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
year = {2002},
}
@article{RN463,
author = {Abd El-Kawy, O. R. and Rød, J. K. and Ismail, H. A. and Suliman, A.
S.},
title = {Land use and land cover change detection in the western Nile delta of
Egypt using remote sensing data},
volume = {31},
number = {2},
pages = {483-494},
abstract = {Continual, historical, and precise information about the land use
and land cover (LULC) changes of the Earth’s surface is extremely important for any
kind of sustainable development program, in which LULC serves as one of the major
input criteria. In this study, a supervised classification was applied to four
Landsat images collected over time (1984, 1999, 2005, and 2009) that provided
recent and historical LULC conditions for the western Nile delta. The supervised
classification results were further improved by employing image enhancement and
visual interpretation. Visual interpretation was not only useful in increasing the
classification accuracy of the Landsat images, but it was also helpful in
identifying areas with the effective use of water for irrigation and areas of
private land reclamation. Five LULC categories were identified and mapped. Post-
classification comparisons of the classified images indicated that the major change
consisted of barren land changing into agricultural land. Approximately 28%, 14%,
and 9% of barren land was changed to agricultural land in the periods 1984–1999,
1999–2005, and 2005–2009, respectively. In addition to these LULC changes, evidence
of land degradation processes was observed, which were mainly due to human
activities, such as the formation of quarries, free water bodies and Sabkhas (a
specific type of land cover found on drylands and salt-affected soils). Based on
the identified causes of these changes, we made policy recommendations for better
management of LULC.},
keywords = {Change detection
Land use
Land cover
Post-classification comparison
Western Nile delta},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN890,
author = {Abel, Christin and Horion, Stéphanie and Tagesson, Torbern and Brandt,
Martin and Fensholt, Rasmus},
title = {Towards improved remote sensing based monitoring of dryland ecosystem
functioning using sequential linear regression slopes (SeRGS)},
journal = {Remote Sensing of Environment},
volume = {224},
pages = {317-332},
abstract = {We present a method for remote sensing based monitoring of changes
in dryland ecosystem functioning based on the assumption that an altered vegetation
rainfall relationship (VRR) indicates changes in vegetation biophysical processes,
potentially leading to changes in ecosystem functioning. We describe the VRR
through a linear regression between integrated rainfall and vegetation productivity
(using NDVI as a proxy) within a combined spatio-temporal window, sequentially
moved over the study area and along the temporal axis of a time series. The trend
in the slope values derived from such a sequential linear regression, termed SeRGS,
thus represents a measure of change in the VRR. Scenarios of land degradation,
defined here as a reduction in biological productivity, which may be caused by
either climatic or anthropogenic factors are simulated for the period 1970–2016
from CRU rainfall and modelled NDVI data to test and evaluate the performance of
the SeRGS method in detecting degradation, and compare it against the well-known
RESTREND method. We found that SeRGS showed (1) overall more pronounced trends and
higher significance levels (p ≤ 0.01) in detecting degradation events and (2) an
improved statistical basis for the calculation of trends in the VRR (expressed by
high coefficients of determination throughout the period of analysis), which was
found to increase the validity of the results produced. Through the implementation
of the temporal moving window the effect of inter-annual rainfall variability on
vegetation productivity was effectively reduced, thereby enabling a more exact and
reliable identification of the timing of degradation events (e.g. start, maximum
and end of degradation) by using a time series breakpoint analysis (BFAST).
Finally, the SeRGS method was applied using real data for Senegal (seasonally
integrated MODIS NDVI and CHIRPS rainfall data 2000–2016) and we discuss patterns
and trends. This study provides the theoretical basis for an improved assessment of
changes in dryland ecosystem functioning, which is of relevance to land degradation
monitoring targeting loss of vegetation productivity.},
keywords = {Drylands
Sahel
Changes in ecosystem functioning
Land degradation
Trend analysis
SeRGS
RESTREND},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.02.010},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN1162,
author = {Abera, Temesgen and Heiskanen, Janne and Maeda, Eduardo and Odongo,
Vincent and Pellikka, Petri},
title = {Impacts of land cover and management change on top-of-canopy and below-
canopy temperatures in Southeastern Kenya},
journal = {Science of The Total Environment},
volume = {874},
pages = {162560},
abstract = {Impacts of land cover conversion have been studied well from the
top-of-canopy level using satellite observations. Yet, the warming or cooling
impacts of land cover and management change (LCMC) from below-canopy level remain
less explored. Here, we studied the below-canopy temperature change from field to
landscape level across multiple LCMC in southeastern Kenya. To study this, in situ
microclimate sensors, satellite observations, and high-resolution below-canopy
temperature modelling approaches were used. Our results show that from field to
landscape scale, forest to cropland conversion, followed by thicket to cropland
change, generate higher surface temperature warming than other conversion types. At
field scale, tree loss increases the mean soil temperature (measured at 6 cm below
ground) more than the mean below-canopy surface temperature but its impact on the
diurnal temperature range was higher on surface temperature than soil temperature
in both forest to cropland and thicket to cropland/grassland conversions. At
landscape scale, compared with top-of-canopy land surface temperature warming,
which was estimated at Landsat overpass time (∼10:30 a.m.), forest to cropland
conversion generates ∼3 °C higher below-canopy surface temperature warming. Land
management change, through fencing of wildlife conservation areas and limiting
mobility of mega browsers, can have an impact on woody cover and induce more below-
canopy surface temperature warming than top-of-canopy in comparison with non-
conservancy areas. These results indicate that human induced land changes can
generate more below-canopy warming than inferred from top-of-canopy satellite
observations. Together, the results highlight the importance of considering the
climatic impacts of LCMC from both top-of-canopy and below-canopy level for
effective mitigation of anthropogenic warming from land surface changes.},
keywords = {Land cover change
Land management change
Top-of-canopy temperature
Below-canopy temperature
Microclimate measurement
Satellite observation},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162560},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN21,
author = {Abera, Wuletawu and Tamene, Lulseged and Abegaz, Assefa and Solomon,
Dawit},
title = {Understanding climate and land surface changes impact on water
resources using Budyko framework and remote sensing data in Ethiopia},
journal = {Journal of Arid Environments},
volume = {167},
pages = {56-64},
abstract = {Climate change and land degradation are the two drivers playing a
significant role in changing freshwater availability. Targeted intervention
requires understanding the role of each driver and their spatial dominance.
However, detangling the effects of these factors and identifying where each plays
the most important role is still unclear. In this study, we used Budyko-like
framework and remote sensing data to evaluate the spatial effects of climate and
land surface changes on water availability in Ethiopia. At national level, the mean
long-term annual runoff change after 20 years is positive (about 80 mm/year), and
is equally accountable to climate change (50%) and landscape surface changes (50%).
However, both the change and contribution of the two factors vary spatially. In
northern (Tigray region) and southeastern (Somali region) Ethiopia, the
contribution of climate change is larger than the land surface changes on water
resources. Particularly in the southeastern part of the country (Somali region),
70% of the changes in water resources is attributed to climate change. In most
areas of the country, the change in water resources due to land surface change is
positive. The detail percentage contribution of the two factors on the water
resource change for each administrative zone is provided.},
keywords = {Budyko hypothesis
Climate variabilities and change
Land surface change
Surface water resources
East Africa
Sub-Sharan Africa},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.04.017},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN1006,
author = {Abidi, Azza and Ienco, Dino and Abbes, Ali Ben and Farah, Imed Riadh},
title = {Combining 2D encoding and convolutional neural network to enhance land
cover mapping from Satellite Image Time Series},
journal = {Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence},
volume = {122},
pages = {106152},
abstract = {The use of high spatial resolution Satellite Image Time Series
(SITS) provides an opportunity for a wide spectrum of Earth surface monitoring
applications such as Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) mapping. Whereas the majority of
Time Series (TS) classification literature concentrates on the analysis of raw 1D
signals, here, we investigate a framework for LULC mapping based on 2D encoded
multivariate SITS data to enhance their classification performances. In this novel
approach, multivariate SITS data are transformed from 1D signals to 2D images using
several encoding techniques namely Gramian Angular Summation field (GASF), Gramian
angular difference field (GADF), Markov Transition Field (MTF), and Recurrence Plot
(RP). Successively, a new multi-band image is derived and it is used as input to a
state-of-the-art convolutional neural network (CNN) classification model. The
possibility to effectively encode multivariate TS data into 2D representations
paves the way to reuse the huge amount of research findings coming from the general
field of computer vision and build on reliable and robust methods that have been
demonstrated their quality in a multitude of downstream applications. Experiments
carried out on three real-world benchmarks covering large spatial areas with
contrasted land cover features, namely: Dordogne department in France, Reunion
Island an oversee French territory and Koumbia municipality in Burkina Faso,
underline the quality of the proposed framework when compared to standard
approaches for land cover mapping from SITS and recent methods for multivariate TS
classification. Matter of fact, our new framework outperforms the classification
performances of standard land cover classification strategies based on the raw TS
information achieving an average F1-score of 89.34%, 90.26% and 78.94% for the
Reunion Island, Dordogne and Koumbia study site, respectively with an increasing of
at least 2.5 points w.r.t. the best competing approach.},
keywords = {Deep learning
Convolutional neural networks (CNN)
Multivariate time-series
Classification
Encoding representation},
ISSN = {0952-1976},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2023.106152},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1030,
author = {Abramowitz, Jacob and Cherrington, Emil and Griffin, Robert and
Muench, Rebekke and Mensah, Foster},
title = {Differentiating oil palm plantations from natural forest to improve
land cover mapping in Ghana},
journal = {Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment},
volume = {30},
pages = {100968},
abstract = {Tree crops like oil palm present a unique challenge in land cover
mapping, as they are often misclassified as natural forest. The area cultivated
with oil palm in Ghana has rapidly expanded since 2000, and production is expected
to continue to increase. Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite data was used as
inputs to a random forest classifier in Google Earth Engine to map mature, closed-
canopy oil palm extent in 2019 of a Ghana study area that includes both industrial
plantations and smallholders. The combination of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 bands
and derived indices outperformed either satellite alone for mapping industrial oil
palm (90.3% overall accuracy). A separate accuracy assessment for this combined
input approach demonstrated high accuracy mapping smallholders as well (80.4%
overall accuracy), a key challenge in the West African context. To validate these
findings, results were compared with available production information and a global
oil palm remote sensing product. The resulting map can inform sustainable oil palm
efforts in Ghana, which is understudied in current oil palm remote sensing
literature, and the methodology provides an example for future studies of oil palm
sourcing areas using only publicly available data.},
keywords = {Oil palm
Ghana
Land cover
Deforestation
Google earth engine
Sentinel},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2023.100968},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN132,
author = {Abuhay, Wassie and Gashaw, Temesgen and Tsegaye, Lewoye},
title = {Assessing impacts of land use/land cover changes on the hydrology of
Upper Gilgel Abbay watershed using the SWAT model},
journal = {Journal of Agriculture and Food Research},
volume = {12},
pages = {100535},
abstract = {Population and economic growth, and the consequent increase in food
demands have put great pressures on environmental resources and they are driving
rapid LULC changes. This study is aimed to examine the impacts of land use/land
cover LULC changes on the hydrology of the Upper Gilgel Abay watershed. Landsat
images (Landsat 5 TM 1986, Landsat ETM+ 2003, and Landsat 8 OLI-TIRS 2021) were
categorized into LULC classes following the supervised image classification
technique, and the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was used to evaluate
the hydrological impacts of LULC changes. The result of image analysis revealed an
increase in cultivated land (11.7%) and a decrease in forest (39.6%), shrubland
(17.5%), grassland (5.6%), and water bodies (25%) during 1986–2003 periods. On the
other hand, between 2003 and 2021 periods, cultivated land, grassland and water
bodies were decreased while woodland and shrubland were grew up. Consequent to the
LULC changes taking place between 1986 and 2003 periods, surface runoff (6%) and
water yield (1.8%) were increased, but groundwater flow (37.9), lateral flow (4.1),
soil water (1.85), and evapotranspiration (2.2%) were decreased at a watershed-
scale. In contrast, the average watershed surface runoff and water yield were
decreased between 2003 and 2021 time scales, while lateral flow, groundwater flow,
soil water, and evapotranspiration increased, owing to the growth of forest and
shrubland and the decline of cultivated land. The study also indicated the
hydrological impacts of the LULC changes at the sub-watershed scales. The impacts
of LULC change on status of hydrological components during 1986–2003 and 2003–2021
periods were different compared with the findings at the watershed scale. The
findings suggests improvements of vegetation covers to reduce surface runoff and
increase groundwater flow and soil water content in the study area in particular
and in the Ethiopian Highlands in general.},
keywords = {Environmental processes
Hydrology
Image classification
Remote sensing
Modeling
SWAT},
ISSN = {2666-1543},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100535},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266615432300042X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1152,
author = {Abunnasr, Yaser and Mhawej, Mario},
title = {Towards a combined Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 for 10-m land surface
temperature products: The Google Earth Engine monthly Ten-ST-GEE system},
journal = {Environmental Modelling & Software},
volume = {155},
pages = {105456},
abstract = {Efforts to combine satellite images from different sources are
particularly needed in Land Surface Temperature-based (LST) studies. This research
proposes for the first time, to our knowledge, a Google Earth Engine-based (GEE)
10-m LST system, named Ten-ST-GEE. It is based on both Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2
bands. Ten-ST-GEE has the ability to automatically transform 30-m to 10-m LST at
Landsat-8 overpass time. Machine learning and regression methods (i.e., OLS, RLS,
DisTrad, RF, and SVM) are embedded within this system. Ten-ST-GEE was applied over
two agricultural lands and two urban regions in the United States of America and in
Lebanon. OLS and RLS showed an RMSE of ∼1.1 °C compared to ∼2.4 °C for DisTrad and
∼2.5 °C for RF and SVM. The open-source and automated Ten-ST-GEE can generate
information at the building-level and within the agricultural parcels. It has the
potential to be portable to any region across the Globe, aiming at better
management of environmental resources.},
keywords = {Crop temperature
Vegetation temperature
Volcano
Remote sensing
Open-source
Small-scale},
ISSN = {1364-8152},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105456},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN603,
author = {Acuña-Alonso, Carolina and Novo, Ana and Rodríguez, Juan Luis and
Varandas, Simone and Álvarez, Xana},
title = {Modelling and evaluation of land use changes through satellite images
in a multifunctional catchment: Social, economic and environmental implications},
journal = {Ecological Informatics},
volume = {71},
pages = {101777},
abstract = {Floods are recurrent phenomena with significant environmental and
socio-economic impacts. The risk of flooding increases when land use changes. The
objective of this research is to detect land cover changes via Sentinel-2 images in
the Umia Basin (Galicia, NW Spain) in 2016–2021 and to analyse the associated flood
risk. This study focuses on how forest use and nature-based solutions (NBS) can
reduce the risk and hazard of flooding in cities and crops in the high-risk area. A
flood simulation was performed with the land use obtained from Sentinel-2
(Observed) and three more simulations were performed changing the location of
afforestation and NBS, i.e. “S-Upstream”, “S-Downstream” and “S-Total”. Finally,
the environmental, economic and social impacts of the scenarios designed and
estimated are analysed and discussed. Land cover change was successfully monitored
with Sentinel-2 imagery. The catchment area showed noteworthy changes in land use,
most notably for the category of trees, which covered 6700 ha in 2016 and 10,911 ha
in 2021. However riparian vegetation decreased by almost 11%. For the flood hazard
simulations, an average reduction in peak discharge was obtained for all three
scenarios (9.3% for S-Up; 8.6% for S-Down and 13% for S-Total). From the economic
perspective, all three scenarios show a positive net present value for the period
studied. However, S-Down is the scenario with the lowest benefits (€15,476,487),
while S-Up and S-Total show better values at €29,580,643 and €65,158,130
respectively. However, investment cost is much higher for the S-Total scenario, and
upstream actions affect the whole catchment, so S-Up is the best decision. This
study concludes that the information provided by satellites is a large-scale
analysis tool for small heterogeneous plots that facilitates the comprehensive
analysis of a territory. This information can be incorporated into flood analysis
models, facilitating simulation through the use of NBS. It has been proven that the
use of reforestation upstream only is almost as beneficial as reforestation in the
entire catchment and is economically more viable. This confirms that the
methodology used reduces flood hazard, despite the territorial complexity,
facilitating decision making on the use of NBS.},
keywords = {Nature-based solutions
Flood hazard management
Water Governance
Land-use change, Random Forest, HEC-HMS, Sentinel-2},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101777},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN474,
author = {Adjei, Vincent and Antwi, Mary},
title = {Land use change detection using the intensity analysis at the Bosomtwe
District, Ashanti Region, Ghana},
journal = {Smart Agricultural Technology},
volume = {5},
pages = {100290},
abstract = {Changing environmental conditions owing to increasing resource
degradation and urbanization in the Bosomtwe district of Ghana make the land cover
and change detection analysis an extremely important consideration for Sustainable
Environmental Management. The district, where lies the only natural occurring Lake
in Ghana, Lake Bosomtwe, is a highly populated urban district that is threatened by
rapid vegetation losses, subsequently destroying important biodiversity within the
watershed of the UNESCO biosphere reserve. This research investigates the
significance of transitions among the major land use/land cover categories in the
Bosomtwe district using GIS and remote sensing technologies. Support Vector
classification algorithm was adopted for classifying satellite imageries of the
years 2002, 2008, 2016, and 2022 while the analysis of the dynamics of change was
conducted using the land use change intensity analysis. The study results provide
evidence of the prominence of LULC changes within the 20 years interval of
assessment. Significant changes in the structure and arrangement of the LULC within
the Bosomtwe area were observed for 20 year period. The period between 2016 and
2022 experienced rapid changes and the land use transformation accelerated over the
whole period as compared to the 2002-2008- and 2008-2016- year intervals. The study
concludes that the major changes are Built-up and Agricultural activities which
have claimed forest lands around the Lake's catchment and has intensified in recent
years (2016 – 2022). Based on the findings, the study recommends that spatial
planning of the spaces in the district be strictly implemented to protect the
remnant forest from anthropogenic activities. Afforestation projects should be
carried out within the district to reclaim the lost biodiversity. Implementation of
such projects are critical in conserving the Lake's biosphere and ecosystem to
ensure its sustainability.},
keywords = {Land use transitions
Bosomtwe district
Deforestation
intensity analysis
and remote sensing},
ISSN = {2772-3755},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2023.100290},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN656,
author = {Advani, Nikhil K.},
title = {Assessing species vulnerability to climate change, and implementing
practical solutions},
journal = {Biological Conservation},
volume = {286},
pages = {110284},
abstract = {The impacts of climate change on species, and assessments of species
vulnerability to climate change, have been well documented in the literature.
However, translation of this research into on-the-ground interventions, for example
by NGOs or protected area authorities, is lacking. Here we present a simple species
climate vulnerability assessment tool, which assesses different dimensions of
climate change vulnerability. The trait-based assessment leads to actionable
climate-adaptive management recommendations. Additionally, we highlight projects
funded by the Wildlife Adaptation Innovation Fund, which supports project ideas
from around the world which reduce the vulnerability of wildlife to changes in
weather and climate.},
keywords = {Climate change
Adaptation
On-the-ground solutions
Implementation
Species
Vulnerability},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110284},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN756,
author = {Advani, Nikhil K.},
title = {Assessing species vulnerability to climate change, and implementing
practical solutions},
volume = {286},
pages = {110284},
abstract = {The impacts of climate change on species, and assessments of species
vulnerability to climate change, have been well documented in the literature.
However, translation of this research into on-the-ground interventions, for example
by NGOs or protected area authorities, is lacking. Here we present a simple species
climate vulnerability assessment tool, which assesses different dimensions of
climate change vulnerability. The trait-based assessment leads to actionable
climate-adaptive management recommendations. Additionally, we highlight projects
funded by the Wildlife Adaptation Innovation Fund, which supports project ideas
from around the world which reduce the vulnerability of wildlife to changes in
weather and climate.},
Adaptation
On-the-ground solutions
Implementation
Species
Vulnerability},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN41,
author = {Agarwal, Priti and Sahoo, Dibakar and Parida, Yashobanta and Ranjan
Paltasingh, Kirtti and Roy Chowdhury, Joyita},
title = {Land use changes and natural disaster fatalities: Empirical analysis
for India},
journal = {Ecological Indicators},
volume = {154},
pages = {110525},
abstract = {India’s land use pattern has witnessed significant changes over
time. Various studies have pointed out that land use changes in India indicate a
trend towards increasing urbanisation and deforestation (particularly for native
forests). A priori, such changes in land use patterns may lead to a higher
incidence of natural disasters. The study examines whether these land use changes
have led to higher fatalities (and damages) due to floods and other natural
disasters , controlling for various socio-economic factors. Our results indicate
that land use changes, specifically deforestation, and urbanisation, are
detrimental to environmental health, causing greater flood damages and natural
disaster fatalities. Specifically, ‘forest cover’ is found to have a negative
impact on ‘flood damages’, whereas ‘urbanisation’ has a positive impact, as per a
priori expectations. Similarly, forest cover is found to be inversely related to
total ‘natural disaster fatalities’ (which includes deaths due to floods, cyclones,
landslides, heat waves, cold waves, and lightning), whereas ‘urbanisation’ is found
to have a positive impact on disaster fatalities, according to a priori
expectations. Our results confirm that land use changes in the direction of
deforestation and urbanisation have increased fatalities and damages due to natural
disasters. Another important finding of our study is that financial development has
a mitigating impact on flood fatalities as well as overall natural disaster
fatalities.},
keywords = {Land use changes
Natural disasters
Forests cover
Urbanisation
Poisson estimate},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110525},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X23006672},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN694,
author = {Agudelo-Hz, William José and Urbina-Cardona, Nicolás and Armenteras-
Pascual, Dolors},
title = {Critical shifts on spatial traits and the risk of extinction of Andean
anurans: an assessment of the combined effects of climate and land-use change in
Colombia},
journal = {Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation},
volume = {17},
number = {4},
pages = {206-219},
abstract = {Climate and land-use change, raise significant threats to
biodiversity, affecting species ranges worldwide. Both factors operate on different
scales, so including spatial traits that allow them to be appropriately evaluated
is relevant to the early identification of extinction risks. We aimed to evaluate
the potential effects of climate and land-use change on the extent of suitable
habitat of a set of species of Andean anurans; to assess the loss of the area of
occupancy (AOO); and to estimate the risk of extinction according to the
percentages of loss of the extent of suitable habitat and AOO. We modeled the
current and future potential distributions of 30 endemic anurans from the Colombian
Andes. We calculated the change in current potential distributional ranges and in
the extent of suitable habitat under two climatic regimes and land-use scenarios.
We quantified the AOO using the 2×2km grid method and assessed its loss based on
habitat availability in the combined scenarios. We used the percentage losses of
the extent of suitable habitat and AOO to estimate and compare the extinction risks
according to IUCN criteria. We found that climate and land-use change will cause a
relative loss of 63.4 % to 79.4 % of the current extent of suitable habitat and
49.6 % to 72.6 % of AOO of the Andean anurans by the year 2050. The loss of AOO
made it possible to detect twice as many species at high risk of extinction than
the loss of the extent of suitable habitat. The effects of climate change and
habitat loss could lead to potential extinction events in Andean frogs. Extent of
suitable habitat, and especially the area of occupancy are appropriate spatial
traits that could be used to assess extinction risks in species sensitive to local
habitat modification by climate change and land-use change.},
keywords = {biodiversity loss
global warming
endemic species
amphibians
hotspot biodiversity
tropical mountains
IUCN red list},
ISSN = {2530-0644},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2019.11.002},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN794,
author = {Agudelo-Hz, William José and Urbina-Cardona, Nicolás and Armenteras-
Pascual, Dolors},
title = {Critical shifts on spatial traits and the risk of extinction of Andean
anurans: an assessment of the combined effects of climate and land-use change in
Colombia},
volume = {17},
number = {4},
pages = {206-219},
abstract = {Climate and land-use change, raise significant threats to
biodiversity, affecting species ranges worldwide. Both factors operate on different
scales, so including spatial traits that allow them to be appropriately evaluated
is relevant to the early identification of extinction risks. We aimed to evaluate
the potential effects of climate and land-use change on the extent of suitable
habitat of a set of species of Andean anurans; to assess the loss of the area of
occupancy (AOO); and to estimate the risk of extinction according to the
percentages of loss of the extent of suitable habitat and AOO. We modeled the
current and future potential distributions of 30 endemic anurans from the Colombian
Andes. We calculated the change in current potential distributional ranges and in
the extent of suitable habitat under two climatic regimes and land-use scenarios.
We quantified the AOO using the 2×2km grid method and assessed its loss based on
habitat availability in the combined scenarios. We used the percentage losses of
the extent of suitable habitat and AOO to estimate and compare the extinction risks
according to IUCN criteria. We found that climate and land-use change will cause a
relative loss of 63.4 % to 79.4 % of the current extent of suitable habitat and
49.6 % to 72.6 % of AOO of the Andean anurans by the year 2050. The loss of AOO
made it possible to detect twice as many species at high risk of extinction than
the loss of the extent of suitable habitat. The effects of climate change and
habitat loss could lead to potential extinction events in Andean frogs. Extent of
suitable habitat, and especially the area of occupancy are appropriate spatial
traits that could be used to assess extinction risks in species sensitive to local
habitat modification by climate change and land-use change.},
keywords = {biodiversity loss
global warming
endemic species
amphibians
hotspot biodiversity
tropical mountains
IUCN red list},
ISSN = {2530-0644},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN914,
author = {Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesus and Seijmonsbergen, Arie C. and
Duivenvoorden, Joost F.},
title = {Optimizing land cover classification accuracy for change detection, a
combined pixel-based and object-based approach in a mountainous area in Mexico},
volume = {34},
pages = {29-37},
abstract = {Inventories of past and present land cover changes form the basis of
future conservation and landscape management strategies. Modern classification
techniques can be applied to more efficiently extract information from traditional
remote-sensing sources. Landsat ETM+ images of a mountainous area in Mexico form
the input for a combined object-based and pixel-based land cover classification.
The land cover categories with the highest individual classification accuracies
determined based on these two methods are extracted and merged into combined land
cover classifications. In total, seven common land cover categories were recognized
and merged into single combined best-classification layers. A comparison of the
overall classification accuracies for 1999 and 2006 of the pixel-based (0.74 and
0.81), object-based (0.77 and 0.71) and combined (0.88 and 0.87) classifications
shows that the combination method produces the best results. These combined
classifications then form the input for a change detection analysis between the two
dates by applying post-classification, object-based change analysis using image
differencing. It is concluded that the combined classification method together with
the object-based change detection analysis leads to an improved classification
accuracy and land cover change detection. This approach has the potential to be
applied to land cover change analyses in similar mountainous areas using medium-
resolution imagery.},
keywords = {Object-based
Pixel-based
Landsat
Segmentation
Post-classification
Change detection},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN199,
author = {Ah Koo, Kyung and Uk Park, Seon},
title = {The effect of interplays among climate change, land-use change, and
dispersal capacity on plant redistribution},
volume = {142},
pages = {109192},
abstract = {The range shifts of plants are a result of dynamic interactions
among climate change, land-use change, and dispersal capacity. Our study aimed to
explore the dynamic roles of climate change, land-use change, and dispersal
capacity in the redistributions of five warm-adapted evergreen broadleaved plants,
namely, Pittosporumtobira, Raphiolepisindicavar.umbellata, Neolitsea sericea,Ilex
integra, and Euryaemarginata in the Republic of Korea. For this, we predicted the
current and future distributions in 2070 of five species under two climate change
scenarios, representative concentration pathways 4.5 and 8.5 (representative
concentration pathways (RCP) 4.5, RCP 8.5), two land-use change scenarios, shared
socioeconomic pathways 1 and 3 (SSP1, SSP3), and four dispersal scenarios, namely,
no dispersal (ND), short-distance dispersal (SDD), long-distance dispersal (LDD),
full dispersal (FD). Then, we compared the predictions. The results indicated that
the traditional SDM predictions, assuming only climate change, presented
significant range expansions for all five plants, approximately 39% to 299% under
RCP4.5 and 51% to 544% under RCP8.5. However, when compared with the traditional
SDM predictions, coupling land-use change and the predictions decreased the future
ranges by an average of 45%, ranging from 36% to 51%. Linking land-use change and
realistic dispersal abilities, SDD and LDD, to the predictions reduced the future
ranges by an average of 59%, ranging from 53% to 66%. Land-use factor alone
decreased the future range by an average of 45%, ranging from 36% to 51%, and
dispersal capacity by an average of 14%, ranging from 6% to 30%. In conclusion,
climate change and land-use change were, on average, more influential than
dispersal capacity in the range dynamics of plants. However, the influential power
of those factors was species-specific, showing the strong effect of dispersal
capacity on the future range of P. tobira.},
Land-use change
Dispersal capacity
Warm-adapted evergreen broadleaved plant
Range shift},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN158,
author = {Ahirwal, Jitendra and Gogoi, Anudip and Sahoo, Uttam Kumar},
title = {Stability of soil organic carbon pools affected by land use and land
cover changes in forests of eastern Himalayan region, India},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {215},
pages = {106308},
abstract = {Forests are among the largest terrestrial carbon pools that are most
vulnerable to land use and land cover change (LULC). Therefore, it is essential to
manage forest ecosystems to enhance soil organic carbon (SOC) pools and soil
functionality. The present study was carried out to analyze C stability and change
in SOC stock under different forest types in the eastern Himalayan region of India.
Topsoil (0–15 and 15–30 cm) samples from six dominant forests i. e. tropical wet
evergreen, montane subtropical, temperate, Quercus, bamboo, and shifting
cultivation (Jhum) lands were collected and analyzed for selected soil properties
and SOC stock. Active (very labile + labile), slow (less labile), and passive (non-
labile) C fractions were also analyzed to determine the stability of the SOC pool
under the LULC scenario. Results show that the percentage contribution of active C
to total organic carbon in topsoil was highest in a temperate forest (74.1%) while
lowest in a bamboo forest (48.1%). Unlike, slow C (18.4%) and passive C (26.6%)
were highest in Quercus forest. Pearson correlation analysis shows significant
positive relation of active and slow C pool with SOC and total nitrogen
concentration. The estimates of SOC stock (0–30 cm) were significantly higher in
temperate forests (132.7 Mg C ha−1). However, the conversion of natural forests to
bamboo forest and jhum land reduced SOC stock by 29% and 68%, respectively. C
lability index shows higher labile C in jhum land while recalcitrancy index was
highest in a bamboo forest. Our study concluded that LULC change significantly
altered the stability and stock of SOC in natural forests. Owing to a higher
percentage of slow and passive C pools, Quercus forests play a major role in C sink
management.},
keywords = {Soil carbon pool
Labile carbon
Land cover
SOC fractions
Forests},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106308},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN459,
author = {Ahmad, Shakeel and Jia, Haifeng and Chen, Zhengxia and Li, Qian and
Yin, Dingkun and Israr, Muhammad and Hayat, Waseem and Bilal, Hazrat and Ahmed,
Rasheed and Ashraf, Anam},
title = {Effects of climate and land use changes on stream flow of Chitral river
basin of northern highland Hindu-Kush region of Pakistan},
journal = {Journal of Hydro-environment Research},
volume = {38},
pages = {53-62},
abstract = {Adverse impacts of climate change on the ecosystem have been a
significant concern in the last decades. However, the studies related to the
impacts of climate change on water resources, especially in northern Pakistan are
of great importance as this region is the main supplier of freshwater to the
downstream areas. So, the present study was carried out in Chitral River Basin
(CRB) to investigate the long term climatic and topographic changes. Spatiotemporal
datasets from MODIS Land Cover Type product (MCD12Q1) from 2001 to 2018, ground-
based observational climatic and hydrological data were used. Moreover, the Mann-
Kendall trend test, linear regression analysis, correlation, and Sen’s slope values
for the mean annual and seasonal flows were assessed. The acquired results show
that land use changes are the key non-natural factors in transforming the
ecological and hydrological processes of CRB. The mixed and evergreen forest,
shrubland, savannas, and barren land respectively decreased from 0.07 to 0.03%,
0.07 to 0.05%, 3.64 to 3.25%, and 70.10 to 67.17%, from 2001 to 2018. In addition,
a considerable increment in snow cover from 8.79% to 10.71%, and slight increment
in grasslands, wetlands, and croplands were also found between the period of
observation. In addition, total annual precipitation and mean annual stream flow
showed slight upward trends. Annual increment in total rainfall and snow covered
area could be the possible reasons for the observed increased river flow.},
keywords = {LULC
Climate change
Chitral river
Stream flow
Hindu-Kush region},
ISSN = {1570-6443},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2021.08.001},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN663,
author = {Ahn, Jung Min and Kim, Jungwook and Kim, Hongtae and Kim, Kyunghyun},
title = {Watershed environmental impact assessment for extreme climates based on
shared socioeconomic pathway climate change scenarios},
volume = {154},
pages = {110685},
abstract = {Abnormal climate phenomena that exceed conventional weather
observations occur worldwide, such as severe floods, droughts, and environmental
issues, and have attracted increasing attention. To avoid indiscriminate
industrialization and achieve sustainable development, environmental experts have
presented various opinions based on climate change scenario data. In this study,
shared socioeconomic pathway (SSP) climate change scenarios that consider
socioeconomic conditions were used to assess the environmental impact of extreme
climate conditions on watersheds. Using the UK Earth System Modelling (UKESM1) SSP
scenarios, we analyzed the following: 1) Heat index for each SSP climate change
scenario using the H-Index; 2) extreme climate for each SSP climate change scenario
using the standardized precipitation index (SPI); 3) the impact of extreme climate
on non-point pollution using event mean concentration (EMC); and 4) the
environmental flow caused by extreme climate by combining the K-water Distributed
RUnoff Model (K-DRUM) and global environmental flow calculator (GEFC) models.
According to the heat index analysis regarding SSPs climate change scenarios, the
heatwave index will continue to rise if high carbon emissions persist. Temperature
serves as an important indicator that has the most meaningful impact on ecosystems.
The SPI analysis showed an increase in “extremely dry” conditions, and overall,
more severe droughts are likely to occur due to high carbon emission-induced
climate change. The nonpoint source pollution is also higher in climate change
scenarios with high carbon emissions. The extreme drought event assessment using
SPI and environmental flow revealed a shift from the “moist conditions” category to
grade C. Our assessments in this study conclusively indicate that drought frequency
will increase along with nonpoint source pollution. Furthermore, environmental
flows will shift to grade C, resulting in the disappearance of some sensitive
ecological species and an increase in invasive species. These analyses determined
that high carbon emission-induced climate change caused leads to severe droughts
and significant alterations in the overall water circulation, thereby complicating
water resource management. Furthermore, we identified watersheds that are highly
vulnerable to climate change and designated these as “mid-watersheds” that first
require non-point pollution management. Here, the aquatic ecosystem environment can
be affected by climate change without any artificial environmental influence.
Various research-based analysis methods based on modeling have been presented using
SSP climate change scenarios, and are highly beneficial for establishing policies
and coping strategies for environmental preservation and sustainable development.},
keywords = {Shared socioeconomic pathways
Standardized precipitation index
Event mean concentration
Distributed RUnoff model
GEFC
Non-point pollution},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN763,
author = {Ahn, Jung Min and Kim, Jungwook and Kim, Hongtae and Kim, Kyunghyun},
title = {Watershed environmental impact assessment for extreme climates based on
shared socioeconomic pathway climate change scenarios},
volume = {154},
pages = {110685},
abstract = {Abnormal climate phenomena that exceed conventional weather
observations occur worldwide, such as severe floods, droughts, and environmental
issues, and have attracted increasing attention. To avoid indiscriminate
industrialization and achieve sustainable development, environmental experts have
presented various opinions based on climate change scenario data. In this study,
shared socioeconomic pathway (SSP) climate change scenarios that consider
socioeconomic conditions were used to assess the environmental impact of extreme
climate conditions on watersheds. Using the UK Earth System Modelling (UKESM1) SSP
scenarios, we analyzed the following: 1) Heat index for each SSP climate change
scenario using the H-Index; 2) extreme climate for each SSP climate change scenario
using the standardized precipitation index (SPI); 3) the impact of extreme climate
on non-point pollution using event mean concentration (EMC); and 4) the
environmental flow caused by extreme climate by combining the K-water Distributed
RUnoff Model (K-DRUM) and global environmental flow calculator (GEFC) models.
According to the heat index analysis regarding SSPs climate change scenarios, the
heatwave index will continue to rise if high carbon emissions persist. Temperature
serves as an important indicator that has the most meaningful impact on ecosystems.
The SPI analysis showed an increase in “extremely dry” conditions, and overall,
more severe droughts are likely to occur due to high carbon emission-induced
climate change. The nonpoint source pollution is also higher in climate change
scenarios with high carbon emissions. The extreme drought event assessment using
SPI and environmental flow revealed a shift from the “moist conditions” category to
grade C. Our assessments in this study conclusively indicate that drought frequency
will increase along with nonpoint source pollution. Furthermore, environmental
flows will shift to grade C, resulting in the disappearance of some sensitive
ecological species and an increase in invasive species. These analyses determined
that high carbon emission-induced climate change caused leads to severe droughts
and significant alterations in the overall water circulation, thereby complicating
water resource management. Furthermore, we identified watersheds that are highly
vulnerable to climate change and designated these as “mid-watersheds” that first
require non-point pollution management. Here, the aquatic ecosystem environment can
be affected by climate change without any artificial environmental influence.
Various research-based analysis methods based on modeling have been presented using
SSP climate change scenarios, and are highly beneficial for establishing policies
and coping strategies for environmental preservation and sustainable development.},
keywords = {Shared socioeconomic pathways
Standardized precipitation index
Event mean concentration
Distributed RUnoff model
GEFC
Non-point pollution},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN452,
author = {Ai, Ling and Wu, Fuzhong and Fan, Xuebo and Yang, Ying and Zhang, Yu
and Zheng, Xiaping and Zhu, Jingjing and Ni, Xiangyin},
title = {Different effects of litter and root inputs on soil enzyme activities
in terrestrial ecosystems},
volume = {183},
pages = {104764},
abstract = {Soil extracellular enzymes are involved in the decomposition of
plant litter and soil organic matter, and their activities are of critical
significance to soil carbon and nutrient turnover in terrestrial ecosystems.
However, the coupling of litter and root inputs and soil enzyme activities across
terrestrial ecosystems still remains not fully understood. In this study, we
compiled 788 paired observations to evaluate changes in soil β-1,4-glucosidase
(BG), β-d-cellobiosidase (CBH), phenol oxidase (PHO), β-1,4-N-acetyl-
glucosaminidase (NAG), and acidic phosphatase (AP) activities after the removal of
litter, living roots, and both litter and living roots in different ecosystems
(forests, grasslands, croplands and tundra). Soil BG, NAG, and AP activities were
decreased by 22.5 %, 16.6 % and 28.7 %, respectively, after removing both litter
and living roots, but these effects varied in different ecosystems. Removing both
litter and living roots decreased soil BG and CBH activities in forests and BG
activity in croplands but increased soil CBH activity in croplands. Soil NAG
activity was decreased by 15.1 % in forests but increased by 6.1 % in croplands
after both litter and living roots were removed, while soil AP activity was
decreased significantly across all of the studied ecosystems after both litter and
living root removal. However, litter addition greatly increased soil BG, CBH, NAG
and AP activities, suggesting that soil enzyme activities involved in carbon,
nitrogen and phosphorus cycling were strongly controlled by plant carbon input,
with an additive effect of litter and root inputs observed for C-degrading enzymes.
Our synthesis also found that these enzymatic responses to plant carbon input were
strongly controlled by edaphic and not climatic factors across terrestrial
ecosystems. These results suggested that soil enzyme activities increased after
litter addition to accelerate the decomposition of litter input but decreased after
litter removal. Removing both litter and root inputs had a similar but additive
effect on soil enzyme activities across sites. Although these responses varied
greatly among ecosystems and litter types, edaphic factors predominantly controlled
enzymatic responses over terrestrial ecosystems. Our results highlighted the
importance of plant inputs in enzymatically involved carbon and nutrient cycles in
terrestrial ecosystems.},
keywords = {Litter input
Enzyme activity
Living roots
Soil organic matter
Biogeochemical cycles},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104764},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1109,
author = {Aji, Muhammad Ari Purnomo and Kamal, Muhammad and Farda, Nur
Mohammad},
title = {Mangrove species mapping through phenological analysis using random
forest algorithm on Google Earth Engine},
volume = {30},
pages = {100978},
abstract = {Providing rapid, reliable, and accurate mapping methods is essential
to support mangrove species inventory and conservation. The vegetative phenological
analysis approach can be incorporated to differentiate mangrove species based on
time-series image data. This study aims to (1) characterize the phenological
signatures of mangrove species in the observed area, and (2) use the vegetative
phenological patterns for mangrove species mapping using the random forest (RF)
algorithm on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. We characterized the
vegetative phenological signatures of mangrove species using 82 filtered Sentinel-2
multi-temporal images from 2018 to 2020. Three vegetation indices, namely
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), and
Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI), were compared to observe the mangrove
vegetative phenophases trends using the GEE platform. The Mean Decrease of Gini
(MDG) and the Mean Decrease of Accuracy (MDA) were calculated to determine months
with critical vegetative phenophases of each mangrove species. There were six
mangrove species classes and one intertidal class included in the classification at
the Clungup Mangrove Conservation (CMC) area in Malang, Indonesia. Each mangrove
species phenophases showed that the curve value increased in the rainy season and
decreased in the dry season based on the vegetation index value fluctuations. We
found that using RF-based classification, we can use these phenophases patterns to
differentiate between one mangrove species to another. Our finding shows that the
wet months in the middle to the end of the rainy season play an important role in
distinguishing between mangrove species. The vegetative phenological analysis
resulted in high accuracy in mapping mangrove species in the study area, with an
overall accuracy of 72.01% for EVI, 81.82% for SAVI, and 82.51% for NDVI. The
results demonstrated that mangrove species could be differentiated and mapped using
vegetative phenological analysis based on multi-temporal images.},
keywords = {Mangrove species
Vegetative phenology
Sentinel-2
Random forest
GEE},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1120,
author = {Akhoondzadeh, Mehdi},
title = {Advances in Seismo-LAI anomalies detection within Google Earth Engine
(GEE) cloud platform},
journal = {Advances in Space Research},
volume = {69},
number = {12},
pages = {4351-4357},
abstract = {Nowadays, satellite data is an appropriate and undeniable source for
studying earthquake precursors due to their diversity, wide coverage, being up to
date and low cost. Time series analysis of satellite data plays an important role
in the process of detecting seismic anomalies in earthquake warning systems. But in
order to reduce uncertainty during the seismic anomalies detection, it is necessary
the use a variety of satellite data, although it leads to increase of data size and
processing time. This paper aims to explain the role of Google Earth Engine (GEE)
cloud platform in considerable progress of seismo-Lithospheric Atmospheric
Ionospheric (LAI) anomalies detection in earthquake early warning systems. Among
the different studied earthquakes, for example two recent powerful earthquakes in
Japan (13 February and 20 March 2021) have been discussed. Deduced time series of
three precursors (i.e. Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT), Chlorophyll and Ozone) from
GEE platform were investigated using Median method and a Long Short-Term
Memory(LSTM) neural network to detect potentially seismo-LAI anomalies. Our
satisfactory results show that with the addition of other various satellite data
and also known predictors intelligent algorithms such as deep learning to GEE
platform, we will see a significant leap forward in studies of earthquake
precursors.},
keywords = {Earthquake precursor
Satellites data
Google Earth Engine (GEE)
Lithospheric Atmospheric Ionospheric anomalies},
ISSN = {0273-1177},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.03.033},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN449,
author = {Akinyemi, Felicia O.},
title = {Land change in the central Albertine rift: Insights from analysis and
mapping of land use-land cover change in north-western Rwanda},
volume = {87},
pages = {127-138},
abstract = {Land change was assessed in the Albertine rift region (ARR) using
its central section of north-western Rwanda as case study. This region is one of
Africa's most ecologically sensitive environments under severe pressure from human
activities. The study maps and quantifies the spatial extent of land use-land cover
(LULC) changes between 1987 and 2016 from Landsat images. Transitions between five
major land classes were identified in order to understand the trajectory of
observed changes. In terms of gains, the forest class, the urban built-up and bare
land class increased by 9% and 4% respectively over the study period. The gains of
forest were mainly derived from the afforestation of some agricultural lands in the
southern part, whereas the gains of built-up and bare lands were mostly from
cultivated land which was a net losing class. Forest increase is in line with
government's policy to increase the national forest cover to 30% by 2020. Forest
losses occurred mostly outside protected areas due to land conversion for
settlement and agricultural purposes. Much needed information about changes in LULC
over the last three decades is provided. This study demonstrates in a timely manner
how to analyse and monitor LULC change and the drivers in an environment where
field based research is a challenge due to the mountainous terrain. The ecological
richness of the region, which coincides with heightened human population pressure,
necessitates the monitoring of land change as input for improving land use planning
with focus on conserving biodiversity.},
keywords = {Land use-land cover
Change detection
Albertine rift region
Ecologically sensitive environment
Biodiversity
Surface reflectance
Landsat},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN438,
author = {Al Sayah, Mario J. and Abdallah, Chadi and Khouri, Michel and Nedjai,
Rachid and Darwich, Talal},
title = {Application of the LDN concept for quantification of the impact of land
use and land cover changes on Mediterranean watersheds - Al Awali basin - Lebanon
as a case study},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {176},
pages = {264-278},
abstract = {Recognized by the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD) as a global developmental and environmentally threatening
process, land degradation (LD) is initiated by natural factors but aggravated by
unsustainable anthropogenic activities and absence of proper management plans.
Therefore, in response to the UN 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development for
restoring degraded lands, this research targets the impact of land use and land
cover changes (LU/LC), under the UNCCD's Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) concept,
to identify the extent of LD, and to prospect the potential to
counterbalance/neutralize ongoing degradation as a first approach to Lebanon, at
the scale of the 301 Km2 Awali basin. By achieving this task, the proposed method
will serve as a first step in building an inventory of LD and proposing measures to
adapt or even overcome LD for applications in the Mediterranean basin's countries.
The proposed sequential methodological approach consists of tracking detailed LU/LC
changes from 1998 to 2016 using multitemporal satellite images. Generated maps are
input to the Soil Conservation Service SCS-Curve Number (CN) method to determine
surface runoff in complementarity to Pedological properties of the study area. Soil
types are then classified under the USDA Land Capability Classification method to
determine extent of degraded lands. Results intersected with LU/LC revealed the
source and nature of mismanagement and the proposed counterbalancing steps. Two
main findings result: the Awali watershed displays countable LU/LC changes
translated in CN increases. Additionally, due to these changes, the basin displays
a 36% LD that may continue to alarming rates if no intervention takes place. The
proposed workflow combining existing methodologies enabled the application of the
LDN concept to counterbalance losses by gains thus reducing degradation to 2% from
alternative land planning, and near null from proposed soil corrective actions
highlighting the importance of LDN usage.},
keywords = {Mediterranean basin
Land management
Land Degradation Neutrality
Satellite images
Land capability classification},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.01.023},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN1203,
author = {Al Shawabkeh, Rami and AlHaddad, Mwfeq and Al-Fugara, A'kif and Al-
Hawwari, Linda and Al-Hawwari, Mohammad Iyad and Omoush, Aseel and Arar, Mai},
title = {Modeling the impact of urban land cover features and changes on the
land surface temperature (LST): The case of Jordan},
journal = {Ain Shams Engineering Journal},
pages = {102359},
abstract = {Higher land surface temperature (LST) in cities than their
surrounding areas presents a major sustainability challenge for cities. Decision-
makers and planners use the LST measurements to monitor the urban environment to
reduce the urban climate’s main challenges. Therefore, there is an urgent need to
examine the impacts of urban features and changes on the LST. This study focused on
the relationship between LST and urban land changes and the impact of these changes
on LST during different periods. Although a set of studies explored the
relationship between landscape features and urban LST, several aspects still need
further discussion. Here, the study aims to explore the influence of landscape
features and land cover patterns on land surface temperature LST in two cities
(Amman and Zarqa) in Jordan, and identify which of these features (vegetation
cover, built-up and population density) has the most effective and influence on LST
values. Therefore, this paper is the first study about land surface temperature LST
and its relations with these aspects in Jordan. This study used a mixed method
approach using quantitative method (GIS) and qualitative method (comparative case
studies). This study revealed that the most important features affecting the LST
values were: (1) Population density; (2) Built-up; and (3) Vegetation, and in
descending order from the strongest to the least effective. It is also concluded
that in the city in which the population density is high, the effect of built-up
areas on the values of LST is as high as possible and positive more than the cities
with medium and low population density. As for the city in which the population
density is medium to low, the effect of vegetation cover on the values of LST is
greater, and this can be more positive than in cities with a high population
density. Therefore, the study contributes to improving the planners' and
policymakers’ suitable future decisions for making sustainable cities.},
keywords = {Land Surface Temperature (LST)
Urban Heat Island
Land cover changes
Jordan},
ISSN = {2090-4479},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2023.102359},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1085,
author = {Al-Dousari, Ahmad E. and Mishra, Ashish and Singh, S.},
title = {Land use land cover change detection and urban sprawl prediction for
Kuwait metropolitan region, using multi-layer perceptron neural networks (MLPNN)},
journal = {The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science},
volume = {26},
number = {2},
pages = {381-392},
abstract = {With the rapid expansion of cities, monitoring urban sprawl is
recognized as a vital tool by many researchers who use this information in several
applications like urban planning, microclimate modelling, policy development, etc.
However, accurate land cover (LC) prediction is still challenging, even with
technological advancements. Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI)
have gained a reputation amongst diverse science applications, including their
popularity in monitoring land cover. Therefore, the present study investigates the
performance of the ML-based classification algorithm random forest (RF) in
monitoring LC classes for 2016 and 2021 for the metropolitan region of Kuwait City,
Kuwait. The accuracy assessment for the derived land use maps achieved an overall
accuracy of 93.6% and 95.3% and kappa coefficient values of 0.86 and 0.93 for 2016
and 2021, respectively. The results show an increase in built-up cover by ∼11 %.
The land use maps for 2016 and 2021 were further used to predict the urban built-up
for 2026 using an artificial neural network (ANN) based on multi-layer perceptron
neural networks (MLPNNs). It was predicted with an overall accuracy of 83.6%. The
built-up was predicted to increase by 15% in 2021–2026, and mostly expansion was
observed on the western and southern sides. The outcomes exhibit that MLPNN
techniques combined with Remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (RS and
GIS) can be adopted to derive the land cover and predict the urban sprawl with fair
accuracy and precision. Such studies would prove valuable to city governments and
urban planners to improve future sustainable development strategies.},
keywords = {Land Use Land Cover (LULC)
Urban expansion
Random forest
Artificial neural network (ANN)
Multi-layer perceptron neural networks (MLPNNs)
Google earth engine (GEE)
Sustainable development},
ISSN = {1110-9823},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrs.2023.05.003},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN406,
author = {Alcántara-Ayala, I. and Esteban-Chávez, O. and Parrot, J. F.},
title = {Landsliding related to land-cover change: A diachronic analysis of
hillslope instability distribution in the Sierra Norte, Puebla, Mexico},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {65},
number = {2},
pages = {152-165},
abstract = {This study examines mass movement associated with land use change,
particularly deforestation, from multiple perspectives. The significance of such
understanding is related to the degree of impact landsliding may cause on human
settlements and economic activities, and on forest ecosystems. In this paper, the
distribution of hillslope instability in the Sierra Norte, Puebla, Mexico is
addressed by means of a diachronic analysis, which involves the development of
vegetation indexes, as well as vegetation fragmentation derived from Landsat-5 (TM)
and Landsat-7 (ETM+) satellite images from 1989 and 1999, respectively. The time
period was chosen to compare vegetation cover conditions prior and after the
extreme October 1999 rainfall event that triggered hundreds of slope failures in
the study area. Results suggested there was a significant vegetation reduction from
1989 to 1999, which was strongly expressed by an increase of 809 km2 of bare
surfaces. Additionally, areas with highest vegetation density (91–100%) decreased
considerably, from 1245 to 363 km2, resulting in a net vegetation reduction of 70%.
Furthermore, it was possible to highlight that landslide concentration was much
higher on surfaces that were bare and had low vegetation density (0–50%),
representing 85% of hillslope instability, than on surfaces having a greater
density of vegetation cover. Land use change and land degradation are precursors to
environmental hazards, such as mass movement events, that pose serious threats to
regional population distributions and economic vitality.},
keywords = {Land-cover change
Mass movement
Land degradation
Satellite images
Sierra Norte Puebla, Mexico},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2006},
}
@article{RN640,
author = {Ali, Abu Muhammad Shajaat},
title = {Rice to shrimp: Land use/land cover changes and soil degradation in
Southwestern Bangladesh},
journal = {Land Use Policy},
volume = {23},
number = {4},
pages = {421-435},
abstract = {This paper examines the impact of shrimp farming on rice ecosystem
in a village in Southwestern Bangladesh. The village Damarpota has experienced
transformation of 274ha (79%) of its prime quality rice fields into shrimp farms
during the period between 1985 and 2003. Prolonged shrimp farming for 5-, 10-, and
15-year period has increased soil salinity, acidity, and depleted soil Ca, K, Mg,
and organic C content of all three types of soils in the villages to a variable
degree and caused soil degradation that significantly affected the rice yield.
Declined yield and acreage of rice jointly reduced the total production of rice and
animal fodder. Soil degradation and loss of acreage under rice have threatened the
sustainability of the village rice ecosystem.},
keywords = {Bangladesh
Soil degradation
Sustainability of agriculture},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2005.02.001},
year = {2006},
}
@article{RN740,
author = {Ali, Abu Muhammad Shajaat},
title = {Rice to shrimp: Land use/land cover changes and soil degradation in
Southwestern Bangladesh},
volume = {23},
number = {4},
pages = {421-435},
abstract = {This paper examines the impact of shrimp farming on rice ecosystem
in a village in Southwestern Bangladesh. The village Damarpota has experienced
transformation of 274ha (79%) of its prime quality rice fields into shrimp farms
during the period between 1985 and 2003. Prolonged shrimp farming for 5-, 10-, and
15-year period has increased soil salinity, acidity, and depleted soil Ca, K, Mg,
and organic C content of all three types of soils in the villages to a variable
degree and caused soil degradation that significantly affected the rice yield.
Declined yield and acreage of rice jointly reduced the total production of rice and
animal fodder. Soil degradation and loss of acreage under rice have threatened the
sustainability of the village rice ecosystem.},
keywords = {Bangladesh
Soil degradation
Sustainability of agriculture},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2006},
}
@article{RN897,
author = {Ali, Ahmad and Ghani, Muhammad Imran and Elrys, Ahmed S. and Ding,
Haiyan and Iqbal, Muhammad and Cheng, Zhihui and Cai, Zucong},
title = {Different cropping systems regulate the metabolic capabilities and
potential ecological functions altered by soil microbiome structure in the plastic
shed mono-cropped cucumber rhizosphere},
volume = {318},
pages = {107486},
abstract = {Crop rotation is an ecologically crucial phenomenon for the
sustainable development of plastic shed production systems, possibly affecting soil
properties and microbiome structure. However, little is known about how soil
microbial shifts in cropping system capacity could play a key role in agroecosystem
functions under different soil environmental conditions. Here, we examined the
high-throughput sequencing of soil microbial community structures and characterized
key microbes or ecological functions under environmental changes after seven years
of plastic shed cucumber planted soil. The results showed that coriander-cucumber
(CC), non-heading Chinese cabbage-cucumber (NCCC), and spinach-cucumber (SC)
rotation systems significantly impacted the succession of microbial community
structure than fallow-cucumber (FC). In particular, NCCC rotation altered the
beneficial soil microbial shift by promoting more antagonistic microbial abundance
than leafy lettuce-cucumber (LLC) rotations or FC cropping. Both NCCC and CC
rotations have affected mainly the pathways of energy metabolism and carbohydrate
metabolism. Soil available nitrogen (N) and soil organic matter were the key
factors in the succession of bacterial metabolic functions. Cyanobacteria,
Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and mycorrhizal taxa were significantly contributed to
soil N-cycles (nitrification, nitrate reduction, and N-fixation). Acidobacteria and
Ascomycota are potential candidates for hydrocarbon and aromatic compound
degradations. The pH-dependent Bacteroidetes in NCCC1 group increased the function
of metalloid metabolism and suggested as an indicator of arsenic (As)-
rhizoremediation. The functional shift in the soil fungal community under NCCC2 and
CC1 groups was primarily related to symbiotrophs, while available potassium and
available phosphorus served as significant predictors of fungal functional guilds.
The findings indicated that certain cropping systems are crucial for the
sustainable development of plastic shed cucumber production by improving the
potential capabilities of soil microbial communities to reduce the environmental
risk of soil contaminants.},
keywords = {Cropping practices
Cucumber production system
Soil microbial communities
Metabolic potential
Microbial ecological function
Plastic shed soil},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107486},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN905,
author = {Allen, Edith B. and Steers, Robert J. and Dickens, Sara Jo},
title = {Impacts of Fire and Invasive Species on Desert Soil Ecology},
journal = {Rangeland Ecology & Management},
volume = {64},
number = {5},
pages = {450-462},
abstract = {A review of literature shows that both fire and invasive species may
cause changes in biological, chemical, and physical properties of desert soils.
Although soil may recover from the impacts of fire during succession, these changes
are permanent under persistent invasive species. The most severe effects of fire
occur under high temperatures with high fuel buildup and soil moisture that
conducts heat downward. Deserts typically have low fuel mass and low soil moisture,
both conditions that would contribute to lower impacts of fire than in mesic soils.
Soil is a good insulator, so soil microorganisms will survive a few centimeters
deep even in hot surface fires. Immediately postfire there is often an increase in
mineral nitrogen (N) and a decrease in soil carbon (C) and organic N, but these
changes are often minimal in desert soils, except under fertile shrub islands that
have higher fuel loads and fire temperature. Both hot and cold deserts have
experienced slow recovery of native shrubs and increased growth of invasive grasses
following fire. Invasive species may either increase or decrease soil N and C
depending on fire temperature and site and species characteristics. Mineralization
and fixation of N are often high enough after fire that subsequent productivity
balances N losses. The elimination of islands of fertility coupled with postfire
erosion may be a major impact after fire in grass-invaded shrub lands. In the long
term, the interaction of fire and invasive species may result in more frequent
fires that eliminate fertile islands and reduce the productivity of deserts.
Managers may use fire as a tool to control desert invasives without the concern
that N will be irrevocably lost, but this must be done judiciously to avoid
eliminating shrubs and further increasing invasive species. Resumen La revisión de
literatura demuestra que tanto el fuego como las especies invasoras pueden causar
cambios en las propiedades biológicas, químicas y físicas de los suelos del
desierto. Mientras que el suelo puede recuperarse del impacto del fuego durante la
sucesión, las especies invasoras producen cambios permanentes. Los efectos más
severos del fuego ocurren bajo temperaturas altas con una alta acumulación de
combustible y con una humedad del suelo que conduce el calor hacia abajo. Los
desiertos tienen típicamente una humedad y masa de combustible baja, ambas
condiciones podrían contribuir a un menor impacto del fuego en suelos mésicos. El
suelo es un buen aislador, así que los microorganismos del suelo pueden sobrevivir
a pocos cm de profundidad incluso en fuegos superficiales calientes. A menudo,
inmediatamente después del fuego hay un incremento en nitrógeno mineral (N) y una
disminución en el carbón del suelo (C) y N orgánico, pero estos cambios son a
menudo mínimos en los suelos del desierto, con excepción de debajo de los arbustos
en las islas fértiles que tienen cargas de combustibles y temperaturas más altas.
Tanto los desiertos calientes como los desiertos fríos han experimentado una
recuperación muy lenta de arbustos nativos y un incremento en el crecimiento de
gramíneas invasivas después de los fuegos. Las especies invasivas pueden
incrementar o disminuir el N y el C del suelo dependiendo de la temperatura del
fuego, así como las características de las especies y del sitio. La mineralización
y la fijación del N son a menudo bastante altos después del fuego que la
productividad subsecuente estabiliza las pérdidas de N. La eliminación de las islas
de fertilidad unida con la erosión después del fuego puede ser un impacto
importante después del fuego en pastizales invadidos por arbustivas. A largo plazo
la interacción del fuego y las especies invasivas puede dar lugar a fuegos más
frecuentes que eliminen las islas fértiles y reduzcan la productividad de los
desiertos. Los manejadores del recurso pueden utilizar fuego como una herramienta
para controlar las especies invasivas del desierto sin la preocupación que la
pérdida del N sea para siempre, pero esto puede hacerse cautelosamente evitando la
eliminación de los arbustos y fomentando un incremento en las especies invasoras.},
keywords = {fertile islands
pH
soil carbon
soil microorganisms
soil nitrogen},
ISSN = {1550-7424},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.2111/REM-D-09-00159.1},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN143,
author = {Althoff, Daniel and Rodrigues, Lineu Neiva and Silva, Demetrius David
da},
title = {Addressing hydrological modeling in watersheds under land cover change
with deep learning},
journal = {Advances in Water Resources},
volume = {154},
pages = {103965},
abstract = {The impacts of land cover change have traditionally been assessed in
hydrological modeling with a priori knowledge, e.g., using methods based on the
curve number, or by calibrating hydrological models over different time periods.
However, how hydrological processes respond to such changes is extremely context-
dependent. Thus, there is an opportunity for the development of hydrological models
that can learn from large hydrological data sets under the context of severe
environmental changes. In this study, a single regional hydrological model is
developed based on long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks using different
input configurations. One model considers only meteorological forcings as inputs
(I1), another model considers meteorological forcings and static catchment
attributes (I2), and a third model also considers meteorological forcings and
catchment attributes but where the land cover characteristics are dynamic (I3). The
models are trained using information from 411 catchments in the Brazilian Cerrado
biome. The data set includes, for each catchment, the daily streamflow observations
(target), daily precipitation and reference evapotranspiration (meteorological
forcings), and 21 catchment attributes including topography, climate indices, soil
characteristics, and land cover characteristics. Considering catchment attributes
increases the performance of the LSTM model (I2 and I3 median KGE: 0.69).
Considering the land use cover characteristics as dynamic improves the predictions
under low-flow conditions (I3 median rNSE: 0.62) when compared to the model
considering such characteristics as static (I2 median rNSE: 0.53). This study also
uses the deep network with the integrated gradients technique to explore the
contribution of the catchment characteristics to streamflow and the number of time
steps of influence for the deep network in different regions.},
keywords = {Cerrado
Data-driven
Explainable artificial intelligence
Regional hydrological model},
ISSN = {0309-1708},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.103965},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1136,
author = {Althoff, Daniel and Rodrigues, Lineu Neiva and Silva, Demetrius David
da},
title = {Addressing hydrological modeling in watersheds under land cover change
with deep learning},
volume = {154},
pages = {103965},
abstract = {The impacts of land cover change have traditionally been assessed in
hydrological modeling with a priori knowledge, e.g., using methods based on the
curve number, or by calibrating hydrological models over different time periods.
However, how hydrological processes respond to such changes is extremely context-
dependent. Thus, there is an opportunity for the development of hydrological models
that can learn from large hydrological data sets under the context of severe
environmental changes. In this study, a single regional hydrological model is
developed based on long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks using different
input configurations. One model considers only meteorological forcings as inputs
(I1), another model considers meteorological forcings and static catchment
attributes (I2), and a third model also considers meteorological forcings and
catchment attributes but where the land cover characteristics are dynamic (I3). The
models are trained using information from 411 catchments in the Brazilian Cerrado
biome. The data set includes, for each catchment, the daily streamflow observations
(target), daily precipitation and reference evapotranspiration (meteorological
forcings), and 21 catchment attributes including topography, climate indices, soil
characteristics, and land cover characteristics. Considering catchment attributes
increases the performance of the LSTM model (I2 and I3 median KGE: 0.69).
Considering the land use cover characteristics as dynamic improves the predictions
under low-flow conditions (I3 median rNSE: 0.62) when compared to the model
considering such characteristics as static (I2 median rNSE: 0.53). This study also
uses the deep network with the integrated gradients technique to explore the
contribution of the catchment characteristics to streamflow and the number of time
steps of influence for the deep network in different regions.},
keywords = {Cerrado
Data-driven
Explainable artificial intelligence
Regional hydrological model},
ISSN = {0309-1708},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN368,
author = {Alvarenga, L. A. and de Mello, C. R. and Colombo, A. and Cuartas, L.
A. and Bowling, L. C.},
title = {Assessment of land cover change on the hydrology of a Brazilian
headwater watershed using the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {143},
pages = {7-17},
abstract = {The Atlantic Forest is one of the most important forest biomes in
Brazil, and this biome continues to disappear. This study looked at simulated and
observed hydrological components in a small watershed containing fragments of the
Atlantic Forest. The performance of the Distributed Hydrology Soil Vegetation Model
(DHSVM) and the effects of possible land cover change scenarios in the Lavrinha
Watershed, in the Mantiqueira Range, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, were analyzed. The
model was calibrated and validated using four years of continuous hydro-climate
data sets, and the simulated daily and monthly streamflow showed acceptable
agreement with the observed. A comparison of hypothetical land cover change
scenarios showed that deforestation in the Atlantic Forest biome leads to increases
in monthly soil moisture (by 5%), overland flow (by 33%) and total runoff (by 22%),
with a corresponding decrease in interception (by 71%), evapotranspiration (by 30%)
and water table depth (by 10%). These changes in land surface hydrology resulted in
an increase in daily high and low streamflows (by 17% and 25%), with the opposite
occurring when pasture was converted to Atlantic Forest. The results also show that
the hydrology of a headwater tropical watershed is characterized by seasonal
variability in rainfall and land cover changes and that there are connections among
the topography, land cover, soil types and wet and dry seasons that maintain the
spatial distribution of the hydrologic components in the watershed.},
keywords = {Atlantic Forest
DHSVM
Headwater regions
Land-use
Hydrologic components},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN268,
author = {Alvarenga, L. A. and de Mello, C. R. and Colombo, A. and Cuartas, L.
A. and Bowling, L. C.},
title = {Assessment of land cover change on the hydrology of a Brazilian
headwater watershed using the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {143},
pages = {7-17},
abstract = {The Atlantic Forest is one of the most important forest biomes in
Brazil, and this biome continues to disappear. This study looked at simulated and
observed hydrological components in a small watershed containing fragments of the
Atlantic Forest. The performance of the Distributed Hydrology Soil Vegetation Model
(DHSVM) and the effects of possible land cover change scenarios in the Lavrinha
Watershed, in the Mantiqueira Range, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, were analyzed. The
model was calibrated and validated using four years of continuous hydro-climate
data sets, and the simulated daily and monthly streamflow showed acceptable
agreement with the observed. A comparison of hypothetical land cover change
scenarios showed that deforestation in the Atlantic Forest biome leads to increases
in monthly soil moisture (by 5%), overland flow (by 33%) and total runoff (by 22%),
with a corresponding decrease in interception (by 71%), evapotranspiration (by 30%)
and water table depth (by 10%). These changes in land surface hydrology resulted in
an increase in daily high and low streamflows (by 17% and 25%), with the opposite
occurring when pasture was converted to Atlantic Forest. The results also show that
the hydrology of a headwater tropical watershed is characterized by seasonal
variability in rainfall and land cover changes and that there are connections among
the topography, land cover, soil types and wet and dry seasons that maintain the
spatial distribution of the hydrologic components in the watershed.},
keywords = {Atlantic Forest
DHSVM
Headwater regions
Land-use
Hydrologic components},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN253,
author = {Ameja, Leta Gobosho and Ribeiro, Natasha and Sitoe, Almeida A. and
Guillot, Basile},
title = {Regeneration and Restoration Status of Miombo Woodland Following Land
Use Land Cover Changes at the Buffer Zone of Gile National Park, Central
Mozambique},
journal = {Trees, Forests and People},
volume = {9},
pages = {100290},
abstract = {In the context of the current intensified disturbances of Miombo
woodland, its regenerating capacity is fundamental to endure such disturbances.
Miombo woodland in the buffer zone of Gile National Park (GNAP) is facing land
cover change. This study aimed to assess regeneration structure, the status of
restoration, and factors affecting the regeneration of Miombo woodland in the
buffer zone of GNAP. In total, 12 transects, 48 plots, and 240 subplots were
sampled in dense Miombo woodland (DMWL), open Miombo woodland (OMWL), and abandoned
agricultural land (AAL) to collect data. Household interviews, focus group
discussions (FGD), and key informant interviews(KIIs) were used to collect socio-
economic data. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis, chi-square, and regression,
were used to analyze data. A total of 1863 matured woody individuals representing
85 species and 29 families were identified. Matured woody species density was
significantly different between AAL&DMWL and DMWL & OMWL. However, there was no
significant difference between OMWL and AAL. Nine hundred three regenerated
individuals representing 70 species and 23 families were registered. Regeneration
density was significantly different between land-use types. The mean regeneration
density in DMWL, AAL, and OMWL were 39.87±13.82, 50.25±21.1, and 23 ± 9.98 stems
ha−1, respectively. The most regenerated family was Fabaceae. All respondents
reported that no assisted restoration activity was/is taking place in the area. The
five most important factors affecting the regeneration of Miombo woodland were
identified. Slash and burn agriculture and animal grazing were ranked first and
last, respectively. Increasing pressure for land demand is determining factor for
Miombo woodland regeneration. The buffer zone of GNAP is characterized by a
moderate diversity of woody species, with the number of regenerated woody species
increasing in AAL. Our findings suggest the importance of diversifying sources of
income, creating a market value chain for their product, and strengthening
collaboration between the park and the community surrounding the park could reduce
the dependence of the community on slash and burn agriculture as well as safeguard
the park from degradation and at the same time maintain the livelihood of the
community.},
keywords = {Regeneration density
Land use type
Fabaceae
disturbance factors},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2022.100290},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN353,
author = {Ameja, Leta Gobosho and Ribeiro, Natasha and Sitoe, Almeida A. and
Guillot, Basile},
title = {Regeneration and Restoration Status of Miombo Woodland Following Land
Use Land Cover Changes at the Buffer Zone of Gile National Park, Central
Mozambique},
volume = {9},
pages = {100290},
abstract = {In the context of the current intensified disturbances of Miombo
woodland, its regenerating capacity is fundamental to endure such disturbances.
Miombo woodland in the buffer zone of Gile National Park (GNAP) is facing land
cover change. This study aimed to assess regeneration structure, the status of
restoration, and factors affecting the regeneration of Miombo woodland in the
buffer zone of GNAP. In total, 12 transects, 48 plots, and 240 subplots were
sampled in dense Miombo woodland (DMWL), open Miombo woodland (OMWL), and abandoned
agricultural land (AAL) to collect data. Household interviews, focus group
discussions (FGD), and key informant interviews(KIIs) were used to collect socio-
economic data. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal-Wallis, chi-square, and regression,
were used to analyze data. A total of 1863 matured woody individuals representing
85 species and 29 families were identified. Matured woody species density was
significantly different between AAL&DMWL and DMWL & OMWL. However, there was no
significant difference between OMWL and AAL. Nine hundred three regenerated
individuals representing 70 species and 23 families were registered. Regeneration
density was significantly different between land-use types. The mean regeneration
density in DMWL, AAL, and OMWL were 39.87±13.82, 50.25±21.1, and 23 ± 9.98 stems
ha−1, respectively. The most regenerated family was Fabaceae. All respondents
reported that no assisted restoration activity was/is taking place in the area. The
five most important factors affecting the regeneration of Miombo woodland were
identified. Slash and burn agriculture and animal grazing were ranked first and
last, respectively. Increasing pressure for land demand is determining factor for
Miombo woodland regeneration. The buffer zone of GNAP is characterized by a
moderate diversity of woody species, with the number of regenerated woody species
increasing in AAL. Our findings suggest the importance of diversifying sources of
income, creating a market value chain for their product, and strengthening
collaboration between the park and the community surrounding the park could reduce
the dependence of the community on slash and burn agriculture as well as safeguard
the park from degradation and at the same time maintain the livelihood of the
community.},
keywords = {Regeneration density
Land use type
Fabaceae
disturbance factors},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN258,
author = {Amici, Valerio and Marcantonio, Matteo and La Porta, Nicola and
Rocchini, Duccio},
title = {A multi-temporal approach in MaxEnt modelling: A new frontier for land
use/land cover change detection},
volume = {40},
pages = {40-49},
abstract = {Land-cover change, a major driver of the distribution and
functioning of ecosystems, is characterized by a high diversity of patterns of
change across space and time. Thus, a large amount of information is necessary to
analyse change and develop plans for proper management of natural resources. In
this work we tested MaxEnt algorithm in a completely remote land-cover
classification and change analysis. In order to provide an empirical example, we
selected south-eastern Italian Alps, manly Trentino-South Tyrol, as test region. We
classified two Landsat images (1976 and 2001) in order to forecast probability of
occurrence for unsampled locations and to determine the best subset of predictors
(spectral bands). A difference map for each land cover class, representing the
difference between 1976 and 2001 probability of occurrence values, was built. In
order to better address the patterns of change analysis, we put together difference
maps and topographic variables. The latter are considered, at least in the study
area, as the main environmental drivers of land-use change, in connection with
climate change. Our results indicate that the selected algorithm, applied to land
cover classes, can provide reliable data, especially when referring to classes with
homogeneous texture properties and surface reflectance. The performed models had
satisfactory predictive performance, showing relatively clear patterns of
difference between the two considered time steps. The development of a methodology
that, in the absence of field data, allow to obtain data on land use change
dynamics, is of extreme importance for land planning and management.},
keywords = {GIS
Land-cover change
Machine learning
MaxEnt
Probability distribution
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2017.04.005},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN358,
author = {Amici, Valerio and Marcantonio, Matteo and La Porta, Nicola and
Rocchini, Duccio},
title = {A multi-temporal approach in MaxEnt modelling: A new frontier for land
use/land cover change detection},
volume = {40},
pages = {40-49},
abstract = {Land-cover change, a major driver of the distribution and
functioning of ecosystems, is characterized by a high diversity of patterns of
change across space and time. Thus, a large amount of information is necessary to
analyse change and develop plans for proper management of natural resources. In
this work we tested MaxEnt algorithm in a completely remote land-cover
classification and change analysis. In order to provide an empirical example, we
selected south-eastern Italian Alps, manly Trentino-South Tyrol, as test region. We
classified two Landsat images (1976 and 2001) in order to forecast probability of
occurrence for unsampled locations and to determine the best subset of predictors
(spectral bands). A difference map for each land cover class, representing the
difference between 1976 and 2001 probability of occurrence values, was built. In
order to better address the patterns of change analysis, we put together difference
maps and topographic variables. The latter are considered, at least in the study
area, as the main environmental drivers of land-use change, in connection with
climate change. Our results indicate that the selected algorithm, applied to land
cover classes, can provide reliable data, especially when referring to classes with
homogeneous texture properties and surface reflectance. The performed models had
satisfactory predictive performance, showing relatively clear patterns of
difference between the two considered time steps. The development of a methodology
that, in the absence of field data, allow to obtain data on land use change
dynamics, is of extreme importance for land planning and management.},
keywords = {GIS
Land-cover change
Machine learning
MaxEnt
Probability distribution
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN131,
author = {Amponsah, A. and Nasare, L. I. and Tom-Dery, D. and Baatuuwie, B. N.},
title = {Land cover changes of Atewa Range Forest Reserve, a biodiversity
hotspot in Ghana},
volume = {9},
pages = {100301},
abstract = {Protected forests are areas of economic, social, and ecological
significance which often depict the original fauna and flora of a region.
Notwithstanding their significance, anthropogenic disturbances pose a major threat
to the conservation of protected forests in Ghana. The Atewa Range Forest Reserve
is a Globally Significant Biodiversity Area (GSBA) and an Important Bird Area in
Ghana, but illegal mining and agriculture activities are depleting the vegetation
of the reserve. The present study examined land cover change in the Atewa Range
Forest Reserve using Remote Sensing and GIS methods. A vegetation study was also
conducted to reveal the tree species diversity of Atewa. The image classification
revealed that Closed Forest area of the reserve had increased by 10.5%, Opened
Forest area had decreased by -24.0% and shrub/herb area also decreased by -37.1%
between 1990 and 2021. On the contrary, bare/build-up area had increased by 243.7%
between 1990 and 2021. A total of 102 tree species belonging to 33 families were
identified in the reserve of which, an estimated 12% of these species are either
vulnerable or near threatened based on the International Union for the Conservation
of Nature (ICUN) red list. The study concludes that bare/build-up areas within the
reserve are increasing at a quicker pace which is a threat to the shrub/herb and
opened forest covers and will subsequently affect the quality of the closed forest
cover if left unchecked. Care and special attention are needed to prevent species
which are either vulnerable or near threatened from getting extinct. Forest
Services Division and Traditional authorities should strengthen law enforcement of
anthropogenic exploitation to help protect the reserve.},
keywords = {Forest reserve
Landuse
Landcover change
Depletion
Vegetation},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN882,
author = {Amponsah-Doku, Betty and Daymond, Andrew and Robinson, Steve and
Atuah, Laura and Sizmur, Tom},
title = {Improving soil health and closing the yield gap of cocoa production in
Ghana – A review},
journal = {Scientific African},
volume = {15},
pages = {e01075},
abstract = {Ghana is the second largest producer of cocoa in the world and cocoa
farming supports the livelihoods of 25-30% of Ghana's population. However, average
yield is only about 30% of the potential yield. Cocoa farms established on recently
cleared rainforest are initially productive, but then productivity declines as
soils become depleted of nutrients. Further expansion of cultivated land by
deforesting tropical rainforests is environmentally costly, socially unacceptable,
and inherently unsustainable. Therefore, strategies are urgently required to
maintain and restore the productivity of existing smallholder farms to close this
yield gap and sustainably increase cocoa production to meet growing demand. In this
narrative review we provide context to the issues and highlight recent advances
that offer promising opportunities to restore the soil health of Ghana's cocoa
farms and sustainably reduce the yield gap. The shade trees in traditional
agroforestry farms help prolong productivity for longer by supporting soil
ecological functions and this has sparked renewed interest in the establishment of
sustainable agroforestry cocoa farms. The single rate and formulation of mineral
fertiliser recommended to farmers nationwide fails to account for variability in
the response of different soil types to inputs. Therefore, site-specific fertiliser
recommendations that also quantify the benefits of organic amendments are emerging.
Composting and returning cocoa pod husks to the soil offers a considerable
opportunity to close nutrient cycles (particularly for P and K) on cocoa farms and
to help build and maintain soil organic matter. However, research is required to
overcome the risk that recycling cocoa pod husks may contribute to the spread of
black pod disease. Soil health indicators that quantify the soil ecological
functions provided by these sustainable land management practices require
benchmarking to monitor the impact of these interventions.},
keywords = {Agroforestry
Cocoa
Nutrient cycling
Organic amendments
Soil ecological functions
Soil health},
ISSN = {2468-2276},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e01075},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1055,
author = {Amrouni, Yasmina and Berrayah, Mohammed and Gelabert, Pere and Vega-
Garcia, Cristina and Hellal, Benchaben and Rodrigues, Marcos},
title = {Recent land cover trends in the transition region of Tiaret, Algeria},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {210},
pages = {105861},
abstract = {The transition zone between the Tellian and Saharan Atlas of the
Tiaret region in Algeria is believed to be undergoing land degradation processes
because of the increase in population needs, which causes a weakening of the
biological potential and generates ecological and socio-economic imbalances. The
lack of periodically acquired data on land cover is a major handicap to understand
and diagnose the state of this transition zone. The goal of our work was to
reconstruct past annual land cover changes in order to assess the best monitoring
tools for the current and future situations. We used an annual series of Landsat
images, acquired between 1984 and 2017 via the Google Earth Engine platform. We
then classified relevant land covers by applying a SVM (Support Vector Machine)
classification algorithm to this multi-spectral data set. We also integrated other
derived data such as vegetation, water and color indices, texture measures and TC
transformationsin order to improve classification accuracy. The resulting 34 high-
resolution land cover maps for the 1984–2017 period precisely characterize the
recent dynamics and status of the transition zone of the Tellian and Saharan Atlas
in the steppe region of Tiaret, and allow to explore land cover and climatic
trends.},
keywords = {Transition
Degradation
GEE
Landsat time series
Classification
Support vector machine (SVM)
Land cover maps},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN567,
author = {Amrouni, Yasmina and Berrayah, Mohammed and Gelabert, Pere and Vega-
Garcia, Cristina and Hellal, Benchaben and Rodrigues, Marcos},
title = {Recent land cover trends in the transition region of Tiaret, Algeria},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {210},
pages = {105861},
abstract = {The transition zone between the Tellian and Saharan Atlas of the
Tiaret region in Algeria is believed to be undergoing land degradation processes
because of the increase in population needs, which causes a weakening of the
biological potential and generates ecological and socio-economic imbalances. The
lack of periodically acquired data on land cover is a major handicap to understand
and diagnose the state of this transition zone. The goal of our work was to
reconstruct past annual land cover changes in order to assess the best monitoring
tools for the current and future situations. We used an annual series of Landsat
images, acquired between 1984 and 2017 via the Google Earth Engine platform. We
then classified relevant land covers by applying a SVM (Support Vector Machine)
classification algorithm to this multi-spectral data set. We also integrated other
derived data such as vegetation, water and color indices, texture measures and TC
transformationsin order to improve classification accuracy. The resulting 34 high-
resolution land cover maps for the 1984–2017 period precisely characterize the
recent dynamics and status of the transition zone of the Tellian and Saharan Atlas
in the steppe region of Tiaret, and allow to explore land cover and climatic
trends.},
keywords = {Transition
Degradation
GEE
Landsat time series
Classification
Support vector machine (SVM)
Land cover maps},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN643,
author = {An, Xuexian and Jin, Wenping and Zhang, Huaiqing and Liu, Yang and
Zhang, Meng},
title = {Analysis of long-term wetland variations in China using land use/land
cover dataset derived from Landsat images},
volume = {145},
pages = {109689},
abstract = {Wetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems on earth and play
an important role in maintaining ecological balance and regulating climate. In this
paper, 30 m resolution land use/land cover (LULC) data (2000, 2005, 2010, 2015,
2020) were employed to analyze the characteristics of spatial and temporal changes
in the distribution of wetlands in China and their evolution patterns in the last
two decades. The results indicated that the total area of wetlands in China showed
an increasing trend during 2000–2020. During the study period, provinces with more
increase in wetland area were concentrated in Qinghai Province, Tibet Autonomous
Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. And the provinces with more reduction
in wetland area were mainly in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The analysis of
wetland change driving mechanism by introducing PLS-SEM model and GWR model found
that good climate conditions as well as agricultural and economic conditions are
favorable for wetland conservation in 2000–2020, while accelerated urbanization and
population growth showed negative effects on wetland change. The spatial
distribution pattern of wetland and NPP (Net Primary Production) changes showed
spatial consistency in the extent of NPP changes and wetland transfer. The results
of this study are intended to provide a basis for wetland conservation, rational
use of wetland resources and scientific restoration in China.},
keywords = {Wetland
LULC data
Spatio-temporal changes
Drive mechanism
NPP
China},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN743,
author = {An, Xuexian and Jin, Wenping and Zhang, Huaiqing and Liu, Yang and
Zhang, Meng},
title = {Analysis of long-term wetland variations in China using land use/land
cover dataset derived from Landsat images},
volume = {145},
pages = {109689},
abstract = {Wetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems on earth and play
an important role in maintaining ecological balance and regulating climate. In this
paper, 30 m resolution land use/land cover (LULC) data (2000, 2005, 2010, 2015,
2020) were employed to analyze the characteristics of spatial and temporal changes
in the distribution of wetlands in China and their evolution patterns in the last
two decades. The results indicated that the total area of wetlands in China showed
an increasing trend during 2000–2020. During the study period, provinces with more
increase in wetland area were concentrated in Qinghai Province, Tibet Autonomous
Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. And the provinces with more reduction
in wetland area were mainly in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The analysis of
wetland change driving mechanism by introducing PLS-SEM model and GWR model found
that good climate conditions as well as agricultural and economic conditions are
favorable for wetland conservation in 2000–2020, while accelerated urbanization and
population growth showed negative effects on wetland change. The spatial
distribution pattern of wetland and NPP (Net Primary Production) changes showed
spatial consistency in the extent of NPP changes and wetland transfer. The results
of this study are intended to provide a basis for wetland conservation, rational
use of wetland resources and scientific restoration in China.},
keywords = {Wetland
LULC data
Drive mechanism
NPP
China},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN593,
author = {Andriamananjara, Andry and Hewson, Jennifer and Razakamanarivo,
Herintsitohaina and Andrisoa, Riana Hary and Ranaivoson, Ntsoa and Ramboatiana,
Nantenaina and Razafindrakoto, Mieja and Ramifehiarivo, Nandrianina and
Razafimanantsoa, Marie-Paule and Rabeharisoa, Lilia and Ramananantoandro, Tahiana
and Rasolohery, Andriambolantsoa and Rabetokotany, Nantenaina and Razafimbelo,
Tantely},
title = {Land cover impacts on aboveground and soil carbon stocks in Malagasy
rainforest},
volume = {233},
pages = {1-15},
abstract = {Deforestation and forest degradation can impact carbon dynamics and,
subsequently, ecosystem functioning and climate change. In this study, we surveyed
the influence of such land cover changes on four land cover/uses including closed
canopy forest, tree fallow, shrub fallow, and degraded land among 120 study sites.
We assessed these changes on total carbon stocks including both aboveground biomass
(AGB) and soil organic carbon (SOC) including both topsoil, 0–30cm, and deep soil,
30–100cm. The four land cover/uses were located within four regions (Andasibe,
Didy, Anjahamana, and Lakato) in the Eastern humid tropical forest of Madagascar.
Our results show that total carbon stocks, AGB and soil, average 166±57MgCha−1 in
which 82% is stored in 0–100cm of soil surface horizon (55% stored in the topsoil
and 27% in deep soil) suggesting the importance of soil pools in the sequestration
of atmospheric carbon. The total carbon stocks were significantly higher in closed
canopy compared to the other land covers. In lower altitude regions, the total
carbon stock was lower ranging from 143.5MgCha−1 to 163.7MgCha−1, relative to
higher altitude areas where total C stock ranged from 170.6MgCha−1 to 186.1MgCha−1.
The relative importance of AGB and SOC were reversed in these study sites, with
AGB/SOC ratios of 0.37 for Anjahamana, 0.17 for Lakato, 0.21 for Didy, and 0.17 for
Andasibe. Climatic factor combined with soil properties could explain the SOC
variations across the study regions. High SOC was related to lower precipitation,
high clay content and high root development. These results provide an accurate
assessment of carbon storage distribution in a tropical region and support the
importance of forest conservation and effective land cover management in
maintaining carbon storage in ecosystems as tools in climate change mitigation in
tropical forests.},
keywords = {Carbon sequestration
Forest degradation
Land cover change
Madagascar
Top and deep soil
REDD+},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.08.030},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN1072,
author = {Aparna, K. and Pasha, M. A. and Rao, D. L. N. and Krishnaraj, P. U.},
title = {Organic amendments as ecosystem engineers: Microbial, biochemical and
genomic evidence of soil health improvement in a tropical arid zone field site},
journal = {Ecological Engineering},
volume = {71},
pages = {268-277},
abstract = {The ability of organic biodynamic fertilizers to improve soil
quality was evaluated in arid loamy sand soils in farmers’ fields in Rajasthan,
India in cowpea cropping and citrus orchards. Water holding capacity, organic
carbon and ammoniacal nitrogen improved significantly in organic farming. Microbial
community was evaluated using both a culture dependent and independent approach.
Actinomycetes increased significantly in organic cropping and orchard by 92 and
100%, respectively, compared to conventional management. Bacterial populations
increased significantly on nutritionally diverse media in organic farm soils over
conventional, both copiotrophs (+52–119%) as well as oligotrophs (+25–79%). The
arbuscular mycorrhizal protein, glomalin increased by 56–82% in organic farms.
Nitrogen fixers, ammonifiers, nitrifiers and sulfur oxidizers did not show
significant differences. There was a consistent increase in soil enzymatic
activities in organic farms—acid phosphatase (1.5× in cropping; 3× in orchard),
flourescein diacetate hydrolysis (1.8×; 3.3×), dehydrogenase (2.4×; 3.5×) and β-
glucosidase (2.2×; 6.3×). Quantification of 16S rDNA abundances in soil using qPCR
showed a clear 1.8 fold increase in both organic cropping and organic orchard
soils. The abundance of amoA gene decreased by 22 and 11 folds in organic cropping
and orchards. The culture independent analysis of eubacterial 16S rRNA gene showed
that organically cropped farms and orchards had more diverse bacterial community
compared to the conventional. The distribution of bacterial species observed in
organic cropping is more even. Representation of Proteobacteria among the
eubacterial species was 20% lesser in organic as compared to conventional cropping
whereas Actinobacteria were higher by 10% in organic cropping. Overall, the results
demonstrated unequivocally that organic amendments improved the biological quality
through an alteration of the microbial community structure and function. We
conclude that organic manures may thus be appropriately included in the group of
‘Ecosystem Engineers’ that selectively modify the environment and make soil
ecosystems more sustainable.},
keywords = {Actinomycetes
Glomalin
Dehydrogenase
Soil enzymes
Soil metagenomics},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.016},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN1149,
author = {Arantes, Arielle Elias and Ferreira, Laerte G. and Coe, Michael T.},
title = {The seasonal carbon and water balances of the Cerrado environment of
Brazil: Past, present, and future influences of land cover and land use},
journal = {ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing},
volume = {117},
pages = {66-78},
abstract = {The Brazilian savanna (known as Cerrado) is an upland biome made up
of various vegetation types from herbaceous to arboreal. In this paper, MODIS
remote sensing vegetation greenness from the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and
evapotranspiration (ET) data for the 2000–2012 period were analyzed to understand
the differences in the net primary productivity (NPP-proxy), carbon, and the
evaporative flux of the major Cerrado natural and anthropic landscapes. The
understanding of the carbon and evaporative fluxes of the main natural and
anthropic vegetation types is of fundamental importance in studies regarding the
impacts of land cover and land use changes in the regional and global climate. The
seasonal dynamics of EVI and ET of the main natural and anthropic vegetation types
of the Cerrado biome were analyzed using a total of 35 satellite-based samples
distributed over representative Cerrado landscapes. Carbon and water fluxes were
estimated for different scenarios, such as, a hypothetical unconverted Cerrado,
2002 and 2050 scenarios based on values derived from literature and on the PROBIO
land cover and land use map for the Cerrado. The total growing season biomass for
2002 in the Cerrado region was estimated to be 28gigatons of carbon and the
evapotranspiration was 1336gigatons of water. The mean estimated growing season
evapotranspiration and biomass for 2002 was 576Gt of water and 12Gt of carbon for
pasture and croplands compared to 760Gt of water and 15Gt of carbon for the Cerrado
natural vegetation. In a modeled future scenario for the year 2050, the ET flux
from natural Cerrado vegetation was 394Gt less than in 2002 and 991Gt less than in
an unconverted scenario, with only natural vegetation, while the carbon was 8Gt
less than in 2002 and 21Gt less than in this hypothetical pre-conversion Cerrado.
On the other hand, the sum of the pasture and cropland ET flux increased by 405Gt
in 2050 relative to 2002 and the carbon by 11Gt of carbon. Given the increasing
global demand for agricultural products and the insufficient protected areas in the
Cerrado (with a significant area of remaining native vegetation in privately owned
lands that may be legally deforested), our analyses suggest that potential future
changes to the water and carbon balances are likely to be highly significant in the
severely threatened Cerrado biome. On the other hand, our results also suggest that
the recovery of degraded pastures can have a positive impact on climate, due to the
higher rates of carbon sequestration and water transfer to the atmosphere.},
keywords = {Cerrado
Carbon
Evapotranspiration
Phenology
Land cover and land use},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.02.008},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN1209,
author = {Ardö, Jonas and Tagesson, Torbern and Jamali, Sadegh and Khatir,
Abdelrahman},
title = {MODIS EVI-based net primary production in the Sahel 2000–2014},
journal = {International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and
Geoinformation},
volume = {65},
pages = {35-45},
abstract = {Africa is facing resource problems due to increasing demand combined
with potential climate-induced changes in supply. Here we aim to quantify resources
in terms of net primary production (NPP [gCm−2yr−1]) of vegetation in the Sahel
region for 2000–2014. Using time series of the enhanced vegetation index (EVI) from
MODIS, NPP was estimated for the Sahel region with a 500×500m spatial resolution
and 8-day temporal resolution. The estimates were based on local eddy covariance
flux measurements from six sites in the Sahel region and the carbon use efficiency
originating from a dynamic vegetation model. No significant NPP change was found
for the Sahel as a region but, for sub-regions, significant changes, both
increasing and decreasing, were observed. Substantial uncertainties related to NPP
estimates and the small availability of evaluation data makes verification
difficult. The simplicity of the methodology used, dependent on earth observation
only, is considered an advantage.},
keywords = {Carbon use efficiency
Eddy covariance flux data
Resource assessment},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2017.10.002},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN241,
author = {Ariti, Adenew Taffa and van Vliet, Jasper and Verburg, Peter H.},
title = {Land-use and land-cover changes in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia:
Assessment of perception and adaptation of stakeholders},
volume = {65},
pages = {28-37},
abstract = {Understanding the perception of land-use and land-cover (LULC)
change and the adaptation strategies of different stakeholders is very important
for the development and implementation of appropriate LULC policies. This study
explores the perception and the adaptation strategies followed in response to
undesired LULC changes in two districts of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia,
Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha and Arsi Negele by comparing perceived LULC changes with
observed LULC changes according to the interpretation of remote sensing data.
Between 1973 and 2014, cropland expanded at the expense of all other land-cover
types. The area covered with forest, woodlands, grasslands and water have declined
from 10.0%, 33.0%, 30.0% and 16.0% to 4.4%, 18.3%, 17.2% and 13.4% of the total
study area, respectively, while the area cover for cropland increased from 11.0% to
46.7%. Population growth, drought, social unrest, government change, and land
tenure policy were perceived as the major drivers underlying these changes.
Drought, decline in productivity, loss of wildlife and birds, and land degradation
are the most widely perceived impacts of these LULC changes. Older farmers and
farmers with a higher education have taken more measures to adapt to LULC changes.
Stakeholders have a comprehensive understanding of the LULC change in the study
area but very low adaptive capacity due to lack of financial resources, lack of
information on best practices and lack of technical knowledge.},
keywords = {Land-cover
Remote sensing
Driving factors
Impacts
Land change
Historic land-use},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN341,
author = {Ariti, Adenew Taffa and van Vliet, Jasper and Verburg, Peter H.},
title = {Land-use and land-cover changes in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia:
Assessment of perception and adaptation of stakeholders},
volume = {65},
pages = {28-37},
abstract = {Understanding the perception of land-use and land-cover (LULC)
change and the adaptation strategies of different stakeholders is very important
for the development and implementation of appropriate LULC policies. This study
explores the perception and the adaptation strategies followed in response to
undesired LULC changes in two districts of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia,
Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha and Arsi Negele by comparing perceived LULC changes with
observed LULC changes according to the interpretation of remote sensing data.
Between 1973 and 2014, cropland expanded at the expense of all other land-cover
types. The area covered with forest, woodlands, grasslands and water have declined
from 10.0%, 33.0%, 30.0% and 16.0% to 4.4%, 18.3%, 17.2% and 13.4% of the total
study area, respectively, while the area cover for cropland increased from 11.0% to
46.7%. Population growth, drought, social unrest, government change, and land
tenure policy were perceived as the major drivers underlying these changes.
Drought, decline in productivity, loss of wildlife and birds, and land degradation
are the most widely perceived impacts of these LULC changes. Older farmers and
farmers with a higher education have taken more measures to adapt to LULC changes.
Stakeholders have a comprehensive understanding of the LULC change in the study
area but very low adaptive capacity due to lack of financial resources, lack of
information on best practices and lack of technical knowledge.},
Remote sensing
Driving factors
Impacts
Land change
Historic land-use},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN67,
author = {Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, G. and Daily, Gretchen C. and Pfaff,
Alexander S. P. and Busch, Christopher},
title = {Integrity and isolation of Costa Rica's national parks and biological
reserves: examining the dynamics of land-cover change},
volume = {109},
number = {1},
pages = {123-135},
abstract = {The transformation and degradation of tropical forest is thought to
be the primary driving force in the loss of biodiversity worldwide. Developing
countries are trying to counter act this massive lost of biodiversity by
implementing national parks and biological reserves. Costa Rica is no exception to
this rule. National development strategies in Costa Rica, since the early 1970s,
have involved the creation of several National Parks and Biological Reserves. This
has led to monitoring the integrity of and interactions between these protected
areas. Key questions include: “Are these areas' boundaries respected?”; “Do they
create a functioning network?”; and “Are they effective conservation tools?”. This
paper quantifies deforestation and secondary growth trends within and around
protected areas between 1960 and 1997. We find that inside of national parks and
biological reserves, deforestation rates were negligible. For areas outside of
National Parks and Biological reserves we report that for 1-km buffer zones around
such protected areas, there is a net forest gain for the 1987/1997 time period.
Thus, it appears that to this point the boundaries of protected areas are
respected. However, in the 10-km buffer zones we find significant forest loss for
all study periods. This suggests that increasing isolation of protected areas may
prevent them from functioning as an effective network.},
keywords = {Costa Rica
Tropical deforestation
National parks
Biodiversity conservation},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2003},
}
@article{RN1034,
author = {Aryal, Kishor and Apan, Armando and Maraseni, Tek},
title = {Comparing global and local land cover maps for ecosystem management in
the Himalayas},
volume = {30},
pages = {100952},
abstract = {As a breakthrough in geographical data science, two high-resolution
(10m) global land cover products were published by the Environmental Systems
Research Institute (ESRI) and European Space Agency (ESA). Yet, the accuracy and
applicability of those maps have not been diagnosed in the Himalayas which is
characterized by multifunctional and heterogenous landscapes. We compared the ESA
and ESRI land cover products in terms of classification performance, overall
accuracy, spatial agreement, and applicability in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region
by taking a case of multifunctional landscapes of Nepal. In addition, we generated
a local land cover map in the Google Earth Engine (GEE) environment based on
Sentinel-2 imagery for 2020 and compared it with the ESRI and ESA land cover
products. The overall accuracy of ESRI product was higher (87.3%) than ESA (71.2%)
and GEE-generated (73%) map. Shrubland, grassland and forestland were found to be
the most common source of confusion in land cover mapping for both products. The
spatial agreement (pixel match) of ESA and ESRI products was found to be about 62%
of the landscape area, indicating substantial agreement between both products for
land cover classification. The ESRI product is more reliable in mapping the
Himalayan region. However, we suggest that the global land cover products must be
flexible to further improvement by incorporating local topography, vegetation
phenotype, spatial heterogeneity, and temporal dynamics of landscape and ecosystem
services, particularly in the Himalayas.},
keywords = {Land cover map
ESRI
ESA
Overall accuracy
Himalayas
Landscape planning},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN809,
author = {Auclerc, Apolline and Beaumelle, Léa and Barantal, Sandra and Chauvat,
Matthieu and Cortet, Jérôme and De Almeida, Tania and Dulaurent, Anne-Maïmiti and
Dutoit, Thierry and Joimel, Sophie and Séré, Geoffroy and Blight, Olivier},
title = {Fostering the use of soil invertebrate traits to restore ecosystem
functioning},
volume = {424},
pages = {116019},
abstract = {Ecological engineering of degraded ecosystems often manipulates
plants, with positive outcomes for their restoration or ecosystem services
production. The importance of soil biota for successional plant communities has
prompted consideration of direct inoculation (active) or attraction (passive) of
soil organisms as a relevant restoration strategy. However, few attempts have
manipulated soil invertebrates as part of nature based solutions for ecosystem
restoration, despite their major role in many soil ecological processes and in
plant-soil feedback processes. In addition, while ecological restoration and
ecological engineering approaches successfully incorporate plant traits, soil
invertebrate traits remain underused. Exploiting the functional diversity of soil
communities by adopting a trait-based approach could enhance restoration of soil
chemical, biological and physical properties. Here, we conduct a narrative review
and identify a set of soil invertebrate functional traits with great potential in
ecosystem restoration. We focus on traits related to four main ecological functions
that are often at the core of restoration plans: nutrient cycling and carbon
cycling, pollutant detoxification, soil structure arrangement, and biological
control agent by prey/pest regulation. This paper further proposes guidelines for
stakeholders that need to be addressed to successfully integrate soil organism
traits into ecological engineering. Finally, we highlight main knowledge gaps and
limitations currently impeding the use of soil invertebrate traits in ecological
engineering, and identify avenues for future research. We especially bring out (i)
that few studies still use soil invertebrates in restoration, so even fewer are
based on traits, (ii) a lack of data about soil invertebrate species role in
ecosystems, (iii) a lack of data about attributes from specific traits and groups
in existing soil functional trait databases, (iv) the complex relationships between
functions and traits and (v) that future studies are needed to demonstrate the
benefits of such trait-based approaches compared to approaches relying on
emblematic species.},
keywords = {Ecosystem restoration
Ecological engineering
Trait-based approach
Soil fauna
Soil biodiversity},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116019},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN98,
author = {Augé, Josep Ignasi and Baulies, Xavier},
title = {Electronic conference on land use and land cover change in Europe: The
Electronic Conference on Land Use and Land Cover Change (LUCC) in Europe took
‘virtual’ place from 21 November to 19 December 1997, organized by the LUCC
International Project Office and the Environment and Climate RTD Programme from the
European Commission, Directorate General XII/D},
volume = {15},
number = {3},
pages = {257},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {1998},
}
@article{RN998,
author = {Awoye, O. H. R. and Pollinger, F. and Agbossou, E. K. and Paeth, H.},
title = {Dynamical-statistical projections of the climate change impact on
agricultural production in Benin by means of a cross-validated linear model
combined with Bayesian statistics},
journal = {Agricultural and Forest Meteorology},
volume = {234-235},
pages = {80-94},
abstract = {West Africa is highly vulnerable to climate change and a robust
quantification of the societal impacts of climate change is essential to guide the
necessary adaptation efforts. Here, we project the potential impacts of climate
change on nine important crops using climate change information from a gridded
observational data set and a high-resolution regional climate model driven with and
without land use changes. Probabilistic crop models are developed and forced with
climate predictors until 2050. It is found that large-scale climate predictors are
sufficiently robust for crop modelling in the absence of reliable local climate
information. Pineapple, maize, groundnuts, cassava and cowpeas will face harmful
effects with an average yield reduction in the range of 11%–33% by 2050, whereas
sorghum, yam, cotton and rice will benefit from climate change with an average
yield gain of 10–39%. Temperature increase rather than precipitation change is
responsible for the projected yield changes. Our study also shows that land cover
degradation in West Africa tends to reduce yield for most crops whilst favouring
the production of yam and cotton.},
Climate impacts
Yield variability
Statistical crop modeling
West Africa},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.12.010},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN457,
author = {Azene, Belayneh and Zhu, Renhuan and Pan, Kaiwen and Sun, Xiaoming and
Nigussie, Yalemzewd and Gruba, Piotr and Raza, Ali and Guadie, Awoke and Wu,
Xiaogang and Zhang, Lin},
title = {Land use change alters phosphatase enzyme activity and phosphatase-
harboring microbial abundance in the subalpine ecosystem of southeastern Qinghai-
Tibet Plateau, China},
volume = {153},
pages = {110416},
abstract = {In the presence of limited phosphorus (P) in terrestrial ecosystems,
exploring how land use change (LUC) affects phosphatase enzyme activity and
microbial communities is important for managing soil P, because microorganisms
carry out the majority of P cycling in the soil through producing phosphatase
enzymes. In this study, we explored the impact of LUC on P availability,
phosphatase enzyme, the abundance of phosphatase-encoding genes, and
microorganisms. We collected 168 soil samples at soil depths of 0–20 cm and 20–
40 cm from seven sampling sites, each of which represented by four different land
uses: artificial forests (AF), farmlands (FL), natural forests (NF), and shrubland
(SL). We analyzed phosphatase-encoding genes and microbes from metagenome datasets.
Results indicated that P availability substantially increased following NF to FL
conversion. In contrast, phosphatase enzyme activity significantly decreases when
NF is converted to different land uses, due to the decline of soil organic carbon
(SOC), moisture content (MC) and total nitrogen (TN). We have also detected 13 P
solubilizing and mineralizing genes. The phoD and gcd were the dominant
mineralizing and solubilizing genes, respectively. Farmland had higher gcd gene
abundance, while NF had significantly higher phoD gene abundance. The gcd gene
abundance were mainly governed by pH and total P, whereas pH and available P were
the primary factors controlling phoD gene. MC, SOC and TN regulated other genes
detected in this study. With regard to the dominant gcd-harboring phyla,
Acidobacteria, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Gemmatimonadetes were the
dominant, while Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, and
Candidatus_Rokubacteria were the dominant phoD-harboring phyla. The majority of gcd
and phoD-harboring microorganisms were primarily controlled by pH, available P and
total P. However, some phyla also regulated by MC, SOC, and TN. In general, our
findings suggested that LUC significantly alters phosphatase enzymes and the
abundance of phosphate-encoding genes and microbes. These changes have significant
implications for soil P cycling.},
keywords = {-Encoding gene
-Harboring microbes
Land use change
Phosphatase enzymes},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1292,
author = {Ba, Rui and Song, Weiguo and Lovallo, Michele and Zhang, Hui and
Telesca, Luciano},
title = {Informational analysis of MODIS NDVI and EVI time series of sites
affected and unaffected by wildfires},
journal = {Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications},
volume = {604},
pages = {127911},
abstract = {Vegetation dynamic processes influenced by fires has represented a
scientific topic of great importance because of the environmental impact of fires.
The use of satellites to investigate vegetational trends has become quite common
for the wide coverage and high spatial resolution of satellite images. In this
paper, we study the temporal variability of MODIS Aqua and Terra Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) data
acquired from 2000 to 2020 and covering the area burned by Camp Fire (California)
in 2018. In 2008 other two fires, the BTU Lightning Complex Fire and the Humboldt
Fire burned a large part of the same area. The objective of our study, thus, is the
characterization of the time dynamics of MODIS Aqua and Terra NDVI and EVI series
of sites affected by one and two wildfires by using the Fisher–Shannon (FS) method
that allows to have information about the organization/disorder of the time series
in relationship with the vegetation post-fire recovery process. Our results suggest
that multiple fires cause a decrease of organization and order of NDVI and EVI,
indicating a loss a regularity of their time variation.},
keywords = {Vegetation
Fires
Satellite time series
Fisher–Shannon method},
ISSN = {0378-4371},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2022.127911},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1097,
author = {Ba, Rui and Song, Weiguo and Lovallo, Michele and Zhang, Hui and
Telesca, Luciano},
title = {Informational analysis of MODIS NDVI and EVI time series of sites
affected and unaffected by wildfires},
journal = {Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications},
volume = {604},
pages = {127911},
abstract = {Vegetation dynamic processes influenced by fires has represented a
scientific topic of great importance because of the environmental impact of fires.
The use of satellites to investigate vegetational trends has become quite common
for the wide coverage and high spatial resolution of satellite images. In this
paper, we study the temporal variability of MODIS Aqua and Terra Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) data
acquired from 2000 to 2020 and covering the area burned by Camp Fire (California)
in 2018. In 2008 other two fires, the BTU Lightning Complex Fire and the Humboldt
Fire burned a large part of the same area. The objective of our study, thus, is the
characterization of the time dynamics of MODIS Aqua and Terra NDVI and EVI series
of sites affected by one and two wildfires by using the Fisher–Shannon (FS) method
that allows to have information about the organization/disorder of the time series
in relationship with the vegetation post-fire recovery process. Our results suggest
that multiple fires cause a decrease of organization and order of NDVI and EVI,
indicating a loss a regularity of their time variation.},
keywords = {Vegetation
Fires
Satellite time series
Fisher–Shannon method},
ISSN = {0378-4371},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2022.127911},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1252,
author = {Bagnall, Dianna K. and Rieke, Elizabeth L. and Morgan, Cristine L. S.
and Liptzin, Daniel L. and Cappellazzi, Shannon B. and Honeycutt, C. Wayne},
title = {A minimum suite of soil health indicators for North American
agriculture},
journal = {Soil Security},
volume = {10},
pages = {100084},
abstract = {The concept of soil health is appropriately receiving increased
attention from governments, producers, corporations, and other stakeholders because
of the many functions of soil that support ecosystem services and farm
profitability. With this interest, there is growing need to verify and monitor
changes in soil health that result from how agricultural soil is managed. There are
many indicators of soil health and, although this benefits the scientific
community, it complicates interpretation across studies. The North American Project
to Evaluate Soil Health Measurements (NAPESHM) assessed over 30 available
measurements on 124 long-term agricultural research sites with replicated soil
health treatments and created new pedotransfer functions. This analysis draws on
findings from NAPESHM to identify a minimum suite of effective indicators of soil
health for the North American Continent. The criteria for a minimum suite of
effective indicators are that they (1) primarily reflect soil health rather than
inherent soil properties or fertility, (2) are responsive to agricultural
management practices that exemplify soil health principles, (3) are conducive to
measuring soil health at scale in terms of cost and availability, and (4) are not
redundant with regard to linking different soil functions to ecosystem services.
Many indicators were determined effective for use in soil health studies and based
on this analysis, soil organic C concentration, aggregate stability, and 24 h C
mineralization potential were selected for the minimum suite of indicators. Using
this minimum suite, as few as three laboratory measurements can be made to assess
and track improvement in soil functioning as a result of soil management changes.
These indicators may be supplemented with new pedotransfer functions to also
estimate changes in available water holding capacity. This minimal suite of soil
health measurements is recommended for scaling up soil health assessments across
North America, and possibly beyond.},
keywords = {Soil health
Soil organic C
Aggregate stability
Soil ecosystem service
Cover crops
Reduced tillage},
ISSN = {2667-0062},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100084},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN850,
author = {Bai, Xiaohang and He, Jing and Zhu, Xunzhi},
title = {The trade-offs of ecological functions during community restoration in
Stipa grandis steppe},
journal = {Global Ecology and Conservation},
volume = {42},
pages = {e02385},
abstract = {Stipa grandis steppe as one of the main community types of temperate
grasslands in Northern China plays important roles in livestock production and
ecological security. Current grassland degradation research links climate change
and human activities to soil properties, community traits, and ecosystem functions,
but the relationships of plant traits, diversity and ecosystem function remain
unclear. To achieve sustainable development of temperate grassland ecosystem, there
is a fundamental need to explore the current situations of Stipa grandis steppe and
the trade-offs of ecological functions during restoration. We conducted experiments
on 120 Stipa grandis community plots (5 m × 5 m) at different restoration stages
based on field investigation in Inner Mongolia, China. The relationships of plant
traits, diversity, plant organic carbon storage and soil organic carbon storage are
analyzed, and the trade-offs of related ecological functions during grassland
restoration are explored. The results show that (1) Enclosure effectively promotes
plant organic carbon storage, specific leaf area, specific root length, and soil
organic carbon concentration of Stipa grandis. (2) Compared with A1 stage (heavy
grazing with 1.8–2.7 sheep ha-1 half year-1), enclosure effectively promotes
species diversity and functional diversity of Stipa grandis community. (3) Soil
carbon storage shows a significant positively correlation with functional diversity
in the early stage of grassland restoration, and a significant positively
correlation with species diversity in the late stage of grassland restoration. (4)
B2 stage (enclosure lasting 8–14 years) has higher function trade-offs and lower
functional benefits, which is the critical stage for plant diversity and soil
organic carbon storage. Our findings highlight plant traits and community function
of Stipa grandis steppe during restoration, which provide scientific basis
necessary to promote grassland sustainability and restoration in similar areas.},
keywords = {Grassland restoration
Trade-offs
Enclosure
Diversity
Ecosystem function},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN560,
author = {Bakhshandeh, Esmaeil and Zeraatpisheh, Mojtaba and Soleimani, Azam and
Francaviglia, Rosa},
title = {Land use conversion, climate change and soil organic carbon: Modeling a
citrus garden chronosequence in Northern Iran},
journal = {Geoderma Regional},
volume = {30},
pages = {e00559},
abstract = {After forest clearing and shift to high-production agriculture, land
use conversion significantly impacts soil quality and reduces soil organic carbon
(SOC) stocks. In Mazandaran province (Northern Iran), significant deforestation has
occurred for many decades, and citrus orchards represent the major source of income
for local farmers. Therefore, the RothC model was used to evaluate the changes in
SOC stocks and the effects of climate change (CC) on SOC stocks after the
conversion of a natural forest to citrus gardens (CG) of different ages, namely
≤10 years old (CG ≤ 10), 11–15 years old (CG15) and 16–20 years old (CG20). We also
investigated two General Circulation Models (MPI ESM-LR and MIROC-ESM-CHEM) and two
CO2 Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) on SOC stocks for a
period of 30 years. Under CC conditions (2019–2048), SOC stocks increased in both
emission scenarios in the natural forest (0.13–0.16 Mg C ha−1 yr−1) with the MPI
ESM-LR model, but in citrus gardens, the increase was lower (0.10–0.11 Mg C
ha−1 yr−1). Conversely, with the MIROC-ESM-CHEM model, SOC stocks decreased in both
land covers. However, the decrease was higher in the natural forest (0.24 Mg C
ha−1 yr−1) compared with the citrus gardens (0.11 Mg C ha−1 yr−1) under the high
emission scenario. The study also allows identifying possible future strategies for
better management of citrus gardens in this region from a climate change
perspective.},
keywords = {Alfisols
Citrus orchards
Climate change scenarios
Forest conversion
RothC model
Soil organic carbon prediction},
ISSN = {2352-0094},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2022.e00559},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN942,
author = {Ballard, Katherine and Bone, Christopher},
title = {Exploring spatially varying relationships between Lyme disease and land
cover with geographically weighted regression},
volume = {127},
pages = {102383},
abstract = {Understanding environmental variables responsible for the spatial
distribution of Lyme disease is essential for determining disease risk and
directing control and prevention efforts. This study provides a novel application
of geographically weighted regression to explore how the relationship between Lyme
disease and land cover varies across the Midwest and Northeast regions of the
United States. Results revealed that specific land cover types, namely deciduous
forest, evergreen forest and agricultural land, are significant explanatory
variables for predicting the location of Lyme disease incidence. However, contrary
to previous studies, we show how these relationships vary within each region. The
results from this study are important for informing Lyme disease mitigation efforts
that have typically treated Lyme disease and land cover relationships as spatially
static across this region. As such, we recommend that Lyme disease mitigation
efforts not associate a high risk of Lyme disease with specific land cover types
without understanding the larger geographic context influencing the presence and
spread of the disease.},
keywords = {Lyme disease
Land cover
Geographically weighted regression
Spatial variability
Spatial autocorrelation
GWR
Epidemiology},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102383},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1163,
author = {Baloloy, Alvin B. and Blanco, Ariel C. and Sta. Ana, Raymund Rhommel
C. and Nadaoka, Kazuo},
title = {Development and application of a new mangrove vegetation index (MVI)
for rapid and accurate mangrove mapping},
volume = {166},
pages = {95-117},
abstract = {Advancement in Remote Sensing allows rapid mangrove mapping without
the need for data-intensive methodologies, complex classifiers, and skill-dependent
classification techniques. This study proposes a new index, the Mangrove Vegetation
Index (MVI), to rapidly and accurately map mangroves extent from remotely-sensed
imageries. The MVI utilizes three Sentinel-2 bands green, Near Infrared (NIR) and
Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) in the form |NIR-Green|/|SWIR-Green| to discriminate the
distinct greenness and moisture of mangroves from terrestrial vegetation and other
land cover. Spectral band analysis shows that the |NIR-Green| part of MVI captures
the differences of greenness between mangrove forests and terrestrial vegetation.
The |SWIR-Green| part of the index expresses the distinct moisture of mangroves
without the need for additional intertidal data and water indices. The MVI value
increases with the increasing probability of a pixel being classified as mangroves.
Eleven mangrove forests in the Philippines and one mangrove park in Japan were then
mapped using MVI. Accuracy assessment was done using field inventory data and high-
resolution drone orthophotos. MVI have successfully separated the mangroves from
other cover especially terrestrial vegetation, with an overall index accuracy of
92%. The MVI was applied to Landsat 8 images using the equivalent bands to test the
universality of the index. Comparable MVI mangrove maps were produced between
Sentinel-2 and Landsat images, with an optimal minimum threshold of 4.5 and 4.6,
respectively. MVI can effectively highlight the greenness and moisture information
in mangroves as reflected by its moderate to high correlation value (r = 0.63 and
0.84, α = 0.05) with the Sentinel-derived chlorophyll-a (Ca) and canopy water (Cw)
biophysical products. This study developed and implemented two automated platforms:
an offline IDL-based ‘MVI Mapper’ and an online Google Earth Engine-based MVI
mapping interface. The MVI implemented in Google Earth Engine was used in
generating the latest mangrove extent map of the Philippines. Additionally, the
application of MVI were tested to four additional mangrove forests in Southeast
Asia: Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia; and to selected mangroves forests
in South America, Africa and Australia.},
keywords = {Mangrove index
Mangrove extent
Sentinel-2
Landsat
Vegetation mapping
Philippines},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN31,
author = {Barati, Ali Akbar and Zhoolideh, Milad and Azadi, Hossein and Lee, Ju-
Hyoung and Scheffran, Jürgen},
title = {Interactions of land-use cover and climate change at global level: How
to mitigate the environmental risks and warming effects},
volume = {146},
pages = {109829},
abstract = {Humanity deals with several challenges in this century such as
climate change, land use, and land use/cover change (LUCC). Determining the
patterns, developments, and consequences of LUCC issues for the livelihoods of
people, especially poor people, is very important. Therefore, this paper aims to
investigate the interactions between LUCC and climate change over the period of
1966–2015 (50 years) as a complex system at the global level. CO2 emissions and
surface temperature are considered as the main indicators of climate change (CC).
The data were analyzed in time-oriented (time-based) and local or place-oriented
(country-based) manners. The results showed that arable and rangeland use changes
(LUC) affect CO2 emissions in both direct and indirect ways. However, the direct
effect of rangeland use change is positive, and its indirect effect is negative. In
addition, deforestation has increased CO2 emissions indirectly. LUCC can also
change the ability of the ecosystem to deliver services to people, including
biodiversity and other resources such as food, fiber, water, etc. Therefore, it is
critical to determine the patterns, trends, and impacts of LUCC on CC. Thus, CC
mitigation policies should be followed by considering both direct and indirect
effects. Without a doubt, this will be realized when the decision and policymakers
have a better understanding of the structure and interaction between CC, LUCC, and
their components as a whole system.},
keywords = {Land-use policy
Global climate change
Environmental degradation
CO emission
Temperature changes},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN893,
author = {Bashir, Abid and Manzoor, Malik Muzafar and Ahmad, Tanveer and Farooq,
Sadaqat and Sultan, Phalisteen and Gupta, Ajai P. and Riyaz-Ul-Hassan, Syed},
title = {Endophytic fungal community of Rosa damascena Mill. as a promising
source of indigenous biostimulants: Elucidating its spatial distribution, chemical
diversity, and ecological functions},
journal = {Microbiological Research},
volume = {276},
pages = {127479},
abstract = {The role of endophytes in maintaining healthy plant ecosystems and
holding promise for agriculture and food security is deeply appreciated. In the
current study, we determine the community structure, spatial distribution, chemical
diversity, and ecological functions of fungal endophytes of Rosa damascena growing
in the North-Western Himalayas. Culture-dependent methods revealed that R.
damascena supported a rich endophyte diversity comprising 32 genera and 68 OTUs.
The diversity was governed by climate, altitude, and tissue type. Species of
Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Penicillium, and Diaporthe were the core endophytes of
the host plant consisting of 48.8% of the endophytes collectively. The predominant
pathogen of the host was Alternaria spp., especially A. alternata. GC-MS analyses
affirmed the production of diverse arrays of volatile organic compounds (VOC) by
individual endophytes. Among the primary rose oil components, Diaporthe melonis
RDE257, and Periconia verrucosa RDE85 produced phenyl ethyl alcohol (PEA) and
benzyl alcohol (BA). The endophytes displayed varied levels of plant growth-
promoting, colonization, and anti-pathogenic traits. Between the selected
endophytes, P. verrucosa and D. melonis significantly potentiated plant growth and
the flavonoids and chlorophyll content in the host. The potential of these two
endophytes and their metabolites PEA and BA was confirmed on Nicotiana tabacum. The
treatments of the metabolites and individual endophytes enhanced the growth
parameters in the model plant significantly. The results imply that P. verrucosa
and D. melonis are potential plant growth enhancers and their activity may be
partially due to the production of PEA and BA. Thus, R. damascena harbors diverse
endophytes with potential applications in disease suppression and host growth
promotion. Further investigations at the molecular level are warranted to develop
green endophytic agents for sustainable cultivation of R. damascena and biocontrol
of leaf spot disease.},
keywords = {Rose
Himalayas
Phenyl ethyl alcohol
Benzyl alcohol
Biocontrol},
ISSN = {0944-5013},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2023.127479},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1089,
author = {Basse, Reine Maria and Omrani, Hichem and Charif, Omar and Gerber,
Philippe and Bódis, Katalin},
title = {Land use changes modelling using advanced methods: Cellular automata
and artificial neural networks. The spatial and explicit representation of land
cover dynamics at the cross-border region scale},
volume = {53},
pages = {160-171},
abstract = {Identifying and evaluating the driving forces that are behind land
use and land cover changes remains one of the most difficult exercises that
geographers and environmental scientists must continually address. The difficulty
emerges from the fact that in land use and land cover systems, multiple actions and
interactions between different factors (e.g., economic, political, environmental,
biophysical, institutional, and cultural) come into play and make it difficult to
understand how the processes behind the changes function. Using advanced methods,
such as Cellular Automata (CA) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), the results
highlight that these tools are adequate in formalising knowledge regarding land use
systems in cross-border regions. Moreover, because modelling land use changes using
big data is gaining increasing popularity, ANN techniques could contribute to
improving the calibration of cellular automata-based land use models.},
keywords = {Land use
Big data
Cellular automata
Artificial neural networks
GIS},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN734,
author = {Bastin, L. and Buchanan, G. and Beresford, A. and Pekel, J. F. and
Dubois, G.},
title = {Open-source mapping and services for Web-based land-cover validation},
volume = {14},
pages = {9-16},
abstract = {Monitoring land-cover changes on sites of conservation importance
allows environmental problems to be detected, solutions to be developed and the
effectiveness of actions to be assessed. However, the remoteness of many sites or a
lack of resources means these data are frequently not available. Remote sensing may
provide a solution, but large-scale mapping and change detection may not be
appropriate, necessitating site-level assessments. These need to be easy to
undertake, rapid and cheap. We present an example of a Web-based solution based on
free and open-source software and standards (including PostGIS, OpenLayers, Web Map
Services, Web Feature Services and GeoServer) to support assessments of land-cover
change (and validation of global land-cover maps). Authorised users are provided
with means to assess land-cover visually and may optionally provide uncertainty
information at various levels: from a general rating of their confidence in an
assessment to a quantification of the proportions of land-cover types within a
reference area. Versions of this tool have been developed for the TREES-3
initiative (Simonetti et al., 2011). This monitors tropical land-cover change
through ground-truthing at latitude/longitude degree confluence points, and for
monitoring of change within and around Important Bird Areas (IBAs) by Birdlife
International and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). In this
paper we present results from the second of these applications. We also present
further details on the potential use of the land-cover change assessment tool on
sites of recognised conservation importance, in combination with NDVI and other
time series data from the eStation (a system for receiving, processing and
disseminating environmental data). We show how the tool can be used to increase the
usability of Earth observation data by local stakeholders and experts, and assist
in evaluating the impact of protection regimes on land-cover change.},
Conservation monitoring
Web Map Services
Protected areas
Open standards
Habitat},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN634,
author = {Bastin, L. and Buchanan, G. and Beresford, A. and Pekel, J. F. and
Dubois, G.},
title = {Open-source mapping and services for Web-based land-cover validation},
volume = {14},
pages = {9-16},
abstract = {Monitoring land-cover changes on sites of conservation importance
allows environmental problems to be detected, solutions to be developed and the
effectiveness of actions to be assessed. However, the remoteness of many sites or a
lack of resources means these data are frequently not available. Remote sensing may
provide a solution, but large-scale mapping and change detection may not be
appropriate, necessitating site-level assessments. These need to be easy to
undertake, rapid and cheap. We present an example of a Web-based solution based on
free and open-source software and standards (including PostGIS, OpenLayers, Web Map
Services, Web Feature Services and GeoServer) to support assessments of land-cover
change (and validation of global land-cover maps). Authorised users are provided
with means to assess land-cover visually and may optionally provide uncertainty
information at various levels: from a general rating of their confidence in an
assessment to a quantification of the proportions of land-cover types within a
reference area. Versions of this tool have been developed for the TREES-3
initiative (Simonetti et al., 2011). This monitors tropical land-cover change
through ground-truthing at latitude/longitude degree confluence points, and for
monitoring of change within and around Important Bird Areas (IBAs) by Birdlife
International and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). In this
paper we present results from the second of these applications. We also present
further details on the potential use of the land-cover change assessment tool on
sites of recognised conservation importance, in combination with NDVI and other
time series data from the eStation (a system for receiving, processing and
disseminating environmental data). We show how the tool can be used to increase the
usability of Earth observation data by local stakeholders and experts, and assist
in evaluating the impact of protection regimes on land-cover change.},
Conservation monitoring
Web Map Services
Protected areas
Open standards
Habitat},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN486,
author = {Baum, Christel and Amm, Thomas and Kahle, Petra and Weih, Martin},
title = {Fertilization effects on soil ecology strongly depend on the genotype
in a willow (Salix spp.) plantation},
journal = {Forest Ecology and Management},
volume = {466},
pages = {118126},
abstract = {Willows (Salix spp.) grown in short rotation coppice (SRC) for
biomass production offer diverse soil ecological benefits, however fertilization
might interfere these impacts. To specify the significance of demand-based
fertilization (NPK 21:3:10) on genotype-specific soil ecological impacts, the upper
topsoil (0–10 cm soil depth) under six willow genotypes was tested. Activities of
dehydrogenases as indicator of soil microbial activity, the concentration of
glomalin-related proteins (GRSP), as an indicator of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal
biomass, soil organic carbon (SOC) stock, content of plant-available phosphorus
(P), and the soil aggregate stability were investigated in a Vertic Cambisol in
central Sweden after a growth period of 17 years in 3-year cutting cycles.
Significantly higher microbial activity in the soil after fertilization was
restricted to two genotypes (‘Tora’ and ‘Tordis’) out of six. Generally, the
abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi indicated by GRSP was increased after
fertilization, however significantly only under the genotypes ‘Jorr’ and ‘Loden’.
Non-fertilized genotype ‘Jorr’ was most effective to increase the soil SOC stock in
0–10 cm soil depth from initially 14 Mg ha−1 in 2001 to 31 Mg ha−1 in 2018. Under
the genotype ‘Tora’ the highest and under ‘Jorr’ the lowest P plant-availability
was revealed in the fertilized treatment. Site-specifically the aggregate-stability
of soil was generally high without any significant effects of willow genotype or
fertilization. We conclude that, from a soil ecological perspective, the genotype
‘Jorr’ is most promising at non-fertilized sites whilst ‘Tora’ and ‘Tordis’ are
most promising for fertilized sites. In that context, the genotype ‘Gudrun’ was the
least promising, independent of fertilization. Our results indicate large genotype-
specific effects that might exceed the impact of demand-based fertilization on the
soil ecological value of willow genotypes grown in SRC, suggesting that a genotype-
specific response on fertilization should be considered.},
keywords = {Soil organic carbon
Aggregate stability
Dehydrogenase activity
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Phosphorus},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118126},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN20,
author = {Bawa, Ranjit and Dwivedi, Puneet and Hoghooghi, Nahal and Kalin, Latif
and Huang, Yu-Kai},
title = {Designing Watersheds for Integrated Development (DWID): Combining
hydrological and economic modeling for optimizing land use change to meet water
quality regulations},
journal = {Water Resources and Economics},
volume = {41},
pages = {100209},
abstract = {By combining information on nutrient output from the Soil & Water
Assessment Tool (SWAT) and secondary data on local profits from different crop
types, we devise a profit maximization problem subject to dynamic water quality
constraints, which become gradually more restrictive over time. The solution aims
to detect the optimal allocation of land parcels by crop type that maximizes the
total net present value of landowner profits throughout the watershed. Over a nine-
year time span, our model construct is applied to the Little River Experimental
Watershed (LREW) in South Georgia. Water quality constraints involve the landowner
adhering to specific permittable limits on numeric nutrient criteria recorded at
the watershed outlet under various scenarios, including i) NO3–N constraints, ii)
total phosphorus (P) constraints, and iii) concurrent NO3–N and P constraints. In
the most extreme case, a reduction in aggregate profits of $24.1 million and $8.1
million was observed for combined NO3– N and P constraints relative to commensurate
solo constraints on NO3–N and P, respectively. The Designing Watersheds for
Integrated Development (DWID) model could support policymaking for ascertaining
trade-offs between economics and water quality channelized through direct and
indirect land use change considering environmental regulations in Georgia and
beyond.},
keywords = {Land cover
Agriculture
Forestry
Landowners
Numeric nutrient criteria
Watershed management},
ISSN = {2212-4284},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2022.100209},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN936,
author = {Beazley, Karen F. and Hum, Jessica D. and Lemieux, Christopher J.},
title = {Enabling a National Program for Ecological Corridors in Canada in
support of biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, and Indigenous
leadership},
volume = {286},
pages = {110286},
abstract = {Identification and protection of important areas to improve
connectivity in support of biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation,
and Indigenous Rights has been a key aspect in the Convention on Biological
Diversity's policymaking for over two decades. Target 3 of the recently adopted
Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework reiterated this need, calling on
nations to conserve 30 % of terrestrial and marine areas by 2030 through “well-
connected” and equitably governed systems of protected and conserved areas, among
other considerations. In response to this call, Canada has initiated and amplified
a new National Program for Ecological Corridors to enable collaborative efforts to
protect and restore ecological connectivity across the country. Using multiple
methods, including a literature review and a combination of interviews and
workshops with conservation stakeholders, seven enabling conditions to support the
effective and equitable implementation of the program were identified. These
enabling conditions encompass respectful and meaningful engagement of and inclusion
of Indigenous Peoples; establishing high-level commitment and vision, consistent
with international and national biodiversity conservation and climate change
commitments, supported by predictable, sustained funding and enabling legislation;
and developing an appropriately scaled national corridor vision and supporting
criteria and indicators to effectively monitor and communicate outcomes for
biodiversity and people. Supporting mechanisms and strategies are detailed that can
be used to effectively enable a national corridor program in Canada, providing
early lessons learned and next steps for consideration by the wider global
conservation community who are also striving to meet their own biodiversity and
climate change adaptation goals.},
keywords = {Ecological corridor
Connectivity
Linkage
Network
Protected and conserved areas
National program},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1090,
author = {Belay, Tatek and Melese, Tadele and Senamaw, Abebe},
title = {Impacts of land use and land cover change on ecosystem service values
in the Afroalpine area of Guna Mountain, Northwest Ethiopia},
journal = {Heliyon},
volume = {8},
number = {12},
pages = {e12246},
abstract = {Ecosystem service changes caused by land use and land cover change
(LULCC) is an important indictor and early warning of ecological changes. However,
few attempts have been made to evaluate the effects of LULCC on ecosystem services
in the Afroalpine highlands of Northwestern Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed
to analyze the impacts of LULCC on ecosystem services values in the afro-alpine
area of Guna Mountain, Northwestern Ethiopia. Image classification was carried out
using Landsat imageries of 1995, 2008, and 2020 following Random Forest algorithm
with Google Earth Engine(GEE) based on ﬁltered sample points. A modified benefit
transfer method was used to evaluate ecosystem service value (ESV) changes in
response to LULCC. The results revealed that the most notable feature of LULCC in
the afro-alpine area of Guna Mountain was the expansion of cropland and built-up
areas at the expense of grassland, forest, and shrubland. The overall ESV of the
study site was estimated at USD 46.97 × 106 in 1995, USD 36.77 × 106 in 2008, and
USD 37.19 × 106 in 2020. The net ESVs of the study site declined by USD 9.78 × 106
between 1995 and 2020. The regulating service values accounted for the greatest
share, accounting for over 42% in all periods, followed by provisioning and
supporting service values, which accounted for over 29% and 13%, respectively,
while cultural services accounted for the smallest amount of the total ESV. The
ecosystem service value of food production experienced the highest increase.
However, the values of the remaining 16 types of ecosystem services declined with
varying degrees of reduction over the study periods. The results of this study is
necessary for land-use planners and decision-makers who require site-specific
information on impacts of LULCC on ecosystem service.},
keywords = {Ecosystem service value
Google earth engine
Guna mountain
Land use land cover},
ISSN = {2405-8440},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12246},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN170,
author = {Bennour, Ali and Jia, Li and Menenti, Massimo and Zheng, Chaolei and
Zeng, Yelong and Barnieh, Beatrice Asenso and Jiang, Min},
title = {Assessing impacts of climate variability and land use/land cover change
on the water balance components in the Sahel using Earth observations and
hydrological modelling},
volume = {47},
pages = {101370},
abstract = {Study region Senegal river (SRB), Niger river (NRB), and Lake Chad
basins (LCB). Study focus We investigated the impacts of land use/land cover change
(LULC) and climate variability on the water balance components from 1990 to 2020.
We applied the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) coupled with remote sensing
retrievals of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) and surface soil moisture (SSM). To
separate the impacts of the two aforementioned factors, two numerical experiments
were designed: (i) climate variability effects by applying frozen LULC while
changing the climate; (ii) LULC change impacts by applying frozen climate while
changing LULC. New hydrological insights for the region Overall, at the basin
level, the results indicated that climate variability had the dominant role in
increasing groundwater recharge, surface runoff, groundwater return flow and
lateral flow in LCB and SRB. These increases triggered the recovery of lake area
and higher water table in LCB and increased in SRB streamflow, while water scarcity
increased in NRB. In contrast, the separate effect of LULC change, specifically
natural vegetation expansion, increased actual ET and decreased the surface runoff,
which could be a reason for lake area depletion in LCB and decreasing SRB and NRB
streamflow. At the sub-basin level, LULC change, i.e. a gain in cropland and urban
areas at the expense of forests in some sub-basins in NRB, led to a local increase
in surface runoff. This implies a better redistribution of water in downstream and
compensates the deficit in surface runoff caused by natural vegetation expansion in
some other catchments. These changes, simultaneously with high intensity and long-
duration precipitation, may increase the likelihood of inundation in some small
catchments in the Niger river basin. These outcomes give useful hydrological
insights into water and land management by emphasizing the crucial role of water
recycling.},
keywords = {African Sahel
SWAT model
Remote sensing
ETMonitor
Soil moisture
LULC change
Climate variability},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101370},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1202,
author = {Berberoglu, S. and Lloyd, C. D. and Atkinson, P. M. and Curran, P.
J.},
title = {The integration of spectral and textural information using neural
networks for land cover mapping in the Mediterranean},
journal = {Computers & Geosciences},
volume = {26},
number = {4},
pages = {385-396},
abstract = {The aim of this study was to develop an efficient and accurate
procedure for classifying Mediterranean land cover with remotely sensed data.
Combinations of artificial neural networks (ANN) and texture analysis on a per-
field basis were used to classify a Landsat Thematic Mapper image of the Cukurova
Deltas, Turkey, into eight land cover classes. This study integrated spectral
information with measures of texture, in the form of the variance and the
variogram. The accuracy of the ANN was greater than that of maximum likelihood (ML)
when using spectral data alone and when using spectral and textural data. The use
of texture measures through the per-pixel and per-field majority rule approaches
were found to reduce classification accuracy because the field boundaries were
enlarged and so overwhelmed the measures of texture. In contrast, the per-field
approach (where the field was specified prior to analysis) combined with texture
information increased significantly classification accuracy. However, the accuracy
decreased as the variogram lag increased. The accuracy with which land cover could
be classified in this region was maximised at 89% by using a per-field, ANN
approach in which semivariance at a lag of 1 pixel was incorporated as textural
information. This is 15% greater than the accuracy achieved using a standard per-
pixel ML classification. The primary limitation of the use of the per-field
approach was noted to be the need for prior knowledge of field boundaries which may
be resolved using existing data or through some form of edge-detection routine.},
keywords = {Per-field classification
Variogram
Artificial neural network},
ISSN = {0098-3004},
year = {2000},
}
@article{RN1233,
author = {Berger, Andrés and Ettlin, Guillermo and Quincke, Christopher and
Rodríguez-Bocca, Pablo},
title = {Predicting the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) by
training a crop growth model with historical data},
journal = {Computers and Electronics in Agriculture},
volume = {161},
pages = {305-311},
abstract = {Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is an important remote
measurement in agriculture because it has a high correlation with crop growth and
yield result. In this paper, we present a methodology to predict the NDVI by
training a crop growth model with historical data. Although we use a very simple
soybean growth model, the methodology could be extended to other crops and more
complex models. The training process is an optimization problem, that is solved
using the spectral projected gradient method. The quality of the prediction is
measured by computing the Root-Mean-Square Error (RMSE) between predicted and true
values, obtaining an error lower than 9%, which improves the results obtained by
simple forecast techniques used as baseline estimators.},
keywords = {Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
Predictive analysis
Optimization},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2018.04.028},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN563,
author = {Berihun, Mulatu Liyew and Tsunekawa, Atsushi and Haregeweyn, Nigussie
and Meshesha, Derege Tsegaye and Adgo, Enyew and Tsubo, Mitsuru and Masunaga,
Tsugiyuki and Fenta, Ayele Almaw and Sultan, Dagnenet and Yibeltal, Mesenbet},
title = {Exploring land use/land cover changes, drivers and their implications
in contrasting agro-ecological environments of Ethiopia},
volume = {87},
pages = {104052},
abstract = {This study examined the trends, driving factors, and implications of
land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics over the past 35 years (1982–2017) in three
watersheds of the drought-prone areas that represent different agro-ecologies of
Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia: Guder (highland), Aba Gerima (midland), and
Debatie (lowland). The changes in LULC were analyzed by integrating field
observations, remote-sensing data (aerial photographs [1: 50,000 scale] and very
high resolution [0.5–3.2 m] satellite images), and geographic information systems.
The drivers of LULC were explored using key informant interviews and relevant
literature reviews. The implications of LULC change on soil erosion and surface
runoff responses were also evaluated. A minimum of four and maximum of six LULC
classes were identified in each watershed over the study period. The study revealed
that forest land was the dominant LULC class accounting for 40.9% and 32.0% in
Guder and Aba Gerima, respectively in 1982. While in the same period, bush land
(36.6%) was the dominant LULC class in Debatie watershed. From 1982 to 2016/2017,
forest land, bush land, and grazing land respectively decreased by about 70%, 50%,
and 27% in Guder; 65%, 49%, and 63% in Aba Gerima; and 63%, 59%, and 38% in
Debatie. During the same period, cultivated land increased by approximately 40%,
129%, and 704% in Guder, Aba Gerima and Debatie, respectively. In contrast, between
2012 and 2017, plantation cover increased by about 400% in the Guder, mainly at the
expense of cultivated land, which decreased by 40% for the same period. Population
growth and associated changes in the farming practices were the major driving
forces for the observed LULC changes in the study watersheds. The traditionally
deleterious impacts of human activities on the environment have been recently
reversed at an unprecedented rate, particularly at Guder and to a lesser extent at
Aba Gerima, following the shift from the traditional annual cropping to more
economically attractive tree-based farming practices such as Acacia decurrens
plantation in Guder and khat (Catha edulis) cultivation in Aba Gerima. The
continued expansion of cultivated land combined with population growth positively
linked to the increase of gully erosion and surface runoff potential in the study
watersheds particularly, in Aba Gerima and Debatie watersheds. The Upper Blue Nile
basin is currently experiencing both positive and negative socio-economic and
environmental consequences of LULC dynamics. Hence, the present study can help form
a basis for the appropriate development of land management policies and strategies
in this and other basins experiencing similar problems.},
keywords = {Drought-prone
Agro-ecologies
Geographical information system
Upper Blue Nile basin
Farming practices},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104052},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN724,
author = {Bessah, Enoch and Raji, Abdulganiy O. and Taiwo, Olalekan J. and
Agodzo, Sampson K. and Ololade, Olusola O. and Strapasson, Alexandre},
title = {Hydrological responses to climate and land use changes: The paradox of
regional and local climate effect in the Pra River Basin of Ghana},
volume = {27},
pages = {100654},
abstract = {Study Region Pra River Basin, Ghana. Study Focus The study modelled
the changes in water yield using regional, sub-regional and local climate
conditions from modelling outputs at spatial resolutions of 44 km, 12 km and 0.002
km respectively to drive the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-
offs model at three time periods of land use land cover (LULC). Changes in
historical water yield (simulated for 1986, 2002 & 2018 LULC using the mean
climatic parameters from 1981-2010) and future scenario (simulated for 2018 LULC
using the mean climatic parameters from 2020-2049) for annual, seasonal and monthly
periods were assessed. New Hydrological Insights for the Region The results show
that future annual water yield could change by -46%, -48%, +44% and -35% under the
regional, sub-regional, local and ensemble mean of the climate scenarios
respectively. Seasonal water yield from the ensemble mean of the future climate
scenario was projected to decrease between 2-16 mm, with a mean decrease of 33.39%
during the December–February season. There was no directional effect of spatial
resolution on water yield. The future period could be impacted by both drought and
flood. We recommend that re/afforestation should be encouraged to improve
infiltration and reduce deforestation which was 2.27% per annum in the assessed
period to prevent flood causing runoffs, while irrigation technology will help to
improve resilience to drought.},
InVEST model
Land use land cover change
Pra River Basin
Regional climate models
SDSM-DC
water yield},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN624,
author = {Bessah, Enoch and Raji, Abdulganiy O. and Taiwo, Olalekan J. and
Agodzo, Sampson K. and Ololade, Olusola O. and Strapasson, Alexandre},
title = {Hydrological responses to climate and land use changes: The paradox of
regional and local climate effect in the Pra River Basin of Ghana},
volume = {27},
pages = {100654},
abstract = {Study Region Pra River Basin, Ghana. Study Focus The study modelled
the changes in water yield using regional, sub-regional and local climate
conditions from modelling outputs at spatial resolutions of 44 km, 12 km and 0.002
km respectively to drive the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-
offs model at three time periods of land use land cover (LULC). Changes in
historical water yield (simulated for 1986, 2002 & 2018 LULC using the mean
climatic parameters from 1981-2010) and future scenario (simulated for 2018 LULC
using the mean climatic parameters from 2020-2049) for annual, seasonal and monthly
periods were assessed. New Hydrological Insights for the Region The results show
that future annual water yield could change by -46%, -48%, +44% and -35% under the
regional, sub-regional, local and ensemble mean of the climate scenarios
respectively. Seasonal water yield from the ensemble mean of the future climate
scenario was projected to decrease between 2-16 mm, with a mean decrease of 33.39%
during the December–February season. There was no directional effect of spatial
resolution on water yield. The future period could be impacted by both drought and
flood. We recommend that re/afforestation should be encouraged to improve
infiltration and reduce deforestation which was 2.27% per annum in the assessed
period to prevent flood causing runoffs, while irrigation technology will help to
improve resilience to drought.},
InVEST model
Pra River Basin
Regional climate models
SDSM-DC
water yield},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN239,
author = {Beuchle, René and Grecchi, Rosana Cristina and Shimabukuro, Yosio
Edemir and Seliger, Roman and Eva, Hugh Douglas and Sano, Edson and Achard,
Frédéric},
title = {Land cover changes in the Brazilian Cerrado and Caatinga biomes from
1990 to 2010 based on a systematic remote sensing sampling approach},
volume = {58},
pages = {116-127},
abstract = {The main objective of our study was to provide consistent
information on land cover changes between the years 1990 and 2010 for the Cerrado
and Caatinga Brazilian seasonal biomes. These areas have been overlooked in terms
of land cover change assessment if compared with efforts in monitoring the Amazon
rain forest. For each of the target years (1990, 2000 and 2010) land cover
information was obtained through an object-based classification approach for 243
sample units (10 km × 10 km size), using (E)TM Landsat images systematically
located at each full degree confluence of latitude and longitude. The images were
automatically pre-processed, segmented and labelled according to the following
legend: Tree Cover (TC), Tree Cover Mosaic (TCM), Other Wooded Land (OWL), Other
Land Cover (OLC) and Water (W). Our results indicate the Cerrado and Caatinga
biomes lost (gross loss) respectively 265,595 km2 and 89,656 km2 of natural
vegetation (TC + OWL) between 1990 and 2010. In the same period, these areas also
experienced gain of TC and OWL. By 2010, the percentage of natural vegetation cover
remaining in the Cerrado was 47% and in the Caatinga 63%. The annual (net) rate of
natural vegetation cover loss in the Cerrado slowed down from −0.79% yr−1
to −0.44% yr−1 from the 1990s to the 2000s, while in the Caatinga for the same
periods the rate increased from −0.19% yr−1 to −0.44% yr−1. In summary, these
Brazilian biomes experienced both loss and gains of Tree Cover and Other Wooded
Land; however a continued net loss of natural vegetation was observed for both
biomes between 1990 and 2010. The average annual rate of change in this period was
higher in the Cerrado (−0.6% yr−1) than in the Caatinga (−0.3% yr−1).},
Remote sensing
Sampling approach
Deforestation
Cerrado
Caatinga},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN339,
author = {Beuchle, René and Grecchi, Rosana Cristina and Shimabukuro, Yosio
Edemir and Seliger, Roman and Eva, Hugh Douglas and Sano, Edson and Achard,
Frédéric},
title = {Land cover changes in the Brazilian Cerrado and Caatinga biomes from
1990 to 2010 based on a systematic remote sensing sampling approach},
volume = {58},
pages = {116-127},
abstract = {The main objective of our study was to provide consistent
information on land cover changes between the years 1990 and 2010 for the Cerrado
and Caatinga Brazilian seasonal biomes. These areas have been overlooked in terms
of land cover change assessment if compared with efforts in monitoring the Amazon
rain forest. For each of the target years (1990, 2000 and 2010) land cover
information was obtained through an object-based classification approach for 243
sample units (10 km × 10 km size), using (E)TM Landsat images systematically
located at each full degree confluence of latitude and longitude. The images were
automatically pre-processed, segmented and labelled according to the following
legend: Tree Cover (TC), Tree Cover Mosaic (TCM), Other Wooded Land (OWL), Other
Land Cover (OLC) and Water (W). Our results indicate the Cerrado and Caatinga
biomes lost (gross loss) respectively 265,595 km2 and 89,656 km2 of natural
vegetation (TC + OWL) between 1990 and 2010. In the same period, these areas also
experienced gain of TC and OWL. By 2010, the percentage of natural vegetation cover
remaining in the Cerrado was 47% and in the Caatinga 63%. The annual (net) rate of
natural vegetation cover loss in the Cerrado slowed down from −0.79% yr−1
to −0.44% yr−1 from the 1990s to the 2000s, while in the Caatinga for the same
periods the rate increased from −0.19% yr−1 to −0.44% yr−1. In summary, these
Brazilian biomes experienced both loss and gains of Tree Cover and Other Wooded
Land; however a continued net loss of natural vegetation was observed for both
biomes between 1990 and 2010. The average annual rate of change in this period was
higher in the Cerrado (−0.6% yr−1) than in the Caatinga (−0.3% yr−1).},
Remote sensing
Sampling approach
Deforestation
Cerrado
Caatinga},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN478,
author = {Beuschel, René and Piepho, Hans-Peter and Joergensen, Rainer Georg and
Wachendorf, Christine},
title = {Impact of willow-based grassland alley cropping in relation to its
plant species diversity on soil ecology of former arable land},
volume = {147},
pages = {103373},
abstract = {Effects of silvo-arable alley cropping systems (ACS) on soil
functions have frequently been investigated, however, less is known about the
effects of silvo-grassland ACS. Conversion of arable land to grassland ACS may have
a high capability to rebuild soil fertility, while increased grassland plant
diversity may further foster improvements. The objective of the study was to assess
the impact of willows (Salix spp.) and grassland plant species diversity on soil
ecology of an ACS established on former arable land. Thus, soil quality indices,
like soil organic carbon (SOC), microbial biomass C and N, fungal abundance and
microbial functional diversity, were quantified in formerly ploughed Eutric
(Stagnic) Cambisols in two soil depths (0–5, 5–20 cm) of a temperate grassland ACS
(Lower Saxony, Germany). To evaluate potential tree effects on alleyways, distance
transects were analysed by repeated measures mixed effects models, considering
abiotic factor (pH, clay content) variability. Possible changes of soil quality
indices within the former ploughed soil layer were deduced by a comparison of both
soil depths at each distance. Linear contrasts were calculated for comparisons of
grassland diversity levels. Results showed significantly higher SOC contents (16.2–
16.9 mg g−1) and soil microbial properties (e.g. MBC: 453-462 μg g−1, ergosterol:
4.3-4.4 μg g−1) in upper topsoils under trees and grassland compared with lower
topsoil layers (11.6–12.0 mg g−1, 262-277 μg g−1 and 1.7-1.8 μg g−1 for SOC, MBC and
ergosterol, respectively). No effects of plant species diversity on microbial
properties have been detected to date. Similar levels of soil quality indices in
upper topsoils under trees and grassland are ascribed to the cessation of tillage
and a permanent vegetation cover ongoing for 5 years, as aboveground tree litter
inputs into the alleyways were minor. Hence, irrespective of the diversity level of
grassland vegetation, grassland ACS may have a high potential to increase soil
quality for matching the requirement of sustainability of agroecosystems. However,
as solely topsoils have been investigated, henceforth, the consideration of
subsoils is vital to assess the effect of deep tree roots in grassland ACS.},
Microbial biomass
Soil enzymes
Multi-substrate-induced respiration rates},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1268,
author = {Beyer, Martin and Ahmad, Rehaan and Yang, Brian and Rodríguez-Bocca,
Pablo},
title = {Deep spatial-temporal graph modeling for efficient NDVI forecasting},
volume = {4},
pages = {100172},
abstract = {Spatio-temporal graph modelling is a new, prominent predictive tool
to use on datasets with complex spatial and temporal relationships. Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a remote measure offering these complex
relationships, used by agricultural producers and researchers due to its strong
correlation with crop growth. Accurate periodic field-level NDVI forecasting helps
project crop yield, crucial for planning agricultural production. This NDVI
forecasting problem was previously studied, with best results obtained by
Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory (ConvLSTM) architecture. We modify the
ConvLSTM architecture, improving over the original paper. Additionally, we propose
a new architecture based on Graph WaveNet (GWNN). GWNN captures spatial
relationships in the non-tabular data with an adaptive dependency matrix and long-
range temporal relationships with stacked spatial-temporal layers. We test each
model (original ConvLSTM, new ConvLSTM, and GWNN) over the same geographical
points. Under Root Mean Square Error metric, GWNN outperforms original ConvLSTM by
31% and our new one by 15%. Moreover, the GWNN is more than 170 times faster at
training. We compare these models on other NDVI datasets, up to 50 times larger
than the original set. The consistent results show the GWNN is most efficient in
both quality and runtime for the NDVI forecasting problem.},
Graph neural networks
Remote sensing
Normalized difference vegetation index
Graph WaveNet networks},
ISSN = {2772-3755},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1081,
author = {Bezerra, Alan Cézar and Silva, Jhon Lennon Bezerra da and Moura, Geber
Barbosa de Albuquerque and Lopes, Pabrício Marcos Oliveira and Nascimento, Cristina
Rodrigues and Ribeiro, Eberson Pessoa and Galvíncio, Josiclêda Domiciano and Silva,
Marcos Vinícius da},
title = {Dynamics of land cover and land use in Pernambuco (Brazil): Spatio-
temporal variability and temporal trends of biophysical parameters},
volume = {25},
pages = {100677},
abstract = {Changes in land use and land cover can generate the degradation of
ecosystems or can be linked to a recovery of their functions. In this sense, the
study of biophysical parameters of the surface helps to identify patterns and
quantify the changes that have occurred. The objective was to evaluate the changes
in biophysical parameters in the state of Pernambuco during 2000–2019 of albedo,
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI),
Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI), Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI),
and Surface Temperature (ST) with data from the MODIS sensor. The MOD09A1 and
MOD11A1 image product collections estimate the biophysical parameters on the Google
Earth Engine (GEE) software/platform. Reduced annual images of the parameters
listed above were generated, totaling 120 images, in which we obtained the
descriptive statistics of each one. For the climatic characterization of the study
area, we extracted monthly pixel values in 45 rainfall stations and determined the
annual averages of the biophysical parameters and annual accumulated rainfall. We
applied the Mann-Kendall temporal trend test, the Kendall coefficient, and the
Theil-Sen test to determine the significance, direction, and magnitude of changes
in the biophysical parameters from 2000 to 2019 at regional (state) level and
homogeneous rainfall zones. The results indicate that rainfall affected the
behavior of the biophysical parameters, with a decrease in SAVI by 0.06 (-19%) and
an increase in temperature by 2.70 °C, (+9%) when comparing rainy and dry years.
Vegetation indices decreased, and surface temperature increased throughout the
state, however, the results were not significant. At the level of homogeneous
rainfall zones, only the coastal region showed a significant reduction in
vegetation indices in the order of 0.04 in the analyzed period, demonstrating that
economic and social pressures may be altering the dynamics of the local ecosystem.
Other studies can compare different regions to verify the possible effects of
different public policies on the preservation of natural resources.},
keywords = {Brazilian Northeast
Google earth engine
Mann-Kendall
MODIS
Theil-Sen},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1261,
author = {Bharathkumar, L. and Mohammed-Aslam, M. A.},
title = {Crop Pattern Mapping of Tumkur Taluk Using NDVI Technique: A Remote
Sensing and GIS Approach},
journal = {Aquatic Procedia},
volume = {4},
pages = {1397-1404},
abstract = {Agriculture is the backbone of our country. Most of the Land in
Tumkur taluk is occupied by agriculture. Due to lack of awareness, farmers grow
different variety of crops in different localities. Ultimately they face the
problems in crop production due to low yield. Crop suitability map provide
solutions to all these problems. The study area Tumkur Taluk is located in southern
part of Karnataka and belongs to semi-arid climatic condition. The cropping pattern
includes majorly Coconut plantation, Arecanut plantation, Banana plantation, Ragi,
Wheat, Maize, Jowar and other crops. Crop pattern study was carried out using the
NDVI processing of Landsat 8 data. NDVI result is recoded by taking the training
sets in field visit. Finally the crop pattern map is prepared using ArcGIS tools.
Among current cropping patterns Coconut plantation, Ragi, Rice, Maize, Wheat were
consume less water and they are currently suitable for the area. But Arecanut
plantation, Rice and Banana plantation consume huge amount of water and were not at
all suitable for the regional climatic condition. The major result deducing from
this study is, Mines and Geology department accounted 34500 bore wells in Tumkur
district. Every day minimum 10 crore litre of water is extracted from the ground
water reservoirs. Our suitability crop modelling map will minimize the maintenance
of ground water. Suitability crop pattern map includes high income and yield to
farmers within less maintenance and less water usage with respect to the climatic
conditions.},
keywords = {Remote Sensing and GIS
NDVI
Training set
Crop Pattern Map
Crop Suitability Map.},
ISSN = {2214-241X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqpro.2015.02.181},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN991,
author = {Bhasin, Anchal and Ghosal, Sunetro and Raina, Pankaj and Hore,
Upamanyu},
title = {Climate change impacts on high altitude wildlife distribution:
Predicting range shifts for four ungulates in Changthang, eastern Ladakh},
journal = {Acta Ecologica Sinica},
abstract = {Climate change has a significant impact on species habitat and its
distribution. Understanding and predicting range shifts and changing habitat use
patterns in the context of climate change is important for management and
conservation. Changthang region in eastern Ladakh is the western extension of the
Tibetan plateau and is home to many ungulates. In this study, we used ensemble
modelling using an ensemble modelling approach to estimate the current and future
distribution of four ungulates namely Bluesheep, Tibetan gazelle, Tibetan argali
and Kiang in Changthang region. We used the global circulation model (GCM) from
WorldClim produced by Community Climatic System Model Version 4 to predict possible
future changes with 24 environmental and topographic variables for two time periods
(2050 and 2070). The results suggest that these ungulates may lose 57% to 61% of
their current range, depending on the algorithm used and dispersal scenarios with a
northward shift in their ranges. The maximum predicted range loss is for the
Tibetan gazelle with an average of 90% loss, which might make it locally endangered
with a prediction that only 9.5% of their present habitat might be suitable for
them in 2070 in the context of climate change. An estimated 100 individuals of
Tibetan gazelles are known to be in Ladakh with a patchy distribution in the
southern part of the study area. The Tibetan gazelle in Ladakh requires urgent
conservation efforts to enable it to adapt to future climate change scenarios in
the region. We recommend restoration and conservation of grassland ecosystems that
were historically and currently occupied by ungulates with additional attention
given to potential suitable habitats outside protected areas by regulation of human
activities.},
keywords = {Ensemble forecasting
Eastern Ladakh
Grassland ecosystem
Ungulate conservation
Species distribution model
Trans-Himalayas},
ISSN = {1872-2032},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chnaes.2023.09.005},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN548,
author = {Bi, Wuxia and Wang, Kun and Weng, Baisha and Zhang, Dawei and Dong,
Zhaoyu and Shi, Xiaoliang and Liu, Siyu and Yan, Denghua},
title = {Effects of land use changes on the soil-vegetation ecosystem in winter
in the Huangshui River Basin, China},
volume = {154},
pages = {110675},
abstract = {As one of the critical factors affecting the ecological systems, the
effects of land use change should be concerned. However, few studies revealed the
ecological effects especially the resilience under different land us changes,
especially in alpine areas and in winter. To response the above question, this
study conducted the field experiments in the Huangshui River Basin in winter, to
compare the different ecological indicators for land use conversion under natural
succession (perennial grassland, perennial forest, grassland transformed into
forest) and land use conversion influenced by anthropogenic activities (returning
farmland to forest, anthropogenic using land transformed into grassland
anthropogenic activity zones). The results reveal that land use changed by human
activities reduced the stability of ecosystems compared with natural succession.
The concentrations or contents of most physicochemical properties in topsoil and
grass decreased as well. While the relative abundance of NFB and PSB was slightly
higher in the ecosystems with land use conversion influenced by anthropogenic
activities. The results could provide references for evaluating the effects of land
use changes from the ecological perspective, which could further guide the
adaptation facing to climate change.},
keywords = {Land use changes
Topsoil
Nitrogen fixing bacteria
Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria
Grass
Winter},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN443,
author = {Biazin, Birhanu and Sterk, Geert},
title = {Drought vulnerability drives land-use and land cover changes in the
Rift Valley dry lands of Ethiopia},
volume = {164},
pages = {100-113},
abstract = {The Ethiopian Rift Valley is a dry land zone where for a long time
pastoral communities have made their living from acacia-based woodlands. But many
pastoralists have changed from a pastoral way of life to mixed farming over time.
The aim of this study was to evaluate land-use and land cover (LULC) changes in the
Central Rift Valley dry lands of Ethiopia, and determine the role of drought
vulnerability as a driver. A combination of GIS/remote sensing techniques, drought
vulnerability analyses, field observation and surveying were employed. Because
drought vulnerability is linked more closely to the types of land-uses and social
contexts rather than only climatological events, it was examined based on locally
perceived criteria of drought. Accordingly, the pastoral way of life was vulnerable
to severe drought during 25% of the last 28years while the mixed farming (livestock
and maize farming combined) system was vulnerable to severe drought only during 4%
of the years. Over the last 5 decades, cultivated lands increased to threefold
while the dense acacia coverage declined from 42% in 1965 to 9% in 2010. The
observed LULC changes were driven by the interplay of recurrent drought,
socioeconomic and institutional dynamics, access to markets and improved
technologies such as early-maturing maize cultivars and better land management.
Proper policy and technological interventions are required to develop appropriate
drought adaptation strategies and avert the increasing degradation of woodlands in
the Rift Valley dry lands where a pastoral way of life is still present.},
keywords = {Drought
Dry spell
Land-use change
Land management
Rift Valley},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN99,
author = {Bibi, Takele Sambeto and Kara, Kefale Gonfa and Bedada, Habtamu Jima
and Bededa, Robera Daba},
title = {Application of PCSWMM for assessing the impacts of urbanization and
climate changes on the efficiency of stormwater drainage systems in managing urban
flooding in Robe town, Ethiopia},
volume = {45},
pages = {101291},
abstract = {Study region This study was conducted in Robe town, Ethiopia. Study
focus In this, the PCSWMM was used to investigate the potential effects of climate
change and land-use change on the peak flow magnitude and efficiency of stormwater
drainage systems in managing urban flooding. Four simulation scenarios were
developed to demonstrate the changes in the flooding volume and adequacy of
existing systems. Moreover, the effectiveness of three low-impact developments:
rain barrels, rain gardens, and a combination of both practices as a mitigation
strategy in reducing flooding volume were investigated. New hydrological insights
for region The trend of landuse change showed that the increased peak flow and
flooding volume of junctions increased from 45.13 to 68.72 m3/s and 35,418–
50,106 × 106 Ltr respectively, due to the imperviousness increasing from 10% to
70%. Similarly, in response to climate change, the simulated peak runoff increased
by 46.9%, 34.8%, and 37.5% for, RCA4, RACMO22T, and REMO2009, respectively. This
findings showed that if the current landuse and climate changes continue in the
coming years, the study area threatened by the increased flooding due to the
drainage systems will fail to accommodate increased peak runoff. The present study
suggests the adopted LIDs can be significantly reduced the effects of flooding
problems in the town.},
Landuse change
Urban flooding
LID
PCSWMM},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN168,
author = {Birhanu, Shegaw Y. and Moges, Mamaru A. and Sinshaw, Berhanu G. and
Tefera, Agumase K. and Atinkut, Haimanot B. and Fenta, Habtamu M. and Berihun,
Mulatu L.},
title = {Hydrological modeling, impact of land-use and land-cover change on
hydrological process and sediment yield; case study in Jedeb and Chemoga
watersheds},
journal = {Energy Nexus},
volume = {5},
pages = {100051},
abstract = {Land use and land cover changes in the Jedeb and Chemoga watersheds
have been detected in the past 29 years. The study used ERDAS IMAGINE 2015 tools to
classify landsat 5 TM, landsat satellite images for the preparation of the year
1990, 2000, 2009 and 2018 land use class maps through likelihood supervised
classification techniques. The SWAT model has been used to determine the seasonal
variability of streamflow and sediment yield due to land use and land cover changes
in the watersheds. To calibrate and validate streamflow and sediment yields as well
as to test SWAT model performance SWAT-CUP SUFI 2 algorithm was used. The outcome
showed that 29 years generalized shift of 62.3% increase in farm land, 57.8%
decrease in forest cover, 52.4% decrease in grass land, 64.2% decrease in shrub
land, 145.2% increase in bare land and 46.5 percent increase in Jedeb watershed
settlement. Similarly, the analysis showed that 47.3% increase in farm land, 81.8%
decrease in forest cover, 148.9% increase in grass land, 89% decrease in shrub
land, 10.7% increase in bare land and 96.9% decrease in Chemoga watershed water
body. The average monthly flow of Jedeb watershed flows increased by 39.31 m3 / s
from 1990 to 2009 and decreased by 17.19 m3 / s from 2009 to 2018. In Chemoga
watershed average monthly streamflow increase between 1990 and 2009 in 36.73 m3 / s
but decrease between 2009 and 2018 in 37.77 m3 / s. The average monthly Jedeb
watershed sediment yield decreased by 204.59 ton / month from 1990 to 2000,
increased by 15,962.76 ton / month from 2000 to 2009 and ultimately decreased by
9,012.83 ton / month from 2009 to 2018. Average monthly sediment rises in Chemoga
watershed from 1990 to 2000 at 13,618.72 ton / month, decreased by 11,316.6 ton /
month from 2000 to 2009 but increased by 11,192.93 ton / month from 2009 to 2018.
The result indicates a strong agreement between observed ad simulated streamflow
and sediment yield during calibration and validation, with a minimum result of
R2=0.68 and NSE=0.54 and a maximum of R2=0.88 and NSE=0.84. The model performs well
in estimating streamflow and sediment yield Jedeb and Chemoga watersheds.
Therefore, special attention should be needed for Jedeb watershed for sustainable
water resource management.},
keywords = {Chemoga and Jedeb watershed
LULC
Sediment Yield
SWAT
Streamflow},
ISSN = {2772-4271},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2022.100051},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1239,
author = {Bodner, Gernot and Zeiser, Anna and Keiblinger, Katharina and
Rosinger, Christoph and Winkler, Samuel Konrad and Stumpp, Christine and Weninger,
Thomas},
title = {Managing the pore system: Regenerating the functional pore spaces of
natural soils by soil-health oriented farming systems},
journal = {Soil and Tillage Research},
volume = {234},
pages = {105862},
abstract = {Transition towards soil-health sustaining crop production is at the
core of climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts in agriculture. Improving
soil conditions for resilience to variable and extreme weather conditions are among
the main expectations of farmers implementing sustainable management practices. In
this study, we evaluate whether the transition from conventional arable towards
soil-health oriented farming systems restores soil pore characteristics towards
non-arable natural soils and identify factors predominantly shaping different pore
domains. Pore size distributions (PSD) at 20 sites with diverse soil types from
adjacent fields of (1) standard arable, (2) soil health-oriented pioneer farming
and (3) non-arable natural reference soils were measured. Based on parametric PSD
descriptors, management-responsive functional pore classes and the role of
textural, biochemical and structural drivers in different pore domains were
analysed by a novel data-driven evaluation method. Parametric descriptors indicate
an evolution from non-disturbed natural to intensively disturbed standard arable
soils towards larger structural pores within a less heterogeneous structural
domain. These shifts go along with less medium-sized storage pores, which overall
was the most management sensitive pore fraction. Our novel data-driven approach
confirmed a partial regeneration of natural pore characteristics with soil-health
oriented practices. The most responsive pore domain was found in the range of ∼0.3–
0.5 µm. The SOC-to-clay ratio was the predominant driver for structural porosity in
both pioneer arable and natural reference soils. On the contrary, soil texture
exerted the main control on the PSD pattern over the entire range of pore classes
for standard farming systems. Overall, our study demonstrated that soil-health
oriented pioneer farmers could effectively advance in managing functionally
relevant pore domains for climate change resilience by promoting biological agents
of structure formation.},
keywords = {Carbon farming
Soil physical quality
Conservation agriculture
Soil organic carbon
Pore size distribution
Soil hydraulic properties},
ISSN = {0167-1987},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2023.105862},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1175,
author = {Boles, Stephen H. and Xiao, Xiangming and Liu, Jiyuan and Zhang,
Qingyuan and Munkhtuya, Sharav and Chen, Siqing and Ojima, Dennis},
title = {Land cover characterization of Temperate East Asia using multi-temporal
VEGETATION sensor data},
volume = {90},
number = {4},
pages = {477-489},
abstract = {Temperate East Asia (TEA) is characterized by diverse land cover
types, including forest and agricultural lands, one of the world's largest
temperate grasslands, and extensive desert and barren landscapes. In this paper, we
explored the potential of SPOT-4 VEGETATION (VGT) data for the classification of
land cover types in TEA. An unsupervised classification was performed using multi-
temporal (March–November 2000) VGT-derived spectral indices (Land Surface Water
Index [LSWI] and Enhanced Vegetation Index [EVI]) to generate a land cover map of
TEA (called VGT-TEA). Land cover classes from VGT-TEA were aggregated to broad,
general class types, and then compared and validated with classifications derived
from fine-resolution (Landsat) data. VGT-TEA produced reasonable results when
compared to the Landsat products. Analysis of the seasonal dynamics of LSWI and EVI
allows for the identification of distinct growth patterns between different
vegetation types. We suggest that LSWI seasonal curves can be used to define the
growing season for temperate deciduous vegetation, including grassland types.
Seasonal curves of EVI tend to have a slightly greater dynamic range than LSWI
during the peak growing season and can be useful in discriminating between
vegetation types. By using these two complementary spectral indices, VGT data can
be used to produce timely and detailed land cover and phenology maps with limited
ancillary data needed.},
keywords = {Temperate East Asia
VEGETATION sensor data
Land cover},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2004},
}
@article{RN833,
author = {Bonilla-Bedoya, Santiago and Valencia, Kevin and Herrera, Miguel Ángel
and López-Ulloa, Magdalena and Donoso, David A. and Macedo Pezzopane, José
Eduardo},
title = {Mapping 50 years of contribution to the development of soil quality
biological indicators},
volume = {148},
pages = {110091},
abstract = {Biological indicators of soil quality express the capacity of a soil
to maintain its ecosystem functions and services between socio-ecosystem inflection
thresholds; therefore, they are determinants in management and land use decisions.
However, their development until a few decades ago was limited for several reasons:
reductionism and early development of other dimensions, such as physical and
chemical indicators or their methodological complexity, thus affecting the
importance given to biological factors and the integral evaluation of soil quality
or health. Thus, this review presents a mapping of the scientific contributions of
the last 50 years oriented to the theoretical and methodological development of
biological indicators of soil quality, identifying their development and
application in these decades. We conducted a bibliometric analysis that allowed us
to present an overview of the field with respect to scientific production:
temporality, geographical origin, institutional origin, journals that promote the
development of the field, articles with greater influence by citation in the field
of study, and the co-occurrences of these indicators in research. This analysis was
complemented at the second stage by a systematic review of the literature with the
greatest impact by citation. We found 2320 scientific papers distributed mainly in
the United States (17.8%), China (12.2%), Brazil (8.3%), India (6.3%), and European
Mediterranean countries, such as Spain, France, and Italy (14.2%). Our review
showed 25 biological indicators with the highest occurrence; for example, microbial
biomass (118), enzymatic activity (90), and organic matter (78); other indicators,
such as earthworms, nematodes, or springtails, are also reported. All indicators
showed relationships, to a greater or lesser extent, with soil biodiversity and its
functions in the landscape. Important advances in soil indicators have developed
gradually in the last few decades, with scientific efforts mainly concentrated in
developed and emerging countries. In the last decade, the production curve
continues with a growth trend., and research questions in the field revolve around
the linkage of diversity and function from a molecular point of view. The scope
goes beyond productivity, manifesting the real need to conserve and manage the
ecosystem services of a limited and non-renewable natural resource. Pioneering
research should begin to report on the scope of soil biological monitoring and its
influence on policy, management, and land use. Finally, the promotion of research
networks with developing countries can foster the development of regional and local
soil monitoring policies in these regions.},
keywords = {Review
Soil biology
Soil quality
Pattern
Indicators},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN100,
author = {Bonilla-Moheno, Martha and Aide, T. Mitchell},
title = {Beyond deforestation: Land cover transitions in Mexico},
journal = {Agricultural Systems},
volume = {178},
pages = {102734},
abstract = {Conversion of land cover is one of the main causes of global
environmental change and identifying the regions where sustained trends of land
change are occurring provides useful information for land and resources management.
For all ecoregions in Mexico, we analyzed land use changes over 14 years (2001–
2014) using MODIS images (250m) and identified regions that had significant gains
or loss of woody vegetation, pasturelands, or croplands. The land use patterns
varied greatly among the 40 major ecoregions, but in general, woody vegetation and
cropland cover increased while pastures decreased. In contrast to previous studies,
much of the increase in croplands did not correspond with hotspots of decline in
pastures but occurred in the Sonora and Chihuahuan deserts ecoregions in northern
Mexico. Industrial cotton, sorghum, and pecans production for export where the
major crops responsible for the increase in these ecoregions. Similar to patterns
in the rest of Latin America, pasture expansion mainly occurred in ecoregions in
the tropical moist forest biome (e.g. Veracruz and Peten-Veracruz ecoregions). The
ecoregions that experienced the greatest increase in woody vegetation were the
Balsas dry forest ecoregion along the Pacific coast and Trans Mexican volcanic oak-
pine ecoregion. In both regions, rural-urban migration appears to be an important
driver of the transition from grasslands to woody vegetation, while the conversion
of croplands to woody vegetation in the Tamaulipan mezquital ecoregion was clearly
associated with drug related violence. This study documents how the complex
interactions among national and international demand for agricultural products,
national policies, demography, violence and climate change are affecting land
change across Mexico.},
keywords = {Commodities
Drivers
Ecoregion
Land use change
Reforestation},
ISSN = {0308-521X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102734},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN975,
author = {Bormann, Helge and Kebschull, Jenny},
title = {Model based estimation of climate change impacts on the drainage demand
of low lying coastal areas in Northwest Germany along the North Sea},
volume = {48},
pages = {101451},
abstract = {Study region The Northwest German part of the North Sea coast Study
focus Low lying coastal areas are highly threatened by climate change. This is due
to rising sea level and changing water balance caused by climate change. Adaptation
of coastal protection and inland drainage to climate change requires precise
predictions of future conditions. While information on sea level rise is globally
available, coastal water balance projections need to be specific for regions where
often no discharge data is available. To serve this demand, a model based scenario
analysis was carried out for four water boards in Northwest Germany. These water
boards are regional organisations responsible for drainage and surface water level
regulation in marsh areas. A water balance model was calibrated and validated
against data of pumping stations and tidal water gates. Subsequently, climate
change impacts on runoff generation were estimated. New hydrological insights for
the region The results indicate that runoff generation is expected to increase
significantly in the wet season, same as the frequency of periods with large runoff
volumes. The climate change impact signal is consistent over all investigated water
board areas, indicating that the climate change signal dominates the spatial
variability in soil properties and land use. The results emphasize the necessity to
consider runoff generation projections for adjusting coastal drainage management.
The scenario projections can be directly used for regional adaptation planning
processes, taking into account the underlying uncertainties.},
keywords = {Coastal water boards
Climate change impact assessment
Runoff generation
Drainage demand
Hydrological model
Scenario analysis
Northwest Germany},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN615,
author = {Brandt, J. J. E. and Bunce, R. G. H. and Howard, D. C. and Petit, S.},
title = {General principles of monitoring land cover change based on two case
studies in Britain and Denmark},
journal = {Landscape and Urban Planning},
volume = {62},
number = {1},
pages = {37-51},
abstract = {There is a well-established need to monitor land use and ecological
change so that appropriate policies for the maintenance and enhancement of
biodiversity can be developed. By building such exercises around sound scientific
principles the reliability of the results can be quantified and policy makers can
have confidence that they are genuinely independent. This paper describes two case
studies of the development of such systems, the Small Biotope project of Denmark
and the Countryside Survey project of Great Britain. These systems illustrate the
problems involved in studies at the landscape level and the way satisfactory
results can be achieved. Monitoring is considered to be effectively repeated
surveillance and needs especially strict protocols to separate real change from the
artefacts of sampling. The lessons to be learnt from these studies are summarised
as a number of guidelines.},
keywords = {Surveillance
Monitoring
Land use
Landscape
Vegetation
Small Biotopes
Denmark
Countryside Survey
Great Britain},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2002},
}
@article{RN715,
author = {Brandt, J. J. E. and Bunce, R. G. H. and Howard, D. C. and Petit, S.},
title = {General principles of monitoring land cover change based on two case
studies in Britain and Denmark},
volume = {62},
number = {1},
pages = {37-51},
abstract = {There is a well-established need to monitor land use and ecological
change so that appropriate policies for the maintenance and enhancement of
biodiversity can be developed. By building such exercises around sound scientific
principles the reliability of the results can be quantified and policy makers can
have confidence that they are genuinely independent. This paper describes two case
studies of the development of such systems, the Small Biotope project of Denmark
and the Countryside Survey project of Great Britain. These systems illustrate the
problems involved in studies at the landscape level and the way satisfactory
results can be achieved. Monitoring is considered to be effectively repeated
surveillance and needs especially strict protocols to separate real change from the
artefacts of sampling. The lessons to be learnt from these studies are summarised
as a number of guidelines.},
keywords = {Surveillance
Monitoring
Land use
Landscape
Vegetation
Small Biotopes
Denmark
Countryside Survey
Great Britain},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2002},
}
@article{RN151,
author = {Brasil, Maria Carolina Oliva and Magalhães Filho, Raul de and
Espírito-Santo, Mário Marcos do and Leite, Marcos Esdras and Veloso, Maria das
Dores Magalhães and Falcão, Luiz Alberto Dolabela},
title = {Land-cover changes and drivers of palm swamp degradation in
southeastern Brazil from 1984 to 2018},
volume = {137},
pages = {102604},
abstract = {The impact of increasing human and climatic changes has caused the
degradation of wetlands across the globe. Understanding the causes such process is
important as wetlands provide a variety of ecosystem services. In the present
study, we analyzed land cover patterns in palm swamps and their areas of influence
in 1984, 1994 and 2018 in southeastern Brazil. We identified potential drivers of
palm swamp degradation using data obtained by remote sensing. We also evaluated
whether changes in the surrounding area were correlated with the degradation within
the palm swamps. In addition, we correlated the variations on surface temperature
with the different levels of degradation of the palm swamps. Our results indicate
that the palm swamps in the study region underwent temporal changes in land cover
patterns, with an increase in degraded area from 1984 to 2018. We observed that the
size and average slope of the palm swamp and the density of surrounding roads
affected the proportion of degraded area. We also demonstrated that the surface
temperature is a good proxy for estimating the environmental quality of palm
swamps. Our assessment indicates that palm swamp degradation is a complex process
that result from intertwined environmental, social, economic and political
factors.},
keywords = {Wetlands
Cerrado
Landsat
GIS
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN957,
author = {Briner, Simon and Elkin, Ché and Huber, Robert and Grêt-Regamey,
Adrienne},
title = {Assessing the impacts of economic and climate changes on land-use in
mountain regions: A spatial dynamic modeling approach},
volume = {149},
pages = {50-63},
abstract = {Future land-use changes are predicted to be influenced by both
climate-driven environmental changes and concomitant changes in local economic
conditions. Assessing the impact of climate change on ecosystems, and the goods and
services that they provide, therefore requires an understanding of the dynamic link
between land-cover, ecosystem services and economic-driven land-use decisions. The
economic land allocation model (ALUAM) simulates the competition between forest and
a range of agricultural land-uses to estimate land-use conversions in a spatially
explicit manner at high resolution. Using a modular framework, ALUAM was linked
with the forest-landscape model LandClim, and a crop yield model, that simulate the
response of forests and crops to changes in climate. An iterative data exchange
between the models allows a detailed assessment of the dynamic changes in the
provision of agricultural and forest based services. We apply our model to the
temperature sensitive inner-alpine region of Visp, Switzerland. Our results
demonstrate that land-use is influenced directly by environmental shifts and
economic decisions, but are also highly dependent on the interactions between these
two components. These shifts in land-use will correspondingly affect the provision
of ecosystem goods such as food and timber production.},
keywords = {Agriculture and forest ecosystem goods and services
Climate change
Land-use change
Mathematical programming model
Scenario assessment},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2012},
}
@inbook{RN1165,
author = {Briones, Maria J. I.},
title = {Earthworms: Essential ecosystem engineers providing vital ecosystem
services},
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment (Second Edition)},
editor = {Goss, Michael J. and Oliver, Margaret},
publisher = {Academic Press},
address = {Oxford},
pages = {112-119},
abstract = {Earthworms are considered to be ‘ecosystem engineers’ because their
impact on the soil environment significantly influence the activities of other soil
organisms (plants and microorganisms). Their pivotal role in ecosystem functioning
translates into the delivery of essential ecosystem services including plant
growth, soil structure, nutrient cycling, water and climate regulation and cultural
services. Despite the extensive research into their taxonomy and ecology, there is
substantial lack of detailed knowledge on the potential effects of current and
future environmental threats on their distribution and performance of vital soil
functions. Actions to protect these organisms are needed to effectively conserve
our soils.},
keywords = {Bioturbation
biogenic structures
casts
earthworm-microbial interactions
ecosystem functioning
macrofauna
Oligochaeta
Plant-soil interactions
Soil quality
Soil structure
Trophic guilds},
ISBN = {978-0-323-95133-3},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00076-8},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128229743000768},
year = {2023},
type = {Book Section}
}
@article{RN367,
author = {Brosens, Liesa and Robinet, Jérémy and Pelckmans, Ignace and
Ameijeiras-Mariño, Yolanda and Govers, Gerard and Opfergelt, Sophie and Minella,
Jean P. G. and Vanderborght, Jan},
title = {Have land use and land cover change affected soil thickness and
weathering degree in a subtropical region in Southern Brazil? Insights from applied
mid-infrared spectroscopy},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {207},
pages = {105698},
abstract = {Land use and land cover changes (LUCC) can drastically alter various
components of the critical zone, including soil thickness and soil chemical
weathering processes. Often these studies, however, tend to focus on extreme cases,
not representing what actually happens on average at larger, regional scales. Here,
we evaluate the impact of LUCC on soil thickness and soil weathering degree at the
regional scale, where we use soil spectroscopy to derive weathering indices. In a
subtropical region in Southern Brazil, we collected calibration/validation soil
samples (n = 49) from 4 different locations for which we measured the mid-infrared
(MIR) spectral reflectance and 3 soil chemical weathering indices: chemical index
of alteration (CIA), the total reserve in bases (TRB), and the iron ratio
(Fed/Fet). We used partial least square regressions on this calibration/validation
dataset to relate the MIR spectra of the soil samples to these weathering indices,
resulting in good calibration relationships with R2 values of 0.97, 0.91 and 0.84
for CIA, TRB and Fed/Fet, respectively. Applying these relations to MIR spectra of
regionally collected soil samples allowed us to calculate soil weathering degrees
for a large number of soil samples (n = 229), without requiring costly and time-
consuming chemical analyses. We collected these soil samples at 100 mid-slope
positions: 50 under forest and 50 under agricultural land use. Land use explained
only a minor part of the variation in soil thickness and weathering degree. Thus,
while local water and tillage erosion rates might be considerable after
deforestation, this has not led to significant reductions in average soil thickness
and has not affected soil weathering degree. Slope gradient is the main factor
influencing the spatial variability in soil thickness and weathering degree on mid-
slope sections in our study area. Human activities over the last century did not
fundamentally alter these patterns.},
keywords = {Critical zone
(sub-) tropical environment
Soil degradation
Chemical weathering indices},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN267,
author = {Brosens, Liesa and Robinet, Jérémy and Pelckmans, Ignace and
Ameijeiras-Mariño, Yolanda and Govers, Gerard and Opfergelt, Sophie and Minella,
Jean P. G. and Vanderborght, Jan},
title = {Have land use and land cover change affected soil thickness and
weathering degree in a subtropical region in Southern Brazil? Insights from applied
mid-infrared spectroscopy},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {207},
pages = {105698},
abstract = {Land use and land cover changes (LUCC) can drastically alter various
components of the critical zone, including soil thickness and soil chemical
weathering processes. Often these studies, however, tend to focus on extreme cases,
not representing what actually happens on average at larger, regional scales. Here,
we evaluate the impact of LUCC on soil thickness and soil weathering degree at the
regional scale, where we use soil spectroscopy to derive weathering indices. In a
subtropical region in Southern Brazil, we collected calibration/validation soil
samples (n = 49) from 4 different locations for which we measured the mid-infrared
(MIR) spectral reflectance and 3 soil chemical weathering indices: chemical index
of alteration (CIA), the total reserve in bases (TRB), and the iron ratio
(Fed/Fet). We used partial least square regressions on this calibration/validation
dataset to relate the MIR spectra of the soil samples to these weathering indices,
resulting in good calibration relationships with R2 values of 0.97, 0.91 and 0.84
for CIA, TRB and Fed/Fet, respectively. Applying these relations to MIR spectra of
regionally collected soil samples allowed us to calculate soil weathering degrees
for a large number of soil samples (n = 229), without requiring costly and time-
consuming chemical analyses. We collected these soil samples at 100 mid-slope
positions: 50 under forest and 50 under agricultural land use. Land use explained
only a minor part of the variation in soil thickness and weathering degree. Thus,
while local water and tillage erosion rates might be considerable after
deforestation, this has not led to significant reductions in average soil thickness
and has not affected soil weathering degree. Slope gradient is the main factor
influencing the spatial variability in soil thickness and weathering degree on mid-
slope sections in our study area. Human activities over the last century did not
fundamentally alter these patterns.},
keywords = {Critical zone
(sub-) tropical environment
Soil degradation
Chemical weathering indices},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN96,
author = {Brown, Julian and Groom, Scott V. C. and Rader, Romina and Hogendoorn,
Katja and Cunningham, Saul A.},
title = {Land cover associations of wild bees visiting flowers in apple orchards
across three geographic regions of southeast Australia},
volume = {324},
pages = {107717},
abstract = {The conversion of natural vegetation to agriculture is a leading
cause of biodiversity decline globally, and can impact negatively on ecosystem
services such as pollination. Global meta-analyses find that crop visitation by
wild pollinators increases with the amount of natural or semi-natural vegetation in
the surrounding landscape. However, these studies typically test the effect of one
land cover type, rather than comparing multiple land cover types, and so do not
provide information about the land cover arrangements that maximize crop visitation
by wild pollinators. We sampled wild bee visitors to apple flowers in 2017 and
2018, and weeds and native plants in apple orchards in 2018, along landscape
gradients of native vegetation and non-crop agricultural cover (open grassy areas,
grazed or ungrazed) across three widely-separate agricultural regions of southeast
Australia. We compared different land cover types as predictors of wild bee
visitation to apple orchards, classifying non-crop land cover as: 1) ‘natural
vegetation’ (NV), 2) ‘open grassy areas’ (OGA), and 3) ‘natural vegetation plus
open grassy areas’ (NVOGA). The dominant flower-visiting wild bees in apple
orchards in all regions were soil-nesting species of Halictidae that appear to be
capable of exploiting open areas cleared for agriculture; however, even these taxa
were rare or absent from orchards in some regions and years. Wild bee visitation to
apples was best predicted by OGA in 2017 (positive association), but no land cover
type in 2018, while visitation to weeds and native plants increased with both OGA
and NV. Comparing different ways of classifying non-crop land cover is important
for identifying land management strategies that maximize crop pollination services.
However, managing land cover for wild bees may have negligible impacts on apple
pollination in southeast Australia where wild bees are often rare in orchards,
exhibit between-year variation in land cover associations, and are vastly
outnumbered by honeybees (> 90% of visits to apple flowers).},
keywords = {Bee
Crop
Pollinator
Landscape
Visitation
Ecosystem services},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN628,
author = {Brussaard, L.},
title = {An appraisal of the Dutch Programme on Soil Ecology of Arable Farming
Systems (1985–1992)},
volume = {51},
number = {1},
pages = {1-6},
abstract = {The Dutch Programme on Soil Ecology of Arable Farming Systems is
evaluated in terms of scientific results, feasibility of integrated arable farming
and future research needs. It is concluded that the knowledge obtained on the role
of the soil biota in the functioning of the soil-crop ecosystem is a prerequisite
for the further development of reduced-input farming systems. This knowledge should
be integrated with experimental and modelling studies on soil organic matter
dynamics and crop growth.},
keywords = {Agriculture, sustainable
Farming system, integrated
Nitrogen mineralization
Soil biota
Soil ecology
Soil structure},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-8809(94)90031-0},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167880994900310},
year = {1994},
}
@article{RN728,
author = {Brussaard, L.},
title = {An appraisal of the Dutch Programme on Soil Ecology of Arable Farming
Systems (1985–1992)},
volume = {51},
number = {1},
pages = {1-6},
abstract = {The Dutch Programme on Soil Ecology of Arable Farming Systems is
evaluated in terms of scientific results, feasibility of integrated arable farming
and future research needs. It is concluded that the knowledge obtained on the role
of the soil biota in the functioning of the soil-crop ecosystem is a prerequisite
for the further development of reduced-input farming systems. This knowledge should
be integrated with experimental and modelling studies on soil organic matter
dynamics and crop growth.},
keywords = {Agriculture, sustainable
Farming system, integrated
Nitrogen mineralization
Soil biota
Soil ecology
Soil structure},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-8809(94)90031-0},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0167880994900310},
year = {1994},
}
@article{RN176,
author = {Buruso, Fentanesh H. and Adimassu, Zenebe and Sibali, Linda L.},
title = {Effects of land use/land cover changes on soil properties in Rib
watershed, Ethiopia},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {224},
pages = {106977},
abstract = {Conversion of natural vegetation into farm land and grazing land
causes soil quality loss. Soil properties response to land use/land cover changes
(LULC) shows both spatial and temporal variations. This study was aimed at
assessing the effects of LULC changes on physical and chemical properties of soil
in Rib watershed. To assess physical and chemical properties of the soil among
LULC, soil samples were taken over natural forest, grazing and cultivated lands in
two agro-ecological belts of Dega and High Dega. Multivariate analysis of variance
(MANOVA) and Pearson’s correlation were computed. The study revealed that LULC and
agro-ecology have affected physical and chemical properties of the soil in the
study watershed. Significant difference in distribution of soil texture, BD, OC, TN
and pH among LULC were observed. Soils of Natural forest had higher OC, OC stock
and TN. For instance, soils of natural forest had higher OC stock (188.32 Mg/ha) as
compared to soils of cultivated lands(72.75 Mg/ha). Soil pH was slightly higher in
natural forests and lower in the soils of grazing and cultivated lands. Significant
difference (P < 0.05) among the two agro-ecologies were also observed in OC, Ca2+,
and contents of clay and silt. In general, LULC change has affected the
concentration of TN, OC, pH and BD which in turn can affect soil productivity.
Therefore, the study suggests the implementation of an integrated soil fertility
management practices and conservation based production systems with the
collaboration of regional, local authority and farming community.},
keywords = {Land use change
Land cover change
Soil properties
MANOVA
Agro-ecological belts
Rib watershed
Ethiopia},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN614,
author = {Bussi, Gianbattista and Dadson, Simon J. and Prudhomme, Christel and
Whitehead, Paul G.},
title = {Modelling the future impacts of climate and land-use change on
suspended sediment transport in the River Thames (UK)},
journal = {Journal of Hydrology},
volume = {542},
pages = {357-372},
abstract = {The effects of climate change and variability on river flows have
been widely studied. However the impacts of such changes on sediment transport have
received comparatively little attention. In part this is because modelling sediment
production and transport processes introduces additional uncertainty, but it also
results from the fact that, alongside the climate change signal, there have been
and are projected to be significant changes in land cover which strongly affect
sediment-related processes. Here we assess the impact of a range of climatic
variations and land covers on the River Thames catchment (UK). We first calculate a
response of the system to climatic stressors (average precipitation, average
temperature and increase in extreme precipitation) and land-cover stressors (change
in the extent of arable land). To do this we use an ensemble of INCA hydrological
and sediment behavioural models. The resulting system response, which reveals the
nature of interactions between the driving factors, is then compared with climate
projections originating from the UKCP09 assessment (UK Climate Projections 2009) to
evaluate the likelihood of the range of projected outcomes. The results show that
climate and land cover each exert an individual control on sediment transport.
Their effects vary depending on the land use and on the level of projected climate
change. The suspended sediment yield of the River Thames in its lowermost reach is
expected to change by −4% (−16% to +13%, confidence interval, p=0.95) under the
A1FI emission scenario for the 2030s, although these figures could be substantially
altered by an increase in extreme precipitation, which could raise the suspended
sediment yield up to an additional +10%. A 70% increase in the extension of the
arable land is projected to increase sediment yield by around 12% in the lowland
reaches. A 50% reduction is projected to decrease sediment yield by around 13%.},
keywords = {Sediment transport
Climate change
Land-use change
INCA model
River Thames
Scenario-neutral approach},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.09.010},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN714,
author = {Bussi, Gianbattista and Dadson, Simon J. and Prudhomme, Christel and
Whitehead, Paul G.},
title = {Modelling the future impacts of climate and land-use change on
suspended sediment transport in the River Thames (UK)},
volume = {542},
pages = {357-372},
abstract = {The effects of climate change and variability on river flows have
been widely studied. However the impacts of such changes on sediment transport have
received comparatively little attention. In part this is because modelling sediment
production and transport processes introduces additional uncertainty, but it also
results from the fact that, alongside the climate change signal, there have been
and are projected to be significant changes in land cover which strongly affect
sediment-related processes. Here we assess the impact of a range of climatic
variations and land covers on the River Thames catchment (UK). We first calculate a
response of the system to climatic stressors (average precipitation, average
temperature and increase in extreme precipitation) and land-cover stressors (change
in the extent of arable land). To do this we use an ensemble of INCA hydrological
and sediment behavioural models. The resulting system response, which reveals the
nature of interactions between the driving factors, is then compared with climate
projections originating from the UKCP09 assessment (UK Climate Projections 2009) to
evaluate the likelihood of the range of projected outcomes. The results show that
climate and land cover each exert an individual control on sediment transport.
Their effects vary depending on the land use and on the level of projected climate
change. The suspended sediment yield of the River Thames in its lowermost reach is
expected to change by −4% (−16% to +13%, confidence interval, p=0.95) under the
A1FI emission scenario for the 2030s, although these figures could be substantially
altered by an increase in extreme precipitation, which could raise the suspended
sediment yield up to an additional +10%. A 70% increase in the extension of the
arable land is projected to increase sediment yield by around 12% in the lowland
reaches. A 50% reduction is projected to decrease sediment yield by around 13%.},
keywords = {Sediment transport
Climate change
Land-use change
INCA model
River Thames
Scenario-neutral approach},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN1032,
author = {Bär, Valentin and Akinyemi, Felicia O. and Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe},
title = {Land cover degradation in the reference and monitoring periods of the
SDG Land Degradation Neutrality Indicator for Switzerland},
volume = {151},
pages = {110252},
abstract = {Land degradation impacts most terrestrial biomes across all world
regions. To address global change challenges emanating from degrading natural
resources, many countries voluntarily set themselves the goal of achieving Land
Degradation Neutrality (LDN). Baseline conditions are to be established over a
reference period (2000 – 2015). With seven more years to monitor this Sustainable
Development Goal 15 indicator — SDG15.3.1 until the year 2030, the scientific basis
for operationalizing LDN is still evolving. The non-availability of annual land
use-land cover maps of sufficient resolution in various countries, among them
Switzerland, is a major factor hampering the assessment at national and local
levels. Land cover change is assessed for seven land categories (that is, Tree-
covered area, Grassland, Cropland, Wetland, Artificial Surfaces, Otherland, and
Waterbody). Land cover change is a major LDN sub-indicator required to assess the
proportion of degraded land to total land area (SDG15.3.1). Annual land cover
datasets from 2015 to 2020 were produced at 10 m from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2
images using a Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System-based workflow. An
evaluation of degradation in land cover is presented in support of the
operationalization of LDN in Switzerland. Drawing upon the understanding that
changes made to land use-land cover may act as precursors to land degradation
processes, transitions relating to the loss of natural cover were identified based
on the land cover change criteria during the reference and the monitored periods.
The criteria were developed for relating land cover transitions to degrading and
non-degrading processes. Such transitions were grasslands to tree-covered areas and
croplands to artificial surfaces due to settlement development. For example, the
amount of cropland converted to artificial surface areas was greater in absolute
terms during the monitored period than during the reference period. Also, the
regeneration of natural cover involving transitions from otherland to grassland and
from grasslands to tree-covered areas was found. Overall trends between 2000 and
2020 in Switzerland are the increasing settlement areas in the Central Plateau, the
Alpine valleys of Valais and Ticino, largely at the expense of croplands and the
bush encroachment of pastures such as in the Jura. This study’s contributions
include an enhanced workflow for annual land cover mapping for the entire
Switzerland and the adaptation of the land cover change criteria to fit the Swiss
context. The proposed mapping method has the potential to fill the gap between the
production cycles of the Swiss Corine and Arealstatistik land use data.},
keywords = {Land Degradation Neutrality
Annual land cover
Remote sensing
Sentinel
Swiss
Corine land cover},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN334,
volume = {151},
pages = {110252},
Annual land cover
Remote sensing
Sentinel
Swiss
Corine land cover},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN234,
volume = {151},
pages = {110252},
Annual land cover
Remote sensing
Sentinel
Swiss
Corine land cover},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN689,
author = {Cabral, Pedro and Campos, Felipe S. and David, João and Caser,
Ursula},
title = {Disentangling ecosystem services perception by stakeholders: An
integrative assessment based on land cover},
volume = {126},
pages = {107660},
abstract = {Understanding where ecosystem services (ES) are and quantifying
their supply using stakeholderś information is key for effective sustainable
management. This paper describes a participatory methodology for extracting
stakeholders’ ES perception for continental Portugal based on land cover using
analytical hierarchy process (AHP), matrix-based approach with data visualization
techniques, and scenario analysis. Results show that drought regulation was the
most valued ES by stakeholders and recreation was considered the least important.
Results also show that the “Agricultural areas and “Forests and semi-natural areas”
land cover classes provide about two-thirds of the total ES for the country. An
“Economic development” scenario will yield negative values for all ES except
recreation and food supply, whereas an “Environmental development” scenario will
increase all ES, except food supply. Finally, a “Sustainable development” scenario,
presents values between the previous two scenarios and is the best for food supply.
This operational methodology for extracting information from stakeholders and to
report information on the mapping and assessment of ES can be helpful for
sustainable planning in Portugal and elsewhere.},
keywords = {Stakeholder participation
Multi-criteria decision analysis
Land cover change
CORINE land cover
Natural capital
Portugal},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN789,
author = {Cabral, Pedro and Campos, Felipe S. and David, João and Caser,
Ursula},
title = {Disentangling ecosystem services perception by stakeholders: An
integrative assessment based on land cover},
volume = {126},
pages = {107660},
abstract = {Understanding where ecosystem services (ES) are and quantifying
their supply using stakeholderś information is key for effective sustainable
management. This paper describes a participatory methodology for extracting
stakeholders’ ES perception for continental Portugal based on land cover using
analytical hierarchy process (AHP), matrix-based approach with data visualization
techniques, and scenario analysis. Results show that drought regulation was the
most valued ES by stakeholders and recreation was considered the least important.
Results also show that the “Agricultural areas and “Forests and semi-natural areas”
land cover classes provide about two-thirds of the total ES for the country. An
“Economic development” scenario will yield negative values for all ES except
recreation and food supply, whereas an “Environmental development” scenario will
increase all ES, except food supply. Finally, a “Sustainable development” scenario,
presents values between the previous two scenarios and is the best for food supply.
This operational methodology for extracting information from stakeholders and to
report information on the mapping and assessment of ES can be helpful for
sustainable planning in Portugal and elsewhere.},
keywords = {Stakeholder participation
Multi-criteria decision analysis
Land cover change
CORINE land cover
Natural capital
Portugal},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN829,
author = {Cadel, Maëlys and Cousin, Isabelle and Therond, Olivier},
title = {Relationships between soil ecosystem services in temperate annual field
crops: A systematic review},
volume = {902},
pages = {165930},
abstract = {Agricultural soils provide multiple ecosystem services (ES) that can
replace chemical inputs to support agricultural production. However, most arable
cropping systems are managed with little concern for preserving ecological
functions, which could reduce their ability to provide these ES. An increasing
number of studies assess ES from agroecosystems, but analysis of multiple ES
distinguishing relationships that may exist between them and between these ES and
their drivers is lacking. Thus, we performed a systematic literature review of
soil-based ES relationships, with a focus on temperate annual field crops. Forty
relevant studies out of 870 were selected for the analysis. We created an original
ontology of soil-based ES, based on the indicators used to assess them, to which we
added soil-based negative impacts and biomass production (defined as a good) to
combine the ES approach and the impact approach. We summarized each positive
(synergy), negative (trade-off) or non-significant relationship in these studies,
which were either quantitative or qualitative. We highlighted key relationships
that have never been investigated in the corpus selected, such as relationships
between C sequestration and physical soil quality regulation, soil erosion
regulation or soil biodiversity. Relationships between biomass production and soil-
based ES or impacts were investigated the most and were mainly non-significant.
This suggests there are agroecological practices for which maximizing bundles of ES
does not always decrease agricultural production. Relationships between soil
biodiversity and soil-based ES were exclusively synergistic or non-significant.
Summarizing effects of drivers of these relationships revealed that the three
pillars of conservation agriculture — rotation diversification (with ley or
legumes), soil coverage with cover crops and reduced tillage — and organic
fertilization seem promising practices to help provide balanced bundles of ES and
potentially reduce negative agronomic impacts. We highlighted potential trade-offs
that should be consciously considered when adapting management strategies.},
keywords = {Soil functioning
Synergy
Trade-off
Crop management},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN39,
author = {Cai, Can and Fan, Min and Yao, Jing and Zhou, Lele and Wang, Yuanzhe
and Liang, Xiaoying and Liu, Zhaoqiang and Chen, Shu},
title = {Spatial-temporal characteristics of carbon emissions corrected by
socio-economic driving factors under land use changes in Sichuan Province,
southwestern China},
volume = {77},
pages = {102164},
abstract = {The spatial-temporal distribution characteristics of carbon
emissions under land use changes can fully reflect the impact of socio-economic
development caused by human activities on terrestrial ecosystems. However, previous
studies just focused on the traditional carbon emission coefficient method which
was applied to calculate carbon emission amounts from different land use types at a
large spatial scale over a long-time period. This approach did not consider the
effects of spatial heterogeneity of socio-economic factors on carbon emissions,
which can lead to overestimating and underestimating carbon emissions in intra-
study areas. Therefore, it is urgent to build a corrected method integrating socio-
economic factors into carbon emission calculation which can make up for this
shortcoming. Firstly, this study calculated the carbon emissions under land use
changes through the traditional method based on spatial maps of land uses and
fossil energy consumption during 2000–2018 in 21 cities (states) in Sichuan
Province. From 2000 to 2018, the overall carbon emissions increased by 43.14%, and
the high and low carbon emission values occurred in the east and west of the study
site, respectively. Chengdu had the largest carbon emissions, and its maximum value
appeared in 2015. Only the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garz (Garz) had a
negative carbon emission value. Furthermore, the total carbon emissions were
significantly correlated with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and population. This
study then proposed a method to correct carbon emissions by considering the spatial
heterogeneity of GDP and population. There were some obvious differences between
uncorrected and corrected carbon emissions. From 2000 to 2018, the corrected carbon
emissions also showed an increasing trend, but their values were much higher than
uncorrected carbon emissions. The city (state) with the largest corrected carbon
emissions was still in Chengdu but the maximum value occurred in 2018. The city
(state) with negative corrected carbon emissions was still in Garz, but its
corrected values were much lower than uncorrected carbon emissions. Additionally,
the center of gravity of positive carbon emissions shifted from Ziyang before the
correction to Chengdu after the correction during 2000–2018. In summary, the
corrected carbon emissions proposed in this study by considering socio-economic
driving factors can reflect an actual condition of carbon emissions from land use.
The results can offer a scientific basis for the local government to construct low-
carbon land use patterns in Sichuan Province. This approach can be promoted to
calculate carbon emissions in other study sites at different spatial scales.},
Carbon emissions
Socio-economic driving factors
Corrected carbon emission coefficient method},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN118,
author = {Caillault, Sébastien and Marie, Maxime},
title = {Is a village level always relevant to describe land cover changes?
Analysing the landscape to understand socio-environmental changes in western
Burkina Faso},
volume = {127},
pages = {106569},
abstract = {This paper presents a study about land management in western Burkina
Faso. A landscape approach combining surveys and spatial analysis was used to
identify key, levels of land management. While the village level provides us with
current key data for, a detailed understanding of population dynamics (i), and the
household level provides, explanations of economic conditions (ii), these two
traditional levels were not able to, fully explain local variability in
environmental resources. We therefore question the, relative dominance of
traditional levels (village, households) and introduce a spatial, dimension of
environmental management to examine the variability of plural legal, rights in
several places. We demonstrate the impact of lineage strategies on observed,
changes at different levels. Our results provide evidence that, although land cover
has, changed, the local land management system seems relatively stable due to
historic, lineage alliances. This paper highlights the importance of understanding
how the, localized social position of inhabitants, inside and outside the village
level, can strongly affect local resource management and thus contribute to a
certain inefficiency of public policies.},
keywords = {Land management
Land cover
Land use
Levels
Scales
Sub-Saharan Africa},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1105,
author = {Calderón-Loor, Marco and Hadjikakou, Michalis and Bryan, Brett A.},
title = {High-resolution wall-to-wall land-cover mapping and land change
assessment for Australia from 1985 to 2015},
volume = {252},
pages = {112148},
abstract = {Computational and data handling limitations have constrained time-
series analyses of land-cover change at high-spatial resolution over large (e.g.,
continental) extents. However, a new set of cloud-computing services offer an
opportunity for improving knowledge of land change at finer grain. We constructed a
historical set of seven high-resolution wall-to-wall land-cover maps at continental
scale for Australia and analyzed temporal and spatial changes of land-cover from
1985 to 2015 at 5-year time-steps using Google Earth Engine (GEE). We used 281,962
Landsat scenes for producing median cloud-free composites at each time-step. We
established a pseudo ground-truth dataset and used a PCA-based outlier detection
method to reduce its uncertainty. A random forest model was trained at each time-
step for classifying raw data into six land-cover classes: Cropland, Forest,
Grassland, Built-up, Water, and Other areas, using 49 predictor datasets and nearly
20,000 training points. We further constructed uncertainty maps at each time-step
as a proxy of per-pixel confidence. The average overall accuracy of the seven 30 m-
resolution land-cover maps was ~93%. Built-up and Water areas displayed the highest
user and producer accuracies (>93%), with Grasslands and Other areas slightly lower
(~82–88%). Classification uncertainty was lower in more homogeneous landscapes
(i.e., large expanses of a single land-cover class). Around 510,975 km2
(±69,877 km2) of land changed over the 30 years at an average of ~17,033 km2 yr−1
(±2329 km2 yr−1). Cropland and Forests declined by ~64,836 km2 (±16,437 km2)
and ~ 152,492 km2 (±24,749 km2) over 30 years, mainly converting to Grassland. Built-
up areas experienced the highest relative increases, increasing from 12,320 km2 in
1985 to 15,013 km2 in 2015 (~19.2%, ±3.1%). The sensitivity, i.e., proportion of
pixels correctly classified as having changed, was over 96%, whereas the
specificity, i.e., the proportion of pixels correctly classified as no-change, was
over 68%. Numerous potential applications of these first-of-their-kind, detailed
spatiotemporal maps of land use and land-change assessment exist spanning many
areas of environmental impact assessment, policy, and management. Similarly, this
methodological framework can provide a useful template for assessing continental-
scale, high-resolution land dynamics more broadly.},
Landsat
Random Forest
Google earth engine
Ground-truth data},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112148},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1193,
author = {Caldwell, Peter V. and Martin, Katherine L. and Vose, James M. and
Baker, Justin S. and Warziniack, Travis W. and Costanza, Jennifer K. and Frey,
Gregory E. and Nehra, Arpita and Mihiar, Christopher M.},
title = {Forested watersheds provide the highest water quality among all land
cover types, but the benefit of this ecosystem service depends on landscape
context},
volume = {882},
pages = {163550},
abstract = {Conversion of natural land cover can degrade water quality in water
supply watersheds and increase treatment costs for Public Water Systems (PWSs), but
there are few studies that have fully evaluated land cover and water quality
relationships in mixed use watersheds across broad hydroclimatic settings. We
related upstream land cover (forest, other natural land covers, development, and
agriculture) to observed and modeled water quality across the southeastern US and
specifically at 1746 PWS drinking water intake facilities. While there was
considerable complexity and variability in the relationship between land cover and
water quality, results suggest that Total Nitrogen (TN), Total Phosphorus (TP) and
Suspended Sediment (SS) concentrations decrease significantly with increasing
forest cover, and increase with increasing developed or agricultural cover.
Catchments with dominant (>90 %) agricultural land cover had the greatest export
rates for TN, TP, and SS based on SPARROW model estimates, followed by developed-
dominant, then forest- and other-natural-dominant catchments. Variability in
modeled TN, TP, and SS export rates by land cover type was driven by variability in
natural background sources and catchment characteristics that affected water
quality even in forest-dominated catchments. Both intake setting (i.e., run-of-
river or reservoir) and upstream land cover were important determinants of water
quality at PWS intakes. Of all PWS intakes, 15 % had high raw water quality, and
85 % of those were on reservoirs. Of the run-of-river intakes with high raw water
quality, 75 % had at least 50 % forest land cover upstream. In addition, PWS
intakes obtaining surface water supply from smaller upstream catchments may
experience the largest losses of natural land cover based on projections of land
cover in 2070. These results illustrate the complexity and variability in the
relationship between land cover and water quality at broad scales, but also suggest
that forest conservation can enhance the resilience of drinking water supplies.},
Water quality
Drinking water supply
Forest hydrology
Ecosystem services
SPARROW model},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN845,
author = {Calzolari, C. and Tarocco, P. and Lombardo, N. and Marchi, N. and
Ungaro, F.},
title = {Assessing soil ecosystem services in urban and peri-urban areas: From
urban soils survey to providing support tool for urban planning},
volume = {99},
pages = {105037},
abstract = {The current practice of urban planning does not pay proper attention
to the quality of urban soils, to their multiple functions and to the supply of
ecosystem services to the urban population. The purpose of this paper is to
contribute to raising awareness about the role of soil in the built-up environment,
to provide tools to assess and map urban soils ecosystem services and to highlight
the possibility of integrating soil knowledge into urban planning. Within the
framework of the EU funded project SOS4LIFE - Save Our Soils for LIFE, we surveyed,
sampled, analyzed and mapped the soil of the city of Carpi (NE Italy), integrating
the existing knowledge about soils and land use with the urban plan, and providing
the basis for the production of a 1:5,000 map of urban soils. Soil data
interpolated over the entire case study area provided the inputs for locally
calibrated pedotransfer functions whose outputs were used to assess a set of six
indicators of ecosystem services supply: soil biodiversity, buffer capacity, carbon
storage, agricultural production, water regulation, and water storage. Maps of the
six ecosystem services are presented along with an overall urban soil quality map
based upon the number of service hotspots per unit area of unsealed soil. Results
show that for a number of services, hotspots occur not only in the peri-urban
agricultural areas but also in unsealed soils within the urban fabric, and that
different soils provide high quality services in diverse constellation depending on
soil characteristics and degree of sealing. We estimated that the unsealed soils of
the green areas within the city (193 ha) store within the first 30 cm of depth
15,067 Mg of organic carbon (55,246 Mg CO2 eq.) corresponding to an average carbon
density of 78.0 Mg ha−1, which is significantly higher than the corresponding
average of the agricultural soils of the area (43.4 Mg ha−1). Furthermore, thanks
to their high available water capacity they store up to 58,682 m3 of water,
corresponding to 304 m3 ha−1. Our approach can contribute to making soils and their
ecosystem services an integral part of the urban planning process, and an example
of its application is provided in order to highlight the impact of planning
decisions of the joint provision of soil ecosystem services.},
keywords = {Urban soils
Ecosystem services
Soil sealing
Urban planning
Soil quality},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1186,
author = {Candido, C. and Blanco, A. C. and Medina, J. and Gubatanga, E. and
Santos, A. and Ana, R. Sta and Reyes, R. B.},
title = {Improving the consistency of multi-temporal land cover mapping of
Laguna lake watershed using light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM) approach,
change detection analysis, and Markov chain},
volume = {23},
pages = {100565},
abstract = {The enhanced temporal capability of today's satellite sensors gives
us large volumes of data to be processed, analysed, and visualized. Most of the
conventional remote sensing software and land cover classification approaches,
however, are only designed for single-date observations. To fully utilize the
amount of data we receive and to improve land use/land cover mapping (LULC),
technological advancements in machine learning, open-source processing, and GPU-
accelerated hardware should be utilized. In this paper, a methodology for
classification of temporal sequence of Sentinel-2 images was developed using open-
source Python libraries. Light Gradient Boosting Machine, a machine learning
algorithm that uses tree-based learning, was used to classify different land cover
types based on a temporal sequence of Sentinel-2 satellite images. Although the use
of powerful machine learning algorithm resulted to more accurate land cover maps,
temporal inconsistencies are still pervasive when dealing with time series outputs.
To remove these temporal inconsistencies that resulted from misclassifications,
temporal land cover filter based on transition probability matrix was applied on
the time series land cover maps to modify the illogical land cover transitions.
Accuracy assessment revealed good performance of the approach, which produced
higher overall accuracy.},
keywords = {Light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM)
Sentinel 2 image
Multivariate alteration detection (MAD)},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1223,
author = {Cantini, Claudio and Nepi, Pietro Emilio and Giovanni, Avola and
Riggi, Ezio},
title = {Direct and indirect ground estimation of leaf area index to support
interpretation of NDVI data from satellite images in hedgerow olive orchards},
volume = {5},
pages = {100267},
abstract = {In discontinuous crop soil coverage condition, as for many
horticultural crops (e.g. fruit or olive orchard), the low spatial resolution of
freely available reflectance data acquired from satellites, affects their agronomic
use. Each reflectance pixel value is influenced not only by the reflectance
response of the target crop but also by the percentage of pixel covered by the
crop, as bare soil and/or spontaneous vegetation strongly affects whole pixel
reflectance. In this context, when the analysis of crop conditions is the main
agronomical target, the measurement of Leaf Area Index (LAI), supporting the
estimation of the area covered by the discontinuous crop, could represent a crucial
step helping the interpretation of remote sensed spectral data including related
vegetation indices. From this perspective, a field experiment has been conducted on
an 8.30 ha super intensive hedgerow olive orchard, monitoring (i) variation of NDVI
from an 830 pixels’ grid of the Sentinel-2 imagery (10×10 m) during two years
(2020–2021); (ii) LAI estimated by destructive measurement, and (iii) LAI estimated
by light transmittance at soil level under the crop measured by a commercial low
cost field instrument (LAI-Pen LP 100) with two light sensors (400 - 700 nm and 400
- 500 nm bands). Mean NDVI elaborated from Sentinel-2 imagery and referred to the
whole orchard, varies from 0.28 to 0.81, along the two years, and was quite stable
during the summer months for each year (0.28–0.36 in 2020 and 0.39–0.41 in 2021).
LAI estimated by destructive measurements on single plants, ranged between 2.17 and
4.38. LAI estimated by LAI-Pen, was strongly related to LAI estimated by
destructive measurements (R2=0.9473 n = 9) Finally, the average of LAI-Pen
measurements referred to all the plants (n = 16) included in each pixel of the
Sentinel 2 measurements’ grid, resulted directly correlated to pixel NDVI values
collected in the same date.},
keywords = {Olea europaea
LAI estimation
LAI-Pen
Vegetation index},
ISSN = {2772-3755},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1095,
author = {Canty, Morton J.},
title = {Boosting a fast neural network for supervised land cover
classification},
volume = {35},
number = {6},
pages = {1280-1295},
abstract = {It is demonstrated that the use of an ensemble of neural networks
for routine land cover classification of multispectral satellite data can lead to a
significant improvement in classification accuracy. Specifically, the AdaBoost.M1
algorithm is applied to a sequence of three-layer, feed-forward neural networks. In
order to overcome the drawback of long training time for each network in the
ensemble, the networks are trained with an efficient Kalman filter algorithm. On
the basis of statistical hypothesis tests, classification performance on
multispectral imagery is compared with that of maximum likelihood and support
vector machine classifiers. Good generalization accuracies are obtained with
computation times of the order of 1h or less. The algorithms involved are described
in detail and a software implementation in the ENVI/IDL image analysis environment
is provided.},
keywords = {Adaptive boosting
Kalman filter
Supervised learning
Neural networks
Satellite imagery},
ISSN = {0098-3004},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2008.07.004},
year = {2009},
}
@article{RN586,
author = {Carstensen, M. V. and Molina-Navarro, E. and Hashemi, F. and Kronvang,
B. and Bieger, K.},
title = {Modelling the impact of the Nordic Bioeconomy Pathways and climate
change on water quantity and quality in a Danish River Basin},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {222},
pages = {106795},
abstract = {A societal transformation towards bio-economy will have extensive
implications for land use in Nordic countries. These expected changes in land use
combined with a changing climate, will have unknown consequences for water quality
and quantity. To address this issue, we used the Nordic Bio-economic Pathways
(NBPs), which describe five possible future scenarios (NBP1-5) for the Nordic bio-
economy in 2050. The NBPs were quantified by experts using local knowledge and
translated into modelling scenarios. The SWAT model was applied to simulate the
effect of NBP scenarios for changes in farming intensity (varying chemical
fertilizer and manure application rates), land cover change (agriculture vs forest)
and nutrient loss mitigation (buffer strips and wetlands) in the River Odense
catchment. Subsequently, the NBPs were combined with medium (RCP4.5) and strong
(RCP8.5) climate change scenarios for the period 2041–2070 utilising the median of
an ensemble of 20 and 57 climate models, respectively. Our study clearly showed
that only one of the pathways, namely NBP1 (sustainability first), would enable
catchment managers to fulfil the Water Framework Directive reduction target set for
the total nitrogen loads in the River Odense catchment by reducing total nitrogen
loads by 66%. One of the pathways (NBP5; growth first) caused an increase in the
average annual total nitrogen loads by 12%, while the NBP3 scenario (self-
sufficiency) reduced the total nitrogen loads with 18% compared to 2% in the case
of NBP2 (business as usual) and 29 % for NBP4 (cities first). Surprisingly, climate
change had only limited added impacts on the total nitrogen loads due to increased
nitrogen uptake of crops. Our study provides policy makers with information on the
influence of the different choices and directions taken towards transforming
societies into bio-economies in the future.},
keywords = {Catchment model
Green shift
Hydrology
Land use change
Nitrogen},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1282,
author = {Casa, Antonio de la and Ovando, Gustavo and Díaz, Guillermo},
title = {Linking data of ENSO, NDVI-MODIS and crops yield as a base of an early
warning system for agriculture in Córdoba, Argentina},
volume = {22},
pages = {100480},
abstract = {By influencing interannual rainfall variability in the Province of
Córdoba, Argentina, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) also impact on corn and
soybean yields at the main rain-fed agricultural production departments. Spectral
NDVI data not only capture the environmental impact on vegetation directly, but
also can expose it spread all over a region at the same time. As support of an
early warning system and decision-making for agriculture, the impact of ENSO on
corn and soybean yields anomaly (YA) was analyzed between 2000 and 2017, by using
different indicators: SOI, MEI and ONI over the 12 major production departments of
Córdoba. Also, NDVI-MODIS data was assessed all over Río Segundo (RS) territory in
the center of Córdoba as a vegetation proxy to depict the agricultural activity in
a broad sense. To check signal persistency, the relationship was assessed first
using the indicators from July to October prior to the sowing date; and then once
the growing season has finished, to show the effective ENSO impact on crops
productivity. Persistence of ENSO signal was verified, so that the ENSO influence
during the growing season quantified remains or intensifies when is compared to
information in advance to the start of crop season. While for SOIGS and MEIGS the
correlation with corn yield is significant (p < 0.05) in all Córdoba departments,
it is always a little lower for ONIGS. Instead, for soybean only 4 departments show
significant relationships when using ONIGS, 5 in the case of MEIGS and it increases
to 6 when using SOIGS. The particular response of NDVI anomaly (AND) to ENSO was
located and quantified for different indices and periods during the crop season. A
consistent relationship was found between ENSO and the NDVI as an indicator of
agricultural activity in RS territory but, in any case, the area fraction with a
significant condition is quite small. The relationship with NDVI is stronger for
SOI particularly when a more extended period is considered that include NDVI data
of April and May, at the end of the rainy season. While before the beginning of the
growing season SOIA-S and SOIS-O reach a significant relationship with the NDVI
accumulated since November to May in 11% and 10% of Río Segundo territory,
respectively, the percentage increases to 19% when SOIGS is used. Finally, all this
information was integrated in an unsupervised cartographic scheme that recognizes
different responses of crops yield and NDVI to ENSO in the RS territory. Multiple
regression models for corn and soybean yield prediction were developed from NDVI
and ENSO indicators for each one of the identified productive sectors. Crops yield
can be estimated before harvest with good accuracy, making use of the maximum NDVI
value and SOI, both before (SOIA-S) and during the growing season (SOIA-S-O-N-D).
As NDVI data capture the ENSO influence on agriculture as well as over crop
productivity, its incorporation into a climate monitoring protocol must conforms
the basis of an early warning system for a sustainable agriculture in the region.},
keywords = {SOI
MEI
ONI
Corn
Soybean},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1067,
author = {Casañas, Juan M. and Cometto, Pablo Marcelo and González Vera, Mauro
and Córdoba, Mariano},
title = {Geostatistical analysis of the relationship among geomorphology, land
cover, and AOD at the local scale in a South American desert region},
journal = {Atmospheric Pollution Research},
volume = {14},
number = {11},
pages = {101909},
abstract = {This work aims to assess the particle matter distribution in Tulum
Valley, San Juan, Argentina, during 2019, in relation to geomorphology. Random
forest supervised classifications were performed to obtain customized annual
landform and seasonal land cover maps using Landsat 8 Surface Reflectance (OLI);
Sentinel-1 SAR, SRTM digital elevation images, and a set of spectral indices.
Geostatistical analyses, including Linear Mixed Models, were performed considering
the ln of the mean, the ln of the standard deviation, and the Angstrom Exponent of
the MAIAC Aerosol Optical Depth product as response variables, and landforms,
landforms + land cover, Land Surface Temperature, and Moisture Stress Index as
explanatory variables. The models allowed statistically significant differentiation
of the Aerosol Optical Depth means of the landform and landform + land cover
classes. The percentage of residual standard error for the means obtained from the
model was up to 4.02%. The Angstrom Exponent values below 0.0858, along with the
spatial distribution of the three response variables, indicate that the primary
aerosol source in the study area is wind-driven soil/sediment erosion, which shows
a strong relationship with emission areas. No long-distance transport of aerosols
was observed.},
keywords = {Geomorphology
AOD
Supervised classification, geostatistics
Land cover},
ISSN = {1309-1042},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2023.101909},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN524,
author = {Castello, Leandro and Anane-Taabeah Attu, Gifty and Aliebe, Anthony
and Onana Ateba, Nelly Ornelle and Jueya, Sandrine and Carvalho, Felipe and
Ickowitz, Amy and Frimpong, Emmanuel A.},
title = {Land-use and land-cover affect inland fish catch in two rivers of
Central Africa},
journal = {Water Biology and Security},
volume = {1},
number = {4},
pages = {100074},
abstract = {Land-cover change can affect inland fisheries, which underpin food
security of millions of people worldwide. Removal of forests from very large
floodplains has been found to decrease fish catch via loss of feeding and nursery
habitat for fish. However, it is unknown if similar effects occur in smaller rivers
with limited floodplain areas. Little is also known about the mechanisms by which
land-cover changes affect inland fish catch. Here, we assessed land-use and land-
cover (LULC) effects on fish catch, diet, and condition at sites in two medium-
sized rivers of Cameroon, in Central Africa. We found that LULC explained 30% of
the variation in fish catch, with the catch of five species being positively, and
of two species being negatively, related to floodplain forests. The niche breadth
of fish diets was higher in the river surrounded by forests than in the river
surrounded by agricultural land. However, contrary to expectations, condition of
the fish, as indicated by occurrence of diseases or deformities, eroded fins,
lesions or tumors, was not related to LULC. Our results support the notions that
floodplain forests support fish populations in rivers with limited floodplain areas
in ways similar to that of rivers with large floodplains, and that LULC affects
fish populations via changes in fish diets and instream habitat features (i.e.,
riparian canopy closure, water clarity, substrate heterogeneity, and habitat
volume). These effects imply that prevailing changes in LULC threaten the food and
livelihood security services provided by inland fisheries, highlighting the
importance of policies that maintain native vegetation along riverbanks and in
floodplain areas.},
keywords = {Agriculture
Diet
Fish traits
Food security
LULC},
ISSN = {2772-7351},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watbs.2022.100074},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1236,
author = {Castro Sardiña, Leticia and Irisarri, Gonzalo and Texeira, Marcos},
title = {Climate factors rather than human activities controlled NDVI trends
across wet meadow areas in the Andes Centrales of Argentina},
volume = {214},
pages = {104983},
abstract = {In the Andes of southern South America, wet meadows are much more
productive than nearby arid areas. Human activities, along with climate variations
may reduce the productivity of these ecosystems. However, we do not know what the
relative effect of climate and human activities on their degradation status is.
Here, we first quantified the degradation extent through the temporal trend of
normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), a proxy of productivity, from 1999
to 2017. We did it in 736 wet meadow areas inserted in three nearby zones with
contrasting land management. Second, we analyzed the relationship between NDVI and
a large-scale mode of climate variability (El Niño Southern Oscillation, ENSO) and
regional climate variables (precipitation and temperature) through a structured
climate model. Finally, we evaluated human activities’ effects through the temporal
trends in the residuals of the climate model. Independently of land management,
NDVI trends were mainly negative and affected 56% of the wet meadow areas. The
climate model indicated that NDVI increased under La Niña, cool and wet years.
Regarding land management, the degradation level was similar across the contrasted
land management. Our results suggest that climate factors rather than human
activities influenced the degradation process in these areas.},
keywords = {ENSO
Human impact
NDVI trends
RESTREND
Wet meadows
Open pit mining},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2023.104983},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN854,
author = {Caswell, Bryony A. and Dissanayake, Navodha G. and Frid, Christopher
L. J.},
title = {Influence of climate-induced biogeographic range shifts on mudflat
ecological functioning in the subtropics},
journal = {Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science},
volume = {237},
pages = {106692},
abstract = {A growing volume of evidence shows that the broad-scale
biogeographic redistribution of species is occurring in response to increasing
global temperatures. The present study documents poleward movements of up to eight
species of nominally ‘tropical’ macroinvertebrates (molluscs, polychaetes,
crustaceans and foraminifera) from intertidal mudflats on the south east coast of
Australia. The speed of movement was comparable with that for Australian marine
fauna generally, but was particularly fast for worms and molluscs (~70–
300 km decade−1) and may be facilitated by the southward flowing East Australia
Current. Further, two temperate taxa appear to have extended their ranges
northwards. Changes in species biogeographic ranges raises questions surrounding
the response of ecological processes within the altered and novel species
combinations, including processes that underpin valuable ecosystem services. Using
biological traits analysis to investigate how the observed species range changes
might have impacted mudflat ecosystem functioning, and to predict the possible
impacts of further poleward movements of tropical taxa. Our models suggest the
changes to date, and those likely to occur in the near future, are within the
envelope whereby ecological functioning is maintained by functional compensation
and redundancy within the mudflat assemblage. However, in the most extreme scenario
the replacement of temperate by tropical taxa resulted in major changes in
ecological functioning with potential impacts on nutrient cycling and C-cycling,
undermining the potential of these mudflats to continue to deliver critical
ecosystem services. The widespread nature of biogeographic range shifts and the
value of coastal systems should add further weight to calls for global action to
mitigate global temperature change.},
Ecosystem services
Infauna
Functional compensation
Biological traits
Novel assemblages},
ISSN = {0272-7714},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106692},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN303,
author = {Cegielska, Katarzyna and Noszczyk, Tomasz and Kukulska, Anita and
Szylar, Marta and Hernik, Józef and Dixon-Gough, Robert and Jombach, Sándor and
Valánszki, István and Filepné Kovács, Krisztina},
title = {Land use and land cover changes in post-socialist countries: Some
observations from Hungary and Poland},
volume = {78},
pages = {1-18},
abstract = {This study has analysed changes in land use and land cover (LUCC) in
two post-socialist countries – Hungary and Poland, based upon cadastral data,
statistical data, and CORINE Land Cover data. This is a new approach aimed to
perform a synergy analysis carried out in accordance with the ‘top-down’ principle,
i.e. from the level of countries (in the case of land use) to the level of
provinces/counties (land cover). This approach facilitates more reliable results.
The authors analysed LUCC in northern Hungary (the Pest County) and southern Poland
(the Małopolska Province) using GIS and statistical methods. The main aim of the
research was to identify and assess the ongoing LUCC changes and compare them in
the assumed field of research. The results indicate the existence of a trend in
each time series. A downward trend was revealed for agricultural land in Hungary
and Poland as well as for uncultivated land in Hungary. An upward trend was found
in other variables (uncultivated land in Poland and forest land in both countries).
Changes in land cover in the Pest County and the Małopolska Province (in 2000 and
2012) show a decrease in agricultural areas and an increase in artificial surfaces,
forest and semi-natural areas with the change in Poland being more intensive than
that in Hungary.},
keywords = {Land change analysis
Land use/land cover
Corine Land Cover
Statistical analysis
Spatial data
Synergistic comparison
Trend analyses},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN403,
author = {Cegielska, Katarzyna and Noszczyk, Tomasz and Kukulska, Anita and
Szylar, Marta and Hernik, Józef and Dixon-Gough, Robert and Jombach, Sándor and
Valánszki, István and Filepné Kovács, Krisztina},
title = {Land use and land cover changes in post-socialist countries: Some
observations from Hungary and Poland},
volume = {78},
pages = {1-18},
abstract = {This study has analysed changes in land use and land cover (LUCC) in
two post-socialist countries – Hungary and Poland, based upon cadastral data,
statistical data, and CORINE Land Cover data. This is a new approach aimed to
perform a synergy analysis carried out in accordance with the ‘top-down’ principle,
i.e. from the level of countries (in the case of land use) to the level of
provinces/counties (land cover). This approach facilitates more reliable results.
The authors analysed LUCC in northern Hungary (the Pest County) and southern Poland
(the Małopolska Province) using GIS and statistical methods. The main aim of the
research was to identify and assess the ongoing LUCC changes and compare them in
the assumed field of research. The results indicate the existence of a trend in
each time series. A downward trend was revealed for agricultural land in Hungary
and Poland as well as for uncultivated land in Hungary. An upward trend was found
in other variables (uncultivated land in Poland and forest land in both countries).
Changes in land cover in the Pest County and the Małopolska Province (in 2000 and
2012) show a decrease in agricultural areas and an increase in artificial surfaces,
forest and semi-natural areas with the change in Poland being more intensive than
that in Hungary.},
keywords = {Land change analysis
Land use/land cover
Corine Land Cover
Statistical analysis
Spatial data
Synergistic comparison
Trend analyses},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN12,
author = {Cen, Yunfeng and Lou, Yongcai and Gao, Zhaoliang and Liu, Wenbo and
Zhang, Xun and Sun, Guanfang and Li, Yonghong},
title = {Vegetation carbon input moderates the effects of climate change on
topsoil organic carbon in China},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {228},
pages = {107188},
abstract = {Climate change affects soil organic carbon (SOC) and contributes to
the uncertainty of terrestrial carbon sinks in the global carbon budget. The
response of SOC to climate change and its associated control processes are still
not well understood at the national level due to limited surface monitoring and
control experiments. With changes in vegetation growth and the regulation of its
carbon input, the feedback of topsoil SOC to climate change is likely to become
more complex at broad geographical scales. Here, on the basis of the long-term
satellite remote sensing data from 2000 to 2019, multiple linear regression and
pathway analyses were applied to the raster scale to investigate the importance of
vegetation carbon input relative to climate change impacts on topsoil SOC in China
and quantify the direct effects of climate change on topsoil SOC and the indirect
effects through vegetation net primary productivity (NPP). The results show that
the overall trend of increase in topsoil SOC in China from 2000 to 2019 is
significant (P < 0.05), and most regions show a good development trend in the
future, except for some areas in the Central South, East, and Northeast regions,
where a risk of degradation exists. Relative to climate change, the dominant areas
of NPP impact on topsoil SOC in China occupy a considerable proportion, especially
in the North, Northwest, and Central South regions, with area proportions of
68.15 %, 49.52 %, and 47.99 %, respectively. The indirect positive impacts of
climate change on changes in topsoil SOC in China through vegetation carbon input
offset the direct negative impacts in most areas. These results have important
implications for enhanced prediction of future SOC changes and provide references
for terrestrial carbon sinks management strategies in the context of response to
climate change.},
keywords = {Topsoil organic carbon
Climate change
Vegetation carbon input
Pathway analysis
China},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1122,
author = {Chai, Baohui and Li, Peijun},
title = {An ensemble method for monitoring land cover changes in urban areas
using dense Landsat time series data},
volume = {195},
pages = {29-42},
abstract = {This study proposes a new method for monitoring land cover change in
urban areas using all available Landsat time series data, named the Ensemble of
Bidirectional Time Series Analysis (EBTSA). In this method, the bidirectional
Continuous Change Detection and Classification (CCDC) and the Chow Test are
combined to improve the robustness against data scarcity in earlier times and
reduce break detection errors and refine classification results. There are three
key stages in this method: break detection using bidirectional CCDs, break
refinement using the Chow Test, and bidirectional model integration and
classification. The EBTSA method was evaluated over the Tianjin metropolitan area
in China using Landsat data from 1989 to 2018. Results show that the proposed
method improved spatial and temporal accuracies of both land cover classification
and change detection, by reducing the influence of sparser Landsat data in the
earlier years and the break detection errors. Using the land cover change results
in the Tianjin area obtained using the EBTSA method, we analyzed the spatio-
temporal distribution of land cover classification and change detection. It is
found from the results that the Tianjin area experienced dramatic urban land
changes, characterized by rapid urban expansion and noticeable transition from
vegetation to urban land, with diverse changes from urban land to various nonurban
land cover types. Results of this study showcase the effectiveness of the proposed
method in land cover change monitoring in urban areas, which facilitates a more
comprehensive understanding of urban land change dynamics and diversity.},
keywords = {Land cover change monitoring
Urbanization
Time series analysis
Spatio-temporal analysis},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN513,
author = {Chakraborty, Anusheema and Sachdeva, Kamna and Joshi, P. K.},
title = {Mapping long-term land use and land cover change in the central
Himalayan region using a tree-based ensemble classification approach},
volume = {74},
pages = {136-150},
abstract = {Forest cover and its change analysis along with nexus between other
land cover types are often seen as insufficient data quality for operational
applications in the Himalayan region. Despite extensive documentation reporting
rapid demographic, socio-economic and environmental changes in this region, we lack
comprehensive detailed assessments of spatial distribution of land use/land cover
(LULC) change over an extended period of time. In this study, we overcame this
limitation by producing annual maps of change among forests and other LULC classes
in the Kumaon division in the state of Uttarakhand, India. This is the first
attempt to develop a database for this region using public domain Landsat images
and replicable mapping techniques. To deal with high spatial and temporal
variability as well as complex multi-signature classes, this study uses a tree-
based ensemble classification approach. The central premise of the approach is to
exploit multi-seasonal information using characteristic temporal signatures in
several spectral regions along with various environmental variables to identify
twenty (20) LULC classes spanning three decades, focussing on distinguishing
geographically dominant forest types. The maps were combined into seven LULC
classes with reference to global databases. Random forest (RF) classifier was used
to create seasonal maps, and knowledge-based decision level fusion was used to
produce annual composite maps. Overall accuracies were equal to 82% (kappa = 0.75),
87% (kappa = 0.81), 87% (kappa = 0.82), and 88% (kappa = 0.83) for 1990, 1999, 2009
and 2014, respectively, while detailed maps had moderately high (∼70%) overall
accuracies. As forests in the Himalayan region represent the most widespread
vegetation structure, development of such time series analysis in this region can
be potentially used for national and regional resource management efforts. This
study, therefore, gives an insight on the potential of using a tree-based ensemble
classification approach to provide a baseline database, which can aid in developing
practical field inventories and forest conservation policies.},
keywords = {Landsat
Multi-temporal LULC maps
Random forests
Decision level fusion
Himalaya},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN479,
author = {Chalise, Sudarshan and Naranpanawa, Athula},
title = {Climate change adaptation in agriculture: A computable general
equilibrium analysis of land-use change in Nepal},
volume = {59},
pages = {241-250},
abstract = {This paper investigates the feasibility of changes in cropland-use
as an adaptation strategy to minimise the economy-wide costs of climate change on
agriculture. Nepal makes an interesting case study as it is one of the most
vulnerable agricultural economies within South Asia. We develop a comparative
static multi-household computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for Nepal, with a
nested set of constant elasticity of transformation (CET) functional forms, to
model the allocation of land within different agricultural sectors. Land
transformation elasticities in these CET functions are allowed to reflect the ease
of switching from one crop to another based on their agronomic characteristics. The
results suggest that, in the long run, farmers in Nepal tend to allocate land to
crops that are comparatively less impacted by climate change, such as paddy,
thereby minimising the economy-wide impacts of climate change. Furthermore, the
results reveal that land-use change tends to reduce the income disparity between
different household groups by significantly moderating the income losses of
marginal farmers. Therefore, it is suggested that policy makers in Nepal should
prioritise schemes such as providing climate-smart paddy varieties (i.e., those
that are resistant to heat, drought and floods) to farmers, subsidising
fertilizers, improving agronomic practices, and educating farmers to switch from
crops that are highly impacted by climate change to those that are not, such as
paddy.},
General equilibrium
Land-use change
Nepalese agriculture},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN296,
author = {Chaudhary, Sunita and Chettri, Nakul and Uddin, Kabir and Khatri, Top
B. and Dhakal, Maheshwar and Bajracharya, Birendra and Ning, Wu},
title = {Implications of land cover change on ecosystems services and people’s
dependency: A case study from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal},
journal = {Ecological Complexity},
volume = {28},
pages = {200-211},
abstract = {Protected areas, a corestone of biodiversity conservation, provide a
vast array of ecosystem services to support livelihoods of people. However,
protected areas, especially freshwater, are under threat with overexploitation of
resources changing the land covers and degrading their capacity to supply services.
Information on land cover changes and its implications on ecosystems, its services
and people, especially in developing countries at a local scale, is largely absent.
This study, therefore, seeks to understand people's dependency on ecosystem
services and implications of land cover change on ecosystem services and people,
with a case study in the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve of Nepal. Using both
qualitative and quantitative methods, our findings show high dependency of the
locals on a vast array of ecosystem services provided by the reserve. More than
half of the sampled households were found to directly derive income from ecosystem
services of the reserve. However, land cover changes especially declines in forest
(16%), swamps/marshes (4%), rivers (14%) and other ecosystems over a period of 34-
years impacted the provision of ecosystem services and people’s dependency notably.
The services from forests declined by about 94%, swamps services by 36% and
services from river by 57% which were reported to be the high service suppliers.
People's dependency, as perceived by the locals, was reduced by 67% over the last
ten years. The study highlighting the supply, demand and implications on ecosystem
services and people helped to better understand the complex interaction between
humans and ecosystems. These results can be used to develop holistic approaches to
restore, conserve and manage the ecosystems, and its services by balancing equal
supply and demand of ecosystem services required for a self-sustaining human-
environment system. It can also contribute to development of important
environmental policies and programs in the area.},
keywords = {Ecosystem services
Dependency
Land cover
Capacity
Impacts},
ISSN = {1476-945X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2016.04.002},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN396,
author = {Chaudhary, Sunita and Chettri, Nakul and Uddin, Kabir and Khatri, Top
B. and Dhakal, Maheshwar and Bajracharya, Birendra and Ning, Wu},
title = {Implications of land cover change on ecosystems services and people’s
dependency: A case study from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal},
volume = {28},
pages = {200-211},
abstract = {Protected areas, a corestone of biodiversity conservation, provide a
vast array of ecosystem services to support livelihoods of people. However,
protected areas, especially freshwater, are under threat with overexploitation of
resources changing the land covers and degrading their capacity to supply services.
Information on land cover changes and its implications on ecosystems, its services
and people, especially in developing countries at a local scale, is largely absent.
This study, therefore, seeks to understand people's dependency on ecosystem
services and implications of land cover change on ecosystem services and people,
with a case study in the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve of Nepal. Using both
qualitative and quantitative methods, our findings show high dependency of the
locals on a vast array of ecosystem services provided by the reserve. More than
half of the sampled households were found to directly derive income from ecosystem
services of the reserve. However, land cover changes especially declines in forest
(16%), swamps/marshes (4%), rivers (14%) and other ecosystems over a period of 34-
years impacted the provision of ecosystem services and people’s dependency notably.
The services from forests declined by about 94%, swamps services by 36% and
services from river by 57% which were reported to be the high service suppliers.
People's dependency, as perceived by the locals, was reduced by 67% over the last
ten years. The study highlighting the supply, demand and implications on ecosystem
services and people helped to better understand the complex interaction between
humans and ecosystems. These results can be used to develop holistic approaches to
restore, conserve and manage the ecosystems, and its services by balancing equal
supply and demand of ecosystem services required for a self-sustaining human-
environment system. It can also contribute to development of important
environmental policies and programs in the area.},
Dependency
Land cover
Capacity
Impacts},
ISSN = {1476-945X},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN30,
author = {Chen, Baoxiong and Zhang, Xianzhou and Tao, Jian and Wu, Jianshuang
and Wang, Jingsheng and Shi, Peili and Zhang, Yangjian and Yu, Chengqun},
title = {The impact of climate change and anthropogenic activities on alpine
grassland over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau},
volume = {189-190},
pages = {11-18},
abstract = {Climate change and anthropogenic activities are two factors that
have important effects on the carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems, but it is
almost impossible to fully separate them at present. This study used process-based
terrestrial ecosystem model to stimulate the potential climate-driven alpine
grassland net primary production (NPP), and Carnegie–Ames–Stanford Approach based
on remote sensing to stimulate actual alpine grassland NPP influenced by both of
climate change and anthropogenic activities over the Qinghai–Tibet plateau (QTP)
from 1982 to 2011. After the models were systematically calibrated, the simulations
were validated with continuous 3-year paired field sample data, which were
separately collected in fenced and open grasslands. We then simulated the human-
induced NPP, calculated as the difference between potential and actual NPP, to
determine the effect of anthropogenic activities on the alpine grassland ecosystem.
The simulation results showed that the climate change and anthropogenic activities
mainly drove the actual grassland NPP increasing in the first 20-year and the last
10-year respectively, the area percentage of actual grassland NPP change caused by
climate change declined from 79.62% in the period of 1982–2001 to 56.59% over the
last 10 years; but the percentage change resulting from human activities doubled
from 20.16% to 42.98% in the same periods over the QTP. The effect of human
activities on the alpine grassland ecosystem obviously intensified in the latter
period compared with the former 20 years, so the negative effect caused by climate
change to ecosystem could have been relatively mitigated or offset over the QTP in
the last ten years.},
keywords = {The Qinghai–Tibet plateau
Alpine grassland ecosystem
Net primary production
Climate change
Anthropogenic activities},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN953,
author = {Chen, Bingrui and Zou, Hui and Zhang, Boyan and Zhang, Xiyuan and
Wang, Chen and Zhang, Xinxin},
title = {Distribution change and protected area planning of Tilia amurensis in
China: A study of integrating the climate change and present habitat landscape
pattern},
volume = {43},
pages = {e02438},
abstract = {Tilia amurensis is a national class II endangered plant in China. It
plays an essential role in maintaining the stability of regional forest
communities. Moreover, it is an essential economic tree species in Northeast Asia.
In recent years, the impact of rapid climate change on the distribution and
adaptability of plant populations has received increasing attention. However, there
is still a knowledge gap in our understanding of the future distribution changes of
this important species. In this study, we used the ensemble species distribution
model to simulate the distribution of T. amurensis in China under different climate
scenarios. In addition, we used Fragstats and Zonation software based on the result
of the ensemble species distribution model and combining the multi-year land use
data. Using this method, we can clarify the landscape pattern changes and priority
protection areas of T. amurensis. The results showed that the suitable area of T.
amurensis in China was mainly located in the northeast region. The area of forest
habitat suitable for T. amurensis has gradually decreased, and the fragmentation
degree has progressively increased over the past 40 years. Under the background of
future climate change, the suitable area of T. amurensis could move progressively
to high latitude and high altitude, and the total area could show an upward trend.
However, the area of the high suitable area could decrease sharply with the
increase of year and carbon emissions. Six environmental factors: altitude (Alt),
precipitation in the warmest quarter (Bio18), mean temperature of the driest
quarter (Bio09), min temperature of the coldest month (Bio06), temperature
seasonality (Bio04), and isothermality (Bio03), play a crucial role in the spatial
distribution of T. amurensis. The counties in Northeast China are the most suitable
areas for protecting T. amurensis action, located in the southern Xiaoxing'an
Mountains and northern Changbai Mountains counties. In addition, among the existing
protected areas, Fenglin National Nature Reserve has the highest area of mandatory
reserves. It is expected to become a preferred location for T. amurensis
conservation actions. Our results can provide a helpful reference for the effective
protection and sustainable utilization of T. amurensis under climate change.},
Suitable area
Landscape pattern changes
Conservation areas},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1093,
author = {Chen, Chao and Yang, Xuebing and Jiang, Shenghui and Liu, Zhisong},
title = {Mapping and spatiotemporal dynamics of land-use and land-cover change
based on the Google Earth Engine cloud platform from Landsat imagery: A case study
of Zhoushan Island, China},
volume = {9},
number = {9},
pages = {e19654},
abstract = {Land resources are an essential foundation for socioeconomic
development. Island land resources are limited, the type changes are particularly
frequent, and the environment is fragile. Therefore, large-scale, long-term, and
high-accuracy land-use classification and spatiotemporal characteristic analysis
are of great significance for the sustainable development of islands. Based on the
advantages of remote sensing indices and principal component analysis in accurate
classification, and taking Zhoushan Archipelago, China, as the study area, in this
work long-term satellite remote sensing data were used to perform land-use
classification and spatiotemporal characteristic analysis. The classification
results showed that the land-use types could be exactly classified, with the
overall accuracy and Kappa coefficient greater than 94% and 0.93, respectively. The
results of the spatiotemporal characteristic analysis showed that the built-up land
and forest land areas increased by 90.00 km2 and 36.83 km2, respectively, while the
area of the cropland/grassland decreased by 69.77 km2. The areas of the water
bodies, tidal flats, and bare land exhibited slight change trends. The spatial
coverage of Zhoushan Island continuously expanded toward the coast, encroaching on
nearby sea areas and tidal flats. The cropland/grassland was the most transferred-
out area, at up to 108.94 km2, and built-up land was the most transferred-in areas,
at up to 73.31 km2. This study provides a data basis and technical support for the
scientific management of land resources.},
keywords = {Zhoushan island
Landsat
GEE
Land use and land cover change
Spatio-temporal characteristics},
ISSN = {2405-8440},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN422,
author = {Chen, Chen and Chen, Xinli and Chen, Han Y. H.},
title = {Mapping N deposition impacts on soil microbial biomass across global
terrestrial ecosystems},
volume = {433},
pages = {116429},
abstract = {Soil microorganisms are key for biodiversity and ecosystem
processes. Recent meta-analyses based on nitrogen (N) addition experiments reported
an overall negative impact of elevated N on soil microbial biomass on a global
scale. However, individual studies have reported divergent effects of N addition,
ranging from strongly negative to even positive. Moreover, N deposition varies
temporally and spatially worldwide. It remains uncertain how the effects of N
deposition on soil microbial biomass vary across global terrestrial ecosystems over
time. Through the synthesis of 374 N addition experiments across six continents, we
revealed that low quantities of N increased the soil microbial biomass, but high N
amounts strongly reduced it. Moreover, the N addition effects were strongly
contingent on the ecosystem type, being highly negative in grasslands
(−19.3 ± 6.2%, mean and 95% confidence intervals), negative in forests
(−8.6 ± 4.2%), and positive in croplands (15.1 ± 12.3%). Further, the soil
microbial biomass was most negatively affected by N addition in acidic soils. By
combining our meta-analysis results from N addition experiments and global N
deposition data, we revealed that the global soil microbial biomass increased by
10.0% in response to cumulative N deposition from 2000–2020. However, regions
encompassing the Eastern U.S., Southern Brazil, Europe, and Eastern Asia, with high
N deposition rates and large forested areas of acidic soils, were hotspots for
microbial biomass loss. Our findings challenge the long-held notion that N
deposition has universal negative impacts on soil microbial biomass. Instead, we
show that the N deposition impacts on soil microbial biomass are dependent on the
amounts of elevated N, ecosystem type, and soil pH, for which N-deposition-induced
soil acidification acts as an internal mechanism.},
keywords = {Global map
Meta-analysis
N deposition
Soil acidification
Soil microbial biomass
Soil pH},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1294,
author = {Chen, Huili and Liang, Qiuhua and Liang, Zhongyao and Liu, Yong and
Xie, Shuguang},
title = {Remote-sensing disturbance detection index to identify spatio-temporal
varying flood impact on crop production},
volume = {269-270},
pages = {180-191},
abstract = {Flooding is the most common type of natural hazards that can
interrupt crop growth and reduce production. Current understanding of flood impact
on crops is largely obtained from broad-scale studies without considering the
influence of localized variations. Due to the highly localized features of
flooding, it is essential to develop an effective and systematic approach to
investigate and better understand the spatio-temporal varying flood disturbances at
fine spatial scales. Based on the pixel-based time series of Enhanced Vegetation
Index (EVI) data, two satellite-based flood disturbance detection indices (DIs),
i.e. EVI and peak EVI, are developed to recognize the difference between the
signals induced by natural variations and instantaneous/non-instantaneous flood
impact in crop growth processes. To define flood impact, the actual and predicted
normal values of temporal trajectories of EVI and peak EVI during the crop growing
seasons are compared to detect and remove the interference from the crop’s intra-
annual natural variations. A range of natural variations are considered to discern
the signal induced by the crop’s inter-annual natural variations. Furthermore,
recovery of crops from flooding is also considered by comparing the peak EVI during
crop growing seasons to detect the final flood impact. Using the Northeast China as
a case study area, we successfully demonstrate the capacity of these two DIs to
identify spatio-temporal varying flood impact on crop production. The DIs also
reveal positive response of crops to extreme precipitation under certain
conditions. Further analysis demonstrates the non-linear relationships between
flood disturbances and terrain slope, distance from rivers, and flow accumulation
area, which enable the development of empirical regression models to sufficiently
capture the variation of flood damage extent. The research findings confirm that
the two DIs proposed in this work are useful in detecting flood disturbances to
crops and facilitating informed decision-making in agricultural flood management.},
keywords = {Flooding
Crop production
Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Spatial characteristics
Positive effect},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN884,
author = {Chen, Lingen and Ma, Kang and Feng, Huijun and Ge, Yanlin},
title = {Optimal piston motion paths for a light-driven engine with generalized
radiative law and maximum ecological function},
journal = {Case Studies in Thermal Engineering},
volume = {40},
pages = {102505},
abstract = {Searching optimal piston motion path (OPMP) by using optimal control
theory for various thermal cycles is an important task in finite time
thermodynamics. Some optimization objectives have been used in this type of
researches, including maximum work output (MWO) and minimum entropy generation
(MEG). This paper introduces maximum ecological function (MEF) into OPMP problem
for light-driven engine (LDE) with generalized radiative heat transfer law (HTL)
[q∝Δ(Tn)]. The LDE is with working fluid of reacting system [A]⇌[B] and
irreversibilities of piston friction and heat conduction. Numerical examples of
OPMPs at MEF with Newtonian (n=1), linear phenomenological (n=−1) and radiative
(n=4) HTLs are provided. The results are compared with those obtained by MWO and
MEG objectives as well as different HTLs. Utilizing MEF as objective can
effectively accomplish entropy generation reduction with a little decrease in work
output. Time-parametrized piston velocity, working fluid temperature and piston
position for MEF are situated between those for MEG and MWO. Moreover, OPMPs for
MEF with different HTLs are also quite different. Although all of the values of
ecological function are negative for three special HTLs, work output and ecological
function decrease with the increase in n, and entropy generation increases when n
increases.},
keywords = {Light-driven engine
Ecological performance
Generalized radiative heat transfer law
Optimal control
Finite time thermodynamics},
ISSN = {2214-157X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2022.102505},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN851,
author = {Chen, Lingen and Shi, Shuangshuang and Ge, Yanlin and Feng, Huijun},
title = {Ecological function performance analysis and multi-objective
optimization for an endoreversible four-reservoir chemical pump},
journal = {Energy},
volume = {282},
pages = {128717},
abstract = {Ecological function (E1) based on energy analysis is introduced into
endoreversible four-reservoir chemical pump model. Optimization relationship
between E1 and coefficient of performance (χ) is obtained. Effects of energy
distribution ratio (a) of working fluid, chemical potential ratios (μH/μM and
μO/μL) of material reservoirs and mass transfer coefficient ratios (b1, b2 and b3)
on the optimal E1 performance are analyzed. Using NSGA-Ⅱ, taking intermediate
parameter k (k=1−μ1/μH, where μ1 is chemical potentials of working fluid
corresponding to reservoir μH) as optimization variable, and taking χ,
dimensionless rate of energy pumping (Σ*), dimensionless E1 (E1*) and dimensionless
entropy generation rate (σ*) as objective functions, multi-objective optimization
(MOO) is performed, and Pareto frontiers under different optimization schemes are
obtained. Deviation indices (D s) are introduced to compare the results of
different MOO combinations with three decision-making methods. Trend of E1*−χ is
parabolic-like one, there is an optimal χ (χE1*) to maximize E1* (E1max*); When a
and μH/μM increase or μO/μL decreases, χE1* increases and E1max* decreases; When
b1, b2 and b3 increase, E1max* decreases; When two-objective (σ* and E1*)
optimization is carried out, the smallest D (0.3214) is obtained by TOPSIS. MOO can
better balance the contradictory relationship of cycle performance parameters and
improve the comprehensive performance of chemical pump.},
keywords = {Endoreversible four-reservoir chemical pump
Ecological function
Finite-time thermodynamics
Multi-objective optimization
NSGA-II algorithm},
ISSN = {0360-5442},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.128717},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN493,
author = {Chen, Qiong and Yang, Fan and Chen, Jingwen and Long, Chunyan and
Cheng, Xiaoli},
title = {Stronger effects of environmental factors than denitrifying genes on
soil denitrification under a subtropical land use change},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {222},
pages = {106876},
abstract = {Despite the importance of nitrogen (N) cycling in terrestrial
ecosystems, the underlying mechanisms of changes in the soil denitrification rate
and microbial function under land use change remain unclear. Here we conducted a
field experiment to explore soil denitrification rate, abundance and diversity of
denitrifying genes (nirS, nirK, and nosZ) across summer and winter for three land
use types (abandoned land, shrubland, and woodland) in subtropical China. The
highest denitrification rate was observed in abandoned land (0.31 ± 0.03 mg m-2h−1)
while the lowest was in woodland (0.24 ± 0.01 mg m-2h−1); however, denitrification
enzyme activity was higher in both abandoned land (6.68 ± 0.18 ng g-1h−1) and
woodland (6.35 ± 0.46 ng g-1h−1) than in shrubland (5.45 ± 0.24 ng g-1h−1). Both
the denitrification rate and denitrification enzyme activity in all land use types
were lower in summer than in winter. Notably, the alpha diversities of the
denitrifying genes did not change significantly among the land use types. But the
beta diversity of nirS significantly differed among the land use types, that of
nirK did not significantly vary with seasons, and that of nosZ changed
significantly with both different land use types and seasons. Overall, our findings
reveal that soil moisture, soil organic carbon, and NO3–-N concentration
predominantly regulate denitrification under different land use types, whereas soil
moisture and denitrifying genes primarily control variations in denitrification
between seasons, thereby providing novel insights into predicting the effects of
land use change on N cycling and belowground microbial function.},
keywords = {Denitrification
Land use type
Denitrifying gene
Soil moisture
Substrate availability
Nitrogen},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN927,
author = {Chen, Qiong and Yang, Fan and Cheng, Xiaoli},
title = {Effects of land use change type on soil microbial attributes and their
controls: Data synthesis},
volume = {138},
pages = {108852},
abstract = {Land use change (LUC) significantly affects climatic, edaphic
conditions and soil microbial attributes in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the
overall impacts of LUC type on soil microbial attributes remain limited. Here we
synthesized data of soil microbial attributes under different types (i.e. type Ⅰ:
conversions from other lands to cropland, with human disturbance land degradation;
type Ⅱ: conversions from forestland to grassland, shrubland to grassland, and
forestland to shrubland, with natural land degradation) of land use from 90
published studies to quantify the effects of LUC types on soil microbial attributes
and their controls. Total phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs), fungi, bacteria and
Actinobacteria (ACT) biomass were largely decreased under the type Ⅰ of LUC,
whereas these attributes were generally increased under the type Ⅱ of LUC. The soil
organic C (SOC), total N, and C:N ratio were the predominant controllers under the
type Ⅰ, and the total N, phosphorus and C:N ratio were the main controllers under
the type Ⅱ over soil microbial attributes. Additionally, the basal microbial
respiration was decreased under the type Ⅰ due to lower SOC content, but the
microbial metabolic quotient was increased under the type Ⅱ due to higher C:N
ratio. Overall, our results revealed that the microbial attributes and their
controls were highly dependent on the type of LUC, which could provide new insight
for land use management under expanded LUC worldwide.},
keywords = {Land use type
Soil microbial composition
Human disturbance
Soil organic carbon
Total nitrogen},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1240,
author = {Chen, Yang and Cao, Ruyin and Chen, Jin and Liu, Licong and
Matsushita, Bunkei},
title = {A practical approach to reconstruct high-quality Landsat NDVI time-
series data by gap filling and the Savitzky–Golay filter},
volume = {180},
pages = {174-190},
abstract = {Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data derived from
Landsat satellites are important resources for vegetation monitoring. However,
Landsat NDVI time-series data are usually temporally discontinuous owing to the
nominal 16-day revisit cycle, frequent cloud contamination, and other factors.
Although several methods have been proposed to reconstruct continuous Landsat NDVI
time-series data, some challenges remain in the existing reconstruction methods. In
this study, we developed a simple but effective Gap Filling and Savitzky–Golay
filtering method (referred to as “GF-SG”) to reconstruct high-quality Landsat NDVI
time-series data. This new method first generates a synthesized NDVI time series by
filling missing values in the original Landsat NDVI time-series data by integrating
the MODIS NDVI time-series data and cloud-free Landsat observations. Then, a
weighted Savitzky-Golay filter was designed to remove the residual noise in the
synthesized time series. Compared with three previous typical methods (IFSDAF,
STAIR, and Fill-and-Fit) in two challenging areas (the Coleambally irrigated area
in Australia and the Taian cultivated area in China) with heterogeneous parcels and
complex NDVI profiles, we found that GF-SG performed the best with three obvious
improvements. First, GF-SG improved the reconstruction of long-term continuous
missing values in Landsat NDVI time series, whereas the other methods were less
reliable for reconstructing these long data gaps. Second, the performance of GF-SG
was less affected by the residual noise caused by cloud detection errors in the
Landsat image, which is due to the incorporation of the weighted SG filter in the
new method. Third, GF-SG was simple and could be implemented on the computing
platform Google Earth Engine (GEE), which is particularly important for the
practical application of the new method at a large spatial scale. The GEE code is
freely available at
https://code.earthengine.google.com/3a883c9e84ad119045bcb88e4de77b47?noload=true.
We expect that this practical approach can further popularize the use of Landsat
NDVI time-series data in ecological, geographical, and environmental research.},
keywords = {Gap-filling
Google Earth Engine
Landsat NDVI
MODIS-Landsat NDVI
Spatiotemporal fusion},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN247,
author = {Chen, Yaoliang and Wang, Shusen and Ren, Zhiguo and Huang, Jingfeng
and Wang, Xiuzhen and Liu, Shanshan and Deng, Haijun and Lin, Wenke},
title = {Increased evapotranspiration from land cover changes intensified water
crisis in an arid river basin in northwest China},
volume = {574},
pages = {383-397},
abstract = {Evapotranspiration (ET) plays an important role in determining the
available water resources of a basin. In past decades, the Heihe River basin (HRB)
in Northwest China has suffered severe water crisis and ecological problems due to
large land cover changes (LCCs), especially oases expansion for irrigation
agriculture. This study quantifies the ET variations due to LCCs in the HRB from
2000 to 2015 using the Ecological Assimilation of Land and Climate Observations
(EALCO) model and detailed LCC measurements. Large variations in ET with land cover
type is seen in the HRB. In the past fifteen years, crop expansion from bare soil
or desert grass caused most of the increase in ET, while the conversion of alpine
grass to desert grass caused most of the decrease in ET. As a result, a net
1.03 billion m3 of increased water consumption per year resulted from the overall
LCCs in the HRB. This increased water use for ET largely intensified the water
crisis in the HRB and deteriorated the health of the downstream ecosystems. Our
results show that the water consumed in crop expansion can be used to recover
almost ten times the area of the degraded desert grass ecosystem. A stricter policy
that limits agriculture expansion is recommended in land use planning for a
sustainable ecosystem development in the basin. This study also helps to better
understand ET changes from LCCs and manage the limited water resources for
sustainable ecosystem development in other arid regions of the world.},
keywords = {Evapotranspiration
Water resource
Land cover change
Crop expansion
Land surface model
EALCO model},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN347,
author = {Chen, Yaoliang and Wang, Shusen and Ren, Zhiguo and Huang, Jingfeng
and Wang, Xiuzhen and Liu, Shanshan and Deng, Haijun and Lin, Wenke},
title = {Increased evapotranspiration from land cover changes intensified water
crisis in an arid river basin in northwest China},
volume = {574},
pages = {383-397},
abstract = {Evapotranspiration (ET) plays an important role in determining the
available water resources of a basin. In past decades, the Heihe River basin (HRB)
in Northwest China has suffered severe water crisis and ecological problems due to
large land cover changes (LCCs), especially oases expansion for irrigation
agriculture. This study quantifies the ET variations due to LCCs in the HRB from
2000 to 2015 using the Ecological Assimilation of Land and Climate Observations
(EALCO) model and detailed LCC measurements. Large variations in ET with land cover
type is seen in the HRB. In the past fifteen years, crop expansion from bare soil
or desert grass caused most of the increase in ET, while the conversion of alpine
grass to desert grass caused most of the decrease in ET. As a result, a net
1.03 billion m3 of increased water consumption per year resulted from the overall
LCCs in the HRB. This increased water use for ET largely intensified the water
crisis in the HRB and deteriorated the health of the downstream ecosystems. Our
results show that the water consumed in crop expansion can be used to recover
almost ten times the area of the degraded desert grass ecosystem. A stricter policy
that limits agriculture expansion is recommended in land use planning for a
sustainable ecosystem development in the basin. This study also helps to better
understand ET changes from LCCs and manage the limited water resources for
sustainable ecosystem development in other arid regions of the world.},
Water resource
Land cover change
Crop expansion
Land surface model
EALCO model},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN146,
author = {Chen, Yimin and Li, Xia and Liu, Xiaoping and Ai, Bin},
title = {Analyzing land-cover change and corresponding impacts on carbon budget
in a fast developing sub-tropical region by integrating MODIS and Landsat TM/ETM+
images},
volume = {45},
pages = {10-21},
abstract = {Land-cover change has significant impacts on regional carbon
dynamics. Understanding the carbon consequences of land-cover change is necessary
for decision makers to address the issues of carbon reduction and climate change
mitigation. Optical remote sensing images have been widely used for detecting
regional land-cover change. However, it is difficult to acquire desirable images
for regions that are frequently affected by cloudy and rainy weather. In this
study, we proposed an approach to deal with this problem by integrating moderate-
resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Landsat images based on the mixed-
label analysis (MLA) model. We tested this model in Guangdong Province, a fast
developing sub-tropical region in China, to derive the provincial land-cover data
for the analysis of land-cover change between 2000 and 2009 and its impacts on
regional carbon dynamics. Results show that forest land decreased by 3.03%, while
built-up area rapidly expanded by 73.01% from 2000 to 2009. The regional vegetation
carbon sink declined by 2.6%, whereas the regional carbon emissions increased by
more than 100% due to the fast urbanization and economic development. The regional
vegetation carbon sink can only offset 4.1% of total carbon emissions in 2009, far
below the national level (about 7.0–7.7%) at the same period. Future efforts to
improve the regional carbon budget should focus more on the control of land
development and the advance of energy efficiency.},
keywords = {Mixed-label analysis
Land-cover change
Carbon budget
MODIS
Landsat},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN1075,
author = {Chen, Yun-ping and Hu, Jie and Cai, Zhi-wen and Yang, Jing-ya and
Zhou, Wei and Hu, Qiong and Wang, Cong and You, Liang-zhi and Xu, Bao-dong},
title = {A phenology-based vegetation index for improving ratoon rice mapping
using harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 data},
journal = {Journal of Integrative Agriculture},
abstract = {Ratoon rice, which refers to a second harvest of rice obtained from
regenerated tillers originating from the stubbles of the first harvested crop,
plays an important role in both food security and agroecology while requiring
minimal agricultural inputs. However, it is challenging to accurately identify
ratoon rice crops due to the similar spectral features with other rice cropping
systems (e.g., double rice). Moreover, images with a high spatiotemporal resolution
are essential since ratoon rice is generally cultivated in fragmented croplands
within regions frequently exhibiting cloudy and rainy weather. In this study,
adopting Qichun county in Hubei province as an example, we proposed a new
phenology-based ratoon rice vegetation index (PRVI) for the purpose of ratoon rice
mapping at a 30-m spatial resolution using a robust time series generated from
harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) images. The PRVI that ingested the red,
near-infrared, and shortwave infrared 1 bands was developed based on the analysis
of spectro-phenological separability and feature selection. Based on the field
samples, the performance of the PRVI for ratoon rice mapping was carefully
evaluated by comparing it to several vegetation indices, including normalized
difference vegetation index (NDVI), enhanced vegetation index (EVI) and land
surface water index (LSWI). Results suggested that the PRVI could sufficiently
capture the specific characteristics of ratoon rice, leading to a favorable
separability between ratoon rice and other land cover types. Furthermore, the PRVI
showed the best performance for identifying ratoon rice in the phenological phases
characterized by grain filling and harvesting to tillering of the ratoon crop (GHS-
TS2), indicating that only several images are required to obtain an accurate ratoon
rice map. Finally, the PRVI performed better than the NDVI, EVI, LSWI and their
combination at GHS-TS2 stages, with producer's accuracy and user's accuracy of
92.22 and 89.30%, respectively. These results demonstrate that the proposed PRVI
based on HLS data can effectively identify ratoon rice in fragmented croplands at
crucial phenological stages, which is promising for identifying the earliest timing
of ratoon rice planting and can provide a fundamental dataset for crop management
activities.},
keywords = {ratoon rice
phenology-based ratoon rice vegetation index (PRVI)
phenological phase
feature selection
Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 data},
ISSN = {2095-3119},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2023.05.035},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN930,
author = {Chen, Zhi and Yu, Guirui and Ge, Jianping and Sun, Xiaomin and Hirano,
Takashi and Saigusa, Nobuko and Wang, Qiufeng and Zhu, Xianjin and Zhang, Yiping
and Zhang, Junhui and Yan, Junhua and Wang, Huimin and Zhao, Liang and Wang, Yanfen
and Shi, Peili and Zhao, Fenghua},
title = {Temperature and precipitation control of the spatial variation of
terrestrial ecosystem carbon exchange in the Asian region},
volume = {182-183},
pages = {266-276},
abstract = {Carbon exchange between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere is
one of the most important processes in the global carbon cycle. Understanding the
spatial variation and controlling factors of carbon exchange fluxes is helpful for
accurately predicting and evaluating the global carbon budget. In this study, we
quantified the carbon exchange fluxes of different terrestrial ecosystems in the
Asian region, and analyzed their spatial variation and controlling factors based on
long-term observation data from ChinaFLUX (19 sites) and published data from
AsiaFlux (37 sites) and 32 other sites in Asia. The results indicated that the
majority of Asian terrestrial ecosystems are currently large carbon sinks. The
average net ecosystem production (NEP) values were 325±187, 274±207, 236±260,
89±134gCm−2yr−1 in cropland, forest, wetland and grassland ecosystems,
respectively. The spatial variation of gross primary production (GPP) and ecosystem
respiration (Re) were mainly controlled by the mean annual temperature (MAT) and
the mean annual precipitation (MAP) in the Asian region. There was a clear linear
relationship between GPP and MAT, and a strong sigmoid relationship between GPP and
MAP. Re was exponentially related to MAT and linearly related to MAP.
Interestingly, those response modes were consistent across different ecosystem
types. The different responses of GPP and Re to MAT and MAP determined the spatial
variation of NEP. The combined effects of MAT and MAP contributed 85%, 81% and 36%
to the spatial variations of GPP, Re and NEP, respectively. Our findings confirmed
that the spatial variation of carbon exchange fluxes was mainly controlled by
climatic factors, which further strongly supports the use of the climate-driven
theory in the Asian region.},
keywords = {Terrestrial ecosystem
Spatial variation
Carbon exchange fluxes
Climate controlling factors
Carbon source/sink strength
Asian region},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN1134,
author = {Cheng, Jia-Hao and Cao, Xiang and Shao, Liang-Liang and Zhang, Chun-
Lu},
title = {Performance evaluation of a novel heat pump system for drying with EVI-
compressor driven precooling and reheating},
journal = {Energy},
volume = {278},
pages = {127989},
abstract = {Heat pump drying is widely used in the agricultural and industrial
sectors. This study proposes a novel heat pump system for closed-loop drying, which
employs an enhanced vapor injection (EVI) compressor (HPDEVI). The system precools
the return air to a closer-to-saturation state to enhance dehumidification and
reheats the dehumidified cold air while increasing the refrigerant subcooling.
Meanwhile, EVI is fulfilled to modify the heat pump cycle. To demonstrate its
superiority, the HPDEVI's energetic, exergetic and economic performances are
compared to those of the basic configuration (HPDbasic) and the system with a
stand-alone heat pipe (HPDHP). The results show that HPDEVI outperforms the other
two systems by increasing latent heat ratio of evaporator, compressor isentropic
efficiency and refrigerant subcooling. Under the design condition (Tdb = 45 °C,
RH = 40%), HPDEVI reaches a specific moisture extraction rate (SMER) of 3.07 kg/kWh
and a moisture extraction rate (MER) of 43.8 kg/h. These values are increased by
16.7% and 12.9% compared to HPDbasic, and 8.9% and 4.5% relative to HPDHP,
respectively. Moreover, HPDEVI generates the lowest exergy destruction per latent
heat of water removal at 0.367 W/W, and costs only 0.267 CNY per litre of water
extracted after ten years of operation. Finally, the performance improvements of
HPDEVI under off-design conditions are also revealed.},
keywords = {Heat pump drying
Enhanced vapor injection
Precooling
Reheating
Exergetic analysis
Economic analysis},
ISSN = {0360-5442},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.127989},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1045,
author = {Cheng, Xijie and He, Xiaohui and Qiao, Mengjia and Li, Panle and Hu,
Shaokai and Chang, Peng and Tian, Zhihui},
title = {Enhanced contextual representation with deep neural networks for land
cover classification based on remote sensing images},
Geoinformation},
volume = {107},
pages = {102706},
abstract = {Classification tasks on land cover (LC) mapping are challenging due
to the complex and heterogeneous characteristics of remote sensing images(RSIs).
Current LC classifications are mainly based on deep convolutional neural networks
(DCNNs), and previous works have been proven that spatial context can offer
essential cues for performance improvement. However, they still have some drawbacks
that limit context capture ability: the ambiguity of global context and lack of
efficient context combination strategy. To address these issues, we develop a
multilevel LC contextual (MLCC) framework that can adaptively integrate the
effective global context with the local context for LC classification. The MLCC
framework comprises two modules: a DCNN-based LC classification network (DLCN) and
a multilevel context integration module (MCIM). By a well-defined deep network,
DLCN could enhance the effective global context feature while weakening the
ambiguous representation. Besides, MCIM enables adaptive combinate the global and
local context under the guidance of uncertainty map in an efficient way. This
collaboratively global–local contextual information further boosts the discriminate
feature representation for effective and efficient LC classification. The
experiments on LC datasets demonstrate that the proposed MLCC has superior
capability in capturing contextual features and thus outperforms the existing
methods.},
keywords = {Land cover(LC) classification
Deep convolutional neural networks(DCNNs)
Contextual information
Feature fusion},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.102706},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1021,
author = {Chermprayong, P. and Hongkarnjanakul, N. and Rouquette, D. and Schwob,
C. and Mezeix, L.},
title = {Convolutional Neural Network for Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor
(EEC) land cover classification using overlapping process on satellite images},
volume = {23},
pages = {100543},
abstract = {Land cover is a powerful tool in urban management as a source of
information to support authorities’ decision making. In this paper, land cover of
Eastern Economic Corridor cities in Thailand is performed using the aggregation of
results from two Convolutional Neural Network models, with both using the same
architecture. The first model is for the detection of water and the second is for
the classification of land type consisting of 3 classes: city, forest and crop. In
Firstly, the size of the 4 class existing dataset is increased resulting in an
accuracy of 98% and 93% for the binary and three class CNN model respectively. To
improve the land cover on satellite images an overlapping process is introduced in
order to reduce the classification area from 0.25 km2 to 0.004 km2, using the same
image resolution of 8 m per pixel. The use of the overlapping allows to propose a
largely better land cover where the contour of the detected class is well produced.
Moreover, this methods shows its better ability to detect smaller surface size and
especially for the water, crops and forest class. However, it is showed that the
overlapping method does not improved the accuracy of the prediction that is mainly
related to the dataset size. Finally, the robustness of the proposed method to
quickly perform a global land cover with limited computer power is demonstrated.},
keywords = {Convolutional neural network
Artificial intelligence
Land cover
Image processing
Overlapped images
Satellite image},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN246,
author = {Cho, Myung Sik and Qi, Jiaguo},
title = {Quantifying spatiotemporal impacts of hydro-dams on land use/land cover
changes in the Lower Mekong River Basin},
volume = {136},
pages = {102588},
abstract = {Many hydro-dams have been constructed in the Lower Mekong River
Basin (LMRB) due to their high potential in hydro-power and economic development,
but there are many knowledge gaps in understanding unintended, negative social and
environmental consequences. One of the knowledge gaps is spatially explicit impact
assessment of hydropower dams, especially when it comes down to policies for pay
for ecosystem services. In reality, the spatial patterns of dam impacts are
obvious, but little is known about the pattern and scope of the impact. Thus, this
paper adopted an ellipse shape model in quantifying dam impacts and determined the
spatial extents at different dam construction stages. The methods used were the
proximity, trend, and cluster analysis on the time-series nighttime lights and
enhanced vegetation index, which were then fitted to the ellipse model. The ellipse
model was compared to the circular model using three criteria (compactness index,
omission index, and ellipse index) to show the usefulness of the ellipse model. The
spatial impacts of dams were measured by land use/land cover changes, at different
spatial scales and different stage of dams. The results suggested that the ellipse
model was able to capture the spatial and temporal effects of dams at different
construction stages, when compared with satellite observations. This paper
suggested an asymmetric pattern of dam impacts and there were spatial boundaries.
These findings may help devising dam-related policies, especially when it relates
to pay for ecosystem services.},
keywords = {Dam
Mekong
Ellipse model
Human-environmental interaction
Spatiotemporal impact
Time-series analysis
Land use land cover changes},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN346,
author = {Cho, Myung Sik and Qi, Jiaguo},
title = {Quantifying spatiotemporal impacts of hydro-dams on land use/land cover
changes in the Lower Mekong River Basin},
volume = {136},
pages = {102588},
abstract = {Many hydro-dams have been constructed in the Lower Mekong River
Basin (LMRB) due to their high potential in hydro-power and economic development,
but there are many knowledge gaps in understanding unintended, negative social and
environmental consequences. One of the knowledge gaps is spatially explicit impact
assessment of hydropower dams, especially when it comes down to policies for pay
for ecosystem services. In reality, the spatial patterns of dam impacts are
obvious, but little is known about the pattern and scope of the impact. Thus, this
paper adopted an ellipse shape model in quantifying dam impacts and determined the
spatial extents at different dam construction stages. The methods used were the
proximity, trend, and cluster analysis on the time-series nighttime lights and
enhanced vegetation index, which were then fitted to the ellipse model. The ellipse
model was compared to the circular model using three criteria (compactness index,
omission index, and ellipse index) to show the usefulness of the ellipse model. The
spatial impacts of dams were measured by land use/land cover changes, at different
spatial scales and different stage of dams. The results suggested that the ellipse
model was able to capture the spatial and temporal effects of dams at different
construction stages, when compared with satellite observations. This paper
suggested an asymmetric pattern of dam impacts and there were spatial boundaries.
These findings may help devising dam-related policies, especially when it relates
to pay for ecosystem services.},
keywords = {Dam
Mekong
Ellipse model
Human-environmental interaction
Spatiotemporal impact
Land use land cover changes},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1123,
author = {Chopade, Madhuri R. and Mahajan, Seema and Chaube, Nilima},
title = {Assessment of land use, land cover change in the mangrove forest of
Ghogha area, Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat},
journal = {Expert Systems with Applications},
volume = {212},
pages = {118839},
abstract = {The most important biological ecosystems on the earth are mangroves,
palms, shrubs, and trees that have adjusted to the challenging environments of high
salinity, warm air and temperatures, severe tides, murky, sediment-hampered
waterways, and oxygen-depleted soils make up mangroves that are mostly found in the
intertidal zone. It is a sanctuary for a variety of aquatic animals and provide
protection to coastal land. It acts as “Kalpvruksh” for human being and aquatic
culture. Despite the importance of the mangrove ecosystem, the area of mangroves
has been declining for several decades. The multispectral data and image processing
techniques are frequently used to map and monitor mangrove changes. In this study,
the changes of mangroves were accomplished along the Ghogha coast, Bhavnagar
district of Gujarat coast, India using the Landsat 8 OLI and Sentinel–2A satellite
data for 2016 and 2018, respectively. The image analysis and change detection
studies were carried out using QGIS (3.10.14) and ArcMap (10.7.1) software. Using
high-resolution satellite data and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
(NDVI), this research attempts to determine the geographical extent of mangroves.
The result shows that the total mangrove cover decreased from 2016 to 2018 and
Sentinel-2A images shows a better performance in comparison to Landsat 8 OLI,
because of its higher spatial resolution.},
keywords = {Mangrove
QGIS
NDVI
Mangrove identification
ArcMap},
ISSN = {0957-4174},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118839},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN961,
author = {Choudhury, B. U. and Divyanth, L. G. and Chakraborty, Somsubhra},
title = {Land use/land cover classification using hyperspectral soil reflectance
features in the Eastern Himalayas, India},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {229},
pages = {107200},
abstract = {Information on periodic land use/land cover (LULC) changes are
imperative for regional agricultural planning and policymaking. In this study, 332
soil samples were collected across five LULC types (coal mine degraded land,
grassland, shifting cultivation or Jhum, plantation, and upland agriculture) of
Eastern Indian Himalayas and subsequently characterized via traditional laboratory
protocols and hyperspectral sensor. The soil physicochemical data and spectral data
were separately used to classify six LULC types using three machine learning (ML)
algorithms [support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), and K-nearest
neighbors (KNN)]. Results indicated that the change in LULC directly impacted the
dynamics of soil properties. The principal component analysis highlighted the
interrelationships between the suite of soil physicochemical properties in
classifying soil samples from different LULC types. All three ML algorithms
exhibited that the physicochemical properties of the soil can perfectly classify
LULC types. Spectral data from the hyperspectral sensor also demonstrated good
classification accuracy. Overall, SVM performed better than RF and KNN, producing
93% and 78% classification accuracy using soil properties and spectral data,
respectively. Moreover, the RF algorithm could select the influential soil and
spectral variables for classifying LULC types. In the future, the approach tested
herein can be used to classify several LULC types into the archived national soil
spectral database. More research is needed to include a wide range of soil data and
more LULC classes for a comprehensive classification using advanced deep learning
tools.},
keywords = {LULC
Soil
Spectral data
Hyperspectral
Machine learning
Classification
SVM},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN104,
author = {Chowdhury, Md Sharafat and Hafsa, Bibi},
title = {Multi-decadal land cover change analysis over Sundarbans Mangrove
Forest of Bangladesh: A GIS and remote sensing based approach},
volume = {37},
pages = {e02151},
abstract = {Both natural processes and anthropogenic actions alter land use and
land cover but the impact of anthropogenic actions has dramatically increased since
the last century in many regions of the world. This study attempts to investigate
the land cover change of the Sundarbans and surrounding areas of Bangladesh in the
last forty years by analyzing Landsat images. Sundarbans, having the richest and
exceptional biodiversity, is the largest remaining tract of mangrove forest on
earth facing multidimensional threats of degradation. Time series Landsat satellite
images collected for five years are 1980 (MSS), 1990 (TM), 2000 (TM), 2010 (TM) and
2020 (OLI). By analyzing, comparing and visualizing the classified images using
ArcMap 10.5 software the historical trend of land cover change of the study area is
exhibited. The result revealed that a large amount of non-vegetated areas located
outside of Sundarbans mangrove forest converted into water bodies due to shrimp
cultivation. During this long time, the Sundarbans mangrove forest area remained
unchanged except for little change occurred by soil erosion along the river bank
and coastline. Kappa coefficient revealed the accuracy of the land cover map with a
coefficient value of 0.88, 0.92, 0.90, 0.93 and 0.92 for 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 and
2020 images respectively. This research will support policymakers and the forest
department to improve management policy. Also, influence researchers to conduct
case-specific micro-scale research in the region.},
keywords = {Sundarbans
GIS
Remote sensing
Change detection
Kappa indices},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN554,
author = {Christman, Morgan E. and Spears, Lori R. and Strange, James P. and
Pearse, William D. and Burchfield, Emily K. and Ramirez, Ricardo A.},
title = {Land cover and climate drive shifts in Bombus assemblage composition},
volume = {339},
pages = {108113},
abstract = {Pollinators play pivotal roles in maintaining agricultural and
natural plant communities, yet some bee populations are declining. Loss of
pollinator habitats as a result of agricultural intensification and urbanization
have reduced bee abundance and diversity. Additionally, climate change has affected
bee distributions and led to disruption of plant-pollinator synchrony, impacting
ecosystem processes. However, how these factors concurrently influence bee
assemblages is poorly understood. Therefore, we evaluated bumble bee (Bombus)
assemblages in relation to the proportion of agricultural, semi-natural, and urban
land cover and interannual variation in temperature, precipitation, and relative
humidity in Utah agroecosystems using Bombus captured as bycatch in pest monitoring
traps from 2014 to 2018. Bombus assemblage composition was highest in agricultural
sites with increased agricultural land cover in the surrounding area, low
temperatures, and high relative humidity during the growing season; and lowest in
sites with increased urban land cover, high temperatures, and low relative
humidity. Functional dispersion did not differ among these groups indicating a
range of tongue lengths, body sizes, hair lengths, and hair types were present
within all agricultural sites. Further, high beta-diversity, as indicated by unique
Bombus assemblages among sites, suggests that all agricultural sites in this study
have potential conservation value for maintaining Bombus communities. Therefore, it
is important that diverse habitats for pollinators are maintained through targeted
management techniques. Additionally, our collection of Bombus from mid-May to mid-
September identified phenological overlap within Bombus assemblages, which helps
ensure pollination services are provided even if a particular species is lost due
to environmental disturbances. However, while there is overlap in functional traits
and phenology, considerations should be given due to widespread pollinator
declines. Overall, evaluating landscape and climate variables together may yield
more realistic results and better inform effective management and land-use planning
strategies to prevent ecological homogenization and to foster future resiliency of
Bombus populations.},
keywords = {Bumble bee
Landscape ecology
Landscape composition
Climate change
Agroecosystem},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN297,
author = {Chávez, Andrea B. and Broadbent, Eben N. and Almeyda Zambrano,
Angélica M.},
title = {Smallholder policy adoption and land cover change in the southeastern
Peruvian Amazon: A twenty-year perspective},
volume = {53},
pages = {223-233},
abstract = {The Peruvian Amazon has undergone extensive changes in land-use and
land-cover changes in the last decades related to policy implementation at local to
national scales. Understanding the complexity of such changes is one of the more
important challenges at present and requires research approaches capable of
spanning temporal and spatial scales and academic disciplines. Here, we investigate
the impacts of agriculture incentives and infrastructure development in the
Southeastern Peruvian Amazon using such an approach. We integrate Landsat satellite
derived land-cover maps spanning the years 1986 and 2006 to understand the land-
use/land-cover changes, including forest, crops and pasture, and secondary
vegetation, and their implications stemming from voluntary policy adoption along
the Iñapari-Iberia portion of the Inter-Oceanic highway. This road portion is one
component of the broader Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure
expansion, which is resulting in rapid and extensive socio-economic and biophysical
changes in the region. Results from this research highlight that changes in land-
cover are associated with the farmers' voluntary adoption of agricultural policies,
and that policies associated with cattle expansion and credit incentives, among
others, have greatly influenced forest conversion. Although land-use/land-cover
change causes are manifold and linked to more than policy events, the method used
in this study improves the understanding of the effects of complex policy processes
in this biodiversity and culturally rich region of the Amazon.},
keywords = {Peru
Amazon
Land use and land cover
Deforestation
Policies
Change trajectories},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN397,
author = {Chávez, Andrea B. and Broadbent, Eben N. and Almeyda Zambrano,
Angélica M.},
title = {Smallholder policy adoption and land cover change in the southeastern
Peruvian Amazon: A twenty-year perspective},
volume = {53},
pages = {223-233},
abstract = {The Peruvian Amazon has undergone extensive changes in land-use and
land-cover changes in the last decades related to policy implementation at local to
national scales. Understanding the complexity of such changes is one of the more
important challenges at present and requires research approaches capable of
spanning temporal and spatial scales and academic disciplines. Here, we investigate
the impacts of agriculture incentives and infrastructure development in the
Southeastern Peruvian Amazon using such an approach. We integrate Landsat satellite
derived land-cover maps spanning the years 1986 and 2006 to understand the land-
use/land-cover changes, including forest, crops and pasture, and secondary
vegetation, and their implications stemming from voluntary policy adoption along
the Iñapari-Iberia portion of the Inter-Oceanic highway. This road portion is one
component of the broader Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure
expansion, which is resulting in rapid and extensive socio-economic and biophysical
changes in the region. Results from this research highlight that changes in land-
cover are associated with the farmers' voluntary adoption of agricultural policies,
and that policies associated with cattle expansion and credit incentives, among
others, have greatly influenced forest conversion. Although land-use/land-cover
change causes are manifold and linked to more than policy events, the method used
in this study improves the understanding of the effects of complex policy processes
in this biodiversity and culturally rich region of the Amazon.},
keywords = {Peru
Amazon
Deforestation
Policies
Change trajectories},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN825,
author = {Ciraolo, Alessia C. and Snelgrove, Paul V. R.},
title = {Contrasting benthic ecological functions in deep-sea canyon and non-
canyon habitats: Macrofaunal diversity and nutrient cycling},
journal = {Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers},
volume = {197},
pages = {104073},
abstract = {Understanding ecosystem functioning and stability of continental
slope environments requires assessing the effects of habitat heterogeneity (canyon
and non-canyon habitats) on benthic macrofaunal communities and ecosystem
functioning. We evaluated the importance of habitat heterogeneity and phytodetrital
enrichment in canyon, channel, and inter-canyon habitats of the Gulf of Maine,
Northwest Atlantic. Using an ROV, we collected sediment cores at five seafloor
sites in the Gulf of Maine (663–969 m depth). Over ∼24 h, we incubated ∼6 cores per
site, three of which were enriched with the diatom Chaetoceros muelleri. For all
core treatments, we measured macrofaunal composition, functional diversity indices
(functional richness, evenness, and divergence), and benthic nutrient fluxes
(ammonium, nitrate, phosphate, and silicate), as well as oxygen consumption. We
also dedicated two non-incubated cores to quantifying sedimentary and chemical-
physical characteristics. We found that benthic communities differed among the
three habitats, but these differences and our phytodetrital additions did not
translate to significant differences in rates of benthic fluxes among habitats.,
expect for nitrate and phosphate fluxes. Total organic carbon and chlorophyll-a
explained most of the variation in oxygen consumption, which was similar in
enriched and control cores. We conclude that large-scale habitat heterogeneity
contributes to variation in benthic community composition, but with no consistent
effect on nutrient fluxes. These results also suggest that phytodetrital deposition
influences oxygen consumption but plays a lesser role in short-term nutrient
cycling in deep-sea heterogeneous habitats, perhaps masked by other environmental
variables. Moreover, sediments with high functional richness and relatively high
functional divergence may sometimes lack the specific trait types that rapidly
enhance nutrient regeneration and thus contribute to ecosystem functioning of deep-
sea sediments.},
keywords = {Infaunal community
Diversity
Abundance
Nutrient cycling
Organic matter
Ecosystem functioning
Deep-sea sediments
Canyon
Inter-canyon
Channel},
ISSN = {0967-0637},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2023.104073},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1180,
author = {Clark, Matthew L. and Aide, T. Mitchell and Grau, H. Ricardo and
Riner, George},
title = {A scalable approach to mapping annual land cover at 250 m using MODIS
time series data: A case study in the Dry Chaco ecoregion of South America},
volume = {114},
number = {11},
pages = {2816-2832},
abstract = {Land use and land cover (LULC) maps from remote sensing are vital
for monitoring, understanding and predicting the effects of complex human–nature
interactions that span local, regional and global scales. We present a method to
map annual LULC at a regional spatial scale with source data and processing
techniques that permit scaling to broader spatial and temporal scales, while
maintaining a consistent classification scheme and accuracy. Using the Dry Chaco
ecoregion in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay as a test site, we derived a suite of
predictor variables from 2001 to 2007 from the MODIS 250m vegetation index product
(MOD13Q1). These variables included: annual statistics of red, near infrared, and
enhanced vegetation index (EVI), phenological metrics derived from EVI time series
data, and slope and elevation. For reference data, we visually interpreted percent
cover of eight classes at locations with high-resolution QuickBird imagery in
Google Earth. An adjustable majority cover threshold was used to assign samples to
a dominant class. When compared to field data, we found this imagery to have
georeferencing error <5% the length of a MODIS pixel, while most class
interpretation error was related to confusion between agriculture and herbaceous
vegetation. We used the Random Forests classifier to identify the best sets of
predictor variables and percent cover thresholds for discriminating our LULC
classes. The best variable set included all predictor variables and a cover
threshold of 80%. This optimal Random Forests was used to map LULC for each year
between 2001 and 2007, followed by a per-pixel, 3-year temporal filter to remove
disallowed LULC transitions. Our sequence of maps had an overall accuracy of 79.3%,
producer accuracy from 51.4% (plantation) to 95.8% (woody vegetation), and user
accuracy from 58.9% (herbaceous vegetation) to 100.0% (water). We attributed map
class confusion to limited spectral information, sub-pixel spectral mixing,
georeferencing error and human error in interpreting reference samples. We used our
maps to assess woody vegetation change in the Dry Chaco from 2002 to 2006, which
was characterized by rapid deforestation related to soybean and planted pasture
expansion. This method can be easily applied to other regions or continents to
produce spatially and temporally consistent information on annual LULC.},
keywords = {Land cover and land use change
MODIS Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Vegetation phenology
Random Forests
Google Earth interpretation
Dry Chaco ecoregion},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2010},
}
@article{RN276,
author = {Clerici, Nicola and Paracchini, Maria Luisa and Maes, Joachim},
title = {Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in
European stream riparian zones},
journal = {Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology},
volume = {14},
number = {2},
pages = {107-120},
abstract = {Riparian zones, transitional environments between terrestrial and
freshwater ecosystems, have been historically threatened in Europe by land
reclamation and exploitation of their natural resources. These fragile environments
deliver a large number of ecological and societal services, while simultaneously
playing a key role in the maintenance of biodiversity in fragmented landscapes. At
large scales, one of the clearest and most informative indicators of alteration of
state and characteristics of ecological systems is land-cover change. A newly
available European riparian zone distribution dataset and continental land-cover
change information allowed us to obtain an unprecedented continental overview of
riparian land conversion and associated drivers, as well as a broad indication of
their loss of capacity to provide ecosystem services. The analysis shows that only
1.8% of riparian zones experienced land-cover changes in the period 2000–2006. The
majority of riparian changes involved forest loss and forest regrowth due to
forestry activities and, to a lesser extent, to fires. Approximately 9% of land-
cover changes involved conversion to artificial and agricultural surface, with
trajectories largely affecting their ecological integrity. Using land-cover proxy-
based indicators we show that the loss of riparian zones’ capacity to support
ecological integrity and ecosystem services was overall significantly higher than
the proportion of converted surface. The methodological approach can be used to
support the assessment of environmental policy targets, and for regional planning
and management of riparian zones.},
keywords = {Riparian zones
Land-cover change
Ecosystem services
Ecological integrity
Ecosystem service capacity
Corine Land Cover 2006},
ISSN = {1642-3593},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2014.01.002},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN376,
author = {Clerici, Nicola and Paracchini, Maria Luisa and Maes, Joachim},
title = {Land-cover change dynamics and insights into ecosystem services in
European stream riparian zones},
volume = {14},
number = {2},
pages = {107-120},
abstract = {Riparian zones, transitional environments between terrestrial and
freshwater ecosystems, have been historically threatened in Europe by land
reclamation and exploitation of their natural resources. These fragile environments
deliver a large number of ecological and societal services, while simultaneously
playing a key role in the maintenance of biodiversity in fragmented landscapes. At
large scales, one of the clearest and most informative indicators of alteration of
state and characteristics of ecological systems is land-cover change. A newly
available European riparian zone distribution dataset and continental land-cover
change information allowed us to obtain an unprecedented continental overview of
riparian land conversion and associated drivers, as well as a broad indication of
their loss of capacity to provide ecosystem services. The analysis shows that only
1.8% of riparian zones experienced land-cover changes in the period 2000–2006. The
majority of riparian changes involved forest loss and forest regrowth due to
forestry activities and, to a lesser extent, to fires. Approximately 9% of land-
cover changes involved conversion to artificial and agricultural surface, with
trajectories largely affecting their ecological integrity. Using land-cover proxy-
based indicators we show that the loss of riparian zones’ capacity to support
ecological integrity and ecosystem services was overall significantly higher than
the proportion of converted surface. The methodological approach can be used to
support the assessment of environmental policy targets, and for regional planning
and management of riparian zones.},
keywords = {Riparian zones
Land-cover change
Ecosystem services
Ecological integrity
Ecosystem service capacity
Corine Land Cover 2006},
ISSN = {1642-3593},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN249,
author = {Cochard, Roland and Gravey, Mathieu and Rasera, Luiz Gustavo and
Mariethoz, Grégoire and Kull, Christian A.},
title = {The nature of a ‘forest transition’ in Thừa Thiên Huế Province, Central
Vietnam – A study of land cover changes over five decades},
volume = {134},
pages = {106887},
abstract = {Informed from historical case studies of land cover change and
development in northern countries, forest transition (FT) theories have a tendency
to precast specific conclusions. Considering the case of a so-called FT in Thừa
Thiên Huế Province in tropical Central Vietnam, we investigated 1.) whether such a
‘FT’ indeed reflects a resurgence of genuine forest, 2.) whether the land cover
changes can be explained through conventional ‘pathways’ of FT, and 3.) in which
ways the changes may or may not portend ‘sustainable development’. Using satellite
imagery and topographic maps, we produced maps for twenty land cover types for the
years 1966, 1973, 1979, 1988, 1998, 2008, 2016 and 2019 and analysed land cover
change over time. We contextualize these results with reference to the historical
and scientific literature on Vietnam, and find that 1.) the forestlands represent a
historically rich bio-cultural landscape; 2.) considerable forest destruction
resulted from the Second Indochina War rather than classical degradation pathways;
3.) in the post-war period altered forestland spaces and re-emerging land uses
interacted with state-led re-territorialization and socialist plans for land
resource development, influencing shifts in forest cover; 4.) during 1979–1988
state-led intensive timber logging in remaining rainforests (causing widespread
forest degradation) somewhat paradoxically (in terms of conventional FT models and
theories) coincided already with a slight increase in lower-biomass tree cover; 5.)
after 1988 logging in natural forests was officially prohibited (logging bans), and
forestry shifted to a reliance on wood produced in acacia-based plantations
(largely on lands officially allocated to households); and 6.) this shift went
along with a significant state-led restructuring and development of land use
policies and the promotion of forest-relevant economic industries. ‘Restoration’ of
tree cover mainly consisted of the expansion of exotic tree plantations, but – at
least intermittently – this may also have mitigated impacts on natural forests. We
conclude with some reflections on the FT-outcome, its ‘sustainability’, and future
trajectories and possibilities of land cover changes in TTHP.},
keywords = {Satellite imagery
Forest cover change
Environmental impacts of conflict
Timber logging
Tree plantation industry
Development and resettlement programs},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN349,
author = {Cochard, Roland and Gravey, Mathieu and Rasera, Luiz Gustavo and
Mariethoz, Grégoire and Kull, Christian A.},
title = {The nature of a ‘forest transition’ in Thừa Thiên Huế Province, Central
Vietnam – A study of land cover changes over five decades},
volume = {134},
pages = {106887},
abstract = {Informed from historical case studies of land cover change and
development in northern countries, forest transition (FT) theories have a tendency
to precast specific conclusions. Considering the case of a so-called FT in Thừa
Thiên Huế Province in tropical Central Vietnam, we investigated 1.) whether such a
‘FT’ indeed reflects a resurgence of genuine forest, 2.) whether the land cover
changes can be explained through conventional ‘pathways’ of FT, and 3.) in which
ways the changes may or may not portend ‘sustainable development’. Using satellite
imagery and topographic maps, we produced maps for twenty land cover types for the
years 1966, 1973, 1979, 1988, 1998, 2008, 2016 and 2019 and analysed land cover
change over time. We contextualize these results with reference to the historical
and scientific literature on Vietnam, and find that 1.) the forestlands represent a
historically rich bio-cultural landscape; 2.) considerable forest destruction
resulted from the Second Indochina War rather than classical degradation pathways;
3.) in the post-war period altered forestland spaces and re-emerging land uses
interacted with state-led re-territorialization and socialist plans for land
resource development, influencing shifts in forest cover; 4.) during 1979–1988
state-led intensive timber logging in remaining rainforests (causing widespread
forest degradation) somewhat paradoxically (in terms of conventional FT models and
theories) coincided already with a slight increase in lower-biomass tree cover; 5.)
after 1988 logging in natural forests was officially prohibited (logging bans), and
forestry shifted to a reliance on wood produced in acacia-based plantations
(largely on lands officially allocated to households); and 6.) this shift went
along with a significant state-led restructuring and development of land use
policies and the promotion of forest-relevant economic industries. ‘Restoration’ of
tree cover mainly consisted of the expansion of exotic tree plantations, but – at
least intermittently – this may also have mitigated impacts on natural forests. We
conclude with some reflections on the FT-outcome, its ‘sustainability’, and future
trajectories and possibilities of land cover changes in TTHP.},
keywords = {Satellite imagery
Forest cover change
Environmental impacts of conflict
Timber logging
Tree plantation industry
Development and resettlement programs},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2023},
}
@inbook{RN547,
author = {Coleman, David C. and Crossley, D. A. and Hendrix, Paul F.},
title = {8 - Future Developments in Soil Ecology},
booktitle = {Fundamentals of Soil Ecology (Second Edition)},
editor = {Coleman, David C. and Crossley, D. A. and Hendrix, Paul F.},
address = {Burlington},
pages = {271-298},
ISBN = {978-0-12-179726-3},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012179726-3/50009-5},
year = {2004},
}
@inbook{RN80,
author = {Coleman, David C. and Crossley, D. A. and Hendrix, Paul F.},
title = {9 - Laboratory and Field Exercises in Soil Ecology},
booktitle = {Fundamentals of Soil Ecology (Second Edition)},
editor = {Coleman, David C. and Crossley, D. A. and Hendrix, Paul F.},
address = {Burlington},
pages = {299-325},
ISBN = {978-0-12-179726-3},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012179726-3/50010-1},
year = {2004},
}
@article{RN703,
author = {Contreras-Cornejo, Hexon Angel and Larsen, John and Fernández-Pavía,
Sylvia Patricia and Oyama, Ken},
title = {Climate change, a booster of disease outbreaks by the plant pathogen
Phytophthora in oak forests},
journal = {Rhizosphere},
volume = {27},
pages = {100719},
abstract = {In forests, trees such as oaks (Quercus spp.) fulfill key ecological
functions, including nutrient and water cycling. In the last decades, climate
change and its related environmental disturbances have favored the appearance of
disease outbreaks caused by plant pathogenic microorganisms. In this context,
several root-inhabiting Phytophthora species have emerged as causal agents of
“catastrophic tree mortality”. A robust body of scientific literature supports the
hypothesis for the convergence between Phytophthora and predisposing environmental
conditions as warm temperatures, flooding, and drought to establish the optimal
conditions for the pathogen proliferation and infection. Due to the climatic
alterations and bad agricultural and silvicultural practices tree decline and
mortality in extensive zones of forests localized at the Boreal region of America,
Asia and Europe, and in Oceania have been observed. Because of global climate
change trees have been forced to migrate towards new geographical sites, which in
the presence of exotic Phytophthora species have favored the emergence of this
pathogen and its outbreaks. Therefore, it is of crucial importance to establish
international protocols to avoid pathogen propagation to new sites. In this review,
we integrated and discussed state of the art information about the environmental
traits and microbial factors that induce forest decline and subsequent tree
mortality. Further research directions in the field of Phytophthora – plant
interactions with special emphasis on the biochemical and molecular signals
involved in pathogen virulence and host defense are suggested. Finally, strategies
for disease prevention in forest management and conservation are discussed.},
keywords = {Drought
Forest decline
Global warming
Tree dieback
Oomycete},
ISSN = {2452-2198},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100719},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN803,
author = {Contreras-Cornejo, Hexon Angel and Larsen, John and Fernández-Pavía,
Sylvia Patricia and Oyama, Ken},
title = {Climate change, a booster of disease outbreaks by the plant pathogen
Phytophthora in oak forests},
journal = {Rhizosphere},
volume = {27},
pages = {100719},
abstract = {In forests, trees such as oaks (Quercus spp.) fulfill key ecological
functions, including nutrient and water cycling. In the last decades, climate
change and its related environmental disturbances have favored the appearance of
disease outbreaks caused by plant pathogenic microorganisms. In this context,
several root-inhabiting Phytophthora species have emerged as causal agents of
“catastrophic tree mortality”. A robust body of scientific literature supports the
hypothesis for the convergence between Phytophthora and predisposing environmental
conditions as warm temperatures, flooding, and drought to establish the optimal
conditions for the pathogen proliferation and infection. Due to the climatic
alterations and bad agricultural and silvicultural practices tree decline and
mortality in extensive zones of forests localized at the Boreal region of America,
Asia and Europe, and in Oceania have been observed. Because of global climate
change trees have been forced to migrate towards new geographical sites, which in
the presence of exotic Phytophthora species have favored the emergence of this
pathogen and its outbreaks. Therefore, it is of crucial importance to establish
international protocols to avoid pathogen propagation to new sites. In this review,
we integrated and discussed state of the art information about the environmental
traits and microbial factors that induce forest decline and subsequent tree
mortality. Further research directions in the field of Phytophthora – plant
interactions with special emphasis on the biochemical and molecular signals
involved in pathogen virulence and host defense are suggested. Finally, strategies
for disease prevention in forest management and conservation are discussed.},
keywords = {Drought
Forest decline
Global warming
Tree dieback
Oomycete},
ISSN = {2452-2198},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100719},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN152,
author = {Coppée, Thomas and Paquet, Jean-Yves and Titeux, Nicolas and Dufrêne,
Marc},
title = {Temporal transferability of species abundance models to study the
changes of breeding bird species based on land cover changes},
journal = {Ecological Modelling},
volume = {473},
pages = {110136},
abstract = {Aim Species distribution models have become important tools for
studying changes in biodiversity. Most studies use these models to evaluate the
impact of global changes on biodiversity. For that purpose, scenarios are used that
are based on changes in land use and/or land cover, or on climatic changes.
However, the temporal transferability of such models depends heavily on modeling
methods, environmental predictors and the ecological traits of species. Here, we
evaluate the power of modeling tools to predict changes in bird species abundances
based on observed changes in land cover. Location Wallonia, Belgium Methods To
assess this temporal transferability, this research makes use of two biological and
two environmental datasets, both sampled with a 10-year interval. This allows us to
compare the predictions of models for another period than the period used to fit
the models, with actual values for species abundance. We also analyzed the impact
of ecological traits on the temporal transferability. Generalized additive models
were fitted for 75 breeding birds. While a lot of studies use occurrence data, we
used abundance data for fitting models. Abundance data contains more information
and should allow us to better capture abundance changes in bird populations.
Results For the majority of species studied, the results show a low temporal
transferability. With a few exceptions, e.g., species with softwood habitats,
predicted changes do not correspond to observed changes. For certain bird species,
e.g., those on arable lands, we observed an increase in predicted abundances in the
future, while these species actually decreased. Few ecological traits seem to
significantly impact the models’ transferability. Main conclusions Our findings
show that it is difficult to predict abundance changes of bird species based only
on land cover changes. It is necessary to add other predictors into the models,
e.g., predictors of habitat quality or spatial configuration.},
keywords = {Abundance
Birds
Ecological traits
GAM
Species abundance modeling
Temporal transferability},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110136},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1215,
author = {Cordero, Eleonora and Longchamps, Louis and Khosla, Raj and Sacco,
Dario},
title = {Joint measurements of NDVI and crop production data-set related to
combination of management zones delineation and nitrogen fertilisation levels},
journal = {Data in Brief},
volume = {28},
pages = {104968},
abstract = {This research compared four nitrogen (N) management strategies
(uniform N rate: UR, variable N rate based on crop proximal sensing: VR-PS,
variable N rate based on management zones: VR-MZ and variable N rate based on
integrating crop sensing and MZ: VR-PSMZ), evaluating their effect on maize grain
yield, partial factor productivity (PFPN), and net return above N fertiliser cost
(RANC). The study provided a practical tool for choosing the fertilisation strategy
that best performs in each agro-environment. These datasets are a supplementary
material to the research paper by [3]. Data were collected over seven site-years
experiments conducted in North-Eastern Colorado (USA). In dataset 1, for each site-
year, data includes geo-referred points where grain yield and Normalised Difference
Vegetation Index (NDVI) were measured, each one associated with its respective N
rate, management zone (MZ), PFPN, RANC, and N management strategy. In order to
group the observations reflecting homogeneous crop vigour, NDVI values were
clustered within NDVI classes. In dataset 2, the main soil properties measured in
several geo-referred points in each location are provided.},
keywords = {Variable N rate
Data integration
Management-zones},
ISSN = {2352-3409},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104968},
year = {2020},
}
@inbook{RN843,
author = {Costantini, Edoardo A. C. and Priori, Simone},
title = {Soil quality and health key indicators},
address = {Oxford},
pages = {181-192},
abstract = {The concepts of soil quality and soil health concern the ability of
soil to function and provide ecosystem services. This chapter reports a historical
and critical overview of the two terms and a review of the methods and indicators
currently used to assess and monitor soil quality and health. Different approaches
are described and guidelines on the selection and use of indicators across spatial
and temporal scales are provided. Key indicators are introduced, grouped according
to their relevance to provide 10 specific soil functions, with their main
references, sensitivity to changes, and relative cost of sampling and analysis.},
Fertility
Functionality
Functions
Indicators
Soil biology
Soil chemistry
Soil classification
Soil conservation
Soil degradation
Soil health
Soil management
Soil physics
Soil quality
Visual soil assessment},
ISBN = {978-0-323-95133-3},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN7,
author = {Costanza, Jennifer K. and Watling, James and Sutherland, Ron and
Belyea, Curtis and Dilkina, Bistra and Cayton, Heather and Bucklin, David and
Romañach, Stephanie S. and Haddad, Nick M.},
title = {Preserving connectivity under climate and land-use change: No one-size-
fits-all approach for focal species in similar habitats},
volume = {248},
pages = {108678},
abstract = {Habitat connectivity is essential for maintaining populations of
wildlife species, especially as climate changes. Knowledge about the fate of
existing habitat networks in a changing climate and in light of land-use change is
critical for determining which types of conservation actions must be taken to
maintain those networks. However, information is lacking about how multiple focal
species that use similar habitats overlap in the degree and geographic patterns of
threats to linkages among currently suitable habitat patches. We sought to address
that gap. We assessed climate change threat to existing linkages in the
southeastern United States for three wildlife species that use similar habitats but
differ in the degree to which their ranges are limited by climate, habitat
specificity, and dispersal ability. Linkages for the specialist species (timber
rattlesnake), whose range is climate-restricted, were more likely to serve as
climate change refugia – that is, they were more likely to be climate-stable – by
the middle of the 21st century. This contrasts with the two more generalist species
(Rafinesque's big-eared bat and American black bear), whose linkages were
threatened by climate change and thus required adaptation measures. Further
incorporation of projected land-use change and current protection status for
important linkages narrows down our recommended conservation actions for each
species. Our results highlight the surprising ways in which even species that use
similar habitats will experience differences in the degree and geographic patterns
of threats to connectivity. Taking action before these projected changes occur will
be critical for successful conservation.},
keywords = {Climate adaptation
Climate refugia
Corridor
Land-use change
Landscape conservation
Protection status},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN888,
author = {Creamer, R. E. and Hannula, S. E. and Leeuwen, J. P. Van and Stone, D.
and Rutgers, M. and Schmelz, R. M. and Ruiter, P. C. de and Hendriksen, N. Bohse
and Bolger, T. and Bouffaud, M. L. and Buee, M. and Carvalho, F. and Costa, D. and
Dirilgen, T. and Francisco, R. and Griffiths, B. S. and Griffiths, R. and Martin,
F. and Silva, P. Martins da and Mendes, S. and Morais, P. V. and Pereira, C. and
Philippot, L. and Plassart, P. and Redecker, D. and Römbke, J. and Sousa, J. P. and
Wouterse, M. and Lemanceau, P.},
title = {Ecological network analysis reveals the inter-connection between soil
biodiversity and ecosystem function as affected by land use across Europe},
volume = {97},
pages = {112-124},
abstract = {Soil organisms are considered drivers of soil ecosystem services
(primary productivity, nutrient cycling, carbon cycling, water regulation)
associated with sustainable agricultural production. Soil biodiversity was
highlighted in the soil thematic strategy as a key component of soil quality. The
lack of quantitative standardised data at a large scale has resulted in poor
understanding of how soil biodiversity could be incorporated into legislation for
the protection of soil quality. In 2011, the EcoFINDERS (FP7) project sampled 76
sites across 11 European countries, covering five biogeographical zones (Alpine,
Atlantic, Boreal, Continental and Mediterranean) and three land-uses (arable,
grass, forestry). Samples collected from across these sites ranged in soil
properties; soil organic carbon (SOC), pH and texture. To assess the range in
biodiversity and ecosystem function across the sites, fourteen biological methods
were applied as proxy indicators for these functions. These methods measured the
following: microbial diversity: DNA yields (molecular biomass), archaea, bacteria,
total fungi and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; micro fauna diversity: nematode
trophic groups; meso fauna diversity: enchytraeids and Collembola species;
microbial function: nitrification, extracellular enzymes, multiple substrate
induced respiration, community level physiological profiling and ammonia
oxidiser/nitrification functional genes. Network analysis was used to identify the
key connections between organisms under the different land use scenarios. Highest
network density was found in forest soils and lowest density occurred in arable
soils. Key taxomonic units (TUs) were identified in each land-use type and in
relation to SOC and pH categorisations. Top-connected taxonomic units (i.e.
displaying the most co-occurrence to other TUs) were identified for each land use
type. In arable sites this was dominated by bacteria and fungi, while in grassland
sites bacteria and fungi were most connected. In forest soils archaeal, enchytraeid
and fungal TUs displayed the largest number of neighbours, reflecting the greatest
connectivity. Multiple regression models were applied to assess the potential
contribution of soil organisms to carbon cycling and storage and nutrient cycling
of specifically nitrogen and phosphorus. Key drivers of carbon cycling were
microbial biomass, basal respiration and fungal richness; these three measures have
often been associated with carbon cycling in soils. Regression models of nutrient
cycling were dependent on the model applied, showing variation in biological
indicators.},
keywords = {Soil biodiversity
Ecosystem function
Carbon cycling and storage
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Nutrient cycling
Network analysis},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN739,
author = {Croke, B. F. W. and Merritt, W. S. and Jakeman, A. J.},
title = {A dynamic model for predicting hydrologic response to land cover
changes in gauged and ungauged catchments},
volume = {291},
number = {1},
pages = {115-131},
abstract = {The potential impacts of deforestation on hydrological response are
of significant importance in highland regions of northern Thailand and other parts
of southern Asia. In these regions, where climate exhibits strong seasonality, the
availability of water in the dry season determines the feasibility of multiple crop
rotations. Based on the IHACRES rainfall-runoff model, a simple scaling procedure
and landcover data, this paper presents a simple hydrologic approach to predict
hydrologic response to land use changes, and to predict streamflow in ungauged
catchments. The latter is a major hurdle in water resource analyses in regions like
northern Thailand where there is a lack of stream gauge instrumentation, or where
assessment of water availability is required at locations between gauging sites as
input to agricultural production models. A simple regionalisation of streamflow
response was tested for three gauged subcatchments of the Mae Chaem catchment in
northern Thailand. Overall performance was superior when calibrated parameters from
the largest catchment were used to infer parameters for the regionalisation. Most
importantly, the procedure was able to predict the relative pattern of annual and
seasonal flows, whatever the reference catchment on which the regionalisation was
based. Investigations of the impacts of forest cover changes on modelled
hydrological response are presented and the key model parameters to which model
outputs are most sensitive are discussed.},
keywords = {CATCHCROP
Forest conversion
IHACRES
Regionalisation},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2004},
}
@article{RN639,
author = {Croke, B. F. W. and Merritt, W. S. and Jakeman, A. J.},
title = {A dynamic model for predicting hydrologic response to land cover
changes in gauged and ungauged catchments},
volume = {291},
number = {1},
pages = {115-131},
abstract = {The potential impacts of deforestation on hydrological response are
of significant importance in highland regions of northern Thailand and other parts
of southern Asia. In these regions, where climate exhibits strong seasonality, the
availability of water in the dry season determines the feasibility of multiple crop
rotations. Based on the IHACRES rainfall-runoff model, a simple scaling procedure
and landcover data, this paper presents a simple hydrologic approach to predict
hydrologic response to land use changes, and to predict streamflow in ungauged
catchments. The latter is a major hurdle in water resource analyses in regions like
northern Thailand where there is a lack of stream gauge instrumentation, or where
assessment of water availability is required at locations between gauging sites as
input to agricultural production models. A simple regionalisation of streamflow
response was tested for three gauged subcatchments of the Mae Chaem catchment in
northern Thailand. Overall performance was superior when calibrated parameters from
the largest catchment were used to infer parameters for the regionalisation. Most
importantly, the procedure was able to predict the relative pattern of annual and
seasonal flows, whatever the reference catchment on which the regionalisation was
based. Investigations of the impacts of forest cover changes on modelled
hydrological response are presented and the key model parameters to which model
outputs are most sensitive are discussed.},
keywords = {CATCHCROP
Forest conversion
IHACRES
Regionalisation},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2004},
}
@article{RN988,
author = {Cuba, Nicholas},
title = {Research note: Sankey diagrams for visualizing land cover dynamics},
volume = {139},
pages = {163-167},
abstract = {Comparison of categorical maps from two or more points in time is a
common technique to detect land cover and land use change. Cross-tabulation
matrices, which contain information on the sizes of categorical differences between
two maps, are often used to describe the amount and type of land cover change that
has occurred between two points in time. However, the use of multiple matrices to
describe changes occurring over more than one time interval can be difficult to
interpret. This article presents a graphical method for presenting the land cover
information contained in one or more cross-tabulation matrices based on Sankey
diagrams, which depict the flow of energy or materials through a network. Through
the example of a series of land cover maps of the San Juan, Puerto Rico area (1999–
2003), this form of Sankey diagram is demonstrated to efficiently and elegantly
present information on land cover persistence and change over multiple time
intervals.},
Land cover
Change analysis
Visualization
GIS
Sankey diagrams},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.03.010},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN773,
author = {Cui, Yanglin and Yang, Gaoxiang and Zhou, Yanbing and Zhao, Chunjiang
and Pan, Yuchun and Sun, Qian and Gu, Xiaohe},
title = {AGTML: A novel approach to land cover classification by integrating
automatic generation of training samples and machine learning algorithms on Google
Earth Engine},
volume = {154},
pages = {110904},
abstract = {The timely, accurate, and automatic acquisition of land cover (LC)
information is a prerequisite for detecting LC dynamics and performing ecological
analyses. Cloud computing platforms, such as the Google Earth Engine, have
substantially improved the efficiency and scale of LC classification. However, the
lack of sufficient and representative training samples hinders automatic and
accurate LC classification. In this study, we propose a new approach that
integrates the automatic generation of training samples and machine learning
algorithms (AGTML) for LC classification in Heilongjiang Province, China. After
optimal focal radii were determined for different LC types using Landsat 8 based on
focal statistics and unique phenology. Then target training samples were
automatically generated based on the improved distance measure SED (a composite of
Spectral angle distance (SAD) and Euclidean distance (ED)). Furthermore, LC
classification was performed using four feature combinations and three machine
learning algorithms. According to independent validation data, the automatically
generated training samples demonstrated good representativeness and stability among
all three classifiers, with an overall accuracy (OA) of classification higher than
86%, and showed high consistency in the landscape pattern of classification. RF
yielded the highest classification accuracy (92.99% OA). AGTML outperformed GLC-
FCS30 in identifying large fragmentation and small patch regions in the landscape
types. The AGTML approach was subsequently applied to the Guanzhong Plain using
different satellite imagery. Results were consistent and accurate (>96.50% OA),
demonstrating that the AGTML approach can be applied to various regions and
sensors, and has immense potential for automated LC classification across regional
and global scales.},
keywords = {Land cover mapping
Landsat 8
Machine learning
Optimal focal radii
Training sample generation},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1083,
Earth Engine},
volume = {154},
pages = {110904},
Landsat 8
Machine learning
Optimal focal radii
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN673,
Earth Engine},
volume = {154},
pages = {110904},
Landsat 8
Machine learning
Optimal focal radii
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN322,
author = {Cuo, Lan and Zhang, Yongxin and Gao, Yanhong and Hao, Zhenchun and
Cairang, Luosang},
title = {The impacts of climate change and land cover/use transition on the
hydrology in the upper Yellow River Basin, China},
volume = {502},
pages = {37-52},
abstract = {Summary Observed streamflow over the past decades in the upper
Yellow River Basin (UYRB) was examined for changes in hydrological regime. The
modified Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model was employed to better
understand climate change impact and long-term and recent land cover/use change
impact as it relates to the “Grain for Green Project” and “Three Rivers Source
Region Reserve” on water resources by examining mechanisms behind observed
streamflow changes. UYRB hydrological regimes have undergone changes over the past
decades as reflected by a decrease in wet and warm season streamflow, and annual
streamflow. Progressively more streamflow has been generated in the early part of
the year compared to the latter part, consequently leading to the earlier
occurrence of the day representing the midpoint of yearly mass flow. VIC
simulations suggest that these changes in observed streamflow were due to the
combined effects of changes in precipitation, evapotranspiration, rainfall runoff,
and baseflow and were caused primarily by climate change above Tang Nai Hai (TNH)
hydrometric station. Below TNH where human activity is relative intense, land
cover/use change and reservoir release impacts became important. Changes in
snowmelt runoff were negligible over the past decades. Owing to this, snowmelt
runoff appeared to play only a modest role in the changing hydrology of the region.
The conservation programs were shown to start to exhibit some positive impacts on
water resources in the UYRB.},
keywords = {Hydrological processes
Hydrological modeling
Climate change and land cover change/use impacts
The upper Yellow River Basin},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN222,
author = {Cuo, Lan and Zhang, Yongxin and Gao, Yanhong and Hao, Zhenchun and
Cairang, Luosang},
title = {The impacts of climate change and land cover/use transition on the
hydrology in the upper Yellow River Basin, China},
volume = {502},
pages = {37-52},
abstract = {Summary Observed streamflow over the past decades in the upper
Yellow River Basin (UYRB) was examined for changes in hydrological regime. The
modified Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model was employed to better
understand climate change impact and long-term and recent land cover/use change
impact as it relates to the “Grain for Green Project” and “Three Rivers Source
Region Reserve” on water resources by examining mechanisms behind observed
streamflow changes. UYRB hydrological regimes have undergone changes over the past
decades as reflected by a decrease in wet and warm season streamflow, and annual
streamflow. Progressively more streamflow has been generated in the early part of
the year compared to the latter part, consequently leading to the earlier
occurrence of the day representing the midpoint of yearly mass flow. VIC
simulations suggest that these changes in observed streamflow were due to the
combined effects of changes in precipitation, evapotranspiration, rainfall runoff,
and baseflow and were caused primarily by climate change above Tang Nai Hai (TNH)
hydrometric station. Below TNH where human activity is relative intense, land
cover/use change and reservoir release impacts became important. Changes in
snowmelt runoff were negligible over the past decades. Owing to this, snowmelt
runoff appeared to play only a modest role in the changing hydrology of the region.
The conservation programs were shown to start to exhibit some positive impacts on
water resources in the UYRB.},
keywords = {Hydrological processes
Hydrological modeling
Climate change and land cover change/use impacts
The upper Yellow River Basin},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN93,
author = {D'Acunto, Luciana and Iglesias, María Agustina and Poggio, Santiago L.
and Semmartin, María},
title = {Land cover, plant residue and soil microbes as drivers of soil
functioning in temperate agricultural lands. A microcosm study},
volume = {193},
pages = {105133},
abstract = {Feedbacks between plants and soil microbes are critical for
ecosystem regulation and restoration. Soil microbial diversity is largely dependent
on plant diversity, yet these relationships have received little attention at the
landscape scale. In agricultural landscapes, the presence of different plant cover
types (landscape elements) can modulate these feedbacks by adding spatial
heterogeneity through changes in the amount and composition of plant residues.
Furthermore, it can also influence the soil biota. Therefore, the more diverse the
landscape elements of farmlands, the higher the increase of their heterogeneity. We
investigated the microbial catabolic profiles and respiration rates of soils from
different plant cover types through the manipulation of plant residues and
microbial communities. In individual microcosms, we incubated sterilized soils
sampled from five different cover types of a temperate agricultural landscape:
Soybean Monocropping, two crop rotations (Rotation and Intensified Rotation) and
two uncropped margins: Herbaceous and Woody spontaneous vegetation. We amended them
with each of two plant residues: wheat stubble (Wheat) and a mix of spontaneous
vegetation (Mix). Soils were also inoculated with each of two soil microbial
communities: Soybean Monocropping and Woody margins. We predict that soils treated
with the Mix residue and the Woody margins community will show higher catabolic
diversity and respiration than those treated with Wheat stubble and Soybean
Monocropping community. In turn, we predict that soils from Woody margins, with
higher carbon content, will respire more and amplify the effects of plant residue
and microbial community. The microbial catabolic profile changed with plant residue
and microbial community whereas the microbial respiration changed with cover type.
After 30 days of incubation, soils inoculated with Woody margin community sustained
higher diversity than those inoculated with Soybean Monocropping community.
Conversely, Wheat stubble increased microbial diversity with respect to the Mix,
particularly in soils from Woody margins while Mix residue increased the microbial
diversity of soils from Soybean Monocropping. Finally, microbial respiration of
soils from Woody margins showed the greatest respiration and Soybean Monocropping
the lowest, in correlation with their carbon contents. Despite the complex
interactions between soil carbon contents and plant residue composition, our
results suggest that internal transfers of soil and plant residue between the
different landscape elements might contribute to increasing the resilience of
agricultural landscapes.},
keywords = {Agricultural intensification
Soil biodiversity
Catabolic level physiological profiles
Monocropping},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2024},
}
@article{RN960,
author = {da Silva, Alexandre Marco and de Souza Nascimento, Luara Romana and da
Aldea, Maisa and Zanini Vieira, Marina and Roque, Camila Datti},
title = {Assessing the relations among the features of the land cover and of the
soil on the soil-water interactions through a functional eco-hydrological
indicator},
volume = {104},
pages = {59-66},
abstract = {Soil Water Repellency (SWR) is an important ecological property that
has implications in the soil and water management and is a useful functional eco-
hydrological indicator driven by several natural and human factors. In our research
we assessed the relationships between SWR and soil properties, broaden the evidence
of the influence of land cover on the development of SWR. We also evaluated the
relation between SWR and erosion indicators (EI), and we checked the occurrence and
severity of distilled water and aqueous ethanol solution repellency before and
after the soil samples are compacted (that augmented the soil density in 10%). In
the field, we collected superficial soil samples considering the local land cover
features, and we assessed the EIs following a pre-established protocol. For
evaluating the SWR we used the “drop penetration time” method. Our results show
that the soils are mostly neutral (in terms of soil acidity), silt or sandy-
textured and chiefly hydrophilic. The texture is an intrinsic soil attribute that
primarily influences the relations between soil and water, and the affinity to
water is significantly different among the land cover categories. Land cover change
induces modifications in the soil surface, and the soil gets more hydrophilic. The
EIs helped to evidence such changes caused by land cover changes. Compacted soils
led them to be more hydrophilic, regardless of the reagent, being this finding
still barely reported in the literature.},
keywords = {Erosion indicators
Hydrological indicator
Soil hydrology
Soil properties
Soil-water interactions},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.04.068},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN1285,
author = {Dai-liang, Peng and Jing-feng, Huang and Hui-min, J. I. N.},
title = {Monitoring the Sequential Cropping Index of Arable Land in Zhejiang
Province of China Using MODIS-NDVI},
journal = {Agricultural Sciences in China},
volume = {6},
number = {2},
pages = {208-213},
abstract = {The sequential cropping index of arable land is important
agricultural information. The aim of this article is to monitor and analyze the
parameter, and offer reference for agricultural production. The cropping index of
arable land in Zhejiang Province, China from 2001 to 2004 was calculated using the
second order difference based MODIS (moderate resolution imagine spectroradimeter)
vegetation data from NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Administration) in America
and the land use map with a scale of 1:25 000. It was found that the peak of the
time series of the NDVI curve indicated that the ground biomass of crops reached
the maximum, and fluctuated with the crops growing processes such as sowing,
seeding, heading, ripeness, and harvesting within one year. Thus, the sequential
cropping index was defined as the number of peaks of the time series of the NDVI
curve. The sequential cropping index of all cities in Zhejiang Province, China was
worked out. It is seen from the spatial distribution that the cropping index in the
southwest Zhejiang Province is larger than that in the northeast. As for the
temporal distribution, the sequential cropping index decreased from 2001 to 2003,
whereas it increased slightly from 2003 to 2004. However, the index of arable land
was relatively low, as far as the geographic position and climatic resource were
concerned, and the potential of the sequential cropping index was great.},
keywords = {sequential cropping index
MODIS-NDVI
monitoring},
ISSN = {1671-2927},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN609,
author = {Daneshi, Alireza and Brouwer, Roy and Najafinejad, Ali and Panahi,
Mostafa and Zarandian, Ardavan and Maghsood, Fatemeh Fadia},
title = {Modelling the impacts of climate and land use change on water security
in a semi-arid forested watershed using InVEST},
volume = {593},
pages = {125621},
abstract = {Water security, a key policy objective for sustainable development,
is under stress as a result of land use and climate change, especially in
(semi-)arid areas like Iran. Land use change alters surface runoff and affects
basin-wide hydrological processes and water consumption, while climate change
modifies precipitation and temperature patterns and consequently evapotranspiration
and water supply. In this study, water yield, supply and consumption are simulated
in a watershed draining into the Caspian Sea in northern Iran, using the water
yield model in the Integrated Valuation of Environmental Service and Tradeoffs
(InVEST) tool. The novelty of this study is found in the combined modelling of the
impacts of climate and land use change scenarios on water security, translating
these results into a water stress indicator, and estimating the associated economic
costs of reduced future water supply. The results show substantial spatial
variation of the negative impacts of water supply and future water security across
the watershed, further increasing the pressure on its inhabitants, their economic
activities and ecological values. The estimation of the economic costs of increased
water insecurity allows us to inform policy and decision-makers about future
investments in climate adaptation and mitigation.},
keywords = {Water security
Climate change
InVEST
Water yield model
Land use change
Water stress index
Water scarcity costs},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125621},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN709,
author = {Daneshi, Alireza and Brouwer, Roy and Najafinejad, Ali and Panahi,
Mostafa and Zarandian, Ardavan and Maghsood, Fatemeh Fadia},
title = {Modelling the impacts of climate and land use change on water security
in a semi-arid forested watershed using InVEST},
volume = {593},
pages = {125621},
abstract = {Water security, a key policy objective for sustainable development,
is under stress as a result of land use and climate change, especially in
(semi-)arid areas like Iran. Land use change alters surface runoff and affects
basin-wide hydrological processes and water consumption, while climate change
modifies precipitation and temperature patterns and consequently evapotranspiration
and water supply. In this study, water yield, supply and consumption are simulated
in a watershed draining into the Caspian Sea in northern Iran, using the water
yield model in the Integrated Valuation of Environmental Service and Tradeoffs
(InVEST) tool. The novelty of this study is found in the combined modelling of the
impacts of climate and land use change scenarios on water security, translating
these results into a water stress indicator, and estimating the associated economic
costs of reduced future water supply. The results show substantial spatial
variation of the negative impacts of water supply and future water security across
the watershed, further increasing the pressure on its inhabitants, their economic
activities and ecological values. The estimation of the economic costs of increased
water insecurity allows us to inform policy and decision-makers about future
investments in climate adaptation and mitigation.},
keywords = {Water security
Climate change
InVEST
Water yield model
Land use change
Water stress index
Water scarcity costs},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@inbook{RN52,
author = {Das, G. G.},
title = {Land Use, Land Cover, and Food-Energy-Environment Trade-Off: Key Issues
and Insights for Millennium Development Goals},
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems},
editor = {Van Alfen, Neal K.},
address = {Oxford},
pages = {114-133},
abstract = {This article offers a synoptic overview of the current status of
land use, land cover, and ensuing changes in them in the wake of drivers and
anthropogenic changes in global biosphere. Also, it discusses the effects of such
changes on global greenhouse gases, causing climate change and affecting
biodiversity. This is also associated with factors leading to land acquisition.
Analytical modeling to study the myriad of interlinakges is briefly surveyed. Given
the preponderant role ascribed to climate change and human development in the
United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals, scientific research from a
multidisciplinary perspective is needed for informed debate on growth, poverty, and
the environment nexus.},
Analytical models
Biofuel
Climate change
Development
Food security
Forestry
Greenhouse gas
Land cover
Land use
Sustainability
Trade-offs},
ISBN = {978-0-08-093139-5},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN1185,
author = {Das, Niladri and Mondal, Prolay and Sutradhar, Subhasish and Ghosh,
Ranajit},
title = {Assessment of variation of land use/land cover and its impact on land
surface temperature of Asansol subdivision},
volume = {24},
number = {1},
pages = {131-149},
abstract = {Economic development is a basic need for the growth of the region
and it stimulates the rapid transformation of land use and land cover (LULC) units.
Urbanization and industrialization are one of the major factors to increase
temperature. Asansol sub-division is one of the important industrial and urbanized
regions of eastern India. In this study, two different years viz. 1993 and 2018
have taken for the preparation of LULC and land surface temperature map. The kappa
coefficient has been implied in this investigation to assess the accuracy of LULC
maps. Temperature maps show that summer and winter surface temperature increases at
the rate of 0.15°C and 0.19°C per year respectively. The result also reveals that
temperature mainly increases due to the presence of urban, industrial and coal mine
areas. The changing land use and land cover patterns show that the coal mine areas
have been increased by 15% and urban areas also increased by 60%. Some correlations
have been prepared to show the relationship between Land Surface Temperature (LST)
and other spatial indices like NDBI, NDVI, and NDWI, where negative correlation
prevails between LST and NDVI also with NDWI, but positive relation exists between
LST and NDBI. Lastly, simulation of temperature for the year 2041 has been
prepared, which shows that in the upcoming years’ temperature may be increased up
to 0.21°C/year.},
keywords = {Simulation
Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)
Land use and land cover (LULC)
Normalized difference build-up index (NDBI)
Normalized difference water index (NDWI)
Land surface temperature (LST)},
ISSN = {1110-9823},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1295,
author = {Das, Saurav and Liptzin, Daniel and Maharjan, Bijesh},
title = {Long-term manure application improves soil health and stabilizes carbon
in continuous maize production system},
volume = {430},
pages = {116338},
abstract = {Soil health lies at the core of a sustainable food production
system. A comprehensive evaluation of different agronomic practices and their
effect on soil health is essential to determine the best practices that support
soil ecosystem services. However, it may take years or decades to observe
measurable changes in soil health under varying management practices. The objective
of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of long-term (>77 years) manure and
inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer on soil health and determine the
interrelationship among the measured soil bio-physicochemical indicators. The study
also aims to understand the sustainability of the monocropping maize production
system under long-term manure and inorganic N fertilizer management. The experiment
site is the historic Knorr–Holden Plot, established in 1910 and continued till
today. Over the years, the treatments were constant, with manure as the main factor
and N rates as the sub-plot factor. Aligning with advancements in agronomic
management, the rates of fertilizer and manure have been revised from time to time.
Analysis of soil health indicators showed a significant effect of manure on
different labile carbon (C) & N fractions, soil enzymes, and soil organic matter
(SOM). Manure treatment improved C stabilization and reached a C equilibrium for
management. Water holding capacity was significantly improved at wilting point and
field capacity for manure treatment. Nitrogen treatments only affected soil pH,
cationic exchange capacity (CEC), and phosphorus. Analysis of the interrelationship
among soil health indicators showed SOM was determinative for C & N fractions and
CEC. Soil organic carbon can be used as a proxy for soil total N (R2 = 0.98). Water
extractable fractions of C and N were interrelated and can be used as determinative
factors for each other. The results inform that a sustainable monocropping system
can be maintained using long-term manure application, where soil health and organic
carbon improve over time. The results also indicate that soil health measurement
can be minimized to a few key indicators based on the functional interrelationship,
which can broaden the adoption of soil health monitoring and measurement.},
Long-term experiment
Knorr holden
Soil health indicators
Soil organic carbon},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1250,
author = {Das, Swadhin and Sarkar, Showmitra Kumar},
title = {Spatio-temporal variability of vegetation and its relation to different
hydroclimatic factors in Bangladesh},
volume = {9},
number = {8},
pages = {e18412},
abstract = {Bangladesh, known for its remarkable ecological diversity, is faced
with the pressing challenges of contemporary climate change. It is crucial to
understand how vegetation dynamics respond to different climatic factors. Hence,
this study aimed to investigate the spatio-temporal variations of vegetation and
their interconnectedness with a range of hydroclimatic factors. The majority of the
dataset used in this study relies on MODIS satellite imagery. The Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), precipitation
(PPT), evapotranspiration (ET), and land surface temperature (LST) data from the
years 2001 to 2020 have been obtained from Google Earth Engine (GEE). In this
study, the temporal variations of the NDVI, EVI, PPT, ET, and LST have been
investigated. The findings of the Mann-Kendall trend test indicate noticeable
trends in both the NDVI and the EVI. Sen's slope value for NDVI and EVI is
0.00424/year and 0.00256/year, respectively. Compared to NDVI, EVI has shown a
stronger connection with hydroclimatic factors. In particular, EVI exhibits a
better relationship with ET, as indicated by a r2 value of 0.37 and a P-value of
6.81 × 10−26, whereas NDVI exhibits a r2 value of 0.17 and a P-value of 2.96 ×
10−11. Furthermore, ET can explain 17% of the fluctuation in NDVI, and no
correlation between NDVI and PPT has been found. The results clarify the
significant relationship between the EVI and hydroclimatic factors and highlight
the efficiency of the EVI for detecting vegetation changes.},
keywords = {NDVI
EVI
Google Earth Engine
GIS
Bangladesh
Vegetation dynamics},
ISSN = {2405-8440},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN660,
author = {David Raj, Anu and Kumar, Suresh and Sooryamol, K. R.},
title = {Modelling climate change impact on soil loss and erosion vulnerability
in a watershed of Shiwalik Himalayas},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {214},
pages = {106279},
abstract = {Understanding the impact of climate change on soil erosion is
required to plan effective soil conservation and management practices in hilly and
mountainous landscape. Though, few studies have been executed in Indian Himalayas,
much less in Shiwalik Himalayas. Thus, keeping this in view, the aim of the study
is to estimate the possible impact of projected climate change scenarios on soil
loss and erosion vulnerability using Statistical Downscaling Model (SDSM), MarkSim
Weather Generator, Agricultural Policy Environmental eXtender (APEX) model and AHP
method. The present study downscaled four climate scenarios on the near-future,
noted the 2020 s (2011–2040), mid-future, noted 2050 s (2011–2070) and far-future,
noted 2080 s (2071–2100/2095) under two Special Report Emission Scenarios (SRES),
A2 and B2 with two Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP), 4.5 and 8.5
scenarios. Both SRES and RCP scenarios predicted an increase in temperature and
annual rainfall depth during 21st century. Calibrated APEX model was used to
simulate future soil loss. The study exposed that the average annual soil loss
might increase up to 46.94%, 38.80%, 35.34% and 25.93% in the A2, B2, RCP 4.5 and
RCP 8.5 scenarios respectively from the base period (1985–2014). The vulnerability
assessment indicates, most of the areas might be under risk from slightly to highly
vulnerable and was found that forest land cover could resist this erosion
vulnerability to a certain extent. The findings of the study showed a possibility
for climate change to increase the rate of soil loss unless conservation strategies
or proper land use plans are remunerated. This study offers scientists and
policymakers to a detailed understanding of the future impact of rainfall on soil
loss and erosion vulnerability in the Shiwalik Himalayas.},
keywords = {Soil loss
Erosion vulnerability
Climate Change
Statistical downscaling
APEX model
Himalaya},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN760,
author = {David Raj, Anu and Kumar, Suresh and Sooryamol, K. R.},
title = {Modelling climate change impact on soil loss and erosion vulnerability
in a watershed of Shiwalik Himalayas},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {214},
pages = {106279},
abstract = {Understanding the impact of climate change on soil erosion is
required to plan effective soil conservation and management practices in hilly and
mountainous landscape. Though, few studies have been executed in Indian Himalayas,
much less in Shiwalik Himalayas. Thus, keeping this in view, the aim of the study
is to estimate the possible impact of projected climate change scenarios on soil
loss and erosion vulnerability using Statistical Downscaling Model (SDSM), MarkSim
Weather Generator, Agricultural Policy Environmental eXtender (APEX) model and AHP
method. The present study downscaled four climate scenarios on the near-future,
noted the 2020 s (2011–2040), mid-future, noted 2050 s (2011–2070) and far-future,
noted 2080 s (2071–2100/2095) under two Special Report Emission Scenarios (SRES),
A2 and B2 with two Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP), 4.5 and 8.5
scenarios. Both SRES and RCP scenarios predicted an increase in temperature and
annual rainfall depth during 21st century. Calibrated APEX model was used to
simulate future soil loss. The study exposed that the average annual soil loss
might increase up to 46.94%, 38.80%, 35.34% and 25.93% in the A2, B2, RCP 4.5 and
RCP 8.5 scenarios respectively from the base period (1985–2014). The vulnerability
assessment indicates, most of the areas might be under risk from slightly to highly
vulnerable and was found that forest land cover could resist this erosion
vulnerability to a certain extent. The findings of the study showed a possibility
for climate change to increase the rate of soil loss unless conservation strategies
or proper land use plans are remunerated. This study offers scientists and
policymakers to a detailed understanding of the future impact of rainfall on soil
loss and erosion vulnerability in the Shiwalik Himalayas.},
keywords = {Soil loss
Erosion vulnerability
Climate Change
APEX model
Himalaya},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1300,
author = {Davidson, Corey and Jaganathan, Vishnu and Sivakumar, Arun Narenthiran
and Czarnecki, Joby M. Prince and Chowdhary, Girish},
title = {NDVI/NDRE prediction from standard RGB aerial imagery using deep
learning},
volume = {203},
pages = {107396},
abstract = {The growth of precision agriculture has allowed farmers access to
more data and greater efficiency for their farms. With consistently tight profit
margins, farmers need ways to take advantage of the advancement of technology to
lower their costs or increase their revenue. One area where these advancements can
prove beneficial are in the measurement of vegetation indices such as the
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Normalized Difference Red Edge
Index (NDRE). Color maps representing these vegetation indices can be used to
identify problem areas, plant health, or even places where spot applications are
needed. These color maps help farmers to visualize these areas. Currently, a multi-
thousand dollar multispectral camera, typically attached to an Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) during flight, is required for measuring these indices. This makes
obtaining NDVI and NDRE somewhat cost prohibitive for most farmers. This work
demonstrates a solution to this cost issue. The solution involves the use of a
conditional Generative Adversarial Network known as Pix2Pix. By using Pix2Pix along
with training data from UAV flights of corn, soybeans, and cotton, this paper
highlights the potential for predicting comparable NDVI and NDRE with a low-cost
Red-Green-Blue (RGB) camera. This paper proposes and assesses a cost-efficient
method that can comparably predict these vegetation indices, resulting in cost-
savings in the range of $5000 per UAV system.},
keywords = {Pix2Pix
NDVI
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence
Data collection
Aerial imagery},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2022.107396},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1293,
author = {Davis, Zoë and Nesbitt, Lorien and Guhn, Martin and van den Bosch,
Matilda},
title = {Assessing changes in urban vegetation using Normalised Difference
Vegetation Index (NDVI) for epidemiological studies},
journal = {Urban Forestry & Urban Greening},
volume = {88},
pages = {128080},
abstract = {Urban vegetation is an important component of healthy, livable
cities and has been linked to several benefits, including improved human health
outcomes, natural system regulation, and habitat provision. Understanding and
documenting changes to urban vegetation is essential for planning for sustainable
cities. This study focuses on identifying where and when urban vegetation changed
in Metro Vancouver between 2005 and 2019 using the dynamic change approach to aid
longitudinal epidemiological studies in determining accurate exposure estimates.
Vegetation change was detected for three time periods: 2005–2009, 2010–2014, and
2015–2019 using normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI) thresholds. A cluster
analysis of vegetation change was then conducted to identify areas of change. The
results show that Metro Vancouver has gained vegetation over this 15-year time
period, particularly along the eastern part of the metropolitan area and along the
Fraser River. Vegetation loss occurred mostly in areas under high housing demand,
such as along the northern parts of the study area (e.g., the North Shore). The
method demonstrated in this study provides a simple, cost-effective way of
assessing vegetation change, which is an important step for understanding the
relationships between urban development and vegetation and potentially related
changes in human health.},
keywords = {Urban vegetation
NDVI
Remote sensing
Spatial-temporal change
Public health},
ISSN = {1618-8667},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128080},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1301,
author = {de Azevedo, Raul Pio and Dallacort, Rivanildo and Boechat, Cácio Luiz
and Teodoro, Paulo Eduardo and Teodoro, Larissa Pereira Ribeiro and Rossi, Fernando
Saragosa and Filho, Washington Luiz Félix Correia and Della-Silva, João Lucas and
Baio, Fabio Henrique Rojo and Lima, Mendelson and Silva Junior, Carlos Antonio da},
title = {Remotely sensed imagery and machine learning for mapping of sesame crop
in the Brazilian Midwest},
volume = {32},
pages = {101018},
abstract = {The changes in landscapes have been followed more intensely in
recent decades thanks to scientific advances, both in the field of technological
improvement of satellites and in remote sensing techniques. Advanced and efficient
machine learning techniques have helped remote sensing professionals to determine
these changes, from the simplest to the most complex landscapes, allowing the
identification of the most varied land uses and occupation, as well as the
estimation of the areas that these uses occupy, allowing a more dynamic management
of natural resources, especially in agricultural exploitation, providing reliable
information to decision makers. Thus, the objective of this work is, through
machine learning techniques, to estimate the area of sesame (Sesamum indicum)
cultivation in the crop season 2021/2022, in the municipality of Canarana, in the
state of Mato Grosso, comparing the performance of the Random Forest and Support
Vector Machine (SVM) classifiers, using images from the Landsat 8/OLI satellite. As
a source of information for the supervised classification, control points in
geographic coordinates were collected in the study area to identify the areas
cultivated with sesame. The vegetation indices NDVI, EVI, NDBI, PVI and SAVI were
used for the elaboration of thematic maps, along with the Landsat 8/OLI images.
Global Accuracy and Kappa index were used as a rule of thumb in the evaluation of
the thematic maps, compared by the Z test, with significance at α = 0.05. The test
revealed that the Random Forest classifier showed better performance in identifying
the sesame cultivated areas, with Global Accuracy of 0.95 and Kappa of 0.90, when
compared to SVM, which showed 0.91 and 0.81, respectively. The use of machine
learning techniques in Landsat 8/OLI images proved satisfactory in estimating areas
cultivated with sesame in the municipality of Canarana-MT, demonstrating confidence
in the mapping. The way Random Forest structures its training model, creating as
many decision trees as necessary, ended up mitigating more classification errors
and proved to be more promising when compared to SVM. As a rule, both algorithms
showed potential for mapping the sesame crop.},
keywords = {Sesame
Random forest
SVM
Classification
Monitoring
Machine learning},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2023},
}
@inbook{RN867,
author = {de Graaff, Marie-Anne and Hornslein, Nicole and Throop, Heather L. and
Kardol, Paul and van Diepen, Linda T. A.},
title = {Chapter One - Effects of agricultural intensification on soil
biodiversity and implications for ecosystem functioning: A meta-analysis},
booktitle = {Advances in Agronomy},
editor = {Sparks, Donald L.},
volume = {155},
pages = {1-44},
abstract = {Environmental perturbations such as agricultural intensification may
alter soil biodiversity in a manner that affects ecosystem functioning, but links
are not well quantified. With this review we ask: (1) “How does agricultural
intensification affect soil biodiversity?” and (2) “How do such changes in soil
biodiversity affect ecosystem function?” We used meta-analysis to quantify
responses across studies. Our results indicate that agricultural intensification
can significantly alter soil biodiversity, with negative impacts of synthetic N
fertilization on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) and faunal diversity, and
positive effects on fungal- and microbial functional diversity. Bacterial diversity
increased with low synthetic N input rates (<150kgNha−1year−1), with organic N
inputs, and when application duration was >5 years, suggesting that agricultural
management practices that promote soil organic matter (SOM) accumulation and
retention enhance bacterial biodiversity. Tillage negatively impacted soil faunal
and bacterial diversity, but did not affect AMF, fungal or functional diversity,
and organic farming relative to conventional farming did not affect soil
biodiversity. Biodiversity manipulation studies indicate that changes in soil
biodiversity affect ecosystem process rates, although manipulated biodiversity
levels tend to exaggerate biodiversity losses and possibly overestimate
consequences for ecosystem functioning relative to measured biodiversity losses
from environmental perturbations. There is a need for more studies that evaluate
how losses in soil biodiversity following environmental perturbations directly
affect ecosystem functioning. Advances in analytical techniques to identify soil
organisms and an increase in soil biodiversity manipulation experiments should help
solidify links between environmental changes, soil biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning.},
Agriculture
Soil processes
Meta-analysis},
ISBN = {0065-2113},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2019.01.001},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN1302,
author = {de la Casa, A. and Ovando, G. and Bressanini, L. and Martínez, J. and
Díaz, G. and Miranda, C.},
title = {Soybean crop coverage estimation from NDVI images with different
spatial resolution to evaluate yield variability in a plot},
volume = {146},
pages = {531-547},
abstract = {To explore precision farming profits, the variability within a plot
can be evaluated using digital technology by different remote means. The objectives
of this study were to determine crop coverage (CC) of soybean (Glycine max (L.)
Merril) with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data obtained by digital
photographs on the field and from the satellites LANDSAT (7 and 8), with an
overpass each 16 days and a pixel of 30 m, and PROBA-V, which has daily frequency
and 100 m of spatial resolution, in order to evaluate productivity differences
between sectors of a 45 ha rainfed plot located at south of Córdoba city,
Argentina. In the plot, sowed on 22/11/2014 and harvested on 10/04/2015, 16
sampling areas were established to record periodically photographs with a modified
camera and, in 8 of them, supplementary crop information. A non-linear model was
developed from NDVI data of digital camera (NDVIC) to estimate the soybean CC that
showed an appropriate predictive performance. Furthermore, NDVI data of LANDSAT (7
and 8) (NDVIL) and PROBA-V (NDVIP-V) were also applied to estimate CC, resulting in
models whose structure and accuracy was similar to that obtained with the digital
camera (R2 = 0.956 and 0.939, respectively). According to the radiometric
information the two instruments provide, the digital images classification
procedure to determine CC requires increasing the threshold from 0.0 to 0.05 when
soybean progresses towards the maturation and senescence stages and green material
is mixed with the senescent one. Growing conditions were very favorable for soybean
in 2014–2015, since precipitation (PP) not only showed a marked continuity with 60
rainy days during the cycle, but also 642 mm accumulated in this period far
exceeded maximum evapotranspiration (ETmax) of 389 mm. The CC had a major
development in all sectors, maintaining a complete coverage condition for more than
50 days during most of the reproductive stage. However, prevalent overcast sky
restricted significantly solar radiation (SR) and reduced potential yield (PY) to
an average value close to 6000 kg ha−1 which, according to the plot yield map,
produced a reduced yield gap (YG) between 10.6 and 19.8%. From the proposed model
and with the NDVI data of LANDSAT 7 (NDVI7), soybean CC was estimated in the same
plot for 2010–2011. Water availability were less favorable in this case, with
accumulated values of 584 mm and 460 mm, for PP and ETmax, respectively, while a
higher availability of SR during the crop season increased notably PY that reached
a range between 7347 and 8224 kg ha−1. Moreover, lower water availability was
evidenced increasing YG in the plot (40–53%). From the spatial evaluation carried
out, only one-third of the plot located at the south reached the highest
productivity in both crop seasons, leaving open the question about the weather
influence in each productive cycle with respect to the effectiveness of the site-
specific management.},
keywords = {Precision agriculture
Remote sensing
Biomass
Soil water
Yield gap
NDVI},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN180,
author = {De Niel, Jan and Vermeir, A. and Tran, Q. Q. and Moustakas, S. and
Willems, P.},
title = {Efficient approach for impact analysis of land cover changes on
hydrological extremes by means of a lumped conceptual model},
volume = {28},
pages = {100666},
abstract = {Study region Belgium, Flanders, Grote Nete and Zuunbeek catchments.
Study focus The focus of this study is the development and subsequent application
of a computationally-efficient framework for parsimonious hydrological models to
simulate impact of land cover changes. The framework was applied to the NAM
conceptual model, considering the disaggregation approach by Tran et al. (2018),
and urban development scenarios for the study region for 2050. New hydrological
insights for the region Considering the urban development scenarios for 2050, an
intensification of the hydrological extremes was found. On average, 10 % increase
in urbanization causes an increase in river peak flows of about 3 %. Peak-flow
changes by 2050 vary between +2 % to +14 % for the Grote Nete catchment, and
between -2 % to +8 % for the Zuunbeek catchment. Low-flow changes vary in the range
[-5 %, -1 %] and [-33 %, 10 %] for the Grote Nete and Zuunbeek catchments,
respectively.},
keywords = {Land cover changes
Conceptual hydrological modelling
Hydrological extremes
Impact analysis},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN844,
author = {de Paul Obade, Vincent and Lal, Rattan},
title = {Assessing land cover and soil quality by remote sensing and
geographical information systems (GIS)},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {104},
pages = {77-92},
abstract = {Precise soil quality assessment is critical for designing
sustainable agriculture policies, restoring degraded soils, carbon (C) modeling,
and improving environmental quality. Although the consequences of soil quality
reduction are generally recognized, the spatial extent of soil degradation is
difficult to determine, because no universal equation or soil quality prediction
model exists that fits all ecoregions. Furthermore, existing soil organic C (SOC)
models generate estimates with uncertainties that may exceed 50%. Therefore it is
possible that drastic changes in soil quality may be occurring in sites which are
not identifiable on existing maps. Soil quality can either be directly inferred
from SOC concentration, or through the assessment of the soil physical, chemical
and biologic properties. Assessing the spatial distribution of SOC over large areas
requires the calibration and development of models derived from laboratory or field
based techniques. However, mapping SOC concentration in all soils is logistically
challenging by using normal standard survey techniques. The availability of new
generations of remotely sensed datasets and geographical information system (GIS)
models (i.e. GEMS, RothC, and CENTURY) provides new opportunities for predicting
soil properties and quality at different spatial scales. This article discusses the
current approaches, identifies gaps and proposes improvements in techniques for
measuring soil quality within agricultural fields.},
keywords = {Land management
Remote sensing
Soil organic carbon
Soil quality},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN218,
author = {de Paulo Rodrigues da Silva, Vicente and Silva, Madson Tavares and
Singh, Vijay P. and de Souza, Enio Pereira and Braga, Célia Campos and de Holanda,
Romildo Morant and Almeida, Rafaela Silveira R. and de Assis Salviano de Sousa,
Francisco and Braga, Armando César Rodrigues},
title = {Simulation of stream flow and hydrological response to land-cover
changes in a tropical river basin},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {162},
pages = {166-176},
abstract = {Land cover of river basins has undergone multiple modifications and
conversions as a result of various pressures on ecosystems. This study calibrates
and validates the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model for determining the
hydrological response to land-cover changes in the Lower-Middle São Francisco River
sub-basin (LMSFR), Brazil. The SWAT model was calibrated with 1993–1994 data from
hydrological station at Juazeiro, while data from the 1995–2004 period were used
for validation. We analyzed three scenarios of land cover which were compared to
current landscape (pasture land): scenario I (pasture land is replaced by natural
vegetation), scenario II (pasture land is replaced by maize crop cultivation), and
scenario III (pasture land is replaced by bare soil). Calibration of the SWAT model
in the LMSFR produced good results, as all evaluation indices reached satisfactory
values in both calibration and validation periods for Juazeiro and validation
period at Floresta. However, the calibrated model, when applied to Abreus, did not
accurately simulate monthly stream flow (where r2=0.51 and NE=0.26). Scenario III
had the greatest impact and influence on the sediment yield, which corresponded to
an increase of 93.7% in comparison to the current land cover. This study identified
regions where reforestation should be urgently carried out in the north part and
extreme south of the sub-basin due to the overall level of land degradation.},
SWAT model
Stream flow
Sediment yield
Surface runoff},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN318,
author = {de Paulo Rodrigues da Silva, Vicente and Silva, Madson Tavares and
Singh, Vijay P. and de Souza, Enio Pereira and Braga, Célia Campos and de Holanda,
Romildo Morant and Almeida, Rafaela Silveira R. and de Assis Salviano de Sousa,
Francisco and Braga, Armando César Rodrigues},
title = {Simulation of stream flow and hydrological response to land-cover
changes in a tropical river basin},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {162},
pages = {166-176},
abstract = {Land cover of river basins has undergone multiple modifications and
conversions as a result of various pressures on ecosystems. This study calibrates
and validates the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model for determining the
hydrological response to land-cover changes in the Lower-Middle São Francisco River
sub-basin (LMSFR), Brazil. The SWAT model was calibrated with 1993–1994 data from
hydrological station at Juazeiro, while data from the 1995–2004 period were used
for validation. We analyzed three scenarios of land cover which were compared to
current landscape (pasture land): scenario I (pasture land is replaced by natural
vegetation), scenario II (pasture land is replaced by maize crop cultivation), and
scenario III (pasture land is replaced by bare soil). Calibration of the SWAT model
in the LMSFR produced good results, as all evaluation indices reached satisfactory
values in both calibration and validation periods for Juazeiro and validation
period at Floresta. However, the calibrated model, when applied to Abreus, did not
accurately simulate monthly stream flow (where r2=0.51 and NE=0.26). Scenario III
had the greatest impact and influence on the sediment yield, which corresponded to
an increase of 93.7% in comparison to the current land cover. This study identified
regions where reforestation should be urgently carried out in the north part and
extreme south of the sub-basin due to the overall level of land degradation.},
SWAT model
Stream flow
Sediment yield
Surface runoff},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN865,
author = {Dehling, J. Maximilian and Dehling, D. Matthias},
title = {Conserving ecological functions of frog communities in Borneo requires
diverse forest landscapes},
volume = {26},
pages = {e01481},
abstract = {Recent studies suggest that differences in species composition
across habitat types lead to increased multifunctionality on the regional scale.
However, data about species turnover—and especially complementarity in the
functional composition—across neighbouring habitat types from natural communities
are rare. We studied frog communities in lowland rainforest in Malaysian Borneo and
compared the species composition and functional-trait composition of different
habitat types (alluvial forest, limestone forest, kerangas). Forest types differed
strongly in their species composition and, to a lesser extent, in their functional-
trait composition. We also compared functional-trait combinations of frogs directly
across the forest types and identified six clusters of functionally similar
species: three were found in all forest types, the others were absent from at least
one forest type. The complementarity in species and functional-trait composition
between the forest resulted in high regional gamma diversity, and most of this
regional functional diversity was unique to individual forest types. Moreover, the
strict separation in species composition suggests that even functionally similar
frog species from different forest types cannot easily replace each other in case
of local extinctions. The maintenance of ecological functions fulfilled by frogs on
the landscape scale therefore requires the conservation of all forest-specific frog
communities.},
keywords = {Amphibians
Beta diversity
Functional diversity
Functional roles
Gamma diversity
Complementarity
Multifunctionality},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1271,
author = {Deininger, Klaus and Ali, Daniel Ayalew and Kussul, Nataliia and
Shelestov, Andrii and Lemoine, Guido and Yailimova, Hanna},
title = {Quantifying war-induced crop losses in Ukraine in near real time to
strengthen local and global food security},
journal = {Food Policy},
volume = {115},
pages = {102418},
abstract = {We use a 4-year panel (2019–2022) of 10,125 village councils in
Ukraine to estimate effects of the war started by Russia on area and expected yield
of winter crops aggregated up from the field level. Satellite imagery is used to
provide information on direct damage to agricultural fields; classify crop cover
using machine learning; and compute the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
(NDVI) for winter cereal fields as a proxy for yield. Without conflict, winter crop
area would have been 9.35 rather than 8.38 million ha, a 0.97 million ha reduction,
only 14% of which can be attributed to direct conflict effects. The estimated drop
associated with the conflict in NDVI for winter wheat, which is particularly
pronounced for small farms, translates into an additional reduction of output by
about 1.9 million tons for a total of 4.84 million tons. Taking area and yield
reduction together suggests a war-induced loss of winter wheat output of up to 17%
assuming the 2022 winter wheat crop was fully harvested.},
keywords = {Ukraine
Agricultural production
Food security
Machine learning
Conflict/war},
ISSN = {0306-9192},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102418},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN836,
author = {Delibas, Meltem and Tezer, Azime and Kuzniecow Bacchin, Taneha},
title = {Towards embedding soil ecosystem services in spatial planning},
journal = {Cities},
volume = {113},
pages = {103150},
abstract = {This paper aims to contribute to the limited understanding and
recognition of soil ecosystem services (SoES) in spatial planning. In light of its
critical role in climate crises and due to its global degradation, soil has drawn
considerable attention in the recent global agenda. As one of its vital services,
soil serves as a terrestrial carbon pool, which significantly contributes to offset
greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere (EEA, 2012). The capacity of soil in
climate change mitigation and in the provision of ecosystem services can be
enhanced and safeguarded by integrated spatial planning strategies. However, due to
limited political attention and fragmented frameworks on land and soil management,
anthropogenic pressures on soil are reaching critical limits and causing soil
degradation. In this context, the paper underlines the interconnectedness of SoES,
climate change and spatial planning and discusses their multifaceted interactions
through a hypothetical framework based on the Nexus approach. Herein, the paper
aims to (i) develop an outline for classification of SoES; (ii) analyze background
dynamics of soil degradation interacting with climate change; (iii) discuss recent
policy frameworks referring to soil protection and SoES; (iv) propose measures for
possible integration of SoES into spatial planning through SoES-Climate Change-
Spatial Planning Nexus.},
keywords = {Soil ecosystem services
Climate change mitigation
Spatial planning},
ISSN = {0264-2751},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103150},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN102,
author = {Dembélé, Moctar and Salvadore, Elga and Zwart, Sander and Ceperley,
Natalie and Mariéthoz, Grégoire and Schaefli, Bettina},
title = {Water accounting under climate change in the transboundary Volta River
Basin with a spatially calibrated hydrological model},
volume = {626},
pages = {130092},
abstract = {Sustainable water management requires evidence-based information on
the current and future states of water resources. This study presents a
comprehensive modelling framework that integrates the fully distributed mesoscale
Hydrologic Model (mHM) and climate change scenarios with the Water Accounting Plus
(WA+) tool to anticipate future water resource challenges and provide mitigation
measures in the transboundary Volta River basin (VRB) in West Africa. The mHM model
is forced with a large ensemble of climate change projection data from CORDEX-
Africa. Outputs from mHM are used as inputs to the WA+ framework to report on water
flows and consumption over the historical baseline period 1991–2020 and the near-
term future 2021–2050 at the basin scale, and also across spatial domains including
four climatic zones, four sub-basins and six riparian countries. The long-term
multi-model ensemble mean of the net inflow to the basin is found to be
419 km3/year with an inter-annual variability of 11% and is projected to slightly
increase in the near-term future (2021–2050). However, evaporation consumes most of
the net inflow, with only 8% remaining as runoff. About 4 km3/year of water is
currently used for man-made activities. Only 45% of the available water is
beneficially consumed, with the agricultural sector representing 34% of the
beneficial water consumption. Water availability is projected to increase in the
future due to the increase in rainfall, along with higher inter-model and inter-
annual variabilities, thereby highlighting the need for adaptation strategies.
These findings and the proposed climate-resilient land and water management
strategies can help optimize the water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus and support
evidence-based decisions and policy-making for sustainable water management in the
VRB.},
keywords = {Water balance
Climate change
Hydrological modelling
Water resource management
Volta River Basin
West Africa},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN858,
author = {Demetrio, Wilian and Brown, George and Pupin, Breno and Novo, Reinaldo
and Dudas, Rafaela and Baretta, Dilmar and Römbke, Jörg and Bartz, Marie and Borma,
Laura},
title = {Are exotic earthworms threatening soil biodiversity in the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest?},
volume = {182},
pages = {104693},
abstract = {Invasive earthworms are threatening soil biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning in formerly earthworm-free boreal and temperate forests. Although
exotic earthworms are also found in tropical forests, they have received less
attention from soil scientists. Here, we summarize data on earthworm populations in
the native Brazilian Atlantic Forest (one of the world's 25 biodiversity hotspots)
and present a case study on three forests at different regeneration stages, aiming
to identify the patterns of exotic species distribution and also the possible
consequences of invasive earthworms for soil ecosystem services and macrofauna
communities. We found that exotic earthworms, mainly Pontoscolex corethrurus and
pheretimoid species (Amynthas corticis and A. gracilis), dominated the earthworm
fauna in the native Brazilian Atlantic Forest, while native earthworms were less
abundant. Furthermore, we observed that exotic earthworms are probably threatening
soil macroinvertebrates, especially detritivores and predators, due to the high
soil bioturbation. The widespread occurrence of invasive earthworms in this biome
raises concern regarding possible competition with the native soil fauna, including
native earthworms, which could dramatically impact ecosystem services linked to
soil, especially those related to climate regulation and water storage.},
keywords = {Invasive earthworms
Ecosystem services
Soil macrofauna},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN804,
author = {Deng, Hui and Fu, Qianqian and Zhang, Yuqing and Li, Dazhen and He,
Jianxiong and Feng, Dan and Zhao, Yuanyuan and Yu, Huamei and Ge, Chengjun},
title = {Bacterial communities on polyethylene microplastics in mangrove
ecosystems as a function of exposure sites: Compositions and ecological functions},
journal = {Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering},
volume = {10},
number = {3},
pages = {107924},
abstract = {Over the past decades, mangrove ecosystem has been polluted by
plastic debris and microplastics (MPs) due to anthropogenic activities. Yet, little
information is available on the composition and functional diversity of microbial
communities on the surface of MPs in this ecosystem. The present study aims to
investigate the bacterial communities growing on the surface of polyethylene
microplastics (PE-MPs) in water, surface sediments and at the water-sediment
interface (WSI) of mangrove ecosystems. Obtained results showed distinct variations
in the taxonomic composition of bacterial communities among water, surface
sediments and PE-MPs exposed to the different sites in mangrove ecosystems. For PE-
MPs deployed to water, the dominant phyla were Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes,
accounting for 89.2% of the total abundance, while a relatively high proportion of
Proteobacteria (85.6 ± 8.4%) was found for PE-MPs in sediments. For PE-MPs at the
WSI, the top five phyla were Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes,
Actinobacteria and Firmicutes. Relatively abundant microorganisms on PE-MPs at the
WSI were mainly due to tidal ebb and flood increasing interactions of sediment
bacteria and PE-MPs. Functional annotation of prokaryotic taxa (FAPROTAX) analysis
demonstrated that the ecological functions of microbial communities inhabiting PE-
MPs were exposure site-dependent. Bacteria living on PE-MPs in water and at the WSI
mainly participated in carbon and nitrogen cycle process, whereas PE-MPs in
sediments enriched bacteria responsible for sulphur cycle. These results presented
here highlight the importance of the exposure sites to MPs-associated bacteria in
mangrove ecosystems.},
keywords = {Polyethylene microplastics
Mangrove ecosystems
Microbial communities
Microbially- driven ecological functions
Exposure sites},
ISSN = {2213-3437},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.107924},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN531,
author = {Deru, Joachim G. C. and Bloem, Jaap and de Goede, Ron and Keidel, Harm
and Kloen, Henk and Rutgers, Michiel and van den Akker, Jan and Brussaard, Lijbert
and van Eekeren, Nick},
title = {Soil ecology and ecosystem services of dairy and semi-natural
grasslands on peat},
volume = {125},
pages = {26-34},
abstract = {Peat wetlands are of major importance for ecosystem services such as
carbon storage, water regulation and maintenance of biodiversity. However, peat
drainage for farming leads to CO2 emission, soil subsidence and biodiversity
losses. In the peat areas in the Netherlands, solutions are sought in reducing
drainage, adapting farming to wetter soils, and converting productive dairy
grasslands to less intensively managed semi-natural grasslands. Our objective was
to compare the soil ecology and related ecosystem services of dairy and semi-
natural grasslands on peat soils (Terric Histosols). Soil biotic and abiotic
parameters were measured in twenty dairy and twenty semi-natural sites, with
particular focus on (i) soil faunal diversity (ecosystem service “maintenance of
biodiversity”), (ii) CO2 emission (“climate regulation”), (iii) water infiltration
(“water regulation”) and (iv) soil fertility (“grass production”). Mean soil faunal
taxonomic richness per site (alpha diversity) was higher in dairy grasslands
compared to semi-natural grasslands. However, the total observed number of taxa
(gamma diversity) in dairy grassland was 13% lower for soil fauna and 21% lower
when including plant species. Potential C mineralization rate in the topsoil – used
as a proxy for CO2 emission – was not influenced by land use but was limited by
drought. Additionally, potential C mineralization depended on different C sources
and microbial groups in the two grassland types. Water infiltration rate differed
by a factor of five between land use types (dairy > semi-natural), and correlated
with soil porosity. As expected, soil fertility was higher in dairy than in semi-
natural grasslands. However, potential N mineralization was similar in dairy and
semi-natural grasslands and was correlated negatively with bacterial biomass
apparently indicating N immobilization, and positively with bacterial growth that
depended on labile C and N in soil. Our study on peat soils shows that dairy versus
semi-natural grassland use influences biodiversity, climate regulation, water
regulation and (potential for) grassland production. We conclude with
recommendations for land management to optimize the delivery of those ecosystem
services.},
keywords = {Grassland
Histosols
Biodiversity
C mineralization
N mineralization
Water infiltration},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN427,
author = {Deshmukh, Dhananjay Suresh and Chaube, Umesh Chandra and Ekube Hailu,
Ambaye and Aberra Gudeta, Dida and Tegene Kassa, Melaku},
title = {Estimation and comparision of curve numbers based on dynamic land use
land cover change, observed rainfall-runoff data and land slope},
volume = {492},
pages = {89-101},
abstract = {Summary The CN represents runoff potential is estimated using three
different methods for three watersheds namely Barureva, Sher and Umar watershed
located in Narmada basin. Among three watersheds, Sher watershed has gauging site
for the runoff measurements. The CN computed from the observed rainfall-runoff
events is termed as CN(PQ), land use and land cover (LULC) is termed as CN(LU) and
the CN based on land slope is termed as SACN2. The estimated annual CN(PQ) varies
from 69 to 87 over the 26years data period with median 74 and average 75. The range
of CN(PQ) from 70 to 79 are most significant values and these truly represent the
AMC II condition for the Sher watershed. The annual CN(LU) was computed for all
three watersheds using GIS and the years are 1973, 1989 and 2000. Satellite imagery
of MSS, TM and ETM+ sensors are available for these years and obtained from the
Global Land Cover Facility Data Center of Maryland University USA. The computed
CN(LU) values show rising trend with the time and this trend is attributed to
expansion of agriculture area in all watersheds. The predicted values of CN(LU)
with time (year) can be used to predict runoff potential under the effect of change
in LULC. Comparison of CN(LU) and CN(PQ) values shows close agreement and it also
validates the classification of LULC. The estimation of slope adjusted SA-CN2 shows
the significant difference over conventional CN for the hilly forest lands. For the
micro watershed planning, SCS-CN method should be modified to incorporate the
effect of change in land use and land cover along with effect of land slope.},
keywords = {Curve number
Slope
GIS},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN262,
author = {Desta, Hayal and Fetene, Aramde},
title = {Land-use and land-cover change in Lake Ziway watershed of the Ethiopian
Central Rift Valley Region and its environmental impacts},
volume = {96},
pages = {104682},
abstract = {Assessing land use and land cover (LULC) change in Lake Ziway
watershed is important to evaluate the degradation of ecosystems and their
environmental processes caused by the ongoing increase in human pressures. The
present study analyzed the long-term LULC dynamics in the Lake Ziway watershed,
which covers 7300 km2 in the Ethiopian Central Rift Valley region. Three Landsat
Satellite Image Series - Landsat MSS (1973), Landsat TM (1989) and Landsat Enhanced
ETM+ (2018) - were the main input data from which three LULC maps were produced by
employing Remote Sensing Techniques and Geographical Information Systems. The
satellite data were supported by Google Earth and information gathered from
informal discussions from local elderly people who are knowledgeable aboutthe area.
The results over the last 45 years show that the major LULC changes in the study
watershed have been the expansion of cultivated, agroforestry and settlement areas
and the corresponding reduction in woodlands. Cultivation, agroforestry, and
settlement LULC categories increased by 45%, 10.9%, and 141.4%, respectively. These
changes are attributable to a combination of the ever increasing human population
and the subsequent demands on environmental resources like agricultural lands,
commercial and domestic fuelwood and charcoal. Other factors include poorly defined
ownership arrangements and weak enforcement strategies on the existing land use
policy. This has created open access mentalities among communities and intensified
LULC changes in the watershed. Awareness raising and provision of technical
training about conservation interventions should be provided to communities in the
watershed.This study provides information for corrective measures to protect
further degradation and irreversible losses that might happen to the biotic and
abiotic resources in Lake Ziway watershed.},
keywords = {Landsat
LULC change
Lake Ziway
Watershed
Ethiopia},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN362,
author = {Desta, Hayal and Fetene, Aramde},
title = {Land-use and land-cover change in Lake Ziway watershed of the Ethiopian
Central Rift Valley Region and its environmental impacts},
volume = {96},
pages = {104682},
abstract = {Assessing land use and land cover (LULC) change in Lake Ziway
watershed is important to evaluate the degradation of ecosystems and their
environmental processes caused by the ongoing increase in human pressures. The
present study analyzed the long-term LULC dynamics in the Lake Ziway watershed,
which covers 7300 km2 in the Ethiopian Central Rift Valley region. Three Landsat
Satellite Image Series - Landsat MSS (1973), Landsat TM (1989) and Landsat Enhanced
ETM+ (2018) - were the main input data from which three LULC maps were produced by
employing Remote Sensing Techniques and Geographical Information Systems. The
satellite data were supported by Google Earth and information gathered from
informal discussions from local elderly people who are knowledgeable aboutthe area.
The results over the last 45 years show that the major LULC changes in the study
watershed have been the expansion of cultivated, agroforestry and settlement areas
and the corresponding reduction in woodlands. Cultivation, agroforestry, and
settlement LULC categories increased by 45%, 10.9%, and 141.4%, respectively. These
changes are attributable to a combination of the ever increasing human population
and the subsequent demands on environmental resources like agricultural lands,
commercial and domestic fuelwood and charcoal. Other factors include poorly defined
ownership arrangements and weak enforcement strategies on the existing land use
policy. This has created open access mentalities among communities and intensified
LULC changes in the watershed. Awareness raising and provision of technical
training about conservation interventions should be provided to communities in the
watershed.This study provides information for corrective measures to protect
further degradation and irreversible losses that might happen to the biotic and
abiotic resources in Lake Ziway watershed.},
keywords = {Landsat
LULC change
Lake Ziway
Watershed
Ethiopia},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN216,
author = {Devine, Jennifer A. and Currit, Nathan and Reygadas, Yunuen and
Liller, Louise I. and Allen, Gabrielle},
title = {Drug trafficking, cattle ranching and Land use and Land cover change in
Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve},
volume = {95},
pages = {104578},
abstract = {Drug trafficking organizations are driving deforestation in
Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve. Drug traffickers deforest the protected area in
order to illegally ranch cattle, which serves as a mechanism of money laundering,
drug smuggling, and territory control. Journalists and ethnographers have analyzed
“narco-cattle ranching” activities in the reserve and resulting “narco-
deforestation,” yet land use change scientists have yet to quantify the
contribution of illegal cattle ranching to forest loss. This article uses remote
sensing and GIS analysis to distinguish the relative contribution of cattle
ranching, farming, and land speculation to reserve deforestation and other forms of
land use and land cover change. We also use ethnographic methods to provide
evidentiary links between illegal cattle ranching and drug trafficking activities
that suggest a large part, but not all, of illegal cattle ranching is narco-
capitalized. Our research finds that illegal cattle ranching is responsible for the
majority of reserve deforestation, ranging from 59 to 87% of photographs on
deforested lands in three sampled areas. We also found illegal cattle ranching
activities are the highest in the reserve’s western national parks, which should be
strictly protected from land use change. Contrary to popular debate, these findings
suggest drug traffickers in the context of the US-led War on Drugs are to blame for
forest loss, not subsistence farmers illegally living in the reserve.},
keywords = {Drug trafficking
Deforestation
Conservation
Guatemala
Cattle
Maya Biosphere},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN316,
author = {Devine, Jennifer A. and Currit, Nathan and Reygadas, Yunuen and
Liller, Louise I. and Allen, Gabrielle},
title = {Drug trafficking, cattle ranching and Land use and Land cover change in
Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve},
volume = {95},
pages = {104578},
abstract = {Drug trafficking organizations are driving deforestation in
Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve. Drug traffickers deforest the protected area in
order to illegally ranch cattle, which serves as a mechanism of money laundering,
drug smuggling, and territory control. Journalists and ethnographers have analyzed
“narco-cattle ranching” activities in the reserve and resulting “narco-
deforestation,” yet land use change scientists have yet to quantify the
contribution of illegal cattle ranching to forest loss. This article uses remote
sensing and GIS analysis to distinguish the relative contribution of cattle
ranching, farming, and land speculation to reserve deforestation and other forms of
land use and land cover change. We also use ethnographic methods to provide
evidentiary links between illegal cattle ranching and drug trafficking activities
that suggest a large part, but not all, of illegal cattle ranching is narco-
capitalized. Our research finds that illegal cattle ranching is responsible for the
majority of reserve deforestation, ranging from 59 to 87% of photographs on
deforested lands in three sampled areas. We also found illegal cattle ranching
activities are the highest in the reserve’s western national parks, which should be
strictly protected from land use change. Contrary to popular debate, these findings
suggest drug traffickers in the context of the US-led War on Drugs are to blame for
forest loss, not subsistence farmers illegally living in the reserve.},
keywords = {Drug trafficking
Deforestation
Conservation
Guatemala
Cattle
Maya Biosphere},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN137,
author = {Devkota, Praval and Dhakal, Sameer and Shrestha, Sujata and Shrestha,
Uttam Babu},
title = {Land use land cover changes in the major cities of Nepal from 1990 to
2020},
journal = {Environmental and Sustainability Indicators},
volume = {17},
pages = {100227},
abstract = {Nepal—one of the most rapidly urbanizing countries in the world—has
witnessed unplanned urbanization in recent decades. Nevertheless, spatial-temporal
dynamics of land use land cover (LULC) in major cities of Nepal are not well
understood. This study investigates LULC changes in the 12 rapidly urbanizing
cities of Nepal from 1990 to 2020. Freely accessible Landsat images and Google
Earth Engine (GEE), a cloud-based analysis platform were used to classify the city
landscape into five major classes: vegetation, agriculture, barren, water body, and
built-up using a random forest algorithm. Built-up areas have continuously
increased in the Nepali cities mostly at expense of agricultural lands thus
agriculture areas have decreased, and vegetation areas have followed mixed trends
during each of the three decades. Biratnagar, Janakpur, Kathmandu, Nepalgunj, and
Rajbiraj showed an overall increase in built-up areas at the expense of vegetation
and agricultural lands while Bharatpur, Birendranagar, Dhangadhi, Ghorahi, Hetauda,
Pokhara, and Tulsipur showed an overall decrease in agricultural areas with
increased built-up areas and vegetation from 1990 to 2020. This study will assist
the policymakers, city planners, and local governments to formulate sustainable
urban development strategies and plans to prevent haphazard urban growth while
preserving the city's agricultural lands to promote local food supply and green
areas to ensure an uninhibited flow of ecosystem services in the cities.},
keywords = {Urbanization
Google earth engine
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {2665-9727},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2023.100227},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1031,
author = {Devkota, Praval and Dhakal, Sameer and Shrestha, Sujata and Shrestha,
Uttam Babu},
title = {Land use land cover changes in the major cities of Nepal from 1990 to
2020},
volume = {17},
pages = {100227},
abstract = {Nepal—one of the most rapidly urbanizing countries in the world—has
witnessed unplanned urbanization in recent decades. Nevertheless, spatial-temporal
dynamics of land use land cover (LULC) in major cities of Nepal are not well
understood. This study investigates LULC changes in the 12 rapidly urbanizing
cities of Nepal from 1990 to 2020. Freely accessible Landsat images and Google
Earth Engine (GEE), a cloud-based analysis platform were used to classify the city
landscape into five major classes: vegetation, agriculture, barren, water body, and
built-up using a random forest algorithm. Built-up areas have continuously
increased in the Nepali cities mostly at expense of agricultural lands thus
agriculture areas have decreased, and vegetation areas have followed mixed trends
during each of the three decades. Biratnagar, Janakpur, Kathmandu, Nepalgunj, and
Rajbiraj showed an overall increase in built-up areas at the expense of vegetation
and agricultural lands while Bharatpur, Birendranagar, Dhangadhi, Ghorahi, Hetauda,
Pokhara, and Tulsipur showed an overall decrease in agricultural areas with
increased built-up areas and vegetation from 1990 to 2020. This study will assist
the policymakers, city planners, and local governments to formulate sustainable
urban development strategies and plans to prevent haphazard urban growth while
preserving the city's agricultural lands to promote local food supply and green
areas to ensure an uninhibited flow of ecosystem services in the cities.},
Google earth engine
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {2665-9727},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN573,
author = {Dewan, Ashraf M. and Yamaguchi, Yasushi},
title = {Land use and land cover change in Greater Dhaka, Bangladesh: Using
remote sensing to promote sustainable urbanization},
volume = {29},
number = {3},
pages = {390-401},
abstract = {This study evaluates land use/cover changes and urban expansion in
Greater Dhaka, Bangladesh, between 1975 and 2003 using satellite images and socio-
economic data. Spatial and temporal dynamics of land use/cover changes were
quantified using three Landsat images, a supervised classification algorithm and
the post-classification change detection technique in GIS. Accuracy of the Landsat-
derived land use/cover maps ranged from 85 to 90%. The analysis revealed that
substantial growth of built-up areas in Greater Dhaka over the study period
resulted significant decrease in the area of water bodies, cultivated land,
vegetation and wetlands. Urban land expansion has been largely driven by elevation,
population growth and economic development. Rapid urban expansion through infilling
of low-lying areas and clearing of vegetation resulted in a wide range of
environmental impacts, including habitat quality. As reliable and current data are
lacking for Bangladesh, the land use maps produced in this study will contribute to
both the development of sustainable urban land use planning decisions and also for
forecasting possible future changes in growth patterns.},
keywords = {Greater Dhaka
Land use and land cover (LULC)
Remote sensing
Change detection
Urban expansion},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2009},
}
@article{RN412,
author = {Dias, Lívia Cristina Pinto and Macedo, Márcia N. and Costa, Marcos
Heil and Coe, Michael T. and Neill, Christopher},
title = {Effects of land cover change on evapotranspiration and streamflow of
small catchments in the Upper Xingu River Basin, Central Brazil},
volume = {4},
pages = {108-122},
abstract = {Study region Upper Xingu River Basin, southeastern Amazonia. Study
focus This study assessed the influence of land cover changes on evapotranspiration
and streamflow in small catchments in the Upper Xingu River Basin (Mato Grosso
state, Brazil). Streamflow was measured in catchments with uniform land use for
September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2010. We used models to simulate evapotranspiration
and streamflow for the four most common land cover types found in the Upper Xingu:
tropical forest, cerrado (savanna), pasture, and soybean croplands. We used INLAND
to perform single point simulations considering tropical rainforest, cerrado and
pasturelands, and AgroIBIS for croplands. New hydrological insights for the region
Converting natural vegetation to agriculture substantially modifies
evapotranspiration and streamflow in small catchments. Measured mean streamflow in
soy catchments was about three times greater than that of forest catchments, while
the mean annual amplitude of flow in soy catchments was more than twice that of
forest catchments. Simulated mean annual evapotranspiration was 39% lower in
agricultural ecosystems (pasture and soybean cropland) than in natural ecosystems
(tropical rainforest and cerrado). Observed and simulated mean annual streamflows
in agricultural ecosystems were more than 100% higher than in natural ecosystems.
The accuracy of the simulations was improved by using field-measured soil hydraulic
properties. The inclusion of local measurements of key soil parameters is likely to
improve hydrological simulations in other tropical regions.},
Streamflow
Modeling
Xingu Basin
Amazon
Cerrado},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN885,
author = {Diaz-Gonzalez, Freddy A. and Vuelvas, Jose and Correa, Carlos A. and
Vallejo, Victoria E. and Patino, D.},
title = {Machine learning and remote sensing techniques applied to estimate soil
indicators – Review},
volume = {135},
pages = {108517},
abstract = {The demand for food based on intensive agriculture has decreased
soil quality, posing great challenges such as increasing agricultural productivity
and promoting environmental sustainability. Thus, researchers have focused on
developing models for estimating soil quality based on artificial intelligence
techniques for the processing of multidimensional data from agro-industrial
systems, which provide useful information for farmers about soil management and
crop conditions. However, a model for the application of these new technologies in
medium and low-scale agricultural systems has not been identified. Therefore, a
review of recent studies of crop yield prediction based on the estimation of
chemical, physical, and biological soil quality indicators (SQI), which incorporate
different machine learning (ML) techniques to process data from remote sensing (RS)
systems, is presented. The advantages and disadvantages are also analyzed for: SQI
estimates at regional and local scale, spectral bands used for analysis of plowed
soils (bare soils) of cultivation plots, selection of minimun data set (MDS), use
of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and satellite platforms, data pre-processing, and
selection of ML algorithms for processing biological systems databases (agro-
industrial systems). Finally, we present a model to help estimate soil quality in
agricultural systems at a local scale, based on ML to process RS data, in the model
the inputs to the ML unit come from four different class data sets (RS, SQI,
environmental data and crop management data). Crop management uses the production
of the ML unit to adjust agricultural management practices and therefore improve
crop yield.},
keywords = {Remote sensing
Machine learning
Soil quality indicators
Agricultural systems},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN154,
author = {Diengdoh, Vishesh L. and Ondei, Stefania and Amin, Rahil J. and Hunt,
Mark and Brook, Barry W.},
title = {Landscape functional connectivity for butterflies under different
scenarios of land-use, land-cover, and climate change in Australia},
volume = {277},
pages = {109825},
abstract = {Pollinating invertebrates are vital to terrestrial ecosystems but
are impacted by anthropogenic habitat loss/fragmentation and climate change.
Conserving and improving landscape connectivity is important to offset those
threats, yet its assessment for invertebrates is lacking. In this study, we
evaluated the functional connectivity between protected areas in Australia for 59
butterfly species (based on data availability), under present conditions and
different future scenarios (for 2050 and 2090) of land use, land cover, and climate
change. Using circuit-theory analysis, functional connectivity models are, on
average, predicted to have a cumulative current (a proxy for species' movement) of
0.0191 and this is predicted to decrease to 0.0163 and 0.0162 under future
scenarios 2050 and 2090 respectively. Cumulative current is predicted to decrease
and increase for 30 and 20 species, respectively; while 9 species are predicted to
both increase and decrease depending on the future scenario. These changes are
generally predicted to occur along the edges of a species' current distribution.
Our results are made available as spatial datasets to allow comparisons with taxa
from other studies and can be used to identify priority areas for conservation in
terms of establishing ecological corridors or stepping-stone habitat patches. Our
study highlights the importance of considering pollinating invertebrates during the
conservation and restoration of a landscape's functional connectivity, underscoring
the need to expand and promote protected areas to facilitate functional
connectivity under future scenarios of global change.},
keywords = {Lepidoptera
Habitat suitability model
Circuitscape
Ecological corridor
Aichi biodiversity target},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN29,
author = {Dietz, Julia and Treydte, Anna Christina and Lippe, Melvin},
title = {Exploring the future of Kafue National Park, Zambia: Scenario-based
land use and land cover modelling to understand drivers and impacts of
deforestation},
volume = {126},
pages = {106535},
abstract = {Land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics in tropical forests of sub-
Saharan Africa are often difficult to quantify and predict, despite rapid forest
losses and increasing human population pressure. As deforestation threatens the
biodiversity of both flora and fauna, we used LULC change assessment and scenario
modelling to analyse whether policy measures can safeguard the multi-functionality
of tropical dry forests in western Zambia from 2010 to 2040. Our data comprised
information on deforestation and human encroachment due to i.e., agricultural
expansion, charcoal production, infrastructure development in the Kafue National
Park (NP) and adjacent Game Management Areas (GMAs) (total area: 7,102,147 ha),
which is part of the first Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation (REDD+) focus areas in Zambia. We modelled a business-as-usual scenario
(BAU) and four REDD+ policy-screening scenarios with varying levels of protection
enforcement and future annual deforestation rates. We quantified scenario impacts
on forest cover using three indicators: cropland and forest-related LULC
trajectory, forest connectivity, and long-term carbon stock changes in 2040.
Scenario results suggested that only under strong enforcement and low demand for
agricultural areas, deforestation in Kafue NP and GMAs could be avoided by 93%
(40,457 ha) and 1% in carbon stocks could be gained by 2040 in comparison to BAU.
Spatial analyses revealed that cropland expansion will continue to encroach
protected areas. We highlight that variations in carbon stocks and forest
fragmentation were small across scenarios which has implications for land use
management and the expected future benefits of REDD+ projects. The combination of
GIS, scenario development and LULC modelling helped to identify and locate
potential future deforestation and LULC changes. This can support appropriate
management pathways of REDD+ induced local and national leakage effects and related
decision making.},
keywords = {Policy-screening scenarios
Impact assessment
Carbon stocks
Forest fragmentation
REDD+
Western Zambia},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN65,
author = {Dighton, J. and Helmisaari, H. S. and Maghirang, M. and Smith, S. and
Malcolm, K. and Johnson, W. and Quast, L. and Lallier, B. and Gray, D. and Setälä,
H. and Starr, M. and Luiro, J. and Kukkola, M.},
title = {Corrigendum to IMPACTS OF FOREST POST THINNING RESIDUES ON SOIL
CHEMISTRY, FAUNA AND ROOTS: IMPLICATIONS OF RESIDUE REMOVAL IN FINLAND Applied Soil
Ecology [60C (2012) 16-22]},
volume = {62},
pages = {184},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN977,
author = {Dinakaran, J. and Chandra, Abhishek and Chamoli, K. P. and Deka,
Jyotishman and Rao, K. S.},
title = {Soil organic carbon stabilization changes with an altitude gradient of
land cover types in central Himalaya, India},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {170},
pages = {374-385},
abstract = {Soil organic carbon (SOC) stabilization in a mountain forest
ecosystem is a key component of the global carbon cycle to mitigate the rising
level of atmospheric carbon dioxide. We investigated the effects of different types
of land cover at different altitudes on SOC stabilization in the Himalayan region,
India. We chose four different land covers at different altitudes, viz., pasture
land (~2500 m), mixed cover (~2200 m), chirpine (~950 m) and agricultural land
(~950 m). Organic carbon (OC), total nitrogen (N), and total microbial activity
(MAt) in soils up to depths of 100 cm and under different types of land cover were
assessed to study the impact of vegetation cover on the storage of SOC and N.
Hydrofluoric acid (HF) soluble carbon, FeDCB/AlDCB oxides and stable carbon
isotopes (δ13C) were determined in the soils under different types of land cover to
evaluate the amounts of mineral-associated carbon and understand the organic carbon
stabilization process. The maximum SOC stock was observed under a mixed land cover
(281.86 t ha−1), followed by pasture land cover (229.61 t ha−1), chirpine
(182.16 t ha−1) and agricultural land cover (70.20 t ha−1) up to a depth of 100 cm.
Higher SOC contents, N contents and MAt were closely linked to the surface layers
(0–30 cm), while HF-soluble carbon, FeDCB and AlDCB oxides were linked to sub-
surface layers (30–100 cm) of soils under different types of land cover. HF-soluble
carbon was more abundant in mixed and pasture land covers compared with chirpine
and agricultural land covers. The linear relationship between δ13C values and HF-
soluble carbon, FeDCB/OC, δ13C, AlDCB/OC and δ13C in soils under mixed and pasture
land covers confirmed that the subsurface soil constituted more decomposed carbon
and its associated FeDCB/AlDCB minerals. Nevertheless, this trend was not observed
in other types of land cover located at lower altitudes and might be due to the
root exudates and/or mixing of young and old carbon. These results suggest that the
land cover types at higher altitudes in central Himalaya may be considered as a
potential sink for the sequestration of atmospheric carbon and as potential sites
for the stabilization of sequestered carbon in soils. However, land cover types at
lower altitudes in central Himalaya must be managed by better soil management
practices to sequester and stabilize more carbon in soils.},
HF-soluble carbon
Fe/Al oxides
Inceptisols
Central Himalaya},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN355,
author = {Ding, Hao and Yuan, Zhe and Shi, Xiaoliang and Yin, Jun and Chen, Fei
and Shi, Mengqi and Zhang, Fulong},
title = {Soil moisture content-based analysis of terrestrial ecosystems in
China: Water use efficiency of vegetation systems},
volume = {150},
pages = {110271},
abstract = {Water is a prerequisite for the formation of earth-biochemical-
ecological systems. Differences in the spatial and temporal distribution of water
resources are important factors in the formation of differences in the distribution
of vegetation in terrestrial ecosystems and are key to the differences in
vegetation productivity. Vegetation water use efficiency is calculated by the total
amount of fixed biogenic carbon per unit mass of water consumed in photosynthesis
and can be used to assess the intensity and capacity of an ecosystem to use water
biomass. Based on remote satellite sensing data, this study proposes a new water
use efficiency assessment model. The model was validated using flux site data, and
we analyzed the relative contribution of climate factors to soil moisture use
efficiency using a first-difference method. The results revealed the following: (1)
The soil moisture use efficiencies (SUE) of remote sensing data inversions that
were evaluated using flux site data based on correlation coefficients and Nash
coefficients showed high reliability, and only the NMG (Inner Mongolia) station
showed low correlation among the nine sites. (2) Among the nine agricultural sub-
regions in China, only the SUE of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region showed a
decreasing trend (−1.08 g C/m−2 kg H2O yr), while all other regions showed an
increasing trend. (3) The highest vegetation soil moisture use efficiency (1.83 g
C/m−2 kg H2O) was found in ferralisols, while the lowest vegetation SUE (0.17 g
C/m−2 kg H2O) was found in arid soils. The SUE of different vegetation types showed
the characteristics of forest > scrub > cultivated
vegetation > wetland > grassland. (4) The relative contribution of gross primary
productivity (GPP) to the change in SUE was 37.53%, while the relative contribution
of soil moisture content to the change in SUE was −26.71%. Among the five climatic
factors, temperature was the most dominant factor affecting the change in SUE,
followed by precipitation, net radiation, leaf area index, and potential
evapotranspiration. Revealing the relationship between terrestrial ecosystem GPP,
soil moisture content, and their responses to climate factors is a prerequisite for
understanding the adaptation strategies of regional terrestrial ecosystems to
global climate change, which can help to inform decision-making for the sustainable
development of ecosystems.},
keywords = {Soil moisture use efficiency
Precipitation use efficiency
Relative contribution
Climate factor
China},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN255,
author = {Ding, Hao and Yuan, Zhe and Shi, Xiaoliang and Yin, Jun and Chen, Fei
and Shi, Mengqi and Zhang, Fulong},
title = {Soil moisture content-based analysis of terrestrial ecosystems in
China: Water use efficiency of vegetation systems},
volume = {150},
pages = {110271},
abstract = {Water is a prerequisite for the formation of earth-biochemical-
ecological systems. Differences in the spatial and temporal distribution of water
resources are important factors in the formation of differences in the distribution
of vegetation in terrestrial ecosystems and are key to the differences in
vegetation productivity. Vegetation water use efficiency is calculated by the total
amount of fixed biogenic carbon per unit mass of water consumed in photosynthesis
and can be used to assess the intensity and capacity of an ecosystem to use water
biomass. Based on remote satellite sensing data, this study proposes a new water
use efficiency assessment model. The model was validated using flux site data, and
we analyzed the relative contribution of climate factors to soil moisture use
efficiency using a first-difference method. The results revealed the following: (1)
The soil moisture use efficiencies (SUE) of remote sensing data inversions that
were evaluated using flux site data based on correlation coefficients and Nash
coefficients showed high reliability, and only the NMG (Inner Mongolia) station
showed low correlation among the nine sites. (2) Among the nine agricultural sub-
regions in China, only the SUE of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region showed a
decreasing trend (−1.08 g C/m−2 kg H2O yr), while all other regions showed an
increasing trend. (3) The highest vegetation soil moisture use efficiency (1.83 g
C/m−2 kg H2O) was found in ferralisols, while the lowest vegetation SUE (0.17 g
C/m−2 kg H2O) was found in arid soils. The SUE of different vegetation types showed
the characteristics of forest > scrub > cultivated
vegetation > wetland > grassland. (4) The relative contribution of gross primary
productivity (GPP) to the change in SUE was 37.53%, while the relative contribution
of soil moisture content to the change in SUE was −26.71%. Among the five climatic
factors, temperature was the most dominant factor affecting the change in SUE,
followed by precipitation, net radiation, leaf area index, and potential
evapotranspiration. Revealing the relationship between terrestrial ecosystem GPP,
soil moisture content, and their responses to climate factors is a prerequisite for
understanding the adaptation strategies of regional terrestrial ecosystems to
global climate change, which can help to inform decision-making for the sustainable
development of ecosystems.},
keywords = {Soil moisture use efficiency
Precipitation use efficiency
Climate factor
China},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1248,
author = {Ding, Yibo and He, Xiaofeng and Zhou, Zhaoqiang and Hu, Jie and Cai,
Huanjie and Wang, Xiaoyun and Li, Lusheng and Xu, Jiatun and Shi, Haiyun},
title = {Response of vegetation to drought and yield monitoring based on NDVI
and SIF},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {219},
pages = {106328},
abstract = {An increase in global warming has resulted in a global increase in
meteorological droughts. As droughts play a key factor regulating vegetation
growth, they inevitably have social and economic effects. Understanding vegetation
dynamics and its response to climate change is therefor highly important to reveal
the behavior mechanism of terrestrial ecosystems and to guide environmental
management. In this investigation, Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) and
the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were applied as vegetation
indicators to describe vegetation dynamics and meteorological drought was described
using the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI). Bias
correction of precipitation and crop yield data of major crop producing areas was
also used. By employing correlation coefficient of the maximum absolute value, a
drought impact degree and propagation time to vegetation were defined. Dimensions
of SIF and NDVI were unified by normalization. Results indicated that: (1) SIF and
NDVI generally had a high level of consistency over China, and NDVI had a higher
normalized value distribution level than SIF for different vegetation types. (2)
Drought generally had a negative impact on vegetation in northern China and a
positive impact in southern China. (3) Drought propagation time based on NDVI was
larger than that based on SIF. (4) SIF had some advantages when monitoring crop
yields among different crop producing areas. Results from this investigation will
enable a greater understanding of SIF and NDVI for their application to monitor
droughts and crop yield.},
keywords = {NDVI
Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence
Crop yield
Drought},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN85,
author = {Diouf, A. and Lambin, E. F.},
title = {Monitoring land-cover changes in semi-arid regions: remote sensing data
and field observations in the Ferlo, Senegal},
volume = {48},
number = {2},
pages = {129-148},
abstract = {Dryland degradation rarely translates into linear, declining trends
in vegetation cover due to interannual climatic variability. Appropriate indicators
of land-cover modifications need to be defined for semi-arid regions. Our
hypothesis is that degradation can be measured by: (1) a decrease in the resilience
of vegetation to droughts; (2) a decrease in rain-use efficiency; and (3) a
modification of floristic composition. The objective of this paper is to test the
relationships between a remotely sensed indicator of vegetation, rainfall data and
field measurements of biomass and floristic composition. The study was based on
field measurements of vegetation conditions covering a period of 10 years, in the
semi-arid region of the Ferlo in Senegal. Our results indicate that land-cover
modifications in the Ferlo are best measured by changes in rain-use efficiency. No
consistent trend in the relative abundance of grass species was visible at the
scale of the decade, even on the two sites affected by degradation. Just after a
drought, a given increase in rainfall results in less biomass production than is
the case for normal years.},
keywords = {land-cover changes
land degradation
drought
desertification
remote sensing
indicators
Sahel
Senegal},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1006/jare.2000.0744},
year = {2001},
}
@article{RN428,
author = {Disperati, Leonardo and Virdis, Salvatore Gonario Pasquale},
title = {Assessment of land-use and land-cover changes from 1965 to 2014 in Tam
Giang-Cau Hai Lagoon, central Vietnam},
volume = {58},
pages = {48-64},
abstract = {This study integrates the use of multi-source and multi-resolution
remote sensing, topographic and field-based datasets to quantify land-use and land-
cover (LULC) changes along a coastal stretch of Thua Thien Hue Province (central
Vietnam). The LULC change analysis involves the Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon, the
largest lagoon system in Southeast Asia, which is running nearly 70 km along the
coast and having about 22,000 ha of water surface. The LULC change analysis was
performed by computer-aided visual interpretation for 5 years (1965, 1989, 2000,
2006 and 2014) using satellite imagery from LANDSAT MSS, TM, ETM+ and 8, ASTER and
SPOT5. National topographic maps were also used for the 1965 and 2000 years. To
adequately represent the LULC features and peculiarities of central Vietnam coastal
areas, an adapted CORINE Land Cover nomenclature was used where new 3rd and 4th
level classes were adopted. Due to their intrinsic relative high spatial and
radiometric resolution, SPOT5 images from 2006 were assumed as a reference for
interpretation keys and first delineation. Changes were mapped by editing those
vectors representing features which underwent LULC change prior or after 2006.
Spatial and temporal changes were analyzed by post-classification approach and
validated by ground truth information. High detail object-based classification was
finally performed to infer the capability of medium spatial resolution imagery for
extracting cadastral scale pond maps. The accuracy of classification was checked by
a polygon by polygon comparison with an existing aquaculture facility inventory.
Five LULC maps were obtained by applying a legend of 21 classes including two newly
defined: “Aquaculture ponds” and “Mangrove forest”. The overall classification
accuracy of the LULC map is 85% while the KHAT statistics 0.81 for the year 2006.
Accuracy of the object-based aquaculture facilities classification is 84% or better
for the SPOT5 imagery and 47.9% for the ASTER imagery. The study provides a
synoptic LULC representation for the largest lagoon system of Southeast Asia and
delivers quantitative estimates of main changes occurred during the last 50 years.
Moreover, it reveals the adaptability of the CORINE Land Cover method outside
European environment. Finally, SPOT5 provides good results to map aquaculture
features at cadastral scale, even if in some circumstances (e.g. tidal areas), the
integration with higher spatial resolution multispectral sensors should be
envisaged.},
keywords = {CORINE Land Cover
Land use/land cover change LULC
Object-based approach
Accuracy assessment
Aquaculture},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN956,
author = {Do, Anh Ngoc Thi and Tran, Hau Duc and Ashley, Matthew},
title = {Employing a novel hybrid of GA-ANFIS model to predict distribution of
whiting fish larvae and juveniles from tropical estuaries in the context of climate
change},
volume = {71},
pages = {101780},
abstract = {Global warming may lead to changes in nutritional composition and
fish biodiversity in estuaries due to the effect of increasing temperatures on
Sillago fish occurrence. Datacollected on whiting fish Sillago from two estuaries
in northern Vietnam were used to employ a Genetic algorithm (GA) based Adaptive
neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) model for quantifying the relationships
between fish distribution and environments. The present study showed that the
occurrences of Sillago larvae and juveniles depended on water temperature, salinity
and turbidity. The average fish CPUE predicted by GA-ANFIS was consistent with
surveyed data, with the coefficient of determination (R2) being 0.63–0.65. Data
obtained by applying the Hidden Markov models (HMM) indicated a rapid development
of the construction area in the study site, which leads the temperature to
increase. Our results suggest that as warming and land-use changes cause estuarine
waters to become warmer, climate change may lead to a decline in Sillago fish
occurrence numbers and abundance. The study also showed that a temperature of 23 °C
is optimal for the development and growth of Sillago fish, which is shown by the
higher CPUE of the Ka Long estuary than the Ba Lat estuary. These findings
demonstrate applicability and reliability of GA-ANFIS and HMM models for
elucidating fish larval and juvenile distribution in tropical estuaries, which will
be valuable to inform management and conservation.},
keywords = {GA-ANFIS
Climate change
Hidden Markov model
Temperature
Spatial distribution
Early stages of},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN314,
author = {Doe, Benjamin and Amoako, Clifford and Adamtey, Ronald},
title = {Spatial expansion and patterns of land use/land cover changes around
Accra, Ghana – Emerging insights from Awutu Senya East Municipal Area},
volume = {112},
pages = {105796},
abstract = {For most cities in the developing world, rapid and uncontrolled
expansion at their fringes is a regular feature. In many cases these rapidly
growing peri-urban areas are carved out as new local government units to function
separately from the expanding city. Hence, the hitherto agricultural areas are
transformed into residential and other urban uses. The overall result of such
dynamic spatial and socio-political processes is the rapid change in land use/land
cover (LULC). In this study, we assess, measure and explain LULC changes in Accra’s
western peri-urban areas with the Awutu Senya East Municipal area (ASEMA) as the
spatial context. Located on the west boundary of the Greater Accra Metropolitan
Area (GAMA), the ASEMA is affected by the rapid expansion of GAMA. Adopting GIS and
Remote Sensing methods, the study analyses the rate of urban expansion and LULC
changes spanning 2014–2020. The study revealed that the urbanised areas have more
than doubled representing a 152% change in the urban expanse over the six-year
period under investigation. While this could be attributed to the rapid growth and
spill-over from GAMA, the study also reveals socio-political and economic factors
contributing to rapid changes in LULC in ASEMA. Specific boundary management
strategies have been proposed to control the rapid expansion around the
Municipality and also help address socio-spatial conflicts over boundaries.},
keywords = {Urban growth
Land cover
Land use
GIS
Remote sensing
Awutu Senya East Municipality},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN214,
author = {Doe, Benjamin and Amoako, Clifford and Adamtey, Ronald},
title = {Spatial expansion and patterns of land use/land cover changes around
Accra, Ghana – Emerging insights from Awutu Senya East Municipal Area},
volume = {112},
pages = {105796},
abstract = {For most cities in the developing world, rapid and uncontrolled
expansion at their fringes is a regular feature. In many cases these rapidly
growing peri-urban areas are carved out as new local government units to function
separately from the expanding city. Hence, the hitherto agricultural areas are
transformed into residential and other urban uses. The overall result of such
dynamic spatial and socio-political processes is the rapid change in land use/land
cover (LULC). In this study, we assess, measure and explain LULC changes in Accra’s
western peri-urban areas with the Awutu Senya East Municipal area (ASEMA) as the
spatial context. Located on the west boundary of the Greater Accra Metropolitan
Area (GAMA), the ASEMA is affected by the rapid expansion of GAMA. Adopting GIS and
Remote Sensing methods, the study analyses the rate of urban expansion and LULC
changes spanning 2014–2020. The study revealed that the urbanised areas have more
than doubled representing a 152% change in the urban expanse over the six-year
period under investigation. While this could be attributed to the rapid growth and
spill-over from GAMA, the study also reveals socio-political and economic factors
contributing to rapid changes in LULC in ASEMA. Specific boundary management
strategies have been proposed to control the rapid expansion around the
Municipality and also help address socio-spatial conflicts over boundaries.},
keywords = {Urban growth
Land cover
Land use
GIS
Remote sensing
Awutu Senya East Municipality},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN685,
author = {Dong, Gang and Zhao, Fangyuan and Chen, Jiquan and Qu, Luping and
Jiang, Shicheng and Chen, Jingyan and Xin, Xiaoping and Shao, Changliang},
title = {Land uses changed the dynamics and controls of carbon-water exchanges
in alkali-saline Songnen Plain of Northeast China},
volume = {133},
pages = {108353},
abstract = {Land reclamation and grassland management are important land
utilization pattern for effective use and restoration of alkali-saline land in
agriculture-pasture transition regions. These large-scale land cover/land use
changes (LCLUC) could impose profound and divergent impacts on terrestrial carbon
(C) and H2O cycling, hence require precise assessment of ecosystem CO2 uptake and
water use differences due to specific land use of the same climate/soil landscape.
We initiated clustered eddy covariance flux-tower observations and C/H2O fluxes
analysis of 4 adjacent representative land cover and grassland managements types on
alkali-saline Songnen Plain, including fenced meadow (as reference land use),
clipped meadow, degraded alkali-saline land and paddy field in 2018–2019. Results
showed that differences in land use influenced the magnitude and temporal variation
of net ecosystem productivity (NEP) and evapotranspiration (ET). Compared to fenced
meadow, paddy field increased growing season C uptake by 63.3% and ET by 35.4%,
while degraded alkali-saline land and clipped meadow decreased C uptake by 43.0%
and 30.6%, and ET by 32.1% and 3.2%. Degraded alkali-saline land barely sequestrate
C in dry year, whereas paddy field is least sensitive to inter-annual precipitation
variation. Growing season C uptake was advanced in clipped meadow due to increased
surface temperature, while monthly ET peaked early at May in paddy field.
Agricultural use and specific grassland management also caused large differences in
ET partitioning. Fenced meadow had greater ET partitioned into transpiration (69%)
than clipped meadow (58%), degraded alkali-saline land and paddy field (41% and
34%, respectively). Water use efficiency appeared greater in clipped meadow and
degraded alkali-saline land than in fenced meadow, and responded differently to
abiotic factors. Overall, large-scale LCLUC has exerted significant influence on
terrestrial C/H2O balances and physical responses in alkali-saline Songnen Plain.},
keywords = {Land cover/land use
Alkali-saline land
Fencing
Clipping
Paddy field
Net ecosystem productivity
Evapotranspiration},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN785,
author = {Dong, Gang and Zhao, Fangyuan and Chen, Jiquan and Qu, Luping and
Jiang, Shicheng and Chen, Jingyan and Xin, Xiaoping and Shao, Changliang},
title = {Land uses changed the dynamics and controls of carbon-water exchanges
in alkali-saline Songnen Plain of Northeast China},
volume = {133},
pages = {108353},
abstract = {Land reclamation and grassland management are important land
utilization pattern for effective use and restoration of alkali-saline land in
agriculture-pasture transition regions. These large-scale land cover/land use
changes (LCLUC) could impose profound and divergent impacts on terrestrial carbon
(C) and H2O cycling, hence require precise assessment of ecosystem CO2 uptake and
water use differences due to specific land use of the same climate/soil landscape.
We initiated clustered eddy covariance flux-tower observations and C/H2O fluxes
analysis of 4 adjacent representative land cover and grassland managements types on
alkali-saline Songnen Plain, including fenced meadow (as reference land use),
clipped meadow, degraded alkali-saline land and paddy field in 2018–2019. Results
showed that differences in land use influenced the magnitude and temporal variation
of net ecosystem productivity (NEP) and evapotranspiration (ET). Compared to fenced
meadow, paddy field increased growing season C uptake by 63.3% and ET by 35.4%,
while degraded alkali-saline land and clipped meadow decreased C uptake by 43.0%
and 30.6%, and ET by 32.1% and 3.2%. Degraded alkali-saline land barely sequestrate
C in dry year, whereas paddy field is least sensitive to inter-annual precipitation
variation. Growing season C uptake was advanced in clipped meadow due to increased
surface temperature, while monthly ET peaked early at May in paddy field.
Agricultural use and specific grassland management also caused large differences in
ET partitioning. Fenced meadow had greater ET partitioned into transpiration (69%)
than clipped meadow (58%), degraded alkali-saline land and paddy field (41% and
34%, respectively). Water use efficiency appeared greater in clipped meadow and
degraded alkali-saline land than in fenced meadow, and responded differently to
abiotic factors. Overall, large-scale LCLUC has exerted significant influence on
terrestrial C/H2O balances and physical responses in alkali-saline Songnen Plain.},
keywords = {Land cover/land use
Alkali-saline land
Fencing
Clipping
Paddy field
Net ecosystem productivity
Evapotranspiration},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1237,
author = {Dong, Jinwei and Xiao, Xiangming and Wagle, Pradeep and Zhang, Geli
and Zhou, Yuting and Jin, Cui and Torn, Margaret S. and Meyers, Tilden P. and
Suyker, Andrew E. and Wang, Junbang and Yan, Huimin and Biradar, Chandrashekhar and
Moore, Berrien},
title = {Comparison of four EVI-based models for estimating gross primary
production of maize and soybean croplands and tallgrass prairie under severe
drought},
volume = {162},
pages = {154-168},
abstract = {Accurate estimation of gross primary production (GPP) is critical
for understanding ecosystem response to climate variability and change. Satellite-
based diagnostic models, which use satellite images and/or climate data as input,
are widely used to estimate GPP. Many models used the Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index (NDVI) to estimate the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically
active radiation (PAR) by vegetation canopy (FPARcanopy) and GPP. Recently, the
Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) has been increasingly used to estimate the fraction
of PAR absorbed by chlorophyll (FPARchl) or green leaves (FPARgreen) and to provide
more accurate estimates of GPP in such models as the Vegetation Photosynthesis
Model (VPM), Temperature and Greenness (TG) model, Greenness and Radiation (GR)
model, and Vegetation Index (VI) model. Although these EVI-based models perform
well under non-drought conditions, their performances under severe droughts are
unclear. In this study, we run the four EVI-based models at three AmeriFlux sites
(rainfed soybean, irrigated maize, and grassland) during drought and non-drought
years to examine their sensitivities to drought. As all the four models use EVI for
FPAR estimate, our hypothesis is that their different sensitivities to drought are
mainly attributed to the ways they handle light use efficiency (LUE), especially
water stress. The predicted GPP from these four models had a good agreement with
the GPP estimated from eddy flux tower in non-drought years with root mean squared
errors (RMSEs) in the order of 2.17 (VPM), 2.47 (VI), 2.85 (GR) and 3.10gCm−2day−1
(TG). But their performances differed in drought years, the VPM model performed
best, followed by the VI, GR and TG, with the RMSEs of 1.61, 2.32, 3.16 and
3.90gCm−2day−1 respectively. TG and GR models overestimated seasonal sum of GPP by
20% to 61% in rainfed sites in drought years and also overestimated or
underestimated GPP in the irrigated site. This difference in model performance
under severe drought is attributed to the fact that the VPM uses satellite-based
Land Surface Water Index (LSWI) to address the effect of water stress (deficit) on
LUE and GPP, while the other three models do not have such a mechanism. This study
suggests that it is essential for these models to consider the effect of water
stress on GPP, in addition to using EVI to estimate FPAR, if these models are
applied to estimate GPP under drought conditions.},
keywords = {Gross primary production (GPP)
Drought
Light use efficiency (LUE)
Vegetation Photosynthesis Model (VPM)
Temperature and Greenness (TG) model
Greenness and Radiation (GR) model
Vegetation Index (VI) model},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN49,
author = {Drinan, T. J. and Foster, G. N. and Nelson, B. H. and O’Halloran, J.
and Harrison, S. S. C.},
title = {Macroinvertebrate assemblages of peatland lakes: Assessment of
conservation value with respect to anthropogenic land-cover change},
volume = {158},
pages = {175-187},
abstract = {Small blanket bog lakes can contain many rare and threatened aquatic
invertebrate species. Their conservation value, however, is threatened throughout
Europe by peat extraction and particularly conifer afforestation, which can
compromise the physico-chemical habitat quality of peatland lakes through excessive
inputs of forestry-derived dissolved and particulate substances. To quantify the
effect of conifer plantation forestry on the conservation value of these habitats,
we compared the hydrochemistry and assemblages of aquatic Coleoptera, Heteroptera
and Odonata of replicate lakes across three distinct catchment land uses: (i)
unplanted blanket bog only present in the catchment, (ii) mature conifer plantation
forests only present in the catchment and (iii) catchments containing mature
conifer plantation forests with recently clearfelled areas. All three catchment
land uses were replicated across regions of sedimentary and igneous geology. Lakes
with afforested catchments, in both geologies, had elevated concentrations of plant
nutrients, total dissolved organic carbon and heavy metals, the highest
concentrations being recorded from the clearfell lakes. Coleoptera and Heteroptera
assemblages responded strongly to forestry-mediated changes in water chemistry,
whereas Odonata assemblages responded more to catchment geology – geology being
confounded by altitudinal differences between lakes. The greatest species-quality
scores (SQSs) and species richness were recorded from the clearfell lakes. Three of
the four International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) nationally red-
listed species recorded during this study were, however, absent from clearfell
lakes. Our findings demonstrate that plantation forestry can have a profound impact
on the aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages and conservation value of small
blanket bog lakes, primarily via eutrophication. Despite indices such as SQS scores
and species richness appearing to reveal a beneficial response of blanket bog lake
communities to habitat deterioration, they mask that certain ‘emblematic’ species
are being severely negatively impacted by the disturbance caused by plantation
forestry. Considering the need for fertiliser to produce economically viable
plantation forest crops, coupled with the inefficiencies of peat soils in retaining
applied nutrients, the degradation of peatland lakes is likely to become more
prevalent as plantation forestry continues to expand worldwide.},
keywords = {Peatland lakes
Conservation value
Conifer forestry
Aquatic Coleoptera
Aquatic Heteroptera
Odonata
Red-lists},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2012.10.001},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN645,
author = {Du, Heqiang and Fan, Yawei and Luo, Lihui and Liao, Jie and Li,
Zongxing and Liu, Xiufan and Liu, Xinlei and Xue, Xian and Wang, Tao},
title = {Identification of natural and anthropogenic sources and the effects of
climatic fluctuations and land use changes on dust emissions variations in the
Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau},
volume = {340},
pages = {109628},
abstract = {Human activity in modulating dust emissions is one of the major
causes of large uncertainties in the global dust budget. However, the division of
natural and anthropogenic dust sources remains controversial, and the natural and
anthropogenic effects on the variations in dust emissions were hardly
distinguished. To bridge these gaps, a model was employed to simulate the dust
emission processes over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) whose dust yield remains
uncertain. Integrating the Human Activity Intensity (HAI) dataset, the natural and
anthropogenic dust sources were identified. By combining the different scenarios of
land use and climate, the dust emission processes under 15 scenarios from 1982 to
2020 were simulated, and the effects of climatic fluctuations (CF) and land use
changes (LUC), which were roughly recognized as the natural and anthropogenic
effects, respectively, on the variations in dust emissions were distinguished. The
results showed that the annual dust emission quantities ranged from 41.12 to 240.68
Tg/a during the period. The natural dust sources (NDSs) and anthropogenic dust
sources (ADSs) occupied an average of 13.30% and 59.77% of the total area of the
QTP, respectively, and their contributions to the total dust emissions of the QTP
were 8.11% and 91.89%, respectively. During these decades, the CF had an obvious
trend of restraining dust emissions, while the effects of LUC promoted dust
emissions, and after 2000, the promoted effect slowed down. Overall, the effects of
LUC on dust emissions were slightly larger than those of CF. From the perspective
of dust emission variations, we discussed the anthropogenic disturbance on the
ecosystems of the QTP. We believe the study method can provide valuable references
for identifying natural and anthropogenic sources and quantifying the effects of
natural and anthropogenic factors on dust emission variations, and the results can
reduce the uncertainty of the global dust budget.},
keywords = {Climatic fluctuations
Dust emission
Dust sources
Land use changes
ISSN = {0168-1923},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109628},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN745,
author = {Du, Heqiang and Fan, Yawei and Luo, Lihui and Liao, Jie and Li,
Zongxing and Liu, Xiufan and Liu, Xinlei and Xue, Xian and Wang, Tao},
title = {Identification of natural and anthropogenic sources and the effects of
climatic fluctuations and land use changes on dust emissions variations in the
volume = {340},
pages = {109628},
abstract = {Human activity in modulating dust emissions is one of the major
causes of large uncertainties in the global dust budget. However, the division of
natural and anthropogenic dust sources remains controversial, and the natural and
anthropogenic effects on the variations in dust emissions were hardly
distinguished. To bridge these gaps, a model was employed to simulate the dust
emission processes over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) whose dust yield remains
uncertain. Integrating the Human Activity Intensity (HAI) dataset, the natural and
anthropogenic dust sources were identified. By combining the different scenarios of
land use and climate, the dust emission processes under 15 scenarios from 1982 to
2020 were simulated, and the effects of climatic fluctuations (CF) and land use
changes (LUC), which were roughly recognized as the natural and anthropogenic
effects, respectively, on the variations in dust emissions were distinguished. The
results showed that the annual dust emission quantities ranged from 41.12 to 240.68
Tg/a during the period. The natural dust sources (NDSs) and anthropogenic dust
sources (ADSs) occupied an average of 13.30% and 59.77% of the total area of the
QTP, respectively, and their contributions to the total dust emissions of the QTP
were 8.11% and 91.89%, respectively. During these decades, the CF had an obvious
trend of restraining dust emissions, while the effects of LUC promoted dust
emissions, and after 2000, the promoted effect slowed down. Overall, the effects of
LUC on dust emissions were slightly larger than those of CF. From the perspective
of dust emission variations, we discussed the anthropogenic disturbance on the
ecosystems of the QTP. We believe the study method can provide valuable references
for identifying natural and anthropogenic sources and quantifying the effects of
natural and anthropogenic factors on dust emission variations, and the results can
reduce the uncertainty of the global dust budget.},
keywords = {Climatic fluctuations
Dust emission
Dust sources
Land use changes
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1188,
author = {Du, Lindan and Dong, Chun and Kang, Xiaochen and Qian, Xinglong and
Gu, Lingxiao},
title = {Spatiotemporal evolution of land cover changes and landscape ecological
risk assessment in the Yellow River Basin, 2015–2020},
journal = {Journal of Environmental Management},
volume = {332},
pages = {117149},
abstract = {The Yellow River Basin (YRB), which has faced severe ecological
issues since ancient times, is one of the largest and most difficult-to-govern
basins in the world. Recently, all provincial governments within the basin have
individually enacted a series of measures to protect the Yellow River; however, the
lack of central governance has inhibited efforts. Since 2019, the government has
comprehensively managed the YRB, improving the governance to unprecedented levels;
however, evaluations of the YRB's overall ecological status remain lacking. Using
high-resolution data from 2015 to 2020, this study illustrated major land cover
transitions, evaluated the correlated overall ecological status of the YRB via the
landscape ecological risk index, and analyzed the relationship between risk and
landscape structure. The results showed that the (1) main land cover types in the
YRB in 2020 are farmland (17.58%), forestland (31.96%), and grassland (41.42%),
with urban land accounting for 4.21%. Some social factors were significantly
related to changes in major land cover types (e.g., from 2015 to 2020, forest and
urban lands have increased by 2.27% and 10.71%, grassland and farmland decreased by
2.58% and 0.63%, respectively). (2) Landscape ecological risk improved, albeit with
fluctuations (high in the northwest, low in the southeast). (3) Ecological
restoration and governance were imbalanced since no obvious changes were observed
in the western source region of the Qinghai Province (Yellow River). (4) Finally,
positive impacts of artificial re-greening showed slight lags as the detected
improvements in NDVI were not recorded for approximately 2 years. These results can
facilitate environmental protection and improve planning policies.},
keywords = {Yellow river basin
Land cover
Driving analysis
Landscape ecological risk},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117149},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN270,
author = {Du Preez, Gerhard and Daneel, Mieke and De Goede, Ron and Du Toit,
Marié Joey and Ferris, Howard and Fourie, Hendrika and Geisen, Stefan and Kakouli-
Duarte, Thomais and Korthals, Gerard and Sánchez-Moreno, Sara and Schmidt, Jan
Henrik},
title = {Nematode-based indices in soil ecology: Application, utility, and
future directions},
journal = {Soil Biology and Biochemistry},
volume = {169},
pages = {108640},
abstract = {The health and functioning of soil ecosystems are the foundation of
sustainable food production and land management. Of key importance in achieving
sustainability, is the frequent measurement of soil health, and indices based on
the community structure of nematodes are amongst the most widely used toolsets by
soil ecologists. Thirty years after the development of the Maturity Index, we aimed
to evaluate the application, utility, and future directions of nematode-based
indices (NBIs). This review focused on NBIs that are calculated using the
coloniser-persister classification of nematodes. Data from 672 empirical studies in
terrestrial environments revealed that the NBIs presented a dissimilar usage trend.
The Channel Index and Metabolic Footprints showed the strongest increase in
application rates over time, thus indicating a greater interest in studying
decomposition pathways and ecosystem functioning, respectively. Furthermore,
nematode-based indices were mostly applied in agricultural systems associated with
herbaceous crops and in studies investigating, for example, soil nutrient
enrichment following manure and/or inorganic fertilizer application. We further
provide a framework for selecting a focus-orientated subset of NBIs for testing
hypotheses based on the underlying ecological mechanisms. Also, we highlight
important considerations, including the unexpected behaviour of some nematode taxa,
in the interpretation of NBIs. The improvement of NBIs relies on advancing our
understanding of the autecology of nematodes. Finally, we deliver insight into the
further development of NBIs considering recent methodological advancements. We
highlight that NBIs have been and might become increasingly important in providing
valuable information on soil ecosystem health and functioning, especially
considering the urgent need for more sustainable land use.},
Food web status
Faunal analysis
Molecular approaches},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108640},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN370,
author = {Du Preez, Gerhard and Daneel, Mieke and De Goede, Ron and Du Toit,
Marié Joey and Ferris, Howard and Fourie, Hendrika and Geisen, Stefan and Kakouli-
Duarte, Thomais and Korthals, Gerard and Sánchez-Moreno, Sara and Schmidt, Jan
Henrik},
title = {Nematode-based indices in soil ecology: Application, utility, and
future directions},
volume = {169},
pages = {108640},
abstract = {The health and functioning of soil ecosystems are the foundation of
sustainable food production and land management. Of key importance in achieving
sustainability, is the frequent measurement of soil health, and indices based on
the community structure of nematodes are amongst the most widely used toolsets by
soil ecologists. Thirty years after the development of the Maturity Index, we aimed
to evaluate the application, utility, and future directions of nematode-based
indices (NBIs). This review focused on NBIs that are calculated using the
coloniser-persister classification of nematodes. Data from 672 empirical studies in
terrestrial environments revealed that the NBIs presented a dissimilar usage trend.
The Channel Index and Metabolic Footprints showed the strongest increase in
application rates over time, thus indicating a greater interest in studying
decomposition pathways and ecosystem functioning, respectively. Furthermore,
nematode-based indices were mostly applied in agricultural systems associated with
herbaceous crops and in studies investigating, for example, soil nutrient
enrichment following manure and/or inorganic fertilizer application. We further
provide a framework for selecting a focus-orientated subset of NBIs for testing
hypotheses based on the underlying ecological mechanisms. Also, we highlight
important considerations, including the unexpected behaviour of some nematode taxa,
in the interpretation of NBIs. The improvement of NBIs relies on advancing our
understanding of the autecology of nematodes. Finally, we deliver insight into the
further development of NBIs considering recent methodological advancements. We
highlight that NBIs have been and might become increasingly important in providing
valuable information on soil ecosystem health and functioning, especially
considering the urgent need for more sustainable land use.},
Food web status
Faunal analysis
Molecular approaches},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN536,
author = {Du Toit, M. J. and Cilliers, S. S.},
title = {Effect of land-cover change on the vegetation types and ecosystem
services of the Tlokwe Municipal Area, North West Province},
journal = {South African Journal of Botany},
volume = {86},
pages = {165-166},
ISSN = {0254-6299},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2013.02.103},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN91,
author = {Duan, Zhongzhao and Gao, Wei and Liu, Chang'e and Du, Zhanpeng and
Chang, Xuexiu},
title = {Varying hydrological response to climate change in three neighborhood
plateau lake basins: Localized climate change feature matters},
volume = {147},
pages = {110015},
abstract = {Climate change and its impact on plateau lakes are of wide concern
in China owing to their diverse yet fragile ecosystems. The three largest and most
concerning plateau lakes (Dianchi, Erhai, and Fuxian lakes) in southwestern China
were selected as case studies to demonstrate their different hydrological responses
attributing to the local climatic and watershed characteristics.We processed 27
climate change scenarios according to the local climate characteristics and
simulated the daily runoff of each lake basin under the historical and the 27
climate change scenarios. Then we analyzed the change of mean annual and seasonal
runoff, and hydrological extremes of each lake basin. The results indicate a great
risk of socio-economic and ecological for these plateau lakes as climate change
will significantly alter the horological regimes of each lake basin. The mean
annual runoff of the three lake basins will change from–65.24 to 54.17 %, when the
air temperature increases by 1–2 °C and precipitation changes from –20 to + 20 %.
Climatic and topographic heterogeneities caused each lake basin responded
differently to climate change. Among them, the LFB was more sensitive to climate
change than the LDB and LEB. Changes in the annual and seasonal runoff for the LFB
were approximately 1.5-fold higher than that of the LDB and LEB. The hydrological
extremes in the LFB also had the most significant changes. To cope with future
climate change, each lake requires reasonable and effective mitigation measures.},
keywords = {Hydrological regime
Hydrological extremes
Water resource
Lake Dianchi
Lake Erhai
Lake Fuxian},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN11,
author = {Dubos, Nicolas and Havard, Antoine and Crottini, Angelica and Seglie,
Daniele and Andreone, Franco},
title = {Predicting future conservation areas while avoiding sympatry in two
alpine amphibians severely threatened by climate change},
journal = {Journal for Nature Conservation},
volume = {76},
pages = {126490},
abstract = {Climate change will cause important declines in environmental
suitability, especially when living at high elevations. The critically endangered
Salamandra lanzai from the Alps may be severely exposed to future climate change
effects and its suitable climate niche may shrink or shift. Another Alpine
salamander (S. atra) is present in the region, which in case of spatial overlap may
represent a risk for S. lanzai. It is urgent to estimate the effect of future
climate change on these species and identify priority areas for conservation while
preventing their sympatry. With a species distribution modelling (SDM) approach, we
projected the current and future climate suitability of both salamander species. We
accounted for uncertainty related to the methods (model replicates) and climate
projections (data source, global circulation model and scenario) to provide a
consensus map for practitioners. This map also takes into account potential
sympatry with S. atra by penalizing the suitability scores of S. lanzai by the
scores of S. atra. We predict a severe effect of climate change on both species
distributions. Most of the current habitats are projected to become largely
unsuitable by 2070, regardless of the climatology and scenario. We identified
important spatial disagreements between projections based on different data
sources, mostly due to precipitation projections and daily temperature variation.
This highlights the need to account for multiple climatologies in mountainous
environments. The habitat of both species is highly fragmented, which is expected
to limit distributional shifts through natural dispersion. We suggest to explore
the possibility of translocation for the most threatened populations and
simultaneously develop captive breeding programs. Biotic interactions are rarely
accounted for in SDMs, and we encourage the documentation of species with similar
ecological requirements to improve the relevance of SDMs for future conservation
planning.},
keywords = {Biotic interactions
Climate change
Mountains
Priority areas
Species distribution models},
ISSN = {1617-1381},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126490},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN987,
author = {Dubroeucq, Didier and Livenais, Patrick},
title = {Land cover and land use changes in relation to social evolution—a case
study from Northern Chile},
volume = {56},
number = {2},
pages = {193-211},
abstract = {In the Chile's Choapa valley (4th Region), the small-scale irrigated
agriculture found today was brought about by the changes in land tenure which
occurred between 1965 and 1975. In the Chillepin district, an extensive holding
that produced wheat and cattle was expropriated and, after a period of collective
farming, small family holdings of vineyards and orchards took their place. These
changes were studied over a 50 years period through the use of social enquiries,
local history, vegetation measurements and aerial photographs so as to compare the
effects of the successive agrarian systems on the environment. The most intense
wood extraction occurred during the 8 years’ period just after the expropriation.
During 25 years of small family farming we observed that (i) diversity and number
of cultivated plots in the irrigated area have increased and (ii) tree vegetation
in the hinterland has partially recovered. The first is due to the know-how of the
peasants, who agreed to specialize in grape production as the market became
assured, but who have managed other productions in mixed farming using few
chemicals and the traditional irrigation system. The second effect, in the
mountainous hinterland, is mainly due to (1) the termination of rain farming and
charcoal production, (2) the slowing down of the deforestation for fuel-wood and
(3) the controlling of the perimeter as private property.},
keywords = {Social evolution
Land use
Vegetation
Deforestation
Family farming
Semi-arid climate
Environment
Northern Chile},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2004},
}
@article{RN1218,
author = {Duff, Hannah and Debinski, Diane and Maxwell, Bruce D.},
title = {Ecological refugia enhance biodiversity and crop production in dryland
grain production systems},
volume = {359},
pages = {108751},
abstract = {Meeting global food demand while reducing biodiversity loss will
require strategies that quantify and minimize conservation and production tradeoffs
in agroecosystems. Ecological refugia (non-crop habitat patches) were identified in
three dryland grain production systems in the Northern Great Plains and assessed
for their capacity to enhance biodiversity, crop yield, and crop quality. A radial
design of six 100–200 meter transects originating from the refugia and extending
into crop fields was used to assess trends in plant and arthropod diversity with
increasing distance from the refuge center. Plant species diversity significantly
declined with distance from established refugia into crop fields in all years
sampled and from a newly established refuge by the third year of data collection.
Arthropod taxon diversity declined significantly with distance from refugia on two
organic farms but not on a conventional farm. Fields with a refuge hosted a higher
abundance of arthropods belonging to Coleoptera than fields without a refuge.
Distance from refuge was the most important variable explaining grain yield and
grain quality in a random forest model. Yield significantly declined with distance
from refugia while grain nutritional quality, based on protein content, iron
concentration, and polyphenol concentration, significantly increased with distance
from refugia. Overall, ecological refugia enhanced farmland biodiversity and
provided tradeoffs for marketable crop production. Moving forward, ecological
refugia could serve as a multi-objective conservation practice to integrate food
production and conservation goals in agroecosystems.},
keywords = {Agroecosystems
Biodiversity conservation
Non-crop habitat
Ecosystem services
Habitat heterogeneity
Precision agroecology},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2024},
}
@article{RN810,
author = {Duflot, Rémi and San-Cristobal, Magali and Andrieu, Emilie and
Choisis, Jean-Philippe and Esquerré, Diane and Ladet, Sylvie and Ouin, Annie and
Rivers-Moore, Justine and Sheeren, David and Sirami, Clélia and Fauvel, Mathieu and
Vialatte, Aude},
title = {Farming intensity indirectly reduces crop yield through negative
effects on agrobiodiversity and key ecological functions},
volume = {326},
pages = {107810},
abstract = {Farming intensity and landscape heterogeneity influence
agrobiodiversity and associated ecological functions. The relative contributions of
these agroecosystem components to agricultural production remain unclear because of
inter-relations and weather-dependant variations. Using a structural equation
modelling approach, we estimated direct and indirect contributions of farming
intensity (soil management, pesticide use and fertilisation) and landscape
heterogeneity (of semi-natural covers and crop mosaic) to cereal crop production,
in 54 fields (mostly wheat), in two years (24 and 30 fields). Indirect effects were
evaluated through agrobiodiversity (carabid and plant communities) and ecological
functions (pollination and pest control). In 2016, farming intensity had the
largest direct positive effect on cereal crop yield, followed by agrobiodiversity
(74% of the farming intensity impact) and ecological functions. However, the direct
benefits of farming intensity were halved due to negative indirect effects, as
farming intensity negatively affected within-field biodiversity and ecological
functions. Overall, agrobiodiversity and farming intensity had equal net
contributions to cereal crop yields, while heterogeneity of the crop mosaic
enhanced biodiversity. In 2017, neither higher farming intensity nor
agrobiodiversity and ecological functions could lift cereal production, which
suffered from unfavourable meteorological conditions. Semi-natural habitats
supported agrobiodiversity. Our study suggests that a reduction of farming
intensity combined with higher heterogeneity of crop mosaic can enhance the
benefits of ecological functions towards crop production. Semi-natural covers seem
to play an essential role in the face of climatic events, by supporting
agrobiodiversity and the potential resilience of the agroecosystem functioning.},
keywords = {Agroecology
Conservation biological control
Conventional farming
PLS-PM
Ecosystem services
Prey cards},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN288,
author = {Duman, Tomer and Huang, Cheng-Wei and Litvak, Marcy E.},
title = {Recent land cover changes in the Southwestern US lead to an increase in
surface temperature},
volume = {297},
pages = {108246},
abstract = {The increase in large-scale land cover change (LCC) in recent
decades, particularly in response to climate-driven disturbances, has potential to
impact local and regional changes in climate due to modification of carbon sources
and sinks, albedo, surface roughness and energy fluxes. Using observational data,
we predict the impact of two of the most extensive LCCs occurring in the
Southwestern US: drought-induced tree mortality and shrub encroachment into
grasslands, on surface temperature. We developed a new energy balance method that
extracts the biophysical responses to environmental conditions, to predict how
structural changes in albedo, surface roughness and canopy conductance following
LCC will alter surface temperature. This method allows us not only to explain the
observed differences in surface temperature between two non-adjacent study sites
with different environmental conditions, but also to separate the contribution of
biophysical and non-biophysical properties to surface temperature. Our results
suggest that changes in biophysical properties due to shrub encroachment and tree
mortality in the Southwestern US (independent of changes in other environmental
properties) can potentially lead to an increase in midday surface temperature (11AM
to 2PM) of 1 to 2 degrees Celsius, comparable to changes in surface temperature
following deforestation. Although the average surface temperature increase in
response to both shrub encroachment and tree mortality is similar, the biophysical
properties driving the temperature change are different in each scenario. Change in
aerodynamic conductance following tree mortality is the largest contributor to
heating, while reduced albedo and canopy conductance drive the increase in surface
temperature following shrub encroachment. We also show how this increase in daytime
surface temperature could be further intensified with future climate, especially
with the expected reduction in soil water availability in the Southwest.},
keywords = {Energy balance
Land cover change
Shrub encroachment
Surface temperature
Tree mortality},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN388,
author = {Duman, Tomer and Huang, Cheng-Wei and Litvak, Marcy E.},
title = {Recent land cover changes in the Southwestern US lead to an increase in
surface temperature},
volume = {297},
pages = {108246},
abstract = {The increase in large-scale land cover change (LCC) in recent
decades, particularly in response to climate-driven disturbances, has potential to
impact local and regional changes in climate due to modification of carbon sources
and sinks, albedo, surface roughness and energy fluxes. Using observational data,
we predict the impact of two of the most extensive LCCs occurring in the
Southwestern US: drought-induced tree mortality and shrub encroachment into
grasslands, on surface temperature. We developed a new energy balance method that
extracts the biophysical responses to environmental conditions, to predict how
structural changes in albedo, surface roughness and canopy conductance following
LCC will alter surface temperature. This method allows us not only to explain the
observed differences in surface temperature between two non-adjacent study sites
with different environmental conditions, but also to separate the contribution of
biophysical and non-biophysical properties to surface temperature. Our results
suggest that changes in biophysical properties due to shrub encroachment and tree
mortality in the Southwestern US (independent of changes in other environmental
properties) can potentially lead to an increase in midday surface temperature (11AM
to 2PM) of 1 to 2 degrees Celsius, comparable to changes in surface temperature
following deforestation. Although the average surface temperature increase in
response to both shrub encroachment and tree mortality is similar, the biophysical
properties driving the temperature change are different in each scenario. Change in
aerodynamic conductance following tree mortality is the largest contributor to
heating, while reduced albedo and canopy conductance drive the increase in surface
temperature following shrub encroachment. We also show how this increase in daytime
surface temperature could be further intensified with future climate, especially
with the expected reduction in soil water availability in the Southwest.},
keywords = {Energy balance
Land cover change
Shrub encroachment
Surface temperature
Tree mortality},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1035,
author = {Dumdumaya, Cristina E. and Cabrera, Jonathan Salar},
title = {Determination of future land use changes using remote sensing imagery
and artificial neural network algorithm: A case study of Davao City, Philippines},
journal = {Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences},
volume = {4},
pages = {111-118},
abstract = {Land use and land cover (LULC) changes refer to alterations in land
use or physical characteristics. These changes can be caused by human activities,
such as urbanization, agriculture, and resource extraction, as well as natural
phenomena, for example, erosion and climate change. LULC changes significantly
impact ecosystem services, biodiversity, and human welfare. In this study, LULC
changes in Davao City, Philippines, were simulated, predicted, and projected using
a multilayer perception artificial neural network (MLP-ANN) model. The MLP-ANN
model was employed to analyze the impact of elevation and proximity to road
networks (i.e., exploratory maps) on changes in LULC from 2017 to 2021. The
predicted 2021 LULC map shows a high correlation to the actual LULC map of 2021,
with a kappa index of 0.91 and a 96.68% accuracy. The MLP-ANN model was applied to
project LULC changes in the future (i.e., 2030 and 2050). The results suggest that
in 2030, the built-up area and trees are increasing by 4.50% and 2.31%,
respectively. Unfortunately, water will decrease by up to 0.34%, and crops is about
to decrease by approximately 3.25%. In the year 2050, the built-up area will
continue to increase to 6.89%, while water and crops will decrease by 0.53% and
3.32%, respectively. Overall, the results show that anthropogenic activities
influence the land's alterations. Moreover, the study illustrates how machine
learning models can generate a reliable future scenario of land usage changes.},
keywords = {LULC
Artificial neural network
Remote sensing
Land use land cover prediction
Multilayer perception
Philippines},
ISSN = {2666-5441},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiig.2023.08.002},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN252,
author = {Duveiller, Gregory and Caporaso, Luca and Abad-Viñas, Raul and
Perugini, Lucia and Grassi, Giacomo and Arneth, Almut and Cescatti, Alessandro},
title = {Local biophysical effects of land use and land cover change: towards an
assessment tool for policy makers},
volume = {91},
pages = {104382},
abstract = {Land use and land cover change (LULCC) affects the climate through
both biogeochemical (BGC) and biophysical (BPH) mechanisms. While BGC effects are
assessed at global scale and are at the heart of climate treaties such as the Paris
Agreement, BPH effects are totally absent despite their increasingly recognized
impact, especially at local scale. This stems from the complexity in characterizing
their climate impacts both at local and global scale, which makes it impractical to
offer clear advices for the development of climate policies. To overcome this
barrier, we built a prototype for an assessment tool to evaluate the local BPH
impact of a series of land cover transitions. It relies on a dedicated methodology,
based on satellite remote sensing data, that can estimate the local change in near
surface air temperature associated with BPH effects of potential LULCC. This tool
follows a tiered methodological approach, using transparent methods and mirroring
what is currently provided by the IPCC to estimate the BGC effects, i.e. through
different levels of increasing methodological complexity, from Tier 1 (i.e. default
method and factors) to Tier 2 (i.e. similar to Tier 1 but with higher level of
details and complexity) and Tier 3 (i.e. tailored solution to address national
circumstances). The prototype tool enables the evaluation of the local impacts of
land-related BPH effects, therefore facilitating a scientifically informed and
comprehensive assessment of land-based climate policies.},
keywords = {LULCC
Biophysical effects
temperature
land-based climate policies},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN352,
author = {Duveiller, Gregory and Caporaso, Luca and Abad-Viñas, Raul and
Perugini, Lucia and Grassi, Giacomo and Arneth, Almut and Cescatti, Alessandro},
title = {Local biophysical effects of land use and land cover change: towards an
assessment tool for policy makers},
volume = {91},
pages = {104382},
abstract = {Land use and land cover change (LULCC) affects the climate through
both biogeochemical (BGC) and biophysical (BPH) mechanisms. While BGC effects are
assessed at global scale and are at the heart of climate treaties such as the Paris
Agreement, BPH effects are totally absent despite their increasingly recognized
impact, especially at local scale. This stems from the complexity in characterizing
their climate impacts both at local and global scale, which makes it impractical to
offer clear advices for the development of climate policies. To overcome this
barrier, we built a prototype for an assessment tool to evaluate the local BPH
impact of a series of land cover transitions. It relies on a dedicated methodology,
based on satellite remote sensing data, that can estimate the local change in near
surface air temperature associated with BPH effects of potential LULCC. This tool
follows a tiered methodological approach, using transparent methods and mirroring
what is currently provided by the IPCC to estimate the BGC effects, i.e. through
different levels of increasing methodological complexity, from Tier 1 (i.e. default
method and factors) to Tier 2 (i.e. similar to Tier 1 but with higher level of
details and complexity) and Tier 3 (i.e. tailored solution to address national
circumstances). The prototype tool enables the evaluation of the local impacts of
land-related BPH effects, therefore facilitating a scientifically informed and
comprehensive assessment of land-based climate policies.},
keywords = {LULCC
Biophysical effects
temperature
land-based climate policies},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1171,
author = {Edan, Mohanad Hassan and Maarouf, Ruba Muhsen and Hasson, Jabbar},
title = {Predicting the impacts of land use/land cover change on land surface
temperature using remote sensing approach in Al Kut, Iraq},
journal = {Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C},
volume = {123},
pages = {103012},
abstract = {Changes in land use/land cover (LULC) classes significantly impact
land surface temperature (LST). This study predicted LULC change and their impacts
on seasonal (summer and winter) LST variations in Al Kut, Iraq. Landsat TM/OLI
images for the years 2000, 2010, and 2020 were used to estimate LULC and LST's past
status using remote sensing (RS) techniques. Based on the past characteristics of
the images future LULC and seasonal LST were predicted for year 2030. Support
vector machine (SVM) algorithm was used to classify the LULC classes. Artificial
neural network (ANN) algorithm was used to predict the future LST considering the
LULC indexes as influential variables. Results suggest a significant increase in
urban area by +8.74% and reduction in green cover by −25.87% from 2000 to 2020.
Increment in maximum LST took place for both summer and winter season by 3.79 °C
and 3.16 °C in last two decades. Maximum LST was recorded in urban area (48 °C) and
water bodies (35 °C) exhibit minimum LST. The correlation study demonstrates a
strong positive relation of LST with Normalized Difference Built-up Index (NDBI)
and negative relation with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and
Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI). The prediction result also demonstrates
increase in urban area (+17.02%) and loss of vegetation cover (−15.57%) for 2030.
The maximum LST will likely to increase by 1.62 °C and 2.68 °C for summer and
winter seasons in predicted year 2030. This study will provide effective guidelines
for urban planners of Kut city for ensuring planned and sustainable urban
development in future.},
keywords = {Land use/land cover
Land surface temperature
ANN
Prediction},
ISSN = {1474-7065},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2021.103012},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN18,
author = {Edwards, Clive A.},
title = {Soil Ecology: Patrick Laveile, Alister V. Spain (Eds.); Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2001, 654 pp., US$ 295.00, hard cover, ISBN
0-7923-7123-2},
volume = {20},
number = {3},
pages = {263},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2002},
}
@article{RN35,
author = {Edwards, Clive A.},
title = {Soil Ecology: Patrick Lavelle, Alister V. Spain, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2001, 654 pp. U.S.$ 295.00, Hard bound,
ISBN 0-7923-7123-2},
volume = {21},
number = {1},
pages = {89},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2002},
}
@article{RN477,
author = {Eijsackers, Herman},
title = {A future for soil ecology ? Connecting the system levels: moving from
genomes to ecosystems: Opening Lecture to the XIII ICSZ “Biodiversity of soil
organisms and ecosystem functioning”},
journal = {European Journal of Soil Biology},
volume = {37},
number = {4},
pages = {213-220},
abstract = {As an introduction to the XIII ICSZ “Biodiversity of soil organisms
and ecosystem functioning” the question is raised what contribution soil ecology
has made to general ecology. Although the appearance of soil ecological papers in
general ecological journals is limited, soil ecologists have had a major
contribution to especially functional aspects of ecology like nutrient release and
energy turnover mechanisms, perhaps partly due to the applied character of soil
ecology. As a way forward it is suggested to unify further work and scientific
discussions according to five research themes: 1. Combined spatial and temporal
heterogeneity; 2. Scaling up from individual mobility via distribution patterns to
bio-geography; 3. Structural and functional biodiversity: from gene- to ecosystem
level; 4. Nutrient cycling/energy transfer at the micro- to macro-level; 5.
Adaptability from bacteria to ecosystems: is there a mutual mechanism connecting
genetic variation with ecosystemś adaptive mechanisms?},
keywords = {micro- and macro-scale connections
nutrient cycling
organism adaptability
soil ecology
spatial and temporal heterogeneity},
ISSN = {1164-5563},
year = {2001},
}
@article{RN274,
author = {Eisenhauer, Nico and Antunes, Pedro M. and Bennett, Alison E. and
Birkhofer, Klaus and Bissett, Andrew and Bowker, Matthew A. and Caruso, Tancredi
and Chen, Baodong and Coleman, David C. and Boer, Wietse de and Ruiter, Peter de
and DeLuca, Thomas H. and Frati, Francesco and Griffiths, Bryan S. and Hart,
Miranda M. and Hättenschwiler, Stephan and Haimi, Jari and Heethoff, Michael and
Kaneko, Nobuhiro and Kelly, Laura C. and Leinaas, Hans Petter and Lindo, Zoë and
Macdonald, Catriona and Rillig, Matthias C. and Ruess, Liliane and Scheu, Stefan
and Schmidt, Olaf and Seastedt, Timothy R. and Straalen, Nico M. van and Tiunov,
Alexei V. and Zimmer, Martin and Powell, Jeff R.},
title = {Priorities for research in soil ecology},
journal = {Pedobiologia},
volume = {63},
pages = {1-7},
abstract = {The ecological interactions that occur in and with soil are of
consequence in many ecosystems on the planet. These interactions provide numerous
essential ecosystem services, and the sustainable management of soils has attracted
increasing scientific and public attention. Although soil ecology emerged as an
independent field of research many decades ago, and we have gained important
insights into the functioning of soils, there still are fundamental aspects that
need to be better understood to ensure that the ecosystem services that soils
provide are not lost and that soils can be used in a sustainable way. In this
perspectives paper, we highlight some of the major knowledge gaps that should be
prioritized in soil ecological research. These research priorities were compiled
based on an online survey of 32 editors of Pedobiologia – Journal of Soil Ecology.
These editors work at universities and research centers in Europe, North America,
Asia, and Australia. The questions were categorized into four themes: (1) soil
biodiversity and biogeography, (2) interactions and the functioning of ecosystems,
(3) global change and soil management, and (4) new directions. The respondents
identified priorities that may be achievable in the near future, as well as several
that are currently achievable but remain open. While some of the identified
barriers to progress were technological in nature, many respondents cited a need
for substantial leadership and goodwill among members of the soil ecology research
community, including the need for multi-institutional partnerships, and had
substantial concerns regarding the loss of taxonomic expertise.},
keywords = {Aboveground-belowground interactions
Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning
Biogeography
Chemical ecology
Climate change
Ecosystem services
Global change
Microbial ecology
Novel environments
Plant-microbe interactions
Soil biodiversity
Soil food web
Soil management
Soil processes},
ISSN = {0031-4056},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN374,
author = {Eisenhauer, Nico and Antunes, Pedro M. and Bennett, Alison E. and
Birkhofer, Klaus and Bissett, Andrew and Bowker, Matthew A. and Caruso, Tancredi
and Chen, Baodong and Coleman, David C. and Boer, Wietse de and Ruiter, Peter de
and DeLuca, Thomas H. and Frati, Francesco and Griffiths, Bryan S. and Hart,
Miranda M. and Hättenschwiler, Stephan and Haimi, Jari and Heethoff, Michael and
Kaneko, Nobuhiro and Kelly, Laura C. and Leinaas, Hans Petter and Lindo, Zoë and
Macdonald, Catriona and Rillig, Matthias C. and Ruess, Liliane and Scheu, Stefan
and Schmidt, Olaf and Seastedt, Timothy R. and Straalen, Nico M. van and Tiunov,
Alexei V. and Zimmer, Martin and Powell, Jeff R.},
title = {Priorities for research in soil ecology},
volume = {63},
pages = {1-7},
abstract = {The ecological interactions that occur in and with soil are of
consequence in many ecosystems on the planet. These interactions provide numerous
essential ecosystem services, and the sustainable management of soils has attracted
increasing scientific and public attention. Although soil ecology emerged as an
independent field of research many decades ago, and we have gained important
insights into the functioning of soils, there still are fundamental aspects that
need to be better understood to ensure that the ecosystem services that soils
provide are not lost and that soils can be used in a sustainable way. In this
perspectives paper, we highlight some of the major knowledge gaps that should be
prioritized in soil ecological research. These research priorities were compiled
based on an online survey of 32 editors of Pedobiologia – Journal of Soil Ecology.
These editors work at universities and research centers in Europe, North America,
Asia, and Australia. The questions were categorized into four themes: (1) soil
biodiversity and biogeography, (2) interactions and the functioning of ecosystems,
(3) global change and soil management, and (4) new directions. The respondents
identified priorities that may be achievable in the near future, as well as several
that are currently achievable but remain open. While some of the identified
barriers to progress were technological in nature, many respondents cited a need
for substantial leadership and goodwill among members of the soil ecology research
community, including the need for multi-institutional partnerships, and had
substantial concerns regarding the loss of taxonomic expertise.},
keywords = {Aboveground-belowground interactions
Biodiversity–ecosystem functioning
Biogeography
Chemical ecology
Climate change
Ecosystem services
Global change
Microbial ecology
Novel environments
Plant-microbe interactions
Soil biodiversity
Soil food web
Soil management
Soil processes},
ISSN = {0031-4056},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN821,
author = {Ekschmitt, K. and Griffiths, B. S.},
title = {Soil biodiversity and its implications for ecosystem functioning in a
heterogeneous and variable environment},
volume = {10},
number = {3},
pages = {201-215},
abstract = {This paper evaluates theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on
the interrelation of soil biodiversity and ecological functioning, in order to
identify appropriate methodologies and promising fields of investigation.
Predictions from a range of general theories are evaluated against the background
of empirical findings and results from models on specific soil ecosystems with
reference to the functional effects of species losses (1) within trophic levels,
(2) in food-webs, and (3) those that depend on the size of the spatial scale.
Difficulties in proving species richness effects empirically arise because (i) a
range of mechanisms can compensate species richness effects, (ii) predictions on
the effects of species richness are context-dependent, which renders valid
generalisations less likely, and (iii) species richness effects are of a
probabilistic, rather than a deterministic nature. Generally, the effects of
changes in species richness are likely to be stronger in species-poor communities
than in species-rich communities. The authors deduce the hypotheses that (a) the
species richness within trophic levels is likely to reduce functional gaps in space
and time, (b) the species richness across trophic levels of the decomposer food web
can enhance synchronisation of subprocesses of nutrient cycling, and (c)
differences in species richness are likely to be more pronounced on larger spatial
scales. The authors infer that an explicit consideration of spatiotemporal
variation is essential in experimentation, as well as in modelling, in order to
analyse species richness–function relationships.},
keywords = {Biodiversity
Ecosystem function
Soil biota
Communities
Food webs
Scale},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00119-X},
year = {1998},
}
@article{RN145,
author = {El Ghoul, Imen and Sellami, Haykel and Khlifi, Slaheddine and
Vanclooster, Marnik},
title = {Impact of land use land cover changes on flow uncertainty in Siliana
watershed of northwestern Tunisia},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {220},
pages = {106733},
abstract = {It is widely admitted that changes in land use land cover (LULC)
influence the hydrology of the catchment. However, how these changes affect
hydrological model prediction uncertainty is still a raising question. In this
paper we addressed this question by investigating the impacts of the rapid change
in LULC in the Siliana catchment in Tunisia on monthly flow and magnitude of flow
extremes using the SWAT hydrological model while quantifying the contribution of
LULC to the model parameter and prediction uncertainty. At a first step, the SWAT
model parameter and prediction uncertainty were estimated using the GLUE method and
acceptable parameter sets were identified. Subsequently, the SWAT model was fed
with historical LULC as derived from Landsat 5 and 8 satellite images for the years
1990, 2000, 2013 and 2019, and run with the acceptable parameter sets. The results
show that the increase in olive plantations (+380 %), urban area (+200 %), and
irrigated lands (+309 %) from 1990 to 2019, has LULC decreased monthly flow, high
flows magnitude but did not impact low flows in particular over the previous two
decades. The findings also suggest that model prediction uncertainty can mask LULC
effects, suggesting that model results can be misleading without explicit
consideration of uncertainty when assessing the hydrological impacts of changes in
LULC.},
keywords = {LULC change
Remote sensing
Model parameter
Uncertainty
Hydrological impact},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@inbook{RN73,
author = {El Moll, Ahmad},
title = {Chapter 23 - Water resources and climate change: regional, national and
international perspective},
booktitle = {Sustainable and Circular Management of Resources and Waste Towards
a Green Deal},
editor = {Vara Prasad, Majeti Narasimha and Smol, Marzena},
publisher = {Elsevier},
pages = {309-336},
abstract = {In many regions of the planet the availability of water in both
quantity and quality is being severely affected by global climate change, with more
or less precipitation in different regions and more extreme weather events. In
addition, water shortages, water pollution, and water management are real and are
beginning to affect every aspect of life on Earth. We explain in the first part,
the impact of human activities on the hydrological cycle, the role of
evapotranspiration (ET) in the local climate (microclimate) and the global climate,
including the role of the water cycle in combat drought, water shortages and
desertification. We then focus on the soil–vegetation–atmosphere interactions and
their role in enhancing the local water cycle via ET for a sustainable water
resource using the nature-based solution (NBS) and circular economy concept. In the
last part the we evaluate the potential effect of NBSs in wastewater management in
the context of the circular economy, contributing to the conservation, restoration,
and better management of water resources. Finally, we use those relationships to
study and predict the impacts of climate change on water resources in the major
countries along the Mediterranean region. We conclude by identifying gaps in the
knowledge and the research directions that will improve water resources management
under climate change from the regional, national and international perspective. The
author assesses the global concern with regard to water through the review of some
key solutions regarding circular economy strategies. This chapter discusses in
detail global climate change and its causes and effects on water resources as well
as the keys to the solutions from the perspective of sustainable water at the
global, regional, and international levels.},
global water cycle
microclimate
drought
water cycle enhancement
nature-based solutions
circular economy
evapotranspiration
Lebanon case study
Mediterranean region},
ISBN = {978-0-323-95278-1},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN633,
author = {El-Barougy, Reham F. and Dakhil, Mohammed A. and Halmy, Marwa Waseem
A. and Cadotte, Marc and Dias, Susana and Farahat, Emad A. and El-keblawy, Ali and
Bersier, Louis-Félix},
title = {Potential extinction risk of Juniperus phoenicea under global climate
change: Towards conservation planning},
volume = {46},
pages = {e02541},
abstract = {Global change effects on species are most pronounced when there is a
large mismatch between past climate conditions, and the present climate, and this
chasm will grow as global change proceeds without mitigation. Global change
encompasses the alteration of temperature and precipitation patterns worldwide and
these drivers can both increase the risk of species extirpation, and extinction.
Juniperus phoenicea is an endemic plant species in the Mediterranean region of high
conservation concern. Ensemble distribution models and the potential impact of
future climate scenarios revealed that temperature, isothermality, and
precipitation are the only significant bioclimatic factors affecting the
geographical distribution of J. phoenicea. To study the potential impact of global
change, we constrained the SDMs with a combination of two shared socio-economic
pathways (SSPs) climate scenarios in the near (2030) and far (2090) future,
together with two dispersal scenarios (full and limited). After removing
incompatible regions based on current land-use distribution, the comparison of the
current and future areas of occupancy revealed strong declines in the distribution
of J. phoenicea. Applying the IUCN criteria, the species is predicted in all
scenarios to be up-listed from the currently "least-concern" status to the
"vulnerable", and potentially to the "critically endangered" status under the
highest emission scenario in 2090. The range shifts predicted by our analysis draws
attention to regions with stable distribution, and others predicted to become
favorable for the species establishment. This information is essential for future
conservation planning, including afforestation and reforestation programs.},
keywords = {Ensemble modelling
IUCN Red List
Critically endangered
Extent of occurrence
Area of occupancy},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN733,
author = {El-Barougy, Reham F. and Dakhil, Mohammed A. and Halmy, Marwa Waseem
A. and Cadotte, Marc and Dias, Susana and Farahat, Emad A. and El-keblawy, Ali and
Bersier, Louis-Félix},
title = {Potential extinction risk of Juniperus phoenicea under global climate
change: Towards conservation planning},
volume = {46},
pages = {e02541},
abstract = {Global change effects on species are most pronounced when there is a
large mismatch between past climate conditions, and the present climate, and this
chasm will grow as global change proceeds without mitigation. Global change
encompasses the alteration of temperature and precipitation patterns worldwide and
these drivers can both increase the risk of species extirpation, and extinction.
Juniperus phoenicea is an endemic plant species in the Mediterranean region of high
conservation concern. Ensemble distribution models and the potential impact of
future climate scenarios revealed that temperature, isothermality, and
precipitation are the only significant bioclimatic factors affecting the
geographical distribution of J. phoenicea. To study the potential impact of global
change, we constrained the SDMs with a combination of two shared socio-economic
pathways (SSPs) climate scenarios in the near (2030) and far (2090) future,
together with two dispersal scenarios (full and limited). After removing
incompatible regions based on current land-use distribution, the comparison of the
current and future areas of occupancy revealed strong declines in the distribution
of J. phoenicea. Applying the IUCN criteria, the species is predicted in all
scenarios to be up-listed from the currently "least-concern" status to the
"vulnerable", and potentially to the "critically endangered" status under the
highest emission scenario in 2090. The range shifts predicted by our analysis draws
attention to regions with stable distribution, and others predicted to become
favorable for the species establishment. This information is essential for future
conservation planning, including afforestation and reforestation programs.},
keywords = {Ensemble modelling
IUCN Red List
Critically endangered
Extent of occurrence
Area of occupancy},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN840,
author = {Ellili-Bargaoui, Yosra and Walter, Christian and Lemercier, Blandine
and Armand, Romain and Selim, Sameh and Michot, Didier},
title = {The accuracy of soil information influences assessment of soil
ecosystem services in Brittany, France},
volume = {34},
pages = {e00704},
abstract = {Soil is natural capital that provides several ecosystem services
that contribute to human well-being and sustainable socioeconomic development. The
scarcity of soil information constitutes the main shortcomings for assessing soil
ecosystem services (SESs). The aim of this study was to assess effects of the
accuracy of soil information on estimates of SES in agricultural systems using a
modeling approach. To this end, three soil datasets that differed in accuracy were
used: (i) legacy maps of soil properties, (ii) maps of disaggregated soil
properties at 50 m spatial resolution and (iii) field observations (reference soil
database). The supply of two regulating SESs (climate regulation and water quality
regulation) and four provisioning SES (nitrogen (N)-to-plant provision, water to
plant provision, plant biomass provision and groundwater recharge) over 30 years
was estimated from daily outputs of 7437 simulations of the STICS soil-crop model.
The main results showed that i) estimated SES supply, particularly of climate
regulation and N-to-plant provision, depended on both inherent and manageable soil
properties and was marginally sensitive to the accuracy of soil information, ii)
using disaggregated soil maps marginally increased the accuracy of soil property
predictions and thus partially compensated for the lack of soil information when
assessing SESs over large areas, and iii) relationships among SESs (i.e.
correlation coefficients) generally remained the same regardless of the soil
dataset used. The results demonstrated that considering the accuracy of soil
information in SES assessment approaches deserves more research.},
keywords = {Soil ecosystem services
Multiple soil classes
Soil properties and functions
Indicators
STICS
Soil data
Data accuracy},
ISSN = {2352-0094},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN112,
author = {Elliot, Thomas and Babí Almenar, Javier and Rugani, Benedetto},
title = {Modelling the relationships between urban land cover change and local
climate regulation to estimate urban heat island effect},
volume = {50},
pages = {126650},
abstract = {Urban land covers affect the thermal characteristics of the city,
such as the urban heat island (UHI) effect, potentially increasing energy demand to
maintain comfortable indoor and outdoor temperatures. As the land patterns change,
the capacity of the landscape to regulate the UHI can change. The aim of this paper
is to explore how simulating land cover changes (LCC) may affect UHI using an
ecosystem service matrix approach. A LCC model, illustrated in the case study of
Lisbon, Portugal, was implemented to estimate the UHI effects over time starting
from the modelling of land cover changes associated with the supply of local
climate regulation service. Our results show that the capacity of urban landscape
to mitigate the UHI effect has decreased since 1990, and will continue to decrease
slightly until 2022 although more smoothly than between 1990 and 2000. This is
because no substantial land cover changes have occurred after 2000 that required
the transition between highest to lowest ecosystem service supplier landscapes. The
proposed modelling approach may be refined and used to aiding the decision making
process for urban planners in the placement of built structures and green spaces
that have the capacity to regulate local climate.},
Local climate regulation
Urban heat island
Lisbon
Cellular automata
Land cover change},
ISSN = {1618-8667},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN566,
author = {Ellis, Edward A. and Porter-Bolland, Luciana},
title = {Is community-based forest management more effective than protected
areas?: A comparison of land use/land cover change in two neighboring study areas
of the Central Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico},
volume = {256},
number = {11},
pages = {1971-1983},
abstract = {The importance of the role of local community forestry institutions
towards forest conservation is exemplified through a comparison of two adjacent
areas within the Central Yucatan Peninsular Region (CYPR) in which Land-Use Cover
Change (LUCC) analyses were conducted. We also used logistic regression analyses to
examine key environmental, socioeconomic and institutional drivers associated with
deforestation. One of the areas, La Montaña (LM) at Hopelchen, Campeche, is part of
the northern section and buffer zone of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (CBR) as
well as part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. LM is an agricultural forest
frontier region economically dependent on productive activities. The other study,
Zona Maya (ZM), found at the municipality of Felipe Carrillo Puerto in Quintana is
characterized by having developed community-based forestry enterprises with world
wide recognition. In addition, the major tourism industry in nearby Cancun and
Riviera Maya provide an important source of off-farm labor and temporary migration.
Results show contrasting annual deforestation rates among the two study areas,
being greater in the Campeche site (0.7% from 2000 to 2005) compared to Quintana
Roo (−0.002% from 2000 to 2004). Logistic regression results show that the
occurrence of land clearing at LM is significantly related to demographic variables
as well as soil-environment types and conservation status did not reveal to relate
to LUCC processes at all. At Quintana Roo, despite twice the population density,
population variables at large did not strongly correlate to forest clearing. Rather
forest conservation or maintenance was shown to be influenced by local community
forestry institutions and a landscape zoning provided by larger management goals
from the part of the communities. Greater availability of wage labor for the
prominent tourism economy may also reflect a lesser dependence on agriculture and
contribute to the much lower deforestation rate. Nonetheless, results show that
community forest management can play an effective role in forest conservation. We
argue for a regional land use management approach as a conservation strategy in
which local inhabitants are considered key actors.},
keywords = {Forest conservation
Land use/land cover change
Protected areas
Community forest management
Central Yucatan Peninsular Region},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.07.036},
year = {2008},
}
@article{RN1246,
author = {Eltazarov, Sarvarbek and Bobojonov, Ihtiyor and Kuhn, Lena and
Glauben, Thomas},
title = {The role of crop classification in detecting wheat yield variation for
index-based agricultural insurance in arid and semiarid environments},
volume = {18},
pages = {100250},
abstract = {The increasing availability of open-source and high-quality
satellite data has facilitated market developments in the index insurance sector.
So far, research and industry spheres have used administrative boundaries of units
to estimate regional index values for insurance design. In areas with heterogeneous
land use or land cover, however, these indices do not provide sufficient accuracy.
This study analyzes potential accuracy gains from land-use classification that
allow to design indices specifically for croplands and wheatlands. The validity of
this approach is tested along conventional satellite-based products, including the
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Land Surface Temperature (LST),
as well as indices that are not yet widely used in crop insurance industry, like
the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Green Chlorophyll Index (GCI) and Leaf Area
Index (LAI). The study covers 2060 yield observations from 152 districts across
Central Asia and Mongolia with irrigated, mixed and rainfed wheat farming systems.
The results show that the majority of these indices are suitable for detecting
wheat yield variations in rainfed and mixed agricultural lands, although they
remain ambiguous in irrigated lands. Land-use classification and designing indices
based on croplands and wheatlands noticeably increases the relationship between
indices and wheat yields in rainfed and mixed lands. Notably, the LAI and GCI out-
perform other well-known indices. Overall, freely available satellite data could
serve as a good source for establishing index insurance products in Central Asia
and Mongolia. Nevertheless, a careful assessment and selection of index and land
use classification remains essential.},
keywords = {Climate resilience
Climate adaptation
Risk reduction
Cropland mask
Wheatland mask
MODIS},
ISSN = {2665-9727},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1086,
author = {Emparanza, P. Ruiz and Hongkarnjanakul, N. and Rouquette, D. and
Schwob, C. and Mezeix, L.},
title = {Land cover classification in Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)
using convolutional neural network on satellite images},
volume = {20},
pages = {100394},
abstract = {Land cover plays an integral role in urban management as a source of
information to support authorities’ decision making. Recently, computer vision
methods, machine learning algorithms in particular, are increasingly used for land
cover and land use mapping, which can help make these processes more efficient and
more affordably. To this end, this paper focuses on leveraging artificial
intelligence using convolutional neural network (CNN) to propose a new method for
land cover mapping. A first CNN model is trained with a large number of 4 image
classes to obtain a land cover model. We then apply the model directly on satellite
images that are cropped into images of the same size as the training images. The
results of the direct application of the model is not satisfactory; in particular,
it confuses water and forested areas. The paper propose a different approach where
land cover model is obtained by combining 2 models in series. The first model is a
binary-class CNN model which contains classification of two classes (water, land)
while the second model is a three-class CNN model containing classification of
land, excluding non-water areas. Global accuracy obtained is 98% and 91% for the
binary- and three-class CNN model respectively. This approach is used successfully
on large area satellite images.},
keywords = {Artificial intelligence
Convolutional neural network
Land cover
Image processing},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN698,
author = {Erena, Sitotaw Haile and Worku, Hailu},
title = {Dynamics of land use land cover and resulting surface runoff management
for environmental flood hazard mitigation: The case of Dire Daw city, Ethiopia},
volume = {22},
pages = {100598},
abstract = {Study region This study was conducted in Dire Dawa city, Ethiopia.
Study focus This study aims to explore the hydrological impacts of land use land
cover changes using rational method. As to perform land use analysis, four decade
based satellite imagery were analyzed using ERDAS imagine. The hydrological effect
of land cover change and respective surface runoff was calculated using rational
method. New hydrological insights for the region The trend of land use land cover
analysis shows that the city has been experiencing significant decrease in forest
land with continuous concomitant increases in bare land and settlements through the
study period. In response of land use changes, the trend of surface runoff showed
continuous increasing trend. The result of focus group discussion confirms that
land use change has significantly affected the trend of surface runoff generation.
The study also found out that the amount of surface runoff was positively sensitive
to forest land and negatively to bare land and settlement classes. To demonstrate
the future effect of surface runoff, the study developed worst and best case
scenarios. The worst case showed that if the current land use continuous in the
coming years, the watershed could receive more surface runoff that threaten the
existence of the city. The best case scenario suggested rehabilitation of bare land
cover and rooftop rainwater harvesting as promising condition to drop the amount of
surface runoff. The output of the study provides environmental friendly surface
runoff mitigation strategies that can be adopted at household and community
levels.},
keywords = {Environmental friendly
Flood mitigation
Land use
Rational model surface runoff},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN798,
author = {Erena, Sitotaw Haile and Worku, Hailu},
title = {Dynamics of land use land cover and resulting surface runoff management
for environmental flood hazard mitigation: The case of Dire Daw city, Ethiopia},
volume = {22},
pages = {100598},
abstract = {Study region This study was conducted in Dire Dawa city, Ethiopia.
Study focus This study aims to explore the hydrological impacts of land use land
cover changes using rational method. As to perform land use analysis, four decade
based satellite imagery were analyzed using ERDAS imagine. The hydrological effect
of land cover change and respective surface runoff was calculated using rational
method. New hydrological insights for the region The trend of land use land cover
analysis shows that the city has been experiencing significant decrease in forest
land with continuous concomitant increases in bare land and settlements through the
study period. In response of land use changes, the trend of surface runoff showed
continuous increasing trend. The result of focus group discussion confirms that
land use change has significantly affected the trend of surface runoff generation.
The study also found out that the amount of surface runoff was positively sensitive
to forest land and negatively to bare land and settlement classes. To demonstrate
the future effect of surface runoff, the study developed worst and best case
scenarios. The worst case showed that if the current land use continuous in the
coming years, the watershed could receive more surface runoff that threaten the
existence of the city. The best case scenario suggested rehabilitation of bare land
cover and rooftop rainwater harvesting as promising condition to drop the amount of
surface runoff. The output of the study provides environmental friendly surface
runoff mitigation strategies that can be adopted at household and community
levels.},
keywords = {Environmental friendly
Flood mitigation
Land use
Rational model surface runoff},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN682,
author = {Erickson, Donna L.},
title = {Rural land use and land cover change: Implications for local planning
in the River Raisin watershed},
volume = {12},
number = {3},
pages = {223-236},
abstract = {This research addresses land use and land cover change and the
policies that relate to that change in a Midwestern (USA) watershed. Changes in
land use/cover over 20 years were studied, with a primary focus on changing forest
cover and its distribution. The hypothesis at the outset was that as urbanized area
increased and agricultural area decreased, forested areas would decline. Local land
use policies were studied for their impact on changing forest cover. Analyses of
land use/cover in the watershed show a significant increase in forest cover,
simultaneous with decreased agriculture and increased urban use. However, local
land use planning measures for protecting forest and open space land were found to
be negligible throughout the watershed. Land use planning at the watershed level is
analyzed and a stronger authority at this level is recommended.},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/0264-8377(95)00005-X},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/026483779500005X},
year = {1995},
}
@article{RN782,
author = {Erickson, Donna L.},
title = {Rural land use and land cover change: Implications for local planning
in the River Raisin watershed},
volume = {12},
number = {3},
pages = {223-236},
abstract = {This research addresses land use and land cover change and the
policies that relate to that change in a Midwestern (USA) watershed. Changes in
land use/cover over 20 years were studied, with a primary focus on changing forest
cover and its distribution. The hypothesis at the outset was that as urbanized area
increased and agricultural area decreased, forested areas would decline. Local land
use policies were studied for their impact on changing forest cover. Analyses of
land use/cover in the watershed show a significant increase in forest cover,
simultaneous with decreased agriculture and increased urban use. However, local
land use planning measures for protecting forest and open space land were found to
be negligible throughout the watershed. Land use planning at the watershed level is
analyzed and a stronger authority at this level is recommended.},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/0264-8377(95)00005-X},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/026483779500005X},
year = {1995},
}
@article{RN608,
author = {Ervinia, Ayu and Huang, Jinliang and Zhang, Zhenyu},
title = {Nitrogen sources, processes, and associated impacts of climate and
land-use changes in a coastal China watershed: Insights from the INCA-N model},
journal = {Marine Pollution Bulletin},
volume = {159},
pages = {111502},
abstract = {The Integrated Nitrogen CAtchments (INCA-N) model was applied to
identify the sources and processes controlling riverine nitrogen (N) export in the
Jiulong River watershed, coastal China. Future riverine N exports were simulated
under various scenarios of climate and land-use changes. The modeling results
showed good agreement between the observed and simulated values of streamflow, N
concentrations, and loads. It was revealed that fertilizer application, atmospheric
N deposition, and sewage discharges were the main N sources, while the primary N
cycling processes included soil nitrification, soil denitrification, and N
leaching. Nitrate-N exports were predominantly impacted by climate change, whereas
ammonium-N exports were more affected by land-use change. The coupled effects of
climate and land-use changes were projected to amplify nitrogen export by 30%, 36%,
and 36% for nitrate-N and 32%, 48%, and 71% for ammonium-N during the years for
2030s, 2050s, and 2080s, respectively.},
keywords = {INCA-N
Nitrogen export
Climate change
Land-use change
Coastal watershed},
ISSN = {0025-326X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111502},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN708,
author = {Ervinia, Ayu and Huang, Jinliang and Zhang, Zhenyu},
title = {Nitrogen sources, processes, and associated impacts of climate and
land-use changes in a coastal China watershed: Insights from the INCA-N model},
journal = {Marine Pollution Bulletin},
volume = {159},
pages = {111502},
abstract = {The Integrated Nitrogen CAtchments (INCA-N) model was applied to
identify the sources and processes controlling riverine nitrogen (N) export in the
Jiulong River watershed, coastal China. Future riverine N exports were simulated
under various scenarios of climate and land-use changes. The modeling results
showed good agreement between the observed and simulated values of streamflow, N
concentrations, and loads. It was revealed that fertilizer application, atmospheric
N deposition, and sewage discharges were the main N sources, while the primary N
cycling processes included soil nitrification, soil denitrification, and N
leaching. Nitrate-N exports were predominantly impacted by climate change, whereas
ammonium-N exports were more affected by land-use change. The coupled effects of
climate and land-use changes were projected to amplify nitrogen export by 30%, 36%,
and 36% for nitrate-N and 32%, 48%, and 71% for ammonium-N during the years for
2030s, 2050s, and 2080s, respectively.},
keywords = {INCA-N
Nitrogen export
Climate change
Land-use change
Coastal watershed},
ISSN = {0025-326X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111502},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN605,
author = {Eskandari, Saeedeh and Ali Mahmoudi Sarab, Sajjad},
title = {Mapping land cover and forest density in Zagros forests of Khuzestan
province in Iran: A study based on Sentinel-2, Google Earth and field data},
volume = {70},
pages = {101727},
abstract = {Zagros forests in western Iran have widely been destroyed because of
various reasons. This study was performed to provide the land cover and forest
density maps in Zagros forests of Khuzestan province using Sentinel-2, Google Earth
and field data. The forest boundary in Khuzestan province was digitized in Google
Earth. Sentinel-2 satellite images were provided for the study area. One 1:25000
index sheet of Iranian Mapping Organization (IMO) was selected as pilot area in the
province. Sentinel-2 image of the pilot area was classified using different
supervised classification algorithms to select the best algorithm for land cover
mapping in Khuzestan province. In addition, to evaluate the accuracy of Google
Earth data, field sampling was performed using random plots in different land
covers. Field data of forest plots were applied to investigate tree canopy cover
percent (forest density), as well. Classification of Sentinel-2 image in Zagros
area of Khuzestan province was done using the best algorithm and the land cover was
obtained. The forest density map was also obtained using a linear regression model
between tree canopy cover percent (obtained from field plots) and normalized
difference vegetation index (NDVI) (obtained from NDVI map). Finally, the accuracy
of land cover map was assessed by some square plots on Google Earth. Results
demonstrated that support vector machine (SVM) algorithm had the highest accuracy
for land cover mapping. Results also showed that Google Earth images had a good
accuracy in the Zagros forests of Khuzestan province. Results demonstrated that
NDVI has been a good predicator to estimate tree canopy cover in the study area.
Based on results, an area of 443,091.22 ha is covered by Zagros forests in
Khuzestan province. Results of accuracy assessment of the land cover map showed the
good accuracy of this map in Khuzestan province (overall accuracy: 91% and kappa
index: 0.83). For optimum management of Zagros forests, it is suggested that the
land cover and forest density mapping will be performed using SVM algorithm, NDVI,
and Sentinel-2 satellite images in Zagros forests of Khuzestan province in the
certain periods.},
Forest density
Zagros forests
Sentinel-2 satellite images
Google Earth
Khuzestan province},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN705,
volume = {70},
pages = {101727},
certain periods.},
Forest density
Zagros forests
Google Earth
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1004,
volume = {70},
pages = {101727},
certain periods.},
Forest density
Zagros forests
Google Earth
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN119,
author = {Espinoza-Guzmán, Marco Antonio and Aragonés Borrego, David and
Sahagún-Sánchez, Francisco Javier},
title = {Evaluation of recent land-use and land-cover change in a mountain
region},
volume = {11},
pages = {100370},
abstract = {Mountain regions are vital to the provision of ecosystem services.
“Cofre de Perote” volcano is the eighth highest mountain in Mexico and provides
various goods and services to the people living in the central region of Veracruz.
Despite being a protected area as a national park, it shows processes of landscape
change in recent years. We mapped land-use and land-cover changes (LULCC) based on
remote sensing data (Sentinel-2) from 2017 and 2021. The best classifier was the
support vector machine with an overall accuracy value of 0.908 ± 0.003 and
0.916 ± 0.004 for 2017 and 2021, respectively. We estimated that 21.77% of the area
changed in only four years. The main trajectory of change was from forests to
agricultural, with an area of 1224.81 ha and an annual rate of change of -2.39%.
Updating knowledge on the dynamics of LULCC will allow better conservation actions
for the mountain ecosystems.},
keywords = {Annual change rate
Deforestation
LULCC
Mountain ecosystem
Sentinel-2
Support vector machine},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN544,
author = {Estacio, Ian and Basu, Mrittika and Sianipar, Corinthias P. M. and
Onitsuka, Kenichiro and Hoshino, Satoshi},
title = {Dynamics of land cover transitions and agricultural abandonment in a
mountainous agricultural landscape: Case of Ifugao rice terraces, Philippines},
volume = {222},
pages = {104394},
abstract = {Mountainous agricultural landscapes experienced large-scale land
cover changes in the past decades due to traditional land modification practices
and increasing permanent agricultural abandonment. However, there is lack of
observation of short-period land cover transitions and paddy field dynamics of
fallowing and recultivation. This study was implemented in the Philippines’ Ifugao
rice terraces with three aims. The first aim is to analyze rapid land cover
transitions by mapping land cover maps in consistent five-year intervals from 1990
to 2020. The second aim is to analyze paddy field dynamics that involve permanent
abandonment, fallowing, first-time cultivations, and recultivation by developing an
analysis framework involving time-series land cover maps. The third aim is to
confirm the relationship between abundance of vegetation land covers and permanent
abandonment of paddy fields by implementing regression analysis. Results show that
a two-step process involving low vegetation as an intermediary land cover typically
occurs in between agricultural abandonment and afforestation that was widely
observed in mountainous agricultural landscapes. Observed temporal dynamics of
paddy fields aligned with historical records such as high rates of permanent
abandonment in the 1990s and recultivation (416% increase) in the 2000s. Regression
analysis revealed that there is a significant correlation between low vegetation
cover abundance and subsequent paddy field permanent abandonment (P = 0.0498),
which confirms that afforestation in the landscape decreased the water yield and
promoted agricultural abandonment. The findings suggest that planning of
mountainous agricultural landscapes should address social and environmental driving
factors to mitigate the land-transition feedback loop that further promotes
agricultural abandonment.},
keywords = {Google Earth Engine
Landsat
LULC change
Afforestation
Fallowing
Water yield},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104394},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1138,
author = {Estacio, Ian and Basu, Mrittika and Sianipar, Corinthias P. M. and
Onitsuka, Kenichiro and Hoshino, Satoshi},
title = {Dynamics of land cover transitions and agricultural abandonment in a
mountainous agricultural landscape: Case of Ifugao rice terraces, Philippines},
volume = {222},
pages = {104394},
abstract = {Mountainous agricultural landscapes experienced large-scale land
cover changes in the past decades due to traditional land modification practices
and increasing permanent agricultural abandonment. However, there is lack of
observation of short-period land cover transitions and paddy field dynamics of
fallowing and recultivation. This study was implemented in the Philippines’ Ifugao
rice terraces with three aims. The first aim is to analyze rapid land cover
transitions by mapping land cover maps in consistent five-year intervals from 1990
to 2020. The second aim is to analyze paddy field dynamics that involve permanent
abandonment, fallowing, first-time cultivations, and recultivation by developing an
analysis framework involving time-series land cover maps. The third aim is to
confirm the relationship between abundance of vegetation land covers and permanent
abandonment of paddy fields by implementing regression analysis. Results show that
a two-step process involving low vegetation as an intermediary land cover typically
occurs in between agricultural abandonment and afforestation that was widely
observed in mountainous agricultural landscapes. Observed temporal dynamics of
paddy fields aligned with historical records such as high rates of permanent
abandonment in the 1990s and recultivation (416% increase) in the 2000s. Regression
analysis revealed that there is a significant correlation between low vegetation
cover abundance and subsequent paddy field permanent abandonment (P = 0.0498),
which confirms that afforestation in the landscape decreased the water yield and
promoted agricultural abandonment. The findings suggest that planning of
mountainous agricultural landscapes should address social and environmental driving
factors to mitigate the land-transition feedback loop that further promotes
agricultural abandonment.},
keywords = {Google Earth Engine
Landsat
LULC change
Afforestation
Fallowing
Water yield},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN167,
author = {Eum, Hyung-Il and Dibike, Yonas and Prowse, Terry},
title = {Comparative evaluation of the effects of climate and land-cover changes
on hydrologic responses of the Muskeg River, Alberta, Canada},
volume = {8},
pages = {198-221},
abstract = {Study region The Muskeg River Basin located in the Oil-Sands region
of northern Alberta, Canada. Study focus An integrated modelling framework, which
combines a process-based distributed hydrologic model with a dynamic land-cover
simulation model is used to evaluate the effects of climate and land-cover changes
on the hydrological regime in the basin. Land-cover types corresponding to three
hypothetical levels of future industrial expansion are synthesized based on the
current lease holdings for the Oil-Sands development in the region. An ensemble of
hydrologic simulations based on multiple climate-change projections is performed
with future land-cover scenarios during a baseline (1980–2010) and two future
(2050s and 2080s) periods. The effects of climate and land-cover changes are
quantified through various hydrologic indicators using a range of variability
approach. New hydrological insights for the region Analysis of the relative
contribution of inter-annual climate variability and land-cover change to the
historical streamflow demonstrates the necessity to consider both in evaluating
future water availability in the basin. Results indicate that modification to
evapotranspiration rates caused from land-cover change affect spring and summer
flows. Wetter and warmer conditions in the projected climate are found to increase
spring and winter streamflows. Sensitivity analysis of the hydrologic indicators
computed from the simulated flows shows that land-cover change may play a larger
role in affecting the hydrologic regime than climate change, except that of spring
runoff.},
Climate change
Hydrologic regime
Muskeg river basin
VIC model},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN410,
author = {Evrendilek, Fatih and Berberoglu, Suha and Karakaya, Nusret and Cilek,
Ahmet and Aslan, Guler and Gungor, Kerem},
title = {Historical spatiotemporal analysis of land-use/land-cover changes and
carbon budget in a temperate peatland (Turkey) using remotely sensed data},
volume = {31},
number = {3},
pages = {1166-1172},
abstract = {Rate and amount of carbon (C) storage in peatlands play a vital role
in global biogeochemical cycles despite their globally small spatial extent. Carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions from drained peatlands is a function of drainage intensity
and extent of peatlands, peat thickness, land use and land cover (LULC) type to
which peatlands are converted, and management practices. Historical LULC change-
detection of Yenicaga peatlands and wet flats yielded an estimated conservative
decrease in C pool from 2.43 ± 0.15 million metric tons (Mt) in 1944 to 0.65 ± 0.04
Mt in 2009 due mostly to drainage by agricultural and afforestation activities.
Drainage-induced C emission rate was estimated to range from 12.5 to 32.5 t
C ha−1 yr−1. Our extrapolation of the C emission rate to the entire peatland area
of 240 km2 in Turkey resulted in CO2 emissions of 0.30–0.78 Mt in 2009, equivalent
to 0.01%–0.02% of the global LULC-related CO2 emissions of 3230 Mt in 2009.},
keywords = {Carbon cycle
Change detection
Environmental monitoring
Peatlands
Risk assessment},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN1012,
author = {Fakhri, Seyed Arvin and Sayadi, Sajad and Naghavi, Hamed and Latifi,
Hooman},
title = {A novel vegetation index-based workflow for semi-arid, sparse woody
cover mapping},
volume = {201},
pages = {104748},
abstract = {Vegetation cover maps across ecologically-fragile and particularly
arid and semi-arid forest ecosystems are prerequisites for their monitoring and
management. Direct and field-based measurements of vegetation cover pose serious
challenges due to high costs and inaccessibility in harsh terrains, whereas
multispectral remote sensing offers objective, spatially-explicit and rapid
alternatives. One of the most straightforward tools is the use of broadband
vegetation indices (VIs), which are mathematical derivations from multispectral
bands that are correlated with various vegetation traits. There are a number of
broadband VIs that reach their optimum performance by calibrating their regulatory
parameters. We improved the performance of selected VIs for both greenness
estimation and land-cover classification across semi-arid woodlands by optimizing
their regulatory parameters. We showed this across two separate areas in highly-
fragile and sparse vegetation of Zagros mountains of Iran. Regulatory parameters
were optimized by multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) for Enhanced
VI (EVI) and two innovative, more complex broadband indices that use red, blue, and
near-infrared multispectral bands. Then, they were applied to estimate greenness
and classify vegetation, and were validated by subsets of very high-resolution
optical imagery. The results suggest high accuracy of these indicators for
estimating and classifying vegetation compared with the commonly-used broadband
VIs. Amongst the improved VIs, the one with a more complex combination of spectral
bands comparatively returned the best performance, that was 1.34 × and
1.33 × higher in greenness estimation and 1.58 × higher in classification compared
with the benchmark NDVI. They also described a higher variance across systematic
transects in both regions. In conclusion, both greenness estimation and
classification of semi-arid, sparse woodlands were more accurate by optimizing
their regulatory parameters.},
keywords = {Semi-arid vegetation
Indices
Greenness estimation
Classification
MOPSO
Zagros},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN261,
author = {Fan, Liyao and Cai, Tianyi and Wen, Qian and Han, Jing and Wang,
Shuxue and Wang, Junhao and Yin, Chaohui},
title = {Scenario simulation of land use change and carbon storage response in
Henan Province, China: 1990–2050},
volume = {154},
pages = {110660},
abstract = {The carbon storage service of terrestrial ecosystems has an
veritable impact on the global carbon cycle and, in turn, on global climate change.
Hence, both assessing and predicting the impact of land use changes on carbon
storage are necessary to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate climate change.
Therefore, using integrated valuation of ecosystem services and tradeoffs (InVEST)
model with remote sensing data, this study systematically analyzes the land
use/cover change (LUCC) and the carbon storage response characteristics of land
types in Henan Province, China in the 1990–2020 period. The study also uses patch-
generating land use simulation (PLUS) model to predict the LUCC and carbon storage
in Henan Province from 2023 to 2050 under different scenarios, including Business
as Usual (BAU), Ecological Conservation (EC), and Urban Development (UD) scenarios.
The following results are noted: (1) The LUCC mainly comprises the conversion of
farmland to construction land. Presently, Henan Province’s carbon storage is found
to have decreased by 339.72 Tg due to LUCC, which is characterized as “high in the
west and low in the east.” (2) Regarding the three aforementioned scenarios, the
province’s construction land is predicted to increase to its greatest extent under
the UD scenario. Under the EC scenario, its woodland and farmland areas will be
effectively protected. Therefore, the highest level of carbon reserves will likely
be found in the EC scenario, followed by that in the BAU scenario, while the lowest
level of carbon reserves should be seen in the UD scenario. The carbon reserves of
Henan Province in 2050 will be 312.07 Tg, 233.43 Tg, and 394.49 Tg lower than that
in 2020 under the BAU, EC, and UD scenarios, respectively. In sum, this study
provides the scientific basis of the decisions aimed at the facilitation of low-
carbon development, the optimal utilization of land spaces, and the development of
an ecological civilization in Henan Province.},
keywords = {Carbon storage
Henan Province
InVEST model
LUCC
PLUS model},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN361,
author = {Fan, Liyao and Cai, Tianyi and Wen, Qian and Han, Jing and Wang,
Shuxue and Wang, Junhao and Yin, Chaohui},
title = {Scenario simulation of land use change and carbon storage response in
Henan Province, China: 1990–2050},
volume = {154},
pages = {110660},
abstract = {The carbon storage service of terrestrial ecosystems has an
veritable impact on the global carbon cycle and, in turn, on global climate change.
Hence, both assessing and predicting the impact of land use changes on carbon
storage are necessary to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate climate change.
Therefore, using integrated valuation of ecosystem services and tradeoffs (InVEST)
model with remote sensing data, this study systematically analyzes the land
use/cover change (LUCC) and the carbon storage response characteristics of land
types in Henan Province, China in the 1990–2020 period. The study also uses patch-
generating land use simulation (PLUS) model to predict the LUCC and carbon storage
in Henan Province from 2023 to 2050 under different scenarios, including Business
as Usual (BAU), Ecological Conservation (EC), and Urban Development (UD) scenarios.
The following results are noted: (1) The LUCC mainly comprises the conversion of
farmland to construction land. Presently, Henan Province’s carbon storage is found
to have decreased by 339.72 Tg due to LUCC, which is characterized as “high in the
west and low in the east.” (2) Regarding the three aforementioned scenarios, the
province’s construction land is predicted to increase to its greatest extent under
the UD scenario. Under the EC scenario, its woodland and farmland areas will be
effectively protected. Therefore, the highest level of carbon reserves will likely
be found in the EC scenario, followed by that in the BAU scenario, while the lowest
level of carbon reserves should be seen in the UD scenario. The carbon reserves of
Henan Province in 2050 will be 312.07 Tg, 233.43 Tg, and 394.49 Tg lower than that
in 2020 under the BAU, EC, and UD scenarios, respectively. In sum, this study
provides the scientific basis of the decisions aimed at the facilitation of low-
carbon development, the optimal utilization of land spaces, and the development of
an ecological civilization in Henan Province.},
Henan Province
InVEST model
LUCC
PLUS model},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN285,
author = {Fan, Ze-Meng and Li, Jing and Yue, Tian-Xiang},
title = {Land-cover changes of biome transition zones in Loess Plateau of
China},
volume = {252},
pages = {129-140},
abstract = {The Holdridge life zone (HLZ) model has been improved to help
classify the biome transition zone (BTZ) in China's Loess Plateau. A positive and
negative transformation index of land-cover (PNTIL) was developed to quantitatively
evaluate the land-cover changes in every type of BTZ. Three bioclimatic datasets,
with a spatial resolution of 1km×1km, were used to classify the BTZ type in Loess
Plateau. These include the mean annual biotemperature (MAB), average total annual
precipitation (TAP) and potential evapotranspiration ratio (PER). In 1985, 1995 and
2005 land cover data was used to analyze the changes within BTZs. The results show
that there are 14 BTZ types, which account for 25.21% of the total land-cover area
in Loess Plateau. From 1985 to 2005, cultivated land decreased 0.93% per decade; on
average wetland and water areas, woodland and grassland increased 3.47%, 0.24% and
0.06% respectively per decade. During this period the total rate of whole BTZ land-
cover transformation decreased from 28.53% to 21.91%. Overall the total positive
and negative transformed areas of land cover in BTZs displayed a decreasing trend.
Moreover, the results indicate that the transition zones may have exhibited a
greater change and landscape diversity than the adjacent biomes in Loess Plateau
from 1985 to 2005.},
keywords = {Holdridge life zone model
Biome transition zone
Land-cover change
Loess Plateau},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.07.039},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN385,
author = {Fan, Ze-Meng and Li, Jing and Yue, Tian-Xiang},
title = {Land-cover changes of biome transition zones in Loess Plateau of
China},
volume = {252},
pages = {129-140},
abstract = {The Holdridge life zone (HLZ) model has been improved to help
classify the biome transition zone (BTZ) in China's Loess Plateau. A positive and
negative transformation index of land-cover (PNTIL) was developed to quantitatively
evaluate the land-cover changes in every type of BTZ. Three bioclimatic datasets,
with a spatial resolution of 1km×1km, were used to classify the BTZ type in Loess
Plateau. These include the mean annual biotemperature (MAB), average total annual
precipitation (TAP) and potential evapotranspiration ratio (PER). In 1985, 1995 and
2005 land cover data was used to analyze the changes within BTZs. The results show
that there are 14 BTZ types, which account for 25.21% of the total land-cover area
in Loess Plateau. From 1985 to 2005, cultivated land decreased 0.93% per decade; on
average wetland and water areas, woodland and grassland increased 3.47%, 0.24% and
0.06% respectively per decade. During this period the total rate of whole BTZ land-
cover transformation decreased from 28.53% to 21.91%. Overall the total positive
and negative transformed areas of land cover in BTZs displayed a decreasing trend.
Moreover, the results indicate that the transition zones may have exhibited a
greater change and landscape diversity than the adjacent biomes in Loess Plateau
from 1985 to 2005.},
keywords = {Holdridge life zone model
Biome transition zone
Land-cover change
Loess Plateau},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN607,
author = {Fang, Di and Hao, Lu and Cao, Zhen and Huang, Xiaolin and Qin,
Mengsheng and Hu, Jichao and Liu, Yongqiang and Sun, Ge},
title = {Combined effects of urbanization and climate change on watershed
evapotranspiration at multiple spatial scales},
volume = {587},
pages = {124869},
abstract = {How urbanization-associated land use/land cover change (LULCC)
affects the ecohydrological cycle through altering evapotranspiration (ET)
processes is not clear for rice paddy dominated watersheds. The purpose of this
study was to understand long-term (2000–2013) spatial and temporal variations of ET
over the Qinhuai River Basin in a humid region, southern China. We revised the Soil
and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) by incorporating new algorithms describing
hydrological processes of rice paddies. Using the improved SWAT model driven by
remote sensing-derived LULCC and local climatic data, we separated the effects of
LULCC on ET from climate at the watershed scale. We showed that the modified SWAT
model significantly improved monthly streamflow estimates. The Nash-Sutcliffe model
efficiency (NSE) was 0.86 and coefficient of determination (R2) was 0.88 for the
calibration period (1990–1994) while the NSE was 0.65 and R2 was 0.71 for the
validation period (1995–1999). We also found good agreements between modelled daily
ET and lysimeter-based measurements for an experimental rice paddy field
(R2 = 0.75, p less than 0.01). For areas with little land cover change, ET rates
increased over time due to the increase in potential ET (PET) during 2000–2013.
However, the contribution from rice paddy to the watershed-level ET decreased over
time coincident with a period of rapid urbanization and loss of rice paddy field.
Dynamic attribution analysis indicated that the negative contribution of LULCC to
change in ET increased from 53% in 2000 to 61% in 2013 while the positive
contribution of climate variability decreased from 47% in 2000 to 39% in 2013. We
concluded that factors affecting ET varied with spatial scale. Conversion of rice
paddy field to urban use directly resulted in significant ET reduction at the
watershed scale despite the rise in the air temperature and potential ET in the
study region. The improved SWAT model provides a better integrated method for
understanding ET processes and assessing the impacts of environmental change on
ecosystem services in a rapidly urbanizing region.},
keywords = {Urbanization-associated land cover change
Climate warming
SWAT model
Ecohydrological processes
Rice paddy watershed},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN707,
author = {Fang, Di and Hao, Lu and Cao, Zhen and Huang, Xiaolin and Qin,
Mengsheng and Hu, Jichao and Liu, Yongqiang and Sun, Ge},
title = {Combined effects of urbanization and climate change on watershed
evapotranspiration at multiple spatial scales},
volume = {587},
pages = {124869},
abstract = {How urbanization-associated land use/land cover change (LULCC)
affects the ecohydrological cycle through altering evapotranspiration (ET)
processes is not clear for rice paddy dominated watersheds. The purpose of this
study was to understand long-term (2000–2013) spatial and temporal variations of ET
over the Qinhuai River Basin in a humid region, southern China. We revised the Soil
and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) by incorporating new algorithms describing
hydrological processes of rice paddies. Using the improved SWAT model driven by
remote sensing-derived LULCC and local climatic data, we separated the effects of
LULCC on ET from climate at the watershed scale. We showed that the modified SWAT
model significantly improved monthly streamflow estimates. The Nash-Sutcliffe model
efficiency (NSE) was 0.86 and coefficient of determination (R2) was 0.88 for the
calibration period (1990–1994) while the NSE was 0.65 and R2 was 0.71 for the
validation period (1995–1999). We also found good agreements between modelled daily
ET and lysimeter-based measurements for an experimental rice paddy field
(R2 = 0.75, p less than 0.01). For areas with little land cover change, ET rates
increased over time due to the increase in potential ET (PET) during 2000–2013.
However, the contribution from rice paddy to the watershed-level ET decreased over
time coincident with a period of rapid urbanization and loss of rice paddy field.
Dynamic attribution analysis indicated that the negative contribution of LULCC to
change in ET increased from 53% in 2000 to 61% in 2013 while the positive
contribution of climate variability decreased from 47% in 2000 to 39% in 2013. We
concluded that factors affecting ET varied with spatial scale. Conversion of rice
paddy field to urban use directly resulted in significant ET reduction at the
watershed scale despite the rise in the air temperature and potential ET in the
study region. The improved SWAT model provides a better integrated method for
understanding ET processes and assessing the impacts of environmental change on
ecosystem services in a rapidly urbanizing region.},
keywords = {Urbanization-associated land cover change
Climate warming
SWAT model
Ecohydrological processes
Rice paddy watershed},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN920,
author = {Farkas, Csilla and Shore, Moritz and Engebretsen, Alexander and
Skarbøvik, Eva},
title = {Suspended sediment response to Nordic bioeconomy and climate change
scenarios in a first-order agricultural catchment},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {222},
pages = {106794},
abstract = {Soil loss by erosion threatens food security and reduces the
environmental quality of water bodies. Prolonged and extreme rainfalls are
recognized as main drivers of soil erosion, and climate change predictions for
large parts of the world foresee such increases in precipitation. Erosion rates are
additionally affected by land use, which may change as a result of the shift from a
fossil fuel-based economy to an economy relying on using renewable biomass, a
“Bioeconomy”. In this study we aimed at investigating, through modelling, i) if
future changes in land use, due to a bioeconomy, would increase the risk for soil
loss and enhance suspended sediment yields in streams and ii) if these changes,
when combined with climate change effects, would further aggravate suspended
sediment conditions in a catchment. We used hydrological and bias adjusted climate
models to compare the effect of seven land use pathways on discharge and sediment
transport relative to a baseline scenario under present and future climate
conditions. The study was carried out based on data from a small headwater stream,
representative for cereal production areas of S-E Norway. By modelling our
scenarios with the PERSiST and INCA-P models, we found that land use change had a
greater influence on both future water discharge and sediment losses than a future
climate. Changes from climate showed strongest differences on a seasonal basis. Out
of the modelled land use pathways, a sustainable pathway manifested the least
occurrence of extreme flood and sediment loss events under future climate; whereas
a pathway geared towards self-sufficiency indicated the highest occurrence of such
extreme events. Our findings show that careful attention must be placed on the land
use and soil management in the region. To maintain freshwater quality, it will be
increasingly important to implement environmental mitigation measures.},
Soil tillage
Climate scenario
PERSiST
INCA-P
Discharge
Sediment loads
Green shift
Bioeconomy},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN432,
author = {Fathi-Taperasht, Amin and Shafizadeh-Moghadam, Hossein and Minaei,
Masoud and Xu, Tingting},
title = {Influence of drought duration and severity on drought recovery period
for different land cover types: evaluation using MODIS-based indices},
volume = {141},
pages = {109146},
abstract = {Drought is a slow-onset phenomenon driven by the lack of
precipitation, affecting the performance of plants and functionality of terrestrial
ecosystems. In addition to the length and severity of drought, the period it takes
for the plants to return to normal conditions is critical. Remote sensing data with
appropriate spatial and temporal coverage facilitates monitoring drought and its
consequences on local and global scales. This study investigated the influence of
drought duration and severity on the drought recovery period (DRP) for different
land use and land cover (LULC) types in Iran. The moderate resolution imaging
spectroradiometer (MODIS)-based vegetation health index (VHI) was used to monitor
drought in the period 2000–2020. The results identified 2000, 2001, and 2008 as
drought years. DRP was estimated using gross primary productivity (GPP). The
findings revealed that shrubland and cropland experienced more prolonged droughts
than forests, which experienced the shortest drought duration. Similarly,
shrublands and croplands had the most prolonged recovery, and forests had the
shortest recovery time. A direct relationship was observed between drought severity
and DRP in all LULC types, however the local correlation between drought duration
and recovery time better revealed the heterogeneity of relationships. This study
provides valuable information on the drought resilience of different LULC types for
use in achieving better management and a deeper understanding of drought.},
keywords = {Agricultural drought
Drought recovery period
Vegetation health index
MODIS
Iran},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN808,
author = {Feng, Jiao and Pan, Rong and Hu, Hang-Wei and Huang, Qiaoyun and
Zheng, Jiaoli and Tan, Wenfeng and Liu, Yu-Rong and Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel},
title = {Effects of integrated rice-crayfish farming on soil biodiversity and
functions},
journal = {Science Bulletin},
ISSN = {2095-9273},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2023.08.037},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1008,
author = {Feng, Jiao and Pan, Rong and Hu, Hang-Wei and Huang, Qiaoyun and
Zheng, Jiaoli and Tan, Wenfeng and Liu, Yu-Rong and Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel},
title = {Effects of integrated rice-crayfish farming on soil biodiversity and
functions},
journal = {Science Bulletin},
ISSN = {2095-9273},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2023.08.037},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN499,
author = {Feranec, Jan and Hazeu, Gerard and Christensen, Susan and Jaffrain,
Gabriel},
title = {Corine land cover change detection in Europe (case studies of the
Netherlands and Slovakia)},
volume = {24},
number = {1},
pages = {234-247},
abstract = {We present a land cover change detection methodology in the
framework of the IMAGE and CORINE Land Cover 2000 (I&CLC2000) project managed
jointly by the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Joint
Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy. The generated data
layers CLC2000 (land cover for the year 2000) and CLC90/2000-changes (land cover
changes between the years 1990–2000) cover 29 European countries with a total area
of about 4.5 million square kilometers at scale 1:100000. The variants of computer
aided visual interpretation of satellite images referred to as updating and
backdating were applied in the I&CLC2000 project. This makes use of the revised
CLC90 data layer and the Landsat ETM satellite images from 2000 (±1 year) for
generation of the CLC 2000 data layer. The CLC90/2000-changes data layer is
generated by the overlay of the CLC90 and CLC2000 data layers with the change area
of minimum 5ha. This approach may overestimate and underestimate identified land
cover changes in some specific situations described in the paper. As an example of
land cover change, identification obtained by applying the updating method in the
case of the Netherlands is presented. An area of 1681km2 of land cover change was
identified for the period 1986–2000. Backdating was a suitable methodological tool
applied to the land cover inventory in Slovakia for the years 1970–2000 (3156km2 of
land cover changes were identified). Thematic accuracy of derived data layers is
⩾85% and the geometric accuracy is better than 100m. The CLC methodology and
results are widely used in several other projects and are of relevance to policies
in land management, nature conservation and water management.},
Land cover changes
Land cover detection
Computer aided visual interpretation
Updating
Backdating
CORINE Land Cover Project
The Netherlands
Slovakia},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN461,
author = {Ferchichi, A. and Boulila, W. and Farah, I. R.},
title = {Corrigendum to “Propagating aleatory and epistemic uncertainty in land
cover change prediction process” [Ecol. Inform. 37, 24–37]},
volume = {43},
pages = {231},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN279,
author = {Fernandes, Milton Marques and Fernandes, Márcia Rodrigues de Moura and
Garcia, Junior Ruiz and Matricardi, Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli and de Almeida, André
Quintão and Pinto, Alexandre Siqueira and Menezes, Rômulo Simões Cezar and Silva,
Ademilson de Jesus and Lima, Alexandre Herculano de Souza},
title = {Assessment of land use and land cover changes and valuation of carbon
stocks in the Sergipe semiarid region, Brazil: 1992–2030},
volume = {99},
pages = {104795},
abstract = {The semiarid region in the state of Sergipe, Brazil, approximately
11,000 km2, has experienced high deforestation rates in the last decades, which
ultimately contribute to global climatic changes. The valuation of ecosystem
services of CO2 sequestration can support definition of environmental policies to
decrease deforestation in that region. This study aimed to assess land use and land
cover changes in the Sergipe semiarid region between 1992 and 2017 by applying
remotely sensed data and technics; simulate the land use and land cover changes
between 2017 and 2030 by applying a cellular automaton model, by assuming current
land use trends (Business as Usual – BAU) as a reference scenario, and a more
conservative scenario (Protected Forest – PF), in which was assumed an effective
enforcement of the Brazilian Forest Code established in 2012; simulate the carbon
stocks by 2017 assuming the BAU and PF scenarios by 2030, and estimate the Carbon
balance between the 2030 and 2017 scenarios; and estimate the economic valuation of
carbon emission and sequestration by using the InVEST software. The results showed
that agriculture (cropped lands) was main driver of the landscape changes in the
study area, which increased 14% by 2017, a net increase of 1494.45 km2. The results
showed that the total Carbon emissions would reach 736,900 Mg CO2-eq by assuming
the BAU scenario, which would increase the cost of opportunity up to US$
17.7 million and a social carbon cost varying between US$ 10.3 and US$ 30.2
million. The restoration of the permanent preservation areas could contribute to
increase Carbon sequestration up to 481,900 Mg CO2-eq by 2030, which is equivalent
cost of US$ 11.6 million. The natural landscape in the Sergipe semiarid region was
strongly affected by deforestation activities occurred between 1992 and 2017. It
requires, therefore, effective actions to support and promote restoration of
degraded areas. The forested areas within the Sergipe semiarid region were the most
affected type of vegetation because of expansion of agricultural fields soil
exposures (Exposed Land). Environmental assessments based on scenarios and economic
valuations can provide crucial information to support policy and decision makers to
improve strategies for environmental management and conservation.},
keywords = {Brazilian semiarid region
Deforestation
Climatic changes
Carbon sequestration
InVEST model},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN379,
author = {Fernandes, Milton Marques and Fernandes, Márcia Rodrigues de Moura and
Garcia, Junior Ruiz and Matricardi, Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli and de Almeida, André
Quintão and Pinto, Alexandre Siqueira and Menezes, Rômulo Simões Cezar and Silva,
Ademilson de Jesus and Lima, Alexandre Herculano de Souza},
title = {Assessment of land use and land cover changes and valuation of carbon
stocks in the Sergipe semiarid region, Brazil: 1992–2030},
volume = {99},
pages = {104795},
abstract = {The semiarid region in the state of Sergipe, Brazil, approximately
11,000 km2, has experienced high deforestation rates in the last decades, which
ultimately contribute to global climatic changes. The valuation of ecosystem
services of CO2 sequestration can support definition of environmental policies to
decrease deforestation in that region. This study aimed to assess land use and land
cover changes in the Sergipe semiarid region between 1992 and 2017 by applying
remotely sensed data and technics; simulate the land use and land cover changes
between 2017 and 2030 by applying a cellular automaton model, by assuming current
land use trends (Business as Usual – BAU) as a reference scenario, and a more
conservative scenario (Protected Forest – PF), in which was assumed an effective
enforcement of the Brazilian Forest Code established in 2012; simulate the carbon
stocks by 2017 assuming the BAU and PF scenarios by 2030, and estimate the Carbon
balance between the 2030 and 2017 scenarios; and estimate the economic valuation of
carbon emission and sequestration by using the InVEST software. The results showed
that agriculture (cropped lands) was main driver of the landscape changes in the
study area, which increased 14% by 2017, a net increase of 1494.45 km2. The results
showed that the total Carbon emissions would reach 736,900 Mg CO2-eq by assuming
the BAU scenario, which would increase the cost of opportunity up to US$
17.7 million and a social carbon cost varying between US$ 10.3 and US$ 30.2
million. The restoration of the permanent preservation areas could contribute to
increase Carbon sequestration up to 481,900 Mg CO2-eq by 2030, which is equivalent
cost of US$ 11.6 million. The natural landscape in the Sergipe semiarid region was
strongly affected by deforestation activities occurred between 1992 and 2017. It
requires, therefore, effective actions to support and promote restoration of
degraded areas. The forested areas within the Sergipe semiarid region were the most
affected type of vegetation because of expansion of agricultural fields soil
exposures (Exposed Land). Environmental assessments based on scenarios and economic
valuations can provide crucial information to support policy and decision makers to
improve strategies for environmental management and conservation.},
keywords = {Brazilian semiarid region
Deforestation
Climatic changes
InVEST model},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN269,
author = {Ferreira, Jéssica Rocha and de Oliveira Silva, Jhonathan and Santana
Dias Nascimento, Bianca and de Jesus Araújo Pinto, Uriel and Rodrigues, Priscyla
Maria Silva},
title = {Land-cover change and effects at the local scale on pre-dispersal seed
predation by Pachymerus nucleorum (Bruchinae) in the tropical palm Syagrus coronata
(Arecaceae)},
volume = {526},
pages = {120578},
abstract = {Seed predation is a major seed event in palms and affects seedling
recruitment and the economic value of fruits. We investigated variations in the
vegetative and reproductive traits, demography, habitat structure (tree richness),
and pre-dispersal seed predation in the palm Syagrus coronata (Martius) Beccari
(Arecaceae) by Pachymerus nucleorum (Fabricius) (Bruchinae) in habitats with
different management intensities in the Brazilian semiarid region. In addition, we
also assessed whether these plant variables affect seed predation. The palm tree
known as licuri is widely used in extractivism and its cutting is prohibited by the
Brazilian law. It is common to find isolated individuals in landscapes managed for
agriculture and pasture. We predicted that more homogeneous microhabitats (with
lower diversity of woody plants and higher density of licuri) with little fruiting
synchrony would have higher levels of seed predation. Moreover, at the plant level,
licuri individuals whose bunch are taller from the ground and with a larger number
of fruits would sustain a lower proportion of pre-dispersal seed predation. The
study was carried out in 13 sites, distributed between managed (pasture) and
natural (Caatinga vegetation) habitats. Overall, 3,120 fruits were assessed, out of
which 25.6% were preyed by P. nucleorum. We found that habitats with natural
vegetation supported a higher density of adult licuri individuals and richness of
woody plants, lower licuri fruiting synchrony, and greater seed predation. In
addition, seed predation was positively affected by both total licuri abundance and
tree richness, and negatively by the abundance of licuri fruiting at a micro-
habitat level. This palm has unseasonal fruiting throughout all months of the year,
and we suggested that the fruit harvest could be concentrated in the months of
fruiting peak and the managed areas. Such measures could result in the harvest of
healthier fruits by extractive populations and in seeds free from predation for use
in habitat restoration through direct seeding.},
keywords = {Arecaceae
Caatinga
Concentration of resources
Herbivore escape
Non-timber forest product},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN369,
author = {Ferreira, Jéssica Rocha and de Oliveira Silva, Jhonathan and Santana
Dias Nascimento, Bianca and de Jesus Araújo Pinto, Uriel and Rodrigues, Priscyla
Maria Silva},
title = {Land-cover change and effects at the local scale on pre-dispersal seed
predation by Pachymerus nucleorum (Bruchinae) in the tropical palm Syagrus coronata
(Arecaceae)},
volume = {526},
pages = {120578},
abstract = {Seed predation is a major seed event in palms and affects seedling
recruitment and the economic value of fruits. We investigated variations in the
vegetative and reproductive traits, demography, habitat structure (tree richness),
and pre-dispersal seed predation in the palm Syagrus coronata (Martius) Beccari
(Arecaceae) by Pachymerus nucleorum (Fabricius) (Bruchinae) in habitats with
different management intensities in the Brazilian semiarid region. In addition, we
also assessed whether these plant variables affect seed predation. The palm tree
known as licuri is widely used in extractivism and its cutting is prohibited by the
Brazilian law. It is common to find isolated individuals in landscapes managed for
agriculture and pasture. We predicted that more homogeneous microhabitats (with
lower diversity of woody plants and higher density of licuri) with little fruiting
synchrony would have higher levels of seed predation. Moreover, at the plant level,
licuri individuals whose bunch are taller from the ground and with a larger number
of fruits would sustain a lower proportion of pre-dispersal seed predation. The
study was carried out in 13 sites, distributed between managed (pasture) and
natural (Caatinga vegetation) habitats. Overall, 3,120 fruits were assessed, out of
which 25.6% were preyed by P. nucleorum. We found that habitats with natural
vegetation supported a higher density of adult licuri individuals and richness of
woody plants, lower licuri fruiting synchrony, and greater seed predation. In
addition, seed predation was positively affected by both total licuri abundance and
tree richness, and negatively by the abundance of licuri fruiting at a micro-
habitat level. This palm has unseasonal fruiting throughout all months of the year,
and we suggested that the fruit harvest could be concentrated in the months of
fruiting peak and the managed areas. Such measures could result in the harvest of
healthier fruits by extractive populations and in seeds free from predation for use
in habitat restoration through direct seeding.},
keywords = {Arecaceae
Caatinga
Concentration of resources
Herbivore escape
Non-timber forest product},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1194,
author = {Ferreira, L. G. and Yoshioka, H. and Huete, A. and Sano, E. E.},
title = {Optical characterization of the Brazilian Savanna physiognomies for
improved land cover monitoring of the cerrado biome: preliminary assessments from
an airborne campaign over an LBA core site},
volume = {56},
number = {3},
pages = {425-447},
abstract = {It is estimated that approximately 40% of the Cerrado, the second
largest biome in South America, have been already converted. In this study,
situated within the scope of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in
Amazonia project (LBA), we conducted a wet season ground and airborne campaign over
the Brasilia National Park (BNP), the largest LBA core site in the Cerrado biome,
to measure the optical and biophysical properties of the major Cerrado land cover
types. We investigated land cover discrimination through the analyses of fine
resolution spectra, convolved spectra (MODIS bandpasses), and vegetation indices—
the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the enhanced vegetation index
(EVI). At these three data levels, three major physiognomic domains (herbaceous,
woody, and forested) could be readily identified, and the amount of data correctly
classified into the five major land cover types found at BNP were 91% (full
spectra), 78% (red and NIR), 75% (NDVI), and 71% (EVI). A synergism between the
NDVI and EVI was also evident, and together, these two indices were capable of
correctly classifying 82% of the total data set. Our results indicate the
possibility of utilizing the MODIS NDVI and EVI images for operational land cover
assessments in the Cerrado region.},
keywords = {Brazilian cerrado
LBA project
Vegetation indices
Land cover assessments},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2004},
}
@article{RN299,
author = {Ferrier, Simon and Harwood, Thomas D. and Ware, Chris and Hoskins,
Andrew J.},
title = {A globally applicable indicator of the capacity of terrestrial
ecosystems to retain biological diversity under climate change: The bioclimatic
ecosystem resilience index},
volume = {117},
pages = {106554},
abstract = {An important element of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s
Aichi Target 15 – i.e. to enhance “ecosystem resilience … through conservation and
restoration” – remains largely unaddressed by existing indicators. We here develop
an indicator addressing just one of many possible dimensions of ecosystem
resilience, by focusing on the capacity of ecosystems to retain biological
diversity in the face of ongoing, and uncertain, climate change. The Bioclimatic
Ecosystem Resilience Index (BERI) assesses the extent to which a given spatial
configuration of natural habitat will promote or hinder climate-induced shifts in
biological distributions. The approach uses existing global modelling of spatial
turnover in species composition within three broad biological groups (plants,
invertebrates and vertebrates) to scale projected changes in composition under a
plausible range of climate scenarios. These projections serve as filters through
which to analyse the configuration of habitat observed at a given point in time
(e.g. for a particular year) – represented as a grid in which cells are scored in
terms of habitat condition. BERI is then calculated, for each cell in this grid, as
a function of the connectedness of that cell to areas of natural habitat in the
surrounding landscape which are projected to support a similar composition of
species under climate change to that currently associated with the focal cell. All
analyses are performed at 30-arcsecond grid resolution (approximately 1 km cells at
the equator). Results can then be aggregated to report on status and trends for any
desired set of reporting units – e.g. ecoregions, countries, or ecosystem types. We
present example outputs for the Moist Tropical Forest Biome, based on a habitat-
condition time series derived from the Global Forest Change dataset. We also
describe how BERI is now being extended to cover all biomes (forest and non-forest)
across the entire terrestrial surface of the planet.},
Indicator
Ecosystem resilience
Climate change
Terrestrial
Global},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X2030491X},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN399,
author = {Ferrier, Simon and Harwood, Thomas D. and Ware, Chris and Hoskins,
Andrew J.},
title = {A globally applicable indicator of the capacity of terrestrial
ecosystems to retain biological diversity under climate change: The bioclimatic
ecosystem resilience index},
volume = {117},
pages = {106554},
abstract = {An important element of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s
Aichi Target 15 – i.e. to enhance “ecosystem resilience … through conservation and
restoration” – remains largely unaddressed by existing indicators. We here develop
an indicator addressing just one of many possible dimensions of ecosystem
resilience, by focusing on the capacity of ecosystems to retain biological
diversity in the face of ongoing, and uncertain, climate change. The Bioclimatic
Ecosystem Resilience Index (BERI) assesses the extent to which a given spatial
configuration of natural habitat will promote or hinder climate-induced shifts in
biological distributions. The approach uses existing global modelling of spatial
turnover in species composition within three broad biological groups (plants,
invertebrates and vertebrates) to scale projected changes in composition under a
plausible range of climate scenarios. These projections serve as filters through
which to analyse the configuration of habitat observed at a given point in time
(e.g. for a particular year) – represented as a grid in which cells are scored in
terms of habitat condition. BERI is then calculated, for each cell in this grid, as
a function of the connectedness of that cell to areas of natural habitat in the
surrounding landscape which are projected to support a similar composition of
species under climate change to that currently associated with the focal cell. All
analyses are performed at 30-arcsecond grid resolution (approximately 1 km cells at
the equator). Results can then be aggregated to report on status and trends for any
desired set of reporting units – e.g. ecoregions, countries, or ecosystem types. We
present example outputs for the Moist Tropical Forest Biome, based on a habitat-
condition time series derived from the Global Forest Change dataset. We also
describe how BERI is now being extended to cover all biomes (forest and non-forest)
across the entire terrestrial surface of the planet.},
Indicator
Ecosystem resilience
Climate change
Terrestrial
Global},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN126,
author = {Feudjio Fogang, Lyrette and Tiomo, Idriss Franklin and Kamga, Borel
Yanick and Mounmemi Kpoumie, Hubert and Tanougong Nkondjoua, Armand Delanot and
Nguetsop, Victor Francois and Zapfack, Louis},
title = {Predicting land use/land cover changes in the Santchou Wildlife Reserve
(Santchou, West-Cameroon) using a CA-Markov model},
volume = {14},
pages = {100438},
abstract = {Over the last three decades, the Santchou Wildlife Reserve (SWR)
located in the West region of Cameroon has experienced rapid degradation. Land
reclamation and population growth have significantly contributed to meeting the
increasing demands for foods and urban development. In this study, Landsat 4–5
Thematic Mapper (TM) images of 1988 and 2005, and Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager
and Thermal Infrared Sensor (OLI-TIRS) image of 2022 are firstly used for
calculating and analysing area changes and then spatial distribution of land
use/land cover changes (LULCC) in the SWR for a time span 1988–2005–2022. Secondly,
the spatial distribution of LULCC from 2022 to 2027 and from 2027 to 2032 was
simulated using a Cellular Automata (CA)-Markov model that allows to predict future
changes and identify the possible patterns of evolution. Results exhibit six major
LULC classes including Mountain Forest, Degraded Lowland Forest, Lowland Forest,
Degraded Mountain Forest, Built-up Area and Cultivated Land. The overall accuracies
of LULC classification reached 89.71‒92.24 %, with Kappa coefficients of 0.87‒0.92.
However, the prediction model was validated with an overall good agreement of
90.51 %. In general, two significant patterns of change were evidenced and
characterized by the rapid expansion of Cultivated Land from 158.6 to 736.4 ha
between 1988 and 2022, and could reach 809.0 ha in 2032, while Built-up Area
displays a surface change from 12.4 to 29.3 ha, which is expected to attend 67.3 ha
in 2032. Change patterns from the past to the future are also marked by a decline
of Mountain Forest (2107.4 to 1594.4 ha), Degraded Lowland Forest (1450.1 to
1024.5 ha) and Degraded Mountain Forest (954.6 to 860.6 ha) at the expense of
Lowland Forest (2332.5 to 2659.8 ha). Human activities influenced by socio-economic
issues remain the main factor of changes in the SWR. Despite the limitations of the
CA-Markov model due to the non-consideration of socio-economic factors, this study
appears as a new opportunity to develop effective strategies for managing LULCC and
protecting ecological biodiversity in the SWR.},
keywords = {Santchou Wildlife Reserve
Land reclamation
Population growth
CA-Markov
Future changes
Human activities},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1296,
author = {Feyisa, Gudina Legese and Palao, Leo Kris and Nelson, Andy and Gumma,
Murali Krishna and Paliwal, Ambica and Win, Khin Thawda and Nge, Khin Htar and
Johnson, David E.},
title = {Characterizing and mapping cropping patterns in a complex agro-
ecosystem: An iterative participatory mapping procedure using machine learning
algorithms and MODIS vegetation indices},
volume = {175},
pages = {105595},
abstract = {Accurate and up-to-date spatial agricultural information is
essential for applications including agro-environmental assessment, crop
management, and appropriate targeting of agricultural technologies. There is
growing research interest in spatial analysis of agricultural ecosystems applying
satellite remote sensing technologies. However, usability of information generated
from many of remotely sensed data is often constrained by accuracy problems. This
is of particular concern in mapping complex agro-ecosystems in countries where
small farm holdings are dominated by diverse crop types. This study is a
contribution to the ongoing efforts towards overcoming accuracy challenges faced in
remote sensing of agricultural ecosystems. We applied time-series analysis of
vegetation indices (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Enhanced
Vegetation Index (EVI)) derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
(MODIS) sensor to detect seasonal patterns of irrigated and rainfed cropping
patterns in five townships in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar, which is an
important agricultural region of the country has been poorly mapped with respect to
cropping practices. To improve mapping accuracy and map legend completeness, we
implemented a combination of (i) an iterative participatory approach to field data
collection and classification, (ii) the identification of appropriate size and
types of predictor variables (VIs), and (iii) evaluation of the suitability of
three Machine Learning algorithms: Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest
(RF), and C5.0 algorithms under varying training sample sizes. Through these
procedures, we were able to progressively improve accuracy and achieve maximum
overall accuracy of 95% When a small sized training dataset was used, accuracy
achieved by RF was significantly higher compared to SVM and C5.0 (P < 0.01), but as
sample size increased, accuracy differences among the three machine learning
algorithms diminished. Accuracy achieved by use of NDVI was consistently better
than that of EVI (P < 0.01). The maximum overall accuracy was achieved using RF and
8-days NDVI composites for three years of remote sensing data. In conclusion, our
findings highlight the important role of participatory classification, especially
in areas where cropping systems are highly diverse and differ over space and time.
We also show that the choice of classifiers and size of predictor variables are
essential and complementary to the participatory mapping approach in achieving
desired accuracy of cropping pattern mapping in areas where other sources of
spatial information are scarce.},
keywords = {Classification accuracy
MODIS
Time-series
Participatory mapping, machine learning},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN902,
author = {Fichot, Cédric G. and Tzortziou, Maria and Mannino, Antonio},
title = {Remote sensing of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) stocks, fluxes and
transformations along the land-ocean aquatic continuum: advances, challenges, and
opportunities},
journal = {Earth-Science Reviews},
volume = {242},
pages = {104446},
abstract = {From stream headwaters to the deep ocean, dissolved organic carbon
(DOC) is ubiquitous across the world’s aquatic systems, where it fulfills important
biogeochemical and ecological functions. Importantly, DOC is a dynamic component of
the carbon cycle and represents a global reservoir (mass of carbon) equivalent in
size to the atmospheric CO2 pool. The mobilization, transport, and transformations
of DOC along the land-ocean aquatic continuum biogeochemically connect terrestrial
landscapes, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and the atmosphere. As a result, DOC
budgets are vulnerable to climate- and human-driven changes. Having the ability to
quantify DOC stocks, fluxes, and transformations consistently and accurately in
aquatic systems is therefore critical to our understanding of DOC’s functions in
the environment and of their susceptibility to change. In recent years, optical
techniques and synoptic earth observations have opened new doors to achieve this
objective on a global scale. In this review, we explore how in situ measurements,
earth observations, and the models they inform have facilitated the large-scale
quantification of DOC stocks, fluxes, and transformations along the land-ocean
aquatic continuum and how they have helped shape our current understanding of the
global DOC cycle. The review also explores the limitations and challenges we still
face today, and discusses how upcoming and future sensors are expected to provide
new insights into our understanding of the global DOC cycle.},
keywords = {Dissolved organic carbon
Chromophoric dissolved organic matter
Ocean color
DOC flux
Marine photochemistry
Land-ocean aquatic continuum
PACE
GLIMR
SBG},
ISSN = {0012-8252},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104446},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1148,
author = {Fierro, Andrés and Vergara, Pablo M. and Elgueta, Mario and Carvajal,
Mario A. and Alaniz, Alberto J.},
title = {A saproxylic weevil acts as an ecosystem engineer: Impacts across
multiple trophic levels},
volume = {527},
pages = {120603},
abstract = {Although the degradation of dead trees plays an important role in
biodiversity maintenance, only a few species of pioneer saproxylic beetles trigger
their early degradation, thus acting as ecosystem engineers. Pioneer saproxylic
beetles may be functionally more important when the properties of dead wood hinder
its decay. In Patagonian rainforests, recently dead evergreen trees are massively
colonized by a unique pit weevil species (Psepholax dentipes), while Nothofagus
tree species host several pioneer beetle species. We evaluated if P. dentipes acts
as an ecosystem engineer in evergreen trees only, positively affecting
saproxylophagous beetles and Magellanic woodpeckers. We compared P. dentipes
abundance between dead trees of evergreen and Nothofagus species. A causal model
was used to test P. dentipes facilitation on woodpeckers and saproxylophagous
beetles, while the foraging preferences of woodpeckers for trees colonized by P.
dentipes were evaluated with zero-inflated models. Psepholax dentipes were more
abundant in evergreen trees than in Nothofagus trees, in both cases affecting
positively foraging woodpeckers. However, the positive P. dentipes effect on
woodpeckers was stronger in evergreen trees than in Nothofagus trees, while a
positive P. dentipes effect on saproxylophagous beetles was found only in evergreen
trees. Woodpeckers selected trees with more holes of P. dentipes, but this effect
weakened as trees became more decayed. Our results support the role of P. dentipes
as ecosystem engineers in dead evergreen trees as they improve microhabitat
conditions for saproxylophagous beetles and foraging woodpeckers, while serving as
prey for woodpeckers.},
keywords = {Woodpeckers
Evergreen forests
Ecological facilitation},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN620,
author = {Fijamo, Valdemar Rodriguês and Ribeiro, Natasha and Massad, Tara Joy},
title = {The effects of herbivory, land-use and climate change on seedling
establishment in southern Africa},
volume = {159},
pages = {1-9},
abstract = {In intact ecosystems, factors such as herbivory and light and water
availability affect seedling establishment. Land-use change and climate change are
now affecting forests globally, influencing seedling establishment directly via
changes in light availability and precipitation and indirectly by affecting
herbivory. The present study evaluated the ecological complexity of seedling
establishment in response to interactions between these factors. The growth and
survival of a pioneer species and two later successional species were measured in a
factorial experiment testing the effects of land-use change, water availability,
and herbivory. The study was conducted on Mt. Gorongosa in central Mozambique, a
protected area that is experiencing high levels of land-use change and is in need
of forest restoration. The pioneer species, Erythrina lysistemon, gained the most
height in undisturbed, shaded environments where it invested resources in accessing
light. Erythrina lysistemon grew the most in diameter in open areas. Khaya
anthotheca, a later successional species, gained more biomass in disturbed, high
light areas. The growth of Millettia stuhlmannii, another later successional
species, was not affected by light. Drought conditions reduced survival of the
later successional species, while flooding limited the survival of the pioneer
species. Herbivory increased in disturbed areas and was negatively correlated with
E. lysistemon root biomass. In summary, this study indicates land-use change and
climate change may alter seedling establishment and community composition.
Restoration efforts should focus on increasing seedling survival because although
survival is limited in disturbed sites, seedlings that do survive grow
successfully.},
keywords = {Drought
Erythrina lysistemon
Flood
Growth
Herbivore
Khaya anthotheca
Light
Millettia stuhlmannii
Miombo
Survival},
ISSN = {0254-6299},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN720,
author = {Fijamo, Valdemar Rodriguês and Ribeiro, Natasha and Massad, Tara Joy},
title = {The effects of herbivory, land-use and climate change on seedling
establishment in southern Africa},
volume = {159},
pages = {1-9},
abstract = {In intact ecosystems, factors such as herbivory and light and water
availability affect seedling establishment. Land-use change and climate change are
now affecting forests globally, influencing seedling establishment directly via
changes in light availability and precipitation and indirectly by affecting
herbivory. The present study evaluated the ecological complexity of seedling
establishment in response to interactions between these factors. The growth and
survival of a pioneer species and two later successional species were measured in a
factorial experiment testing the effects of land-use change, water availability,
and herbivory. The study was conducted on Mt. Gorongosa in central Mozambique, a
protected area that is experiencing high levels of land-use change and is in need
of forest restoration. The pioneer species, Erythrina lysistemon, gained the most
height in undisturbed, shaded environments where it invested resources in accessing
light. Erythrina lysistemon grew the most in diameter in open areas. Khaya
anthotheca, a later successional species, gained more biomass in disturbed, high
light areas. The growth of Millettia stuhlmannii, another later successional
species, was not affected by light. Drought conditions reduced survival of the
later successional species, while flooding limited the survival of the pioneer
species. Herbivory increased in disturbed areas and was negatively correlated with
E. lysistemon root biomass. In summary, this study indicates land-use change and
climate change may alter seedling establishment and community composition.
Restoration efforts should focus on increasing seedling survival because although
survival is limited in disturbed sites, seedlings that do survive grow
successfully.},
keywords = {Drought
Erythrina lysistemon
Flood
Growth
Herbivore
Khaya anthotheca
Light
Millettia stuhlmannii
Miombo
Survival},
ISSN = {0254-6299},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN523,
author = {Fisher, R. H.},
volume = {202},
number = {1},
pages = {379},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2004},
}
@article{RN537,
author = {Flamenco-Sandoval, Alejandro and Martínez Ramos, Miguel and Masera,
Omar Raúl},
title = {Assessing implications of land-use and land-cover change dynamics for
conservation of a highly diverse tropical rain forest},
volume = {138},
number = {1},
pages = {131-145},
abstract = {The Selva El Ocote Biosphere Reserve is located within the
Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot for global conservation. The area, poorly known
relative to other humid tropical areas within Mexico, shows a mosaic of several
types of forests, contains over 2000 species of vascular plants and 97 species of
mammals, and plays a key role within Mexican tropical forests. We analyze the
process of land-use/land-cover change (LUCC) within a 5755km2 area which includes
the reserve. Viability of conservation of the area was assessed by an integrated
multi-temporal analysis of the LUCC process. Three cartographical data bases – from
1986, 1995 and 2000 – were used to assess rates and trends in LUCC for seven land
cover types: agriculture/pasture (A/P); four types of second-growth forest (SGF);
and two types of mature forest (tropical and temperate). Even when taking into
account pathways of regeneration, results show a fast net loss of primary and
secondary forests, primarily due to the establishment of A/P. For the entire area
of study, the annual deforestation rate of tropical mature forests was 1.2% during
the period 1986–1995, increasing to 6.8% for the period 1995–2000. For both
periods, the annual deforestation rate was appreciably lower within the reserve
(0.21% and 2.54%) than outside it (2.15% and 12.4%). The annual rate of conversion
of tropical SGF to A/P was 1% during the first period and increased sixfold for the
second period. Three future scenarios on forest cover were constructed using a
Markovian model and annualizing LUCC transition matrices. Results show that between
29% and 86% of remaining forest may be lost within the next 23 years. Urgent action
is necessary to reduce loss of biodiversity within this region. Particular
attention must be paid to tropical SGF, which are rapidly being deforested.},
keywords = {Selva El Ocote
Tropical rainforests
Deforestation
LUCC
Markov models
Landscape},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN464,
author = {Fondevilla, Cristian and Àngels Colomer, M. and Fillat, Federico and
Tappeiner, Ulrike},
title = {Using a new PDP modelling approach for land-use and land-cover change
predictions: A case study in the Stubai Valley (Central Alps)},
volume = {322},
pages = {101-114},
abstract = {Due to the progressive forest expansion in European mountain areas
triggered by agricultural abandonment, semi-natural meadows and pastures of great
ecological and aesthetic value are disappearing. The aim of this study is to
predict and analyse the future evolution of land use and land cover (LULC) in the
Stubai Valley, Central Alps. We propose a computational Population Dynamics P
system (PDP) model that incorporates the main LULC change processes like plant
production, grazing, abandonment and reforestation. The advantages of our LULC-PDP
model are: (1) the possibility to consider a large number of wild and domestic
animals of different species and LULC, (2) the parallel and interdependent
evolution of processes, animals and LULC, (3) the easy introduction of new
processes and, hence, (4) the straightforward application of the model in other
study areas. We simulate LULC changes from 2003 to 2033 in three different
scenarios: (1) continuation of current land use, (2) slight reduction in land-use
intensity and (3) strong reduction in land-use intensity. Furthermore, we use
response-surface models that relate the response variable area and livestock annual
variation, allowing better interpretation of LULC changes. The results show the
accurate functioning of our model as a prediction tool. We see how agriculturally
used grasslands progressively decrease, whereas the forest area increases in all
simulated scenarios. The most likely zones to be abandoned are found in the
intermediate altitudinal range between 1500 and 2150m, mostly on steep slopes
(>30°). The reduction in the number of cattle is closely linked to the decrease in
grazing land. As this tendency questions the conservation of traditional
agricultural land, it is important to apply new strategies to preserve these
cultural landscapes and the multiple ecosystem services for future generations
before they disappear definitively.},
PDP models
Agricultural landscape
Landscape dynamics
Human environment system},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN827,
author = {Fong, Caitlin R. and Smith, Tyler B. and Muthukrishnan, Ranjan and
Fong, Peggy},
title = {A persistent green macroalgal mat shifts ecological functioning and
composition of associated species on an Eastern Tropical Pacific coral reef},
journal = {Marine Environmental Research},
volume = {188},
pages = {105952},
abstract = {Global evidence of phase shifts to alternate community types is of
particular concern because these new communities can provide fundamentally
different and often novel ecosystem functions and services compared to the original
community. Shifts of a diverse range of marine communities to dominance by green
macroalgal mats have occurred worldwide, making it critical to understand their
emerging functions and roles. We observed a green algal mat on two reefs in the
Eastern Tropical Pacific, with one persisting for >10 years on a reef with stable
herbivore populations and no known sources of anthropogenic nutrients. These mats
supported a more speciose macroalgal community with fewer taxa present in the
adjacent coral community and facilitated growth of an associated understory
macroalgal species by reducing herbivory pressure and possibly enhancing nutrient
supplies within the mat community state. These results demonstrate a weakening in
the processes controlling reef community structure as a result of the shift in
composition associated with the macroalgal mat, creating a positive feedback
supporting mat persistence. These novel ecosystem functions generated by this
alternate community state illustrate the importance of further research on
community shifts, which will become increasingly common in the Anthropocene.},
keywords = {Nutrients
Herbivory
Positive feedbacks
Coral reef
Macroalgae
Foundation species},
ISSN = {0141-1136},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105952},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN937,
author = {Fortier, Marie-Odile P. and Roberts, Griffin W. and Stagg-Williams,
Susan M. and Sturm, Belinda S. M.},
title = {Determination of the life cycle climate change impacts of land use and
albedo change in algal biofuel production},
journal = {Algal Research},
volume = {28},
pages = {270-281},
abstract = {Life cycle assessments (LCAs) of algal biofuels have typically
ignore direct land use change impacts (DLUC), although a few papers have recently
shown that the carbon lost from removing the original biomass and disrupting soil
organic carbon (SOC) during pond construction can significantly contribute to the
climate change impacts. In this study, LCA methods were developed to integrate
climate change impacts of DLUC associated with cultivation of microalgae in open
ponds and the effects of temporal and geographic variables on algal growth. In
addition to direct land use change impacts due to loss of original biomass and the
disruption of SOC, this study presents DLUC impacts caused by changing the surface
albedo of an area and changing the carbon flux on the land. The methodology is
presented with two LCA cases for the production of renewable gasoline from
microalgae in climatically similar regions: the Everglades ecoregion and the
Tamaulipas-Texas Semi-Arid Plain ecoregion. These were chosen to isolate the
differences in DLUC impacts that are created by different land cover types,
equalizing the life cycle impacts caused by temperature and solar radiation on
algal growth. The DLUC impacts arising from albedo change and carbon flux change
contributed significantly to the life cycle climate change impacts and differed
between the two climatically similar regions. The baseline life cycle climate
change impacts with DLUC impacts in the Everglades are 46.7% higher than those of
conventional gasoline, while production in the Tamaulipas-Texas Semi-Arid Plain
leads to a 3.0% reduction. The inclusion of albedo change impacts into the DLUC
impacts contributed 10.2% of the life cycle climate change impacts in the
Everglades and 36.4% in the Tamaulipas. This methodology can help assess the
geographically specific sustainability of algal biofuels on a life cycle basis and
can guide siting decisions for algal biofuel feedstock production.},
keywords = {Algal biofuels
Land use change
Albedo
Carbon flux
Life cycle assessment
Geography},
ISSN = {2211-9264},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2017.06.009},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN1242,
author = {French, Andrew N. and Hunsaker, Douglas J. and Sanchez, Charles A. and
Saber, Mazin and Gonzalez, Juan Roberto and Anderson, Ray},
title = {Satellite-based NDVI crop coefficients and evapotranspiration with eddy
covariance validation for multiple durum wheat fields in the US Southwest},
journal = {Agricultural Water Management},
volume = {239},
pages = {106266},
abstract = {A three-year study was conducted to assess the ability of satellite-
based vegetation index (VI) images to track evapotranspiration over wheat. While
the ability of using VIs, notably with the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
(NDVI), to track vegetation growth has been well established, the operational
capability to accurately estimate the crop coefficient (Kc) and crop
evapotranspiration (ETc) at farm-scale from spaceborne platforms has not been
widely studied. The study evaluated wheat ET over 7 sites between 2016 and 2019 in
Yuma and Maricopa, Arizona, USA estimated by using Sentinel 2 and Venus satellites
to map NDVI time-series for entire wheat cropping seasons, December to June. The
basal crop coefficient (Kcb) was modeled by the NDVI time-series and the daily
FAO56 reference ETo was obtained by near-by weather network stations. Eddy
covariance (EC) stations in each field observed ETc during the same seasonal
periods, and applied irrigation amounts were logged. The experiment found that
remote sensing of NDVI and modeled Kcb accurately estimated Kc and crop ET during
mid-season through senescence in most cases. However, NDVI-based estimation
performed less well during early season (<60 days after planting), when observed
ETc was highly variable due to frequent rain and irrigation at low crop cover. Mid-
season Kc values observed for the seven wheat fields were from 0.92 to 1.14, and
end of season Kc values ranged from about 0.20 to 0.40, in close agreement to
values reported elsewhere. Seasonal VI-based transpiration and ETc values ranged
from 467 to 618 mm, closely agreeing with seasonal EC data, which ranged 499–684 mm.
Using the Venus sensor, the study in Maricopa in 2019 revealed that when augmented
by a background soil water balance model, water stressed wheat can be detected mid-
season with NDVI. This capability is specifically due to the sensor’s ability to
provide well-calibrated images every 2 days. Findings from this study will help
farmers, irrigators, and water managers use and understand the capabilities of
visible near infrared remote sensing to track ETc from space.},
ISSN = {0378-3774},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106266},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN909,
author = {Freudenberger, Lisa and Hobson, Peter R. and Schluck, Martin and
Ibisch, Pierre L.},
title = {A global map of the functionality of terrestrial ecosystems},
volume = {12},
pages = {13-22},
abstract = {The functionality of ecosystems is important for energy dissipation,
ecosystem service provisioning, resilience to global change and adaptive capacity.
Ecosystem complexity and ultimately functionality depend on higher levels of
biodiversity, biomass, heterogeneity and evolutionary potential, such as genes.
These characteristics are also likely to promote system resilience and adaptive
capacity, which are becoming increasingly important under global climate change.
This paper proposes a global proxy-based index of ecosystem functionality (EFI).
The results generated for all the main global biomes recorded highest index values
for tropical and extratropical forest ecoregions. Out of the selected variables
vegetation density, topographical heterogeneity and carbon storage demonstrated
strong correlations with the ecosystem functionality index. It is argued that the
ecosystem functionality index is not only useful for ecological research and
conservation science but also as an effective prioritization scheme for
biodiversity conservation at the landscape scale in times of rapid global
environmental change. Furthermore, ecosystems that express high ecosystem
functionality are also believed to have greater buffer and adaptive capacity and it
is proposed that these parameters help to identify those ecosystems that will
contribute toward global sustainability.},
keywords = {Ecosystem functionality
Ecological complexity
Buffer capacity
Adaptive capacity
Climate change},
ISSN = {1476-945X},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN1121,
author = {Fu, Hang and Sun, Genyun and Zhang, Li and Zhang, Aizhu and Ren,
Jinchang and Jia, Xiuping and Li, Feng},
title = {Three-dimensional singular spectrum analysis for precise land cover
classification from UAV-borne hyperspectral benchmark datasets},
volume = {203},
pages = {115-134},
abstract = {The precise classification of land covers with hyperspectral imagery
(HSI) is a major research-focused topic in remote sensing, especially using
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems as the abundant data sources have brought
severe intra-class spectral variability and high spatial heterogeneity challenges,
making precise classification difficult. To this end, a novel three-dimensional
singular spectrum analysis (3DSSA) method is proposed for the 3D feature extraction
of HSI. It aims to construct a low-rank trajectory tensor containing global and
local features and extract both spectral discrimination features and spatial
contextual features in conjunction with tensor singular value decomposition (t-
SVD). To reduce the risk of tensor operations exceeding memory on large-scale HSI
data, the extended regional clustering (RC) 3DSSA framework (RC-3DSSA) is proposed
for precise HSI classification. RC-3DSSA uses RC processing to alleviate the scale
diversity and further applies 3DSSA to tackle issues of intra-class spectral
variability and spatial heterogeneity. In order to effectively evaluate the
performance of RC-3DSSA, a new challenging classification dataset namely the
Qingdao UAV-borne HSI (QUH) dataset was further built. It consists of three sub-
datasets: QUH-Tangdaowan, QUH-Qingyun, and QUH-Pingan, which are freely available
as benchmarks for precise land cover classification. The experimental results on
QUH and two publicly available datasets show that the RC-3DSSA can accurately
distinguish ground objects and reliably map their distribution when benchmarked
with ten state-of-the-art methods. Specifically, the overall accuracies achieved
are 86.62%, 87.51%, and 87.35% under 10% spatially disjoint training samples for
the three UAV-borne HSI datasets, respectively, providing the best performance.},
keywords = {Precise classification
UAV-borne HSI
Feature extraction
3DSSA
QUH dataset},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN866,
author = {Fugazza, Davide and Aletti, Giacomo and Bertoni, Danilo and
Cavicchioli, Daniele},
title = {Farmland use data and remote sensing for ex-post assessment of CAP
environmental performances: An application to soil quality dynamics in Lombardy},
volume = {26},
pages = {100723},
abstract = {With the reform of the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in
2013, subsidies to farms are now bound to the fulfilment of environmentally
friendly measures, such as crop diversification and allocation of a share of their
farmland to Ecological Focus Areas, the so-called “Greening requirements”. Research
on the effects of these policy changes so far have focused mainly on land use
transition; however, a detailed investigation of how CAP greening affects the
properties of agricultural land is required to assess the actual environmental
benefits of the reform. In this study, we present a first attempt to assess the
impacts of CAP greening on selected soil quality indices in Lombardy, a populated
region in northern Italy where high-intensity agriculture is widespread. We combine
high resolution (10/30 m) soil indices from remote sensing based on Landsat-8 and
Sentinel-2 data with a regional administrative database covering all agricultural
parcels of the region. We then perform a correlation analysis to investigate
whether and to what extent greening prescriptions affect the soil quality indices
from 2014, representing pre-greening conditions, to 2017, representing greening
conditions after 3 years of implementation. Our analysis indicates a high
persistence of soil quality indicators and suggests that some crops might have a
significant impact on soil quality dynamics, along with farm’s compliance with CAP
greening. Although we identified some uncertainties in the soil indices, by
integrating a large volume of data and an efficient processing algorithm our method
paves the way for ex-post environmental performance assessment of agricultural
policies.},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1262,
author = {Funk, Chris and Budde, Michael E.},
title = {Phenologically-tuned MODIS NDVI-based production anomaly estimates for
Zimbabwe},
volume = {113},
number = {1},
pages = {115-125},
abstract = {For thirty years, simple crop water balance models have been used by
the early warning community to monitor agricultural drought. These models estimate
and accumulate actual crop evapotranspiration, evaluating environmental conditions
based on crop water requirements. Unlike seasonal rainfall totals, these models
take into account the phenology of the crop, emphasizing conditions during the peak
grain filling phase of crop growth. In this paper we describe an analogous metric
of crop performance based on time series of Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) imagery. A
special temporal filter is used to screen for cloud contamination. Regional NDVI
time series are then composited for cultivated areas, and adjusted temporally
according to the timing of the rainy season. This adjustment standardizes the NDVI
response vis-à-vis the expected phenological response of maize. A national time
series index is then created by taking the cropped-area weighted average of the
regional series. This national time series provides an effective summary of
vegetation response in agricultural areas, and allows for the identification of
NDVI green-up during grain filling. Onset-adjusted NDVI values following the grain
filling period are well correlated with U.S. Department of Agriculture production
figures, possess desirable linear characteristics, and perform better than more
common indices such as maximum seasonal NDVI or seasonally averaged NDVI. Thus,
just as appropriately calibrated crop water balance models can provide more
information than seasonal rainfall totals, the appropriate agro-phenological
filtering of NDVI can improve the utility and accuracy of space-based agricultural
monitoring.},
keywords = {Crop production
Yield
Early warning
Drought
Africa
Zimbabwe
Timeseries
Agricultural monitoring
Phenology},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2009},
}
@article{RN594,
author = {Gabriel, Mark and Knightes, Christopher and Cooter, Ellen and Dennis,
Robin},
title = {Modeling the combined effects of changing land cover, climate, and
atmospheric deposition on nitrogen transport in the Neuse River Basin},
volume = {18},
pages = {68-79},
abstract = {Study region The SWAT model was used to estimate the combined
effects of changing land cover, climate and Clean Air Act (CAAA)-related
atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition to watershed nitrogen fate and transport for
two watersheds in North Carolina, USA. Study focus Two different model simulation
scenarios were applied: one included CAAA-related atmospheric N deposition, climate
and land cover (CAAD + C + L) and the other only included CAAA-related N deposition
(CAAD) in simulation. New hydrological insights for the region Results show both
scenarios generated overall decreasing trends for nearly all N outputs between 2010
and 2070 which resulted primarily from CAAA-related reductions in oxidized N
deposition. In both watersheds, including climate and land cover change in
simulation resulted in a relative 30% higher NO3 load, 30% higher denitrification,
10% higher organic N load and a 20% smaller level of plant N uptake in year 2070
compared to not including climate and landcover changes in simulation. The
increases in N transport for both watersheds indicates the combined impacts from
climate and land cover change may offset benefits provided by the CAAA regulations;
however, future NO3 loads for the Little River watershed were small relative to
current N loading rates. Conversely, the increasing NO3 and organic N loads for the
nearby Nahunta watershed were significant compared to current rates demonstrating
that watershed nutrient responses to climate and land cover changes may vary
significantly over relatively small spatial scales.},
keywords = {GCM
Climate change
Nitrogen
Land cover
CO
Clean Air Act},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN208,
author = {Gabriels, Karen and Willems, Patrick and Van orshoven, Jos},
title = {An iterative runoff propagation approach to identify priority locations
for land cover change minimizing downstream river flood hazard},
volume = {218},
pages = {104262},
abstract = {Local infiltration and surface runoff generation depends on local
land use, soil type, antecedent soil water content and slope, while runoff
accumulation downstream is furthermore determined by re-infiltration along the flow
paths. Hence, land use changes can both mitigate and exacerbate runoff accumulation
and flood hazard, providing an opportunity to identify optimal locations for land
use changes. An optimization method is presented, encompassing the iterative
application of a spatially explicit rainfall-runoff model. This method ranks
eligible locations (pixels) according to their modelled contribution to accumulated
runoff downstream for a given land use change and given rainfall events, thereby
guaranteeing maximal or minimal impact. This method was tested for two medium-sized
catchments, located in Flanders, Belgium. Three land use changes were considered:
afforestation, sealing and practicing winter cover crops. Results show the
considerable impact of these land use changes and their locations on runoff
accumulation at the outlet: afforestation of all eligible pixels reduces runoff
volumes with 67% to 84 %, cover crops reduce runoff volumes in winter with 42% to
37%, while sealing triples runoff. The priority pixels have a larger impact on
downstream runoff volume: afforesting or sealing the 20% highest or lowest ranked
pixels leads to a reduction of 71% to 54%, resp. an increase of 102% to 115%. These
priority pixels are characterized by high flow accumulation, highlighting the
importance of enhancing the infiltration capacity in river valleys. The presented
procedure allows spatial planners to consider the impact of local land use
interventions to flood resistance downstream.},
keywords = {Optimization
Land use change
Off-site impact
Overland flow
Rainfall-runoff},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN308,
author = {Gabriels, Karen and Willems, Patrick and Van orshoven, Jos},
title = {An iterative runoff propagation approach to identify priority locations
for land cover change minimizing downstream river flood hazard},
volume = {218},
pages = {104262},
abstract = {Local infiltration and surface runoff generation depends on local
land use, soil type, antecedent soil water content and slope, while runoff
accumulation downstream is furthermore determined by re-infiltration along the flow
paths. Hence, land use changes can both mitigate and exacerbate runoff accumulation
and flood hazard, providing an opportunity to identify optimal locations for land
use changes. An optimization method is presented, encompassing the iterative
application of a spatially explicit rainfall-runoff model. This method ranks
eligible locations (pixels) according to their modelled contribution to accumulated
runoff downstream for a given land use change and given rainfall events, thereby
guaranteeing maximal or minimal impact. This method was tested for two medium-sized
catchments, located in Flanders, Belgium. Three land use changes were considered:
afforestation, sealing and practicing winter cover crops. Results show the
considerable impact of these land use changes and their locations on runoff
accumulation at the outlet: afforestation of all eligible pixels reduces runoff
volumes with 67% to 84 %, cover crops reduce runoff volumes in winter with 42% to
37%, while sealing triples runoff. The priority pixels have a larger impact on
downstream runoff volume: afforesting or sealing the 20% highest or lowest ranked
pixels leads to a reduction of 71% to 54%, resp. an increase of 102% to 115%. These
priority pixels are characterized by high flow accumulation, highlighting the
importance of enhancing the infiltration capacity in river valleys. The presented
procedure allows spatial planners to consider the impact of local land use
interventions to flood resistance downstream.},
keywords = {Optimization
Land use change
Off-site impact
Overland flow
Rainfall-runoff},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN431,
author = {Gadsden, H. and Ballesteros-Barrera, C. and Hinojosa de la Garza, O.
and Castañeda, G. and García-De la Peña, C. and Lemos-Espinal, J. A.},
title = {Effects of land-cover transformation and climate change on the
distribution of two endemic lizards, Crotaphytus antiquus and Sceloporus
cyanostictus, of northern Mexico},
volume = {83},
pages = {1-9},
abstract = {Two species of lizards, Sceloporus cyanostictus and Crotaphytus
antiquus, are restricted to small areas of rocky hills in the center of the
Chihuahuan Desert, where land-cover transformation has increased dramatically in
recent years and future climatic changes are expected to be severe. The current
geographic distribution of each species was estimated by ecological niche modeling
using the Maximum Entropy model (MaxEnt). A recent land-use map was used to
determine areas where habitat has been transformed by human activities, and niche
models were projected under one simulated climatic scenario and for two periods of
time (2020 and 2050) to estimate their future potential distributions. Results
indicate a high degree of anthropogenic habitat transformation within the
distribution of C. antiquus, and a significant reduction of its current
distribution is expected by 2050. For S. cyanostictus land-cover transformation is
less severe, however a severe reduction of its current distribution is expected in
the future because of climate changes. Despite the uncertainty involved, the
general trends seem highly feasible and immediate conservation actions are
recommended.},
keywords = {Climatic change
Coahuila
Ecological niche modeling
Lizard
MaxEnt
Reptiles},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN1216,
author = {Galle, Nadina J. and Brinton, William and Vos, Robin and Basu, Bidroha
and Duarte, Fábio and Collier, Marcus and Ratti, Carlo and Pilla, Francesco},
title = {Correlation of WorldView-3 spectral vegetation indices and soil health
indicators of individual urban trees with exceptions to topsoil disturbance},
journal = {City and Environment Interactions},
volume = {11},
pages = {100068},
abstract = {Increasing recognition of the potential ecosystem services provided
by urban forests suggests a need to examine soil quality under urban conditions.
Soil quality assessment tools are presently mostly applied in agricultural
production, but these approaches must also be evaluated in the urban context. This
proof-of-concept exploratory study evaluates whether Worldview-3 spectral
vegetation indices (SVIs) generated for individual tree crown (ITC) objects can be
correlated to soil health attributes measured in the field in Metro Boston,
Massachusetts, USA. While similar studies have completed such analysis for
agricultural crops, none have done so for urban trees. The statistical analysis by
Pearson correlation and principal component analysis (PCA) showed that SVIs,
specifically the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), correlated
significantly and positively with bulk density (BD) (r = 0.536) and soil luminance
(r = 0.562) and negatively with CO2 respiration (r = −0.536), active fungi and
active bacteria (r = −0.401), and total carbon (r = −0.548). The negative
correlations with parameters commonly considered positive for soil health in
agricultural settings may indicate strong perturbation at the urban soil surface
level; they also suggest soil health attributes measured at this study’s 0–15 cm
sampling depth may not be satisfactorily indicative of tree health as measured by
SVIs. This study evidences the ground truthing of satellite-based urban SVIs,
including their relationships with soil health attributes at the individual tree
level.},
keywords = {Urban forest
Street trees
Urban ecosystem services
Urban soil quality
Soil disturbance
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {2590-2520},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cacint.2021.100068},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN533,
author = {Galleguillos, Mauricio and Gimeno, Fernando and Puelma, Cristóbal and
Zambrano-Bigiarini, Mauricio and Lara, Antonio and Rojas, Maisa},
title = {Disentangling the effect of future land use strategies and climate
change on streamflow in a Mediterranean catchment dominated by tree plantations},
volume = {595},
pages = {126047},
abstract = {Climate change (CC) along with Land Use and Land Cover Change
(LULCC) have a strong influence in water availability in already fragile
Mediterranean ecosystems. In this work the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)
was implemented for the 2006–2018 period in a rainfed catchment of central Chile
(36°) to test the hypothesis that adaptive plantation strategies could mitigate the
impacts of climate change and increase streamflow. We also hypothesize that
afforestation with exotic tree plantations will reduce water availability in
Mediterranean catchments, acting in synergy with climate change. Five LULCC
scenarios are analyzed: i) current long-term national Forest Policy (FP), ii)
extreme scenario (EX) with large afforestation surfaces, both including the
replacement of native shrublands with Pinus radiata; iii) adaptive plantation
management scenario (FM), with lower planting density, iv) forced land displacement
scenario (FLD), where plantations at the headwaters are moved to lowland areas and
replaced with native shrublands, and v) pristine scenario (PR), with only native
vegetation. Each LULCC scenario was run with present climate and with projections
of different CMIP5 climate models under the RCP 8.5 scenario for the period 2037–
2050, and then compared against simulations based on the present land cover and
climate. Simulations with the five LULCC scenarios (FP, EX, FM, FLD and PR) with
present climate resulted in variations of −2.5, −17.3, 0, 2.3 and 10.9% on mean
annual streamflow (Q), while simulations with the current land cover and CC
projections produced a 32.1% decrease in mean annual Q. The joint impact of CC and
LULCC leads to changes in mean annual Q ranging from −46.2% (EX) to –23.3% (PR).
Afforestation with exotic pines will intensify the reduction in water yield, while
conservative scenarios focused on native forests protection and restoration could
partially mitigate the effect of CC. We make a strong call to rethink current and
future land management strategies to cope with lower water availability in a drier
future.},
keywords = {LULCC
Exotic plantations
Native shrubland
SWAT
Hydrological response
SDGs},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN894,
author = {Gao, Huan and Wu, Manli and Liu, Heng and Xu, Yinrui and Liu,
Zeliang},
title = {Effect of petroleum hydrocarbon pollution levels on the soil
microecosystem and ecological function},
journal = {Environmental Pollution},
volume = {293},
pages = {118511},
abstract = {Petroleum hydrocarbon pollution is a global problem. However, the
effects of different petroleum pollution levels on soil microbial communities and
ecological functions are still not clear. In this study, we analyzed the changes in
microbial community structures and carbon and nitrogen transformation functions in
oil-contaminated soils at different concentrations by chemical analysis, high-
throughput sequencing techniques, cooccurrence networks, and KEGG database
comparison functional gene annotation. The results showed that heavy petroleum
concentrations (petroleum concentrations greater than 20,000 mg kg−1) significantly
decreased soil microbial diversity (p = 0.01), soil microbiome network complexity,
species coexistence patterns, and prokaryotic carbon and nitrogen fixation genes.
In medium petroleum contamination (petroleum concentrations of between 4000 mg kg−1
and 20,000 mg kg−1), microbial diversity (p > 0.05) and carbon and nitrogen
transformation genes showed no evident change but promoted species coexistence
patterns. Heavy petroleum contamination increased the Proteobacteria phylum
abundance by 3.91%–57.01%, while medium petroleum contamination increased the
Actinobacteria phylum abundance by 1.69%–0.26%. The results suggested that
petroleum concentrations played a significant role in shifting soil microbial
community structures, ecological functions, and species diversities.},
keywords = {Petroleum concentrations
Microecosystem
Diversity
High-throughput sequencing
Bioinformation},
ISSN = {0269-7491},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118511},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN588,
author = {Gao, Jay and Liu, Yansui and Chen, Yifu},
title = {Land cover changes during agrarian restructuring in Northeast China},
volume = {26},
number = {3},
pages = {312-322},
abstract = {During the last quarter of the 20th century the agrarian sector in
China went through a series of reforms. Changes in government policy on land use
led to extensive changes in land cover, culminating in the 1990s. These changes
were detected from multi-temporal Landsat TM images of 1990, 1995 and 2000 for
Northeast China. Overlay of the mapped land cover in ArcInfo showed that farmland
and grassland decreased while water, built-up areas, and woodland increased. More
than three-quarters of the detected changes occurred during 1990–1995. Farmland
changed mainly to woodland, water, and built-up areas while woodland and grassland
were converted chiefly to farmland. Spatially, the change from woodland to farmland
adjoined the margin of natural forests while change in the opposite direction was
restricted to the agropastoral west. Paradoxically, reclamation of grassland to
farmland also took place in the agropastoral west. These conflicting changes were
caused primarily by lack of stability and consistency in the government's land use
policies.},
keywords = {Land use/cover change
Land use policy
Agrarian restructuring
Northeast China},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2006},
}
@article{RN242,
author = {Gao, Jihui and Kirkby, Mike and Holden, Joseph},
title = {The effect of interactions between rainfall patterns and land-cover
change on flood peaks in upland peatlands},
volume = {567},
pages = {546-559},
abstract = {Flood processes in catchments are driven by a combination of
rainfall and landscape characteristics. Upland peatlands are source areas of
flooding but there is lack of understanding of how different rainfall intensities
and temporal patterns may interact with land-cover configurations to influence
flood peaks. Using spatially distributed (SD-) TOPMODEL we investigated these
interactions for a case study peatland catchment. For each of four rainfall depths
ranging from 20 mm to 50 mm, four storm rainfall patterns were applied (rainfall
that was uniform, rainfall with an early peak intensity during the storm, middle
peak and late peak). Late peak rainfall resulted in the highest river flow peaks at
the catchment outlet studied, followed by middle and early rainfall peak patterns,
while uniform rainfall through time gave the lowest flow peaks. A key factor was
synchroneity of overland flow movement and concentration. The impact on river flow
peaks of land-cover change on riparian zones and on gentle gradient slopes was
larger than that for other parts of the catchment under different rainfall
intensities and patterns. The impacts of land-cover change on proportional change
in flood peaks in these sensitive areas became smaller when rainfall intensity
increased, but absolute changes in flow peaks became larger. Land-cover change in
sensitive areas under middle and late peak rainfall had a larger impact on river
flow peaks than for early peak rainfall. It was possible to identify the ‘worst’
rainfall patterns for a particular case of land-cover change which may be useful
for practitioners to help manage expectations of flood response to nature-based
solutions.},
keywords = {Rainfall characteristics
Land management
Peak flow
Overland flow
Nature-based solutions
TOPMODEL},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN342,
author = {Gao, Jihui and Kirkby, Mike and Holden, Joseph},
title = {The effect of interactions between rainfall patterns and land-cover
change on flood peaks in upland peatlands},
volume = {567},
pages = {546-559},
abstract = {Flood processes in catchments are driven by a combination of
rainfall and landscape characteristics. Upland peatlands are source areas of
flooding but there is lack of understanding of how different rainfall intensities
and temporal patterns may interact with land-cover configurations to influence
flood peaks. Using spatially distributed (SD-) TOPMODEL we investigated these
interactions for a case study peatland catchment. For each of four rainfall depths
ranging from 20 mm to 50 mm, four storm rainfall patterns were applied (rainfall
that was uniform, rainfall with an early peak intensity during the storm, middle
peak and late peak). Late peak rainfall resulted in the highest river flow peaks at
the catchment outlet studied, followed by middle and early rainfall peak patterns,
while uniform rainfall through time gave the lowest flow peaks. A key factor was
synchroneity of overland flow movement and concentration. The impact on river flow
peaks of land-cover change on riparian zones and on gentle gradient slopes was
larger than that for other parts of the catchment under different rainfall
intensities and patterns. The impacts of land-cover change on proportional change
in flood peaks in these sensitive areas became smaller when rainfall intensity
increased, but absolute changes in flow peaks became larger. Land-cover change in
sensitive areas under middle and late peak rainfall had a larger impact on river
flow peaks than for early peak rainfall. It was possible to identify the ‘worst’
rainfall patterns for a particular case of land-cover change which may be useful
for practitioners to help manage expectations of flood response to nature-based
solutions.},
keywords = {Rainfall characteristics
Land management
Peak flow
Overland flow
Nature-based solutions
TOPMODEL},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN1054,
author = {Gao, Lun and Gao, Qiang and Zhang, Hankui and Li, Xiaojun and
Chaubell, Mario Julian and Ebtehaj, Ardeshir and Shen, Lian and Wigneron, Jean-
Pierre},
title = {A deep neural network based SMAP soil moisture product},
volume = {277},
pages = {113059},
abstract = {In this paper, it is demonstrated that while satellite soil moisture
(SM) retrievals often have minimum biases, reanalysis data can capture more
temporal variability of SM, especially for non-cropland areas – when validated
against in situ measurements. Accordingly, this paper presents a deep neural
network (DNN) that utilizes the merits of a suite of existing satellite and
reanalysis products to produce a new SM product with minimum (maximum) bias
(correlation) – using NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) data and ERA5
reanalysis. The benchmark of the network is a bias-adjusted SM with maximum
correlation with in situ data over each land-cover type. The mean of the benchmark
data is adjusted to the product that exhibits a minimum bias over each land-cover
type. Consistent with the laws of L-band microwave propagation in soil and canopy,
the input variables of DNN include polarized SMAP brightness temperatures,
incidence angle, vegetation scattering albedo, surface roughness parameter, surface
water fraction, effective soil temperatures, bulk density, clay fraction, and
vegetation optical depth from the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)
climatology. The DNN is trained and validated using two years (04/2015–03/2017) of
global data and deployed for assessment of its performance from 04/2017 to 03/2021.
The testing results against in situ measurements demonstrate that the DNN outputs
typically exhibit improved error quality metrics over most land-cover types and
climate regimes and can properly capture SM temporal dynamics, beyond each SMAP
product across regional to continental scales.},
keywords = {Soil moisture
L-band radiometry
SMAP
Deep neural networks},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1001,
author = {Gao, Wande and Zheng, Ce and Liu, Xiuhua and Lu, Yudong and Chen,
Yunfei and Wei, Yan and Ma, Yandong},
title = {NDVI-based vegetation dynamics and their responses to climate change
and human activities from 1982 to 2020: A case study in the Mu Us Sandy Land,
China},
volume = {137},
pages = {108745},
abstract = {Critical ecological restoration and reconstruction information can
be presented by distinguishing the vegetation dynamics due to human activities and
climate changes and by determining the main driving factors. In this study, the
long-term (1982–2020) satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
(NDVI) data sets and climatic factors were employed to analyze the spatiotemporal
patterns of the vegetation dynamics in Mu Us Sandy Land (MUSL). In addition, this
study investigated their links to variations of temperatures (T) and precipitations
(P), and the contribution of human activities and climate change to the vegetation
dynamics using the residual analysis were investigated. The results revealed a
statistically significant overall greening trend in NDVI changes in 1982–2020 at
the MUSL regional scale. To be more specific, this greening trend underwent two
distinct periods separated by the breakpoint in 2006. The NDVI first slowly
increased before 2006, and then the greening trend rose dramatically after 2006. At
the pixel scale, pixels exhibiting greening tendencies exceeded browning trends
observably. The correlation between the NDVI and P and T was largely positive,
indicating that the P and the T could well explain the dynamic vegetation changes.
However, the climatic driving factors for the vegetation growth in the MUSL varied
at different time scales. On the monthly scale, T was the main climatic driving
factor for the vegetation growth, while P dominated at the annual scale. In
addition, the residual analysis indicated that human activities accounted for
56.44% of the NDVI change, while climate change accounted for 43.56%, demonstrating
that human activities acted as the dominant drive for vegetation changes. As
opposed to the above, degradation was attributed to human activities (52.23%) and
climate change (47.77%), respectively. These results are expected to deepen the
insights into the driving factors of vegetation change and provide theoretical
guidance for ecological management and sustainable development in the MUSL.},
keywords = {NDVI
Vegetation dynamics
Climate change
Anthropogenic activities
Mu Us Sandy Land},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN578,
author = {Gao, Wenlong and Fu, Yajun and Fan, Changhua and Zhang, Wen and Wang,
Yongsheng and Li, Ning and Liu, Huiran and Chen, Xin and Liu, Yuqin and Wu,
Xiaolong and Li, Qinfen and Chen, Miao},
title = {Factors predictive of the biogeographic distribution of comammox
Nitrospira in terrestrial ecosystems},
volume = {184},
pages = {109079},
abstract = {Comammox Nitrospira, nitrifiers capable of performing complete
nitrification on their own, are widely distributed in terrestrial ecosystems.
However, their environmental preferences and factors that predict their
biogeographic distribution have not been elucidated. Because most nitrifiers share
the same basic life strategies and requirements, the best predictor of large-scale
comammox bacterial abundance may be the abundance of other nitrifying guilds. To
validate this hypothesis, we assembled data from 60 studies conducted in cropland,
grassland, and forest ecosystems to identify abiotic and biotic parameters with the
potential to predict comammox bacterial abundance and compare their predictive
powers using random forest modelling. As expected, ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA)
and bacteria (AOB) are the top two factors predicting comammox bacterial abundance,
followed by soil pH and nitrate and ammonium (NH4+). Consistent evidence is present
from cropland, grassland, and forest landscapes to show that comammox Nitrospira
co-vary positively with AOA. On large spatial scales, soil pH and NH4+ are the
dominant influence on the abundance of clades A and B, respectively. A negative
correlation with rainfall and acidity implies that clade A prefers dry, non-acidic
environments, whereas a negative correlation with NH4+ and rainfall indicates that
clade B prefers dry, oligotrophic environments. These findings reveal that
predictors at the aggregate and clade scales do not overlap, and the predictors of
any single genetic clade may not be predictive of total abundance. Comammox
Nitrospira prefer to co-metabolize with AOA with the same ecological preferences,
hence the strongly positive population co-variation. However, the predictive power
of incomplete nitrifiers as predictors may decline when modelling the abundance of
a single genetic clade. At the clade level, comammox bacterial abundance is highly
modulated by abiotic factors such as pH and NH4+. Niche differentiation between
clade A and clade B is influenced more by pH and N status than by water status.},
keywords = {Comammox
Ecological preference
Predictive factors
Incomplete nitrifiers
Population co-variation
Random forest modelling},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN405,
author = {García-Frapolli, Eduardo and Ayala-Orozco, Bárbara and Bonilla-Moheno,
Martha and Espadas-Manrique, Celene and Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel},
title = {Biodiversity conservation, traditional agriculture and ecotourism: Land
cover/land use change projections for a natural protected area in the northeastern
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico},
volume = {83},
number = {2},
pages = {137-153},
abstract = {In addition to preserving ecosystems and biodiversity, natural
protected areas (NPAs) in Mexico are homelands for people, largely indigenous, who
traditionally base their resource management on a multiple use strategy. We
analyzed land use and land cover changes in the Otoch Ma’ax Yetel Kooh NPA in the
northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, where Yucatec Maya recently incorporated
ecotourism to their set of economic activities. We evaluated changes in land use
using vegetation maps from 1999 to 2003 and predicted vegetation cover in 2011 by
developing a cellular automata and Markovian chains model. We observed slight
increases in the area covered by medium stages of secondary succession, while new
milpa plots appeared in areas of all succession stages. We used three scenarios to
predict land cover in 2011: (a) milpa agriculture implemented at the same rate; (b)
milpa agriculture decreases due to the growing demand of ecotourism; and (c) milpa
agriculture disappears due to parceling of communally owned land. All scenarios
predict slight increases in the area covered by secondary succession at the expense
of milpas or younger stages of succession, with no major differences between the
three predictive scenarios. Our results provide guidelines for managing the NPA,
suggesting that biodiversity conservation, traditional agriculture and ecotourism
are compatible activities.},
keywords = {Land use and land cover changes
Cellular automata
Markovian chains
Milpa agriculture
Ecotourism
Yucatan Peninsula},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN3,
author = {Gardner, Terrence G. G. and Frene, Juan P. P. and Lawson, Shaneka S.
S. and Sue, Niall D. Lue D. and Handy, Jeffery and Crawford, Ralph H. H.},
title = {The Impact of Tree Species on Microbial Community Structure and Soil
Function on Forest Plantations in the Central Hardwoods Region (CHR)},
journal = {Forests},
note = {Contributors: [Gardner, Terrence G. G., Frene, Juan P. P., Lawson,
Shaneka S. S., Sue, Niall D. Lue D., Handy, Jeffery, Crawford, Ralph H. H.]},
abstract = {Interactions between above- and below-ground monoculture forest
plantation components are critical to tree growth and development. Within the
Central Hardwoods Region (CHR), synergistic relationships between tree species and
soil microbial community structure and function have received limited research
attention. Soil microbes are integral to forest ecosystems as their activities
intrinsically promote soil organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and
ecosystem functioning. Here, we examined soils from two perfectly aligned stands of
black walnut (BW, Juglans nigra L.) and Northern red oak (RO, Quercus rubra L.)
trees. Measurements of selected soil chemical properties, microbial community
structure using ester-linked fatty acid methyl ester (EL-FAME), and soil enzyme
activities (EAs) were used. Analysis of modifications within microbial communities
showed a significant positive response to BW based upon soil EAs and microbial
indicators, compared to RO. Seasonal comparisons predictably revealed higher
microbial activities during summer. Fungi dominated the soil microbial community
structure with a fungal/bacterial ratio of 2:1. Gram-positive rather than Gram-
negative bacteria or actinomycetes dominated the bacterial community. The activity
of the soil enzymes beta -glucosidase and arylsulfatase increased, but beta -
glucosaminidase and acid phosphatase decreased. Additionally, acid phosphatase and
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi revealed strong correlations. The differences observed
in biological properties, specifically microbial communities and EAs, highlight the
varied responses to BW and RO soil biology and subsequent soil ecosystem functions.
These results indicate that variations in microbial abundance and soil functions
occur throughout the course of an entire year.},
}
@article{RN997,
author = {Gavrutenko, Maria and Gerstner, Beth E. and Kass, Jamie M. and
Goodman, Steven M. and Anderson, Robert P.},
title = {Temporal matching of occurrence localities and forest cover data helps
improve range estimates and predict climate change vulnerabilities},
volume = {27},
pages = {e01569},
abstract = {Improved quantification of species’ ranges is needed to provide more
accurate estimates of extinction risks for conservation planning. Highland tropical
biodiversity may be particularly vulnerable to the anthropogenic changes in land
cover and climate and is subject to overestimation of geographic range size in IUCN
assessments. Here, we demonstrate a novel and practical approach for quantifying
inferred range reductions based upon temporal matching of recent species occurrence
localities and vegetation data. As an illustration pertinent to montane forest-
associated species with limited distribution data, we use Gymnuromys roberti, an
endemic Malagasy rodent with a Least Concern conservation status. We estimated
climatic suitability and climate change vulnerability using species distribution
modeling (SDM). We then determined deforestation tolerance thresholds for the
species by temporally matching recent occurrence localities with percent forest
cover values from MODIS forest cover layers. Finally, we applied these thresholds
in postprocessing SDM-based range estimates. These estimates demonstrate that the
lack of sufficient forest cover substantially reduces the species’ current
estimated range compared with the IUCN range map. Projections to 2050 suggest that
there will be a loss of climatic suitability over three quarters of the currently
suitable habitat along with increased fragmentation, highlighting the need to
include climate change vulnerability assessments as an integral part of
conservation planning. Broader application of SDMs could assist practitioners at
various stages of conservation planning, stressing the need for improved
accessibility of methodologically complex SDM approaches.},
Deforestation
Distribution
IUCN criteria
Montane species},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN996,
author = {Gaël, Mabicka Obame Rolf and Neil-Yohan, Musadji and Alexis, Ndongo
and Jeremy, Soumaho and Davi-Lin, Mouha Edou and Guirema, Abaker Madi and Aubin,
Ondo Jean and Eric, Ravire and Michel, Mbina Mounguengui},
title = {Carbon and nitrogen stocks under various land cover in Gabon},
volume = {25},
pages = {e00363},
abstract = {The purpose of this study was to evaluate soil organic carbon,
nitrogen stocks and physico-chemical soil parameters in eight provinces, various
land use/ land cover systems and soils type in Gabon. 701 data of physico-chemical
properties (particules size distributions, organic and nitrogen contents, C/N ratio
and pH-water) of arable soil layers (0‐30 cm) were collected from the ORSTOM’s
(Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d’Outre-Mer) reports resulting
from a sampling campaign in 8 out of the 9 provinces of Gabon 40 years ago. We
compared soil pH, texture, bulk density, SOM contents and SOC and SON stocks in
eight provinces under forests (primary and secondary) savannahs (herbaceous and
shrubs) and under cropland and fallow forests and in main soils type Soil bulk
density ranged between 0.9 (G7) and 1.2 g.cm3 (G1) and was significantly lower in
G2, G4 and G9. Soils were acidic and no significant difference in soil pH among
provinces were observed. However, soils under forest was more acidic than in
savannahs. The soil textural show predominance of sand and clay and there was no
difference in soil texture. According to soil type, SOC stocks were 5.5 kgC.m2,
17.3 kgC.m2, 18.7 kgC.m2, 21.8 kgC.m2, 22.3 kgC.m−2, 26.0 kgC.m‐2 and 27.8 kgC.m2
respectively in leached ferralitic soil, rejuvaneted ferralitic, lithic rough
ferralitic, indured yellow ferralitic, hydromorphic soil, reworked soil and modal
in ferralitic soil. SON stocks were higher in hydromorphic ferralitic soils (1.9
kgN.m−2) and reworked ferralitic soil (1.8 kgN.m2) compared to others type soil.
SOC and SON stocks were lower in center (14.2 kgC.m2 and 1.4 kgN.m2 in G3) and
southern (16.1 kgC.m2 and 1.4 kgN.m2 in G5) of Gabon. Under various land uses
system, SOC and SON were higher in cropland (27.0 kgC.m2 and 2.8 kgN.m2) compared
to forests and savannahs, suggesting that burning forest did not affect SOC and SON
stocks in different provinces.},
keywords = {Soil type
Soil organic carbon
Soil organic nitrogen
Land cover
Forest
Savannas
Gabon},
ISSN = {2352-0094},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN604,
author = {Gaüzère, P. and Barbaro, L. and Calatayud, F. and Princé, K. and
Devictor, V. and Raison, L. and Sirami, C. and Balent, G.},
title = {Long-term effects of combined land-use and climate changes on local
bird communities in mosaic agricultural landscapes},
volume = {289},
pages = {106722},
abstract = {Rural landscapes of western Europe have considerably changed in the
last decades under the combined pressure of climate and land use changes, leading
to a dramatic decline of farmland biodiversity, including common farmland birds.
The respective roles of climate and land use and cover changes in driving bird
population trends are primarily assessed at national or continental levels. Yet, it
is often challenging to integrate their intertwined effects at such large scales
due to the lack of data on fine-scale land cover changes. Here, we used a long-term
bird monitoring scheme, combined with a land cover survey, conducted during 30
years (1981–2011) across 780 sites in a 20,000 ha study area in south-western
France, dominated by low-intensity farming systems. We tested the direct effect of
temporal changes in climate and land use on the dynamics of two community-level
metrics: the bird Community Thermal Index (CTI) and bird Community Generalization
Index (CGI). We used a novel method to assess the contribution of species-specific
dynamics to CTI and CGI trends. We observed a significant increase in CTI and a
significant decrease in CGI between 1981 and 2011, i.e., bird communities now have
higher thermal preferences and are more specialized than 30 years ago. Bird CTI and
CGI changes were both related to local climate- and land use-related drivers,
especially mean temperature increase and hedgerow loss. Trends in CTI and CGI were
primarily driven by the loss of cold-dwelling and generalist species, and secondly
by a gain in hot-dwelling specialists. Our long-term study brings new empirical
evidence that the effects of climate and land cover changes on bird communities are
intrinsically intertwined, and need to be considered together to monitor and
predict the future of farmland biodiversity. It also suggests that low-input,
diversified agriculture combined with the maintenance of semi-natural habitat cover
can contribute to the conservation of both specialist and generalist bird
communities in agricultural landscapes experiencing rapid climate change.},
keywords = {Temporal trend
Land use and cover change
Bird communities
Conservation
Landscape dynamics
Long-term monitoring
Farmland
Climate warming},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN704,
author = {Gaüzère, P. and Barbaro, L. and Calatayud, F. and Princé, K. and
Devictor, V. and Raison, L. and Sirami, C. and Balent, G.},
title = {Long-term effects of combined land-use and climate changes on local
bird communities in mosaic agricultural landscapes},
volume = {289},
pages = {106722},
abstract = {Rural landscapes of western Europe have considerably changed in the
last decades under the combined pressure of climate and land use changes, leading
to a dramatic decline of farmland biodiversity, including common farmland birds.
The respective roles of climate and land use and cover changes in driving bird
population trends are primarily assessed at national or continental levels. Yet, it
is often challenging to integrate their intertwined effects at such large scales
due to the lack of data on fine-scale land cover changes. Here, we used a long-term
bird monitoring scheme, combined with a land cover survey, conducted during 30
years (1981–2011) across 780 sites in a 20,000 ha study area in south-western
France, dominated by low-intensity farming systems. We tested the direct effect of
temporal changes in climate and land use on the dynamics of two community-level
metrics: the bird Community Thermal Index (CTI) and bird Community Generalization
Index (CGI). We used a novel method to assess the contribution of species-specific
dynamics to CTI and CGI trends. We observed a significant increase in CTI and a
significant decrease in CGI between 1981 and 2011, i.e., bird communities now have
higher thermal preferences and are more specialized than 30 years ago. Bird CTI and
CGI changes were both related to local climate- and land use-related drivers,
especially mean temperature increase and hedgerow loss. Trends in CTI and CGI were
primarily driven by the loss of cold-dwelling and generalist species, and secondly
by a gain in hot-dwelling specialists. Our long-term study brings new empirical
evidence that the effects of climate and land cover changes on bird communities are
intrinsically intertwined, and need to be considered together to monitor and
predict the future of farmland biodiversity. It also suggests that low-input,
diversified agriculture combined with the maintenance of semi-natural habitat cover
can contribute to the conservation of both specialist and generalist bird
communities in agricultural landscapes experiencing rapid climate change.},
keywords = {Temporal trend
Bird communities
Conservation
Landscape dynamics
Farmland
Climate warming},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1198,
author = {Gbedzi, Divine Dodzi and Ofosu, Eric Antwi and Mortey, Eric Mensah and
Obiri-Yeboah, Abena and Nyantakyi, Emmanuel Kwesi and Siabi, Ebenezer Kwadwo and
Abdallah, Faisal and Domfeh, Martin Kyereh and Amankwah-Minkah, Anna},
title = {Impact of mining on land use land cover change and water quality in the
Asutifi North District of Ghana, West Africa},
journal = {Environmental Challenges},
volume = {6},
pages = {100441},
abstract = {Surface and groundwater are important resources for human life and
health. Land use changes and mining activities, however, have the potential to
compromise the safety of these resources. This study aims to investigate the land
cover conditions before and during mining activities and assess the impact on
forests, surface, and groundwater resources in the Asutifi North District, Ghana.
Landsat data of 30 m resolution was used to assess the land cover change from 2000
to 2020. A cross-sectional analysis of data between April to June 2004 to 2019 was
used to assess water quality. The overall accuracy of the land cover classification
ranged between (91.33–99.41)% and (78.01–85.95)% respectively for ground-truth
validation and validation using the MODIS annual 500 m land cover dataset. Forest
cover decreased by 11.47% while agriculture doubled from 12.13% to 24.06% between
2000 and 2020. The introduction of mining is responsible for major land cover
changes including the conversion of forest to agricultural land through shifting
cultivation. For a general assessment of water quality, the percentage of pH, TB,
TDS, NH3, Mg and SO4 measurements outside the EPA admissible limits for drinking
water is 16.67%, 83.33%, 0.69%, 0%, 10.42%, and 16.67% respectively. Turbidity is
the most impacted water quality parameter affected by land cover changes while NH3
is the least impacted parameter. The incidences of water quality outside EPA/WHO
limits for drinking water at all monitoring points call for education and
collective action to safeguard water sources from further deterioration. It is
necessary mining companies adhere to environmental protection guidelines.},
keywords = {Land use land cover change
Illegal mining
Surface water
Groundwater
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)},
ISSN = {2667-0100},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2022.100441},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN128,
author = {Ge, Genbatu and Zhang, Jingbo and Chen, Xiaona and Liu, Xiangjie and
Hao, Yuguang and Yang, Xiaohui and Kwon, SeMyung},
title = {Effects of land use and land cover change on ecosystem services in an
arid desert-oasis ecotone along the Yellow River of China},
volume = {176},
pages = {106512},
abstract = {Ecosystem service changes associated with land use and land cover
change (LULC) will provide an important indicator and an early warning of
ecological changes. However, there have been few attempts to estimate the effects
of LULC on ecosystem services in desert-oasis ecotones, which are recognized as
critical ecological barriers and buffers that prevent deserts from expanding into
oases. Here, we used Landsat image-based LULC maps (1988–2018) and a modified
benefit transfer method to estimate the changes in ecosystem service value (ESV) in
response to LULC in Dengkou County along the Yellow River, China. Our results
showed that the most significant feature of LULC in Dengkou County was a large area
expansion of cropland and a reduction in the area of desert. The total estimated
ESV was nearly US $400 million year−1, of which 76% was derived from cropland,
water bodies and rangelands. LULC resulted in a net increase in the total ESV by
US$ 43.7 million during 1988–2018. Cropland expansion accounted for approximately
72% of the increase in the total ESV, thereby outweighing the huge decrease in ESV
due to the expense of woodlands, rangelands and water bodies. Many low ESV
clustering areas appeared in the central part of the county, resulting in ESV loss
of approximately US $13.4 million, all of which was due to the conversion of water
bodies to bare land and rangelands. Our results provide powerful evidence to make
informed land use decisions for relevant managers and help fill the gap between the
supply of ecosystem services and the societal demands for these services.},
keywords = {Land use and land cover change
Ecosystem services
Spatiotemporal variations
Desert-oasis ecotone
Cropland expansion},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106512},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN847,
author = {Ge, Yanlin and Chen, Lingen and Feng, Huijun},
title = {Optimal piston motion configuration for irreversible Otto cycle heat
engine with maximum ecological function objective},
journal = {Energy Reports},
volume = {8},
pages = {2875-2887},
abstract = {Applying optimal control theory and finite time thermodynamics, a
practical Otto cycle heat engine with friction, pressure drop and heat transfer
losses is studied. The maximum ecological function is taken as optimization
objective, and the optimal piston motion configuration of the Otto cycle is
obtained with the Newton’s heat transfer law between the working fluid and the
environment. The fuel consumption and the total cycle time are fixed in the
optimization. The optimal piston motion laws corresponding to the maximum
ecological function configuration when the piston motion accelerations are
unconstrained and constrained are obtained, respectively. By numerical examples,
the piston motion optimal configurations under different optimization objectives
and heat transfer laws are compared.},
keywords = {Finite time thermodynamics
Irreversible Otto cycle heat engine
Optimal configuration
Ecological function
Optimal control theory},
ISSN = {2352-4847},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.01.220},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN830,
author = {Geisen, Stefan and Wall, Diana H. and van der Putten, Wim H.},
title = {Challenges and Opportunities for Soil Biodiversity in the
Anthropocene},
journal = {Current Biology},
volume = {29},
number = {19},
pages = {R1036-R1044},
abstract = {Biodiversity on Earth is strongly affected by human alterations to
the environment. The majority of studies have considered aboveground biodiversity,
yet little is known about whether biodiversity changes belowground follow the same
patterns as those observed aboveground. It is now established that communities of
soil biota have been substantially altered by direct human activities such as soil
sealing, agricultural land-use intensification, and biological invasions resulting
from the introduction of non-native species. In addition, altered abiotic
conditions resulting from climate change have also impacted soil biodiversity.
These changes in soil biodiversity can alter ecosystem functions performed by the
soil biota, and therefore, human-induced global changes have a feedback effect on
ecosystem services via altered soil biodiversity. Here, we highlight the major
phenomena that threaten soil biodiversity, and we propose options to reverse the
decline in soil biodiversity. We argue that it is essential to protect soil
biodiversity as a rich reservoir that provides insurance against the changes
wrought by the Anthropocene. Overall, we need to better understand the determinants
of soil biodiversity and how they function, plan to avoid further losses, and
restore soil biodiversity where possible. Safeguarding this rich biotic reservoir
is essential for soil sustainability and, ultimately, the sustainability of human
society.},
ISSN = {0960-9822},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.007},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN156,
author = {Gemeda, Dessalegn Obsi and Kerbe, Tekalign Abdisa and Gemechu, Habte
Wondime},
title = {Land use land cover change and public perceptions differently affect
black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) conservation: Evidences from Jimma zone
southwestern Ethiopia},
volume = {19},
pages = {100288},
abstract = {Land use land cover (LULC) change study can provide a scientific
ground for species conservation. The present study aimed to analyze the effect of
LULC change on Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina), and public perception of
species conservation. A Landsat 7 ETM +2000, and Landsat 8 OLI of 2020 were used to
analyze the LULC change. Maximum likelihood supervised classification technique was
employed to classify the LULC types. Besides geospatial technologies, 151 household
heads, key informant interviews (n = 6) and field observation were conducted.
Results showed that agricultural land was increased from 74.24% in 2000 to 81.66%
in 2020. Settlement and grazing land cover classes show a slight increased.
Agricultural expansions on the expense of forest, grassland and wetlands
substantial affect the conservation of B. pavonina. Wetland ecosystem declined
slightly from 0.69% in 2000 to 0.58% in 2020. The decline of wetland ecosystems
significantly threats B. pavonina, as the species used for feeding, breeding, and
roosting. A household survey showed that 93.4% perceived that environmental changes
had a significantly impact on B. pavonina. About 44.4% of the respondents perceived
that the population of B. pavonina declined, while about 25.8%, 25.2%, and 4.6%
perceived increasing, no change, and don't know, respectively. About 53.6% and
27.8% of the respondents perceived that the species is currently vulnerable and
endangered, respectively. This study provides a baseline data on the threat of B.
pavonina conservation. Other threats to this species, namely climate change,
predators, and poaching can be studied by other scholars.},
keywords = {Agricultural intensification
Black crowned crane
Conservation
Vulnerable species},
ISSN = {2665-9727},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN954,
author = {Germer, Leah A. and van Middelaar, Corina E. and Oosting, Simon J. and
Gerber, Pierre J.},
title = {When and where are livestock climate-smart? A spatial-temporal
framework for comparing the climate change and food security synergies and
tradeoffs of Sub-Saharan African livestock systems},
volume = {210},
pages = {103717},
abstract = {CONTEXT The livestock sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is under
increasing pressure to define its role in jointly addressing food security and
climate change. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has been widely leveraged as an
approach to achieving both food security and climate change outcomes through suites
of interventions that maximize synergies and reduce tradeoffs among three pillars:
productivity, climate change resilience, and climate change mitigation. However,
operationalization of the CSA approach in the livestock sector is hindered by a
lack of clarity around what the pillars mean for livestock systems, given their
fundamental attributes compared to crops and the spatial and temporal dimensions of
these attributes. A conceptual framework is also lacking for assessing and
comparing the potential CSA synergies and tradeoffs that different livestock
systems and interventions may generate. OBJECTIVE In this paper we aim to offer
guidance on the operationalization of the CSA approach in the livestock sector.
METHODS We draw on a literature review to explore the essential attributes of
livestock systems in SSA as they relate to CSA objectives over different temporal
and spatial scales. Based on this review, we propose a practical and flexible
framework for assessing and comparing the synergies and tradeoffs that different
livestock systems may generate among food security and climate change objectives
over different spatial and temporal scales. The framework consists of four
elements: CSA pillars, spatial-temporal scales, CSA objectives mapped to each
spatial-temporal scale, and indicator guidance. Using farm survey data and national
statistics, an illustrative application of the framework to two dairy farms in
Rwanda is presented and discussed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The illustrative
application demonstrates how the framework can be used to identify important,
spatial-temporal CSA synergies and tradeoffs that otherwise may go unrecognized.
Additional applications are needed to assess the utility, practicality, and
potential of the framework to guide CSA operationalization in the livestock sector
in SSA. SIGNIFICANCE Maximizing synergies and reducing tradeoffs among food
security and climate change outcomes in the livestock sector is critical for a
sustainable food future. With an emphasis on flexibility for tailoring to specific
development contexts and compatibility with varying levels of data availability and
methodological complexity, the framework is intended to support diverse
stakeholders involved in policy and development seeking to identify those livestock
systems that contribute most to food security and climate change objectives over
time and space.},
keywords = {Livestock
Climate-smart agriculture
Food security
Climate change
Sustainability
Sub-Saharan Africa},
ISSN = {0308-521X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN263,
author = {Getachew, Birhan and Manjunatha, B. R. and Bhat, H. Gangadhara},
title = {Modeling projected impacts of climate and land use/land cover changes
on hydrological responses in the Lake Tana Basin, upper Blue Nile River Basin,
Ethiopia},
volume = {595},
pages = {125974},
abstract = {This study is being conducted in Lake Tana Basin, Upper Blue Nile
River Basin, Ethiopia. This work focuses on the assessment of the separate and
combined impacts on water balance components of both climate and LULC change. For
calibration, validation and uncertainty analysis, the Soil and Water Assessment
Tool (SWAT) was used in conjunction with the IPEAT (Integrated Parameter Estimation
and Uncertainty Analysis Tool) package. To produce high resolution future climate
data from CanESM2 GCM that could be used for impact assessment, the Statistical
DownScaling Model (SDSM) was used while the future LULC prediction was generated
using Cellular Automata-Markov Chain model. The hydrological response of the basin
was assessed by dividing the future time periods in to 2020s (2011–2040), 2050s
(2041–2070), and 2080s (2071–2100) through incorporating three scenarios, such as
LULC change alone, climate change alone and combined climate and LULC change. The
prediction of the LULC change using the CA-Markov chain model indicates that
cropland, tree cover, and built-up areas are likely to increase by 2020s, 2050s,
and 2080s at the expense of grassland and shrub cover areas, leading to an increase
in evapotranspiration, baseflow and streamflow conditions in the basin. By
considering basin average, the climate prediction result suggests an increase in
both Tmax (up to 2.14 °C) and Tmin (up to 3.2 °C) temperatures, whereas
precipitation would increase by up to 25% in the basin. The results show an
increase of evapotranspiration by up to 0.84%, 59.8% and 55.5% under LULC, climate
and combined climate and LULC change by the end of the 21st century under RCP8.5
compared to the baseline period, respectively. Furthermore, both stream-flow and
lateral flow are projected to increase by up to 12.85% (9.9%), 28.5% (20.03%) and
26.4% (29.12%) under LULC, climate and combined climate and LULC change scenarios,
respectively. As predicted, the shift in magnitude in RCP8.5 emissions is greater
than RCP2.6 and RCP4.5. The impacts of climate change on water balances are
relatively higher than the combined effects of changes in climate and LULC. Future
LULC shifts, on the other hand, change comparatively offsetting hydrological
components. In order to devise local-scale adaptation and mitigation strategies,
the inclusion of predicted climate and LULC change for hydrological impact studies,
is therefore, very useful.},
keywords = {LakeTana basin
CanESM2
SWAT
Hydrology
LULC
CA-Markov chain
Climate change},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN363,
author = {Getachew, Birhan and Manjunatha, B. R. and Bhat, H. Gangadhara},
title = {Modeling projected impacts of climate and land use/land cover changes
on hydrological responses in the Lake Tana Basin, upper Blue Nile River Basin,
Ethiopia},
volume = {595},
pages = {125974},
abstract = {This study is being conducted in Lake Tana Basin, Upper Blue Nile
River Basin, Ethiopia. This work focuses on the assessment of the separate and
combined impacts on water balance components of both climate and LULC change. For
calibration, validation and uncertainty analysis, the Soil and Water Assessment
Tool (SWAT) was used in conjunction with the IPEAT (Integrated Parameter Estimation
and Uncertainty Analysis Tool) package. To produce high resolution future climate
data from CanESM2 GCM that could be used for impact assessment, the Statistical
DownScaling Model (SDSM) was used while the future LULC prediction was generated
using Cellular Automata-Markov Chain model. The hydrological response of the basin
was assessed by dividing the future time periods in to 2020s (2011–2040), 2050s
(2041–2070), and 2080s (2071–2100) through incorporating three scenarios, such as
LULC change alone, climate change alone and combined climate and LULC change. The
prediction of the LULC change using the CA-Markov chain model indicates that
cropland, tree cover, and built-up areas are likely to increase by 2020s, 2050s,
and 2080s at the expense of grassland and shrub cover areas, leading to an increase
in evapotranspiration, baseflow and streamflow conditions in the basin. By
considering basin average, the climate prediction result suggests an increase in
both Tmax (up to 2.14 °C) and Tmin (up to 3.2 °C) temperatures, whereas
precipitation would increase by up to 25% in the basin. The results show an
increase of evapotranspiration by up to 0.84%, 59.8% and 55.5% under LULC, climate
and combined climate and LULC change by the end of the 21st century under RCP8.5
compared to the baseline period, respectively. Furthermore, both stream-flow and
lateral flow are projected to increase by up to 12.85% (9.9%), 28.5% (20.03%) and
26.4% (29.12%) under LULC, climate and combined climate and LULC change scenarios,
respectively. As predicted, the shift in magnitude in RCP8.5 emissions is greater
than RCP2.6 and RCP4.5. The impacts of climate change on water balances are
relatively higher than the combined effects of changes in climate and LULC. Future
LULC shifts, on the other hand, change comparatively offsetting hydrological
components. In order to devise local-scale adaptation and mitigation strategies,
the inclusion of predicted climate and LULC change for hydrological impact studies,
is therefore, very useful.},
keywords = {LakeTana basin
CanESM2
SWAT
Hydrology
LULC
CA-Markov chain
Climate change},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN591,
author = {Getnet, Mezegebu and Hengsdijk, Huib and van Ittersum, Martin},
title = {Disentangling the impacts of climate change, land use change and
irrigation on the Central Rift Valley water system of Ethiopia},
volume = {137},
pages = {104-115},
abstract = {The Central Rift Valley (CRV) of Ethiopia is a closed basin where
claims on land and water have strongly increased over the past decade resulting in
over-exploitation of the resources: a clear symptom is the declining trend in the
water level of the terminal Lake Abyata. In this paper, we quantify the plausible
recent impacts of climate change, land use change and irrigation water abstraction
on water availability of Lake Abyata. We examined trends in lake levels, river
discharges, basin rainfall, temperature and irrigation development (ca. 1975–2008),
and computed the additional evapotranspiration loss resulting from temperature
change and irrigated land. We also analysed land use change (1990–2007) and
estimated the subsequent change in surface runoff. Temperature has increased
linearly over 34 years (p<0.001) whereas rainfall has not changed significantly.
Consequently, increased evapotranspiration consumed 62 and 145Mm3 of additional
water from lakes and land surface, respectively, during 1990–2007. Furthermore, an
estimated 285Mm3yr−1 of water was abstracted for irrigation in 2009 of which
approximately 170Mm3yr−1 is irrecoverable evapotranspiration loss. In addition,
surface runoff has increased in the upper, and decreased in lower sub-basins of the
CRV associated with extensive land use change (1990–2007). However, insight in the
impact of the net increase in runoff of 260Mm3yr−1 on the water availability for
Lake Abyata remains partial because of data and methodological limitations. We
conclude that the potential for agricultural intensification and its hydrological
implications should be considered jointly to prevent further deteriorating Lake
Abyata.},
keywords = {Curve Number method
Evapotranspiration
Lake levels
River discharge
Agriculture
Intensification},
ISSN = {0378-3774},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.02.014},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN1074,
author = {Ghaderpour, Ebrahim and Mazzanti, Paolo and Mugnozza, Gabriele
Scarascia and Bozzano, Francesca},
title = {Coherency and phase delay analyses between land cover and climate
across Italy via the least-squares wavelet software},
Geoinformation},
volume = {118},
pages = {103241},
abstract = {Land cover and climate monitoring is a crucial task in agriculture,
forestry, hazard management, and ecosystems assessment. In this paper, normalized
difference vegetation index (NDVI), land surface temperature (LST), and land cover
products by the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) as well as
precipitation were utilized to monitor the spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation
and climate along with their correlation and coherency across Italy during 2000–
2021. The analyses were performed on both pixel and ecoregion levels via the least-
squares wavelet software (LSWAVE). It was found that relatively more areas in all
ecoregions had positive NDVI gradients than negative for each month since 2000. It
was estimated that the average NDVI has increased by ∼0.07 since 2000 for all
ecoregions. Except the southern ecoregion which showed an insignificant daytime
cooling, other ecoregions have been warming by less than 0.05 °C/year since 2000.
Furthermore, precipitation had an insignificant decreasing trend for almost all
ecoregions over the past two decades. The annual coherency between NDVI and LST was
found much stronger than the annual coherency between NDVI and precipitation. The
annual cycles of NDVI and LST were out-of-phase for the southern ecoregion while
the annual cycle of precipitation led the one in NDVI by about one month for this
ecoregion, the only ecoregion showing the highest Pearson correlation (53%) and
annual coherency (39%) between NDVI and precipitation. For other ecoregions, the
annual cycles of NDVI and LST were approximately in-phase, i.e., less than a month
phase delay.},
keywords = {Coherency
Ecoregion
Land cover
LST
LSWAVE
MODIS
NDVI
Phase delay
Precipitation
Trend},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN507,
author = {Ghadirian, Omid and Lotfi, Ali and Moradi, Hossein and Shetab
Boushehri, Seyed Nader and Yousefpour, Rasoul},
title = {Area-based scenario development in land-use change modeling: A system
dynamics-assisted approach for mixed agricultural-residential landscapes},
volume = {76},
pages = {102129},
abstract = {This study aimed to enhance land use and land cover (LULC) change
models by addressing their main limitations, which include the lack of
accountability and temporal stability of driving forces. Additionally, the study
aimed to create area-based scenarios to forecast future LULCs, rather than solely
relying on distribution-based scenarios. To accomplish this goal, the study
developed a coupled System Dynamics (SD) and Cellular Automata (CA) modeling system
to simulate possible LULC changes in the Gavkhooni Basin, central Iran. The study
utilized LULC maps from Landsat images in 2001, 2011, and 2021 to analyze spatio-
temporal land use changes in the region. Agricultural and residential transition
suitability layers were produced using a spatial Multi-Criteria Evaluation
procedure and applied to inform the CA model in the proper allocation of LULC
changes. Three interconnected water supply, agricultural, and residential area
projection subsystems were developed using system dynamics method to determine land
requirements for LULC conversions from 2020 to 2041, taking into account factors
such as water availability, land suitability, agricultural labor force, and
economic development. Ten scenarios were developed based on changes in the key
variables affecting the limiting factors, such as climatic conditions and water
management policies, to project agricultural and residential areas in the future.
The CA's spatial allocation informed by transition suitability layers was found to
be satisfactory with a Kappa-location value of 0.85. The subsystems were competent
in projecting water supply with Mean Absolute Error (MAE) values of 6.57% and the
dynamics of agricultural and residential areas with MAE values of 2.94%, whereas
those of the Markovian Chain model were found to be 23.02% and 7.5% for
agricultural and residential areas, respectively. The study found that available
agricultural areas varied significantly between 86.53 and 1480 sq.km under
different climatic conditions, irrigation efficiency, and agricultural water
assignment coefficients between 2024 and 2033. Residential area demand was found to
be increasing with different rates under the scenarios between 47.40 and 73.01
sq.km. The SD-CA coupled framework presented in this research can be viewed as a
decision support system to develop compensatory strategies for better management
and planning of agricultural and residential lands.},
keywords = {Cellular automata
System dynamics
Water supply
Climate change},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN178,
author = {Ghodichore, Nikhil and Dhanya, C. T. and Hendricks Franssen, Harrie-
Jan},
title = {Isolating the effects of land use land cover change and inter-decadal
climate variations on the water and energy cycles over India, 1981–2010},
volume = {612},
pages = {128267},
abstract = {Aim of this work is the assessment of the individual and combined
impacts of land use land cover change (LULCC) and inter-decadal climate variations
(CV) on the water and energy cycles over India, given extensive land use land cover
change over the last decades. In this study, we quantify the contributions of LULC
and CV on changes in the water and energy cycles over the Indian subcontinent
through a scenario-based approach, with Community Land Model version 4.5 (CLM4.5)
model runs from 1981 to 2010. The approach involves four simulation scenarios: (i)
the first scenario considers no LULCC or CV (LULC is fixed and the atmospheric
forcings for 1981–1990 are repeated in the decades afterwards); (ii) the second
scenario considers only the impact of CV; (iii) the third scenario considers only
the effect of LULCC by updating the LULC every 10 years; and (iv) the fourth
scenario considers the combined impact of LULCC and CV. LULCC causes an overall
decrease in the evapotranspiration (ET) and soil moisture (SM) by 0.3 % and 0.1 %
respectively (comparing 1991–2010 with 1981–1990), while the net radiation
changes < 1 %. On the other hand, CV caused an increase in the ET, SM and net
radiation by + 5.4 %, +1.5 % and + 1.0 % respectively, in spite of decrease of
precipitation of 6.6 %. The combined effect of LULCC and CV leads to an increase in
the overall ET by 3.8 %. Among the LULC transitions, deforestation and urbanization
are found to be the major causes for hydrological changes over the decades, but
their impact is much smaller, since CV has a greater impact on the hydrological
cycles over India than LULC. The in-depth understanding of the distinct
contributions of LULCC and CV on the water and energy cycles in tropical and
subtropical regions can be used for framing future water resources planning and
management policies.},
keywords = {Inter-decadal climate variation
Landuse Landcover change
Impact assessment
CLM4.5
India},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1114,
author = {Ghorbanian, Arsalan and Kakooei, Mohammad and Amani, Meisam and
Mahdavi, Sahel and Mohammadzadeh, Ali and Hasanlou, Mahdi},
title = {Improved land cover map of Iran using Sentinel imagery within Google
Earth Engine and a novel automatic workflow for land cover classification using
migrated training samples},
volume = {167},
pages = {276-288},
abstract = {Accurate information about the location, extent, and type of Land
Cover (LC) is essential for various applications. The only recent available
country-wide LC map of Iran was generated in 2016 by the Iranian Space Agency (ISA)
using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images with a
considerably low accuracy. Therefore, the production of an up-to-date and accurate
Iran-wide LC map using the most recent remote sensing, machine learning, and big
data processing algorithms is required. Moreover, it is important to develop an
efficient method for automatic LC generation for various time periods without the
need to collect additional ground truth data from this immense country. Therefore,
this study was conducted to fulfill two objectives. First, an improved Iranian LC
map with 13 LC classes and a spatial resolution of 10 m was produced using multi-
temporal synergy of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite datasets applied to an
object-based Random forest (RF) algorithm. For this purpose, 2,869 Sentinel-1 and
11,994 Sentinel-2 scenes acquired in 2017 were processed and classified within the
Google Earth Engine (GEE) cloud computing platform allowing big geospatial data
analysis. The Overall Accuracy (OA) and Kappa Coefficient (KC) of the final Iran-
wide LC map for 2017 was 95.6% and 0.95, respectively, indicating the considerable
potential of the proposed big data processing method. Second, an efficient
automatic method was developed based on Sentinel-2 images to migrate ground truth
samples from a reference year to automatically generate an LC map for any target
year. The OA and KC for the LC map produced for the target year 2019 were 91.35%
and 0.91, respectively, demonstrating the efficiency of the proposed method for
automatic LC mapping. Based on the obtained accuracies, this method can potentially
be applied to other regions of interest for LC mapping without the need for ground
truth data from the target year.},
keywords = {Land cover classification
Sentinel
Google Earth Engine
Big data
Remote sensing
Iran},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1213,
author = {Gim, Hyeon-Ju and Ho, Chang-Hoi and Jeong, Sujong and Kim, Jinwon and
Feng, Song and Hayes, Michael J.},
title = {Improved mapping and change detection of the start of the crop growing
season in the US Corn Belt from long-term AVHRR NDVI},
volume = {294},
pages = {108143},
abstract = {Long-term monitoring of crop phenology is a critical process to
understand changes in cropland vegetation dynamics related to climate and human
management. During the last four decades, seasonal changes in vegetation have been
measured by satellite instruments, the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers
(AVHRRs). However, an acceptable detection of crop phenology has been prevented due
to its coarse spatial resolution (~8 km) pixels in which croplands are frequently
mixed with non-cropland. This study introduces a novel method for detecting the
start of the growing season in cropland (SOSC) from the AVHRR Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index (NDVI) to examine the long-term changes in SOSC at the 8-km pixel
level across the core cropping regions of the Midwestern United States (the so-
called ‘the Corn Belt’) for 1982–2015. The AVHRR-based SOSC was compared with the
SOSC retrieved from the pixels covering mostly croplands of the 250-m Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) NDVI. These two satellite-based SOSC
shows reasonable correspondence in spatial patterns so that the annual values of
the root mean square difference ranges from 3.6 to 7.4 days during the overlapping
period of 2008–2015. Also, an acceptable correspondence was found between the
interannual variations in the AVHRR SOSCs and in the state-level survey of crop
stages. For sowing stages, correlation coefficients ranged from 0.43 to 0.68; for
flowering stages those ranged from 0.51 to 0.83. By analyzing long-term SOSC
changes with climate factors, we found a strong tendency that warmer pre-season
condition is accompanied with earlier SOSC. In addition, larger pre-season
precipitation tends to postpone SOSC as strongly as the pre-season temperature
affects SOSC in a considerable portion of the core cropland. This study suggests
that the postponing of sowing due to larger precipitation, which has rarely been
highlighted in previous studies, requires more attentions in order for better
understanding of vegetation dynamics in agriculture-climate studies.},
keywords = {Cropland
The start of the growing season
The US Midwest
AVHRR
NDVI},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1100,
author = {Girma, Rediet and Fürst, Christine and Moges, Awdenegest},
title = {Land use land cover change modeling by integrating artificial neural
network with cellular Automata-Markov chain model in Gidabo river basin, main
Ethiopian rift},
volume = {6},
pages = {100419},
abstract = {Modeling land use land cover (LULC) change is crucial to understand
its spatiotemporal trends to protect the land resources sustainably. The appraisal
of this study was to model LULC change from 1985 to 2050 owing to the business-as-
usual scenario (BAU) in Gidabo River Basin (GRB) located in the Main Ethiopian Rift
Valley. Different dependent and independent spatial datasets were used viz, 1985,
2003 and 2021 Landsat imagery; topography features, proximity variables, population
density and evidence likelihood. Since the future projection requires the
historical land use as a baseline, historical land use trends were detected using
hybrid image classification procedure in ERDAS Imagine and nine major land cover
classes were identified. Multi-Layer Perceptron Neural Network and Cellular
Automata-Markov Chain model built-in TerrSet software were implemented to project
the 2035 and 2050 LULC. The study depicts, GRB experienced significant LULC
dynamics and will also be extended for the coming several years. Agriculture land,
settlement and water body showed significant gains at the expense of forest, shrub
and grasslands loss. Land use changes beyond land's capability played a significant
role in triggering land degradation. To minimize these adverse consequences of land
use change, environmentally-friendly management measures must be implemented. The
outcome of this study will be helpful in providing the opportunity to develop
adequate land and water resource conservation strategy plan for the future.},
keywords = {Artificial-neural-network
Land cover dynamics
Ca-Markov chain
Gidabo
Land degradation
Multi-Layer Perceptron},
ISSN = {2667-0100},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN271,
author = {Glinskis, Emmalina A. and Gutiérrez-Vélez, Víctor H.},
title = {Quantifying and understanding land cover changes by large and small oil
palm expansion regimes in the Peruvian Amazon},
volume = {80},
pages = {95-106},
abstract = {With rapid increases in global food demand and production, oil palm
expansion constitutes a major emerging challenge for forest conservation in
Amazonia and other tropical forest regions. This threat is evident in the Peruvian
Amazon, where local and national incentives for oil palm cultivation along with
growing large-scale investments translate into accelerated oil palm expansion.
Environmental sustainability of oil palm cultivation in the Peruvian Amazon is
contingent on policy incentives for expansion onto already-cleared lands instead of
biodiverse, high carbon primary rainforests. Previous research indicates that while
industrial plantations use less land area than local smallholders, companies have a
higher tendency to expand into primary rainforests. However, the motivations behind
these differing expansion scenarios remain unclear. In this study we combine data
from optical and radar satellite sensors with training information, field
discussions, and review of public documents to examine the policy incentives and
spatial patterns associated with oil palm expansion by smallholders and industries
in one of Peru’s most rapidly changing Amazonian landscapes: the Ucayali region of
the city of Pucallpa. Based on our satellite-based land cover change analysis, we
found that between 2010 and 2016, smallholders utilized 21,070 ha more land area
for oil palm than industries but industrial expansion occurred predominantly in old
growth forests (70%) in contrast to degraded lands for smallholders (56%). Our
analysis of national policies related to oil palm expansion reveal policy loopholes
associated with Peru’s “best land use” classification system that allow for
standing forests to undergo large-scale agricultural development with little
government oversight. We conclude that both sectors will need careful, real-time
monitoring and government engagement to reduce old-growth forest loss and develop
successful strategies for mitigating future environmental impacts of oil palm
expansion.},
Land use change
Oil palm
Peruvian Amazon
Forest conservation
Satellite
Sentinel
Climate change
Environmental governance},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN371,
author = {Glinskis, Emmalina A. and Gutiérrez-Vélez, Víctor H.},
title = {Quantifying and understanding land cover changes by large and small oil
palm expansion regimes in the Peruvian Amazon},
volume = {80},
pages = {95-106},
abstract = {With rapid increases in global food demand and production, oil palm
expansion constitutes a major emerging challenge for forest conservation in
Amazonia and other tropical forest regions. This threat is evident in the Peruvian
Amazon, where local and national incentives for oil palm cultivation along with
growing large-scale investments translate into accelerated oil palm expansion.
Environmental sustainability of oil palm cultivation in the Peruvian Amazon is
contingent on policy incentives for expansion onto already-cleared lands instead of
biodiverse, high carbon primary rainforests. Previous research indicates that while
industrial plantations use less land area than local smallholders, companies have a
higher tendency to expand into primary rainforests. However, the motivations behind
these differing expansion scenarios remain unclear. In this study we combine data
from optical and radar satellite sensors with training information, field
discussions, and review of public documents to examine the policy incentives and
spatial patterns associated with oil palm expansion by smallholders and industries
in one of Peru’s most rapidly changing Amazonian landscapes: the Ucayali region of
the city of Pucallpa. Based on our satellite-based land cover change analysis, we
found that between 2010 and 2016, smallholders utilized 21,070 ha more land area
for oil palm than industries but industrial expansion occurred predominantly in old
growth forests (70%) in contrast to degraded lands for smallholders (56%). Our
analysis of national policies related to oil palm expansion reveal policy loopholes
associated with Peru’s “best land use” classification system that allow for
standing forests to undergo large-scale agricultural development with little
government oversight. We conclude that both sectors will need careful, real-time
monitoring and government engagement to reduce old-growth forest loss and develop
successful strategies for mitigating future environmental impacts of oil palm
expansion.},
Land use change
Oil palm
Peruvian Amazon
Forest conservation
Satellite
Sentinel
Climate change
Environmental governance},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN150,
author = {Goberna, Marta and Verdú, Miguel},
title = {Cautionary notes on the use of co-occurrence networks in soil ecology},
volume = {166},
pages = {108534},
abstract = {Soil ecology is witnessing exponential growth in the number of
studies using co-occurrence network analysis. Researchers reconstruct networks
based on the co-occurrence of taxa or genes across soil samples at a wide range of
geographic scales - from single aggregates to the whole planet - and taxonomic
scopes, some studies targeting specific taxa or guilds to others surveying the
whole microbiome as well as micro- and mesofauna. Co-occurrence networks can be
very useful to extract simple patterns from complex datasets. Applications include
the detection of abiotic and biotic factors that determine community structure, the
identification of keystone taxa and their relationship to specific soil functions,
and the inference of mechanisms of community assembly. However, networks are more
and more often misused and serve as mere graphic tools with no attempt at
hypothesis testing. In this perspectives article, we first review the main usage of
co-occurrence network analysis in soil ecology during the last decade. We then
discuss the applications and caveats of network analysis in soil ecology, leaving
apart strictly methodological aspects of network reconstruction, which is beyond
the focus of this article. Finally, we include recommendation guidelines – such as
the possibility of informing networks with geographic, environmental and/or
phylogenetic information – with the hope that this will facilitate network analysis
to become a useful tool that helps elucidate meaningful patterns in soil ecology.},
keywords = {Co-occurrence patterns
Ecological interactions
Keystone taxa
Microbial networks
Network analysis
Soil microbiome},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN839,
author = {Gogoi, Bhabesh and Borah, Nilay and Baishya, Ajit and Nath, Dhruba
Jyoti and Dutta, Samiron and Das, Ranjan and Bhattacharyya, Debojit and Sharma,
Karuna Kanta and Valente, Donatella and Petrosillo, Irene},
title = {Enhancing soil ecosystem services through sustainable integrated
nutrient management in double rice-cropping system of North-East India},
volume = {132},
pages = {108262},
abstract = {The wetland cultivation of rice is subjected to anaerobic and
aerobic soil conditions causing substantial changes in the soil system. However,
how long-term supplementation of organics with reduced chemical fertilizers affects
microbial composition, their activities, and enzymatic activities in acid soil has
not been sufficiently investigated. This research is focused on a rice-rice system
after an ongoing field experiment set-up in 1977–78 at Assam Agricultural
University, Jorhat, India, where 7 alternative nutrient management have been
investigated to: (1) assess the effects on soil organic carbon (SOC), microbial
biomass carbon, and enzymatic activity in acid soil; (2) identify and discuss the
most suitable treatment combinations of organic and chemical fertilizers to enhance
soil ecosystem services (SES). Accordingly, we analysed the soil microbiological
properties as affected by the 32 years of continuous integrated nutrient management
(INM) practices and also evaluated the INM treatments in terms of SES. Results
revealed that the soil microbial biomass carbon significantly varied across the
treatments from 129.4 to 412.1 µg g−1 which comprises 2.4 to 4.4% of the SOC. The
highest bacterial count (8.95 log cfu g−1 soil) was recorded in RDF + Azolla
treatment, whereas fungal count was the maximum (7.47 log cfu g−1 soil) in
RDF + FYM treatment. All the enzymatic activities responded significantly to the
INM practices, but the trend of response was different for different enzymes. The
highest dehydrogenase (223.6 µg TTF g−1 soil 24 h−1) and urease (4.1 μg NH4-N g−1
soil 2 h−1) activities were recorded in RDF + Azolla, while phosphomonoeaterase
(337.4 μg p-nitrophenol g−1 soil h−1) and fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis (10.0 μg
fluorescein g−1 soil h−1) activities were found to be the maximum in RDF + FYM. The
microbial and enzymatic activities decreased significantly in the control after 32
cycles of rice-rice cropping. In this study, a significant positive statistical
correlation of all the microbiological properties with soil pH, soil organic carbon
and grain yield of crops were recorded. Finally, the different soil properties
under the different nutrient treatments have been discussed in terms of SES
provision, highlighting that the most sustainable treatments have resulted in
RDF + FYM, RDF + RS and RDF + Azolla.},
keywords = {Integrated nutrient management
Enzymatic activity
Microbial activity
Soil ecosystem services
Rice-rice sequence},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN439,
author = {Gomes, Eduardo and Abrantes, Patrícia and Banos, Arnaud and Rocha,
Jorge and Buxton, Michael},
title = {Farming under urban pressure: Farmers' land use and land cover change
intentions},
volume = {102},
pages = {58-70},
abstract = {Decisions about future land use are complex and involve a wide range
of factors. The perceptions, intentions, and interests of the stakeholders involved
are usually unpredictable. Different stakeholders manage land by choosing different
future options and revealing different expectations. Greater proximity to built-up
areas confronts farmers with challenges about future land use and land cover change
(LUCC). This study aims to identify how external drivers can affect farmers’ future
LUCC intentions focusing on conversion of agricultural land to urban development.
We explore two scenarios projected for the time horizon of 2025 based on farmers’
LUCC intentions: A0 – current social and economic trend; and B0 – increasing demand
for urban development. We selected the Torres Vedras municipality (Portugal) as
case study, an area predominantly agricultural but with a progressively urban
intensification in the past two decades. We conducted interviews to capture the
farmers’ LUCC intentions and modelled an artificial neural network – a multilayered
perception to allocate the potential areas for urban development. Parishes with the
highest urban pressure were identified using a cluster analysis. These were
compared with areas expected to be urbanized (defined in the master plan). Results
suggest an increasing farming intensity in the A0 scenario, and an urban growth
increase of more than 40% in the B0 scenario, with negative impacts on farming
expansion. The outcomes can be applied to spatial planning instruments in order to
assist planners to define land transformation priorities and adjust them to spatial
trends.},
keywords = {Farmers’ LUCC intentions
Urban growth
ANN-MPL
Cluster analysis
Spatial planning},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN943,
author = {Gomes, L. C. and Bianchi, F. J. J. A. and Cardoso, I. M. and Schulte,
R. P. O. and Arts, B. J. M. and Fernandes Filho, E. I.},
title = {Land use and land cover scenarios: An interdisciplinary approach
integrating local conditions and the global shared socioeconomic pathways},
volume = {97},
pages = {104723},
abstract = {Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) changes have profound impacts on the
functioning of (agro)ecosystems and have potential to mitigate global climate
change. However, we still lack interdisciplinary methods to project future LULC
scenarios at spatial scales that are relevant for local decision making and future
environmental assessments. Here we apply an interdisciplinary approach to develop
spatially explicit projections of LULC at a resolution of 30 × 30 m informed by
historic relationships between LULC and their key drivers, within the context of
the four qualitative scenarios of global shared socioeconomic pathways. We apply
this methodology to a case study in the Zona da Mata, Brazil, which has a history
of major LULC changes. The analysis of LULC changes from 1986 to 2015 indicates
that pasture area decreased from 76 to 58 % of total area, while forest areas
increased from 18 to 24 %, and coffee from 3 to 11 %. Environmental protection
legislation, rural credit for smallholder farmers, and demand for agricultural and
raw products were identified as main drivers of LULC changes. Projected LULC for
2045 strongly depends on the global socioeconomic pathway scenarios, and forest and
coffee areas may increase substantially under strong government measures in the
environmentally conscious Green Road scenario or decrease in the high consumption
Rocky Road scenario. Our study shows that under the set of drivers during the past
three decades reforestation can go hand in hand with increase of agricultural
production, but that major and contrasting changes in LULC can be expected
depending on the socioeconomic pathway that will be followed in the future. To
guide this process, LULC scenarios at the local scale can inform the planning of
local and regional development and forest conservation.},
Public policies
Future scenarios
Interdisciplinarity
Forest transition},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN621,
author = {Goncharov, Anton A. and Leonov, Vladislav D. and Rozanova, Oksana L.
and Semenina, Eugenia E. and Tsurikov, Sergey M. and Uvarov, Alexei V. and Zuev,
Andrey G. and Tiunov, Alexei V.},
title = {A meta-analysis suggests climate change shifts structure of regional
communities of soil invertebrates},
volume = {181},
pages = {109014},
abstract = {Soil animals perform a range of essential ecosystem functions and
can modify the effects of global change on terrestrial ecosystems. We evaluated
responses of six major groups of soil animals (Acari (all groups), Oribatida,
Collembola, Insecta, Nematoda, and Oligochaeta) to controlled changes in air
temperature, precipitation level or carbon dioxide concentration by using random-
effects modelling and mixed-effects meta-regression modelling. Along with the three
global change factors, sixteen local climatic characteristics (such as mean annual
temperature, Köppen climate classification, vegetation type) were tested. Overall,
86 studies comprising 236 observations with mean duration of 51 months were
selected as relevant for the analysis. Quantitative links between global change
factors, local climate characteristics and changes in abundance of four taxonomic
groups of soil animals were revealed. Warming and precipitation level were
associated most strongly with population dynamics of soil invertebrates compared to
elevated atmospheric CO2. Each 1 °C increase in air temperature was correlated with
a mean of 12.5% (95% CI: 2.5%–22.6%) increase in Acari abundance, while populations
of Collembola were declined by 9.6% (95% CI: −17.8% to −1.4%). Meanwhile, each 10%
increase in precipitation level was correlated with the increase in the abundance
of Nematoda by 1.4% (95% CI: −7.6% to 10.4%) and Oligochaeta by 34.7% (95% CI:
8.1%–61.2%). Considering IPCC estimates (SSP3-7.0 Scenario) of an average climate
warming by 3.6 °C and a substantial variation in local precipitation levels (up to
±20%) by the end of the 21st century, strong local changes in the structure of
detrital food webs are predicted by meta-regression models. In regions with
decreased precipitation, the formation of soil food webs promoting carbon
mineralization may be expected, while in regions with increased precipitation, the
changes in detrital food web structure can contribute to the accumulation of carbon
in the soil.},
keywords = {Collembola
Nematoda
Acari
Oligochaeta
Climate change
Mixed-effects modelling},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN721,
author = {Goncharov, Anton A. and Leonov, Vladislav D. and Rozanova, Oksana L.
and Semenina, Eugenia E. and Tsurikov, Sergey M. and Uvarov, Alexei V. and Zuev,
Andrey G. and Tiunov, Alexei V.},
title = {A meta-analysis suggests climate change shifts structure of regional
communities of soil invertebrates},
volume = {181},
pages = {109014},
abstract = {Soil animals perform a range of essential ecosystem functions and
can modify the effects of global change on terrestrial ecosystems. We evaluated
responses of six major groups of soil animals (Acari (all groups), Oribatida,
Collembola, Insecta, Nematoda, and Oligochaeta) to controlled changes in air
temperature, precipitation level or carbon dioxide concentration by using random-
effects modelling and mixed-effects meta-regression modelling. Along with the three
global change factors, sixteen local climatic characteristics (such as mean annual
temperature, Köppen climate classification, vegetation type) were tested. Overall,
86 studies comprising 236 observations with mean duration of 51 months were
selected as relevant for the analysis. Quantitative links between global change
factors, local climate characteristics and changes in abundance of four taxonomic
groups of soil animals were revealed. Warming and precipitation level were
associated most strongly with population dynamics of soil invertebrates compared to
elevated atmospheric CO2. Each 1 °C increase in air temperature was correlated with
a mean of 12.5% (95% CI: 2.5%–22.6%) increase in Acari abundance, while populations
of Collembola were declined by 9.6% (95% CI: −17.8% to −1.4%). Meanwhile, each 10%
increase in precipitation level was correlated with the increase in the abundance
of Nematoda by 1.4% (95% CI: −7.6% to 10.4%) and Oligochaeta by 34.7% (95% CI:
8.1%–61.2%). Considering IPCC estimates (SSP3-7.0 Scenario) of an average climate
warming by 3.6 °C and a substantial variation in local precipitation levels (up to
±20%) by the end of the 21st century, strong local changes in the structure of
detrital food webs are predicted by meta-regression models. In regions with
decreased precipitation, the formation of soil food webs promoting carbon
mineralization may be expected, while in regions with increased precipitation, the
changes in detrital food web structure can contribute to the accumulation of carbon
in the soil.},
keywords = {Collembola
Nematoda
Acari
Oligochaeta
Climate change
Mixed-effects modelling},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN716,
author = {Gong, Haibo and Cao, Li and Duan, Yafeng and Jiao, Fusheng and Xu,
Xiaojuan and Zhang, Mingyang and Wang, Kelin and Liu, Huiyu},
title = {Multiple effects of climate changes and human activities on NPP
increase in the Three-north Shelter Forest Program area},
volume = {529},
pages = {120732},
abstract = {In the framework of ecological engineering, vegetation net primary
productivity (NPP) has grown dramatically in the Three-north Shelter Forest Program
area (TSFPA), which is influenced by both human activities and climate change, as
well as their interaction. However, it remains unclear how the individual (pure
effects) and interactive (shared and coupling effects) impacts affect and maintain
the growing vegetation NPP trend. In this study, the monotonically increasing NPP
trend from nonlinear trends was detected using Ensemble empirical mode
decomposition (EEMD), and its persistence was investigated using boosted regression
tree (BRT) models. We investigated the relative contributions of environmental
factors and variable interactions, as well as spatially identified the multiple
effects of climate change and human activities on the increasing trend and its
persistence over TSFPA. The results indicated that: (1) The vegetation NPP was
dominated by the monotonically increasing trend (41.08 %), and 30.04 % of all
pixels can still maintain NPP increment. (2) Although soil moisture exhibited the
highest interaction with the precipitation seasonality (32.21 %) on the
monotonically increasing NPP trend, land-use change substantially interacted with
soil moisture (26.97 %), snowmelt (23.34 %), and net solar radiation (13.43 %). (3)
The monotonically increasing vegetation NPP was caused not only by the pure effects
of climate change (23.57 %) and human activities (11.69 %) directly but also by
their coupling effects (26.64 %) or shared effects (38.10 %) interactively. (4) The
shared effects (50.94 %) dominated the persistently increasing NPP trend, whereas
the coupling effects (78.78 %) dominated the non-persistently increasing NPP trend.
The findings highlight the importance of the pure, shared, and coupling effects of
human activities and climate change interactively for elucidating the driving of
the vegetation NPP increment and its persistence over ecological engineering
areas.},
Human activities
Nonlinear trend
Interactions
Persistence, Vegetation productivity},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN616,
author = {Gong, Haibo and Cao, Li and Duan, Yafeng and Jiao, Fusheng and Xu,
Xiaojuan and Zhang, Mingyang and Wang, Kelin and Liu, Huiyu},
title = {Multiple effects of climate changes and human activities on NPP
increase in the Three-north Shelter Forest Program area},
volume = {529},
pages = {120732},
abstract = {In the framework of ecological engineering, vegetation net primary
productivity (NPP) has grown dramatically in the Three-north Shelter Forest Program
area (TSFPA), which is influenced by both human activities and climate change, as
well as their interaction. However, it remains unclear how the individual (pure
effects) and interactive (shared and coupling effects) impacts affect and maintain
the growing vegetation NPP trend. In this study, the monotonically increasing NPP
trend from nonlinear trends was detected using Ensemble empirical mode
decomposition (EEMD), and its persistence was investigated using boosted regression
tree (BRT) models. We investigated the relative contributions of environmental
factors and variable interactions, as well as spatially identified the multiple
effects of climate change and human activities on the increasing trend and its
persistence over TSFPA. The results indicated that: (1) The vegetation NPP was
dominated by the monotonically increasing trend (41.08 %), and 30.04 % of all
pixels can still maintain NPP increment. (2) Although soil moisture exhibited the
highest interaction with the precipitation seasonality (32.21 %) on the
monotonically increasing NPP trend, land-use change substantially interacted with
soil moisture (26.97 %), snowmelt (23.34 %), and net solar radiation (13.43 %). (3)
The monotonically increasing vegetation NPP was caused not only by the pure effects
of climate change (23.57 %) and human activities (11.69 %) directly but also by
their coupling effects (26.64 %) or shared effects (38.10 %) interactively. (4) The
shared effects (50.94 %) dominated the persistently increasing NPP trend, whereas
the coupling effects (78.78 %) dominated the non-persistently increasing NPP trend.
The findings highlight the importance of the pure, shared, and coupling effects of
human activities and climate change interactively for elucidating the driving of
the vegetation NPP increment and its persistence over ecological engineering
areas.},
Human activities
Nonlinear trend
Interactions
Persistence, Vegetation productivity},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN561,
author = {Gong, Xiangwen and Li, Yuqiang and Wang, Xuyang and Zhang, Zhishan and
Lian, Jie and Ma, Lei and Chen, Yun and Li, Manyi and Si, Hongtao and Cao, Wenjie},
title = {Quantitative assessment of the contributions of climate change and
human activities on vegetation degradation and restoration in typical ecologically
fragile areas of China},
volume = {144},
pages = {109536},
abstract = {Vegetation is a key component of terrestrial ecosystems, and its
changes are very sensitive to climate change (CC) and human activities (HA),
especially in ecologically fragile areas (EFA). However, the mechanism of relative
contribution to vegetation degradation and restoration in EFA under the influence
of CC and HA is still unclear. Based on the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach (CASA)
model and the Miami model, we estimated three key parameters of vegetation in
China’s EFA: actual net primary productivity (ANPP), potential net primary
productivity (PNPP), and human activity net primary productivity (HNPP). Using
these variables, we quantitatively analyzed the relative contribution of CC and HA
to vegetation restoration and degradation from 1982 to 2018 by the residual trend
method. The results showed that the area ratio of vegetation restoration in China’s
EFA was close to 71.6%, and the total ANPP increased by 174 Tg C, mainly
concentrated in the Southwest Karst area and the Loess Plateau, but the Qinghai-
Tibet Plateau showing a trend of degradation during 1982 to 2018. The climate
background of each region was a key factor that can never be ignored to determine
the positive or negative impact of regional CC and HA on vegetation activities. The
CC and HA played a positive role in vegetation restoration areas, with a relative
contribution of 59.1% and 16.4%, regional warming and humidification caused by the
increase of temperature and precipitation was the main factor driving vegetation
restoration. In vegetation degradation areas, The HA was the main driving force,
especially the relative contribution of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the arid and
semi-arid areas and the Loess Plateau, which were as high as 96.8%, 83.3% and
80.2%, respectively. Finally, the annual average temperature (TEMP) and the annual
solar radiation (SRAD) were relatively important and sensitive for the CASA model
in the input environmental variables. This study provided a way to quantitatively
understand the mechanism of climate change and human activities on the dynamic
evolution of vegetation in EFA. In the future, the implementation of ecological
protection and restoration projects need to fully consider the differences in
climate background and strengthen the monitoring of the ecological environment.},
keywords = {Net Primary Productivity (NPP)
Climate change (CC)
Human activity (HA)
Vegetation degradation and restoration
Ecologically fragile area (EFA)},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN43,
author = {Gonçalves, Fernando and Sales, Lilian P. and Galetti, Mauro and Pires,
Mathias M.},
title = {Combined impacts of climate and land use change and the future
restructuring of Neotropical bat biodiversity},
volume = {19},
number = {4},
pages = {454-463},
abstract = {Forecasting the effects of global change on biodiversity is
necessary to anticipate the threats operating at different scales in space and
time. Climate change may create unsuitable environmental conditions, forcing
species to move to persist. However, land-use changes create barriers that limit
the access of some species to future available habitats. Here, we project the
impacts of climate and land-use change on 228 Neotropical bat species by
forecasting changes in environmental suitability, while accounting for the effect
of habitat type specialization and simulating dispersal across suitable patches. We
also identify the most vulnerable ecoregions and those that may offer future stable
refugia. We further investigate potential functional changes by analysing the
response of different trophic guilds. We found that the range contraction of
habitat specialists, especially frugivores, was more frequent and stronger under
all simulated scenarios. Projected changes differ markedly across ecoregions. While
the Amazon region is likely to undergo high turnover rates in bat composition, the
Andean grassland, Cerrado and Chaco might experience the greatest losses. The
expansion of habitat generalists, which forage in open areas and commonly establish
large colonies in manmade structures, coupled with the range contraction of habitat
specialists is projected to homogenize bat communities across the Neotropics.
Overall, dispersal will likely be the key for the future of Neotropical bat
diversity. Therefore, safeguarding the refugia highlighted here, by expanding and
connecting the existing network of protected areas, for example, may allow species
to move in response to global change.},
keywords = {Chiroptera
Dispersal
Upward and upslope shifts
Functional homogenization
Climate change refugia
Landscape connectivity
Biodiversity re-distribution
Megadiverse regions},
ISSN = {2530-0644},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN574,
author = {Gorsevski, Virginia and Geores, Martha and Kasischke, Eric},
title = {Human dimensions of land use and land cover change related to civil
unrest in the Imatong Mountains of South Sudan},
volume = {38},
pages = {64-75},
abstract = {Civil unrest disrupts not only the lives of people in the impacted
area, but also the environment in ways not well understood. While armed conflict
generally has a negative impact on the immediate environment, the absence of people
due to war can be beneficial to local ecosystems and wildlife. Lack of access to a
warzone during conflict, however, makes it difficult to gather primary data on the
effects of conflict in real time. Satellite imagery has been used successfully to
document changes on the landscape during and after war, but additional information
is needed to explain the underlying drivers of these observed changes in land use
and land cover. To understand how human decisions and actions during war and peace
impact land use and subsistence practices, we combined results from key informant
interviews with observations made from remotely-sensed satellite imagery and
compared expected results with findings in seven major thematic areas. In the high
biodiversity region of the Imatong Mountains in South Sudan, we discovered that
while some people fled the area during the various conflicts, many others escaped
to higher ground to live off the resources available from the forest. Earlier
studies indicated that the impact on forest cover during and after the war were
minimal in the Imatong Mountains, and extensive in the nearby Dongotana Hills.
Discussions with local inhabitants confirmed these findings and provided further
insights for how migration and land use patterns impacted forest cover and wildlife
in this volatile region.},
keywords = {South Sudan
Conflict
Mountains
Forest
Land use
Participatory planning
Fire
Wildlife},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN626,
author = {Gotlieb, Yosef and García Girón, Jorge Daniel},
title = {The role of land use conversion in shaping the land cover of the
Central American Dry Corridor},
volume = {94},
pages = {104351},
abstract = {The Central American Dry Corridor (CADC) is a trans-border region
characterized by climatic and ecological continuities. It is expected to experience
rising aridity and severe hydro-climatic events due to climate change. Subsistence
agriculture and other rural livelihoods to which land cover is central are widely
practiced in this impoverished territory of approximately eleven million people.
The CADC’s land cover was profiled to determine: a) how it differs from Non-CADC
areas, and b) the role of land use in shaping these differences. Spatial
autocorrelation analysis using satellite data showed that forest cover is a third
less prevalent in the CADC than in the Non-CADC while the share of mosaic
vegetation and mosaic cropland is nearly double. A naturally prevalent cover type
in the CADC, tropical dry forest (TDF), has been largely eliminated. The
significantly lesser proportion of forest and greater percentage of coverage
consistent with agriculture and ranching implicate land use conversion,
specifically deforestation for agricultural expansion and cattle ranching, in
shaping CADC land coverage. The process began in the mid-1800s when small-scale
agriculturalists migrated to the region followed by large-scale export crop and
beef production, primarily for international markets. Deforestation peaked after
WWII, concluding by the 1990s with the conversion of most woodlands. Similar
patterns now threaten forests along the Caribbean coast. Traditional land use
practices cannot sustain local communities or preserve the resource base, thereby
contributing to rural outmigration. Adopting sustainable practices and promoting
livelihoods strategies leading to forest regeneration will be fundamental for CC
adaptation in the CADC.},
keywords = {Central American Dry Corridor
Deforestation
Land cover-land use
Sustainable development
Extreme events
Land use conversion
Climate change},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN726,
author = {Gotlieb, Yosef and García Girón, Jorge Daniel},
title = {The role of land use conversion in shaping the land cover of the
Central American Dry Corridor},
volume = {94},
pages = {104351},
abstract = {The Central American Dry Corridor (CADC) is a trans-border region
characterized by climatic and ecological continuities. It is expected to experience
rising aridity and severe hydro-climatic events due to climate change. Subsistence
agriculture and other rural livelihoods to which land cover is central are widely
practiced in this impoverished territory of approximately eleven million people.
The CADC’s land cover was profiled to determine: a) how it differs from Non-CADC
areas, and b) the role of land use in shaping these differences. Spatial
autocorrelation analysis using satellite data showed that forest cover is a third
less prevalent in the CADC than in the Non-CADC while the share of mosaic
vegetation and mosaic cropland is nearly double. A naturally prevalent cover type
in the CADC, tropical dry forest (TDF), has been largely eliminated. The
significantly lesser proportion of forest and greater percentage of coverage
consistent with agriculture and ranching implicate land use conversion,
specifically deforestation for agricultural expansion and cattle ranching, in
shaping CADC land coverage. The process began in the mid-1800s when small-scale
agriculturalists migrated to the region followed by large-scale export crop and
beef production, primarily for international markets. Deforestation peaked after
WWII, concluding by the 1990s with the conversion of most woodlands. Similar
patterns now threaten forests along the Caribbean coast. Traditional land use
practices cannot sustain local communities or preserve the resource base, thereby
contributing to rural outmigration. Adopting sustainable practices and promoting
livelihoods strategies leading to forest regeneration will be fundamental for CC
adaptation in the CADC.},
keywords = {Central American Dry Corridor
Deforestation
Land cover-land use
Extreme events
Land use conversion
Climate change},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1256,
author = {Gozdowski, Dariusz and Stępień, Michał and Panek, Ewa and Varghese,
James and Bodecka, Elżbieta and Rozbicki, Jan and Samborski, Stanisław},
title = {Comparison of winter wheat NDVI data derived from Landsat 8 and active
optical sensor at field scale},
volume = {20},
pages = {100409},
abstract = {The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a commonly used
vegetation index for a wide range of purposes. In crop production NDVI is applied,
amongst others, to monitor crop status and vigour, predict yields and prescript
doses of nitrogen fertilizers. The calculation of NDVI requires the reflectance in
Near Infrared (NIR) and Red (RED) wavelength bands. These data may be obtained from
several sources, e. g. ground sensors, unmanned aerial vehicles, airborne and
satellite sensors. These sources differ not only in spatial resolution, but also in
sensor design and the wavelength range, at which the NIR and RED reflectance is
being registered. An important issue is, if the NDVI values derived from such
different sources are comparable, or they produce similar maps. The aim of this
study was to assess the relationship between NDVI derived from an active optical
sensor used in the farm, and NDVI derived from Landsat 8 satellite on 7 winter
wheat fields representing different regions and soils of Poland. According to the
results of this study, the relationship between NDVIs from both data sources may be
field and year specific, and varying for two adjacent fields on the same date.
Consequently, the NDVI derived from ground and satellite sources are not directly
comparable, but the NDVI maps produced from these sources are frequently similar,
even for quite different days of data acquisition. The issue of a universal
equation to convert ground NDVI into satellite NDVI or vice-versa is still an open-
ended research question.},
keywords = {NDVI
Vegetation index
Winter wheat},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN470,
author = {Grabau, Zane J. and Chen, Senyu},
title = {Influence of long-term corn–soybean crop sequences on soil ecology as
indicated by the nematode community},
volume = {100},
pages = {172-185},
abstract = {In the Midwestern United States, corn–soybean rotation is an
essential agricultural practice, but relatively little is known about the impact of
different corn–soybean cropping sequences on soil ecology. A long-term research
site in Waseca, Minnesota was established in 1982 to study corn–soybean rotation.
At the site, various corn–soybean crop sequences can be compared each year
including corn and soybean in 1 to 5 years of monoculture and continuous
monoculture of each crop. Additionally, granular nematicides (terbufos or aldicarb)
have been applied to half of each plot since 2010 to minimize nematode populations,
particularly plant-parasitic nematodes, across crop sequences. The nematode
community, a sensitive indicator of changes in soil ecology, was assessed at this
site to determine the impact of corn–soybean crop sequences and nematicide
application on the soil ecosystem. Nematicide application was effective against
target nematodes, herbivores, but also impacted non-target nematodes and thus soil
ecology. Nematicide application decreased fungivore and bacterivore populations,
diversity, and maturity; but significantly increased enrichment compared to no
nematicide application. The nematode community and thus soil ecology was
significantly different in corn compared to soybean cropping systems and changed
most during initial years after switching crops. Cropping systems in corn supported
significantly greater fungivore populations, fungal decomposition pathways, more
diversity, and a more mature ecosystem compared to soybean systems. Soybean systems
supported significantly greater bacterivore populations and a more disturbed,
enriched ecosystem. These differences between corn and soybean systems demonstrate
that each crop has a distinct impact on the soil ecosystem.},
keywords = {Nematode community
Corn
Soybean
Crop rotation
Soil ecology},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN945,
author = {Grace, Peter R. and Ladd, Jeffrey N. and Robertson, G. Philip and
Gage, Stuart H.},
title = {SOCRATES—A simple model for predicting long-term changes in soil
organic carbon in terrestrial ecosystems},
volume = {38},
number = {5},
pages = {1172-1176},
abstract = {The maintenance of soil organic carbon (SOC) in terrestrial
ecosystems is critical for long-term productivity. Simulation models of SOC
dynamics are valuable tools in predicting the impacts of climate on carbon storage
and developing management strategies for the mitigation of greenhouse gas
emissions, however, their utility is generally reduced due to need for specific
data. The SOCRATES model is a simple process based representation of soil SOC
dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems, which requires minimal data inputs and
specifically designed to examine the impact of land use and land use change on soil
carbon storage. SOCRATES was successful in predicting SOC change at eighteen long-
term crop, pasture and forestry trials from North America, Europe and Australasia.
These trials ranged from 8 to 86 years in duration, over a wide range of climates
and soil types with annual changes in SOC ranging from −3.0 to 4.2%.},
Simulation
SOCRATES},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.09.013},
year = {2006},
}
@article{RN34,
author = {Gray, Laura C. and Zhao, Lei and Stillwell, Ashlynn S.},
title = {Impacts of climate change on global total and urban runoff},
volume = {620},
pages = {129352},
abstract = {Climate models consistently project that frequency, severity, and
duration of hydroclimatic extremes will increase over this century under climate
change. Urban flooding and runoff in general have become prominent issues for many
cities and regions, arising from a combination of altered precipitation patterns,
urban growth, development in floodplains, and increases in impervious surfaces. In
this study, we first validate total (grid cell-level) runoff from the fully coupled
Community Earth System Model (CESM) historical simulations against one observed-
runoff/streamflow-based dataset and one reanalysis dataset, and further analyze
both grid cell-level runoff and urban subgrid runoff under future climate change
scenarios. We calculated global annual average of monthly runoff from the period
1986–1995 for the validation and calculated bias and correlation coefficients
between CESM and each of the datasets. Additionally, we analyzed future grid cell
and urban runoff across three CMIP6 coupled Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and
Representative Concentration Pathways – 2–4.5, 3–7.0, and 5–8.5 – and evaluated
changes between the future period of 2041–2050 and the same past period of 1986–
1995 for each scenario. Results show spatial consistency and robustness between the
CESM simulations and both datasets. However, there is some spatial inconsistency in
the areas highlighted as major runoff producers, such as the Amazon basin and
Southeast Asia, as well as mountainous regions outside the United States. Grid
cell-level runoff and urban runoff projections suggest that future hydroclimatic
conditions will vary depending on the climate scenario. However, certain locations,
such as Madagascar, Indonesia, and the Himalayan mountain range, consistently see
decreases in both grid cell-level runoff and urban runoff across all scenarios, and
locations such as Nigeria and Ecuador consistently see increases in both grid cell
runoff and urban runoff across all scenarios. Our findings provide quantitative
insights on hydrology representation in the global Earth system model and advance
the understanding of the impacts of large-scale climate change on future local-
scale urban runoff.},
keywords = {Total runoff
Urban runoff
Climate change
Earth system modeling
Urban hydrology},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN485,
author = {Grecchi, Rosana Cristina and Gwyn, Q. Hugh J. and Bénié, Goze Bertin
and Formaggio, Antônio Roberto and Fahl, Fernando César},
title = {Land use and land cover changes in the Brazilian Cerrado: A
multidisciplinary approach to assess the impacts of agricultural expansion},
volume = {55},
pages = {300-312},
abstract = {Expansion of agricultural lands have shaped Brazilian Cerrado
landscapes in recent decades; however, the environmental consequences of these
transformations are still poorly assessed. This paper presents a multidisciplinary
approach used to assess historical land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes and their
impacts on the environment in southeast Mato Grosso State, a region where the
Cerrado has been intensively converted into agricultural lands. The methodology
encompassed three main stages: (1) quantifying LULC changes using remote sensing
data, (2) assessing LULC change impacts on vulnerable lands (e.g. erosion prone
areas and wetlands), and (3) summarizing preceding information into key
environmental indicators, assessed within the Pressure-State-Response framework
(PSR) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The
results indicated a drastic landscape transformation in the selected area, which
evolved from predominantly vegetated to a consolidated agricultural region. Crops
expanded at high rates from 1985 to 1995, occupying the majority of the lands
suited for agriculture. In the following decade, crops continued to expand and
encroached into fragile environments (e.g. wetlands and more erodible soils). As a
result, from 1985 to 2005, the area lost approximately 42% of its natural
vegetation and erosion risks increased significantly. Our integration of land-use
change information with intrinsic environmental vulnerabilities allowed a deeper
understanding of LULC changes consequences and provided environmental indicators.
This offered a synoptic view of how LULC changes occurred and how they affected the
environment at a landscape scale. Furthermore, the assessment of the indicators
using the PSR framework, helped to clarify cause–effect relationships thus
furnishing key information of value to decision-makers and future comparisons with
other areas.},
keywords = {Land-use and land-cover changes
Environmental indicators
Remote sensing
Erosion risks
Cerrado biome},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN713,
author = {Greipsson, Sigurdur},
title = {Catastrophic soil erosion in Iceland: Impact of long-term climate
change, compounded natural disturbances and human driven land-use changes},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {98},
pages = {41-54},
abstract = {This study examines the interplay between long-term climate changes,
compounded natural disturbances and human driven land-use changes on catastrophic
soil erosion of the heathland ecosystem of Haukadalsheiði, south Iceland. Soil
erosion was catastrophic for three centuries (~1660–1960 AD) and was characterized
by almost total loss of vegetation and underlying soil. Soil erosion resulted in a
desertified, barren landscape that had no resemblance to the original heathland
ecosystem. Soil erosion was spatially reconstructed in a chronological order using
information on the average progress of eroding fronts, anecdotal and historical
evidence along with tephrochronological information. The progress of the fastest
eroding front was rapid (29.7myr−1). Human driven land‐use changes played a role in
the heathland degradation: relentless free-range grazing by livestock resulted in
decreased resistance of heathland communities to soil erosion. Adverse climate-
change during Little Ice Age (LIA: 1550–1850 AD) intensified the effect of grazing.
The catastrophic soil erosion was triggered by a massive sand encroachment ~1660 AD
from three outwash sand-plains along the glacial River Far. The sand drift was
sustained by dry northern glacial (katabatic) winds that drove the soil erosion.
Long-term climate change resulted in glacier fluctuation that caused changes in
water discharge in the River Far; sand drift was intense during periods of no water
discharge (~1660–1708 AD and ~1800–1929 AD) and following glacial river floods
(1708, 1884, 1902, 1929 and 1939 AD).Also, sand drift was intense due to unusually
frequent volcanic tephra fallouts (1693, 1721 and 1766 AD). Information on factors
that increase the risk of soil erosion and trigger and drive soil erosion is
critical in understanding catastrophic soil erosion.},
keywords = {Catastrophic soil erosion
Ecosystem degradation
Heathlands
Katabatic wind
Sand encroachment
Wind erosion},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN613,
author = {Greipsson, Sigurdur},
title = {Catastrophic soil erosion in Iceland: Impact of long-term climate
change, compounded natural disturbances and human driven land-use changes},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {98},
pages = {41-54},
abstract = {This study examines the interplay between long-term climate changes,
compounded natural disturbances and human driven land-use changes on catastrophic
soil erosion of the heathland ecosystem of Haukadalsheiði, south Iceland. Soil
erosion was catastrophic for three centuries (~1660–1960 AD) and was characterized
by almost total loss of vegetation and underlying soil. Soil erosion resulted in a
desertified, barren landscape that had no resemblance to the original heathland
ecosystem. Soil erosion was spatially reconstructed in a chronological order using
information on the average progress of eroding fronts, anecdotal and historical
evidence along with tephrochronological information. The progress of the fastest
eroding front was rapid (29.7myr−1). Human driven land‐use changes played a role in
the heathland degradation: relentless free-range grazing by livestock resulted in
decreased resistance of heathland communities to soil erosion. Adverse climate-
change during Little Ice Age (LIA: 1550–1850 AD) intensified the effect of grazing.
The catastrophic soil erosion was triggered by a massive sand encroachment ~1660 AD
from three outwash sand-plains along the glacial River Far. The sand drift was
sustained by dry northern glacial (katabatic) winds that drove the soil erosion.
Long-term climate change resulted in glacier fluctuation that caused changes in
water discharge in the River Far; sand drift was intense during periods of no water
discharge (~1660–1708 AD and ~1800–1929 AD) and following glacial river floods
(1708, 1884, 1902, 1929 and 1939 AD).Also, sand drift was intense due to unusually
frequent volcanic tephra fallouts (1693, 1721 and 1766 AD). Information on factors
that increase the risk of soil erosion and trigger and drive soil erosion is
critical in understanding catastrophic soil erosion.},
keywords = {Catastrophic soil erosion
Ecosystem degradation
Heathlands
Katabatic wind
Sand encroachment
Wind erosion},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN879,
author = {Griffiths, B. S. and Römbke, J. and Schmelz, R. M. and Scheffczyk, A.
and Faber, J. H. and Bloem, J. and Pérès, G. and Cluzeau, D. and Chabbi, A. and
Suhadolc, M. and Sousa, J. P. and Martins da Silva, P. and Carvalho, F. and Mendes,
S. and Morais, P. and Francisco, R. and Pereira, C. and Bonkowski, M. and Geisen,
S. and Bardgett, R. D. and de Vries, F. T. and Bolger, T. and Dirilgen, T. and
Schmidt, O. and Winding, A. and Hendriksen, N. B. and Johansen, A. and Philippot,
L. and Plassart, P. and Bru, D. and Thomson, B. and Griffiths, R. I. and Bailey, M.
J. and Keith, A. and Rutgers, M. and Mulder, C. and Hannula, S. E. and Creamer, R.
and Stone, D.},
title = {Selecting cost effective and policy-relevant biological indicators for
European monitoring of soil biodiversity and ecosystem function},
volume = {69},
pages = {213-223},
abstract = {Soils provide many ecosystem services that are ultimately dependent
on the local diversity and belowground abundance of organisms. Soil biodiversity is
affected negatively by many threats and there is a perceived policy requirement for
the effective biological monitoring of soils at the European level. The aim of this
study was to evaluate and recommend policy relevant, cost-effective soil biological
indicators for biodiversity and ecosystem function across Europe. A total of 18
potential indicators were selected using a logical-sieve based approach. This paper
considers the use of indicators from the ‘top down’ (i.e. concerned with the
process of indicator selection), rather than from the ‘bottom up’ detail of how
individual indicators perform at specific sites and with specific treatments. The
indicators assessed a range of microbial, faunal and functional attributes, newer
nucleic acids based techniques, morphological approaches and process based
measurements. They were tested at 6 European experimental sites already in
operation and chosen according to land-use, climatic zone and differences in land
management intensity. These were 4 arable sites, one each in Atlantic, Continental,
Mediterranean and Pannonian climate zones, and 2 grassland sites, one each in
Atlantic and Continental zones. At each site we sampled three replicated plots of
contrasting management intensity and, while the treatments varied from site to
site, their disturbance effects were quantified in terms of land use intensity. The
field sampling and laboratory analysis were standardised through a combination of
ISO protocols, or standard operating procedures if the former were not available.
Sites were sampled twice, in autumn 2012 and spring or autumn 2013, with relative
costs of the different indicators being determined each time. A breakdown of the
cost effectiveness of the indicators showed the expected trade-off between effort
required in the field and effort required in the laboratory. All the indicators
were able to differentiate between the sites but, as no single indicator was
sensitive to all the differences in land use intensity, we suggest that an
indicator programme should be based upon a suite of different indicators. For
monitoring under the European climatic zones and land uses of this study,
indicators for ecosystem functions related to the services of water regulation, C-
sequestration and nutrient provision would include a minimum suite of: earthworms;
functional genes; and bait lamina. For effective monitoring of biodiversity all
taxonomic groups would need to be addressed.},
keywords = {Climatic zone
Ecosystem services
Land use
Logical sieve
Soil fauna
Soil microbiology},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN958,
author = {Grinde, Alexis R. and Niemi, Gerald J. and Sturtevant, Brian R. and
Panci, Hannah and Thogmartin, Wayne and Wolter, Peter},
title = {Importance of scale, land cover, and weather on the abundance of bird
species in a managed forest},
volume = {405},
pages = {295-308},
abstract = {Climate change and habitat loss are projected to be the two greatest
drivers of biodiversity loss over the coming century. While public lands have the
potential to increase regional resilience of bird populations to these threats,
long-term data are necessary to document species responses to changes in climate
and habitat to better understand population vulnerabilities. We used generalized
linear mixed models to determine the importance of stand-level characteristics,
multi-scale land cover, and annual weather factors to the abundance of 61 bird
species over a 20-year time frame in Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota, USA. Of
the 61 species modeled, we were able to build final models with R-squared values
that ranged from 26% to 69% for 37 species; the remaining 24 species models had
issues with convergence or low explanatory power (R-squared<20%). Models for the 37
species show that stand-level characteristics, land cover factors, and annual
weather effects on species abundance were species-specific and varied within
guilds. Forty-one percent of the final species models included stand-level
characteristics, 92% included land cover variables at the 200m scale, 51% included
land cover variables at the 500m scale, 46% included land cover variables at the
1000m scale, and 38% included weather variables in best models. Three species
models (8%) included significant weather and land cover interaction terms. Overall,
models indicated that aboveground tree biomass and land cover variables drove
changes in the majority of species. Of those species models including weather
variables, more included annual variation in precipitation or drought than
temperature. Annual weather variability was significantly more likely to impact
abundance of species associated with deciduous forests and bird species that are
considered climate sensitive. The long-term data and models we developed are
particularly suited to informing science-based adaptive forest management plans
that incorporate climate sensitivity, aim to conserve large areas of forest
habitat, and maintain an historical mosaic of cover types for conserving a diverse
and abundant avian assemblage.},
keywords = {Avian abundance
Climate change
Forest management
Empirical model
Laurentian mixed forests},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN229,
author = {Gross, D. and Dubois, G. and Pekel, J. F. and Mayaux, P. and Holmgren,
M. and Prins, H. H. T. and Rondinini, C. and Boitani, L.},
title = {Monitoring land cover changes in African protected areas in the 21st
century},
volume = {14},
pages = {31-37},
abstract = {Africa is home to some of the most vulnerable natural ecosystems and
species on the planet. Around 7000 protected areas seek to safeguard the
continent's rich biodiversity, but many of them face increasing management
challenges. Human disturbances permeating into the parks directly and indirectly
affect the ecological functioning and integrity of protected areas. With the
envisaged expansion of the protected area network and further expected population
and economic growth in the region, the competition between nature conservation and
resources demands is likely to increase. The regular monitoring of land cover in
and around protected areas can support the early detection of conservation
conflicts. In this paper, we evaluate the use of the annual time series of MODIS
Land Cover (LC) type product between 2003 and 2009 to monitor land cover changes at
continental scale. We use the mean classification confidence and change frequency
as indicators to assess the temporal consistency of the MODIS LC classifier for
accurately monitoring land cover changes. We discuss the perspectives and issues
for an automated monitoring of land cover changes in African protected areas.},
Conservation
Land use change
MODIS
Natural reserve
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN329,
author = {Gross, D. and Dubois, G. and Pekel, J. F. and Mayaux, P. and Holmgren,
M. and Prins, H. H. T. and Rondinini, C. and Boitani, L.},
title = {Monitoring land cover changes in African protected areas in the 21st
century},
volume = {14},
pages = {31-37},
abstract = {Africa is home to some of the most vulnerable natural ecosystems and
species on the planet. Around 7000 protected areas seek to safeguard the
continent's rich biodiversity, but many of them face increasing management
challenges. Human disturbances permeating into the parks directly and indirectly
affect the ecological functioning and integrity of protected areas. With the
envisaged expansion of the protected area network and further expected population
and economic growth in the region, the competition between nature conservation and
resources demands is likely to increase. The regular monitoring of land cover in
and around protected areas can support the early detection of conservation
conflicts. In this paper, we evaluate the use of the annual time series of MODIS
Land Cover (LC) type product between 2003 and 2009 to monitor land cover changes at
continental scale. We use the mean classification confidence and change frequency
as indicators to assess the temporal consistency of the MODIS LC classifier for
accurately monitoring land cover changes. We discuss the perspectives and issues
for an automated monitoring of land cover changes in African protected areas.},
Conservation
Land use change
MODIS
Natural reserve
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN601,
author = {Gruss, Iwona and Yin, Rui and Julia, Siebert and Eisenhauer, Nico and
Schädler, Martin},
title = {The responses of Collembola biomass to climate and land-use changes
vary with life form},
volume = {225},
pages = {105541},
abstract = {The biomass of invertebrate detritivores is an important driver of
multiple ecosystem functions, yet little is known about how it changes in the
context of global change. Taking Collembola communities as our focal groups, we
conducted a study at the Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF) in central
Germany to assess how climate change (i.e., increased temperature by ∼0.55 °C
across seasons, and the altered precipitation patterns by ∼9 % increase in spring
and autumn, and ∼21 % reduction in summer) and intensive land use (i.e., from
extensively-used grassland to conventional cropland) would shift the biomass
patterns of Collembola and their different life forms. Our results show that the
biomass of different Collembola life forms differed in their response to the
changes in climate and land use. Specifically, the population biomass of surface-
dwelling Collembola significantly decreased under future climate scenario and
intensive land use, while the biomass of soil-living Collembola responded less.
Importantly, Collembola biomass was decreased by (i) climate change-induced body
size shrinkage, and (ii) intensive land use-induced density reduction. These
results suggest that different environmental change drivers are able to reduce soil
microarthropod biomass via dissimilar mechanisms.},
keywords = {Future climate
Global change
Land-use intensification
Microarthropods
Springtail},
ISSN = {0167-1987},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN448,
author = {Guida-Johnson, Bárbara and Zuleta, Gustavo A.},
title = {Land-use land-cover change and ecosystem loss in the Espinal ecoregion,
Argentina},
volume = {181},
pages = {31-40},
abstract = {Land-use land-cover (LULC) changes are one of the major threats to
biodiversity worldwide, since their principal consequences are the loss,
fragmentation or degradation of the habitat available for most species. Therefore,
in order to provide guidelines for environmental management at the regional scale
and thus reverse the trend in degradation, transformations of natural remnants into
anthropogenic land uses must be identified and quantified. This study examines LULC
transitions from 1987 to 2001 and from 2001 to 2009 in two adjacent watersheds
located in the Espinal, one of the least protected ecoregions of Argentina. We
detected a 20% loss in ecosystems for the period analyzed and, in particular, 60%
of native forests were lost. Changes were mainly driven by the expansion of
croplands, which directly transformed wetlands and also acted as an underlying
cause of the displacement of ranching activities, which in turn replaced Espinal
forests. We developed a conceptual model of observed LULC changes for the study
area, which we then complemented by proposing an alternative scenario that
reconciles agriculture and biodiversity conservation. These results have
implications for provincial land use planning and could contribute to the
participatory processes demanded by the recent national legislation sanctioned for
the protection of native forests.},
Cross-tabulation matrix
Sustainable agriculture
Natural remnants
Deforestation},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN1155,
author = {Gule, Thandile T. and Lemma, Brook and Hailu, Binyam Tesfaw},
title = {Implications of land use/land cover dynamics on urban water quality:
Case of Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia},
volume = {9},
number = {5},
pages = {e15665},
abstract = {Water resources are often at the center of urban development but, as
the city expands, the environmental pressure on its water resources increases.
Therefore, in this study, we looked into how various land uses and changes in land
cover affect the water quality in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Land use and land cover
change maps were generated from 1991 to 2021 at intervals of five years. On the
basis of the weighted arithmetic water quality index approach, the water quality
for the same years was likewise divided into five classes. The relationship between
land use/land cover dynamics and water quality was then evaluated using
correlations, multiple linear regressions, and principal component analysis.
According to the computed water quality index, the water quality decreased from
65.34 in 1991 to 246.76 in 2021. The built-up area showed an increase of over 338%,
whereas the amount of water decreased by over 61%. While barren land exhibited a
negative correlation with nitrates, ammonia loadings, total alkalinity, and total
hardness of the water, agriculture and built-up areas positively correlated with
water quality parameters such as nutrient loading, turbidity, total alkalinity, and
total hardness. A principal component analysis revealed that built up areas and
changes in vegetated areas have the biggest impact on water quality. These findings
suggest that land use and land cover modifications are involved in the
deterioration of water quality around the city. This study will offer information
that might help reduce the dangers to aquatic life in urbanized environments.},
keywords = {Water quality
Land use/land cover change detection
Urbanization
Remote sensing
Addis Ababa},
ISSN = {2405-8440},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN558,
author = {Guo, Qian and Yu, Chunxue and Xu, Zhihao and Yang, Ying and Wang,
Xin},
title = {Impacts of climate and land-use changes on water yields: Similarities
and differences among typical watersheds distributed throughout China},
volume = {45},
pages = {101294},
abstract = {Study region Seventeen watersheds distributed throughout China Study
focus Climate and land-use changes result in significant impacts on watershed water
yields. The water yield response to climate and land-use changes differs due to
variations in watershed geographical, climatic, and socioeconomic characteristics.
Effects of watershed characteristics on water yield response remain unclear. In
this study, the InVEST model is used to simultaneously assess water yields of 17
typical watersheds distributed throughout China, with widely differing
characteristics, and specific scenario simulations are conducted to compare
similarities and differences among different watersheds in the water yield response
to climate and land-use changes. New hydrological insights for the region Results
show that about three quarters of the investigated watersheds are characterized by
increasing water yields from 1990 to 2020. The impact of climate change on water
yield is similar in these watersheds. However, water yield response to land-use
changes exhibits significant spatial differences, which is affected by watershed
geographical and climatic characteristics. The mean annual water yield of Hai River
watershed with two megacities (Beijing and Tianjin) is lowest among investigated
watersheds, which is only 0.14 % of that in the Min River watershed in southeastern
China. This implies that the mismatch of regional socioeconomic development and
water availability remains a big challenge in China and requires rational cross-
watershed management strategies.},
InVEST model
Land use
Water security
Water yield},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN654,
author = {Guo, Wen-Wen and Jin, Lei and Li, Wang and Wang, Wen-Ting},
title = {Assessing the vulnerability of grasslands in Gannan of China under the
dual effects of climate change and human activities},
volume = {148},
pages = {110100},
abstract = {Climate change and human activities are two major drivers of
grasslands degradation. Understanding the vulnerability of grasslands to both
drives is of great importance for grassland conservation. This research established
a vulnerability assessment model with historical and future the Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), which was predicted by an optimized
spatiotemporal NDVI prediction model, and then examined the vulnerability of
grasslands under climate change and human activities in Gannan Prefecture on the
north-eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Our results show that Gannan grasslands would
show a vulnerability pattern of higher in the west and lower in the east under
climate change and human activities. More than 46 % and 17 % of the region will
become highly and medium vulnerable areas in the future, mainly concentrated in
Maqu, Luqu and Xiahe counties in the west, southwest and northwest of Gannan.
Specifically, the vulnerability is the lowest under the future climate scenario of
moderate carbon emissions (i.e. RCP 4.5). Land use types such as forest land,
unutilized land and cultivated land conversion to grassland could partially offset
the vulnerability mainly caused climate change, while the conversion of grassland
to unutilized land, forest land and cultivated land would increase the
vulnerability of grassland. Our results would help to deepen the understanding of
the patterns and main drivers of Gannan grasslands vulnerability under the impacts
of climate change and human activities, and provide theoretical basis for the
development of corresponding grassland management policies.},
Gannan grasslands
NDVI
Pixel-by-pixel regression
Vulnerability},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN754,
author = {Guo, Wen-Wen and Jin, Lei and Li, Wang and Wang, Wen-Ting},
title = {Assessing the vulnerability of grasslands in Gannan of China under the
dual effects of climate change and human activities},
volume = {148},
pages = {110100},
abstract = {Climate change and human activities are two major drivers of
grasslands degradation. Understanding the vulnerability of grasslands to both
drives is of great importance for grassland conservation. This research established
a vulnerability assessment model with historical and future the Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), which was predicted by an optimized
spatiotemporal NDVI prediction model, and then examined the vulnerability of
grasslands under climate change and human activities in Gannan Prefecture on the
north-eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Our results show that Gannan grasslands would
show a vulnerability pattern of higher in the west and lower in the east under
climate change and human activities. More than 46 % and 17 % of the region will
become highly and medium vulnerable areas in the future, mainly concentrated in
Maqu, Luqu and Xiahe counties in the west, southwest and northwest of Gannan.
Specifically, the vulnerability is the lowest under the future climate scenario of
moderate carbon emissions (i.e. RCP 4.5). Land use types such as forest land,
unutilized land and cultivated land conversion to grassland could partially offset
the vulnerability mainly caused climate change, while the conversion of grassland
to unutilized land, forest land and cultivated land would increase the
vulnerability of grassland. Our results would help to deepen the understanding of
the patterns and main drivers of Gannan grasslands vulnerability under the impacts
of climate change and human activities, and provide theoretical basis for the
development of corresponding grassland management policies.},
Gannan grasslands
NDVI
Pixel-by-pixel regression
Vulnerability},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN683,
author = {Guo, Wenxian and Yu, Long and Huang, Lintong and He, Ning and Chen,
Wenxiong and Hong, Fengtian and Wang, Bing and Wang, Hongxiang},
title = {Ecohydrological response to multi-model land use change at watershed
scale},
volume = {49},
pages = {101517},
abstract = {Study region The Min River basin, China. Study focus In order to
investigate the ecohydrological response under historical and future land use
changes, we simulated daily runoff sequences under different land use scenarios by
coupling the PLUS model with the Physical Hydrological Model and quantitatively
assessed the ecohydrological impacts of different land use changes in the watershed
by combining the IHA method. New hydrological insights for the region The Min River
Basin is dominated by grassland, woodland and, cultivated land which account for
94 % of the total. During the period 2000–2020, the area of cultivated land
decreased by 4.47 % overall, and construction land increased by 78.68 % overall.
Compared to the base year of 2010, the multi-year average monthly runoff increased
under different land use scenarios. The high flow indicators (1 daymax, 7 daymax,
and 30 daymax) had the largest increasing trend under the natural development
scenario in 2030, 54 m3/s, 33 m3/s, and 24 m3/s, respectively, whereas their
increase decreased under the ecological protection scenario in 2030; the low flow
indicators (1 daymin, 7 daymin, and 30 daymin) decreased less in the 2030 eco-
protection scenario than in the natural development scenario, where they decreased
by − 5 m3/s, − 9 m3/s, and − 11 m3/s, respectively. The results of the study
contribute to a deeper understanding of the response of watershed hydrological
processes to land-use change.},
keywords = {Hydrological response
Multiple scenarios
The PLUS model
The SWAT model
Min River basin},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN783,
author = {Guo, Wenxian and Yu, Long and Huang, Lintong and He, Ning and Chen,
Wenxiong and Hong, Fengtian and Wang, Bing and Wang, Hongxiang},
title = {Ecohydrological response to multi-model land use change at watershed
scale},
volume = {49},
pages = {101517},
abstract = {Study region The Min River basin, China. Study focus In order to
investigate the ecohydrological response under historical and future land use
changes, we simulated daily runoff sequences under different land use scenarios by
coupling the PLUS model with the Physical Hydrological Model and quantitatively
assessed the ecohydrological impacts of different land use changes in the watershed
by combining the IHA method. New hydrological insights for the region The Min River
Basin is dominated by grassland, woodland and, cultivated land which account for
94 % of the total. During the period 2000–2020, the area of cultivated land
decreased by 4.47 % overall, and construction land increased by 78.68 % overall.
Compared to the base year of 2010, the multi-year average monthly runoff increased
under different land use scenarios. The high flow indicators (1 daymax, 7 daymax,
and 30 daymax) had the largest increasing trend under the natural development
scenario in 2030, 54 m3/s, 33 m3/s, and 24 m3/s, respectively, whereas their
increase decreased under the ecological protection scenario in 2030; the low flow
indicators (1 daymin, 7 daymin, and 30 daymin) decreased less in the 2030 eco-
protection scenario than in the natural development scenario, where they decreased
by − 5 m3/s, − 9 m3/s, and − 11 m3/s, respectively. The results of the study
contribute to a deeper understanding of the response of watershed hydrological
processes to land-use change.},
Multiple scenarios
The PLUS model
The SWAT model
Min River basin},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN201,
author = {Guo, Xinya and Zhang, Xingqi and Zhang, Zhenke and Yang, Hong and Zhu,
Wanyi and Feng, Shouming},
title = {The non-uniform time-lag and cumulative responses of terrestrial
ecosystem water use efficiency to climate change in Lake Victoria Basin, East
Africa},
volume = {625},
pages = {130081},
abstract = {Revealing the response mechanisms of carbon–water cycle to maximum
and minimum temperatures and daytime and nighttime warming is important for
managing fragile ecosystems exposed to severe climate warming and extreme weathers.
Taking water use efficiency (WUE) characterizing the coupled carbon–water cycle as
the research object, and maximum and minimum temperatures as the indicators of
temperature change, this study explored the response of ecosystem WUE to
temperature change in Lake Victoria Basin during distinct rainy and dry seasons.
The results revealed the time-lag and cumulative multiple effects of antecedent
maximum and minimum temperatures on current ecosystem WUE, which marked differences
between the rainy and dry seasons. The monthly average ecosystem WUE in the rainy
seasons (0.99 g C kg−1 H2O) were higher than those in the dry seasons (0.83 g C
kg−1 H2O) during 2001–2018. WUE were more sensitive to temperature change in the
dry seasons, with significant negative correlation with minimum temperature and
positive correlation with cumulative maximum temperature. In rainy seasons, WUE
showed more significant time-lag and cumulative effects, with response to maximum
temperature for lagging approximate 3 months, to minimum temperature for lagging 0–
2 months, to cumulative maximum temperature for lagging 1 month, and to cumulative
minimum temperature lagging 3–4 months, respectively. The results add new evidence
for differential non-instantaneous responses of WUE to maximum and minimum
temperatures under dry and wet conditions.},
keywords = {Water use efficiency
Maximum temperature
Minimum temperature
Time-lag effect
Cumulative effect},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1042,
author = {Gurung, Ram B. and Breidt, F. Jay and Dutin, Amandine and Ogle,
Stephen M.},
title = {Predicting Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) curves for ecosystem
modeling applications},
volume = {113},
number = {10},
pages = {2186-2193},
abstract = {Vegetation indices derived from remote sensing data provide
information about the variability in stature, growth and vigor of the vegetation
across a region, and have been used to model plant processes. For example, the
Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) provides a measure of greenness of the vegetation
that can be used to predict net primary production. However, ecosystem models
relying on remote sensing data for EVI or other vegetation indices are limited by
the time series of the satellite data record. Our objective was to develop a
statistical model to predict EVI in order to extend the time series for modeling
applications. To explain the functional behavior of the seasonal EVI curves, a two-
stage multiple regression fitting procedure within a semi-parametric mixed effect
(SPME) model framework was used. First, a linear mixed effect (LME) model was
fitted to the EVI with climate indexes, crop and irrigation information as
predictor variables. Second, Penalized B-splines were used to explain the behavior
of the smooth residuals, which result from a smooth model fit to the smooth EVI
data curve, in order to describe the uncertainty of the EVI curve. Individual
models were fit within individual Major Land Resources Areas (MLRAs). Predicted
seasonal EVI, derived from our regression equations, showed a strong agreement with
the observed EVI and was able to capture the site by site and year by year
variation in the EVI curve. Out-of-sample prediction produced excellent results for
a majority of the sites, except for sites without clear seasonal patterns, which
may have resulted from cloud contamination and/or snow cover. Therefore, given the
appropriate climate, crop, and irrigation information, the proposed approach can be
used to predict seasonal EVI curves for extending the time series into the past and
future.},
keywords = {Enhanced Vegetation Index
Ecosystem models
Semi-parametric mixed effect model},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2009},
}
@article{RN254,
author = {Gutwein, Sebastian and Zaltzberg-Drezdahl, Keith and Toensmeier, Eric
and Ferguson, Rafter Sass},
title = {Estimating land cover-based soil organic carbon to support
decarbonization and climate resilience planning in Massachusetts},
volume = {9},
pages = {100076},
abstract = {Land management and land cover change exert a strong influence on
soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. As scientific, political, and business
communities increase their awareness of the essential roles SOC plays in climate
regulation and ecosystem functions, efforts to quantify the impacts of land use and
management on SOC have increased rapidly. Existing methods of estimating SOC stocks
from widely available data do not account for land cover, and are therefore of
limited usefulness in understanding the impacts of past and future land use change.
This project explores a method of linking land cover to SOC using data from public
datasets and the scientific literature, to provide an SOC Inventory for
Massachusetts, and compares the results to those derived from a common baseline
approach. Our method derives average land cover SOC values by combining data from
the USDA-NRCS Rapid Carbon Assessment and the National Cooperative Soil
Characterization Database with values from a meta-analysis of scientific
literature. These are applied to the total area of the 20 most abundant land cover
classes of Massachusetts. We compare this land cover-based approach with a baseline
using SOC values found in the Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO), applied to
each soil map unit found within Massachusetts. Our approach produced an estimated
stock of 481 million metric tons of SOC, 29% and 109 million metric tons greater
than the SSURGO baseline. We use these estimates to explore the use of the land
cover based SOC values to project the impacts of likely land cover change by
2050.},
keywords = {Soil carbon
Inventory
Soil health
Land cover
Climate change},
ISSN = {2667-0062},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN354,
author = {Gutwein, Sebastian and Zaltzberg-Drezdahl, Keith and Toensmeier, Eric
and Ferguson, Rafter Sass},
title = {Estimating land cover-based soil organic carbon to support
decarbonization and climate resilience planning in Massachusetts},
volume = {9},
pages = {100076},
abstract = {Land management and land cover change exert a strong influence on
soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. As scientific, political, and business
communities increase their awareness of the essential roles SOC plays in climate
regulation and ecosystem functions, efforts to quantify the impacts of land use and
management on SOC have increased rapidly. Existing methods of estimating SOC stocks
from widely available data do not account for land cover, and are therefore of
limited usefulness in understanding the impacts of past and future land use change.
This project explores a method of linking land cover to SOC using data from public
datasets and the scientific literature, to provide an SOC Inventory for
Massachusetts, and compares the results to those derived from a common baseline
approach. Our method derives average land cover SOC values by combining data from
the USDA-NRCS Rapid Carbon Assessment and the National Cooperative Soil
Characterization Database with values from a meta-analysis of scientific
literature. These are applied to the total area of the 20 most abundant land cover
classes of Massachusetts. We compare this land cover-based approach with a baseline
using SOC values found in the Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO), applied to
each soil map unit found within Massachusetts. Our approach produced an estimated
stock of 481 million metric tons of SOC, 29% and 109 million metric tons greater
than the SSURGO baseline. We use these estimates to explore the use of the land
cover based SOC values to project the impacts of likely land cover change by
2050.},
keywords = {Soil carbon
Inventory
Soil health
Land cover
Climate change},
ISSN = {2667-0062},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN688,
author = {Gwate, Onalenna and Mantel, Sukhmani K. and Gibson, Lesley A. and
Munch, Zahn and Palmer, Anthony R.},
title = {Exploring dynamics of evapotranspiration in selected land cover classes
in a sub-humid grassland: A case study in quaternary catchment S50E, South Africa},
volume = {157},
pages = {66-76},
abstract = {Land cover change is a pervasive force and it influences the
relationship between precipitation (P) and actual evapotranspiration (AET). The
study sought to determine variations in catchment scale AET attributable to land
cover change over a grassland in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Remotely sensed
rainfall and AET data were used. Land cover maps for the study area were used to
extract annual AET from the MOD16 ET product. The method of cumulative residuals
was applied to link dynamics in AET with land cover change to enable the
application of an appropriate map for retrieving AET. Rainfall and AET were
subjected to the Mann- Kendall and Pettitt's tests. Grassland and built-up cover
classes AET showed step changes (p < 0.05) indicating sudden changes. Forest cover
revealed a marginal trend (p < 0.1), since forest cover change was a slow process.
Changes in the evaporative index suggest that land cover influenced AET and this
was confirmed by dynamics in the catchment parameter (w). Average w (1.88)
indicated that the catchment had a low water retention capacity and this suggests
that the hydrological response was sensitive to land cover change. Management
interventions are required to improve water retention in the catchment.},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN788,
author = {Gwate, Onalenna and Mantel, Sukhmani K. and Gibson, Lesley A. and
Munch, Zahn and Palmer, Anthony R.},
title = {Exploring dynamics of evapotranspiration in selected land cover classes
in a sub-humid grassland: A case study in quaternary catchment S50E, South Africa},
volume = {157},
pages = {66-76},
abstract = {Land cover change is a pervasive force and it influences the
relationship between precipitation (P) and actual evapotranspiration (AET). The
study sought to determine variations in catchment scale AET attributable to land
cover change over a grassland in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Remotely sensed
rainfall and AET data were used. Land cover maps for the study area were used to
extract annual AET from the MOD16 ET product. The method of cumulative residuals
was applied to link dynamics in AET with land cover change to enable the
application of an appropriate map for retrieving AET. Rainfall and AET were
subjected to the Mann- Kendall and Pettitt's tests. Grassland and built-up cover
classes AET showed step changes (p < 0.05) indicating sudden changes. Forest cover
revealed a marginal trend (p < 0.1), since forest cover change was a slow process.
Changes in the evaporative index suggest that land cover influenced AET and this
was confirmed by dynamics in the catchment parameter (w). Average w (1.88)
indicated that the catchment had a low water retention capacity and this suggests
that the hydrological response was sensitive to land cover change. Management
interventions are required to improve water retention in the catchment.},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN197,
author = {Gómez-Aíza, Laura and Martínez-Ballesté, Andrea and Álvarez-Balderas,
Leonel and Lombardero-Goldaracena, Alicia and García-Meneses, Paola M. and Caso-
Chávez, Margarita and Conde-Álvarez, Cecilia},
title = {Can wildlife management units reduce land use/land cover change and
climate change vulnerability? Conditions to encourage this capacity in Mexican
municipalities},
volume = {64},
pages = {317-326},
abstract = {Climate change and land use/land cover change (LULCC) are associated
with local vulnerability, defined as the intrinsic tendency of a system to be
negatively affected by an event or phenomenon, but this can be ameliorated by
ecosystem conservation. In Mexico, extensive Wildlife Management Units (eWMUs) are
environmental policy instruments designed to promote ecosystem conservation and
rural development via the sustainable use of wildlife by local populations.
However, evidence of the successful reduction of LULCC by eWMUs is contradictory,
and there has been no investigation into their potential as an action to promote
climate change adaptation. In this study, we focused on the overall patterns of
LULCC associated with eWMU throughout the country and examined strengths and
weaknesses of eWMUs as policy instruments to address climate change. In particular,
we analyzed how differences in areas with eWMUs influence LULCC and assessed how
eWMUs could contribute to reducing vulnerability, particularly in double exposure
municipalities. We calculated the percentage of eWMUs per municipality from
official information and estimated LULCC from vegetation changes between 2002 and
2011. We then used the Kruskal-Wallis test to find statistically significant
differences in vegetation changes based on the percentage of eWMUs and performed
between-group comparisons using a post hoc Dunn test. Although Mexico has 2456
municipalities, only 37% have eWMUs. Furthermore, 64% of Mexico’s municipalities
have lost vegetation cover, whereas only 36% have either gained vegetation or
remained stable. In municipalities that recorded changes to the vegetation, those
changes were, overall, minimal and involved less than 10% of the total area of
those municipalities. In general, municipalities with less than 10% of their total
area dedicated to eWMUs experienced higher vegetation losses than those with more
than 10% of their total area dedicated to eWMUs. We detected twelve double exposure
municipalities, i.e. they are vulnerable to climate change and lost more than 10%
of their vegetation. Double exposure municipalities dedicated less than 2% of their
total area to eWMUs as well. Our results suggest that incremental increases in the
area dedicated to eWMUs may reduce LULCC and protect vegetation, particularly in
double exposure municipalities. Based on the literature, some ecological, economic
and socio-cultural factors may determine the success of eWMUs and strongly impact
LULCC. Therefore, additional efforts must be made to enhance our understanding of
ecological and climatic processes; habitats must be monitored using a standardized
methodology; biological, cultural, economic and institutional diversity must be
incorporated into the planning, implementation and monitoring of eWMUs; and
agreements must be established to strengthen social organization and human capital.
Taking all this into account, we suggest that reducing vulnerability and improving
double exposure areas by increasing the number and interconnectedness of eWMUs
could represent an effective strategic approach at the municipal level to address
LULCC and climate change.},
keywords = {LULCC
Vegetation cover
Policy instrument
Conservation
Adaptation},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN826,
author = {Gómez-Cifuentes, Andrés and Vespa, Natalia and Semmartín, María and
Zurita, Gustavo},
title = {Canopy cover is a key factor to preserve the ecological functions of
dung beetles in the southern Atlantic Forest},
volume = {154},
pages = {103652},
abstract = {In general, livestock activities affect the diversity and ecological
functions of dung beetles. However, some practices associated with tree retention
could reduce this problem while maintaining productivity. The objective of this
study was to explore the influence of canopy cover on dung beetle biomass, their
burial activity and changes in soil conditions associated with this activity, in
the southern Atlantic Forest of Argentina. Four habitat types were compared: (i)
native forest, (ii) silvopastoral systems with native trees, (iii) silvopastoral
systems with exotic trees (Pinus taeda), and (iv) open pastures. Canopy cover, and
microclimatic and soil conditions were also evaluated in each habitat type. The
native forest and silvopastoral systems (both native and exotic) showed lower
temperatures, higher relative humidity, higher electrical conductivity, and higher
nitrate (N-NO3) and sand contents than open pastures, which showed opposite
microclimatic conditions and higher clay contents. In addition, field experiments
using acrylic plastic beads and cow dung were performed to evaluate the burial
activity of dung beetles, and its influence on soil properties. Soil samples were
collected after 30 days to compare the soil conditions among habitat types. Total
burial (>95%) and depth (5–6 cm) of acrylic plastic beads were higher in habitat
types with native trees than in livestock systems with exotic trees and open
pastures; moreover, dung beetle total biomass was strongly and linearly related to
burial activity among habitat types. We observed no direct influence of burial
activity on soil properties. Our results support the idea that livestock systems
with native trees improve the environmental parameters, biomass and ecological
functions of dung beetles compared with silvopastoral systems with exotic trees and
open pastures.},
keywords = {Livestock
Silvopastoral systems
Pine
Soil
Biomass
Burial activity},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN637,
author = {Gür, Hakan},
title = {The future impact of climate and land-use changes on Anatolian ground
squirrels under different scenarios},
volume = {70},
pages = {101693},
abstract = {Climate and land-use changes are among the most important drivers of
biodiversity loss and, moreover, their impacts on biodiversity are expected to
increase further in the 21st century. In this study, the future impact of climate
and land-use changes on Anatolian ground squirrels (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus) was
assessed. Accordingly, a hierarchical approach with two steps was used. First,
ecological niche modelling was used to assess the impact of climate change in areas
accessible to Anatolian ground squirrels through dispersal (i.e. the impact of
climate change). Second, based on the habitat preferences of ground squirrels,
land-use data were used to assess the impact of land-use change in suitable
bioclimatic areas for Anatolian ground squirrels under present and future
conditions (i.e. the combined impact of both changes). Also, priority areas for the
conservation of Anatolian ground squirrels were identified based on in-situ climate
change refugia. This study represents a first attempt to combine niche modelling
and land-use data for a species in Anatolia, one of the most vulnerable regions to
the drivers of biodiversity loss, because it is the region where three of
biodiversity hotspots meet, and interact. Habitat suitability (i.e. suitable
habitats across suitable bioclimatic areas) was projected to decline by 19–69% in
the future (depending on the scenario), mainly due to the loss of suitable
bioclimatic areas (47–77%, depending on the scenario) at lower elevations and in
the western part of the central Anatolia and in the eastern Anatolia, suggesting
that Anatolian ground squirrels will contract their range in the future, mainly due
to climate change. Thus, in-situ climate change refugia were projected mainly in
the eastern and southeastern parts of the central Anatolia, suggesting these
regions as priority areas for the conservation of Anatolian ground squirrels.},
keywords = {Anatolia
Biodiversity hotspots
Biodiversity loss
Ecological niche modelling},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN737,
author = {Gür, Hakan},
title = {The future impact of climate and land-use changes on Anatolian ground
squirrels under different scenarios},
volume = {70},
pages = {101693},
abstract = {Climate and land-use changes are among the most important drivers of
biodiversity loss and, moreover, their impacts on biodiversity are expected to
increase further in the 21st century. In this study, the future impact of climate
and land-use changes on Anatolian ground squirrels (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus) was
assessed. Accordingly, a hierarchical approach with two steps was used. First,
ecological niche modelling was used to assess the impact of climate change in areas
accessible to Anatolian ground squirrels through dispersal (i.e. the impact of
climate change). Second, based on the habitat preferences of ground squirrels,
land-use data were used to assess the impact of land-use change in suitable
bioclimatic areas for Anatolian ground squirrels under present and future
conditions (i.e. the combined impact of both changes). Also, priority areas for the
conservation of Anatolian ground squirrels were identified based on in-situ climate
change refugia. This study represents a first attempt to combine niche modelling
and land-use data for a species in Anatolia, one of the most vulnerable regions to
the drivers of biodiversity loss, because it is the region where three of
biodiversity hotspots meet, and interact. Habitat suitability (i.e. suitable
habitats across suitable bioclimatic areas) was projected to decline by 19–69% in
the future (depending on the scenario), mainly due to the loss of suitable
bioclimatic areas (47–77%, depending on the scenario) at lower elevations and in
the western part of the central Anatolia and in the eastern Anatolia, suggesting
that Anatolian ground squirrels will contract their range in the future, mainly due
to climate change. Thus, in-situ climate change refugia were projected mainly in
the eastern and southeastern parts of the central Anatolia, suggesting these
regions as priority areas for the conservation of Anatolian ground squirrels.},
keywords = {Anatolia
Biodiversity loss
Ecological niche modelling},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1191,
author = {Gürsoy, Mehmet İsmail and Orhan, Osman and Tekin, Senem},
title = {Creation of wildfire susceptibility maps in the Mediterranean Region
(Turkey) using convolutional neural networks and multilayer perceptron techniques},
volume = {538},
pages = {121006},
abstract = {Considering the natural disasters that have developed in the world
in recent years, it is known that there is an increase in wildfire disasters with
the effects of climate change. In this study, wildfire susceptible areas were
determined in the provinces of Muğla, Antalya, Mersin, Adana, Osmaniye, and Hatay
in the Mediterranean region (Turkey). Within the scope of this purpose,
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) methods, the
most widely used deep learning techniques in the literature in recent years, were
preferred to create Wildfire susceptibility models. Seventeen environmental
variables were used in the analyses, and these variables were grouped as
topographic factors, anthropological and environmental factors, climatic factors,
and vegetation factors. In addition, the number of fire inventory data has been
balanced with the help of the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE)
used to increase the model result performance of the scarce inventory data. In the
maps obtained by CNN and MLP methods, 17% and 28% of the study area were determined
as high and very high susceptible areas, respectively. The results demonstrated
that the CNN model had superior performance in Wildfire susceptibility assessment
with accuracy (%85.8), precision (%98.7), sensitivity (%85.5), F- Score (%91.6),
and ROC curve (%78.6). This model was followed by the MLP model with slightly lower
accuracy values, which indicates that the CNN models can reach considerably better
prediction capability than the MLP models. Finally, the wildfire susceptibility
maps produced by deep learning methods could aid decision-makers and government
organizations in the Mediterranean region in preventing future natural disasters.},
keywords = {Wildfire
Susceptibility mapping
Mediterranean region
Deep learning
Multilayer perceptron},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN278,
author = {Hailu, Alemenesh and Mammo, Siraj and Kidane, Moges},
title = {Dynamics of land use, land cover change trend and its drivers in Jimma
Geneti District, Western Ethiopia},
volume = {99},
pages = {105011},
abstract = {Information on Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) changes and the
driving forces behind such modifications underpin a proper understanding of the
dynamics of LULC changes. This study aimed to analyse the dynamics of LULC change
trends and its driving factors in Jimma Geneti District (JGD) for the year 1973–
2019. Five satellite images downloaded from USGS were used to analyze and assess
the geospatial and temporal changes in LULC. In addition, in-depth household
interviews, key informant interview, focus group discussions (FGD) and field
observations were used to address the drivers of LULC changes. The result showed a
decline in forest land from 8632.5 ha (20.9 %) in 1973–5647.23 ha (13.7 %) in 2019.
The study further revealed that the total of forest land cleared between 1973 and
2019 was estimated to be 2985.27 ha (7.22 %). In other words, 34.6 % of the forest
cover that existed in 1973 was lost. Similarly, wetlands declined from 9919.5 ha
(24.0 %) in 1973–2000.24 ha (4.8 %) in 2019. Similarly, wetlands declined from
9919.5 ha (24.0 %) in 1973–2000.24 ha (4.8 %) in 2019. On the other hand, cultivated
land has increased from 18617.0 ha (45.1 %) to 27708.1 ha (67.1 %). Similarly, the
increment in settlement areas has elevated from 908.7 ha (2.2 %) to 4436.46 ha (10.7
%) during the same period. Agricultural expansion, cutting trees for various
purposes (such as firewood, charcoal and construction material), overgrazing and
the expansion of settlements, were identified as the major proximate causes of
these changes. Moreover, the major underlying drivers of LULC changes include
population growth, changes in policy and institutions, poverty and lack of
awareness on the importance of natural resource conservation for sustainable
livelihoods. From this study, it can be concluded that JGD has experienced a
significant change in LULC over the past 46 years and were affected both positively
and negatively. Hence, a wide range of policy packages are required for sustainable
land management practices which take in to account synergies and trade-offs between
the various land uses in the study area. The national and local governments should
enforce sustainable land management approaches through integrating land use
planning and management into all development programmes and projects.},
Population growth
Proximate drivers
Underlying drivers},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN378,
author = {Hailu, Alemenesh and Mammo, Siraj and Kidane, Moges},
title = {Dynamics of land use, land cover change trend and its drivers in Jimma
Geneti District, Western Ethiopia},
volume = {99},
pages = {105011},
abstract = {Information on Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) changes and the
driving forces behind such modifications underpin a proper understanding of the
dynamics of LULC changes. This study aimed to analyse the dynamics of LULC change
trends and its driving factors in Jimma Geneti District (JGD) for the year 1973–
2019. Five satellite images downloaded from USGS were used to analyze and assess
the geospatial and temporal changes in LULC. In addition, in-depth household
interviews, key informant interview, focus group discussions (FGD) and field
observations were used to address the drivers of LULC changes. The result showed a
decline in forest land from 8632.5 ha (20.9 %) in 1973–5647.23 ha (13.7 %) in 2019.
The study further revealed that the total of forest land cleared between 1973 and
2019 was estimated to be 2985.27 ha (7.22 %). In other words, 34.6 % of the forest
cover that existed in 1973 was lost. Similarly, wetlands declined from 9919.5 ha
(24.0 %) in 1973–2000.24 ha (4.8 %) in 2019. Similarly, wetlands declined from
9919.5 ha (24.0 %) in 1973–2000.24 ha (4.8 %) in 2019. On the other hand, cultivated
land has increased from 18617.0 ha (45.1 %) to 27708.1 ha (67.1 %). Similarly, the
increment in settlement areas has elevated from 908.7 ha (2.2 %) to 4436.46 ha (10.7
%) during the same period. Agricultural expansion, cutting trees for various
purposes (such as firewood, charcoal and construction material), overgrazing and
the expansion of settlements, were identified as the major proximate causes of
these changes. Moreover, the major underlying drivers of LULC changes include
population growth, changes in policy and institutions, poverty and lack of
awareness on the importance of natural resource conservation for sustainable
livelihoods. From this study, it can be concluded that JGD has experienced a
significant change in LULC over the past 46 years and were affected both positively
and negatively. Hence, a wide range of policy packages are required for sustainable
land management practices which take in to account synergies and trade-offs between
the various land uses in the study area. The national and local governments should
enforce sustainable land management approaches through integrating land use
planning and management into all development programmes and projects.},
Population growth
Proximate drivers
Underlying drivers},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1077,
author = {Hamed Fahmy, Asmaa and Amin Abdelfatah, Mohamed and El-Fiky, Gamal},
title = {Investigating land use land cover changes and their effects on land
surface temperature and urban heat islands in Sharqiyah Governorate, Egypt},
volume = {26},
number = {2},
pages = {293-306},
abstract = {The Urban Heat Island (UHI) issue is a result of the undesirable
effects of urban growth on the environment, such as temperature rises and landscape
changes that cause environmental dangers. Thus, the purpose of this research is to
investigate the effect of Land Use Land Cover (LULC)change on Land Surface
Temperature (LST) and then study UHI in Sharqiyah from 2001 to 2022 using remote
sensing data.This data was collected from the Landsat satellite and Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 11A Thermal sensors. A Mono-Window
Algorithm was used on Landsat 8 and 9 data to estimate the LST. To determine the
LST and UHI, the thermal band was utilized. LULC maps were created using the
Support Vector Machine (SVM) classification technique. To evaluate various LULC
indicesin the Sharqiyah and find their correlation with LST, the spectral indices
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalized Difference Bare LandIndex
(NDBaI), and Normalized Difference Built-up Index (NDBI) were obtained from the
processing of multispectral Landsat data. To checkdata sources, air temperature
measurements for Sharqiyah werealso acquired. The results show that urban expansion
has increased in a noticeable trend. The built-up area increased by 18.9% during
the research phase, and the region's mean LST increased within 3.98℃. The UHI
threshold temperature increased by 4.27℃. This research is critical for Planning
Engineers and environmental scientists to realize LULC variations effects on LST
and to suggest suitable political steps to regulate urbanization in Sharqiyah
Governorate.},
keywords = {Urban Heat islands
Landsat
Land use land cover},
ISSN = {1110-9823},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN511,
author = {Han, Albert Tonghoon and Daniels, Thomas L. and Kim, Chaeri},
title = {Managing urban growth in the wake of climate change: Revisiting
greenbelt policy in the US},
volume = {112},
pages = {105867},
abstract = {Greenbelts are large areas of open land close to cities and suburbs
and are found in several countries, including the US. The basic purposes of a
greenbelt are to limit the extension of urban growth into the countryside as well
as to protect and preserve farmland, forestland, and natural areas. Recently, the
value of greenbelts has been recognized for providing carbon sinks to store and
sequester carbon. We analyze the performance of six greenbelt counties in limiting
sprawl and retaining open land. We then compare six counties with greenbelts to 19
adjacent counties without greenbelts to show that greenbelt counties experienced
less land conversion from 2006 to 2016. Next, we calculate the conversion of the
land by four land cover types in the six greenbelt counties. Finally, we analyze
the conversion of land cover types by their carbon storage and sequestration
capacity to indicate which land cover types different counties should prioritize
for protection and preservation in their greenbelts.},
keywords = {Greenbelt
Land preservation
Climate change
Carbon sink
Growth management},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN875,
author = {Han, Qinggong and Zhang, Jishen and Shi, Xinjie and Zhou, Daquan and
Ding, Yongxia and Peng, Shouzhang},
title = {Ecological function-oriented vegetation protection and restoration
strategies in China's Loess Plateau},
volume = {323},
pages = {116290},
abstract = {Potential natural vegetation (PNV) can provide a reference for
vegetation protection and restoration. Previous studies often used PNV patterns as
a reference; however, they ignored PNV ecological functions, impeding the
establishment of function-oriented vegetation protection and restoration plans. To
address this issue, this study used Loess Plateau of China as a case study to
propose an ecological function-oriented vegetation protection and restoration
framework based on PNV patterns and ecological functions. The results showed that
PNV patterns, ecological functions, and their synergistic and trade-off
relationships represented distinct spatial differences that would be largely
influenced by climate change. This suggested that vegetation protection and
restoration should be adapted to climate change. The protection and potential
restoration regions for actual forest and grass were detected based on the stable
PNV regions. Approximately 34.5%–41.4% of actual forest and 81.2%–82.3% of actual
grass should be protected. Further, 13.9%–16.2% of actual forest and 14.7%–15.2% of
actual grass have the potential to be restored to grass and forest, respectively,
and lastly, the priority regions of forest and grass protection and potential
restoration were determined according to a composite ecological functions index.
Moreover, forest protection should be prioritized, followed by forest potential
restoration, grass potential restoration, and grass protection. These results would
be conducive to forest and grass protection and restoration of the Loess Plateau.
The proposed framework is applicable to other regions of the world for developing
vegetation protection and restoration strategies.},
keywords = {Potential natural vegetation
Ecological functions
Loess plateau
Vegetation protection
Vegetation restoration
Climate change},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN543,
author = {Han, Yaowen and Jia, Yufu and Wang, Guoan and Tan, Qiqi and Liu,
Xuejun and Chen, Chongjuan},
title = {Coupling of soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in drylands under climate
change},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {221},
pages = {106735},
abstract = {Climate change is predicted to be more dramatic in arid regions.
Soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics maintain various functions in terrestrial
ecosystems. It has been suggested that soil C and N dynamics are biologically
coupled due to the strict proportions of C and N in organisms. However, whether
dramatic climate change in drylands would break this coupling remained largely
unknown. Given that climate change could occur over short distances in mountainous
terrain, this study conducted a soil sampling across an altitude transect in
Tianshan Mountains, China, which are the largest mountain system in drylands across
the world. To avoid the disturbance of the influence of slope aspect, we therefore
collected soil samples on the sunny and shady slopes of Tianshan Mountains. Our
results showed that soil C and N concentrations and C:N ratio all increased with
increasing altitude on the sunny slope and their changes were affected by
temperature, soil sand content and precipitation. For the shady slope, soil C and N
concentrations and C:N ratio all first increased then decreased along the altitude
gradient. Soil pH, precipitation, temperature and soil sand content influenced soil
C and N dynamics at altitude below 2650 m; soil pH and soil sand content affected
soil C and N dynamics at altitude above 2650 m. These results indicated that soil C
and N dynamics on the sunny and shady slopes both kept coupled under the condition
of changing altitude. Furthermore, although the altitudinal patterns of soil C and
N dynamics on the sunny and shady slopes were different, the correlations between
soil C and N concentrations on these two slopes both were significant with a
correlation coefficient of about 0.9. Hence, this study suggested that the coupling
of soil C and N dynamics in drylands would still exist under climate change.},
keywords = {Global change
Altitude
Temperature
Precipitation
Soil stoichiometry},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN562,
author = {Hao, Hui-mei and Ren, Zhi-yuan},
title = {Land Use/Land Cover Change (LUCC) and Eco-Environment Response to LUCC
in Farming-Pastoral Zone, China},
volume = {8},
number = {1},
pages = {91-97},
abstract = {In order to understand land use/land cover changes (LUCC) and the
eco-environment response to LUCC in farming- pastoral zone of the northern China
during the recent twenty years, Baotou prefecture was selected as a case study area
for investigation and quantitative evaluation. Technologies of remote sensing (RS),
global positioning system (GPS), geographic information system (GIS), and other
statistical methods were employed to implement. Results showed that: (1) During the
recent twenty years, the areas of forest lands, grasslands and water were reduced,
whereas the areas of other types were enlarged. Parts of forest lands, grasslands,
and waters had become farmlands, and about 31.5% of the changed grasslands
transferred into unused lands. The newly increased farmlands mainly came from
grasslands and unused lands. And the newly increased construction lands mainly came
from grasslands and farmlands. (2) Regional eco- environmental quality decreased by
12.6%, for which the land degradation (especially the meadow degeneration) and the
developing of the cultivated land were mainly responsible, and their contributions
to the regional eco-environment changes were 51.84 and 23.63% respectively. (3) The
tendency of LUCC and the eco-environment response to LUCC displayed spatial
heterogeneity. It can be concluded that the present agricultural production mode
was not sustainable in farming-pastoral zone of northern China. Land degradation,
especially meadow degradation induced by over-trampling and overgrazing, and
developing of cultivated land were mainly responsible for regional eco-environment
deterioration. Changing the cultivated land to forest or grass, however, can
relieve deterioration of local eco-environment to some extents. And in the farming-
pastoral zone in the northern China, evaluating regional eco-environment responses
to LUCC was very necessary due to its fragile eco-environments.},
keywords = {farming-pastoral zone
LUCC
eco-environment responses to LUCC},
ISSN = {1671-2927},
year = {2009},
}
@article{RN545,
author = {Hao, Lina and van Westen, Cees and Rajaneesh, A. and Sajinkumar, K. S.
and Martha, Tapas Ranjan and Jaiswal, Pankaj},
title = {Evaluating the relation between land use changes and the 2018 landslide
disaster in Kerala, India},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {216},
pages = {106363},
abstract = {Land use and land cover changes (LULCCs) in mountainous areas may
increase the susceptibility to landslides due to modifications of topography,
vegetation, and material characteristics. Understanding the relation between LULCCs
and landslide occurrences is important for landslide prevention and land resources
management. In this study, these changes were analyzed for the landslides that were
triggered during the 2018 monsoon event in Kerala, India. The changes in land use
and land cover (LULC) that took place in a period of eight years prior to the 2018
event were analyzed for 4,728 landslide initiation points in the entire state, and
for a subset of 2,223 landslides in the most affected district of Idukki. Apart
from this, the initiation points were compared to those in steep areas and
landslide susceptible zones. For these comparisons, we used LULC datasets for the
period between 2000 and 2018 that were obtained from national organizations,
derived from satellite image classification and visual interpretation. The LULC
datasets lacked coherent classification schemes, so a standardization of LULC types
was made. The results of these comparisons reveal that more than half of the
landslides (58%) occurred in densely vegetated areas, and that 50% of the
landslides that caused damage to buildings and roads originated in forest
plantations, followed by built-up areas (25%). For most of the landslide locations
(90% in Kerala and 83% in Idukki) there was no noticeable change in major LULC in
the period prior to the event. Results of this study indicate that LULCCs for the
the period 2010-2018 had less influence on the landslides occurred in 2018.},
keywords = {Landslides
LULC changes
Kerala
Idukki},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1207,
author = {Hao, Peng-yu and Tang, Hua-jun and Chen, Zhong-xin and Meng, Qing-yan
and Kang, Yu-peng},
title = {Early-season crop type mapping using 30-m reference time series},
volume = {19},
number = {7},
pages = {1897-1911},
abstract = {Early-season crop type mapping could provide important information
for crop growth monitoring and yield prediction, but the lack of ground-surveyed
training samples is the main challenge for crop type identification. Although
reference time series based method (RBM) has been proposed to identify crop types
without the use of ground-surveyed training samples, the methods are not suitable
for study regions with small field size because the reference time series are
mainly generated using data set with low spatial resolution. As the combination of
Landsat data and Sentinel-2 data could increase the temporal resolution of 30-m
image time series, we improved the RBM by generating reference normalized
difference vegetation index (NDVI)/enhanced vegetation index (EVI) time series at
30-m resolution (30-m RBM) using both Landsat and Sentinel-2 data, then tried to
estimate the potential of the reference NDVI/EVI time series for crop
identification at early season. As a test case, we tried to use the 30-m RBM to
identify major crop types in Hengshui, China at early season of 2018, the results
showed that when the time series of the entire growing season were used for
classification, overall classification accuracies of the 30-m RBM were higher than
95%, which were similar to the accuracies acquired using the ground-surveyed
training samples. In addition, cotton, spring maize and summer maize distribution
could be accurately generated 8, 6 and 8 weeks before their harvest using the 30-m
RBM; but winter wheat can only be accurately identified around the harvest time
phase. Finally, NDVI outperformed EVI for crop type classification as NDVI had
better separability for distinguishing crops at the green-up time phases. Comparing
with the previous RBM, advantage of 30-m RBM is that the method could use the
samples of the small fields to generate reference time series and process image
time series with missing value for early-season crop classification; while, samples
collected from multiple years should be further used so that the reference time
series could contain more crop growth conditions.},
keywords = {early season
Landsat
Sentinel-2
reference time series
crop classification
Hengshui},
ISSN = {2095-3119},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1286,
author = {Hao, Peng-yu and Tang, Hua-jun and Chen, Zhong-xin and Yu, Le and Wu,
Ming-quan},
title = {High resolution crop intensity mapping using harmonized Landsat-8 and
Sentinel-2 data},
volume = {18},
number = {12},
pages = {2883-2897},
abstract = {An increase in crop intensity could improve crop yield but may also
lead to a series of environmental problems, such as depletion of ground water and
increased soil salinity. The generation of high resolution (30 m) crop intensity
maps is an important method used to monitor these changes, but this is challenging
because the temporal resolution of the 30-m image time series is low due to the
long satellite revisit period and high cloud coverage. The recently launched
Sentinel-2 satellite could provide optical images at 10–60 m resolution and thus
improve the temporal resolution of the 30-m image time series. This study used
harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) data to identify crop intensity. The sixth
polynomial function was used to fit the normalized difference vegetation index
(NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI) curves. Then, 15-day NDVI and EVI time
series were then generated from the fitted curves and used to generate the extent
of croplands. Lastly, the first derivative of the fitted VI curves were used to
calculate the VI peaks; spurious peaks were removed using artificially defined
thresholds and crop intensity was generated by counting the number of remaining VI
peaks. The proposed methods were tested in four study regions, with results showing
that 15-day time series generated from the fitted curves could accurately identify
cropland extent. Overall accuracy of cropland identification was higher than 95%.
In addition, both the harmonized NDVI and EVI time series identified crop intensity
accurately as the overall accuracies, producer's accuracies and user's accuracies
of non-cropland, single crop cycle and double crop cycle were higher than 85%. NDVI
outperformed EVI as identifying double crop cycle fields more accurately.},
keywords = {crop intensity
time series
sixth polynomial function
harmonized Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2},
ISSN = {2095-3119},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN528,
author = {Haregeweyn, Nigussie and Fikadu, Genetu and Tsunekawa, Atsushi and
Tsubo, Mitsuru and Meshesha, Derege Tsegaye},
title = {The dynamics of urban expansion and its impacts on land use/land cover
change and small-scale farmers living near the urban fringe: A case study of Bahir
Dar, Ethiopia},
volume = {106},
number = {2},
pages = {149-157},
abstract = {This study evaluated the dynamics of urban expansion and its impacts
on land use/land cover change and livelihoods of small-scale farmers living near
the urban fringe of Bahir Dar in northwest Ethiopia. Aerial photos for the years
1957, 1984, and 1994 as well as field mapping using GPS for the year 2009 were
employed and analyzed using GIS. Heads of 271 households affected by the expansion
were interviewed to evaluate the impacts of expansion and compensation modalities
in practice. Results showed that the urban area expanded annually by about 12%, 14%
and 5% during the periods: 1957–1984, 1984–1994 and 1994–2009, respectively. The
area showed an overall annual increment of 31%, from 279ha in 1957 to 4830ha in
2009. Built-up areas increased as a result of horizontal expansion, from 80ha in
1957 to 848ha in 1994, but also due to intensification at the expense of
agricultural areas, from 80 to 155ha, during the same period. A total of 242.2ha of
farmland was expropriated from 271 households between 2004 and 2009, and 96% of
those interviewed believed that the compensation was insufficient, as the decision
is influenced by the government's land ownership system. We predict that the
current urban area will double by 2024. This will have far-reaching ecological,
socio-economic and environmental impacts. A better understanding of the dynamics of
urban growth and its associated impacts in the urban fringe can help form a basis
for sustainable planning of future developments of areas experiencing urban
expansion.},
keywords = {Urban expansion
Horizontal expansion
Intensification
Expropriation
Urban fringe
Ethiopia},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN915,
author = {Hasan, Mohammad M. and Strong, Courtenay and Brooks, Paul D. and
Burian, Steven J. and Barber, Michael E.},
title = {Quantifying climate change impacts on low flows of small high mountain
watersheds: A nonstationary approach},
volume = {48},
pages = {101463},
abstract = {Study region The Utah Wasatch Mountains along the eastern Great
Basin and the western Rocky Mountains. Study focus Changes in seasonal
precipitation patterns and summer evaporation rates due to increases in
temperatures will have severe impacts on low flows of the mountainous watersheds
affecting downstream water availability and thus impacting ecosystems and drinking
water supplies under future climate change. Reliable prediction of climate change
impacts on future low flows needs to consider both the extremity of climatic
variables and the physical characteristics of the watersheds. This study analyzes
low flows of small mountainous watersheds addressing nonstationarity of climatic
parameters and estimates the impact of climate change on low flow, combining
nonstationarity and outcome of a physically distributed hydrologic model. MACA
statistically downscaled climate data have been used as inputs to the DHSVM model
to estimate future low flows for both near term (2036–2044) and distant future
(2091–2099) under RCP4.5 and 8.5 scenarios. New Hydrological Insights for the
Region: Nonstationary models with time (5 watersheds) or temperature (2 watersheds)
as the covariate in the location-scale provided the best performance. This study
demonstrated that RCP4.5 has more severe impact on the low flow frequency and
volume in the near future than RCP8.5. In contrast, the effect of RCP8.5 is more
dominant on the low flow regimes in the distant future than RCP4.5.},
keywords = {Water supply
DHSVM
Semi-arid zones
Deficit volume
Low flow frequency},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1272,
author = {Hasim, Sheak and Bhar, Kalyan Kumar},
title = {Seasonal Cropping Pattern Extraction Using NDVI from IRS LISS-III Image
of Kangsabati Commanded Area},
journal = {Procedia Computer Science},
volume = {167},
pages = {900-906},
abstract = {This paper presents the analysis of IRS LISS III satellite image
based on NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) for extracting the crop
pattern of rabi season of Kangsabati commanded area located at Bankura district of
West Bengal, India. NDVI was calculated through creation of FCC (False Colour
Composite) followed by supervised classification by applying ground truth data
obtained after physical survey on three districts, covered under Kangsabati
reservoir commanded area. Final crop map is generated to extract different crop
classes from which crop sown in rabi season is estimated. It has been found that
potato crop is sown on much more area than rice. Finally, accuracy is checked, and
87% accuracy was achieved after successful identification of crop. This study
suggest that this approach will be effective with an acceptable accuracy for crop
map generation to classify the different crops and thereby calculate the actual
crop water demand of commanded area of Kangsabati reservoir and thereby evaluate
the performance of the canal system in near future.},
keywords = {NDVI
Kangsabati
IRS LISS-III
Crop Pattern
Bankura},
ISSN = {1877-0509},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2020.03.389},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN211,
author = {Hauser, Leon T. and Nguyen Vu, Giang and Nguyen, Binh An and Dade,
Emma and Nguyen, Hieu Minh and Nguyen, Trang Thi Quynh and Le, Toan Quang and Vu,
Long Huu and Tong, Ai Thi Huyen and Pham, Hoa Viet},
title = {Uncovering the spatio-temporal dynamics of land cover change and
fragmentation of mangroves in the Ca Mau peninsula, Vietnam using multi-temporal
SPOT satellite imagery (2004–2013)},
volume = {86},
pages = {197-207},
abstract = {Mangrove forests provide vital ecosystem services for millions of
people living in coastal communities. The expansion of aquaculture production and
urbanization have been identified as major causes of mangrove clearance in South-
East Asia. The Ca Mau peninsula in Vietnam is leading the country in shrimp
aquaculture and at the same time, the region is home to the largest remaining
mangrove forests. This study aims to assess the spatial and temporal mangrove
forest dynamics in Ngoc Hien district in Ca Mau. Land cover change and
fragmentation are quantified using remote sensing imagery consisting of a series of
SPOT5 scenes from 2004, 2009 and 2013. The results indicate a high turnover of land
cover change, with close to half of the mangrove forests being affected by land
cover changes between 2004 and 2014. Net changes in mangrove forest are found to
average −0.34% annually, characterized by deforestation between 2004 and 2009 and
afforestation of between 2009 and 2013. Fragmentation remains a plausible threat;
approximately 35.4% of the mangrove forests in Ngoc Hien are part of interior
‘core’ forests. Forest zones with different regulation regimes play a significant
role in shaping the geographic distribution of mangrove forest changes. The
insights into recent mangrove forest dynamics facilitate the informed discussion on
improving future protection of the mangrove forests abiding anthropogenic
pressures.},
keywords = {Mangroves
Land cover change
Remote sensing
Vietnam},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN311,
author = {Hauser, Leon T. and Nguyen Vu, Giang and Nguyen, Binh An and Dade,
Emma and Nguyen, Hieu Minh and Nguyen, Trang Thi Quynh and Le, Toan Quang and Vu,
Long Huu and Tong, Ai Thi Huyen and Pham, Hoa Viet},
title = {Uncovering the spatio-temporal dynamics of land cover change and
fragmentation of mangroves in the Ca Mau peninsula, Vietnam using multi-temporal
SPOT satellite imagery (2004–2013)},
volume = {86},
pages = {197-207},
abstract = {Mangrove forests provide vital ecosystem services for millions of
people living in coastal communities. The expansion of aquaculture production and
urbanization have been identified as major causes of mangrove clearance in South-
East Asia. The Ca Mau peninsula in Vietnam is leading the country in shrimp
aquaculture and at the same time, the region is home to the largest remaining
mangrove forests. This study aims to assess the spatial and temporal mangrove
forest dynamics in Ngoc Hien district in Ca Mau. Land cover change and
fragmentation are quantified using remote sensing imagery consisting of a series of
SPOT5 scenes from 2004, 2009 and 2013. The results indicate a high turnover of land
cover change, with close to half of the mangrove forests being affected by land
cover changes between 2004 and 2014. Net changes in mangrove forest are found to
average −0.34% annually, characterized by deforestation between 2004 and 2009 and
afforestation of between 2009 and 2013. Fragmentation remains a plausible threat;
approximately 35.4% of the mangrove forests in Ngoc Hien are part of interior
‘core’ forests. Forest zones with different regulation regimes play a significant
role in shaping the geographic distribution of mangrove forest changes. The
insights into recent mangrove forest dynamics facilitate the informed discussion on
improving future protection of the mangrove forests abiding anthropogenic
pressures.},
keywords = {Mangroves
Land cover change
Remote sensing
Vietnam},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN576,
author = {He, Bin and Cui, Xuefeng and Wang, Honglin and Chen, Aifang},
title = {Drought: The most important physical stress of terrestrial ecosystems},
volume = {34},
number = {4},
pages = {179-183},
abstract = {Drought is projected to become more prevalent in the future due to
climate change, and its impact on the fate of terrestrial ecosystems has aroused
great concern in the scientific community over the past decade. Mounting evidence
suggests that drought may be the most important physical stress of terrestrial
ecosystems: drought limits vegetation growth, increases wildfires, and induces tree
mortality, among other impacts. Drought not only weakens the carbon sink function
of terrestrial ecosystems but also may interfere directly or indirectly with
biosphere–atmosphere interactions, further exacerbating climate change. This paper
reviews the current evidence of the impacts of drought on terrestrial ecosystems,
with particular emphasis on the ways in which drought alters the biological,
biogeophysical and biogeochemical processes underlying the interaction between the
biosphere and the atmosphere.},
keywords = {Drought
Stress
Terrestrial ecosystems
Wildfire
Tree mortality},
ISSN = {1872-2032},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN807,
author = {He, Jia and Zhang, Junhong and Wang, Jianyu and Dong, Zhenghong and
Meng, Zexin and Xu, Ran and Ji, Yongbiao and Li, Yuyu and Chen, Jun and Qi, Xuyang
and Wang, Xinsheng and Li, Xiuting and Li, Xinwen and Ha, Tieti and Chen, Wenqing},
title = {Natural restoration enhances soil multitrophic network complexity and
ecosystem functions in the Loess Plateau},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {226},
pages = {107059},
abstract = {Natural restoration of abandoned land is a widely used strategy to
restore ecosystem functions. Previous studies mainly focused on restoring the
diversity of a limited number of organism groups, ignoring that biodiversity loss
occurs across multiple trophic levels and that ecological processes depend on
complex interactions. In this study, the effects of natural restoration on
diversity and network of multiple soil trophic groups and 10 variables related to a
broad range of ecosystem functions were investigated along a 50-year natural
restoration chronosequence. The diversity of different trophic groups had distinct
responses to natural restoration. Furthermore, the complexity of soil networks,
indicated by co-occurrence patterns across trophic levels, significantly increased
with progressing succession. Ecosystem multifunctionality was significantly
positively associated with soil network complexity than diversity in all individual
and multiple trophic groups (multitrophic diversity). After controlling for
confounding factors of ecosystem multifunctionality, these relationships remained
robust, including geographic location and soil attributes. Moreover, the positive
association between multifunctionality and soil biodiversity across restoration
sites could be indirectly due to the soil network complexity. Diversity levels of
soil archaea and invertebrates, and soil nutrient cations were significantly
associated with the interconnectivity of complex multitrophic networks. Therefore,
this study provides insights into the important role of soil network structure in
maintaining ecosystem functioning, highlighting the necessity of considering
potential interactions among soil organisms in the restoration of degraded
ecosystems rather than simply focusing on the number of species.},
keywords = {Natural restoration
Loess Plateau
Soil biodiversity
Multitrophic network
Ecosystem multifunctionality},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1204,
author = {He, Yuanhuizi and Wang, Li and Niu, Zheng and Nath, Biswajit},
title = {Vegetation recovery and recent degradation in different karst landforms
of southwest China over the past two decades using GEE satellite archives},
volume = {68},
pages = {101555},
abstract = {Over the past two decades, eco-engineering has been recognized as an
important restoration approach to promote vegetation regrowth and greenness in a
widespread rocky desertification land of southwest China. However, it remains
unclear of recovery patterns and dominating drivers in different types of karst
landforms. Here we use multi-satellite archives based on Google Earth Engine (GEE)
to reveal the rapid greening process although encountered severe drought,
especially in Karst Peak-Cluster Depression (+0.0035y−1) and Karst Trough Valley
(+0.0035y−1) influenced by subtropical monsoon climate and afforestation endeavor,
while degradation happened recently at non-karst areas of west highland in Karst
Fault Basin (−0.0043y−1 since 2006) and Karst Plateau (−0.0039y−1 since 2014)
influenced by decreasing rainfall. Afforestation project and sloping land
conversion program is found to play crucial part in explaining a large part of the
greening trend in Peak-Cluster Depression and Trough Valley but not in other
landforms, suggesting that geomorphic heterogeneity should be further considered in
restoration implementation and vegetation assessment, in conjunction with climate
change and anthropogenic factors. Our study provides a helpful perspective for
karst conservation priorities of various rocky desertification region ecosystems.},
keywords = {Eco-engineering
Vegetation greenness
Southwest karst landforms
Google Earth Engine
Climate change},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN598,
author = {Heal, O. W.},
title = {Looking North: Current issues in Arctic soil ecology},
volume = {11},
number = {2},
pages = {107-109},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {1999},
}
@article{RN505,
author = {Heerspink, Brent Porter and Kendall, Anthony D. and Coe, Michael T.
and Hyndman, David W.},
title = {Trends in streamflow, evapotranspiration, and groundwater storage
across the Amazon Basin linked to changing precipitation and land cover},
volume = {32},
pages = {100755},
abstract = {Study region The study region is the Amazon River Basin, which
controls globally important water and energy fluxes. Study focus In the face of a
changing climate and landscape, it is critical that we understand how, where, and
why surface water resources are changing. Specifically, we must consider holistic
changes to the water cycle to understand how water resources are affected by
climate change and landscape alterations. In this study, we investigate changes to
all major components of the water balance across the entire Amazon Basin. We seek
to understand: 1) how changes to land cover and precipitation affect streamflow, 2)
how these factors affect evapotranspiration and groundwater storage water balance
components, and 3) how changes to the water balance partitioning may in turn alter
streamflows. New hydrological insights We find significant changes to streamflow of
±9.5 mm/yr on average across the Amazon Basin. Streamflow alterations show a
spatially variable pattern, with increasing discharge in the northern and western
portions of the basin, and decreasing discharge in the southern and eastern basin.
We also observe significant changes in evapotranspiration of ±29 mm/yr and
groundwater storage increases of 7.1 mm/yr. Together, these results indicate that
studies of streamflow change in the Amazon should consider changes to the whole
water budget, including understudied aspects of groundwater storage across the
Basin.},
keywords = {Groundwater storage
Evapotranspiration
Amazon River
Streamflow
Climate change
Deforestation},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN75,
author = {Heikkinen, Risto K. and Aapala, Kaisu and Määttänen, Aino-Maija and
Leikola, Niko and Kartano, Linda and Aalto, Juha},
title = {Climate change and land use threats to species of aapa mires, an EU
priority habitat},
volume = {73},
pages = {126390},
abstract = {Aapa mires are EU priority habitats that harbour unique biodiversity
values but face increasing global change threats. Here, we investigate the exposure
of red-listed aapa mire species inhabiting fen and flark fen habitats to the
impacts of land use and climate change. Climate change-based threats were assessed
across the aapa mire zone of Finland based on climate velocities (a metric
describing the speed and direction of climate movement) measured for mean January
temperature (TJan), growing degree days (GDD5) and mean annual water balance (WAB).
Land use threats were assessed based on the cover of drainage ditches and three
other adverse land use types around the species occurrences. Our results suggest
that rapid changes in TJan may alter winter thermal conditions and thereby also
species performance, particularly in the northernmost part of the aapa mire zone,
where the most valuable concentrations of red-listed species are situated. The land
use and GDD5 threats are highest in the southern regions where the red-listed aapa
mire species occurrences are sparser but face severe risks to their persistence. In
the central part of the aapa mire zone, a number of valuable aapa mires with red-
listed species are exposed to both intermediately high TJan and GDD5 velocities and
a spatially varying amount of ditching. Three conservation approaches to support
the persistence of red-listed aapa mire species: (i) restoration, (ii)
establishment of new protected areas, and (iii) monitoring of the key habitats,
should be flexibly and complementarily applied to the preservation of aapa mires
subject to accelerating climate change.},
keywords = {Climate change velocity
Climate exposure
EU Habitats Directive
Mire species
Peatland conservation
Land use},
ISSN = {1617-1381},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1104,
author = {Hermosilla, Txomin and Wulder, Michael A. and White, Joanne C. and
Coops, Nicholas C.},
title = {Land cover classification in an era of big and open data: Optimizing
localized implementation and training data selection to improve mapping outcomes},
volume = {268},
pages = {112780},
abstract = {Deriving land cover from remotely sensed data is fundamental to many
operational mapping and reporting programs as well as providing core information to
support science activities. The ability to generate land cover maps has benefited
from free and open access to imagery, as well as increased storage and
computational power. The accuracy of the land cover maps is directly linked to the
calibration (or training) data used, the predictors and ancillary data included in
the classification model, and the implementation of the classification, among other
factors (e.g., classification algorithm, land cover heterogeneity). Various means
for improving calibration data can be implemented, including using independent
datasets to further refine training data prior to mapping. Opportunities also arise
from a profusion of possible calibration datasets from pre-existing land cover
products (static and time series) and forest inventory maps through to observation
from airborne and spaceborne lidar observations. In this research, for the 650 Mha
forested ecosystems of Canada, we explored approaches to refine calibration data,
integrate novel predictors, and optimize classifier implementation. We refined
calibration data using measures of forest vertical structure, integrated novel
spatial (via distance-to metrics) model predictors, and implemented a regionalized
approach for optimizing training data selection and model-building to ensure local
relevance of calibration data and capture of regional variability in land cover
conditions. We found that additional vetting of training data involved the removal
of 44.7% of erroneous samples (e.g. treed vegetation without vertical structure)
from the training pool. Nationally, distance to ephemeral waterbodies was a key
predictor of land cover, while the importance of distance to permanent water bodies
varied on a regional basis. Regionalization of model implementation ensured that
classification models used locally relevant descriptors and resulted in improved
classification outcomes (overall accuracy: 77.9% ± 1.4%) compared to a generalized,
national model (70.3% ± 2.5%). The methodological developments presented herein are
portable to other land cover projects, monitoring programs, and remotely sensed
data sources. The increasing availability of remotely sensed data for land cover
mapping, as well as non-image data for aiding with model development (from
calibration data to complementary spatial data layers) provide new opportunities to
improve and further automate land cover mapping procedures.},
Classification
Machine learning
Land cover change
Landsat
Lidar
ICESat-2},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN552,
author = {Hernandez-Ochoa, Ixchel M. and Luz Pequeno, Diego Notello and
Reynolds, Matthew and Babar, Md Ali and Sonder, Kai and Milan, Anabel Molero and
Hoogenboom, Gerrit and Robertson, Ricky and Gerber, Stefan and Rowland, Diane L.
and Fraisse, Clyde W. and Asseng, Senthold},
title = {Adapting irrigated and rainfed wheat to climate change in semi-arid
environments: Management, breeding options and land use change},
journal = {European Journal of Agronomy},
volume = {109},
pages = {125915},
abstract = {Mexico’s 3.3 million tons current wheat production is projected to
decline due to climate change. To counteract these negative impacts, we explored a
range of plausible adaptation measures including change in crop management (early
sowing and nitrogen fertilizer applications), crop genetic traits (early vigor,
late flowering and heat tolerance) and wheat growing area expansion. Adaptation
measures were simulated individually and in various combinations with a multi-crop
model and multi-Global Climate Model ensemble across representative wheat growing
regions and aggregated to national wheat production. Under both baseline (current)
and future climate scenarios, most of the suggested individual and combined genetic
traits resulted in a positive impact on irrigated wheat but were less beneficial in
rainfed systems, with the largest responses observed with late flowering and
increased N fertilizer. Increased N fertilizer applications on its own, but
particularly combined with crop genetic traits showed the highest yield increase in
the baseline, with further positive impacts in the future scenarios. Yield benefits
from new crop genetic traits combined with increased N fertilizer applications
could add about 672,000 t year−1 to national wheat production, after losing 200,000
t year−1 due to climate change by 2050s. Most effectively, expanding wheat to
include all areas where wheat was previously grown during the last two decades
could add 1.5 million t year−1 now and 1.2 million t year−1 in the future. Breeding
for new crop genetic traits will reduce some of the negative impacts from future
climate change, but improved cultivars need to be implemented with suitable crop
management, especially N fertilizer management.},
keywords = {Triticum
Crop model ensemble
Uncertainty},
ISSN = {1161-0301},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2019.125915},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN440,
author = {Herrera, José M. and Doblas-Miranda, Enrique},
title = {Land-cover change effects on trophic interactions: Current knowledge
and future challenges in research and conservation},
journal = {Basic and Applied Ecology},
volume = {14},
number = {1},
pages = {1-11},
abstract = {Understanding the effects of land-cover alterations on ecosystem
functioning has become a major challenge in ecological research during the last
decade. This has stimulated a rapid growth in research investigating the links
between land-cover change and biotic interactions, but to date no study has
evaluated the progress towards achieving this scientific goal. With the aim of
identifying gaps in current knowledge and challenging research areas for the
future, we reviewed the scientific literature published during the last decade
(1998–2010) investigating land-cover change effects on trophically-mediated biotic
interactions. Our results reveal a disproportionate focus on particular trophic
interactions and ecosystem types. Furthermore, in most cases, the measurement of
trophic interactions is carried out neglecting the identity of the interacting
species and the interrelation between the type of land-cover change effects.
Finally, inappropriate temporal scales are applied to cope with spatiotemporal
resource fluctuations for the interacting species. We suggest that the ongoing
patterns and trends of research hamper efforts to achieve a truly comprehensive
understanding of the effects of land-cover alterations on trophic interactions, and
hence on ecosystem functioning in human-impacted landscapes. We therefore recommend
alternative research trends and indicate gaps in current knowledge that need to be
filled. Furthermore, we highlight that these biases could also limit the
effectiveness of management actions aimed at ensuring the resilience and long-term
conservation of natural habitats worldwide. Zusammenfassung Die Einflüsse der
Änderungen der Bodenbedeckung auf das Funktionieren von Ökosystemen zu verstehen,
ist während der letzten Dekade zu einer bedeutenden Herausforderung für die
ökologische Forschung geworden. Dies hat eine rapide Zunahme von Untersuchungen zur
Verbindung zwischen Landbedeckungsänderung und biotischen Interaktionen angeregt.
Aber bis heute hat keine Studie den Fortschritt in Richtung auf dieses Ziel
ausgewertet. Mit dem Ziel, Lücken im aktuellen Wissen und interessante
Forschungsaspekte für die Zukunft zu identifizieren, analysierten wir die in der
letzten Dekade (1998–2010) veröffentlichten Arbeiten, die sich mit den Effekten von
Landbedeckungsänderungen auf trophische Interaktionen befassten. Unsere Ergebnisse
zeigen eine Überbetonung von bestimmten trophischen Interaktionen und
Ökosystemtypen. Darüberhinaus wurden in den meisten Fällen die trophischen
Interaktionen quantifiziert unter Vernachlässigung der Identität der beteiligten
Arten und der Wechselbeziehung zwischen den Effekten, die auf den Typ der
Landbedeckungsänderung zurückgehen. Schließlich werden unangepasste Zeitskalen
angewendet, um den räumlich-zeitlichen Fluktuationen der Ressourcen der
interagierenden Arten gerecht zu werden. Wir meinen, dass die gegenwärtigen
Untersuchungsmuster und -tendenzen ein wirklich umfassendes Verständnis der
Auswirkungen von Landbedeckungsänderungen auf trophische Interaktionen und damit
auf das Funktionieren von Ökosystemen in anthropogen beeinflussten Landschaften
behindern. Wir empfehlen deshalb alternative Forschungsrichtungen und zeigen Lücken
im gegenwärtigen Wissen auf, die geschlossen werden müssen. Darüberhinaus betonen
wir, dass diese Unausgewogenheiten auch die Effektivität von Managementmaßnahmen
einschränken können, die darauf zielen, die Resilienz und langfristige Bewahrung
natürlicher Habitate weltweit sicherzustellen.},
Fragmentation
Habitat loss
Literature review
Perspectives
Trophic interactions},
ISSN = {1439-1791},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2012.11.008},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN635,
author = {Herrmann, Anke M. and Ritz, Karl and Nunan, Naoise and Clode, Peta L.
and Pett-Ridge, Jennifer and Kilburn, Matt R. and Murphy, Daniel V. and O’Donnell,
Anthony G. and Stockdale, Elizabeth A.},
title = {Nano-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry — A new analytical tool in
biogeochemistry and soil ecology: A review article},
volume = {39},
number = {8},
pages = {1835-1850},
abstract = {Soils are structurally heterogeneous across a wide range of spatio-
temporal scales. Consequently, external environmental conditions do not have a
uniform effect throughout the soil, resulting in a large diversity of micro-
habitats. It has been suggested that soil function can be studied without explicit
consideration of such fine detail, but recent research has indicated that the
micro-scale distribution of organisms may be of importance for a mechanistic
understanding of many soil functions. Current techniques still lack the adequate
sensitivity and resolution for data collection at the micro-scale, and the question
‘How important are various soil processes acting at different scales for ecological
function?’ is therefore challenging to answer. The nano-scale secondary ion mass
spectrometer (NanoSIMS) represents the latest generation of ion microprobes, which
link high-resolution microscopy with isotopic analysis. The main advantage of
NanoSIMS over other secondary ion mass spectrometers is its ability to operate at
high mass resolution, whilst maintaining both excellent signal transmission and
spatial resolution (down to 50nm). NanoSIMS has been used previously in studies
focussing on presolar materials from meteorites, in material science, biology,
geology and mineralogy. Recently, the potential of NanoSIMS as a new tool in the
study of biophysical interfaces in soils has been demonstrated. This paper
describes the principles of NanoSIMS and discusses the potential of this tool to
contribute to the field of biogeochemistry and soil ecology. Practical
considerations (sample size and preparation, simultaneous collection of isotopes,
mass resolution, isobaric interference and quantification of the isotopes of
interest) are discussed. Adequate sample preparation, avoiding bias due to
artefacts, and identification of regions-of-interest will be critical concerns if
NanoSIMS is used as a new tool in biogeochemistry and soil ecology. Finally, we
review the areas of research most likely to benefit from the high spatial and high
mass resolution attainable with this new approach.},
keywords = {NanoSIMS
Mass spectrometry
Stable isotopes
Soil heterogeneity
Microbial communities},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN735,
author = {Herrmann, Anke M. and Ritz, Karl and Nunan, Naoise and Clode, Peta L.
and Pett-Ridge, Jennifer and Kilburn, Matt R. and Murphy, Daniel V. and O’Donnell,
Anthony G. and Stockdale, Elizabeth A.},
title = {Nano-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry — A new analytical tool in
biogeochemistry and soil ecology: A review article},
volume = {39},
number = {8},
pages = {1835-1850},
abstract = {Soils are structurally heterogeneous across a wide range of spatio-
temporal scales. Consequently, external environmental conditions do not have a
uniform effect throughout the soil, resulting in a large diversity of micro-
habitats. It has been suggested that soil function can be studied without explicit
consideration of such fine detail, but recent research has indicated that the
micro-scale distribution of organisms may be of importance for a mechanistic
understanding of many soil functions. Current techniques still lack the adequate
sensitivity and resolution for data collection at the micro-scale, and the question
‘How important are various soil processes acting at different scales for ecological
function?’ is therefore challenging to answer. The nano-scale secondary ion mass
spectrometer (NanoSIMS) represents the latest generation of ion microprobes, which
link high-resolution microscopy with isotopic analysis. The main advantage of
NanoSIMS over other secondary ion mass spectrometers is its ability to operate at
high mass resolution, whilst maintaining both excellent signal transmission and
spatial resolution (down to 50nm). NanoSIMS has been used previously in studies
focussing on presolar materials from meteorites, in material science, biology,
geology and mineralogy. Recently, the potential of NanoSIMS as a new tool in the
study of biophysical interfaces in soils has been demonstrated. This paper
describes the principles of NanoSIMS and discusses the potential of this tool to
contribute to the field of biogeochemistry and soil ecology. Practical
considerations (sample size and preparation, simultaneous collection of isotopes,
mass resolution, isobaric interference and quantification of the isotopes of
interest) are discussed. Adequate sample preparation, avoiding bias due to
artefacts, and identification of regions-of-interest will be critical concerns if
NanoSIMS is used as a new tool in biogeochemistry and soil ecology. Finally, we
review the areas of research most likely to benefit from the high spatial and high
mass resolution attainable with this new approach.},
keywords = {NanoSIMS
Mass spectrometry
Stable isotopes
Soil heterogeneity
Microbial communities},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN540,
author = {Hervé-Fernández, Pedro and Muñoz-Arriagada, R. and Glucevic-Almonacid,
C. and Bahamonde-Vidal, L. and Radic-Schilling, S.},
title = {Influence of Rangeland Land Cover on Infiltration Rates, Field-
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity, and Soil Water Repellency in Southern Patagonia},
volume = {90},
pages = {92-100},
abstract = {This study investigated the influence of rangeland land cover on
infiltration rates (IRs), field-saturated hydraulic conductivity (Kfs), and soil
water repellency in Patagonia. Four land cover types (shrubs, dwarf heath shrubs,
bare soil, and Inter tussock) were examined to assess their effects on hydrological
processes. IR was measured using the single-ring method, and soil water repellency
was evaluated using the Beerkan method. We hypothesized that land cover type
affects IR, Kfs, and soil water repellency. The results showed significant
variations in IRs among land covers, with Tsf displaying lower rates than the other
covers. Soil water repellency was prevalent in shrub and dwarf heath shrub−covered
soils. Lateral flow was observed, indicating limited water infiltration. The
obtained Kfs values were higher than the calculated hydraulic conductivity values
(Ks). However, further investigation is required to assess the impact of
capillarity (i.e., α*) on Kfs determination. This study enhances our understanding
of hydrological processes in rangeland ecosystems and provides valuable insight
into land management practices. By elucidating the relationships among land cover,
IR, Kfs, and soil water repellency, this study contributes to sustainable water
resource management in arid and semiarid regions.},
keywords = {Field-saturated hydraulic conductivity
Infiltration rates
Land cover
Rangeland
Soil water repellency
Southern Patagonia},
ISSN = {1550-7424},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2023.06.004},
year = {2023},
}
@inbook{RN917,
author = {Hess, Manon C. M. and Samways, Michael J. and Buisson, Elise},
title = {Chapter Ten - Reconciling invasive alien species management and insect
conservation in terrestrial ecosystems},
booktitle = {Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline},
editor = {Rodríguez, Jonatan and Pyšek, Petr and Novoa, Ana},
pages = {259-289},
abstract = {The management of invasive alien species can affect the physical
environment and the biota of ecosystems, with potential positive and deleterious
impacts on insect diversity. These impacts may vary depending on the context, such
as the invasive species targeted for management, the management method used, and
how this is applied. In this chapter, we discuss how traditional methods of
management of terrestrial invasive alien species (i.e., plants, insects,
vertebrates) affect insect diversity. We review the following management methods:
prescribed burning, physical removal (e.g., uprooting, trapping), grazing, mowing,
chemical compound application (including selective trapping or luring), and
biological control.},
keywords = {Chemical compounds
Classical biological control
Entomology
Grazing
Invasive species management
Management
Mowing
Pesticides
Physical removal
Prescribed burning
Restoration
Semiochemicals},
ISBN = {978-0-323-99918-2},
year = {2024},
}
@article{RN59,
author = {Hogg, Ian D. and Craig Cary, S. and Convey, Pete and Newsham, Kevin K.
and O’Donnell, Anthony G. and Adams, Byron J. and Aislabie, Jackie and Frati,
Francesco and Stevens, Mark I. and Wall, Diana H.},
title = {Biotic interactions in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems: Are they a
factor?},
volume = {38},
number = {10},
pages = {3035-3040},
abstract = {Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems are noted for their relative
simplicity and limited trophic structure. In this context, knowledge of biotic
interactions in structuring terrestrial soil communities would seem beneficial from
a theoretical perspective as well as from a conservation perspective.
Unfortunately, although biotic interactions are generally seen as being
insignificant in these unique ecosystems, this view is based upon few explicit
studies and very little is known of the role that biotic interactions may play.
Accordingly, we review our current understanding of these interactions, including
analogues from other appropriate ecosystems. On the basis of this review, we
conclude that: (1) Antarctic terrestrial systems are predominantly abiotically-
driven systems; and (2) a network of manipulative field and laboratory experiments
are needed for establishing any role for biotic interactions in structuring
Antarctic soil environments.},
keywords = {Biotic interactions
Antarctica
Soil ecology
Invertebrates
Microbiology
Lichens
Abiotic factors},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2006},
}
@article{RN697,
author = {Hou, Guanyu and Wu, Shixin and Long, Weiyi and Chen, Chunbo and Zhang,
Zihui and Fang, Yuling and Zhang, Yang and Luo, Geping},
title = {Quantitative analysis of the impact of climate change and oasification
on changes in net primary productivity variation in mid-Tianshan Mountains from
2001 to 2020},
volume = {154},
pages = {110820},
abstract = {Net primary productivity (NPP) has been substantially changed under
the intense oasification in the urban agglomerations on the northern slopes of mid-
Tianshan Mountain (UANSTM) and climate change. However, the temporal variations of
NPP under the oasification remain unclear, and the relative contribution of
oasification and climate change on annual NPP variation is still under debate. By
using remote sensing data, reanalysis data, modified Carnegie–Ames-Stanford
Approach (CASA) model, and a machine learning method, we explored the spatial–
temporal variation of NPP in the UANSTM region and quantified the contribution of
oasification and climate change to NPP variation from 2001 to 2020. Our study
indicated that: (1) the NPP presents an overall increasing trend in the most of
region and the region presented decreasing trend mainly due to the cropland
conversion to the urban area; (2) the oasification-dominated NPP area concentrated
in the built-up land and cropland; (3) during 2001–2020, the NPP increased by about
5.4 Tg·C, and the contribution of climatic and oasification to NPP increase were
quantified (73.1% and 26.9%, respectively); (4) water-related factors was the main
driver of NPP variation in the UANSTM region.},
keywords = {Oasification
Net primary productivity
Climate change
CASA model
Tianshan},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN797,
author = {Hou, Guanyu and Wu, Shixin and Long, Weiyi and Chen, Chunbo and Zhang,
Zihui and Fang, Yuling and Zhang, Yang and Luo, Geping},
title = {Quantitative analysis of the impact of climate change and oasification
on changes in net primary productivity variation in mid-Tianshan Mountains from
2001 to 2020},
volume = {154},
pages = {110820},
abstract = {Net primary productivity (NPP) has been substantially changed under
the intense oasification in the urban agglomerations on the northern slopes of mid-
Tianshan Mountain (UANSTM) and climate change. However, the temporal variations of
NPP under the oasification remain unclear, and the relative contribution of
oasification and climate change on annual NPP variation is still under debate. By
using remote sensing data, reanalysis data, modified Carnegie–Ames-Stanford
Approach (CASA) model, and a machine learning method, we explored the spatial–
temporal variation of NPP in the UANSTM region and quantified the contribution of
oasification and climate change to NPP variation from 2001 to 2020. Our study
indicated that: (1) the NPP presents an overall increasing trend in the most of
region and the region presented decreasing trend mainly due to the cropland
conversion to the urban area; (2) the oasification-dominated NPP area concentrated
in the built-up land and cropland; (3) during 2001–2020, the NPP increased by about
5.4 Tg·C, and the contribution of climatic and oasification to NPP increase were
quantified (73.1% and 26.9%, respectively); (4) water-related factors was the main
driver of NPP variation in the UANSTM region.},
keywords = {Oasification
Climate change
CASA model
Tianshan},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN90,
author = {House-Peters, Lily A. and Chang, Heejun},
title = {Modeling the impact of land use and climate change on neighborhood-
scale evaporation and nighttime cooling: A surface energy balance approach},
volume = {103},
number = {2},
pages = {139-155},
abstract = {We investigated the impacts of temperature changes derived from
climate change scenarios and land cover change on patterns of external residential
water consumption and nighttime cooling in suburban Hillsboro, Oregon. Three
downscaled climate warming scenarios and two land cover change scenarios (sprawl
and dense) for the 2040s were used as inputs for an urban energy balance model, the
Local-Scale Urban Meteorological Parameterization Scheme (LUMPS). Based on the
surface energy fluxes simulated by the LUMPS model, we calculate that the
combination of the sprawl scenario with the 3°C temperature rise increases external
water consumption by 4061L per household for August. Alternately, dense development
concomitant with temperature increase constrains increases in water consumption,
but reduces nighttime cooling rates by more than 0.3°C. Increasing the fraction of
trees would increase efficiency in promoting urban cooling while reducing external
water consumption. This study demonstrates that urban land cover and water use are
naturally intertwined at the neighborhood scale, suggesting that urban land-use
planning and water management should be fully integrated to design cities that can
accommodate future population growth and development while minimizing negative
impacts of potential climate change.},
keywords = {Urban energy balance
Water consumption
Climate change
Land cover
Temperature
LUMPS},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN933,
author = {Hu, Chen and Xia, Jun and She, Dunxian and Song, Zhihong and Zhang,
Yin and Hong, Si},
title = {A new urban hydrological model considering various land covers for
flood simulation},
volume = {603},
pages = {126833},
abstract = {Rapid urbanization has great potential to adversely impact the local
hydrological cycle, the environment, and ecosystems, as well as trigger severe
problems, such as urban flooding, waterlogging, and water contamination.
Understanding runoff generation mechanisms in urban areas helps identify the
impacts of urbanization on runoff response and better simulate urban floods.
However, in most urban hydrological models, urban surfaces are coarsely classified
into impervious and pervious ones, which likely ignores differential rainfall-
runoff responses of different urban surfaces and leads to large discrepancies
between simulated and observed runoff. Here we developed the TVGM_Urban model, a
new urban hydrological model based on the time variant gain model (TVGM), that
represents nonlinear rainfall-runoff relationships for different urban surfaces. We
applied the model to the Fenghuangcheng region of Shenzhen City, China and compared
the results to those of two commonly used urban hydrological models: the Horton
infiltration and Soil Conservation Service Curve Number (SCSCN) model. For each of
these models, we conducted model uncertainty analysis using the GLUE method. The
results showed that the TVGM_Urban model outperformed the other two models in terms
of total runoff and peak flow. This could be due to the consideration of different
land covers and both saturation excess and infiltration excess runoff generation in
the TVGM_Urban model. In addition, the uncertainty analysis indicated better
performance of the TVGM_Urban model in reducing structural uncertainty and
prediction uncertainty. This study highlights the need to account for detailed land
covers and different runoff generation mechanisms in urban hydrological modeling.},
keywords = {Urban floods
TVGM_Urban model
Horton infiltration model
SCSCN model
Land cover},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN240,
author = {Hu, Xiangping and Huang, Bo and Cherubini, Francesco},
title = {Impacts of idealized land cover changes on climate extremes in Europe},
volume = {104},
pages = {626-635},
abstract = {Extremes in climate and weather can pose significant challenges to
economy, ecosystems and human health. Changes in land cover are one of the drivers
for variability in frequency and magnitude of extreme climate at regional and local
levels. In this study, a regional climate model (COSMO-CLM v4.8) is used to
simulate effects in climate extremes from two different idealized land cover change
scenarios in Europe. These two simulations involve abrupt large-scale conversion of
today forestland to herbaceous vegetation (deforestation), and of today cropland to
evergreen needle-leave forest (afforestation). A control simulation with today land
cover distribution is used to identify differences in extreme climate. We find
significant changes in extreme climate in both deforestation and afforestation
simulations, with seasonal and spatial differences. Deforestation causes a warmer
summer (with higher annual maximum temperature) and a colder winter (with lower
annual minimum temperature). Afforestation slightly increases the average intensity
of the hot extremes, although with high spatial variability (a reduction is common
in several locations), and mitigates cold extremes in winter. Changes in extreme
indices show that deforestation increases both the frequency and duration of hot
and cold extremes, while afforestation causes a lower frequency of extreme cold
climate. The two simulations show opposing results in the number of frozen days, as
they increase for deforestation and decrease for afforestation. A drier climate is
found after deforestation, whereas a wetter climate is observed after
afforestation. In general, deforestation and afforestation increase the frequency
of hot extreme climate as they reduce the return period and increase the return
level. Overall, our findings show the potential critical effects that land cover
changes can have on climate extremes, and the possible synergies that land
management strategies and planning can have for climate change mitigation and
adaptation at a regional scale.},
keywords = {Climate extremes
Land cover change
Deforestation
Afforestation
Maximum temperature and precipitation
Regional climate model},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN340,
author = {Hu, Xiangping and Huang, Bo and Cherubini, Francesco},
title = {Impacts of idealized land cover changes on climate extremes in Europe},
volume = {104},
pages = {626-635},
abstract = {Extremes in climate and weather can pose significant challenges to
economy, ecosystems and human health. Changes in land cover are one of the drivers
for variability in frequency and magnitude of extreme climate at regional and local
levels. In this study, a regional climate model (COSMO-CLM v4.8) is used to
simulate effects in climate extremes from two different idealized land cover change
scenarios in Europe. These two simulations involve abrupt large-scale conversion of
today forestland to herbaceous vegetation (deforestation), and of today cropland to
evergreen needle-leave forest (afforestation). A control simulation with today land
cover distribution is used to identify differences in extreme climate. We find
significant changes in extreme climate in both deforestation and afforestation
simulations, with seasonal and spatial differences. Deforestation causes a warmer
summer (with higher annual maximum temperature) and a colder winter (with lower
annual minimum temperature). Afforestation slightly increases the average intensity
of the hot extremes, although with high spatial variability (a reduction is common
in several locations), and mitigates cold extremes in winter. Changes in extreme
indices show that deforestation increases both the frequency and duration of hot
and cold extremes, while afforestation causes a lower frequency of extreme cold
climate. The two simulations show opposing results in the number of frozen days, as
they increase for deforestation and decrease for afforestation. A drier climate is
found after deforestation, whereas a wetter climate is observed after
afforestation. In general, deforestation and afforestation increase the frequency
of hot extreme climate as they reduce the return period and increase the return
level. Overall, our findings show the potential critical effects that land cover
changes can have on climate extremes, and the possible synergies that land
management strategies and planning can have for climate change mitigation and
adaptation at a regional scale.},
keywords = {Climate extremes
Land cover change
Deforestation
Afforestation
Maximum temperature and precipitation
Regional climate model},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN1260,
author = {Hu, Yunfeng and Dong, Yu and Batunacun},
title = {An automatic approach for land-change detection and land updates based
on integrated NDVI timing analysis and the CVAPS method with GEE support},
volume = {146},
pages = {347-359},
abstract = {Land-use/land-cover information is the basis of global-change
research and regional governmental management. Automatic approaches are always
required to update land maps for large-scale areas, and change detection techniques
are the most important component of land-updating methods. Previous research has
confirmed that simple change detection based on Landsat images from two different
years with two different phenophases yields unsatisfactory results and may induce
many misclassifications and pseudo-change identifications because of the
phenological differences between remote sensing images. With the support of the
Google Earth Engine (GEE), we propose a land-use/land-cover type discrimination
method based on a classification and regression tree (CART), apply change-vector
analysis in posterior probability space (CVAPS) and the best histogram maximum
entropy method for change detection, and further improve the accuracy of the land-
updating results in combination with NDVI timing analysis, which indicates the
annual growth of ground vegetation. In the case study, we select western China as
the research area and obtain a 2014 land map based on the ESA GlobCover 2009
dataset. The results confirm that the accuracy of the land-renewal results based on
the CART-CVAPS-NDVI method reach 78.6–88.2%, which is 4–10% higher than that of the
CART-CVPAS method without NDVI timing analysis. The CART-CVAPS-NDVI method has more
detailed and accurate resolutions for land-change detection.},
keywords = {Automatic update
Change detection
Land use/land cover
Time-series analysis},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN430,
author = {Huang, An and Xu, Yueqing and Sun, Piling and Zhou, Guiyao and Liu,
Chao and Lu, Longhui and Xiang, Ying and Wang, Hui},
title = {Land use/land cover changes and its impact on ecosystem services in
ecologically fragile zone: A case study of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province,
China},
volume = {104},
pages = {604-614},
abstract = {Land use/land cover (LULC) changes are likely to become more
frequent and intense as a result of anthropogenic activities and may significantly
affect human welfare by modifying ecosystem services (ESs). Understanding the
impact of LULC changes on ESs value and the interactions among ESs could result in
improvements in current land use policies and provide a scientific basis for the
formulation of new policies in ecologically fragile zones. A case study was
conducted in Zhangjiakou City, which is considered a typical ecologically fragile
mountainous area in China, to examine the effects of LULC changes on ESs value and
the interactions among ESs, including carbon sequestration and oxygen production
(CSOP), water yield (WY), soil conservation (SC), sand-fixing (SF), and
agricultural production (AP) from 2000 to 2015. Our results showed that ESs in
Zhangjiakou City benefited substantially from existing land use policies and their
“win-win expectations.” There were dramatic changes in the LULC types over the
study period, especially in forestland, grassland, and arable land, with a
significant impact on ESs value. LULC changes resulted in a significant increase in
ESs value (US$ 3147.44 million), with the maximum increase occurring in AP (US$
2255.19 million). However, LULC significantly decreased the value of the WY by
$61.91 million, which mainly resulted from the degradation of arable land,
forestland, and grassland. Strong trade-off relationships between WY and SC, CSOP
and SC, SC and SF, and SC and AP were observed in 2000. Trade-off relationships
were markedly weaken by LULCCs but increased by human activities when related to
AP. Finally, a new spatialization approach of AP was designed and quantitative
method of trade-off index was improved based on economic value. These results could
offer some suggestions for land space optimization and ecological construction in
Zhangjiakou City as well as in the similar regions in China, and provide some
scientifically basis on the research area of coordination development of multi-
functions of land use or geographical functions.},
keywords = {Land use policies performance
Ecosystem services value
Spatiotemporal variations
Trade-offs
Ecological fragile mountainous area},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN84,
author = {Huang, Chao and Liang, Yu and He, Hong S. and Wu, Mia M. and Liu, Bo
and Ma, Tianxiao},
title = {Sensitivity of aboveground biomass and species composition to climate
change in boreal forests of Northeastern China},
volume = {445},
pages = {109472},
abstract = {Climate change is more pronounced in boreal forests than in other
terrestrial ecosystems, and thus aboveground biomass and species composition of
boreal forests have already been altered by increasing temperature and
precipitation. There are substantial uncertainties in predicting aboveground
biomass and species composition of boreal forests in response to climate change
since the uncertainty in climate change predictions. This makes it challenging to
design forest management strategies for promoting boreal forests to adaption
climate change. In this study, we designed a factorial experiment and a model
coupling framework to quantify the sensitivity of aboveground biomass and species
composition of boreal forests in response to climate change. Our results showed
that the uncertainties in temperature and precipitation predictions caused the
divergent responses of aboveground biomass and species composition to climate
change in the boreal forests of northeastern China. Aboveground biomass of boreal
forests is more sensitive to precipitation than temperature. There are divergent
responses of tree species to temperature and precipitation over the 21st century.
This suggests that it is necessary to quantify and reduce the uncertainty in
climate change predictions through statistical analysis methods before applying the
predictions from general circulation models (GCMS) to study the effects of climate
change on forest ecosystems.},
keywords = {Northeastern China
Boreal forests
Climate change
Sensitivity analysis
LANDIS PRO
Model coupling},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN965,
author = {Huang, Feng and Ochoa, Carlos G. and Chen, Xi and Cheng, Qinbo and
Zhang, Danrong},
title = {An entropy-based investigation into the impact of ecological water
diversion on land cover complexity of restored oasis in arid inland river basins},
volume = {151},
pages = {105865},
abstract = {An improved understanding of the response of oasis ecosystems to
ecological water diversion is essential for sustainably managing water resources in
arid inland river basins. This entropy-based investigation provides new insight
into the ecohydrological impacts of ecological water diversions through a case
study of Qingtu oasis in the lower Shiyang River basin in Northwest China. Since
2010, an ecological water diversion project was put in place by Water Resources
Bureau of Shiyang River Basin to restore the degraded Qingtu oasis. Annual
cumulative water releases from this water diversion project had reached 0.25
billion m3 in 2018. This contributed to an increase in shallow groundwater level of
1.2 m. A combination of land cover classification indices and an entropy approach
were used to assess the ecohydrological response to water diversion inputs. Land
cover was classified as sparsely, lowly, moderately, and highly vegetated areas
using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) calculated from Landsat images
and the Excess Green minus Excess Red Index that was estimated from unmanned aerial
vehicle images. Land cover complexity was evaluated using component complexity and
spatial complexity. The component complexity corresponds to land cover composition
and was assessed using the Shannon's entropy. The spatial complexity corresponds to
spatial configuration of different land cover compositions and was analyzed using
spatial entropy methodology. The rise in groundwater level caused by ecological
water diversion drove the land cover transition and enhanced the component
complexity. Field survey data showed that tendency and randomness co-existed in the
spatial pattern of groundwater depth and its relationship with NDVI, which jointly
affected spatial complexity (i.e., dependence and independence in spatial co-
occurrences of different land cover categories). Results from this study improve
understanding of the impacts that ecological water diversions can have on land
cover evolution in natural oasis in arid inland river basins.},
keywords = {Land cover complexity
Shannon's entropy
Spatial entropy
Ecohydrological impact
Ecological water diversion
Oasis restoration},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN895,
author = {Huang, Longyang and Wang, Jing and Chen, Xiaojie},
title = {Ecological infrastructure planning of large river basin to promote
nature conservation and ecosystem functions},
volume = {306},
pages = {114482},
abstract = {Ecological infrastructure (EI) planning can promote regional nature
conservation efficiency and enhance ecosystem functions. Watershed-scale EI
research is a research hotspot in landscape ecology. This study proposed a method
framework to develop EI planning in large river basins based on the connectivity of
ecological processes and the integrity of ecosystems in the whole basin, as well as
the typical ecological problems in each sub-basin. The framework included three
parts: determining the protective EI i.e. the spatial range of the watershed
ecological networks; quantifying and mapping the functional EI i.e. the typical
ecosystem functions within each sub-basin; and integrating ecological networks and
key ecosystem function area into an EI planning based on their spatial overlap and
functional synergy. The method framework was applied in the Yellow River Basin.
Results showed that spatial range of ecological networks of the basin accounted for
35.8% of the study area. Key ecosystem function area including ecosystem function
important area and ecosystem function improvement area accounted for 35.6%. Spatial
overlay analysis of ecological networks and key ecosystem function areas showed
that they overlap spatially and have synergistic effects functionally, but core
habitats existed less human activities compared to key ecosystem function area. By
integrating ecological networks and key ecosystem function areas, EI planning
including four spatial types: water system, core habitat area, important area for
ecological function maintenance, priority area for ecological function improvement.
The corresponding protection and development measures were formulated. In addition,
along with the improvement of ecosystem function in the basin, sediment content,
sand transport and other indicators in Yellow River has been obviously improved. It
indicated that the EI construction in the basin had positive significance for river
governance. Results showed that the EI planning method could improve both the
spatial accuracy of nature conservation in the watershed and promote the specific
ecosystem functions. It is also applicable to river management and watershed
territorial spatial planning in other large river basins.},
keywords = {Ecological infrastructure
Ecological networks
Ecosystem function
Spatial integration
Large river basin
Yellow River Basin},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN701,
author = {Huang, Xiaomin and Lu, Xuanrui and Zhou, Guiyao and Shi, Yafei and
Zhang, Degang and Zhang, Weijian and Hosseini Bai, Shahla},
title = {How land-use change affects soil respiration in an alpine agro-pastoral
ecotone},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {214},
pages = {106291},
abstract = {Land-use change alters soil carbon (C) storage in terrestrial
ecosystem through affecting soil respirations (Rs). However, the long-term effects
of land-use change on Rs are poorly understood. We undertook a field experiment to
examine the effects of long-term land-use change on Rs. The land-use types included
grazed grassland (GGL), enclosed grassland (EGL), continuous cropland (CCL),
rotation cropland (RCL) and abandoned cropland (ACL) in an alpine agro-pastoral
ecotone in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in China. Our results showed that the
accumulative Rs was shown a decreasing order of EGL > CCL > RCL > GGL > ACL, with
the highest value of 12.2 t CO2 ha−1 and the lowest value of 5.3 t CO2 ha−1. Soil
bulk density, moisture, pH and C/N ratio were the key factors regulating Rs with
land-use change in Tianzhu alpine agro-pastoral ecotone. Soil pH and C/N ratio
regulated Rs indirectly by affecting bacterial diversity, while soil moisture had
indirect impacts on Rs mainly by regulating microbial biomass. The net effects of
soil bulk density on Rs was mainly through the direct pathway. Considering the soil
C stocks showed an increasing order of ACL < RCL < CCL < GGL < EGL, even though ACL
had the lowest Rs, grasslands probably the favorable land-use type in alpine agro-
pastoral ecotone. Our findings highlight the importance of the land-use change on
Rs, which may need to be incorporated into regional and global models for better
predicting C-climate feedbacks.},
keywords = {Soil CO emissions
Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Grassland conversion
Croplands
Abandonment},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN801,
author = {Huang, Xiaomin and Lu, Xuanrui and Zhou, Guiyao and Shi, Yafei and
Zhang, Degang and Zhang, Weijian and Hosseini Bai, Shahla},
title = {How land-use change affects soil respiration in an alpine agro-pastoral
ecotone},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {214},
pages = {106291},
abstract = {Land-use change alters soil carbon (C) storage in terrestrial
ecosystem through affecting soil respirations (Rs). However, the long-term effects
of land-use change on Rs are poorly understood. We undertook a field experiment to
examine the effects of long-term land-use change on Rs. The land-use types included
grazed grassland (GGL), enclosed grassland (EGL), continuous cropland (CCL),
rotation cropland (RCL) and abandoned cropland (ACL) in an alpine agro-pastoral
ecotone in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in China. Our results showed that the
accumulative Rs was shown a decreasing order of EGL > CCL > RCL > GGL > ACL, with
the highest value of 12.2 t CO2 ha−1 and the lowest value of 5.3 t CO2 ha−1. Soil
bulk density, moisture, pH and C/N ratio were the key factors regulating Rs with
land-use change in Tianzhu alpine agro-pastoral ecotone. Soil pH and C/N ratio
regulated Rs indirectly by affecting bacterial diversity, while soil moisture had
indirect impacts on Rs mainly by regulating microbial biomass. The net effects of
soil bulk density on Rs was mainly through the direct pathway. Considering the soil
C stocks showed an increasing order of ACL < RCL < CCL < GGL < EGL, even though ACL
had the lowest Rs, grasslands probably the favorable land-use type in alpine agro-
pastoral ecotone. Our findings highlight the importance of the land-use change on
Rs, which may need to be incorporated into regional and global models for better
predicting C-climate feedbacks.},
keywords = {Soil CO emissions
Grassland conversion
Croplands
Abandonment},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN959,
author = {Huang, Xin and Liu, Jing and Peng, Shuangyun and Huang, Bangmei},
title = {The impact of multi-scenario land use change on the water conservation
in central Yunnan urban agglomeration, China},
volume = {147},
pages = {109922},
abstract = {As an important ecosystem service, water conservation is
consistently disturbed and influenced by human activities. Land use change, as one
of the main human influences, has extensive and far-reaching impacts on water
conservation. Therefore, it is of great practical significance to accurately assess
the impact of future land use changes on water conservation. Taking the central
Yunnan urban agglomeration (CYUA) as an example, coupled with the PLUS-InVEST
model, four scenarios of natural development (NDS), urban development (UDS),
cropland protection (CPS) and ecological protection (EPS) were set to simulate the
impact of land use change on water conservation under different planning scenarios
in 2035, revealing the response mechanisms to land use change. The results showed
that (1) under different planning scenarios, there were obvious differences in
regional land use changes, and the expansion effect of construction land under the
NDS, UDS, and CPS was significant, with increases of 27.54%, 27.95%, and 21.19%,
respectively, compared with 2020. Under the EPS, the expansion rate of construction
land was effectively controlled, and the growth rate was only 0.64%. (2) The EPS
optimized the water conservation capacity of the CYUA, while the regional water
conservation capacity showed a varying declining trend under the NDS, the CPS and
the UDS. (3) The occupation of grassland by construction land and forestland was
the main reason for the deterioration of the water conservation function of the
urban agglomeration in central Yunnan. The results of this study can provide a
reference for national land space planning, the efficient use of land resources and
ecological environmental protection of the CYUA.},
keywords = {Water conservation
Land use/cover change
Multi-scenario simulation
Territorial spatial planning
central Yunnan urban agglomeration},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN686,
author = {Huang, Yuqi and Yao, Bo and Li, Yu and Zhang, Hao and Wang, Shengrui},
title = {Deciphering Hulun lake level dynamics and periodical response to
climate change during 1961–2020},
volume = {46},
pages = {101352},
abstract = {Study Region: Hulun Lake, the fifth largest lake in China. Study
Focus: The notable decline in water level (WL) caused by climate change is the
primary challenge faced by Hulun Lake. However, the contribution of climate to
water loss and its driving mechanisms remain unclear. The impact of climate on WL
change was investigated using wavelet analysis and structural equation models. New
Hydrological Insights for the Region: In the past 60 years, the increasing
potential evapotranspiration (ETp) caused by warming climate was the main reason
for the WL decline (r=−0.67). For period I (1961–1997), reduced runoff due to
increasing ETp caused an overall decrease in WL (r = 0.41). During the mid-1980s,
the increase in rainfall driven by ENSO (r = −0.66) caused a slight increase in WL
(r = 0.31). For period II (1998–2020), deforestation, farmland and urban area
expansion were the main drivers behind the significant increase of ETp in the
watershed (r = −0.22), which leads to reduced runoff and, consequently, a
significant decrease in WL. The influence of climate on WL change weakened compared
with that in the first period due to land use change (r = −1.08).},
keywords = {Lake
Water resources
Climate change
SEM
Landuse},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN786,
author = {Huang, Yuqi and Yao, Bo and Li, Yu and Zhang, Hao and Wang, Shengrui},
title = {Deciphering Hulun lake level dynamics and periodical response to
climate change during 1961–2020},
volume = {46},
pages = {101352},
abstract = {Study Region: Hulun Lake, the fifth largest lake in China. Study
Focus: The notable decline in water level (WL) caused by climate change is the
primary challenge faced by Hulun Lake. However, the contribution of climate to
water loss and its driving mechanisms remain unclear. The impact of climate on WL
change was investigated using wavelet analysis and structural equation models. New
Hydrological Insights for the Region: In the past 60 years, the increasing
potential evapotranspiration (ETp) caused by warming climate was the main reason
for the WL decline (r=−0.67). For period I (1961–1997), reduced runoff due to
increasing ETp caused an overall decrease in WL (r = 0.41). During the mid-1980s,
the increase in rainfall driven by ENSO (r = −0.66) caused a slight increase in WL
(r = 0.31). For period II (1998–2020), deforestation, farmland and urban area
expansion were the main drivers behind the significant increase of ETp in the
watershed (r = −0.22), which leads to reduced runoff and, consequently, a
significant decrease in WL. The influence of climate on WL change weakened compared
with that in the first period due to land use change (r = −1.08).},
keywords = {Lake
Water resources
Climate change
SEM
Landuse},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN670,
author = {Hughes, A. and Mansour, M. and Ward, R. and Kieboom, N. and Allen, S.
and Seccombe, D. and Charlton, M. and Prudhomme, C.},
title = {The impact of climate change on groundwater recharge: National-scale
assessment for the British mainland},
volume = {598},
pages = {126336},
abstract = {Groundwater systems provide an important source of water supply as
well as contributing baseflow to rivers, lakes and dependent ecosystems and so the
impact of climate change on these systems needs to be understood. Calculating
recharge to groundwater systems is, therefore, necessary to quantify what is
typically one of the largest components of the groundwater balance. This study uses
the national-scale recharge model developed for the British mainland and the 11
ensemble members from the Hadley Centre for rainfall and potential evaporation
created by the Future Flows and Groundwater Levels (FFGWL) project to investigate
the impact of future climate on groundwater resources. Changes to seasonal and
monthly recharge for the 2050s and 2080s time slices have been produced for the
whole modelled area and for river basin districts for England and Wales. Areal
summaries and monthly time series of recharge values show a generally consistent
trend of increased recharge in winter, decreased recharge in summer, and mixed
pattern in autumn and spring. The work shows that increased winter rainfall is the
main factor in increasing recharge. Water balance calculations reveal that over the
2050s and 2080s, the climate change “signal” predominates over the annual
variability, which results in a clearer pattern of more recharge being concentrated
in fewer months. This finding should prove useful for water resources planners to
assess the resilience of groundwater resources to climate change. Further work is
recommended to understand the sequencing of flooding and drought events and to the
effects of soil health and land cover changes in the future analysis.},
keywords = {Recharge
Model
Climate Change
British mainland},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN770,
author = {Hughes, A. and Mansour, M. and Ward, R. and Kieboom, N. and Allen, S.
and Seccombe, D. and Charlton, M. and Prudhomme, C.},
title = {The impact of climate change on groundwater recharge: National-scale
assessment for the British mainland},
volume = {598},
pages = {126336},
abstract = {Groundwater systems provide an important source of water supply as
well as contributing baseflow to rivers, lakes and dependent ecosystems and so the
impact of climate change on these systems needs to be understood. Calculating
recharge to groundwater systems is, therefore, necessary to quantify what is
typically one of the largest components of the groundwater balance. This study uses
the national-scale recharge model developed for the British mainland and the 11
ensemble members from the Hadley Centre for rainfall and potential evaporation
created by the Future Flows and Groundwater Levels (FFGWL) project to investigate
the impact of future climate on groundwater resources. Changes to seasonal and
monthly recharge for the 2050s and 2080s time slices have been produced for the
whole modelled area and for river basin districts for England and Wales. Areal
summaries and monthly time series of recharge values show a generally consistent
trend of increased recharge in winter, decreased recharge in summer, and mixed
pattern in autumn and spring. The work shows that increased winter rainfall is the
main factor in increasing recharge. Water balance calculations reveal that over the
2050s and 2080s, the climate change “signal” predominates over the annual
variability, which results in a clearer pattern of more recharge being concentrated
in fewer months. This finding should prove useful for water resources planners to
assess the resilience of groundwater resources to climate change. Further work is
recommended to understand the sequencing of flooding and drought events and to the
effects of soil health and land cover changes in the future analysis.},
keywords = {Recharge
Model
Climate Change
British mainland},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN56,
author = {Hung, Chen-Ling J. and James, L. Allan and Carbone, Gregory J. and
Williams, John M.},
title = {Impacts of combined land-use and climate change on streamflow in two
nested catchments in the Southeastern United States},
volume = {143},
pages = {105665},
abstract = {Stream restoration aims to improve hydrologic, geomorphic, and
ecological processes and provides an opportunity for ecological design in an urban
context. Urban stream restoration and stormwater management involve conventional
and low impact development strategies that may employ ecological engineering
techniques. Urban flood-risks may increase rapidly due to the combination of land-
use and climate change. This is a major research frontier because the changes are
poorly understood, especially for the combined impacts of climate and land-use
change in small catchments. Climate and land-use change may affect hydrologic
systems in a complex, non-linear, and non-additive manner. Streamflow simulation
models can measure the relative magnitude of land-use and climate change on
hydrologic response to precipitation events. Based on a simulation model calibrated
with instrumental rainfall and streamflow data, this study compares simulated urban
stormflow response to projected land-use and climate change in two highly urbanized
catchments in Columbia, South Carolina, USA, using the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)’s Storm Water Management Model (SWMM). Runoff responses for
moderate-magnitude storms are contrasted using three land-use change scenarios with
differing imperviousness and three climate-change scenarios. Land-use effects on
runoff were proportionally greater in the smaller of the two catchments. At the
headwater and downstream gauges, a warm/wet climate-change scenario caused larger
increases than land-use changes in peak discharges and total event runoff volumes
from late spring to early fall. The maximum monthly increase in peak discharge and
total runoff volume from all simulations of climate change was for the warm/wet
climate scenario in both catchments. However, the combined climate and land-use
change scenario produced a 117.9% increase in peak discharge, a slightly (up to
8.6% in September) greater increase in peak discharge than the sum of changes from
the individual scenarios (82.6% from climate change and 26.7% from land-use change)
at the headwater gauge for the far term (2045–2074). These results suggest a
complexity and nonlinearity of the impacts of combined land-use and climate change
on hydrological processes, and have implications for stream restoration projects,
integrated climate-impact assessments, urban planning, and policy decisions related
to storm runoff and water quality.},
keywords = {Anthropocene land-use change
Climate change scenarios
Streamflow modeling
Stormwater runoff
Headwater stream restoration
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN283,
author = {Hutyra, Lucy R. and Yoon, Byungman and Hepinstall-Cymerman, Jeffrey
and Alberti, Marina},
title = {Carbon consequences of land cover change and expansion of urban lands:
A case study in the Seattle metropolitan region},
volume = {103},
number = {1},
pages = {83-93},
abstract = {Understanding the role humans play in modifying ecosystems through
changing land cover is central to addressing our current and emerging environmental
challenges. In particular, the consequences of urban growth and land cover change
on terrestrial carbon budgets is a growing issue for our rapidly urbanizing planet.
Using the lowland Seattle Statistical Metropolitan Area (MSA) region as a case
study, this paper explores the consequences of the past land cover changes on
vegetative carbon stocks with a combination of direct field measurements and a time
series of remote sensing data. Between 1986 and 2007, the amount of urban land
cover within the lowland Seattle MSA more than doubled, from 1316km2 to 2798km2,
respectively. Virtually all of the urban expansion was at the expense of forests
with the forested area declining from 4472km2 in 1986 to 2878km2 in 2007. The
annual mean rate of urban land cover expansion was 1±0.6%year−1. We estimate that
the impact of these regional land cover changes on aboveground carbon stocks was an
average loss of 1.2MgCha−1yr−1 in vegetative carbon stocks. These carbon losses
from urban expansion correspond to nearly 15% of the lowland regional fossil fuel
emissions making it an important, albeit typically overlooked, term in regional
carbon emissions budgets. As we plan for future urban growth and strive for more
ecologically sustainable cities, it is critical that we understand the past
patterns and consequences of urban development to inform future land development
and conservation strategies.},
Emissions
Land cover
Urbanization
Seattle
Vegetation},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN383,
author = {Hutyra, Lucy R. and Yoon, Byungman and Hepinstall-Cymerman, Jeffrey
and Alberti, Marina},
title = {Carbon consequences of land cover change and expansion of urban lands:
A case study in the Seattle metropolitan region},
volume = {103},
number = {1},
pages = {83-93},
abstract = {Understanding the role humans play in modifying ecosystems through
changing land cover is central to addressing our current and emerging environmental
challenges. In particular, the consequences of urban growth and land cover change
on terrestrial carbon budgets is a growing issue for our rapidly urbanizing planet.
Using the lowland Seattle Statistical Metropolitan Area (MSA) region as a case
study, this paper explores the consequences of the past land cover changes on
vegetative carbon stocks with a combination of direct field measurements and a time
series of remote sensing data. Between 1986 and 2007, the amount of urban land
cover within the lowland Seattle MSA more than doubled, from 1316km2 to 2798km2,
respectively. Virtually all of the urban expansion was at the expense of forests
with the forested area declining from 4472km2 in 1986 to 2878km2 in 2007. The
annual mean rate of urban land cover expansion was 1±0.6%year−1. We estimate that
the impact of these regional land cover changes on aboveground carbon stocks was an
average loss of 1.2MgCha−1yr−1 in vegetative carbon stocks. These carbon losses
from urban expansion correspond to nearly 15% of the lowland regional fossil fuel
emissions making it an important, albeit typically overlooked, term in regional
carbon emissions budgets. As we plan for future urban growth and strive for more
ecologically sustainable cities, it is critical that we understand the past
patterns and consequences of urban development to inform future land development
and conservation strategies.},
Emissions
Land cover
Urbanization
Seattle
Vegetation},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN1151,
author = {Ienco, Dino and Interdonato, Roberto and Gaetano, Raffaele and Ho Tong
Minh, Dinh},
title = {Combining Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Satellite Image Time Series for
land cover mapping via a multi-source deep learning architecture},
volume = {158},
pages = {11-22},
abstract = {The huge amount of data currently produced by modern Earth
Observation (EO) missions has allowed for the design of advanced machine learning
techniques able to support complex Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) mapping tasks. The
Copernicus programme developed by the European Space Agency provides, with missions
such as Sentinel-1 (S1) and Sentinel-2 (S2), radar and optical (multi-spectral)
imagery, respectively, at 10 m spatial resolution with revisit time around 5 days.
Such high temporal resolution allows to collect Satellite Image Time Series (SITS)
that support a plethora of Earth surface monitoring tasks. How to effectively
combine the complementary information provided by such sensors remains an open
problem in the remote sensing field. In this work, we propose a deep learning
architecture to combine information coming from S1 and S2 time series, namely
TWINNS (TWIn Neural Networks for Sentinel data), able to discover spatial and
temporal dependencies in both types of SITS. The proposed architecture is devised
to boost the land cover classification task by leveraging two levels of
complementarity, i.e., the interplay between radar and optical SITS as well as the
synergy between spatial and temporal dependencies. Experiments carried out on two
study sites characterized by different land cover characteristics (i.e., the
Koumbia site in Burkina Faso and Reunion Island, a overseas department of France in
the Indian Ocean), demonstrate the significance of our proposal.},
keywords = {Satellite Image Time Series
Deep learning
Land cover classification
Sentinel-2
Sentinel-1
Data fusion},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN37,
author = {Iglesias, María Agustina and D'Acunto, Luciana and Poggio, Santiago L.
and Semmartin, María},
title = {Land cover does not affect microbial and plant response to glyphosate
and nitrogen application in the Pampas (Argentina)},
volume = {160},
pages = {103863},
abstract = {Many complex, natural landscapes have been transformed into simpler
agroecosystems by continuous cropping and the application of glyphosate and
fertilizers. The current mosaic with different land cover types can harbor
different soil microbial communities. Here, we investigated how the microbial
community and ryegrass plants responded to glyphosate and nitrogen application to
soils from four different cover types (soybean monocropping; wheat/soybean-field
pea rotation, herbaceous- and woody- uncropped margins). We predict that soils from
different land cover types will display different responses of their detritivore
microbial communities and plant growth to herbicide and fertilizer application. All
the studied variables differed among land cover types. Woody margins tripled the
soil carbon content and the microbial respiration of herbaceous margins, although
the later had more diverse soil microbial communities. Soils from soybean
monoculture had higher respiration rates (37%) than those from crop rotation, where
ryegrass accumulated lower biomass (12% lower). Despite these differences between
land cover types, neither glyphosate nor nitrogen fertilization significantly
influenced these properties. Only ryegrass plants growing on glyphosate-treated
soils accumulated more biomass than the rest whereas they did not respond to
nitrogen. These results suggest that glyphosate and nitrogen at recommended doses
did not have a significant impact on the soil performance of the different types of
cover.},
Biodiversity
Crop rotation
Soil microbial communities
Catabolic profiles
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN878,
author = {Inkotte, Jonas and Bomfim, Barbara and da Silva, Sarah Camelo and
Valadão, Marco Bruno Xavier and da Rosa, Márcio Gonçalves and Viana, Roberta
Batista and D'Ângelo Rios, Polliana and Gatto, Alcides and Pereira, Reginaldo S.},
title = {Linking soil biodiversity and ecosystem function in a Neotropical
savanna},
volume = {169},
pages = {104209},
abstract = {Conserving the remaining savanna ecosystems in the Brazilian savanna
(Cerrado) — a global biodiversity hotspot that stores carbon and provides water to
a large portion of South America — requires understanding the ecological processes
maintaining their function. Nutrient cycling supports savanna function via plant
litter production and decomposition by soil fauna, releasing nutrients for plant
and soil organism uptake. Soil biodiversity and biogeochemistry linkages with
litter dynamics in Neotropical savannas under a changing climate are poorly
understood. Here, we combined two years of rainfall seasonality, leaf and wood
litter production and decomposition with soil epigeic fauna abundance — the number
of ground-surface dwelling invertebrates collected through pitfall traps — taxa
richness, Shannon's diversity and Pielou's evenness, and 16 soil biogeochemical
variables measured in 12 plots of preserved savanna. Rainfall seasonality modulated
the mean soil epigeic fauna diversity and evenness across all plots, which were
highest in the rainy season, in contrast to litterfall rates, which peaked in the
dry season. In the dry season (April to September), the Formicidae family was the
most abundant with 50% of all individuals, while in the rainy season (October to
March), the Isoptera order was the most abundant with approximately 39% of
individuals. Wood litter decomposition grouped with annual Hemiptera abundance, co-
varying with soil epigeic fauna diversity and evenness per plot and against soil
fertility variables. Leaf litter decomposition co-varied with the total epigeic
fauna abundance and soil pH. We speculate that the specific need to decompose wood
litter may be associated with a greater need for diversity than an abundance of
soil epigeic fauna. Our work highlights the role of rainfall seasonality on soil
biodiversity and physicochemistry, which is also tightly linked with litter
production and decomposition. This study advances our understanding of the
mechanisms governing nutrient cycling in savanna ecosystems on nutrient-
impoverished soils, with implications for achieving sustainable conservation and
restoration goals.},
Community ecology
Epigeic fauna
Nutrient cycling
Soil carbon
Soil ecology
Cerrado},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN617,
author = {Islam, Md Saiful and Uddin, Md Asraf and Hossain, Mallik Akram},
title = {Assessing the dynamics of land cover and shoreline changes of Nijhum
Dwip (Island) of Bangladesh using remote sensing and GIS techniques},
journal = {Regional Studies in Marine Science},
volume = {41},
pages = {101578},
abstract = {Land cover alteration is an important driver of ongoing global
environmental change. Developing countries with a fast-growing population have not
been able to control a sustainable land-use transition that simultaneously
increases both forest cover and agricultural production. Coastal regions of these
countries are vulnerable to natural hazards. The present study aims to detect the
land cover changes with shoreline shifting in Nijhum Dwip of Bangladesh. A
supervised classification method is used for the Landsat images of 1998, 2008 and
2018 based on eight significant land covers. A field survey also facilitates the
locational accuracy of the classification. According to the study, about 285
hectares of mangrove forest has disappeared between 1998 to 2018. Agricultural
lands reduce to 14.89% from 23.13%, whereas settlement cover has increased rapidly
from 3.73% to 11.93%. About 1153 hectares of land area is added, as accretion rate
is higher than erosion. Water cover climbed to 7.04% from 0.69% because of sea
level rise. Shoreline is expanding towards north-western and south-eastern
direction. The major causes of such changes are population pressure, expansion of
settlement area, and sea level rise. The findings of the study will help the policy
makers to formulate planning for sustainable coastal management in coastal region
of Bangladesh.},
Shoreline
Remote sensing
GIS
Nijhum Dwip
Bangladesh},
ISSN = {2352-4855},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101578},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN717,
author = {Islam, Md Saiful and Uddin, Md Asraf and Hossain, Mallik Akram},
title = {Assessing the dynamics of land cover and shoreline changes of Nijhum
Dwip (Island) of Bangladesh using remote sensing and GIS techniques},
volume = {41},
pages = {101578},
abstract = {Land cover alteration is an important driver of ongoing global
environmental change. Developing countries with a fast-growing population have not
been able to control a sustainable land-use transition that simultaneously
increases both forest cover and agricultural production. Coastal regions of these
countries are vulnerable to natural hazards. The present study aims to detect the
land cover changes with shoreline shifting in Nijhum Dwip of Bangladesh. A
supervised classification method is used for the Landsat images of 1998, 2008 and
2018 based on eight significant land covers. A field survey also facilitates the
locational accuracy of the classification. According to the study, about 285
hectares of mangrove forest has disappeared between 1998 to 2018. Agricultural
lands reduce to 14.89% from 23.13%, whereas settlement cover has increased rapidly
from 3.73% to 11.93%. About 1153 hectares of land area is added, as accretion rate
is higher than erosion. Water cover climbed to 7.04% from 0.69% because of sea
level rise. Shoreline is expanding towards north-western and south-eastern
direction. The major causes of such changes are population pressure, expansion of
settlement area, and sea level rise. The findings of the study will help the policy
makers to formulate planning for sustainable coastal management in coastal region
of Bangladesh.},
Shoreline
Remote sensing
GIS
Nijhum Dwip
Bangladesh},
ISSN = {2352-4855},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN36,
author = {Ito, Akihiko},
title = {The regional carbon budget of East Asia simulated with a terrestrial
ecosystem model and validated using AsiaFlux data},
volume = {148},
number = {5},
pages = {738-747},
abstract = {The regional-scale carbon budget of East Asia was evaluated using a
process-based model of terrestrial carbon cycle driven by high-resolution input
data. The model was developed for integrating observational data and validated with
net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) data from AsiaFlux sites. For each 30-s×30-s
(about 1km2) grid cell, the ecosystem model was used to simulate daily
photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and ecosystem growth. Such high-
resolution simulation allowed us to explicitly capture land surface heterogeneity
and to ameliorate the scale-gap in comparison between simulated and observed
fluxes. The simulated NEE was compared with data from three AsiaFlux sites
(Tomakomai, Fujiyoshida, and Takayama) during the period 2000–2005, with results
suggesting that the model retrieved the carbon budget characteristics, such as
differences in seasonal sink/source variation among biome types. The regional
simulation indicated that terrestrial ecosystems in East Asia had a net primary
productivity of 996TgCyear−1 and a net ecosystem productivity of 58TgCyear−1
(1Tg=1012g), indicating a net carbon sink equivalent to 11% of regional
anthropogenic emissions. Interannual variability in the carbon budget was evident:
East Asian ecosystems absorbed more carbon in 2002, the warmest year with a longer
growing period. Based on the regional result, the spatial representativeness of the
AsiaFlux sites was investigated with regard to climatic condition and carbon
budgets. This model provides a reliable means for scaling-up from site to regional
scales, and the findings have implications for observational studies and ecosystem
management related to carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation.},
Climate change
Ecosystem management
Model simulation
Net ecosystem exchange},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2008},
}
@article{RN194,
author = {Jagannathan, J. and Divya, C.},
title = {Deep learning for the prediction and classification of land use and
land cover changes using deep convolutional neural network},
volume = {65},
pages = {101412},
abstract = {The importance of timely and accurate information about the land
resources and the natural resources increased rapidly. Due to the impact of
urbanization, the we face hasty climatic change. To mitigate the urban heat island
in the developed and developing cities, a very accurate land cover classification
has to be developed. Through which we can identify the changes in build-up areas,
water bodies and vegetation index. In this paper, a hybrid hot encoding VGG19 deep
learning method has been proposed. And a transfer learning method has been used to
transfer the training data trained by the RestNet50 method to the proposed HGVGG19
method. The satellite images and aerial images are collected from various sources
and classified based on the features. And the image dataset has been pre-processed
using the image augmentation technique. Through which the image has been resized
and processed for training it with the proposed mode. The categorical data cannot
be processed directly, so we use one hot encoding method to find the borders of the
class. Then the data has been trained using VGG19 method. Then using the MLR
classifier we classify the images and using decision tree the class prediction has
been predicted. After testing the model an accuracy of 98.5% has been achieved.
Using the proposed algorithm, the analysis has been made with the historical images
of many regions. And eight different class values have been obtained and stored as
the textual data. Using the data, the land cover changes and the prediction of the
land cover has been obtained with an accuracy of 98.5%.},
Land cover
Changes
Satellite
Encoding
Decoding
HEVGG
Classification
Prediction},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1094,
author = {Jagannathan, J. and Divya, C.},
title = {Deep learning for the prediction and classification of land use and
land cover changes using deep convolutional neural network},
volume = {65},
pages = {101412},
abstract = {The importance of timely and accurate information about the land
resources and the natural resources increased rapidly. Due to the impact of
urbanization, the we face hasty climatic change. To mitigate the urban heat island
in the developed and developing cities, a very accurate land cover classification
has to be developed. Through which we can identify the changes in build-up areas,
water bodies and vegetation index. In this paper, a hybrid hot encoding VGG19 deep
learning method has been proposed. And a transfer learning method has been used to
transfer the training data trained by the RestNet50 method to the proposed HGVGG19
method. The satellite images and aerial images are collected from various sources
and classified based on the features. And the image dataset has been pre-processed
using the image augmentation technique. Through which the image has been resized
and processed for training it with the proposed mode. The categorical data cannot
be processed directly, so we use one hot encoding method to find the borders of the
class. Then the data has been trained using VGG19 method. Then using the MLR
classifier we classify the images and using decision tree the class prediction has
been predicted. After testing the model an accuracy of 98.5% has been achieved.
Using the proposed algorithm, the analysis has been made with the historical images
of many regions. And eight different class values have been obtained and stored as
the textual data. Using the data, the land cover changes and the prediction of the
land cover has been obtained with an accuracy of 98.5%.},
Land cover
Changes
Satellite
Encoding
Decoding
HEVGG
Classification
Prediction},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1052,
author = {Jamali, Ali},
title = {Improving land use land cover mapping of a neural network with three
optimizers of multi-verse optimizer, genetic algorithm, and derivative-free
function},
volume = {24},
number = {3, Part 1},
pages = {373-390},
abstract = {For land management and planning, information on the Land Use Land
Cover (LULC) is vital. In this research, three optimizers of the Multi-Verse
Optimizer (MVO), Genetic Algorithm (GA), and Derivative-free Function (DF) are
developed in MATLAB programming language to improve the accuracy of remote sensing
image classification using a Small-sized Neural Network (SNN). The results are
compared to a Medium-sized Neural Network (MNN) developed in MATLAB programming
language. Based on the test data, the MNN has the best performance with the Overall
Accuracy (OA) of 92.64% for the object-based Landsat-8 imagery with a spatial
resolution of 15 m. Based on the test data, the Derivative-free Function Multi-
layer Perceptron (DFMLP) for the pixel-based Landsat-8 imagery with a spatial
resolution of 15 m has the best performance with the OA of 89.31%. The Genetic
Algorithm Multi-layer Perceptron (GAMLP) for the pixel-based Landsat-8 imagery with
a spatial resolution of 30 m has the least performance with a value of 74.47% for
the OA. The most significant improvement was for the pixel-based Landsat-8 imagery
with a spatial resolution of 15 m where the DF and GA optimizers have improved the
results of the SNN classifier with 7.37% and ~8% for the OA index, respectively.},
keywords = {LULC
Machine learning
Multi-layer perceptron
MVO
GA},
ISSN = {1110-9823},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1092,
author = {Jamali, Ali Akbar and Ghorbani Kalkhajeh, Reza and Randhir, Timothy O.
and He, Songtang},
title = {Modeling relationship between land surface temperature anomaly and
environmental factors using GEE and Giovanni},
volume = {302},
pages = {113970},
abstract = {Land surface temperature (LST) and vegetation cover changes are two
indicators of landscapes in a region. The relationship between LST anomalies,
elevation, vegetation, and urban growth is significant to conservation. This study
addresses this issue using night-time satellite imagery, kernel methods (points
aggregation), and the trend analysis for a long-term period (2001–2017) in Iran.
Variables for two seasons (summer and winter) in urban and natural land uses were
derived using the Google Earth Engine (GEE) and NASA's Giovanni. Point data derived
from raster maps were quantified using statistical kernel and trend analysis. As
result, it was observed that LST rise in various elevations, seasons, and land
uses. The LST was analyzed through kernels (point aggregation in scatter graphs),
which shifted to the right. The LST anomaly in the daytime had the highest maximum
value (>4 °C) and lowest minimum value (<-5 °C) in forests and mountains and
metropolises with the highest population growth rate. Summer and winter seasons had
positive trends in LST for forest and mountain land uses. All seasons had positive
trends in EVI in the mountain, and desert land uses. This warming and increasing
LST can increase vulnerability to drought, dust storms, floods, avalanches, and
natural fires. The EVI is increasing over the years due to government projects in
green spaces and urban parks. There is a need to protect urban and natural
environments to prevent natural disasters and unplanned population growth.},
keywords = {Anomaly
GEE
Giovanni
Elevation
Season},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1287,
author = {Jamali, Ali Akbar and Ghorbani Kalkhajeh, Reza and Randhir, Timothy O.
and He, Songtang},
title = {Modeling relationship between land surface temperature anomaly and
environmental factors using GEE and Giovanni},
volume = {302},
pages = {113970},
abstract = {Land surface temperature (LST) and vegetation cover changes are two
indicators of landscapes in a region. The relationship between LST anomalies,
elevation, vegetation, and urban growth is significant to conservation. This study
addresses this issue using night-time satellite imagery, kernel methods (points
aggregation), and the trend analysis for a long-term period (2001–2017) in Iran.
Variables for two seasons (summer and winter) in urban and natural land uses were
derived using the Google Earth Engine (GEE) and NASA's Giovanni. Point data derived
from raster maps were quantified using statistical kernel and trend analysis. As
result, it was observed that LST rise in various elevations, seasons, and land
uses. The LST was analyzed through kernels (point aggregation in scatter graphs),
which shifted to the right. The LST anomaly in the daytime had the highest maximum
value (>4 °C) and lowest minimum value (<-5 °C) in forests and mountains and
metropolises with the highest population growth rate. Summer and winter seasons had
positive trends in LST for forest and mountain land uses. All seasons had positive
trends in EVI in the mountain, and desert land uses. This warming and increasing
LST can increase vulnerability to drought, dust storms, floods, avalanches, and
natural fires. The EVI is increasing over the years due to government projects in
green spaces and urban parks. There is a need to protect urban and natural
environments to prevent natural disasters and unplanned population growth.},
keywords = {Anomaly
GEE
Giovanni
Elevation
Season},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN684,
author = {James Dennedy-Frank, P. and Gorelick, Steven M.},
title = {Insights on expected streamflow response to land-cover restoration},
volume = {589},
pages = {125121},
abstract = {Ecosystem service approaches to watershed management have grown
quickly, increasing the importance of understanding the streamflow response to
realistic land-cover change. Previous work has investigated the relationship
between watershed characteristics and streamflow in catchments around the world,
but little has focused on systematic relationships between watershed
characteristics and streamflow change after land-cover restoration. To address this
gap, we simulate streamflow responses to restoring 10% of watershed area from
agricultural land to forest and natural pasture in 29 watersheds around the world.
This change is consistent with that performed in watershed-service programs. We
calculate the change in a broad array of streamflow indices for each site and use a
graph-connectedness approach to cluster the sites based on the sign of the index
value changes. We find three primary clusters with distinct responses to
restoration. Permutation tests and effect sizes demonstrate the difference in
watershed characteristics and streamflow indices across clusters. The low-flow
intensifying sites have shallower soils and smaller saturated soil volumes. After
restoration, simulated streamflow in these sites increases during relatively dry
periods and declines during high-flow periods. The high-flow intensifying sites
have larger saturated soil volumes. After restoration, simulated dry-season flow in
these sites decreases. The high-flow enhancing sites have larger soil hydraulic
conductivities than the high-flow intensifying sites. After restoration, simulated
dry-season flow in these sites decreases less than in high-flow intensifying sites.
The soil depth and hydraulic conductivity appear to be the characteristics that
determine clusters, as clusters are not statistically related to climate, watershed
location, proximity, size and shape, elevation, or pre-existing land cover. This
study provides valuable understanding of land-cover restoration and the watershed
characteristics that most impact streamflow change.},
keywords = {Watershed services
Land-cover change
Restoration
Graph cluster analysis
Watershed simulation
Soil depth},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN784,
author = {James Dennedy-Frank, P. and Gorelick, Steven M.},
title = {Insights on expected streamflow response to land-cover restoration},
volume = {589},
pages = {125121},
abstract = {Ecosystem service approaches to watershed management have grown
quickly, increasing the importance of understanding the streamflow response to
realistic land-cover change. Previous work has investigated the relationship
between watershed characteristics and streamflow in catchments around the world,
but little has focused on systematic relationships between watershed
characteristics and streamflow change after land-cover restoration. To address this
gap, we simulate streamflow responses to restoring 10% of watershed area from
agricultural land to forest and natural pasture in 29 watersheds around the world.
This change is consistent with that performed in watershed-service programs. We
calculate the change in a broad array of streamflow indices for each site and use a
graph-connectedness approach to cluster the sites based on the sign of the index
value changes. We find three primary clusters with distinct responses to
restoration. Permutation tests and effect sizes demonstrate the difference in
watershed characteristics and streamflow indices across clusters. The low-flow
intensifying sites have shallower soils and smaller saturated soil volumes. After
restoration, simulated streamflow in these sites increases during relatively dry
periods and declines during high-flow periods. The high-flow intensifying sites
have larger saturated soil volumes. After restoration, simulated dry-season flow in
these sites decreases. The high-flow enhancing sites have larger soil hydraulic
conductivities than the high-flow intensifying sites. After restoration, simulated
dry-season flow in these sites decreases less than in high-flow intensifying sites.
The soil depth and hydraulic conductivity appear to be the characteristics that
determine clusters, as clusters are not statistically related to climate, watershed
location, proximity, size and shape, elevation, or pre-existing land cover. This
study provides valuable understanding of land-cover restoration and the watershed
characteristics that most impact streamflow change.},
keywords = {Watershed services
Land-cover change
Restoration
Graph cluster analysis
Watershed simulation
Soil depth},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN280,
author = {Jamsran, Buyan-Erdene and Lin, Chinsu and Byambakhuu, Ishgaldan and
Raash, Jamsran and Akhmadi, Khaulenbek},
title = {Applying a support vector model to assess land cover changes in the Uvs
Lake Basin ecoregion in Mongolia},
journal = {Information Processing in Agriculture},
volume = {6},
number = {1},
pages = {158-169},
abstract = {The Uvs Lake Basin in western Mongolia is a natural world heritage
site and is known for its diversity in landscape and wildlife. Recently,
investigative research has shown that the protected pristine ecotone is suffering
land degradation due to global warming. In order to obtain evidence of the changes
over a long-term time scale, serial multi-temporal Landsat images obtained between
1995 and 2015 were used to classify land cover and land cover changes over the
Basin ecoregion using a machine learning classification technique, support vector
machine. Results showed that the forest land area in 1995 was 1888.48 km2 which was
equivalent to 7.48% of the total area of the study site. The forest area showed
considerable decrease by 301.36 km2 during the first decade (1995–2004) and
155.81 km2 during second decade (2004–2015). A total of 457.17 km2 or 24.21% of the
forest land has been developed, most being changed into grassland. The major driver
of such changes was illegal logging, forest fire, and pest damage. However
grassland was changed primarily into bare land during the two decades. The area of
glacier was decreased and primarily changed into water body. In contrast, the area
of sand in the Basin ecoregion increased dramatically from 65.20 km2 in 1995 to
318.33 km2 in 2015 the increase being mostly from the transition of bare land. In
summary, the drivers of the significant decrease of greenness coverage and increase
of sand/bare land areas were the interaction of complicated disturbances in both
anthropogenic and natural factors, in which logging, grazing, wind erosion, and
global warming were the key causes.},
keywords = {Land suppression
Soil degradation
Forest reduction
Change analysis
Landscape ecology},
ISSN = {2214-3173},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpa.2018.07.007},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN380,
author = {Jamsran, Buyan-Erdene and Lin, Chinsu and Byambakhuu, Ishgaldan and
Raash, Jamsran and Akhmadi, Khaulenbek},
title = {Applying a support vector model to assess land cover changes in the Uvs
Lake Basin ecoregion in Mongolia},
journal = {Information Processing in Agriculture},
volume = {6},
number = {1},
pages = {158-169},
abstract = {The Uvs Lake Basin in western Mongolia is a natural world heritage
site and is known for its diversity in landscape and wildlife. Recently,
investigative research has shown that the protected pristine ecotone is suffering
land degradation due to global warming. In order to obtain evidence of the changes
over a long-term time scale, serial multi-temporal Landsat images obtained between
1995 and 2015 were used to classify land cover and land cover changes over the
Basin ecoregion using a machine learning classification technique, support vector
machine. Results showed that the forest land area in 1995 was 1888.48 km2 which was
equivalent to 7.48% of the total area of the study site. The forest area showed
considerable decrease by 301.36 km2 during the first decade (1995–2004) and
155.81 km2 during second decade (2004–2015). A total of 457.17 km2 or 24.21% of the
forest land has been developed, most being changed into grassland. The major driver
of such changes was illegal logging, forest fire, and pest damage. However
grassland was changed primarily into bare land during the two decades. The area of
glacier was decreased and primarily changed into water body. In contrast, the area
of sand in the Basin ecoregion increased dramatically from 65.20 km2 in 1995 to
318.33 km2 in 2015 the increase being mostly from the transition of bare land. In
summary, the drivers of the significant decrease of greenness coverage and increase
of sand/bare land areas were the interaction of complicated disturbances in both
anthropogenic and natural factors, in which logging, grazing, wind erosion, and
global warming were the key causes.},
keywords = {Land suppression
Soil degradation
Forest reduction
Change analysis
Landscape ecology},
ISSN = {2214-3173},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpa.2018.07.007},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN571,
author = {Janus, Tomasz and Tomlinson, James and Anghileri, Daniela and
Sheffield, Justin and Kollet, Stefan and Harou, Julien J.},
title = {Multicriteria land cover design via coupled hydrologic and multi-sector
water management models},
volume = {620},
pages = {129294},
abstract = {We investigate how hydrologic-land feedbacks and a hydrologic-water
management linkage impact land cover arrangements optimized within a multiobjective
land cover design framework. The framework integrates a spatially-distributed and
physically-based hydrologic model, for simulating surface and subsurface flow and
land processes, with a network-based multi-sector water resources management and
allocation model. Both models used (Parflow, Pywr) are open-source. The framework
is applied to a hillslope problem to identify land cover patterns that optimize
trade-offs between water, food, energy and environment objectives. Results show
trade-offs depend on land cover composition and the spatial arrangement of land
covers within the catchment. Total runoff volume and peak flow of runoff was found
to change 3 and 2-fold, respectively, between optimized solutions as land cover
composition and spatial patterns were altered to satisfy different combinations of
objectives. At the same time, up to a 15% reduction in the total runoff volume and
an 8% reduction in the peak flow of runoff were observed within optimized land
cover patterns having equal composition but different spatial arrangements. This
emphasizes the impact on hydrologic behavior of the spatial location of land covers
within a catchment. The emergence of patterns in land cover distribution for
different trade-offs between objectives is driven by feedback mechanisms between
subsurface hydrology and land processes, which are implicitly linked to the
properties of each land cover and the interactions between neighboring land covers
through lateral groundwater flow. The study demonstrates the added benefits of
coupling distributed hydrologic models with water management simulation for
multisector multicriteria land cover planning.},
keywords = {Land cover design
Distributed hydrology
Multiobjective optimization
Multisector dynamics
Parallel computing},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN876,
author = {Janzen, H. Henry and Janzen, David W. and Gregorich, Edward G.},
title = {The ‘soil health’ metaphor: Illuminating or illusory?},
volume = {159},
pages = {108167},
abstract = {‘Soil health’ has become a dominant, pervasive phrase in soil and
environmental sciences. But despite its ubiquity, the concept remains elusively
ambiguous, largely because ‘health’ here is a metaphor, not a literal scientific
construct. So we ask: can this imagery nevertheless still advance research toward
stewardship of soils globally? To address this question, we here define soil health
as: ‘the vitality of a soil in sustaining the socio-ecological functions of its
enfolding land.’ By this definition, soil health reflects not the composition of
soil per se, rather its capacity to promote the pertinent functions of the land in
which it is embedded. This means that the term has little meaning for a soil
divorced from its ecosystem, and that properties conferring such health depend on
place and time. From this view, we consider the metaphor's strengths and pitfalls
for stewarding soils, and proffer some ways to elevate its use, mostly to spur
conversation. We propose that the point of pursuing the soil health metaphor is not
merely to assign a number to the ‘goodness’ of soil, but to generate understanding
of relational mechanisms and thereby lead us to better nurture attributes that
catalyze valued functions, now and perpetually. In the end, the continuing
usefulness of the soil health metaphor depends, not on whether or not we can
finally entrap it numerically, but whether it propels us to greater reverence for
soil, deeper insight into its beneficial processes, and wiser ways of managing it.
In time, when the health metaphor can no longer carry this prodigious weight, we
may seek a worthy successor; a good metaphor produces good science, and good
science produces ever better metaphors.},
keywords = {Health
Metaphor
Ecosystem
Land
Quality},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN223,
author = {Janík, Tomáš and Romportl, Dušan},
title = {Recent land cover change after the Kyrill windstorm in the Šumava NP},
volume = {97},
pages = {196-211},
abstract = {Mountain forests in Central Europe are mostly disturbed by
windstorms and subsequently by insect outbreaks. Disturbances play a key role in
forest composition, structure, ecosystem functioning or species richness and
consequently in general land cover changes. The Šumava National Park was affected
by a windstorm known as Kyrill in January 2007. This event initiated dynamic period
of large scale land cover changes from 2006 to 2012. The main goal of this study is
to analyse and quantify the development of land cover changes caused by the
disturbance with the use of detailed airborne data. We recorded a spatial-temporal
classification of changes by so-called land cover flows, which detect changes among
defined land cover types. Layers of land cover for each year were collected in GIS
software (ArcGIS 10.3) and they were used as inputs for the Land Change Modeler for
ArcGIS software. The results show relatively small direct effects of the Kyrill
windstorm, windfalls subsequently (in the year 2007) increased their proportion by
4.73 km2, e.g. 0.69% of the Šumava National Park area in 2007. Area of coniferous
forest decreased from 56.55% to 48.27% (between 2006 and 2012) of the National Park
area and from 2008 this decrease was the dominant change. In neighbourhood of
windfalls, new dead-standing forest in 2008 originated. Differences in management
in particular zones of the national park resulted in an increase of clear-cuts and
clear-cuts with dead wood in the intervention zone. Coniferous forest was widely
changed into dead-standing forest in non-intervention areas. This pattern of change
was the most intensive between 2008 and 2011. Changes were spatially clustered and
dead-standing forest work as a main driver of subsequent dynamics. During the bark
beetle infestation period (2008–2011), more than 80% of new dead-standing forest
occur within 100 m distance from patches of dead-standing forest from previous
year. During the last period (2011–2012) these processes slowed down and large-
scale regeneration took place within the focus area.},
keywords = {Šumava National Park
Land cover change
Land cover flows
Norway spruce forest dynamics},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN323,
author = {Janík, Tomáš and Romportl, Dušan},
title = {Recent land cover change after the Kyrill windstorm in the Šumava NP},
volume = {97},
pages = {196-211},
abstract = {Mountain forests in Central Europe are mostly disturbed by
windstorms and subsequently by insect outbreaks. Disturbances play a key role in
forest composition, structure, ecosystem functioning or species richness and
consequently in general land cover changes. The Šumava National Park was affected
by a windstorm known as Kyrill in January 2007. This event initiated dynamic period
of large scale land cover changes from 2006 to 2012. The main goal of this study is
to analyse and quantify the development of land cover changes caused by the
disturbance with the use of detailed airborne data. We recorded a spatial-temporal
classification of changes by so-called land cover flows, which detect changes among
defined land cover types. Layers of land cover for each year were collected in GIS
software (ArcGIS 10.3) and they were used as inputs for the Land Change Modeler for
ArcGIS software. The results show relatively small direct effects of the Kyrill
windstorm, windfalls subsequently (in the year 2007) increased their proportion by
4.73 km2, e.g. 0.69% of the Šumava National Park area in 2007. Area of coniferous
forest decreased from 56.55% to 48.27% (between 2006 and 2012) of the National Park
area and from 2008 this decrease was the dominant change. In neighbourhood of
windfalls, new dead-standing forest in 2008 originated. Differences in management
in particular zones of the national park resulted in an increase of clear-cuts and
clear-cuts with dead wood in the intervention zone. Coniferous forest was widely
changed into dead-standing forest in non-intervention areas. This pattern of change
was the most intensive between 2008 and 2011. Changes were spatially clustered and
dead-standing forest work as a main driver of subsequent dynamics. During the bark
beetle infestation period (2008–2011), more than 80% of new dead-standing forest
occur within 100 m distance from patches of dead-standing forest from previous
year. During the last period (2011–2012) these processes slowed down and large-
scale regeneration took place within the focus area.},
keywords = {Šumava National Park
Land cover change
Land cover flows
Norway spruce forest dynamics},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN877,
author = {Jassey, Vincent E. J. and Petchey, Owen L. and Binet, Philippe and
Buttler, Alexandre and Chiapusio, Geneviève and Delarue, Frédéric and Laggoun-
Défarge, Fatima and Gilbert, Daniel and Mitchell, Edward A. D. and Barel, Janna
M.},
title = {Food web structure and energy flux dynamics, but not taxonomic
richness, influence microbial ecosystem functions in a Sphagnum-dominated
peatland},
volume = {118},
pages = {103532},
abstract = {Soil microbial communities are vital for multiple ecosystem
processes and services. In particular, soil microbial food webs are key
determinants of soil biodiversity, functioning and stability. Unclear, however, is
how structural features of food webs, such as species richness and turnover,
biomass and energy transfer across trophic levels, influence the provisioning and
stability of ecosystem functioning. Here, we explore the relationships between
different facets of microbial food web structure (e.g. species richness,
connectance, biomass and energy fluxes across trophic levels) and ecosystem
functions (i.e. decomposition and microbial enzyme activity) across different
habitats and depths in a peatland. We show that no aspect of taxonomic richness
directly explained variation in ecosystem functions. Instead, we find that trophic
interactions between basal species and primary consumers, and especially increasing
connectance, biomass and energy flux transiting from decomposers and phototrophs to
algivores, bacterivores and fungivores, enhance ecosystem functions in the
peatland. These findings demonstrate that focusing on taxonomic diversity without
explicit inclusion of food web structure and energy flows therein gives an
incomplete and uninformative comprehension of relationships between biodiversity
and ecosystem functioning, at least in peatlands. Our findings further suggest that
the inclusion of soil microbial food webs in large-scale biogeochemical models is
of fundamental importance to provide the necessary guidance for managing and
mitigating the effects of environmental change.},
keywords = {Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning
Energy channels
Food web modelling
Microbiome
Soil functioning
Phototrophs
Decomposition
Predation
Phenoloxidase
Protists},
ISSN = {1164-5563},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2023.103532},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN907,
author = {Jego, Lena and Li, Ruining and Roudine, Sacha and Ma, Chun-Sen and Le
Lann, Cécile and Ma, Gang and van Baaren, Joan},
title = {Parasitoid ecology along geographic gradients: lessons for climate
change studies},
journal = {Current Opinion in Insect Science},
volume = {57},
pages = {101036},
abstract = {One method to study the impact of climate change on host–parasitoid
relationships is to compare populations along geographical gradients in latitude,
altitude, or longitude. Indeed, temperatures, which vary along geographic
gradients, directly shape the life traits of parasitoids and indirectly shift their
populations through trophic interactions with hosts and plants. We explored the
pros and cons of using these comparisons along gradients. We highlighted that the
longitudinal gradients, although understudied, are well correlated to winter
warming and summer heat waves and we draw attention to the impact of the increase
in extreme events, which will probably be the determining parameters of the effect
of climate change on host–parasitoid relationships.},
ISSN = {2214-5745},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2023.101036},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1130,
author = {Jeong, S. and Kang, S. and Jang, K. and Lee, H. and Hong, S. and Ko,
D.},
title = {Development of Variable Threshold Models for detection of irrigated
paddy rice fields and irrigation timing in heterogeneous land cover},
volume = {115},
pages = {83-91},
abstract = {Accurate monitoring of irrigated paddy field area and irrigation
timing are of a great concern in agricultural water management due to the
substantial consumption of fresh water when irrigating paddy fields. Spectral
threshold methods (Xiao et al., 2005) have been widely applied to detect irrigated
paddy fields and irrigation timing using Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and Land Surface Water
Index (LSWI). These methods applied constant additive threshold values (T) to LSWI
and compared it to EVI to detect the irrigated paddy fields. In this study, we
developed Variable Threshold Models that utilized different pixel-based threshold
values depending on sub-pixel land cover heterogeneity and hence, improve detection
performance on distributed small-scale paddy fields. Non-irrigated sub-pixels were
quantified with irrigation maps produced by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
microwave images. Significant positive correlation between EVI and the sub-pixel
numbers of non-irrigated area were found (r=0.87), which resulted in higher T for
MODIS pixels with more non-irrigated sub-pixels. Accordingly, a Variable Threshold
Model, i.e. a regression model between T and EVI, was developed. With the Variable
Threshold Model, agreement rates between MODIS and SAR-based irrigated small-scale
paddy field classification doubled compared with that from a fixed threshold value.
In comparison with field observations, the Variable Threshold Models showed a mean
error of +0.9 days, an improvement over the mean error of +2.8 days from a fixed
threshold model. Combined utilization of SAR and MODIS images provides a useful
tool for developing a Variable Threshold Model that can enhance accurate monitoring
of irrigation dates across heterogeneous paddy field regions.},
keywords = {Satellite data
Spectral index
Surface water detection
Sub-pixel heterogeneity},
ISSN = {0378-3774},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN114,
author = {Ji, Peng and Yuan, Xing and Jiao, Yang},
title = {Future hydrological drought changes over the upper Yellow River basin:
The role of climate change, land cover change and reservoir operation},
volume = {617},
pages = {129128},
abstract = {The upper Yellow River Basin (UYRB) provides more than 50 % of
freshwater for the Yellow River. Recent research reveals continuous climatic
wetting and vegetation greening over the UYRB in a warming future, but future
hydrological drought changes remain unclear due to complex interactions between
climate change, land cover change and reservoir operations. Here we project
hydrological drought changes at different global warming levels and quantify
contributions from each driving factor. The Conjunctive Surface-Subsurface Process
eco-hydrological model is coupled with a reservoir module, and the new
CSSPv2 + Reservoir model is used to perform future projections driven by bias-
corrected meteorological forcings from 11 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project
Phase 6 (CMIP6) models. The CSSPv2 + Reservoir model simulates monthly streamflow
over the UYRB reasonably well with a Kling-Gupta efficiency of 0.75. The increasing
precipitation during dry seasons reduces hydrological drought duration by
9 %/12 %/19 % at the 1.5℃/2.0℃/4.0℃ warming level, while its impact on drought
severity is limited. The dramatic increase of leaf area index at the 4.0℃ warming
level robustly exacerbates hydrological drought severity to 28 % by intensifying
evapotranspiration. The reservoir operation, designed to reduce seasonality in
monthly releases to ensure stable hydropower generation, further decreases drought
duration, but increases drought frequency and severity to 63 %/48 %/108 % and
9 %/11 %/32 % at the 1.5℃/2.0℃/4.0℃ warming levels respectively. A mitigated
operation rule which stores less water during wet seasons, however, can reduce
hydrological drought severity and duration significantly. Thus, future reservoir
operations should pay more attention to the trade-off between hydropower generation
and hydrological drought mitigation.},
keywords = {Hydrological drought projection
Upper Yellow River basin
Climate change
Land cover change
Reservoir operation
Drought mitigation},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN539,
author = {Ji, Yadong and Li, Yi and Yao, Ning and Biswas, Asim and Zou, Yufeng
and Meng, Qingtao and Liu, Fenggui},
title = {The lagged effect and impact of soil moisture drought on terrestrial
ecosystem water use efficiency},
volume = {133},
pages = {108349},
abstract = {Water use efficiency (WUE) is an ecological indicator reflecting the
link between carbon and water cycles in terrestrial ecosystems, which is often
affected by drought disturbance. However, knowledge about the influences of soil
moisture drought on WUE is still lacking. Therefore, this paper aims to quantify
the lagged effect and impact of soil moisture drought on terrestrial ecosystem WUE
from 1982 to 2018 using ERA5 and Global Land Surface Satellite (GLASS) datasets.
Drought conditions are described by the soil moisture anomaly percentage index
(SMAPI). The lagged effect of drought on WUE is measured by the month with the
maximum significant correlation between SMAPI and WUE. The impact of drought on WUE
is estimated through the relative change of WUE during drought and non-drought
periods. The results showed that: (1) Drought had an approximately 4-month lagged
effect on WUE, which was observed in 70.87% of the global vegetated areas. The
lagged effect of drought on WUE was a short period (1–4 months) for shrubland and
sparse vegetation, middle and long periods (5–12 months) for forest. (2) When
drought occurred, WUE decreased by 36.95% in the Tibetan Plateau and 24.93% in West
Africa, while WUE in North Europe, Alaska/N.W. Canada, and West Asia increased by
14.64%, 8.83%, and 8.53%, respectively. The negative and positive impacts of
drought on WUE in each vegetation type were commensurate. Our results provide
useful information for understanding the response of ecosystem carbon and water
cycles to drought..},
keywords = {Ecosystem water use efficiency
Soil moisture drought
Lagged effect
Impact},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1111,
author = {Ji, Zhonglin and Pan, Yaozhong and Zhu, Xiufang and Zhang, Dujuan and
Wang, Jinyun},
title = {A generalized model to predict large-scale crop yields integrating
satellite-based vegetation index time series and phenology metrics},
volume = {137},
pages = {108759},
abstract = {Convenient and reliable large-scale crop yield prediction is needed
when formulating administrative plans and ensuring food security, especially under
changing climate and international conditions. In this study, we explored Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) vegetation indices- and phenology-
based yield prediction generalization model taking the US Corn Belt as an example.
We calculated the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and 2-band enhanced
vegetation index (EVI2) time series, which were adjusted using greenup dates
derived from the Land Cover Dynamics product MCD12Q2. Based on the adjusted VI
(NDVI, EVI2) time series, the VI change rate (dVI) time series was calculated,
which represents crop growth rate. The first step was to cluster the adjusted VI
and dVI time series, called ‘greenup groups’, according to corresponding greenup
dates with a five-day interval. Then in different greenup groups, we constructed
empirical univariate models with VI having the maximum correlation with crop yield,
and multivariate models with VI and dVI, which were also used to construct the
generalized model. After clustering, the days with maximum VI correlation gradually
decreased as greenup days increasing, and the univariate VI model and multivariate
VI and dVI model performances in different groups improved. The generalized models
with specific VI and dVI variables in each group predicted yields of corn and
soybean with R2 values mainly ranging from 0.55 to 0.75 and 0.55 to 0.70, while
RMSE mainly ranging from 1000 to 1500 kg/ha and 300 to 400 kg/ha for both NDVI and
EVI2 from 2008 to 2018 with leave-one-year-out cross-validation for all groups. The
model using MODIS data was convenient and scalable with limited data requirements
and date-determined variables after greenup, and offered a generalized method to
predict crop yields at a large scale before harvest with good performance.},
keywords = {Yield prediction
Corn
Soybean
NDVI
EVI2
MODIS
MCD12Q2
Greenup},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN864,
author = {Jia, Jiyu and Zhang, Jiangzhou and Li, Yizan and Koziol, Liz and
Podzikowski, Laura and Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel and Wang, Guangzhou and Zhang,
Junling},
title = {Relationships between soil biodiversity and multifunctionality in
croplands depend on salinity and organic matter},
volume = {429},
pages = {116273},
abstract = {Soil salinization is a widespread environmental problem adversely
impacting global food production. Increasing soil organic matter (SOM) could
alleviate salt stress, but soil salinity and SOM have differing effects on
microbial diversity and activities. We explored how the relationships between soil
biodiversity and multifunctionality were altered by soil salinity and SOM. We
collected soils from the wheat-maize cropping system in the North China Plain and
categorized soils according to salinity and SOM. Soil functions related to carbon,
nitrogen, phosphorus, and micronutrient processing were measured as metrics of soil
multifunctionality (SMF) characterization. We found significant positive
relationships between SMF and bacterial diversity but not fungal diversity in soils
with high SOM (>15 mg/kg) and low EC (<4 ds/m). The diversity and abundance of
sensitive bacteria were more strongly correlated with SMF than those of non-
sensitive bacteria. SOM directly and indirectly impacted SMF through changes in
sensitive bacterial abundance, while soil EC impacted SMF via altered sensitive
bacterial diversity. With respective to individual soil function, carbon and
micronutrient cycling were predominantly determined by bacterial diversity. Our
findings suggest coupling decreased salinization with the increase of SOM could
increase soil multifunctionality by increasing diversity and abundance of sensitive
soil microbes. These findings highlight the importance of sensitive microbial taxa
to sustaining soil ecosystem functioning in croplands.},
keywords = {Agricultural ecosystems
Bacterial diversity
Soil organic matter
Soil salinity
Microbial community},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1158,
author = {Jia, Jiyu and Zhang, Jiangzhou and Li, Yizan and Koziol, Liz and
Podzikowski, Laura and Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel and Wang, Guangzhou and Zhang,
Junling},
title = {Relationships between soil biodiversity and multifunctionality in
croplands depend on salinity and organic matter},
volume = {429},
pages = {116273},
abstract = {Soil salinization is a widespread environmental problem adversely
impacting global food production. Increasing soil organic matter (SOM) could
alleviate salt stress, but soil salinity and SOM have differing effects on
microbial diversity and activities. We explored how the relationships between soil
biodiversity and multifunctionality were altered by soil salinity and SOM. We
collected soils from the wheat-maize cropping system in the North China Plain and
categorized soils according to salinity and SOM. Soil functions related to carbon,
nitrogen, phosphorus, and micronutrient processing were measured as metrics of soil
multifunctionality (SMF) characterization. We found significant positive
relationships between SMF and bacterial diversity but not fungal diversity in soils
with high SOM (>15 mg/kg) and low EC (<4 ds/m). The diversity and abundance of
sensitive bacteria were more strongly correlated with SMF than those of non-
sensitive bacteria. SOM directly and indirectly impacted SMF through changes in
sensitive bacterial abundance, while soil EC impacted SMF via altered sensitive
bacterial diversity. With respective to individual soil function, carbon and
micronutrient cycling were predominantly determined by bacterial diversity. Our
findings suggest coupling decreased salinization with the increase of SOM could
increase soil multifunctionality by increasing diversity and abundance of sensitive
soil microbes. These findings highlight the importance of sensitive microbial taxa
to sustaining soil ecosystem functioning in croplands.},
keywords = {Agricultural ecosystems
Bacterial diversity
Soil organic matter
Soil salinity
Microbial community},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN418,
author = {Jiang, Chong and Li, Daiqing and Wang, Dewang and Zhang, Linbo},
title = {Quantification and assessment of changes in ecosystem service in the
Three-River Headwaters Region, China as a result of climate variability and land
cover change},
volume = {66},
pages = {199-211},
abstract = {Rapid and periodic assessment of the impact of land cover change and
climate variability on ecosystem services at regional levels is essential to
understanding services and sustainability of ecosystems. This study focused on
quantifying and assessing the changes in multiple ecosystem services in the Three-
River Headwaters Region (TRHR), China in 2000–2012. Based on the widely used
biophysical models including Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-
Offs (InVEST), Revised Wind Erosion Equation (RWSQ), and Carnegie-Ames-Stanford
Approach (CASA) models, this study assessed the historical flow of regulating
services, including soil conservation, water yield, and carbon sequestration, and
provisioning service food provision. The soil conservation function of ecosystem
was slightly enhanced as a whole, and water yield increased sharply, with both the
soil conservation and water yield showing an increasing spatial homogenization. The
net primary productivity (NPP) and food production increased substantially from
2000 to 2012. Ecosystem services are closely and complexly interlinked. The
correlation analyses indicated a trade-off between the water yield and carbon
sequestration, however, a synergy between soil conservation and carbon
sequestration. Congruence between the three different ecosystem provisioning
services, including pasture, meat, and grain, was found. There was also a synergy
between food production and ecosystem carbon sequestration in the TRHR. Climatic
variability and vegetation restoration are important for the ecosystem services
flow. Correlation analyses showed that the increase in precipitation significantly
enhanced the water yield (P<0.01) and soil erosion (P<0.01), while the temperature
increase influenced positively the NPP (P<0.1). The experience of ecological
rehabilitation and the change in key ecosystem services in the TRHR exemplified the
positive effects of environmental policies and the necessity of adopting an
adaptive management approach. Thus the ecological construction and policy making
should take climate variability into account, and facilitate synergies on multiple
ecosystem services in order to maximize human well-being and preserve its natural
ecosystems.},
keywords = {Three-River Headwaters Region (TRHR)
Regulating service
Provisioning service
Climate variability
Land cover change
Ecological restoration},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN210,
author = {Jiang, Xiandie and Lu, Dengsheng and Moran, Emilio and Calvi, Miquéias
Freitas and Dutra, Luciano Vieira and Li, Guiying},
title = {Examining impacts of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam construction on
land-cover changes using multitemporal Landsat imagery},
volume = {97},
pages = {35-47},
abstract = {Many hydroelectric dams in the Brazilian Amazon have been
constructed, but how dam construction influences land-cover change has not been
fully examined. For our research, we selected Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, the
third-largest dam in the world, to explore its impacts on major land-cover change.
Multitemporal Landsat images between 2006 and 2017 were used. The maximum
likelihood classifier was used to classify these Landsat images into primary
forest, secondary forest, agropasture, man-made bare land, natural bare land, and
water. The land-cover change was examined using the post-classification comparison
approach based on different stages of dam construction, and was further examined
along the upstream and downstream river buffer. The results indicate that overall
classification accuracies of 89.7% and 92.3% were obtained for the 2011 and 2015
land-cover classification results, respectively. Primary forest decreased
continuously from 47.8% in 2006 to 35.3% in 2017. Different stages of dam
construction had various impacts, that is, before dam construction, deforestation
and agropasture expansion were the major land-cover change categories; during dam
construction, the increased area of man-made bare lands, the canal construction
zone, and the increased area of natural bare lands downstream were obvious, in
addition to deforestation and agropasture dynamics; when dam construction was
complete, water bodies increased considerably upstream and decreased downstream.
These big changes in water bodies may have long-term impacts on ecosystem functions
and environments. This research provides new insights on the impacts of dam
construction on land-cover changes, which is valuable for making better decisions
about water and land resources.},
keywords = {Belo Monte hydroelectric dam
Land-cover change
Impacts of dam construction
Multitemporal Landsat imagery},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN310,
author = {Jiang, Xiandie and Lu, Dengsheng and Moran, Emilio and Calvi, Miquéias
Freitas and Dutra, Luciano Vieira and Li, Guiying},
title = {Examining impacts of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam construction on
land-cover changes using multitemporal Landsat imagery},
volume = {97},
pages = {35-47},
abstract = {Many hydroelectric dams in the Brazilian Amazon have been
constructed, but how dam construction influences land-cover change has not been
fully examined. For our research, we selected Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, the
third-largest dam in the world, to explore its impacts on major land-cover change.
Multitemporal Landsat images between 2006 and 2017 were used. The maximum
likelihood classifier was used to classify these Landsat images into primary
forest, secondary forest, agropasture, man-made bare land, natural bare land, and
water. The land-cover change was examined using the post-classification comparison
approach based on different stages of dam construction, and was further examined
along the upstream and downstream river buffer. The results indicate that overall
classification accuracies of 89.7% and 92.3% were obtained for the 2011 and 2015
land-cover classification results, respectively. Primary forest decreased
continuously from 47.8% in 2006 to 35.3% in 2017. Different stages of dam
construction had various impacts, that is, before dam construction, deforestation
and agropasture expansion were the major land-cover change categories; during dam
construction, the increased area of man-made bare lands, the canal construction
zone, and the increased area of natural bare lands downstream were obvious, in
addition to deforestation and agropasture dynamics; when dam construction was
complete, water bodies increased considerably upstream and decreased downstream.
These big changes in water bodies may have long-term impacts on ecosystem functions
and environments. This research provides new insights on the impacts of dam
construction on land-cover changes, which is valuable for making better decisions
about water and land resources.},
keywords = {Belo Monte hydroelectric dam
Land-cover change
Impacts of dam construction
Multitemporal Landsat imagery},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN1146,
author = {Jin, Jiaxin and Yan, Tao and Zhu, Qingsong and Wang, Ying and Guo,
Fengsheng and Liu, Ying and Hou, Weiye},
title = {Heterogeneity of land cover data with discrete classes obscured
remotely-sensed detection of sensitivity of forest photosynthesis to climate},
Geoinformation},
volume = {104},
pages = {102567},
abstract = {Satellite-based land cover data with discrete classes provide a
critical basis for studies on response of forest photosynthesis to climate change
at the regional scale. However, this discrete classification oversimplifies reality
due to widely observed mixed pixels, which may obscure the remotely-sensed
detection at moderate/low spatial resolution. To this point, the purpose of this
study was to explore whether and how heterogeneity of land cover data with discrete
classes impacts remotely-sensed detection of climatic sensitivity of photosynthesis
across coarse grid cells of forested area. First, coarse forest grid cells at
moderate resolution (0.05°) with tree coverage > 50% were derived from a finer land
cover dataset (300 m) in central-eastern China. Then, solar-induced fluorescence
(SIF) was taken as a proxy of forest photosynthesis to detect the sensitivities to
three climatic variables (i.e., temperature, precipitation and radiation) in each
forest pixel of interest. After that, variabilities in the climatic sensitivities
with grid cell-based tree coverage and landscape biodiversity were investigated
across the study area by gradient analysis. The findings show an explicit gradient
change in the climatic sensitivities of photosynthesis with forest coverage and
landscape diversity. Overall, the climatic sensitivities are amplified with an
increase in tree coverage in the grids. Similarly, the climatic sensitivities of
forest photosynthesis vary with landscape diversity, generally showing a negative
correlation in most of the area. These quantitative results built a strong evidence
to answer the proposed questions. Hence, we suggest that it is necessary to
consider heterogeneity of land cover data with discrete classes in parameterization
of modeling and inversion. The achievement of this study is helpful to provide
insight into reasons for ecological response to climate change.},
keywords = {Land cover heterogeneity
Climatic sensitivity
Forest coverage
Landscape diversity
SIF
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN852,
author = {Jin, Shengtian and Jiang, Anli and Bao, Bingfei},
title = {Can China’s transfer payment in key ecological function areas reduce
the carbon intensity? – Quasi – Natural experimental evidence from Jiangxi, China},
volume = {154},
pages = {110537},
abstract = {Reducing carbon intensity while sustaining economic growth is a
major challenge for China's ecological civilization construction in the context of
global warming. China’s transfer payment policy in National Key Ecological Function
areas plays a crucial role in promoting ecological improvement and reducing local
carbon intensity. In this study, we examine the impact of transfer payment policies
on carbon intensity in Jiangxi Province, a demonstration area for national
ecological civilization, and we further investigate the carbon reduction mechanism
and the spatial spillover effect of the policies. Results show the following: (1)
the transfer payment policy in key ecological function areas has significantly
reduced the carbon intensity, and the research conclusion is still valid after the
robustness test; (2) the transfer payment policy in key ecological function areas
reduces the carbon intensity by promoting the upgrading of industrial structure;
(3) the transfer payment policy in key ecological function areas has a significant
role in promoting the reduction of carbon intensity in this region and the adjacent
regions. The findings highlight the significant promoting role of transfer payment
policies in key ecological function zones on carbon emission reduction in both
local and neighboring areas. It also underscores the importance of expanding policy
coverage, establishing horizontal ecological compensation mechanisms, exploring
multidimensional approaches to carbon reduction, and fostering cross-regional
exchanges and cooperation. These insights provide valuable guidance for
policymakers working towards effective and sustainable carbon emission reduction.},
keywords = {Carbon intensity
Transfer payment
National Key Ecological Function areas
Industrial structure upgrading
Spillover effects},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN284,
author = {Jin, Xin and Jin, Yanxiang and Mao, Xufeng},
title = {Ecological risk assessment of cities on the Tibetan Plateau based on
land use/land cover changes – Case study of Delingha City},
volume = {101},
pages = {185-191},
abstract = {Land use/land cover and its change is a certain reflection of the
interaction of natural factors and human activity in regional ecological
environment, and the change of land use/land cover also affects the regional
ecological process. Among regional ecological assessments, the landscape ecological
risk assessment by land use/land cover changes is a regional ecological risk
assessment method that is based on spatial pattern perspectives. The research on
typical ecological fragile areas that respond strongly to global change focuses on
coastal zones, wetlands and transition zones between cropping areas and nomadic
areas; however, there are no related studies on the Tibetan Plateau. This study
proposed an ecological risk assessment on Delingha City on the Tibetan plateau by
using RS (remote sensing) and GIS (geographic information system) methods Based on
land use/land cover variations in Delingha City during the periods 1986–2000 and
2000–2015, regional ecological risk changes were analysed to provide scientific
bases for the ecological protection of cities on the Tibetan Plateau. The results
indicated that: 1) From 1986 to 2000, major land use/land cover changes took place
in the south of the city; in general, grassland was converted into farmland. From
2000 to 2015, the spatial distribution of land use changes was chaotic; however,
the land use changes in the south were more concentrated and significant. 2) More
than half of Delingha City fall under low ecological risk zones, which are mainly
located in high-altitude mountainous area in north Delingha. High ecological risk
areas are mainly located in the low-lying and flat landscapes in the south. 3)
During the research period, the significant decrease of highest- and high-risk
zones and considerable increase of low-risk zone indicate an improvement of the
overall ecological environment in Delingha City through 1986–2015.},
Ecological risk assessment
Delingha City},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN384,
author = {Jin, Xin and Jin, Yanxiang and Mao, Xufeng},
title = {Ecological risk assessment of cities on the Tibetan Plateau based on
land use/land cover changes – Case study of Delingha City},
volume = {101},
pages = {185-191},
abstract = {Land use/land cover and its change is a certain reflection of the
interaction of natural factors and human activity in regional ecological
environment, and the change of land use/land cover also affects the regional
ecological process. Among regional ecological assessments, the landscape ecological
risk assessment by land use/land cover changes is a regional ecological risk
assessment method that is based on spatial pattern perspectives. The research on
typical ecological fragile areas that respond strongly to global change focuses on
coastal zones, wetlands and transition zones between cropping areas and nomadic
areas; however, there are no related studies on the Tibetan Plateau. This study
proposed an ecological risk assessment on Delingha City on the Tibetan plateau by
using RS (remote sensing) and GIS (geographic information system) methods Based on
land use/land cover variations in Delingha City during the periods 1986–2000 and
2000–2015, regional ecological risk changes were analysed to provide scientific
bases for the ecological protection of cities on the Tibetan Plateau. The results
indicated that: 1) From 1986 to 2000, major land use/land cover changes took place
in the south of the city; in general, grassland was converted into farmland. From
2000 to 2015, the spatial distribution of land use changes was chaotic; however,
the land use changes in the south were more concentrated and significant. 2) More
than half of Delingha City fall under low ecological risk zones, which are mainly
located in high-altitude mountainous area in north Delingha. High ecological risk
areas are mainly located in the low-lying and flat landscapes in the south. 3)
During the research period, the significant decrease of highest- and high-risk
zones and considerable increase of low-risk zone indicate an improvement of the
overall ecological environment in Delingha City through 1986–2015.},
Ecological risk assessment
Delingha City},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN57,
author = {Johnston, John M. and Crossley, D. A.},
title = {Forest ecosystem recovery in the southeast US: soil ecology as an
essential component of ecosystem management},
volume = {155},
number = {1},
pages = {187-203},
abstract = {The forestry industry in the southeastern United States relies upon
soils that are highly eroded and depleted of their original organic matter and
nutrient content. Pro-active land management can ensure continued and possibly
increased production and revenue through the management and recovery of the soil
resource. With an emphasis on loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) forests, this review
integrates land-use history, pine ecology, silviculture, soil ecological research
and the implications for forest management into a single discussion. Promoting soil
recovery involves knowledge of ecosystem history and disturbance as well as
nutrient cycling mechanisms, pools, fluxes and soil forming factors. Research on
the rhizosphere is an area that is needed. Recovery of regional soils may confer
benefits of drought and disease resistance. The goal of sustainable forestry is
compatible with soil recovery; however, the technology and practices of modern
forestry deserve thorough evaluation. Emphasis on the continued production of
commodities, the agricultural model, is much different from managing for the
functioning of healthy forest ecosystems. Many of the practices and outcomes of
intensive forest management, including short rotations, harrowing, subsoiling, and
burning or removal of logging slash, seem to be at odds with the goal of soil
recovery. Best management practices that foster soil recovery include less
intensive stand utilization and reduced soil disturbance. Stem-only harvest and
longer rotations permit a recovery of soil biodiversity and an accrual of detritus
and soil organic matter. Windrowing and similar techniques have dramatic and
lasting effects on soil development. No-tillage agriculture as a model for pine
plantations is discussed.},
keywords = {Soil recovery
Soil ecology
Sustainable forest management
Soil microarthropods
Loblolly pine silviculture
Coniferous forest ecosystems},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2002},
}
@article{RN142,
author = {Juniyanti, Lila and Situmorang, Rospita Odorlina Pilianna},
title = {What causes deforestation and land cover change in Riau Province,
Indonesia},
journal = {Forest Policy and Economics},
volume = {153},
pages = {102999},
abstract = {Riau has experienced massive forest conversion and the highest
deforestation rate in Sumatra and the world. International and local level
deforestation and land cover change studies in Riau already exist. However,
understanding the drivers and actors behind this land cover change remains
challenging, partly because the studies are spread across many domains and
disciplines. We provide a literature review of 101 studies identifying the causes
and actors of land cover change in Riau Province. Our review shows that oil palm
and timber plantations are the most prominent direct causes. The lack of capacity
and policy failures were the most prominent underlying causes of deforestation and
land cover change. Our review also shows that companies and smallholders are the
main actors in the direct causes. Central and local governments are the main actors
in the underlying causes of deforestation and land cover change. Our literature
review shows knowledge gaps that can be filled by classifying the causes and roles
of actors in deforestation and land cover change.},
keywords = {Agricultural expansion
Direct causes
Forest lost
Land cover change
Underlying causes},
ISSN = {1389-9341},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2023.102999},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN265,
author = {Kabisch, Nadja and Selsam, Peter and Kirsten, Toralf and Lausch,
Angela and Bumberger, Jan},
title = {A multi-sensor and multi-temporal remote sensing approach to detect
land cover change dynamics in heterogeneous urban landscapes},
volume = {99},
pages = {273-282},
abstract = {With global changes such as climate change and urbanization, land
cover is prone to changing rapidly in cities around the globe. Urban management and
planning is challenged with development pressure to house increasing numbers of
people. Most up-to date continuous land use and land cover change data are needed
to make informed decisions on where to develop new residential areas while ensuring
sufficient open and green spaces for a sustainable urban development. Optical
remote sensing data provide important information to detect changes in
heterogeneous urban landscapes over long time periods in contrast to conventional
approaches such as cadastral and construction data. However, data from individual
sensors may fail to provide useful images in the required temporal density, which
is particularly the case in mid-latitudes due to relatively abundant cloud
coverage. Furthermore, the data of a single sensor may be unavailable for an
extended period of time or to the public at no cost. In this paper, we present an
integrated, standardized approach that aims at combining remote sensing data in a
high resolution that are provided by different sensors, are publicly available for
a long-term period of more than ten years (2005–2017) and provide a high temporal
resolution if combined. This multi-sensor and multi-temporal approach detects urban
land cover changes within the highly dynamic city of Leipzig, Germany as a case.
Landsat, Sentinel and RapidEye data are combined in a robust and normalized
procedure to offset the variation and disturbances of different sensor
characteristics. To apply the approach for detecting land cover changes, the
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is calculated and transferred into a
classified NDVI (Classified Vegetation Cover – CVC). Small scale vegetation
development in heterogeneous complex areas of a European compact city are
highlighted. Results of this procedure show successfully that the presented
approach is applicable with divers sensors’ combinations for a longer time period
and thus, provides an option for urban planning to update their land use and land
cover information timely and on a small scale when using publicly available no cost
data.},
keywords = {Greenness
NDVI
Classified Vegetation Cover (CVC)
Remote sensing
Urban areas
Leipzig
New approach
Multi-sensor
Multi-temporal},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN365,
author = {Kabisch, Nadja and Selsam, Peter and Kirsten, Toralf and Lausch,
Angela and Bumberger, Jan},
title = {A multi-sensor and multi-temporal remote sensing approach to detect
land cover change dynamics in heterogeneous urban landscapes},
volume = {99},
pages = {273-282},
abstract = {With global changes such as climate change and urbanization, land
cover is prone to changing rapidly in cities around the globe. Urban management and
planning is challenged with development pressure to house increasing numbers of
people. Most up-to date continuous land use and land cover change data are needed
to make informed decisions on where to develop new residential areas while ensuring
sufficient open and green spaces for a sustainable urban development. Optical
remote sensing data provide important information to detect changes in
heterogeneous urban landscapes over long time periods in contrast to conventional
approaches such as cadastral and construction data. However, data from individual
sensors may fail to provide useful images in the required temporal density, which
is particularly the case in mid-latitudes due to relatively abundant cloud
coverage. Furthermore, the data of a single sensor may be unavailable for an
extended period of time or to the public at no cost. In this paper, we present an
integrated, standardized approach that aims at combining remote sensing data in a
high resolution that are provided by different sensors, are publicly available for
a long-term period of more than ten years (2005–2017) and provide a high temporal
resolution if combined. This multi-sensor and multi-temporal approach detects urban
land cover changes within the highly dynamic city of Leipzig, Germany as a case.
Landsat, Sentinel and RapidEye data are combined in a robust and normalized
procedure to offset the variation and disturbances of different sensor
characteristics. To apply the approach for detecting land cover changes, the
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is calculated and transferred into a
classified NDVI (Classified Vegetation Cover – CVC). Small scale vegetation
development in heterogeneous complex areas of a European compact city are
highlighted. Results of this procedure show successfully that the presented
approach is applicable with divers sensors’ combinations for a longer time period
and thus, provides an option for urban planning to update their land use and land
cover information timely and on a small scale when using publicly available no cost
data.},
keywords = {Greenness
NDVI
Classified Vegetation Cover (CVC)
Remote sensing
Urban areas
Leipzig
New approach
Multi-sensor
Multi-temporal},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN182,
author = {Kan, Zhiyi and Chen, Bin and Yu, Weiwei and Chen, Guangcheng and Ma,
Zhiyuan and Hu, Wenjia and Liao, Jianji and Du, Hong},
title = {Forecasting land-cover change effects on waterbirds in Xiamen Bay,
China: Determining prospective species winners and losers},
volume = {188},
pages = {106003},
abstract = {Waterbirds are vital to coastal wetland ecosystem, and play
significant roles in global biodiversity maintenance, cultural and educational
services, etc. Waterbirds are particularly vulnerable to environmental change,
particularly land-cover change, which has severely degraded their ecological
niches. Accordingly, this study developed a waterbird-habitat preference index to
quantify waterbird dependence on Xiamen Bay's habitats and a subsidiary waterbird-
specific habitat suitability index to predict potential effects of future land-
cover change on waterbirds. Results showed that the waterbird-habitat preference
index ranged from −9.8 to 18.71, indicating that habitat selection varied greatly
among different waterbird species, where tidal flats were the most popular
waterbird habitat. Additionally, most waterbird species showed a preference for
more than one habitat, which could be indicative of their diverse ecological
demands. Effects on waterbirds varied greatly among the three different land-cover
scenarios, where positive benefits were predicted under the ecological protection
scenario (EPS), while the greatest negative effects were observed under the
development and utilization scenario (DUS). Effects also varied among different
waterbirds species. Those under the current trend scenario (CTS) (e.g., Tringa
brevipes and Calidris ruficollis) could be at risk for species abundance loss
(i.e., losers) while others (i.e., Egretta garzetta and Saundersilarus saundersi)
could benefit from increased abundance (i.e., winners). Generally, migratory and
traveling birds were much more vulnerable than resident birds. Spatially,
conservation priority should be given to the Dadeng Waters and those waters
adjacent to it (i.e., Tongan Bay and Anhai Bay) because of the highest waterbird
loss risk in these areas under a conflict between an urgent need to protect
waterbird biodiversity and intense present and future land-cover development. The
intent of this study is to provide a useful tool to explore land-cover effects on
waterbirds in similar coastal regions, which can provide important information on
protection and restoration strategies.},
keywords = {Waterbirds
Land-cover change
Xiamen Bay
Species loss
Coastal wetland},
ISSN = {0141-1136},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1178,
author = {Kan, Zhiyi and Chen, Bin and Yu, Weiwei and Chen, Guangcheng and Ma,
Zhiyuan and Hu, Wenjia and Liao, Jianji and Du, Hong},
title = {Forecasting land-cover change effects on waterbirds in Xiamen Bay,
China: Determining prospective species winners and losers},
volume = {188},
pages = {106003},
abstract = {Waterbirds are vital to coastal wetland ecosystem, and play
significant roles in global biodiversity maintenance, cultural and educational
services, etc. Waterbirds are particularly vulnerable to environmental change,
particularly land-cover change, which has severely degraded their ecological
niches. Accordingly, this study developed a waterbird-habitat preference index to
quantify waterbird dependence on Xiamen Bay's habitats and a subsidiary waterbird-
specific habitat suitability index to predict potential effects of future land-
cover change on waterbirds. Results showed that the waterbird-habitat preference
index ranged from −9.8 to 18.71, indicating that habitat selection varied greatly
among different waterbird species, where tidal flats were the most popular
waterbird habitat. Additionally, most waterbird species showed a preference for
more than one habitat, which could be indicative of their diverse ecological
demands. Effects on waterbirds varied greatly among the three different land-cover
scenarios, where positive benefits were predicted under the ecological protection
scenario (EPS), while the greatest negative effects were observed under the
development and utilization scenario (DUS). Effects also varied among different
waterbirds species. Those under the current trend scenario (CTS) (e.g., Tringa
brevipes and Calidris ruficollis) could be at risk for species abundance loss
(i.e., losers) while others (i.e., Egretta garzetta and Saundersilarus saundersi)
could benefit from increased abundance (i.e., winners). Generally, migratory and
traveling birds were much more vulnerable than resident birds. Spatially,
conservation priority should be given to the Dadeng Waters and those waters
adjacent to it (i.e., Tongan Bay and Anhai Bay) because of the highest waterbird
loss risk in these areas under a conflict between an urgent need to protect
waterbird biodiversity and intense present and future land-cover development. The
intent of this study is to provide a useful tool to explore land-cover effects on
waterbirds in similar coastal regions, which can provide important information on
protection and restoration strategies.},
keywords = {Waterbirds
Land-cover change
Xiamen Bay
Species loss
Coastal wetland},
ISSN = {0141-1136},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN183,
author = {Kang, Chuen Siang and Kanniah, Kasturi Devi},
title = {Land use and land cover change and its impact on river morphology in
Johor River Basin, Malaysia},
volume = {41},
pages = {101072},
abstract = {Study Region Johor River Basin (JRB), Malaysia. Study Focus The
study generates long time-series land use and land cover (LULC) change at 5- years
interval using Google Earth Engine and investigate the LULC changes and river
morphology changes of JRB. Intensity analysis on the LULC changes was conducted to
highlight the transition between LULC. Targeted transition from natural to
disturbed lands were detected, which impact the river morphology of the basin.
River morphology changes were identified along Johor River, based on the centerline
migration derived from Channel Migration Toolbox. New Hydrological Insights for the
Region JRB has undergone high intensity LULC change over the past decades due to
significant economic and population growth which impacted the river morphology.
Channel migration analysis reported high river centerline migration (498609 m2 to
1853886 m2) of Johor River. Higher migration rate was identified at the estuary of
the Johor River and several locations along the river. Specific locations with high
channel migration were highlighted where human-induced changes are the factors to
affect the morphology of the river. The proposed method is first applied in the
region and the results enhance local and regional policies and decision making on
food and water security, prevent extreme events such as floods, and further
degradation of natural land.},
keywords = {Land Use Land Cover (LULC) change
Johor River Basin
River Morphology
Channel migration},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1179,
author = {Kang, Chuen Siang and Kanniah, Kasturi Devi},
title = {Land use and land cover change and its impact on river morphology in
Johor River Basin, Malaysia},
volume = {41},
pages = {101072},
abstract = {Study Region Johor River Basin (JRB), Malaysia. Study Focus The
study generates long time-series land use and land cover (LULC) change at 5- years
interval using Google Earth Engine and investigate the LULC changes and river
morphology changes of JRB. Intensity analysis on the LULC changes was conducted to
highlight the transition between LULC. Targeted transition from natural to
disturbed lands were detected, which impact the river morphology of the basin.
River morphology changes were identified along Johor River, based on the centerline
migration derived from Channel Migration Toolbox. New Hydrological Insights for the
Region JRB has undergone high intensity LULC change over the past decades due to
significant economic and population growth which impacted the river morphology.
Channel migration analysis reported high river centerline migration (498609 m2 to
1853886 m2) of Johor River. Higher migration rate was identified at the estuary of
the Johor River and several locations along the river. Specific locations with high
channel migration were highlighted where human-induced changes are the factors to
affect the morphology of the river. The proposed method is first applied in the
region and the results enhance local and regional policies and decision making on
food and water security, prevent extreme events such as floods, and further
degradation of natural land.},
keywords = {Land Use Land Cover (LULC) change
Johor River Basin
River Morphology
Channel migration},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1142,
author = {Kang, Xiaoyan and Huang, Changping and Zhang, Lifu and Zhang, Ze and
Lv, Xin},
title = {Downscaling solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence for field-scale
cotton yield estimation by a two-step convolutional neural network},
volume = {201},
pages = {107260},
abstract = {As the largest cotton-growing region in China, Xinjiang has
contributed more than 80% of the total national cotton production in recent years.
Timely and accurate estimation of cotton yield in Xinjiang is important for
sustainable agricultural development and food security. However, most current
studies have been devoted to the linkage of crop yield with remotely sensed
reflectance and climate parameters. This has caused numerous uncertainties due to
that these explanatory variables are unable to quickly reflect the actual
photosynthetic dynamics of crops. Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF), as
a direct proxy of plant photosynthesis (gross primary productivity, GPP), has
recently been suggested to be a promising method for crop yield estimation, but the
spatial resolution of current SIF products derived from satellites is usually very
low (such as Global OCO-2 SIF (GOSIF): 0.05°). This greatly limited the ability of
SIF to accurately estimate field-scale cotton yield in Xinjiang. Here, we first
proposed a two-step convolutional neural network (CNN) strategy to downscale the
monthly GOSIF products sequentially from 0.05°, 0.005° to 0.0005° to match the size
of cotton field parcels, and then linear regression and random forest (RF)
regression were respectively conducted using the monthly downscaled SIF product
(CNN-SIF) to assess its feasibility to estimate field-scale yield. Results showed
that the proposed stepwise approach for downscaling GOSIF worked well, indicating a
high goodness of fit (R2 > 0.85) with the referenced SIF as well as strong
correlations to both GPP products and fraction of photosynthetically active
radiation (FPAR) (the median r > 0.90). On this basis, preferable accuracies (the
optimal R2 = 0.62 and the ratio of prediction to deviation = 1.64) were also
achieved for our proposed cotton yield estimation models in the Mosuowan region,
Xinjiang only by the 0.0005° SIF products. With the assistance of NDVI (normalized
difference vegetation index), the higher performance was given (R2 = 0.67 and
RPD = 1.72). This study reveals the importance of finer-resolution SIF products for
accurate crop yield estimation and offers a promising and practical approach for
estimating agricultural yield, especially for fragmented farmlands.},
keywords = {Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence
Sentinel-2
Convolutional Neural Network
Downscaling
Cotton yield estimation
Field scale},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN481,
author = {Kanianska, Radoslava and Kizeková, Miriam and Nováček, Jozef and
Zeman, Martin},
title = {Land-use and land-cover changes in rural areas during different
political systems: A case study of Slovakia from 1782 to 2006},
volume = {36},
pages = {554-566},
abstract = {The paper analyses the period from 1782 to 2006 divided according to
the existing political systems in three rural study sites of Slovakia. Two long,
monarchy (I.LMP) and revolutionary (II.LRP), and one short new age (III.SNP)
periods are compared. The magnitude of land-use and cover changes induced by
related driving forces during the different historical periods are also analysed.
Three different study sites were selected: cadastre of Kráľov Brod (KB), mountain
cadastres: Očová and Dúbravy (OD), Liptovská Teplička (LT). Spatial data derived
from historical maps were used in comparison to recent data obtained using Remote
Sensing technology. The results showed that the landscape of all three sites has
undergone significant changes in land-use and cover during the 224 years. From the
long-term point of view there two main trends were observed. The first was
significant permanent grassland conversion into arable land at KB where permanent
grasslands decreased from 52.7% in 1782 to 0.7% in 2006. Gradual afforestation and
permanent grassland conversion to forest land was observed at LT where forest land
increased from 67.7% in 1782 to 83.7% in 2006. During the I.LMP period, demographic
trends and settlement pattern supported by effective land-use policy were the
dominant driving forces. Similarly these driving forces were identified as the most
important also for the III.SNP period. But contrary to the I.LMP, driving forces of
the III.SNP caused more negative effects (land abandonment) in mountain rural LT
region where the current land-use policy seems to be insufficient. Land-use changes
during the II.LRP were mostly due to technological development.},
keywords = {Land-use change
Land-cover change
Driving force
Slovakia
Land-use policy
Mountain rural region},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN27,
author = {Kansara, Prakrut and Lakshmi, Venkataraman},
title = {Estimation of land-cover linkage to trends in hydrological variables of
river basins in the Indian sub-continent using satellite observation and model
outputs},
volume = {603},
pages = {126997},
abstract = {The Indian subcontinent suffers from a decline in the per capita of
water resources in the course of recent decades due to exponential population
growth. In India, the majority of the population is reliant on agribusiness which
is in turn primarily dependent on water from monsoons. Regions that get lower
precipitation than needed experience water deficits which impact agriculture.
However, investigation of linkages between the trends in water balance components
and land-cover distribution has not been performed. In our work, we focus on the
water balance for the major river basins in India utilizing the following satellite
and model-based datasets: Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly (TWSA) from Gravity
Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), Precipitation (P) from Tropical Rainfall
Measuring Mission (TRMM), Evapotranspiration (ET) from the Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and Total Runoff (surface overflow and baseflow)
(R) from the NASA Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS). We assessed the
seasonal spatio-temporal changes in the water balance from 2002 to 2019 and
observed that ‘Agriculture’ and ‘Urban’ are the two most disrupted land-cover types
displaying a monotonic increasing/decreasing trend in the components of water
balance. We also observed from the SVD (Singular Value Decomposition) analysis that
the inherent spatial variability between P-ET-R and TWSA do not correlate well. We
also found that North-Eastern India and regions in Southern India along the west
coast show large negative trends of P (-15 to −20 mm) and R (-10 to −15 mm) in the
monsoon season, indicating that these regions suffer from drier monsoon seasons
over the study period (2002–2019). From the land-cover linkages, it was found that
74% of monotonic trends observed in several of river basins were linked to
‘Agricultural’ land cover type and 19% were linked to ‘Urban’ land cover type.
These linkages suggest that agricultural lands are more vulnerable to changes in
the components of the water balance.},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN47,
author = {Karmakar, Shyamal and Haque, S. M. Sirajul and Hossain, Mohammad
Mozaffar and Sen, Mandira and Hoque, Md Enamul},
title = {Water quality parameter as a predictor of small watershed land cover},
volume = {106},
pages = {105462},
abstract = {Different land cover affect water quality through interaction at
root microsite during various phase of nutrient uptake. Litter layer and its
decomposition, microbial interactions and physico-mechanical role to soil and water
by vegetation influence directly or indirectly the draining water quality. However,
the role of vegetation on water is dependent on scale of space and time. Water
samples from creek and seepage were collected from mountainous catchment of varied
land cover in southeastern Bangladesh to comprehend land cover effect in small
catchment using paired watershed method. From the water sample analysis for common
anions and cations, we revealed that water sample of shifting cultivated catchment
contains higher SO42− and NO3− and lower HCO3−, Na+, K+ and TDS compared to natural
vegetation area. The cations of water sample showed a regular trend than anions
with land cover change in different sampling sites. Difference between creek and
seepage water chemistry attributed to soil-water interaction during digging process
associated to the shifting cultivation, plantation and agricultural landuse.
Shifting cultivation and agriculture catchments exhibit higher NO3-N, SO42−, total-
phosphorous as well as base cations (Ca2+, Mg2+ and Na+) concentrations. From this
study it revealed that anions such as SO42−, NO3−, Na+ and TDS are can be
consistently use as an indicator water quality parameter to discern land cover
change in this mountainous watershed. Monitoring of sensitive parameter would be
effective to understand land cover change dynamics in a watershed. It was also
sufficiently proved that the leaching of this ions in waterbodies from a landuse
causing enrichment of the repository water body, where chemical fertilization is
not seen being practiced for agriculture and forestry during the whole field
campaign. The impacts of shifting cultivation and agricultural land uses on creek
and seepage water chemistry are unlikely to lead to damaging consequences for the
aquatic biota at present and in the near future in its current states and
extends.},
keywords = {Jhum cultivation
Creek
Seepage water
Land use
Hilly watershed},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN423,
author = {Karnieli, A. and Gilad, U. and Ponzet, M. and Svoray, T. and
Mirzadinov, R. and Fedorina, O.},
title = {Assessing land-cover change and degradation in the Central Asian
deserts using satellite image processing and geostatistical methods},
volume = {72},
number = {11},
pages = {2093-2105},
abstract = {Soil and vegetation degradation around watering points has been
observed in many drylands around the world. It can be recognized in spaceborne
imagery as radial brightness belts fading as a function of distance from the water
wells. The primary goal of the study was to characterize spatial and temporal land
degradation/rehabilitation in the Central Asian drylands. Tasseled Cap's brightness
index was found to be the best spectral transformation for enhancing the contrast
between the bright-degraded areas close to the wells and the darker surrounding
areas far from and in-between these wells. Semi-variograms were derived to
understand the spatial structure present in the spaceborne imagery of two desert
sites and in three key time periods (mid-late 1970s, around 1990, and 2000). A
geostatistical model, namely the kriging interpolation technique, was applied for
smoothing brightness index values extracted from 30 to 80m spatial resolution
images in order to assess spatial and temporal land-cover patterns. Change
detection analysis, based on the kriging prediction maps, was performed to assess
the direction and intensity of changes between the study periods. These findings
were linked to the socio-economic situation before and after the collapse of the
Soviet Union that influenced the grazing pressure and hence the land-use/land-cover
state of the study sites. The study found that degradation occurred in some areas
due to recent exploration and exploitation of the gas and oil reserves in the
region. Another area was subject to rehabilitation of the rangeland due to a
dramatic decrease in the number of livestock due to socio-economical changes after
the independence of Kazakhstan in 1991.},
keywords = {Brightness index
Grazing gradient
Kazakhstan
Kizalkum desert
Kriging
Land-use land-cover change
Landsat
Remote sensing
Semi-variogram
Ust-Urt Plateau},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2008},
}
@article{RN144,
author = {Katusiime, Juliet and Schütt, Brigitta and Mutai, Noah},
title = {The relationship of land tenure, land use and land cover changes in
Lake Victoria basin},
volume = {126},
pages = {106542},
abstract = {Water basins characterise both physical and social environmental
aspects such as land tenure. As such, the basins extend beyond spatial units of
physical resources and human relations analysis to policy research and reform
units. The comprehensive view of water basins in research goes along with an
observed increase in anthropogenic-driven changes, such as land use and land cover
changes, and cases of ineffective remedial measures to the adverse change, such as
through applying integrated watershed management approaches. The human-induced land
cover changes affect the water basin’s biodiversity, for instance, contributing to
an increase in zoonotic disease outbreaks like coronaviruses. The Lake Victoria
basin exhibits similar patterns of change and effects due to, among other factors,
land tenure, whose contribution is less known empirically. Therefore, this paper
integrates satellite imagery and catchment survey data to examine the relationship
between land tenure and land uses and land cover changes in the Lake Victoria basin
of Eastern Africa. Additionally, explore the contextual character and role of three
land tenure systems of Customary, Native freehold and Mailo found in the Uganda
country segment of the basin in explaining the outcomes. The aim is to provide
information that, among other benefits, improves water basin management and
governance. The results indicate a statistically significant relationship exists
between the perceived extent of land use and land cover change; drivers of change;
the extent of adopting sustainable land-use practices, and the prevailing land
tenure. Though with different tenure systems, the three case study water catchments
experienced adverse land use and cover changes. The changes mainly affected land
tenure indicative land use and cover classes, prominently on the Customary, Mailo,
and Native freehold land tenure systems. However, marginal differences occur among
the land tenure systems, as the systems feature both de jure and de facto systems
and an orientation towards customary tenure characters. The situation likely
explains the observed closeness in perceptions regarding the role and relationship
between land tenure and land use and cover changes, tenure systems character,
perceived drivers of change and eventual outcomes, including the sustainable land
use practices adoption. In addition to explaining the land use and cover change,
land tenure is an essential tool for restoration and sustainable basin development
and sustainability. We, thus, recommend land tenure responsiveness in water basin
management approaches for sustainable societal development.},
keywords = {Catchment
Integrated
Holistic
Policies
Sustainability
Global South},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN676,
author = {Katuwal, Hem Bahadur and Sharma, Hari Prasad and Rokka, Prashant and
Bhusal, Krishna Prasad and Bhattarai, Bishnu Prasad and Koirala, Sabina and Luitel,
Sandeep Chhetri and Yadav, Shailendra and Sah, Ganesh and Baral, Hem Sagar and
Poudyal, Laxman Prasad and Wang, Lin and Quan, Rui-Chang},
title = {The effects of climate and land use change on the potential
distribution and nesting habitat of the Lesser Adjutant in Nepal},
journal = {Avian Research},
volume = {14},
pages = {100105},
abstract = {Climate change and land use change pose a threat to the world's
biodiversity and have significant impacts on the geographic distribution and
composition of many bird species, but little is known about how they affect
threatened large-sized waterbird species that rely on agricultural landscapes. To
address this gap, we investigated how climate and land use changes influence the
distribution and nesting habitats of the globally vulnerable Lesser Adjutant
(Leptoptilos javanicus) in Nepal. Between 2012 and 2023, we collected distribution
data from 24 districts and nesting site information from 18 districts. In a nation-
wide breeding survey conducted in 2020, we documented a total of 581 fledglings
from 346 nests in 109 colonies. The ensemble model predicted a current potential
distribution of 15% (21,637 km2) and a potential nesting habitat of 13% (19,651
km2) for the species in Nepal. The highest predicted current suitable distribution
and nesting habitat was in Madhesh Province, while none was predicted in Karnali
Province. The majority of this predicted distributional and nesting habitat falls
on agricultural landscapes (>70%). Our model showed a likely range expansion of up
to 15% (21,573 km2) for the distribution and up to 12% (17,482 km2) for the nesting
habitat under SSP5–8.5 scenarios for the 2070s. The range expansion is expected to
occur mainly within the current distribution and breeding range (Tarai and some
regions of Siwalk), particularly in Lumbini and Sudurpashchim provinces, and extend
to the northern portions (Siwalik and Mid-hill regions) in other provinces.
However, the current Protected Areas and Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas are
inadequate for providing optimal habitats for the species. Although the model
suggests range expansion, the use of such novel habitats is primarily contingent on
the availability and protection of large-sized trees (particularly Bombax ceiba,
observed in 65% of colonies) in agricultural regions where nesting occurs.
Therefore, our research suggests that agricultural landscapes should be prioritized
in management plans for the conservation of the Lesser Adjutant in Nepal.},
keywords = {Agricultural landscapes
Ensemble modeling
Farmland bird
IBA
Nest site},
ISSN = {2053-7166},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100105},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN776,
author = {Katuwal, Hem Bahadur and Sharma, Hari Prasad and Rokka, Prashant and
Bhusal, Krishna Prasad and Bhattarai, Bishnu Prasad and Koirala, Sabina and Luitel,
Sandeep Chhetri and Yadav, Shailendra and Sah, Ganesh and Baral, Hem Sagar and
Poudyal, Laxman Prasad and Wang, Lin and Quan, Rui-Chang},
title = {The effects of climate and land use change on the potential
distribution and nesting habitat of the Lesser Adjutant in Nepal},
journal = {Avian Research},
volume = {14},
pages = {100105},
abstract = {Climate change and land use change pose a threat to the world's
biodiversity and have significant impacts on the geographic distribution and
composition of many bird species, but little is known about how they affect
threatened large-sized waterbird species that rely on agricultural landscapes. To
address this gap, we investigated how climate and land use changes influence the
distribution and nesting habitats of the globally vulnerable Lesser Adjutant
(Leptoptilos javanicus) in Nepal. Between 2012 and 2023, we collected distribution
data from 24 districts and nesting site information from 18 districts. In a nation-
wide breeding survey conducted in 2020, we documented a total of 581 fledglings
from 346 nests in 109 colonies. The ensemble model predicted a current potential
distribution of 15% (21,637 km2) and a potential nesting habitat of 13% (19,651
km2) for the species in Nepal. The highest predicted current suitable distribution
and nesting habitat was in Madhesh Province, while none was predicted in Karnali
Province. The majority of this predicted distributional and nesting habitat falls
on agricultural landscapes (>70%). Our model showed a likely range expansion of up
to 15% (21,573 km2) for the distribution and up to 12% (17,482 km2) for the nesting
habitat under SSP5–8.5 scenarios for the 2070s. The range expansion is expected to
occur mainly within the current distribution and breeding range (Tarai and some
regions of Siwalk), particularly in Lumbini and Sudurpashchim provinces, and extend
to the northern portions (Siwalik and Mid-hill regions) in other provinces.
However, the current Protected Areas and Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas are
inadequate for providing optimal habitats for the species. Although the model
suggests range expansion, the use of such novel habitats is primarily contingent on
the availability and protection of large-sized trees (particularly Bombax ceiba,
observed in 65% of colonies) in agricultural regions where nesting occurs.
Therefore, our research suggests that agricultural landscapes should be prioritized
in management plans for the conservation of the Lesser Adjutant in Nepal.},
keywords = {Agricultural landscapes
Ensemble modeling
Farmland bird
IBA
Nest site},
ISSN = {2053-7166},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100105},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN108,
author = {Kayitesi, Naomie M. and Guzha, Alphonce C. and Mariethoz, Gregoire},
title = {Impacts of land use land cover change and climate change on river
hydro-morphology- a review of research studies in tropical regions},
volume = {615},
pages = {128702},
abstract = {Tropical regions have experienced the fastest Land Use Land Cover
Change (LULCC) in the last decades, coupled with climate change (CC) this has
affected the hydrological and geomorphological processes of river systems. With the
increased demand for land, the general trend has been the loss of forest land to
agriculture and settlements. These changes have altered the water balance
components through enhanced or reduced evaporation, peak flow, flooding, and river
morphology. The aim of this review paper is to provide a meta-analysis on the
effects of spatiotemporal changes in climate and LULC on river hydro-morphology in
the tropics. Following a systematic search, 60 case studies were identified, of
which the majority (68%) experienced forest loss due to agricultural and urban
expansion, resulting in increased streamflow, surface flow, and total water yield
and decreased ET and groundwater recharge. 12% of the case studies showed the
impacts of LULCC on channel morphology features through sediment transport and
riverbank erosion. Results from this study show limited correlation between LULCC
and hydrological variables, indicating that there are likely other factors
controlling hydrological processes. Catchment heterogeneity including soil and
topography play an important role. Based on studies that project these changes into
the future, similar trends are expected over the next decades, with differences
based on LU and climate scenarios. There are still limited studies on river hydro-
morphology responses to LULCC and CC in the tropics despite the major changes
taking place there. In light of future changes, more studies are needed to improve
our understanding.},
keywords = {Land Use Land Cover Change
Climate change
Hydro-morphology
Tropical regions},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1235,
author = {Kelly, Courtland and Schipanski, Meagan E. and Tucker, Angela and
Trujillo, Wilma and Holman, Johnathon D. and Obour, Augustine K. and Johnson, S. K.
and Brummer, Joe E. and Haag, Lucas and Fonte, Steven J.},
title = {Dryland cover crop soil health benefits are maintained with grazing in
the U.S. High and Central Plains},
volume = {313},
pages = {107358},
abstract = {Cover crops are important for soil conservation efforts but can
compete with cash crops for limited water in dryland agricultural systems. Grazing
cover crops may provide additional income to improve the profitability of cover
cropped systems, but the effect of grazing cover crops on soil health remains
poorly understood in semi-arid regions. We conducted on-farm research to examine
the short-term effects of grazed and un-grazed spring-planted cover crops compared
to full summer fallow on soil health metrics and wheat yields across ten no-till,
dryland producer fields over two years in eastern Colorado, western Kansas and
western Nebraska, USA. Soils were evaluated at cover crop termination following two
to three months of growth for differences in a suite of soil physical and chemical
properties. Grazed and un-grazed cover crops increased soil aggregation relative to
summer fallow by 30−50%. Surface bulk density (0−5 cm) decreased by 4% with un-
grazed cover crops, while bulk density under grazed cover crop was similar to
fallow. Soil moisture in the top180 cm depth was reduced by 4–22 % with cover
crops, with the greatest water depletion occurring below 30 cm, and grazing did not
appear to affect soil moisture compared to un-grazed cover crops. Both cover crop
treatments reduced wheat yields by roughly 20 %. The short-term improvements to key
soil health metrics with cover crops were largely maintained with grazing,
indicating the potential for livestock integration as a management option to offset
the short-term yield impacts of cover crop moisture use in water-limited
environments.},
keywords = {Aggregate stability
Integrated crop-livestock systems
Summer fallow
Water use
Winter wheat},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN82,
author = {Kertész, Ádám and Nagy, Loránd Attila and Balázs, Boglárka},
title = {Effect of land use change on ecosystem services in Lake Balaton
Catchment},
volume = {80},
pages = {430-438},
abstract = {Land Use and Land Cover Changes (LULCC) are interrelated with other
global processes like global climate change, population growth, land degradation
etc. Land use structure of a given area, region is adapted to the requirements of
human society since the appearance of human beings. Land use structure is
understood as the proportion of land use types orruring in a given area. The
objective of the paper is to analyse land use changes in Lake Balaton catchment,
Hungary and to present the role of changes of one ecosystem service, i.e.
recreation and tourism by quantitative methods, based on spatial and statistical
databases of land use and tourism in Lake Balaton catchment, Hungary between 1990
and 2012. The study area is a frequented touristic region of Hungary with
variegated and beautiful landscape mosaics. The lake (595 km2) is exposed to
various kinds of environmental impacts including agricultural activities and
tourism. For the quantification of the Recreation and Ecotourism Ecosystem Service
potential the Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) method was applied. Land use changes
between 1990 and 2012 were identified from the CORINE Land Cover Database and
evaluated from ecological aspects and from the aspect of ecosystem services. The
main changes include a continuous increase of the forest area and a remarkable on-
going decrease of arable land. Soil erosion as the main land degradation process in
the area endangering the quality of ecosystem services. The remarkable decrease of
arable fields reduces erosion risk. Ecosystem services provided by each land use
type were analysed. The main conclusion is that long term trend of land use changes
is beneficial for ecosystem services.},
Sustainability
Ecosystem services
Land degradation
Lake Balaton},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN295,
author = {Khalil, Mahmoud M. and Tokunaga, Tomochika and Heggy, Essam and
Abotalib, Abotalib Z.},
title = {Groundwater mixing in shallow aquifers stressed by land cover/land use
changes under hyper-arid conditions},
volume = {598},
pages = {126245},
abstract = {The impact of land cover/land use (LCLU) changes on surface runoff
and groundwater contamination have been widely investigated, yet their impact on
groundwater mixing is still poorly understood. The stress on resources in the Nile
Delta triggered a vast migration of urban, agricultural, and industrial activities
to its desert fringes exposing the Quaternary alluvial aquifers to contamination
and introducing new sources of recharge. Here, we integrated remote sensing,
chemical, and isotopic data with multivariate statistical analysis to identify
groundwater sources and the mixing dynamics in response to LCLU changes. LCLU
analysis indicated an increase of agricultural and urban areas from 84 km2 to
470.5 km2 between 1972 and 2018. These changes introduced new recharge sources
including wastewater and irrigation return. Three major water sources were defined
including: (1) modern precipitation (cluster 3 and Miocene aquifer; δ18O: −4.59 to
−0.47‰, and δ2H: −34.4 to 3.1‰) with an estimated annual recharge of 11–13.5 × 106
m2 and 5.1–6.2 × 106 m2 for El-Gafra and El-Watan catchments, respectively, (2) old
Nile water (subcluster 1.1; δ18O: −0.87 to −0.53‰, and δ2H: 1 to 3.7), and (3)
modern Nile water (cluster 2; δ18O: 0.49 to 2.71‰, and δ2H: 10.5 to 24.4‰).
Moreover, three mixed groups were defined including: (1) a mixture of modern
precipitation, wastewater and irrigation return (cluster 4; δ18O: −1.02 to 0.37‰,
and δ2H: −9.3 to 6.4‰), (2) a mixture of old Nile waters and modern precipitation
(subcluster 1.3; δ18O: −1.74 to −1.38‰, and δ2H: −6.8 to −2.3‰), and (3) a mixture
of more than two sources with wide ranges of isotopic and chemical compositions
(subclusters 1.2 and 1.4). These findings provide a good basis for further studies
of groundwater mixing and assessment of contamination sources in shallow aquifers
stressed by LCLU changes in hyper-arid environments.},
keywords = {Hyper-arid areas
Isotopes
Multivariate statistics
Groundwater mixing
Land cover change},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN395,
author = {Khalil, Mahmoud M. and Tokunaga, Tomochika and Heggy, Essam and
Abotalib, Abotalib Z.},
title = {Groundwater mixing in shallow aquifers stressed by land cover/land use
changes under hyper-arid conditions},
volume = {598},
pages = {126245},
abstract = {The impact of land cover/land use (LCLU) changes on surface runoff
and groundwater contamination have been widely investigated, yet their impact on
groundwater mixing is still poorly understood. The stress on resources in the Nile
Delta triggered a vast migration of urban, agricultural, and industrial activities
to its desert fringes exposing the Quaternary alluvial aquifers to contamination
and introducing new sources of recharge. Here, we integrated remote sensing,
chemical, and isotopic data with multivariate statistical analysis to identify
groundwater sources and the mixing dynamics in response to LCLU changes. LCLU
analysis indicated an increase of agricultural and urban areas from 84 km2 to
470.5 km2 between 1972 and 2018. These changes introduced new recharge sources
including wastewater and irrigation return. Three major water sources were defined
including: (1) modern precipitation (cluster 3 and Miocene aquifer; δ18O: −4.59 to
−0.47‰, and δ2H: −34.4 to 3.1‰) with an estimated annual recharge of 11–13.5 × 106
m2 and 5.1–6.2 × 106 m2 for El-Gafra and El-Watan catchments, respectively, (2) old
Nile water (subcluster 1.1; δ18O: −0.87 to −0.53‰, and δ2H: 1 to 3.7), and (3)
modern Nile water (cluster 2; δ18O: 0.49 to 2.71‰, and δ2H: 10.5 to 24.4‰).
Moreover, three mixed groups were defined including: (1) a mixture of modern
precipitation, wastewater and irrigation return (cluster 4; δ18O: −1.02 to 0.37‰,
and δ2H: −9.3 to 6.4‰), (2) a mixture of old Nile waters and modern precipitation
(subcluster 1.3; δ18O: −1.74 to −1.38‰, and δ2H: −6.8 to −2.3‰), and (3) a mixture
of more than two sources with wide ranges of isotopic and chemical compositions
(subclusters 1.2 and 1.4). These findings provide a good basis for further studies
of groundwater mixing and assessment of contamination sources in shallow aquifers
stressed by LCLU changes in hyper-arid environments.},
keywords = {Hyper-arid areas
Isotopes
Multivariate statistics
Groundwater mixing
Land cover change},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1106,
author = {Khamchiangta, Dararat and Dhakal, Shobhakar},
title = {Time series analysis of land use and land cover changes related to
urban heat island intensity: Case of Bangkok Metropolitan Area in Thailand},
journal = {Journal of Urban Management},
volume = {9},
number = {4},
pages = {383-395},
abstract = {This study focuses on time series analysis of land use and land
cover (LULC) characteristics and its relationships with urban heat island (UHI)
intensity in Bangkok Metropolitan area. The study is aimed at examining impact of
LULC changes on the greenness and land surface temperature (LST) as well as the
relationship of LST, LULC and Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). We
consider the heat intensity, hot spot zones, and land use characteristics related
hotspot areas. LULC classification based on satellite images taken by Landsat data
in summer dates of 1991, 1997, 2005 and 2016, were classified into four LULC types:
built up area; vegetation area; barren land; and surface water. UHI was studied by
deriving LST based satellite images method using the thermal band of Landsat
satellite in the same periods as of LULC classification. The results show that the
built up area was approximately 30% in 1991, then, it was sharply increasing to
approximately 55% of the total area in 2016. The changing trends of LST tend to be
increasing while the value of NDVI with dense vegetation meaning tend to be
declining over the study period. The significant negative correlation between LST
and NDVI implied that the lower biomass can higher LST. UHI intensity was also
continually rising from 11.91 °C in 1991 to 16.21 °C in 2016 leading to nearly 5 °C
increase in Bangkok. High density of buildings, no vegetation areas and large area
of concrete pavement are the most significant related to the hot spot areas.},
keywords = {Urban heat island
Hot spot},
ISSN = {2226-5856},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2020.09.001},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN184,
author = {Khand, Kul and Senay, Gabriel B.},
title = {Runoff response to directional land cover change across reference
basins in the conterminous United States},
volume = {153},
pages = {103940},
abstract = {Land cover change plays a critical role in influencing hydrological
responses. Change in land cover has impacted runoff across basins with substantial
human interference; however, the impacts in basins with minimal human interference
have been studied less. In this study, we investigated the impacts of directional
land cover changes (forest to/from combined grassland and shrubland) in runoff
coefficient (RC; ratio of runoff to precipitation) and runoff volume across 603 low
human interference reference basins in the conterminous United States (CONUS). The
results indicate basins with significant (p<0.05) increasing trends in runoff and
RC were across the northeast and northwest regions of CONUS, and basins with
decreasing trends were in the southern CONUS region. A unit percent increase in
basin area from grassland and shrubland to forest was associated with a ∼4%
decrease in RC across basins with decreasing RC trends. Similarly, a unit percent
increase in basin area from forest to a combined grassland and shrubland was
associated with a ∼1% increase in RC across increasing RC trend basins. Runoff
volume was decreased (increased) by ∼25 × 106 m3 yr−1 (∼9 × 106 m3 yr−1) across basins
with decreasing (increasing) trends in runoff and RC. When relating runoff volume
with the area of directional land cover changes, each 1 km2 increase in area from
grassland and shrubland to forest resulted in a decrease of ∼530,000 m3 runoff
volume across basins with decreasing trends. In contrast, each 1 km2 increase in
area from forest to grassland and shrubland increased runoff volume by ∼200,000 m3
across increasing trend basins. Basins in the southern region of CONUS were more
impacted by runoff parameters (RC and runoff volume) from directional land cover
changes than basins in the northern region. The findings of this study are useful
for planning and managing water availability for sustainable and adaptive water
resources management at regional scales.},
keywords = {Forest
Grassland
Land cover change
Reference basins
Runoff
Runoff coefficient},
ISSN = {0309-1708},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1249,
author = {Khasanov, Sayidjakhon and Kulmatov, Rashid and Li, Fadong and van
Amstel, Andre and Bartholomeus, Harm and Aslanov, Ilhomjon and Sultonov, Komolitdin
and Kholov, Nabijon and Liu, Hongguang and Chen, Gang},
title = {Impact assessment of soil salinity on crop production in Uzbekistan and
its global significance},
volume = {342},
pages = {108262},
abstract = {Food security is threatened by the increasing food demand,
competition for land and water resources, soil salinization, and curbing hazardous
emissions. Currently, climate change is predicted to affect agricultural crop
yields, which has been revealed by the statistical analysis of crop yield data.
Studies have mapped and assessed soil salinity under climate change conditions,
derived the relationship between soil salinity and groundwater patterns, and
evaluated the impact of soil salinity on agricultural crop production worldwide.
However, no investigation was focused on the dynamic cropland changes of Uzbekistan
by soil salinity. The impact of fertilizer, herbicide, fungicide and insecticide
applications on soil salinity is poorly understood not only in Uzbekistan but
around the world. In addition, the impact of crop yield decline in Uzbekistan on
other countries is not clear. To address above questions, nationwide cropland and
soil salinity changes in Uzbekistan were monitored and mapped using the Google
Earth engine platform for 2000–2020. It was found that the phosphorus-based mineral
fertilizer contributed to soil salinity. However, no effect of other agrochemical
applications on soil salinity was observed. Furthermore, the impact of soil
salinity on crop production in Uzbekistan was sufficiently high, leading to rapid
decline of the export rate of cotton and wheat. This rapid decline of export could
jeopardize the economics of Bangladesh and food security of Afghanistan.
Development of sustainable strategies for mitigating climatic variabilities and
fertilizer management to reduce the severity of soil salinization in Uzbekistan is
in urgent need.},
keywords = {Soil salinity
Crop yield
Cropland
Climate change
Food security
Google Earth engine
Uzbekistan},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN862,
author = {Khosravi Aqdam, Kamal and Rezapour, Salar and Asadzadeh, Farrokh and
Nouri, Amin},
title = {An integrated approach for estimating soil health: Incorporating
digital elevation models and remote sensing of vegetation},
volume = {210},
pages = {107922},
abstract = {The deterioration of soil health (SH) in agricultural lands is a
global challenge that poses a threat to food and resource security. We developed a
practical framework to facilitate the large-scale SH assessment in agricultural
fields of northwestern Iran. A total of 350 soil samples were collected and soil
properties were determined. Eight linear and non-linear Soil Health Indexes (SHIs)
were developed. Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and multiple remote sensing indexes
were obtained from satellite images. SHI prediction models were developed using an
integrated approach and through a model selection procedure, the most relevant
indexes were identified. The results showed significant (P < 0.05) positive
correlation between the IHI-LT and elevation (r = 0.56), Vegetation Health Index
(VHI) (r = 0.69), and Surface Water Condition Index (SWCI) (r = 0.79). The multiple
regression model including the above indexes strongly explained the spatial
variability of the Integrated Soil Health Index (IHI) with both total (LT) and
minimum (LM) dataset approaches (R2 = 0.72; AIC = −1607.27; RMSE = 0.03;
ρc = 0.65). The developed models can be utilized for large-scale assessment of soil
health conditions, reducing the cost and effort of conventional ground-truth soil
sampling and analysis. Furthermore, this approach may aid in monitoring and
mitigating the soil degradation in agricultural lands.},
keywords = {DEM
Remote sensing
Soil health
Soil quality},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN606,
author = {Kiswanto and Tsuyuki, Satoshi and Mardiany and Sumaryono},
title = {Completing yearly land cover maps for accurately describing annual
changes of tropical landscapes},
volume = {13},
pages = {e00384},
abstract = {Availability of up-to-date land cover information is increasingly
important for describing annual changes in tropical landscapes that significantly
affect ecosystem–economy interactions and environmental management. However, land
cover change monitoring in humid tropical areas is complicated by difficult remote
sensing conditions, which often leads to a crucial lack of accurate land cover
information. In this study, we use visual interpretation of Landsat images in
combination with existing land cover maps to create a set of annual maps for the
East Kalimantan Province in Indonesia from 2000 to 2016. These datasets allow us to
analyze the development of land cover change trends in the province since 2000 with
high spatial and temporal detail. Our results reveal the acceleration of land cover
changes, with overall cover changes from natural forest to plantation forest and
other cultivated land cover classes, and undeveloped shrublands. The mapping
approach used in this study effectively provides information on land cover changes
in humid tropical areas, which can support environmental monitoring and government
development programs.},
Annual change
Tropical landscapes
East Kalimantan
Indonesia},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN706,
author = {Kiswanto and Tsuyuki, Satoshi and Mardiany and Sumaryono},
title = {Completing yearly land cover maps for accurately describing annual
changes of tropical landscapes},
volume = {13},
pages = {e00384},
abstract = {Availability of up-to-date land cover information is increasingly
important for describing annual changes in tropical landscapes that significantly
affect ecosystem–economy interactions and environmental management. However, land
cover change monitoring in humid tropical areas is complicated by difficult remote
sensing conditions, which often leads to a crucial lack of accurate land cover
information. In this study, we use visual interpretation of Landsat images in
combination with existing land cover maps to create a set of annual maps for the
East Kalimantan Province in Indonesia from 2000 to 2016. These datasets allow us to
analyze the development of land cover change trends in the province since 2000 with
high spatial and temporal detail. Our results reveal the acceleration of land cover
changes, with overall cover changes from natural forest to plantation forest and
other cultivated land cover classes, and undeveloped shrublands. The mapping
approach used in this study effectively provides information on land cover changes
in humid tropical areas, which can support environmental monitoring and government
development programs.},
Annual change
Tropical landscapes
East Kalimantan
Indonesia},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN651,
author = {Kitheka, Johnson U. and Kitheka, Lynnete M. and Njogu, Imelda N.},
title = {Suspended sediment transport in a tropical river basin exhibiting
combinations of land uses/land covers and hydroclimatic conditions: Case study of
upper Athi Basin, Kenya},
volume = {41},
pages = {101115},
abstract = {Study region The Upper Athi River Basin (Lat: 1°25′17.61°S and Long:
37°15′29.55°E) in Kenya, East Africa. Study focus The effects of land use/land
cover type on suspended sediment concentrations and yield were investigated in the
upper Athi river basin in Kenya. The suspended sediment concentrations and yield,
river discharges, water levels and flow velocities were monitored in stations
established at the outlets of sub-basins and also at the outlet of the main basin
in period 2012–2015. New hydrological insights The magnitude of river discharge in
the upper Athi river basin is not only a function of the magnitude of rainfall, but
combination of land uses/land covers determined the magnitude of sediment yield in
the sub-basins. The highest sediment yield occurred in a semi-arid sub-basin
dominated by savannah grassland and livestock grazing. The lowest occurred in the
high rainfall sub-basins dominated by forest with mixed farming and settlements.
Significant sediment transport commenced at an effective river discharge of
405 m3s−1 which is a frequent discharge event resulting in significant sediment
load transport in most rainy seasons and years. The magnitude of suspended sediment
discharge is a function of the magnitude of rainfall such that the greatest
sediment transport occurs during the long rainy seasons (54%) as compared to 41%
during the short rainy season. The total annual suspended sediment load in the
basin ranged 2.11–3.77 × 106 tons.yr−1 and sediment production rate ranged 205–366
tons.km−2.year−1.},
keywords = {River discharge
Total Suspended Sediment load
Seasonal and inter-annual variations
Land use change
Upper Athi Basin
Kenya},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN751,
author = {Kitheka, Johnson U. and Kitheka, Lynnete M. and Njogu, Imelda N.},
title = {Suspended sediment transport in a tropical river basin exhibiting
combinations of land uses/land covers and hydroclimatic conditions: Case study of
upper Athi Basin, Kenya},
volume = {41},
pages = {101115},
abstract = {Study region The Upper Athi River Basin (Lat: 1°25′17.61°S and Long:
37°15′29.55°E) in Kenya, East Africa. Study focus The effects of land use/land
cover type on suspended sediment concentrations and yield were investigated in the
upper Athi river basin in Kenya. The suspended sediment concentrations and yield,
river discharges, water levels and flow velocities were monitored in stations
established at the outlets of sub-basins and also at the outlet of the main basin
in period 2012–2015. New hydrological insights The magnitude of river discharge in
the upper Athi river basin is not only a function of the magnitude of rainfall, but
combination of land uses/land covers determined the magnitude of sediment yield in
the sub-basins. The highest sediment yield occurred in a semi-arid sub-basin
dominated by savannah grassland and livestock grazing. The lowest occurred in the
high rainfall sub-basins dominated by forest with mixed farming and settlements.
Significant sediment transport commenced at an effective river discharge of
405 m3s−1 which is a frequent discharge event resulting in significant sediment
load transport in most rainy seasons and years. The magnitude of suspended sediment
discharge is a function of the magnitude of rainfall such that the greatest
sediment transport occurs during the long rainy seasons (54%) as compared to 41%
during the short rainy season. The total annual suspended sediment load in the
basin ranged 2.11–3.77 × 106 tons.yr−1 and sediment production rate ranged 205–366
tons.km−2.year−1.},
keywords = {River discharge
Total Suspended Sediment load
Seasonal and inter-annual variations
Land use change
Upper Athi Basin
Kenya},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2022},
}
@inbook{RN589,
author = {Kitzberger, Thomas and Batllori, Enric and Lloret, Francisco},
title = {Impact of Extreme Events on Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biodiversity},
booktitle = {Reference Module in Life Sciences},
abstract = {Extreme events can have larger impacts on ecosystems than gradual
changes of average conditions. This article identifies the different properties of
drivers of extreme events, often related to extreme weather or climate events,
which are becoming more frequent or more intense, and the derived ecological
responses. Extreme ecological responses occur whenever drivers impact surpasses the
system’s capacity to absorb changes after extreme pulses, ongoing trends or regime
shifts. The mechanisms for ecological responses involve structural, compositional
and functional changes that often result in slow, hysteretic or irreversible
recovery, which are determined by legacy effects and the compound regime of
drivers, disturbances and stressors. Incorporating extreme ecological response into
ecological theory is becoming a must, particularly in a climate change context, and
will require a better integration of approaches and understanding of its causes and
consequences.},
keywords = {Abrupt ecological change
Anthropogenic amplification
Biodiversity
Catastrophe theory
Climate indices
Disturbances
Ecosystem functions
ENSO
Event experiments
Extreme events
Global change
Hysteresis
Pulsed resources
Rare events
Regime shifts
Resilience},
ISBN = {978-0-12-809633-8},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN680,
author = {Klein, Igor and Gessner, Ursula and Kuenzer, Claudia},
title = {Regional land cover mapping and change detection in Central Asia using
MODIS time-series},
volume = {35},
number = {1},
pages = {219-234},
abstract = {In Central Asia major alterations in land use and land cover
occurred in the past decades due to political collapse of the Soviet Union, human
forces, and climate change. In this context accurate land cover information for the
region of Central Asia is important. In this study we present a classification
approach with implemented C5.0 algorithm addressing regional land cover
characteristics of Central Asia. The classification is performed on seasonal
features derived from MODIS time-series for the years 2001 and 2009, which allows
us to analyse possible land cover and land use changes. Training and validation are
based on a reference dataset collected from high resolution remote sensing data.
The overall accuracy of both classifications is above 90%. The results show some
significant changes between both years in different land cover classes. Human
induced alterations of water bodies, variability in sparsely vegetated areas due to
seasonal precipitation and forest loss caused by forest fires and logging are
exemplarily depicted and discussed in this study.},
keywords = {Regional land cover classification
Central Asia
MODIS
Decision tree
C5.0
Land cover change},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN780,
author = {Klein, Igor and Gessner, Ursula and Kuenzer, Claudia},
title = {Regional land cover mapping and change detection in Central Asia using
MODIS time-series},
volume = {35},
number = {1},
pages = {219-234},
abstract = {In Central Asia major alterations in land use and land cover
occurred in the past decades due to political collapse of the Soviet Union, human
forces, and climate change. In this context accurate land cover information for the
region of Central Asia is important. In this study we present a classification
approach with implemented C5.0 algorithm addressing regional land cover
characteristics of Central Asia. The classification is performed on seasonal
features derived from MODIS time-series for the years 2001 and 2009, which allows
us to analyse possible land cover and land use changes. Training and validation are
based on a reference dataset collected from high resolution remote sensing data.
The overall accuracy of both classifications is above 90%. The results show some
significant changes between both years in different land cover classes. Human
induced alterations of water bodies, variability in sparsely vegetated areas due to
seasonal precipitation and forest loss caused by forest fires and logging are
exemplarily depicted and discussed in this study.},
keywords = {Regional land cover classification
Central Asia
MODIS
Decision tree
C5.0
Land cover change},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN922,
author = {Kløve, Bjørn and Ala-Aho, Pertti and Bertrand, Guillaume and Gurdak,
Jason J. and Kupfersberger, Hans and Kværner, Jens and Muotka, Timo and Mykrä,
Heikki and Preda, Elena and Rossi, Pekka and Uvo, Cintia Bertacchi and Velasco,
Elzie and Pulido-Velazquez, Manuel},
title = {Climate change impacts on groundwater and dependent ecosystems},
volume = {518},
pages = {250-266},
abstract = {Summary Aquifers and groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) are
facing increasing pressure from water consumption, irrigation and climate change.
These pressures modify groundwater levels and their temporal patterns and threaten
vital ecosystem services such as arable land irrigation and ecosystem water
requirements, especially during droughts. This review examines climate change
effects on groundwater and dependent ecosystems. The mechanisms affecting natural
variability in the global climate and the consequences of climate and land use
changes due to anthropogenic influences are summarised based on studies from
different hydrogeological strata and climate zones. The impacts on ecosystems are
discussed based on current findings on factors influencing the biodiversity and
functioning of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The influence of changes to
groundwater on GDE biodiversity and future threats posed by climate change is
reviewed, using information mainly from surface water studies and knowledge of
aquifer and groundwater ecosystems. Several gaps in research are identified. Due to
lack of understanding of several key processes, the uncertainty associated with
management techniques such as numerical modelling is high. The possibilities and
roles of new methodologies such as indicators and modelling methods are discussed
in the context of integrated groundwater resources management. Examples are
provided of management impacts on groundwater, with recommendations on sustainable
management of groundwater.},
keywords = {Groundwater
Climate
Ecosystems
Global change
Land use
Management},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN139,
author = {Koffi, Bérenger and Brou, Alexis Loukou and Kouadio, Kouamé Jean
Olivier and Ebodé, Valentin Brice and N'Guessan, Konan Jean-Yves and Yangouliba,
Gnibga Issoufou and Yaya, Konaté and Brou, Dibi and Kouassi, Kouakou Lazare},
title = {Impact of climate and land use/land cover change on Lobo reservoir
inflow, West-Central of Côte d'Ivoire},
volume = {47},
pages = {101417},
abstract = {Study region Lobo River Catchment (Côte d’Ivoire) Study focus In
this study, four regional climate models (RCMs) (RC4; CCLM4–8–17; RACMO22T and
REMO) for the 2030 and 2050 periods compared to the reference period (1986–2005),
combined with a simulation of land use and land cover (LULC) with Land Change
Modeler, are used to drive the CEQUEAU model to quantify their impact on inflows to
the Lobo River reservoir. 1988–2006 is used as a calibration period, whereas 2007–
2015 is used for the validation. Three scenarios were used. First, varying LULC and
keeping climate parameters static over the baseline period (scenario 1); in
scenario 2, varying RCMs and keeping LULC static over the baseline period and in
scenario 3, simultaneous variation of LULC and RCMs. New hydrological insights for
the region CEQUEAU showed good performance during calibration and validation: NSE
(0.7, 0.75); R² (0.83, 0.65); PBIAS (14.1%, 12%) and RMSE (0.83, 2.15). The results
show that a decrease in precipitation by 2030 (−14.6%), by 2050 (−15.2%) under
scenario 2 (RCP 4.5 and 8.5) and by − 6.1% under RCP 4. 5 (Scenario 3), we observe
an increase in runoff of 10.8–18.87% (Scenario 1), 1.2–4.46% (RCP4.5), 3.35% and
2.7% (RCP8.5) (Scenario 2) and 6.58–11.83 (RCP 4.5), 14.83–17.72% (RCP 8.5)
(scenario 3). Changes in LULC were identified as the main causes, rather than
climate variability.},
Land use/land cover
CEQUEAU model
Hydrological modelling
Lobo reservoir (LR)},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN904,
author = {Koit, Oliver and Tarros, Siim and Pärn, Joonas and Küttim, Martin and
Abreldaal, Pamela and Sisask, Karin and Vainu, Marko and Terasmaa, Jaanus and
Retike, Inga and Polikarpus, Maile},
title = {Contribution of local factors to the status of a groundwater dependent
terrestrial ecosystem in the transboundary Gauja-Koiva River basin, North-Eastern
Europe},
volume = {600},
pages = {126656},
abstract = {A pilot study was carried out in the Matsi spring fen, southern
Estonia to test a proposed methodology (Terasmaa et al., 2020) for identifying
potential effects of groundwater bodies on groundwater dependent terrestrial
ecosystems (GDTE). A comprehensive hydrochemical and isotopic dataset was collected
and analyzed using multivariate statistical methods to assess the origin of the
groundwater discharging in the spring fen and to determine both the quantitative
and qualitative aspects of GDTE-groundwater interdependence. The hydrochemical
findings were complemented with the hydrogeological, hydrodynamical and botanical
observations, and summarized into a conceptual model of the study site. The results
show that the status of the spring fen is influenced both by groundwater inflow
from the regional Middle Devonian sandstone aquifer (D2gj-ar) in the transboundary
Gauja/Koiva River basin, but also by discharge of the shallow aquifer found in
Quaternary (Q) deposits of local extent. By using multivariate statistical methods,
the mixing of the two main groundwater sources in the spring fen discharge was
quantified. On average, the regional D2gj-ar and local Q aquifer contributed 67%
and 33%, respectively, to the spring fen discharge. The groundwater was generally
more mineralized in the D2gj-ar aquifer while more nutrient-rich in the shallow Q
aquifer. Agricultural activities in the arable lands adjacent to the spring fen
have resulted in the elevated loads of macronutrients and halogens in the shallow Q
aquifer (Ntot=1.95 ± 2.6 mg N/l, Ptot=0.59 ± 0.8 mg P/l). Although generally in
pristine state, the elevated macronutrient loading from the Q aquifer and perhaps
the beaver activity, has led to deterioration of the status of the spring fen
communities in the upstream parts of the main fen polygon. The N:P ratios were
occasionally above the 16:1, indicating nitrogen limitation and phosphorus excess,
which is likely due to increased upland loading of phosphorus from fertilizers. The
results of the study show that poor chemical status of a GDTE can result from local
pollution sources and land-use even in cases when the related regional GW body
itself is in good chemical status. Also, the usefulness of analyzing minor
groundwater components (e.g Ba, Sr, Al, F, SiO2) in a GDTE assessment in
establishing the end-member mixing relationships has been shown. All in all, it is
one of the first comprehensive studies of the interactions between a groundwater
body and a groundwater-dependent terrestrial ecosystem in the Estonian context.},
keywords = {Groundwater-dependent ecosystems
Hydrochemistry
Environmental tracers
Macronutrients
Mixing processes
Multivariate statistical methods},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN419,
author = {Kolios, Stavros and Stylios, Chrysostomos D.},
title = {Identification of land cover/land use changes in the greater area of
the Preveza peninsula in Greece using Landsat satellite data},
volume = {40},
pages = {150-160},
abstract = {This study investigates the Land Use & Land Cover (LULC) changes in
a coastal area of the southwest part of Epirus region, called Preveza, situated in
North-western Greece. Remote sensing imagery coming from the Enhanced Thematic
Mapper (ETM+) sensor on board at the Landsat 7 satellite platform is used for this
purpose. More specifically, we identified LULC changes in this environmentally
sensitive coastal area, using Landsat image scenes for the dates of June 19th, 2000
and July 22nd, 2009. During this period, there was an increasing tourist activity
and a high growth in the construction sector of the study area. The land-use
changes were identified, examining several vegetation indices and band
combinations, along with the implementation of different well-known classification
techniques. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Brightness
Index (BI) have proved to be the most suitable indices to successfully identify
discrete land surface classes for this study area. Regarding the classifiers, a
series of traditional and modern algorithms were tested. The Artificial Neural
Networks (ANNs) and the Support Vector Machines (SVMs) gave improved results in
comparison to other more traditional classification techniques. The best overall
accuracy for the study area was achieved with the SVM classifier and reached 96.25%
and 97.15% on the dates of June 19th, 2000 and July 22nd, 2009 respectively. The
classification results depicted notable urbanization, small deforestation and
important LULC changes in the agriculture sector, indicating a rapid coastal
environment change in the region of interest.},
keywords = {Landsat data
Classification
Remote sensing
Vegetation indices
Preveza peninsula
SVM
ANN},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN928,
author = {Koluman, Nazan},
title = {Goats and their role in climate change},
journal = {Small Ruminant Research},
volume = {228},
pages = {107094},
note = {(Darcan)},
abstract = {Goats are the primary source of protein for many rural communities
worldwide, particularly those living in extreme geographical conditions. Goats have
numerous advantages that enable them to maintain their production under extreme
climate conditions. They have efficient browsing behavior as well as an efficient
digestive system, allowing them to remain productive in difficult environmental
circumstances. Strong heat resistance, outstanding feed conversion efficiency,
survival in adverse climatic circumstances, and high resistance to many diseases
are all traits that contribute to production. Because of these features, goat
breeding is vital to minimizing and adapting to the negative consequences of
climate change. Livestock production accounts for around 7–18% of anthropogenic
greenhouse gas emissions. Of this, goats specifically account for 4% of overall
greenhouse gas emissions in global animal farming. Enteric CH4 released during
production is considered a nutritional energy loss in goats and it’s an important
role in global warming and the greenhouse effect. These effects ensure that CH4
production is reduced to provide an optimum economic return from goat farming as
well as reduce the impact on global warming. The capacity of goats to adapt to the
negative impacts of climate change and their benefits in sustainable production
compared to other ruminant species will be thoroughly examined in this paper. As a
result, it will contribute to a better understanding of the benefits of goat
breeding in the face of future climate change.},
keywords = {Goat production
Climate change
Mitigation
Adaptation
Productivity
Greenhouse gases},
ISSN = {0921-4488},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2023.107094},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1082,
author = {Kong, Dongdong and Zhang, Yongqiang and Gu, Xihui and Wang, Dagang},
title = {A robust method for reconstructing global MODIS EVI time series on the
Google Earth Engine},
volume = {155},
pages = {13-24},
abstract = {Obtaining high quality remote sensing vegetation index that is not
noticeably affected by abiotic factors is critical for agricultural, ecological,
climate and hydrological studies. Here we developed a computationally efficient and
well-performed denoising method for reconstructing remote sensing vegetation
indices, namely wWHd (weighted Whittaker with dynamic parameter λ in spatial). The
single parameter λ is automatically estimated for every pixel by a multiple linear
regression. Weights updating and the inherit nature of Whittaker make Whittaker
robust for contaminations. We applied the wWHd on the Google Earth Engine (GEE)
platform for reconstructing 500 m resolution enhanced vegetation index (EVI) time
series from moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) at global scale
and for the period of 2000–2017. To demonstrate its robustness, wWHd was compared
with four well-known denoising methods, i.e. Fourier-based approach (Fourier),
Savitzky-Golay filter (SG), Asymmetric Gaussian (AG) and double logistic (DL) at
16,000 randomly selected sites. All approaches were evaluated using two indices at
each site: (1) root mean square error (RMSE) between observed best quality EVI and
gap-filled EVI series, and (2) roughness of gap-filled EVI series. Results show
that wWHd has an RMSE (indicating fidelity) of ∼0.032, which is similar to Fourier
and SG at ∼90% sampled sites, but outperforms (∼0.02 less in the RMSE) AG and DL at
∼45% and ∼25% sampled sites. Among the four, wWHd has the lowest (best) roughness
of ∼0.003. These performances demonstrate that wWHd balances fidelity and roughness
well. Another advantage is that the wWHd is computationally more efficient than
others, and is currently the only one denoising method deployed on the GEE. Our
results suggest that it is promising to use the proposed wWHd method for processing
remote sensing vegetation indices with high spatiotemporal resolution and the
reconstructed EVI product should be widely used by global community.},
keywords = {Remote sensing vegetation index
EVI
Time series reconstruction
Whittaker
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN595,
author = {Kong, Rui and Zhang, Zengxin and Huang, Richao and Tian, Jiaxi and
Feng, Ru and Chen, Xi},
title = {Projected global warming-induced terrestrial ecosystem carbon across
China under SSP scenarios},
volume = {139},
pages = {108963},
abstract = {Terrestrial ecosystem carbon sequestration is one of the most
economically feasible and important ways to mitigate the increase of atmospheric
CO2 concentration. China's terrestrial ecosystems have a huge carbon sequestration
potential. Therefore, the study on the carbon sequestration potential of vegetation
ecosystems is related to the smooth implementation of China's carbon neutrality
strategy in 2060. Based on the CMIP6 shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs)
scenarios, changes in the vegetation aboveground biomass carbon (ABC) were
estimated using the Lund–Potsdam–Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (LPJ) model
(1981–2060) for China. Subsequently, the vegetation ABC dynamics were analyzed
under three future scenarios based on the traditional Multi-Model Ensemble Mean
(MME) method for different eco-regions in China. We found that the vegetation ABC
density was 32.38 Mg/ha in China with an increasing trend of 53.99% from 1981 to
2014. The vegetation ABC density was higher in sub-regions I, II, V, and VI. Due to
the main forest carbon sinks was appeared in Southwest, Northeast and Southeast of
China. However, the water conditions are poor in sub-regions III, VII, and VIII,
and mostly covered by desert and steppe vegetation where the productivity level is
low. Under SSP1-2.6 and SSP2-4.5 scenarios, the vegetation ABC would show a
decreasing trend from 2015 to 2040 with a reduction rate of 4.34% and 4.60%, but
exhibit an increasing trend from 2041 to 2060 with a growth rate of 1.46% and
0.97%. While the vegetation ABC would show a decreasing trend during 2015 to 2060
with a reduction rate of 14.78% under SSP5-8.5 scenarios. Additionally, temperature
and precipitation are main factors influencing the vegetation ABC. In the future
scenario, due to higher temperatures resulted in the decrease of vegetation ABC in
the cold temperate humid and temperate humid/sub-humid regions. However, in the
northwestern arid region and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region may have been due to
relatively low temperatures in the region, warming may address this limitation and
lead to a general increase in ABC.},
keywords = {CMIP6
SSPs scenarios
Vegetation
Aboveground biomass carbon (ABC)
China},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN94,
author = {Kong, Xuesong and Fu, Mengxue and Zhao, Xiang and Wang, Jing and
Jiang, Ping},
title = {Ecological effects of land-use change on two sides of the Hu Huanyong
Line in China},
volume = {113},
pages = {105895},
abstract = {Scale and spatial pattern are two essential attributes of an
ecosystem. Impacts of land-use change on the scale and spatial pattern of
ecological land are not systematically well reported. This study analyzed the
spatiotemporal change characteristics of ecological land on two sides of the Hu
Huanyong Line (Hu Line) based on land use/cover remote sensing images of 1995, 2005
and 2015 in China. An ecological disturbance index combining scale with
fragmentation changes was introduced to quantitatively evaluate the ecological
consequences caused by land-use change. From 1995–2015, China’s ecological land
area decreased by 26.94 × 104 km2, which was 4.83% of the level in 1995. The
results showed that the overall intensity of ecological disturbance caused by land-
use change increased over time, and significant spatial heterogeneity was found on
both sides of the Hu Line. Clustered ecological land degradation coexisted with
large-scale ecological restoration on the northwestern side, while multipoint
farmland occupation and the distribution of the Grain for Green project caused most
of the ecological land change on the southeastern side. Nine combination types of
ecological consequences based on scale and fragmentation changes were identified
during 1995–2015. Although the ecological land scale decreased in some counties,
positive ecological consequences were found by alleviating the fragmentation of
ecological land. We argue that scale-oriented conservation policies of ecological
land should be replaced by cooperative conservation on an increasing scale and with
optimized spatial patterns.},
keywords = {Ecological effects
Land use
Hu Line
Fragmentation
Hotspot analysis
County level},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN290,
author = {Kooch, Yahya and Ehsani, Somayyeh and Akbarinia, Moslem},
title = {Stoichiometry of microbial indicators shows clearly more soil responses
to land cover changes than absolute microbial activities},
volume = {131},
pages = {99-106},
abstract = {Land cover changes are recognized to affect the organic matter
fractions and other soil properties with a consequence for microbial and enzyme
activities involved in nutrient cycling. The topsoil (0–10 cm depth) C, N, and P
microbial [i.e., basal respiration (BR), substrate inducted respiration (SIR),
microbial biomass-C, -N, and -P (MBC, MBN and MBP)] ratios, enzyme (i.e., urease,
invertase, acid phosphatase and arylsulfatase) activities, as well as the fractions
of particulate organic matter (POC and PON) and dissolved organic matter (DOC and
DON) were measured in a virgin natural forest dominated by Carpinus betulus and
Parrotia persica (natural forest), mono-species Quercus castaneifolia stand
(plantation), land including Citrus sinensis and Citrus tangerina trees (garden),
land dominated by Brachypodium pinnatum and Carex sylvatica (rangeland) and land
including rice cultivation (agriculture), following 32 years of land cover changes,
located in northern Iran. The results showed that the soil MBN, MBP, PON, and DON
were significantly higher under the natural forest site, while plantation enhanced
BR, DOC, MBC/Corg, POC/PON, and DOC/DON. The planting of Quercus castaneifolia and
preservation of natural forest significantly increased the amounts of soil SIR,
MBC, POC, BR/MBC, and BR/SIR in comparison with the other studied land covers.
Although the natural forest decreased the soil MBC/MBN and MBC/MBP indicators, the
enzyme activities with maximum values of geometric mean of enzyme (GME) activities,
urease/Corg, acid phosphatase/Corg, arylsulfatase/Corg, invertase/Corg, urease/MBC,
acid phosphatase/MBC, and arylsulfatase/MBC were enhanced by Carpinus betulus and
Parrotia persica stand. There were no significant differences (p > 0.05) in MBN/MBP
ratio, Shannon's diversity index (H′) for enzyme activities, and invertase/MBC
index among the forest ecosystems and anthropogenic sites. Based on PCA, the
natural forest followed by tree plantation presented good conditions of soil
fertility as well as microbial and enzyme activities. While these characters were
mostly suppressed in the non-forest land covers. As a conclusion, ecological
stoichiometry of microbial indicators reveals clearly more soil responses to land
cover changes than absolute microbial activities which can be used to measure long-
term variations in the topsoil.},
keywords = {Topsoil microbiome
Enzyme activities
Natural forest
Anthropogenic sites
Northern Iran},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN390,
author = {Kooch, Yahya and Ehsani, Somayyeh and Akbarinia, Moslem},
title = {Stoichiometry of microbial indicators shows clearly more soil responses
to land cover changes than absolute microbial activities},
volume = {131},
pages = {99-106},
abstract = {Land cover changes are recognized to affect the organic matter
fractions and other soil properties with a consequence for microbial and enzyme
activities involved in nutrient cycling. The topsoil (0–10 cm depth) C, N, and P
microbial [i.e., basal respiration (BR), substrate inducted respiration (SIR),
microbial biomass-C, -N, and -P (MBC, MBN and MBP)] ratios, enzyme (i.e., urease,
invertase, acid phosphatase and arylsulfatase) activities, as well as the fractions
of particulate organic matter (POC and PON) and dissolved organic matter (DOC and
DON) were measured in a virgin natural forest dominated by Carpinus betulus and
Parrotia persica (natural forest), mono-species Quercus castaneifolia stand
(plantation), land including Citrus sinensis and Citrus tangerina trees (garden),
land dominated by Brachypodium pinnatum and Carex sylvatica (rangeland) and land
including rice cultivation (agriculture), following 32 years of land cover changes,
located in northern Iran. The results showed that the soil MBN, MBP, PON, and DON
were significantly higher under the natural forest site, while plantation enhanced
BR, DOC, MBC/Corg, POC/PON, and DOC/DON. The planting of Quercus castaneifolia and
preservation of natural forest significantly increased the amounts of soil SIR,
MBC, POC, BR/MBC, and BR/SIR in comparison with the other studied land covers.
Although the natural forest decreased the soil MBC/MBN and MBC/MBP indicators, the
enzyme activities with maximum values of geometric mean of enzyme (GME) activities,
urease/Corg, acid phosphatase/Corg, arylsulfatase/Corg, invertase/Corg, urease/MBC,
acid phosphatase/MBC, and arylsulfatase/MBC were enhanced by Carpinus betulus and
Parrotia persica stand. There were no significant differences (p > 0.05) in MBN/MBP
ratio, Shannon's diversity index (H′) for enzyme activities, and invertase/MBC
index among the forest ecosystems and anthropogenic sites. Based on PCA, the
natural forest followed by tree plantation presented good conditions of soil
fertility as well as microbial and enzyme activities. While these characters were
mostly suppressed in the non-forest land covers. As a conclusion, ecological
stoichiometry of microbial indicators reveals clearly more soil responses to land
cover changes than absolute microbial activities which can be used to measure long-
term variations in the topsoil.},
keywords = {Topsoil microbiome
Enzyme activities
Natural forest
Anthropogenic sites
Northern Iran},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN446,
author = {Kooch, Yahya and Ghorbanzadeh, Neda and Francaviglia, Rosa},
title = {Soil carbon stocks can be negatively affected by land use and climate
change in natural ecosystems of semi-arid environment of Iran},
volume = {31},
pages = {e00591},
abstract = {Soil is the largest organic carbon pool in the terrestrial
biosphere, and a minor variation in the soil organic carbon (SOC) stock can
substantially affect the global carbon cycle and climate. This study examined SOC
storage considering land use and land use change across a semi-arid environment in
northern Iran with a double aim: studying the effects of available soil parameters
using a regression based modeling, and simulating the effect of the temporal
variations of SOC under future climate change projections. In this regard, the
following land covers were considered: forest cover, rangeland cover, conversion of
forest to cropland, and conversion of rangeland to cropland. A stepwise regression
analysis method was used to derive the relevant models of soil properties at of 0–
10 and 10–20 cm depths. The results of regression modeling indicate that fungal
abundance (for 0–10 cm soil depth) and the stoichiometry of microbial biomass
nitrogen to total nitrogen (for 10–20 cm soil depth) are the most important factors
for predicting SOC under the studied land covers. The effect of climate change on
SOC stock differed among land uses. Simulated SOC stock decrease was in the range
5.14–11.95 Mg C ha−1 in forest, 4.48–10.37 Mg C ha−1 in rangeland, 9.34–15.38 Mg C
ha−1 in cropland converted from forest and 8.00–13.72 Mg C ha−1 in cropland
converted from rangeland. Therefore, conversion from natural ecosystems to cropland
requires targeted intervention for a proper management of soils through a better
residue management, the inclusion of a cover crop to be used as green manure in
rotation with wheat, minimum tillage intensity and addition of both mineral and
organic fertilizers.},
Carbon storage
Climate change
Land use
Soil properties
RothC},
ISSN = {2352-0094},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1,
author = {Kotroczo, Zsolt and Fekete, Istvan and Juhos, Katalin and Prettl,
Nandor and Nugroho, Priyo Adi and Varbiro, Gabor and Biro, Borbala and Kocsis,
Tamas},
title = {Characterisation of Luvisols Based on Wide-Scale Biological Properties
in a Long-Term Organic Matter Experiment},
journal = {Biology-Basel},
note = {Contributors: [Kotroczo, Zsolt, Fekete, Istvan, Juhos, Katalin, Prettl,
Nandor, Nugroho, Priyo Adi, Varbiro, Gabor, Biro, Borbala, Kocsis, Tamas]},
abstract = {Simple Summary Global climate change has a significant impact on
soil decomposition processes through the alteration of temperature and
precipitation and, in connection with them, through changes in the quantity and
quality of biomass production in ecosystems. The role of soil organic matter (SOM)
is particularly important, as the consequences might rapidly affect soil carbon
stocks. These processes have a global impact on the CO2 content of the atmosphere
and a local impact on the fertility of soils. In our research, which is based on a
transcontinental litter manipulation, detritus input, and removal treatment (DIRT)
project, we investigated how quantitative and qualitative changes in litter inputs
can affect decomposition processes and carbon storage capacity of soils in relation
to SOM content. The main question of the study is how various litter treatment
sites respond to additional and/or removed organic matters through assessed soil-
biological parameters. The changes were monitored with some potential soil-
biological indicators, such as through examining enzyme activity, CO2 emissions,
and labile carbon stocks (POXC) used by organisms in performing decomposition
processes. The model experiment provided a great background highlighting organic
matter's importance in soil-biological processes and soil ecosystem functioning.
Soil organic matter is a biological system that functions as an integrated whole.
These assemblies have different properties, functions, and decomposition times. SOM
is one of the main determinants of soil productivity. Our studies were carried out
in a temperate deciduous oak forest on Luvisols soil. In the DIRT Project (Detritus
Input and Removal Treatments), the following treatments were applied: Double
Litter, Double Wood, Control, No Litter, No Root and No Input. Our objective was to
compare the effect of withdrawal or doubling of organic matter on the protein
pattern of the soil and the biological activity and changes in labile C
(permanganate-oxidizable carbon) content in a long-term organic matter manipulation
experiment. Patterns of thermostable proteins, soil dehydrogenase enzyme activity,
CO2 emission, and POXC content were measured at the most biologically active soil
depth of 0-5 cm after 23 years of treatment. Our results show that the enzyme
activities of the litter removal treatments were significantly reduced compared to
the doubling treatments, as were the values of soil respiration. The same
significant difference was also detected in the C content of the soils of the
treatments. Based on cluster analysis of the protein profile of the soil samples,
the No Litter and No Input treatments were significantly different from the other
treatments. This shows that specific organic matter is needed to enhance soil
biological activity and the associated POXC content.},
}
@article{RN941,
author = {Kovak, Emma and Blaustein-Rejto, Dan and Qaim, Matin},
title = {Genetically modified crops support climate change mitigation},
journal = {Trends in Plant Science},
volume = {27},
number = {7},
pages = {627-629},
abstract = {Genetically modified (GM) crops can help reduce agricultural
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In addition to possible decreases in production
emissions, GM yield gains also mitigate land-use change and related emissions.
Wider adoption of already-existing GM crops in Europe could result in a reduction
equivalent to 7.5% of the total agricultural GHG emissions of Europe.},
ISSN = {1360-1385},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.01.004},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN26,
author = {Kpemoua, Tchodjowiè P. I. and Leclerc, Sarah and Barré, Pierre and
Houot, Sabine and Pouteau, Valérie and Plessis, Cédric and Chenu, Claire},
title = {Are carbon-storing soils more sensitive to climate change? A laboratory
evaluation for agricultural temperate soils},
volume = {183},
pages = {109043},
abstract = {A range of agroecological practices allow to increase soil organic
carbon (SOC) stocks, which makes a positive impact on climate change mitigation and
soil health, but the permanence of this additional SOC storage can be questioned,
in particular in a climate change context. Increased temperatures, accentuated
evaporation of terrestrial water and increased atmosphere moisture content are
anticipated, resulting in more frequent droughts and heavy precipitation events.
Understanding the SOC dynamics and assessing the sensitivity of carbon
mineralization to these climatic events is necessary to anticipate future carbon
losses in terrestrial ecosystems. To this respect, it seems relevant to investigate
carbon-storing soils as increased carbon mineralization induced by climate change
may limit the carbon storing potential in agricultural soils. Thus, we evaluated
the sensitivity of SOC mineralization to increased temperature, decreased soil
moisture and drying-rewetting cycles using soils from long-term field experiments.
We performed an incubation experiment on topsoil (0–30 cm) samples from temperate
luvisols that had been under 20 years under conservation agriculture (CA), organic
agriculture (ORG) and conventional agriculture (CON-LC) at the La Cage experiment,
and under organic waste products (OWPs) applications in QualiAgro experiment,
including biowaste composts (BIOW), residual municipal solid waste composts (MSW),
farmyard manure (FYM) and conventional agriculture without organic inputs (CON-QA).
Soil samples were incubated in the lab for 3 months under different temperature
conditions (20, 28 and 35 °C) or under different moisture conditions (matric
potential: pF1.5; pF 2.5 and pF 4.2) or under several dry (pF 4.2)-wet (pF 1.5)
cycles (DWC). The results shown that, whatever the agricultural practices, soil
moisture regime and temperature significantly affect the SOC mineralization.
Overall, the DWC did not stimulate soil carbon mineralization relative to wet
controls (pF1.5 and pF2.5). Whatever the soil moisture regime and temperature,
specific carbon mineralization was similar between agricultural practices at La
Cage, while at QualiAgro, specific carbon mineralization was lower in soils
receiving organic waste products (OWPs) compared to the baseline soil. These
results suggest a strong carbon stabilization by OWPs in soils as assessed by
laboratory incubation experiments. Within each long-term experiment, we observed no
significant difference between the carbon-storing soils (CA, ORG, MSW, FYM and
BIOW) and their respective baseline soils (CON-LC and CON-QA) in the delta SOC
mineralized whatever the soil moisture regime. The Q10 also indicated no
significant difference between carbon-storing soils and their respective baseline
soils. These results indicate that the SOC mineralization in carbon-storing soils
had a similar sensitivity to the soil moisture regime and temperature as the
baseline ones. Hence, the implementation of these agroecological practices appears
beneficial for climate change mitigation, even in the context of extreme climatic
events.},
keywords = {Carbon mineralization
Agroecological practices
Organic waste products
Climate change
Sensitivity},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1033,
author = {Krishnan, Sooraj and Indu, J.},
title = {Assessing the potential of temperature/vegetation index space to infer
soil moisture over Ganga Basin},
volume = {621},
pages = {129611},
abstract = {Soil Moisture (SM) is a critical parameter for land–atmosphere
interaction, measuring drought conditions in agricultural areas, and it can
significantly affect surface water and agricultural production. Based on remote
sensing observations, the temperature vegetation dryness index (TVDI) can be
generated to evaluate SM at a large spatial scale. Land Surface Temperature (LST)
and Vegetation Index (VI) plots are generated to obtain the triangular/trapezoidal
space to calculate TVDI. For the present study, TVDI was calculated by using LST
and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) or the enhanced vegetation index
(EVI) for a period of three years (2017, 2018, and 2019) over the Ganga Basin. The
applicability of the TVDI at soil depths of 0–10, 10–40, 40–100, and 100–200 cm was
also examined. The result from the study indicates that, a better correlation is
obtained between TVDI generated using EVI and SM compared to TVDI generated using
NDVI. Temporal variation of TVDI with SM shows that TVDI (EVI) almost captures the
maximum and minimum SM variation in most locations. Also, SM at 10–40 cm shows a
better negative correlation (r close to −0.5) with TVDI (EVI) than 0–10 cm depth
for the summer season. The result thus reveals the potential of TVDI in assessing
SM especially in summer season, while using EVI as the vegetation index.},
keywords = {Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI)
Soil Moisture
Soil Depths
Correlation
Ganga Basin},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1174,
author = {Krishnan, Vijayasurya and Asaithambi, Manimaran},
title = {Semi-empirical SAR vegetation index for crop discrimination based on
biomass in semi-arid region: A case study in Perambalur district, India},
volume = {32},
pages = {101064},
abstract = {Crop discrimination helps monitor crops and strengthen the
agricultural industry to secure food supplies. From existing crop-related studies
and observations, found that vegetative Empirical models were limited in crop
classification for Kharif and Rabi season crops based on biomass. To improve
biomass assessment, this study proposes a modified Vegetation Index using the
deviation factor from the plot between the Dual Polarization SAR Vegetation Index
(DPSVI) and the Dual Polarimetric Radar Vegetation Index (DpRVI). The deviation
factor corrects the difficulties in the lower and higher ranges and is found to be
0.5 for Kharif and Rabi at the harvest stage. Performance of Integrated SAR
Vegetation Index carried out to both seasons and shows Kharif (R2 = 0.83), Rabi
(R2 = 0.87). In addition, cross-validation with Sentinel-2 derived Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index, which has R2 values of 0.84 and 0.86 for Kharif and
Rabi seasonal crops respectively. A correlation was performed to assess the
capability of the proposed model for individual crops and found that good
correlation with vertically grown Kharif and rabi crops except for Sesamum Indicum.
A classification capability of the Kharif (76%) and Rabi (84%) crops and variation
shows crops are healthy and have more greenery. From the results, a modified
measure outperformed than DPSVI and DpRVI at the harvest stage for a selected crop
in the above season and proved an alternate.},
keywords = {Biomass
Crop discrimination
Deviation factor
Integrated SAR vegetation index
Normalized difference vegetation index},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1276,
author = {Kuchler, Patrick Calvano and Bégué, Agnès and Simões, Margareth and
Gaetano, Raffaele and Arvor, Damien and Ferraz, Rodrigo P. D.},
title = {Assessing the optimal preprocessing steps of MODIS time series to map
cropping systems in Mato Grosso, Brazil},
Geoinformation},
volume = {92},
pages = {102150},
abstract = {The adoption of new cropping practices such as integrated Crop-
Livestock systems (iCL) aims at improving the land use sustainability of the
agricultural sector in the Brazilian Amazon. The emergence of such integrated
systems, based on crop and pasture rotations over and within years, challenges the
remote sensing community who needs to implement accurate and efficient methods to
process satellite image time series (SITS) in order to come up with a monitoring
protocol. These methods generally include a SITS preprocessing step which can be
time consuming. The aim of this study is to assess the importance of preprocessing
operations such as temporal smoothing and computation of phenological metrics on
the mapping of main cropping systems (i.e. pasture, single cropping, double
cropping and iCL), with a special emphasis on the iCL class. The study area is
located in the state of Mato Grosso, an important producer of agriculture
commodities located in the Southern Brazilian Amazon. SITS were composed of a set
of 16-day composites of MODIS Vegetation Indices (MOD13Q1 product) covering a one
year period between 2014 and 2015. Two widely used classifiers, i.e. Random Forest
(RF) and Support Vector Machine (SVM), were tested using five data sets issued from
a same SITS but with different preprocessing levels: (i) raw NDVI; (ii) raw NDVI +
raw EVI; (iii) smoothed NDVI; (iv) NDVI-derived phenometrics; (v) raw NDVI +
phenometrics. Both RF and SVM classification results showed that the “raw NDVI +
raw EVI” data set achieved the highest performance (RF OA = 0.96, RF Kappa = 0.94,
SVM OA = 0.95, SVM Kappa = 0.93), followed closely by the “raw NDVI” and the “raw
NDVI + phenometrics” datasets. The “NDVI-derived phenometrics” alone achieved the
lowest accuracies (RF OA = 0.58 and SVM OA = 0.66). Considering that the
implementation of preprocessing steps is computationally expensive and does not
provide significant gains in terms of classification accuracy, we recommend to use
raw vegetation indices for mapping cropping practices in Mato Grosso, including the
integrated Crop-Livestock systems.},
keywords = {Mato Grosso
Integrated systems
Classification
Phenometrics
Smoothing
Agricultural intensification
TIMESAT},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN6,
author = {Kufa, Chala Adugna and Bekele, Afework and Atickem, Anagaw},
title = {Impacts of climate change on predicted habitat suitability and
distribution of Djaffa Mountains Guereza (Colobus guereza gallarum, Neumann 1902)
using MaxEnt algorithm in Eastern Ethiopian Highland},
volume = {35},
pages = {e02094},
abstract = {Understanding the impacts of climate change, landscape composition,
topographic attributes, and anthropogenic disturbance on wildlife distribution is
critical to selecting prior conservation areas and to executing successful
management plans. Habitat suitability mapping aims to predict species' ecological
niches and ranges using these factors as predictors. There has been no study of the
potentially suitable habitat for the data-deficient Djaffa Mountains Guereza and
the factors affecting its distribution in the Ahmar Mountains. The objective of
this study was to predict the habitat suitability and distribution models of Djaffa
Mountains Guereza in eastern Ethiopian highland under different climate change
scenarios using maximum entropy (MaxEnt) model. We used 47 occurrence datasets
assembled between 2020 and 2021 and 10 ecological predictor variables processed in
geographical information systems and R software. We found that 133,604.52 ha
(1.77%) of the 753, 0749.39 ha study area is suitable habitat for the Djaffa
Mountains Guereza, of which 18,326.12 (13.33%) ha were highly suitable, whereas the
remaining area was moderately suitable. Our models also showed that precipitation
of the wettest quarter had the highest contribution to predicting the habitat
suitability (65.90%), followed by land cover (17.40%). Habitat suitability was
directly related to precipitation seasonality and the precipitation of the wettest
quarter, while it is indirectly related to temperature seasonality and the
temperature mean diurnal range. The models showed the overall gain in the suitable
habitat of Djaffa Mountains Guereza under all future climate scenarios, however,
the projected habitat distribution show fragmentation. Our habitat suitability and
distribution models provide critical information for the conservation and
management of Djaffa Mountains Guereza by recommending stocking of the fragmented
forests, assessment of conservation challenges, and mitigations of climate change.
A comprehensive population assessment throughout their restricted distribution is
also crucial to understand conservation status and population size.},
Distribution range
Djaffa Mountains Guereza
Endemic species
Habitat suitability modeling
Stocking},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1078,
author = {Kumar, Ajay and Kumar Gorai, Amit},
title = {A comparative evaluation of deep convolutional neural network and deep
neural network-based land use/land cover classifications of mining regions using
fused multi-sensor satellite data},
abstract = {Accurate land use/land cover (LULC) classifications using satellite
data is a challenging task due to the limited spatial and spectral resolutions of
different satellite data. Moreover, the challenge is more severe for LULC
classification of mining regions as no standardized spectral signature is available
for the detection of coal mining regions. Thus, the current study aims to design
deep learning algorithms using fused data of three satellite sensors (LISS-IV,
Landsat-8, and Sentinel-2A) for LULC classification of mining regions. The fused
image was derived from three satellite sensors using a discrete cosine transform
(DCT) with a spatial correlation approach. A comparative evaluation of deep
convolutional neural network (DCNN) and deep neural network (DNN) models in LULC
classification of mining regions is conducted. Moreover, the performances of the
models with fused data are compared with the performance of the same model with
individual sensor data. The study area chosen to execute the work is Jharia
Coalfield, which comprises five key LULC types, viz. barren land, coal mining
region, built-up area, water body, and vegetation. A total of 6000 image samples of
6 × 6 sizes and 216,000 pixels were used to train and validate the DCNN and DNN
models, respectively. That is, the DCNN model uses the object dataset and DNN uses
the pixel dataset for model training and validation. The DCNN model achieved high
training and validation accuracies (99.8% and 99.2%), while the DNN model achieved
relatively lower accuracies (85.3% and 81.8%). The study evaluates the performance
of both models further by employing confusion matrix parameters to measure
accuracy, error, precision, and recall for each class. The results reveal that the
DCNN model consistently outperforms the DNN model, showcasing accuracy, error
rates, precision, and recall ranging from 99.83% to 99.99%, 0.01% to 0.17%, 99.52%
to 99.99%, and 99.40% to 99.99% on the training dataset, and 99.50% to 99.99%,
0.01% to 0.50%, 98.35% to 99.99%, and 98.33% to 99.99% on the validation dataset,
respectively. In comparison, the DNN model demonstrates values ranging from 90.36%
to 99.90%, 0.01% to 9.64%, 75.10% to 99.53%, and 66.99% to 99.99% on the training
dataset, and 88.50% to 99.94%, 0.06% to 11.50%, 72.25% to 99.66%, and 62.50% to
99.99% on the validation dataset. These findings showed that the DCNN
classification algorithm outperforms the DNN classification algorithm. Moreover,
the comparative performances of the DCNN model with different datasets indicate
that the model with fused images outperformed the model with individual sensor
images.},
keywords = {Deep convolutional neural network
Deep neural network
Land use
Discrete cosine transform
Satellite image fusion
Jharia coalfield},
ISSN = {0273-1177},
year = {2023},
}
@inbook{RN892,
author = {Kumar, Suresh and David Raj, Anu and Kalambukkattu, Justin George},
title = {Chapter 12 - Geospatial modeling for sustainability of soil ecosystem
services in hilly and mountainous landscapes},
booktitle = {Water, Land, and Forest Susceptibility and Sustainability},
editor = {Chatterjee, Uday and Pradhan, Biswajeet and Kumar, Suresh and Saha,
Sourav and Zakwan, Mohammad and Fath, Brian D. and Fiscus, Dan},
volume = {2},
pages = {331-359},
abstract = {Soils in hilly and mountainous landscapes face serious threats due
to accelerated soil erosion. It will diminish the soil ecosystem benefits and
services which are meant for delivery to us. The mishandling of various ecosystem
goods and services is primarily due to the lack of knowledge regarding the value of
ecosystem. The ecosystem valuation will provide a broad perception regarding the
sustainability of various natural resources. The geospatial approaches can capture
and analyze the services and identify the regions where the degradation is taking
place. A case study was carried out in a lesser Himalayan watershed, to simulate
the ecosystem services provided by seasonal water yield and sediment retention
mechanisms employing InVEST model. The study found that the average soil erosion
rate from the watershed is 15.64t/ha/yr. It indicates that approximately 43%
increase in soil loss could be avoided by the presence of land use/land cover and
conservation measures in the watershed.},
keywords = {Ecosystem valuation
Ecosystems
Geospatial modeling
Geospatial technology
Hilly and mountainous landscapes
InVEST
Runoff
Seasonal water yield
Sediment delivery ratio
Soil erosion
Sustainability
Watershed},
ISBN = {978-0-443-15847-6},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1297,
author = {Kumar, Vibhanshu and Bharti, Birendra and Singh, Harendra Prasad and
Topno, Amit Raj},
title = {Assessing the interrelation between NDVI and climate dependent
variables by using granger causality test and vector auto-regressive neural network
model},
volume = {131},
pages = {103428},
abstract = {Changes in ecosystem structure and function can be revealed by
examining the prevailing patterns in vegetation growth and the forces that shape
those patterns. The mechanism of ecosystem behaviour may be better understood if
the trend of vegetation change and its sensitivity to climatic variation are well
understood. The interaction of vegetation and climatic factors (it's driving
variables) is non-linear in behaviour and affected by time lag and time
accumulation. Jharkhand has a typical plateau in eastern India, having a mixed
climate (arid and semi-arid), taken as the study area, and the spatiotemporal
distributions of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) were explored
with interaction driving factors. This study investigated the time-lag and time-
accumulation effects of the NDVI response to climate factors Evapotranspiration
(ET), Land Surface Temperature (LST), Potential Evapotranspiration (PET),
Precipitation (PREC), and Soil Moisture (SM) and identified the primary controlling
factors that affect the vegetation dynamics. The observations indicate that the
correlation between NDVI and summer LST (- 0.838) was discovered to be greater than
the correlation of NDVI with SM (r = 0.90) and PREC (r = 0.751), showing NDVI as
more sensitive to LST when comparing to SM, and PREC, while PET exhibits the
significant positive correlation (r = −0.751) with the NDVI in autumn during the
studied duration. Higher NDVI values were seen during the monsoon (0.54 ± 0.12),
which is correlated with a decrease in the monsoon LST (25.8 ± 0.20), followed by
the winter (0.47 ± 0.13), summer (0.33 ± 0.18), and fall (0.37 ± 0.04). Vegetation
growth is influenced by both the time-lag and time-accumulation effects of
temperature and the time-accumulation impact of precipitation. Regarding the
climate-vegetation response mechanism, the application of the Granger Causality
(GC) Test and GC-based Vector Auto-Regressive Neural Network (VARNN) Model test
reveals that the 0–2 month optimum time lag effect is prevalent in the study area.
In addition, the LST and SM have a more prominent stimulating influence on plant
growth in the study region than precipitation. The above findings highlight the
need to effectively monitor vegetation dynamics under environmental changes by
considering the temporal impacts of vegetation response to climate when the current
climate models research vegetation-climate interactions.},
keywords = {Normalized difference vegetation index
Precipitation
Time-lag
Soil moisture},
ISSN = {1474-7065},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN5,
author = {Kumi, Samuel and Addo-Fordjour, Patrick and Fei-Baffoe, Bernard and
Belford, Ebenezer J. D. and Ameyaw, Yaw},
title = {Land use land cover dynamics and fragmentation-induced changes in woody
plant community structure in a mining landscape, Ghana},
volume = {4},
pages = {100070},
abstract = {The study assessed the dynamics of mining land use land cover
changes and consequent fragmentation impacts on woody plant community structure in
the Ahafo Region, Ghana. Landsat images were utilised to determine land use and
cover changes using a supervised classification method. Plant community structure
was determined within 60 (20 × 20 m) plots that were randomly laid in equal numbers
in fragmented and intact forests. Our findings showed that the mining landscape
experienced a substantial land use/cover change between 2003 and 2018, with
considerable forest cover loss at the expense of increasing cover of plantation,
settlement/bare surface, mine site, and waterbody. Woody plant species diversity
was significantly lower in the fragmented forest around the mine. Likewise,
fragmentation caused a shift in plant species composition in the fragmented forest,
whose composition was less homogenised compared to the intact forest. Plant
abundance did not differ significantly between the two forests, but it was invasive
and cultivated tree species that increased the total abundance of woody plants in
the fragmented forests. The mining landscape was dominated by an invasive alien
species, Broussonetia papyrifera which poses an ecological threat to native
species. In conclusion, our findings suggest that mining contributed to intense
land use/cover dynamics and fragmentation that impaired woody plant community
structure around the mine. There is the need to accord priority to management
intervention that would seek to manage and conserve the remaining forest fragments
and its biodiversity in the mining landscape.},
keywords = {Diversity
Edge effects
Forest cover
Plant community structure},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN681,
author = {Kutir, Cynthia and Agblorti, Samuel K. M. and Campion, Benjamin B.},
title = {Migration and Estuarine Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Change along Ghana’s
Coast},
volume = {54},
pages = {102488},
abstract = {Estuaries are among the world’s most biologically productive
ecosystems and have since generations attracted migrants due to their high
biodiversity, natural beauty, and source of livelihood. Growing coastal populations
and immigration have led to the deterioration of many coastal ecosystems globally.
Overfishing, habitat fragmentation, and degradation have significantly compromised
these estuaries’ natural environments and subsequently affected their ability to
serve as breeding grounds for aquatic organisms. Thus, understanding landscape
patterns, changes, and human–nature interactions is critical for long-term
monitoring of estuarine ecosystems. This study analysed changes in three major
river estuaries (Pra, Ankobra and the Volta Rivers) in Ghana using Landsat
satellite data from 1986 to 2020 and population data. The results revealed that
coastal flooding and erosion had changed the area of bare land/settlements in both
Pra Estuary (−13.7%) and Ankobra Estuary (−18.8%) into water areas, respectively.
Likewise, anthropogenic activities resulted in a 12.6% loss in vegetation in the
Ankobra Estuary and 42.8% in the Volta Estuary. However, mangrove reforestation
interventions at the Pra Estuary increased the vegetation area (10.8%). These
observed LULC changes in these areas explain the effect of migration and its impact
on long-term resource management and the survival of estuarine communities.
Associated with the increased population (immigration) of estuarine communities are
mangrove destruction, sand mining, and indiscriminate waste disposal activities,
driving the degradation of the estuaries. Consequently, migrant, and local
community interests should be harnessed to avoid undesirable LULC dynamics. Thus,
an integrated approach to the management of the coastal zone and associated
wetlands are paramount for the sustainability of the environment and local
livelihoods.},
keywords = {Estuaries
Land Use and Land Cover changes
Change detection
Migration
Accuracy assessments},
ISSN = {2352-4855},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN781,
author = {Kutir, Cynthia and Agblorti, Samuel K. M. and Campion, Benjamin B.},
title = {Migration and Estuarine Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Change along Ghana’s
Coast},
volume = {54},
pages = {102488},
abstract = {Estuaries are among the world’s most biologically productive
ecosystems and have since generations attracted migrants due to their high
biodiversity, natural beauty, and source of livelihood. Growing coastal populations
and immigration have led to the deterioration of many coastal ecosystems globally.
Overfishing, habitat fragmentation, and degradation have significantly compromised
these estuaries’ natural environments and subsequently affected their ability to
serve as breeding grounds for aquatic organisms. Thus, understanding landscape
patterns, changes, and human–nature interactions is critical for long-term
monitoring of estuarine ecosystems. This study analysed changes in three major
river estuaries (Pra, Ankobra and the Volta Rivers) in Ghana using Landsat
satellite data from 1986 to 2020 and population data. The results revealed that
coastal flooding and erosion had changed the area of bare land/settlements in both
Pra Estuary (−13.7%) and Ankobra Estuary (−18.8%) into water areas, respectively.
Likewise, anthropogenic activities resulted in a 12.6% loss in vegetation in the
Ankobra Estuary and 42.8% in the Volta Estuary. However, mangrove reforestation
interventions at the Pra Estuary increased the vegetation area (10.8%). These
observed LULC changes in these areas explain the effect of migration and its impact
on long-term resource management and the survival of estuarine communities.
Associated with the increased population (immigration) of estuarine communities are
mangrove destruction, sand mining, and indiscriminate waste disposal activities,
driving the degradation of the estuaries. Consequently, migrant, and local
community interests should be harnessed to avoid undesirable LULC dynamics. Thus,
an integrated approach to the management of the coastal zone and associated
wetlands are paramount for the sustainability of the environment and local
livelihoods.},
keywords = {Estuaries
Land Use and Land Cover changes
Change detection
Migration
Accuracy assessments},
ISSN = {2352-4855},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN155,
author = {Kweyu, R. M. and Thenya, T. and Kiemo, K. and Emborg, J.},
title = {The nexus between land cover changes, politics and conflict in Eastern
Mau forest complex, Kenya},
volume = {114},
pages = {102115},
abstract = {There is growing literature that links land cover changes to
resource governance regimes. Whereas natural resource degradation has been
successfully linked to weak governance, the reciprocal relationship between
degradation and conflict has not been clearly established especially in sub-Saharan
region where natural resource conflicts are common. This paper utilizes remote
sensing and spatial techniques to examine land cover changes and conflict in light
of the changing Kenyan policy and political contexts. The paper draws evidence from
data collected through time series of satellite imagery for Eastern Mau forest
complex between 1976 and 2014 and qualitative data including key informant
interviews and observation through geo-coded transect walks. The changes in land
cover and conflict intractability were analyzed in light of post-independence land
use policy history of Kenya and related to conflict occurrences among Eastern Mau
forest adjacent communities. The study results show that between 1976 and 2014 over
40% of forest land was converted to other uses. The study also documents both
spatio-temporal drivers of conflict (e.g. forest degradation) and drivers related
to political practice and competition among ethnic groupings. This paper concludes
that to stem land cover changes there is need to pay greater attention to the
underlying factors to land cover changes such as conflict, policy and politics.},
keywords = {Land cover changes
Resource conflict
Political ecology
Forest policy},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN584,
author = {Käyhkö, Niina and Skånes, Helle},
title = {Retrospective land cover/land use change trajectories as drivers behind
the local distribution and abundance patterns of oaks in south-western Finland},
volume = {88},
number = {1},
pages = {12-22},
abstract = {Valuable cultural landscapes are challenging to sustain. They are
usually rare and reflect unique histories of nature–human interactions. We have
studied the influence of environmental factors on the present distribution, age and
abundance of oaks in a unique forest site in south-western Finland. The Landscape
Change Trajectory Analysis (LCTA) approach was tested to improve management
strategies at a local level. We used geospatial analysis in GIS on existing data
from a recent forest inventory, a multi-temporal land cover/land use analysis, and
a digital elevation model. The results show that mature Pendunculate oaks (Quercus
robur) are restricted to the eastern parts of Ruissalo island and their present
abundance patterns can be linked with change trajectories as opposed to physical
conditions. While the prevailing strategy of strict protection seems to lead to an
increasing amount of dead wood, the lack of management hampers the regeneration of
oaks. We suggest four principles for future management of these sites that could be
applied throughout the hemiboreal region of Europe with similar historical
development: (1) management regimes should be spatially explicit in terms of land
cover history instead of treating valuable oak biotopes as one homogenous unit; (2)
management units should be determined by biotope dynamics and development rather
than present status and distribution; (3) management should allow strict protection
of sites with long duration of protection and high abundance of decaying oak wood
to support biodiversity; (4) alternative management regimes should be introduced in
sites with high potential for re-establishment of light-abundant favourable
conditions.},
keywords = {Landscape
Change detection
Spatio-temporal GIS
Key biotopes
Protection
Hemiboreal},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2008},
}
@article{RN842,
author = {Köninger, J. and Panagos, P. and Jones, A. and Briones, M. J. I. and
Orgiazzi, A.},
title = {In defence of soil biodiversity: Towards an inclusive protection in the
European Union},
volume = {268},
pages = {109475},
abstract = {Since soil biodiversity sustains above-ground life, the European
Union (EU) has recently announced its new Soil Strategy to better protect soil
ecosystems as part of the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Also, the EU's Farm to
Fork Strategy and the Zero Pollution Action Plan aim for soil protection. However,
the status of soil biodiversity protection has not been comprehensively assessed.
Therefore, we explored regulatory, incentive-based and knowledge-based instruments
and strategic policy documents at the EU and national levels to determine whether
they adequately protect soil biodiversity. Our review of 507 literature references
concluded that only eight EU member states explicitly address threats to soil
biodiversity in 14 regulatory instruments while 13 countries mainly focus on
implicit threats to soil biodiversity, whereas six countries do not consider soil
biodiversity. At the EU level, current directives and regulations only tackle
individual threats to soil biodiversity. An EU-wide, legally binding protection
could ensure a standardised minimum level of soil biodiversity protection while
preventing surging costs of not acting. The EU Soil Health Law foreseen for 2023
could couple land management practices beneficial for soil biodiversity with
incentive-based instruments. Simultaneously, models should be designed to predict
soil biodiversity, considering soil biodiversity's spatial and temporal
heterogeneity.},
keywords = {Common Agricultural Policy
Green Deal
Soil biodiversity conservation
Soil governance
Soil protection},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1037,
author = {Köninger, J. and Panagos, P. and Jones, A. and Briones, M. J. I. and
Orgiazzi, A.},
title = {In defence of soil biodiversity: Towards an inclusive protection in the
European Union},
volume = {268},
pages = {109475},
abstract = {Since soil biodiversity sustains above-ground life, the European
Union (EU) has recently announced its new Soil Strategy to better protect soil
ecosystems as part of the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Also, the EU's Farm to
Fork Strategy and the Zero Pollution Action Plan aim for soil protection. However,
the status of soil biodiversity protection has not been comprehensively assessed.
Therefore, we explored regulatory, incentive-based and knowledge-based instruments
and strategic policy documents at the EU and national levels to determine whether
they adequately protect soil biodiversity. Our review of 507 literature references
concluded that only eight EU member states explicitly address threats to soil
biodiversity in 14 regulatory instruments while 13 countries mainly focus on
implicit threats to soil biodiversity, whereas six countries do not consider soil
biodiversity. At the EU level, current directives and regulations only tackle
individual threats to soil biodiversity. An EU-wide, legally binding protection
could ensure a standardised minimum level of soil biodiversity protection while
preventing surging costs of not acting. The EU Soil Health Law foreseen for 2023
could couple land management practices beneficial for soil biodiversity with
incentive-based instruments. Simultaneously, models should be designed to predict
soil biodiversity, considering soil biodiversity's spatial and temporal
heterogeneity.},
keywords = {Common Agricultural Policy
Green Deal
Soil biodiversity conservation
Soil governance
Soil protection},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1102,
author = {L, Alonso and J, Picos and J, Armesto},
title = {Automatic forest change detection through a bi-annual time series of
satellite imagery: Toward production of an integrated land cover map},
Geoinformation},
volume = {118},
pages = {103289},
abstract = {Land cover mapping is fundamental for national and international
agencies to monitor forest resources. However, monitoring forest disturbances by
direct comparison of these maps poses several difficulties and challenges. As a
result, different methodologies have been explored to detect forest disturbances.
However, most of them cannot be fully integrated with land cover map production
since they require additional input data, while others are not suitable for
monitoring small land parcels. This study presents a methodology that fulfils the
need to integrate land cover mapping with land cover change detection.
Specifically, this methodology was designed to complement the Sentinel-2-based land
cover mapping used in Galicia, northwest Spain, a region characterized by small
land parceling. First, two previously obtained land cover maps from 2019 and 2020
were compared to identify all the pixels with potential land cover changes using
QGIS. The behavior of spectral indexes in a time series were then analyzed to
identify which of the previously identified pixels correspond to forest
disturbances. This step was implemented in the software R. Using the Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to detect different land cover changes it was
obtained an overall accuracy of 82%, considering the existence of varying
phenologies, diverse topographic conditions, and areas with a high level of stand
fragmentation. This study could help agencies that have already developed their own
land cover maps to easily advance the integration of their maps with land cover
change detection, since this technique can be applied with any land cover mapping
methodology based on multitemporal analysis of satellite images, without the need
for additional input data.},
keywords = {Forest
Disturbances
Land cover change
Sentinel-2
Small parcels},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN110,
author = {Lahai, Morrison K. and Kabba, Victor T. S. and Mansaray, Lamin R.},
title = {Impacts of land-use and land-cover change on rural livelihoods:
Evidence from eastern Sierra Leone},
volume = {147},
pages = {102784},
abstract = {Land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes have been observed in Sierra
Leone, but to what extent they impact rural livelihoods, amidst investment by
multinational companies in non-food crops and mining, remains a grey area in the
scientific discourse. Against this backdrop, this study attempts, for the first
time, to investigate the spatio-temporal dynamics of LULC changes and their impacts
on household livelihoods in a rural area in eastern Sierra Leone, using remote
sensing and ancillary socio-economic and livelihood data. For this purpose,
temporal Landsat images at 1986, 2000 and 2020 were subjected to the Maximum
Likelihood classification algorithm to map and detect the change of the six most
informative LULC classes in the test site. Ground-truth LULC and socio-economic and
household livelihood surveys were conducted to obtain ancillary data. Results
indicate a substantial (51%) decrease in Wetland area (29,525 ha to 14,554 ha) but
an increase in Dense Forest of 24% (8,873 ha to 11,036 ha) over the 34-year period.
While the natural assets of households are on the decline, physical and financial
assets are on the increase. However, household livelihood outcomes are less
favourable and households are therefore vulnerable to food insecurity as changes in
LULC persist.},
keywords = {Landsat data
Land use
Land cover
Change detection
Rural livelihoods},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN951,
author = {Lamchin, Munkhnasan and Wang, Sonam Wangyel and Lim, Chul-Hee and
Ochir, Altansukh and Pavel, Ukrainskiy and Gebru, Belay Manju and Choi, Yuyoung and
Jeon, Seong Woo and Lee, Woo-Kyun},
title = {Understanding global spatio-temporal trends and the relationship
between vegetation greenness and climate factors by land cover during 1982–2014},
volume = {24},
pages = {e01299},
abstract = {Analysis of the correlation between vegetation greenness and climate
variable trends is important in the study of vegetation greenness. Our study used
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index-3rd generation data from the Advanced Very
High-Resolution Radiometer - Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (AVHRR-
GIMMS NDVI3g), land cover data from the Climate Change Initiative (CCI-LC), and
climate data from the Climatic Research Unit global time series (CRU TS) of climate
variables (temperature and precipitation, solar radiation) over the past 33 years.
First, we estimated the overall trends for vegetation greenness and climate
variables over five time periods. Second, we subjected the data to correlation,
regression, and residual analyses to detect correlations between vegetation
greenness and different climate variables. Third, we extracted trends and
correlation results by primary land cover types for each climate zone. Our study
was focused at the global scale, and findings indicate that the largest decreasing
trend of vegetation greenness and grasslands occurred in the mid-latitude regions
of the Northern Hemisphere and in parts of South America, Africa, Saudi Arabia, and
south and northeast Asia. In particular, the cold climatic zones of forest (36.6%),
cropland (36.6%), and grassland (14.1%) suffered significant decline in vegetation
greenness. Anthropogenic activities are mainly responsible for declining vegetation
greenness particularly in northern Africa, central and western Asia. However,
residual analysis shows an increase in vegetation greenness in some parts of
western Europe, southern Australia, and the northern part of South America. The
study also identified temperature and precipitation as the main factors responsible
for controlling vegetation growth. Hot-spot areas with the largest temperature
increases were found in the Amazon, Central America, southern Greenland, east
Africa, south-east Asia, and other areas. However, temperatures decreased in the
western part of South America, Angola, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New
Guinea. Precipitation decreased the most from March to May over most parts of the
world with high correlation (r = 0.88) in Russia Canada, northeast Asia, and
central Africa. In general, climate factors were the principal drivers of the
variation in vegetation greenness globally in recent years.},
keywords = {Vegetation greenness trends
Precipitation
Temperature
Global
Land cover
Correlation},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN494,
author = {Le Maitre, David C. and Kotzee, Ilse M. and O’Farrell, Patrick J.},
title = {Impacts of land-cover change on the water flow regulation ecosystem
service: Invasive alien plants, fire and their policy implications},
volume = {36},
pages = {171-181},
abstract = {Land and water resource issues typically fall under separate
governance systems. For example, agricultural policy regulates land-cover change
while water departments regulate water quality. However, land-use changes can
directly affect water resources. Water flow regulation is a key service which is
affected by changes in land-cover but its dynamics are poorly understood by most
policy makers and land management organisations. We simulated and quantified the
effects of plant invasions on land-cover, hydrological soil characteristics and
catchment responsiveness on flow regulation using a hydrological model. The case
study was located in the indigenous fynbos shrublands in South Africa. Fynbos
requires fire to regenerate, has moderate biomass, occurs mostly in areas with a
potential to erode and is prone to invasion by woody plant species, particularly
trees. Invasions can affect flow regulation by changing community structure and
function and increasing fuel loads. The greater fuel load increases fire intensity
and severity which, in turn, changes the hydrological responses of catchments. Few
studies have assessed the effects of invasion on hydrological responses but studies
on plantations have recorded significant increases in soil water repellence
following fire, resulting in increased overland flow similar to impacts of fires in
invaded areas. Simulation of clear-felling of pines and different degrees of water
repellency increased both the responsiveness of the catchment to rainfall and
extreme rainfall events. The simulated fire effects were consistent with other
studies of hydrological responses to fire. Our study indicates that invasions of
pines and acacias in the study area could substantially increase the risk of flood
damage even from moderate rainfall events, and highlights the importance of
maintaining flow regulation capacity. New policy approaches are required which take
account of the linkages and interactions between land-use choices, water resources
and ecosystem services, and address them when considering governance
arrangements.},
keywords = {Flow regulation
Invasive plants
Fire severity
Water repellency
Flood risk
Land-use policy},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN995,
author = {Le, Manh-Hung and Kim, Hyunglok and Moon, Heewon and Zhang, Runze and
Lakshmi, Venkataraman and Nguyen, Luong-Bang},
title = {Assessment of drought conditions over Vietnam using standardized
precipitation evapotranspiration index, MERRA-2 re-analysis, and dynamic land
cover},
volume = {32},
pages = {100767},
abstract = {Study region Vietnam. Study focus In recent years Vietnam has
experienced historical drought events possibly affected by climate change, but the
analysis is challenging due to lack of necessary observations for monitoring
drought conditions. The goal of this study is to analyze the characteristics of
droughts over a 30-year period, using three spatial-resolution MERRA-2 datasets in
Vietnam. The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) was used as
an index for drought based on precipitation and temperature. We also estimated the
impacts of drought on agriculture using annual land cover datasets. New
hydrological insights for the regions Our results identified significant increasing
trends in precipitation in Northern Vietnam and decreasing trends in Southern
Vietnam. The increasing trends in temperature occurred mainly in Southern Vietnam.
These trends in rainfall and temperature resulted in an increasing trend in drought
frequency and severity in Southern Vietnam, especially in the South-Central Region
and the Mekong Delta. The comparison between the observed drought records and
modeled drought index demonstrated that the simulated drought conditions are better
at higher spatial resolution. The area under drought in agricultural lands
calculated using dynamic land-cover data sets resulted in a better agreement with
observed records. Our findings reveal the feasibility of using a model-based
drought index in data-sparse areas for long-term trend drought analysis, and for
practical applications of advanced re-analysis products in water resource
management.},
keywords = {Hydrology
Drought
MERRA-2
Trend analysis
Land cover},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN834,
author = {Leal Filho, Walter and Nagy, Gustavo J. and Setti, Andréia Faraoni
Freitas and Sharifi, Ayyoob and Donkor, Felix Kwabena and Batista, Karina and
Djekic, Ilija},
title = {Handling the impacts of climate change on soil biodiversity},
volume = {869},
pages = {161671},
abstract = {Land as a whole, and soil, in particular, plays a critical function
in the climate system. The various types of land use, especially agriculture and
forestry, account for nearly a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions. On the
other hand, the world's soil is under pressure from many factors, including climate
change and land use change. Increases in temperature, prolonged drought and floods
put pressure on the soil. In order to contribute to a better understanding of these
interactions, we conducted a review combining a narrative-focused approach,
selecting examples worldwide, and a bibliometric analysis (VosViewer software).
This review reports on a study that analyses how climate change and land use change
may negatively influence soil biodiversity and related services. It also outlines
some of the actions needed to increase the resilience of soil biodiversity in the
context of a changing climate. Some key findings are: 1) Well-managed soils are
critical for resilient production systems. 2) Integrated agricultural production
systems have gained prominence as climate-resilient production systems. 3)
Agricultural zoning may be a valuable tool in integrated systems to minimise the
effects of climate change. However, it is vital to continuously monitor
environmental variations so producers can be more prepared for climate change and
extreme events. Finally, adequate water management is essential for soil
functioning under climate change aggravating water scarcity. An intersectoral
approach between critical sectors facilitates comprehensive water management.},
keywords = {Global change, adaptation
Sustainability
Food production
Resilience
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN677,
author = {Lee, Changyeon},
title = {Quantifying effects of spatiotemporal changes of urban and green areas
on regional climate change: South Korean cities from the 1980s to the 2010s},
volume = {64},
pages = {127286},
abstract = {This study aims to quantify the effects of urban and green areas on
regional climate change using time-series analysis of land use and land cover
(LULC) for four decades starting from 1980 to 2019, obtained from the Ministry of
Environment in South Korea (2020), in South Korean cities. This study employs the
ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models to predict annually averaged
temperature and heatwave days in individual South Korean cities. The results show
that while the larger urban spaces have a statistically significant association
with higher annually averaged temperature and heatwave days, the larger green
spaces have a statistically significant association with lower annually averaged
temperature. The effects of urban and green areas on regional temperatures are
overestimated when it was not possible to differentiate between local and global
climate effects. Additionally, the impact of urban and green spaces on regional
temperature is more significant in highly populous cities (more than 1 million
inhabitants) than those with lower populations. Although urban areas have a
statistically significant association with annually averaged heatwave days, the
effect is marginal, but the random effects over time, such as global climate
change, are more significant. This study provides evidence for the impact of
spatiotemporal changes in urban and green areas on regional temperatures and
heatwave days. The findings suggest that policymakers should not expand urban
spaces, in addition to enlarging green areas, particularly in cities of more than 1
million inhabitants.},
keywords = {Regional climate change
Land use change
Temperature
Heatwave days
Urbanization
Green areas},
ISSN = {1618-8667},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN777,
author = {Lee, Changyeon},
title = {Quantifying effects of spatiotemporal changes of urban and green areas
on regional climate change: South Korean cities from the 1980s to the 2010s},
volume = {64},
pages = {127286},
abstract = {This study aims to quantify the effects of urban and green areas on
regional climate change using time-series analysis of land use and land cover
(LULC) for four decades starting from 1980 to 2019, obtained from the Ministry of
Environment in South Korea (2020), in South Korean cities. This study employs the
ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models to predict annually averaged
temperature and heatwave days in individual South Korean cities. The results show
that while the larger urban spaces have a statistically significant association
with higher annually averaged temperature and heatwave days, the larger green
spaces have a statistically significant association with lower annually averaged
temperature. The effects of urban and green areas on regional temperatures are
overestimated when it was not possible to differentiate between local and global
climate effects. Additionally, the impact of urban and green spaces on regional
temperature is more significant in highly populous cities (more than 1 million
inhabitants) than those with lower populations. Although urban areas have a
statistically significant association with annually averaged heatwave days, the
effect is marginal, but the random effects over time, such as global climate
change, are more significant. This study provides evidence for the impact of
spatiotemporal changes in urban and green areas on regional temperatures and
heatwave days. The findings suggest that policymakers should not expand urban
spaces, in addition to enlarging green areas, particularly in cities of more than 1
million inhabitants.},
keywords = {Regional climate change
Land use change
Temperature
Heatwave days
Urbanization
Green areas},
ISSN = {1618-8667},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN219,
author = {Lee, Ryun Jung},
title = {Vacant land, flood exposure, and urbanization: Examining land cover
change in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area},
volume = {209},
pages = {104047},
abstract = {The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metropolitan area is one of the fastest
growing areas in the U.S. As the urbanization process continues in DFW, existing
greenfields are being developed and more developments appear near floodplains. This
research examines the relationships between existing vacant land and the
urbanization process by analyzing the land cover change between 2011 and 2016 in
and around current floodplains in the DFW metro area. The major focus lies in three
questions: 1) are flood-prone areas in DFW more likely to experience new
development? 2) does existing vacant land in flood-prone areas bring new
development activities? and 3) is the urbanization process associated with
neighborhood change? Three logistic regression models were constructed to examine
if existing vacant land can predict new development activities – with subgroups of
different neighborhood socioeconomic status and by the level of flood hazard
exposure. The results suggest that, in the DFW area, floodable areas are
experiencing more development, and existing vacancies are a trigger only when
vacancies are not clustered and when flood exposure is low. A heterogeneous pattern
across different neighborhood profiles was found as areas with high flood exposure
are likely to experience more large-scale development activities only for the low-
income groups. This study suggests city planners pay attention to citywide vacant
properties as they could either predict or detour potential developments. At the
same time, areas with a close proximity to floodplains require more attention for
the neighborhood socioeconomic status than existing vacant land uses.},
Flood exposure
Vacant land
Neighborhood change
Resilience
Dallas-Fort Worth},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN319,
author = {Lee, Ryun Jung},
title = {Vacant land, flood exposure, and urbanization: Examining land cover
change in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area},
volume = {209},
pages = {104047},
abstract = {The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metropolitan area is one of the fastest
growing areas in the U.S. As the urbanization process continues in DFW, existing
greenfields are being developed and more developments appear near floodplains. This
research examines the relationships between existing vacant land and the
urbanization process by analyzing the land cover change between 2011 and 2016 in
and around current floodplains in the DFW metro area. The major focus lies in three
questions: 1) are flood-prone areas in DFW more likely to experience new
development? 2) does existing vacant land in flood-prone areas bring new
development activities? and 3) is the urbanization process associated with
neighborhood change? Three logistic regression models were constructed to examine
if existing vacant land can predict new development activities – with subgroups of
different neighborhood socioeconomic status and by the level of flood hazard
exposure. The results suggest that, in the DFW area, floodable areas are
experiencing more development, and existing vacancies are a trigger only when
vacancies are not clustered and when flood exposure is low. A heterogeneous pattern
across different neighborhood profiles was found as areas with high flood exposure
are likely to experience more large-scale development activities only for the low-
income groups. This study suggests city planners pay attention to citywide vacant
properties as they could either predict or detour potential developments. At the
same time, areas with a close proximity to floodplains require more attention for
the neighborhood socioeconomic status than existing vacant land uses.},
Flood exposure
Vacant land
Neighborhood change
Resilience
Dallas-Fort Worth},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1099,
author = {Lee, Siwoo and Yoo, Cheolhee and Im, Jungho and Cho, Dongjin and Lee,
Yeonsu and Bae, Dukwon},
title = {A hybrid machine learning approach to investigate the changing urban
thermal environment by dynamic land cover transformation: A case study of Suwon,
republic of Korea},
Geoinformation},
volume = {122},
pages = {103408},
abstract = {Urban thermal environment should be analyzed by considering the
dynamic structural changes as cities grow both horizontally and vertically. Local
Climate Zone (LCZ) scheme can describe built-up areas in detail, mainly based on
density and height; however, the low overall accuracy of LCZ urban classes (OAurb)
remains a notable limitation that requires improvement. This study proposes a
hybrid analytical method considering bidirectional urban expansion and low OAurb.
Temporal LCZ maps were constructed using a convolutional neural network to observe
the dynamic urban growth between 2004 and 2021 in Suwon, South Korea. Unlike
previous LCZ mapping studies, we utilized the additional information provided by
deep learning through softmax-based probability maps. Random forest-based
downscaling models were developed by combining various auxiliary variables related
to the Land Surface Temperature (LST) to observe the detailed surface energy flux.
A filtering method was then employed by eliminating areas where LCZs were
identified with a low confidence level using extracted probability maps. Finally,
thermal variability was investigated by overlaying the filtered LCZ maps and the
corresponding LST. The produced LCZ maps and spatially downscaled LSTs accurately
depicted dynamic urban form changes, with the LCZ maps exhibiting an average
overall accuracy of approximately 90% and downscaled LSTs showing an average
coefficient of determination of ∼ 0.9 and a root mean square error of 0.7 °C.
Thermal variability occurring due to structural transitions varied in magnitude
depending on the height and density of the buildings, while exhibiting a maximum
and minimum value of 2.8 °C and − 2.2 °C, respectively. By selecting reliably
classified areas, the proposed filtering method produced more rational results than
the original non-filtering method, resulting in higher variability from − 0.4 °C to
0.6 °C.},
keywords = {Urban climate
Local climate zone
Urban morphology
Thermal remote sensing
Machine learning},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN857,
author = {Lemanceau, P. and Creamer, R. and Griffiths, B. S.},
title = {Soil biodiversity and ecosystem functions across Europe: A transect
covering variations in bio-geographical zones, land use and soil properties},
volume = {97},
pages = {1-2},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN103,
author = {Li, Ang and Wu, Ying-zhen and Cao, Su-zhen},
title = {Effects of land use-land cover on soil water and salinity contents},
abstract = {Soil salinization due to inadequate land management is considered
one of the main threats to the sustainable development of agroecosystems in arid
and semiarid regions. Approximately 20% of irrigated areas in the word are
threatened by secondary soil salinization. To explore the influence of land use-
land cover (LULC) on soil water and salinity in those regions, farmland areas
planted with spring-sown wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) or alfalfa (Medicago sativa
L.), and bare land (CK) in the Qinwangchuan irrigated region of Gansu Province in
China were selected as the research objects. The characteristics of surface
vegetation (coverage, height, biomass), surface micro-environmental factors (light
intensity, soil temperature) and soil physicochemical properties (moisture and
salinity) were measured successively for four years, and their changes and
quantitative relationships were analyzed. The results showed that the coverage,
height, and biomass of surface vegetation (or stubble) under different LULCs in
spring and autumn were significantly different (p < 0.05) and ranked as follows:
alfalfa field > wheat field > bare land. With the increasing surface vegetation,
the surface light intensity and topsoil temperature at a depth of 5 cm indicated
decreasing trends; the water content in the 0–5-cm soil layer showed an increasing
trend, while that in the 0–40-cm layers displayed the opposite trend; the salinity
at depths of 0–5 and 0–40 cm indicated a decreasing trend. Correlation analysis
showed that there was a significant negative correlation between the vegetation
characteristics and the salinity in the 0–5- and 0–40-cm soil layers (p < 0.01),
while opposite correlations were observed between the vegetation characteristics
and the water content in the 0–5- and 0–40-cm soil layers. Regression analysis
showed that a 1% increase in vegetation coverage would decrease the salinity at
depths of 0–5 and 0–40 cm by 2.5 and 1.0 uS.cm−1, respectively. In summary,
farmland planted with spring-sown crops with short growth periods or abandoned in
semiarid and arid irrigated regions would gradually experience an increase in soil
salinity, whereas the planting of perennial alfalfa could inhibit and lessen soil
salt accumulation at depths of 0–5 and 0–40 cm, which is beneficial to improve the
soil quality. In addition, this study also revealed the change rule of soil salts
under different LULCs in semiarid regions, the fastest increasing stage of topsoil
salts, and the importance of surface vegetation and stubble cover in controlling
soil salinization.},
keywords = {Secondary soil salinization
Irrigation farmland
Land use-land cover
Alfalfa},
ISSN = {1872-2032},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN189,
author = {Li, Bowen and Yang, Zhifeng and Cai, Yanpeng and Xie, Yulei and Guo,
Hongjiang and Wang, Yongyang and Zhang, Pan and Li, Bo and Jia, Qunpo and Huang,
Yaping and Qi, Zixuan},
title = {Prediction and valuation of ecosystem service based on land use/land
cover change: A case study of the Pearl River Delta},
volume = {179},
pages = {106612},
abstract = {In recent decades, land use/land cover change caused by rapid
economic development has led to a sharp decline in the values of ecosystem service.
Based on the land use/land cover change images of the PRD in 1990, 2000, 2010 and
2020, the land use change was analyzed and the corresponding Ecosystem Service
Values (ESVs) were evaluated. In addition, a future land use simulation model was
developed to simulate multiple scenarios in 2030. The results show that the area of
construction land increased nearly 166.05% from 1990 to 2020, and the total ESVs
decreased by 11.20 billion yuan. The contribution order of the four types ecosystem
service to ESVs is regulating services > supporting services > provisioning
services > cultural services. Compared with 2020, the values of ecosystem service
of all the five scenarios shows a downward trend, and the order is the Ecological
protection scenario (EPS) > the Natural development Scenario (NDS) > the Carbon
neutral scenario (CNS) > the Production priority scenario (PPS) > the Economic
development scenario (EDS). The CNS may be the most suitable scenario for the PRD
region among the five scenarios.},
keywords = {Ecosystem service values
Scenario simulation
Future land use change
The Pearl River Delta},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1184,
author = {Li, Chang and Roy, Shouraseni Sen and Grant, Richard and Rhode-
Barbarigos, Landolf},
title = {Analysis of the spatial and temporal patterns in land use land cover in
Belize city from 1991 to 2021},
volume = {32},
pages = {101000},
abstract = {Urban theorists and planning researchers ignore small cities with
ports. Rectifying this neglect, we focus on Belize City. We assess the spatial and
temporal patterns of land use and cover changes, utilizing remote sensing analysis
and multiyear Landsat satellite images. Focusing on the contemporary period (1991-
present), we analyze the impacts of the rapid development of the Port of Belize and
its consequent effect on the expansion of the urban built environment of Belize
City. In addition to analyzing land use land cover changes, we calculated key
indices such as NDVI, NDBI, and LST in Belize City. Importantly, local-level
clustering of differences in NDBI and NDVI values is analyzed using LISA analysis.
Our results show that the urbanized area has increased in the past 30 years, with
corresponding reductions in the area under forest and water. Our analyses reveal
three distinctive periods of urban changes: 1991–2001, 2001–2011, and 2011–2021.
From 1991 to 2001 most of the urban expansion occurred along the Belize River.
Significant urban expansion from 2001 to 2011 is related to a private company
managing and developing the port, accelerating construction around the port.
Finally, from 2011 to 2021, the process of urban sprawl slowed, with only sporadic
new construction in the suburbs, due to the master planning at the port.
Nevertheless, masterplan implementation delays, numerous appeals, and weak
enforcement of regulations have not curbed unplanned urbanization.},
keywords = {Belize City
Land use
Landsat
NDVI
NDBI
LST},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN520,
author = {Li, Chaoyu and Hu, Hang-Wei and Chen, Qing-Lin and Yan, Zhen-Zhen and
Thi Nguyen, Bao-Anh and Chen, Deli and He, Ji-Zheng},
title = {Niche specialization of comammox Nitrospira clade A in terrestrial
ecosystems},
volume = {156},
pages = {108231},
abstract = {Comammox Nitrospira are a newly discovered group of nitrifying
prokaryotes and might be key contributors to nitrogen cycling in terrestrial
ecosystems. Their large-scale distribution patterns and the dominant environmental
factors shaping their ecological niches are not yet well documented. Here, we
investigated the biogeographic distribution of comammox Nitrospira over 4000 km in
eastern Australia and explored the niche specialization of individual comammox
Nitrospira phylotypes. Our results revealed that the abundance, richness and
community composition of comammox Nitrospira clade A were best predicted by mean
annual precipitation (MAP) among all the determined environmental parameters. We
identified four phylogenetic clusters of comammox Nitrospira: clade A.1, A.2.1,
A.2.2 and A.3. MAP was consistently the strongest factor correlated with the
relative abundances of the dominant clades, A.2.1 and A.3. MAP and other variables
including soil nitrate, mean annual temperature and total nitrogen showed
contrasting effects on the relative abundances of comammox Nitrospira clade A.2.1
and A.3, indicating their potential ecological niche differentiation in the soils.
Together, we found a broad distribution of comammox Nitrospira clade A, but not
clade B, in various terrestrial ecosystems across eastern Australia, and the
abundance and diversity of comammox Nitrospira clade A can be mainly predicted by
MAP among all the determined environmental parameters. These findings provide novel
evidence for the environmental adaptation and niche specialization of comammox
Nitrospira in the terrestrial ecosystems.},
keywords = {Comammox
Biogeographic distribution
Terrestrial ecosystem
Precipitation
Nitrification
Niche specialization},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1274,
author = {Li, Congcong and Li, Hongjun and Li, Jiazhen and Lei, Yuping and Li,
Chunqiang and Manevski, Kiril and Shen, Yanjun},
title = {Using NDVI percentiles to monitor real-time crop growth},
volume = {162},
pages = {357-363},
abstract = {The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a widely used
remote sensing indicator for crop growth monitoring, farmland management and crop
production prediction. Traditional monitoring methods that are based on the NDVI
difference (dNDVI) are sensitive to variations in the crop growth status in the
reference year and to the classification standard to obtain crop growth “grades”,
however, they are only applicable for the same crop area. To overcome this
limitation, this study developed a new approach that is based on crop NDVI
percentiles (pNDVI) for real-time monitoring of crop growth. The method utilizes
NDVI data for the same day in the past five years over the same region and is based
on crop distribution maps of these years, thereby creating a large sample of crop
NDVI. According to the lookup table for each NDVI and its percentile (P%), which
were retrieved from this sample, the current NDVI value is converted to its P and
used for real-time growth evaluation, and the P score indicates that the growth of
the crop at this pixel on the monitoring day is better than the P% of the crops for
the whole monitoring region over the last 5 years. This approach was applied and
validated for a representative agricultural region in the North China Plain (NCP),
and winter wheat was used as the test crop. The results were satisfactory, with a
significant and sound correlation between the scores that were obtained by the
pNDVI method and the sampled winter wheat aboveground biomass. The correlation was
higher for the pNDVI compared to dNDVI, although the correlation was significant
for both methods.},
keywords = {difference
Large sample
percentiles
Winter wheat},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN1110,
author = {Li, Dilong and Shen, Xin and Guan, Haiyan and Yu, Yongtao and Wang,
Hanyun and Zhang, Guo and Li, Jonathan and Li, Deren},
title = {AGFP-Net: Attentive geometric feature pyramid network for land cover
classification using airborne multispectral LiDAR data},
Geoinformation},
volume = {108},
pages = {102723},
abstract = {Accurate land cover (LC) classification plays an important role in
ecosystem protection, climate changes, and urban planning. The airborne
multispectral LiDAR data are increasingly used for high-resolution and accurate LC
classification tasks. However, most of the existing methods lack of the
comprehensive extraction of the spatial geometric structure features, and ignore
the fusion of multi-scale extracted features. In this paper, a point-wise deep
learning-based method is proposed for LC classification based on airborne
multispectral LiDAR data. We present a novel convolution operator to efficiently
extract the spatial geometric structure features, called attentive graph geometric
moments convolution (AGGM Convolution). Besides, to fuse the extracted multi-scale
features, we propose a feature up-sampling module and construct a feature pyramid
to integrate the features with different scales. The proposed method was evaluated
using multispectral LiDAR data acquired with an airborne Teledyne Optech Titan
system. In comparison with the previously developed state-of-the-art point cloud
segmentation models, the proposed method behaves superiorly with an overall
accuracy of 96.9% and a Kappa index of 0.950 on the test scenes. The quantitative
assessments demonstrate that the proposed method performs effectively and
efficiently in land cover classification tasks.},
Airborne multispectral LiDAR point clouds
Attention mechanism
Feature pyramid
Graph geometric moments convolution},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN130,
author = {Li, Jiasheng and Guo, Xiaomin and Chuai, Xiaowei and Xie, Fangjian and
Yang, Feng and Gao, Runyi and Ji, Xuepeng},
title = {Reexamine China’s terrestrial ecosystem carbon balance under land use-
type and climate change},
volume = {102},
pages = {105275},
abstract = {Land use and climate change can strongly affect the terrestrial
ecosystem carbon balance. However, there is a lack of clarity for existing studies
that investigate total carbon balance for China’s terrestrial carbon balance
(carbon storage and Net Ecosystem Productivity (NEP)). In this study, based on
large data and the improved NEP model, we examined land use and climate change
during 2000–2015 in China, calculated terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage change
caused by land use change, and carbon sink/source variation under climate change;
we found that during 2000–2015, 3.05 % of China’s land area had land use type
changes and caused 32.97 Tg of carbon storage loss, consisting of 10.4 Tg from
vegetation carbon storage and 22.57 Tg from soil organic carbon (SOC) loss. Built-
up land occupying ecological land was the most obvious land transfer type,
especially for grassland degeneration. Both temperature and precipitation showed
decreasing trends throughout China. Mean annual NEP showed a carbon sink value of
41.73 g C.m−2.yr−1, and the NEPs of carbon sinks were mostly distributed in South
and Midland China and partly in Northeast China. There were obvious regional
differences and the carbon balance showed that North China and Northwest China were
regions of net carbon sources. The other four regions were net carbon sinks. Land
use changes caused carbon storage loss in all regions, NEPs in North China and
Northwest China were carbon sources, while in the other regions were carbon sinks.
All NEPs exhibited an increasing trend during 2000–2015, except for Mid-South
China. Finally, according to regional carbon balance characters, different policy
implications were drawn which can serve for the formulation of territorial spatial
planning. Land exploitation should be limited and environmental conservation is
needed in North and Northwest China. The temperature in Southwest China has been
increasing continuously and merits attention. The control of built-up land
expansion in other regions should be strengthened.},
Net Ecosystem Productivity
Carbon balance
Land use change
Climate change},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1039,
author = {Li, Jiayi and Zhang, Ben and Huang, Xin},
title = {A hierarchical category structure based convolutional recurrent neural
network (HCS-ConvRNN) for Land-Cover classification using dense MODIS Time-Series
data},
Geoinformation},
volume = {108},
pages = {102744},
abstract = {Hierarchical classification of land cover can be used to describe
the Earth’s surface with different scales and properties. However, existing studies
have rarely considered hierarchical information for land-cover classification, and
have ignored dependencies in the hierarchical structure. In this study, we propose
a hierarchical category structure-based convolutional recurrent neural network
(HCS-ConvRNN). The HCS-ConvRNN method constrains the input through the leaf node of
the hierarchical structure based input layer, and then constructs the dependencies
among different layers in a top-down manner, in order to classify the pixels into
the most relevant classes in a layer-by-layer manner. A total of 219 Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images of China from 2015 to 2017, at
a 5-day interval, were used in the reported experiments. It is shown that: 1) the
results of HCS-ConvRNN have rich spatial details; 2) the accuracy at each level of
HCS-ConvRNN is better than that of MOD12Q1; and 3) generally HCS-ConvRNN can obtain
a better classification performance than other networks such as the convolutional
neural network (CNN) and gated recurrent unit (GRU). In summary, the proposed HCS-
ConvRNN method can effectively achieve hierarchical land cover classification, and
has the potential for accurate land cover classification at a large scale.},
keywords = {Land-cover classification
Hierarchical classification
Convolutional recurrent neural network
Time series
MODIS},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN668,
author = {Li, K. Y. and Coe, M. T. and Ramankutty, N. and Jong, R. De},
title = {Modeling the hydrological impact of land-use change in West Africa},
volume = {337},
number = {3},
pages = {258-268},
abstract = {Summary Numerical simulations of idealized deforestation and
overgrazing are performed for the Niger and Lake Chad basins of West Africa with a
terrestrial ecosystem model IBIS (integrated biosphere simulator) and an aquatic
transport model THMB (terrestrial hydrology model with biogeochemistry). The study
reveals how land use changes affect hydrological regimes at the watershed scale.
The results show that tropical forests, due to being situated in the regions of
highest rainfall and exerting strong influence on evapotranspiration, have a
disproportionately large impact on the water balance of the entire basin. Total
deforestation (clearcutting) increases the simulated runoff ratio from 0.15 to
0.44, and the annual streamflow by 35–65%, depending on location in the basin,
although forests occupy only a small portion (<5%) of the total basin area.
Complete removal of grassland and savanna, which occupy much greater areas of the
basins, result in an increase in simulated annual streamflow by 33–91%. The
numerical simulations indicate that the hydrological response to progressive land
cover change is non-linear and exhibits a threshold effect. There is no significant
impact on the water yield and river discharge when the deforestation (thinning)
percentage is below 50% or the overgrazing percentage below 70% for savanna and 80%
for grassland areas; however, the water yield is increased dramatically when land
cover change exceeds these thresholds. This threshold effect is a combined result
of the non-linearity of the separate response of transpiration and soil and canopy
evaporation to the imposed land cover changes.},
keywords = {Sahel
Runoff
Discharge
Model studies
Vegetation},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN768,
author = {Li, K. Y. and Coe, M. T. and Ramankutty, N. and Jong, R. De},
title = {Modeling the hydrological impact of land-use change in West Africa},
volume = {337},
number = {3},
pages = {258-268},
abstract = {Summary Numerical simulations of idealized deforestation and
overgrazing are performed for the Niger and Lake Chad basins of West Africa with a
terrestrial ecosystem model IBIS (integrated biosphere simulator) and an aquatic
transport model THMB (terrestrial hydrology model with biogeochemistry). The study
reveals how land use changes affect hydrological regimes at the watershed scale.
The results show that tropical forests, due to being situated in the regions of
highest rainfall and exerting strong influence on evapotranspiration, have a
disproportionately large impact on the water balance of the entire basin. Total
deforestation (clearcutting) increases the simulated runoff ratio from 0.15 to
0.44, and the annual streamflow by 35–65%, depending on location in the basin,
although forests occupy only a small portion (<5%) of the total basin area.
Complete removal of grassland and savanna, which occupy much greater areas of the
basins, result in an increase in simulated annual streamflow by 33–91%. The
numerical simulations indicate that the hydrological response to progressive land
cover change is non-linear and exhibits a threshold effect. There is no significant
impact on the water yield and river discharge when the deforestation (thinning)
percentage is below 50% or the overgrazing percentage below 70% for savanna and 80%
for grassland areas; however, the water yield is increased dramatically when land
cover change exceeds these thresholds. This threshold effect is a combined result
of the non-linearity of the separate response of transpiration and soil and canopy
evaporation to the imposed land cover changes.},
keywords = {Sahel
Runoff
Discharge
Model studies
Vegetation},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN23,
author = {Li, Kun-Ji and Liu, Xiao-Fei and Zhang, Jin-Hong and Zhou, Xiong-Li
and Yang, Liu and Shen, Shi-Kang},
title = {Complexity responses of Rhododendron species to climate change in China
reveal their urgent need for protection},
journal = {Forest Ecosystems},
volume = {10},
pages = {100124},
abstract = {Global climate change has been widely recognized as important
factors that threaten biodiversity. Rhododendron species are not only famous woody
ornamental plants worldwide but are also indispensable components in alpine and
subalpine vegetation in southwest China. However, the geographical distribution
ranges response of this broad taxonomic group to future climate change remains not
be fully understood. Herein, we studied the impact of climate change on the
distribution of Rhododendron species in China by predicting the changes in their
suitable habitats, centroid, and species richness under three climate change
scenarios (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5) in the 2090s. The species richness
changes of Rhododendrons along altitude were also evaluated. In addition, we
calculated the phylogenetic signals of distribution response to climate change. We
found that the distribution responses of Rhododendron to climate change have weak
phylogenetic signals. In the 2090s, the suitable habitats of about 87% of
Rhododendron species will be reduced, 77% of Rhododendron species are manifested as
northward migration. The high species richness of Rhododendrons tends to migrate to
transboundary areas with high altitudes in China. Some Rhododendron species with no
concern previously should be taken seriously for their high risk of habitat loss
under climate change. Thus, the urgent protection of Rhododendron species under
climate change need to be paid more attention than previous acknowledged. We
recommend carrying out the reintroduction of endangered species in future suitable
habitat, strengthening the protection of transboundary areas with high species
richness, and focusing on species with few concerns previously.},
keywords = {Rescue
Woody plant
Alpine ecosystem
Mountaintop
Diversity},
ISSN = {2197-5620},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fecs.2023.100124},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN993,
author = {Li, Le and Gou, Mengmeng and Wang, Na and Ma, Wei and Xiao, Wenfa and
Liu, Changfu and La, Lumeng},
title = {Landscape configuration mediates hydrology and nonpoint source
pollution under climate change and agricultural expansion},
volume = {129},
pages = {107959},
abstract = {Climate variability and landscape modifications directly influence
watershed hydrology and processes of nonpoint source pollution, while remedial
action requires distinguishing their effects. However, nonlinearity and multiple
causality limit our ability to diagnose causes. Therefore, this study developed an
approach that integrates hydrological modeling, random forests, regression trees,
and variation partitioning analysis, to identify the effects of climate and
landscape pattern changes upon runoff and nitrate loading in two typical watersheds
in the Three Gorges Reservoir area of China. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool
(SWAT) was used to track the spatiotemporal dynamics of runoff and nitrate loading
(2000–2015). The findings showed that drylands and orchards were the dominant
sources of nitrate and baseflow was the key mode of nitrate transport. Water yield
and baseflow were mainly influenced by precipitation change, while the surface
runoff and nitrate load were affected primarily by landscape pattern changes,
especially in the wet season. Although ecological restoration programs have
improved forest cover and forest fragmentation, the effects of forest restoration
on the reduction of surface runoff and nitrate at the watershed scale have been
offset by increased precipitation and agricultural expansion. Nevertheless, the
role of landscape configuration is so dramatic that it can override variation in
nitrate losses driven by changes in land cover and precipitation. Effective control
of nitrate loss under intensive ecological restoration can be achieved by using a
mosaic of “sink” patches to divide larger areas of cropland into smaller patches,
maintaining cropland fragmentation, and limiting the increase in edge density of
cropland. This paper’s proposed and implemented approach provides a new
understanding of the interactions and nonlinear relationship between hydrological
processes and environmental change, providing explicit ideas and useful insights
for landscape planners and managers for improving eco-hydrological functions of
watershed at the practical level. We emphasize that the impact of land use change
cannot be assumed to be linear in restoration strategies, instead nonlinear
impacts, clear details of landscape configuration, and seasonal climatic
characteristics should be explicitly considered.},
keywords = {Landscape pattern
Climate change
Hydrology
Nonpoint source pollution
“Source” landscape fragmentation
SWAT},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1041,
author = {Li, Long and Zhan, Wenfeng and Ju, Weimin and Peñuelas, Josep and Zhu,
Zaichun and Peng, Shushi and Zhu, Xiaolin and Liu, Zihan and Zhou, Yuyu and Li,
Jiufeng and Lai, Jiameng and Huang, Fan and Yin, Gaofei and Fu, Yongshuo and Li,
Manchun and Yu, Chao},
title = {Competition between biogeochemical drivers and land-cover changes
determines urban greening or browning},
volume = {287},
pages = {113481},
abstract = {Urban vegetation, a harbinger of future global vegetation change, is
controlled by complex urban environments. The urban-rural gradient in vegetation
greenness trends and their responses to biogeochemical drivers (e.g. elevated
atmospheric CO2 concentration and climate warming) and land-cover changes, however,
remain unclear. Here we used satellite-derived enhanced vegetation index to examine
the greenness trends for 1500-plus cities in China for 2000–2019. We developed a
conceptual framework to differentiate between the contributions of four key drivers
to the greenness trends: two biogeochemical drivers, a background biogeochemical
driver (BBD) and an urban biogeochemical driver (UBD), and two drivers of land-
cover changes, urban expansion or densification (UED) and urban green recovery
(UGR). We find that the greening trends gradually decreased from urban cores to
urban new towns and then to browning trends in urban fringes. The significant
greening in urban cores was mainly contributed by BBD (25.6%) and UBD (52.3%).
While the minor greening in urban new towns was contributed by both BBD (33.1%) and
UBD (24.1%) and weakened by UED (−39.7%). The UED (−64.4%) dominated the browning
in urban fringes. These results suggest that biogeochemical drivers and land-cover
changes jointly regulated the urban-rural gradient in greenness trends, which
contributes to the assessment of future global vegetation change driven by complex
environmental changes.},
Vegetation greenness trend
Urban-rural gradients
Urban effect
Vegetation index},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN497,
author = {Li, Luqian and Xu, Erqi},
title = {Scenario analysis and relative importance indicators for combined
impact of climate and land-use change on annual ecosystem services in the Karst
mountainous region},
volume = {147},
pages = {109991},
abstract = {Land use and climate change are important factors that help in
driving changes in ecosystem services (ES); understanding the mechanisms behind the
changes is critical to enhance ecosystem functions. However, the high degree of
topographic heterogeneity in Karst mountainous leads to uncertainty in the spatial
and temporal differences in their combined effects on ESs. To solve this problem,
this study measured four ESs, the grain production (GP), carbon sequestration (CS),
water conservation (WC), and soil retention (SR), taking the Qiangui Karst
mountains as a case study area. The relative importance and combined effect indices
were established to analyze the relative importance and interactions of year-by-
year land use and climate change on ESs based on two scales of full-pixel and a
simultaneous change in land use and climate. The results show a fluctuating trend
of an increase in ES from 2010 to 2020, where both of them had positive and
negative effects on ES fluctuation within different years. Generally, land-use
change inhibited GP and enhanced other ESs, and they are facilitated by climate
change. The ESs of the entire study area were mainly affected by the climate
change; climate change had a stronger influence than land use on ESs in 80% of the
pixels. When only the land use and climate change pixels were considered, SR was
mainly influenced by climate change. The remaining ESs were mainly influenced by
land-use change, but their contributions showed significant interannual
differences. Their combined effect is dominated by trade-offs for GP and
synergistic effects for the other ESs, with 50–75% of the areas dominated by
synergistic effects. The study shows that analysis of the year-by-year spatial and
temporal dynamics of ESs and their influencing factors provided more information,
guiding the identification of hotspots with synergistic impact as the future
priority of ecological conservation.},
Climate change
Land-use change
Karst
Synergistic},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN841,
author = {Li, Qiao and Guo, Jian-ying and Zhang, Han and Zhao, Meng-xin},
title = {The competition between Bidens pilosa and Setaria viridis alters soil
microbial composition and soil ecological function},
abstract = {Bidens pilosa is recognized as one of the major invasive plants in
China. Its invasion has been associated with significant losses in agriculture,
forestry, husbandry, and biodiversity. Soil ecosystems play an important role in
alien plant invasion. Microorganisms within the soil act as intermediaries between
plants and soil ecological functions, playing a role in regulating soil enzyme
activities and nutrient dynamics. Understanding the interactions between invasive
plants, soil microorganisms, and soil ecological processes is vital for managing
and mitigating the impacts of invasive species on the environment. In this study,
we conducted a systematic analysis focusing on Bidens pilosa and Setaria viridis, a
common native companion plant in the invaded area. To simulate the invasion process
of B. pilosa, we constructed homogeneous plots consisting of B. pilosa and S.
viridis grown separately as monocultures, as well as in mixtures. The rhizosphere
and bulk soils were collected from the alien plant B. pilosa and the native plant
S. viridis. In order to focus on the soil ecological functional mechanisms that
contribute to the successful invasion of B. pilosa, we analyzed the effects of B.
pilosa on the composition of soil microbial communities and soil ecological
functions. The results showed that the biomass of B. pilosa increased by 27.51% and
that of S. viridis was significantly reduced by 66.56%. The organic matter contents
in the bulk and rhizosphere soils of B. pilosa were approximately 1.30 times those
in the native plant soils. The TN and NO3- contents in the rhizosphere soil of B.
pilosa were 1.30 to 2.71 times those in the native plant soils. The activities of
acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, and urease in the rhizosphere soil of B.
pilosa were 1.98–2.25 times higher than in the native plant soils. Using high-
throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, we found that B. pilosa altered the
composition of the soil microbial community. Specifically, many genera in
Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria were enriched in B. pilosa soils. Further
correlation analyses verified that these genera had significantly positive
relationships with soil nutrients and enzyme activities. Plant biomass, soil pH,
and the contents of organic matter, TN, NO3-, TP, AP, TK, and AK were the main
factors affecting soil microbial communities. This study showed that the invasion
of B. pilosa led to significant alterations in the composition of the soil
microbial communities. These changes were closely linked to modifications in plant
traits as well as soil physical and chemical properties. Some microbial species
related to C, N and P cycling were enriched in the soil invaded by B. pilosa. These
findings provide additional support for the hypothesis of soil-microbe feedback in
the successful invasion of alien plants. They also offer insights into the
ecological mechanism by which soil microbes contribute to the successful invasion
of B. pilosa. Overall, our research contributes to a better understanding of the
complex interactions between invasive plants, soil microbial communities, and
ecosystem dynamics.},
keywords = {plant invasion
soil microbial composition
soil properties
soil enzyme activities},
ISSN = {2095-3119},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2023.07.025},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN424,
author = {Li, Ruopu and Guan, Qingfeng and Merchant, James},
title = {A geospatial modeling framework for assessing biofuels-related land-use
and land-cover change},
volume = {161},
pages = {17-26},
abstract = {With the increasing biofuel demands in recent years, the cultivated
lands for biofuel crops, i.e., corn and soybeans, the major sources of ethanol and
biodiesel, have been greatly expanding in the northern Great Plains states of the
United States. Simulating the spatio-temporal dynamics of biofuel croplands can
provide critical information required for assessing the impacts of land-use change
on wildlife conservation and water quality. But, yearly agricultural practices such
as crop rotations often complicate the spatially explicit modeling of specific
crops’ expansion. Our research focused on developing a geospatial modeling
framework that is able to distinguish long-term, regional changes in croplands from
short-term, local fluctuations (such as rotations), using geographic information
systems (GIS) and the land transformation model (LTM). The USDA Cropland Data
Layers (CDLs) of North Dakota for 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2011 were
spatially and temporally aggregated to generate a series of biofuel cropland maps.
The historical cropland data for 1999/2000 and 2004/2005, together with a
collection of environmental factors (i.e., topography, soil fertility, and
climate), were used to calibrate the neural network embedded in the LTM. Validation
analysis was then conducted by simulating the biofuel cropland change during the
period of 2004/2005–2010/2011 using the calibrated LTM and comparing the simulation
result with the observed change for the same time period, resulting in 6.3%
allocation disagreement (0% quantity disagreement) and 27.4% figure of merit.
Future forecast for 2020 showed that biofuel croplands would be expanding
northwestward from southeastern North Dakota.},
keywords = {Land-use and land-cover change (LULCC)
Land transformation model (LTM)
Corn
Soybeans
Biofuels
Biofuel crops
North Dakota},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN510,
author = {Li, Saibo and He, Shaoyang},
title = {The variation of net primary productivity and underlying mechanisms
vary under different drought stress in Central Asia from 1990 to 2020},
volume = {314},
pages = {108767},
abstract = {The variation in net primary productivity (NPP) and its controlling
factors are crucial for understanding the mechanisms that maintain terrestrial
ecosystem under ongoing climate and land cover change. However, such knowledge is
still deficient in Central Asia where vegetation may be subjected to different
drought stress. To achieve this goal, our study quantitatively explored the NPP
variations and the mechanisms under different drought stress in Central Asia from
1990 to 2020 using Google Earth Engine with the Landsat datasets and environmental
data. And a new method was introduced using NPP model to distinguish climate NPP
(CNPP), and land cover NPP (LCNPP), affected by climate change, and land cover
change, respectively. The results showed that vegetation productivity exhibited an
increasing trend from 1990 to 2020, with the value of 473.61 Tg C and 522 Tg C in
1990 and 2020, respectively. The NPP in semi-arid, and dry sub-humid zones
respectively increased by 12.94% and 33.78%, while NPP change in arid zones was not
significant. The CNPP and LCNPP in Central Asia were -2.84×103 t C and 102.4×103 t
C, respectively. In particular, land cover change significantly accumulated
terrestrial productivity in the semi-arid zones, with the value of 66.44×103 t C.
Climate conditions in arid and dry sub-humid zones respectively contributed
1.85×103 t C and 0.7×103 t C, but led to a decrease of 5.39×103 t C in dry sub-
humid zones. NPP change in Central Asia was more sensitive to precipitation
(R=0.72) than to temperature (R=-0.06) and solar radiation (R=-0.44). Additionally,
the major limiting conditions in arid, and semi-arid zones both were precipitation,
while the temperature was the key factor for vegetation growth in dry sub-humid
ecosystems. In general, the impact of land cover change on vegetation productivity
was higher than that of climate variations in Central Asia between 1990 and 2020.},
keywords = {Net primary productivity (NPP)
Spatiotemporal variation
Driving mechanism
Drought stress
Central Asia},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN820,
author = {Li, Sinan and Zhu, Congmou and Lin, Yue and Dong, Baiyu and Chen,
Binjie and Si, Bo and Li, Yongjun and Deng, Xiaodong and Gan, Muye and Zhang, Jing
and Wang, Ke},
title = {Conflicts between agricultural and ecological functions and their
driving mechanisms in agroforestry ecotone areas from the perspective of land use
functions},
journal = {Journal of Cleaner Production},
volume = {317},
pages = {128453},
abstract = {In the context of ecological civilization and food security,
identifying and easing conflicts between agricultural and ecological functions are
crucial for managing and optimizing territorial space patterns. However, exploring
driving mechanisms for conflict changes is relatively rare, and the attention for
conflicts between agricultural and ecological functions in the agroforestry ecotone
area is limited. Taking Hangzhou, a typical agroforestry ecotone area as an
example, this study included resident behavior factors to construct a multi-
criteria evaluation system for assessing agricultural and ecological functions
during 2000–2019, and probed their conflicts by using an empirical model.
Geographic detector model was applied to explore driving factors associated with
conflict changes and effects of their interactions on conflict changes. The results
showed that agricultural function was strong in the northeastern plain areas and
weak in the southwestern mountains areas, and ecological function was opposite to
it. Conflict between agricultural and ecological functions became strengthened
during 2000–2019. The stronger conflict area had high contiguous degree in the
southwestern mountains areas in 2000–2010, and it was mainly distributed in the
northern hilly areas and northeastern plain areas in 2010–2019. Among twelve
driving factors, ecological protection red line had the greatest impact on conflict
changes in 2000 and 2010, and rural settlement density was strongest in 2019.
Interaction relationships of all driving factors were bivariate enhanced or
nonlinear enhanced. The interaction effect of ecological protection red line and
basic farmland protection red line in 2000 was greatest, while that of ecological
protection red line and rural settlement density in 2010 and 2019 was the greatest
one. This study provides a reference for mitigating conflicts between agricultural
and ecological functions in the agroforestry ecotone area and similar areas, and
further promotes the coordinated development of territorial space.},
keywords = {Conflicts
Land use functions
Driving mechanisms
Geographic detector model
Agroforestry ecotone area},
ISSN = {0959-6526},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128453},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN831,
author = {Li, Tong and Cui, Lizhen and Xu, Zhihong and Liu, Hongdou and Cui,
Xiaoyong and Fantke, Peter},
title = {Micro- and nanoplastics in soil: Linking sources to damage on soil
ecosystem services in life cycle assessment},
volume = {904},
pages = {166925},
abstract = {Soil ecosystems are crucial for providing vital ecosystem services
(ES), and are increasingly pressured by the intensification and expansion of human
activities, leading to potentially harmful consequences for their related ES
provision. Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs), associated with releases from various
human activities, have become prevalent in various soil ecosystems and pose a
global threat. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a tool for evaluating environmental
performance of product and technology life cycles, has yet to adequately include
MNPs-related damage to soil ES, owing to factors like uncertainties in MNPs
environmental fate and ecotoxicological effects, and characterizing related damage
on soil species loss, functional diversity, and ES. This study aims to address this
gap by providing as a first step an overview of the current understanding of MNPs
in soil ecosystems and proposing a conceptual approach to link MNPs impacts to soil
ES damage. We find that MNPs pervade soil ecosystems worldwide, introduced through
various pathways, including wastewater discharge, urban runoff, atmospheric
deposition, and degradation of larger plastic debris. MNPs can inflict a range of
ecotoxicity effects on soil species, including physical harm, chemical toxicity,
and pollutants bioaccumulation. Methods to translate these impacts into damage on
ES are under development and typically focus on discrete, yet not fully integrated
aspects along the impact-to-damage pathway. We propose a conceptual framework for
linking different MNPs effects on soil organisms to damage on soil species loss,
functional diversity loss and loss of ES, and elaborate on each link. Proposed
underlying approaches include the Threshold Indicator Taxa Analysis (TITAN) for
translating ecotoxicological effects associated with MNPs into quantitative
measures of soil species diversity damage; trait-based approaches for linking soil
species loss to functional diversity loss; and ecological networks and Bayesian
Belief Networks for linking functional diversity loss to soil ES damage. With the
proposed conceptual framework, our study constitutes a starting point for including
the characterization of MNPs-related damage on soil ES in LCA.},
keywords = {Soil ecosystem
Soil organisms
Soil health
Damage modeling
Life cycle impact assessment
Biodiversity loss},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN678,
author = {Li, Wenwen and Jia, Shengnan and He, Wei and Raza, Sajjad and
Zamanian, Kazem and Zhao, Xiaoning},
title = {Analysis of the consequences of land-use changes and soil types on
organic carbon storage in the Tarim River Basin from 2000 to 2020},
volume = {327},
pages = {107824},
abstract = {With fast development of industry and agriculture in last two
decades, land use changed greatly on specific soil types of intrinsic low quality
with C loss potential and necessitates avoiding. Although researchers studied the
effect of land-use changes on soil carbon storage, that on some soil types had
rarely been reported, which led to relatively more C loss. We explored the impact
of land-use changes and soil types on soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in
the top 30 cm in the Tarim River Basin (the second largest inland river in the
world) from 2000 to 2020. The land-use images with a one-kilometer spatial
resolution and soil data from the Harmonized World Soil Database were analysed. The
groundwater levels were monitored by 11 wells along the river from 2012 to 2017.
Land-use changes were dominated by increases in the areas of cultivated land (1843–
4099 km2) and woodland (5055–5433 km2) and decreases in grassland area ( 19076–
12634 km2). The increase in cultivated land area was acquired from grassland (54%),
woodland (32%) and unused land (14%), which was dominated by Phaeozems, Solonchaks
and Fluvisols (84%). The converted land use to woodland was dominated by Fluvisols,
Phaeozems, Arenosols and Solonchaks (98%). The converted land use from grassland to
other land-use types was dominated by Arenosols, Fluvisols and Phaeozems (85%). The
SOC was reduced by 9.83 Tg (+8.04 in cultivated land, +0.06 in woodland, −17.93 in
grassland). The SOC stock change efficiency (SOCE kg C m−2) was SOC change divided
by area change. The increase in SOC (Tg) of cultivated land was 5.04 from grassland
(SOCE 3.76) and 2.9 from woodland (SOCE 3.68). The SOC of woodland increased by
8.66 Tg at cost of losing grassland (SOCE 3.35). Moreover, land-use changes
affected local ecological environment. The cultivated land along the river
increased 298 km2, and the desertification advanced towards oasis by decreasing
950 km2 of grassland in transition zone. The average groundwater table increased in
the upstream (−3.12 to −2.33 m) and midstream regions (−1.84 to −1.71 m) monthly
from 2012 to 2017 and in the downstream region (−7 to −2.84 m) annually from 2009
to 2017. This was attributed to expanded cultivated land and salt-washing
cultivation on Solonchaks. In conclusion, the land-use conversion from grassland to
woodland and cultivated land, mainly for Fluvisols, Phaeozems and Solonchaks,
caused negative SOC storage, especially in riverbanks and oasis-desert transition
zones facing climate change.},
keywords = {Soil organic carbon storage
Land-use changes
Soil types
Groundwater
Tarim River Basin
Oasis-desert transition zone},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN778,
author = {Li, Wenwen and Jia, Shengnan and He, Wei and Raza, Sajjad and
Zamanian, Kazem and Zhao, Xiaoning},
title = {Analysis of the consequences of land-use changes and soil types on
organic carbon storage in the Tarim River Basin from 2000 to 2020},
volume = {327},
pages = {107824},
abstract = {With fast development of industry and agriculture in last two
decades, land use changed greatly on specific soil types of intrinsic low quality
with C loss potential and necessitates avoiding. Although researchers studied the
effect of land-use changes on soil carbon storage, that on some soil types had
rarely been reported, which led to relatively more C loss. We explored the impact
of land-use changes and soil types on soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in
the top 30 cm in the Tarim River Basin (the second largest inland river in the
world) from 2000 to 2020. The land-use images with a one-kilometer spatial
resolution and soil data from the Harmonized World Soil Database were analysed. The
groundwater levels were monitored by 11 wells along the river from 2012 to 2017.
Land-use changes were dominated by increases in the areas of cultivated land (1843–
4099 km2) and woodland (5055–5433 km2) and decreases in grassland area ( 19076–
12634 km2). The increase in cultivated land area was acquired from grassland (54%),
woodland (32%) and unused land (14%), which was dominated by Phaeozems, Solonchaks
and Fluvisols (84%). The converted land use to woodland was dominated by Fluvisols,
Phaeozems, Arenosols and Solonchaks (98%). The converted land use from grassland to
other land-use types was dominated by Arenosols, Fluvisols and Phaeozems (85%). The
SOC was reduced by 9.83 Tg (+8.04 in cultivated land, +0.06 in woodland, −17.93 in
grassland). The SOC stock change efficiency (SOCE kg C m−2) was SOC change divided
by area change. The increase in SOC (Tg) of cultivated land was 5.04 from grassland
(SOCE 3.76) and 2.9 from woodland (SOCE 3.68). The SOC of woodland increased by
8.66 Tg at cost of losing grassland (SOCE 3.35). Moreover, land-use changes
affected local ecological environment. The cultivated land along the river
increased 298 km2, and the desertification advanced towards oasis by decreasing
950 km2 of grassland in transition zone. The average groundwater table increased in
the upstream (−3.12 to −2.33 m) and midstream regions (−1.84 to −1.71 m) monthly
from 2012 to 2017 and in the downstream region (−7 to −2.84 m) annually from 2009
to 2017. This was attributed to expanded cultivated land and salt-washing
cultivation on Solonchaks. In conclusion, the land-use conversion from grassland to
woodland and cultivated land, mainly for Fluvisols, Phaeozems and Solonchaks,
caused negative SOC storage, especially in riverbanks and oasis-desert transition
zones facing climate change.},
keywords = {Soil organic carbon storage
Land-use changes
Soil types
Groundwater
Tarim River Basin
Oasis-desert transition zone},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN974,
author = {Li, Xianglan and Liang, Shunlin and Yu, Guirui and Yuan, Wenping and
Cheng, Xiao and Xia, Jiangzhou and Zhao, Tianbao and Feng, Jinming and Ma, Zhuguo
and Ma, Mingguo and Liu, Shaomin and Chen, Jiquan and Shao, Changliang and Li,
Shenggong and Zhang, Xudong and Zhang, Zhiqiang and Chen, Shiping and Ohta, Takeshi
and Varlagin, Andrej and Miyata, Akira and Takagi, Kentaro and Saiqusa, Nobuko and
Kato, Tomomichi},
title = {Estimation of gross primary production over the terrestrial ecosystems
in China},
volume = {261-262},
pages = {80-92},
abstract = {Gross primary production (GPP) is of significant importance for the
terrestrial carbon budget and climate change, but large uncertainties in the
regional estimation of GPP still remain over the terrestrial ecosystems in China.
Eddy covariance (EC) flux towers measure continuous ecosystem-level exchange of
carbon dioxide (CO2) and provide a promising way to estimate GPP. We used the
measurements from 32 EC sites to examine the performance of a light use efficiency
model (i.e., EC-LUE) at various ecosystem types, including 23 sites in China and 9
sites in adjacent areas with the similar climate environments. No significant
systematic error was found in the EC-LUE model predictions, which explained 79% and
62% of the GPP variation at the validation sites with C3 and C4 vegetation,
respectively. Regional patterns of GPP at a spatial resolution of 10km×10km from
2000 to 2009 were determined using the MERRA (Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for
Research and Applications) reanalysis dataset and MODIS (MODerate resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer). China's terrestrial GPP decreased from southeast toward
the northwest, with the highest values occurring over tropical forests areas, and
the lowest values in dry regions. The annual GPP of land in China varied between
5.63PgC and 6.39PgC, with a mean value of 6.04PgC, which accounted for 4.90–6.29%
of the world's total terrestrial GPP. The GPP densities of most vegetation types in
China such as evergreen needleleaf forests, deciduous needleleaf forests, mixed
forests, woody savannas, and permanent wetlands were much higher than the
respective global GPP densities. However, a high proportion of sparsely vegetated
area in China resulted in the overall low GPP. The inter-annual variability in GPP
was significantly influenced by air temperature (R2=0.66, P<0.05), precipitation
(R2=0.71, P<0.05), and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) (R2=0.83,
P<0.05), respectively.},
keywords = {EC-LUE model
Gross primary production
Eddy covariance
MODIS
MERRA},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN1068,
author = {Li, Xiaodong and Ling, Feng and Du, Yun and Feng, Qi and Zhang,
Yihang},
title = {A spatial–temporal Hopfield neural network approach for super-
resolution land cover mapping with multi-temporal different resolution remotely
sensed images},
volume = {93},
pages = {76-87},
abstract = {The mixed pixel problem affects the extraction of land cover
information from remotely sensed images. Super-resolution mapping (SRM) can produce
land cover maps with a finer spatial resolution than the remotely sensed images,
and reduce the mixed pixel problem to some extent. Traditional SRMs solely adopt a
single coarse-resolution image as input. Uncertainty always exists in resultant
fine-resolution land cover maps, due to the lack of information about detailed land
cover spatial patterns. The development of remote sensing technology has enabled
the storage of a great amount of fine spatial resolution remotely sensed images.
These data can provide fine-resolution land cover spatial information and are
promising in reducing the SRM uncertainty. This paper presents a spatial–temporal
Hopfield neural network (STHNN) based SRM, by employing both a current coarse-
resolution image and a previous fine-resolution land cover map as input. STHNN
considers the spatial information, as well as the temporal information of sub-pixel
pairs by distinguishing the unchanged, decreased and increased land cover fractions
in each coarse-resolution pixel, and uses different rules in labeling these sub-
pixels. The proposed STHNN method was tested using synthetic images with different
class fraction errors and real Landsat images, by comparing with pixel-based
classification method and several popular SRM methods including pixel-swapping
algorithm, Hopfield neural network based method and sub-pixel land cover change
mapping method. Results show that STHNN outperforms pixel-based classification
method, pixel-swapping algorithm and Hopfield neural network based model in most
cases. The weight parameters of different STHNN spatial constraints, temporal
constraints and fraction constraint have important functions in the STHNN
performance. The heterogeneity degree of the previous map and the fraction images
errors affect the STHNN accuracy, and can be served as guidances of selecting the
optimal STHNN weight parameters.},
Mapping
Change detection
Multitemporal
Super-resolution mapping
Hopfield neural network},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN508,
author = {Li, Xiaojian and Peterson, Jim and Liu, Gang-Jun and Qian, Lexiang},
title = {Assessing regional sustainability: the case of land use and land cover
change in the middle Yiluo catchment of the Yellow River basin, China},
volume = {21},
number = {1},
pages = {87-106},
abstract = {Land use in long-settled areas outside zones especially affected by
climatic change and not much or long subject to rapid economic development can be
shown to reflect sustainable practice. The research reported here used terrain
characteristics of such areas (over five land-use types) to establish a benchmark
framework for assessing land-use suitability. The paper shows that such a framework
can be used to assess the degree of sustainability of land-use changes, the latter
being identified by analysis of time-lapse (1996–9) Landsat Thematic Mapper data.
The assessment framework comprises a hybrid physically/statistically based model,
suitable for deployment in sustainability assessment requiring comparatively fine
spatial resolution.},
keywords = {China
Yellow River},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2001},
}
@article{RN823,
author = {Li, Xin and Qiao, Lei and Huang, Yaping and Li, Dongchu and Xu,
Minggang and Ge, Tida and Meersmans, Jeroen and Zhang, Wenju},
title = {Manuring improves soil health by sustaining multifunction at relatively
high levels in subtropical area},
volume = {353},
pages = {108539},
abstract = {As an effective field management practice for better crop
productivity, fertilization showed profound impacts on soil health by altering soil
chemical, physical, and biological processes. But, how soil health and related
ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) respond to long-term fertilization remains
unclear. In this study, based on a 29-year field experiment, we evaluated soil
health and EMF under chemical fertilization versus manure application. Long-term
manure application maintained soil pH, significantly increased water-stable
aggregate, total and available nutrients, microbial biomass and community
(bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes, etc.), and enzyme activities compared with
treatments under chemical fertilizers. Edaphic factors of soil organic carbon
(SOC), available phosphorous (AP), fungi, cation exchange capacity, and clay
content were identified as key indicators of soil health evaluation by network
analysis. The soil health indices (SHIs) of chemical fertilizer treatments were 39–
52% lower than that of natural vegetation recovery, with carbon and nutrient
cycling, soil biodiversity maintenance, and productivity at low ecosystem function
levels. Manure application enhanced soil health by 150–196% compared to
unfertilized control by improving SOC, P availability, and sustaining ecosystem
functions with carbon and nutrient cycling, soil biodiversity maintenance,
buffering and filtering capacity, and productivity at relatively high ecosystem
function levels. The individual functions of carbon and nutrient cycling, physical
structure stability, and productivity illustrated sensitive responses to the
increase in soil health, while inherent soil functions of buffering and filtering
capacity and soil biodiversity maintenance were only correlated with high soil
health. Manuring improved soil functions and soil health simultaneously, indicating
a synergistic relationship. Our findings highlight the significance of manure
application to improve soil health and sustain functions in intensive agricultural
systems.},
Minimum data set
Ecosystem multifunctionality
Long-term fertilization},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1023,
author = {Li, Xin and Qiao, Lei and Huang, Yaping and Li, Dongchu and Xu,
Minggang and Ge, Tida and Meersmans, Jeroen and Zhang, Wenju},
title = {Manuring improves soil health by sustaining multifunction at relatively
high levels in subtropical area},
volume = {353},
pages = {108539},
abstract = {As an effective field management practice for better crop
productivity, fertilization showed profound impacts on soil health by altering soil
chemical, physical, and biological processes. But, how soil health and related
ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) respond to long-term fertilization remains
unclear. In this study, based on a 29-year field experiment, we evaluated soil
health and EMF under chemical fertilization versus manure application. Long-term
manure application maintained soil pH, significantly increased water-stable
aggregate, total and available nutrients, microbial biomass and community
(bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes, etc.), and enzyme activities compared with
treatments under chemical fertilizers. Edaphic factors of soil organic carbon
(SOC), available phosphorous (AP), fungi, cation exchange capacity, and clay
content were identified as key indicators of soil health evaluation by network
analysis. The soil health indices (SHIs) of chemical fertilizer treatments were 39–
52% lower than that of natural vegetation recovery, with carbon and nutrient
cycling, soil biodiversity maintenance, and productivity at low ecosystem function
levels. Manure application enhanced soil health by 150–196% compared to
unfertilized control by improving SOC, P availability, and sustaining ecosystem
functions with carbon and nutrient cycling, soil biodiversity maintenance,
buffering and filtering capacity, and productivity at relatively high ecosystem
function levels. The individual functions of carbon and nutrient cycling, physical
structure stability, and productivity illustrated sensitive responses to the
increase in soil health, while inherent soil functions of buffering and filtering
capacity and soil biodiversity maintenance were only correlated with high soil
health. Manuring improved soil functions and soil health simultaneously, indicating
a synergistic relationship. Our findings highlight the significance of manure
application to improve soil health and sustain functions in intensive agricultural
systems.},
Minimum data set
Ecosystem multifunctionality
Long-term fertilization},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1192,
author = {Li, Xing and Xiao, Jingfeng},
title = {Global climatic controls on interannual variability of ecosystem
productivity: Similarities and differences inferred from solar-induced chlorophyll
fluorescence and enhanced vegetation index},
volume = {288-289},
pages = {108018},
abstract = {Assessing how climate factors regulate the interannual variability
(IAV) of ecosystem productivity globally is crucial for understanding the
ecosystem-climate interactions and carbon-climate feedbacks under a changing
climate. However, our understanding of global climatic controls on the IAV of
ecosystem productivity has been limited by the lack of direct measurements of
ecosystem productivity at the global scale. We used a long-term, fine-resolution
solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) product (GOSIF) derived from SIF
soundings measured by the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) to investigate how
climatic factors drive the IAV of global ecosystem productivity. We also examined
how the results derived from SIF differed from those based on a satellite-derived
measure of vegetation greenness and productivity - the enhanced vegetation index
(EVI) derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). Both
productivity measures showed the dominant role of soil moisture in driving the IAV
of global ecosystem productivity, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas. SIF was
more sensitive to climate variability than was EVI. SIF was positively correlated
with solar radiation in the humid regions, while no significant correlations were
found between EVI and solar radiation. The stronger correlation of SIF with climate
factors was also observed at the ecosystem level based on a number of eddy
covariance flux sites, indicating that SIF had a higher ability in capturing the
variations of gross primary productivity (GPP) than did EVI. The comparison between
SIF and EVI also highlighted the biome-specific (depending on the tree cover)
responses of ecosystem productivity to solar radiation under water stress. Our
findings explicitly reveal the global climatic controls on the IAV of ecosystem
productivity, and provide insight into the mechanistic differences between SIF and
vegetation indices in characterizing ecosystem productivity.},
keywords = {Climate drivers
Carbon cycle
Sun-induced fluorescence
Earth system model
Gross primary productivity
Drought},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN641,
author = {Li, Xuliang and Xu, Xuefeng and Tian, Wei and Tian, Jie and He,
Chansheng},
title = {Contribution of climate change and vegetation restoration to
interannual variability of evapotranspiration in the agro-pastoral ecotone in
northern China},
volume = {154},
pages = {110485},
abstract = {Evapotranspiration (ET) is a vital variable in the water and energy
cycles and significantly influenced by changing environmental conditions. However,
in the data-lacking agro-pastoral ecotone in northern China (APENC) that has
undergone warming and wetting climate trend and implemented a series of ecological
restoration projects (ERP), the effects of climate change and vegetation greening
on the magnitude, drivers, and mechanism of ET variations are not fully understood
yet. In this study, we evaluated nine commonly used ET products to determine the
most applicable one in the APENC based on the in-situ observations and water
balance method. Subsequently, the ET variation was examined and the contribution of
each factor to the ET change from 1982 to 2017 was quantified. Results show that
the Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM) performed best and meets the
accuracy requirements for research in the APENC. Based on the GLEAM data, our
analysis reveals a notable increase in ET at a rate of 1.11 mm/y (p < 0.05).
Regions with a significant increase in ET are mainly concentrated in the middle and
southwest parts of the APENC, while a decreasing trend in ET is observed in the
northeast region. Contributory analysis showed that precipitation (PRE) and leaf
area index (LAI) were the dominant factors that controlled the ET variation,
whereas air temperature indirectly affected ET variation by promoting LAI growth
during 1982–2017. PRE dominated the variation of ET before the implementation of
ERP (1982–1999), while the positive contribution of LAI exceeded PRE since 2000 to
become the dominant factor. Our findings bridge the gap in ET research in the study
region and provide important information for water resource management and
ecological rehabilitation.},
GLEAM
Spatial-temporal variation
Climate change
Driving factors},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN741,
author = {Li, Xuliang and Xu, Xuefeng and Tian, Wei and Tian, Jie and He,
Chansheng},
title = {Contribution of climate change and vegetation restoration to
interannual variability of evapotranspiration in the agro-pastoral ecotone in
northern China},
volume = {154},
pages = {110485},
abstract = {Evapotranspiration (ET) is a vital variable in the water and energy
cycles and significantly influenced by changing environmental conditions. However,
in the data-lacking agro-pastoral ecotone in northern China (APENC) that has
undergone warming and wetting climate trend and implemented a series of ecological
restoration projects (ERP), the effects of climate change and vegetation greening
on the magnitude, drivers, and mechanism of ET variations are not fully understood
yet. In this study, we evaluated nine commonly used ET products to determine the
most applicable one in the APENC based on the in-situ observations and water
balance method. Subsequently, the ET variation was examined and the contribution of
each factor to the ET change from 1982 to 2017 was quantified. Results show that
the Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM) performed best and meets the
accuracy requirements for research in the APENC. Based on the GLEAM data, our
analysis reveals a notable increase in ET at a rate of 1.11 mm/y (p < 0.05).
Regions with a significant increase in ET are mainly concentrated in the middle and
southwest parts of the APENC, while a decreasing trend in ET is observed in the
northeast region. Contributory analysis showed that precipitation (PRE) and leaf
area index (LAI) were the dominant factors that controlled the ET variation,
whereas air temperature indirectly affected ET variation by promoting LAI growth
during 1982–2017. PRE dominated the variation of ET before the implementation of
ERP (1982–1999), while the positive contribution of LAI exceeded PRE since 2000 to
become the dominant factor. Our findings bridge the gap in ET research in the study
region and provide important information for water resource management and
ecological rehabilitation.},
GLEAM
Spatial-temporal variation
Climate change
Driving factors},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN79,
author = {Li, Xuqing and Li, Fei and Wang, Dan and Hou, Jianfeng and Wang,
Zhihui and Cao, Rui and Yang, Wanqin},
title = {Zonal patterns and driving factors of soil organic carbon density in
Zhejiang Province, China},
volume = {34},
pages = {e00679},
abstract = {The complex topography and intensive land use and land cover change
(LUCC) might shift the spatial pattern of soil organic carbon (SOC) density.
However, the effects of LUCC caused by development on the distribution and driving
factors of SOC density remain unclear. As one of the most developed regions in
China, Zhejiang Province has experienced intensive land use change and has various
vegetation types, making it an ideal location to analyse the zonal pattern and
driving factors of SOC density in terrestrial ecosystems. To do that, a dataset was
built with data collected from existing literature. The average SOC density in
Zhejiang Province was 69.75 Mg ha−1, ranging widely from 6.44 to 301.90 Mg ha−1
depending on land and vegetation types. We found that forests had the highest mean
SOC density (78.30 Mg ha−1), while cropland had the lowest (45.69 Mg ha−1).
Meanwhile, the SOC density of unmanaged land was significantly higher than that of
managed land (P < 0.001). Additionally, SOC density varied greatly with longitude
and altitude, showing a decreasing zonal pattern from west to east and from high to
low altitude. The RF model indicated that vegetation type, stand age, mean annual
temperature (MAT), soil pH, and mean annual precipitation (MAP) were the five most
important factors affecting SOC density in this area, but the effects differed
between managed and unmanaged lands. These results aid with understanding the
dynamics of SOC pools in terrestrial ecosystems and inform policy-making to
mitigate global climate change. These findings provide valuable insights into the
dynamics of SOC pools in terrestrial ecosystems, enabling more effective
policymaking to mitigate the impact of global climate change.},
keywords = {Soil organic carbon density
Carbon stock
Random Forest model},
ISSN = {2352-0094},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1172,
author = {Li, Yansheng and Zhou, Yuhan and Zhang, Yongjun and Zhong, Liheng and
Wang, Jian and Chen, Jingdong},
title = {DKDFN: Domain Knowledge-Guided deep collaborative fusion network for
multimodal unitemporal remote sensing land cover classification},
volume = {186},
pages = {170-189},
abstract = {Land use and land cover maps provide fundamental information that
has been used in different types of studies, ranging from public health to carbon
cycling. However, the existing remote sensing image classification methods thus far
suffer from the insufficient usage of multiple modalities, underconsideration of
prior domain knowledge, and poor performance on minority classes. To alleviate
these problems, we propose a novel domain knowledge-guided deep collaborative
fusion network (DKDFN) with performance boosting for minority categories for land
cover classification. More specifically, the DKDFN adopts a multihead encoder and a
multibranch decoder structure. The architecture of the encoder probablizes
sufficient mining of complementary information from multiple modalities, which are
Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1, and SRTM Digital Elevation Data (SRTM) in our case. The
multibranch decoder enables land cover classification in a multitask learning
setup, performing semantic segmentation and reconstructing multimodal remote
sensing indices, which are selected as representatives of domain knowledge. This
design incorporates domain knowledge in an effective end-to-end manner. The
training stage of our DKDFN is supervised by our proposed asymmetry loss function
(ALF), which boosts performance on nearly all categories, especially the categories
with a low frequency of occurrence. Ablation studies of the network suggest that
our design logic is worth testing in any network with an encoder-decoder structure.
The study is conducted in Hunan, China and is verified using a self-labeled
multimodal unitemporal remote sensing image dataset. The comparative experiments
between DKDFN and 6 state-of-the-art models (U-Net, SegNet, PSPNet, DeepLab, HRNet,
MP-ResNet) testify to the superiority of our method and suggest its potential to be
applied more widely to map land cover in other geographical areas given the
availability of Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1, and SRTM data. The dataset can be
downloaded by https://github.com/LauraChow/HunanMultimodalDataset.},
Deep collaborative network
Domain knowledge incorporation
Multimodal unitemporal remote sensing},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN824,
author = {Li, Yuntao and Gao, Yan and Chen, Wei and Zhang, Weiguo and Lu, Xin},
title = {Shifts in bacterial diversity, interactions and microbial elemental
cycling genes under cadmium contamination in paddy soil: Implications for altered
ecological function},
journal = {Journal of Hazardous Materials},
volume = {461},
pages = {132544},
abstract = {Cadmium (Cd) contamination has become an emergent environmental
issue in agroecosystems worldwide. The impacts of Cd on microbial community and
their ecological functional remain unrevealed. This study investigated the response
of bacterial community and microbial ecological functions to Cd contamination in
paddy soil of East China. Bacterial diversity and community structure significantly
changed under Cd contamination. Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria were identified as
biomarkers to indicate Cd contamination. The overall elemental cycling genes
abundance was negatively correlated to soil Cd content. Acetyl-CoA synthesis,
organic N mineralization, N fixation and nitrous reduction genes were especially
sensitive to elevated Cd stress, resulting in loss of microbial derived soil C and
N pool and increase in N2O emission potential. Bacteria interactions were sparser
yet more competitive under Cd contamination. Cd resistant genera Massilia,
Burkholderia, Streptomyces and Methylobacterium were essential to bacterial
interactions via building connections with non-resistant species. Microbial Cd
immobilization potential by urea hydrolysis was enhanced under Cd contamination,
with Massilia being the keystone functional taxa involved in this process. Our
study elucidated the ecological risks of altered microbial functions under Cd
contamination in paddy soil, as well as the significance of Cd resistant bacteria
to microbial community and ecological functionality.},
keywords = {Cd contamination
Bacterial community
Bacterial interactions
Elemental cycling genes
Cd resistant bacteria},
ISSN = {0304-3894},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132544},
year = {2024},
}
@article{RN569,
author = {Li, Yuzhen and Xu, Yajing and Zhang, Wenqiang and Zhuang, Qingwei and
Zhang, Yue and Cai, Peng},
title = {Carbon and water fluxes are more sensitive to drought than heat in
terrestrial ecosystems in China},
volume = {603},
pages = {127177},
abstract = {Climate variables such as heat and drought are generally regarded as
the main factors regulating carbon, water, and energy fluxes (i.e., net radiation
(Rn), latent flux (LE), and sensible heat fluxes (H)) in terrestrial ecosystems.
Heat and drought stress occur more frequently in conditions of higher temperatures
and more extreme hydrological cycles. Our research focuses on the joint analysis of
both energy partitioning and temperature and evaporative fraction
(EF = LE/(LE + H)) anomalies to reveal the responses of carbon and water fluxes to
climate anomalies in terrestrial ecosystems with different plant functional types
(PFTs) and in different climate zones in China. In this study, eddy covariance (EC)
data were used to evaluate differences in Bowen ratio (β = H/LE) values and energy
partitioning (H/Rn and LE/Rn) among different sites, PFTs, and climate zones.
Energy exchange in the studied ecosystems was characterized by high values of β
(mean values of 0.98, 0.88, and 0.91 among the different sites, PFTs, and climate
zones, respectively), high LE/Rn ratios (mean values of 0.42, 0.45, and 0.43,
respectively) and low H/Rn ratios (mean values of 0.32, 0.29, and 0.31,
respectively). Furthermore, to evaluate the sensitivity of carbon and water fluxes
in ecosystems in China to anomalies in temperature and water availability, a series
of heat and drought sensitivity indices based on the daily temperature and
evaporation fraction were developed. The responses of gross primary productivity
(GPP) and evapotranspiration (ET) in different PFTs to temperature and EF anomalies
were quantified. The results suggest that in terrestrial ecosystems in China,
carbon and water fluxes are more sensitive to drought than to heat. Our study
recommends that validated sensitivity indicators should play a vital role in
quantifying the response of ecosystem carbon and water fluxes to climate
anomalies.},
keywords = {Eddy covariance
Energy partitioning
Evaporative fraction
Carbon and water fluxes sensitivity},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1103,
author = {Li, Zhaoling and Bagan, Hasi and Yamagata, Yoshiki},
title = {Analysis of spatiotemporal land cover changes in Inner Mongolia using
self-organizing map neural network and grid cells method},
volume = {636},
pages = {1180-1191},
abstract = {Land use has changed dramatically in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region because of rapid economic growth and human disturbances. However, little
information is available about the medium- and long-term land use changes in this
region. The effects of ecological recovery policies have also been evaluated
rarely. In this study, we employed the self-organizing map neural network method to
identify the land cover changes in Inner Mongolia between 2000 and 2014. MOD13Q1,
Landsat, and DMSP/OLS night-time light data were used as the data resources. The
dynamic change map was characterized using the grid cell method. The results showed
that urban area of Inner Mongolia increased by more than five times during the 15-
year study period, while the mining area also increased. In addition, 35.3% of the
farmland was changed into grassland, which may have been caused by the “Grain to
Green” policy. The most significant environmental issue in Inner Mongolia is the
loss of wetland. >40% of the wetland was converted into other land use types
between 2000 and 2014. Grassland increased by 6.05%, but areas of open water and
woodland remained about the same. In terms of the geographical distribution,
cropland increased in the eastern and middle parts of the region. The
transformation from wetland to grassland mainly occurred in the north. Grassland
degradation occurred in the west. Thus, environmental policy has resulted in some
ecological improvements in Inner Mongolia. However, new environmental problems
associated with rapid economic development should be addressed in a timely
manner.},
keywords = {Grid cell
Inner Mongolia
MODIS
Self-organizing map},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.361},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN535,
author = {Li, Zhehao and Wang, Yimin and Zhang, Hongbo and Chang, Jianxia and
Yu, Yinghao},
title = {Runoff response to changing environment in Loess Plateau, China:
Implications of the influence of climate, land use/land cover, and water withdrawal
changes},
volume = {613},
pages = {128458},
abstract = {The influence of climate change and human interference bring high
nonstationary characteristics that are different from the original long-term stable
state. So that, investigating runoff variation and attribution under changing
environments is important for implementing adaptive management of global water
resources, especially on the interannual scale. In this study, the attribution of
measured runoff change in the Wuding River Basin (WRB) of the Loess Plateau, China,
was studied using the elasticity method based on the Budyko framework and
groundwater storage change analysis on an interannual scale. The change in the
measured runoff driven factors was divided into three categories: climate change,
human-induced land use/land cover (HI-LULC) change, and water withdrawal change.
The results show that the contribution rate of climate change was the largest (with
the mean value 54.07%), followed by the HI-LULC change (with the mean value
43.85%), and the minimum is WW change (with the mean value 2.08%). Climate change
had a maximum contribution to runoff change, of which precipitation was dominant,
followed by relative humidity, net radiation, and wind speed; air temperature had a
minimal impact. In addition, the ecological change tendency was analyzed by
combining HI-LULC and NDVI data. The analysis results of ecological change tendency
indicate that the policy implementation of soil and water erosion control caused
the ecological restoration to some extent, but also led to a decrease in runoff.
This study provides scientific and useful information for the conservation of water
and soil, runoff prediction, and sustainable water resource management in the WRB,
and enriches the knowledge of contribution analysis of runoff variation which can
be referenced by other basins across the globe.},
keywords = {Attribution analysis
Budyko framework
Climatic elasticities
Water withdrawal
Loess Plateau},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1265,
author = {Li, Zhenwang and Ding, Lei and Xu, Dawei},
title = {Exploring the potential role of environmental and multi-source
satellite data in crop yield prediction across Northeast China},
volume = {815},
pages = {152880},
abstract = {Developing an accurate crop yield predicting system at a large scale
is of paramount importance for agricultural resource management and global food
security. Earth observation provides a unique source of information to monitor
crops from a diversity of spectral ranges. However, the integrated use of these
data and their values in crop yield prediction is still understudied. Here we
proposed the combination of environmental data (climate, soil, geography, and
topography) with multiple satellite data (optical-based vegetation indices, solar-
induced fluorescence (SIF), land surface temperature (LST), and microwave
vegetation optical depth (VOD)) into the framework to estimate crop yield for
maize, rice, and soybean in northeast China, and their unique value and relative
influence on yield prediction was assessed. Two linear regression methods, three
machine learning (ML) methods, and one ML ensemble model were adopted to build
yield prediction models. Results showed that the individual ML methods outperformed
the linear regression methods, the ML ensemble model further improved the single ML
models. Moreover, models with more inputs achieved better performance, the
combination of satellite data with environmental data, which explained 72%, 69%,
and 57% of maize, rice, and soybean yield variability, respectively, demonstrated
higher yield prediction performance than individual inputs. While satellite data
contributed to crop yield prediction mainly at the early-peak of the growing
season, climate data offered extra information mainly at the peak-late season. We
also found that the combined use of EVI, LST and SIF has improved the model
accuracy compared to the benchmark EVI model. However, the optical-based vegetation
indices shared similar information and did not provide much extra information
beyond EVI. The within-season yield forecasting showed that crop yields can be
satisfactorily forecasted at two to three months prior to harvest. Geography,
topography, VOD, EVI, soil hydraulic and nutrient parameters are more important for
crop yield prediction.},
keywords = {Crop yield
Multi-source satellite data
Environmental data
Yield prediction
Machine learning},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1243,
author = {Li, Zhongfei and Li, Xiaobing and Wei, Dandan and Xu, Xu and Wang,
Hong},
title = {An assessment of correlation on MODIS-NDVI and EVI with natural
vegetation coverage in Northern Hebei Province, China},
journal = {Procedia Environmental Sciences},
volume = {2},
pages = {964-969},
abstract = {Regional vegetation cover plays an important role in modeling
ecosystem change and conservation. In this study, MODIS-NDVI (Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index) and EVI (Enhanced Vegetation Index) image of 32 days composite
were made in August 2008. 39 samples of grassland, 40 samples of shrub and 55
samples of forest were established in Northern Hebei Province in August 2008. The
MODIS image we used was taken in the same period as the time of filed sampling. The
MODIS-NDVI and EVI values of field samples were extracted from MODIS image. The
optimal regression equation was developed between the NDVI values and the
vegetation cover of field samples in grassland, shrub and forest respectively. The
similar process was conducted for EVI values. The simulation precision of the
equation was tested by independent field data. Lastly, the predictive validity of
natural vegetation cover by using NDVI and EVI values was compared and assessed.
The results show that all selected optimal regression equation pass significance
testing of 0.05. As for forest, shrub and grassland, the coefficient Correlation
(R2) of selected optimal regression equations based on NDVI values is higher than
that based on EVI(from 0.488 to 0.644), and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) based on NDVI
values is lower (from 0.0617 to 0.0916) than that based on EVI values. There is a
conclusion that MODIS-NDVI are more correlation with field data of vegetation cover
and have obvious advantages for predicting natural vegetation coverage than MODIS-
EVI in our study area.},
keywords = {MODIS
NDVI
EVI
Vegetation Coverage
Correlation
Regression},
ISSN = {1878-0296},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2010.10.108},
year = {2010},
}
@article{RN1228,
author = {Li, Zhuo and Lun, Fei and Liu, Ming and Xiao, Xiao and Wang, Chongyang
and Wang, Linlin and Xu, Yueqing and Qi, Wei and Sun, Danfeng},
title = {Rapid diagnosis of agricultural soil health: A novel soil health index
based on natural soil productivity and human management},
volume = {277},
pages = {111402},
abstract = {It has become increasingly important to consider its productivity
for agricultural soil health assessment. Moreover, one of the main challenges is
that there are still few studies on addressing the complex dynamics of soil health
assessment by the rapid and cross-regional method. Thus, we proposed a novel
conceptual model to evaluate agricultural soil health in order to highlight the
synergy and interaction of natural soil productivity and its external inputs;
besides, the new proposed soil health index (SHI) can be used to rapidly quantify
their influences of soil productivity on soil health assessment, based on the 10-
day normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time series data. We applied the
principal component analysis (PCA) to transform NDVI profiles into responses of
crop primary productivity due to different drivers. The results demonstrated that
soil productivity in our study area can be identified for different cropping
systems by the PCA method; and different principle components (PCs) for the same
cropping system can also be used to estimate contributions of natural soil
productivity and human management productivity. The SHI indicator, defined by the
equation of (PC1-PC2)/(PC1+PC2), was used to explore soil health in our study area.
We found that soil in the orchard system was relatively healthier than that in
other two cropping systems, indicating the natural soil productivity presented more
contributions than that from external inputs. We concluded that it is useful to
apply the SHI indicator into soil health assessment, especially considering the
local natural situation and human management practices.},
Soil productivity
NDVI time Series
Principal component analysis},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1164,
author = {Li, Zhuohong and Zhang, Hongyan and Lu, Fangxiao and Xue, Ruoyao and
Yang, Guangyi and Zhang, Liangpei},
title = {Breaking the resolution barrier: A low-to-high network for large-scale
high-resolution land-cover mapping using low-resolution labels},
volume = {192},
pages = {244-267},
abstract = {Large-scale high-resolution land-cover mapping is a way to
comprehend the Earth’s surface and resolve the ecological and resource challenges
facing humanity. High-resolution (≤1 m) remotely sensed images can now be captured
more easily, with wider coverage, as sensors and satellites develop. Nevertheless,
the synchronous renewal of land-cover maps is still challenging when using the
common land-cover mapping methods, due to the requirement for high-resolution land-
cover labels. Abundant low-resolution (∼30 m) land-cover products are available for
use as alternative label sources, but the resolution gap between these products and
the growing volume of high-resolution imagery is a barrier yet to be overcome. In
this paper, to break through this obstacle, we propose a low-to-high network
(L2HNet) to automatically generate high-resolution land-cover maps from high-
resolution images by taking only low-resolution land-cover products as the training
labels, thus getting rid of the requirement for finely labeled samples during the
large-scale map updating process. Firstly, to obtain the mapping results with rich
details, we propose a resolution-preserving (RP) backbone that contains parallel
multi-scale convolutional layers for extracting the high-resolution features from
the images. Furthermore, to settle the label noise issue caused by the mismatched
resolution, a confident area selection (CAS) module and a low-to-high (L2H) loss
function, with weak and unsupervised strategies, are designed for obtaining
reliable supervision information from the coarse labels. The experimental results
obtained for six administrative states located in the Chesapeake Bay watershed of
the United States show that L2HNet outperforms several of the state-of-the-art
methods and the mainstream land-cover mapping methods in creating 1-m resolution
land-cover maps by taking 30-m resolution land-cover products as training labels.
As a further application, L2HNet was also adopted to produce the first 1-m
resolution land-cover map with level II classification hierarchy for the entire
state of Maryland in the United States, which covers an area of about 33,872 km2.
The land-cover map of Maryland is publicly available at
http://hipag.whu.edu.cn/L2HNet.html.},
keywords = {Multi-resolution
Land-cover mapping
Semantic segmentation
Low-to-high task},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1125,
author = {Li, Ziwei and Leong, Wei Ji and Durand, Michael and Howat, Ian and
Wadkowski, Kylie and Yadav, Bidhyananda and Moortgat, Joachim},
title = {Super-resolution deep neural networks for water classification from
free multispectral satellite imagery},
volume = {626},
pages = {130248},
abstract = {Recent years have seen rapid progress in the adoption of fully
convolutional neural networks (FCN) to classify optical satellite imagery, made
possible by a combination of new FCN architectures, next-generation GPUs, and
publicly available satellite imagery from, e.g., the Landsat and Sentinel missions.
These satellites offer repeat global coverage at intervals of only a few days at a
spatial resolution of ≥10 m, which is sufficient for some but not all applications
of interest. A smaller body of literature considers similar tools to classify
commercial satellite imagery that offer 1 – 2 orders of magnitude higher spatial
resolutions but with limited spatial and temporal coverage. In this work, we
develop a super-resolution FCN to achieve the best of both worlds: land cover
classification at commercial-level spatial resolutions but with the spatiotemporal
coverage of public satellite imagery. To do so, we label 1 – 2 m resolution
commercial imagery and use this as training data for super-resolution FCN. As a
specific application, we focus on the segmentation of rivers, with the goal of
tracking changes in reach-averaged river widths, depths, and discharges over time.
We present detailed performance analyses and demonstrate that, surprisingly, we
achieve ≳ 90% classification accuracy at meter-scale resolutions from free
Sentinel-2 imagery. We extensively validate our model through in situ USGS gage
data and ground-truth GPS tracing of river shorelines. By making our super-
resolution FCN codes and training weights publicly available, we hope that these
tools will be of use to the broader hydrology community and beyond, as the models
can be re-trained for other segmentation tasks.},
Hydrology
Rivers
Deep learning
Convolutional neural networks
Super-resolution},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN538,
author = {Liang, Youjia and Hashimoto, Shizuka and Liu, Lijun},
title = {Integrated assessment of land-use/land-cover dynamics on carbon storage
services in the Loess Plateau of China from 1995 to 2050},
volume = {120},
pages = {106939},
abstract = {Understanding the impacts of large-scale anthropogenic drivers on
spatiotemporal processes in carbon storage through land-use patterns is a growing
issue for the assessment of terrestrial ecosystems. However, an integrated
assessment of changes in carbon storage, entailing complex land-use and land-cover
(LULC) dynamics, remains a challenge. This study assessed the consequences of LULC
changes on regional carbon storage in the Loess Plateau from 1995 to 2050 by
integrating spatially explicit LULC and carbon models using multi-source data and
typical scenarios. A Markov-CA model was used to model past LULC dynamics, which
was followed by future projections under different LULC scenarios. Each scenario
represented different socio-economic trajectories, including historical trend,
ecological priority, and urban priority. The integrated valuation of the ecosystem
service and tradeoffs (InVEST) carbon storage model and statistical methods were
then used to assess spatiotemporal changes in the regional carbon storage
associated with LULC dynamics. The results indicated that the ecological priority
scenario could increase carbon storage by 11.36 Pg between 2015 and 2050. This is
due to an increase in the carbon storage capacity in grasslands, shrub forest, and
evergreen coniferous forest, indicating that ecological restoration could increase
carbon sequestration. This mitigates the carbon loss caused by the rapid expansion
of built-up land and fluctuations in cropland, which often takes place in the urban
priority and historical trend scenarios. In favor of targeting the northwestern and
central regions with socioeconomic benefits, grasslands and forests should be
further promoted in the Loess Plateau. The findings will help implement long-term
carbon sequestration strategies for ecosystem conservation.},
keywords = {Terrestrial carbon storage
LULC dynamic
Markov-CA model
InVEST model
Scenarios
Loess Plateau},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN408,
author = {Lima, André and Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire and Aragão, Luiz Eduardo
Oliveira e Cruz de and Feitas, Ramon Morais de and Adami, Marcos and Formaggio,
Antônio Roberto and Shimabukuro, Yosio Edemir},
title = {Land use and land cover changes determine the spatial relationship
between fire and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon},
volume = {34},
pages = {239-246},
abstract = {An increased frequency of droughts is predicted for the Amazon
rainforest in the 21st century, which, combined with deforestation, could
exacerbate fire occurrence in the region. There is ample evidence of the
association between fire use and deforestation in the land use and land cover
change (LULCC) processes occurring in the Amazon region, but there are no studies
on the actual spatial structuring and spatial association between these events. The
present study evaluates the existence of such relationships through the use of
remotely sensed data and spatial analysis techniques for an active deforestation
frontier covering portions of the states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso in the
Brazilian Amazon. A map of burn scars for the year 2005 was produced using a Linear
Spectral Mixture Model (LSMM) transformation of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM)
images, with subsequent unsupervised classification and manual editing. Annual and
aggregated maps of deforested areas up to 2005, produced by the Brazilian Amazon
Deforestation Estimation Project (PRODES), were also used. The amount of burn scar
occurrences inside both recent (2002–2005) and old (prior to 2002) deforested areas
was then determined, and the spatial structure of both variables was assessed using
Mantel tests for multiple aggregation scales. A partial Mantel test was also used
to test the spatial correlation between burn scars and deforested areas, accounting
for the existence of spatial structure. The results show that there is a
significant spatial association between recent deforestation and the occurrence of
fires. In addition, we identified a large amount of burned areas (∼55%) within
older deforested areas. These results highlight the following: 1) the direct role
of fire in the land use and land cover change processes in the Brazilian Amazon,
and 2) that fire also widely affects previously degraded vegetation, with
significant implications for current estimates of forest fire-associated
atmospheric carbon emission in the Amazon region.},
keywords = {Fire
Spatial analysis
Tropical rainforest
REDD},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN891,
author = {Lin, Lujian and He, Le and Hong, Hualong and Li, Hanyi and Xiao, Xilin
and Yuan, Bo and Liu, Shanle and Lu, Haoliang and Liu, Jingchun and Yan,
Chongling},
title = {Sequestration of strontium, nickel, and cadmium on glomalin-related
soil protein: Interfacial behaviors and ecological functions},
volume = {881},
pages = {163461},
abstract = {Glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) is a widespread recalcitrant
soil protein complex that promotes the immobilization of metals in soils. Herein,
we combined indoor simulation and field investigation to reveal the interfacial
behaviors and ecological functions of GRSP to the three typical metals (Sr(II),
Ni(II), and Cd(II)). The kinetic and isotherm data suggested that GRSP had a strong
ability to adsorb the metals, which was closely related to the Hard-Soft-Acid-Base
theory and the film diffusion mechanisms. Regarding environmental factors, the
higher solution pH was beneficial to the adsorption of the metals onto GRSP, while
the adsorption capacity decreased at lower or higher salinity due to the salting-
out and Na+ competition effects. Moreover, Sr(II), Ni(II), and Cd(II) showed
competitive adsorption onto GRSP, which was associated with the spatial site
resistance effect. By comparing the retention factors of seven natural and
artificial particles, GRSP had elevated distribution coefficients in high metal
concentration, while its retention factors showed a relatively lower decrease,
suggesting that GRSP had excellent buffer performance for a potential metal
pollution emergency. Through the continental-scale coastal regions investigation,
GRSP sequestered 1.05–3.11 μmol/g Ni, 0.31–1.49 μmol/g Sr, and 0.01–0.06 μmol/g Cd
with 0.54–0.91 % of the sediment mass, demonstrating its strong ability to adsorb
the metals. Therefore, we advocate that GRSP, as a recalcitrant protein complex,
can be considered an effective tool for buffering capacity of metal pollution and
environmental capacity within coastal wetlands.},
keywords = {Glomalin-related soil protein
Metal
Adsorption
Mangrove sediments
Ecological risks},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN138,
author = {Lin, Zhiqiang and Peng, Shuangyun},
title = {Comparison of multimodel simulations of land use and land cover change
considering integrated constraints - A case study of the Fuxian Lake basin},
volume = {142},
pages = {109254},
abstract = {The simulation and future prediction of spatial and temporal land
use and land cover change (LUCC) have long been the focus (and challenge) of
research on land use change and sustainable development. However, the existing
research lacks empirical comparisons among different simulation models under the
same conditions in the same region; hence, the most accurate simulation results
cannot be obtained through the optimal model. In this paper, taking the Fuxian Lake
basin as an example, the CA-Markov, FLUS, and PLUS models are adopted to explore
the optimal model for simulating LUCC in this basin by integrating restricted areas
of LUCC. This study shows the following. (1) The simulation results are more
accurate under the joint restrictions of open water, prohibited development zones
and ecological protection red lines than under a single restriction. (2) All three
models can simulate the LUCC in the Fuxian Lake basin. Among these models, the PLUS
model has the highest simulation accuracy in simulating LUCC at the basin scale and
offers the best match of land types in terms of their quantity and spatial
distribution. (3) The PLUS model can accurately predict the changes of LULC in the
Fuxian Lake basin. The results of this study should help decision makers evaluate
land use development patterns and provide a reference for the formulation of
regional sustainable development policies.},
keywords = {Integrated restricted area
LUCC simulation
CA-Markov model
FLUS model
PLUS model
Fuxian Lake basin},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN301,
author = {Lindenmayer, David and Scheele, Ben C. and Lavery, Tyrone and Likens,
Gene E.},
title = {Biodiversity response to rapid successive land cover conversions in
human-dominated landscapes},
volume = {45},
pages = {e02510},
abstract = {Much of the world’s formerly “intact” land cover has been modified
by humans with major impacts on biodiversity. Extensive areas of already modified
land are now being subjected to yet further land cover conversions. Indeed, in many
places, land cover and land use are changing repeatedly and frequently. Here, we
use ecological theory to develop a new conceptual framework with associated
postulates about how biodiversity could respond to repeated and rapid changes in
land cover (over timespans of years to decades). Our framework focuses on five
drivers: (1) conversion completeness, (2) persistence of biological, chemical, and
physical legacies from previous land cover type to a new kind of cover, (3) number
of previous land cover conversions, (4) time elapsed since land cover change, and
(5) levels of contrast between the previous and new land cover. We predicted that
biodiversity responses to repeated conversions in human-generated land cover would
be a function of the main effects of these five drivers, as well as complex
interactions among them (e.g. each new land cover type may act as a filter for
species assemblages and interact in complex spatio-temporal ways with the previous
land cover). Biodiversity responses may therefore be species- and land cover type
specific, and not be readily predictable from insights provided by studies of
single landscape conversions from an intact to a human-dominated ecosystem.
Ignoring the impacts of successive land cover conversions on biodiversity could
lead to increased biodiversity loss with each land cover conversion. Therefore,
impact assessments are needed each time a new land cover conversion is proposed.
Policies and management actions need to focus on the maintenance and/or restoration
of remnant vegetation and other kinds of natural features (like large trees and
wetlands) with each land cover conversion.},
keywords = {Landscape change
Habitat fragmentation
Biological legacies
Legacy effects
Biotic lag effects
Ecological theory
Land use change
Landscape transformation
Recurrent human disturbances},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN401,
author = {Lindenmayer, David and Scheele, Ben C. and Lavery, Tyrone and Likens,
Gene E.},
title = {Biodiversity response to rapid successive land cover conversions in
human-dominated landscapes},
volume = {45},
pages = {e02510},
abstract = {Much of the world’s formerly “intact” land cover has been modified
by humans with major impacts on biodiversity. Extensive areas of already modified
land are now being subjected to yet further land cover conversions. Indeed, in many
places, land cover and land use are changing repeatedly and frequently. Here, we
use ecological theory to develop a new conceptual framework with associated
postulates about how biodiversity could respond to repeated and rapid changes in
land cover (over timespans of years to decades). Our framework focuses on five
drivers: (1) conversion completeness, (2) persistence of biological, chemical, and
physical legacies from previous land cover type to a new kind of cover, (3) number
of previous land cover conversions, (4) time elapsed since land cover change, and
(5) levels of contrast between the previous and new land cover. We predicted that
biodiversity responses to repeated conversions in human-generated land cover would
be a function of the main effects of these five drivers, as well as complex
interactions among them (e.g. each new land cover type may act as a filter for
species assemblages and interact in complex spatio-temporal ways with the previous
land cover). Biodiversity responses may therefore be species- and land cover type
specific, and not be readily predictable from insights provided by studies of
single landscape conversions from an intact to a human-dominated ecosystem.
Ignoring the impacts of successive land cover conversions on biodiversity could
lead to increased biodiversity loss with each land cover conversion. Therefore,
impact assessments are needed each time a new land cover conversion is proposed.
Policies and management actions need to focus on the maintenance and/or restoration
of remnant vegetation and other kinds of natural features (like large trees and
wetlands) with each land cover conversion.},
Biological legacies
Legacy effects
Biotic lag effects
Ecological theory
Land use change
Landscape transformation
Recurrent human disturbances},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN455,
author = {Lioubimtseva, E. and Cole, R. and Adams, J. M. and Kapustin, G.},
title = {Impacts of climate and land-cover changes in arid lands of Central
Asia},
volume = {62},
number = {2},
pages = {285-308},
abstract = {Despite the growing understanding of the global climate change,
great uncertainties exist in the prediction of responses of arid regions to global
and regional, natural and human-induced climate change. Meteorological data series
show a steady increase of annual and winter temperatures in Central Asia since the
beginning of the 20th century that might have a strong potential impact on the
region's natural ecosystems, agricultural crops, and human health. Analyses of the
NOAA AVHRR temporal series since the 1980s showed a decrease in aridity from 1991–
2000 compared to 1982–1990. While most climate models agree that the temperature in
arid Central Asia will increase by 1–2°C by 2030–2050, precipitation projections
vary from one model to another and projected changes in the aridity index for
different model runs show no consistent trend for this region. Local and regional
human impacts in arid zones can significantly modify surface albedo, as well as
water exchange and nutrient cycles that could have impacts on the climatic system
both at the regional and global scales.},
keywords = {Central Asia
Climate change
Land cover
Land use
Desert},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2005},
}
@article{RN330,
author = {Lippe, Melvin and Rummel, Lisa and Günter, Sven},
title = {Simulating land use and land cover change under contrasting levels of
policy enforcement and its spatially-explicit impact on tropical forest landscapes
in Ecuador},
volume = {119},
pages = {106207},
abstract = {This study simulates the future impact of land use and land cover
(LULC) change and the enforcement of policy bundles on the multi-functionality of
tropical forest landscapes. It focusses on the Northern Ecuadorian Amazonas (NEA)
which is characterised by high biodiversity and endemism but at the same time is
threatened by deforestation and unsustainable land use practices. Scenario
simulations mimic LULC change during 2016–2030 at canton-level (area: 2,146 km²)
combining explorative with policy-screening components. Scenarios
NATIONAL(+)POLICY, NATIONAL(-)POLICY, REGIONAL(+)POLICY, and REGIONAL(-)POLICY are
contrasted by varying deforestation trends (high regional demand for agricultural
products vs. national-level structural transformations) and the enforcement/ non-
enforcement of policy bundles on forest protection, reforestation and restoration.
An indicator-based impact assessment analysed in a spatially-explicit fashion for
each scenario in 2030 (i) the evolution of agricultural and forestry-related LULC
change trajectories, (ii) future hotspots of deforestation, (iii) remaining forest
core zones (FCZ) as key element of habitat integrity, and (iv) the provisioning of
long-term carbon sinks. Key findings reveal that only NATIONAL(+)POLICY, as the
combination of enforced policy bundles and simulated national LULC change trend
extrapolating the long-term reference period 1990–2016, lead to an expansion of
forest areas and a 2% carbon stock gain in 2030 compared to 2016. When assuming a
linear continuation of this trend, it requires 96 years to reach a similar carbon
stock level compared to the reference year 1990. Farm area expansion will continue
to affect protected forests in case of scenarios NATIONAL(-)POLICY and
REGIONAL(-)POLICY but will be avoided in NATIONAL(+)POLICY and REGIONAL(+)POLICY.
The simulated persistence of many farming areas reveals that the likelihood to
reforest existing agricultural patches will be rather low. Against expectations,
scenario NATIONAL(+)POLICY which assumes net zero deforestation by 2030 led to a
high level of FCZ fragmentation contrasting its carbon sink potential (27,971 Mio.
Mg ha−1) which performed best among all scenarios. Our study depicts a mismatch of
future LULC change realities compared to the anticipated future achievements of the
Ecuadorian land use policy framework. The simulated variability of forest change
patterns (deforestation, reforestation) and farming trajectories (diversification,
intensification, rotation) further suggests to foster more cross-sectoral policy
approaches that acknowledges the hybrid role of local stakeholders who can be
farmers and forest users at the same time. Our study shows that focusing on
preserving carbon stocks and their long-term climate mitigation potential only
while neglecting other important ecosystem functions or biodiversity can be a
short-sighted policy goal if not accompanied by rural development programmes. We
further conclude that scenario-based assessments should become an integral part of
multi-stakeholder interactions across relevant levels of decision-making. This can
support long-term sustainable land use management which is not only relevant for
the case of the Northern Ecuadorian Amazons region but for many other landscapes in
transition.},
keywords = {Land use land cover (LULC) change modelling
Land use policy enforcement
Tropical forests
Impact assessment
Northern Ecuadorian Amazonas},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN230,
author = {Lippe, Melvin and Rummel, Lisa and Günter, Sven},
title = {Simulating land use and land cover change under contrasting levels of
policy enforcement and its spatially-explicit impact on tropical forest landscapes
in Ecuador},
volume = {119},
pages = {106207},
abstract = {This study simulates the future impact of land use and land cover
(LULC) change and the enforcement of policy bundles on the multi-functionality of
tropical forest landscapes. It focusses on the Northern Ecuadorian Amazonas (NEA)
which is characterised by high biodiversity and endemism but at the same time is
threatened by deforestation and unsustainable land use practices. Scenario
simulations mimic LULC change during 2016–2030 at canton-level (area: 2,146 km²)
combining explorative with policy-screening components. Scenarios
NATIONAL(+)POLICY, NATIONAL(-)POLICY, REGIONAL(+)POLICY, and REGIONAL(-)POLICY are
contrasted by varying deforestation trends (high regional demand for agricultural
products vs. national-level structural transformations) and the enforcement/ non-
enforcement of policy bundles on forest protection, reforestation and restoration.
An indicator-based impact assessment analysed in a spatially-explicit fashion for
each scenario in 2030 (i) the evolution of agricultural and forestry-related LULC
change trajectories, (ii) future hotspots of deforestation, (iii) remaining forest
core zones (FCZ) as key element of habitat integrity, and (iv) the provisioning of
long-term carbon sinks. Key findings reveal that only NATIONAL(+)POLICY, as the
combination of enforced policy bundles and simulated national LULC change trend
extrapolating the long-term reference period 1990–2016, lead to an expansion of
forest areas and a 2% carbon stock gain in 2030 compared to 2016. When assuming a
linear continuation of this trend, it requires 96 years to reach a similar carbon
stock level compared to the reference year 1990. Farm area expansion will continue
to affect protected forests in case of scenarios NATIONAL(-)POLICY and
REGIONAL(-)POLICY but will be avoided in NATIONAL(+)POLICY and REGIONAL(+)POLICY.
The simulated persistence of many farming areas reveals that the likelihood to
reforest existing agricultural patches will be rather low. Against expectations,
scenario NATIONAL(+)POLICY which assumes net zero deforestation by 2030 led to a
high level of FCZ fragmentation contrasting its carbon sink potential (27,971 Mio.
Mg ha−1) which performed best among all scenarios. Our study depicts a mismatch of
future LULC change realities compared to the anticipated future achievements of the
Ecuadorian land use policy framework. The simulated variability of forest change
patterns (deforestation, reforestation) and farming trajectories (diversification,
intensification, rotation) further suggests to foster more cross-sectoral policy
approaches that acknowledges the hybrid role of local stakeholders who can be
farmers and forest users at the same time. Our study shows that focusing on
preserving carbon stocks and their long-term climate mitigation potential only
while neglecting other important ecosystem functions or biodiversity can be a
short-sighted policy goal if not accompanied by rural development programmes. We
further conclude that scenario-based assessments should become an integral part of
multi-stakeholder interactions across relevant levels of decision-making. This can
support long-term sustainable land use management which is not only relevant for
the case of the Northern Ecuadorian Amazons region but for many other landscapes in
transition.},
keywords = {Land use land cover (LULC) change modelling
Land use policy enforcement
Tropical forests
Impact assessment
Northern Ecuadorian Amazonas},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN517,
author = {Lira, Paula K. and Tambosi, Leandro R. and Ewers, Robert M. and
Metzger, Jean Paul},
title = {Land-use and land-cover change in Atlantic Forest landscapes},
volume = {278},
pages = {80-89},
abstract = {The Atlantic Forest is one of the most threatened tropical biomes,
with much of the standing forest in small (less than 50ha), disturbed and isolated
patches. The pattern of land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) which has resulted
in this critical scenario has not yet been fully investigated. Here, we describe
the LULCC in three Atlantic Forest fragmented landscapes (São Paulo, Brazil)
between 1960–1980s and 1980–2000s. The three studied landscapes differ in the
current proportion of forest cover, having 10%, 30% and 50% respectively. Between
the 1960s and 1980s, forest cover of two landscapes was reduced while the forest
cover in the third landscape increased slightly. The opposite trend was observed
between the 1980s and 2000s; forest regeneration was greater than deforestation at
the landscapes with 10% and 50% of forest cover and, as a consequence, forest cover
increased. By contrast, the percentage of forest cover at the landscape with 30% of
forest cover was drastically reduced between the 1980s and 2000s. LULCC deviated
from a random trajectory, were not constant through time in two study landscapes
and were not constant across space in a given time period. This landscape dynamism
in single locations over small temporal scales is a key factor to be considered in
models of LULCC to accurately simulate future changes for the Atlantic Forest. In
general, forest patches became more isolated when deforestation was greater than
forest regeneration and became more connected when forest regeneration was greater
than deforestation. As a result of the dynamic experienced by the study landscapes,
individual forest patches currently consist of a mosaic of different forest age
classes which is likely to impact biodiversity. Furthermore, landscape dynamics
suggests the beginning of a forest transition in some Atlantic Forest regions, what
could be of great importance for biodiversity conservation due to the potential
effects of young secondary forests in reducing forest isolation and maintaining a
significant amount of the original biodiversity.},
keywords = {Landscape dynamics
Deforestation
Regeneration
Landscape structure
Forest age
Forest transition},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN837,
author = {Liu, Changqi and Xu, Huan},
title = {Simulation and analysis of ecological early-warning of urban
construction land expansion based on digital sensing feature recognition and remote
sensing spatial analysis technology},
volume = {132},
pages = {103484},
abstract = {To improve the analysis effect of the simulation and prediction of
the expansion effect of urban construction land, this paper combines the digital
sensing feature recognition and remote sensing analysis technology for the earth's
surface, and uses Artificial-neural-network-based cellular automaton (ANN-CA)
Markov model and Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST)
model to study and analyze the expansion effect and trend of urban construction
land, and subdivides the spatial and temporal characteristics of land cover. In
addition to that, multi-based sensing data is used to generate urban construction
land expansion effect drivers. The multi-source sensing data and InVEST model are
used to conduct spatial information analysis and ecological early-warning. The
research shows that combining digital sensing feature identification and remote
sensing analysis technology, using the analysis model of ANN-CA-Markov model and
InVEST model can effectively improve the analysis effect of urban construction land
expansion effect prediction, and carry out ecological early-warning of construction
land expansion on this basis. Overall territorial spatial planning stage of Xuzhou
city, the designated ecological space area accounts for 20% of the whole land area.
There is a sharp contradiction between constructive land expansion and ecological
security in the whole region, so it is appropriate to conduct precise intervention
and efficient management of constructive land expansion according to ecological
early-warning.},
keywords = {Constructive land expansion
Earth remote sensing technology
Ecological security
Digital sensing feature recognition
Geographic neural network
Smart city},
ISSN = {1474-7065},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN923,
author = {Liu, Dan and Chen, Wenfeng and Li, Linna},
title = {Disentangling the relative effects of climate change and anthropogenic
activities on paddy expansion in the northern Sanjiang Plain of China},
volume = {154},
pages = {110543},
abstract = {Since the changes in paddy areas would significantly affect food
security and agricultural sustainability, it has received worldwide attention
guided by the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. However, the
process of paddy field change was complex, which was affected by both climate
change and anthropogenic activities. Most existing studies focused on the spatial–
temporal evolution of paddy field in different regions, while the quantitative
separation of climatic and anthropogenic contributions to paddy field expansion was
rare but imperative. This study adopted the patch-generating land use simulation
(PLUS) model to simulate the paddy field expansion under different scenarios. Based
on satellite-based land use data, meteorological data, socioeconomic data, physical
geographical data, and transport data, it proposed four indicators, including ACI
(anthropogenic contribution index), CCI (climatic contribution index), RII
(relative importance index), and CEI (combined effects index) to quantitatively
disentangle the climatic and anthropogenic contribution at different scales, and
further determined the relative importance and combined effects of climate change
and anthropogenic activities. These indicators were applied to the case of northern
Sanjiang Plain of China and found that the total area of paddy fields in this area
expanded greatly from 2638.88 km2 in 1995 to 19363.80 km2 in 2020. 1) At the
regional scale (the northern Sanjiang Plain of China), the effect of climate change
was slightly larger than that of anthropogenic activities on the paddy field
expansion, with an inhibitory interactive effect of climate change and
anthropogenic activities. 2) At the city scale (Hegang, Jiamusi and Shuangyashan),
the effect of climate change was slightly stronger than anthropogenic activities in
Hegang and Jiamusi, whereas Shuangyashan was the opposite. 3) At the county scale
(15 counties), paddy field expansion of the central NSP was dominated by
anthropogenic activities, while the northern part was disturbed more by climate
change. 4) At the grid scale (30-m resolution), 51.17% of the grids had
anthropogenic activities contributing more than climate change to paddy field
expansion, and 88.60% of the grids presented an inhibitory interactive effect of
climate change and anthropogenic activities. Thus, the indicators established for
in this study can not only provide a better understanding of the relative effects
of climate change and anthropogenic activities on paddy field expansion, but also
give some policy implications for sustainable agricultural practice in both China
and other developing countries.},
keywords = {Paddy expansion
Climate change
PLUS model
Scenario simulation
Sanjiang Plain},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN250,
author = {Liu, Jianyu and You, Yuanyuan and Li, Jianfeng and Sitch, Stephen and
Gu, Xihui and Nabel, Julia E. M. S. and Lombardozzi, Danica and Luo, Ming and Feng,
Xingyu and Arneth, Almut and Jain, Atul K. and Friedlingstein, Pierre and Tian,
Hanqin and Poulter, Ben and Kong, Dongdong},
title = {Response of global land evapotranspiration to climate change, elevated
CO2, and land use change},
volume = {311},
pages = {108663},
abstract = {Climate change (CLI), elevated CO2 concentration (CO2), and land use
change (LUC) have strongly altered land evapotranspiration (ET) during the recent
decades. The fingerprints of these drivers in ET change, however, have not
previously been detected due to the lack of these three scenarios from global
climate models (GCMs). Here we applied an optimal fingerprint method to detect and
attribute ET change by integrated utilization of state-of-the-art global ecosystem
models and GCMs. Results indicate that CLI provides the greatest contribution to
increasing ET, and its fingerprint is detectable at different timescales. CO2
reduces ET in most areas covered by forests. LUC decreases ET over the tropics,
while increases ET over temperate and high-latitude regions. To further subdivide
the impacts of CLI, we extend the Budyko framework to quantify the contribution of
precipitation (P) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) and find that the dominant
role of CLI mainly depends on the contribution of P.},
Detection and attribution
Land use change
Climate change
Budyko},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN350,
author = {Liu, Jianyu and You, Yuanyuan and Li, Jianfeng and Sitch, Stephen and
Gu, Xihui and Nabel, Julia E. M. S. and Lombardozzi, Danica and Luo, Ming and Feng,
Xingyu and Arneth, Almut and Jain, Atul K. and Friedlingstein, Pierre and Tian,
Hanqin and Poulter, Ben and Kong, Dongdong},
title = {Response of global land evapotranspiration to climate change, elevated
CO2, and land use change},
volume = {311},
pages = {108663},
abstract = {Climate change (CLI), elevated CO2 concentration (CO2), and land use
change (LUC) have strongly altered land evapotranspiration (ET) during the recent
decades. The fingerprints of these drivers in ET change, however, have not
previously been detected due to the lack of these three scenarios from global
climate models (GCMs). Here we applied an optimal fingerprint method to detect and
attribute ET change by integrated utilization of state-of-the-art global ecosystem
models and GCMs. Results indicate that CLI provides the greatest contribution to
increasing ET, and its fingerprint is detectable at different timescales. CO2
reduces ET in most areas covered by forests. LUC decreases ET over the tropics,
while increases ET over temperate and high-latitude regions. To further subdivide
the impacts of CLI, we extend the Budyko framework to quantify the contribution of
precipitation (P) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) and find that the dominant
role of CLI mainly depends on the contribution of P.},
Detection and attribution
Land use change
Climate change
Budyko},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN236,
author = {Liu, Jiaxiang and Wang, Zheng and Duan, Yafeng and Li, Xinrui and
Zhang, Mingyang and Liu, Huiyu and Xue, Peng and Gong, Haibo and Wang, Xing and
Chen, Yu and Geng, Yinuo},
title = {Effects of land use patterns on the interannual variations of carbon
sinks of terrestrial ecosystems in China},
volume = {146},
pages = {109914},
abstract = {Land use changes are thought to deeply impact the changes of
terrestrial carbon sink, however, how the changes of land use pattern affect the
carbon sink remains unclear. To investigate the response of Net Ecosystem
Productivity (NEP) to the pattern of land use dynamics in China, a landscape
pattern approach (with the 30 km moving window) was used to analyze the pattern
dynamics with continuous Land Use and Land Cover Change (LUCC) data from 1981 to
2019 and the nonlinear trends of the NEP and the patterns of land use were explored
from 1981 to 2019 using Ensemble empirical modal decomposition (EEMD) methods, and
their interannual relationship was further explored using Pearson correlation. The
results are as follows: (1) For NEP, nearly half of the regions did not experience
significant changes. <6 % of the regions were monotonically decreasing and
increasing to decreasing. The monotonical increasing only accounted for 15.49 % of
the study area, while the trend shift from decreasing to increasing accounted for
23.96 %, most predominantly located in the southern part of the Southern Region
(SR); (2) For land use patterns, the vast majority of areas (>90 %) have
experienced significant changes in land use patterns, the fragmentation and shape
complexity, diversity and evenness of land use types has increased, while the
connection decreased, meanwhile, most of these changes are not monotonical, but
experiencing trend shifts; (3) In most of the total area (>80 %), land use patterns
showed insignificant relationship with NEP, especially in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
However, in Greater Khingan Range, Loess Plateau and southern Hilly area, it showed
significant relationship with NEP. Our studies highlight the importance of
nonlinear analysis for fully understanding the spatial–temporal changes of NEP and
land use patterns, and deepened the understanding the impacts of land use changes
on NEP.},
keywords = {Land use pattern
Net Ecosystem Productivity (NEP)
Carbon source/sink
Ensemble empirical modal decomposition (EEMD)},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN336,
author = {Liu, Jiaxiang and Wang, Zheng and Duan, Yafeng and Li, Xinrui and
Zhang, Mingyang and Liu, Huiyu and Xue, Peng and Gong, Haibo and Wang, Xing and
Chen, Yu and Geng, Yinuo},
title = {Effects of land use patterns on the interannual variations of carbon
sinks of terrestrial ecosystems in China},
volume = {146},
pages = {109914},
abstract = {Land use changes are thought to deeply impact the changes of
terrestrial carbon sink, however, how the changes of land use pattern affect the
carbon sink remains unclear. To investigate the response of Net Ecosystem
Productivity (NEP) to the pattern of land use dynamics in China, a landscape
pattern approach (with the 30 km moving window) was used to analyze the pattern
dynamics with continuous Land Use and Land Cover Change (LUCC) data from 1981 to
2019 and the nonlinear trends of the NEP and the patterns of land use were explored
from 1981 to 2019 using Ensemble empirical modal decomposition (EEMD) methods, and
their interannual relationship was further explored using Pearson correlation. The
results are as follows: (1) For NEP, nearly half of the regions did not experience
significant changes. <6 % of the regions were monotonically decreasing and
increasing to decreasing. The monotonical increasing only accounted for 15.49 % of
the study area, while the trend shift from decreasing to increasing accounted for
23.96 %, most predominantly located in the southern part of the Southern Region
(SR); (2) For land use patterns, the vast majority of areas (>90 %) have
experienced significant changes in land use patterns, the fragmentation and shape
complexity, diversity and evenness of land use types has increased, while the
connection decreased, meanwhile, most of these changes are not monotonical, but
experiencing trend shifts; (3) In most of the total area (>80 %), land use patterns
showed insignificant relationship with NEP, especially in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
However, in Greater Khingan Range, Loess Plateau and southern Hilly area, it showed
significant relationship with NEP. Our studies highlight the importance of
nonlinear analysis for fully understanding the spatial–temporal changes of NEP and
land use patterns, and deepened the understanding the impacts of land use changes
on NEP.},
keywords = {Land use pattern
Net Ecosystem Productivity (NEP)
Carbon source/sink
Ensemble empirical modal decomposition (EEMD)},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN53,
author = {Liu, Jinxun and Liu, Shuguang and Loveland, Thomas R. and Tieszen,
Larry L.},
title = {Integrating remotely sensed land cover observations and a
biogeochemical model for estimating forest ecosystem carbon dynamics},
volume = {219},
number = {3},
pages = {361-372},
abstract = {Land cover change is one of the key driving forces for ecosystem
carbon (C) dynamics. We present an approach for using sequential remotely sensed
land cover observations and a biogeochemical model to estimate contemporary and
future ecosystem carbon trends. We applied the General Ensemble Biogeochemical
Modelling System (GEMS) for the Laurentian Plains and Hills ecoregion in the
northeastern United States for the period of 1975–2025. The land cover changes,
especially forest stand-replacing events, were detected on 30 randomly located 10-
km by 10-km sample blocks, and were assimilated by GEMS for biogeochemical
simulations. In GEMS, each unique combination of major controlling variables
(including land cover change history) forms a geo-referenced simulation unit. For a
forest simulation unit, a Monte Carlo process is used to determine forest type,
forest age, forest biomass, and soil C, based on the Forest Inventory and Analysis
(FIA) data and the U.S. General Soil Map (STATSGO) data. Ensemble simulations are
performed for each simulation unit to incorporate input data uncertainty. Results
show that on average forests of the Laurentian Plains and Hills ecoregion have been
sequestrating 4.2Tg C (1teragram=1012gram) per year, including 1.9Tg C removed from
the ecosystem as the consequences of land cover change.},
GEMS
Carbon budget
Uncertainty},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2008},
}
@article{RN133,
author = {Liu, Jinxun and Sleeter, Benjiamin and Selmants, Paul C. and Diao,
Jiaojiao and Zhou, Qiang and Worstell, Bruce and Moritsch, Monica},
title = {Modeling watershed carbon dynamics as affected by land cover change and
soil erosion},
volume = {459},
pages = {109724},
abstract = {Process-based ecosystem carbon cycle models typically incorporate
vegetation growth, vegetation mortality, and soil respiration as well as the biotic
and environmental drivers that influence these variables. However, few spatially
explicit process models can efficiently incorporate the influence of land cover
change and carbon lateral movement at regional scales or high spatial resolution.
This study uses the Land Use and Carbon Scenario Simulator (LUCAS) to demonstrate
the development of a fast ecosystem model that not only considers the basic carbon
cycle but also incorporates the impact of land cover change, soil erosion, and soil
deposition. As input to the LUCAS modeling framework, we used the integrated
biosphere simulator (IBIS) to simulate a non-spatial reference carbon cycling
scenario without considering land cover change for the Nisqually River watershed in
the northwestern United States. We then used the Land Change Monitoring,
Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) remotely sensed 30-m sequential land cover data
to generate annual land change history for the Nisqually River area from 1985 to
2017 and used the Unit Stream Powered Erosion and Deposition model (USPED) to
estimate annual soil carbon lateral movement. Finally, we combined the annual
carbon outputs from IBIS, the land change history from LCMAP, and the soil erosion
and deposition from USPED within the LUCAS simulation framework. Results showed
that from 1985 to 2017, along with the dynamic land cover changes, total ecosystem
biomass carbon increased from 11.4 to 18.6 TgC, mainly due to forest growth. Total
ecosystem soil carbon declined from 31.7 to 29.7 TgC, but the overall loss in soil
carbon was not uniform across land cover types. Forestland (forest sector) and
grassland lost carbon, while wetland, developed land and agricultural land gained
carbon. Forest, grassland, and developed land lost 0.0553 TgC during the study
period (1.73 Gg of C per year; 1 Gg = 0.001 Tg) from erosion, while wetland gained
0.0071 TgC (0.22 Gg C per year) from deposition. Agricultural land was neutral in
terms of soil erosion.},
Carbon cycle
Soil erosion
IBIS
USPED
LUCAS},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN22,
author = {Liu, Jinxun and Vogelmann, James E. and Zhu, Zhiliang and Key, Carl H.
and Sleeter, Benjamin M. and Price, David T. and Chen, Jing M. and Cochrane, Mark
A. and Eidenshink, Jeffery C. and Howard, Stephen M. and Bliss, Norman B. and
Jiang, Hong},
title = {Estimating California ecosystem carbon change using process model and
land cover disturbance data: 1951–2000},
volume = {222},
number = {14},
pages = {2333-2341},
abstract = {Land use change, natural disturbance, and climate change directly
alter ecosystem productivity and carbon stock level. The estimation of ecosystem
carbon dynamics depends on the quality of land cover change data and the
effectiveness of the ecosystem models that represent the vegetation growth
processes and disturbance effects. We used the Integrated Biosphere Simulator
(IBIS) and a set of 30- to 60-m resolution fire and land cover change data to
examine the carbon changes of California's forests, shrublands, and grasslands.
Simulation results indicate that during 1951–2000, the net primary productivity
(NPP) increased by 7%, from 72.2 to 77.1TgCyr−1 (1 teragram=1012g), mainly due to
CO2 fertilization, since the climate hardly changed during this period. Similarly,
heterotrophic respiration increased by 5%, from 69.4 to 73.1TgCyr−1, mainly due to
increased forest soil carbon and temperature. Net ecosystem production (NEP) was
highly variable in the 50-year period but on average equalled 3.0TgCyr−1 (total of
149TgC). As with NEP, the net biome production (NBP) was also highly variable but
averaged −0.55TgCyr−1 (total of –27.3TgC) because NBP in the 1980s was very low (–
5.34TgCyr−1). During the study period, a total of 126Tg carbon were removed by
logging and land use change, and 50Tg carbon were directly removed by wildland
fires. For carbon pools, the estimated total living upper canopy (tree) biomass
decreased from 928 to 834TgC, and the understory (including shrub and grass)
biomass increased from 59 to 63TgC. Soil carbon and dead biomass carbon increased
from 1136 to 1197TgC. Our analyses suggest that both natural and human processes
have significant influence on the carbon change in California. During 1951–2000,
climate interannual variability was the key driving force for the large interannual
changes of ecosystem carbon source and sink at the state level, while logging and
fire were the dominant driving forces for carbon balances in several specific
ecoregions. From a long-term perspective, CO2 fertilization plays a key role in
maintaining higher NPP. However, our study shows that the increase in C
sequestration by CO2 fertilization is largely offset by logging/land use change and
wildland fires.},
keywords = {Fire disturbance
Land cover change
CO fertilization
Climate change
IBIS},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN658,
author = {Liu, Lina and Ma, Chunzi and Huo, Shouliang and Xi, Beidou and He,
Zhuoshi and Zhang, Hanxiao and Zhang, Jingtian and Xia, Xinghui},
title = {Impacts of climate change and land use on the development of nutrient
criteria},
volume = {563},
pages = {533-542},
abstract = {Numeric criteria are crucial for controlling cultural eutrophication
and for protecting current and future water quality. Anthropogenic climate change
and the modification of land use have the potential to influence the development of
nutrient criteria. In this study, stressor-response models, land use-nutrient
regression models, and terrestrial ecosystem health states were used to determine
the criterion values of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorous (TP), and
chlorophyll a (Chl a) using field data from lakes and reservoirs in Heilongjiang
Province. Analysis of covariance and nonlinear regressions were used to
quantitatively characterize the impact of climate change on the development of
nutrient criteria. The results indicated that there were no significant differences
in the nutrient criteria obtained by the various methods. Climate change factors
(such as temperature, precipitation, and wind speed) are predicted to influence the
relationships between nutrients and Chl a, as well as land use and nutrient
concentrations, as climate change persists. Climate change should be considered
during the development of nutrient criteria, as climate-driven change and achieving
a desired water quality without the threat of eutrophication in the future will
require stricter nutrient criteria than those needed under the current climate
conditions.},
Land use
Nutrient criteria
Stressor-response model
Terrestrial ecosystem health},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN758,
author = {Liu, Lina and Ma, Chunzi and Huo, Shouliang and Xi, Beidou and He,
Zhuoshi and Zhang, Hanxiao and Zhang, Jingtian and Xia, Xinghui},
title = {Impacts of climate change and land use on the development of nutrient
criteria},
volume = {563},
pages = {533-542},
abstract = {Numeric criteria are crucial for controlling cultural eutrophication
and for protecting current and future water quality. Anthropogenic climate change
and the modification of land use have the potential to influence the development of
nutrient criteria. In this study, stressor-response models, land use-nutrient
regression models, and terrestrial ecosystem health states were used to determine
the criterion values of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorous (TP), and
chlorophyll a (Chl a) using field data from lakes and reservoirs in Heilongjiang
Province. Analysis of covariance and nonlinear regressions were used to
quantitatively characterize the impact of climate change on the development of
nutrient criteria. The results indicated that there were no significant differences
in the nutrient criteria obtained by the various methods. Climate change factors
(such as temperature, precipitation, and wind speed) are predicted to influence the
relationships between nutrients and Chl a, as well as land use and nutrient
concentrations, as climate change persists. Climate change should be considered
during the development of nutrient criteria, as climate-driven change and achieving
a desired water quality without the threat of eutrophication in the future will
require stricter nutrient criteria than those needed under the current climate
conditions.},
Land use
Nutrient criteria
Stressor-response model
Terrestrial ecosystem health},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN1251,
author = {Liu, Luo and Kang, Shanggui and Xiong, Xiliu and Qin, Yuanwei and
Wang, Jie and Liu, Zhenjie and Xiao, Xiangming},
title = {Cropping intensity map of China with 10 m spatial resolution from
analyses of time-series Landsat-7/8 and Sentinel-2 images},
Geoinformation},
volume = {124},
pages = {103504},
abstract = {Cropping intensity maps at high spatial resolution play a crucial
role in guiding agricultural policies and ensuring food security. So far, most of
nationwide cropping intensity maps have been developed from satellite images at
moderate or coarse resolutions. In this study, we first assembled and integrated
time-series dataset with high spatial resolution, specifically Landsat-7, Landsat-8
and Sentinel-2 imagery in 2017. We then used an object- and phenology-based
algorithm and integrated images to create a 10-m resolution cropping intensity map
over China. The map evaluation results revealed an overall accuracy of
96.68 ± 0.01 % and a Kappa coefficient of 0.90. In 2017, single cropping dominated
the agricultural practices in China, with an approximate area of 1.189 × 106
km2 ± 7.90 × 103 km2, constituted 79.26 % of the entire cropland area.
Simultaneously, double and triple cropping covered approximately 0.306 × 106
km2 ± 8.03 × 103 km2 and 5.00 × 103 ± 1.75 × 103 km2, corresponding to 20.41 % and
0.33 % of the entire cropland area, respectively. On average, the national multiple
cropping index (MCI) was 1.21. The results in the study prove the reliability of
the generated mapping products and high potential of the developed mapping
framework (the algorithm and integrated datasets), which can be readily applied to
quantify the interannual changes of cropping pattern on a nationwide level with a
high spatial resolution.},
keywords = {Cropping intensity
Google Earth Engine
Crop phenology
Remote sensing
Crop growth cycle},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN40,
author = {Liu, N. and Harper, R. J. and Smettem, K. R. J. and Dell, B. and Liu,
S.},
title = {Responses of streamflow to vegetation and climate change in
southwestern Australia},
volume = {572},
pages = {761-770},
abstract = {Southwestern Australia has experienced recent climate change, with
an increase in air temperature of 0.6 °C and a reduction in mean annual
precipitation of −15% since 1970. Along with the warming and drying trends,
dramatic declines of streamflow have occurred across the region. However, both
forest mortality and an increase in leaf area index have been observed in the
southwestern forest, suggesting varied responses of vegetation to climate change.
In this study, 30 catchments were analyzed using the Mann-Kendall trend test,
Pettitt’s change point test and the theoretical framework of the Budyko curve to
study the rainfall-runoff relationship change, and effects of climate and land
cover change on streamflow. A declining trend and relatively consistent change
point (2000) of streamflow were found in most catchments, with 14 catchments
showing significant declines (p < 0.05, −68.1% to −35.6%) over 1970–2000 and 2001–
2015. Most of the catchments have been shifting towards a more water-limited
climate condition since 2000. For the period 1970 to 2015, the dynamic of
vegetation attributes (land cover/use change and growth of vegetation) dominated
the decrease of streamflow in about half the study catchments. In general, a
coequal role of climate and vegetation on the decline in streamflow was found in
the study, suggesting the importance of vegetation management on future water
management and production. Precipitation is predicted to decline in the future;
therefore, some forest management intervention is required to maintain forest
growth and water supply in the southwest of Australia.},
keywords = {Streamflow
Vegetation change
Climate change
Australia},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN580,
author = {Liu, Saijing and Chen, Tingting and Ye, Duo and Chen, Qiuting and Ni,
Jian and Rao, Mide},
title = {Prediction of distributional patterns of four major Camellia oilseed
species in China under climate and land use changes},
volume = {155},
pages = {110996},
abstract = {Predicting changes in suitable areas under climate and land use
changes, and identifying persistent suitable areas for economically valuable plant
species, are critical for future conservation and cultivation. Camellia
chekiangoleosa, Camellia drupifera, Camellia oleifera and Camellia reticulata serve
as important woody oilseed species in China, providing both economic and ecological
benefits. Here, we predict the distributions of the four species under climate and
land use changes (SSP126, SSP245 and SSP585 in 2070) combining two dispersal
constraint scenarios (full dispersal and 20 km/decade) by using ensemble species
distribution models. The results showed that the current potential suitable areas
of the four species coincided with their current known distribution regions; most
of these areas are of high suitability. Among the environmental variables, climatic
factors have stronger effects on the distribution of the four species than land use
factors. In response to climate and land use changes, the range sizes of C.
chekiangoleosa and C. drupifera were projected to increase, while for C. oleifera
and C. reticulata the range would contract. In addition, the centroid of the
suitable range would shift in different directions and distances for different
species. As a result of distinctive range shifts, the studied species have their
own specific areas of persistent suitability in southern China. Notably, except for
the widespread C. oleifera, there is almost no overlap in the persistent suitable
areas among the other three species. This study gives us a better understanding of
the impact of climate and land use changes on the major Camellia oilseed species in
China, thus guiding the selection of sites for oil tea plantations and the
conservation of germplasm resources.},
keywords = {oilseed species
Climate change
Land use change
Persistent suitable areas},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN646,
author = {Liu, Shu’an and Li, Xing and Chen, Dan and Duan, Yuanqiang and Ji,
Hanyu and Zhang, Liangpeng and Chai, Qi and Hu, Xiaodong},
title = {Understanding Land use/Land cover dynamics and impacts of human
activities in the Mekong Delta over the last 40 years},
volume = {22},
pages = {e00991},
abstract = {The Mekong Delta is the third largest delta in the world, and a
globally recognized agricultural production zone and biodiversity hotspot. In
recent decades, land use and land cover (LULC) in the Mekong Delta has undergone
tremendous changes due to increasing anthropogenic activities. However, accurate
and long-term LULC mapping products for the entire delta are scarce. This study
aims to use the Landsat and Chinese HJ-1B satellite images for nearly 40 years to
detect the spatiotemporal dynamics of LULC in the Mekong Delta applying the
classification and regression trees (CART) technique and analyze its driving
factors. Seven main LULC categories were identified with an overall accuracy of 89–
94%. We generated seven LULC maps of the whole Mekong Delta from 1979 to 2015 at a
30 m spatial resolution. The results showed that the area of aquaculture and
residential land increased, while the area of mangroves, planting land, other
forests, wasteland, and unused land decreased from 1979 to 2015. The planting land
has been the dominant land use type in the delta since 1979, and still occupied
over 72% of the delta area in 2015. The change to aquaculture is most pronounced in
all LULC categories, with its percentage of area in the delta increasing to 19% in
2015. With the transformation of large-scale inland planting land into aquaculture
ponds, aquaculture has become the second largest land use type following the
planting land in the Mekong Delta from the late 20th century. Although the mangrove
area showed only slight reduction during 1979–2015, the degree of patch
fragmentation increased significantly. We found that the rapid changes of the LULC
were mainly driven by economic development and land policies. This study gives
insights into LULC dynamics and provides a valuable dataset for regional
sustainable development planning and ecological assessment in the Mekong Delta.},
keywords = {Land use/land cover change
Human activities
Classification and regression trees
Remote sensing
Landsat
Mekong delta},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN746,
author = {Liu, Shu’an and Li, Xing and Chen, Dan and Duan, Yuanqiang and Ji,
Hanyu and Zhang, Liangpeng and Chai, Qi and Hu, Xiaodong},
title = {Understanding Land use/Land cover dynamics and impacts of human
activities in the Mekong Delta over the last 40 years},
volume = {22},
pages = {e00991},
abstract = {The Mekong Delta is the third largest delta in the world, and a
globally recognized agricultural production zone and biodiversity hotspot. In
recent decades, land use and land cover (LULC) in the Mekong Delta has undergone
tremendous changes due to increasing anthropogenic activities. However, accurate
and long-term LULC mapping products for the entire delta are scarce. This study
aims to use the Landsat and Chinese HJ-1B satellite images for nearly 40 years to
detect the spatiotemporal dynamics of LULC in the Mekong Delta applying the
classification and regression trees (CART) technique and analyze its driving
factors. Seven main LULC categories were identified with an overall accuracy of 89–
94%. We generated seven LULC maps of the whole Mekong Delta from 1979 to 2015 at a
30 m spatial resolution. The results showed that the area of aquaculture and
residential land increased, while the area of mangroves, planting land, other
forests, wasteland, and unused land decreased from 1979 to 2015. The planting land
has been the dominant land use type in the delta since 1979, and still occupied
over 72% of the delta area in 2015. The change to aquaculture is most pronounced in
all LULC categories, with its percentage of area in the delta increasing to 19% in
2015. With the transformation of large-scale inland planting land into aquaculture
ponds, aquaculture has become the second largest land use type following the
planting land in the Mekong Delta from the late 20th century. Although the mangrove
area showed only slight reduction during 1979–2015, the degree of patch
fragmentation increased significantly. We found that the rapid changes of the LULC
were mainly driven by economic development and land policies. This study gives
insights into LULC dynamics and provides a valuable dataset for regional
sustainable development planning and ecological assessment in the Mekong Delta.},
Human activities
Classification and regression trees
Remote sensing
Landsat
Mekong delta},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN238,
author = {Liu, Wei and Shi, Changxing and Ma, Yongyong and Li, Huijuan and Ma,
Xiaoqing},
title = {Land use and land cover change-induced changes of sediment connectivity
and their effects on sediment yield in a catchment on the Loess Plateau in China},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {207},
pages = {105688},
abstract = {The spatial distribution of landscape pattern in catchments has a
great impact on the potential sediment detachment and transport capacity. In this
study, a sediment connectivity model was applied to evaluate the effect of the
spatial distribution of landscape pattern on the sediment transfer in a typical
catchment on the Loess Plateau in China based on land use and topography data in
1964, 2004, and 2018. Thereupon, the impacts of changes in different land use types
on sediment connectivity and those of sediment connectivity changes on sediment
yield reduction in the catchment were quantified. The results showed that (i)
grassland and slope farmland were the main land use types in the catchment, and a
decrease of the slope farmland area and an increase of the vegetation coverage
occurred from 1964 to 2018; (ii) compared with 1964, most parts of the catchment in
2004 and 2018 had an overall lower connectivity index (IC); (iii) the distribution
of sediment connectivity presented obvious spatial variability. The hill slopes and
tributary gullies tended to be relatively well connected, and the main gully was
highly disconnected. Scenario simulations showed that the potential sediment
reduction effect was 20%−45% for vegetation, and <10% for terraces or dam lands in
1964, 2004, and 2018. The effect of impounding sediment by check dams was not
included in IC calculation in this study, and it was found that the sediment
impounded by these dams accounted for about 16% of sediment discharge reduction
during 1995–2004 and 1% during 2005–2018. The IC reduction was responsible for 84%
of the decrease of sediment discharge during 1995–2004 and 99% during 2005–2018,
reflecting that vegetation restoration and terrace construction on slopes has
become the main drivers for reducing IC value and sediment yield.},
keywords = {Sediment connectivity
Land cover change
Sediment yield
Scenario analysis
Loess Plateau},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN338,
author = {Liu, Wei and Shi, Changxing and Ma, Yongyong and Li, Huijuan and Ma,
Xiaoqing},
title = {Land use and land cover change-induced changes of sediment connectivity
and their effects on sediment yield in a catchment on the Loess Plateau in China},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {207},
pages = {105688},
abstract = {The spatial distribution of landscape pattern in catchments has a
great impact on the potential sediment detachment and transport capacity. In this
study, a sediment connectivity model was applied to evaluate the effect of the
spatial distribution of landscape pattern on the sediment transfer in a typical
catchment on the Loess Plateau in China based on land use and topography data in
1964, 2004, and 2018. Thereupon, the impacts of changes in different land use types
on sediment connectivity and those of sediment connectivity changes on sediment
yield reduction in the catchment were quantified. The results showed that (i)
grassland and slope farmland were the main land use types in the catchment, and a
decrease of the slope farmland area and an increase of the vegetation coverage
occurred from 1964 to 2018; (ii) compared with 1964, most parts of the catchment in
2004 and 2018 had an overall lower connectivity index (IC); (iii) the distribution
of sediment connectivity presented obvious spatial variability. The hill slopes and
tributary gullies tended to be relatively well connected, and the main gully was
highly disconnected. Scenario simulations showed that the potential sediment
reduction effect was 20%−45% for vegetation, and <10% for terraces or dam lands in
1964, 2004, and 2018. The effect of impounding sediment by check dams was not
included in IC calculation in this study, and it was found that the sediment
impounded by these dams accounted for about 16% of sediment discharge reduction
during 1995–2004 and 1% during 2005–2018. The IC reduction was responsible for 84%
of the decrease of sediment discharge during 1995–2004 and 99% during 2005–2018,
reflecting that vegetation restoration and terrace construction on slopes has
become the main drivers for reducing IC value and sediment yield.},
keywords = {Sediment connectivity
Land cover change
Sediment yield
Scenario analysis
Loess Plateau},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN644,
author = {Liu, Wei and Zhan, Jinyan and Zhao, Fen and Yan, Haiming and Zhang,
Fan and Wei, Xiaoqing},
title = {Impacts of urbanization-induced land-use changes on ecosystem services:
A case study of the Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region, China},
volume = {98},
pages = {228-238},
abstract = {Ecosystem services value has decreased rapidly caused by land
use/land cover changes driven by urbanization during the past decades. Expanding
urbanization not only changes the spatial distribution of areas of ecosystem
service demand but it also changes the potential functions of ecosystem services.
It is necessary to undertake a quantitative analysis of historical changes in land
use/land cover in the context of the urban land sprawl to better understand
existing relationships between ecological services and land use/land cover change.
The methodology for this study was derived from an established knowledge base on
the importance of land use/land cover types for the supply of each of nine
identified ecosystem services extracted from a review of the literature. We
selected the Pearl River Delta as the object of our study and used a land-use
dataset entailing a resolution of 100 m to analyze the land use/land cover change
trends and the values of ecosystem services in this region from 1990 to 2015.
Furthermore, we compiled a summary of changes in the values of ecosystem services
caused by changes in land use/land cover. We found that the change trend of land
use/land cover in the Pearl River Delta, which is dominated by forests, reflected a
highly dynamic context. Construction land increased from 2909.77 km2 to 7486.89 km2
over the study period. The total value of ecosystem services increased by
4.5 × 1021 seJ during the period 1990–2015. Individual ecosystem services that
contributed the greatest value were hydrological regulation, climate regulation,
and soil formation and retention. In light of our findings, we developed a matrix
of ecosystem service values in relation to land use transitions and explored its
policy implications for ecosystem management. This matrix can help decision makers
to better understand tradeoffs between ecosystem services caused by land use/land
cover changes.},
Urbanization
Ecological landscape planning
Pearl River Delta},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN744,
author = {Liu, Wei and Zhan, Jinyan and Zhao, Fen and Yan, Haiming and Zhang,
Fan and Wei, Xiaoqing},
title = {Impacts of urbanization-induced land-use changes on ecosystem services:
A case study of the Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region, China},
volume = {98},
pages = {228-238},
abstract = {Ecosystem services value has decreased rapidly caused by land
use/land cover changes driven by urbanization during the past decades. Expanding
urbanization not only changes the spatial distribution of areas of ecosystem
service demand but it also changes the potential functions of ecosystem services.
It is necessary to undertake a quantitative analysis of historical changes in land
use/land cover in the context of the urban land sprawl to better understand
existing relationships between ecological services and land use/land cover change.
The methodology for this study was derived from an established knowledge base on
the importance of land use/land cover types for the supply of each of nine
identified ecosystem services extracted from a review of the literature. We
selected the Pearl River Delta as the object of our study and used a land-use
dataset entailing a resolution of 100 m to analyze the land use/land cover change
trends and the values of ecosystem services in this region from 1990 to 2015.
Furthermore, we compiled a summary of changes in the values of ecosystem services
caused by changes in land use/land cover. We found that the change trend of land
use/land cover in the Pearl River Delta, which is dominated by forests, reflected a
highly dynamic context. Construction land increased from 2909.77 km2 to 7486.89 km2
over the study period. The total value of ecosystem services increased by
4.5 × 1021 seJ during the period 1990–2015. Individual ecosystem services that
contributed the greatest value were hydrological regulation, climate regulation,
and soil formation and retention. In light of our findings, we developed a matrix
of ecosystem service values in relation to land use transitions and explored its
policy implications for ecosystem management. This matrix can help decision makers
to better understand tradeoffs between ecosystem services caused by land use/land
cover changes.},
Urbanization
Ecological landscape planning
Pearl River Delta},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN62,
author = {Liu, Wen and Feng, Qi and Engel, Bernard A. and Yu, Tengfei and Zhang,
Xin and Qian, Yuguo},
title = {A probabilistic assessment of urban flood risk and impacts of future
climate change},
volume = {618},
pages = {129267},
abstract = {Climate change has resulted in the increased frequency of extreme
storms and associated flood risk uncertainties in urban areas, which brings more
challenges to future urban flood prevention. Assessing future trends in
probabilistic urban flood risk can improve uncertainty estimation of urban floods
under climate change, and thus it is becoming increasingly urgent and important. In
this study, a probabilistic risk assessment approach of urban flooding was
developed to quantify the probabilistic flood risk in urban areas and assess the
impacts of future climate change on flood risk. Results showed probabilistic urban
flood risk under the historical condition ranged from 0 to 0.508 with a mean value
of 0.104, indicating probabilistic urban flood risk was at the medium risk level.
The areas where probabilistic flood risk reached the medium risk level under
historical condition accounted for 34.3 % of the study area. The ranges of
probabilistic flood risk in the study area were 0–0.588 and 0–0.601 with mean
values of 0.126 and 0.131 under SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5 climate change scenarios,
respectively. The areas where probabilistic flood risk reached the high risk level
respectively accounted for 17.1 % and 32.7 % of the study area for SSP2-4.5 and
SSP5-8.5 scenarios. Compared with the historical period, probabilistic risk of
urban flooding in the study area was projected to increase by 51.3 % and 67.4 % on
average for SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5 scenarios, respectively. The largest increase of
probabilistic flood risk was approximately 200 % and 250 % for the SSP2-4.5 and
SSP5-8.5 scenarios, respectively, which mainly occurred for forestlands and
grasslands. These results can effectively improve the uncertainty estimation of
risk trends for urban floods under future climate change, and thus better-informed
decision making for urban flood prevention.},
Daily precipitation
Gamma distribution
Monte Carlo simulation
Probabilistic risk
Urban flood},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN185,
author = {Liu, Yingchun and Jing, Yande and Han, Shanmei},
title = {Multi-scenario simulation of land use/land cover change and water yield
evaluation coupled with the GMOP-PLUS-InVEST model: A case study of the Nansi Lake
Basin in China},
volume = {155},
pages = {110926},
abstract = {Changes in land use/land cover (LULC) can impact water yield (WY) by
altering the structural layout and functions of terrestrial ecosystems. Therefore,
to ensure regional economic and ecosystem sustainability, it is critical to
investigate the correlation between LULC change and WY. The GMOP-PLUS-InVEST (GPI)
coupling model based on the gray multi-objective optimization model, the patch-
generating land use simulation model, and the integrated valuation of ecosystem
services and trade-offs model was used in this study. Establishing three different
scenarios: business as usual (BAU), economic development scenario (ED), and
ecological conservation scenario (EC) to predict the LULC distribution pattern in
the Nansi Lake Basin (NLB) in 2035, and obtain the WY from 2000 to 2035. Getis-Ord
Gi* and Anselin Local Moran's I were used to investigate the spatial–temporal
features of WY at the grid scale. The results indicated that: (1) The dominant LULC
types of the NLB were farmland and construction land. The primary transfer trend
was construction land encroaching on farmland due to the acceleration of the
urbanization process and policy intervention. (2) The results of the LULC
simulation in the NLB in 2035 showed that the BAU had a continuous trend of change
for nearly 20 years; Under the ED, the intensity of construction land encroachment
on farmland was accelerating; Under the EC, an apparent increase in the proportion
of ecological land could be seen, and the contradiction between construction land
and farmland had eased, which was expected to be more in line with the policy and
planning objectives. (3) LULC change had a significant effect on WY. From 2000 to
2035, WY of the NLB continued to increase, and in 2035, the WY under different
scenarios was ED > EC > BAU. Spatially it always showed a high value distribution
in the south and west in the NLB. The GPI coupling model can be used for LULC
optimization and ecosystem service evaluation, providing ideas for rational
planning of future LULC. Research results have significant reference significance
for the formulation of LULC policies and the protection and restoration of
ecological environment of the NLB.},
keywords = {Multi-scenario simulation
Water yield
GMOP-PLUS-InVEST model
Nansi Lake Basin},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1038,
author = {Liu, Yinhe and Zhong, Yanfei and Ma, Ailong and Zhao, Ji and Zhang,
Liangpei},
title = {Cross-resolution national-scale land-cover mapping based on noisy label
learning: A case study of China},
Geoinformation},
volume = {118},
pages = {103265},
abstract = {The spatial resolution of land cover mapping has been increasing
with the evolution of Earth observation technology. However, the higher spatial
resolution makes it more laborious to collect training samples for efficient land-
cover product updating. Fortunately, the existing historical products with a lower
spatial resolution can be used as labels to achieve cross-resolution mapping with
the latest images of a higher resolution. Although cross-resolution mapping can
generate a large number of low-cost training labels, the labels can be noisy due to
resolution mismatch or semantic errors. Furthermore, the existing deep learning
based classification models have difficulty in maintaining the output resolution.
In this article, a cross-resolution land-cover mapping framework with noisy label
learning is proposed to complete high-resolution land-cover mapping based on noisy
lower-resolution labels. The proposed method contains three parts: 1) To solve the
resolution mismatch problem, the training labels are refined by modeling the
spectral similarity and the spatial adjacency between the labels and the images
using a conditional random field model. 2) To avoid the problem of resolution loss
with the deep fully convolutional neural networks, a high-resolution deep semantic
segmentation network is proposed to achieve deep feature extraction while
maintaining the output resolution. 3) To eliminate the influence of semantic errors
in the generated labels, a class-conditional label correction method is proposed,
which detects and corrects the abnormal incorrect labels to facilitate network
training. A national-scale land-cover mapping experiment for China was carried out.
The 10-m spatial resolution land-cover map of China for 2020 was produced with
improved accuracy based on the 30-m spatial resolution historical product, which
shows the practicability of the proposed CRLC for rapid land-cover mapping.},
keywords = {Cross-resolution mapping
Land-cover classification
Fully convolutional network
Noisy label learning},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1088,
author = {Liu, Yongchao and Xiao, Xiangming and Li, Jialin and Wang, Xinxin and
Chen, Bangqian and Sun, Chao and Wang, Jie and Tian, Peng and Zhang, Haitao},
title = {Tracking changes in coastal land cover in the Yellow Sea, East Asia,
using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 time-series images and Google Earth Engine},
volume = {196},
pages = {429-444},
abstract = {Coastal zones are essential ecosystems due to their provision of
invaluable ecosystem services. However, the geomorphologic characteristics of
coastal zones are becoming more complex and changeable due to global warming, sea-
level rise (SLR), and the intensification of anthropogenic activities. Therefore,
accurate and timely knowledge of coastal land cover types (including tidal flats,
coastal vegetation, and year-long water cover) is needed for coastal research and
sustainable management. To date, land cover products for coastal areas are mainly
derived from moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer images, but few studies
have used Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (S1) and Sentinel-2 Multispectral
Instrument (S2) images, which can provide more detailed maps. We developed a Rule-
based Time Series Classification (RTSC) approach to map coastal land cover types at
a 10 m resolution, combining S1/S2 time-series images (2015–2019) and Google Earth
Engine (GEE). These products were developed for the coastal zone of the Yellow Sea
(YS), East Asia, which is an essential ecosystem protecting a coastal population of
60 million people from storms and SLR effects. Accuracy assessment showed that the
annual maps of coastal land cover had high overall accuracy. The coastal land cover
types for the YS in 2019 comprised 3593.42 km2 of tidal flats, 28,506.98 km2 of
coastal vegetation, and 5436.92 km2 of coastal year-long water. The interannual
dynamics of the coastal land cover area in the YS during 2015–2019 were smaller.
This study provides a promising method that combines S1/2 time series, a RTSC
approach, and GEE to map coastal land cover areas at large scales. The 10 m
resolution maps generated in this study are the most current dataset of coastal
land cover types for the YS, and they potentially provide a basis for the
sustainable management and conservation of this important coastal zone.},
keywords = {Coastal land cover
Rule-based Time Series Classification algorithm
Sentinel-1/2 images
GEE
Yellow Sea},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN196,
author = {Locke, Dexter Henry and Roman, Lara A. and Henning, Jason G. and
Healy, Marc},
title = {Four decades of urban land cover change in Philadelphia},
volume = {236},
pages = {104764},
abstract = {Given ambitious tree canopy goals, land cover change analyses in
cities are imperative. Urban tree canopy change analyses have been hindered by data
with low categorical resolution (e.g., canopy vs. not canopy), over relatively
short time horizons (5–10 years), representing only two points in time, and scarce
linkages to other temporal datasets (e.g., historical socioeconomic data). In this
study, using a land cover change data set with five cover classes spanning 40 years
(1970–2010) for Philadelphia, PA (US), we asked: which types of land cover changes
are most common, and how do those relate to and co-vary with socioeconomic change?
Specifically, we tabulated land cover changes (i.e., transition sequences), applied
multinomial logistic regression with socioeconomic variables as predictors of land
cover change, and used cluster analyses to characterize neighborhood changes
associated with land cover change. Land cover stability dominated the transition
sequences: the four most common sequences were stable road (e.g. road-road-road-
road-road), stable building, tree canopy, and herbaceous vegetation, collectively
accounting for 62.57% of all sequences. Multinomial logistic regression identified
that increases in homeownership, income, and educational attainment were associated
with a higher probability of tree canopy persistence. Cluster analyses via Affinity
Propagation showed that some Census tracts have similar land cover change
trajectories, and yet different socioeconomic trends. These findings point towards
opportunities to focus on tree preservation alongside the importance of
establishing new tree canopy through planting. Our study demonstrates the mix of
stability and dynamism in multidecadal urban land cover change, and the importance
of connecting land cover changes with socioeconomic changes.},
keywords = {Land canopy change
Sequence analysis
Post-industrial city
Urban forest
Urban tree canopy
Spatiotemporal analysis},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1195,
author = {Locke, Dexter Henry and Roman, Lara A. and Henning, Jason G. and
Healy, Marc},
title = {Four decades of urban land cover change in Philadelphia},
volume = {236},
pages = {104764},
abstract = {Given ambitious tree canopy goals, land cover change analyses in
cities are imperative. Urban tree canopy change analyses have been hindered by data
with low categorical resolution (e.g., canopy vs. not canopy), over relatively
short time horizons (5–10 years), representing only two points in time, and scarce
linkages to other temporal datasets (e.g., historical socioeconomic data). In this
study, using a land cover change data set with five cover classes spanning 40 years
(1970–2010) for Philadelphia, PA (US), we asked: which types of land cover changes
are most common, and how do those relate to and co-vary with socioeconomic change?
Specifically, we tabulated land cover changes (i.e., transition sequences), applied
multinomial logistic regression with socioeconomic variables as predictors of land
cover change, and used cluster analyses to characterize neighborhood changes
associated with land cover change. Land cover stability dominated the transition
sequences: the four most common sequences were stable road (e.g. road-road-road-
road-road), stable building, tree canopy, and herbaceous vegetation, collectively
accounting for 62.57% of all sequences. Multinomial logistic regression identified
that increases in homeownership, income, and educational attainment were associated
with a higher probability of tree canopy persistence. Cluster analyses via Affinity
Propagation showed that some Census tracts have similar land cover change
trajectories, and yet different socioeconomic trends. These findings point towards
opportunities to focus on tree preservation alongside the importance of
establishing new tree canopy through planting. Our study demonstrates the mix of
stability and dynamism in multidecadal urban land cover change, and the importance
of connecting land cover changes with socioeconomic changes.},
keywords = {Land canopy change
Sequence analysis
Post-industrial city
Urban forest
Urban tree canopy
Spatiotemporal analysis},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN572,
author = {Loukika, Kotapati Narayana and Keesara, Venkata Reddy and Buri, Eswar
Sai and Sridhar, Venkataramana},
title = {Future prediction of scenario based land use land cover (LU&LC) using
DynaCLUE model for a river basin},
volume = {77},
pages = {102223},
abstract = {Human activities that cause changes to the surface of the Earth lead
to alterations in Land Use and Land Cover (LU&LC) which have an impact on
biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and the well-being of humans. In order to
comprehend and manage the effects of human activities on the environment,
prediction of scenario-based LU&LC in future periods are crucial. Scenario-based
predictions of LU&LC provide valuable insights for decision-makers in the
sustainable governance of land and water resources. In the present study, the
Dynamic Conversion of Land Use and its Effects (DynaCLUE) modelling platform was
used to predict future LU&LC for Munneru river basin, India. Using six different
user defined scenarios LU&LC change patterns were analyzed in 2030, 2050 and 2080
so as to understand the pressure on the natural resources and to plan sustainable
Land Use Planning by preserving the important land use classes. The connection
between LU&LC classes and input driving factors was quantified using Binary
Logistic Regression (BLR) analysis. The β-coefficient was estimated using LU&LC
type as a dependent variable and driving factors as independent variables. The
demands of each LU&LC type, spatial policies and constraints, characteristics of
each location and land use conversions are used as inputs for prediction of future
LU&LC maps. Major conversions in LU&LC observed in this basin from last two decades
are the rapid increase in built-up area due to urbanization in the outskirts of
cities and towns. The major LU&LC changes projected for the period of 2019–2080 are
expansion of built-up area ranging from 42.5% to 88.5%, and a reduction in barren
land ranging from 57.3% to 74.5% across all six scenarios in the entire basin. The
projected LU&LC maps under different scenarios provide valuable insights that could
aid local communities, government agencies, and stakeholders in systematically
allocating resources at the local level and in preparing the policies for long-term
benefits.},
Binary logistic regression
Driving factors
DynaCLUE model
Prediction and scenario
River basin management},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN918,
author = {Lu, Nan and Sun, Ge and Feng, Xiaoming and Fu, Bojie},
title = {Water yield responses to climate change and variability across the
North–South Transect of Eastern China (NSTEC)},
volume = {481},
pages = {96-105},
abstract = {Summary China is facing a growing water crisis due to climate and
land use change, and rise in human water demand across this rapidly developing
country. Understanding the spatial and temporal ecohydrologic responses to climate
change is critical to sustainable water resource management. We investigated water
yield (WY) responses to historical (1981–2000) and projected potential climate
changes across a large and complex climatic and land cover gradients over the
North–South Transect of Eastern China (NSTEC, a standard terrestrial transect of
the International GeoBiological Project, IGBP). After an annual scale
evapotranspiration (ET) model was validated with historical streamflow records from
ten watersheds, the model was applied to the NSTEC that encompasses seven climatic
zones. We found that (1) The spatial and temporal variations of WY were highly
dependent on precipitation (P) patterns during 1981–2000. Overall, the influences
of significant temperature (T) rise on the trend of WY were suppressed by the
insignificant P change during 1981–2000. (2) The long-term mean WY by climatic zone
had a similar pattern as P. The different climatic zones had differential
contributions to the total volumetric WY of the NSTEC. Within each climatic zone,
the volumetric WY for each land cover type was highly dependent on its area of each
land cover. (3) Corresponding to the P pattern, the mean WY decreased from the low
(South) to high latitude (North), but the rates of changes varied along the NSTEC.
Along the NSTEC, the sensitivity of WY to potential T and P changes increased from
the high latitude to the low latitude. Future potential changes in WY are likely to
follow changes in P with some modification by changes in energy availability. We
conclude that precipitation is a major driver for water resource availability, and
reliable prediction of future precipitation change patterns is critical to
hydrologic forecast across the study region.},
keywords = {NSTEC
Climate change
Evapotranspiration
Water yield
Spatial variability},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN963,
author = {Lu, Xuehe and Ju, Weimin and Jiang, Hong and Zhang, Xiuying and Liu,
Jinxun and Sherba, Jason and Wang, Songhan},
title = {Effects of nitrogen deposition on water use efficiency of global
terrestrial ecosystems simulated using the IBIS model},
volume = {101},
pages = {954-962},
abstract = {Nitrogen (N) deposition changes the availability of N in ecosystems
and regulates carbon and water cycles, including ecosystem water use efficiency
(WUE). In recent decades, N deposition has been increasing rapidly, especially at
several hotspots in China, Europe and the U.S. In this study, a process-based
terrestrial ecosystem model, IBIS (Integrated BIosphere Simulator), was used to
simulate the effects of N deposition on WUE globally. The results indicated that
increasing N deposition led to a global increase in WUE of 0.005 g C kg−1 H2O on
average over the first 10 years of the 21st century. The effects of N deposition on
WUE were more evident in certain hotspots than in other parts of the world. The
effect of N deposition on gross primary productivity (GPP) determined the change in
WUE. In particular, high N deposition led to decreased ET and consequently
increased the WUE in southeastern China. Moreover, increased N deposition has
significantly enhanced the WUE in response to elevated CO2 in southeastern China,
indicating the importance of N deposition in regulating the terrestrial carbon
cycle.},
Nitrogen deposition
Model simulation
Climate change
Carbon and nitrogen coupling},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN662,
author = {Luiza Petroni, Maria and Siqueira-Gay, Juliana and Lucia Casteli
Figueiredo Gallardo, Amarilis},
title = {Understanding land use change impacts on ecosystem services within
urban protected areas},
volume = {223},
pages = {104404},
abstract = {Protected Areas (PAs) aim at safeguarding biodiversity and cultural
values by regulating land use and land cover (LULC) within their boundaries. In the
context of different PAs categories, urban planners have the challenge of
temporally and spatially understand ecosystem services (ES) supply and demand. To
shed light on this issue, we explored ES within two levels of PAs in one of the
main cities in a large tropical forest. By analyzing LULC and mapping ES in
sustainable use and full protection PAs in São Paulo (Brazil), we investigated the
impacts on ES supply and demand resulting from 28 years of LULC changes. In the
sustainable use area, we identified urban expansion and the increased pressure on
urban parks. In contrast, full protection PAs blocked the urbanization resulted
from major undertakings and blocked the urban sprawl to parts of the sustainable
use area. We found possible trade-offs between water provision (positively
affected) and tourism (negatively affected) in response to the loss of pasture and
between water provision (negatively affected) and local climate regulation, and
tourism (positively affected) associated with the increase in agriculture. Our
study reveals that conservation targets for PAs decisions should address trade-offs
among ES as a result of LULC changes derived from surrounding projects and
associated interventions.},
keywords = {Ecosystem service matrix
Land management
Mapping
Spatial analysis
Urban planning},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN762,
author = {Luiza Petroni, Maria and Siqueira-Gay, Juliana and Lucia Casteli
Figueiredo Gallardo, Amarilis},
title = {Understanding land use change impacts on ecosystem services within
urban protected areas},
volume = {223},
pages = {104404},
abstract = {Protected Areas (PAs) aim at safeguarding biodiversity and cultural
values by regulating land use and land cover (LULC) within their boundaries. In the
context of different PAs categories, urban planners have the challenge of
temporally and spatially understand ecosystem services (ES) supply and demand. To
shed light on this issue, we explored ES within two levels of PAs in one of the
main cities in a large tropical forest. By analyzing LULC and mapping ES in
sustainable use and full protection PAs in São Paulo (Brazil), we investigated the
impacts on ES supply and demand resulting from 28 years of LULC changes. In the
sustainable use area, we identified urban expansion and the increased pressure on
urban parks. In contrast, full protection PAs blocked the urbanization resulted
from major undertakings and blocked the urban sprawl to parts of the sustainable
use area. We found possible trade-offs between water provision (positively
affected) and tourism (negatively affected) in response to the loss of pasture and
between water provision (negatively affected) and local climate regulation, and
tourism (positively affected) associated with the increase in agriculture. Our
study reveals that conservation targets for PAs decisions should address trade-offs
among ES as a result of LULC changes derived from surrounding projects and
associated interventions.},
keywords = {Ecosystem service matrix
Land management
Mapping
Spatial analysis
Urban planning},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN618,
author = {Lumia, Giovanni and Praticò, Salvatore and Di Fazio, Salvatore and
Cushman, Samuel and Modica, Giuseppe},
title = {Combined use of urban Atlas and Corine land cover datasets for the
implementation of an ecological network using graph theory within a multi-species
approach},
volume = {148},
pages = {110150},
abstract = {Ecological sustainability has recently risen to prominence in
scientific research and management applications. Approaches to measuring ecological
connectivity and their application to optimize ecological network (EN) design are
powerful tools against landscape fragmentation and biodiversity loss. We focused on
building an EN by identifying the most sensitive areas for ecological connectivity
within the Reggio Calabria (Italy) metropolitan area. We also proposed a
defragmentation scenario to improve the obtained EN. The CORINE Land Cover and the
Urban Atlas 2018 were used to obtain a fine-scale representation of the study area.
Ten terrestrial mammal species were used to model connectivity following a multi-
species approach. Dispersal distance, patch size, and resistance to species
movement were used to identify patches and corridors. Vegetational fractional
coverage based on three years time series of Sentinel-2 red-edge normalized
difference vegetation index was used to discriminate areas with higher naturalness.
We used graph theory and connectivity metrics to test the EN’s robustness and
identify locations for restoration in a defragmentation scenario. The obtained EN,
formed by three separate components, was composed of 724 arcs and 300 nodes with an
average patch area of 27.04 ha. After the defragmentation hypothesis, the EN,
formed by only one component, was composed of 771 arcs and 328 nodes with an
average patch area of 26.82 ha. It was possible to analyze an EN’s connectivity and
evaluate the impact of a scenario intended to enhance multi-species connectivity.
By comparing several connectivity metrics, we highlighted the potential of land
interventions as a planning tool to enhance future ecological sustainability and
biodiversity conservation.},
keywords = {Remote sensing (RS)
Vegetation Fractional Coverage (VFC)
Sentinel-2
Graphab
Landscape connectivity},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN718,
approach},
volume = {148},
pages = {110150},
Sentinel-2
Graphab
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1017,
approach},
volume = {148},
pages = {110150},
Sentinel-2
Graphab
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1254,
author = {Lunetta, Ross S. and Shao, Yang and Ediriwickrema, Jayantha and Lyon,
John G.},
title = {Monitoring agricultural cropping patterns across the Laurentian Great
Lakes Basin using MODIS-NDVI data},
Geoinformation},
volume = {12},
number = {2},
pages = {81-88},
abstract = {The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) 16-day composite data product (MOD12Q) was used
to develop annual cropland and crop-specific map products (corn, soybeans, and
wheat) for the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin (GLB). The crop area distributions and
changes in crop rotations were characterized by comparing annual crop map products
for 2005, 2006, and 2007. The total acreages for corn and soybeans were relatively
balanced for calendar years 2005 (31,462km2 and 31,283km2, respectively) and 2006
(30,766km2 and 30,972km2, respectively). Conversely, corn acreage increased
approximately 21% from 2006 to 2007, while soybean and wheat acreage decreased
approximately 9% and 21%, respectively. Two-year crop rotational change analyses
were conducted for the 2005–2006 and 2006–2007 time periods. The large increase in
corn acreages for 2007 introduced crop rotation changes across the GLB. Compared to
2005–2006, crop rotation patterns for 2006–2007 resulted in increased corn–corn,
soybean–corn, and wheat–corn rotations. The increased corn acreages could have
potential negative impacts on nutrient loadings, pesticide exposures, and sediment-
mediated habitat degradation. Increased in US corn acreages in 2007 were related to
new biofuel mandates, while Canadian increases were attributed to higher world-wide
corn prices. Additional study is needed to determine the potential impacts of
increases in corn-based ethanol agricultural production on watershed ecosystems and
receiving waters.},
keywords = {Multi-temporal imagery analysis
Cropland categorization
MODIS-NDVI},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2010},
}
@article{RN444,
author = {Lungarska, Anna and Chakir, Raja},
title = {Climate-induced Land Use Change in France: Impacts of Agricultural
Adaptation and Climate Change Mitigation},
journal = {Ecological Economics},
volume = {147},
pages = {134-154},
abstract = {Interaction between mitigation and adaptation is a key question for
the design of climate policies. In this paper, we study how land use adaptation to
climate change impacts land use competition in the agriculture, forest and other
land use (AFOLU) sector and how a mitigation policy in agriculture might affect
this competition. We use for this purpose two sector-specific bio-economic models
of agriculture and forest combined with an econometric land use shares model to
simulate the impacts of two climate change scenarios (A2 and B1, 2100 horizon), and
a greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture policy consisting of a tax of between 0
and 200€/tCO2 equivalent. Our results show that both climate change scenarios lead
to an increase in the area devoted to agriculture at the expense of forest which
could have a negative impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions responsible for
climate change. The mitigation policy would curtail agricultural expansion, and
thus could counteract the effects of land use adaptation to climate change. In
other words, accounting for land use competition results in a reduction of the
abatement costs of the mitigation policy in the agricultural sector.},
keywords = {Spatial land use share model
Greenhouse gas tax
Climate change
Mitigation
Adaptation
Land rent
Agriculture},
ISSN = {0921-8009},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.12.030},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN1247,
author = {Luo, Ke and Lu, Linlin and Xie, Yanhua and Chen, Fang and Yin, Fang
and Li, Qingting},
title = {Crop type mapping in the central part of the North China Plain using
Sentinel-2 time series and machine learning},
volume = {205},
pages = {107577},
abstract = {The North China Plain (NCP), a major agricultural area in China,
plays an important role in China's grain production. Timely and accurate crop
information for NCP is very important to China's food security and sustainable
development. Due to high variability of the temporal profiles of vegetation
indices, classification models using temporally aggregated remote sensing data
often exhibit suboptimal performance for multi-crop classification in the NCP with
complex cropping patterns. Therefore, optimal feature sets and classification
models should be developed for efficient and accurate crop mapping in this region.
In this study, we used all available Sentinel-2 imagery in 2020 to map major crops
including winter wheat/corn, cotton, peanut, and millet in a typical winter wheat
production city in the central part of the NCP. NDVI time series, textural, and
phenological features from Sentinel-2 time series and topographic features of the
study area were derived as input features (394 features in total). Two feature
selection methods, random forest and unsupervised feature selection based on multi-
subspace randomization and collaboration (SRCFS), were used to select 20
informative features from the 394 features. Then, four groups of features were
evaluated with three machine learning classifiers, i.e., random forest (RF),
support vector machine (SVM), and artificial neural network (ANN). The results
showed that the most useful features for crop type classification for the region
were phenological and textural features during February to March and April to May.
When using the full feature set, RF provided the best results compared with SVM and
ANN. However, both RF and SVM classifier with 20 RF-selected features generated the
optimal results. The crops were identified with an overall accuracy of 93% and a
kappa coefficient of 0.9 in the final 10-meter resolution crop map. The feature
selection and machine learning classification methods can be applied to high-
resolution crop mapping using time series of Sentinel-2 data in agricultural
regions with mixed cropping patterns in an efficient manner.},
keywords = {Crop mapping
Sentinel-2 time series
Feature selection
Machine learning},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN14,
author = {Lv, Tong and Peng, Shouzhang and Liu, Bo and Liu, Yunuo and Ding,
Yongxia},
title = {Planting suitability of China’s main grain crops under future climate
change},
journal = {Field Crops Research},
volume = {302},
pages = {109112},
abstract = {How to plan crop planting under global warming is a key issue in the
context of an emerging global food crisis. Although previous studies have utilized
crop potential distribution for crop planting strategies, they overlooked the high
and stable crop-yielding areas within the potential distribution zone, which
hinders the optimal utilization of these areas. Taking China as a case, this study
proposed a high and stable yield index based on crop potential yield using a hybrid
model at site scale (i.e., establishing the relationship between the observed crop
yield and the outputs of process-based LPJ-GUESS model as well as climate variables
using the random forest method) and assessed planting suitability of China’s main
grain crops (i.e., maize, wheat, and rice) under future climate change using the
index. According to the results, (1) the determination coefficients between
observed and modeled yield in the hybrid models were 0.71, 0.49, and 0.66 for
maize, wheat, and rice, respectively, suggesting that the hybrid model had an
acceptable performance. Moreover, the hybrid models had much better performance
than the LPJ-GUESS model in crop yield simulation at site scale. (2) Compared with
the 2001–2020, future average potential yield of three crops in the actual
cultivated land would decline in 2081–2100, where the declined areas for maize,
wheat, and rice would account for 83.8–89.2 %, 68.2–70.2 %, and 74.2–80.9 % of
cultivated land, respectively. (3) High yield and stable yield areas of each crop
do not overlap completely spatially, indicating that establishment of the high and
stable yield index for crop planting suitability measurement is necessary. Compared
with the 2001–2020, the optimal suitability areas of each crop will decrease under
future climate change, implying that future climate change will reduce and shift
the high and stable yield area of each crop. (4) Spatial overlay between the actual
distribution and the optimal suitability area of each crop demonstrates that the
optimal suitability area of each crop has not and will not be occupied completely
by actual crop planting, suggesting a large available area for the adjustment of
future crop planting area. This work could facilitate spatial optimization of crop
planting to adapt to future climate change in China.},
keywords = {High yield
Stable yield
Planting suitability
Climate change
China},
ISSN = {0378-4290},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2023.109112},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN46,
author = {Lyche Solheim, Anne and Tolvanen, Anne and Skarbøvik, Eva and Kløve,
Bjørn and Collentine, Dennis and Kronvang, Brian and Blicher-Mathiesen, Gitte and
Hashemi, Fatemeh and Juutinen, Artti and Hellsten, Seppo and Pouta, Eija and
Vermaat, Jan E.},
title = {Land-use change in a Nordic future towards bioeconomy: A methodological
framework to compare and merge stakeholder and expert opinions on qualitative
scenarios},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {228},
pages = {107100},
abstract = {Future development of bioeconomy is expected to change land use in
the Nordic countries in agriculture and forestry. The changes are likely to affect
water quality due to changes in nutrient run-off. To explore possible future land-
use changes and their environmental impact, stakeholders and experts from four
Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) were consulted. The
methodological framework for the consultation was to identify a set of relevant
land-use attributes for agriculture and forestry, e.g. tillage conservation effort,
fertiliser use, animal husbandry, biogas production from manure, forestry
management options, and implementation of mitigation measures, including protection
of sensitive areas. The stakeholders and experts provided their opinions on how
these attributes might change in terms of their environmental impacts on water
quality given five Nordic bioeconomic scenarios (sustainability, business as usual,
self-sufficiency, cities first and maximizing economic growth). A compilation
methodology was developed to allow comparing and merging the stakeholder and expert
opinions for each attribute and scenario. The compiled opinions for agriculture and
forestry suggest that the business-as-usual scenario may slightly decrease the
current environmental impact for most attributes due to new technologies, but that
the sustainability scenario would be the only option to achieve a clear
environmental improvement. In contrast, for the self-sufficiency scenario, as well
as the maximum growth scenario, a deterioration of the environment and water
quality was expected for most of the attributes. The results from the stakeholder
consultations are used as inputs to models for estimating the impact of the land-
use attributes and scenarios on nutrient run-off from catchments in the Nordic
countries (as reported in other papers in this special issue). Furthermore, these
results will facilitate policy level discussions concerning how to facilitate the
shift to bioeconomy with increasing biomass exploitation without deteriorating
water quality and ecological status in Nordic rivers and lakes.},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1182,
author = {Lyu, Yuefeng and Sheng, Li and Wu, Cifang},
title = {Improving land-cover-based expert matrices to quantify the dynamics of
ecosystem service supply, demand, and budget: Optimization of weight distribution},
volume = {154},
pages = {110515},
abstract = {Although the land-cover-based expert matrices have been widely used
for ecosystem service assessment, criticisms about the accuracy and reliability of
this method have never ceased. In this study, we introduced a weight distribution
approach called Full Permutation Polygon Synthetic Indicator (FPPSI) into the land-
cover-based expert matrices, trying to reduce the systemic flaws caused by the
default weight assignment and accumulative calculation form of general matrices
method. Taking Hangzhou, a representative city in the rapid urbanization process of
China as an example, we used the weight optimization expert matrices to quantify
the dynamics of ecosystem service supply, demand, and budget during the period of
dramatic land cover change from 1990 to 2020. An indicator named supply–demand
balanced index (SDBI) was formulated to describe the supply–demand situation among
ecosystem services. The results indicated that with the continuous encroachment of
the artificial surface on suburban cultivated land, the supply and demand of the 12
selected ecosystem services had experienced a decreasing trend in varying degrees.
The evaluation results derived from the general method indicated that the ecosystem
service budget of the study area had dropped by an average of 11.1% in the past
30 years, while the percentage was only 5.7% through the weight optimization
method. Through literature review and discussion, we note that ecosystem services
assessment is a process fraught with uncertainty. The weight optimization method
has the advantage of being convenient, intuitive, and adjustable. It can also
export more conservative evaluation results compared with the general method, which
can better reflect the dynamic and non-linear process between land use types and
ecosystem services to a certain extent. The above findings provide new insights for
reducing uncertainty in land-cover-based expert matrices assessments, which can be
applied to the practical assessment of ecosystem supply and demand with dramatic
land use/land cover changes.},
Expert matrices
Full Permutation Polygon Synthetic Indicator (FPPSI)
Land use/land cover change (LULC)
Optimization
Weight distribution},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN559,
author = {López, Erna and Bocco, Gerardo and Mendoza, Manuel and Duhau, Emilio},
title = {Predicting land-cover and land-use change in the urban fringe: A case
in Morelia city, Mexico},
volume = {55},
number = {4},
pages = {271-285},
abstract = {Land-cover and land-use (LCLU) change was quantified for the last 35
years within and in the vicinity of a fast growing city in Mexico, using rectified
aerial photographs and geographic information systems (GIS). LCLU change was
projected for the next 20 years using Markov chains and regression analyses. The
study explored the relationships between urban growth and landscape change, and
between urban growth and population growth. The analysis of Markov matrices
suggests that the highest LCLU attractor is the city of Morelia, followed by
plantations and croplands. Grasslands and shrublands are the least stable
categories. The most powerful use of the Markov transition matrices seems to be at
the descriptive rather than the predictive level. Linear regression between urban
and population growth offered a more robust prediction of urban growth in Morelia.
Hence, we suggest that linear regression should be used when projecting growth
tendencies of cities in regions with similar characteristics.},
keywords = {Land-cover and land-use change
Markov models
Landscape
Urban growth
Mexico},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2001},
}
@article{RN1040,
author = {López-De-Castro, Marcos and Prieto-Herráez, Diego and Asensio-Sevilla,
María Isabel and Pagnini, Gianni},
title = {A high-resolution fuel type mapping procedure based on satellite
imagery and neural networks: Updating fuel maps for wildfire simulators},
volume = {27},
pages = {100810},
abstract = {A major limitation in the simulation of forest fires involves the
proper characterization of the surface vegetation over the study area, based on
land cover maps. Unfortunately, these maps may be outdated, with areas where
vegetation is either not documented or inaccurately portrayed. These limitations
may impair the predictions of wildfire simulators or the design of risk maps and
prevention plans. This study proposes a complete procedure for fuel type
classification using satellite imagery and fully-connected neural networks.
Specifically, our work is based on pixel-based processing cells, generating high-
resolution maps. The field study is located in the Northeast of Castilla y León, a
central Spanish region, and the Rothermel criteria was followed for the fuel
classification. The results record an accuracy of close to 78% on the test sets for
the two studied settings, improving on the results reported in previous studies and
ratifying the robustness of our approach. Additionally, the confusion matrix
analysis and the per-class statistics computed confirm good reliability for all
fuel types in a cross-validation framework. The predicted maps can be used on
wildfire simulators through GIS tools.},
keywords = {Fuel type mapping
Satellite data
Neural networks
Rothermel classification
Wildfires},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN932,
author = {Ma, Bingran and Zeng, Weihua and Hu, Guanzheng and Cao, Ruoxin and
Cui, Dan and Zhang, Tongzuo},
title = {Normalized difference vegetation index prediction based on the delta
downscaling method and back-propagation artificial neural network under climate
change in the Sanjiangyuan region, China},
volume = {72},
pages = {101883},
abstract = {Predicting the response of vegetation to climate change through
mathematical methods is an important way to understand ecosystem condition changes
in ecologically vulnerable regions. We took the Sanjiangyuan region, one of the
most sensitive areas to climate change, as the study area to construct a simpler
calculation and higher resolution (suitable for regional scale study) nonlinear
method to predict the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) under climate
change by combining the delta downscaling method and backpropagation artificial
neural network. We first used the delta downscaling method to downscale the coarse-
resolution climate element data of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (Phase
6) (CMIP6) to 0.08333° (regional scale). By analysing the relationship between NDVI
and climate elements, we found that NDVI has the highest correlation with annual
total precipitation, annual mean temperature, variation range of precipitation and
temperature, etc. Then, we used these impact factors to train the back propagation
artificial neural network (BP-ANN) and predict the NDVI in 2030 and 2060 under the
SSP1–2.6 scenario and SSP5–8.5 scenario. The simulated results show that the BP-ANN
can be used to construct the nonlinear relationship between NDVI and the impact
factors on different scales. In the future, NDVI will increase under both the SSP1–
2.6 scenario and the SSP5–8.5 scenario. The western part of the study area has the
highest altitude, the ecosystem is more vulnerable, and the changes will be the
most intense. This study is expected to provide a reference for understanding the
impact of climate change on vegetation in national parks in plateaus and to provide
a simpler NDVI prediction method for the evaluation of environmental quality under
the impact of climate change with NDVI as one of the parameters.},
keywords = {Plateau vegetation growth
BP-ANN prediction
delta downscaling method
Coupled model Intercomparison project},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1026,
author = {Ma, Bingran and Zeng, Weihua and Hu, Guanzheng and Cao, Ruoxin and
Cui, Dan and Zhang, Tongzuo},
title = {Normalized difference vegetation index prediction based on the delta
downscaling method and back-propagation artificial neural network under climate
change in the Sanjiangyuan region, China},
volume = {72},
pages = {101883},
abstract = {Predicting the response of vegetation to climate change through
mathematical methods is an important way to understand ecosystem condition changes
in ecologically vulnerable regions. We took the Sanjiangyuan region, one of the
most sensitive areas to climate change, as the study area to construct a simpler
calculation and higher resolution (suitable for regional scale study) nonlinear
method to predict the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) under climate
change by combining the delta downscaling method and backpropagation artificial
neural network. We first used the delta downscaling method to downscale the coarse-
resolution climate element data of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (Phase
6) (CMIP6) to 0.08333° (regional scale). By analysing the relationship between NDVI
and climate elements, we found that NDVI has the highest correlation with annual
total precipitation, annual mean temperature, variation range of precipitation and
temperature, etc. Then, we used these impact factors to train the back propagation
artificial neural network (BP-ANN) and predict the NDVI in 2030 and 2060 under the
SSP1–2.6 scenario and SSP5–8.5 scenario. The simulated results show that the BP-ANN
can be used to construct the nonlinear relationship between NDVI and the impact
factors on different scales. In the future, NDVI will increase under both the SSP1–
2.6 scenario and the SSP5–8.5 scenario. The western part of the study area has the
highest altitude, the ecosystem is more vulnerable, and the changes will be the
most intense. This study is expected to provide a reference for understanding the
impact of climate change on vegetation in national parks in plateaus and to provide
a simpler NDVI prediction method for the evaluation of environmental quality under
the impact of climate change with NDVI as one of the parameters.},
keywords = {Plateau vegetation growth
BP-ANN prediction
delta downscaling method
Coupled model Intercomparison project},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN521,
author = {Ma, Chunzi and Huo, Shouliang and Sun, Wenchun and Xi, Beidou and He,
Zhuoshi and Su, Jing and Zhang, Jingtian},
title = {Establishment of physico-chemical variables and Chl a criteria based on
land-use patterns and terrestrial ecosystem health},
volume = {97},
pages = {355-362},
abstract = {Developing numeric criteria is crucial for controlling cultural
eutrophication and for protecting current and future water quality. Land-use
changes in watersheds are the most important early warning indicators of lake
eutrophication. In this study, the relationships between land-use patterns and
physico-chemical variables and chlorophyll a (Chl a) concentrations were obtained
through stepwise regression analysis to predict physico-chemical and Chl a criteria
for the Eastern Plain Ecoregion. Ecological indicators (including landscape,
function, and stressor aspects) related to land-use patterns and soil erosion was
selected for the assessment of terrestrial ecosystem health using the analytic
hierarchy process. The results indicated that the physico-chemical and Chl a
criteria estimated from the relationships between anthropogenic land use and water
quality variables were similar to the average values of the corresponding variables
in the case of excellent terrestrial ecosystem health. The average values of water
quality variables corresponding to excellent terrestrial ecosystem health can be
used as criteria in the Eastern Plain Ecoregion. These findings are advantageous
for understanding the health levels of the terrestrial ecosystems of the shallow
lakes in this region and the degree of interference from human activities, as well
as for providing a theoretical basis for the determination of criteria.},
keywords = {Criteria
Land use
Health assessment},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN582,
author = {Ma, Han and Zhong, Lei and Fu, Yunfei and Cheng, Meilin and Wang, Xian
and Cheng, Ming and Chang, Yaoxin},
title = {A study on hydrological responses of the Fuhe River Basin to combined
effects of land use and climate change},
volume = {48},
pages = {101476},
abstract = {Study region The Fuhe River Basin in Jiangxi Province, China. Study
focus Global climate change and intensified human activities are making the
hydrological processes at Fuhe River Basin experiencing dramatic changes. Although
some studies have investigated their individual impacts on basin-scale water
resources, their combined effects on hydrology have received little attention. In
this study, future scenarios were constructed for three future periods, based on
five global climate model outputs (GCMs) from the Coupled Model Intercomparison
Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) and a dataset of future land use projections under three
shared socioeconomic pathways and representative concentration pathways (SSP-RCPs).
Then, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model was used to assess the
relative changes in water balance components and extreme flow frequency under these
developed scenarios. Furthermore, the hydrological response assessment methodology
was improved from the original multiscenario ensemble flow forecast (MESF)
framework, which not only strengthens the connection between climate and land use
input changes but also adds more assessment items. New hydrological insights for
the region The flow at the outlet of Fuhe River Basin is expected to increase by
approximately 27.1%− 30.2%, 24.7–39.0% and 35.5%− 43.5% in the 2030 s, 2060 s and
2090 s, respectively. Water availability will increase significantly in February,
August and October and decrease in November and December. To the end of 21st
century, surface runoff will have more than 100% increase. Future floods and
droughts will be more frequent and severe under SSP5–8.5.},
Land-use change
Ensemble forecast
Combined effects
SWAT},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN141,
author = {Ma, Wu and Domke, Grant M. and Woodall, Christopher W. and D'Amato,
Anthony W.},
title = {Contemporary forest carbon dynamics in the northern U.S. associated
with land cover changes},
volume = {110},
pages = {105901},
abstract = {Estimates of the spatial–temporal distributions of forest carbon (C)
stocks subject to land use and cover changes is critical to greenhouse gas (GHG)
estimation and reporting. Based on national forest inventory (NFI) and Landsat time
series data, we applied matrix models to estimate and map spatial–temporal
distributions of forest aboveground biomass (AGB) C, standing dead C, downed dead
C, litter C, and soil organic C from 1990 to 2018 attributed to land cover changes
and harvests in the northern United States (US). From predicted pixel-level maps,
we found that all five forest C pools of northeast states and northern tier of
Great Lake states had higher C density than other regions in the study area. We
estimated that forest-related land cover changes reduced the forest C sink by 0.15
ton C ha−1 yr−1 (with a range of 0.12 to 0.18 ton C ha−1 yr−1) a accounting for 29%
of forest C reductions over the study period. Forests remaining forests sequestered
2.38 Pg C (2.05 to 2.61 Pg C), hence the net forest sink of the northern US
increased 1.73 Pg C (1.52 to 1.93 Pg C) during 1990–2018, which is an annual rate
of 0.88 ton C ha−1 yr−1 (0.77 to 0.98 ton C ha−1 yr−1). Moreover, forest C was
captured in harvested wood products by 0.33 ton C ha−1 yr−1. An uncertainty
analysis with fuzzy sets suggested that the absolute uncertainties of land cover
change and harvest impacts on standing dead C, downed dead C, and litter C were
lower than 4.50 ton ha−1 during 1990–2018. In comparison, there were high
uncertainties associated with estimates of soil organic C and AGB C densities at
approximately 12–40 ton ha−1 in northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Maine,
New Hampshire, and New York. This study demonstrates methods for adhering to
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change good practice guidelines for national GHG
reporting and presents spatially explicit attribution of regional trends in C
fluxes to particular activities and events. The resolved estimates from this
analysis can be used to examine local and regional land use and cover change
policies and practices in the context of C management in the northern US.},
keywords = {Forest
Landsat
Uncertainty
Carbon},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1145,
author = {Mader, Megan M. and Ruetz, Carl R. and Woznicki, Sean A. and Steinman,
Alan D.},
title = {Land cover and water quality of drowned river mouths: Evidence of an
environmental gradient along the eastern Lake Michigan shoreline},
journal = {Journal of Great Lakes Research},
abstract = {Lake Michigan’s drowned river mouths (DRM) are hydrologically unique
systems with both riverine and large-lake influences. Serving as focal points for
human development, DRMs have experienced a history of industrialization,
urbanization, and are now moving towards an era of restoration and revitalization.
The goal of this study was to examine water quality in 12 DRMs along Lake
Michigan’s eastern shoreline. We hypothesized that there is a latitudinal gradient
in indicators of water quality in these DRM lakes, which is the result of natural
land cover, anthropogenic land use, and underlying geology. We identified a
latitudinal gradient in land use/land cover with developed land area more abundant
in southern DRMs and forest more abundant in northern land area; this distinction
was evident at both the local and whole watershed geographic scales but was more
distinct at the local scale. Water quality followed suit with specific conductance,
chlorophyll-a, and total phosphorus (TP) concentrations higher in southern DRMs and
lower in northern DRMs; whereas, Secchi disk depth showed the opposite trend.
Multivariate analysis results were consistent with the relationship of water
quality and latitudinal gradient. Thermal stratification and low dissolved oxygen
(DO) concentrations in the hypolimnion were more common in deeper (i.e., greater
than 4 m) areas of DRMs; low DO in the hypolimnion was more likely in southern DRMs
than in northern DRMs. These results provide a foundation for future research
initiatives in helping separate anthropogenic vs. natural stress in these systems,
which provide critical ecosystem services for their surrounding communities.},
keywords = {Development
Drowned river mouth lake
Great Lakes
Land cover
Water quality
Watershed},
ISSN = {0380-1330},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2023.09.008},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN636,
author = {Magalhães, Stephanie Freitas Couto de and Barboza, Carlos Alberto de
Moura and Maia, Mayra Braz and Molisani, Mauricio Mussi},
title = {Influence of land cover, catchment morphometry and rainfall on water
quality and material transport of headwaters and low-order streams of a tropical
mountainous watershed},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {213},
pages = {106137},
abstract = {Water quality and material transport in small mountainous watersheds
respond to diverse factors and may be scale-dependent, when the influence of
headwaters and low-order streams on the main channel is considered. Here, the
effects of catchment morphometry, rainfall and land cover were evaluated in the
physical-chemical parameters of water quality, discharge, suspended sediment and
nutrient fluxes of headwaters, low-order streams and the main channel of a tropical
mountainous watershed. This watershed is still well-forested with low degree of
urbanization, which provided relationships between natural and external drivers of
land use changes. The results showed that the water quality of the headwaters
generally reacted to urbanization. In contrast, responsive water quality and the
transport parameters of the low-order streams were related to the forest cover and
the morphological characteristics of the sub-catchments. The downstream transport
of water, suspended sediment, and nutrients in the main channel were non-
conservative, but presented both retention and intensification depending on the
river section, which were not entirely explained by the headwater and low-order
stream inflow. The present study highlighted the importance of seasonality of
rainfall, catchment morphometry, and land use and land cover changes on the control
over the quality of water and material transport of a tropical mountainous
watershed.},
keywords = {Small river
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Suspended sediment
Atlantic forest},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN736,
author = {Magalhães, Stephanie Freitas Couto de and Barboza, Carlos Alberto de
Moura and Maia, Mayra Braz and Molisani, Mauricio Mussi},
title = {Influence of land cover, catchment morphometry and rainfall on water
quality and material transport of headwaters and low-order streams of a tropical
mountainous watershed},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {213},
pages = {106137},
abstract = {Water quality and material transport in small mountainous watersheds
respond to diverse factors and may be scale-dependent, when the influence of
headwaters and low-order streams on the main channel is considered. Here, the
effects of catchment morphometry, rainfall and land cover were evaluated in the
physical-chemical parameters of water quality, discharge, suspended sediment and
nutrient fluxes of headwaters, low-order streams and the main channel of a tropical
mountainous watershed. This watershed is still well-forested with low degree of
urbanization, which provided relationships between natural and external drivers of
land use changes. The results showed that the water quality of the headwaters
generally reacted to urbanization. In contrast, responsive water quality and the
transport parameters of the low-order streams were related to the forest cover and
the morphological characteristics of the sub-catchments. The downstream transport
of water, suspended sediment, and nutrients in the main channel were non-
conservative, but presented both retention and intensification depending on the
river section, which were not entirely explained by the headwater and low-order
stream inflow. The present study highlighted the importance of seasonality of
rainfall, catchment morphometry, and land use and land cover changes on the control
over the quality of water and material transport of a tropical mountainous
watershed.},
keywords = {Small river
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Suspended sediment
Atlantic forest},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1141,
author = {Magnússon, Rúna Í and Limpens, Juul and Kleijn, David and van
Huissteden, Ko and Maximov, Trofim C. and Lobry, Sylvain and Heijmans, Monique M.
P. D.},
title = {Shrub decline and expansion of wetland vegetation revealed by very high
resolution land cover change detection in the Siberian lowland tundra},
volume = {782},
pages = {146877},
abstract = {Vegetation change, permafrost degradation and their interactions
affect greenhouse gas fluxes, hydrology and surface energy balance in Arctic
ecosystems. The Arctic shows an overall “greening” trend (i.e. increased plant
biomass and productivity) attributed to expansion of shrub vegetation. However,
Arctic shrub dynamics show strong spatial variability and locally “browning” may be
observed. Mechanistic understanding of greening and browning trends is necessary to
accurately assess the response of Arctic vegetation to a changing climate. In this
context, the Siberian Arctic is an understudied region. Between 2010 and 2019,
increased browning (as derived from the MODIS Enhanced Vegetation Index) was
observed in the Eastern Siberian Indigirka Lowlands. To support interpretation of
local greening and browning dynamics, we quantified changes in land cover and
transition probabilities in a representative tundra site in the Indigirka Lowlands
using a timeseries of three very high resolution (VHR) (0.5 m) satellite images
acquired between 2010 and 2019. Using spatiotemporal Potts model regularization, we
substantially reduced classification errors related to optical and phenological
inconsistencies in the image material. VHR images show that recent browning was
associated with declines in shrub, lichen and tussock vegetation and increases in
open water, sedge and especially Sphagnum vegetation. Observed formation and
expansion of small open water bodies in shrub dominated vegetation suggests abrupt
thaw of ice-rich permafrost. Transitions from open water to sedge and Sphagnum,
indicate aquatic succession upon disturbance. The overall shift towards open water
and wetland vegetation suggests a wetting trend, likely associated with permafrost
degradation. Landsat data confirmed widespread expansion of surface water
throughout the Indigirka Lowlands. However, the increase in the area of small water
bodies observed in VHR data was not visible in Landsat-derived surface water data,
which suggests that VHR data is essential for early detection of small-scale
disturbances and associated vegetation change in permafrost ecosystems.},
keywords = {Siberian lowland tundra
Arctic greening
Permafrost
Land cover change
Potts model
Vegetation succession},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN946,
author = {Maharjan, Amina and Kochhar, Ishaan and Chitale, Vishwas Sudhir and
Hussain, Abid and Gioli, Giovanna},
title = {Understanding rural outmigration and agricultural land use change in
the Gandaki Basin, Nepal},
volume = {124},
pages = {102278},
abstract = {This study investigates agricultural land use change in Chitwan,
Nuwakot and Lamjung districts of Nepal during 1990 –2017 in relation to rural
outmigration. Agriculture in Nepal is characterized by subsistence farming, low
productivity, limited access to markets, constraints of terrain, poor economic
returns, and vulnerability to natural hazards now exacerbated by climate change.
These challenging circumstances are further compounded by several physical,
environmental and socioeconomic challenges, including from labour outmigration.
Outmigration has steadily increased over the past two decades, and a remittance
economy has fuelled urbanization processes as well as transformations in the rural
economy. Data was collected from three selected districts, representing two
different agro-ecological zones - the mountains and plains (Terai). We use an
interdisciplinary approach integrating macro scale and longitudinal geospatial
analysis with quantitative econometric causal analysis and participatory
qualitative methods. Results show that agricultural land abandonment is higher in
mountain areas than in the Terai. The effect of outmigration on agricultural land
abandonment also has an important gender dimension: internal outmigration of women
has a significant positive effect on agricultural land abandonment. This shows that
when men outmigrate, women continue farming leading to feminization of agriculture,
but when women migrate in significant numbers, there are only older parents left
who are often unable to continue farming. Similarly, and contrary to the general
narrative and previous studies, international migration (of both men and women) did
not show any significant impact on agricultural land abandonment.},
keywords = {Migration
Nepal
Interdisciplinary research
Gender
Agriculture},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN970,
author = {Mahmoodi, Shirin and Ahmadi, Kourosh and Heydari, Mehdi and Karami,
Omid and Esmailzadeh, Omid and Heung, Brandon},
title = {Elevational shift of endangered European yew under climate change in
Hyrcanian mountain forests: Rethinking conservation-restoration strategies and
management},
volume = {529},
pages = {120693},
abstract = {Prioritizing new areas for conservation in the Hyrcanian mountain
forests is important because future climate change is an immediate threat to
endangered species in these areas. Taxus baccata L. (European yew) is one of the
most important coniferous species of the Hyrcanian forests that is endangered today
for various reasons; therefore, the conservation and restoration of this valuable
species is essential. The present study was conducted in order to identify areas
with high potential for restoration and conservation of yew with consideration of
future climate change. Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) was used to model the current and
future distribution of yew in Hyrcanian forests of northern Iran. VIKOR fuzzy model
applied to prioritize conservation and restoration areas. The results showed that
MaxEnt model has high efficiency in modeling the distribution of yew with area
under curve (AUC) = 0.98 in the study area. Importance analysis of explanatory
variables showed that distance from rivers, geology, slope, precipitation of
warmest quarter (bio18), and annual precipitation (bio12) were more important than
other variables in the potential distribution of yew. The results showed that at
current condition, suitable areas for yew in the Hyrcanian forests of Iran are
distributed along an elevation gradient from sea level to 2600 m, and under the
future climate change (2050 and 2070) this species will shift to higher elevations
and lose the lower elevation habitats. The findings of this study predict that the
desired habitats of yew in Hyrcanian forests will be severely affected by climate
change. Given these cases, it is necessary to make management and conservation
decisions in relation to this species, taking into account the effects of climate
change and adaptation in the Hyrcanian forests.},
keywords = {Environmental management
Conservation
Restoration
Climate change
Hyrcanian mountain forests},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN153,
author = {Malede, Demelash Ademe and Alamirew, Tena and Kosgie, Job Rotich and
Andualem, Tesfa Gebrie},
title = {Analysis of land use/land cover change trends over Birr River
Watershed, Abbay Basin, Ethiopia},
volume = {17},
pages = {100222},
abstract = {Changes in land use/land cover (LULC) are a global environmental
concern that has a significant impact on sustainable land and water resource
management and development as well as hydrological processes. The primary driving
forces of LULC changes in developing countries are population pressure, demand for
firewood collection and construction material, shortage of cultivated land, land
tenure insecurity, and deforestation. Focusing on the Ethiopian Birr river
watershed, the study investigates changes in LULC trends, extents, and magnitudes
over the last 32 years using geospatial technologies such as Landsat images of
1986, 2001, and 2018. The supervised land use land cover classification technique
was applied to classify the LULC classes using the maximum likelihood algorithm
technique. Between 1986 and 2018, agricultural land increased significantly from
56.39% to 70.19%, while settlements increased from 0.73%) to 1.42%. On the other
hand, bushlands, forest areas, and grasslands LULC classes in the study area
decreased from 26.18% to 19.30%, 4.94%–1.92%, and 11.77%–7.16%, respectively. The
findings suggest that integrated watershed management and land use planning should
be concerned and implemented in the Birr River watershed.},
keywords = {Birr river watershed
LULC change
Landsat image
Supervised classification},
ISSN = {2665-9727},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN243,
author = {Malley, Grace S. and Wanyama, Dan and Gorenflo, L. J. and Miller,
Douglas A.},
title = {Land use change analysis and modeling of its future trajectories in
Morogoro Region, Tanzania: Implication for conservation},
volume = {159},
pages = {103081},
abstract = {In Sub-Saharan Africa, where people's livelihoods depend largely on
natural resources, understanding land use change dynamics and its implications for
the sustainability of social-ecological systems is critical. This study analyzed
both historic land use and land cover (LULC) change and trajectories for future
change in the Morogoro Region, Tanzania. We mapped LULC in the study area for 1994,
2007 and 2020 using Random Forest in Google Earth Engine and projected future LULC
in 2033 using Land Change Modeler. Results revealed that conversion of natural
vegetation and wetlands has occurred at a high rate due to cropland expansion and
will likely continue over the next decade. Conversion to cropland occurred on the
edges of protected areas, in remnant forests and near existing cropland, and was
associated with slope, elevation, proximity to settlements and variation in annual
precipitation. In landscapes where wildlife shares areas with humans, converting
natural vegetation into crop production increases tension and human-wildlife
conflicts. Given compounding impacts of a growing human population in Tanzania, and
reduced crop yields due to unpredictable rains and prolonged droughts, both human
wellbeing and biodiversity conservation require understanding the resulting
pressure on land and ecosystems.},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN343,
author = {Malley, Grace S. and Wanyama, Dan and Gorenflo, L. J. and Miller,
Douglas A.},
title = {Land use change analysis and modeling of its future trajectories in
Morogoro Region, Tanzania: Implication for conservation},
volume = {159},
pages = {103081},
abstract = {In Sub-Saharan Africa, where people's livelihoods depend largely on
natural resources, understanding land use change dynamics and its implications for
the sustainability of social-ecological systems is critical. This study analyzed
both historic land use and land cover (LULC) change and trajectories for future
change in the Morogoro Region, Tanzania. We mapped LULC in the study area for 1994,
2007 and 2020 using Random Forest in Google Earth Engine and projected future LULC
in 2033 using Land Change Modeler. Results revealed that conversion of natural
vegetation and wetlands has occurred at a high rate due to cropland expansion and
will likely continue over the next decade. Conversion to cropland occurred on the
edges of protected areas, in remnant forests and near existing cropland, and was
associated with slope, elevation, proximity to settlements and variation in annual
precipitation. In landscapes where wildlife shares areas with humans, converting
natural vegetation into crop production increases tension and human-wildlife
conflicts. Given compounding impacts of a growing human population in Tanzania, and
reduced crop yields due to unpredictable rains and prolonged droughts, both human
wellbeing and biodiversity conservation require understanding the resulting
pressure on land and ecosystems.},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN466,
author = {Mallinis, Georgios and Emmanoloudis, Dimitrios and Giannakopoulos,
Vasileios and Maris, Fotis and Koutsias, Nikos},
title = {Mapping and interpreting historical land cover/land use changes in a
Natura 2000 site using earth observational data: The case of Nestos delta, Greece},
volume = {31},
number = {1},
pages = {312-320},
abstract = {Land cover/land use (LCLU) transitions and landscape changes were
mapped and interpreted in a deltaic Natura 2000 habitat site in northern Greece.
Multi-temporal maps created over a period of about 65 years and based on
panchromatic aerial photographs and high spatial resolution satellite data, helped
to assess LCLU transformations. These changes were associated with human
interference and major socio-economic processes occurring in the area during the
study period. In 1945, forests and wetlands dominated the delta area, occupying 63%
of the total land cover. Subsequently, these land cover types severely reduced in
coverage, and agricultural areas dominated the landscape as a result of policies
introduced to accommodate the settlement of refugees from Asia Minor. This
transition increased landscape fragmentation in 1960. Due to relative increase of
swap changes, the landscape became less heterogeneous in 1992. Finally, in 2002,
agricultural areas exhibit a small decrease in coverage having converted back to
natural areas following the introduction of EU Common Agricultural Policy. About
77% of the deltaic ecosystem experienced LCLU changes during the first period of
the analysis (1945–1960). Almost two thirds of this change is attributed to
intercategorical transitions, while the rest is related to swap changes. During the
second period of the analysis (1960–1992), half the study area was transformed due
to net and swap changes. Finally, in the third, most recent time period (1992–
2002), 85% of the landscape showed persistence while net changes were twice as
frequent as swap changes. Human interference was the key factor beyond the
landscape transformations and intercategorical transitions observed in the delta.
During the previous century natural habitats were pressured by major socio-economic
processes that transformed their composition and structure. Assessing these changes
is critical to develop area-specific policies that minimize negative influences and
provide a framework for restoring habitats to their natural conditions.},
keywords = {Land cover/land use changes
Transition
Landscape pattern
Change detection
Spatio-temporal
Satellite image
Aerial photography},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN136,
author = {Mangi, Halima O. and Onywere, Simon M. and Kitur, Ester C. and Lalika,
Makarius C. S. and Chilagane, Nyemo A.},
title = {Hydrological response to land use and land cover change on the slopes
of Kilimanjaro and Meru Mountains},
volume = {22},
number = {4},
pages = {609-626},
abstract = {Land use and cover change are closely linked to catchment hydrology
characteristics. Land uses and cover determine the ability of the catchment to
collect, store, and release water. The catchment water storage and flow ability
affect the quantity and timing of runoff, soil erosion, and sediment transport
downstream. Agriculture on of the major drivers for the changes in water flow
pathways, which also causes a catastrophic shift of aquatic ecosystems. We assessed
the impact of land-use changes on the water flow characteristics in the Upper
Pangani Sub catchment using the hydrologic model Soil and Water Assessment Tool
(SWAT). Land use and cover changes within the Upper Pangani Sub catchment were
analyzed between 1987 and 2017 using QGIS. The result shows that agriculture has
expanded from 96,737 ha to 314,871 ha between 1987 and 2017. Bare land and built-up
land have gained 14690 ha and 7083 ha respectively during this period. Land-use
changes have affected the basin's land cover. Forest has decreased from 196558 ha
to 106839 ha between 1987 and 2017. Bush land cover has lost 83445 ha during this
period. Bushland cover fall victim to agricultural activities, whereas forest is
cleared for logging and fire incidences. Consequently, surface runoff has increased
from 60.84 to 73.02 (20.6% increase) between 1987 and 2017. Sediment yield has
increase from 6.9 to 12.74 ton/ha (46% increase), and groundwater recharge has
decreased from 106.53 to 99.56 (6.5% decrease). It concluded that land cover
transformation alters hydrology characteristics of the catchment, resulting to fast
surface flow, high rate of soil erosion and low infiltration rate. It is
recommended that agro-forestry should be emphasized in the catchment.},
keywords = {GIS
SWAT
Sedimentation
Surface runoff
Hydrology model},
ISSN = {1642-3593},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN123,
author = {Manley, Ethan and Ogneva-Himmelberger, Yelena and Ruelle, Morgan and
Hanumantha, Ravi and Mazari-Hiriart, Marisa and Downs, Timothy J.},
title = {Land-cover change and urban growth in the Mexico-Lerma-Cutzamala
Hydrological Region, 1993–2018},
volume = {147},
pages = {102785},
abstract = {The Mexico-Lerma-Cutzamala Hydrological Region (MLCHR) encompasses
all areas serving water needs of Mexico City Metropolitan Area and is home to 26.8
million people. Historically, this region has experienced extensive environmental
and land cover changes due to urbanization, agricultural expansion, deforestation,
growing population, floods and droughts. The main objectives of the study are to
quantify the land cover changes and to identify spatial/temporal patterns of urban
growth during 1993–2018. The results revealed that within the MLCHR over 25 years,
urban land cover grew by 82% from its original extent in 1993. Shrubland and
cropland contributed the most to the new urban land. The rate of change to urban
has been increasing, from 38 km2/year in 1993–2004 to 53 km2/year in 2004–2018.
Additionally, the spatial pattern of urbanization has become more dispersed over
time, as new transitions to urban are happening farther away from existing urban
land. This study is the first to quantify and locate urbanization within the entire
hydrological region that serves the water and sanitation needs of the megalopolis.
Its results will support future modeling efforts to understand the impacts of
climate change on surface water bodies and aquifers within the MLCHR under
different climate-change scenarios and to identify populations most vulnerable to
projected water stress.},
keywords = {ESA-CCI
Urbanization
GIS
Water systems
Mexico City},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN212,
author = {Mannan, Abdul and Liu, Jincheng and Zhongke, Feng and Khan, Tauheed
Ullah and Saeed, Sajjad and Mukete, Beckline and ChaoYong, Shen and Yongxiang, Fan
and Ahmad, Adnan and Amir, Muhammad and Ahmad, Shahid and Shah, Sher},
title = {Application of land-use/land cover changes in monitoring and projecting
forest biomass carbon loss in Pakistan},
volume = {17},
pages = {e00535},
abstract = {Located at the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains, subtropical and
moist temperate forests of Pakistan are very rich in flora and fauna. However, due
to increased illegal and uncontrolled harvesting of wood, agricultural activities,
and urbanization, these forests are fast disappearing. The recent expansion of
human activities resulting illegal and uncontrolled harvesting, agricultural
activities, and urbanization is a cause for concern. Using Landsat imagery, Markov
Chain and Cellular Automata, this study focused on the quantitative assessment of
spatiotemporal land use and land cover changes during 1998, 2008, 2018 and a
simulation of 2028. In addition, a forest inventory survey of biomass and carbon
sink were respectively calculated for these subtropical broad-leaved evergreen,
subtropical chirpine and moist temperate forests. Results showed biomass was
560.56 ± 104.33 Mg ha−1, 350.95 ± 104.33 Mg ha−1 and 153.63 ± 104.33 Mg ha−1 in moist
temperate, subtropical chirpine and subtropical broad-leaved forests respectively.
Meanwhile, carbon was 313.94 ± 44.78 Mg C ha−1, 221.34 ± 44.78 Mg C ha−1 and
131.77 ± 44.78 Mg C ha−1 in moist temperate, subtropical chirpine and subtropical
broad-leaved forests respectively. During the study period, land-use and land cover
changes showed forest land changed from 40936.77 ha to 36709.23 ha, agricultural
land from 4220.46 to 10374.64 ha, and built-up area from 1497.60 to 5395.12 ha. The
average annual biomass and carbon loss were respectively 50.34 Gg ha−1yr−1 and
31.33 Gg C ha−1 yr−1. The information derived from this study could assist in the
development of appropriate sustainable forest management policies in Pakistan.},
Biomass
Carbon
Himalayan mountains
Markov chain
Urbanization},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN312,
author = {Mannan, Abdul and Liu, Jincheng and Zhongke, Feng and Khan, Tauheed
Ullah and Saeed, Sajjad and Mukete, Beckline and ChaoYong, Shen and Yongxiang, Fan
and Ahmad, Adnan and Amir, Muhammad and Ahmad, Shahid and Shah, Sher},
title = {Application of land-use/land cover changes in monitoring and projecting
forest biomass carbon loss in Pakistan},
volume = {17},
pages = {e00535},
abstract = {Located at the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains, subtropical and
moist temperate forests of Pakistan are very rich in flora and fauna. However, due
to increased illegal and uncontrolled harvesting of wood, agricultural activities,
and urbanization, these forests are fast disappearing. The recent expansion of
human activities resulting illegal and uncontrolled harvesting, agricultural
activities, and urbanization is a cause for concern. Using Landsat imagery, Markov
Chain and Cellular Automata, this study focused on the quantitative assessment of
spatiotemporal land use and land cover changes during 1998, 2008, 2018 and a
simulation of 2028. In addition, a forest inventory survey of biomass and carbon
sink were respectively calculated for these subtropical broad-leaved evergreen,
subtropical chirpine and moist temperate forests. Results showed biomass was
560.56 ± 104.33 Mg ha−1, 350.95 ± 104.33 Mg ha−1 and 153.63 ± 104.33 Mg ha−1 in moist
temperate, subtropical chirpine and subtropical broad-leaved forests respectively.
Meanwhile, carbon was 313.94 ± 44.78 Mg C ha−1, 221.34 ± 44.78 Mg C ha−1 and
131.77 ± 44.78 Mg C ha−1 in moist temperate, subtropical chirpine and subtropical
broad-leaved forests respectively. During the study period, land-use and land cover
changes showed forest land changed from 40936.77 ha to 36709.23 ha, agricultural
land from 4220.46 to 10374.64 ha, and built-up area from 1497.60 to 5395.12 ha. The
average annual biomass and carbon loss were respectively 50.34 Gg ha−1yr−1 and
31.33 Gg C ha−1 yr−1. The information derived from this study could assist in the
development of appropriate sustainable forest management policies in Pakistan.},
Biomass
Carbon
Himalayan mountains
Markov chain
Urbanization},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN1079,
author = {Mano, Giuliette B. and Lopes, Aline and Piedade, Maria Teresa F.},
title = {Will climate change favor exotic grasses over native ecosystem engineer
species in the Amazon Basin?},
volume = {75},
pages = {102102},
abstract = {Several anthropic disturbances, including deforestation, fires, the
building of roads and dams, have intensified in Amazon in last decades. These
disturbances contribute to an increase in the occurrence and intensity of extreme
events, such as more frequent floods and more severe droughts, due to climate
change. Along the Amazonian rivers, aquatic herbaceous plants, mainly of the
Poaceae family, are very abundant and produce up to three times more biomass than
the adjacent flooded forests, and some are considered ecosystem engineers given
their structuring role in these environments. Invasive grasses have spread through
the Neotropics and are gradually entering the Amazon via the Arc of Deforestation.
These invasive species often attain high coverage, suppress other species, and
become dominant in both disturbed and pristine habitats. The aim of this study was
to establish the current and future distribution patterns of two native ecosystem
engineer species (Echinochloa polystachya and Paspalum fasciculatum) and two
invasive species (Urochloa brizantha and Urochloa decumbens) in the Amazon Basin.
To predict the future climate, we used three scenarios, namely SSP1–2.6, SSP3–7.0
and SSP5–8.5 for the years 2040, 2080 and 2100, to project climatically suitable
areas. The current climatically suitable range for the native ecosystem engineer
species was estimated at 33–35% of the Amazon Basin, while the invasive ones have a
range of 53–84% in potential climatically suitable areas. A decrease in the areas
of suitability of the two ecosystem engineer species, E. polystachya and P.
fasciculatum, was observed in all scenarios and years, while only the invasive U.
brizantha showed an increase in suitable areas in all years. These results raise
concerns about the invasion of grasses with high aggressive potential that could
result in the exclusion of native ecosystem engineer species and their ecological
roles.},
keywords = {African grasses
Aquatic grasses
Biological invasion
Global warming
Species distribution modeling
Wetlands},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN291,
author = {Mansour, Shawky and Al-Belushi, Mohammed and Al-Awadhi, Talal},
title = {Monitoring land use and land cover changes in the mountainous cities of
Oman using GIS and CA-Markov modelling techniques},
volume = {91},
pages = {104414},
abstract = {As a result of the socioeconomic transformation, the rapid urban
expansion of cities and towns in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states has
predominately led to tremendous pressure on the limited natural resources and loss
of productive lands. Indeed, the spatial patterns of urbanisation and their impacts
on mountain resources and environment have received little attention, particularly
in Oman. Predicting urban growth in the mountainous cities has the potential to
better understand the interaction between the spatial growth patterns and the
mountain topography. This study aims to analyse spatiotemporal dynamics of land
use/land cover (LULC) (2008–2018) and simulate urban expansion (2008–2038) in Nizwa
city, Al Dakhliyah governorate, Oman. Cellular Automata (CA)-Markov and geospatial
techniques were utilised to assess and project urban growth and land cover changes.
The analysis was based on three maps of LULC at equal intervals derived from
satellite imageries: Landsat TM for 1998, 2008 and 2018, along with topographic
spatial layers (elevation, aspects, and terrain slopes) derived from the ASTER
digital elevation model. In addition, other spatial parameters (population density,
proximity to urban centres, and proximity to major roads,) were incorporated in the
simulation process. The findings revealed that the actual LULC change during 2008–
2018 was 12,014 ha of net urban growth (418.5 % change), while the simulated change
was expected to be 14,985 ha by 2028, with a total of 37,465 ha increase in the
built-up area and urban growth by 2038. Although the topographic variability will
control LULC changes, the urban expansion overly will occupy the arable land across
the valleys along with the flat areas. During the next two decades, the built-up
areas will dominant, with a large percentage of vacant land (net loss 12,813 ha)
and vegetation cover (net loss 35 ha) will be gradually converted into residential
land use. The output of the simulations in this research could serve not only as
spatial guidelines for monitoring future trends of LULC dynamics, but also address
the threats and deteriorates of urban sustainability in the Omani mountainous
cities. Furthermore, identifying bare soils and vegetation areas that are
susceptible to urbanisation is of value for the national strategy of future urban
planning in Oman.},
keywords = {GIS
CA-Markov
Simulation
Urban expansion
Mountainous cities
Oman},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN391,
author = {Mansour, Shawky and Al-Belushi, Mohammed and Al-Awadhi, Talal},
title = {Monitoring land use and land cover changes in the mountainous cities of
Oman using GIS and CA-Markov modelling techniques},
volume = {91},
pages = {104414},
abstract = {As a result of the socioeconomic transformation, the rapid urban
expansion of cities and towns in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states has
predominately led to tremendous pressure on the limited natural resources and loss
of productive lands. Indeed, the spatial patterns of urbanisation and their impacts
on mountain resources and environment have received little attention, particularly
in Oman. Predicting urban growth in the mountainous cities has the potential to
better understand the interaction between the spatial growth patterns and the
mountain topography. This study aims to analyse spatiotemporal dynamics of land
use/land cover (LULC) (2008–2018) and simulate urban expansion (2008–2038) in Nizwa
city, Al Dakhliyah governorate, Oman. Cellular Automata (CA)-Markov and geospatial
techniques were utilised to assess and project urban growth and land cover changes.
The analysis was based on three maps of LULC at equal intervals derived from
satellite imageries: Landsat TM for 1998, 2008 and 2018, along with topographic
spatial layers (elevation, aspects, and terrain slopes) derived from the ASTER
digital elevation model. In addition, other spatial parameters (population density,
proximity to urban centres, and proximity to major roads,) were incorporated in the
simulation process. The findings revealed that the actual LULC change during 2008–
2018 was 12,014 ha of net urban growth (418.5 % change), while the simulated change
was expected to be 14,985 ha by 2028, with a total of 37,465 ha increase in the
built-up area and urban growth by 2038. Although the topographic variability will
control LULC changes, the urban expansion overly will occupy the arable land across
the valleys along with the flat areas. During the next two decades, the built-up
areas will dominant, with a large percentage of vacant land (net loss 12,813 ha)
and vegetation cover (net loss 35 ha) will be gradually converted into residential
land use. The output of the simulations in this research could serve not only as
spatial guidelines for monitoring future trends of LULC dynamics, but also address
the threats and deteriorates of urban sustainability in the Omani mountainous
cities. Furthermore, identifying bare soils and vegetation areas that are
susceptible to urbanisation is of value for the national strategy of future urban
planning in Oman.},
keywords = {GIS
CA-Markov
Simulation
Urban expansion
Mountainous cities
Oman},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN599,
author = {Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal S. and Martin, Tara G. and Moffatt, David B.
and Udy, James and Olley, Jon and Saxton, Nina and Sheldon, Fran and Bunn, Stuart
E. and Rhodes, Jonathan R.},
title = {Prioritizing management actions for the conservation of freshwater
biodiversity under changing climate and land-cover},
volume = {197},
pages = {80-89},
abstract = {Freshwater ecosystems are declining under climate change and land-
use change. To maximize the return on investment in freshwater conservation with
limited financial resources, managers must prioritize management actions that are
most cost-effective. However, little is known about what these priorities may be
under the combined effects of climate and land-cover change. We present a novel
decision-making framework for prioritizing conservation resources to different
management actions for the conservation of freshwater biodiversity. The approach is
novel in that it has the ability to model interactions, rank management options for
dealing with conservation threats from climate and land-cover change, and integrate
empirical data with expert knowledge. We illustrate the approach using a case study
in South East Queensland (SEQ), Australia under climate change, land-cover change
and their combined effects. Our results show that the explicit inclusion of
multiple threats and costs results in quite different priorities than when costs
and interactions are ignored. When costs are not considered, stream and riparian
restoration, as a single management strategy, provides the greatest overall
protection of macroinvertebrate and fish richness in rural and urban areas of SEQ
in response to climate change and/or urban growth. Whereas, when costs are
considered, farm/land management with stream and riparian restoration are the most
cost-effective strategies for macroinvertebrate and fish conservation. Our findings
support riparian restoration as the most effective adaptation strategy to climate
change and urban development, but because it is expensive it may often not be the
most cost-efficient strategy. Our approach allows for these decisions to be
evaluated explicitly.},
keywords = {Freshwater conservation planning
Management actions
Costs
Bayesian decision network
Climate change
Land-cover change},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN163,
author = {Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal S. and Visconti, Piero and Di Marco, Moreno
and Martin, Tara G. and Rondinini, Carlo and Rhodes, Jonathan R.},
title = {Climate change modifies risk of global biodiversity loss due to land-
cover change},
volume = {187},
pages = {103-111},
abstract = {Climate change and land-cover change will have major impacts on
biodiversity persistence worldwide. These two stressors are likely to interact, but
how climate change will mediate the effects of land-cover change remains poorly
understood. Here we use an empirically-derived model of the interaction between
habitat loss and climate to predict the implications of this for biodiversity loss
and conservation priorities at a global scale. Risk analysis was used to estimate
the risk of biodiversity loss due to alternative future land-cover change scenarios
and to quantify how climate change mediates this risk. We demonstrate that the
interaction of climate change with land-cover change could increase the impact of
land-cover change on birds and mammals by up to 43% and 24% respectively and alter
the spatial distribution of threats. Additionally, we show that the ranking of
global biodiversity hotspots by threat depends critically on the interaction
between climate change and habitat loss. Our study suggests that the investment of
conservation resources will likely change once the interaction between climate
change and land-cover change is taken into account. We argue that global
conservation efforts must take this into account if we are to develop cost-
effective conservation policies and strategies under global change.},
keywords = {Habitat loss
Climate change
Interactions
Conservation planning
Prioritization},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN506,
author = {Manzoor, Syed Amir and Griffiths, Geoffrey and Lukac, Martin},
title = {Land use and climate change interaction triggers contrasting
trajectories of biological invasion},
volume = {120},
pages = {106936},
abstract = {Global change drivers such as land use and climate changes are known
to interact in their effects on biodiversity. The impact of these drivers on global
biodiversity is increasingly evident in many forms including the spread of invasive
species. Climate and land use changes affect introduction, colonization and spread
of invasive species by affecting niche availability and dispersal potential. We
tested the combined effects of land use and climate changes on the current and
future habitat suitability of Rhododendron ponticum in Wales using a MaxEnt-based
ecological niche model. We used two policy-driven land use change projections for
Wales, in combination with two General Circulation Models and two Representative
Concentration Pathways to derive eight different land use and climate change
scenarios. In seven out of eight scenarios, the habitat suitability for R. ponticum
is likely to reduce by 2030. However, in the eighth scenario representing an
extreme where land use change and greenhouse gas emissions both accelerate, the
interaction of land use and climate change forces an increase of habitat
suitability of R. ponticum. The study highlights the importance of considering the
combined effect of land use and climate change and including regional policy-based
land use change projections to test the potential of an invasive species to expand
or retreat in future.},
keywords = {Biological invasion
Climate change
Invasive species
Land use change
Rhododendron},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1224,
author = {Mao, Yongjing and Van Niel, Thomas G. and McVicar, Tim R.},
title = {Reconstructing cloud-contaminated NDVI images with SAR-Optical fusion
using spatio-temporal partitioning and multiple linear regression},
volume = {198},
pages = {115-139},
abstract = {Optical satellite imagery is an important Earth observation data
source, yet when clouds are present, they provide limited utility for land surface
applications. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)-Optical data fusion models predict the
missing reflectance values through the correlation between optical images and
cloud-insensitive SAR images often using deep learning to train the model. However,
most existing SAR-Optical data fusion methods did not incorporate temporal
correlation optimally as they were not trained on dense and localized time-series
data. Herein, we develop a new SAR-Optical data fusion method that incorporated
spatial, temporal, and cross-data-source correlation in the same framework. The
method uses spatio-temporal (ST) partitioning and pixel-wise multiple linear
regression (MLR) and is named ST-MLR. The parsimonious structure of ST-MLR provides
training-efficient model development, enabling the incorporation of full spatio-
temporal information for a specific site. ST-MLR was validated with NDVI as the
target in seven sites across a wide range of environments and landcovers. Both
quantitative and qualitative results demonstrated the potential of ST-MLR to
reproduce the target variable accurately with respect to both spatial and temporal
dynamics. Although ST-MLR had relatively less accuracy when reconstructing multi-
band images than when reconstructing the NDVI, its results were comparable to
existing reconstruction methods in this regard. Compared with traditional optical
image reconstruction methods and deep learning SAR-Optical fusion methods, ST-MLR
is a simple, fast and reasonably accurate model, especially when filling large
spatial gaps. ST-MLR is accessible to anyone regardless of compute capability as it
can be implemented on Google Earth Engine — a public cloud computing platform. ST-
MLR can be used as a benchmark to evaluate the performance of more complicated
models such as those based on deep learning. The ST-MLR code is publicly available
at https://github.com/yongjingmao/SAR-OPT_fusion_GEE.},
keywords = {Cloud removal
SAR-optical fusing
Spatio-temporal partitioning
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN447,
author = {Mapedza, E. and Wright, J. and Fawcett, R.},
title = {An investigation of land cover change in Mafungautsi Forest, Zimbabwe,
using GIS and participatory mapping},
volume = {23},
number = {1},
pages = {1-21},
abstract = {This paper investigates the processes governing land cover change in
and around the Mafungautsi Forest Reserve in Zimbabwe. This study site lies at the
interface between the state and communal property regimes. Land cover change was
analysed using aerial photography for 1976, 1984 and 1996 within a Geographic
Information System (GIS). Perceived change and its causes were investigated through
governmental data sources, participatory mapping and interviews with the local
community and forest guards. It was found that whilst forest cover within the
reserve has remained constant, it has been steadily declining outside its
boundaries. This decline, a result of agricultural expansion and demand for
building materials and firewood, was perceived as more pronounced by local farmers
than by the forest authorities.},
GIS
Participatory mapping
Resource sharing
Tree cover
Zimbabwe},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2003},
}
@article{RN1259,
author = {Marino, Stefano},
title = {Understanding the spatio-temporal behavior of crop yield, yield
components and weed pressure using time series Sentinel-2-data in an organic
farming system},
volume = {145},
pages = {126785},
abstract = {Context Organic farming has begun to represent a practical
alternative for reducing the environmental impact of crop production and increasing
biodiversity. In agricultural systems, the growing demand for stable crop
production requires the adoption of useful tools for the sustainable
intensification of agriculture. While organic farming systems face various
drawbacks, which affect crop yield. Among the limiting factors, weed management is
one of the most difficult aspects of organic farming. Objective The aim of the
study was (i) to evaluate the effect of weed pressure on yield spatial variability
(ii) to analyze the spatial variability of yield and yield components based on
hand-sampled yield data (iii) to evaluate the ability of the most commonly used
vegetation index (NDVI) derived from Sentinel-2 satellite platforms to understand
within-field spatial and temporal variability during the crop cycle (iv) to
evaluate the ability of the cluster analysis procedures on NDVI satellite data to
identify, discriminate and map sub-areas with different yield, yield components,
and weed pressure at the farm level in an organic farming system. Methods Remote
sensing techniques (Sentinel-2 images), vegetation index (NDVI), cluster analysis
(Hierarchical clustering Ward’s minimum variance approach) and hand-sampled data
(georeferenced yield and yield components field data) were used for understanding
the spatio-temporal behavior of crops. Results and conclusions The cluster analysis
of NDVI data from Sentinel-2 collected at eight different stages detected the crop
spatial and temporal variability at an early stage. In an open field of 24 ha, an
area of about 9 ha, showed a high weed level with a yield average value 78 % lower
than the most productive cluster area. The yield components, especially the spike
number per square meter, also recorded very low values, mainly due to the negative
effect of the high presence of weeds (in particular oats), which reached average
values of 250 g m-2. An area of 7.3 ha showed the highest yield at harvest with a
yield value 45 % higher than the mean harvest data. The study highlights that from
the early tillering stage to the booting stage the NDVI maps derived from the
Satellite Sentinel-2 and clustered by Ward’s method represent the weeds
distribution impact on crop yield and yield components and an early warning for the
assessment of one of the most important limiting factors in organic farming.
Significance Sentinel-2 data and cluster analysis can improve an efficient
assessment and management strategies in an organic farming agricultural system.
Furthermore, the use of precision agriculture tools in organic farming can lead to
a site‐specific management at the farm level and therefore a sustainable
intensification of agriculture systems.},
keywords = {Sustainable yield
Remote sensing
NDVI
Spatio-temporal
Weed
Wheat},
ISSN = {1161-0301},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1221,
author = {Marino, Stefano},
title = {Understanding the spatio-temporal behaviour of the sunflower crop for
subfield areas delineation using Sentinel‐2 NDVI time-series images in an organic
farming system},
volume = {9},
number = {9},
pages = {e19507},
abstract = {The study investigates the suitability of time series Sentinel-2
NDVI-derived maps for the subfield detection of a sunflower crop cultivated in an
organic farming system. The aim was to understand the spatio-temporal behaviour of
subfield areas identified by the K-means algorithm from NDVI maps obtained from
satellite images and the ground yield data variability to increase the efficiency
of delimiting management zones in an organic farming system. Experiments were
conducted on a surface of 29 ha. NDVI time series derived from Sentinel-2 images
and k-means algorithm for rapidly delineating the sunflower subfield areas were
used. The crop achene yields in the whole field ranged from 1.3 to 3.77 t ha−1 with
a significant within-field spatial variability. The cluster analysis of hand-
sampled data showed three subfields with achene yield mean values of 3.54 t ha−1
(cluster 1), 2.98 t ha−1 (cluster 2), and 2.07 t ha−1 (Cluster 3). In the cluster
analysis of NDVI data, the k-means algorithm has early delineated the subfield crop
spatial and temporal yield variability. The best period for identifying subfield
areas starts from the inflorescences development stage to the development of the
fruit stage. Analyzing the NDVI subfield areas and yield data, it was found that
cluster 1 covers an area of 42.4% of the total surface and 50% of the total achene
yield; cluster 2 covers 35% of both surface and yield. Instead, the surface of
cluster 3 covers 22.2% of the total surface with 15% of achene yield. K-means
algorithm derived from Sentinel-2 NDVI images delineates the sunflower subfield
areas. Sentinel-2 images and k-means algorithms can improve an efficient assessment
of subfield areas in sunflower crops. Identifying subfield areas can lead to site-
specific long-term agronomic actions for improving the sustainable intensification
of agriculture in the organic farming system.},
keywords = {Yield
Cluster analysis
K-means
Remote sensing
Semi-automatic classification},
ISSN = {2405-8440},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1201,
author = {Marjani, Mohammad and Ahmadi, Seyed Ali and Mahdianpari, Masoud},
title = {FirePred: A hybrid multi-temporal convolutional neural network model
for wildfire spread prediction},
volume = {78},
pages = {102282},
abstract = {Wildfires represent a significant natural disaster with the
potential to inflict widespread damage on both ecosystems and property. In recent
years, there has been a growing interest in leveraging deep learning (DL)
techniques for predicting the spread of wildfires (WS). However, existing studies
have predominantly employed combined features with uniform weighting, overlooking
the varying temporal resolutions they can offer (hourly, daily, and constant).As
such, this study proposes a hybrid multi-temporal convolutional neural network
(CNN) model called FirePred to fill this knowledge gap. In particular, 177 wildfire
events were utilized along with related environmental variables between the years
2002 and 2018 in British Columbia, Canada. In pursuit of optimizing the model's
performance, an exhaustive exploration of parameter configurations and settings was
conducted. This involved assessing diverse combinations of loss functions, padding
sizes, batch sizes, and thresholds. Notably, this rigorous analysis yielded an
exceptional F1-score of 94% utilizing the most effective parameter set. In
addition, to examine the versatility of our proposed model, we conducted an
assessment using a dataset encompassing 10 instances of wildfires that transpired
in Alaska between 2016 and 2019, as well as a wildfire occurrence in Nova Scotia
during 2023. The findings revealed that the performance of the model can be
influenced by regional parameters. Finally, the implementation of an uncertainty
protocol discovered that the edges of the wildfire contribute the most to the
uncertainty.},
keywords = {Wildfire spread
Multi-temporal
Deep learning
Recurrent neural network},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN77,
author = {Marrs, Robert H.},
volume = {179},
pages = {139},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN655,
author = {Martins, Pedro R. and Sano, Edson E. and Martins, Eder S. and Vieira,
Ludgero C. G. and Salemi, Luiz F. and Vasconcelos, Vinicius and Couto Júnior,
Antônio F.},
title = {Terrain units, land use and land cover, and gross primary productivity
of the largest fluvial basin in the Brazilian Amazonia/Cerrado ecotone: The
Araguaia River basin},
volume = {127},
pages = {102379},
abstract = {Integrity of most of tropical wetlands is threatened because they
are often considered freely available resources of land and water. The Bananal, in
the Araguaia River Basin, and the Pantanal in the Paraguai River Basin, are the two
largest Brazilian wetlands influenced by the tropical seasonal floods. The purpose
of this study is to integrate landscape structural and functional factors with the
GPP dynamics over different terrain units present in the Araguaia River Basin. The
study was conducted through the integration of different databases, including the
topographic domains, protected areas and indigenous lands; land use and land cover
map (year 2016); time series of GPP derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor (period of 2000–2015); Shuttle Radar Topography
Mission (SRTM) digital elevation models (DEM); and precipitation data produced by
the WorldClim version 2 dataset. GPP time series were processed using statistical
methods of time series decomposition. The results show that, in the alluvial
domains, we find grasslands (mostly), alluvial forests with the highest levels of
GPP, and the largest legally protected areas. Spatial distribution of pasturelands
across the entire basin is broad while croplands are concentrated mainly in
geologically old and high plateaus. The time series analysis revealed the presence
of intra- and inter-annual vegetation patterns and a continuous increase of GPP
over time. The results contribute to the understanding of the linkages between land
use changes and global carbon cycles by considering land use as a response of how
the landscape is organized. The results may provide subsidies for public policies
for the carbon budget equilibrium, conservation of biodiversity, and rational use
of natural resources.},
keywords = {Relief
LULC
Remote sensing
Carbon sinks
Time series},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN755,
author = {Martins, Pedro R. and Sano, Edson E. and Martins, Eder S. and Vieira,
Ludgero C. G. and Salemi, Luiz F. and Vasconcelos, Vinicius and Couto Júnior,
Antônio F.},
title = {Terrain units, land use and land cover, and gross primary productivity
of the largest fluvial basin in the Brazilian Amazonia/Cerrado ecotone: The
Araguaia River basin},
volume = {127},
pages = {102379},
abstract = {Integrity of most of tropical wetlands is threatened because they
are often considered freely available resources of land and water. The Bananal, in
the Araguaia River Basin, and the Pantanal in the Paraguai River Basin, are the two
largest Brazilian wetlands influenced by the tropical seasonal floods. The purpose
of this study is to integrate landscape structural and functional factors with the
GPP dynamics over different terrain units present in the Araguaia River Basin. The
study was conducted through the integration of different databases, including the
topographic domains, protected areas and indigenous lands; land use and land cover
map (year 2016); time series of GPP derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor (period of 2000–2015); Shuttle Radar Topography
Mission (SRTM) digital elevation models (DEM); and precipitation data produced by
the WorldClim version 2 dataset. GPP time series were processed using statistical
methods of time series decomposition. The results show that, in the alluvial
domains, we find grasslands (mostly), alluvial forests with the highest levels of
GPP, and the largest legally protected areas. Spatial distribution of pasturelands
across the entire basin is broad while croplands are concentrated mainly in
geologically old and high plateaus. The time series analysis revealed the presence
of intra- and inter-annual vegetation patterns and a continuous increase of GPP
over time. The results contribute to the understanding of the linkages between land
use changes and global carbon cycles by considering land use as a response of how
the landscape is organized. The results may provide subsidies for public policies
for the carbon budget equilibrium, conservation of biodiversity, and rational use
of natural resources.},
keywords = {Relief
LULC
Remote sensing
Carbon sinks
Time series},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN259,
author = {Martínez-Fernández, Jesús and Ruiz-Benito, Paloma and Zavala, Miguel
A.},
title = {Recent land cover changes in Spain across biogeographical regions and
protection levels: Implications for conservation policies},
volume = {44},
pages = {62-75},
abstract = {Land use and land cover change is a major component of global
change, which directly alters habitat composition, biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning. The regional analysis of land cover changes in heterogeneous
landscapes can be masked by spatial variations caused by both bioclimatic and
socioeconomic factors. Recognizing these influences, however, can be critical for
designing conservation policies suited for each region. In this study, we examined
the main processes of land cover change in Spain during c. 20 years (1987–2006),
using CORINE land cover maps and five comparative spatial frameworks based on
biomes (temperate and Mediterranean) and protection levels (Nationally Designated
areas, European Natura Net 2000 and unprotected areas). We observed high land cover
persistence (ca. 93%) throughout Spain, but with important anthropization processes
and internal changes in natural areas – which experienced a slight decrease –
while, agrarian areas remained almost stable. However, there were significant
differences in the occupation, intensity and direction of change depending on the
biome and protection level. The Mediterranean region had lower persistence and
higher anthropization processes than the temperate region, suggesting a high
vulnerability to land cover changes for natural habitat and related species.
Overall, we observed a lower intensity of anthropization processes in protected
areas, increasing the persistence of natural and agrarian areas; key habitats for
species conservation. The highest persistence of natural areas corresponds to
Nationally Designated Protected (NDP) areas, while in Natura Net 2000 we found the
highest agrarian areas persistence. Nevertheless, Natura Net 2000 areas – with the
exception of those nominated as NDP – had the largest increase of artificial
surfaces as well as the highest internal processes of change within natural areas
due to disturbances. The trends reported in this study suggest the importance of
effective management plans and conservation measures that ensure both habitat and
species conservation, especially in the Mediterranean region. In the case of Natura
Net 2000, where traditional agricultural and livestock activities had a larger
importance, it would be advisable to definitively implement the pending management
plans, which are feasible and compatible with local human activities.},
Protected areas
Biomes
Natura Net 2000
Systematic transition},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN359,
author = {Martínez-Fernández, Jesús and Ruiz-Benito, Paloma and Zavala, Miguel
A.},
title = {Recent land cover changes in Spain across biogeographical regions and
protection levels: Implications for conservation policies},
volume = {44},
pages = {62-75},
abstract = {Land use and land cover change is a major component of global
change, which directly alters habitat composition, biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning. The regional analysis of land cover changes in heterogeneous
landscapes can be masked by spatial variations caused by both bioclimatic and
socioeconomic factors. Recognizing these influences, however, can be critical for
designing conservation policies suited for each region. In this study, we examined
the main processes of land cover change in Spain during c. 20 years (1987–2006),
using CORINE land cover maps and five comparative spatial frameworks based on
biomes (temperate and Mediterranean) and protection levels (Nationally Designated
areas, European Natura Net 2000 and unprotected areas). We observed high land cover
persistence (ca. 93%) throughout Spain, but with important anthropization processes
and internal changes in natural areas – which experienced a slight decrease –
while, agrarian areas remained almost stable. However, there were significant
differences in the occupation, intensity and direction of change depending on the
biome and protection level. The Mediterranean region had lower persistence and
higher anthropization processes than the temperate region, suggesting a high
vulnerability to land cover changes for natural habitat and related species.
Overall, we observed a lower intensity of anthropization processes in protected
areas, increasing the persistence of natural and agrarian areas; key habitats for
species conservation. The highest persistence of natural areas corresponds to
Nationally Designated Protected (NDP) areas, while in Natura Net 2000 we found the
highest agrarian areas persistence. Nevertheless, Natura Net 2000 areas – with the
exception of those nominated as NDP – had the largest increase of artificial
surfaces as well as the highest internal processes of change within natural areas
due to disturbances. The trends reported in this study suggest the importance of
effective management plans and conservation measures that ensure both habitat and
species conservation, especially in the Mediterranean region. In the case of Natura
Net 2000, where traditional agricultural and livestock activities had a larger
importance, it would be advisable to definitively implement the pending management
plans, which are feasible and compatible with local human activities.},
Protected areas
Biomes
Natura Net 2000
Systematic transition},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN1270,
author = {Maxwell, Susan K. and Sylvester, Kenneth M.},
title = {Identification of “ever-cropped” land (1984–2010) using Landsat annual
maximum NDVI image composites: Southwestern Kansas case study},
volume = {121},
pages = {186-195},
abstract = {A time series of 230 intra- and inter-annual Landsat Thematic Mapper
images was used to identify land that was ever cropped during the years 1984
through 2010 for a five county region in southwestern Kansas. Annual maximum
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) image composites (NDVIann-max) were
used to evaluate the inter-annual dynamics of cropped and non-cropped land. Three
feature images were derived from the 27-year NDVIann-max image time series and used
in the classification: 1) maximum NDVI value that occurred over the entire 27year
time span (NDVImax), 2) standard deviation of the annual maximum NDVI values for
all years (NDVIsd), and 3) standard deviation of the annual maximum NDVI values for
years 1984–1986 (NDVIsd84–86) to improve Conservation Reserve Program land
discrimination. Results of the classification were compared to three reference data
sets: County-level USDA Census records (1982–2007) and two digital land cover maps
(Kansas 2005 and USGS Trends Program maps (1986–2000)). Area of ever-cropped land
for the five counties was on average 11.8% higher than the area estimated from
Census records. Overall agreement between the ever-cropped land map and the 2005
Kansas map was 91.9% and 97.2% for the Trends maps. Converting the intra-annual
Landsat data set to a single annual maximum NDVI image composite considerably
reduced the data set size, eliminated clouds and cloud-shadow affects, yet
maintained information important for discriminating cropped land. Our results
suggest that Landsat annual maximum NDVI image composites will be useful for
characterizing land use and land cover change for many applications.},
keywords = {Landsat
NDVI
Land use change detection
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2012},
}
@inbook{RN1124,
author = {Mayer, Christine M.},
title = {Ecosystem Engineers in Freshwater Ecosystems},
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition)},
editor = {Mehner, Thomas and Tockner, Klement},
address = {Oxford},
pages = {371-375},
abstract = {Ecosystem engineers modify habitat, either with their own bodies
(e.g., submerged vegetation providing substrate for attached algae and
invertebrates) or by transforming material other than themselves (e.g.,
phytoplankton control the penetration of light and distribution of oxygen). Most
types of aquatic habitats host ecosystem engineers, and are strongly affected by
the engineering activity. It is difficult to make a priori predictions about the
direction of effects of ecosystem engineers on other organisms and more research
quantifying the magnitude of effects across aquatic habitat types is needed.},
keywords = {Bioturbator
Ecosystems
Freshwater
Habitat},
ISBN = {978-0-12-822041-2},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN33,
author = {Medeiros, Ana and Fernandes, Cláudia and Gonçalves, João F. and
Farinha-Marques, Paulo},
title = {A diagnostic framework for assessing land-use change impacts on
landscape pattern and character – A case-study from the Douro region, Portugal},
volume = {228},
pages = {104580},
abstract = {Mediterranean rural landscapes are experiencing multiple changes
which imperil the preservation of landscape pattern and character. Despite the
abundance of land-use change studies, most approaches do not evaluate the impact of
land-use change on landscape character. This study presents a diagnostic framework
focused on two main phases: i) the quantification of landscape pattern and analysis
of the significant transition processes that occur, and ii) a qualitative appraisal
of land-use transitions, classifying them based on whether the landscape character
is maintained, neglected, enhancing, or diverging. Four land-use maps from 1995,
2007, 2010 and 2015 covering the Douro region (northeastern Portugal) were
analyzed. This region has heterogeneous landscape characters and includes areas
classified for their natural and cultural values. Most of the change was compatible
with the landscape character (87%), though there was a reduction in heterogeneous
agriculture, bare land, and pastureland associated with agricultural abandonment.
Landscape patches were more complex and less isolated until 2007, but there has
been an opposite trend in recent years. The main change processes are
afforestation, loss of forests, and vineyard expansion. The Douro region shows
similar trends to other Mediterranean areas, namely the polarization of human
influence, driven mainly by depopulation, agricultural policies and wildfires. In
conclusion, this diagnostic framework quantified and spatialized the main trends,
constituting the first step to analyzing a vast and heterogeneous territory. This
study emphasizes the importance of monitoring this landscape in the future to make
better-informed decisions regarding landscape planning and maintenance to address
challenges such as climate change and depopulation.},
keywords = {Landscape mapping
Landscape character
Indicators
Landscape pattern
Mediterranean landscapes},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2022},
}
@inbook{RN828,
author = {Meena, Ram Swaroop and Kumar, Sandeep},
title = {Soil quality protection policies and plans to ensure sustainability},
address = {Oxford},
pages = {457-472},
abstract = {Soil quality and environmental protection necessitate ground-level
policy and legal frameworks, followed by strict and appropriate planning,
execution, and regulatory reforms on a time-to-time basis, in accordance with the
requirements and situations for soil management. Soil quality and protection of the
environment have received international recognition in the policy arena. There is
an urgent need to strengthen our knowledge and initiate action to protect soil
quality as the soil is considered a living body. This chapter helps to provide a
roadmap to feasible plans, and policies to protect soil quality by including them
as part of land-use planning. Therefore, governments should encourage and
incentivize farmers to enhance eco-friendly land management technologies and soil
ecosystem services.},
keywords = {Environment
Plans
Policies
Soil quality},
ISBN = {978-0-323-95133-3},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN529,
author = {Mehdi, B. and Lehner, B. and Gombault, C. and Michaud, A. and Beaudin,
I. and Sottile, M. F. and Blondlot, A.},
title = {Simulated impacts of climate change and agricultural land use change on
surface water quality with and without adaptation management strategies},
volume = {213},
pages = {47-60},
abstract = {The impacts of climate and land use changes that may affect the
quality of surface water in the future were quantified to identify the relative
importance of each change. Sustainable field management practices were examined for
their effectiveness to improve water quality in the future under the combined
changes, to integrate the strategies into water management plans. In this modelling
study, scenarios of climate change and land use change were therefore applied
alone, and in tandem, in the hydrological model SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment
Tool) to simulate the impacts on streamflow, sediments, total phosphorus (TP) and
nitrate-nitrogen (NO3−-N) for a 2050 time horizon in the 629km2 Pike River
watershed located in southern Québec/northern Vermont. The combined climate and
land use change scenarios simulated TP concentrations to be higher during January
and February, but to be lower during April, compared to the reference simulation
(1971–2000). Yet, the TP water quality criterion of 0.02mg/L was always surpassed.
On the other hand, the NO3–N concentrations were lower than the reference
simulation during 8 months out of the year, only rarely exceeding the water quality
criterion of 10mg/L. When field management strategies were simulated to reduce the
impacts, the mean annual sediments and TP loads were reduced particularly in
winter. Despite the load reductions, the 0.02mg TP/L criterion remained exceeded in
each month (similar to values in the reference simulation). The future NO3−-N
concentrations remained below 10mg/L. This study demonstrates that both climate and
land use change should be considered together to account for synergistic impacts to
water quality, and that sustainable management strategies are effective adaptations
to safeguard water quality from future changes that may occur in a watershed.},
keywords = {SWAT
Nitrate
Phosphorus
Streamflow
Scenarios
Management practices},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN557,
author = {Mehdi, B. and Ludwig, R. and Lehner, B.},
title = {Evaluating the impacts of climate change and crop land use change on
streamflow, nitrates and phosphorus: A modeling study in Bavaria},
volume = {4},
pages = {60-90},
abstract = {Study region Bavaria, Germany. Study focus The Altmühl River is
prone to nutrient inputs from agricultural activities. Quantifying nitrate nitrogen
(NO3−-N) and total phosphorus (TP) concentrations due to potential future changes
in the watershed is necessary for managing water quality and adhering to water
policy directives. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was used to provide
stakeholders with support in determining the impacts of climate change (CC) in
combination with crop land use change (LUC) scenarios on streamflow, NO3−-N and TP
to the 2050 time horizon. The CC simulations stemmed from RCMs and the LUC
scenarios were developed with stakeholders. New hydrological insights for the
region When CC was combined with LUC, mean annual NO3−-N loads increased 3-fold,
and TP loads 8-fold, compared to the CC simulations alone. Nutrient loads were
higher in several months due to the future increased annual precipitation plus the
additional fertilizer input in the land use scenarios. The maize areas above the
Altmühl Lake contributed greatly to TP loads, while winter wheat areas mainly
contributed to NO3−-N loads. When CC was combined with LUC, the in-stream nutrient
concentrations exceeded ministerial guidelines of 11mgTP/L and 0.05mgNO3−-N/L every
month at the outlet. CC simulations combined with LUC scenarios demonstrated non-
linear dynamics whereby the direction and the magnitude of impacts were not
predictable from the individual changes alone.},
keywords = {Hydrological modeling
SWAT
Water quality
Crop land use change
Agriculture
Climate change},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN251,
author = {Melendez-Pastor, I. and Hernández, E. I. and Navarro-Pedreño, J. and
Gómez, I.},
title = {Socioeconomic factors influencing land cover changes in rural areas:
The case of the Sierra de Albarracín (Spain)},
volume = {52},
pages = {34-45},
abstract = {Rural abandonment in mountainous regions is a habitual process that
occurs in many countries and has socioeconomic and environmental implications. Land
cover changes in Mediterranean mountains resulting from farming abandonment have
been associated with certain processes of land degradation. This study employed
Landsat satellite images for mapping the land cover changes in 1984 and 2007, south
of the Iberian Range (region of Sierra de Albarracín, Teruel, Spain). A neural
network classification was used to achieve sufficient land cover accuracy. The land
cover change analysis revealed an expansion of forestland at the expense of
pastureland and abandoned rainfed cropland. These changes were associated with
demographic and economic shifts that resulted from a continuous process of rural
abandonment. Population reduction has been the natural trend for a century,
characterized by massive internal migrations to nearby cities. The dynamic
displacement of the population centroid was used to identify the migratory
processes in the last century. The primary sector and the associated secondary
sector (farming and forestry) were diminished and resulted in a decrease in natural
resource exploitation. Economic activity moved towards the tertiary sector, which
focuses on rural tourism. The current socioeconomic scenario has unknown future
implications for land cover dynamics and their associated ecosystem services
values. Thus, monitoring of land cover changes and ecosystem services is required
to promote sustainable development in an area that is highly dependent on the
conservation of natural resources and ecological services.},
Rural abandonment
Mediterranean mountain
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN351,
author = {Melendez-Pastor, I. and Hernández, E. I. and Navarro-Pedreño, J. and
Gómez, I.},
title = {Socioeconomic factors influencing land cover changes in rural areas:
The case of the Sierra de Albarracín (Spain)},
volume = {52},
pages = {34-45},
abstract = {Rural abandonment in mountainous regions is a habitual process that
occurs in many countries and has socioeconomic and environmental implications. Land
cover changes in Mediterranean mountains resulting from farming abandonment have
been associated with certain processes of land degradation. This study employed
Landsat satellite images for mapping the land cover changes in 1984 and 2007, south
of the Iberian Range (region of Sierra de Albarracín, Teruel, Spain). A neural
network classification was used to achieve sufficient land cover accuracy. The land
cover change analysis revealed an expansion of forestland at the expense of
pastureland and abandoned rainfed cropland. These changes were associated with
demographic and economic shifts that resulted from a continuous process of rural
abandonment. Population reduction has been the natural trend for a century,
characterized by massive internal migrations to nearby cities. The dynamic
displacement of the population centroid was used to identify the migratory
processes in the last century. The primary sector and the associated secondary
sector (farming and forestry) were diminished and resulted in a decrease in natural
resource exploitation. Economic activity moved towards the tertiary sector, which
focuses on rural tourism. The current socioeconomic scenario has unknown future
implications for land cover dynamics and their associated ecosystem services
values. Thus, monitoring of land cover changes and ecosystem services is required
to promote sustainable development in an area that is highly dependent on the
conservation of natural resources and ecological services.},
Rural abandonment
Mediterranean mountain
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN1043,
author = {Melo, Maria Vitória Neves de and Oliveira, Maria Eduarda Gonçalves de
and Almeida, Gledson Luiz Pontes de and Gomes, Nicoly Farias and Montalvo Morales,
Kenny Ruben and Santana, Taize Calvacante and Silva, Patrícia Costa and Moraes,
Alex Souza and Pandorfi, Héliton and Silva, Marcos Vinícius da},
title = {Spatiotemporal characterization of land cover and degradation in the
agreste region of Pernambuco, Brazil, using cloud geoprocessing on Google Earth
Engine},
volume = {26},
pages = {100756},
abstract = {The characterization of land use and land cover (LULC), as well as
the identification of its degradation factors, are necessary for the preservation
of the agroecosystem and help in decision making. Therefore, the objective of this
research was to evaluate the spatial-temporal dynamics of vegetation cover and soil
degradation in the Agreste mesoregion of the state of Pernambuco, through the leaf
area index (LAI), soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI), and pasture vegetation
cover index (PVC) from Sentinel-2/MSI images from the Multispectral Instrument
(MSI) sensor and, develop software for automatic cloud processing on the Google
Earth Engine (GEE) platform. Were used 8 Sentinel-2/MSI satellite images (2017–
2020), processed in GEE, to obtain the SAVI, LAI, and PVC. A pluviometric survey
was carried out for the month before the registration of each image, from the
Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS). The images
were subjected to descriptive statistics and principal component analysis (PCA).
The months that comprise the highest rainfall exceeded the accumulated 100 mm. The
SAVI values ranged from −0.2 to 0.80, of the LAI between 0 and 3 m2 m−2 (with small
regions greater than 3). Regions of the low spectral response of LAI and SAVI,
correlated with areas of low rainfall in the study region. The total variance
showed 100% representativeness and significance of the data for the accumulated in
PC2, this denotes how significant the correlations between SAVI, LAI, and PVC are.
Because of the new climatic and environmental scenarios, this study presented a
relevant contribution to characterizing the potential areas in soil degradation
processes, mainly in the Caatinga biome. Between the years 2017–2020, there was the
occurrence of soil degradation processes in the Agreste region of Pernambuco, where
the state's dairy basin is located, caused by poor management, use of arable land,
and long periods of drought.},
keywords = {Caatinga biome
Soil conservation
Google earth engine
Vegetation indices
Preservation of the agroecosystem},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1022,
author = {Memon, Nimrabanu and Parikh, Hemani and Patel, Samir B. and Patel,
Dhruvesh and Patel, Vibha D.},
title = {Automatic land cover classification of multi-resolution dualpol data
using convolutional neural network (CNN)},
volume = {22},
pages = {100491},
abstract = {Synthetic Aperture Radar is an interesting topic of research for
scientists & researchers as it is associated with polarimetric information which
helps to detect surface & subsurface features of land, sea, and ice. Classical
techniques include the use of polarimetric information to simplify SAR image
interpretation and to classify it for various earth observation applications. The
deep learning (DL) techniques like Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), extract
useful information from an image (here dual polarimetric SAR dataset) about the
land surface to segment or classify the dataset for various earth applications. In
the current research paper convolutional neural network is used to automatically
classify RISAT-1 dataset over the Mumbai region for land cover classification. Also
impact of patch size variation was studied. In addition, the efficiency of the CNN
model was tested using an approach similar to transfer learning approach on multi
resolution images (different multilooked images) i.e. CNN was trained twice on
different resolution images; one trained on coarser resolution and tested on
comparatively higher resolution datasets and other vice versa. It was found that
increasing the patch size for convolution classified the image more accurately but
at the same time it smoothens the output image. Also, CNN model trained on low
spatial resolution image predicted better the higher spatial resolution image as
compared to the reverse scenario.},
keywords = {Convolutional neural network (CNN)
Deep learning (DL)
Land cover
SAR, RISAT-1
Polarimetry},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN649,
author = {Mendoza S, Javier Eduardo and Etter R, Andrés},
title = {Multitemporal analysis (1940–1996) of land cover changes in the
southwestern Bogotá highplain (Colombia)},
volume = {59},
number = {3},
pages = {147-158},
abstract = {The study of the temporal changes of spatial patterns in cultural
landscapes is important to understand the underlying factors and the functional
effects. This paper addresses a multitemporal analysis of land cover and use
changes during 56 years (1940–1996) in part of the Bogotá highplain, based on two
study sites. The study used black and white aerial photography, fieldwork and GIS.
The changes in natural forest area found are small, with opposite trends in the
study sites (1.2 and −0.4 per year). The plantation forests have been steadily
increasing in both sites. The area of crop and pasture covers show opposite
complementary trends. The remnant forest patches are located in the steeper
topographic conditions, and their persistence during the last 56 years is related
to the use function assigned by landowners. It is suggested that the observed
temporal changes and distributions of agricultural land covers are closely related
to the historical events of Colombian macroeconomic policies.},
Remote sensing
Andean forests
Macroeconomic policy},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2002},
}
@article{RN749,
author = {Mendoza S, Javier Eduardo and Etter R, Andrés},
title = {Multitemporal analysis (1940–1996) of land cover changes in the
southwestern Bogotá highplain (Colombia)},
volume = {59},
number = {3},
pages = {147-158},
abstract = {The study of the temporal changes of spatial patterns in cultural
landscapes is important to understand the underlying factors and the functional
effects. This paper addresses a multitemporal analysis of land cover and use
changes during 56 years (1940–1996) in part of the Bogotá highplain, based on two
study sites. The study used black and white aerial photography, fieldwork and GIS.
The changes in natural forest area found are small, with opposite trends in the
study sites (1.2 and −0.4 per year). The plantation forests have been steadily
increasing in both sites. The area of crop and pasture covers show opposite
complementary trends. The remnant forest patches are located in the steeper
topographic conditions, and their persistence during the last 56 years is related
to the use function assigned by landowners. It is suggested that the observed
temporal changes and distributions of agricultural land covers are closely related
to the historical events of Colombian macroeconomic policies.},
Remote sensing
Andean forests
Macroeconomic policy},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2002},
}
@article{RN1144,
author = {Meng, Chen and Wu, Caiyan and Wu, Jiong and Zhang, Qi and Xin, Liang
and Li, Junxiang and Li, Dezhi and Song, Conghe},
title = {Spatiotemporal changes of coastal land use land cover and its drivers
in Shanghai, China between 1989 and 2015},
journal = {Ocean & Coastal Management},
volume = {244},
pages = {106802},
abstract = {The coastal zone, an ecotone that provides vital diverse ecosystem
services, is one of the most ecologically fragile and sensitive areas on the Earth.
It has been strongly influenced by human activities and climate change. Thus,
understanding the spatiotemporal changes of land use land cover in the coast is an
essential prerequisite for the comprehensive evaluation of coastal ecosystems and
the promotion of sustainable development. This study investigated the spatial and
temporal changes of land use land cover in the coastal zone of mainland Shanghai by
using high spatial resolution aerial images, and the associated driving factors
obtained from statistical yearbooks between 1989 and 2015. Our results show that
the total land area in the coastal zone exhibited an increasing trend at an annual
rate of 7.6% on average. The coastal urban land use also experienced substantial
increases, with the degree of urban expansion reaching 42.1% in 2015. The coastal
urbanization was at the cost of natural and semi-natural lands. Nearly 64.4% of
agricultural land, 24.4% of ocean area within the buffer, 84.9% of fresh water, and
92.8% of the tidal flat had been converted to urban land during 1989–2015. The
gradient analysis of land use land cover change along the north-to-south coastal
line revealed the spatiotemporal patterns of total land, urbanization degree, and
natural and semi-natural lands. The majority of the socioeconomic factors
influenced land use land cover change in the coastal zone, positively contributing
to the increase of public facilities’ use of land, but negatively affecting the
freshwater areas. These findings can provide insights for decision-making in the
future for coastal land use land cover planning and management in Shanghai.},
keywords = {Coastal zone
Socioeconomic factors
Urbanization
Spatiotemporal pattern
Gradient analysis
Partial least square regression
Canonical correlation analysis},
ISSN = {0964-5691},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106802},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN124,
author = {Meng, Yanrong and Yang, Mingxia and Liu, Shan and Mou, Yuling and
Peng, Changhui and Zhou, Xiaolu},
title = {Quantitative assessment of the importance of bio-physical drivers of
land cover change based on a random forest method},
volume = {61},
pages = {101204},
abstract = {The spatial distribution patterns of land cover greatly influence
the ecological balance of the Loess Plateau. Understanding the bio-physical drivers
of land cover change is important for ecological restoration in the context of
climate change. However, in the analysis of the drivers of land cover change in the
Loess Plateau, the role of bio-physical drivers has not been quantitatively
evaluated. Using remote sensing data, machine learning, and statistical methods,
this study analyzed the spatial and temporal patterns of land cover from 2001 to
2018 in the Loess Plateau of China. We used a random forest (RF) model to quantify
the importance of bio-physical drivers of land cover. Our results demonstrated that
the RF model has good performance and high reliability (model accuracy
score > 0.8). Our simulation experiment revealed that evapotranspiration was the
most important driver (importance score, IS >0.2), temperature and precipitation
had regional heterogeneity, and slope was the least important (IS <0.05). We
suggest that evapotranspiration can be regulated by properly allocating the type of
land cover, so as to rationally allocate water resources on the Loess Plateau. This
study provides a new foundation for quantitatively evaluating the drivers of land
cover change and regulating the distribution of water resources on the Loess
Plateau, China.},
Machine learning
Spatiotemporal pattern
Vegetation change
Water resource},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1098,
author = {Mengyi, Li and mingjiang, Deng and Hongbo, Ling and Feifei, Han and
Junjie, Yan and Jia, Xu},
title = {Constructing a new irrigation model for desert riparian forests based
on response of canopy EVI loss and tree rings growth to groundwater fluctuation},
volume = {148},
pages = {110060},
abstract = {Vegetation in arid desert areas plays an extremely important role in
maintaining biodiversity and inhibiting desertification. Quantitative understanding
of vegetation response to groundwater is essential to priming drought prevention
and mitigation, which is a topic that is attracting considerable attention.
However, previous studies have rarely assessed the response of vegetation to
groundwater from probabilistic or stoichiometric chemical perspective. To address
this question, a highly sensitive copula joint distribution of the response of
enhanced vegetation index (EVI) loss to groundwater was constructed and a
stoichiometric chemistry indicator of the Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P)
concentrations in tree rings was innovatively put forward to verify its sensitivity
to groundwater. The results obtained revealed that the correlation of EVI with
groundwater was better than that with SPEI and TVDI; Furthermore, the critical
groundwater thresholds of the EVI loss rate, described as “beginning”, “reaching
the maximum”, and “the slowest” were 3.85 m, 6.18–6.75 m, and 7.89 m, respectively.
At the inter-annual scale, by measuring the N and P contents of Populus euphratica
tree rings, and constructing response model of element contents to
groundwater/rainfall, the key thresholds were determined at 5.20–5.31 m and 60 mm,
which challenges the traditional understanding that rainfall does not bring
ecological benefits to desert riparian forests. To further promote vegetation
restoration, based on the response rule of EVI loss and stoichiometric chemical
elements of tree rings to groundwater and the intermediate overflow rotation
irrigation method, a more advanced desert riparian forest irrigation mode, named
“branch-infiltration-rotation-irrigation”, is here proposed.},
keywords = {Desert riparian forest
EVI-loss
Copula
Nitrogen and Phosphorus
Ecological irrigation},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN986,
author = {Mensah, Jacob Kofi and Ofosu, Eric A. and Akpoti, Komlavi and Kabo-
Bah, Amos T. and Okyereh, Samuel A. and Yidana, Sandow Mark},
title = {Modeling current and future groundwater demands in the White Volta
River Basin of Ghana under climate change and socio-economic scenarios},
volume = {41},
pages = {101117},
abstract = {Study region White Volta River Basin, Ghana. Study focus Groundwater
sustainability is becoming a major concern in the face of population growth, land
use land cover (LULC), and climate changes. The Water Evaluation and Planning
(WEAP) model is used in this study to analyse the current and future groundwater
demands for the period of 2015–2070. Two Representative Concentration Pathways
(RCP4.5 and RCP 8.5) scenarios from statistically downscaled fifteen CMIP5 models
were combined three Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs 2,3 and 5) scenarios in the
nine sub-catchments of the White Volta River Basin. New hydrological insights for
the study region The WEAP model was calibrated (2006–2012) and validated (2013–
2020) using streamflow data from six gauges in five sub-catchments. The findings
show that climatic change and socio-economic development will result in a disparity
between groundwater supply and demand in sub-catchments with greater socioeconomic
growth, especially those with higher population density and arable agricultural
land. Among the basin's nine sub-catchments, four will experience water scarcity
under all future scenarios. While the groundwater flow and recharge data may be
evaluated using several physical hydrological models, the calibration and
validation results suggest that the current modeling approach is capable of
reliably predicting future groundwater demand with associated uncertainties. The
study establishes a link between climate change, socio-economic growth, and
groundwater availability in the White Volta River Basin.},
keywords = {Water evaluation and planning
Climate change
Shared socioeconomic pathway
Groundwater modeling
White Volta River Basin},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1061,
author = {Mentet, M. and Hongkarnjanakul, N. and Schwob, C. and Mezeix, L.},
title = {Method to apply and visualize physical models associated to a land
cover performed by CNN: A case study of vegetation and water cooling effect in
Bangkok Thailand},
volume = {28},
pages = {100856},
abstract = {Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are useful tools to perform
land cover analysis, in particular when working on large areas. The information
extracted from these land cover analyses is useful in many practical applications
and can be used as input data for physical models capable of simulating any type of
phenomenon of interest. Models results can be used to support policy making and can
be visualized on the associated remote sensing image to aid interpretation. A
method covering these aspects and illustrated on a practical use case is proposed
in this paper. The use case focuses on the cooling effect of vegetation and water
in Bangkok. For this use case, a dedicated dataset of approximately 680,000 64 × 64
pixels tiles with a resolution of 0.15 m/pixel is created. Three CNN models are
built and optimized to classify each of the following classes: city, vegetation and
water. The validation of the models shows that, with the exception of water where
the accuracy is only 84%, the other two classes have an accuracy of over 90%. Post-
processing is performed on each prediction before aggregating these results to
obtain the land cover. Vegetation and water cooling models, given in the
literature, are successfully applied using the land cover and their effects are
plotted on the associated satellite images. Results show that small areas of trees
close to water have little influence on the cooling effect and that it is not
efficient to plant isolated trees near a larger vegetation site. Through this
study, the proposed tool has demonstrated its usefulness.},
Image processing
Model
Land cover
Satellite image},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1019,
author = {Mhanna, Saeed and Halloran, Landon J. S. and Zwahlen, François and
Asaad, Ahmed Haj and Brunner, Philip},
title = {Using machine learning and remote sensing to track land use/land cover
changes due to armed conflict},
volume = {898},
pages = {165600},
abstract = {Armed conflicts have detrimental impacts on the environment,
including land systems. The prevailing understanding of the relation between Land
Use/Land Cover (LULC) and armed conflict fails to fully recognize the complexity of
their dynamics – a shortcoming that could undermine food security and sustainable
land/water resources management in conflict settings. The Syrian portion of the
transboundary Orontes River Basin (ORB) has been a site of violent conflict since
2013. Correspondingly, the Lebanese and Turkish portions of the ORB have seen large
influxes of refugees. A major challenge in any geoscientific investigation in this
region, specifically the Syrian portion, is the unavailability of directly-measured
“ground truth” data. To circumvent this problem, we develop a novel methodology
that combines remote sensing products, machine learning techniques and quasi-
experimental statistical analysis to better understand LULC changes in the ORB
between 2004 and 2022. Through analysis of the resulting annual LULC maps, we can
draw several quantitative conclusions. Cropland areas decreased by 21–24 % in
Syria's conflict hotspot zones after 2013, whereas a 3.4-fold increase was detected
in Lebanon. The development of refugee settlements was also tracked in Lebanon and
on the Syrian/Turkish borders, revealing different LULC patterns that depend on
settlement dynamics. The results highlight the importance of understanding the
heterogenous spatio-temporal LULC changes in conflict-affected and refugee-hosting
countries. The developed methodology is a flexible, cloud-based approach that can
be applied to wide variety of LULC investigations related to conflict, policy and
climate.},
keywords = {Orontes River basin
Google earth engine
Syria
Difference-in-differences
Croplands},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN433,
author = {Mingarro, Mario and Lobo, Jorge M.},
title = {European National Parks protect their surroundings but not everywhere:
A study using land use/land cover dynamics derived from CORINE Land Cover data},
volume = {124},
pages = {106434},
abstract = {Protected areas are threatened by an unprecedented intensification
of land use. The effectiveness of protected areas depends on their ability to stop
habitat loss not only within their boundaries but also in their surroundings. Based
on the CORINE Land Cover data, we describe the land use-land cover changes in
European National Parks, both inside and at distant surrounding areas (1, 5,
20 km), and examine if the detected pattern is homogeneous across Europe. We
analysed 192 parks from 25 European countries using five temporal scenarios between
1986 and 2018. Our results indicate that the designation of a protected area is a
process that can increase it’s the area’s natural condition in a few years, thus
providing a beneficial effect on its surrounding environment. However, this effect
depends on the distance and when the protected area was declared. The
naturalization effect is more visible at the nearest buffer distances in reserves
that have been protected for the longest time. Furthermore, the role played by
protected areas shows a spatially heterogeneous distribution, with clear notable
latitudinal differences. In essence, these results are fundamental for developing
effective adaptation strategies and proposing better policies to protect European
NPs.},
keywords = {Protected areas
Conservation threats
Naturalization
Anthropization
Surrounding reserves
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN282,
author = {Mirzaei, Mohsen and Jafari, Ali and Verrlest, Jochem and Haghighi,
Mohammad and Zargarnia, Amir Hossein and Khoshnoodmotlagh, Sajad and Azadi, Hossein
and Scheffran, Jürgen},
title = {Trans-boundary land cover changes and its influences on water crisis:
Case study of the Aras River},
volume = {124},
pages = {102323},
abstract = {In a watershed, disturbing land covers (LCs) are one of the most
important factors in the balance and flow rate of water. This study aimed to
monitor and model LC changes in the upstream of the Aras River Basin in Turkey over
1984, 2002, 2010 and 2016. The main ground to conduct such an analysis was to
mitigate severe economic, social and ecological consequences driven by agricultural
activities and dam construction along with probable climate change, which would
decrease the water flow from the Aras River to Caspian Sea. The study approach
consisted of four main steps: 1) producing LC maps using Landsat satellite images,
2) performing the change analysis, 3) identifying the change driver variables for
each of the calibration period, and 4) identifying the most accurate scenario and
predicting maps of the years 2026 and 2036 based on the calibration periods (i.e.,
1984–2002 and 2002–2010) using the Land Change Modeler (LCM). Moreover, the net
changes in each LC were studied as well the transition from one LC to another and
the spatial pattern of these changes over a 32-year period. The results show the
growth of agricultural, industrial and residential lands in the upstream during
1984–2016. This trend seems to be more critical in 2026 and 2036. The construction
of small to medium sized dams and redirecting rivers in order to supply water for
increasing agricultural lands and industrial/municipal areas will affect the
quantity of water flowing to downstream. This decreasing trend in water flow of
upstream areas will intensify the shortage of water used for agricultural,
industrial and drinking purposes in downstream countries in future. This study
suggests that the Aras River Basin, as one of the most important feeders of the
Caspian Sea, needs more protection and monitoring programs. Likewise, similar
studies must be conducted in Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan given these countries
plan to preserve the quality and quantity of the Aras River.},
keywords = {Water crisis
Dam construction
Land change modeler
Landsat satellite imagery
Water supply strategies},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN382,
author = {Mirzaei, Mohsen and Jafari, Ali and Verrlest, Jochem and Haghighi,
Mohammad and Zargarnia, Amir Hossein and Khoshnoodmotlagh, Sajad and Azadi, Hossein
and Scheffran, Jürgen},
title = {Trans-boundary land cover changes and its influences on water crisis:
Case study of the Aras River},
volume = {124},
pages = {102323},
abstract = {In a watershed, disturbing land covers (LCs) are one of the most
important factors in the balance and flow rate of water. This study aimed to
monitor and model LC changes in the upstream of the Aras River Basin in Turkey over
1984, 2002, 2010 and 2016. The main ground to conduct such an analysis was to
mitigate severe economic, social and ecological consequences driven by agricultural
activities and dam construction along with probable climate change, which would
decrease the water flow from the Aras River to Caspian Sea. The study approach
consisted of four main steps: 1) producing LC maps using Landsat satellite images,
2) performing the change analysis, 3) identifying the change driver variables for
each of the calibration period, and 4) identifying the most accurate scenario and
predicting maps of the years 2026 and 2036 based on the calibration periods (i.e.,
1984–2002 and 2002–2010) using the Land Change Modeler (LCM). Moreover, the net
changes in each LC were studied as well the transition from one LC to another and
the spatial pattern of these changes over a 32-year period. The results show the
growth of agricultural, industrial and residential lands in the upstream during
1984–2016. This trend seems to be more critical in 2026 and 2036. The construction
of small to medium sized dams and redirecting rivers in order to supply water for
increasing agricultural lands and industrial/municipal areas will affect the
quantity of water flowing to downstream. This decreasing trend in water flow of
upstream areas will intensify the shortage of water used for agricultural,
industrial and drinking purposes in downstream countries in future. This study
suggests that the Aras River Basin, as one of the most important feeders of the
Caspian Sea, needs more protection and monitoring programs. Likewise, similar
studies must be conducted in Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan given these countries
plan to preserve the quality and quantity of the Aras River.},
keywords = {Water crisis
Dam construction
Land change modeler
Landsat satellite imagery
Water supply strategies},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN581,
author = {Mitsova, Diana and Shuster, William and Wang, Xinhao},
title = {A cellular automata model of land cover change to integrate urban
growth with open space conservation},
volume = {99},
number = {2},
pages = {141-153},
abstract = {The preservation of riparian zones and other environmentally
sensitive areas has long been recognized as one of the most cost-effective methods
of managing stormwater and providing a broad range of ecosystem services. In this
research, a cellular automata (CA)—Markov chain model of land cover change was
developed to integrate protection of environmentally sensitive areas into urban
growth projections at a regional scale. The baseline scenario is a continuation of
the current trends and involves only limited constraints on development. The green
infrastructure (GI) conservation scenario incorporates an open space conservation
network based on the functional boundaries of environmentally sensitive areas. It
includes variable buffer widths for impaired streams (as identified on the USEPA
303d list for stream impairment), 100-year floodplain, wetlands, urban open space
and steep slopes. Comparative analysis of each scenario with landscape metrics
indicated that under the GI conservation scenario, the number of urban patches
decreased while the extent of interspersion of urban land with green infrastructure
patches increased leading to improved connectivity among open space features. The
analysis provides a quantitative illustration of how our process contributes
towards achieving urban planning objectives while incorporating green
infrastructure.},
keywords = {Cellular automata
Urban growth
Green infrastructure
Markov transition probabilities
Multi-criteria evaluation
Landscape metrics},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN1002,
author = {Mkala, Elijah Mbandi and Mutinda, Elizabeth Syowai and Wanga, Vincent
Okelo and Oulo, Milicent Akinyi and Oluoch, Wyclife Agumba and nzei, John and
Waswa, Emmanuel Nyongesa and Odago, Wyclif and Nanjala, Consolata and Mwachala,
Geoffrey and Hu, Guang-Wan and Wang, Qing-Feng},
title = {Modeling impacts of climate change on the potential distribution of
three endemic Aloe species critically endangered in East Africa},
volume = {71},
pages = {101765},
abstract = {Climate change has had a significant impact on natural ecosystems
and endemic species around the world and substantial impacts are expected in the
future. As a result, knowing how climate change affects endemic species can help in
putting forward the necessary conservation efforts. The use of niche modeling to
predict changes in species distributions under different climate change scenarios
is becoming a hot topic in biological conservation. This study aimed to use the
global circulation model (CMIP5) to model the current distribution of suitable
habitat for three critically endangered Aloe species endemic to Kenya and Tanzania
in order to determine the impact of climate change on their suitable habitat in the
years 2050 and 2070. We used two representative concentration pathways scenarios
(RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) to project the contraction of suitable habitats for Aloe ballyi
Reynolds, A. classenii Reynolds, and A. penduliflora Baker. Precipitation,
temperature and environmental variables (Potential evapotranspiration, land cover,
soil sedimentary and solar radiation) have had a significant impact on the current
distribution of all the three species. Although suitable habitat expansion and
contraction are predicted for all the species, loss of original suitable habitat is
expected to be extensive. Climate change is expected to devastate >44% and 34% of
the original habitats of A. ballyi and A. classenii respectively. Based on our
findings, we propose that areas predicted to contract due to climate change should
be designated as key protection zones for Aloe species conservation.},
keywords = {Ecological niche modeling
Conservation biology
Range contraction
Extinction risk},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1238,
author = {Mkhabela, M. S. and Bullock, P. and Raj, S. and Wang, S. and Yang,
Y.},
title = {Crop yield forecasting on the Canadian Prairies using MODIS NDVI data},
volume = {151},
number = {3},
pages = {385-393},
abstract = {Although Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data derived
from the advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) sensor have been
extensively used to assess crop condition and yield on the Canadian Prairies and
elsewhere, NDVI data derived from the new moderate resolution imaging
spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor have so far not been used for crop yield
prediction on the Canadian Prairies. Therefore, the objective of this study was to
evaluate the possibility of using MODIS-NDVI to forecast crop yield on the Canadian
Prairies and also to identify the best time for making a reliable crop yield
forecast. Growing season (May–August) MODIS 10-day composite NDVI data for the
years 2000–2006 were obtained from the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS).
Crop yield data (i.e., barley, canola, field peas and spring wheat) for each Census
Agricultural Region (CAR) were obtained from Statistics Canada. Correlation and
regression analyses were performed using 10-day composite NDVI and running average
NDVI for 2, 3 and 4 dekads with the highest correlation coefficients (r) as the
independent variables and crop grain yield as the dependent variable. To test the
robustness and the ability of the generated regression models to forecast crops
grain yield, one year at a time was removed and new regression models were
developed, which were then used to predict the grain yield for the missing year.
Results showed that MODIS-NDVI data can be used effectively to predict crop yield
on the Canadian Prairies. Depending on the agro-climatic zone, the power function
models developed for each crop accounted for 48 to 90%, 32 to 82%, 53 to 89% and 47
to 80% of the grain yield variability for barley, canola, field peas and spring
wheat, respectively, with the best prediction in the semi-arid zone. Overall (54
out of 84), the % difference of the predicted from the actual grain yield was
within ±10%. On the whole, RMSE values ranged from 150 to 654, 108 to 475, 204 to
677 and 104 to 714kgha−1 for barley, canola, field peas and spring wheat,
respectively. When expressed as percentages of actual yield, the RMSE values ranged
from 8 to 25% for barley, 10 to 58% for canola, 10 to 38% for field peas and 6 to
34% for spring wheat. The MAE values followed a similar trend but were slightly
lower than the RMSE values. For all the crops, the best time for making grain yield
predictions was found to be from the third dekad of June through the third dekad of
July in the sub-humid zone and from the first dekad of July through the first dekad
of August in both the semi-arid and arid zones. This means that accurate crop grain
yield forecasts using the developed regression models can be made one to two months
before harvest.},
keywords = {Canadian Prairie
Crop yield forecasting
Remote Sensing
MODIS
NDVI},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN1173,
author = {Mockrin, Miranda H. and Locke, Dexter H. and Syphard, Alexandra D. and
O’Neil-Dunne, Jarlath},
title = {Using high-resolution land cover data to assess structure loss in the
2018 Woolsey Fire in Southern California},
volume = {347},
pages = {118960},
abstract = {There are growing concerns about increases in the size, frequency,
and destructiveness of wildfire events. One commonly used mitigation strategy is
the creation and maintenance of defensible space, a zone around buildings where
vegetation is managed to increase potential for structures to survive during
wildfires. Despite widespread acceptance and advocacy of defensible space, few
studies provide empirical evidence documenting the efficacy of different fuel
modification practices under real wildfire conditions. The 2018 Woolsey Fire in Los
Angeles County, California, occurred a short time after high-resolution (0.07 m2)
land cover data were created, providing a unique opportunity to quantify vegetation
before the fire. We integrated measurements from this high-resolution land cover
data with parcel data, building attributes, and environmental context. We then used
Random Forests models to analyze the extent to which these factors predicted
structure loss in the wildfire. Variable importance scores showed vegetation around
buildings was not a strong predictor of building-level damage outcomes compared to
building materials and landscape features such as paved land cover per parcel,
elevation, building density, and distance to road networks. Among building
materials, multi-paned windows and enclosed eaves were most highly associated with
building survival. These results are consistent with other studies that conclude
building materials and environmental context are more related to survivorship than
defensible space.},
keywords = {Fire
Housing
Risk
Los Angeles
Wildland urban interface},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1245,
author = {Mohammad, Lal and Bandyopadhyay, Jatisankar and Sk, Rubel and Mondal,
Ismail and Nguyen, Trinh Trong and Lama, Giuseppe Francesco Cesare and Anh, Duong
Tran},
title = {Estimation of agricultural burned affected area using NDVI and dNBR
satellite-based empirical models},
volume = {343},
pages = {118226},
abstract = {One of the major crucial issues that need worldwide attention is
open stubble burning, which imposes a variety of adverse impacts on nature and
human society, destroying the world's biodiversity. Many earth observation
satellites render information to monitor and assess agricultural burning
activities. In this study, different remotely sensed data (Sentinel-2A, VIIRS) has
been employed to estimate the quantitative measurements of agricultural burned
areas of the Purba Bardhaman district from October–December 2018. The multi-
temporal image differencing techniques and indices (NDVI, NBR, and dNBR) and VIIRS
active fires data (VNP14IMGT) have been utilized to spot agricultural burned areas.
In the case of the NDVI technique, a prominent area, 184.82 km2 of agricultural
burned area (7.85% of the total agriculture), was observed. The highest (23.04 km2)
burned area was observed in the Bhatar block, located in the middle part of the
district, and the lowest (0.11 km2) burned area was observed in the Purbasthali-II
block, which is located in the eastern part of the district. On the other hand, the
dNBR technique revealed that the agricultural burned areas enwrap 8.18% of the
total agricultural area, which is 192.45 km2. As per the earlier NDVI technique,
the highest agricultural burned areas (24.82 km2) were observed in the Bhatar
block, and the lowest (0.13 km2) burn area occurred in the Purbashthali-II block.
In both cases, it is observed that agricultural residue burning is high in the
western part of the Satgachia block and the adjacent areas of the Bhatar block,
which is in the middle part of Purba Bardhaman. The agricultural burned area was
extracted using different spectral separability analyses, and the performance of
dNBR was the most effective in spectral discrimination of burned and unburned
surfaces. This study manifested that agricultural residue burning started in the
central part of Purba Bardhaman. Later it spread all over the district due to the
trend of early harvesting rice crops in this region. The performance of different
indices for mapping the burned areas was evaluated and compared, revealing a strong
correlation (R2) = 0.98. To estimate the campaign's effectiveness against the
dangerous practice and plan the control of the menace, regular monitoring of crop
stubble burning using satellite data is required.},
keywords = {Crop residue burning
Sentinel-2a
VIIRS active Fires
And NBR and Purba bardhaman},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1016,
author = {Mohammadimanesh, Fariba and Salehi, Bahram and Mahdianpari, Masoud and
Gill, Eric and Molinier, Matthieu},
title = {A new fully convolutional neural network for semantic segmentation of
polarimetric SAR imagery in complex land cover ecosystem},
volume = {151},
pages = {223-236},
abstract = {Despite the application of state-of-the-art fully Convolutional
Neural Networks (CNNs) for semantic segmentation of very high-resolution optical
imagery, their capacity has not yet been thoroughly examined for the classification
of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. The presence of speckle noise, the
absence of efficient feature expression, and the limited availability of labelled
SAR samples have hindered the application of the state-of-the-art CNNs for the
classification of SAR imagery. This is of great concern for mapping complex land
cover ecosystems, such as wetlands, where backscattering/spectrally similar
signatures of land cover units further complicate the matter. Accordingly, we
propose a new Fully Convolutional Network (FCN) architecture that can be trained in
an end-to-end scheme and is specifically designed for the classification of wetland
complexes using polarimetric SAR (PolSAR) imagery. The proposed architecture
follows an encoder-decoder paradigm, wherein the input data are fed into a stack of
convolutional filters (encoder) to extract high-level abstract features and a stack
of transposed convolutional filters (decoder) to gradually up-sample the low
resolution output to the spatial resolution of the original input image. The
proposed network also benefits from recent advances in CNN designs, namely the
addition of inception modules and skip connections with residual units. The former
component improves multi-scale inference and enriches contextual information, while
the latter contributes to the recovery of more detailed information and simplifies
optimization. Moreover, an in-depth investigation of the learned features via
opening the black box demonstrates that convolutional filters extract
discriminative polarimetric features, thus mitigating the limitation of the feature
engineering design in PolSAR image processing. Experimental results from full
polarimetric RADARSAT-2 imagery illustrate that the proposed network outperforms
the conventional random forest classifier and the state-of-the-art FCNs, such as
FCN-32s, FCN-16s, FCN-8s, and SegNet, both visually and numerically for wetland
mapping.},
Land cover
Wetland
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)
Fully Convolutional Network (FCN)
Encoder-decoder
Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR)},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN1087,
author = {Moharram, Mohammed Abdulmajeed and Sundaram, Divya Meena},
title = {Land use and land cover classification with hyperspectral data: A
comprehensive review of methods, challenges and future directions},
journal = {Neurocomputing},
volume = {536},
pages = {90-113},
abstract = {Recently, many efforts have been concentrated on land use land cover
(LULC) classification due to rapid urbanization, environmental pollution,
agriculture drought, frequent floods, and climate change. However, various aspects
have attracted hyperspectral imaging due to there being informative discriminative
features, such as spectral-spatial features. To this end, this paper is a
comprehensive and systematic review of LULC classification using hyperspectral
images by reviewing four significant research investigations. Moreover, the four
investigations have addressed the following points: (1) the main components of the
hyperspectral imaging, the modes of hyperspectral imaging with data acquisition
methods, and the intrinsic differences between hyperspectral image and
multispectral image, (2) the role of machine learning in LULC classification, and
the standard deep learning methods: Convolution Neural Network (CNN), Stacked
Autoencoder (SAE), Deep Belief Network (DBN), Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), and
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN), (3) the standard benchmark hyperspectral
datasets and the evaluation criteria, (4) the main challenges of LULC
classification with the possible solutions for the limited training samples issue,
the promising future directions, and finally the recent applications for LULC
classification.},
keywords = {LULC
Hyperspectral imaging
Spectral- spatial features
Machine learning
Deep learning},
ISSN = {0925-2312},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2023.03.025},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN496,
author = {Molina, Armando and Vanacker, Veerle and Balthazar, Vincent and Mora,
Diego and Govers, Gerard},
title = {Complex land cover change, water and sediment yield in a degraded
Andean environment},
volume = {472-473},
pages = {25-35},
abstract = {Summary Rapid land use/-cover change has increasingly transformed
the hydrological functioning of tropical Andean ecosystems. The hydrological
response to forest cover change strongly depends on the initial state of the
ecosystem. Relatively little is known about human-disturbed ecosystems where forest
plantations have been established on highly degraded land. In this paper, we
analyze the impact of forest change on water and sediment fluxes for a highly
degraded Andean catchment. Different pathways of land cover change (1963–2007) are
observed in the Jadan catchment, with deforestation taking place in remote uplands
and recovery and reforestation in the middle and lower parts where agricultural and
bare lands are prevalent. Time series analyses of streamflow and rainfall data
(1979/1982–2005/2007) show significant shifts in the distribution of rainfall and
flow data. Changes in discharge are not resulting from changes in precipitation, as
the direction of change is opposite. The removal of native forest for rangeland or
croplands (by −20km2) is likely to have contributed to the increase in total annual
water yield, through an increase in annual baseflow by 25mm. The observed changes
in peakflow are important as the 1st percentile highest flow rates were 54% lower,
while the 1st percentile rainfall amounts increased by 52%. The observed decrease
in peakflow cannot be explained by clearcut of native forest, but is likely to be
related to reforestation of degraded lands as well as spontaneous recovery of
vegetation on remaining grazing lands. Over the same time period, a major decrease
in specific sediment yields and suspended sediment loads was observed. Although
deforestation in the upper parts led to increased landslide activity, this change
is not reflected in an increased sediment yield. Small upland rivers are often
nearly completely blocked by landslide material, thereby reducing their potential
to transport sediment. In contrast, the reduction in estimated erosion is likely to
be caused by the reduction of the degraded areas in areal extent as well as to the
(partial) recovery of the vegetation in these areas.},
keywords = {Andes
Land degradation
Deforestation
Exotic forest plantations
Hydrology
Water yield},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN420,
author = {Monteiro, Antonio T. and Fava, Francesco and Hiltbrunner, Erika and
Della Marianna, Giampaolo and Bocchi, Stefano},
title = {Assessment of land cover changes and spatial drivers behind loss of
permanent meadows in the lowlands of Italian Alps},
volume = {100},
number = {3},
pages = {287-294},
abstract = {The loss of permanent meadows in the lowlands of the European Alps
due to land use/land cover changes is a major underestimated process, which affects
the status of these habitats and their provision of ecosystem services. In the
Italian Valtellina valley (80km2) change detection analysis estimated meadows loss
and spatial bivariate analysis and GIS-based logistic regression model analysed the
spatial environmental drivers behind meadows loss in the period 1980–2000. A strong
decrease in meadows (−18.5%) was found, in a context of agricultural land decrease
and human settlements increase. This was the land cover type with highest loss and
conversion rate during the study period. Meadows were converted to human
settlements (urban, industrial and roads), other agriculture uses (cultivation,
orchard, vineyard), bushland and uncultivated land. Meadows loss occurred mainly in
soils with good land capability, low slope, exposed to south and in proximity of
roads, urban settlements and bushland. Densities of urban, industrial and bushland
and land capability were the only significant drivers for meadows loss, while
distance to meadow edge, meadows density, distance to roads and soil degradation
were the only significant drivers for meadows preservation. The conflict by land in
locations densely occupied by other land cover types with good land capability is
the major threat to meadows and avoidance of fragmentation may be a good strategy
for its preservation. The meadows habitat needs a well-designed landscape and
farming planning, which should account the economic value of the ecosystem services
provided by this habitat.},
keywords = {Land cover/land use changes
Meadows loss
GIS-based logistic regression
Aerial photographs
Italian Alps},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN570,
author = {Mori, Taiki},
title = {Greater impacts of phosphorus fertilization on soil phosphatase
activity in tropical forests than in non-tropical natural terrestrial ecosystems: A
meta-analysis},
volume = {91-92},
pages = {150808},
abstract = {In phosphorus (P)-poor tropical forests, soil microorganisms are
hypothesized to depend on organic P sources more intensively than in other natural
terrestrial ecosystems. I tested this hypothesis by conducting a meta-analysis to
compare soil phosphatase activity responses to experimental P fertilization between
tropical forests and other natural terrestrial ecosystems. I found that P
fertilization significantly reduced soil phosphatase activity in tropical forests,
and to a significantly greater extent than in non-tropical natural terrestrial
ecosystems including temperate forests, supporting the above hypothesis. I suggest
three potential mechanisms for this result. First, inorganic P supply may be lower
in tropical forests; however, this mechanism is less likely because inorganic P
input into tropical forests soils via biological processes is not necessarily
small. Second, the strong P adsorption capacity of tropical soils may substantially
reduce inorganic P availability, thereby enhancing microbial organic P dependence.
Third, higher P demand due to higher biological productivity in tropical forests
may intensify microbial organic P dependence.},
ISSN = {0031-4056},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2022.150808},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1170,
author = {Morrison, Kathleen D.},
title = {Empires as ecosystem engineers: Toward a nonbinary political ecology},
journal = {Journal of Anthropological Archaeology},
volume = {52},
pages = {196-203},
abstract = {Calls to eliminate nature/culture dualities in favor of nondualist
ontologies present analytical challenges; how might we approach entangled
socionatural worlds in ways that neither reduce the complexity and diversity of
human experience and yet also allow nonhuman agents their ‘voices’? The disparate
analytical vocabularies of the human and natural sciences were not designed for
this purpose. The use of ecological concepts in anthropology has been contentious,
while humans have continued to be located outside of most ecological thinking.
Comparative analysis of past empires provides an opportunity to address this
challenge. If we view the actions of past empires in terms of their environmental
effects, we can also conceptualize these effects as specific forms of ecological
action. Using the concept of ‘ecosystem engineer,’ this essay explores how this
concept may facilitate comparison of imperial and colonial systems and, critically,
how it may inflect and improve anthropogenic land cover change (ALCC) models which
posit historical relationships between past population and land cover. At the same
time, this exercise points to the analytical limits of this concept and perhaps of
nondualist ontologies themselves.},
keywords = {Empires
Ecosystem engineer
Land use-land cover change
Political ecology
Colonial economies
Archaeology
Nature/culture
Anthropocene
ALCC},
ISSN = {0278-4165},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2018.09.002},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN1013,
author = {Morshed, Syed Riad and Fattah, Md Abdul and Haque, Md Nazmul and
Morshed, Syed Yad},
title = {Future ecosystem service value modeling with land cover dynamics by
using machine learning based Artificial Neural Network model for Jashore city,
Bangladesh},
volume = {126},
pages = {103021},
abstract = {Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) provides provisional, supporting,
cultural, and regulating ecosystem services that contribute to ecological
environments, enhance human health and living, have economic advantages for
sustaining living organisms. LULC transformation due to enormous urban expansion
diminishing Ecosystem Services Values (ESVs) and discouraging sustainability.
Though unplanned LULC transformation practice became more prevalent in developing
countries, comprehensive assessment of LULC changes and their influences in ESVs
are rarely attempted. This study aimed to illustrate and forecast the LULC changes
and their influences on ESVs change in Jashore using remote sensing technologies.
ESVs estimation and change analysis were conducted by utilizing -derived LULC data
of the year 2000, 2010, and 2020 with the corresponding global value coefficients
of each LULC type which are previously published. For simulating future LULC and
ESVs, Land Change Modeler of TerrSet Geospatial Monitoring and Modeling Software
was used in Multi-Layer Perceptron-Markov Chain and Artificial Neural Network
method. The decline of agricultural land by 13.13% and waterbody by 5.79% has
resulted in the reduction of total ESVs US$0.23 million (24.47%) during 2000–2020.
The forecasted result shows that the built-up area will be dominant LULC in the
future, and ESVs of provisioning and cultural services will be diminished by $0.107
million, $63400.3 by 2050 with the declination of agricultural, waterbody,
vegetation, and vacant land covers. The study signifies the importance of a
strategic rational land-use plan to strictly monitor and control the encroachment
of built-up areas into vegetation, waterbodies, and agricultural land in addition
to scientific mitigative policies for ensuring ecological sustainability.},
Ecosystem service valuation
LULC change
Ecosystem service value prediction
Multi-layer Perceptron-Markov chain model},
ISSN = {1474-7065},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN42,
author = {Mossa, Joann and McLean, Mark},
title = {Channel planform and land cover changes on a mined river floodplain:
Amite River, Louisiana, USA},
volume = {17},
number = {1},
pages = {43-54},
abstract = {The Amite River in southeastern Louisiana, USA, is a disturbed
floodplain and channel, where combined gravel and sand extraction has exceeded 10
million tons per year. To examine relationships between mining and channel change
along this river, land cover data from a 55-km floodplain reach with variable
mining intensity were compiled from photographic, map and documentary sources for
two different time periods. These data were manipulated using a geographic
information system and analysed using nonparametric statistics, producing
statistically robust, moderate correlations between the degree of floodplain mining
and change in channel position. The approach and results have application in
research, planning and management concerning floodplain disturbances and channel
instability.},
keywords = {channel planform change
floodplain land cover
fluvial geomorphology
geographic information systems
gravel},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {1997},
}
@article{RN1137,
author = {Moumane, Adil and Al Karkouri, Jamal and Benmansour, Adnane and El
Ghazali, Fatima Ezzahra and Fico, Jamie and Karmaoui, Ahmed and Batchi, Mouhcine},
title = {Monitoring long-term land use, land cover change, and desertification
in the Ternata oasis, Middle Draa Valley, Morocco},
volume = {26},
pages = {100745},
abstract = {Landsat time-series with 10-year intervals from 1991 to 2021 were
used to extract information on land use and land cover (LULC) changes in the
Ternata oasis over the past thirty years by using maximum likelihood classification
(MLC) and the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). MLC maps were
classified in five LULC classes: cultivated land, desertified land, barren land,
built-up area, and water bodies. While the NDVI maps were classified in two
classes: cultivated and uncultivated land. The classes identified in the MLC maps
have an overall accuracy higher than 90 percent. Results revealed a significant
expansion of desertified lands (+168.09%) between 1991 and 2021. Cultivated lands,
on the other hand, shrank by −29.6%. Furthermore, sixty additional Landsat images
from 1991 to 2021 were analyzed and revealed a strong correlation between LULC
changes in the oasis and the stored water in the upstream reservoir. The Ternata
oasis has experienced significant desertification related to human and natural
factors, particularly drought and the expansion of cultivated areas reliant on
groundwater. Given the widespread land degradation, several local efforts are being
implemented to mitigate the effects of desertification and conserve the Ternata
oasis' natural resources.},
keywords = {Landsat time-series
Maximum likelihood classification
NDVI
Oasis
Desertification},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1057,
author = {Mountrakis, Giorgos and Heydari, Shahriar S.},
title = {Harvesting the Landsat archive for land cover land use classification
using deep neural networks: Comparison with traditional classifiers and multi-
sensor benefits},
volume = {200},
pages = {106-119},
abstract = {The Landsat archive, with a multi-decadal global coverage is a prime
candidate for deep learning classification methods due to the large data volume.
Local studies have evaluated deep learning methods on Landsat observations.
However, these models often saturate at high accuracies due to limited reference
dataset size thus do not fully explore the potential of deep classifiers.
Furthermore, no provisions are taken to investigate algorithmic performance of
challenging classification areas. To address these shortcomings in this research,
Landsat 5, 7 and 8 observations were combined within the continental United States
to create one of the largest to date reference dataset containing about 21 million
labeled annual temporal sequences. Difficult to classify reference samples were
isolated by examining labelsin the immediate vicinity. Long Short-Term Memory
(LSTM) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) deep learners were integrated to
capture temporal and spatial relationships, respectively. Classification mapping
accuracy was contrasted with a commonly implemented large-scale mapping method, the
Random Forest (RF). Results indicate substantial classification improvements of
deep learning methods (DLMs) over the RF. These improvements are more pronounced on
challenging to classify pixels in heterogenous areas. RF classification accuracy
reaches about 70% on average, while DLMs are at 86%-95% range, depending on model
architecture. Grass and bare land classes show the highest accuracy improvements,
from 65.5% and 63.5%, respectively for the RF to the 79.4%-96.3% range for the
DLMs. Our work also examined the practical value of having two, instead of one,
Landsat sensors. Results indicate substantial classification increases (7%-10% in
average F1 accuracy) suggesting that having two concurrent Landsat sensors is
important not only for redundancy but also for improved mapping capabilities.},
keywords = {Deep neural networks
Recurrent network
Convolutional network
Long Short-Term Memory
Landsat
Random Forest},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN266,
author = {Mousivand, Alijafar and Arsanjani, Jamal Jokar},
title = {Insights on the historical and emerging global land cover changes: The
case of ESA-CCI-LC datasets},
volume = {106},
pages = {82-92},
abstract = {Global land cover (LC) mapping has been the main source of
monitoring our global landscapes for a wide range of applications e.g., food
production estimation, urbanization, deforestation, climate change studies,
air/soil/water pollution, and CO2 emission. Several initiatives and organizations
have attempted to generate global LC maps using remote sensing data and in-situ
data. Noteworthy examples include IGBP-DISCover, GlobeCover 2009, FAO, GLC 2000,
MODIS, GlobeLand30. While researchers including climate change scientists require
fine LC maps in terms of spatial resolution and temporal coverage for continuous
monitoring of the planet, these datasets lack of fulfilling this goal.
Understanding the trend of LC changes as well as the direction of future changes at
global level is of vital importance to a broad spectrum of stakeholders, and
essential for addressing the sustainable development goals worldwide. European
Space Agency has recently released its climate change initiative's LC dataset
called CCI-LC, which aims at achieving this ambition with 300 m spatial resolution
and 24-year continuous temporal coverage within 1992–2015. The main objective of
this study is to quantify the global land changes within this timeframe and also to
predict the future land change by 2050 in order to gain a global picture of our
future planet. This is a timely objective since more than ever scientists,
environmentalist, and governors require to know how our future will look like and
how they can achieve the goals of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) i.e., the Paris Agreement. The achieved results reveal
massive land changes of different kinds e.g., deforestation, urbanization,
desertification, forestry, water and ice shrinkage across different continents. The
employed predictive modelling for year 2030 and 2050 messages dramatic changes
among different LC types. Our discussions and conclusive comments can guide policy-
makers, environmental planners, ecosystem services providers and climate change
researchers to gain finer insights about our planet by 2050. Future research
direction draws attention for investigating the underlying causes and consequences
on our ecosystems and human population.},
keywords = {ESA-CCI
Historical land change
Global land cover
Climate change
Predictive analytics},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN366,
author = {Mousivand, Alijafar and Arsanjani, Jamal Jokar},
title = {Insights on the historical and emerging global land cover changes: The
case of ESA-CCI-LC datasets},
volume = {106},
pages = {82-92},
abstract = {Global land cover (LC) mapping has been the main source of
monitoring our global landscapes for a wide range of applications e.g., food
production estimation, urbanization, deforestation, climate change studies,
air/soil/water pollution, and CO2 emission. Several initiatives and organizations
have attempted to generate global LC maps using remote sensing data and in-situ
data. Noteworthy examples include IGBP-DISCover, GlobeCover 2009, FAO, GLC 2000,
MODIS, GlobeLand30. While researchers including climate change scientists require
fine LC maps in terms of spatial resolution and temporal coverage for continuous
monitoring of the planet, these datasets lack of fulfilling this goal.
Understanding the trend of LC changes as well as the direction of future changes at
global level is of vital importance to a broad spectrum of stakeholders, and
essential for addressing the sustainable development goals worldwide. European
Space Agency has recently released its climate change initiative's LC dataset
called CCI-LC, which aims at achieving this ambition with 300 m spatial resolution
and 24-year continuous temporal coverage within 1992–2015. The main objective of
this study is to quantify the global land changes within this timeframe and also to
predict the future land change by 2050 in order to gain a global picture of our
future planet. This is a timely objective since more than ever scientists,
environmentalist, and governors require to know how our future will look like and
how they can achieve the goals of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) i.e., the Paris Agreement. The achieved results reveal
massive land changes of different kinds e.g., deforestation, urbanization,
desertification, forestry, water and ice shrinkage across different continents. The
employed predictive modelling for year 2030 and 2050 messages dramatic changes
among different LC types. Our discussions and conclusive comments can guide policy-
makers, environmental planners, ecosystem services providers and climate change
researchers to gain finer insights about our planet by 2050. Future research
direction draws attention for investigating the underlying causes and consequences
on our ecosystems and human population.},
keywords = {ESA-CCI
Historical land change
Global land cover
Climate change
Predictive analytics},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN1113,
author = {Moustakas, Aristides and Georgiakakis, Panagiotis and Kret, Elzbieta
and Kapsalis, Eleftherios},
title = {Wind turbine power and land cover effects on cumulative bat deaths},
volume = {892},
pages = {164536},
abstract = {Wind turbines (WT) cause bird and bat mortalities which depend on
the WT and landscape features. The effects of WT features and environmental
variables at different spatial scales associated to bat deaths in a mountainous and
forested area in Thrace, NE Greece were investigated. Initially, we sought to
quantify the most lethal WT characteristic between tower height, rotor diameter and
power. The scale of interaction distance between bat deaths and the land cover
characteristics surrounding the WTs was quantified. A statistical model was trained
and validated against bat deaths and WT, land cover, and topography features.
Variance partitioning between bat deaths and the explanatory covariates was
conducted. The trained model was used to predict bat deaths attributed to existing
and future wind farm development in the region. Results indicated that the optimal
interaction distance between WT and surrounding land cover was 5 km, the larger
distance than the ones examined. WT power, natural land cover type and distance
from water explained 40 %, 15 % and 11 % respectively of the total variance in bat
deaths by WTs. The model predicted that operating but not surveyed WTs comprise of
377.8 % and licensed but not operating yet will contribute to 210.2 % additional
deaths than the ones recorded. Results indicate that among all WT features and land
cover characteristics, wind turbine power is the most significant factor associated
to bat deaths. In addition, WTs located within 5 km buffer comprised of natural
land cover types have substantial higher deaths. More WT power will result in more
deaths. Wind turbines should not be licensed in areas where natural land cover at a
radius of 5 km exceeds 50 %. These results are discussed in the climate-land use-
biodiversity-energy nexus.},
keywords = {Data analytics
Wind turbine capacity
Turbine power
Bat fatalities
Wind energy facilities
Land use},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1118,
author = {Mpakairi, Kudzai Shaun and Ndaimani, Henry and Kavhu, Blessing},
title = {Exploring the utility of Sentinel-2 MSI derived spectral indices in
mapping burned areas in different land-cover types},
journal = {Scientific African},
volume = {10},
pages = {e00565},
abstract = {The difference in structure and composition of landcover types
requires accurate mapping of burned areas for post-fire ecological assessments.
Spectral indices for burned area mapping are mostly hard-coded to particular
environments. However, the best post-fire spectral index to use for burned area
mapping in most unstudied landcover types is not known. In this study, out of nine
burned mapping indices optimised using the red-edge band, we tested which index
outperformed the others in different land cover types. We used the Random Forest
(RF) classifier to detect burned areas from Sentinel 2A imagery in four study sites
and assessed the classification accuracy. We found out that, the Burned Area Index
(BAI) and Global Environmental Monitoring Index (GEMI) spectral indices
outperformed other indices in open shrublands, evergreen forest and in needle-
leaved and semi-deciduous forests. The lowest performing spectral indices in the
four study sites were Optimised Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (OSAVI), Normalise
Burn Ratio (NBR), and Normalise Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). We recommend
that for future studies, researchers and ecologists should use BAI and GEMI in
mapping fires in open shrublands, evergreen, needle-leaved and semi-deciduous
forests. Our results provide necessary insight for burned mapping algorithms and
the accurate estimation of post-fire carbon emission with uni-temporal spectral
indices in open shrublands, evergreen, needle-leaved and semi-deciduous forests.},
keywords = {Random forest
BAI
GEMI
Classification},
ISSN = {2468-2276},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00565},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1196,
author = {Mubako, Stanley and Nnko, Happiness Jackson and Peter, Kalista Higini
and Msongaleli, Barnabas},
title = {Evaluating historical and predicted long-term land use/land-cover
change in Dodoma Urban District, Tanzania: 1992–2029},
volume = {128},
pages = {103205},
abstract = {Land use/land-cover (LULC) change is an environmental issue of
paramount importance across various spatiotemporal scales, and economic development
policy must balance urban land demand against environmental concerns. The purpose
of this study is to quantify historical and future LULC change in the Dodoma Urban
District of Tanzania using an integration of geospatial techniques, cellular
automata (CA) and artificial neural network analysis (ANN), and to evaluate the
observed spatiotemporal trends. Results indicate an overall 435% increase in urban
area from 11.54 km2 in 1992 to 61.75 km2 in 2029, and from 46.44 km2 to 94.35 km2
for grassland (103%). The rest of the categories experienced a decrease in the area
for the same period: agriculture 2162.19 km2–2070.49 km2 (4%); forest 125.06 km2–
119.39 km2 (5%) wetland 36.90 km2–36.52 km2 (1%) and other (shrubland and bare)
221.94 km2–221.48 km2 (0.2%). The study established a methodology workflow that can
be extended to other locations, especially data-limited urban areas in developing
world regions, and the findings advance land use and environmental management
communities’ understanding of LULC dynamics in designing policies and regulations
for guiding urban development in fragile natural ecosystems.},
keywords = {land use/land-cover
Spatiotemporal
Prediction
Urbanization
Dodoma},
ISSN = {1474-7065},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN205,
author = {Mucova, Serafino Afonso Rui and Filho, Walter Leal and Azeiteiro,
Ulisses Miranda and Pereira, Mário Jorge},
title = {Assessment of land use and land cover changes from 1979 to 2017 and
biodiversity & land management approach in Quirimbas National Park, Northern
Mozambique, Africa},
volume = {16},
pages = {e00447},
abstract = {National parks are established with the aim of guaranteeing and
protecting natural biodiversity and ecosystems, in a multi-level and integrated
approach. Biodiversity conservation, management of protected areas and sustainable
development with strategies targeting rural populations are current challenges in
Africa, in the context of exponential human population growth, overexploitation of
natural resources, forest destruction and climate change. The Quirimbas National
Park (QNP) has been suffering from severe and constant threats originating from
different sources and changes in land use and land cover. These changes, and in the
context of global climate change, pose permanent challenges to the managers of this
conservation area of Mozambique. The research aimed to analyze the historical and
recent LULC over the last 38 years, to provide consistent and scientific
information for decision making on biodiversity conservation approaches; to
identify the main changes and their impacts on the ecosystem to implement/develop
appropriate mitigation strategies. A combined and integrated methodological
approach has been developed from satellite imagery analyzes of Landsat 2 and 5 MSS
(Multispectral Scanner); Landsat 5 TM (Thematic Mapper), Landsat 8 OLI (Operational
Land Imager), and fieldwork (field observation and communities and QNP staff
meetings). The results show that the overall map classification obtained was
between very good and excellent: 1979 - Kappa 71.84%, Overall Accuracy 86.55%; 1989
- Kappa 83.49%, Overall Accuracy 93.01%; 1999 - Kappa 85.03%, Overall Accuracy
90.07%; 2009 - Kappa 79.57%, Overall Accuracy 86.42%; 2017 - Kappa 80.24%, Overall
Accuracy 86.95%. For 38 years, the QNP lost about 301,761.7ha, corresponding to
41.67% of the total QNP coverage land. The main causes are associated with
intensive agriculture, human settlements, population growth, illegal exploitation
of forest resources and miners inside of the Quirimbas National Park. The impact
extends from territory reduction and fragmentation to vegetation and animal
biodiversity loss, human-wildlife conflicts, habitat connectivity loss, species
isolation and scaring, and basic resources scarcity for the community's
livelihoods.},
keywords = {Conservation biodiversity
Landsat
Quirimbas National Park},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN305,
author = {Mucova, Serafino Afonso Rui and Filho, Walter Leal and Azeiteiro,
Ulisses Miranda and Pereira, Mário Jorge},
title = {Assessment of land use and land cover changes from 1979 to 2017 and
biodiversity & land management approach in Quirimbas National Park, Northern
Mozambique, Africa},
volume = {16},
pages = {e00447},
abstract = {National parks are established with the aim of guaranteeing and
protecting natural biodiversity and ecosystems, in a multi-level and integrated
approach. Biodiversity conservation, management of protected areas and sustainable
development with strategies targeting rural populations are current challenges in
Africa, in the context of exponential human population growth, overexploitation of
natural resources, forest destruction and climate change. The Quirimbas National
Park (QNP) has been suffering from severe and constant threats originating from
different sources and changes in land use and land cover. These changes, and in the
context of global climate change, pose permanent challenges to the managers of this
conservation area of Mozambique. The research aimed to analyze the historical and
recent LULC over the last 38 years, to provide consistent and scientific
information for decision making on biodiversity conservation approaches; to
identify the main changes and their impacts on the ecosystem to implement/develop
appropriate mitigation strategies. A combined and integrated methodological
approach has been developed from satellite imagery analyzes of Landsat 2 and 5 MSS
(Multispectral Scanner); Landsat 5 TM (Thematic Mapper), Landsat 8 OLI (Operational
Land Imager), and fieldwork (field observation and communities and QNP staff
meetings). The results show that the overall map classification obtained was
between very good and excellent: 1979 - Kappa 71.84%, Overall Accuracy 86.55%; 1989
- Kappa 83.49%, Overall Accuracy 93.01%; 1999 - Kappa 85.03%, Overall Accuracy
90.07%; 2009 - Kappa 79.57%, Overall Accuracy 86.42%; 2017 - Kappa 80.24%, Overall
Accuracy 86.95%. For 38 years, the QNP lost about 301,761.7ha, corresponding to
41.67% of the total QNP coverage land. The main causes are associated with
intensive agriculture, human settlements, population growth, illegal exploitation
of forest resources and miners inside of the Quirimbas National Park. The impact
extends from territory reduction and fragmentation to vegetation and animal
biodiversity loss, human-wildlife conflicts, habitat connectivity loss, species
isolation and scaring, and basic resources scarcity for the community's
livelihoods.},
keywords = {Conservation biodiversity
Landsat
Quirimbas National Park},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN321,
author = {Muhati, Godwin Leslie and Olago, Daniel and Olaka, Lydia},
title = {Land use and land cover changes in a sub-humid Montane forest in an
arid setting: A case study of the Marsabit forest reserve in northern Kenya},
volume = {16},
pages = {e00512},
abstract = {There have been drastic changes in land-use patterns in the Marsabit
Forest Reserve (MFR) as a consequence of anthropogenic processes for livelihood
improvement over time. The objective of this study was to assess the land-use and
land-cover changes (LULCC), especially those related to the forest cover, in the
MFR using multi-temporal Landsat images from Landsat 7 and 8 covering the period
1990 to 2017. Unsupervised and supervised classifications were carried out with the
final classification done using the Maximum Likelihood Classifier for each period
image to create six dominant land-use and land-cover classes (LULC) which included:
shrubland, grassland, bare land, open forest, agriculture and settlement, closed
forest, and wetland. The results showed that, between 1990 and 2010, the closed
forest area had reduced from 19,599 to 9275 ha (−52.7%), open forest from 30,214 to
7345 ha (−75.7%), and shrubland from 83,288 to 65,212 ha (−21.7%). Over the same
period there was, a corresponding increase in the grassland area from 35,233 to
56,066 ha (+58.7%), bare land from 19565 to 35,691 ha (+82.4%) and
agriculture/settlement class from 12,842 to 24,072 ha (+87.5%). With the
introduction of a forest moratorium illegalising consumptive forest use between
2010 and 2017, the closed forest area increased from 9275 to 12,133 ha (+30.8%),
bare land from 35,691 to 42,275 ha (+15.6%) and shrubland 65,212 to 100, 452 ha
(+35.1%), with a corresponding decrease in open forest area from 7345 to 1385 ha
(−430%), grassland from 56,066 to 39,542 ha (−41.9%), and agriculture/settlement
class from 24,072 to 7235 ha (−232.7%). The Focused group discussion (FGD) and Key
informant interview (KII) respondents identified illegal logging, livestock
incursion/foraging, inadequacies of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and Kenya Forest
Service (KFS) in forest management, forest excisions, firewood collection and
illegal settlements in the Marsabit National Reserve (MNR) as the main drivers of
LULCC. The study proposes the implementation of the ten-year (2015–2025) Marsabit
Forest Ecosystem Management Plan in managing the drivers of LULCC in a bid to
safeguard the ecosystem services (ES) provided by the MFR.},
Marsabit Forest Reserve
Marsabit National Reserve Landsat Image
Focused group discussion
Key informant interview},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN221,
author = {Muhati, Godwin Leslie and Olago, Daniel and Olaka, Lydia},
title = {Land use and land cover changes in a sub-humid Montane forest in an
arid setting: A case study of the Marsabit forest reserve in northern Kenya},
volume = {16},
pages = {e00512},
abstract = {There have been drastic changes in land-use patterns in the Marsabit
Forest Reserve (MFR) as a consequence of anthropogenic processes for livelihood
improvement over time. The objective of this study was to assess the land-use and
land-cover changes (LULCC), especially those related to the forest cover, in the
MFR using multi-temporal Landsat images from Landsat 7 and 8 covering the period
1990 to 2017. Unsupervised and supervised classifications were carried out with the
final classification done using the Maximum Likelihood Classifier for each period
image to create six dominant land-use and land-cover classes (LULC) which included:
shrubland, grassland, bare land, open forest, agriculture and settlement, closed
forest, and wetland. The results showed that, between 1990 and 2010, the closed
forest area had reduced from 19,599 to 9275 ha (−52.7%), open forest from 30,214 to
7345 ha (−75.7%), and shrubland from 83,288 to 65,212 ha (−21.7%). Over the same
period there was, a corresponding increase in the grassland area from 35,233 to
56,066 ha (+58.7%), bare land from 19565 to 35,691 ha (+82.4%) and
agriculture/settlement class from 12,842 to 24,072 ha (+87.5%). With the
introduction of a forest moratorium illegalising consumptive forest use between
2010 and 2017, the closed forest area increased from 9275 to 12,133 ha (+30.8%),
bare land from 35,691 to 42,275 ha (+15.6%) and shrubland 65,212 to 100, 452 ha
(+35.1%), with a corresponding decrease in open forest area from 7345 to 1385 ha
(−430%), grassland from 56,066 to 39,542 ha (−41.9%), and agriculture/settlement
class from 24,072 to 7235 ha (−232.7%). The Focused group discussion (FGD) and Key
informant interview (KII) respondents identified illegal logging, livestock
incursion/foraging, inadequacies of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and Kenya Forest
Service (KFS) in forest management, forest excisions, firewood collection and
illegal settlements in the Marsabit National Reserve (MNR) as the main drivers of
LULCC. The study proposes the implementation of the ten-year (2015–2025) Marsabit
Forest Ecosystem Management Plan in managing the drivers of LULCC in a bid to
safeguard the ecosystem services (ES) provided by the MFR.},
Marsabit Forest Reserve
Marsabit National Reserve Landsat Image
Focused group discussion
Key informant interview},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN981,
author = {Mulenga, Chipasha},
title = {Climate change and soil protection in Zambia's law and policy},
volume = {13},
pages = {100106},
abstract = {Climate change has been a topical subject for decades. This has led
to concerted efforts, at a global level, channelled towards combating its adverse
effects. This has resulted in the consequential adoption of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the setting of the Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) 13 which obliges States Parties to incorporate climate
change measures into national policies. The government of Zambia has adopted,
amongst others, the National Policy on Climate Change (NPCC) 2016 which has led to
ongoing discussions and consultations on the drafting of the Climate Change Bill.
The measures on climate change mitigation, though laudable, are bereft of
provisions that are specifically aimed at soil protection. Soil protection thrives,
in part, on proper soil use which can help to mitigate climate change.
Unfortunately, Zambia's legal and policy frameworks have not adequately protected
the soil which omission potentially exacerbates the effects of climate change. Of
grave concern is the failure to recognise the inter-relatedness of soil protection
and climate change which necessitates ingraining provisions on soil protection
provisions in climate change mitigation measures. In this article, the author
argues that the absence of specific provisions on soil protection in Zambia's
climate change law and policy militates against the protection of the soil thereby
exacerbating climate change effects.},
keywords = {Adaptation
Climate change
Mitigation
Soil protection},
ISSN = {2667-0062},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN625,
author = {Munro, R. Neil and Deckers, J. and Haile, Mitiku and Grove, A. T. and
Poesen, J. and Nyssen, J.},
title = {Soil landscapes, land cover change and erosion features of the Central
Plateau region of Tigrai, Ethiopia: Photo-monitoring with an interval of 30 years},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {75},
number = {1},
pages = {55-64},
abstract = {Human land use of the Tigray landscape (north Ethiopia) can be
traced back for at least 3000 years and is recognizably very complex, but in the
past half-century there have been multiple narratives on environmental change in
the Northern Ethiopian Highlands in which statements such as “the forest and soil
resources in Tigray are dwindling at unprecedented rates” are common. In an attempt
to provide an objective assessment, we made a semi-quantitative analysis of
observed changes in the environment of the central Tigray plateau, between 1975 and
2006, and its impact on soil erosion. The first part of this period saw strong
degradation, caused by a combination of drought, impoverishment, poor land
husbandry and war; but over the whole period intense rehabilitation activities have
been high on the agenda. To study these changes, two sets of 51 landscape
photographs have been used. The older photo-set was taken in 1975 by R.N. Munro
during the Tigrai Rural Development Study; locations were revisited in 2006 by J.
Nyssen and colleagues, when a new set of photographs was made at the same locations
and with the same aspect. Based on longstanding experience in soil erosion and
landscape analysis worldwide and in Ethiopia, the time-lapsed photographs were
rated for visible erosion, land cover and protective measures. We present a
quantitative evaluation of the change of soil loss by sheet and rill erosion,
involving the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and particularly the changes in
the C (cover) and the P (management) factors. This allowed assessing soil loss in
2006 as a percentage of the 1975 situation. Both the landscape and land unit
analysis show that the situation for natural resources has improved (and locally
strongly improved) since 1974. The rehabilitation is due both to improved
vegetation cover and to physical conservation structures. The USLE application
indicates that in terms of a whole landscape the current average soil loss would be
at around 68% of its 1975 rate. Exceptionally, degradation is still ongoing around
Desa'a forest and some other remnant forests, and conservation should be strongly
implemented too in these forests. On average, gullies have expanded slightly since
1975, but these incisions appear to have originated in the drought years of the
1980s. This photo-monitoring analysis invalidates hypotheses on (a) irreversibility
of land degradation in Tigray; and (b) futility of Soil and Water Conservation
(SWC) programmes. The study demonstrates that (a) land management has become an
inherent part of the farming system in Tigray, and (b) that the authorities and
NGOs are on the right track when promoting SWC.},
keywords = {Erosion
Land cover change
Northern Ethiopia
Photo-monitoring
Soil and water conservation
Tigray},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2008},
}
@article{RN725,
author = {Munro, R. Neil and Deckers, J. and Haile, Mitiku and Grove, A. T. and
Poesen, J. and Nyssen, J.},
title = {Soil landscapes, land cover change and erosion features of the Central
Plateau region of Tigrai, Ethiopia: Photo-monitoring with an interval of 30 years},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {75},
number = {1},
pages = {55-64},
abstract = {Human land use of the Tigray landscape (north Ethiopia) can be
traced back for at least 3000 years and is recognizably very complex, but in the
past half-century there have been multiple narratives on environmental change in
the Northern Ethiopian Highlands in which statements such as “the forest and soil
resources in Tigray are dwindling at unprecedented rates” are common. In an attempt
to provide an objective assessment, we made a semi-quantitative analysis of
observed changes in the environment of the central Tigray plateau, between 1975 and
2006, and its impact on soil erosion. The first part of this period saw strong
degradation, caused by a combination of drought, impoverishment, poor land
husbandry and war; but over the whole period intense rehabilitation activities have
been high on the agenda. To study these changes, two sets of 51 landscape
photographs have been used. The older photo-set was taken in 1975 by R.N. Munro
during the Tigrai Rural Development Study; locations were revisited in 2006 by J.
Nyssen and colleagues, when a new set of photographs was made at the same locations
and with the same aspect. Based on longstanding experience in soil erosion and
landscape analysis worldwide and in Ethiopia, the time-lapsed photographs were
rated for visible erosion, land cover and protective measures. We present a
quantitative evaluation of the change of soil loss by sheet and rill erosion,
involving the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and particularly the changes in
the C (cover) and the P (management) factors. This allowed assessing soil loss in
2006 as a percentage of the 1975 situation. Both the landscape and land unit
analysis show that the situation for natural resources has improved (and locally
strongly improved) since 1974. The rehabilitation is due both to improved
vegetation cover and to physical conservation structures. The USLE application
indicates that in terms of a whole landscape the current average soil loss would be
at around 68% of its 1975 rate. Exceptionally, degradation is still ongoing around
Desa'a forest and some other remnant forests, and conservation should be strongly
implemented too in these forests. On average, gullies have expanded slightly since
1975, but these incisions appear to have originated in the drought years of the
1980s. This photo-monitoring analysis invalidates hypotheses on (a) irreversibility
of land degradation in Tigray; and (b) futility of Soil and Water Conservation
(SWC) programmes. The study demonstrates that (a) land management has become an
inherent part of the farming system in Tigray, and (b) that the authorities and
NGOs are on the right track when promoting SWC.},
keywords = {Erosion
Land cover change
Northern Ethiopia
Photo-monitoring
Soil and water conservation
Tigray},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2008},
}
@article{RN490,
author = {Munroe, Darla K. and Southworth, Jane and Tucker, Catherine M.},
title = {The dynamics of land-cover change in western Honduras: exploring
spatial and temporal complexity},
journal = {Agricultural Economics},
volume = {27},
number = {3},
pages = {355-369},
abstract = {This paper presents an econometric analysis of land-cover change in
western Honduras. Ground-truthed satellite image analysis indicates that between
1987 and 1996, net forest regrowth occurred in the 1015km2 study region. While some
forest regrowth can be attributed to a 1987 ban on logging, the area of forest
regrowth greatly exceeds that of previously clear-cut areas. Further, new area was
also deforested between 1987 and 1996. Thus, the observed land-cover changes most
likely represent a complex mosaic of changing land-use patterns across time and
space. Using satellite imagery from 1987, 1991 and 1996, we estimate a series of
models, including binary probit models for each date, and a random-effects probit
model using panel techniques. We also experiment with spatial sampling schemes
designed to reduce residual spatial autocorrelation, and qualitatively compare the
impact of spatial sampling on model accuracy. Lastly, we find that changes in
relative prices, infrastructure improvement, and topography are all significantly
related to changing land-cover patterns.},
keywords = {Forest regrowth
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Remote sensing
Random-effects probit
Land-use/land-cover change
Honduras},
ISSN = {0169-5150},
year = {2002},
}
@article{RN215,
author = {Muriuki, Grace and Seabrook, Leonie and McAlpine, Clive and Jacobson,
Chris and Price, Bronwyn and Baxter, Greg},
title = {Land cover change under unplanned human settlements: A study of the
Chyulu Hills squatters, Kenya},
volume = {99},
number = {2},
pages = {154-165},
abstract = {While population growth is widely acknowledged as an important
driver of land cover change, the role of unplanned human settlements is not
adequately recognised. Many such settlements occur in the semi-arid lands of Kenya,
which in the past had relatively lower human populations, but significant wildlife
populations. Over the last four decades, the Chyulu Hills, adjacent to the Tsavo
and Chyulu National Parks, have experienced rapid land cover changes associated
with migrant squatter settlements. We used the Chyulu Hills to advance our
understanding of the nature of land cover change under squatter settlements. We
evaluated land cover change from aerial photographs and satellite images within a
Geographic Information System (GIS) and combined it with landscape metrics and
community surveys. Community perceptions of land cover change revealed comparable
trajectories in major land cover types derived from the GIS analysis. Landscape
metrics showed fragmentation of native vegetation followed by coalescence to
contiguous patches of cultivation as settlements increased. Land cover trajectories
under squatter settlements were influenced by historical land policies, protected
area management as well as regional power structures. Our findings emphasize the
importance of land use histories and community involvement in evaluating and
understanding land cover change. Resolution of squatter conflicts should take
cognisance of community perceptions, as well as the historical and political land
use antecedents. We recommend human and social capacity building of squatters
towards non-land-intensive micro-enterprises, and research and investment in
ecotourism.},
keywords = {Squatters
Landscape analysis
Community assessments
Conservation
GIS
Kenya},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN315,
author = {Muriuki, Grace and Seabrook, Leonie and McAlpine, Clive and Jacobson,
Chris and Price, Bronwyn and Baxter, Greg},
title = {Land cover change under unplanned human settlements: A study of the
Chyulu Hills squatters, Kenya},
volume = {99},
number = {2},
pages = {154-165},
abstract = {While population growth is widely acknowledged as an important
driver of land cover change, the role of unplanned human settlements is not
adequately recognised. Many such settlements occur in the semi-arid lands of Kenya,
which in the past had relatively lower human populations, but significant wildlife
populations. Over the last four decades, the Chyulu Hills, adjacent to the Tsavo
and Chyulu National Parks, have experienced rapid land cover changes associated
with migrant squatter settlements. We used the Chyulu Hills to advance our
understanding of the nature of land cover change under squatter settlements. We
evaluated land cover change from aerial photographs and satellite images within a
Geographic Information System (GIS) and combined it with landscape metrics and
community surveys. Community perceptions of land cover change revealed comparable
trajectories in major land cover types derived from the GIS analysis. Landscape
metrics showed fragmentation of native vegetation followed by coalescence to
contiguous patches of cultivation as settlements increased. Land cover trajectories
under squatter settlements were influenced by historical land policies, protected
area management as well as regional power structures. Our findings emphasize the
importance of land use histories and community involvement in evaluating and
understanding land cover change. Resolution of squatter conflicts should take
cognisance of community perceptions, as well as the historical and political land
use antecedents. We recommend human and social capacity building of squatters
towards non-land-intensive micro-enterprises, and research and investment in
ecotourism.},
keywords = {Squatters
Landscape analysis
Community assessments
Conservation
GIS
Kenya},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN66,
author = {Murray, Nicholas J. and Keith, David A. and Duncan, Adam and Tizard,
Robert and Ferrer-Paris, Jose R. and Worthington, Thomas A. and Armstrong, Kate and
Nyan, Hlaing and Win Thuya, Htut and Aung Htat, Oo and Kyaw Zay, Ya and Grantham,
Hedley},
title = {Myanmar's terrestrial ecosystems: Status, threats and conservation
opportunities},
volume = {252},
pages = {108834},
abstract = {Myanmar is highly biodiverse, with more than 16,000 plant, 314
mammal, 1131 bird, 293 reptile, and 139 amphibian species. Supporting this
biodiversity is a variety of natural ecosystems—mostly undescribed—including
tropical and subtropical forests, savannas, seasonally inundated wetlands,
extensive shoreline and tidal systems, and alpine ecosystems. Although Myanmar
contains some of the largest intact natural ecosystems in Southeast Asia, remaining
ecosystems are under threat from accelerating land use intensification and over-
exploitation. In this period of rapid change, a systematic risk assessment is
urgently needed to estimate the extent and magnitude of human impacts and identify
ecosystems most at risk to help guide strategic conservation action. Here we
provide the first comprehensive conservation assessment of Myanmar's natural
terrestrial ecosystems using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems categories and
criteria. We identified 64 ecosystem types for the assessment, and used models of
ecosystem distributions and syntheses of existing data to estimate declines in
distribution, range size, and functioning of each ecosystem. We found that more
than a third (36.9%) of Myanmar's area has been converted to anthropogenic
ecosystems over the last 2–3 centuries, leaving nearly half of Myanmar's ecosystems
threatened (29 of 64 ecosystems). A quarter of Myanmar's ecosystems were identified
as Data Deficient, reflecting a paucity of studies and an urgency for future
research. Our results show that, with nearly two-thirds of Myanmar still covered in
natural ecosystems, there is a crucial opportunity to develop a comprehensive
protected area network that sufficiently represents Myanmar's terrestrial ecosystem
diversity.},
keywords = {Collapse risk
IUCN red list of ecosystems
Southeast Asia
Risk assessment
Tropical ecosystems
Protected areas},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2020},
}
@inbook{RN1168,
author = {Murugan, Mahalakshmi and Selvaraj, Rohini and Nagarajan, Sureshkumar},
title = {Chapter 2 - Assessment of land use land cover change detection in
multitemporal satellite images using machine learning algorithms},
booktitle = {Cognitive Systems and Signal Processing in Image Processing},
editor = {Zhang, Yu-Dong and Sangaiah, Arun Kumar},
pages = {27-45},
abstract = {The world is encountering fast land use land cover (LULC) changes
because of several socioeconomic activities and natural phenomena. Detecting and
monitoring changes on the Earth’s surface are vital to predict and avoid land
degradation and improve the land rehabilitation process. The objective of this work
is to gain a quantitative analysis of LULC changes in Madurai (3742km2), Tamil
Nadu, India, using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and maximum
likelihood classification (MLC). Multitemporal satellite data of years 2013, 2015,
2017, and 2019 were used to decide the variations in the land cover, including
agriculture, vegetation dynamics, urban, and habitat disturbance of the study area.
Accuracy assessment was performed by gathering ground truth points of 2019. The
results indicated that the LULC classes were accurately recognized in MLC with an
accuracy of 91% with a Kappa value of 0.89 and NDVI with an accuracy of 92% with a
Kappa value of 0.90. Thus, this technique would be convenient to plan and execute
critical management decisions to preserve biodiversity.},
Land use and land cover detection
Multitemporal
ArcGIS
MLC
NDVI
ERDAS},
ISBN = {978-0-12-824410-4},
year = {2022},
}
@inbook{RN1101,
author = {Muthukrishnan, Suresh and Lewis, Gregory P. and Andersen, C. Brannon},
title = {Chapter 24 Relations among land cover, vegetation index, and nitrate
concentrations in streams of the Enoree River Basin, piedmont region of South
Carolina, USA},
booktitle = {Developments in Environmental Science},
editor = {Sarkar, Dibyendu and Datta, Rupali and Hannigan, Robyn},
volume = {5},
pages = {515-539},
abstract = {Globally, high nitrate concentrations and fluxes in rivers are
correlated with human population density and can lead to eutrophication of
estuaries and coastal oceans. Although elevated nitrate concentrations often are
associated with agricultural land cover, urban land cover also can contribute
substantially to elevated nitrate concentrations in streams and rivers. In the
piedmont region of the southeastern United States, urban areas typically are
located in the headwater areas of watersheds. Because headwaters account for the
majority of stream channel length in a watershed, the effect of urbanization on the
biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen is magnified. We examined the relations between
stream nitrate concentrations, land cover, and vegetation density in watersheds of
nineteen tributaries of the Enoree River in northwestern South Carolina, USA. Based
on data from 134 sample localities, stream nitrate concentrations generally
increased with increasing urban land cover and decreased with increasing forest
cover and vegetation density (normalized density vegetation index). Although
watersheds with the highest percent urban land cover typically had the highest
nitrate concentrations, nitrate concentrations were most variable spatially in
drainage basins with 5 to 20% urban land cover. The relations between land cover,
vegetation density, and nitrate concentrations are complicated by variation in the
intensity of urbanization and spatial location of urban and forested land within
the drainage basin of each sample locality. Artificial ponds in urban areas appear
to play an important role in lowering stream nitrate concentrations and contribute
to the spatial variability of nitrate concentrations.},
ISBN = {1474-8177},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN1289,
author = {Mwinuka, Paul Reuben and Mourice, Sixbert K. and Mbungu, Winfred B.
and Mbilinyi, Boniphace P. and Tumbo, Siza D. and Schmitter, Petra},
title = {UAV-based multispectral vegetation indices for assessing the
interactive effects of water and nitrogen in irrigated horticultural crops
production under tropical sub-humid conditions: A case of African eggplant},
volume = {266},
pages = {107516},
abstract = {UAV-based multispectral vegetation indices are often used to assess
crop performance and water consumptive use. However, their ability to assess the
interaction between water, especially deficit irrigation, and nitrogen application
rates in irrigated agriculture has been less explored. Understanding the effect of
water-nitrogen interactions on vegetation indices could further support optimal
water and N management. Therefore, this study used a split plot design with water
being the main factor and N being the sub-factor. African eggplants were drip
irrigated at 100% (I100), 80% (I80) or 60% (I60) of the crop water requirements and
received 100% (F100), 75% (F75), 50% (F50) or 0% (F0) of the crop N requirements.
Results showed that the transformed difference vegetation index (TDVI) was best in
distinguishing differences in leaf moisture content (LMC) during the vegetative
stage irrespective of the N treatment. The green normalized difference vegetation
index (GNDVI) worked well to distinguish leaf N during vegetative and full
vegetative stages. However, the detection of the interactive effect of water and N
on crop performance required a combination of GNDVI, NDVI and OSAVI across both
stages as each of these 3 VI showed an ability to detect some but not all
treatments. The fact that a certain amount of irrigation water can optimize the
efficiency of N uptake by the plant is an important criterion to consider in
developing crop specific VI based decision trees for crop performance assessments
and yield prediction.},
Nitrogen use efficiency
UAV
Irrigation
Water stress
Vegetation indices},
ISSN = {0378-3774},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN955,
author = {Määttänen, Aino-Maija and Virkkala, Raimo and Leikola, Niko and Aalto,
Juha and Heikkinen, Risto K.},
title = {Combined threats of climate change and land use to boreal protected
areas with red-listed forest species in Finland},
volume = {41},
pages = {e02348},
abstract = {Protected areas (PAs) offer safe havens for threatened species, but
their effectiveness is jeopardised due to climate change and habitat fragmentation
in their surroundings. Species are forced into the unhospitable matrix in search of
more favourable areas as climate conditions change, leading to negative effects on
biodiversity. For red-listed forest species, the accelerating climate change can
strengthen the negative effects of logging around PAs. In this work, we examine
climate-change and land-use threats to biologically valuable PAs with red-listed
species occurrences in Finland. Where the highest combined threats occur, do they
coincide with accumulations of red-listed species, and how much do they vary
between different boreal zones? This provides important knowledge for conservation
planning in a managed matrix amid climate change. We use three spatial scales
(100 m, 1 km, 10 km) to explore where the effects of clear-cutting have been the
most intense during this millennium: right outside the PA border, exposing PAs to
local-scale edge effects, or at landscape scales disrupting species movements due
to degraded connectivity and increased fragmentation. For each PA, we also quantify
how the January mean temperature (TJan), growing degree days (GDD5) and water
balance (WAB) conditions are predicted to change by the end of the century under
the RCP4.5 scenario. Additionally, for these variables, we estimate the velocity of
the changes within valuable PAs. The proportion of forests which underwent clear-
cutting was the highest in the more productive southern boreal zone and at the
landscape scale of 10 km around the PAs. The combined threats of land use and
climate change were evident, as there were positive correlations between logging
levels around PAs with red-listed species and both the velocity values of GDD5 and
TJan in the PAs. TJan is changing particularly fast in the northern boreal zone,
where the coldest current climate conditions are projected to disappear by the end
of the century. GDD5 in turn is changing fastest in the topographically flat
southern boreal zone. GDD5 and TJan had generally a positive relationship with the
magnitude of clear-cuts in a 10 km buffer zone. However, the direction of this
relationship varied between the boreal zones. In climate-wise conservation planning
for red-listed boreal forest species, multiple elements are needed. First and
foremost, valuable sites for the red-listed species in the PA network should be
identified and the climate change and land use-based threats to them measured. This
information provides an elementary basis for additional threat analyses focusing on
species habitat requirements and dispersal ecology. Together, this information can
be used to assess the potential of different conservation measures to mitigate the
combined climate-change and land-use risks, and ultimately to improve the
conservation status of red-listed forest species.},
keywords = {Climate velocity
Connectivity
Forest cuttings
Global forest change
Habitat loss
Species vulnerability},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN174,
author = {Nadal-Romero, Estela and Khorchani, Makki and Gaspar, Leticia and
Arnáez, José and Cammeraat, Erik and Navas, Ana and Lasanta, Teodoro},
title = {How do land use and land cover changes after farmland abandonment
affect soil properties and soil nutrients in Mediterranean mountain
agroecosystems?},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {226},
pages = {107062},
abstract = {Mediterranean mountains are sensitive agroecosystems that have
suffered intense land use and land cover changes (LULCC) during the last century.
From the middle of the twentieth century, most of the cultivated lands in
Mediterranean mountains were abandoned, allowing the recovery of vegetation
(through natural revegetation and afforestation programmes). To examine the effects
of farmland abandonment, secondary succession (natural revegetation) and
afforestation, an intensive soil sampling was carried out in the Araguás catchment
(Central Spanish Pyrenees) including sparsely vegetated areas (badlands),
grasslands, shrublands and afforested sites. LULCC were mapped, and soil physico-
chemical properties were analysed in reference sites (unaltered areas during the
last centuries) and in the different land uses. Likewise, the soil organic carbon
(SOC) content in the bulk soils and in the fractions separated by density
fractionation have been studied. This study evidenced that farmland abandonment led
to a mosaic landscape with different land use and land covers. Results show that
LULCC significantly affect soil physico-chemical properties (soil texture,
stoniness, pH, SOC, total carbon, CorgN ratio, bulk density and field capacity).
Significant differences were observed between secondary and afforested sites
following farmland abandonment. Afforestation triggered higher SOC than shrubland
sites (natural revegetation) (1.4 and 1.1% respectively), suggesting a slower
process of organic matter accumulation after farmland abandonment in the natural
revegetation compared to afforestation. The significant role of grassland sites for
enhancing the accumulation of SOC has been also confirmed. The results showed also
significant differences in the relative contribution of each organic fraction to
the bulk SOC: the amount of labile fraction (free and occluded labile fractions) is
significantly higher in afforested and shrubland sites (58.1 and 51.2%
respectively) than in grassland sites (36.8%). Understanding the effects of LULCC
on soil properties and SOC dynamics is essential when planning post-land management
practices after farmland abandonment.},
keywords = {Farmland abandonment
Afforestation
Natural revegetation
Mediterranean mountains
Soil organic carbon},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN281,
author = {Naeem, Muhammad and Liu, Meijuan and Huang, Jiaxing and Ding, Guiling
and Potapov, Grigory and Jung, Chuleui and An, Jiandong},
title = {Vulnerability of East Asian bumblebee species to future climate and
land cover changes},
volume = {277},
pages = {11-20},
abstract = {Pollinators play a key role in agricultural and natural ecosystems,
but their biodiversity is highly vulnerable to the impact of environmental changes.
Here, we evaluated the distributional responses of 29 bumblebee species endemic to
East Asia to future (2050s and 2070s) climate and land cover changes, and 17–27
(59–93 %) of the species exhibited range contraction. A decrease in species
richness from 25 to 19 species in the highest region of central China was also
detected due to range shifts of 17 km to 574 km. Furthermore, one (3.44%), three to
five (10–17 %), and two to eight (7–28 %) of the 29 bumblebee species were
predicted to become critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable in the future,
respectively. Our study highlights the strong impact of environmental changes on
species distributions, and we suggest strategies for the conservation of vulnerable
species that include protecting the regions of high species richness and the most
dominant land covers within the current range to mitigate the threat of
keywords = {Pollinators
Endemic species
Environmental change
Distribution response
Conservation strategy},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN381,
author = {Naeem, Muhammad and Liu, Meijuan and Huang, Jiaxing and Ding, Guiling
and Potapov, Grigory and Jung, Chuleui and An, Jiandong},
title = {Vulnerability of East Asian bumblebee species to future climate and
land cover changes},
volume = {277},
pages = {11-20},
abstract = {Pollinators play a key role in agricultural and natural ecosystems,
but their biodiversity is highly vulnerable to the impact of environmental changes.
Here, we evaluated the distributional responses of 29 bumblebee species endemic to
East Asia to future (2050s and 2070s) climate and land cover changes, and 17–27
(59–93 %) of the species exhibited range contraction. A decrease in species
richness from 25 to 19 species in the highest region of central China was also
detected due to range shifts of 17 km to 574 km. Furthermore, one (3.44%), three to
five (10–17 %), and two to eight (7–28 %) of the 29 bumblebee species were
predicted to become critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable in the future,
respectively. Our study highlights the strong impact of environmental changes on
species distributions, and we suggest strategies for the conservation of vulnerable
species that include protecting the regions of high species richness and the most
dominant land covers within the current range to mitigate the threat of
keywords = {Pollinators
Endemic species
Environmental change
Distribution response
Conservation strategy},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN648,
author = {Nagendra, Harini and Munroe, Darla K. and Southworth, Jane},
title = {From pattern to process: landscape fragmentation and the analysis of
land use/land cover change},
volume = {101},
number = {2},
pages = {111-115},
abstract = {The incorporation of landscape ecological and fragmentation analyses
within remote sensing science has expanded the inferential capabilities of such
research. This issue presents a series of papers on the use of landscape ecological
techniques to explore the relationship between land cover and land use spatial
pattern and process in an international, comparative context. Methodologically,
researchers seek to link spatial pattern to land use process by integrating
geographic information systems (GIS), socio-economic, and remote sensing techniques
with landscape ecological approaches. This issue brings together papers at the
forefront of this research effort, and illustrates the diversity of methods
necessary to evaluate the complex linkages between pattern and process in
landscapes across the world. The analyses focus on major forces interacting at the
earth’s surface, such as the interface of agricultural and urban land, agriculture
and forestry, and other pertinent topics dealing with environmental policy and
management. Empirical analyses stem from many different ecological, social and
institutional contexts within the Americas, Africa, and Asia.},
keywords = {Remote sensing science
Geographic information systems
Landscape fragmentation
Land cover change
Land use},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2004},
}
@article{RN748,
author = {Nagendra, Harini and Munroe, Darla K. and Southworth, Jane},
title = {From pattern to process: landscape fragmentation and the analysis of
land use/land cover change},
volume = {101},
number = {2},
pages = {111-115},
abstract = {The incorporation of landscape ecological and fragmentation analyses
within remote sensing science has expanded the inferential capabilities of such
research. This issue presents a series of papers on the use of landscape ecological
techniques to explore the relationship between land cover and land use spatial
pattern and process in an international, comparative context. Methodologically,
researchers seek to link spatial pattern to land use process by integrating
geographic information systems (GIS), socio-economic, and remote sensing techniques
with landscape ecological approaches. This issue brings together papers at the
forefront of this research effort, and illustrates the diversity of methods
necessary to evaluate the complex linkages between pattern and process in
landscapes across the world. The analyses focus on major forces interacting at the
earth’s surface, such as the interface of agricultural and urban land, agriculture
and forestry, and other pertinent topics dealing with environmental policy and
management. Empirical analyses stem from many different ecological, social and
institutional contexts within the Americas, Africa, and Asia.},
keywords = {Remote sensing science
Geographic information systems
Land cover change
Land use},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2004},
}
@article{RN413,
author = {Nagendra, Harini and Pareeth, Sajid and Ghate, Rucha},
title = {People within parks—forest villages, land-cover change and landscape
fragmentation in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, India},
volume = {26},
number = {2},
pages = {96-112},
abstract = {There has been extensive debate on the conservation impact of people
located within protected areas. In a tiger reserve in central India, we find that
the densely populated villages located outside the park boundary are better
connected to regional markets by road networks, and are associated with greater
deforestation rates and more forest fragmentation compared to the more isolated
villages in the park interior. The park itself however appears well protected in
terms of forest cover and connectivity. Instead of focusing on resettlement of
forest villages, forest protection needs may be better served by working with these
surrounding communities to develop alternate mechanisms for income generation.},
keywords = {Protected area
Resettlement
Remote sensing
Dry tropical forests
India},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2006},
}
@article{RN1266,
author = {Nagy, Attila and Fehér, János and Tamás, János},
title = {Wheat and maize yield forecasting for the Tisza river catchment using
MODIS NDVI time series and reported crop statistics},
volume = {151},
pages = {41-49},
abstract = {Stakeholders, policy makers, government planners and agricultural
market participants in Central Eastern Europe require accurate and timely
information about wheat and maize yield and production. The study site, the
lowlands (altitude below 200 m) of the Tisza river catchment is by far the most
important wheat and corn producing region in the Carpathian basin, and even in
Central Eastern Europe. The conventional sampling of on-field data and data
processing for crop forecasting requires significant amounts of time before
official reports can be released. Several studies have shown that wheat and maize
yield can be effectively forecast using satellite remote sensing. In this study, a
freely available MODIS NDVI satellite data based wheat and maize yield forecasting
methodology was developed and evaluated for estimating yield losses effected by
drought. Wheat and maize yield was derived by regressing reported yield values
against time series of 15 different peak-season MODIS-derived NDVI. The lowest RMSE
values at the river basin level for both wheat and maize yield forecast versus
reported yield were found when using at least six or more years of training data.
Wheat forecast for the 2000 to 2015 growing seasons were within 0.819% and 19.08%
of final reported yield values. Maize forecast at county level for the 2000 to 2015
growing seasons were within 0.299% and 17.14% of final reported yield values. The
Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency index (E1) is positive with E1 = 0.322 in the case of
wheat forecast, and with E1 = 0.401 in the case of maize forecast, which means the
developed and evaluated forecasting method performs acceptable forecast efficiency.
Nevertheless the occurrence of extreme drought or extreme precipitation can alter
the forecasting efficiency resulting over or underestimation. Overall statement,
which based on MODIS NDVI, possible yield losses can easily be forecasted 6–8 weeks
before harvesting and applying simple threshold levels, yield losses can be mapped
simply.},
keywords = {Yield forecast
Wheat
Maize
MODIS
NDVI},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN417,
author = {Nahuelhual, Laura and Carmona, Alejandra and Lara, Antonio and
Echeverría, Cristian and González, Mauro E.},
title = {Land-cover change to forest plantations: Proximate causes and
implications for the landscape in south-central Chile},
volume = {107},
number = {1},
pages = {12-20},
abstract = {Timber plantation expansion is a significant form of landscape
change with reported negative environmental and social impacts. We analyze the
proximate drivers of plantation expansion in southcentral Chile, one of the
countries in South America with the highest rates of afforestation and
reforestation in the last decades. Satellite images from 1975, 1990 and 2007 were
used to estimate autologistic regressions for the periods 1975–1990 and 1990–2007.
Timber plantations (mostly Pinus radiata) increased from 29,213ha in 1975 (5.5% of
the landscape) to 224,716ha in 2007 (42.4% of the landscape). We found a clearer
pattern of expansion between 1975 and 1990 as compared to 1990–2007, associated
with soils of forest suitability, steep slopes, and proximity to main cities,
corporate landholding, and large farms. Between 1990 and 2007 some of these drivers
lost significance as plantations expanded in all directions and became the
predominant land cover. Additionally, 41.5% of new plantations in the 1975–1990
period and 22.8% in the 1990–2007 period were established by clearing secondary
native forests, which corroborates that plantation expansion in Chile has been a
direct cause of deforestation and biodiversity loss. Understanding the proximate
drivers of plantation expansion is essential in order to advance our comprehension
of the underlying patterns and causes of this landscape change, which will allow us
to better predict which areas are more vulnerable to change, and help to prevent
adverse environmental and social impacts as plantations expand to the southern
regions of the country.},
keywords = {Exotic species
Timber plantations
Afforestation
Autologistic regression
Land use change
Spatially explicit models},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN111,
author = {Nayak, Sridhara and Mandal, Manabottam},
title = {Impact of land use and land cover changes on temperature trends over
India},
volume = {89},
pages = {104238},
abstract = {This study estimates the temperature trends over India and seeks to
understand the contribution of land use and land cover (LULC) changes towards the
change in the temperature trends (warming or cooling) during 1981–2006 by using
‘Observation minus Reanalysis’ (OMR) method. We find that the India got warmer by
0.1 °C per decade during 1981–2006 and the LULC changes contributed to cooling over
India by 0.02 °C per decade during this period. The contribution of land use
changes to the temperature trends depends on the type of LULC and their conversion
from one type to another. With the exception of dense forest, all land cover
conversions to agriculture lead to cooling whereas conversion from dense forest to
agriculture results in warming. The contribution of LULC changes towards cooling
over India during 1981–2006 is due to the reduction of area under shrubs/ small
vegetation and subsequent increase of the area under agricultural/ fallow land. The
analysis shows that even though the LULC changes contributed towards overall
cooling during 1981–2006 over India, it contributed towards warming during 1991–
2006. We find that the cooling caused by LULC changes during 1981–2006 is due to
the cooling contributed during 1981–1990. Our overall results have implications for
future land use change strategies that can be undertaken over India in order to
avoid further worsening the Indian climate.},
keywords = {Regional warming
Climate change
Observation minus reanalysis},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN925,
author = {Newman, E. I.},
journal = {Annals of Botany},
volume = {75},
number = {1},
pages = {102-103},
ISSN = {0305-7364},
year = {1995},
}
@article{RN489,
author = {Newman, Minke E. and McLaren, Kurt P. and Wilson, Byron S.},
title = {Long-term socio-economic and spatial pattern drivers of land cover
change in a Caribbean tropical moist forest, the Cockpit Country, Jamaica},
volume = {186},
pages = {185-200},
abstract = {Very little research has considered the underlying drivers of land
cover change in Caribbean islands, particularly in those islands that are still
experiencing a net loss of forest cover. We investigated the underlying driving
forces (socio-economic drivers) and spatial pattern drivers (biophysical features)
of both deforestation and reforestation in the Cockpit Country, Jamaica. This area
is one of the most globally important sites for plant diversity, but is threatened
by clearance for small-scale agriculture. Drivers of change were assessed for both
the individual time steps within the study period (1942–2010) and for the entire 68
years using multivariate, spatially explicit, statistical models. The primary
drivers of deforestation over the study period were accessibility (gentler slopes,
closer to forest edges, more fragmented forests) and greater relative wealth/socio-
economic status (increased access to piped water). Reforestation generally
increased closer to forest edges and in areas with lower market access (greater
distances to roads and towns) and lower wealth/status (increased reliance on pit
latrines). We found considerable temporal variation among the most important
drivers for each time step, including climate, employment status, population
density, population age structure and relative wealth. Forest reserve status was
not a key determinant of deforestation but did increase the probability of
reforestation between 1961 and 1980. During the final time step (2001–2010) access
was less important as a deterrent to deforestation, which increased within the most
contiguous forest blocks. If the deforestation drivers of the last decade do not
change, deforestation is predicted to occur within the forest reserves, and in the
largest, least fragmented forest blocks. Thus, conservation and management
strategies for our study site must seek to address issues related to both
enforcement and the socio-economic factors that influence deforestation and habitat
fragmentation.},
Jamaica
Tropical forest
Deforestation
Reforestation
Multiple logistic regression},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN666,
author = {Nguyen, Thi Phuoc Lai and Virdis, Salvatore G. P. and Vu, Thanh Bien},
title = {“Matter of climate change” or “Matter of rapid urbanization”? Young
people's concerns for the present and future urban water resources in Ho Chi Minh
City metropolitan area, Vietnam},
volume = {153},
pages = {102906},
abstract = {Through an integrated empirical study in the Ho Chi Minh City
metropolitan, we examined the effects of urban land use and climate change on water
management, as well as young people's concerns about the issue. The results showed
that between 1992 and 2019, the population increased from 3,272,000 to 8,993,082
residents, while urban settlements increased from 288 km2 to 958 km2, with a higher
rate observed after the year 2000. Climatic analysis showed an average temperature
increasing trend of about +0.27 °C/decade, with a significant increase up to
+0.34 °C/decade observed after the year 2000, while precipitation did not show a
significant trend. The study revealed young people perceived great changes in urban
water bodies - polluted and encroached on by infrastructure over the last decades,
and believed climate is changing, which poses risks to humans. The youth's
perceptual experiences and beliefs are symmetric with the monitoring data. They are
also concerned about future urban water resources. The Partial Least Square
Structural Equation Modelling showed these concerns were shaped by the perceptual
experience of rapid urbanization rather than climate change belief. The finding
appeals to a holistic alternative for urban water management by improving the
connections and integration with urban planning.},
keywords = {Belief
Perceptual experience
Climate variability
Land-use change
Urban water},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN766,
author = {Nguyen, Thi Phuoc Lai and Virdis, Salvatore G. P. and Vu, Thanh Bien},
title = {“Matter of climate change” or “Matter of rapid urbanization”? Young
people's concerns for the present and future urban water resources in Ho Chi Minh
City metropolitan area, Vietnam},
volume = {153},
pages = {102906},
abstract = {Through an integrated empirical study in the Ho Chi Minh City
metropolitan, we examined the effects of urban land use and climate change on water
management, as well as young people's concerns about the issue. The results showed
that between 1992 and 2019, the population increased from 3,272,000 to 8,993,082
residents, while urban settlements increased from 288 km2 to 958 km2, with a higher
rate observed after the year 2000. Climatic analysis showed an average temperature
increasing trend of about +0.27 °C/decade, with a significant increase up to
+0.34 °C/decade observed after the year 2000, while precipitation did not show a
significant trend. The study revealed young people perceived great changes in urban
water bodies - polluted and encroached on by infrastructure over the last decades,
and believed climate is changing, which poses risks to humans. The youth's
perceptual experiences and beliefs are symmetric with the monitoring data. They are
also concerned about future urban water resources. The Partial Least Square
Structural Equation Modelling showed these concerns were shaped by the perceptual
experience of rapid urbanization rather than climate change belief. The finding
appeals to a holistic alternative for urban water management by improving the
connections and integration with urban planning.},
keywords = {Belief
Perceptual experience
Climate variability
Land-use change
Urban water},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN195,
author = {Ning, Ke and Chen, Jia and Li, Zhongwu and Liu, Cheng and Nie,
Xiaodong and Liu, Yaojun and Wang, Lingxia and Hu, Xiaoqian},
title = {Land use change induced by the implementation of ecological restoration
Programs increases future terrestrial ecosystem carbon sequestration in red soil
hilly region of China},
volume = {133},
pages = {108409},
abstract = {Ecological Restoration Programs (ERP) is an effective approach to
increase carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems to mitigate climate change,
but it’s still controversial whether they are as important to carbon sequestration
in areas with higher rainfall and accumulated temperature as they are in areas with
low rainfall and accumulated temperature. In this study, we evaluated the
influences of ERP on land use change (LUC) and carbon sequestration of terrestrial
ecosystems in the red soil hilly region (RSHR) of China with higher rainfall and
accumulated temperature. In view of the differences in LUC caused by ERP, the
change point of ERP implementation was quantitatively determined in 2000 according
to the characteristics of LUC, and divided the ERP implementation period into two
stages: the early stage (1985–2000) and the mature stage (2000–2015). The Program
Driving Force Model (PDFM) modified in this paper shows that ERP such as the
Natural Forest Protection Program implemented in the mature stage has a greater
driving effect on land use (+18%). Based on the three carbon pools (above-ground
biomass, underground biomass, and soil organic carbon) of the ERP area in the
forest land, cultivated land and grassland ecosystem, it is estimated that the
total carbon storage of the terrestrial ecosystems generated in the period from
2000 to 2030 amounts to 1057.2 Tg, 65% of which is driven by ERP (691.6 Tg). Our
estimates of future terrestrial ecosystem carbon sinks from ERP, reduces further
uncertainty to our capacity to predict the future of terrestrial carbon uptake and
losses and to China's projected carbon emissions peak in 2030. The quantitative
assessment of the driving force of ERP on LUC provides a methodological reference
for related researches. The practice of changing land use and increasing carbon
sinks through ERP provides guidance for offsetting carbon dioxide emission when
China's carbon dioxide emissions is expected to reach the peak by 2030, and
striking sustainable development.},
keywords = {Ecological restoration programs
Environmental management
Land use change
Red soil hilly region
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN514,
author = {Nosetto, M. D. and Jobbágy, E. G. and Brizuela, A. B. and Jackson, R.
B.},
title = {The hydrologic consequences of land cover change in central Argentina},
volume = {154},
pages = {2-11},
abstract = {Vegetation exerts a strong control on water balance and key
hydrological variables like evapotranspiration, water yield or even the flooded
area may result severely affected by vegetation changes. Particularly, transitions
between tree- and herbaceous-dominated covers, which are taking place at increasing
rates in South America, may have the greatest impact on the water balance. Based on
Landsat imagery analysis, soil sampling and hydrological modeling, we evaluated
vapor and liquid ecosystem water fluxes and soil moisture changes in temperate
Argentina and provided a useful framework to assess potential hydrological impacts
of vegetation cover changes. Two types of native vegetation (grasslands and
forests) and three modified covers (eucalyptus plantations, single soybean crop and
wheat/soybean rotation) were considered in the analysis. Despite contrasting
structural differences, native forests and eucalyptus plantations displayed
evapotranspiration values remarkably similar (∼1100mmy−1) and significantly higher
than herbaceous vegetation covers (∼780, ∼670 and ∼800mmy−1 for grasslands, soybean
and wheat/soybean (Triticum aestivum L., Glycine max L.) system, respectively. In
agreement with evapotranspiration estimates, soil profiles to a depth of 3m were
significantly drier in woody covers (0.31m3m−3) compared to native grasslands
(0.39m3m−3), soybean (0.38m3m−3) and wheat/soybean rotation (0.35m3m−3). Liquid
water fluxes (deep drainage+surface runoff) were at least doubled in herbaceous
covers, as suggested by modeling (∼170mmy−1 and ∼357mmy−1, for woody and herbaceous
covers, respectively). Our analysis revealed the hydrological outcomes of different
vegetation changes trajectories and provided valuable tools that will help to
anticipate likely impacts, minimize uncertainties and provide a solid base for
sustainable land use planning.},
Water yield
Evapotranspiration
Dry forests
Landsat},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN929,
author = {Nourani, Vahid and Tootoonchi, Roshanak and Andaryani, Soghra},
title = {Investigation of climate, land cover and lake level pattern changes and
interactions using remotely sensed data and wavelet analysis},
volume = {64},
pages = {101330},
abstract = {Lake Urmia –a hypersaline lake in northwest of Iran- has lost
perceptible amount of its waterbody since mid ‘90s. Reasons behind this catastrophe
could be categorized as climatic factors and anthropogenic activities. To
investigate pattern changes and interactions of the components involved in this
dramatic water loss, precipitation (P), discharge (Q), temperature (T), sea surface
temperature (SST) alongside satellite images of vegetation cover (VC) from 1990 to
2019 were used for pattern and interaction analysis, including trend and
seasonality detection. Owing to the fact that this endorheic lake in extremis is
located between East Azerbaijan (EA) and West Azerbaijan (WA) provinces,
additionally it was aimed to juxtapose changes in the aforementioned variables
assembled from these two provinces. To monitor changes in VC, normalized difference
vegetation index (NDVI) time series for two pilot sub-watersheds from EA and WA
provinces were calculated using remotely sensed images. Mann-Kendall (MK) trend
test revealed that amongst all variables, Q in both sub-watersheds has been
intensely decreased in 99% confidence level. Moreover, continuous wavelet transform
(CWT) of Q exhibited drastic de-escalations in terms of annual and semi-annual
periodicities. VC and urbanization in both sub-watersheds showed significant
increasing trends, whereas VC in WA province showed a higher level of trend. Fairly
stable P in terms of trend and periodicity alongside intensification in VC
concluded intense exploitations of Q which is the other main inflow into this lake.
Wavelet coherence transformation (WTC) between all considered variables and Lake
Urmia's WL revealed the great impacts of Q, T and SST variables on the lake's WL
fluctuations and seasonality. The impact of T and SST on WL fluctuations did not
illustrate perceptible changes throughout the study period (i.e., before and after
lake's desiccation). The impact of Q on the lake's WL, however, has moved to larger
frequency bands with increased phase-lags, and thus, it could be concluded that the
intense reduction of the lake's WL is in proportion to intense reduction of rivers
discharge to this lake; leaving transparent traces of anthropogenic impacts on Lake
Urmia's tragedy.},
keywords = {Hydro-climatic processes
Land cover
Satellite imagery
Wavelet analysis
Lake urmia},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN204,
author = {Nwilo, P. C. and Olayinka, D. N. and Okolie, C. J. and Emmanuel, E. I.
and Orji, M. J. and Daramola, O. E.},
title = {Impacts of land cover changes on desertification in northern Nigeria
and implications on the Lake Chad Basin},
volume = {181},
pages = {104190},
abstract = {Desertification is an issue of environmental concern in Nigeria,
particularly the northern part of the country. This study examines land cover
changes related to the process of desertification in the states along the northern
boundary of Nigeria (Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Jigawa, Yobe, and Borno) and the
implications on the Lake Chad Basin. A time series of Landsat imagery at a spatial
resolution of 30 m was used over the period from 1984 to 2016. The imageries were
subjected to maximum likelihood classification for the purpose of extracting the
land cover and analysing the change. Also, the areal extent of vegetation cover
within the 32-year period was calculated annually. Using Pearson's correlation
analysis, the relationship between the vegetation cover and rainfall was assessed
as well as temperature and population density. Results show that 45,945.08 km2 of
vegetation cover was lost within the study area including the Lake Chad area
between 1984 and 2016. The annual rate of change varied across the different
feature classes; the built-up area had the highest rate of increase of 13.68% and
2.65%, from 1984 to 2000 and 2000–2016 respectively. Bare-land increased at the
rate of 0.96% and 0.28% from 1984 to 2000 and 2000–2016 respectively while
vegetation had the highest rate of decrease of 2.18% and 2.02% from 1984 to 2000
and 2000–2016 respectively. A pattern of vegetation loss was observed as a large
expanse of vegetation cover was lost across the north-west and the north-east
regions including the Lake Chad area. It was also shown that the magnitude of
vegetation cover correlated negatively with temperature and population density but
with no significant correlation with the rainfall. The study recommends that the
Federal Government should ensure the full implementation of the Great Green Wall
project which is aimed at mitigating the rapid sprawl of natural land degradation
processes and desertification in the northern boundary states.},
keywords = {Urbanisation
Vegetation loss
Land degradation
Landsat
Rainfall
Pearson's correlation coefficient},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN304,
author = {Nwilo, P. C. and Olayinka, D. N. and Okolie, C. J. and Emmanuel, E. I.
and Orji, M. J. and Daramola, O. E.},
title = {Impacts of land cover changes on desertification in northern Nigeria
and implications on the Lake Chad Basin},
volume = {181},
pages = {104190},
abstract = {Desertification is an issue of environmental concern in Nigeria,
particularly the northern part of the country. This study examines land cover
changes related to the process of desertification in the states along the northern
boundary of Nigeria (Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Jigawa, Yobe, and Borno) and the
implications on the Lake Chad Basin. A time series of Landsat imagery at a spatial
resolution of 30 m was used over the period from 1984 to 2016. The imageries were
subjected to maximum likelihood classification for the purpose of extracting the
land cover and analysing the change. Also, the areal extent of vegetation cover
within the 32-year period was calculated annually. Using Pearson's correlation
analysis, the relationship between the vegetation cover and rainfall was assessed
as well as temperature and population density. Results show that 45,945.08 km2 of
vegetation cover was lost within the study area including the Lake Chad area
between 1984 and 2016. The annual rate of change varied across the different
feature classes; the built-up area had the highest rate of increase of 13.68% and
2.65%, from 1984 to 2000 and 2000–2016 respectively. Bare-land increased at the
rate of 0.96% and 0.28% from 1984 to 2000 and 2000–2016 respectively while
vegetation had the highest rate of decrease of 2.18% and 2.02% from 1984 to 2000
and 2000–2016 respectively. A pattern of vegetation loss was observed as a large
expanse of vegetation cover was lost across the north-west and the north-east
regions including the Lake Chad area. It was also shown that the magnitude of
vegetation cover correlated negatively with temperature and population density but
with no significant correlation with the rainfall. The study recommends that the
Federal Government should ensure the full implementation of the Great Green Wall
project which is aimed at mitigating the rapid sprawl of natural land degradation
processes and desertification in the northern boundary states.},
keywords = {Urbanisation
Vegetation loss
Land degradation
Landsat
Rainfall
Pearson's correlation coefficient},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN135,
author = {Nyamari, Nicodemus and Cabral, Pedro},
title = {Impact of land cover changes on carbon stock trends in Kenya for
spatial implementation of REDD+ policy},
volume = {133},
pages = {102479},
abstract = {Terrestrial carbon stock estimates information has significant
importance in planning decisions for global warming and climate change mitigation.
This study aimed to estimate and analyze carbon stock changes in Kenya as
consequence of land cover change (LCC) using free open data to provide affordable
and timely information. Using Random Forest (RF) decision trees, the land cover for
2028 was modelled based on 2004 and 2016 land cover under a Business as Usual (BAU)
and an alternative Reducing of Emissions from Forest Degradation and Deforestation
(REDD+) scenarios. The InVEST carbon model was used for estimation and valuation of
carbon stock between 2004 and 2028. Results show a 16% decline in carbon stock with
a loss of 21 billion US$ under the BAU scenario. On a regional scale, results show
a gradual decline in carbon stock in the Coastal and Central regions while other
regions exhibited mixed results. This trend can be reversed by the implementation
of a REDD + scenario with a possible increase of 1.6% between 2016 and 2028,
translating to a gain of 1 billion US$. This study contributes to the understanding
of spatiotemporal carbon stock changes under different scenarios for effective
spatial planning aiming to a balanced natural resource utilization.},
keywords = {Ecosystems services
InVEST carbon model
Land cover changes modelling
Random forest decision trees
REDD+},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN815,
author = {Nytch, Christopher J. and Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa and Erazo Oliveras,
Angélica and Santiago García, Ricardo J. and Meléndez-Ackerman, Elvia J.},
title = {Effects of historical land use and recovery pathways on composition,
structure, ecological function, and ecosystem services in a Caribbean secondary
forest},
volume = {546},
pages = {121311},
abstract = {Regenerated secondary forests in the tropics are resilient
ecosystems. Differences in land-use history and disturbance, abiotic and biotic
site conditions, and successional pathways can influence secondary forest
biodiversity, structure, ecological functions, and ecosystem services. However,
studies assessing the supply of ecosystem services of secondary forests are
limited. We examined trees in plots located across late successional stage
secondary forest in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico with three
combinations of historical canopy cover (circa 1936) and post-agricultural recovery
pathways: (1) > 50% canopy cover and passive regeneration (>50 P), (2) < 50% canopy
cover and passive regeneration (<50 P), and (3) < 50% canopy cover and
assisted + passive regeneration (<50 A+P). Using i-Tree Eco methodology, we
investigated if differences in historical cover and passive vs assisted natural
regeneration resulted in differences in composition and structure, hydrological
functions, and estimated regulating ecosystem services, and compared the results
between native and non-native species. The <50 P plots had greater species richness
than the >50 P and <50 A+P plots, while the <50 A+P plots had significantly greater
DBH, height, basal area, aboveground biomass, and estimated quantities of
evaporation and transpiration, carbon storage, and removal of airborne contaminants
compared to the other recovery pathways. Differences among plot groups can be
attributed to historical management actions in concert with successional
trajectories characteristic of novel secondary forests. Native species dominated
throughout these secondary forests and cumulatively exhibited services that were
1.3 to 3.5 times greater than those of non-native species. However, non-native
trees contributed disproportionally to basal area and aboveground biomass, and thus
to some ecosystem services. Both natives and non-natives exhibited service
provision that varied significantly with diameter size class and service type, and
large trees were observed to be dominant service providers irrespective of species
origin. Our study marks the first landscape-scale quantitative assessment of forest
composition, structure and ecological functioning that is explicitly linked to
exploring regulating ecosystem services within the montane secondary forest in
Puerto Rico and expands representation of this research from the Caribbean. The
findings underscore the role of historical land use and recovery pathways in
driving services of tropical forests and show how ecosystem functions can vary in
accordance with dynamic structural attributes of individual trees. This research
can provide a useful point of comparison for analysis of biomass accumulation,
ecosystem service provision, and evaluating service tradeoffs associated with
forest structure in other recovering and old-growth tropical landscapes.},
keywords = {i-Tree Eco
Luquillo Experimental Forest
Native and non-native trees
Natural regeneration
Structural attributes
Tropical forest dynamics and restoration},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1066,
author = {Odebiri, Omosalewa and Mutanga, Onisimo and Odindi, John and Naicker,
Rowan and Slotow, Rob and Mngadi, Mthembeni},
title = {Evaluation of projected soil organic carbon stocks under future climate
and land cover changes in South Africa using a deep learning approach},
volume = {330},
pages = {117127},
abstract = {Environmental degradation and carbon emissions have become a major
global concern. This has forced policymakers to consider strategic and long-term
contingencies to increase carbon sequestration capacity and mitigate the effects of
climate change. Soil organic carbon (SOC) provides a reliable long-lasting
mechanism to ameliorate climate change and regulate carbon fluxes. However,
unanticipated rates of climate change coupled with the dynamic nature of land-use
transformation threatens current mitigation approaches and can jeopardise carbon
stock assimilation. To effectively manage and protect SOC stocks, large-scale
projections that accurately model both current and future SOC pools are necessary.
Hence, this study modelled the effects of simulated climate and land-cover change
on SOC inventories across South Africa up to the year 2050. A digital soil mapping
strategy in concert with a deep neural network (DNN) was used to model current SOC
stocks distribution. Subsequently, WorldClim general circulation models and a
space-for-time substitution (SFTS) method were used to derive future SOC stocks
under four shared socio-economic emission pathways. Results show a relatively high
accuracy with RMSE of 7.44 t/h for current stocks, while future stocks ranged from
11.37 to 13.56 t/h. Depending on emission rates, results showed a reduction in SOC
inventories, with overall SOC stocks declining from 5.64 Pg to between 4.97 and
5.38 Pg by 2050. Meanwhile, forests, which account for approximately 1.2 Pg of
total SOC in South Africa, were found to have lost more than 1% of their total
coverage by 2050. These findings provide a glimpse into the state of South Africa's
current and future SOC stock inventories and the influence of climate and land-use
change. These findings are valuable to among others policymakers, land use managers
and climate change experts in assessing the long-term feasibility of South Africa's
existing SOC management protocols and land-use planning agenda. However, to
adequately protect future SOC stocks, current land-use planning frameworks need to
be re-adjusted to prioritize pressing environmental concerns.},
Climate
Land cover
Topography
Deep learning
Management},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN51,
author = {Oduor, Brian Omondi and Campo-Bescós, Miguel Ángel and Lana-Renault,
Noemí and Casalí, Javier},
title = {Effects of climate change on streamflow and nitrate pollution in an
agricultural Mediterranean watershed in Northern Spain},
volume = {285},
pages = {108378},
abstract = {Predicting water quality and quantity response to climate change in
a watershed is very difficult due to the complexity and uncertainties in estimating
and understanding future hydrological conditions. However, hydrological models
could simplify the processes and predict future impacts of agricultural activities.
This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of the Soil Water Assessment Tool
(SWAT) model for climate change prediction of streamflow and nitrate load in an
agricultural Mediterranean watershed in northern Spain. The model was first
evaluated for simulating streamflow and nitrate load under rainfed agricultural
conditions in the Cidacos River watershed in Navarre, Spain. Then, climate change
impact analysis on streamflow and nitrate load was conducted in the short-term
(2011–2040), medium-term (2041–2070), and long-term (2071–2100) future projections
relative to the historical baseline period (1971–2000) under the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5
CO2 emission scenarios. The model evaluation showed a good model performance result
during calibration (2000–2010) and validation (2011–2020) for streamflow (NSE =
0.82/0.83) and nitrate load (NSE = 0.71/0.68), indicating its suitability for
adoption in the watershed. The climate change projection results showed a steady
decline in streamflow and nitrate load for RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 in all projections,
with the long-term projection scenario of RCP8.5 greatly affected. Autumn and
winter saw a considerable drop in comparison to spring and summer. The decline in
streamflow was attributed to the projected decrease in precipitation and increase
in temperatures, while the nitrate load decline was consistent with the projected
streamflow decline. Based on these projections, the long-term projection scenarios
of RCP8.5 indicate dire situations requiring urgent policy changes and management
interventions to minimize and mitigate the resulting climate change effects.
Therefore, adapted agricultural management practices are needed to ensure
sustainable water resource utilization and efficient nitrogen fertilizer
application rates in the watershed to reduce pollution.},
keywords = {Future projection
Nitrate load
Rainfed agriculture
SWAT model
Water quality},
ISSN = {0378-3774},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN469,
author = {Oikonomakis, Nikolaos and Ganatsas, Petros},
title = {Land cover changes and forest succession trends in a site of Natura
2000 network (Elatia forest), in northern Greece},
volume = {285},
pages = {153-163},
abstract = {The aim of this study was to investigate the land cover changes and
the trends of secondary forest succession during the period 1945–2009, as well as
the existed environmental-successional trend relationships, in the area of Elatia
Drama, northern Greece, which is part of the European Natura 2000 network, through
the extraction of quantitative and qualitative information about the area with the
available dataset. Spatial analysis was performed based on cartographic data of the
two dates. In order to the estimate the factors affecting the forest changes, the
distribution of the forest types of the newly established forests in relation to
topographic factors (aspect, slope and elevation), bedrock type, and the distance
from the old forest edge, were examined by performing spatial analysis. Data
analysis showed that a great expansion of forests was observed in the area, though
a secondary forest succession process resulted in covering almost all the area
(96.79%) by forests. All the other land types that occurred approximately in the
half of the studied area in 1945 were transformed to forests. However, the observed
secondary forest succession did not result in a uniform forest type, confirming the
environmental-successional trend relationships. Three main succession trends were
observed: towards the formation of Pinus sylvestris forest, towards Picea abies
forests, and towards Fagus sylvatica forests, all uniformly distributed in the
area. The new forests distribution profiles were different from the old forests;
Pinus sylvestris forests was most popular in the newly established forests, while
P. abies and F. sylvatica comprise the dominant forest types of the old forests.
All the environmental factors studied were found significantly correlated to new
forests distribution in the area.},
keywords = {Secondary forest succession
Gis
Spatial analysis},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN1161,
author = {Oliveira, Mailson Freire de and Santos, Adão Felipe dos and Kazama,
Elizabeth Haruna and Rolim, Glauco de Souza and Silva, Rouverson Pereira da},
title = {Determination of application volume for coffee plantations using
artificial neural networks and remote sensing},
volume = {184},
pages = {106096},
abstract = {Methods for optimizing the application of phytosanitary products can
be an alternative for sustainable agriculture. Such methods can be achieved with
the use of artificial intelligence and remote sensing techniques. Our experiments
were carried out in a commercial coffee plantation, where morphological variables
(height and diameter) and vegetation indexes (normalized difference vegetation
index, NDVI and normalized difference red edge, NDRE) were collected in the upper,
medium, and lower thirds of the coffee plant. From the remote sensing data,
experiments were developed to determine the best neural network topology, in terms
of accuracy (RMSE) and precision (R2) and type (Multilayer Perceptron “MLP” and
Radial Basis Function “RBF”), to estimate morphological variables. From these
results, we evaluated the possibility of applying pesticides at a variable rate,
using the tree row volume principle. The results show that, using remote sensing
and artificial neural networks (MLP), it is possible to estimate coffee tree volume
with reasonable accuracy. This can be done using a multi-layer perceptron model to
estimate coffee tree height and diameter using vegetation indexes of different
parts of the plant as input.},
keywords = {Coffee canopy
Vegetation index
Variable rate spraying
Machine learning
Digital agriculture},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN838,
author = {Olleck, Michelangelo and Kohlpaintner, Michael and Mellert, Karl Heinz
and Reger, Birgit and Göttlein, Axel and Ewald, Jörg},
title = {Thick forest floors in the Calcareous Alps – Distribution, ecological
functions and carbon storage potential},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {207},
pages = {105664},
abstract = {The thickness and composition of forest floors plays an essential
role for the efficiency and resilience of mountain forests to store carbon, water
and nutrients. Up to now, the distribution of particularly thick organic forest
floors (TOFF) in the Bavarian Calcareous Alps is poorly known and their ecosystem
services deserve increased consideration under climate change. We wanted to improve
the knowledge of the TOFF-distribution and to investigate the forcing processes and
ecological functions of TOFF. We aimed to quantify their carbon storage potential
and to model areas in which humus management is mandatory for sustainable forest
use. We drew a stratified sample of soil profiles. Through the combination of
relief and soil parameters, we identified crucial control variables and modelled
actual and potential (without human disturbance) forest floor thickness in the
Bavarian Calcareous Alps based on quantile regression and Generalized Additive
Models (GAM). TOFF were predicted to occur on approximately 10% of the forest area
of the Bavarian Alps. A decisive condition for the development of TOFF was the
absence or only shallow development of mineral fine soil. Contrary to conventional
wisdom, these TOFF were found across a wide range of (montane to subalpine)
elevations. C-storage of TOFF amounts to ca. 6.9 t C/ha per cm of humus depth and
ca. 5.2 Mt C in the study area, resulting in C accumulations comparable to
peatlands. TOFF are decisive for the delivery of ecosystem services, especially in
the protection forests of the Bavarian Calcareous Alps. Due to the absence or
ephemeral depth of mineral soil, all ecological functions depend solely on the
forest floor. Therefore, the careful handling of the humus stock is mandatory for a
sustainable management in these forests.},
Climate change
Ecosystem services
Mountain forest
Soil modelling
Tangel humus},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN550,
author = {Olorunfemi, Idowu Ezekiel and Fasinmirin, Johnson Toyin and Olufayo,
Ayorinde Akinlabi and Komolafe, Akinola Adesuji},
title = {Total carbon and nitrogen stocks under different land use/land cover
types in the Southwestern region of Nigeria},
volume = {22},
pages = {e00320},
abstract = {Land use systems play a vital role in the storage of soil total
nitrogen (STN) and terrestrial carbon stocks and offset of the atmospheric CO2
concentration. In this study, we estimated the overall-ecosystem carbon stocks
under different land cover types in some parts of Southwestern Nigeria, sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA). Soil carbon and total nitrogen concentrations were measured at 0–10,
10–20 and 20–30 cm soil depths for four land covers (forests (FOR), plantations
(TP), woodlands (WD) and croplands (CP)). The aboveground biomass carbon (Mg C
ha−1) followed the order: FOR (118.19 Mg C ha−1) > TP (64.57 Mg C ha−1) > WD (31.09 Mg
C ha−1) > CP (17.31 Mg C ha−1). Soil organic carbon (SOC) and STN concentration in
all land uses decreased significantly (p < 0.05) with depth increment. Total SOC
stock in 0–30 cm soil layer follows the order: FOR land use (93.62 Mg C ha−1) > TP
(60.87 Mg C ha−1) > WD (55.21 Mg C ha−1) > CP (50.23 Mg C ha−1). The majority of
carbon stocks in our study area were concentrated in the aboveground and soil
carbon pool. Overall, the total carbon stock (TCS) of FOR was 163.67 Mg C ha−1,
152.86 Mg C ha−1 and 107.98 Mg C ha−1, respectively, greater than that of CP, WD and
TP, respectively. This result indicated that forests stored larger amount of TCS
compared to croplands and woodlands. As such, agroforestry, forest plantations and
forestry should be given serious considerations as strategies to sequester carbon.
Land use management practices and disturbance history are major factors impacting
changes in carbon storage among land use systems. Improved knowledge of these and
their spatial and temporal variability is very important in understanding the
global change in soil carbon stocks and in enhancing human capacity to implement
mitigation and adaptation strategies.},
Soil carbon and nitrogen concentration
Biomass
Carbon pools
Luvisol
Nigeria},
ISSN = {2352-0094},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN480,
author = {Omer, Abubaker and Yuan, Xing and Gemitzi, Alexandra},
title = {Transboundary Nile basin dynamics: Land use change, drivers, and
hydrological impacts under socioeconomic pathways},
volume = {153},
pages = {110414},
abstract = {Landscape transitions in the Nile River basin will likely accelerate
over the next decades due to socioeconomic developments and climate change.
However, the assessments of land use/land cover (LULC) changes and their impact on
the water resources over the Nile basin lacked a transboundary perspective. Here we
used coupled basin-scale geospatial-hydrological models to project future LULC
changes in the Nile basin and its three tributaries (i.e., White Nile, Blue Nile,
and Atbara River), explored their drivers and projected hydrological impacts under
different shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) during 2020–2060. Compared to 1992–
2019, significant increases in the forested area (>50 × 103 km2) are expected to
occur in the upstream areas of the White Nile and the Blue Nile in South Sudan and
Ethiopia, with larger increases projected under higher emission scenarios.
Consequently, it will likely reduce the downstream seasonal river discharge for the
White and Blue Nile by up to 8.4% (SSP5) and 8.9% (SSP2), respectively. An increase
of 7.4% in the Blue Nile discharge is expected during the flood season if the
current urbanization/deforestation rates would prevail in the future. Large
decreases (>15 × 103 km2) of unused land are expected in the Atbara River sub-
catchment with increases in natural vegetation socioeconomic-related LULC types,
leading to a river flow decrease of 15% during the rainy season under the SSPs. The
basin-scale LULC changes are projected to decrease the Main Nile flow to Egypt by
3.6% under SSPs and increase by 2.1% if the historical trends prevail. The results
highlight a close association between landscape dynamics, socioeconomic growth, and
climate change over the Nile basin and suggest adaptive LULC planning and
conservation measures.},
Socioeconomic development
Transboundary water
The Nile River},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1277,
author = {Oon, Aslinda and Ahmad, Azizah and Md Sah, Syarina and Abdul Maulud,
Khairul Nizam and Yahya, Muhammad Syafiq and Lechner, Alex M. and Azhar, Badrul},
title = {The conservation of biodiverse continuous forests and patches may
provide services that support oil palm yield: Evidence from satellite crop
monitoring},
journal = {Cleaner Production Letters},
volume = {4},
pages = {100036},
abstract = {Protecting natural forests such as those identified as high
conservation value (HCV) areas may facilitate crop production due to the benefit
from ecosystem services provided by biodiversity spill-over from adjacent forests.
To investigate the effect of protecting contiguous and isolated forests adjacent to
oil palm plantations on crop health, we measured the distance between oil palm
plots and the continuous forest and forest patch boundaries. We surveyed 715 oil
palm sample plots comprising 613 plots in large-scale oil palm plantation and 102
plots in smallholdings that were at least 300 m apart and had a radius of 100 m.
Satellite imagery and ancillary spatial data from 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020 of
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia were used to determine elevation and vegetation indices
(VIs). The VIs derived were the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI),
Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), and Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI).
Both NDVI and EVI are used to measure the vegetation greenness. The NDMI is used to
determine the water content of plants. The VIs are crucial for a variety of
applications, including vegetation monitoring, drought research, and agricultural
operations. We then used generalized linear models (GLMs) to examine the
relationship between VIs and stand-and landscape-level variables. Each VI was used
as a response variable, with elevation, distance from continuous forest or forest
patches, and oil palm management system (i.e., smallholding and industrial
plantation) as explanatory variables. Our results revealed that the chlorophyll
sensitive NDVI decreased with increasing distance from continuous forest, but
increased away from the forest patches. In contrast, the dense vegetation sensitive
EVI increased away from continuous forest, but decreased when distance from forest
patches increased. Proximity to continuous forests or forest patches had no effect
on the NDMI. All the vegetation indices were lower in smallholdings than industrial
plantations. None of the vegetation indices were significantly influenced by
elevation. Given that these indices predict palm health and yield, this pattern
could result in greater ecosystem services that benefit oil palm growers in oil
palm closer to some forest types through the spillover effects of forest
biodiversity from continuous forests and forest patches. This study suggests that
conservation and industry stakeholders should work together to strengthen the
conservation of biodiverse continuous forests and forest patches in HCV standard to
develop more-sustainable oil palm agriculture, because of their potential role in
supporting ecosystem services.},
Ecosystem services
High conservation value
ISSN = {2666-7916},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clpl.2023.100036},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN286,
author = {Opoku, Pabi and Adu-Asare, Alvin},
title = {Complex multispatio-periodic land use and land cover change processes,
and woody resources management in a forest-Savanna Ecotone, Ghana},
volume = {6},
pages = {100144},
abstract = {Vegetation change discourse in tropical Africa is characterized by
assumptions of generalised deforestation and degradation. Premised on the concept
of the heterogeneity of the tropical African landscape, we make a multispatio-
periodic analysis of land use and land cover change (LULCC), and examine its
ramifications for woody resources of a forest-Savanna transition, that is
characterized by assumed deforestation change discourse. Landsat data for 1985,
2000 and 2016, classified into seven (7) LULC categories were analyzed for change
for 1985–2016, 1985–2000 and 2000–2016: for the whole study area, and six (6)
smaller localities. In 1985–2016, all woody vegetation categories of the study area
experienced reduction: ranging between 60.00% and 23.61%. Reduction in woodland was
higher in 1985–2000. Dense woodland cover reduced in, practically, all localities
in 1985–2000. The LULCC mechanism was a complex transfer among LULC types,
resulting in different emergent LULC types. Hence, change process was not a simple
linear deforestation and degradation. Dense woodland that existed at the end of
each period was, predominately, regenerated from pre-existing fallow, rather than
remnants of ‘virgin’ or pre-existing dense woodland. When pre-existing woody cover
was higher, greater amount of woody vegetation regenerates by transformation in a
shorter period, whereas limited woody regeneration of woody vegetation on pre-
existing fallows dominateswhen there is limited pre-existing woodland, through a
long processes of conversion and transformation. Therefore, maintaining higher
woody vegetation cover will promote quicker and substantial regeneration of woody
vegetation, and availability of woody resources for sustainable wood-based
livelihoods, such as charcoal production.},
keywords = {Spatio-periodic
LULCC
Deforestation
Regeneration
Woodland
Heterogeneity},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN386,
author = {Opoku, Pabi and Adu-Asare, Alvin},
title = {Complex multispatio-periodic land use and land cover change processes,
and woody resources management in a forest-Savanna Ecotone, Ghana},
volume = {6},
pages = {100144},
abstract = {Vegetation change discourse in tropical Africa is characterized by
assumptions of generalised deforestation and degradation. Premised on the concept
of the heterogeneity of the tropical African landscape, we make a multispatio-
periodic analysis of land use and land cover change (LULCC), and examine its
ramifications for woody resources of a forest-Savanna transition, that is
characterized by assumed deforestation change discourse. Landsat data for 1985,
2000 and 2016, classified into seven (7) LULC categories were analyzed for change
for 1985–2016, 1985–2000 and 2000–2016: for the whole study area, and six (6)
smaller localities. In 1985–2016, all woody vegetation categories of the study area
experienced reduction: ranging between 60.00% and 23.61%. Reduction in woodland was
higher in 1985–2000. Dense woodland cover reduced in, practically, all localities
in 1985–2000. The LULCC mechanism was a complex transfer among LULC types,
resulting in different emergent LULC types. Hence, change process was not a simple
linear deforestation and degradation. Dense woodland that existed at the end of
each period was, predominately, regenerated from pre-existing fallow, rather than
remnants of ‘virgin’ or pre-existing dense woodland. When pre-existing woody cover
was higher, greater amount of woody vegetation regenerates by transformation in a
shorter period, whereas limited woody regeneration of woody vegetation on pre-
existing fallows dominateswhen there is limited pre-existing woodland, through a
long processes of conversion and transformation. Therefore, maintaining higher
woody vegetation cover will promote quicker and substantial regeneration of woody
vegetation, and availability of woody resources for sustainable wood-based
livelihoods, such as charcoal production.},
keywords = {Spatio-periodic
LULCC
Deforestation
Regeneration
Woodland
Heterogeneity},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN179,
author = {Osipova, Liudmila and Sangermano, Florencia},
title = {Surrogate species protection in Bolivia under climate and land cover
change scenarios},
volume = {34},
pages = {107-117},
abstract = {The Amazon rainforest covers more than 60% of Bolivia’s lowlands,
providing habitat for many endemic and threatened species. Bolivia has the highest
rates of deforestation of the Amazon biome, which degrades and fragments species
habitat. Anthropogenic habitat changes could be exacerbated by climate change, and
therefore, developing relevant strategies for biodiversity protection under global
change scenarios is a necessary step in conservation planning. In this research we
used multi-species umbrella concept to evaluate the degree of habitat impacts due
to climate and land cover change in Bolivia. We used species distribution modeling
to map three focal species (Jaguar, Lowland Tapir and Lesser Anteater) and assessed
current protected area network effectiveness under future climate and land cover
change scenarios for 2050. The studied focal species will lose between 70% and 83%
of their ranges under future climate and land-cover change scenarios, decreasing
the level of protection to 10% of their original ranges. Existing protected area
network should be reconsidered to maintain current and future biodiversity
habitats.},
keywords = {Distribution modeling
Umbrella species
Climate change
Land cover change
Conservation prioritization},
ISSN = {1617-1381},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2016.10.002},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN1153,
author = {Osman, Adams and Mariwah, Simon and Yawson, David Oscar and Atampugre,
Gerald},
title = {Changing land cover and small mammal habitats: Implications for
landscape ecological integrity},
volume = {7},
pages = {100514},
abstract = {This paper adds to the landscape ecological integrity (LEI)
literature by emphasising the need to move beyond the assumption of a linear
relationship between fragmentation metrics and ecological integrity. This study
argues that such a relationship is weak or even non-existent when not associated
with specific species or ecological process. Thus, using the Greater Accra Region
of Ghana as a case, this study assessed the quality and spatio-temporal
distribution of terrestrial small mammal habitats, as influenced by changing land
cover, highlighting the implications for LEI. First, the study used fragmentation
statistics to model changing land cover from 1986 to 2020. This was followed by the
use of the Leo Breiman's random forest algorithm to predict small mammal
distribution in the same period. The results showed that normalized difference
vegetation index (NDVI) has a high predictive importance on small mammal
distribution. Decreasing the vegetated areas does not necessarily lead to a
decrease in species habitats. However, the decreasing forest areas and shrub-lands
leads to a statistically significant increase in small mammal population in built-
up areas while their population reduced within farmlands. The paper concludes that
an increase in small mammal habitats in built-up areas does mean improved landscape
ecological health, considering that these built-up areas are not natural abodes.},
Small mammal habitat
Landscape ecological integrity},
ISSN = {2667-0100},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1288,
author = {Ouaadi, Nadia and Jarlan, Lionel and Khabba, Saïd and Le Page, Michel
and Chakir, Adnane and Er-Raki, Salah and Frison, Pierre-Louis},
title = {Are the C-band backscattering coefficient and interferometric coherence
suitable substitutes of NDVI for the monitoring of the FAO-56 crop coefficient?},
volume = {282},
pages = {108276},
abstract = {Rationalizing the use of agricultural water is a key issue in semi-
arid areas that face more and more water shortages while food security is already
threatened by the increasing population. The FAO-56 approach has been developed to
estimate the crop water requirement. It relies on an accurate estimation of the
“basal crop coefficient” Kcb-act that has been shown to be closely related to NDVI.
Nevertheless, optical data can be inoperant in case of persistent cloud cover.
Within this context, the objective of this study is to assess the potentiality of
the all-weather C-band Sentinel-1 radar observations available with 6-day revisit
time at the field scale. To this end, the empirical relationships between Kcb-act,
on one hand, and the interferometric coherence at VV (ρVV) and VH (ρVH)
polarizations and the polarization ratio, on the other hand, were assessed on two
wheat fields during two crop seasons and compared to the classical Kcb-act-NDVI
method. It is demonstrated that while good statistical metrics are obviously
obtained between Kcb-act and NDVI derived from Sentinel-2 (R = 0.77/0.88 and RMSE =
0.14/0.15 for Field 1/Field 2), close results are highlighted with radar data. The
best metrics are found with ρVV: R = 0.76 and 0.77 and RMSE = 0.18 and 0.28 for
Field 1 and Field 2, respectively. Using the calibrated relationships on one season
of Field 1, reasonable estimates of ETc-act was found on Field 1 (R = 0.70, RMSE =
0.75 mm/day and bias = −0.18 mm/days using Kcb-act-ρVV). By contrast, a significant
overestimations is highlighted both with ρVV (bias = 0.73 mm/day) and NDVI (bias =
1.46 mm/day) over Field 2. Interestingly, the Kcb-act-ρVV relationship is more
consistent in the estimation of ETc-act when changing from one plot to another.
These outcomes open new perspectives for the estimation of ETc-act from radar data
as a potential substitute of NDVI in case of persistent cloud cover.},
keywords = {Basal crop coefficient
Interferometric coherence
Polarization ratio
Evapotranspiration
Wheat crop},
ISSN = {0378-3774},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1264,
author = {Ouzemou, Jamal-Eddine and El Harti, Abderrazak and Lhissou, Rachid and
El Moujahid, Ali and Bouch, Naima and El Ouazzani, Rabii and Bachaoui, El Mostafa
and El Ghmari, Abderrahmene},
title = {Crop type mapping from pansharpened Landsat 8 NDVI data: A case of a
highly fragmented and intensive agricultural system},
volume = {11},
pages = {94-103},
abstract = {Retrieving crops and their location, as well as their spatial
extent, are useful information for agricultural planning and better management of
irrigation water resources as well as for crop health monitoring, towards an
increased food production and reduced water use. Multispectral remote sensing
images with a spatial resolution of 30 m or greater are often used for mapping
crops in extensive agricultural systems at global and regional scale. However, that
spatial resolution is inadequate for mapping highly fragmented and intensive
agricultural landscapes, such as the Tadla Irrigated Perimeter (TIP) in central
Morocco. Hence, our study aims to: (1) identify and map major crops in the TIP with
improving the spatial resolution of producing maps from 30 m to 15 m; (2) retrieve
the area of major cultivations; (3) compare machine learning classifiers namely,
Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF) and Spectral Angle Mapper (SAM) as
a distance-based classifier. Our methodology is based on the Landsat-8 OLI
(Operational Land Imager) data pan-sharpened to 15 m. SAM, RF and SVM classifiers
were used and compared for retrieving crops from a multitemporal dataset of the
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) for 10 periods during the
agricultural season. The RF, SVM and SAM have classified the major crops with
overall accuracies of 89.26%, 85.27% and 57.17% respectively, and kappa coefficient
of 85%, 80% and 43%, respectively, noting that sugar beet, tree crops and cereals
are delineated accurately while alfalfa is not. This study showed a high
performance by using time-series pan-sharpened OLI NDVI data coupled with machine
learning classifiers for mapping different crops in irrigated, very fragmented and
heterogeneous agricultural landscape.},
keywords = {Landsat-8 OLI
Crop mapping
NDVI
Time-series
Irrigated crop land
Machine learning classification},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2018.05.002},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN817,
author = {O’Brien, Lauren E. and Urbanek, Rachael E. and Gregory, James D.},
title = {Ecological functions and human benefits of urban forests},
volume = {75},
pages = {127707},
abstract = {The recent sprawl of urbanization in the Eastern U.S. perpetuated by
population growth and economic success has caused landscapes to become vulnerable
to degradation. As urban development encroaches on such landscapes, various
anthropogenic stressors are introduced including air pollution, land conversion,
and alterations in watershed hydrology. Across various disciplines, urban forests
have been presented as a method to ameliorate human and environmental health in
metropolitan environments. Understanding how to incorporate urban forestry into
city design is critical and urban planners would benefit from a review that
holistically describes the diverse set of services urban forests have to offer. We
conducted a review to highlight the ecological functions and human benefits of
urban forests and to identify gaps in the literature. We synthesized the findings
of research studies in the last 20 years to illuminate the human, abiotic, and
biotic services of urban forestry. As environmental quality is rapidly
deteriorating in anthropogenic environments, our findings suggest city planners
should consider trees as a method of mitigation to alleviate these impacts.
Ultimately, when managing urban forests, an interdisciplinary approach involving
all levels of governance is necessary to ensure the maximum potential of urban
trees. Through this study, the consolidated research can aid in sustainable
development and innovation to combat the anthropogenic stressors associated with
the sprawl of urbanization.},
keywords = {Abiotic
Biotic
Ecosystem
Forestry
Services
Trees},
ISSN = {1618-8667},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN969,
author = {Padonou, Elie A. and Lykke, Anne M. and Bachmann, Yvonne and Idohou,
Rodrigue and Sinsin, Brice},
title = {Mapping changes in land use/land cover and prediction of future
extension of bowé in Benin, West Africa},
volume = {69},
pages = {85-92},
abstract = {Desertification and land degradation are worldwide problems
affecting soil, vegetation and the livelihoods of rural populations. Bowal (plural
bowé) is a particular form of degraded land that occurs in tropical regions and
leads to the exposure of ferricretes, which are unsuitable for farming. Bowé are
more common on farmland and degraded savanna. Changes in land use/land cover were
used to map a region of 6.7 million ha in northern Benin, West Africa in 1975, 1990
and 2010. The changes observed during these periods (1975–1990, 1990–2010 and 1975–
2010) were used to predict the occurrence of bowé in the period up to 2050 using
Markovian chain analysis. The results showed a considerable change in land use/land
cover during the three periods. The types of land on which bowé occur (farmland and
degraded savanna) increased in northern Benin by 5.4% per year during the period
1975–1990 and 9.5% per year during the periods 1990–2010, while the natural
vegetation (forest, woodland and tree savanna) decreased by the same amount. The
future scenarios also predicted the same trend. In the period 1975–1990, 1.28
million ha (26%) of natural vegetation was converted to degraded savanna and
farmland while 2.23 million ha (53%) of natural vegetation was converted to
degraded savanna and farmland in the period 1990–2010. Based on the dynamics
recorded during the period 1975–1990 and 1990–2010 respectively, a total of 1.28
million ha (26% of the natural vegetation that was present in 1975) and 1.29
million ha (31% of the natural vegetation that was present in 1990) will be
converted to farmland and degraded savanna in the study area by 2050.Thus
bowalization will persist and increase in the period up to 2050. The natural
vegetation could disappear if protection and restoration measures are not taken. It
is thus important to take measures to stop the degradation and to implement
programs to restore soils on bowé based on the soil and water conservation
techniques used on highly degraded West African soils, such as zaï pit and stone
rows with grass strips. Some native plants species adapted to bowalization and
resistant to climate change in northern Benin (e.g. Asparagus africanus, Andropogon
pseudapricus and Combretum nigricans) should be used in association with soil and
water conservation techniques on bowé.},
Natural vegetation
Ferricretes
West Africa},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN1291,
author = {Pan, Zhuokun and Huang, Jingfeng and Zhou, Qingbo and Wang, Limin and
Cheng, Yongxiang and Zhang, Hankui and Blackburn, George Alan and Yan, Jing and
Liu, Jianhong},
title = {Mapping crop phenology using NDVI time-series derived from HJ-1 A/B
data},
Geoinformation},
volume = {34},
pages = {188-197},
abstract = {With the availability of high frequent satellite data, crop
phenology could be accurately mapped using time-series remote sensing data.
Vegetation index time-series data derived from AVHRR, MODIS, and SPOT-VEGETATION
images usually have coarse spatial resolution. Mapping crop phenology parameters
using higher spatial resolution images (e.g., Landsat TM-like) is unprecedented.
Recently launched HJ-1 A/B CCD sensors boarded on China Environment Satellite
provided a feasible and ideal data source for the construction of high spatio-
temporal resolution vegetation index time-series. This paper presented a
comprehensive method to construct NDVI time-series dataset derived from HJ-1 A/B
CCD and demonstrated its application in cropland areas. The procedures of time-
series data construction included image preprocessing, signal filtering, and
interpolation for daily NDVI images then the NDVI time-series could present a
smooth and complete phenological cycle. To demonstrate its application, TIMESAT
program was employed to extract phenology parameters of crop lands located in
Guanzhong Plain, China. The small-scale test showed that the crop season start/end
derived from HJ-1 A/B NDVI time-series was comparable with local agro-metrological
observation. The methodology for reconstructing time-series remote sensing data had
been proved feasible, though forgoing researches will improve this a lot in mapping
crop phenology. Last but not least, further studies should be focused on field-data
collection, smoothing method and phenology definitions using time-series remote
sensing data.},
keywords = {HJ-1 A/B
NDVI time-series
S-G filter
Interpolation
Phenology parameters},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN1080,
author = {Pande, Chaitanya B. and Moharir, Kanak N. and Varade, Abhay M. and
Abdo, Hazam Ghassan and Mulla, S. and Yaseen, Zaher Mundher},
title = {Intertwined impacts of urbanization and land cover change on urban
climate and agriculture in Aurangabad city (MS), India using google earth engine
platform},
volume = {422},
pages = {138541},
abstract = {Devastation possibility of disenfranchising poor people of emerging
countries like India is due to urban climate change. Hence, an urgent and efficient
urban planning strategy shall be adopted for the creation/making of sustainable and
amicable cities. This research is focused on the interlinked impacts of
urbanization and land cover change on urban climate for Aurangabad city, India
using Google Earth Engine. Aurangabad city areas are occupied by industrial areas
and historical places and thus the city can be converted into a metropolitan city
in the future through well planning. Important indicators such as land cover,
change detection, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and land surface
temperature (LST) are used for the research assessment. Machine learning (ML) model
(i.e., random forest (RF)) is developed using google earth engine (GEE) platform
and satellite datasets for Land use and land cover (LULC) classification. GEE
platform is used for the computation of LST and NDVI (2015–2020) based on Landsat-8
satellite. The vegetation “agriculture land” is observed to be covered more than
half of the total area under study (113.48 km2) followed by Wasteland (61.70 km2),
Built-up land (34.68 km2), and Water body (3.44 km2). Significantly, over for the
years of 2015 and 2020, an increment in the water body area noticed by 11.24 km2
followed by Wasteland (66.30 km2) and urban area (36.70 km2). Whereas the
vegetation covered is decreased during period of 2020 with area ratio of 98.95 km2.
Study of vegetation's index for the years of 2015 and 2020 revealed NDVI values are
decreased. Interlinked land cover vegetation area and NDVI values is showed
vegetation land decreased in the city. The LST is identified in the urban area
about 2 °C in rising in comparison to the year of 2015. The major highlight of this
research that LST, NDVI and land cover classes are dramatically changed over the
last five years due to built-up land expansion, pollution increase, vegetation land
decrease and pollution.},
keywords = {Google earth engine
Land cover
Urban climate
India
Urban infrastructure},
ISSN = {0959-6526},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN675,
author = {Pandey, Brij Kishor and Khare, Deepak and Kawasaki, Akiyuki and
Meshesha, Tesfa Worku},
title = {Integrated approach to simulate hydrological responses to land use
dynamics and climate change scenarios employing scoring method in upper Narmada
basin, India},
volume = {598},
pages = {126429},
abstract = {Accurate spatial and temporal measurement of water budget play a
crucial role in achieving the sustainable planning and management of water
resources. This paper presents a comprehensive integrated approach to simulate
hydrological responses under dynamics of land use land cover (LULC) and climate
change scenarios over Upper Narmada Basin, India. In order to select the
representative climate models, scoring method was applied at regional scale. Best
five performing climate models (MIROC5, CNRM-CM5, MPI-ESM-LR, GFDL-ESM2G and IPSL-
CM5A-MR) were coupled with semi-distributed hydrological model to simulate the
hydrological responses. Considering the heterogeneity of the large basin, multi-
site calibration and parameters sensitivity analysis were performed using
Sequential Uncertainty Fitting (SUFI-2) algorithm. To compute the hydrological
sensitivity against land use change, calibrated model was coupled with historical
and futuristic land use scenarios (1990, 2000, 2010 and 2030). The results indicate
intensified precipitation towards the late 21st century, whereas annual mean
temperature could be raised by 1.79 °C and 3.57 °C under mid and high emission
scenarios respectively, at the end of century. Annual and monsoon flow in the basin
likely to increase during the 2050 s (2041–2070) and 2080 s (2071–2100). Moreover,
the relation between climate variables and water budget components were identified
to analyse the hydrological sensitivity of the basin under changing climate.},
keywords = {SWAT
Climate Changes
Land use changes
Scoring Method
GCM
Hydrology},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN775,
author = {Pandey, Brij Kishor and Khare, Deepak and Kawasaki, Akiyuki and
Meshesha, Tesfa Worku},
title = {Integrated approach to simulate hydrological responses to land use
dynamics and climate change scenarios employing scoring method in upper Narmada
basin, India},
volume = {598},
pages = {126429},
abstract = {Accurate spatial and temporal measurement of water budget play a
crucial role in achieving the sustainable planning and management of water
resources. This paper presents a comprehensive integrated approach to simulate
hydrological responses under dynamics of land use land cover (LULC) and climate
change scenarios over Upper Narmada Basin, India. In order to select the
representative climate models, scoring method was applied at regional scale. Best
five performing climate models (MIROC5, CNRM-CM5, MPI-ESM-LR, GFDL-ESM2G and IPSL-
CM5A-MR) were coupled with semi-distributed hydrological model to simulate the
hydrological responses. Considering the heterogeneity of the large basin, multi-
site calibration and parameters sensitivity analysis were performed using
Sequential Uncertainty Fitting (SUFI-2) algorithm. To compute the hydrological
sensitivity against land use change, calibrated model was coupled with historical
and futuristic land use scenarios (1990, 2000, 2010 and 2030). The results indicate
intensified precipitation towards the late 21st century, whereas annual mean
temperature could be raised by 1.79 °C and 3.57 °C under mid and high emission
scenarios respectively, at the end of century. Annual and monsoon flow in the basin
likely to increase during the 2050 s (2041–2070) and 2080 s (2071–2100). Moreover,
the relation between climate variables and water budget components were identified
to analyse the hydrological sensitivity of the basin under changing climate.},
keywords = {SWAT
Climate Changes
Land use changes
Scoring Method
GCM
Hydrology},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@inbook{RN1107,
author = {Pandi, Dinagarapandi and Kothadaraman, Saravanan and Kuppusamy, Mohan
and Eslamian, Saeid},
title = {Chapter 1 - Analyzing spatiotemporal variation of land use and land
cover data},
booktitle = {Handbook of Hydroinformatics},
editor = {Eslamian, Saeid and Eslamian, Faezeh},
pages = {1-14},
abstract = {Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) contributes to a substantial demand
for hydrological studies. The LULC change is to determine the spatial deviation
between 1996 and 2016 over the Chittar catchment. The Landsat data is used to
develop the LULC classifications, which include residential area, active cropland,
inactive farmland, forest, scrubland, without scrubland, and river/tanks. The
significant deviation in a residential area, inactive cropland, without scrubland
and river/tanks obtained from the spatial distribution of 1996–2016 LULC data.
These LULC changes from 1996 to 2016 reveal the increasing trend of the residential
area and inactive cropland; vice versa, scrubland and river/tanks are decreasing
trends. Then, the image classification technique is applied for determining the
vegetation distribution using Leaf area index (LAI) and Normalized Multiband
Drought Index (NMDI) methods. Finally, Visual interpretation is compared to the
image classification of LULC data and then, LULC classification methods are adopted
in water resources applications.},
keywords = {Chittar catchment
LULC
Landsat data
Spatial deviation
Image classification},
ISBN = {978-0-12-821961-4},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1229,
author = {Pandiyan, Sanjeevi and Navaneethan, C. and Vijayan, R. and
Gunasekaran, G. and Khan, K. Y. and Guo, Ya},
title = {Evaluation of drought using satellite solar-induced chlorophyll
fluorescence during crop development stage over Xinjiang, China},
journal = {Measurement},
volume = {187},
pages = {110327},
abstract = {The effectiveness of satellite solar-induced chlorophyll
fluorescence (SIF) for drought evaluation was measured in this study. Here we
compare the association of SIF with soil moisture (SM), precipitation (PPT),
standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI), and ratio of
evapotranspiration (ET) to monitor the drought stress on crop growth. A severe
drought occurrence was observed in 2015 as compared to other years between 2007 and
2017 in Xinjiang of China. In the period of this drought, the changes of SIF and
SIF normalized by absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (ΦF) were obstinate.
SPEI and ET were observed with higher sensitivity and much more constant decline in
response to drought than SM and PPT. Moreover, ΦF is highly sensitive to drought
than SIF, SIF normalized by photosynthetically active radiation (SIFPAR), enhanced
vegetation index (EVI), and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The
results demonstrate that satellite SIF provides deep insight for drought
detection.},
keywords = {Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence
SIF
GPP
LAI
NDVI
Drought},
ISSN = {0263-2241},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2021.110327},
year = {2022},
}
@inbook{RN1018,
author = {Panigrahi, Sangram and Verma, Kesari and Tripathi, Priyanka},
title = {12 - Review of MODIS EVI and NDVI data for data mining applications},
booktitle = {Data Deduplication Approaches},
editor = {Thwel, Tin Thein and Sinha, G. R.},
pages = {231-253},
abstract = {Land cover change detection has been a subject of dynamic inquiry
among the remote sensing group. On account of the tremendous data accessible from
satellites, it has been attracting the data mining group to explore novel
techniques to discover the land cover change. The Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectrometer (MODIS) Vegetation Index (i.e., EVI/NDVI) data products are employed
for land cover change detection. In order to address and in-depth understanding
about the data, this chapter presents the detail description about vegetation-
related data products and quality assurance bits. These vegetation-related data
products are accompanied with several confrontations such as seasonality of data,
spatial and temporal resolution, high dimensional, missing values, and poor-quality
measurements. The researcher discusses and proposes the few methods to address the
most of the challenges and prepare EVI time series data set such that the resulting
time series data set is available with high quality and noise free. We hope this
chapter provides new direction to data mining researchers and/or time series
analyst to determine the land cover change detection, classification, and study of
spatio-temporal data.},
keywords = {Time series data
MODIS EVI/NDVI
high-dimensional data
data-driven approach of mining EVI data
environmental data mining
land cover change detection},
ISBN = {978-0-12-823395-5},
year = {2021},
}
@inbook{RN1220,
author = {Panigrahi, Sangram and Verma, Kesari and Tripathi, Priyanka},
title = {12 - Review of MODIS EVI and NDVI data for data mining applications},
booktitle = {Data Deduplication Approaches},
editor = {Thwel, Tin Thein and Sinha, G. R.},
pages = {231-253},
abstract = {Land cover change detection has been a subject of dynamic inquiry
among the remote sensing group. On account of the tremendous data accessible from
satellites, it has been attracting the data mining group to explore novel
techniques to discover the land cover change. The Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectrometer (MODIS) Vegetation Index (i.e., EVI/NDVI) data products are employed
for land cover change detection. In order to address and in-depth understanding
about the data, this chapter presents the detail description about vegetation-
related data products and quality assurance bits. These vegetation-related data
products are accompanied with several confrontations such as seasonality of data,
spatial and temporal resolution, high dimensional, missing values, and poor-quality
measurements. The researcher discusses and proposes the few methods to address the
most of the challenges and prepare EVI time series data set such that the resulting
time series data set is available with high quality and noise free. We hope this
chapter provides new direction to data mining researchers and/or time series
analyst to determine the land cover change detection, classification, and study of
spatio-temporal data.},
keywords = {Time series data
MODIS EVI/NDVI
high-dimensional data
data-driven approach of mining EVI data
environmental data mining
land cover change detection},
ISBN = {978-0-12-823395-5},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN542,
author = {Panos, Chelsea L. and Wolfand, Jordyn M. and Hogue, Terri S.},
title = {Assessing resilience of a dual drainage urban system to redevelopment
and climate change},
volume = {596},
pages = {126101},
abstract = {Dual drainage systems in urban areas were historically designed and
built to convey certain size storms on the assumption of stationarity. However,
changes to rainfall due to climate change and increases in impervious cover due to
land use change, specifically redevelopment, violate this assumption. Hydrologic
models can be used to quantify impacts of climate and land use changes on
stormwater runoff. Uncertain climate projections can complicate modeling efforts
using “predict-then-adapt” strategies. Therefore, this study used the opposite
approach in a “tipping point” resilience assessment. We determined the changes in
rainfall (from climate change) and changes in land cover (from redevelopment) that
pushed a dual drainage stormwater system to exceed regulatory flooding standards.
Then, adaptive measures (bioretention cells) were added to improve system
resilience to handle wider changes in climate or land use. We performed this
assessment for a redeveloping urban neighborhood in Denver, Colorado and tested
regulatory flooding standards for both minor (5-yr) and major (100-yr) storm events
at different levels of redevelopment. We found that the pre-redevelopment system
exceeds acceptable minor event standards and floods streets (i.e., reaches a
tipping point) at an increase in rainfall of 7% due to climate change. It was also
found that impervious areas can be increased by redevelopment up to 8.1% before
exceeding minor storm event standards under current rainfall conditions, suggesting
similar stormwater quantity impacts from both climate and land use changes. Adding
distributed bioretention units in redeveloped areas allows for up to an additional
12.5% and 8.5% absolute increase in rainfall before the stormwater system fails
minor and major storm event standards, respectively. Given the wide range of
climate change estimates for future rainfall conditions, redevelopment presents a
unique opportunity for implementing green stormwater infrastructure and building
system resilience.},
keywords = {Urban stormwater
Land use change
Climate change
Redevelopment
Infill development
Resilience assessment},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1003,
author = {Pape, Andrew and Switzer, Christine and McCosh, Neil and Knapp,
Charles W.},
title = {Impacts of thermal and smouldering remediation on plant growth and soil
ecology},
volume = {243-244},
pages = {1-9},
abstract = {Thermal (<1000°C) and smouldering (600–1100°C) remediation
strategies potentially remove significant quantities of persistent organic
pollutants from contaminated sites, reducing environmental and public health
impacts while improving suitability for subsequent land use. However, high
temperatures change the chemical and biological quality of soils, thus making
restoration more difficult and costly. Here, we quantified the effects of soil
heating (ambient to 1000°C) and smouldering remediation (>1000°C), which involved
flameless combustion of hydrocarbon laden soils, on two topsoil types. The
experimental aim was to determine the thermal-related effects on soil ecology,
including geochemical properties, microbial activity, and plant growth. There was a
negative trend in plant growth with treatment temperature with red clover
(Trifolium pratense) and red fescue (Festuca rubra). This appears to be related to
geochemical changes in the soil, particularly atmospheric losses of nitrogen and
reduced nutrient availability (e.g., Cu, Zn, and P). Consequently the ability of
soils to immediately recover with active microbial communities rapidly declined
when heated ≥500°C. Microcosm experiments, such as these, inform engineers and
land-use managers of chemical and biological impacts, and provide guidance as to
the nutritional and biological requirements for effective land restoration and
rehabilitation.},
keywords = {Thermal remediation
Geochemistry
Ecological recovery
Temperature
Restoration},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.12.004},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN994,
author = {Paramesh, Venkatesh and Kumar, Parveen and Nath, Arun Jyoti and
Francaviglia, Rosa and Mishra, Gaurav and Arunachalam, Vadivel and Toraskar,
Sulekha},
title = {Simulating soil organic carbon stock under different climate change
scenarios: A RothC model application to typical land-use systems of Goa, India},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {213},
pages = {106129},
abstract = {Soil organic carbon (SOC) is one of the significant soil components
influencing soil functions and soil processes. However, little is known about the
impact of land-use change on SOC dynamics on coastal agroecosystems. We, therefore,
simulated the impact of land use on SOC stock using RothC model under different
climate change scenarios. In the present study, natural forest and pasture lands
are the native land uses, while cashew, arecanut, and coconut plantations were
established about 70–80 years ago from the natural forest. Measured SOC stocks were
significantly higher in cashew and forest land uses (109.5 and 88.6 t C/ha) and
much lower in coconut, arecanut and pasture lands (64.1–71.0 t C/ha). The study
showed that under projected climate change conditions in Goa state and depending on
emission scenarios, both decreases and increases of SOC stocks would be possible.
By the end of the century, SOC stock in cashew would decrease by 4.3 t C/ha (RCP
4.5) and increase by 2.4 t C/ha (RCP 8.5), in coconut the SOC change was negligible
(0.2 t C/ha) in RCP 4.5 while increased by 3.2 t C/ha in RCP 8.5. Arecanut, pasture
and forest land uses showed a marked SOC decrease in RCP 4.5 (ranging from 5.2 to
5.4 t C/ha) and negligible positive (0.6–0.7 t C/ha) or negative (0.6 t C/ha)
changes in RCP 8.5. Overall, the model indicated cashew plantations as the most
prominent sink of SOC storage, while coconut and pasture are not viable sinks of
SOC in the study area. We suggest promoting cashew, arecanut, and coconut land use
system integrated with tree components and pasture to improve the SOC storage and
other ecosystem services in the coastal agroecosystem.},
keywords = {Plantations
SOC loss
Soil management
Land use change
Western Ghats},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN984,
author = {Pariartha, I. P. Gustave S. and Aggarwal, Shubham and Rallapalli,
Srinivas and Egodawatta, Prasanna and McGree, James and Goonetilleke, Ashantha},
title = {Compounding effects of urbanization, climate change and sea-level rise
on monetary projections of flood damage},
volume = {620},
pages = {129535},
abstract = {Climate change and urbanization play critical roles in compounding
future flood risk due to their adverse impacts on the rainfall regime and sea level
rise. Although past studies have predicted the spatiotemporal variations in flood
risk, these have appreciable limitations, viz. (i) flood risk is predicted mainly
by accounting for one driver at a time (either ocean flooding or fluvial flooding);
and (ii) monetization of flood damage due to future flooding had not been
investigated. However, multiple drivers could lead to flooding in coastal areas.
This study presents an innovative approach for investigating the cumulative effects
of urbanization, changes to the rainfall regime, and sea level rise on
consequential flood damage in a coastal urban area. A comprehensive flood damage
and hazard prediction model was developed by integrating 1D-2D aspects of MIKE
FLOOD and GIS technology to assess the flood scenarios for 2040, 2070, and 2100 by
investigating three predictor variables: urbanization, rainfall regime, and sea
level rise. The factorial design approach was used to construct a total of 27
future flood scenarios. Time horizons of 30 years provided for effectively
capturing climate change and its influence on the hydrologic regime. The
Generalized Linear Model (GLM) was applied to create a statistical model based on
future scenarios for each time horizon. Results confirmed that changes to the
rainfall regime significantly influence the average annual damage (AAD) caused by
flooding for all time horizons. At the same time, the significance of the effects
of urbanization and sea level rise was found to vary. The model predicts that by
2040, urbanization would exacerbate AAD, with a significant contribution from sea
level rise. In contrast, sea level rise would provide a marginally greater and more
significant contribution to AAD compared to urbanization in 2040 and 2070. Compared
to the base year 2017, AAD was 78%, 197%, and 351% higher in 2040, 2070, and 2100,
respectively. The proposed flood damage prediction model developed can guide
modelers and decision-makers in assessing the compounding flood damage for future
flood management in any geographic location.},
Flood damage
Urban flooding
Urbanization
Sea level rise},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN101,
author = {Parker-Shames, Phoebe and Bodwitch, Hekia and Brashares, Justin S. and
Butsic, Van},
title = {Where money grows on trees: A socio-ecological assessment of land use
change in an agricultural frontier},
volume = {237},
pages = {104783},
abstract = {Integrating social or cultural data into ecological models is
critical for understanding complex social-ecological systems. In this study, we
used an interdisciplinary approach to identify, assess, and contextualize possible
drivers of farmer decisions to use land for cannabis production and development
shortly after adult use of cannabis was legalized in Josephine County, Oregon.
First, we interviewed 14 cannabis farmers about their relationship with the land,
their land use decision making process, and reflections on the local industry.
Second, we identified recurring responses in farmer interviews that highlighted
perceived social and geographic drivers of cannabis land use distribution and
change. Finally, we quantified these drivers as spatial covariates and evaluated
their value as predictors in three models: 1) logistic regression of cannabis land
use distribution post legalization (2016); 2) logistic regression of cannabis
development from pre- to post-legalization (2013/2014 to 2016); and 3) linear
regression of existing farm plant count change from pre- to post-legalization. We
assessed the relationship of covariates with the model output and contextualized
their patterns using the interview data. We found that most of the interview-
derived covariates were significantly associated with cannabis distribution and
development, including parcel size, human footprint, distance to nearest cannabis
farm, density of local cannabis production, clearable land cover, farm zoning,
elevation, roughness, and distance to rivers. These results provide useful insights
into the dynamics of a rapid land use change frontier in a formalizing sector, as
well as its potential environmental repercussions. The contextualized understanding
of cannabis land use drivers may serve to mitigate environmental harm or predict
changes occurring in other rural cannabis systems.},
keywords = {Social-ecological systems
Land use modeling
Cannabis or marijuana legalization
Farmer interviews
Environmental impacts
Formalization},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN859,
author = {Pascual, Unai and Termansen, Mette and Hedlund, Katarina and
Brussaard, Lijbert and Faber, Jack H. and Foudi, Sébastien and Lemanceau, Philippe
and Jørgensen, Sisse Liv},
title = {On the value of soil biodiversity and ecosystem services},
journal = {Ecosystem Services},
volume = {15},
pages = {11-18},
abstract = {This paper provides a framework to understand the source of the
economic value of soil biodiversity and soil ecosystem services and maps out the
pathways of such values. We clarify the link between components of the economic
value of soil biodiversity and their associated services of particular relevance to
soils. We contend that soil biodiversity and associated ecosystem services give
rise to two main additive value components in the context of risk and uncertainty:
an output value and an insurance value. These are illustrated with examples from
soil ecology and a simple heuristic model. The paper also points towards the
challenges of capturing such values highlighting the differences between private
(individual) and public (global) sources of value.},
Natural insurance value
Soil policy},
ISSN = {2212-0416},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.06.002},
year = {2015},
}
@inbook{RN983,
author = {Patel, Ruby and Patel, Bharati and M, Jaison and Dash, Bishnuprasad
and Mukherjee, Siddhartha},
title = {10 - Impact of agroforestry ecosystem on carbon sequestration potential
and climate change},
booktitle = {Agricultural Soil Sustainability and Carbon Management},
editor = {Meena, Sunita Kumari and Ferreira, Ademir De Oliveira and Meena, Vijay
Singh and Rakshit, Amitava and Shrestha, Rajendra P. and Rao, Ch Srinivasa and
Siddique, Kadambot H. M.},
pages = {269-297},
abstract = {Climate change is a crucial problem behind a majority of global
issues in the 21st century. The cause of climate change is ascribed to an increase
in the atmospheric concentration of several greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as CO2,
which has increased from 280 ppmv in the year 1750 to 417 ppmv in 2020 due to
combustion of fossil fuels, land use change and deforestation, and soil
degradation. Land misuse and soil mismanagement have massively altered the
terrestrial carbon balance creating carbon debt in soils. Carbon sequestration,
carbon conservation, and carbon substitution are three categories of activities
through which land and forest management practices can reduce the carbon
concentration in the atmosphere. Implementation of agroforestry practices on
agricultural lands sequesters atmospheric carbon in above- and belowground
vegetation. Agroforestry can also benefit ecosystem through biodiversity
conservation and reforestation of degraded land. Thus, the adoption of agroforestry
provides a good option for sequestering carbon on agricultural lands which are
otherwise considered as source of GHGs. Agroforestry systems are appealing cost-
effective carbon sequestration opportunities among other terrestrial options as it
increases increasing farm income and support biodiversity without compromising with
food security. Other regulating services of agroforestry are methane (CH4) sinks,
maintaining watershed hydrology, and soil conservation. This land use system
(agroforestry) can store carbon in soil via control runoff and prevent soil erosion
via reducing loss of water, organic matter, and nutrients.},
C sequestration
Carbon sequestration potential
Carbon sink
Climate change},
ISBN = {978-0-323-95911-7},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN553,
author = {Pauleit, Stephan and Ennos, Roland and Golding, Yvonne},
title = {Modeling the environmental impacts of urban land use and land cover
change—a study in Merseyside, UK},
volume = {71},
number = {2},
pages = {295-310},
abstract = {There is a lack of information on the environmental effects of urban
change and the dynamics of greenspace. Such information is essential for a better
understanding of the sustainability of urban development processes, both planned
and unplanned. We therefore investigated the changes in land use and land cover of
11 residential areas in Merseyside, UK, using aerial photographs taken in 1975 and
2000. We then modeled how these changes would alter three important environmental
parameters: surface temperature, runoff of rainfall, and greenspace diversity.
These changes were then related to the socio-economic status of the areas, as
measured by an index of multiple deprivation. The comparisons revealed a loss of
greenspace in all 11 case study sites Overall, the more affluent, low density areas
lost more greenspace, especially of tree cover. A major cause was infill
development whereby gardens were built over. However, greenspace was also lost in
already densely built-up, deprived areas due to the reuse of derelict land. As a
consequence, the models used in this study predicted negative environmental impacts
for all areas. The results emphasize the need to critically review concepts such as
urban densification and give more weight to the preservation and management of
urban greenspaces.},
keywords = {Compact city
Land use
Land cover
Landscape change
Environmental models
Climate
Hydrology
Biodiversity},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2005},
}
@article{RN667,
author = {Paustian, Keith},
volume = {94},
number = {2},
pages = {604},
ISSN = {0308-521X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2006.10.005},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN767,
volume = {94},
number = {2},
pages = {604},
ISSN = {0308-521X},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN577,
volume = {94},
number = {2},
pages = {604},
ISSN = {0308-521X},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN692,
author = {Pechanec, Vilém and Purkyt, Jan and Benc, Antonín and Nwaogu, Chukwudi
and Štěrbová, Lenka and Cudlín, Pavel},
title = {Modelling of the carbon sequestration and its prediction under climate
change},
volume = {47},
pages = {50-54},
abstract = {The aim of the presented study is to quantify the total carbon stock
of habitats in addition the estimation of aboveground and belowground biomass,
necromass, and soil organic carbon. Prediction of carbon storage under climate
change is based on future land-use changes, identification of new land-use
distribution, and evaluation of changes in human impacts on biomass production and
carbon storage. Widely used InVEST model was applied to determine the existing
carbon stocks and the amount of carbon captured over time. Changes in the carbon
storage were calculated from aboveground biomass, belowground biomass, necromass,
and soil organic carbon pools. The original model was modified to vector space to
better identify land heterogeneity. The values of the four carbon pools for
individual land-use categories were derived from literature and experimental
investigation. Land Change Modeller was then used to model future land use by
applying business-as-usual scenario on data derived from 1990, 2000, 2006, and 2012
Corine Land Cover data. In this contribution, land cover predictions are calculated
using three CORDEX climate models and two emission scenarios (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5).
Results describe current carbon stock by basic carbon pools and prediction of the
total amount of carbon stored in four reservoirs in three time period. Results show
that the difference in predictions between specific scenarios in each period is
increasing and in all predictions, roughly the same proportional carbon ratio is
maintained between the individual stocks.},
Climate change
InVEST
Land use modelling
GIS},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN792,
author = {Pechanec, Vilém and Purkyt, Jan and Benc, Antonín and Nwaogu, Chukwudi
and Štěrbová, Lenka and Cudlín, Pavel},
title = {Modelling of the carbon sequestration and its prediction under climate
change},
volume = {47},
pages = {50-54},
abstract = {The aim of the presented study is to quantify the total carbon stock
of habitats in addition the estimation of aboveground and belowground biomass,
necromass, and soil organic carbon. Prediction of carbon storage under climate
change is based on future land-use changes, identification of new land-use
distribution, and evaluation of changes in human impacts on biomass production and
carbon storage. Widely used InVEST model was applied to determine the existing
carbon stocks and the amount of carbon captured over time. Changes in the carbon
storage were calculated from aboveground biomass, belowground biomass, necromass,
and soil organic carbon pools. The original model was modified to vector space to
better identify land heterogeneity. The values of the four carbon pools for
individual land-use categories were derived from literature and experimental
investigation. Land Change Modeller was then used to model future land use by
applying business-as-usual scenario on data derived from 1990, 2000, 2006, and 2012
Corine Land Cover data. In this contribution, land cover predictions are calculated
using three CORDEX climate models and two emission scenarios (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5).
Results describe current carbon stock by basic carbon pools and prediction of the
total amount of carbon stored in four reservoirs in three time period. Results show
that the difference in predictions between specific scenarios in each period is
increasing and in all predictions, roughly the same proportional carbon ratio is
maintained between the individual stocks.},
Climate change
InVEST
Land use modelling
GIS},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN887,
author = {Peguero, Guille and Burkart, Andreas and Íñiguez, Esther and
Rodríguez, Antonio and Llurba, Rosa and Sebastià, M. Teresa},
title = {Remote sensing of legacy effects of biodiversity on crop performance},
volume = {345},
pages = {108322},
abstract = {With a fast changing climate and the rise of human population there
is an increasing concern on food security whilst avoiding environmental damage. The
beneficial effects of crop rotation and enhanced sown agro-diversity on yield
production and ecosystem functioning have been demonstrated, although their
persistence over time and our ability to detect such lasting legacy effects on the
following crops have been barely investigated, thus hindering their adoption as an
economically sustainable and ecologically sound solution. Here, we address this
issue with a biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiment in an agricultural field
where we manipulated the composition and relative proportion of three forage
species crossed with two levels of nitrogen fertilization from 2008 to 2011. Two
years after the end of the experiment we investigated the potential legacy effects
of previous sown diversity over the performance of the following crop and assessed
whether these effects are detectable with remote sensing tools mounted in unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV). Previous plant diversity had a strong legacy effect
influencing the biomass production of the next cereal crop. For instance, on
average a forb-grass mixture increased two times more the leaf biomass production
and the leaf area index of the following wheat crop than a legume monoculture.
Thus, diversity-interaction models showed that species mixtures had greater legacy
effects over crop performance than monocultures, while experimental Nitrogen
fertilization did not show legacy effects. The influence of previous plant
diversity on the performance of the following crop was detectable by means of a
remote sensing index like the Green-Red Vegetation Index. Biodiversity-ecosystem
function relationships may result in lasting legacy effects leading to enhanced
crop performance with increasing agrodiversity. Lower amounts of fertilizer may be
needed by increasing the sown diversity during crop rotation, whose effects can be
easily scaled-up and monitored by UAV and remote sensing tools.},
keywords = {Agricultural diversification
Biodiversity-ecosystem function
Diversity-interaction models
Green-Red Vegetation Index
Legacy effects
Precision agriculture
Remote sensing
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN231,
author = {Pellikka, P. K. E. and Heikinheimo, V. and Hietanen, J. and Schäfer,
E. and Siljander, M. and Heiskanen, J.},
title = {Impact of land cover change on aboveground carbon stocks in Afromontane
landscape in Kenya},
volume = {94},
pages = {178-189},
abstract = {Land cover change takes place in sub-Saharan Africa as forests and
shrublands are converted to agricultural lands in order to meet the needs of
growing population. Changes in land cover also impact carbon sequestration in
vegetation cover with an influence on climate on continental scale. The impact of
land cover change on tree aboveground carbon stocks was studied in Taita Hills,
Kenya. The land cover change between 1987 and 2011 for four points of time was
assessed using SPOT satellite imagery, while the carbon density in various land
cover types was assessed with field measurements, allometric biomass functions and
airborne laser scanning data. Finally, the mean carbon densities of land cover
types were combined with land cover maps resulting in carbon stock values for given
land cover types for each point of time studied. Expansion of croplands has been
taking place since 1987 and before on the cost of thickets and shrublands,
especially on the foothills and lowlands. Due to the land cover changes, the carbon
stock of trees was decreasing until 2003, after which there has been an increase.
The findings of the research is supported by forest transition model, which
emphasizes increase of awareness of forests' role in providing ecosystem services,
such as habitats for pollinators, water harvesting and storage at the same time
when economic reasons in making land-use choices between cropland and woodland, and
governmental legislation supports trees on farms.},
Biomass
Aboveground carbon
Laser scanning
Ecosystem services
Forest transition
Taita Hills
Kenya},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN331,
author = {Pellikka, P. K. E. and Heikinheimo, V. and Hietanen, J. and Schäfer,
E. and Siljander, M. and Heiskanen, J.},
title = {Impact of land cover change on aboveground carbon stocks in Afromontane
landscape in Kenya},
volume = {94},
pages = {178-189},
abstract = {Land cover change takes place in sub-Saharan Africa as forests and
shrublands are converted to agricultural lands in order to meet the needs of
growing population. Changes in land cover also impact carbon sequestration in
vegetation cover with an influence on climate on continental scale. The impact of
land cover change on tree aboveground carbon stocks was studied in Taita Hills,
Kenya. The land cover change between 1987 and 2011 for four points of time was
assessed using SPOT satellite imagery, while the carbon density in various land
cover types was assessed with field measurements, allometric biomass functions and
airborne laser scanning data. Finally, the mean carbon densities of land cover
types were combined with land cover maps resulting in carbon stock values for given
land cover types for each point of time studied. Expansion of croplands has been
taking place since 1987 and before on the cost of thickets and shrublands,
especially on the foothills and lowlands. Due to the land cover changes, the carbon
stock of trees was decreasing until 2003, after which there has been an increase.
The findings of the research is supported by forest transition model, which
emphasizes increase of awareness of forests' role in providing ecosystem services,
such as habitats for pollinators, water harvesting and storage at the same time
when economic reasons in making land-use choices between cropland and woodland, and
governmental legislation supports trees on farms.},
Biomass
Aboveground carbon
Laser scanning
Ecosystem services
Forest transition
Taita Hills
Kenya},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN691,
author = {Pelorosso, Raffaele and Leone, Antonio and Boccia, Lorenzo},
title = {Land cover and land use change in the Italian central Apennines: A
comparison of assessment methods},
volume = {29},
number = {1},
pages = {35-48},
abstract = {Analyses of land-use cover changes (LUCC) are fundamental to the
understanding of numerous social, economical and environmental problems and can be
carried out rapidly, using either cartographic or census data. However, the trends
of the two methods differ in direction and quantity. For this study, a historical
and a recent remote sensing-derived map were homogenized to reduce misleading
changes and to assess spatial aggregation errors. This was carried out by means of
a data integration procedure based on landscape metrics, allowing cartographic and
census trends to be compared. Discrepancies between data were thus highlighted,
both in absolute surface value and in evolution. The methodology presented, and the
results obtained, could be employed to evaluate and improve LUCC analyses aimed at
assessing landscape identity, both in the case of analyses based only on LU census
data, or of those based only on LC cartographic data. This could lead to benefits
for both biodiversity conservation and environmental planning on a large scale.},
keywords = {Land-use cover change
Landscape planning
Apennines
Census data
Data integration
Historical maps},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2009},
}
@article{RN791,
author = {Pelorosso, Raffaele and Leone, Antonio and Boccia, Lorenzo},
title = {Land cover and land use change in the Italian central Apennines: A
comparison of assessment methods},
volume = {29},
number = {1},
pages = {35-48},
abstract = {Analyses of land-use cover changes (LUCC) are fundamental to the
understanding of numerous social, economical and environmental problems and can be
carried out rapidly, using either cartographic or census data. However, the trends
of the two methods differ in direction and quantity. For this study, a historical
and a recent remote sensing-derived map were homogenized to reduce misleading
changes and to assess spatial aggregation errors. This was carried out by means of
a data integration procedure based on landscape metrics, allowing cartographic and
census trends to be compared. Discrepancies between data were thus highlighted,
both in absolute surface value and in evolution. The methodology presented, and the
results obtained, could be employed to evaluate and improve LUCC analyses aimed at
assessing landscape identity, both in the case of analyses based only on LU census
data, or of those based only on LC cartographic data. This could lead to benefits
for both biodiversity conservation and environmental planning on a large scale.},
keywords = {Land-use cover change
Landscape planning
Apennines
Census data
Data integration
Historical maps},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2009},
}
@article{RN1166,
author = {Peng, Dailiang and Wu, Chaoyang and Li, Cunjun and Zhang, Xiaoyang and
Liu, Zhengjia and Ye, Huichun and Luo, Shezhou and Liu, Xinjie and Hu, Yong and
Fang, Bin},
title = {Spring green-up phenology products derived from MODIS NDVI and EVI:
Intercomparison, interpretation and validation using National Phenology Network and
AmeriFlux observations},
volume = {77},
pages = {323-336},
abstract = {Advances in the timing of spring green-up date are a typical
response of vegetation global change. Long-term observations of plant phenology
have been used to track vegetation response to climate change. Normalized
difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI) have been
the most commonly used indicators in reconstructing spring green-up dates from
remote sensing over the past several decades. The Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) based phenology time series from NDVI and EVI with an
enhanced TIMESAT algorithm are the two operational phenology products developed
recently with sun-sensor geometry corrected reflectance. However, a comprehensive
intercomparison and evaluation of these two spring green-up datasets using
intensive ground observations have not been conducted, limiting their applications
in regional interpretation of land surface phenology. Therefore, we used 455 ground
observations from USA National Phenology Network (NPN) and 106 observations from 21
AmeriFlux sites to assess and validate the spring green-up dates for United States
for 2000–2013. Our results indicate that the spring green-up dates from NDVI and
EVI showed a good agreement in eastern United States, while substantial differences
(70days) were found in western and southern areas. Ground observations generally
had a significant correlation (p<0.01) with the two MODIS spring green-up dates,
especially for deciduous broadleaf forests with root mean square error (RMSE) of
12days and 16days when compared with USA-NPN and AmeriFlux observations,
respectively. Spring green-up dates from EVI overall showed a better relationship
and a lower RMSE in reference to both USA-NPN and AmeriFlux observations than NDVI-
based spring green-up dates. Our results highlight the importance of a rigorous
validation of remote sensing products to better understand their limitations in
operational applications.},
keywords = {Phenology
Enhanced vegetation index
National Phenology Network
AmeriFlux GPP},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN1263,
author = {Peng, Dailiang and Wu, Chaoyang and Li, Cunjun and Zhang, Xiaoyang and
Liu, Zhengjia and Ye, Huichun and Luo, Shezhou and Liu, Xinjie and Hu, Yong and
Fang, Bin},
title = {Spring green-up phenology products derived from MODIS NDVI and EVI:
Intercomparison, interpretation and validation using National Phenology Network and
AmeriFlux observations},
volume = {77},
pages = {323-336},
abstract = {Advances in the timing of spring green-up date are a typical
response of vegetation global change. Long-term observations of plant phenology
have been used to track vegetation response to climate change. Normalized
difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI) have been
the most commonly used indicators in reconstructing spring green-up dates from
remote sensing over the past several decades. The Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) based phenology time series from NDVI and EVI with an
enhanced TIMESAT algorithm are the two operational phenology products developed
recently with sun-sensor geometry corrected reflectance. However, a comprehensive
intercomparison and evaluation of these two spring green-up datasets using
intensive ground observations have not been conducted, limiting their applications
in regional interpretation of land surface phenology. Therefore, we used 455 ground
observations from USA National Phenology Network (NPN) and 106 observations from 21
AmeriFlux sites to assess and validate the spring green-up dates for United States
for 2000–2013. Our results indicate that the spring green-up dates from NDVI and
EVI showed a good agreement in eastern United States, while substantial differences
(70days) were found in western and southern areas. Ground observations generally
had a significant correlation (p<0.01) with the two MODIS spring green-up dates,
especially for deciduous broadleaf forests with root mean square error (RMSE) of
12days and 16days when compared with USA-NPN and AmeriFlux observations,
respectively. Spring green-up dates from EVI overall showed a better relationship
and a lower RMSE in reference to both USA-NPN and AmeriFlux observations than NDVI-
based spring green-up dates. Our results highlight the importance of a rigorous
validation of remote sensing products to better understand their limitations in
operational applications.},
National Phenology Network
AmeriFlux GPP},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN117,
author = {Penny, Jessica and Ordens, Carlos M. and Barnett, Steve and
Djordjević, Slobodan and Chen, Albert S.},
title = {Vineyards, vegetables or business-as-usual? Stakeholder-informed land
use change modelling to predict the future of a groundwater-dependent prime-wine
region under climate change},
volume = {287},
pages = {108417},
abstract = {Although land use change (LUC) can have detrimental environmental
impacts, very few studies have explored the idea that changes in groundwater
conditions and water management directly influence LU. This study uses a socio-
hydrogeological approach to model future land use change and help to understand the
implication for groundwater availability. The Angas Bremer Prescribed Wells Area
(Murray-Darling Basin, Australia) was used as a case study because it provides a
rare example of complex and transient groundwater management. This study (i) uses
groundwater levels and salinities as drivers for LU; (ii) considers future
scenarios based on agricultural development of certain crop types rather than
conservation or urban development; and, (iii) takes a socio-hydrogeological
approach, using stakeholder expertise in future scenarios design and information
gathering on its implications for regional groundwater resources. Predicted changes
in climate (rainfall and temperature) will lead to increased uncertainties in
agricultural production within the region, which is expected to be especially
detrimental for the viticulture industry in Angas Bremer. By using the PLUS model
and the development potential (growth possibility) of each LU type through the Land
Expansion Analysis Strategy module, we have been able to identify optimum potential
growth areas for both vegetables and vineyards. A social-hydrogeology approach is
an important aspect to LUC modelling linked to groundwater management. The
stakeholder engagement resulted in important inputs and the design of LU scenarios
that were consequently more relevant.},
keywords = {Patch-generating simulation
Agricultural land use change modelling
Groundwater management
Public participation
Murray-Darling basin},
ISSN = {0378-3774},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN333,
author = {Peraza-Castro, M. and Ruiz-Romera, E. and Meaurio, M. and Sauvage, S.
and Sánchez-Pérez, J. M.},
title = {Modelling the impact of climate and land cover change on hydrology and
water quality in a forest watershed in the Basque Country (Northern Spain)},
volume = {122},
pages = {315-326},
abstract = {The separate and combined effects of climate change and forest
clearcutting on discharge, suspended particulate matter (SPM) and particulate
organic carbon (POC) load at a seasonal and annual scale were evaluated for the Oka
catchment. Compared to the baseline scenario (1970–2000), climate change displayed
a decrease in annual rainfall (RCP4.5: 27% and RCP8.5: 28%) and an increase in mean
temperature (12% for both emission scenarios). Together with the decrease in
rainfall, a decrease in discharge and, consequently, in SPM and POC load was also
displayed. In RCP4.5, annual discharge, SPM and POC load decreased by 16%, 68% and
38%, respectively. A slightly larger decrease was found in RCP8.5: 21% for
discharge, 70% for SPM load and 41% for POC load. Evapotranspiration (ET) increased
relative to the baseline, with a change of 15% (RCP4.5) and 16% (RCP8.5). With
regard to forest clearcut scenarios, annual discharge ranged between 3% (Scenario
1) and 15% (Scenario 3). At the same time, ET decreased by between 2% (Scenario 1)
and 13% (Scenario 3) relative to the baseline (2001–2012). The model predicted a
rise in SPM load of between 19% (Scenario 1) and 106% (Scenario 3). The predicted
annual POC load ranged between 9% (Scenario 1) and 47% (Scenario 3). The
combination of climate change and forest clearcutting scenarios showed a reduction
in discharge, SPM and POC load compared to the baseline. Discharge, SPM and POC
load decrease ranged between 2–18%, 30–63% and 12–36% in scenarios 8 and 7,
respectively.},
Forest clearcutting
SWAT
Hydrological modelling},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN233,
author = {Peraza-Castro, M. and Ruiz-Romera, E. and Meaurio, M. and Sauvage, S.
and Sánchez-Pérez, J. M.},
title = {Modelling the impact of climate and land cover change on hydrology and
water quality in a forest watershed in the Basque Country (Northern Spain)},
volume = {122},
pages = {315-326},
abstract = {The separate and combined effects of climate change and forest
clearcutting on discharge, suspended particulate matter (SPM) and particulate
organic carbon (POC) load at a seasonal and annual scale were evaluated for the Oka
catchment. Compared to the baseline scenario (1970–2000), climate change displayed
a decrease in annual rainfall (RCP4.5: 27% and RCP8.5: 28%) and an increase in mean
temperature (12% for both emission scenarios). Together with the decrease in
rainfall, a decrease in discharge and, consequently, in SPM and POC load was also
displayed. In RCP4.5, annual discharge, SPM and POC load decreased by 16%, 68% and
38%, respectively. A slightly larger decrease was found in RCP8.5: 21% for
discharge, 70% for SPM load and 41% for POC load. Evapotranspiration (ET) increased
relative to the baseline, with a change of 15% (RCP4.5) and 16% (RCP8.5). With
regard to forest clearcut scenarios, annual discharge ranged between 3% (Scenario
1) and 15% (Scenario 3). At the same time, ET decreased by between 2% (Scenario 1)
and 13% (Scenario 3) relative to the baseline (2001–2012). The model predicted a
rise in SPM load of between 19% (Scenario 1) and 106% (Scenario 3). The predicted
annual POC load ranged between 9% (Scenario 1) and 47% (Scenario 3). The
combination of climate change and forest clearcutting scenarios showed a reduction
in discharge, SPM and POC load compared to the baseline. Discharge, SPM and POC
load decrease ranged between 2–18%, 30–63% and 12–36% in scenarios 8 and 7,
respectively.},
Forest clearcutting
SWAT
Hydrological modelling},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN671,
author = {Pereira, Diego V. and Arantes, Caroline C. and Sousa, Keid Nolan S.
and Freitas, Carlos Edwar de C.},
title = {Relationships between fishery catch rates and land cover along a
longitudinal gradient in floodplains of the Amazon River},
journal = {Fisheries Research},
volume = {258},
pages = {106521},
abstract = {Land cover is an important driver of patterns of fish diversity and
assemblage structure in Amazonian floodplains. In the floodplain of the Amazon
River, remarkable changes in the land cover composition across a longitudinal
gradient, from the middle Amazon to the lower Amazon, likely affects fishery catch
rates at local scales. Here, we investigated potential relationships between
fishery catch rates and extent of land cover types in lakes of these two regions,
the middle and lower floodplains of the Amazon River. Areas of flooded shrubs,
herbaceous vegetation, and open water, within buffers of 1000 and 2000 m, were
quantified around the areas of 23 lakes and modeled as predictors of fishing catch
rate in the two subregions of the River i.e., the lower and middle Amazon, while
these regions were also included as fixed effects of our models. Comparisons of the
spatial extent of the land cover types between the two regions showed a
predominance of flooded herbaceous vegetation in the downstream-lower portion, and
a predominance of flooded shrubs and forests upstream-middle portion. In the
models, the region was consistently the variable of greatest relative importance
(Σwi > 0.9), and indicates higher fishing catch rate in the middle Amazon region
when compared to the lower Amazon. Flooded shrub quantified on the smallest scale
was the land cover type of strongest influence driving higher fishing catch rates,
regardless of the region. In particular, our results support the idea that loss of
flooded shrubs in adjacent areas of floodplain lakes can lead to reduced fishing
catch rates at local and regional scales.},
keywords = {Floodplain lakes
Fishery
Landscape components
Deforestation
Fishing areas},
ISSN = {0165-7836},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106521},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN771,
author = {Pereira, Diego V. and Arantes, Caroline C. and Sousa, Keid Nolan S.
and Freitas, Carlos Edwar de C.},
title = {Relationships between fishery catch rates and land cover along a
longitudinal gradient in floodplains of the Amazon River},
journal = {Fisheries Research},
volume = {258},
pages = {106521},
abstract = {Land cover is an important driver of patterns of fish diversity and
assemblage structure in Amazonian floodplains. In the floodplain of the Amazon
River, remarkable changes in the land cover composition across a longitudinal
gradient, from the middle Amazon to the lower Amazon, likely affects fishery catch
rates at local scales. Here, we investigated potential relationships between
fishery catch rates and extent of land cover types in lakes of these two regions,
the middle and lower floodplains of the Amazon River. Areas of flooded shrubs,
herbaceous vegetation, and open water, within buffers of 1000 and 2000 m, were
quantified around the areas of 23 lakes and modeled as predictors of fishing catch
rate in the two subregions of the River i.e., the lower and middle Amazon, while
these regions were also included as fixed effects of our models. Comparisons of the
spatial extent of the land cover types between the two regions showed a
predominance of flooded herbaceous vegetation in the downstream-lower portion, and
a predominance of flooded shrubs and forests upstream-middle portion. In the
models, the region was consistently the variable of greatest relative importance
(Σwi > 0.9), and indicates higher fishing catch rate in the middle Amazon region
when compared to the lower Amazon. Flooded shrub quantified on the smallest scale
was the land cover type of strongest influence driving higher fishing catch rates,
regardless of the region. In particular, our results support the idea that loss of
flooded shrubs in adjacent areas of floodplain lakes can lead to reduced fishing
catch rates at local and regional scales.},
keywords = {Floodplain lakes
Fishery
Landscape components
Deforestation
Fishing areas},
ISSN = {0165-7836},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106521},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN172,
author = {Perez-Quezada, Jorge F. and Cano, Silvia and Ibaceta, Patricia and
Aguilera-Riquelme, David and Salazar, Osvaldo and Fuentes, Juan P. and Osborne,
Bruce},
title = {How do land cover changes affect carbon-nitrogen-phosphorus stocks and
the greenhouse gas budget of ecosystems in southern Chile?},
volume = {340},
pages = {108153},
abstract = {Agricultural land use changes are expected to modify the carbon (C),
nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) stocks compared to the native ecosystems they
replace and result in changes in greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes. To quantify these
effects, we measured C-N-P stocks in four land cover classes (cropland, grassland,
native shrubland and invaded shrubland) together with their ecosystem-level CO2,
CH4 and N2O fluxes for one year using the closed-chamber technique, in three
locations on Chiloé Island, southern Chile. As a reference, given that most of the
original ecosystems were derived from forest clearance, we monitored CO2 fluxes in
a native forest site in the same area using the eddy covariance technique, and used
published data of its C-N-P stocks and CH4 and N2O fluxes. We found that compared
to the forest, the other land cover classes represented a 60 % loss of total
ecosystem C, which was explained mainly by the loss of 98 % in above ground biomass
and a 42 % reduction in soil C, but with a relatively unchanged N stock and an
increase in soil P. While croplands were net GHG emitters (901 g CO2-eq m-2 year-
1), grasslands, native shrublands and invaded shrublands were net sinks (−1350,
−1154 and −2088 g CO2-eq m-2 year-1, respectively). The invaded shrublands (invaded
by the N-fixing species Ulex europaeus and Cytisus scoparius) showed higher
aboveground and root biomass compared to the other land cover classes, but somewhat
lower C-N-P soil stocks, possibly because of lower litter decomposition, reduced
root turnover/rhizodeposition and/or greater dissolved elemental losses, as the
invasion occurred on degraded lands. Although the invasive shrublands acted as a
stronger GHG sink, driven by their higher CO2 fixation, this might change in the
longer term through the additional accumulation of fixed N, with a potential
increase in N2O emissions.},
Carbon dioxide
Invasive alien species
Methane
Nitrous oxide
Temperate rainforest},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN245,
author = {Pervez, Md Shahriar and Henebry, Geoffrey M.},
title = {Assessing the impacts of climate and land use and land cover change on
the freshwater availability in the Brahmaputra River basin},
volume = {3},
pages = {285-311},
abstract = {Study Region: Brahmaputra River basin in South Asia. Study Focus:
The Soil and Water Assessment Tool was used to evaluate sensitivities and patterns
in freshwater availability due to projected climate and land use changes in the
Brahmaputra basin. The daily observed discharge at Bahadurabad station in
Bangladesh was used to calibrate and validate the model and analyze uncertainties
with a sequential uncertainty fitting algorithm. The sensitivities and impacts of
projected climate and land use changes on basin hydrological components were
simulated for the A1B and A2 scenarios and analyzed relative to a baseline scenario
of 1988–2004. New hydrological insights for the region: Basin average annual ET was
found to be sensitive to changes in CO2 concentration and temperature, while total
water yield, streamflow, and groundwater recharge were sensitive to changes in
precipitation. The basin hydrological components were predicted to increase with
seasonal variability in response to climate and land use change scenarios. Strong
increasing trends were predicted for total water yield, streamflow, and groundwater
recharge, indicating exacerbation of flooding potential during August–October, but
strong decreasing trends were predicted, indicating exacerbation of drought
potential during May–July of the 21st century. The model has potential to
facilitate strategic decision making through scenario generation integrating
climate change adaptation and hazard mitigation policies to ensure optimized
allocation of water resources under a variable and changing climate.},
keywords = {Brahmaputra
Freshwater availability
SWAT
Streamflow
Climate change
Land use change},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN345,
author = {Pervez, Md Shahriar and Henebry, Geoffrey M.},
title = {Assessing the impacts of climate and land use and land cover change on
the freshwater availability in the Brahmaputra River basin},
volume = {3},
pages = {285-311},
abstract = {Study Region: Brahmaputra River basin in South Asia. Study Focus:
The Soil and Water Assessment Tool was used to evaluate sensitivities and patterns
in freshwater availability due to projected climate and land use changes in the
Brahmaputra basin. The daily observed discharge at Bahadurabad station in
Bangladesh was used to calibrate and validate the model and analyze uncertainties
with a sequential uncertainty fitting algorithm. The sensitivities and impacts of
projected climate and land use changes on basin hydrological components were
simulated for the A1B and A2 scenarios and analyzed relative to a baseline scenario
of 1988–2004. New hydrological insights for the region: Basin average annual ET was
found to be sensitive to changes in CO2 concentration and temperature, while total
water yield, streamflow, and groundwater recharge were sensitive to changes in
precipitation. The basin hydrological components were predicted to increase with
seasonal variability in response to climate and land use change scenarios. Strong
increasing trends were predicted for total water yield, streamflow, and groundwater
recharge, indicating exacerbation of flooding potential during August–October, but
strong decreasing trends were predicted, indicating exacerbation of drought
potential during May–July of the 21st century. The model has potential to
facilitate strategic decision making through scenario generation integrating
climate change adaptation and hazard mitigation policies to ensure optimized
allocation of water resources under a variable and changing climate.},
keywords = {Brahmaputra
Freshwater availability
SWAT
Streamflow
Climate change
Land use change},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN328,
author = {Perz, Stephen G. and Qiu, Youliang and Xia, Yibin and Southworth, Jane
and Sun, Jing and Marsik, Matthew and Rocha, Karla and Passos, Veronica and Rojas,
Daniel and Alarcón, Gabriel and Barnes, Grenville and Baraloto, Christopher},
title = {Trans-boundary infrastructure and land cover change: Highway paving and
community-level deforestation in a tri-national frontier in the Amazon},
volume = {34},
pages = {27-41},
abstract = {Economic globalization manifests in landscapes through regional
integration initiatives involving trans-boundary infrastructure. While the
relationships of roads, accessibility and land cover are well-understood, they have
rarely been considered across borders in national frontier regions. We therefore
pursue an analysis of infrastructure connectivity and land cover change in the tri-
national frontier of the southwestern Amazon where Bolivia, Brazil and Peru meet,
and where the Inter-Oceanic Highway has recently been paved. We integrate
satellite, survey, climate and other data for a sample of rural communities that
differ in terms of highway paving across the tri-national frontier. We employ a
suite of explanatory variables tied to road paving and other factors that vary both
across and within the three sides of the frontier in order to model their
importance for deforestation. A multivariate analysis of non-forest land cover
during 2005–2010 confirms the importance of paving status and travel times, as well
as land tenure and other factors. These findings indicate that integration affects
land cover, but does not eliminate the effects of other factors that vary across
the frontier, which bears implications for the study of globalization, trans-
boundary infrastructure, environmental governance and land cover change.},
keywords = {Globalization
Infrastructure
Land
Amazon
Brazil, Peru},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN228,
author = {Perz, Stephen G. and Qiu, Youliang and Xia, Yibin and Southworth, Jane
and Sun, Jing and Marsik, Matthew and Rocha, Karla and Passos, Veronica and Rojas,
Daniel and Alarcón, Gabriel and Barnes, Grenville and Baraloto, Christopher},
title = {Trans-boundary infrastructure and land cover change: Highway paving and
community-level deforestation in a tri-national frontier in the Amazon},
volume = {34},
pages = {27-41},
abstract = {Economic globalization manifests in landscapes through regional
integration initiatives involving trans-boundary infrastructure. While the
relationships of roads, accessibility and land cover are well-understood, they have
rarely been considered across borders in national frontier regions. We therefore
pursue an analysis of infrastructure connectivity and land cover change in the tri-
national frontier of the southwestern Amazon where Bolivia, Brazil and Peru meet,
and where the Inter-Oceanic Highway has recently been paved. We integrate
satellite, survey, climate and other data for a sample of rural communities that
differ in terms of highway paving across the tri-national frontier. We employ a
suite of explanatory variables tied to road paving and other factors that vary both
across and within the three sides of the frontier in order to model their
importance for deforestation. A multivariate analysis of non-forest land cover
during 2005–2010 confirms the importance of paving status and travel times, as well
as land tenure and other factors. These findings indicate that integration affects
land cover, but does not eliminate the effects of other factors that vary across
the frontier, which bears implications for the study of globalization, trans-
boundary infrastructure, environmental governance and land cover change.},
keywords = {Globalization
Infrastructure
Land
Amazon
Brazil, Peru},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN435,
author = {Peskett, Leo M. and Heal, Kate V. and MacDonald, Alan M. and Black,
Andrew R. and McDonnell, Jeffrey J.},
title = {Land cover influence on catchment scale subsurface water storage
investigated by multiple methods: Implications for UK Natural Flood Management},
volume = {47},
pages = {101398},
abstract = {Study region United Kingdom (UK). Study Focus ‘Natural flood
management’ (NFM) schemes manipulating land use and other catchment features to
control runoff are increasingly promoted across the UK. Catchment water storage and
mixing processes influence runoff, but our understanding of the effects of land
cover change on these processes is still limited. This study combined hydrometric,
isotopic and geochemical measurements to investigate land cover versus potential
topographic, soil and geological controls. It compared storage-discharge dynamics
in nine nested catchments within a 67 km2 managed upland catchment in southern
Scotland. Storage and mixing dynamics were characterised from hydrometric data
using recession analysis and from isotopic data using mean transit time and young
water fraction estimates. To give information on water sources, groundwater
fraction was estimated from end member mixing analysis based on acid neutralising
capacity. New hydrological insights The analysis showed low but variable sub-
catchment scale dynamic storage (16–200 mm), mean transit times (134–370 days) and
groundwater fractions (0.20–0.52 of annual stream runoff). Soil hydraulic
conductivity was most significantly positively correlated with storage and mixing
measures, whilst percentage forest cover was inversely correlated. Any effects of
forest cover on increasing catchment infiltration and storage are masked by soil
hydraulic properties even in the most responsive catchments. This highlights the
importance of understanding dominant controls on catchment storage when using tree
planting as a flood management strategy.},
keywords = {Flooding
Natural flood management
Catchment storage
Residence time
Land use},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN492,
author = {Petit, Mariángeles and Celis, Cristian and Weideman, Craig and Gouin,
Nicolas and Bertin, Angéline},
title = {Effects of land cover and habitat condition on the bird community along
a gradient of agricultural development within an arid watershed of Chile},
volume = {356},
pages = {108635},
abstract = {Agricultural activities are a major cause of change in avifauna,
frequently resulting in diminished diversity and biotic homogenization, and
ultimately compromising ecosystem functioning and resilience. Arid ecosystems,
which provide habitat for numerous native and endemic bird species, are vulnerable
to global change and valuable in predicting future ecosystem shifts in regions
undergoing aridification as a result of climate change. However, the impacts of
agriculture on bird communities in arid ecosystems are understudied. Here, we
evaluate these impacts in the arid Limarí watershed in north-central Chile, a
region that has experienced extensive land use conversion to agriculture over the
past 50 years. Specifically, we investigated current spatial patterns of avian beta
diversity and the impact of landscape context on this diversity facet. Moreover, we
evaluated how bird species respond to land cover and habitat conditions and the
role of specific bird traits in this regard. To achieve this, we evaluated
taxonomic and functional beta diversity across 26 sites distributed along a
gradient of agricultural development, applied a beta diversity decomposition
procedure, and carried out hierarchical joint species distribution modeling. Our
study revealed high taxonomic but low functional beta diversity of the avifauna in
the Limarí watershed, potentially indicative of past functional homogenization.
Contrary to our initial expectations, present agricultural practices did not
decrease beta diversity. While human-related landscape elements and agricultural
features mostly had neutral or positive effects on bird occurrence, they negatively
affected endemic species and certain bird traits related to diet and habitat.
Riparian vegetation cover and quality, unrelated to agricultural and urban
development, emerged as key factors structuring the regional bird community, and
influenced beta diversity. Our results underscore the profound influence of land
use change on the avian community in this arid region and the vital role of
riparian ecosystems in this regard. Balancing conservation objectives with
agricultural development is key to ensuring both the persistence of several
functional groups in the region as well as the ecosystem services they provide.},
keywords = {Bird diversity
Beta diversity
Riparian ecosystem
Agroecosystem
Arid environment},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN134,
author = {Peñuelas, Josep and Sardans, Jordi and Filella, Iolanda and Estiarte,
Marc and Llusià, Joan and Ogaya, Romà and Carnicer, Jofre and Bartrons, Mireia and
Rivas-Ubach, Albert and Grau, Oriol and Peguero, Guille and Margalef, Olga and Pla-
Rabés, Sergi and Stefanescu, Constantí and Asensio, Dolores and Preece, Catherine
and Liu, Lei and Verger, Aleixandre and Rico, Laura and Barbeta, Adrià and
Achotegui-Castells, Ander and Gargallo-Garriga, Albert and Sperlich, Dominik and
Farré-Armengol, Gerard and Fernández-Martínez, Marcos and Liu, Daijun and Zhang,
Chao and Urbina, Ifigenia and Camino, Marta and Vives, Maria and Nadal-Sala, Daniel
and Sabaté, Santi and Gracia, Carles and Terradas, Jaume},
title = {Assessment of the impacts of climate change on Mediterranean
terrestrial ecosystems based on data from field experiments and long-term monitored
field gradients in Catalonia},
journal = {Environmental and Experimental Botany},
volume = {152},
pages = {49-59},
abstract = {Climate change is increasing temperatures globally and drought in
many regions. If climate change continues at its current rate, the resilience of
many ecosystems will likely be exceeded, altering their structure and function. A
consistent understanding of the impacts, however, remains elusive due to the
difficulty of obtaining data of field studies at different scales from local to
regional. We review the impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems of the
Mediterranean region based mostly on long-term field experiments of climatic
manipulation and monitored field sites in Catalonia (NE Spain). These studies
provide diverse experimental and observational field evidences that rising
temperatures, new patterns of precipitation and other climatic changes are already
affecting ecosystems in this Mediterranean region. Rapid genetic, epigenetic and
metabolomics changes in plants have been described. They have resulted in changes
in morphology, physiology, growth, reproduction, and mortality. Some species are
more vulnerable to these changes than others are, which has altered their
competitive ability and thereby changed microbial, plant and animal community
composition. Many other impacts have been observed in response to climate change,
for example an increase in the emission of biogenic volatile organic compounds or
an increased risk of fire and a decrease in the absorption of CO2 in periods of
drought. A reduction of the capacity to retain nutrients and C in vegetation is
accompanied, in the short term, by an increase in soil C and nutrient contents due
to a decrease in the enzymatic capacity and mineralization of soil. The projected
increase of torrential rainfalls introduces a scenario of uncertain changes in
nutrient cycles, soil fertility and nutrient fluxes at medium and long terms. All
these changes in water and nutrient availability suggest, though, net losses in the
capacity of Mediterranean forests and shrublands to act as C sinks. Future research
should quantify C in above- and belowground biomasses and soils under drought and
warming, because this necessary information is lacking. Future studies should also
investigate the losses of soil nutrients by leaching and erosion, and the possible
feedbacks of land cover changes on water availability and regional climate.
Policies of environmental and forestry management should take into account these
impacts of the environmental and climatic conditions projected for the coming years
and decades.},
Drought
Nutrients
Resilience
Experiments
Observations
Long-term
Management
Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems
Molecular
Morphological and physiological changes
Community and ecosystem changes},
ISSN = {0098-8472},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.05.012},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN1036,
author = {Philippopoulos, Kostas and Pantavou, Katerina and Cartalis,
Constantinos and Agathangelidis, Ilias and Mavrakou, Thaleia and Polydoros,
Anastasios and Nikolopoulos, Georgios},
title = {A novel artificial neural network methodology to produce high-
resolution bioclimatic maps using Earth Observation data: A case study for Cyprus},
volume = {893},
pages = {164734},
abstract = {The aim of this research is to propose a novel methodology that
exploits Earth Observation (EO) data to accurately produce high-resolution
bioclimatic maps at large spatiotemporal scales. This method directly links EO
products (i.e., land surface temperature - LST and Normalized Difference Vegetation
Index - NDVI) to air temperature (Tair) and such thermal indices as the Universal
Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), and the Physiologically Equivalent Temperature (PET)
to produce large-scale high-quality bioclimatic maps at a spatial resolution of
100 m. The proposed methodology is based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), and
the bioclimatic maps are developed with the use of Geographical Information
Systems. High-resolution LST maps are produced from the spatial downscaling of EO
images and the application of the methodology in the case of the island of Cyprus
highlights the ability of EO parameters to estimate accurately Tair as well as the
above mentioned thermal indices. The results are validated for different conditions
and the overall Mean Absolute Error for each case ranges from 1.9 °C for Tair to
2.8 °C for PET and UTCI. The trained ANNs could be used in near real-time for
estimating the spatial distribution of outdoor thermal conditions and for assessing
the relationship between human health and the outdoor thermal environment. On the
basis of the developed bioclimatic maps, high-risk areas were identified.
Furthermore, the study examines the relationship between land cover and Tair, UTCI,
and PET, and the results provide evidence of the suitability of the method to
monitor the dynamics of the urban environment and the effectiveness of urban
nature-based solutions. Studies on bioclimate analysis monitor thermal environment,
raise awareness and enhance the capacity of national public health systems to
respond to thermally-induced health risks.},
keywords = {Earth observation
Big data
Universal thermal climate index
Physiologically equivalent temperature
Bioclimatic maps},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN916,
author = {Phiwdaeng, Neeranuch and Kaewpradit, Wanwipa and Blagodatsky, Sergey
and Rasche, Frank},
title = {Temporal soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation after land use change
from paddy rice to upland sugarcane cropping in Thailand},
volume = {33},
pages = {e00656},
abstract = {In this study it was hypothesized that accelerated soil organic
carbon (SOC) mineralization caused by land use change (LUC) from lowland (paddy
rice) to upland (sugarcane) cropping could be compensated for by increased inputs
of new sugarcane biomass-derived C and N. We used the 13C natural abundance of SOC
to follow dynamics of “old” rice-derived and “new” sugarcane-derived SOC after LUC.
C and N dynamics in the top 100 cm soil layer as well as annual C and N inputs from
plant biomass (residues, roots) and N input from chemical fertilizer were analysed
using samples from farmers' fields: monocrop paddy rice cultivated for >40 years
and sugarcane with 6, 13 and 17 years cropping after conversion from rice. LUC
increased inputs of C and N by 91–141% and 39–48%, respectively, considering plant-
derived biomass and applied chemical fertilizer. This resulted in temporal
accumulation of total soil C and N stocks. Partitioning of soil C sources based on
13C measurements showed that the fraction of rice-derived C comprised 65% of the
total that corresponded to a decrease of rice-derived C from 58.9 to 38.8 Mg C ha−1
after 17 years of LUC. Total content of sugarcane-derived C along the soil profile
increased with time. Accumulation of new sugarcane-derived C in the soil was slower
over time than decomposition of rice-derived soil C in upper and deeper soil
layers. Our research revealed a fundamental understanding of the transient C
accumulation potential of agricultural soils after LUC from anaerobic to aerobic
cropping.},
Land use change
Soil C stock
C natural abundance
Vertical root distribution
C3 to C4 crop conversion},
ISSN = {2352-0094},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1127,
author = {Picon, Artzai and Bereciartua-Perez, Arantza and Eguskiza, Itziar and
Romero-Rodriguez, Javier and Jimenez-Ruiz, Carlos Javier and Eggers, Till and
Klukas, Christian and Navarra-Mestre, Ramon},
title = {Deep convolutional neural network for damaged vegetation segmentation
from RGB images based on virtual NIR-channel estimation},
journal = {Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture},
volume = {6},
pages = {199-210},
abstract = {Performing accurate and automated semantic segmentation of
vegetation is a first algorithmic step towards more complex models that can extract
accurate biological information on crop health, weed presence and phenological
state, among others. Traditionally, models based on normalized difference
vegetation index (NDVI), near infrared channel (NIR) or RGB have been a good
indicator of vegetation presence. However, these methods are not suitable for
accurately segmenting vegetation showing damage, which precludes their use for
downstream phenotyping algorithms. In this paper, we propose a comprehensive method
for robust vegetation segmentation in RGB images that can cope with damaged
vegetation. The method consists of a first regression convolutional neural network
to estimate a virtual NIR channel from an RGB image. Second, we compute two newly
proposed vegetation indices from this estimated virtual NIR: the infrared-dark
channel subtraction (IDCS) and infrared-dark channel ratio (IDCR) indices. Finally,
both the RGB image and the estimated indices are fed into a semantic segmentation
deep convolutional neural network to train a model to segment vegetation regardless
of damage or condition. The model was tested on 84 plots containing thirteen
vegetation species showing different degrees of damage and acquired over 28 days.
The results show that the best segmentation is obtained when the input image is
augmented with the proposed virtual NIR channel (F1=0.94) and with the proposed
IDCR and IDCS vegetation indices (F1=0.95) derived from the estimated NIR channel,
while the use of only the image or RGB indices lead to inferior performance
(RGB(F1=0.90) NIR(F1=0.82) or NDVI(F1=0.89) channel). The proposed method provides
an end-to-end land cover map segmentation method directly from simple RGB images
and has been successfully validated in real field conditions.},
keywords = {Vegetation indices estimation
Vegetation coverage map
Near infrared estimation
Deep learning},
ISSN = {2589-7217},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiia.2022.09.004},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN468,
author = {Pierri Daunt, Ana Beatriz and Sanna Freire Silva, Thiago},
title = {Beyond the park and city dichotomy: Land use and land cover change in
the northern coast of São Paulo (Brazil)},
volume = {189},
pages = {352-361},
abstract = {The natural and cultural landscapes of the Northern Coast of São
Paulo State (Brazil) are threatened by increasing urban growth, as a result of
inefficient land use management and fast population growth. Our work analysed land
use/cover changes (LULCC) between 1985 and 2015 at 5 year intervals, to describe
and understand the main processes and drivers of landscape change. LULCC were
mapped using Landsat images and geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA),
based on the Random Forests supervised algorithm. Over 30 years, we show a
dichotomic trend for the two main land change trajectories: forest persistence and
fast urban growth. We found only 8% of forest disturbance within the State Parks,
while dense urban settlements grew 163% outside the park, mainly replacing rural
uses. We estimate that all available land for human settlement may be occupied by
2030 as a result of this fast urban growth. Our study exemplifies a likely pattern
of land use change for coastal regions, with fast urban growth driven by economic
interests in transforming these regions into urban and touristic hubs, clashing
with environmental policies for forest conservation and afforestation. The history
of LULCC in the Northern Coast of São Paulo State has resulted in several land use
conflicts in the present, especially when considering fast urban growth versus a
very large proportion of areas where no human settlement is permitted. This complex
combination of drivers has led to rural depopulation and decrease in small-scale
agricultural uses, reducing the diversity and functionality of the studied
landscape.},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2019},
}
@inbook{RN532,
author = {Pinto, Gabriella and Illiano, Anna and Amoresano, Angela and Esposito,
Roberto and Ruffo, Francesco and Ferranti, Pasquale},
title = {1.13 - Impact of Climate Change on the Food Chain},
booktitle = {Sustainable Food Science - A Comprehensive Approach},
editor = {Ferranti, Pasquale},
address = {Oxford},
pages = {143-151},
abstract = {Climate change naturally affecting our planet is destined to evolve
more quickly than in the past, as a result of anthropogenic effects. Indeed,
roughly 20%–40% of the anthropogenic emissions come from industrial activities
along with the entire food production. The impact of climate change can impact
marine and extreme terrestrial ecosystems generating an establishment of novel
equilibria also within the food chain. A reduction in crop yields, nutritional
quality, and resilience to pollution interests the major cereals especially in
Asia, Africa, and Latin America, whereas greater risks for the subsistence will be
faced by the local population. In the present chapter besides the use of some
agricultural practices that could help to mitigate the change effects, the efforts
of scientists to stem the impact of climate change are discussed. Biofuels derived
from biomass of vegetable sources are proposed as a more sustainable alternative to
the exploitation of fossil resources. On the other hand, the omics science offers
the potential to predict the impact of the climate fluctuations to better face the
extreme consequence of such changes.},
Agriculture
Food chain
Greenhouse gas emissions
Mitigation},
ISBN = {978-0-12-824166-0},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN948,
author = {Pirzamanbein, Behnaz and Lindström, Johan and Poska, Anneli and
Sugita, Shinya and Trondman, Anna-Kari and Fyfe, Ralph and Mazier, Florence and
Nielsen, Anne B. and Kaplan, Jed O. and Bjune, Anne E. and Birks, H. John B. and
Giesecke, Thomas and Kangur, Mikhel and Latałowa, Małgorzata and Marquer, Laurent
and Smith, Benjamin and Gaillard, Marie-José},
title = {Creating spatially continuous maps of past land cover from point
estimates: A new statistical approach applied to pollen data},
volume = {20},
pages = {127-141},
abstract = {Reliable estimates of past land cover are critical for assessing
potential effects of anthropogenic land-cover changes on past earth surface-climate
feedbacks and landscape complexity. Fossil pollen records from lakes and bogs have
provided important information on past natural and human-induced vegetation cover.
However, those records provide only point estimates of past land cover, and not the
spatially continuous maps at regional and sub-continental scales needed for climate
modelling. We propose a set of statistical models that create spatially continuous
maps of past land cover by combining two data sets: 1) pollen-based point estimates
of past land cover (from the REVEALS model) and 2) spatially continuous estimates
of past land cover, obtained by combining simulated potential vegetation (from LPJ-
GUESS) with an anthropogenic land-cover change scenario (KK10). The proposed models
rely on statistical methodology for compositional data and use Gaussian Markov
Random Fields to model spatial dependencies in the data. Land-cover reconstructions
are presented for three time windows in Europe: 0.05, 0.2, and 6ka years before
present (BP). The models are evaluated through cross-validation, deviance
information criteria and by comparing the reconstruction of the 0.05ka time window
to the present-day land-cover data compiled by the European Forest Institute (EFI).
For 0.05ka, the proposed models provide reconstructions that are closer to the EFI
data than either the REVEALS- or LPJ-GUESS/KK10-based estimates; thus the
statistical combination of the two estimates improves the reconstruction. The
reconstruction by the proposed models for 0.2ka is also good. For 6ka, however, the
large differences between the REVEALS- and LPJ-GUESS/KK10-based estimates reduce
the reliability of the proposed models. Possible reasons for the increased
differences between REVEALS and LPJ-GUESS/KK10 for older time periods and further
improvement of the proposed models are discussed.},
Spatial modeling
Paleoecology
Pollen
Compositional data
Gaussian Markov random fields},
ISSN = {1476-945X},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN69,
author = {Pluntke, T. and Bernhofer, C. and Grünwald, T. and Renner, M. and
Prasse, H.},
title = {Long-term climatological and ecohydrological analysis of a paired
catchment – flux tower observatory near Dresden (Germany). Is there evidence of
climate change in local evapotranspiration?},
volume = {617},
pages = {128873},
abstract = {Water budgets and climate are related in many ways and at all
scales. Therefore, we expect climate change to trigger changes in all water budget
components at any scale. For Central Europe observed and projected climate change
indicates higher variability of precipitation, while evapotranspiration (ET) should
increase due to higher temperatures, yielding lower and more variable infiltration
and runoff. However, evidence in ET records is limited, as long-term measurements
of ET are methodologically challenging and as factors other than climate are
changing in parallel, like vegetation and land use. In this study, we take
advantage of long-term hydro-meteorological data from the small research catchment
Wernersbach (4.6 km2, dominated by Norway spruce) in operation since 1967 and from
two eddy-covariance (EC) flux towers, all located in the Tharandt Forest, Germany.
The tower DE-Tha is located a few kilometres east of the catchment, is spruce
dominated and in operation since 1996. After a wind break of a spruce stand
(situated inside the catchment) and planting of deciduous oaks, the tower DE-Hzd
was set up in 2009. For the first time, we report systematically about observation,
correction methods and metadata of the long data series of the observatory,
represented by the Wernersbach catchment and the EC flux towers. Climate change
signals in the region are mirrored in the Tharandt Forest records. They show rising
air temperature with a breakpoint around 1988 and complex changes in solar
radiation associated to a regional peak in air pollution around the same time. The
catchment and both towers did not show any systematic differences in climate or
meteorological data, allowing us to address observed changes in the water budget
components as related to (i) climate change, (ii) change in vegetation, and (iii)
different responses due to different soil and hydrogeological characteristics as
well as methodological aspects. The catchment term ET plus storage, derived from
precipitation minus runoff, showed the expected high variability with a significant
increase over the more than 50 years of operation. The flux-tower DE-Tha showed
much lower inter-annual variability in ET with an average annual total of 486 mm
(1997 to 2019), but no significant trend. For the same period, average catchment ET
was 734 mm/yr. The younger flux-tower DE-Hzd showed ET values in between, closer to
catchment ET at the very dry end of the ten-year record (2010 to 2019). An analysis
of decadal trends in a Budyko framework at catchment level revealed the dominating
response of ET to land use or vegetation change until around 1990. The climate
induced change of ET increased in the last decades, on the one hand directly due to
an increased atmospheric demand. On the other hand, extreme weather events exerted
harmful effects on vegetation, especially triggered by two dry years at the end of
the record. Furthermore, we found that the mean annual tower ET was about 250 mm
lower than catchment ET despite the careful correction for energy balance closure.
We attribute this difference to soil and to a lesser extend to vegetation
characteristics, but also to methodological uncertainties. There is evidence from
interception and transpiration measurements at the flux tower as well as from water
budget modelling that a major contribution of this difference is related to an
insufficient EC closure correction during interception events. A careful
consideration of rain events and evaporation from interception is recommended when
addressing ET of similar evergreen forests in a humid climate, as EC records might
be generally too low. This illustrates the necessity of redundant and complementary
measurements when dealing with large system complexity.},
keywords = {Catchment water budget
Eddy-covariance
Forest evapotranspiration
Climate change
Land surface change
ICOS},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN874,
author = {Pollierer, Melanie M. and Potapov, Anton and Zaitsev, Andrey},
title = {Towards integrative analysis of abiotic and biotic drivers of soil
biodiversity},
pages = {105135},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1169,
author = {Pollierer, Melanie M. and Potapov, Anton and Zaitsev, Andrey},
title = {Towards integrative analysis of abiotic and biotic drivers of soil
biodiversity},
pages = {105135},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN437,
author = {Pontius, R. Gil and Schneider, Laura C.},
title = {Land-cover change model validation by an ROC method for the Ipswich
watershed, Massachusetts, USA},
volume = {85},
number = {1},
pages = {239-248},
abstract = {Scientists need a better and larger set of tools to validate land-
use change models, because it is essential to know a model’s prediction accuracy.
This paper describes how to use the relative operating characteristic (ROC) as a
quantitative measurement to validate a land-cover change model. Typically, a
crucial component of a spatially explicit simulation model of land-cover change is
a map of suitability for land-cover change, for example a map of probability of
deforestation. The model usually selects locations for new land-cover change at
locations that have relatively high suitability. The ROC can compare a map of
actual change to maps of modeled suitability for land-cover change. ROC is a
summary statistic derived from several two-by-two contingency tables, where each
contingency table corresponds to a different simulated scenario of future land-
cover change. The categories in each contingency table are actual change and actual
non-change versus simulated change and simulated non-change. This paper applies the
theoretical concepts to a model of deforestation in the Ipswich watershed, USA.},
keywords = {ROC
LUCC
Land cover
Suitability map
Simulation model
Validation},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2001},
}
@article{RN719,
author = {Poonia, Vikas and Kumar Goyal, Manish and Jha, Srinidhi and Dubey,
Saket},
title = {Terrestrial ecosystem response to flash droughts over India},
volume = {605},
pages = {127402},
abstract = {Rapid onset droughts, termed as “flash droughts”, cause short-term
but serious threats to terrestrial ecosystems and influence carbon dynamics due to
insufficient warning. To date, how the regional terrestrial carbon dynamics respond
to flash droughts in India remains unknown. Since, India is highly dependent on its
cropland and vegetation, identifying the influence of flash droughts on terrestrial
ecosystem is important. Here we use MODIS remote sensing satellite sensor based
gross primary productivity (GPP) and remote sensing-based soil moisture data to
compute the response of ecosystems to flash droughts in India. From the
investigation, it was observed that GPP responds to more than 95% of the flash
droughts across India, with the highest response frequency occurring over Ganga
basin and southern India while the lowest response across northeastern India. The
discrepancies in the response frequencies are mainly attributed to different
vegetation resilience conditions across different parts of the country. Moreover,
the mean response time is about 10 to 19 days averaged over India, with the lowest
and highest response time over Indus-Ganga basins and northeastern Indian river
basins (including the Brahmaputra, Minor rivers draining into Myanmar basin (MRMB),
and Barak basins), respectively. Severe reduction in water use efficiency (WUE) was
observed for the Ganga river basin and some parts of southern India, which
highlighted the non-resilient nature of ecosystem towards rapid soil moisture
variations. The study facilitates the identification of flash drought hotspots in
the country including the Indus basin, Southern river basins (Cauveri, EFRPCP, and
EFRSCB basins), some parts of the Ganga basin, and the ability of an ecosystem to
withstand such drastic conditions. These findings highlight the need to adopt
essential drought mitigation measures to safeguard the sustainability of
ecosystems.},
keywords = {Ecosystem
Flash drought
GPP
Soil moisture
Triple collocation
WUE},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN619,
author = {Poonia, Vikas and Kumar Goyal, Manish and Jha, Srinidhi and Dubey,
Saket},
title = {Terrestrial ecosystem response to flash droughts over India},
volume = {605},
pages = {127402},
abstract = {Rapid onset droughts, termed as “flash droughts”, cause short-term
but serious threats to terrestrial ecosystems and influence carbon dynamics due to
insufficient warning. To date, how the regional terrestrial carbon dynamics respond
to flash droughts in India remains unknown. Since, India is highly dependent on its
cropland and vegetation, identifying the influence of flash droughts on terrestrial
ecosystem is important. Here we use MODIS remote sensing satellite sensor based
gross primary productivity (GPP) and remote sensing-based soil moisture data to
compute the response of ecosystems to flash droughts in India. From the
investigation, it was observed that GPP responds to more than 95% of the flash
droughts across India, with the highest response frequency occurring over Ganga
basin and southern India while the lowest response across northeastern India. The
discrepancies in the response frequencies are mainly attributed to different
vegetation resilience conditions across different parts of the country. Moreover,
the mean response time is about 10 to 19 days averaged over India, with the lowest
and highest response time over Indus-Ganga basins and northeastern Indian river
basins (including the Brahmaputra, Minor rivers draining into Myanmar basin (MRMB),
and Barak basins), respectively. Severe reduction in water use efficiency (WUE) was
observed for the Ganga river basin and some parts of southern India, which
highlighted the non-resilient nature of ecosystem towards rapid soil moisture
variations. The study facilitates the identification of flash drought hotspots in
the country including the Indus basin, Southern river basins (Cauveri, EFRPCP, and
EFRSCB basins), some parts of the Ganga basin, and the ability of an ecosystem to
withstand such drastic conditions. These findings highlight the need to adopt
essential drought mitigation measures to safeguard the sustainability of
ecosystems.},
keywords = {Ecosystem
Flash drought
GPP
Soil moisture
Triple collocation
WUE},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN653,
author = {Portaccio, Alessia and Basile, Marco and Favaretto, Andrea and
Campagnaro, Thomas and Pettenella, Davide and Sitzia, Tommaso},
title = {The role of Natura 2000 in relation to breeding birds decline on
multiple land cover types and policy implications},
volume = {62},
pages = {126023},
abstract = {The Natura 2000 network of protected sites is the pillar of
biodiversity conservation in Europe. Although the Natura 2000 network directly
addresses birds, these have shown worrying declining trends. It is therefore
crucial to assess the potential contribution of Natura 2000 conservation measures.
In this paper, we use a replicable method to model bird trends in the period 2000–
2015 and the effects of Natura 2000 protection, across land cover classes, on
regional abundances and local species richness and diversity. We model bird trends
in Veneto, a North-Eastern Italian Region with areas among the richest in bird
species in Italy. Bird data were derived from the national breeding bird monitoring
scheme. Breeding birds showed declining trends at the regional level, confirming
national and continental trends, particularly on agricultural and natural areas.
The land cover class, rather than Natura 2000, mostly influenced population trends;
however, it was possible to observe slightly higher estimates of species richness
and diversity in Natura 2000 sites. Despite the absolute higher estimates of
richness and diversity over the investigated period, farmland and woodland bird
species had steeper declining trends inside Natura 2000 than outside, matching the
values of the areas outside the network at the end of the survey period. We
conclude that the Natura 2000 network capacity to buffer biodiversity loss and act
as a species-pool for non-protected areas is decreasing over time, mainly with
regards to farmland and woodland birds. Natura 2000 implementation must be
improved: conservation objectives and measures, management, and monitoring should
be better integrated into existing plans and funding should be made more
efficiently available for Natura 2000.},
keywords = {Biodiversity loss
Nature conservation
Bird diversity
Land cover change
Forest ecosystem
Farmland},
ISSN = {1617-1381},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN753,
author = {Portaccio, Alessia and Basile, Marco and Favaretto, Andrea and
Campagnaro, Thomas and Pettenella, Davide and Sitzia, Tommaso},
title = {The role of Natura 2000 in relation to breeding birds decline on
multiple land cover types and policy implications},
volume = {62},
pages = {126023},
abstract = {The Natura 2000 network of protected sites is the pillar of
biodiversity conservation in Europe. Although the Natura 2000 network directly
addresses birds, these have shown worrying declining trends. It is therefore
crucial to assess the potential contribution of Natura 2000 conservation measures.
In this paper, we use a replicable method to model bird trends in the period 2000–
2015 and the effects of Natura 2000 protection, across land cover classes, on
regional abundances and local species richness and diversity. We model bird trends
in Veneto, a North-Eastern Italian Region with areas among the richest in bird
species in Italy. Bird data were derived from the national breeding bird monitoring
scheme. Breeding birds showed declining trends at the regional level, confirming
national and continental trends, particularly on agricultural and natural areas.
The land cover class, rather than Natura 2000, mostly influenced population trends;
however, it was possible to observe slightly higher estimates of species richness
and diversity in Natura 2000 sites. Despite the absolute higher estimates of
richness and diversity over the investigated period, farmland and woodland bird
species had steeper declining trends inside Natura 2000 than outside, matching the
values of the areas outside the network at the end of the survey period. We
conclude that the Natura 2000 network capacity to buffer biodiversity loss and act
as a species-pool for non-protected areas is decreasing over time, mainly with
regards to farmland and woodland birds. Natura 2000 implementation must be
improved: conservation objectives and measures, management, and monitoring should
be better integrated into existing plans and funding should be made more
efficiently available for Natura 2000.},
keywords = {Biodiversity loss
Nature conservation
Bird diversity
Land cover change
Forest ecosystem
Farmland},
ISSN = {1617-1381},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN871,
author = {Pouladi, Nastaran and Gholizadeh, Asa and Khosravi, Vahid and Borůvka,
Luboš},
title = {Digital mapping of soil organic carbon using remote sensing data: A
systematic review},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {232},
pages = {107409},
abstract = {Soil organic carbon (SOC) has attracted a lot of attention in the
soil science community. Freely available remote sensing data combined with advanced
digital soil mapping (DSM) techniques has led to a better understanding and
management of SOC. This paper has considered the published literature with a focus
on digital mapping of SOC using remote sensing data within 2010 to 2023 intervals.
The objective was to consider all the important aspects of SOC prediction and
mapping, including different land-use types, DSM algorithms, environmental
variables, and remote sensing data sources. According to this review conducted on
the 217 papers, cropland was the most popular type of land use. Regarding the DSM
algorithms, random forest (RF) appeared in the largest number of studies. The
terrain and spectral variables derived from the digital elevation model (DEM) and
remote sensing images, were the highest demanding among all those used as input
predictors. In addition, satellite platforms provided the largest portion of the
remote sensing data used for the calibration of DSM models. This review provides
quantitative insight into recent trends of SOC digital mapping using remote sensing
technology while suggesting some directions for future development of the topic.},
Environmental variables
Prediction model
Remote sensing
Review},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN203,
author = {Prasad, J. V. D. and Sreelatha, M. and SuvarnaVani, K.},
title = {V-BANet: Land cover change detection using effective deep learning
technique},
volume = {75},
pages = {102019},
abstract = {Urban development alters landscapes, frequently degrading
environmental services and quality of life. High-resolution remote sensing images
provide a chance to detect subtle changes in land cover and can capture the
features of a ground object. However, traditional approaches usually experience
difficulties when processing large and quickly expanding datasets, low levels of
automation, limited computational efficiency, and inconsistent identification
accuracies and standards brought on by inconsistent operators. Conducting change
detection in a more accurate, automated, and standardized manner has become crucial
and increasingly difficult due to the quick collection of remote sensing data.
Therefore, in this paper, V-Net and Bilateral Attention Network (V-BANet) based
deep learning is implemented to segment the landscapes and extract the features
from the images. Initially, the bi-temporal images are segmented using V-Net to
independently identify the objects in each image. Then spatial and channel
attention blocks are employed in Bilateral Attention Network to learn more
discriminative features from the images. Finally, the features' relationships are
discovered by contrasting the original feature map in one image with the updated
feature map in the other. Objective and subjective experiments are performed on a
public bi-temporal high-resolution ONERA Satellite Change Detection (OSCD) dataset
and the LEVIR-CD dataset. Moreover, the proposed approach reached an accuracy of
99.29% and IoU of 98.31% with the OSCD Dataset and 99.42% accuracy and 98.83% IoU
with the LEVIR-CD Dataset. The experimental outcomes with each specified dataset
demonstrated that the suggested methodology outperformed several state-of-the-art
techniques and produced superior results.},
keywords = {V-net
Bilateral attention network
Land cover
Remote sensing
OSCD
LEVIR-CD},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN25,
author = {Prasai, Ritika and Schwertner, T. Wayne and Mainali, Kumar and
Mathewson, Heather and Kafley, Hemanta and Thapa, Swosthi and Adhikari, Dinesh and
Medley, Paul and Drake, Jason},
title = {Application of Google earth engine python API and NAIP imagery for land
use and land cover classification: A case study in Florida, USA},
volume = {66},
pages = {101474},
abstract = {The analysis of land use and land cover data provides invaluable
support to a variety of land management and conservation activities. However,
historically its application has been limited by high costs associated with data
acquisition, analysis, and classification. In recent years, freely available
satellite imagery and geospatial data sets and rapid advancement in data analysis
capabilities provide immense opportunities to understand and solve the real-world
environmental problems. Open-source platforms such as Google Earth Engine (GEE)
provide a planetary-scale environmental science data and analyses capability at
much greater efficiency and accuracy than the traditional workflows. We evaluated
the GEE Python API utility for classifying the freely available NAIP aerial imagery
of 2017 to derive the land use land cover (LULC) information of a Panhandle area of
Florida, USA. We identified eight major LULC classes with an overall accuracy of
86% and Kappa value of 79%. We completed all remote sensing data analyses
procedures including data retrieval, classification, and report preparation in the
Jupyter notebook, an open-source web application. Computation time for the
procedure was less than 15 min. Our results demonstrate the usefulness of this
approach for conducting land use and land cover analysis using much less time,
money, and human resources. The open-source nature of GEE Python API and its
library of remote sensing data could benefit remote sensing projects throughout the
world, especially where access to commercial image processing software packages and
remote sensing data are limited.},
keywords = {Google earth engine
Python
NAIP
Imagery
Land use land cover
Jupyter notebook},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN442,
author = {Pratolongo, Paula and Mazzon, Carla and Zapperi, Georgina and Piovan,
María Julia and Brinson, Mark M.},
title = {Land cover changes in tidal salt marshes of the Bahía Blanca estuary
(Argentina) during the past 40 years},
volume = {133},
pages = {23-31},
abstract = {The present work describes land cover changes in the inner section
of Canal Principal, in the Bahía Blanca estuary. The study area is subjected to a
rising relative sea level, large interanual variations in rainfall, and recent
changes human in land use. We used historical aerial photographs, high resolution
satellite images, and GIS to quantify changes in land cover for the years 1967,
1996, and 2005. The replacement of Sarcocornia perennis marshes and halophytic
shrub-like steppes by mudflats is a recurring pattern through the area. We
estimated a total loss to mudflats of 33 and 6% of the area of marshes and steppes,
respectively, and it may reflect increased erosion of relict Holocene coastal
terraces in response to a rising sea level. Human activities have played a
significant role in reshaping coastal landscape, particularly in the harbor area.
Fifty percent of the area originally covered by shrub-like steppes and 33% of the
Sarcocornia perennis marshes were replaced by human land uses. Major changes
correspond to dredged spoil deposition and landfilling. One of the most striking
changes observed is the increase of the area covered by Spartina alterniflora
marshes. This type of replacement suggests the occurrence of depositional
environments that, at least locally, allow bed elevation and vegetation growth. In
the harbor area, an enhanced sedimentation may result from maintenance dredging. At
the mouth of Maldonado channel, sediment deposition may occur during extraordinary
heavy rainfall associated to El Niño.},
keywords = {South America
Argentina
Bahía Blanca estuary
sea level changes
coastal erosion
sedimentation
salt marshes},
ISSN = {0272-7714},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.07.016},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN458,
author = {Price, Steven J. and Dorcas, Michael E. and Gallant, Alisa L. and
Klaver, Robert W. and Willson, John D.},
title = {Three decades of urbanization: Estimating the impact of land-cover
change on stream salamander populations},
volume = {133},
number = {4},
pages = {436-441},
abstract = {Urbanization has become the dominant form of landscape disturbance
in parts of the United States. Small streams in the Piedmont region of the eastern
United States support high densities of salamanders and are often the first
habitats to be affected by landscape-altering factors such as urbanization. We used
US Geological Survey land cover data from 1972 to 2000 and a relation between
stream salamanders and land cover, established from recent research, to estimate
the impact of contemporary land-cover change on the abundance of stream salamanders
near Davidson, North Carolina, a Piedmont locale that has experienced rapid
urbanization during this time. Our analysis indicates that southern two-lined
salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) populations have decreased from 32% to 44% while
northern dusky salamanders (Desmognathus fuscus) have decreased from 21% to 30%
over the last three decades. Our results suggest that the widespread conversion of
forest to urban land in small catchments has likely resulted in a substantial
decline of populations of stream salamanders and could have serious effects on
stream ecosystems.},
North Carolina
Northern dusky salamander
Southern two-lined salamander
Urban sprawl},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2006},
}
@article{RN610,
author = {Pringle, Robert M. and Abraham, Joel O. and Anderson, T. Michael and
Coverdale, Tyler C. and Davies, Andrew B. and Dutton, Christopher L. and Gaylard,
Angela and Goheen, Jacob R. and Holdo, Ricardo M. and Hutchinson, Matthew C. and
Kimuyu, Duncan M. and Long, Ryan A. and Subalusky, Amanda L. and Veldhuis, Michiel
P.},
title = {Impacts of large herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems},
volume = {33},
number = {11},
pages = {R584-R610},
abstract = {Summary Large herbivores play unique ecological roles and are
disproportionately imperiled by human activity. As many wild populations dwindle
towards extinction, and as interest grows in restoring lost biodiversity, research
on large herbivores and their ecological impacts has intensified. Yet, results are
often conflicting or contingent on local conditions, and new findings have
challenged conventional wisdom, making it hard to discern general principles. Here,
we review what is known about the ecosystem impacts of large herbivores globally,
identify key uncertainties, and suggest priorities to guide research. Many findings
are generalizable across ecosystems: large herbivores consistently exert top-down
control of plant demography, species composition, and biomass, thereby suppressing
fires and the abundance of smaller animals. Other general patterns do not have
clearly defined impacts: large herbivores respond to predation risk but the
strength of trophic cascades is variable; large herbivores move vast quantities of
seeds and nutrients but with poorly understood effects on vegetation and
biogeochemistry. Questions of the greatest relevance for conservation and
management are among the least certain, including effects on carbon storage and
other ecosystem functions and the ability to predict outcomes of extinctions and
reintroductions. A unifying theme is the role of body size in regulating ecological
impact. Small herbivores cannot fully substitute for large ones, and large-
herbivore species are not functionally redundant — losing any, especially the
largest, will alter net impact, helping to explain why livestock are poor
surrogates for wild species. We advocate leveraging a broad spectrum of techniques
to mechanistically explain how large-herbivore traits and environmental context
interactively govern the ecological impacts of these animals.},
ISSN = {0960-9822},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN710,
author = {Pringle, Robert M. and Abraham, Joel O. and Anderson, T. Michael and
Coverdale, Tyler C. and Davies, Andrew B. and Dutton, Christopher L. and Gaylard,
Angela and Goheen, Jacob R. and Holdo, Ricardo M. and Hutchinson, Matthew C. and
Kimuyu, Duncan M. and Long, Ryan A. and Subalusky, Amanda L. and Veldhuis, Michiel
P.},
title = {Impacts of large herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems},
volume = {33},
number = {11},
pages = {R584-R610},
abstract = {Summary Large herbivores play unique ecological roles and are
disproportionately imperiled by human activity. As many wild populations dwindle
towards extinction, and as interest grows in restoring lost biodiversity, research
on large herbivores and their ecological impacts has intensified. Yet, results are
often conflicting or contingent on local conditions, and new findings have
challenged conventional wisdom, making it hard to discern general principles. Here,
we review what is known about the ecosystem impacts of large herbivores globally,
identify key uncertainties, and suggest priorities to guide research. Many findings
are generalizable across ecosystems: large herbivores consistently exert top-down
control of plant demography, species composition, and biomass, thereby suppressing
fires and the abundance of smaller animals. Other general patterns do not have
clearly defined impacts: large herbivores respond to predation risk but the
strength of trophic cascades is variable; large herbivores move vast quantities of
seeds and nutrients but with poorly understood effects on vegetation and
biogeochemistry. Questions of the greatest relevance for conservation and
management are among the least certain, including effects on carbon storage and
other ecosystem functions and the ability to predict outcomes of extinctions and
reintroductions. A unifying theme is the role of body size in regulating ecological
impact. Small herbivores cannot fully substitute for large ones, and large-
herbivore species are not functionally redundant — losing any, especially the
largest, will alter net impact, helping to explain why livestock are poor
surrogates for wild species. We advocate leveraging a broad spectrum of techniques
to mechanistically explain how large-herbivore traits and environmental context
interactively govern the ecological impacts of these animals.},
ISSN = {0960-9822},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN92,
author = {Prodana, M. and Bastos, A. C. and Silva, A. R. R. and Morgado, R. G.
and Frankenbach, S. and Serôdio, J. and Soares, A. M. V. M. and Loureiro, S.},
title = {Soil functional assessment under biochar, organic amendments and
fertilizers applications in small-scale terrestrial ecosystem models},
volume = {168},
pages = {104157},
abstract = {Agronomic impact of biochar application to soil is vastly studied,
whereas knowledge on possible adverse effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
is still sparse. Understanding of both aspects is essential for a sustainable use
of biochar. This study investigated if biochar-based amendments, alone and mixed
with a mineral fertilizer, affect soil habitat, productivity, and retention
function, with a focus on their possible ecotoxicological effects on soil and
aquatic biota. Arable soil was amended with woodchip biochar, biochar-compost,
mineral fertilizer (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium: NPK), and their
combinations, at agriculturally relevant rates. The study was conducted in small-
scale terrestrial ecosystem models (STEMs) in two phases: 1) assessment of the
effects of the amendments on soil organisms – the earthworm Eisenia andrei and the
plant Brassica rapa and 2) assessment of potential toxicity of leachates to the
aquatic macrophyte Lemna minor. To complement the effect-based approach a
physicochemical characterization of the soil, pore water, and leachates was carried
out. Treatments induced low-to-no effects on E. andrei. The number of seeds of B.
rapa was statistically higher in the treatment of biochar-compost with NPK. Bait-
lamina consumption was reduced over time, particularly in the soil amended with
biochar alone. Leachates caused growth inhibition in L. minor, with the fresh
weight being the most sensitive endpoint, namely in the soil amended with biochar
and NPK: EC50 = 87.5, EC20 = 38.9, EC10 = 24.2 (as % of the leachate dilution). In
response to stress, significantly greater dry to fresh weight ratios were observed
in L. minor. Focusing on different biological functional groups and endpoints, the
STEMs methodology extended to the leachate assessment represents a suitable
intermediate approach between laboratory and field. The results suggest a low risk
to soil biota upon the application of 40 t ha-1 woodchip biochar, biochar-compost,
in combinations with NPK, whereas the nutrients and contaminants leaching requires
further attention.},
keywords = {Earthworms
Bait-laminas
Photosynthesis
Plants
Duckweed},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN277,
author = {Promper, C. and Puissant, A. and Malet, J. P. and Glade, T.},
title = {Analysis of land cover changes in the past and the future as
contribution to landslide risk scenarios},
volume = {53},
pages = {11-19},
abstract = {Various factors influence the spatial and temporal pattern of
landslide risk. Land cover change is one of the crucial factors influencing not
only the natural process “landslide” and thus the hazard, but also the spatial
distribution of elements at risk. Therefore the assessment of past and future
landslide risk at regional scales implies the analysis of past and future land
cover development. In this study, the first step in the analysis of landslide risk
development over time is approached by analysing past land cover, as well as
modelling potential future scenarios. The applied methods include analysis of
orthophotographs and landcover scenario modelling with the Dyna-CLUE model. The
timespan of the analysis covers 138 years from 1962 to 2100. The study area is
located in Waidhofen/Ybbs (Austria) in the alpine foreland. A high number of
landslides are recorded in the district. The predominant land cover types are
grassland and forest. Buildings and residential areas are located in the valley
bottoms and scattered on the hilltops. The results show clear changes in the land
cover development of the past and in the future including spatial changes in the
distribution of elements at risk. The trends show an increase in forest on the
expense of grassland. The spatial evolution of the surfaces of arable land is
rather high whereas the surfaces of residential zones increase steadily. The
spatial analysis indicates also the development of new building areas and
consequently potentially new landslide risk hotspots.},
Natural hazards
Scenario analysis
Landslide hazard risk
Waidhofen/Ybbs},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN377,
author = {Promper, C. and Puissant, A. and Malet, J. P. and Glade, T.},
title = {Analysis of land cover changes in the past and the future as
contribution to landslide risk scenarios},
volume = {53},
pages = {11-19},
abstract = {Various factors influence the spatial and temporal pattern of
landslide risk. Land cover change is one of the crucial factors influencing not
only the natural process “landslide” and thus the hazard, but also the spatial
distribution of elements at risk. Therefore the assessment of past and future
landslide risk at regional scales implies the analysis of past and future land
cover development. In this study, the first step in the analysis of landslide risk
development over time is approached by analysing past land cover, as well as
modelling potential future scenarios. The applied methods include analysis of
orthophotographs and landcover scenario modelling with the Dyna-CLUE model. The
timespan of the analysis covers 138 years from 1962 to 2100. The study area is
located in Waidhofen/Ybbs (Austria) in the alpine foreland. A high number of
landslides are recorded in the district. The predominant land cover types are
grassland and forest. Buildings and residential areas are located in the valley
bottoms and scattered on the hilltops. The results show clear changes in the land
cover development of the past and in the future including spatial changes in the
distribution of elements at risk. The trends show an increase in forest on the
expense of grassland. The spatial evolution of the surfaces of arable land is
rather high whereas the surfaces of residential zones increase steadily. The
spatial analysis indicates also the development of new building areas and
consequently potentially new landslide risk hotspots.},
Natural hazards
Scenario analysis
Landslide hazard risk
Waidhofen/Ybbs},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN819,
author = {Pulleman, Mirjam and Creamer, Rachel and Hamer, Ute and Helder,
Johannes and Pelosi, Céline and Pérès, Guénola and Rutgers, Michiel},
title = {Soil biodiversity, biological indicators and soil ecosystem services—an
overview of European approaches},
journal = {Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability},
volume = {4},
number = {5},
pages = {529-538},
abstract = {Soil biota are essential for many soil processes and functions, yet
there are increasing pressures on soil biodiversity and soil degradation remains a
pertinent issue. The sustainable management of soils requires soil monitoring,
including biological indicators, to be able to relate land use and management to
soil functioning and ecosystem services. Since the 1990s, biological soil
parameters have been assessed in an increasing number of field trials and
monitoring programmes across Europe. The development and effective use of
meaningful and widely applicable bio-indicators, however, continue to be
challenging tasks. This paper aims to provide an overview of current knowledge on
the characterization and assessment of soil biodiversity. Examples of biological
soil indicators and monitoring approaches are presented. Furthermore the value of
databases for developing a better understanding of the relationship between soil
management, soil functions and ecosystem services is discussed. We conclude that
integration of monitoring approaches and data sets offers good opportunities for
advancing ecological theory as well as application of such knowledge by land
managers and other decision makers.},
ISSN = {1877-3435},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2012.10.009},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN516,
author = {Pérez-Ramírez, Irene and Requena-Mullor, Juan Miguel and Castro,
Antonio J. and García-Llorente, Marina},
title = {Land transformation changes people´s values of ecosystem services in
Las Vegas agrarian landscapes of Madrid Spain},
volume = {134},
pages = {106921},
abstract = {Agrarian landscapes play a vital role in securing ecosystem services
to people. These environments in central rural Spain are threatened by urban and
industrial expansion, as expansion has and continues to cause the exile of young
people to cities and rural abandonment. Land transformation in these environments
not only alters the diversity of the services the ecosystems provide to people but
may also change the values people hold on these landscapes. Incorporating people´s
perceptions regarding trade-offs and synergies associated with land transformation
is thus key for designing land use policies that mitigate these impacts. The
general objective of this research is to explore whether the values that people
attribute to land use and ecosystem service changes can inform land-related
decision-making. To do so, we first 1) characterized and mapped major land use
change trajectories that occurred for the 1990–2018 period, 2) assessed social
perceptions regarding the impacts of land use change trajectories on ecosystem
services, 3)explored the vulnerability level of ecosystem services, and 4) assessed
the social importance of ecosystem services for the wellbeing of locals. From the
results, we identified three major land use change trajectories, including
agricultural abandonment, aggregate industry and agricultural intensification. The
results identified that agricultural abandonment is generally perceived to
negatively impact food from agriculture, soil fertility, and maintenance of the
gene pool through local varieties. We also found that agricultural intensification
is recognized as negatively impacting the gene pool through local varieties and
soil fertility. Our findings indicate the need to study the impacts of land use
changes beyond biophysical changes, and link them to changes in people´s values. We
finally argue that this research will be crucial for identifying socially resilient
pathways of European agricultural landscapes.},
keywords = {Industrial expansion
Land abandonment
Land use change trajectory
Land use legacy
Las Vegas agrarian district of Madrid
Resilience
Social perceptions
Urban expansion},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1278,
author = {Qader, Sarchil Hama and Dash, Jadunandan and Atkinson, Peter M.},
title = {Forecasting wheat and barley crop production in arid and semi-arid
regions using remotely sensed primary productivity and crop phenology: A case study
in Iraq},
volume = {613-614},
pages = {250-262},
abstract = {Crop production and yield estimation using remotely sensed data have
been studied widely, but such information is generally scarce in arid and semi-arid
regions. In these regions, inter-annual variation in climatic factors (such as
rainfall) combined with anthropogenic factors (such as civil war) pose major risks
to food security. Thus, an operational crop production estimation and forecasting
system is required to help decision-makers to make early estimates of potential
food availability. Data from NASA's MODIS with official crop statistics were
combined to develop an empirical regression-based model to forecast winter wheat
and barley production in Iraq. The study explores remotely sensed indices
representing crop productivity over the crop growing season to find the optimal
correlation with crop production. The potential of three different remotely sensed
indices, and information related to the phenology of crops, for forecasting crop
production at the governorate level was tested and their results were validated
using the leave-one-year-out approach. Despite testing several methodological
approaches, and extensive spatio-temporal analysis, this paper depicts the
difficulty in estimating crop yield on an annual base using current satellite low-
resolution data. However, more precise estimates of crop production were possible.
The result of the current research implies that the date of the maximum vegetation
index (VI) offered the most accurate forecast of crop production with an average
R2=0.70 compared to the date of MODIS EVI (Avg R2=0.68) and a NPP (Avg R2=0.66).
When winter wheat and barley production were forecasted using NDVI, EVI and NPP and
compared to official statistics, the relative error ranged from −20 to 20%, −45 to
28% and −48 to 22%, respectively. The research indicated that remotely sensed
indices could characterize and forecast crop production more accurately than simple
cropping area, which was treated as a null model against which to evaluate the
proposed approach.},
keywords = {Vegetation phenology
Crop yield/production forecasting
MODIS
NDVI
EVI
NPP and Iraq},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN1234,
author = {Qader, Sarchil Hama and Utazi, Chigozie Edson and Priyatikanto, Rhorom
and Najmaddin, Peshawa and Hama-Ali, Emad Omer and Khwarahm, Nabaz R. and Tatem,
Andrew J. and Dash, Jadu},
title = {Exploring the use of Sentinel-2 datasets and environmental variables to
model wheat crop yield in smallholder arid and semi-arid farming systems},
volume = {869},
pages = {161716},
abstract = {Low levels of agricultural productivity are associated with the
persistence of food insecurity, poverty, and other socio-economic stresses. Mapping
and monitoring agricultural dynamics and production in real-time at high spatial
resolution are essential for ensuring food security and shaping policy
interventions. However, an accurate yield estimation might be challenging in some
arid and semi-arid regions since input datasets are generally scarce, and access is
restricted due to security challenges. This work examines how well Sentinel-2
satellite sensor-derived data, topographic and climatic variables, can be used as
covariates to accurately model and predict wheat crop yield at the farm level using
statistical models in low data settings of arid and semi-arid regions, using
Sulaimani governorate in Iraq as an example. We developed a covariate selection
procedure that assessed the correlations between the covariates and their
relationships with wheat crop yield. Potential non-linear relationships were
investigated in the latter case using regression splines. In the absence of
substantial non-linear relationships between the covariates and crop yield, and
residual spatial autocorrelation, we fitted a Bayesian multiple linear regression
model to model and predict crop yield at 10 m resolution. Out of the covariates
tested, our results showed significant relationships between crop yield and mean
cumulative NDVI during the growing season, mean elevation, mean end of the season,
mean maximum temperature and mean the start of the season at the farm level. For
in-sample prediction, we estimated an R2 value of 51 % for the model, whereas for
out-of-sample prediction, this was 41 %, both of which indicate reasonable
predictive performance. The calculated root-mean-square error for out-of-sample
prediction was 69.80, which is less than the standard deviation of 89.23 for crop
yield, further showing that the model performed well by reducing prediction
variability. Besides crop yield estimates, the model produced uncertainty metrics
at 10 m resolution. Overall, this study showed that Sentinel-2 data can be valuable
for upscaling field measurement of crop yield in arid and semi-arid regions. In
addition, the environmental covariates can strengthen the model predictive power.
The method may be applicable in other areas with similar environments, particularly
in conflict zones, to increase the availability of agricultural statistics.},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1143,
author = {Qian, Xinyu and Zhang, Lei},
title = {An integration method to improve the quality of global land cover},
volume = {69},
number = {3},
pages = {1427-1438},
abstract = {Land cover plays a major role in global climate change and
biogeochemical cycles. It is widely used in ecological and Earth-system models to
simulate atmosphere-biosphere exchanges of energy, water, and carbon. However, the
current global land cover (GLC) products lack data consistencies in land cover
classes, spatial scale, temporal extent, and the image source and have low
accuracy. This study aimed to create a time-series GLC dataset with high accuracy
by integrating the current multiple GLC products and correcting the spatial and
temporal errors that did not conform to reasonable rules. A logistic regression
indicator method was proposed to integrate CCI2012, MODIS2012, and GLCNMO2013 for
spatial optimization and integration. As a result, the GLC2012 was generated with
the user’s accuracy of 74.4%, which was 3.4–10.9% higher than that of the above
products. The GLC2012 product was sequentially superimposed by the yearly changes
of the CCI-LC product to form a time-series dataset from 1999 to 2018. Then, an
abnormal temporal change detection and reconstruction model (CDR) was developed to
detect and correct data sequences. The pixels with any changes from 1999 to 2018
were divided into three types of real, possible, and pseudo change. The possible
change was required to determine fault or truth and pseudo change was defined as a
false change. The spectral similarity method was proposed to correct the false
change class. Finally, a 2000–2017 improved GLC annual time-series dataset (IGLC)
with a spatial resolution of 0.01° was produced. Hence, the production of a set of
high-precision, time-continuous GLC datasets is of great significance for
monitoring global ecological environmental protection and urban development, and
for proposing corresponding policies and recommendations.},
keywords = {Global land cover
Integration
Logistics regression indicator
Change detection},
ISSN = {0273-1177},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1190,
author = {Qiao, Lang and Tang, Weijie and Gao, Dehua and Zhao, Ruomei and An,
Lulu and Li, Minzan and Sun, Hong and Song, Di},
title = {UAV-based chlorophyll content estimation by evaluating vegetation index
responses under different crop coverages},
volume = {196},
pages = {106775},
abstract = {Efficiently estimating chlorophyll content is important in
monitoring the photosynthesis capacity and growth status of maize canopy in
precision agriculture management. Vegetation index (VI) easily obtained by proximal
remote sensing has been used as a non-destructive and high-throughput way in crop
monitoring, especially in chlorophyll estimation. However, the estimated results of
the field chlorophyll content by VIs always face challenges from soil background
inhibition and estimation stability under the dynamic changes of vegetation
biomass. Thus, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based chlorophyll content
estimation was conducted by evaluating VI responses under different crop coverages.
An analysis was conducted on 36 VIs under different crop coverage conditions to
explore their response differences and robustness for chlorophyll estimation. This
work focused on the three kinds of VIs named simple vegetation index, modified
vegetation index, and functional vegetation index. In 2020, at the experimental
station of Dryland Farming Institute of Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry
Sciences, UAV carrying multispectral sensor was used to collect visible and near-
infrared images of the canopy at the jointing stage of maize under six
fertilization levels to obtain VIs. After the UAV fled, ground calibration and
sample collection were performed simultaneously, and chlorophyll content was
measured. For data processing, correlation coefficient method (CCM) and maximal
information coefficient (MIC) were first used to analyze the correlation response
characteristics of VIs and chlorophyll content under three different coverage
levels. The results showed that when the level of canopy coverage was increased,
the linear correlation between VIs and chlorophyll content was substantially
reduced. The MIC response indicating linear and non-linear combination relationship
was more robust. In addition, the VIs obtained by UAV had a significant linear
correlation with maize canopy chlorophyll under low (0.05–0.35) and medium (0.35–
0.48) coverage, but an obvious non-linear correlation under high (0.48–0.75)
coverage. Chlorophyll-sensitive parameters were then screened based on methods of
CCM, MIC, and random frog method (RFM), respectively. Partial least squares
regression (PLS) and random forest (RF) algorithms were used to establish the maize
canopy chlorophyll content detection models. The findings showed that when Green
minus red vegetation index (GMR), Red light normalized value (NRI), Normalized
difference red edge (NDRE), Modified simple ratio with red edge (MSRREG), Enhanced
Vegetation Index (EVI), Normalized red green difference vegetation index (NDIg),
Normalized red blue difference vegetation index (NDIb), Soil-adjusted vegetation
index (SAVI), Optimized soil-adjusted vegetation index with red edge (OSAVIREG),
Soil-atmospherically resistant vegetation index (SARVI) were selected based on RFM
as the optimal spectral variables, the chlorophyll content detection model
constructed based on PLS had the least numbers of characteristic variables and the
best model accuracy. The training set R2 and RMSE were 0.753 and 2.089 mg/L,
respectively, and the verification set R2 and RMSE were 0.682 and 2.361 mg/L,
respectively. Field chlorophyll content and detection error distribution maps were
also drawn and combined with the distribution of fertilization management to
provide support for the UAV monitoring of crop growth in the field and variable
fertilization management decisions.},
keywords = {Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Vegetation index
Coverage difference
Chlorophyll content
Maize},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN805,
author = {Qin, Zhirui and Zhao, Zhenhua and Xia, Liling and Yu, Guangwen and
Miao, Aihua and Liu, Yuhong},
title = {Significant roles of core prokaryotic microbiota across soil profiles
in an organic contaminated site: Insight into microbial assemblage, co-occurrence
patterns, and potentially key ecological functions},
journal = {Environmental Research},
volume = {231},
pages = {116195},
abstract = {Extreme environmental disturbances induced by organic contaminated
sites impose serious impacts on soil microbiomes. However, our understanding of the
responses of the core microbiota and its ecological roles in organic contaminated
sites is limited. In this study, we took a typical organic contaminated site as an
example and investigated the composition and structure, assembly mechanisms of core
taxa and their roles in key ecological functions across soil profiles. Results
presented that core microbiota with a considerably lower number of species (7.93%)
than occasional taxa presented comparatively high relative abundances (38.04%) yet,
which was mainly comprised of phyla Proteobacteria (49.21%), Actinobacteria
(12.36%), Chloroflexi (10.63%), and Firmicutes (8.21%). Furthermore, core
microbiota was more influenced by geographical differentiation than environmental
filtering, which possessed broader niche widths and stronger phylogenetic signals
for ecological preferences than occasional taxa. Null modelling suggested that
stochastic processes dominated the assembly of the core taxa and maintained a
stable proportion along soil depths. Core microbiota had a greater impact on
microbial community stability and possessed higher functional redundancy than
occasional taxa. Additionally, the structural equation model illustrated that core
taxa played pivotal roles in degrading organic contaminants and maintaining key
biogeochemical cycles potentially. Overall, this study deepens our knowledge of the
ecology of core microbiota under complicated environmental conditions in organic
contaminated sites, and provides a fundamental basis for preserving and potentially
utilizing core microbiota to maintain soil health.},
keywords = {Vertical distribution
Community assembly
Ecological functions
Core microbiota
Organic contaminated sites},
ISSN = {0013-9351},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116195},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN198,
author = {Qin, Zilong and Sha, Zongyao},
title = {Modeling the impact of urbanization and climate changes on terrestrial
vegetation productivity in China by a neighborhood substitution analysis},
volume = {482},
pages = {110405},
abstract = {Vegetation plays a vital role in global carbon sink in terrestrial
ecosystems and could be affected by climate changes and human activities. In the
current context of rapid urban expansion, understanding the impacts of urbanization
and climate changes on net primary productivity (NPP) is helpful to sequester more
atmospheric carbon and achieve carbon neutrality. We explored the terrestrial
spatio-temporal NPP dynamics in China during the years 2000–2010 and 2010–2020,
respectively, using the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach (CASA) model based on
multi-source remote sensing data. We then proposed a neighborhood substitution
model to isolate the effects of urbanization and climate changes on NPP and
examined the driving forces for the NPP update. The results revealed that while
urbanization was likely to reduce NPP, averagely by 48.57 Tg C and 50.13 Tg C in
the two stages, climate changes improved NPP by 97.71 Tg C and 92.46 Tg C,
respectively, indicating that the climate changes offset the reduced vegetation
productivity from rapid urbanization. The results highlighted that the rapidly
urbanizing process reduced vegetation productivity due to the lost vegetated land
and degraded vegetation productivity. In addition, the residual effect other than
urbanization and the climate changes also played a part on the degraded vegetation
carbon sequestration, reducing NPP by an average of 4.29 Tg C year−1 and 3.94 Tg C
year−1 in the two stages, which could be related to other human activities. We
recommend protecting vegetation cover and making informed land use plan as means to
improve carbon sequestration in the context of rapid urban expansion and climate
changes.},
keywords = {Net primary productivity
Neighborhood substitution
Urbanization
Climate changes
Quantitative assessment},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN556,
author = {Qiu, Haihong and Hu, Baoqing and Zhang, Ze},
title = {Impacts of land use change on ecosystem service value based on SDGs
report--Taking Guangxi as an example},
volume = {133},
pages = {108366},
abstract = {Ecosystem services provide a variety of benefits for mankind, and
their sustainable use plays an important role in achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). This study takes Guangxi as the research object and
compares multiple intelligent classification algorithms for land cover based on
multi-source data. Selects Random Forest (RF) classification algorithms for land
cover classification, analyses their temporal and spatial changes, and the
extracted results produce SDG 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.4 indicators, and assess the
degree of completion of Guangxi’s SDGs 15.2 indicators. On this basis, the
equivalent factor method was used to evaluate the change of ecosystem value caused
by land use change, and the direct impact of land use change on SDG15.9 was
evaluated. The results indicate that:(1) From 1990 to 2020, forest was the most
important land use mode in Guangxi, and the most serious wetland shrinkage was in
Beihai and Nanning; The overall trend of land use changes is that wetlands,
forests, and grasslands have decreased, dry land and construction land have
increased, and bare land has remained basically remained unchanged. (2) From 1990
to 2020, the SDG 15.1.1 indicator showed a slow rise and then a rapid decline. The
SDG 15.1.2 indicator showed a continuous downward trend. The SDG 15.1.4 indicator
showed a steady upward trend. Guangxi failed to achieve the target of SDG15.2 by
2020. (3) From 1990 to 2020, the overall ecosystem service value in Guangxi showed
a decreasing trend, and the one-way ecosystem service value in Guangxi was
dominated by hydrological regulation and climate regulation. The ecosystem service
value showed a spatial pattern of “low in the central region and high in the
surrounding areas.” (4) Grassland to forest and dryland to forest were the main
types of ecological service income; Forest conversion to dryland is the most
important type of ecological service loss. (5) As a whole, only dryland sensitivity
index less than 0 during 2010–2015 had a negative impact on Ecosystem services
values (ESV), while other time and land use type sensitivity index were all greater
than 0 had a positive impact on ESV.},
SDGs
Land use change
Guangxi},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN484,
author = {Qiu, Linjing and Wu, Yiping and Yu, Mengzhen and Shi, Zhaoyang and
Yin, Xiaowei and Song, Yanni and Sun, Ke},
title = {Contributions of vegetation restoration and climate change to
spatiotemporal variation in the energy budget in the loess plateau of china},
volume = {127},
pages = {107780},
abstract = {Quantifying the impacts of vegetation restoration (VR) on energy
exchange is essential for exploring climate-vegetation interactions. Due to the
complexity of land–atmosphere energy exchange and limited observation networks, the
influence of VR on the energy balance remains unclear. To improve the understanding
of the energy budget change associated with VR in the Loess Plateau (LP), we
performed a series of sensitivity simulation experiments using the Community Land
Model within the Community Earth System Model, and the spatiotemporal responses of
energy exchange to VR and the roles of VR in the variations in energy budget under
climate change were investigated. The results showed that the land cover changes
from 2000 to 2015 exerted a positive effect on net radiation (NR) and sensible heat
(SH), and evident increases in annual mean NR and SH were found in the southeastern
LP where larger-scale cropland was converted to grassland or forestland, with
increasing magnitudes exceeding 2 W/m2. Latent heat (LH) increased only during May–
July, particularly on the southern edge of LP. The increasing magnitudes of NR and
LH under Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP)8.5 were larger than those under
RCP4.5, with the greatest differences being approximately 4 W/m2 and 5 W/m2 during
2081–2100 for NR and LH, respectively. SH remained nearly stable under RCP4.5 and
showed a weak decrease under RCP8.5. Under the same RCP, only slight differences in
the energy budget components were detected between the land cover condition in 2015
and 2000, with the largest difference of 0.8 W/m2 in SH during 2021–2040. These
results suggested that although both VR and climate warming exerted positive
effects on NR, the impact of climate change was larger than that of VR in the LP,
and a shift in the local surface energy budget toward LH would occur with climate
warming.},
Energy exchange
Land cover change
Loess Plateau
Reforestation},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1230,
author = {Qiu, Ruonan and Li, Xing and Han, Ge and Xiao, Jingfeng and Ma, Xin
and Gong, Wei},
title = {Monitoring drought impacts on crop productivity of the U.S. Midwest
with solar-induced fluorescence: GOSIF outperforms GOME-2 SIF and MODIS NDVI, EVI,
and NIRv},
volume = {323},
pages = {109038},
abstract = {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 agricultural management and ensuring food security. Here we
used satellite-derived solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) data and
vegetation indices to evaluate the impacts of the 2012 drought on crop productivity
in the U.S. Midwest. We used SIF from the global, OCO-2 based SIF product (GOSIF;
0.05°, 8-day), GOME-2 SIF product (0.5°, monthly), and three MODIS-derived
vegetation indices (NDVI, EVI, and NIRv). We compared the seasonal cycles and
anomalies of SIF and VIs from 2008 to 2018. We also examined to what extent these
proxies could capture the variations of gross primary production (GPP) for eddy
covariance flux sites. SIF and VIs were able to capture the seasonal cycle in
drought and normal years. SIF better captured the photosynthesis changes due to
water and heat stresses than vegetation indices. In particular, GOSIF data with the
finer spatio-temporal resolution was a good monitor of crop response to drought.
Crop yield decreased by 25% in the 2012 drought relative to the multi-year mean,
while GOSIF, NDVI, EVI, and NIRv reduced by 22%, 4%, 10%, and 8%, respectively.
GOSIF had the strongest relationship with crop yield (R2 = 0.91), followed by NIRv
(R2 = 0.89), EVI (R2 = 0.68) and NDVI (R2 = 0.48). Compared to the crop yield data,
the mean difference of the yield estimates based on GOSIF, EVI, and NIRv were
379.32, 328.43, and 503.67 kg/ha, respectively. For both corn and soybeans, yield
anomalies were better correlated with GOSIF anomalies than with NIRv and EVI
anomalies. Our study demonstrated that SIF with finer spatio-temporal resolution
has great potential for monitoring the responses of crop productivity to drought.},
keywords = {Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence
GOSIF
Drought
Near-infrared reflectance of vegetation
Crop yield
OCO-2},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN860,
author = {Quan, Longzhe and Lou, Zhaoxia and Lv, Xiaolan and Sun, Deng and Xia,
Fulin and Li, Hailong and Sun, Wenfeng},
title = {Multimodal remote sensing application for weed competition time series
analysis in maize farmland ecosystems},
volume = {344},
pages = {118376},
abstract = {Although weeds cause serious harm to crops through competition for
resources, they also have ecological functions. We need to study the change law of
competition between crops and weeds, and achieve scientific farmland weed
management under the premise of protecting weed biodiversity. In the research, we
perform a competitive experiment in Harbin, China, in 2021, with five periods of
maize as the study subjects. Comprehensive competition indices (CCI-A) based on
maize phenotypes were used to describe the dynamic processes and results of weeds
competition. The relation between in structural and biochemical information of
maize and weed competitive intensity (Levels 1–5) at different periods and the
effects on yield parameters were analyzed. The results showed that the differences
of maize plant height, stalk thickness, and N and P elements among different
competition levels (Levels 1–5) changed significantly with increasing competition
time. This directly resulted in 10%, 31%, 35% and 53% decrease in maize yield; and
3%, 7%, 9% and 15% decrease in hundred grain weight. Compared to the conventional
competition indices, CCI-A had better dispersion in the last four periods and was
more suitable for quantifying the time-series response of competition. Then, multi-
source remote sensing technologies are applied to reveal the temporal response of
spectral and lidar information to community competition. The first-order
derivatives of the spectra indicate that the red edge (RE) of competition stressed
plots biased in short-wave direction in each period. With increasing competition
time, RE of Levels 1–5 shifted towards the long wave direction as a whole. The
coefficients of variation of canopy height model (CHM) indicate that weed
competition had a significant effect on CHM. Finally, the deep learning model with
multimodal data (Mul-3DCNN) is created to achieve a large range of CCI-A
predictions for different periods, and achieves a prediction accuracy of R2 = 0.85
and RMSE = 0.095. Overall, this study use of CCI-A indices combined with multimodal
temporal remote sensing imagery and DL to achieve large scale prediction of weed
competitiveness in different periods of maize.},
UAV time Series analysis
Hyperspectral remote sensing
Lidar remote sensing
Weed competition
Farmland ecosystems},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN587,
author = {Rafiei-Sardooi, Elham and Azareh, Ali and Joorabian Shooshtari, Sharif
and Parteli, Eric J. R.},
title = {Long-term assessment of land-use and climate change on water scarcity
in an arid basin in Iran},
volume = {467},
pages = {109934},
abstract = {Water scarcity is a serious problem across many nations. In recent
years, water scarcity has increased due to land-use and climate change,
particularly in areas that are arid or semi-arid, like, for instance, Iran. While
land-use changes influence hydrological processes at the basin scale, the impacts
caused by climate change are reflected by dynamics of temperature, precipitation
and evapotranspiration (ET) at the regional to global scale. However, the
respective impacts of land-use change and climate change, acting in concert, on
water yield, water supply and water consumption, are still poorly understood. The
present study aims at shedding further light into these effects by taking as
example the Halil River basin in Iran. To this end, the Integrated Valuation of
Ecosystem Service and Tradeoffs (InVEST) modelling tool is applied to simulate
water yield, water supply and water consumption in the study area, by adopting a
range of scenarios of land-use and climate change until 2040. Specifically, this
study applies the HadGEM2-ES Earth System model under RCP 2.6, 4.5 and 8.5 to
assess the effects of future climate change on water scarcity, and the Land Change
Modeller (LCM) in TerrSet Geospatial Monitoring and Modeling Software to estimate
land-use maps in the next two decades. Our results indicate that water yield and
water supply in the study area are more strongly influenced by climate change than
by land-use change. By contrast, change in land-use provides the more significant
impact on water consumption. However, while water scarcity in Halil River Basin is
controlled mainly by climate change and precipitation, the scenarios that combine
land-use and climate changes yield the most significant impact on water yield and
water supply. Our findings provide, thus, insights for improving strategies of
sustainable development in arid to semi-arid regions threatened by land-use and
climate change driven water scarcity.},
keywords = {Water scarcity
Climate change
InVEST
Land-use change
Scenarios},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN13,
author = {Ramalho, Quezia and Tourinho, Luara and Almeida-Gomes, Mauricio and
Vale, Mariana M. and Prevedello, Jayme A.},
title = {Reforestation can compensate negative effects of climate change on
amphibians},
volume = {260},
pages = {109187},
abstract = {Climate and land-use change are major drivers of biodiversity loss,
but their combined effects are still unclear. Reforestation may compensate or
reduce climate change impacts on species, but this hypothesis has not been tested
yet. Here we quantify the additive and synergistic effects of forest change – in
particular, reforestation – and climate changes on ten endemic and forest-dependent
anurans of the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot. We estimated climatic and
habitat suitability for all species under historical and future (2050) conditions,
using niche modeling and forest cover maps from a comprehensive land-use model. We
contrasted a pessimistic land-use scenario, with little change in forest cover,
with an optimistic scenario, with forest gain through restoration of “legal
reserve” areas. Our models show that climate change will have species-specific
effects on anurans, increasing climatic suitability for seven species, but
decreasing for three. For these three species, we predict that forest gain can
compensate the negative impact of climate change, increasing overall environmental
suitability. These results reinforce the importance of ensuring reforestation and
forest protection as a climate change adaptation strategy for biodiversity.},
keywords = {Anurans
Atlantic Forest
Climatic suitability
Land use
Reforestation
Conservation},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1129,
author = {Rana, Md Sohel and Sarkar, Subrota},
title = {Prediction of urban expansion by using land cover change detection
approach},
volume = {7},
number = {11},
pages = {e08437},
abstract = {Bangladesh has been experiencing rapid urban expansion over the last
few decades, contributing much to the region's land cover transition into the urban
area. The study aims to employ geospatial modeling techniques to investigate land
cover scenarios in the Pabna municipality of Bangladesh. Therefore, the research
examined Cellular Automata Markov and Multi-Layer Perceptron Markov models to
detect land cover for 2023 and 2028. The study selected the Multi-Layer Perceptron
Markov as the best fit model over Cellular Automata Markov based on the highest
kappa value. The result reveals that urban area has increased from 3.39 to 8.79 km2
over 1998–2018. Urban expansion and its surrounding area are primarily occurring
towards the northeast directions. However, the extent of urban build-up land will
grow from 3.39 km2 in 1998 to 11.01 km2 in 2023 and 12.44 km2 in 2028. Moreover,
the future land cover map delineated that the urban growth will expand in the
northeast part of the study area. The scenario shown in this paper would assist
urban planners in quantifying the urban growth under different land cover features
and thus preparing proper strategic measures.},
keywords = {Urban expansion
Land cover
GIS
Cellular automata
Multi-layer Perceptron Neural Network},
ISSN = {2405-8440},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN302,
author = {Rasool, Rehana and Fayaz, Abida and Shafiq, Mifta ul and Singh,
Harmeet and Ahmed, Pervez},
title = {Land use land cover change in Kashmir Himalaya: Linking remote sensing
with an indicator based DPSIR approach},
volume = {125},
pages = {107447},
abstract = {One of the most dominant forces responsible for changing the global
landscape cover includes the changes in Land Use and Land Cover (LULC). These
changes are initiated by a string of forces that are interconnected with each
other. This study has been done to focus primarily on various LULC changes that
have occurred in the Southern part of Kashmir Himalaya and at the same time study
the factors governing these. A 27-year period of study has been selected from 1990
to 2017, the main focus being to characterize these forces and link them with the
statistics obtained from remotely sensed data. The cause and effect relationship
between various indicators of land use change were analyzed using Driver-Pressure-
State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) assessment framework. This framework was applied to
have a comprehensive view of interactions between human society and the
environment. The goal has been achieved by using satellite based data,
questionnaire based survey and an in depth analysis of data obtained from various
secondary sources. The study finds out the major land use changes occur in a few
selected classes, with cropland agriculture losing the most (−5%) whereas
economically fruitful horticulture gaining the most (+4.29%) during the study
period. The LULC changes have been driven by various forces ranging from natural,
demographic and economic resulting in pressures on land and having various
environmental ramifications and ultimately focus on responses. Strict land use
planning needs to be implemented in Kashmir Himalayas to ensure ecologically
fragile environment’s food security and sustainability. A much more in depth study
of human environment interactions and complex relationships will be needed to
understand these complex systems.},
Land cover
DPSIR
Cause-effect
Remote sensing
Kashmir Himalaya},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN402,
author = {Rasool, Rehana and Fayaz, Abida and Shafiq, Mifta ul and Singh,
Harmeet and Ahmed, Pervez},
title = {Land use land cover change in Kashmir Himalaya: Linking remote sensing
with an indicator based DPSIR approach},
volume = {125},
pages = {107447},
abstract = {One of the most dominant forces responsible for changing the global
landscape cover includes the changes in Land Use and Land Cover (LULC). These
changes are initiated by a string of forces that are interconnected with each
other. This study has been done to focus primarily on various LULC changes that
have occurred in the Southern part of Kashmir Himalaya and at the same time study
the factors governing these. A 27-year period of study has been selected from 1990
to 2017, the main focus being to characterize these forces and link them with the
statistics obtained from remotely sensed data. The cause and effect relationship
between various indicators of land use change were analyzed using Driver-Pressure-
State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) assessment framework. This framework was applied to
have a comprehensive view of interactions between human society and the
environment. The goal has been achieved by using satellite based data,
questionnaire based survey and an in depth analysis of data obtained from various
secondary sources. The study finds out the major land use changes occur in a few
selected classes, with cropland agriculture losing the most (−5%) whereas
economically fruitful horticulture gaining the most (+4.29%) during the study
period. The LULC changes have been driven by various forces ranging from natural,
demographic and economic resulting in pressures on land and having various
environmental ramifications and ultimately focus on responses. Strict land use
planning needs to be implemented in Kashmir Himalayas to ensure ecologically
fragile environment’s food security and sustainability. A much more in depth study
of human environment interactions and complex relationships will be needed to
understand these complex systems.},
Land cover
DPSIR
Cause-effect
Remote sensing
Kashmir Himalaya},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN488,
author = {Rastandeh, Amin and Jarchow, Meghann},
title = {Measuring the impacts of climate change on the spatial structure of
grasslands in urban landscapes of North America},
volume = {86},
pages = {128000},
abstract = {Although the importance of biodiversity conservation has been
acknowledged in urban landscapes of many forest, desert, and coastal biomes,
urbanization in grasslands and its negative/positive impacts on biodiversity is
understudied. We designed a pilot, spatio-temporal study to envision the impacts of
land-use and vegetation change on the composition and configuration of grasslands
in urban landscapes of the Upper Missouri River Basin under four climate-change
scenarios (A1B, A2, B1, and B2) from 2020 to 2070 with respect to the IPCC’s high-
level and mid-level Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP 8.5 w/m2 and RCP 4.5
w/m2). We show that under the most climate-change scenarios, the rate of grassland
conversion into other land cover classes from 2020 to 2070 was greater in urban
landscapes than the whole region but this trend was not correlated with urban
expansion. Conversely, habitat proximity was negatively correlated with urban
expansion. The capacity of habitat patches to function as wildlife refugia in urban
landscapes was substantially greater under the B2 scenario, where social equality
and environmental conservation are highly prioritized. On the basis of the results
of this study, we demonstrate that measuring the changes in the composition and
configuration of habitat patches, combined with an understanding of the rate of
grassland conversion can provide more detailed information about opportunities and
limitations for biodiversity conservation in this region and beyond. If managed
strategically, urban landscapes can play a positive role in conserving biodiversity
and preserving ecosystems in regions predominantly used for agricultural lands.},
Grassland
Climate change
Biodiversity
Conservation},
ISSN = {1618-8667},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN192,
author = {Rathnayake, Chithrangani W. M. and Jones, Simon and Soto-Berelov,
Mariela and Wallace, Luke},
title = {Human–elephant conflict and land cover change in Sri Lanka},
volume = {143},
pages = {102685},
abstract = {Human–elephant conflict (HEC) is a key environmental issue in number
of Asian countries, including Sri Lanka. Incidents of HEC have significantly
increased in Sri Lanka between 1991 and 2018, with 1734 human deaths reported in
this period (281% increase), 4837 elephant deaths (1172% increase), 1053 human
injuries (140% increase) and more than 23,000 property damage reports (1406%
increase). In this study we present a Sri Lanka wide analysis to explore the role
of land use and land cover change (LULCC) in relation to HEC, using official
government data and a land cover change dataset (1993–2018) recently developed by
the authors using satellite imagery from the Landsat archive. We investigated rates
of HEC over time and compared these to rates of LULCC over the same period. We also
present spatial analytics of HEC and LULCC, as well as determining hotspots of HEC
and LULCC using a kernel density estimator. Annual HEC incidents were found to
broadly increase in line with land use change events (r = 0.43, p < 0.05). Human
deaths, elephant deaths, human injuries and property damage hotspots show distinct
spatial patterns: human deaths and injuries being more concentrated in the North
West, Polonnaruwa and Ampara, wildlife regions; while elephant deaths are spread
throughout the HEC region and property damage is high in the Central, Polonnaruwa
Anuradhapura, North West, and Southern wildlife regions. We found a strong negative
correlation between HEC location and distance to LULCC events. In total, 98% HEC
occurred within 1 km of an area that experienced recent LULCC Since 2017, the
primary HEC hotspots have shifted to the south and east of the country in concert
with LULCC. These countrywide perspectives could help inform HEC mitigation
strategies in Sri Lanka and other countries facing similar human-wildlife
challenges.},
keywords = {Land use and land cover change (LULCC)
Sri Lanka
Human–elephant conflict (HEC)
Wildlife
Asian elephant ()
Hotspots
Time series remote sensing},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN913,
author = {Raufirad, Valiollah and Heidari, Qodratollah and Ghorbani, Jamshid},
title = {Comparing socioeconomic vulnerability index and land cover indices:
Application of fuzzy TOPSIS model and geographic information system},
volume = {72},
pages = {101917},
abstract = {Vulnerability Assessment (VA) has numerous management implications,
particularly for locating the most vulnerable areas affected by land cover
degradation. This study aims to assess and compare the relationship between
socioeconomic vulnerability (SEV) and land cover indices (LCIs) in summer
rangelands (Natanz county) and winter rangelands (Aran-V-Bidgol county) in Isfahan
Province, Iran. To assess the socioeconomic vulnerability index (SEVI), a survey
was conducted. Based on the SEVI, summer and winter rangelands were classified and
mapped using a combination of fuzzy TOPSIS model and geographic information system
(GIS) techniques. Field research was conducted to estimate LCIs, including plant
cover, plant yield, litter (dead biomass), sand and gravel, bare soil, and forage
production. Finally, the correlations between SEVI and LCIs were verified, and the
SEV of winter rangelands and summer rangelands was examined. Results showed the
rangelands of Chah Robat, Bidhend, and Tar were the most vulnerable summer
rangelands, while the rangelands of Chah Zard, Cheshmeh Sefid, and Kandeh Matin
were the most vulnerable winter rangelands. Findings further revealed more LCIs,
including total ground cover, the yield of shrubs, and total yield had a
significant relationship with SEVI in summer rangelands compared to winter
rangelands (yield of annual forbs and total yield). Moreover, there was a
significant difference between SEVI, determined by the fuzzy TOPSIS model, in
summer and winter rangelands. It can be concluded that while the fuzzy TOPSIS model
and GIS can be used to gain a better understanding of VA, the type of rangeland has
an impact on how well these techniques can assess the SEV of rangelands.},
keywords = {Fuzzy TOPSIS model
GIS
Summer rangelands
Winter rangelands
Total canopy cover
Total ground cover
Total yield},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1117,
author = {Raufirad, Valiollah and Heidari, Qodratollah and Ghorbani, Jamshid},
title = {Comparing socioeconomic vulnerability index and land cover indices:
Application of fuzzy TOPSIS model and geographic information system},
volume = {72},
pages = {101917},
abstract = {Vulnerability Assessment (VA) has numerous management implications,
particularly for locating the most vulnerable areas affected by land cover
degradation. This study aims to assess and compare the relationship between
socioeconomic vulnerability (SEV) and land cover indices (LCIs) in summer
rangelands (Natanz county) and winter rangelands (Aran-V-Bidgol county) in Isfahan
Province, Iran. To assess the socioeconomic vulnerability index (SEVI), a survey
was conducted. Based on the SEVI, summer and winter rangelands were classified and
mapped using a combination of fuzzy TOPSIS model and geographic information system
(GIS) techniques. Field research was conducted to estimate LCIs, including plant
cover, plant yield, litter (dead biomass), sand and gravel, bare soil, and forage
production. Finally, the correlations between SEVI and LCIs were verified, and the
SEV of winter rangelands and summer rangelands was examined. Results showed the
rangelands of Chah Robat, Bidhend, and Tar were the most vulnerable summer
rangelands, while the rangelands of Chah Zard, Cheshmeh Sefid, and Kandeh Matin
were the most vulnerable winter rangelands. Findings further revealed more LCIs,
including total ground cover, the yield of shrubs, and total yield had a
significant relationship with SEVI in summer rangelands compared to winter
rangelands (yield of annual forbs and total yield). Moreover, there was a
significant difference between SEVI, determined by the fuzzy TOPSIS model, in
summer and winter rangelands. It can be concluded that while the fuzzy TOPSIS model
and GIS can be used to gain a better understanding of VA, the type of rangeland has
an impact on how well these techniques can assess the SEV of rangelands.},
keywords = {Fuzzy TOPSIS model
GIS
Summer rangelands
Winter rangelands
Total canopy cover
Total ground cover
Total yield},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN702,
author = {Rayner, Max and Balzter, Heiko and Jones, Laurence and Whelan, Mick
and Stoate, Chris},
title = {Effects of improved land-cover mapping on predicted ecosystem service
outcomes in a lowland river catchment},
volume = {133},
pages = {108463},
abstract = {Reliable quantification of ecosystem service (ES) provision in
agricultural landscapes depends on accurate mapping of the spatial configuration of
land-use and land cover (LULC). In this paper we explore the benefits of enhanced
spatial and thematic resolution in LULC mapping in terms of predicting ecosystem
services and associated natural capital-based land-use policies. Copernicus
Sentinel-2 satellite images were processed using Google Earth Engine (GEE) to
generate a LULC map at 10 m resolution, which was compared to existing datasets at
20 m, 25 m, and 100 m resolution in the River Welland catchment (Eastern England).
Spatial resolution had a significant effect on the abundance and spatial
configuration of land cover types. For example, detected woodland cover in the
finest resolution dataset was 2x that in the coarsest data. Finer spatial
resolution also allowed small, fragmented patches of woodland and grassland to be
identified. ES provision (crop yield, carbon storage and pollinator abundance) was
estimated from each map using the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and
Tradeoffs (InVEST) model. The finest resolution map resulted in 21% lower predicted
wheat production (due to lower estimates of cultivated land cover), 7% higher
predicted carbon stocks and 43% higher predicted wild bee abundance compared to the
coarsest resolution map. The estimated monetary value of ES provision increased by
23.2% between the 10 and 100 m dataset. We recommend that a LULC resolution of at
least 10 m should be employed in agricultural landscapes to accurately capture ES
provision. This can be achieved using GEE and could be used as a basis for the
development of future natural capital policy.},
keywords = {Natural capital
Ecosystem services
Google earth engine
Land-cover mapping},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN802,
author = {Rayner, Max and Balzter, Heiko and Jones, Laurence and Whelan, Mick
and Stoate, Chris},
title = {Effects of improved land-cover mapping on predicted ecosystem service
outcomes in a lowland river catchment},
volume = {133},
pages = {108463},
abstract = {Reliable quantification of ecosystem service (ES) provision in
agricultural landscapes depends on accurate mapping of the spatial configuration of
land-use and land cover (LULC). In this paper we explore the benefits of enhanced
spatial and thematic resolution in LULC mapping in terms of predicting ecosystem
services and associated natural capital-based land-use policies. Copernicus
Sentinel-2 satellite images were processed using Google Earth Engine (GEE) to
generate a LULC map at 10 m resolution, which was compared to existing datasets at
20 m, 25 m, and 100 m resolution in the River Welland catchment (Eastern England).
Spatial resolution had a significant effect on the abundance and spatial
configuration of land cover types. For example, detected woodland cover in the
finest resolution dataset was 2x that in the coarsest data. Finer spatial
resolution also allowed small, fragmented patches of woodland and grassland to be
identified. ES provision (crop yield, carbon storage and pollinator abundance) was
estimated from each map using the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and
Tradeoffs (InVEST) model. The finest resolution map resulted in 21% lower predicted
wheat production (due to lower estimates of cultivated land cover), 7% higher
predicted carbon stocks and 43% higher predicted wild bee abundance compared to the
coarsest resolution map. The estimated monetary value of ES provision increased by
23.2% between the 10 and 100 m dataset. We recommend that a LULC resolution of at
least 10 m should be employed in agricultural landscapes to accurately capture ES
provision. This can be achieved using GEE and could be used as a basis for the
development of future natural capital policy.},
keywords = {Natural capital
Ecosystem services
Google earth engine
Land-cover mapping},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1299,
author = {Rebouh, N. Y. and Mohamed, Elsayed Said and Polityko, P. M. and
Dokukin, P. A. and Kucher, D. E. and Latati, M. and Okeke, S. E. and Ali, M. A.},
title = {Towards improving the precision agriculture management of the wheat
crop using remote sensing: A case study in Central Non-Black Earth region of
Russia},
volume = {26},
number = {3},
pages = {505-517},
abstract = {Smart management of the wheat crop requires understanding the
various variables affecting crop quality and quantity. The use of remote sensing
data contributes to improve the application of precision agriculture (PA).The
current paper aims to evaluate the efficiency of remote sensing in monitoring wheat
growth and enhance the management practices. Three cultivation technologies for
winter wheat were implemented: basic (CT1), intensive (CT2), and highly intensive
(CT3) were investigated. Sentinel-2 with a resolution of 10 m was used to monitor
the change in wheat growth under different management systems during 2019. The
following variables: yield quantity, grain quality (measured protein and gluten),
in addition, five vegetation indices: Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI),
Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
(NDVI),Green Chlorophyll Index (GCI), Green Leaf Index (GLI) were retrieved during
the growing season. The results showed that, GCI has the highest performance in
predicting crop yield where r was 0.98. In addition, the SAVI and NDVI have the
same performance; r was 0.96 for both protein and gluten contents. The yield
production of CT3 has increased by 3 t/ha, in addition, the grain quality was
superior compared to the CT1. The economic efficiency results showed that the CT3
was the most profitable for Moscovskaya 40 variety (WV1) with 2,72 Payback. For
Nemchinovskaya 17 variety (WV2), the most profitable cultivation technology was the
CT1 and CT2 with 2,44 Payback, and for the new variety Nemchinovskaya 85, the CT2
was the most profitable with the Payback of 3,03. Finally, remote sensing shows the
spatial variation in crop growth, which enhances crop management to achieve optimal
production in terms of quantity and quality.},
keywords = {Argo-ecological zones
Grain yield
Moscow region
Sentinel-2
Wheat crop management},
ISSN = {1110-9823},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1071,
author = {Refati, Daiana Caroline and Silva, Jhon Lennon Bezerra da and Macedo,
Rodrigo Santana and Lima, Ricardo da Cunha Correia and Silva, Marcos Vinícius da
and Pandorfi, Héliton and Silva, Patrícia Costa and Oliveira-Júnior, José Francisco
de},
title = {Influence of drought and anthropogenic pressures on land use and land
cover change in the brazilian semiarid region},
journal = {Journal of South American Earth Sciences},
volume = {126},
pages = {104362},
abstract = {Changes in land use and land cover in the Brazilian semiarid region
have intensified, due to climate change and anthropic activities, amplifying land
degradation and the desertification process. In this scenario, the objective of
this study is to evaluate the spatio-temporality of the conditions of loss and gain
of land use and land cover in the Brazilian semiarid region, with an emphasis on
Caatinga and water resources. From the satellite environmental monitoring of the
municipality Boqueirão, Paraíba, Brazil, digital cloud processing was performed via
Google Earth Engine (GEE) based on Landsat geospatial data, between the years 2012
and 2021. The biophysical parameters, surface albedo, vegetation indices, and
thematic maps of land use and occupation were used in the study. The natural
vegetation and water bodies decreased while the areas of exposed land and pasture
increased significantly. The albedo and vegetation indices indicated areas with a
high water deficit in the Caatinga. Highlighted the absence of vegetation
resilience, with a reduction of Caatinga (9.33%) and low water availability (2.24%)
in the study area.},
keywords = {Caatinga biome
Water resources
Agriculture
Drought
Environmental changes},
ISSN = {0895-9811},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104362},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN487,
author = {Reger, Birgit and Otte, Annette and Waldhardt, Rainer},
title = {Identifying patterns of land-cover change and their physical attributes
in a marginal European landscape},
volume = {81},
number = {1},
pages = {104-113},
abstract = {Over the last six decades, land-cover patterns in Europe have
dramatically changed, and major future changes are expected. Land-cover changes
affect landscape functions. Therefore, methods are needed to include the temporal
dimension into landscape classification. By combining recent satellite data with
historic information on land cover from 1955, and the application of k-means
cluster analysis, we developed an approach to identify types of land-cover patterns
and dynamics (TLPDs) at the rural district scale. Our study area was the Lahn-Dill
Highlands, a marginal German landscape with a total of 192 rural districts. We
identified six TLPDs that showed a general trend of abandonment, but revealed
remarkable differences in current land-cover patterns and the directions of land-
cover change. The TLPDs showed notable differences in physical attributes: In the
eastern part of the area, where elevation, the proportion of steep slopes, and dry
soils are low, land cover remained relatively stable. Slight to dramatic changes
occurred, in contrast, in the remaining districts with comparatively unfavourable
conditions for cultivation. The spatially differentiated information on areas with
contrasting land-cover dynamics within a region may be useful to develop effective
concepts for future land management.},
keywords = {Agricultural landscape
Landscape structure
Landscape change
Abandonment
Agricultural statistics
Satellite image},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN462,
author = {Remo, Jonathan W. F. and Pinter, Nicholas and Heine, Reuben},
title = {The use of retro- and scenario-modeling to assess effects of 100+ years
river of engineering and land-cover change on Middle and Lower Mississippi River
flood stages},
volume = {376},
number = {3},
pages = {403-416},
abstract = {Summary Since the 19th century, the Middle and Lower Mississippi
River (MMR and LMR) have been intensively modified for flood protection and
commercial navigation. In order to quantify the effects of levee expansion, channel
modification, and land-cover change upon flood stages, we have developed 1-D
unsteady-flow models of multiple historical reference conditions (“retro-models”)
for three large study reaches (225–315km each): one along the MMR and two reaches
along the LMR. For each reference condition, four 1-D unsteady-flow models were
developed. These models include a calibrated model of actual conditions and three
“scenario” models: (1) a model with levees of the next time step, (2) a model with
the channel geometry of the next time step, and (3) a model with floodplain
roughness (i.e., land cover) of the next time step. Comparison of the model for
actual conditions and the scenario models provide a quantitative assessment of
levee expansion, channel modification, and land-cover change on stage. Scenario
modeling suggests that the majority (38–70%) of the changes in flood stage on the
LMR and MMR study reaches can be attributed to changes in channel geometry and
hydraulic roughness. Levees were the next largest contributor to changes in flood
stage. For time steps with significant levee expansion, these structures increase
stage up to 1.0m. Observed changes in floodplain land cover were associated with
little (or none) of the increase in flood stage. These result show changes in
channel geometry and roughness related to river engineering tools employed for
improving navigation and flood protection are the principal drivers of historic
changes in flood stages along these investigated reaches.},
keywords = {Hydraulic modeling
Mississippi River
Flood stages
River engineering
Retro-modeling
Scenario modeling},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2009},
}
@article{RN87,
author = {Restrepo, Guillermo Umaña and Pritchard, Bill and Welch, Elen},
title = {Does the extent of time in drought affect the rate of farm ownership
change in a local government area? A sixteen-year assessment of rural land
ownership change in New South Wales, Australia},
journal = {Journal of Rural Studies},
volume = {98},
pages = {11-18},
abstract = {Droughts are significant catalysts of financial and emotional
hardship for farming communities. However, does the extent of time an area has been
in drought impact upon the rate at which agricultural land changes hands? Does it
encourage more land to change ownership, as stressed farmers depart at faster
rates, or does its negative impacts on farm production dampen demand for rural
land? This study addresses this question through a unique, longitudinal (2004–2020)
dataset of property transactions in 96 rural Local Government Areas (LGAs) in New
South Wales, Australia. We measure the proportion of time each LGA has been in
drought during the previous 1, 2, 5 and 10 years, and correlate this against the
rate of agricultural land ownership change. Results indicate that in the short-term
(<5 years), the proportion of time in drought is not a major influence on the
extent of agricultural land ownership change. However, over a 10-year timespan,
there is a statistically significant negative correlation between the two for non-
irrigated agricultural land, grazing land and land owned by individuals (as opposed
to companies). These findings suggest these agricultural land markets are sensitive
to the long-term effects of drought. The take-home message seems to be that the
persistence of drought saps the vitality of these agricultural land markets,
leaving farmers with reduced prospects to capitalise on their land assets. This
finding has resonance given that climate change models suggest an intensification
of the frequency and severity of drought in much of rural NSW.},
keywords = {Drought
Agriculture
Farmland
Land ownership
Ownership change
New South Wales},
ISSN = {0743-0167},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.01.020},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1210,
author = {Rieke, Elizabeth L. and Bagnall, Dianna K. and Morgan, Cristine L. S.
and Flynn, Kade D. and Howe, Julie A. and Greub, Kelsey L. H. and Mac Bean, G. and
Cappellazzi, Shannon B. and Cope, Michael and Liptzin, Daniel and Norris, Charlotte
E. and Tracy, Paul W. and Aberle, Ezra and Ashworth, Amanda and Bañuelos Tavarez,
Oscar and Bary, Andy I. and Baumhardt, R. L. and Borbón Gracia, Alberto and
Brainard, Daniel C. and Brennan, Jameson R. and Briones Reyes, Dolores and
Bruhjell, Darren and Carlyle, Cameron N. and Crawford, James J. W. and Creech, Cody
F. and Culman, Steve W. and Deen, Bill and Dell, Curtis J. and Derner, Justin D.
and Ducey, Thomas F. and Duiker, Sjoerd W. and Dyck, Miles F. and Ellert, Benjamin
H. and Entz, Martin H. and Espinosa Solorio, Avelino and Fonte, Steven J. and
Fonteyne, Simon and Fortuna, Ann-Marie and Foster, Jamie L. and Fultz, Lisa M. and
Gamble, Audrey V. and Geddes, Charles M. and Griffin-LaHue, Deirdre and Grove, John
H. and Hamilton, Stephen K. and Hao, Xiying and Hayden, Zachary D. and Honsdorf,
Nora and Ippolito, James A. and Johnson, Gregg A. and Kautz, Mark A. and Kitchen,
Newell R. and Kumar, Sandeep and Kurtz, Kirsten S. M. and Larney, Francis J. and
Lewis, Katie L. and Liebman, Matt and Lopez Ramirez, Antonio and Machado, Stephen
and Maharjan, Bijesh and Martinez Gamiño, Miguel Angel and May, William E. and
McClaran, Mitchel P. and McDaniel, Marshall D. and Millar, Neville and Mitchell,
Jeffrey P. and Moore, Amber D. and Moore, Philip A. and Mora Gutiérrez, Manuel and
Nelson, Kelly A. and Omondi, Emmanuel C. and Osborne, Shannon L. and Osorio Alcalá,
Leodegario and Owens, Phillip and Pena-Yewtukhiw, Eugenia M. and Poffenbarger,
Hanna J. and Ponce Lira, Brenda and Reeve, Jennifer R. and Reinbott, Timothy M. and
Reiter, Mark S. and Ritchey, Edwin L. and Roozeboom, Kraig L. and Rui, Yichao and
Sadeghpour, Amir and Sainju, Upendra M. and Sanford, Gregg R. and Schillinger,
William F. and Schindelbeck, Robert R. and Schipanski, Meagan E. and Schlegel, Alan
J. and Scow, Kate M. and Sherrod, Lucretia A. and Shober, Amy L. and Sidhu, Sudeep
S. and Solís Moya, Ernesto and St. Luce, Mervin and Strock, Jeffrey S. and Suyker,
Andrew E. and Sykes, Virginia R. and Tao, Haiying and others },
title = {Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health},
volume = {428},
pages = {116156},
abstract = {Aggregate stability is a commonly used indicator of soil health
because improvements in aggregate stability are related to reduced erodibility and
improved soil–water dynamics. During the past 80 to 90 years, numerous methods have
been developed to assess aggregate stability. Limited comparisons among the methods
have resulted in varied magnitudes of response to soil health management practices
and varied influences of inherent soil properties and climate. It is not clear
whether selection of a specific method creates any advantage to the investigator.
This study assessed four commonly used methods of measuring aggregate stability
using data collected as part of the North American Project to Evaluate Soil Health
Measurements. The methods included water stable aggregates using the Cornell
Rainfall Simulator (WSACASH), wet sieved water stable aggregates (WSAARS), slaking
captured and adapted from SLAKES smart-phone image recognition software (STAB10),
andthemean weight diameter of water stable aggregates (MWD).Influence of climate
and inherent soil properties at the continental scale were analyzed in addition to
method responses to rotation diversity, cash crop count, residue management,
organic nutrient amendments, cover crops, and tillage. The four methods were
moderately correlated with each other. All methods were sensitive to differences in
climate and inherent soil properties between sites, although to different degrees.
None measured significant effects from rotation diversity or crop count, but all
methods detected significant increases in aggregate stability resulting from
reduced tillage. Significant increases or positive trends were observed for all
methods in relation to cover cropping, increased residue retention, and organic
amendments, except for STAB10, which expressed a slightly negative response to
organic amendments. Considering these results, no single method was clearly
superior and all four are viable options for measuring aggregate stability.
Therefore, secondary considerations (e.g., cost, method availability, increased
sensitivity to a specific management practice, or minimal within-treatment
variability) driven by the needs of the investigator, should determine the most
suitable method.},
keywords = {Aggregate stability
Soil health
Tillage
Cover crops
Organic amendments
Indicators},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN935,
author = {Rienow, Andreas and Kantakumar, Lakshmi N. and Ghazaryan, Gohar and
Dröge-Rothaar, Arne and Sticksel, Sarah and Trampnau, Birte and Thonfeld, Frank},
title = {Modelling the spatial impact of regional planning and climate change
prevention strategies on land consumption in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area 2017–
2030},
volume = {217},
pages = {104284},
abstract = {Urban sprawl is a ubiquitous with a complex network of driving
forces and human and natural impacts on various scales of the coupled human-
environment urban system. In Germany, a land consumption of 30 ha per day is
envisaged. In that regard, the effect of growing metropolitan areas on the climate
of local neighborhoods becomes more and more a topic in regional planning.
Accordingly, the objectives of the study are a) to contribute to the climate change
related land cover simulation efforts in Germany in a spatially explicit manner
with a resolution of 30 m, b) to investigate future land consumption rates and
population growth rates having a view on goal 11 of UN’s SDG, and c) analyze the
spatial impact of planning policies in regard to land use planning and official
climate change prevention strategies using Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area (RRMA) in
Western Germany as a study area. The study makes use of land use and land cover
classification of multispectral satellite data and the derivation of land surface
temperature based on Landsat satellite in order to calibrate and validate the urban
growth model SUSM (scenario-based urban growth simulation model). Two scenarios for
future land consumption 2030 are implemented and the future impacts of urban growth
with the projection of land consumption rate (LCR), population growth rate (PGR),
and LCRPGR index on municipality level, as well as the impact on regions vulnerable
to climate change evaluated. The comparison of simulated urban growth to observed
urban growth from 2005 to 2017 shows that the PA of SUSM for historic scenario is
68.06% with an overall accuracy of 97.15%, a Matthews correlation coefficient of
0.66, a figure of merit of 0.51 and area under curve of 0.84. The total quantity of
new urban areas of our SUSM simulation 2030 were approximately 283 km2. While the
difference in the simulated total quantity is nearly zero, the simulated allocation
of new urban areas across the districts can differ by up to 25 km2 in the two
scenarios. The number of municipalities with efficient urban land development rates
increases in the SUSM scenario where no regional land development plan has been
incorporated. This holds true for the number of municipalities with inefficient
land use where even an increase from no plan to plan can be observed. LCRPGR is
negative in most municipalities reflecting opposing trends of population and land
consumption development. Most of new urban areas are distributed in open spaces
important for the regional climate change prevention strategy. 32.98 % of new urban
areas in our region of interest can be found in these zones in the planning
scenario and 25.76 % in the scenario without planning information in SUSM model. It
can be concluded that regional planning in RRMA region has no positive effect on
the interregional development of future land consumption in terms of quantity,
allocation, and impact on climate change prevention.},
keywords = {Regional planning
Climate change prevention
Scenario-based modeling
SUSM
Remote sensing
Land consumption},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN602,
author = {Rigge, Matthew and Homer, Collin and Shi, Hua and Wylie, Bruce},
title = {Departures of Rangeland Fractional Component Cover and Land Cover from
Landsat-Based Ecological Potential in Wyoming, USA},
volume = {73},
number = {6},
pages = {856-870},
abstract = {Monitoring rangelands by identifying the departure of contemporary
conditions from long-term ecological potential allows for the disentanglement of
natural biophysical gradients driving change from changes associated with land uses
and other disturbance types. We developed maps of ecological potential (EP) for
shrub, sagebrush (Artemisia spp.), perennial herbaceous, litter, and bare ground
fractional cover in Wyoming, USA. EP maps correspond to the potential natural
vegetation cover expected by environmental conditions in the absence of
anthropogenic and natural disturbance as represented by the greenest and least
disturbed period of the Landsat archive. EP was predicted using regression tree
models with inputs of soil maps and spectral data associated with the 75th
percentile of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index in the Landsat archive. We
trained our EP models with 2015 component cover maps on ecologically intact sites
with relatively lower bare ground than expected. We generated departure of
vegetation cover by comparing the EP and 2015 fractional cover. The departures
represent land cover change from potential land cover and/or within-state changes
in 2015. Next, we converted EP and 2015 fractional cover maps into thematic land
cover and evaluated departure to determine if it was great enough to result in land
cover change. The 2015 conditions showed reduced shrub, sagebrush, litter, and
perennial herbaceous cover and increased bare ground relative to EP. Known
disturbances, such as energy development, fires, and vegetation treatments, are
clearly visible on the departure maps, but not on EP component maps. The most
frequent departure from EP land cover was shrubland conversion to grassland. Land
cover departures can be explained only in small part by known disturbance, and
instead are ostensibly related to climate and land management practices. These
drivers result in land cover departures that broadened the ecotone between
shrubland and grassland relative to EP.},
Landsat
Fractional cover
Rangelands
Ecological potential
Land cover},
ISSN = {1550-7424},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2020.03.009},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN4,
author = {Riquetti, Nelva B. and Mello, Carlos R. and Leandro, Diuliana and
Guzman, Jorge A.},
title = {Climate change projections of soil erosion in South America in the XXI
century},
volume = {33},
pages = {e00657},
abstract = {Global climate projections indicate that continental South America
(SA) can experience significant changes in soil erosion caused by water in the
coming years due to changes in the precipitation spatial and temporal patterns,
threatening food security and biodiversity and impairing agroecosystems to provide
services. This study aims to quantify future impacts on soil erosion in the SA
provoked by changes in precipitation from climate change scenarios using the
Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE). A 20 km spatial resolution of annual
precipitation projected from the ensemble of four global climate models (BESM,
CanESM2, HadGEM2-ES, and MIROC5 models) was used to assess impacts between 2010 and
2099, sliced every 30 years. The Eta/CPTEC model dynamically regionalized the
datasets, and the RCPs 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios were selected to quantify rainfall
erosivity and soil erosion rates. The projected average soil erosion over the
continent was 37% above the present estimation (3.8 Mg ha−1 year−1), reaching
5.2 Mg ha−1 year−1 at the end of the 21st century. The projections indicate an
increase in soil losses across the Andes Cordillera with less severe impacts on
lowlands commonly used for crops and livestock. Contrastingly, soil erosion rates
tended to decrease by the end of the century in northern SA due to the reduced
precipitation projected by most climate models. Overall, the most significant
impacts on soil erosion caused by climate change were found for the last time slice
(2071–2099) in the RCP 8.5 scenario, with mixed results, i.e., an increase in some
regions and a decrease in others.},
keywords = {Soil erosion
Multiple soil classes
Climate change projections
South America
ISSN = {2352-0094},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN32,
author = {Ritsche, Julia and Katzensteiner, Klaus and Acácio, Vanda},
title = {Tree regeneration patterns in cork oak landscapes of Southern Portugal:
The importance of land cover type, stand characteristics and site conditions},
volume = {486},
pages = {118970},
abstract = {Agricultural intensification and abandonment of traditional uses
have led to the degradation of Mediterranean oak landscapes, most apparent in a
severe lack of tree regeneration. In the Alentejo region of Southwestern Portugal
the landscape mosaic is composed of three prevalent land cover types: cork oak
forests, open cork oak woodlands (montados) and shrublands dominated by Cistus
ladanifer. The objective of this study is to understand how natural tree
regeneration differs among these three land cover types and how stand
characteristics and site conditions affect regeneration at each land cover type. We
collected data on stand characteristics (adult tree layer), site conditions
(topography, soil conditions, understory vegetation and light conditions) and tree
regeneration (species composition, density, size structure), and analysed
differences among the three land cover types. An information-theoretic approach and
model averaging were applied to a set of generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) to
identify stand characteristics and site conditions that best explain regeneration
occurrence of cork oak (Quercus suber) and strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) at each
land cover type. Our results show that regeneration failure was widespread at all
land cover types, being strongest in shrublands. Regeneration density was higher in
forests than in montados, and marginal in shrublands. Differences in regeneration
patterns among land cover types seem to be related to differential processes of
seed availability, seed dispersal and the availability of safe sites for recruit
establishment, which are affected by vegetation cover and (past) land use
practices. Cork oak regeneration was more likely to occur at steeper slopes in both
forests and montados, with lower soil fertility and higher available water storage
capacity in forests, and with higher proportion of ground cover in montados. In
shrublands, cork oak regeneration was more likely to occur with higher soil
fertility and rock content, and with less solar radiation. Regeneration of
strawberry tree in forests was more likely to occur with lower available water
storage capacity, and with the presence of adult strawberry trees, while in
shrublands it was more likely to occur at flatter slopes. Overall, our results
indicate that differences in cork oak and strawberry tree regeneration within land
cover types seem to be a result of indirect effects of stand and site factors on
competition and facilitation between tree recruits and coexisting plants. This
study provides recommendations that can support sustainable management and
restoration efforts in Mediterranean oak landscapes.},
keywords = {Oak regeneration
Montado / dehesa
Mediterranean shrubland
Ecological restoration},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1020,
author = {Rizayeva, Afag and Nita, Mihai D. and Radeloff, Volker C.},
title = {Large-area, 1964 land cover classifications of Corona spy satellite
imagery for the Caucasus Mountains},
volume = {284},
pages = {113343},
abstract = {Historical land use strongly influences current landscapes and
ecosystems making maps of historical land cover an important reference point.
However, the earliest satellite-based land cover maps typically date back to the
1980s only, after 30-m Landsat data became available. Our goal was to develop a
methodology to automatically map land cover for large areas using high-resolution
panchromatic Corona spy satellite imagery for 1964. Specifically, we a) conducted a
comprehensive analysis on the feature selection and parameter setting for large-
area classification processes for 2.5-m historical panchromatic Corona imagery for
a full suite of land cover classes, b) compared the pixel-based and object-oriented
methods of classifying the land cover, and c) examined the benefits of adding a
digital elevation model for the pixel-based and object-oriented land cover
classifications. We mapped land cover in parts of the Caucasus Mountains
(158,000 km2), a study area with great variability in land cover types and
illumination conditions. The overall accuracies of our pixel-based and object-
oriented land cover maps were 63.0 ± 5.0% and 67.3 ± 4.0%, respectively, showing
that object-oriented classifications performed better for Corona satellite data.
Incorporating the digital elevation model improved the overall accuracy to
75.3 ± 3.0% and 78.7 ± 2.5%, respectively. The digital elevation model was
especially useful for differentiating forest and snow-and-ice from lakes in
mountainous areas affected by cast shadows. Our results highlight the feasibility
of accurately and automatically classifying land cover for large areas based on
Corona spy satellite imagery for the 1960s. Such land cover maps predate the
earliest 30-m Landsat land cover classifications by two decades, and those from
high-resolution satellite imagery by four decades. As such, we demonstrate here
that Corona imagery can make important contributions to global change science.},
Corona spy satellites
Object-oriented image analysis
VHR panchromatic satellite imagery
Caucasus eco-region
Automation},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN947,
author = {Roach, Nicolette S. and Urbina-Cardona, Nicolas and Lacher, Thomas
E.},
title = {Land cover drives amphibian diversity across steep elevational
gradients in an isolated neotropical mountain range: Implications for community
conservation},
volume = {22},
pages = {e00968},
abstract = {Over 70% of land in the tropics is in some form of agricultural
matrix which poses a threat to biodiversity. In Colombia, montane regions are
dominated by varying intensities of agriculture and high levels of biodiversity and
endemism. Globally, Colombia has the second largest number of amphibian species and
is also the third largest coffee producer. Our study region, the Sierra Nevada de
Santa Marta (SNSM), has high levels of amphibian endemism (38% and 10 threatened
endemics) and is the fourth largest coffee growing region in Colombia. The SNSM
rises from the sea to 5,775 m in just 42 km, with a direct overlap between coffee
and amphibian habitat occurring across 600–1,800 m. We examined how land cover and
elevation (from 800 to 3,700 m asl) influenced amphibian community structure,
species richness, and abundance. We conducted surveys from September 2017 to July
2018 at 35 transects across five major land cover types: forest, ecotone, páramo,
pasture, and shade coffee. In total, we recorded 19 species (366 individuals; 16
endemic species). Land cover was the main determinant of amphibian community
structure, while the interaction between elevation and land cover was the main
determinant of species richness and abundance. Forest and ecotone contained 73% of
overall richness (14 species) with one species found exclusively in ecotone and
three exclusively in forest. Pasture and coffee supported 42% (8 species) of
species with only two species found exclusively at these land cover types. Shade
coffee had low species richness and abundance and we detected just one endemic
species in this land cover. The preservation of ecotone, transitional degraded
habitat that occurs between two or more types of contiguous land cover types,
represents an opportunity to safeguard microhabitats and microclimates.
Conservation in the region should be collaborative and include private landowners,
NGO’s, government agencies, and academics. Conservation actions should prioritize
protecting extant natural habitat, restoring degraded habitats, increasing the
heterogeneity of production systems, and improving landscape connectivity and
watershed health. To achieve those actions, local communities will require economic
incentives to maintain forest cover and reduce the contamination of streams through
agricultural runoff.},
keywords = {Colombia
Conservation
Amphibians
Community
Shade coffee
Agroforestry},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN122,
author = {Rodman, Kyle C. and Crouse, Joseph E. and Donager, Jonathon J. and
Huffman, David W. and Sánchez Meador, Andrew J.},
title = {Patterns and drivers of recent land cover change on two trailing-edge
forest landscapes},
volume = {521},
pages = {120449},
abstract = {Climate change is altering the distribution of woody plants by
influencing demographic processes and modifying disturbance regimes. Trailing-edge
forests may be particularly vulnerable to these effects because they exist at warm,
dry margins of tree distributions. To better understand recent climate-driven
changes in trailing-edge forests, we used Landsat time series and 1558 field
reference plots to develop annual land cover maps from 1985 to 2020 in two large,
biodiverse landscapes in central Arizona, USA. We then combined annual land cover
maps with tree ring records and spatial data describing interannual climate,
terrain, bark beetle (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) activity, wildfire, and harvest to
quantify drivers of forest change. Throughout the two landscapes, forest extent
declined by 0.3 % and 0.8 % from 1985 to 2020. However, considerable variation
occurred within the study period, with abrupt (ca. 1–2 years) declines in forest
extent followed by gradual (ca. 10 years) recovery on each landscape. Pinyon-
juniper (Pinus edulis, Pinus monophylla, and/or Juniperus spp.) cover increased
from 1985 to ca. 2000 but declined after 2000, a period of extreme drought and
regional tree die-off. In contrast, pine-oak (Pinus ponderosa and Quercus spp.)
cover increased from 2000 to 2020, primarily due to declines in ponderosa pine and
mixed conifer cover over the same period. Wildfire was a key driver of transitions
from forest to non-forest cover in our study area, with the occurrence of multiple
compounded drought years playing an important role in unburned areas. By driving
transitions to alternative forest types or non-forest cover, disturbance and
drought will increasingly shape forest dynamics and ecosystem transformations
throughout the southwestern US.},
keywords = {Climate impacts
Forest composition
Landsat time series
var.
Southwestern United States
Type conversion},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN848,
author = {Rodriguez, Leonardo and Suárez, Juan Carlos and Pulleman, Mirjam and
Guaca, Lised and Rico, Adrian and Romero, Miguel and Quintero, Marcela and Lavelle,
Patrick},
title = {Agroforestry systems in the Colombian Amazon improve the provision of
soil ecosystem services},
volume = {164},
pages = {103933},
abstract = {In the Colombian Amazon, the provision of soil-based ecosystem
services is threatened mainly by loss of plant cover. Methodologies are required
that allow for a holistic assessment of soil degradation or restoration and
associated changes in the provision of ecosystem services. With this objective, we
measured macroinvertebrate communities, soil macroaggregates, soil hydrological
properties and chemical soil properties in areas of the deforested Colombian
Amazon. The sampled areas are located two landscape units (undulating footslopes
and hillsides) and four different land use types (Mature Forest, Forest
Implementations, Sylvopastoral Systems and Traditional pastures). Parameters were
assembled into soil hydrological, chemical soil properties, macroaggregates and
macroinvertebrate communities sub indicators that were subsequently grouped into a
General Indicator of Soil Quality (GISQ). Values indicated differences in the
provision of soil-based ecosystem services among landscape units and land use
types. We confirmed and quantified the negative effects of deforestation and land-
use intensification, increasing from Forest Implementation to Sylvopastoral Systems
and Traditional Pastures. Soil macroinvertebrate communities and physical
properties as proxies for soil biodiversity and soil hydrological functions were
the most negatively affected.},
keywords = {Indicators
Soil quality
Sylvopastoral systems
Deforested Amazonia},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN503,
author = {Roger-Estrade, Jean and Anger, Christel and Bertrand, Michel and
Richard, Guy},
title = {Tillage and soil ecology: Partners for sustainable agriculture},
volume = {111},
number = {1},
pages = {33-40},
abstract = {Much of the biodiversity of agroecosystems lies in the soil. The
functions performed by soil biota have major direct and indirect effects on crop
growth and quality, soil and residue-borne pests, diseases incidence, the quality
of nutrient cycling and water transfer, and, thus, on the sustainability of crop
management systems. Farmers use tillage, consciously or inadvertently, to manage
soil biodiversity. Given the importance of soil biota, one of the key challenges in
tillage research is understanding and predicting the effects of tillage on soil
ecology, not only for assessments of the impact of tillage on soil organisms and
functions, but also for the design of tillage systems to make the best use of soil
biodiversity, particularly for crop protection. In this paper, we first address the
complexity of soil ecosystems, the descriptions of which vary between studies, in
terms of the size of organisms, the structure of food webs and functions. We then
examine the impact of tillage on various groups of soil biota, outlining, through
examples, the crucial effects of tillage on population dynamics and species
diversity. Finally, we tackle the question of the design of tillage systems to
enhance biological control in cultivated fields. Identification of the optimal
tillage system requires a global consideration of soil management, rather than an
analysis focusing on tillage alone, taking into account soil ecology. Organic
residue management, the prevention of compaction, crop rotation and the timing of
cultivation must all be considered together, taking into account their impact on
pest populations and on the natural enemies of pests and ecosystem engineers. This
approach requires more detailed research and careful experimental design than
traditional comparisons of conventional and reduced tillage systems. We propose the
development of population modeling in cultivated fields, as the available
ecological models rarely include parameters linked to the soil management system.},
keywords = {illage
Soil ecology
Agroecosystems
Soil biota
No tillage
Plowing},
ISSN = {0167-1987},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2010.08.010},
year = {2010},
}
@article{RN1133,
author = {Rogers, Cheryl A. and Chen, Jing M.},
title = {Land cover and latitude affect vegetation phenology determined from
solar induced fluorescence across Ontario, Canada},
Geoinformation},
volume = {114},
pages = {103036},
abstract = {Land use decisions directly affect the terrestrial carbon balance by
changing the quantity and type of vegetation present. However, such consequences
are difficult for decisionmakers to account for in environmental impact
assessments. Solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) measured from satellite
is strongly related to gross primary productivity of terrestrial vegetation and
presents a new source of information from which to assess environmental impacts of
land use decisions. We assess the usefulness of SIF measurements in accounting for
changes in vegetation primary productivity due to land use change. We use a
weighted double logistic regression based on the land cover mixture within SIF
measurements from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) to separate the
phenology of the SIF signal by land cover for the region of Ontario, Canada. We use
SIF integrated annually to determine, in relative units, the consequences of land
use change on photosynthetic carbon uptake for the study region. Finally, we map
GPP at a spatial resolution of 30 m across the province of Ontario using previously
reported relationships between SIF and GPP. We find that SIF tracks expected
biogeographical patterns of productivity: urban areas exhibit an earlier start of
the growing season, lower SIF magnitude and later end of season than natural land
cover classes, whereas croplands exhibit a later start of season. Patterns of
phenology and SIF magnitude show land cover transitions from Broadleaf Deciduous
Forests to croplands or urban environments to have the highest impacts on carbon
uptake. Satellite-based SIF measurements are useful in exploring the geographic
variation of vegetation productivity and can support inclusion of carbon accounting
in environmental assessment at regional scale.},
keywords = {Vegetation phenology
Solar Induced Fluorescence ()
Carbon mapping
Land cover
Land cover and land use change
Carbon accounting
TROPOMI
North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS)},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN978,
author = {Roitsch, Dennis and Abruscato, Silvia and Lovrić, Marko and Lindner,
Marcus and Orazio, Christophe and Winkel, Georg},
title = {Close-to-nature forestry and intensive forestry – Two response patterns
of forestry professionals towards climate change adaptation},
journal = {Forest Policy and Economics},
volume = {154},
pages = {103035},
abstract = {Climate change poses a major challenge for forest management in
Europe. Understanding how forestry professionals perceive climate change is
critical to inform decision-making on climate change adaptation. The aim of this
study was to explore the perceptions of forestry professionals regarding climate
change and its effects on forests, as well as the importance of different forest
management strategies for climate change adaptation. Using a survey, to which we
received 565 [retained] responses, we determined regional differences in climate
change perceptions across nine European countries and six professional groups. We
found a North-South gradient in the perceptions of climate change effects for early
2019 – at the time of the survey – and when looking ahead to 2050. Perceptions of
climate change effects and views on the possibility to adapt to climate change were
particularly negative in Germany. According to respondents, the most important
forest management strategies to adapt to climate change are diversification of tree
species, artificial regeneration with improved forest reproductive material, and
enrichment of natural regeneration with forest reproductive material better adapted
to future climate changes. Two distinct clusters emerged from our analysis on how
to adapt forests to climate change: a close-to-nature forestry cluster and an
intensive forestry cluster. It appeared that the perception of public forestry
regarding climate change effects and the possibility to adapt to climate change was
significantly more pessimistic than those of private forestry and the forest
industry. Recent extreme summer droughts and exceedances of ecological thresholds
have manifested itself in profound changes in the perceptions of climate change by
forestry professionals compared to findings of previous surveys in European
regions.},
keywords = {Forest resilience
Forest management
Forest policy
Perception research
Sustainability
Genetic resources},
ISSN = {1389-9341},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2023.103035},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN832,
author = {Romero, Ferran and Hilfiker, Sarah and Edlinger, Anna and Held, Alain
and Hartman, Kyle and Labouyrie, Maëva and van der Heijden, Marcel G. A.},
title = {Soil microbial biodiversity promotes crop productivity and agro-
ecosystem functioning in experimental microcosms},
volume = {885},
pages = {163683},
abstract = {Soil biota contribute substantially to multiple ecosystem functions
that are key for geochemical cycles and plant performance. However, soil
biodiversity is currently threatened by land-use intensification, and a mechanistic
understanding of how soil biodiversity loss interacts with the myriad of
intensification elements (e.g., the application of chemical fertilizers) is still
unresolved. Here we experimentally simplified soil biological communities in
microcosms to test whether changes in the soil microbiome influenced soil
multifunctionality including crop productivity (leek, Allium porrum). Additionally,
half of microcosms were fertilized to further explore how different levels of soil
biodiversity interact with nutrient additions. Our experimental manipulation
achieved a significant reduction of soil alpha-diversity (45.9 % reduction in
bacterial richness, 82.9 % reduction in eukaryote richness) and resulted in the
complete removal of key taxa (i.e., arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi). Soil community
simplification led to an overall decrease in ecosystem multifunctionality;
particularly, plant productivity and soil nutrient retention capacity were reduced
with reduced levels of soil biodiversity. Ecosystem multifunctionality was
positively correlated with soil biodiversity (R = 0.79). Mineral fertilizer
application had little effect on multifunctionality compared to soil biodiversity
reduction, but it reduced leek nitrogen uptake from decomposing litter by 38.8 %.
This suggests that natural processes and organic nitrogen acquisition are impaired
by fertilization. Random forest analyses revealed a few members of protists (i.e.,
Paraflabellula), Actinobacteria (i.e., Micolunatus), and Firmicutes (i.e.,
Bacillus) as indicators of ecosystem multifunctionality. Our results suggest that
preserving the diversity of soil bacterial and eukaryotic communities within
agroecosystems is crucial to ensure the provisioning of multiple ecosystem
functions, particularly those directly related to essential ecosystem services such
as food provision.},
Multifunctionality
Fertilizer
Microcosms
Soil microorganisms},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN967,
author = {Ropars, Lise and Affre, Laurence and Schurr, Lucie and Flacher,
Floriane and Genoud, David and Mutillod, Clémentine and Geslin, Benoît},
title = {Land cover composition, local plant community composition and honeybee
colony density affect wild bee species assemblages in a Mediterranean biodiversity
hot-spot},
journal = {Acta Oecologica},
volume = {104},
pages = {103546},
abstract = {Identifying environmental drivers which structure wild bee species
assemblages appears essential in a context of worldwide pollinator decline. During
a two-year survey, we studied wild bee species assemblages in an 85km2 protected
area dominated by Mediterranean scrubland, the Calanques National Park, located in
southern France. Our objectives were (i) to assess the composition of the wild bee
species assemblages, and (ii) to explore the effect of a) land cover composition
(anthropogenic zone, low scrubland, forest and rocky land cover), b) local plant
community composition, and c) honeybee colony density on wild bee species
assemblages. On 17 circular 100m2 plots, we collected 541 specimens belonging to 87
wild bee species. We found that large bee species were significantly influenced by
land cover composition within a 1000m radius. More specifically, we observed that
the presence of a diversified land cover composition within a 1000m radius
maximized large wild bee species richness, whereas large bee abundance and richness
were negatively affected by honeybee colony density. Small wild bee species were
structured by the local plant community composition within 100m2 plots and by land
cover composition within a 1000m radius. Their occurrence were related to the local
composition of plants growing on deep soils in scrublands. The Calanques National
Park, which is the only European park located at the interface with a large city
and consequently suffers from anthropic pressure, encompasses several types of land
cover which are beneficial for a wide diversity of bees. However, we would like to
raise awareness among park managers regarding beekeeping activities within this
territory which includes diverse types of land cover favorable for wild bee
species.},
keywords = {Wild bee species assemblages
Scrublands
Plant community
Floral resource competition
Honeybee density},
ISSN = {1146-609X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2020.103546},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN973,
author = {Roque, Fabio de Oliveira and Guerra, Angélica and Johnson, Matthew and
Padovani, Carlos and Corbi, Juliano and Covich, Alan P. and Eaton, Donald and
Tomas, Walfrido Moraes and Valente-Neto, Francisco and Borges, Ana Claudia Piovezan
and Pinho, Alexandra and Barufatii, Alexeia and Crispim, Bruno do Amaral and
Guariento, Rafael Dettogni and Andrade, Maria Helena da Silva and Rezende-Filho,
Ary Tavares and Portela, Rodolfo and Divina, Marcia and da Silva, Julio César
Sampaio and Bernadino, Cássio and Gomes de Sá, Érica Fernanda Gonçalves and
Cordeiro-Estrela, Pedro and Desbiez, Arnaud and Rosa, Isabel M. D. and Yon, Lisa},
title = {Simulating land use changes, sediment yields, and pesticide use in the
Upper Paraguay River Basin: Implications for conservation of the Pantanal wetland},
volume = {314},
pages = {107405},
abstract = {As a consequence of accelerated and excessive use of pesticides in
tropical regions, wilderness areas are under threat; this includes the Pantanal
wetlands in the Upper Paraguay River Basin (UPRB). Using a Land Cover Land Use
Change (LCLUC) modelling approach, we estimated the expected pesticide load in the
Pantanal and the surrounding highlands region for 2050 under three potential
scenarios: i) business as usual (BAU), ii) acceleration of anthropogenic changes
(ACC), and iii) use of buffer zones around protected areas (BPA). The quantity of
pesticides used in the UPRB is predicted to vary depending on the scenario, from an
overall increase by as much as 7.4% in the UPRB in the BAU scenario (increasing by
38.5% in the floodplain and 6.6% in the highlands), to an increase of 11.2% in the
UPRB (over current use) under the AAC scenario (increasing by 53.8% in the
floodplain and 7.5% in the highlands). Much higher usage of pesticides is predicted
in sub-basins with greater agricultural areas within major hydrographic basins.
Changing the current trajectory of land management in the UPRB is a complex
challenge. It will require a substantial shift from current practices, and will
involve the implementation of a number of strategies, ranging from the development
of new technologies to achieve changes in land use policies, to increasing dialogue
between farmers, ranchers, the scientific community, and local or traditional
communities through participatory learning processes and outreach.},
keywords = {Land Cover Land Use Change
Sedimentation
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Paraguay River
Agrochemical},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN906,
author = {Rounsevell, M. D. A. and Reginster, I. and Araújo, M. B. and Carter,
T. R. and Dendoncker, N. and Ewert, F. and House, J. I. and Kankaanpää, S. and
Leemans, R. and Metzger, M. J. and Schmit, C. and Smith, P. and Tuck, G.},
title = {A coherent set of future land use change scenarios for Europe},
volume = {114},
number = {1},
pages = {57-68},
abstract = {This paper presents a range of future, spatially explicit, land use
change scenarios for the EU15, Norway and Switzerland based on an interpretation of
the global storylines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that
are presented in the special report on emissions scenarios (SRES). The methodology
is based on a qualitative interpretation of the SRES storylines for the European
region, an estimation of the aggregate totals of land use change using various land
use change models and the allocation of these aggregate quantities in space using
spatially explicit rules. The spatial patterns are further downscaled from a
resolution of 10min to 250m using statistical downscaling procedures. The scenarios
include the major land use/land cover classes urban, cropland, grassland and forest
land as well as introducing new land use classes such as bioenergy crops. The
scenario changes are most striking for the agricultural land uses, with large area
declines resulting from assumptions about future crop yield development with
respect to changes in the demand for agricultural commodities. Abandoned
agricultural land is a consequence of these assumptions. Increases in urban areas
(arising from population and economic change) are similar for each scenario, but
the spatial patterns are very different. This reflects alternative assumptions
about urban development processes. Forest land areas increase in all scenarios,
although such changes will occur slowly and largely reflect assumed policy
objectives. The scenarios also consider changes in protected areas (for
conservation or recreation goals) and how these might provide a break on future
land use change. The approach to estimate new protected areas is based in part on
the use of models of species distribution and richness. All scenarios assume some
increases in the area of bioenergy crops with some scenarios assuming a major
development of this new land use. Several technical and conceptual difficulties in
developing future land use change scenarios are discussed. These include the
problems of the subjective nature of qualitative interpretations, the land use
change models used in scenario development, the problem of validating future change
scenarios, the quality of the observed baseline, and statistical downscaling
techniques.},
keywords = {Land use scenarios
Special report on emission scenarios (IPCC SRES)
Climate change
Spatial allocation rules
PELCOM land cover data set
Land use modelling},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2006},
}
@article{RN1015,
author = {Roy, Bishal},
title = {Optimum machine learning algorithm selection for forecasting vegetation
indices: MODIS NDVI & EVI},
volume = {23},
pages = {100582},
abstract = {Vegetation as a key environmental indicator both influences and is
influenced by other factors. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and
Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) are quantitative measurements of vegetation that
follow a monthly trend. Machine learning algorithms are now widely used to forecast
several environmental indicators, including vegetation indices. In this study,
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) dataset MOD13A2.006 (2001–
2018) was used to extract NDVI and EVI values. These quantitative values were used
to forecast vegetation indices for 2019 and scored on their performance. Four
supervised machine learning algorithms: Support Vector Regression, Random Forest,
Linear & Polynomial Regression were tested. The models forecasted data with 5.73%–
1.51% error in NDVI and 6.99%–4.33% error in EVI. However, sudden loss and sudden
gain in NDVI or EVI midyear could not be forecasted with these four algorithms in
some cases. There was an observed upwards linear trend in the data suggesting
increasing vegetation cover.},
keywords = {Machine learning algorithms
Polynomial regression
Random forest
Support vector machine
Vegetation},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1028,
author = {Roy, Bishal and Rahman, Md Zakiur},
title = {Spatio-temporal analysis and cellular automata-based simulations of
biophysical indicators under the scenario of climate change and urbanization using
artificial neural network},
volume = {31},
pages = {100992},
abstract = {Rapid urbanization is an indicator of infrastructure and economic
development. Changes in the urbanization pattern contribute significantly to land
use land cover (LULC) change, precipitation pattern, and vegetation cover (VC).
These changes are intensified by climate change and the increasing population.
Understanding the responses of the biophysical indicators such as precipitation
accumulation (PA), trends, and vegetation cover to climate change and rapid
urbanization is the key to predicting future scenarios. This study aims to monitor
and simulate the scenario of the biophysical indicators in response to urbanization
and climate change in the Rangpur district, Bangladesh. Landsat 4–5 TM and 8 OLI
satellite images, data regarding meteorological conditions, and biophysical
indicators from 2001 to 2020 were used to quantify the LULC, PA, and VC changes and
predict future scenarios for 2025 and 2030 using machine learning algorithms such
as cellular automata (CA) and artificial neural network (ANN). Between 2001 and
2020, urban areas and vegetation have increased by 768% and 27.9% respectively,
followed by redactions in water bodies and barren land by 65% and 77.5%
respectively. Simulation results indicate significant growth in urban areas by
17.4% and 25.1% in 2030 and 2040, flowed by decreased vegetation cover (1.2% and
1.8%), water bodies (12.9% and 17.2%), and barren lands (22.9% and 31.5%). Mann
Kendall trend test also shows no pattern for eight months in one year, suggesting
changing precipitation pattern. These changes are indicative of climate change at a
micro-level and threaten sustainable development and climate resilience.},
Artificial neural network
Land cover change
Rainfall anomaly
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1244,
author = {Roznik, Mitchell and Boyd, Milton and Porth, Lysa},
title = {Improving crop yield estimation by applying higher resolution satellite
NDVI imagery and high-resolution cropland masks},
volume = {25},
pages = {100693},
abstract = {This research contributes to the literature by investigating if and
by how much higher resolution satellite imagery improves crop yield estimation
accuracy at the county level when paired with a high-resolution cropland mask.
Satellite imagery is an interesting big data source that has potential applications
in agriculture. When applying satellite imagery for crop yield estimation,
practitioners choose which resolution (i.e., grid size) of images to use.
Processing higher resolution images requires greater computing resources compared
to lower resolution images. Practitioners may choose to use lower resolution
images, but there may be a loss in crop yield model estimation accuracy. The cost
of computation has decreased significantly with the advent of cloud computing and
open access computing portals such as Google Earth Engine. These technologies have
made satellite image processing more economical. The objective of this research is
to quantify the crop yield estimation accuracy improvement that could be achieved
by using higher resolution normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) with a
cropland mask. NDVI (a measure of crop greenness) data was collected for 48 U.S.
states for four crops over 11 years. The crops investigated were corn, soybeans,
spring wheat, and winter wheat. Each crop yield regression model estimation showed
improved accuracy (R2) as the satellite NDVI resolution increased. Results suggest
that using higher resolution satellite NDVI provides more accurate crop yield
estimation compared to lower resolution satellite NDVI. This study is believed to
be the most comprehensive study to date using NDVI to estimate crop yield,
analyzing 48 states in the U.S. and four crops over 11 years using three resolution
levels.},
keywords = {Big data
Remote sensing
Crop yield estimation
NDVI
Crop insurance},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1069,
author = {Rutigliano, F. A. and Marzaioli, R. and Grilli, E. and Coppola, E. and
Castaldi, S.},
title = {Microbial, physical and chemical indicators together reveal soil health
changes related to land cover types in the southern European sites under
desertification risk},
volume = {99-100},
pages = {150894},
abstract = {Soil microbial communities, which play a key role in the provision
of essential ecosystem services, are significantly influenced by several physical
and chemical soil properties that may change with land management. This study
explores the effect of different land cover types (coniferous tree stands, broad-
leaved stands, shrublands, pastures/grasslands and croplands) on physical, chemical
and microbial properties (all contributing to soil health) in southern European
areas under moderate-high desertification risk selected in Italy, Spain and
Portugal. In sites that differ in land cover, we determined microbial biomass
(Cmic), activity and indices of microbial metabolism including Cmic/Corg ratio,
metabolic quotient (qCO2) and quotient of mineralization (qM). Soil physical and
chemical properties were also measured, comprising bulk density (BD), water content
(WC), pH, cation exchange capacity (CEC), total organic C (Corg) and some of its
labile fractions, extractable C (Cext) and mineralizable C (Cmin), total N content
and C/N. Results showed that land cover type played a strong role in determining
magnitude of microbial variables with biomass and activity being higher under
coniferous tree cover than in other land covers, according to trends in WC, CEC,
Corg, Cext, Cmin, N, C/N. Compared to land cover, aridity index had lower effect on
investigated variables. In comparison to sites with higher Corg content, sites with
lower Corg content (most croplands) tended to lose C more rapidly, as suggested by
high qM values, except for Spanish acidic soils. Therefore, urgent actions must be
taken to counteract the tendency of C-poorer soils to lose C, promoting land cover
types that facilitate soil recovery by ensuring denser and more continuous soil
cover over time. We also identified a minimum set of soil variables that provide
information on soil health changes in both short term (microbial variables) and
longer term (physical and chemical variables) in areas under desertification
risk.},
Microbial biomass and activity
Indices of microbial metabolism
Soil physical and chemical properties
Desertification risk
Southern Europe areas},
ISSN = {0031-4056},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN473,
author = {Rutigliano, F. A. and Marzaioli, R. and Grilli, E. and Coppola, E. and
Castaldi, S.},
title = {Microbial, physical and chemical indicators together reveal soil health
changes related to land cover types in the southern European sites under
desertification risk},
volume = {99-100},
pages = {150894},
abstract = {Soil microbial communities, which play a key role in the provision
of essential ecosystem services, are significantly influenced by several physical
and chemical soil properties that may change with land management. This study
explores the effect of different land cover types (coniferous tree stands, broad-
leaved stands, shrublands, pastures/grasslands and croplands) on physical, chemical
and microbial properties (all contributing to soil health) in southern European
areas under moderate-high desertification risk selected in Italy, Spain and
Portugal. In sites that differ in land cover, we determined microbial biomass
(Cmic), activity and indices of microbial metabolism including Cmic/Corg ratio,
metabolic quotient (qCO2) and quotient of mineralization (qM). Soil physical and
chemical properties were also measured, comprising bulk density (BD), water content
(WC), pH, cation exchange capacity (CEC), total organic C (Corg) and some of its
labile fractions, extractable C (Cext) and mineralizable C (Cmin), total N content
and C/N. Results showed that land cover type played a strong role in determining
magnitude of microbial variables with biomass and activity being higher under
coniferous tree cover than in other land covers, according to trends in WC, CEC,
Corg, Cext, Cmin, N, C/N. Compared to land cover, aridity index had lower effect on
investigated variables. In comparison to sites with higher Corg content, sites with
lower Corg content (most croplands) tended to lose C more rapidly, as suggested by
high qM values, except for Spanish acidic soils. Therefore, urgent actions must be
taken to counteract the tendency of C-poorer soils to lose C, promoting land cover
types that facilitate soil recovery by ensuring denser and more continuous soil
cover over time. We also identified a minimum set of soil variables that provide
information on soil health changes in both short term (microbial variables) and
longer term (physical and chemical variables) in areas under desertification
risk.},
Microbial biomass and activity
Indices of microbial metabolism
Soil physical and chemical properties
Desertification risk
Southern Europe areas},
ISSN = {0031-4056},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN872,
author = {Römbke, Jörg and Gardi, Ciro and Creamer, Rachel and Miko, Ladislav},
title = {Soil biodiversity data: Actual and potential use in European and
national legislation},
volume = {97},
pages = {125-133},
abstract = {In the EU-FP7 project EcoFINDERS 81 sites located across Europe were
sampled in a standardized way in order to determine and evaluate the local soil
biodiversity and associated ecosystem function. The results of this sampling
activity give a broad overview on the structure and functions of soil biological
communities at European arable, grassland and forest sites. Probably more
importantly, a set of indicators (i.e., organism groups and measurement endpoints)
were identified, fulfilling criteria such as ecological relevance, practicability,
or cost efficiency. In this contribution we want to address two issues: firstly, we
review current legalization in the European Union and selected member states that
relates to monitoring of soil biodiversity as well as selected individual Member
States. Secondly, we discuss which legal tools could benefit from applying the set
of soil biology indicators identified in the EcoFINDERS project. Since the
withdrawal of the proposed Soil Framework Directive in 2014 there is no common
legal approach on how to protect soils – and specifically its ecological functions
– in Europe. However, assuming that such a general framework will be in shape in
the foreseeable future, we will discuss how the new knowledge of soil biodiversity
and in particular its monitoring as identified in the EcoFINDERS project would fit
into such a potential legal approach.},
keywords = {Monitoring Program
European Union
Soil biodiversity
Standardization},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN1200,
author = {Saah, David and Tenneson, Karis and Poortinga, Ate and Nguyen, Quyen
and Chishtie, Farrukh and Aung, Khun San and Markert, Kel N. and Clinton, Nicholas
and Anderson, Eric R. and Cutter, Peter and Goldstein, Joshua and Housman, Ian W.
and Bhandari, Biplov and Potapov, Peter V. and Matin, Mir and Uddin, Kabir and
Pham, Hai N. and Khanal, Nishanta and Maharjan, Sajana and Ellenberg, Walter L. and
Bajracharya, Birendra and Bhargava, Radhika and Maus, Paul and Patterson, Matthew
and Flores-Anderson, Africa Ixmucane and Silverman, Jeffrey and Sovann,
Chansopheaktra and Do, Phuong M. and Nguyen, Giang V. and Bounthabandit, Soukanh
and Aryal, Raja Ram and Myat, Su Mon and Sato, Kei and Lindquist, Erik and Kono,
Marija and Broadhead, Jeremy and Towashiraporn, Peeranan and Ganz, David},
title = {Primitives as building blocks for constructing land cover maps},
Geoinformation},
volume = {85},
pages = {101979},
abstract = {Land cover maps play an integral role in environmental management.
However, countries and institutes encounter many challenges with producing timely,
efficient, and temporally harmonized updates to their land cover maps. To address
these issues we present a modular Regional Land Cover Monitoring System (RLCMS)
architecture that is easily customized to create land cover products using
primitive map layers. Primitive map layers are a suite of biophysical and end
member maps, with land cover primitives representing the raw information needed to
make decisions in a dichotomous key for land cover classification. We present best
practices to create and assemble primitives from optical satellite using computing
technologies, decision tree logic and Monte Carlo simulations to integrate their
uncertainties. The concept is presented in the context of a regional land cover map
based on a shared regional typology with 18 land cover classes agreed on by
stakeholders from Cambodia, Laos PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. We created
annual map and uncertainty layers for the period 2000–2017. We found an overall
accuracy of 94% when taking uncertainties into account. RLCMS produces consistent
time series products using free long term historical Landsat and MODIS data. The
customizable architecture can include a variety of sensors and machine learning
algorithms to create primitives and the best suited smoothing can be applied on a
primitive level. The system is transferable to all regions around the globe because
of its use of publicly available global data (Landsat and MODIS) and easily
adaptable architecture that allows for the incorporation of a customizable assembly
logic to map different land cover typologies based on the user's landscape
monitoring objectives},
Remote sensing
Mekong region
Google Earth Engine
Landsat
SERVIR},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN512,
author = {Safaei, Mojdeh and Bashari, Hossein and Mosaddeghi, Mohammad Reza and
Jafari, Reza},
title = {Assessing the impacts of land use and land cover changes on soil
functions using landscape function analysis and soil quality indicators in semi-
arid natural ecosystems},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {177},
pages = {260-271},
abstract = {Assessing soil quality indicators is essential for ecosystem
function evaluation. This study aimed to compare soil quality indicators of semi-
arid forests and rangelands with different condition classes using direct soil
quality indicators and landscape function analysis (LFA). Vegetation and soil
properties were studied in three forest sites with different densities and 16
rangeland sites. A total of 72 soil samples were collected from various land
use/cover types and their physical and chemical properties were measured. Eleven
soil quality indicators were assessed from each patch and inter-patch zone along
the established transects in each land use/cover type to obtain three functional
indices including soil stability, infiltration, and nutrient cycling. The accuracy
of the stability and infiltration indices of the LFA was verified by their
correlations with some soil quality indicators. The results revealed a similar
trend in soil quality indicators among the land use/cover types indicating that
soil organic carbon (SOC), particulate soil organic matters (POM), mean weight
diameter (MWD), soil stability index (SSI), and macronutrients had more appropriate
conditions in rangelands with good conditions and dense forest sites compared to
other land uses/covers. The soils in rangelands with poor conditions and sparse
forests required substantial input of organic carbon to achieve an appropriate
level of soil quality. The results highlighted the importance of SOC, POM, and soil
texture for the prediction of aggregate stability in the region. The regression
model showed a significant relationship between MWD and SSI. Moreover, nitrogen and
SOC had significant relations with nutrient cycling and the relation between water
dispersible clay and infiltration index was also significant (p < 0.01). The methods
used in this study underscored the importance of conserving natural ecosystems.
These methods can be implemented for assessing other semi-arid ecosystems. Holistic
land management is required to conserve natural and productive ecosystems and to
prevent soil degradation.},
keywords = {Landscape function analysis
Soil aggregate stability
Structural and functional characteristics
Rangelands and forests},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN908,
author = {Safanelli, José Lucas and Nóia Júnior, Rogério de Souza and Coutinho,
Pedro Alves Quilici and Araujo, Marcela Almeida de and Fendrich, Arthur Nicolaus
and Rizzo, Rodnei and Chamma, Ana Letícia Sbitkowski and Tavares, Paulo André and
Barretto, Alberto Giaroli de Oliveira Pereira and Maule, Rodrigo Fernando and
Reichardt, Klaus and Sparovek, Gerd and Dourado Neto, Durval},
title = {Grain-cropping suitability for evaluating the agricultural land use
change in Brazil},
volume = {154},
pages = {102937},
abstract = {Mapping and monitoring tools are imperative in assessing
agricultural systems and guiding future decision-making to safeguard food security.
Since grain-croplands are the main occupation within the Brazilian croplands that
has played a substantial role in the country's land use/land cover (LULC) dynamic,
this study aims at proposing a grain-cropping suitability index (CroppingSI) to
support the geographical analysis of LULC agricultural trends. The proposed
approach considers detailed information on climate, soils, and terrain coupled with
grain-crop simulations, soil quality indexing, and terrain restrictions evaluated
at the highest available resolution. With historical LULC maps (2000 and 2020), we
found that terrain was the most critical factor for cropland expansion, followed by
climate and soil quality. The new croplands expanded towards regions with better
climate and terrain conditions while neglecting the soil quality, mostly in the
Cerrado and Amazon regions. In addition, the assessment of CroppingSI was
instrumental in understanding that expanding new croplands over current cleared
areas (i.e., pasturelands) may expose them to marginal soil and terrain conditions.
This suggests a fragility of the current expansion trend of grain-cropping systems
which can substantially put food security at risk, requiring alternative strategies
for maintaining or improving food through crop intensification.},
keywords = {Agriculture sustainability
Cropland expansion
Double-cropping system},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1303,
author = {Sainju, Upendra M. and Liptzin, Daniel and Dangi, Sadikshya and
Ghimire, Rajan},
title = {Soil health indicators and crop yield in response to long-term cropping
sequence and nitrogen fertilization},
volume = {168},
pages = {104182},
abstract = {There is a need for including soil physical and biological
properties along with chemical properties to accurately measure soil health and
relate to crop yields. The objective of this study was to determine a suite of soil
health indicators that were sensitive to cropping systems and N fertilization and
relate to soil properties and dryland crop yield in a 14-yr-old cropping sequence
and N fertilization study in eastern Montana, USA. Main-plot (cropping sequence)
treatments were conventional till barley (Hordeum vulgaris L.)/spring wheat
(Triticum aestivum L.)-fallow (CTWF), no-till continuous barley/spring wheat
(NTCW), no-till barley/spring wheat-fallow (NTWF), and no-till barley/spring wheat-
pea (Pisum sativum L.) (NTWP) and split-plot (N fertilization) treatments were 0
(N0) and 80/100 kg N ha−1 (N1) applied to barley and spring wheat. Barley was grown
for the first six years that was replaced by spring wheat for the last eight years.
The NTCW increased aggregate stability, wet aggregate stability index, average
slake aggregate, P concentration, KMNO4-extractable C, CO2 flush (1 d incubation),
potentially mineralizable N, and N-acetyl β-glucosaminidase (NAG), but reduced NO3-
N concentration compared to other treatments. Water-stable aggregation, macro-
porosity, volumetric water content at water saturation, and Mg concentration were
greater with N0, but water-extractable total N and NO3-N concentration were greater
with N1. Mean crop (barley/spring wheat) yield from 2006 to 2019 were greater in
NTCW with N1 than other treatments. Multivariate analysis showed that phospholipid-
derived fatty acid (PLFA) and CO2 flush at 4-d incubation were negatively related
to Ca and Al concentrations, but positively to crop yield. Microbial abundance and
activity can be used as important soil health indicators that were enhanced by no-
tillage with increased cropping intensity and related to crop yield.},
keywords = {Crop rotation
Crop production
Management practices
Nitrogen application
Soil properties
Soil quality},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN394,
author = {Salvati, Luca and Sateriano, Adele and Zitti, Marco},
title = {Long-term land cover changes and climate variations – A country-scale
approach for a new policy target},
volume = {30},
number = {1},
pages = {401-407},
abstract = {This study provides a framework for the joint analysis of long-term
land cover changes and climatic variations at regional scale. The land cover
distribution observed in Italy in 1960, 1990, and 2006 was compared with trends in
annual precipitation and the aridity index estimated during 1951–2007. Annual
rainfall decreased by 0.41% per year during the examined period with the consequent
increase in the aridity index (0.48% per year). Both rainfall decrease and aridity
increase followed a non-uniform spatial distribution impacting differently the
Mediterranean landscape mosaic. Land cover classes with higher precipitation rates
and moderate to low aridity regimes experienced larger climate variations. Natural
and semi-natural areas (including forests, shrublands, pastures, mountain zones
with glaciers and rocky areas) resulted as the most vulnerable to climate aridity.
Croplands were associated to moderately dry conditions in 1951–1960 but underwent
only mild climate variations during the following fifty years. Results may inform
sustainable regional planning for peri-urban and rural land experiencing aridity
and contribute to the implementation of national action plans against climate
changes in the Mediterranean basin.},
keywords = {Land-use
Rainfall
Aridity index
Italy},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN294,
author = {Salvati, Luca and Sateriano, Adele and Zitti, Marco},
title = {Long-term land cover changes and climate variations – A country-scale
approach for a new policy target},
volume = {30},
number = {1},
pages = {401-407},
abstract = {This study provides a framework for the joint analysis of long-term
land cover changes and climatic variations at regional scale. The land cover
distribution observed in Italy in 1960, 1990, and 2006 was compared with trends in
annual precipitation and the aridity index estimated during 1951–2007. Annual
rainfall decreased by 0.41% per year during the examined period with the consequent
increase in the aridity index (0.48% per year). Both rainfall decrease and aridity
increase followed a non-uniform spatial distribution impacting differently the
Mediterranean landscape mosaic. Land cover classes with higher precipitation rates
and moderate to low aridity regimes experienced larger climate variations. Natural
and semi-natural areas (including forests, shrublands, pastures, mountain zones
with glaciers and rocky areas) resulted as the most vulnerable to climate aridity.
Croplands were associated to moderately dry conditions in 1951–1960 but underwent
only mild climate variations during the following fifty years. Results may inform
sustainable regional planning for peri-urban and rural land experiencing aridity
and contribute to the implementation of national action plans against climate
changes in the Mediterranean basin.},
keywords = {Land-use
Rainfall
Aridity index
Italy},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN1140,
author = {Salvucci, Andrea and Rafael, Rogério Borguete Alves and Cocco,
Stefania and Cardelli, Valeria and Camponi, Lorenzo and Serrani, Dominique and
Feniasse, Domingos and Weindorf, David C. and Corti, Giuseppe},
title = {Zoogenic soil horizons – termite ecosystem engineers in different agro-
ecological regions of Mozambique},
volume = {32},
pages = {e00618},
abstract = {Termite nests represent a typical ecosystem engineered to produce a
solid and long-lasting home where individuals are protected from predators,
rainfall, and sunlight, while maintaining requisite temperatures and humidity. To
achieve this, termites translocate and rework soil material as a unique pedogenic
force, exposing it to soil genesis factors that may vary temporally. To date,
limited information exists on zoogenic soil genesis from termites, with a few
reports on the pedomorphological characterization of termite mounds and of the
different genetic horizons developed therein. The aims of this work were to report
the pedomorphological and physicochemical characterization of termite mounds in two
selected sub-tropical agro-ecological zones of Mozambique and to define the genesis
of zoogenic soil horizons that form termite mounds. Common soil features like
channels and galleries are related to the ability of termites to create a suitable
environment for the colony and are created through modification and reworking of
soil and subsoil materials. Because of this, termites can be considered as the main
pedogenic force, which fosters horizons different in pedomorphological and
physicochemical features with respect to the surrounding soil. In view of this, new
suffixes or diagnostic horizons may be useful in the characterization of soil
horizons affected by bioturbation.},
keywords = {Soil bioturbation
Termite mound
Built suffix
Deeply modified suffix},
ISSN = {2352-0094},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN630,
author = {Sanaullah, Muhammad and Usman, Muhammad and Wakeel, Abdul and Cheema,
Sardar Alam and Ashraf, Imran and Farooq, Muhammad},
title = {Terrestrial ecosystem functioning affected by agricultural management
systems: A review},
volume = {196},
pages = {104464},
abstract = {With increasing world population, there is an evident pressure on
food production demand at the expense of environment. Maximizing yields at
environmental cost is quite high especially in terms of soil and water
deterioration. Traditional/conventional agricultural system is complemented with
intensive tillage, mono-cropping and inappropriate crop residue management with
deleterious impacts on the environment. Such agricultural practices have
substantially contributed to climate change due to resulting greenhouse gases
(GHGs) emissions. In recent decades, “conservation agriculture”, is being adopted
which employs no or minimum tillage, diversified crop rotation and efficient crop
residues management. Such approaches are associated to the decreased GHGs emissions
due to low consumption of fossil fuels and fertilizers (especially N2O emissions
from nitrogenous fertilizers). However, increased use of pesticides in conservation
agriculture can be an important threat to the environment. This review collates
impacts of both agricultural management systems on terrestrial ecosystem
functioning in terms of soil quality and environmental sustainability. Impacts of
conventional and conservation systems on soil health, carbon sequestration, GHGs
emissions, cropping patterns, weed dynamics and environmental degradation are
critically evaluated and research gaps are highlighted. Future research directions
have been identified to promote the research regarding sustainable agriculture
development.},
keywords = {Terrestrial ecosystem functioning
Conventional agriculture
Climate change
Cropping systems
Environment degradation},
ISSN = {0167-1987},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN730,
author = {Sanaullah, Muhammad and Usman, Muhammad and Wakeel, Abdul and Cheema,
Sardar Alam and Ashraf, Imran and Farooq, Muhammad},
title = {Terrestrial ecosystem functioning affected by agricultural management
systems: A review},
volume = {196},
pages = {104464},
abstract = {With increasing world population, there is an evident pressure on
food production demand at the expense of environment. Maximizing yields at
environmental cost is quite high especially in terms of soil and water
deterioration. Traditional/conventional agricultural system is complemented with
intensive tillage, mono-cropping and inappropriate crop residue management with
deleterious impacts on the environment. Such agricultural practices have
substantially contributed to climate change due to resulting greenhouse gases
(GHGs) emissions. In recent decades, “conservation agriculture”, is being adopted
which employs no or minimum tillage, diversified crop rotation and efficient crop
residues management. Such approaches are associated to the decreased GHGs emissions
due to low consumption of fossil fuels and fertilizers (especially N2O emissions
from nitrogenous fertilizers). However, increased use of pesticides in conservation
agriculture can be an important threat to the environment. This review collates
impacts of both agricultural management systems on terrestrial ecosystem
functioning in terms of soil quality and environmental sustainability. Impacts of
conventional and conservation systems on soil health, carbon sequestration, GHGs
emissions, cropping patterns, weed dynamics and environmental degradation are
critically evaluated and research gaps are highlighted. Future research directions
have been identified to promote the research regarding sustainable agriculture
development.},
keywords = {Terrestrial ecosystem functioning
Conventional agriculture
Climate change
Cropping systems
Environment degradation},
ISSN = {0167-1987},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN50,
author = {Sanford, Gregg R. and Jackson, Randall D. and Rui, Yichao and
Kucharik, Christopher J.},
title = {Land use-land cover gradient demonstrates the importance of perennial
grasslands with intact soils for building soil carbon in the fertile Mollisols of
the North Central US},
volume = {418},
pages = {115854},
abstract = {The impact of land use change and agricultural management on the
cycling of soil organic carbon (SOC) is not well understood, limiting our ability
to manage for, and accurately model, soil carbon changes at both local and regional
scales. To address this issue, we combined long-term soil incubations with acid-
hydrolysis and dry combustion to parse total SOC (Ct) into three operationally
defined SOC pools (active, slow, and recalcitrant) from 9 long-term sites with
varying land uses on current and former tallgrass prairie soil. Land uses
represented a gradient of soil disturbance histories including remnant prairie,
restored prairie, grazed pasture, annual crop rotations, and continuous maize. Dry
combustion was used to estimate total carbon (Ct, physical), while acid hydrolysis
of both the active (Ca) and slow (Cs) pools was used to estimate a recalcitrant
carbon pool (Cr, chemical). Non-linear modeling of CO2 efflux data from the long-
term incubations was then used to estimate Ca, and the decomposition rates of both
Ca and Cs (ka and kr, biological). The size of the slow pools Cs was then defined
mathematically as Ct-(Ca + Cr). Remnant prairie had the highest Ct, while cool-
season pasture and a 35-y-old restored prairie had higher Ct than the other
agricultural systems. All agricultural systems, including pasture, had the highest
fraction of Ct as Cr (∼50%), whose mean residence time (MRT) in these soils is
≥500 years (Paul et al., 2001a) demonstrating that this fraction persists, while
the more labile fractions were lost over the course of a few months (Ca) to a few
decades (Cs) as a result of tillage-intensive agriculture. The two- to four-decade
MRT time of Cs indicated a pool likely to be more responsive to the 20 to 40 years
of land-use practices used at some of the sites. The Cs pool was largest in the
remnant- and 35-y-old prairies indicating significant C accrual and stabilization
compared to the agricultural ecosystems. Interestingly, the remnant prairie
maintained the highest Ca pool as well, demonstrating the strong connection between
the quantity of fresh C inputs and the potential for long-term C stabilization and
accrual. The accumulation of C in active (≈labile) pools as a first step toward
long-term stabilization highlights the tenuous nature of early carbon gains, which
can be quickly lost in response to climate change or poor management.},
keywords = {Soil incubation
Carbon cycling
Carbon pools
Cropping systems
Grazing
Prairie},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1128,
author = {Sari, Inggit Lolita and Weston, Christopher J. and Newnham, Glenn J.
and Volkova, Liubov},
title = {Land cover modelling for tropical forest vulnerability prediction in
Kalimantan, Indonesia},
volume = {32},
pages = {101003},
abstract = {This study aimed to estimate the vulnerability of tropical forest in
Kalimantan, Indonesia, from simulated land cover changes using the Weighted
Normalised Likelihood–Markov Chain model (WNL-MC) for the period 2018–2050 under a
forest conservation and a no-conservation scenario. Predictions of future
vulnerability and forest change were based on land cover maps for 2010 and 2014
developed using the integration of Landsat, ALOS PALSAR, and Sentinel-1 data. The
four main land cover classes in the region were oil palm and rubber plantations,
native forests, and non-forested areas. The performance of the WNL–MC model was
evaluated by comparing the simulated and actual land cover maps for 2018 and
validating them against high-resolution images. Kappa accuracy for the simulated
maps was >85%, and overall accuracy was >90%. Under the scenario of no forest
conservation, native forest showed approximately 50% loss over the next 30 years,
while the forest conservation scenario showed a slowing of current deforestation by
18% from 2018 to 2030 and by 5.95% from 2030 to 2050. Native forest outside forest
conservation zones was most vulnerable to conversion to other land uses,
particularly in lowland areas close to settlements and roads. Estimations of native
forest loss, particularly under the no-conservation scenario, emphasise the need
for policies to preserve and conserve remaining native forest areas.},
keywords = {Land change model
Weighted normalised Likelihood–Markov chain
Forest conservation
Oil palm plantation
Rubber plantation},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN235,
author = {Sayão, Veridiana Maria and dos Santos, Natasha Valadares and de Sousa
Mendes, Wanderson and Marques, Karina P. P. and Safanelli, José Lucas and Poppiel,
Raul Roberto and Demattê, José A. M.},
title = {Land use/land cover changes and bare soil surface temperature
monitoring in southeast Brazil},
volume = {22},
pages = {e00313},
abstract = {The land surface temperature (LST) provides important information
about energy exchange processes, which are influenced by land use/land cover
(LULC). Thus, our objective was to evaluate LST patterns driven by LULC changes,
detected over a time series of Landsat images. The study area of 2990 km2 is
located in the Piracicaba region, state of São Paulo, Brazil. We acquired Landsat
images from 1985 to 2019, in dry and moist seasons. Six LULC classes (agriculture,
bare soil, straw, forest, water, and pasture) were identified by maximum-likelihood
supervised classification every five years and then LST was estimated using the
inversion of Planck’s function in the thermal band. Spectral indices representing
vegetation, water, bare soil, and straw were calculated and correlated to LST in
specific years. Bare soil images and their respective LST in both seasons were used
annually to approach the influence of bare soil areas on the LST, considering soil
class, time and rainfall. LULC alterations over 1985–2015 were an important factor
on the LST change, which varied on average from 21.46 °C to 41.31 °C in the moist
season and 17.05 °C to 31.67 °C in the dry one. Water bodies and vegetation had the
lowest LST values, whereas bare soil and straw had the highest ones. The
correlation between LST and spectral indices somewhat agreed with such patterns.
Arenosols presented the highest LST mean values in both seasons and differed from
Acrisols in the dry season, which is probably related to their texture and
mineralogical composition. In the moist season, LST was negatively correlated to
rainfall, suggesting the influence of soil moisture content on its surface
temperature. In the dry season, the LST of bare soil areas increased by an average
of 0.13 °C per year, indicating a warming trend. In general, LST increased in the
studied period, probably due to the increase of anthropic activity, such as the
expansion of agricultural areas. These findings can assist future studies on the
influence of soils and land use on climate alterations.},
Satellite image classification
Acrisols
Ferralsols
Leptosols
Arenosols},
ISSN = {2352-0094},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN335,
author = {Sayão, Veridiana Maria and dos Santos, Natasha Valadares and de Sousa
Mendes, Wanderson and Marques, Karina P. P. and Safanelli, José Lucas and Poppiel,
Raul Roberto and Demattê, José A. M.},
title = {Land use/land cover changes and bare soil surface temperature
monitoring in southeast Brazil},
volume = {22},
pages = {e00313},
abstract = {The land surface temperature (LST) provides important information
about energy exchange processes, which are influenced by land use/land cover
(LULC). Thus, our objective was to evaluate LST patterns driven by LULC changes,
detected over a time series of Landsat images. The study area of 2990 km2 is
located in the Piracicaba region, state of São Paulo, Brazil. We acquired Landsat
images from 1985 to 2019, in dry and moist seasons. Six LULC classes (agriculture,
bare soil, straw, forest, water, and pasture) were identified by maximum-likelihood
supervised classification every five years and then LST was estimated using the
inversion of Planck’s function in the thermal band. Spectral indices representing
vegetation, water, bare soil, and straw were calculated and correlated to LST in
specific years. Bare soil images and their respective LST in both seasons were used
annually to approach the influence of bare soil areas on the LST, considering soil
class, time and rainfall. LULC alterations over 1985–2015 were an important factor
on the LST change, which varied on average from 21.46 °C to 41.31 °C in the moist
season and 17.05 °C to 31.67 °C in the dry one. Water bodies and vegetation had the
lowest LST values, whereas bare soil and straw had the highest ones. The
correlation between LST and spectral indices somewhat agreed with such patterns.
Arenosols presented the highest LST mean values in both seasons and differed from
Acrisols in the dry season, which is probably related to their texture and
mineralogical composition. In the moist season, LST was negatively correlated to
rainfall, suggesting the influence of soil moisture content on its surface
temperature. In the dry season, the LST of bare soil areas increased by an average
of 0.13 °C per year, indicating a warming trend. In general, LST increased in the
studied period, probably due to the increase of anthropic activity, such as the
expansion of agricultural areas. These findings can assist future studies on the
influence of soils and land use on climate alterations.},
Satellite image classification
Acrisols
Ferralsols
Leptosols
Arenosols},
ISSN = {2352-0094},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1159,
author = {Scheffler, Daniel and Frantz, David and Segl, Karl},
title = {Spectral harmonization and red edge prediction of Landsat-8 to
Sentinel-2 using land cover optimized multivariate regressors},
volume = {241},
pages = {111723},
abstract = {Multi-sensor remote sensing applications consistently gain
importance, boosted by a growing number of freely available earth observation data,
increasing computing capacity, and increasingly complex algorithms that need as
temporally dense data as possible. Using data provided by different sensors can
greatly improve the temporal resolution of time series, fill data gaps and thus
improve the quality of land cover monitoring applications. However, multi-sensor
approaches are often adversely affected by different spectral characteristics of
the sensing instruments, leading to inconsistencies in downstream products.
Spectral harmonization, i.e., the transformation of one sensor into the spectral
domain of another sensor, may reduce these inconsistencies. It simplifies
workflows, increases the reliability of subsequently derived multi-sensor products
and may also enable the generation of new products that are not possible with the
initial spectral definition. In this paper, we compare the effect of multivariate
spectral harmonization techniques on the inter-sensor reflectance consistency and
derived products such as spectral indices or land cover classifications. We
simulated surface reflectance data of Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2A from airborne
hyperspectral data to eliminate any sources of error originating from unequal
acquisition geometries, illumination or atmospheric state. We evaluate different
methods based on linear, quadratic and random forest regression as well as linear
interpolation, and predict not only matching but also unilaterally missing bands
(red edge). We additionally consider material-dependent spectral characteristics in
the harmonization process by using separate transformation functions for spectral
clusters of the input dataset. Our results suggest that spectral harmonization is
useful to improve multi-sensor consistency of remote sensing data and subsequently
derived products, especially if multiple transformation functions are incorporated.
There is a strong dependency between harmonization performance and the similarity
of source and target sensor's spectral characteristics. For spectrally transforming
Landsat-8 to Sentinel-2A, we achieved the lowest radiometric inter-sensor
deviations with 50 spectral clusters and linear regression. Based on simulated
data, deviations are below 1.7% reflectance within the red edge spectral region and
below 0.3% reflectance for the remaining bands (RMSE). Regarding spectral indices,
our results show a reduction of inter-sensor deviation (vegetation pixels only) to
38% of the initial error for NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and to
43% for EVI (Enhanced Vegetation Index). Furthermore, we computed the REIP (Red
Edge Inflection Point) with an accuracy of 3.1 nm from Sentinel-2 adapted Landsat-8
data. An exemplary multispectral classification use case revealed an increasing
inter-sensor consistency of classification results from 92.3% to 97.3% mean error.
Applied to time series of real Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 data, we observed similar
trends, albeit intermingled with non-sensor-induced inconsistencies.},
keywords = {Spectral harmonization
Satellite image harmonization
Machine learning
Analysis ready data},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN938,
author = {Schielein, Johannes and Börner, Jan},
title = {Recent transformations of land-use and land-cover dynamics across
different deforestation frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon},
volume = {76},
pages = {81-94},
abstract = {After forest governance reforms by the Brazilian government, Amazon
deforestation rates dropped by almost 80% between 2004 and 2012. Since then,
however, deforestation has slowly increased again, casting doubts on the long-term
sustainability of past conservation policy achievements. Clearly, deforestation
rates and the associated local drivers of land-use and land-cover change differ
considerably across the region, and adapting public policies to dynamic local
contexts and actor constellations remains a major challenge for decision-makers.
This paper seeks to contribute to the related science-policy debate by applying
frontier theory insights to map, quantify, and compare land-cover dynamics in the
Brazilian Amazon between 2004 and 2015. Our theoretical framework performs well in
explaining broad variations in scope, nature, and agents of land-use and land-cover
change across different frontier regions. We observe two types of transformative
processes at deforestation frontiers in the Amazonian context. First, recent
frontier development is characterized by an intensification of cattle ranching, and
an increasing share of agricultural activities in the production portfolio, which
could be the result of better access to modern technologies and markets, combined
with forest governance induced scarcity of land for expansion of historically
dominant extensive pasture systems. Second, the share of medium and large-scale
deforestation declines at first, but rebounds during the observation period in all
frontier types after 2012. Further research is needed to better understand the role
of the changing political environment in driving these medium and short-term
transformations in land-use and land-cover change. Furthermore, policy-makers,
international cooperation, and civil society must seek strong integration between
value chain based governance measures and effective environmental law
enforcement.},
keywords = {Deforestation
LUCC
Forest frontiers
Forest transition
Brazil
Amazon},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN188,
author = {Schielein, Johannes and Ponzoni Frey, Gabriel and Miranda, Javier and
Souza, Rodrigo Antônio de and Boerner, Jan and Henderson, James},
title = {The role of accessibility for land use and land cover change in the
Brazilian Amazon},
volume = {132},
pages = {102419},
abstract = {Roads and infrastructure are fundamental preconditions for the
large-scale conversion of natural forests into agricultural landscapes. Therefore,
geographic differences in accessibility are critical for understanding land use and
land cover change (LULCC) dynamics. As one of the most dynamic agricultural
frontiers globally, the Amazon has much attention in LULCC research. While most
studies account for roads and infrastructure, LULCC research often relies on one-
dimensional measures of accessibility (e.g., Euclidean distances), which may not
optimally represent the underlying latent variable concept. In this study, we
demonstrate how alternative concepts and measures of accessibility (specifically
travel time maps) can have considerably different explanatory value in the
prediction of LULCC. We adopt a panel-data model to explain the geographical
distribution of pasture and crop expansion in the Brazilian Amazon using land cover
data and travel time maps generated with high-quality representations of existing
official and non-official road infrastructure. Our approach's novelty consists of
comparing travel time to different markets during the wet- and the dry season and
their effect on the allocation of LULCC within a macro scale modeling approach. Our
results suggest that (1) pronounced differences between wet- and rainy season
accessibility (due to road quality) increase the likelihood of pasture expansion
and reduce the likelihood for crops, and (2) that alternative measures of
infrastructure access (e.g., to markets versus towns or processing facilities) can
explain different socio-economic aspects of LULCC. Our findings suggest that bad
infrastructure quality might severely limit the possibility of establishing a less
land-intensive agricultural model in the Amazon and that LULCC research can
significantly benefit from improved and context-specific measures of
accessibility.},
keywords = {Accessibility
Infrastructure
LULCC modeling
Amazon
Cattle-ranching
R},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN411,
author = {Schilling, Keith E. and Chan, Kung-Sik and Liu, Hai and Zhang, You-
Kuan},
title = {Quantifying the effect of land use land cover change on increasing
discharge in the Upper Mississippi River},
volume = {387},
number = {3},
pages = {343-345},
abstract = {Summary There is convincing evidence that land use/land cover (LULC)
change has contributed to increasing discharge in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
(UMRB) but key details remain unresolved. In this study, we extend our previous
work (Zhang and Schilling, 2006) to quantify how much of the increasing discharge
was due to LULC change. We examined daily streamflow for the 1890–2003 period from
the US Geological Survey stream gage at Keokuk, Iowa and compiled county
agricultural statistics for soybean production in the watershed above the gage to
quantify how much of the change in the relation of discharge to precipitation was
due to increased soybean cultivation. By allowing the slope of the discharge–
precipitation relationship to be a function of the area of the UMRB planted in
soybean, we determined that increasing soybean acreage increased the slope of qt–Pt
by 32%. With row crop expansion anticipated from ethanol production, increasing
agricultural production is expected to result in increased water yield and nutrient
export. Results provide important benchmarks for assessing the significance of LULC
change on the regional water and climate patterns in the UMRB.},
keywords = {Land cover land use change
Mississippi River
Row crop
Streamflow
Agricultural hydrology},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2010},
}
@article{RN426,
author = {Schivo, Facundo and Grimson, Rafael and Aquino, Diego and Quintana,
Rubén Darío},
title = {Difficult times for amphibians: Effects of land-use change at the local
and landscape scales in the Iberá Wetlands},
journal = {Acta Oecologica},
volume = {120},
pages = {103931},
abstract = {Land-use change and management practices have led to habitat loss,
one of the greatest factors in biodiversity decline. Particularly, amphibians
comprise the highest number of threatened vertebrate species at the global scale.
In this work, amphibian communities were analysed in three differing landscapes: a
protected wetland, a livestock-impaired rangeland and a pine afforestation. In each
landscape, amphibian species were sampled. Land-cover type and composition, as well
as primary vegetation types were characterised at the landscape and local scale,
respectively. The relationship between these environmental variables and the
amphibian communities was analysed. Twenty-one amphibian species were identified;
the protected and afforested landscapes were the richest, whereas the rangeland
showed the lowest species richness and diversity estimates. At the local scale,
vegetation, water coverage and land-use category explained the higher presence of
amphibian species and their abundance. These results show how different land-uses,
especially livestock farming, modify the composition of amphibian communities. This
work constitutes a foundation for the development of sustainable management
practices for conserving amphibians in landscape-level altered habitats.},
keywords = {Land-use and land-cover
Conservation
Mburucuyá national park
Rangeland
Afforestation},
ISSN = {1146-609X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2023.103931},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN525,
author = {Schmitt, Marius and Jarosch, Klaus A. and Hertel, Robert and
Spielvogel, Sandra and Dippold, Michaela A. and Loeppmann, Sebastian},
title = {Manufacturing triple-isotopically labeled microbial necromass to track
C, N and P cycles in terrestrial ecosystems},
volume = {171},
pages = {104322},
abstract = {The functional relevance of microbial necromass in terrestrial
biogeochemical cycles remains one of the unresolved mysteries of element cycling in
ecosystems, especially considering the high microbial abundance and turnover in
soil. We therefore established a protocol to manufacture multi-isotope (14C, 15N
and 33P) labeled microbial necromass to comprehensively track the turnover of
microbial necromass elements within element cycles. This protocol encompasses the
i) microbial cultivation of Pseudomonas kilonensis ACN4 (Gram-negative) and
Bacillus licheniformis DSM13 (Gram-positive) on labeled minimal medium as well as
fungal cultivation of Hypsizygus tessulatus on a complex yeast medium, ii)
quantification of radio- (14C, 33P) and stable (15N) isotope incorporation as well
their cellular pool partitioning, and iii) determination of element and tracer
isotope uptake efficiency. We achieved 1 g of bacterial biomass per liter minimum
medium within 24 h and 2.9 g l−1 fungal biomass in complex medium within 18 d. This
production rate enabled us to produce more than 100 g of necromass within only one
half-life time of 33P, including post-harvest processing. Isotope uptake and
incorporation for 33P ranged from 10 to 73%, for 15N from 24 to 52%, and for 14C
from 12 to 23%. Each of the cultivated species showed individual patterns of tracer
element uptake. The nutritional value of the carbon- (C), nitrogen- (N) and
phosphorus- (P) labeled microbial necromass was characterized by a water-based,
necromass species-specific partitioning scheme with subsequent elemental analysis
of the pools. We separated Gram-negative, Gram-positive and fungi’s cellular pools
to characterize element and tracer partitioning among dissolved versus particulate
fractions. That is essential because these properties subsequently affect the
respective pool's availability for ecosystem nutrition. Our procedure allows a
defined production of microorganism-based necromass, enabling versatile use to
determine necromass-related nutrient fluxes in terrestrial ecosystem studies.},
keywords = {Microbial residues
Multi-isotope labeling
Stable isotope probing
Radioisotope labeling
Fungal and bacterial cultivation
Biochemical necromass properties},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN64,
author = {Scholtz, R. and Polo, J. A. and Fuhlendorf, S. D. and Duckworth, G.
D.},
title = {Land cover dynamics influence distribution of breeding birds in the
Great Plains, USA},
volume = {209},
pages = {323-331},
abstract = {Grasslands are one of the most endangered ecosystems globally. Large
tracts of grassland in the Great Plains, USA have been converted to cropland since
the early 1900s, and woodlands are rapidly encroaching into many grasslands of the
region due to changes in land management practices. Changes in the arrangement and
proportion of different land cover types can affect biodiversity. We used bird
survey data to identify the effect of land cover change on breeding bird ranges
within the Great Plains over a 10-year period. Each species was categorized into
one of the following habitat guilds: grassland, shrubland, woodland, wetland and
generalist. We calculated the proportion of each land cover (including cropland,
grassland, woodland, developed, barren, water bodies and wetlands) within a 1.6km
radius of each bird survey starting point. Within an occupancy modeling framework,
we estimated colonization and extinction rates for each species and averaged them
to the guild level. We also quantified changes in land cover from grassland to
other cover types. Results show that grasslands were mostly converted to cropland
and woodland, which were accompanied by positive extinction rates for certain
grassland species. Extinction rates at the guild level were unrelated to increases
in any land cover type, and observed land cover changes largely favored the
shrubland guild. Overall, habitat-guild responses show little influence of woodland
or cropland expansion at regional scales, although certain species ranges are
predicted to decrease with increases in woodland. Future research should consider a
finer scaled approach focusing on species-level responses when short-term land
cover changes are considered.},
keywords = {Communities
Grasslands
Landuse
Woodland encroachment},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN159,
author = {Schulte to Bühne, Henrike and Pettorelli, Nathalie},
title = {Perspectives: Predicting the effects of climate change on ancient
woodlands when it interacts with pressures from surrounding land use/land cover},
volume = {544},
pages = {121236},
abstract = {Predicting the impact of climate change on forests at management-
relevant spatial and temporal scales is a key challenge for forestry science.
Making such predictions accurately is currently challenging because the ecological
responses of forests to climate change are often altered by the presence of other
anthropogenic pressures, such as land use and land cover (LULC) change. While
predictive quantitative models of forest responses to climate change are constantly
improving, they are time- and data-intensive, making them often impractical to
implement as a decision-guiding tool. However, forest decision makers need
actionable information now to choose forest management strategies and prioritise
areas for intervention, meaning there is a need to synthesise the best available
knowledge and data in a transparent, effective way. We suggest that open-source
data can be combined with a conceptual model of climate change-LULC interactions to
derive maps of LULC-modified climate change risks to different forest types. We
illustrate our approach using ancient woodlands in the UK as a case study, mapping
risks from changes in average climatic conditions and extreme climatic events, and
where these may interact with edge effects from surrounding non-woodland LULC.
Surprisingly, the location of UK-wide hotspots of climate change risk to ancient
woodlands are overall robust to changing assumptions about climate change-LULC
interaction processes; the few areas that appear sensitive to these assumptions
should be prioritised for monitoring to increase domain-and forest-type specific
knowledge of climate change-LULC interactions. Our framework can easily be extended
when new data or knowledge becomes available, and provides actionable information
for forest decision makers on where climate change and land use are likely to
create hotspots of ecological change for different forest types.},
Fragmentation
Ancient woodlands
Risk assessment
Edge effects},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN157,
author = {Schürmann, Alina and Kleemann, Janina and Fürst, Christine and
Teucher, Mike},
title = {Assessing the relationship between land tenure issues and land cover
changes around the Arabuko Sokoke Forest in Kenya},
volume = {95},
pages = {104625},
abstract = {Land as an essential resource is becoming increasingly scarce due to
population growth. In the case of the Kenyan coast, population pressure causes land
cover changes in the Arabuko Sokoke Forest, which is an important habitat for
endangered species. Forest and bushland have been changed to agricultural land in
order to provide livelihood for the rural population who are highly dependent on
small-scale farming. Unclear land rights and misbalanced access to land cause
uncontrolled expansion and insecure livelihoods. Secure land rights are crucial to
improve living conditions for the local smallholders. Socio-economic and land
tenure conditions were assessed in a study area close to Malindi in south-east
Kenya to understand the human-induced changes in land cover. A combination between
biophysical and socio-economic methods was used to identify the relationship
between land cover change, land tenure and other socio-economic factors. Analyses
in Geographic Information System (GIS) were chosen to examine in historical
photographs and recent satellite imagery land cover changes between 1954 and 2017.
This analysis was combined with quantitative questionnaires conducted on-site in
2017 and 2018 to identify factors influencing the land cover changes and especially
to analyze the effects of land tenure on sustainable land use to reduce further
land conversion. Moreover, this study statistically investigated the impact of land
tenure issues on the tree population of the respective land plots using non-
parametric tests as well as dependency analyses. We found significant relationships
between the income of the interviewees and the tree population on land plots. It
also appears that the fragmentation of land cover on a plot differs between
respondents who have inherited their land and respondents who have purchased their
land.},
keywords = {Land rights
Land investments
Mixed methods
GIS
Socio-economic survey
Population pressure},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN425,
author = {Scullion, Jason J. and Vogt, Kristiina A. and Sienkiewicz, Alison and
Gmur, Stephan J. and Trujillo, Cristina},
title = {Assessing the influence of land-cover change and conflicting land-use
authorizations on ecosystem conversion on the forest frontier of Madre de Dios,
Peru},
volume = {171},
pages = {247-258},
abstract = {Despite the many benefits natural forests provide, they are being
lost worldwide at unsustainable rates as development frontiers expand. One approach
to improving the efficacy of natural forest conservation efforts is to refine local
forest conservation policies based on insights from the place-based study of
conservation policies and land-use and land-cover change (LULC) dynamics. To
demonstrate the strength of this approach, this research explores the dynamics of
LULC and conservation policies on the forest frontier of Madre de Dios, Peru. The
main objectives of this research are to evaluate the efficacy of designated
conservation lands in a rapidly expanding frontier landscape and to assess the
effect on ecosystem conversion of granting conflicting land-use designations, such
as mining concessions, inside conservation areas. Using statistical matching and a
GIS-based analysis of LULC, this research shows that for the period 2006–2011,
designated conservation lands on the forest frontier of Madre de Dios significantly
reduced ecosystem losses compared to non-conservation lands, but the effect was
highly variable across conservation designations. Also, when present, conflicting
land-use authorizations inside conservation areas, specifically overlapping mining
and agricultural titles, eliminated the policy additionality of designating lands
for conservation. This finding demonstrates that authorizing conflicting land-use
rights inside conservation areas should be avoided to ensure intended land
conservation outcomes. This case study also provides examples of how local forest
conservation policies can be improved through detailed and frequent analyses of
LULC and conservation policies, particularly in dynamic frontier landscapes where
LULC and socio-economic conditions are rapidly changing.},
keywords = {Ecosystem conservation
Land conflict
Conservation additionality
Matching
Remote sensing
Frontier},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN1076,
author = {Sencaki, Dionysius Bryan and Putri, Mega Novetrishka and Santosa, Budi
Heru and Arfah, Siti and Arifandri, Robby and Afifuddin and Habibie, Muhammad Iqbal
and Putra, Prabu Kresna and Anatoly, Nico and Permata, Zilda Dona Okta and
Frederik, Marina C. G. and Agustan and Sumargana, Lena and Priyadi, Hari},
title = {Land cover multiclass classification of wonosobo, Indonesia with time
series-based one-dimensional deep learning model},
volume = {32},
pages = {101040},
abstract = {Mapping accurate land cover is critical to support authorities in
producing a better land management policy, particularly in Wonosobo, which suffers
from increased erosion and sedimentation due to extensive land conversion.
Unfortunately, the conventional land cover map is mainly done by manual digitation
on the screen, which is highly ineffective and time-consuming. This study presents
a lightweight Deep Learning (DL) model to automate land cover mapping. We used one-
dimensional CNN (Convolution Neuron Network) or CNN1D alongside Bi-GRU (Gated
Recurrent Unit) and FCN (Fully Connected Network) layers to process pixel-based
multivariate time-series dataset extracted from satellite imagery of Landsat 8 OLI
(Operational Land Imager). Sampling points were gathered from the ground survey,
and visual inspection via Google Earth was used to extract pixel values from multi-
temporal imageries. During the model fitting which repeated 10 times, our model
delivered a consistent performance with a mean peak validation score of 0.925 and a
mean training score of 0.929. In the experiments stage, we added two more band
indices into the main features; however, our model performance did not experience a
noticeable improvement. Compared to other well-known DL models as well as
traditional ML models, our model performed better and showed strong stability in
accuracy, precision, and f1-score metrics for each land cover class. These results
show that our proposed model can potentially improve the efficiency of the
automation of land cover mapping.},
Landsat
Multivariate
Time-series},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1010,
author = {Sentagne, T. and Zerbola, M. and Garcia, M. and Kumsap, C. and
Mungkung, V. and Mezeix, L.},
title = {Method to map human and infrastructure vulnerability using CNN land
cover: Case study of floating tank explosion at petrochemical plants of
LaemChabang, Thailand},
journal = {Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries},
volume = {83},
pages = {105057},
abstract = {Industrial storage tanks, used to store flammable materials in the
petrochemical industry, can induce potential fire and explosion under specific
conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to map the population and environment
vulnerability, and, to develop procedures for emergency responses in order to
reduce potential casualties. In order to achieve this, Convolutional Neural
Networks (CNN) are used in this study using 6 classes: floating tank, forest,
house, road, wasteland and water. Datasets are built for a total of approximately
1.4 million tiles with a resolution of 0.33m/pixel and their size are optimized in
function of the class. The 6 associated CNN models are built and optimized to
classify each class. The validation of the models shows that, with the exception of
road and wasteland where the precision is only 73% and 89% respectively, the other
4 classes have a value higher than 95%. Post-processing is performed on each
prediction before aggregating these results to obtain the land cover. For the
floating tank class, a 5 step post-processing is used based on a Density-Based
Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise algorithm (DBCAN) after which blast
simulation is applied and effects on people, buildings and trees are obtained
through 4 steps. Finally, the petrochemical site of LaemChabang in Thailand is used
as study case. Except for the road class that is difficult to detect, land cover is
well performed. Human casualties and surface of damaged buildings are finally
estimated demonstrating the usefulness of the tool to be used for the emergency
planning of industrial disasters.},
Image processing
Land cover
Vulnerability assessment},
ISSN = {0950-4230},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2023.105057},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1258,
author = {Seo, Bumsuk and Lee, Jihye and Lee, Kyung-Do and Hong, Sukyoung and
Kang, Sinkyu},
title = {Improving remotely-sensed crop monitoring by NDVI-based crop phenology
estimators for corn and soybeans in Iowa and Illinois, USA},
volume = {238},
pages = {113-128},
abstract = {Weather-related risks in crop production are not only crucial for
farmers but also for market participants and policymakers since securing food
supply is an important issue for society. Although crop growth condition and
phenology represent essential information regarding such risks, extensive
observations of these variables are virtually non-existent in many parts of the
world. In this study, we developed an integrative approach to remotely monitor crop
growth at a large scale. For corn and soybeans in Iowa and Illinois in the United
States (2003–2015), we monitored crop growth and crop phenology with earth
observation data and compared it against the United States Department of
Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) crop statistics. For
crop phenology, we calculated three phenology metrics (i.e., start of season, end
of season, and peak of season) at the pixel level from the MODIS 16-day Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). For growth condition, we used two distinct
approaches to acquire crop growth condition indicators: a process-based crop growth
modeling and a satellite-NDVI-based method. Based on their pixel-wise historical
distributions, we monitored relative growth strength and scaled-up that to the
state-level. The estimates were compared with the crop progress and condition data
of NASS. For the state-level phenology, the avg. root-mean-square-error (RMSE) of
the estimates was 8.6 days for the all three metrics after bias correction. The
absolute mean errors for the three metrics were smaller than 2.6 days after bias
correction. For the condition, the state-level 10-day estimates showed moderate
agreements with the observations (avg. RMSE = 10.02%). Notably, the condition
estimates were sensitive to the severe degradation in 2003, 2012, and 2013 for both
crops. In 2010, 2011 and 2013, unusually high errors occurred at the very beginning
stage of growth (DOY 140–150), which attenuated over time. As the cumulative
biomass and NDVI showed little change in comparison to the period mean biomass and
NDVI for the spikes, this seems to be an error associated with variations in growth
timing. Overall, the model using accumulated NDVI (S5) is preferable due to its
performance and methodological simplicity. The proposed approach enables us to
monitor crop growth for any given period and place where long-term statistics are
available. It can be used to assist crop monitoring at large scales.},
keywords = {Crop growth monitoring
Crop phenology
Crop growth timing
Crop production
Crop growth anomaly},
ISSN = {0378-4290},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2019.03.015},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN564,
author = {Serra, P. and Pons, X. and Saurí, D.},
title = {Land-cover and land-use change in a Mediterranean landscape: A spatial
analysis of driving forces integrating biophysical and human factors},
volume = {28},
number = {3},
pages = {189-209},
abstract = {This article develops a spatial analysis applied to examine the main
driving forces of land-cover and land-use (LCLU) change in a Mediterranean region.
Three different tools have been used in order to differentiate LCLU changes,
driving forces and landscape dynamics. LCLU changes have been quantified with
remote sensing techniques, driving forces have been analysed with multiple logistic
regressions combining biophysical and human variables, whereas landscape dynamics
have been quantified using different metrics. Results show the intensification of
subsidised herbaceous crops on the coastal agricultural plain, the abandonment of
olive trees and vineyards in the transitional area and forest restoration in the
mountainous subregion.},
keywords = {Mediterranean region
Driving forces
Multiple logistic regression
Landscape dynamics},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2008},
}
@article{RN416,
author = {Setiawati, Martiwi Diah and Nandika, Muhammad Rizki and Supriyadi,
Indarto Happy and Iswari, Marindah Yulia and Prayudha, Bayu and Wouthuyzen, Sam and
Adi, Novi Susetyo and Djamil, Yudha Setiawan and Hanifa, Nuraini Rahma and
Chatterjee, Uday and Muslim, Aidy M. and Eguchi, Tsuyoshi},
title = {Climate change and anthropogenic pressure on Bintan Islands, Indonesia:
An assessment of the policies proposed by local authorities},
volume = {66},
pages = {103123},
abstract = {Bintan island is one of Indonesia’s national priority regencies of
climate resilience for the marine and coastal sectors. This area also has had the
highest frequency of disaster events within the province over the past ten years,
where climate-related hazard was dominant. Therefore, it is necessary to receive
public support for climate policies within the region. From this point of view,
this paper aims to explore the local evidence of climate change, anthropogenic
pressure which worsens climate hazards, and the linkage with local policies. The
primary data source was a climate data set of observations from 1976–2021, land use
change information from 1990–2020, historical climate-related hazards, and related
current policy documents. We found that the region’s air temperature has
continuously increased over 45 years with the positive standardized precipitation
index (SPI) being dominant. Meanwhile the wind speed was tended to decrease since
2015 with the highest extreme record occurred in February 2021. Moreover, climate-
related threats occurred more than 70 times in Bintan from 2011 to 2021 where
forest fire and flood were tended to worsen. Another anthropogenic source, such as
land use change, also puts significant pressure on the part where the open land has
increased by 187%, and vegetation area has decreased by 51.1%. This condition
creates these small islands vulnerable to climate change, especially climate-
related hazards. However, in the regional development plan document 2021–2026,
climate change adaptation is not one of the local priority issues, but their
concern about disaster mitigation is quite severe. The local authorities work on
hard and soft infrastructure to implement disaster risk reduction but less for
ecosystem-based solution. However, promoting adaptation efforts in the local policy
document is still necessary for sustainable development at the local level.},
Small island
Bintan
Disaster risk reduction
Policy framework},
ISSN = {2352-4855},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN407,
author = {Shalaby, Adel and Tateishi, Ryutaro},
title = {Remote sensing and GIS for mapping and monitoring land cover and land-
use changes in the Northwestern coastal zone of Egypt},
volume = {27},
number = {1},
pages = {28-41},
abstract = {In this study, maximum likelihood supervised classification and
post-classification change detection techniques were applied to Landsat images
acquired in 1987 and 2001, respectively, to map land cover changes in the
Northwestern coast of Egypt. A supervised classification was carried out on the six
reflective bands for the two images individually with the aid of ground truth data.
Ground truth information collected during six field trips conducted between 1998
and 2002 and land cover map of 1987 were used to assess the accuracy of the
classification results. Using ancillary data, visual interpretation and expert
knowledge of the area through GIS further refined the classification results. Post-
classification change detection technique was used to produce change image through
cross-tabulation. Changes among different land cover classes were assessed. During
the study period, a very severe land cover change has taken place as a result of
agricultural and tourist development projects. These changes in land cover led to
vegetation degradation and water logging in part of the study area.},
keywords = {Egypt
Land cover
Change detection
Remote sensing
GIS},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN1283,
author = {Shammi, Sadia Alam and Meng, Qingmin},
title = {Use time series NDVI and EVI to develop dynamic crop growth metrics for
yield modeling},
volume = {121},
pages = {107124},
abstract = {The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced
vegetation index (EVI) derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) satellite imagery are widely used for crop yield analysis. However, the
growth metrics derived from the MODIS NDVI or EVI have so far not been explored and
applied to crop yield yet. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to
design NDVI- and EVI-based crop growth metrics, which biometrically capture the
status and trend of crop growth and thus could be more powerful for growth yield
management. We developed 19 NDVI- and EVI-based growth metrics, respectively, to
monitor crop growth and yield, which is based on a time series of MODIS Terra 16-
day 250 m data product from 2000 to 2018. Among the NDVI- and EVI-based vegetation
growth metrics (VGM), the maximum (VGMmax), the integrated (VGMinteg), the sum of
green-up (VGMsumgrn), the 70 days growth stage (VGM70), 85 days growth stage
(VGM85), and 98 days growth stage (VGM98), the sum of 85 days growth stage
(VGM85total), and the sum of 98 days growth stage (VGM98total) are mentionable. In
this study, we implemented these crop growth metrics for soybean crop yield
modeling at Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, USA. Soybean is a major crop cultivated
in this region that is consisted of a total of 18 counties with similar
agricultural cropping patterns. We observed that NDVI- and EVI-based VGMmax, VGM70,
VGM85, VGM98total fitted models best with R-Square about 0.95. Using cross-
validation of 80% train and 20% test size, we found NDVI-based VGM85 (e.g.,
normalized mean prediction error (NMPE) = 0.034) and EVI-based VGMmax
(NMPE = 0.033) were the best fit linear yield models for this region. Designing
novel crop growth indices based on crop phenological and ecological
characteristics, this study further showed NDVI- and EVI-based growth metrics for
crop growth monitoring and yield modeling. These growth metrics can be applied to
other types of crop monitoring in different climate zones.},
keywords = {MODIS
Time series
Dynamic biometrics
Vegetation growth indices
Crop growth stages
Soybean},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1187,
author = {Shammi, Sadia Alam and Meng, Qingmin},
title = {Use time series NDVI and EVI to develop dynamic crop growth metrics for
yield modeling},
volume = {121},
pages = {107124},
abstract = {The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced
vegetation index (EVI) derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) satellite imagery are widely used for crop yield analysis. However, the
growth metrics derived from the MODIS NDVI or EVI have so far not been explored and
applied to crop yield yet. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to
design NDVI- and EVI-based crop growth metrics, which biometrically capture the
status and trend of crop growth and thus could be more powerful for growth yield
management. We developed 19 NDVI- and EVI-based growth metrics, respectively, to
monitor crop growth and yield, which is based on a time series of MODIS Terra 16-
day 250 m data product from 2000 to 2018. Among the NDVI- and EVI-based vegetation
growth metrics (VGM), the maximum (VGMmax), the integrated (VGMinteg), the sum of
green-up (VGMsumgrn), the 70 days growth stage (VGM70), 85 days growth stage
(VGM85), and 98 days growth stage (VGM98), the sum of 85 days growth stage
(VGM85total), and the sum of 98 days growth stage (VGM98total) are mentionable. In
this study, we implemented these crop growth metrics for soybean crop yield
modeling at Mississippi Delta, Mississippi, USA. Soybean is a major crop cultivated
in this region that is consisted of a total of 18 counties with similar
agricultural cropping patterns. We observed that NDVI- and EVI-based VGMmax, VGM70,
VGM85, VGM98total fitted models best with R-Square about 0.95. Using cross-
validation of 80% train and 20% test size, we found NDVI-based VGM85 (e.g.,
normalized mean prediction error (NMPE) = 0.034) and EVI-based VGMmax
(NMPE = 0.033) were the best fit linear yield models for this region. Designing
novel crop growth indices based on crop phenological and ecological
characteristics, this study further showed NDVI- and EVI-based growth metrics for
crop growth monitoring and yield modeling. These growth metrics can be applied to
other types of crop monitoring in different climate zones.},
keywords = {MODIS
Time series
Dynamic biometrics
Vegetation growth indices
Crop growth stages
Soybean},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1059,
author = {Shao, Yang and Lunetta, Ross S.},
title = {Comparison of support vector machine, neural network, and CART
algorithms for the land-cover classification using limited training data points},
volume = {70},
pages = {78-87},
abstract = {Support vector machine (SVM) was applied for land-cover
characterization using MODIS time-series data. Classification performance was
examined with respect to training sample size, sample variability, and landscape
homogeneity (purity). The results were compared to two conventional nonparametric
image classification algorithms: multilayer perceptron neural networks (NN) and
classification and regression trees (CART). For 2001 MODIS time-series data, SVM
generated overall accuracies ranging from 77% to 80% for training sample sizes from
20 to 800 pixels per class, compared to 67–76% and 62–73% for NN and CART,
respectively. These results indicated that SVM’s had superior generalization
capability, particularly with respect to small training sample sizes. There was
also less variability of SVM performance when classification trials were repeated
using different training sets. Additionally, classification accuracies were
directly related to sample homogeneity/heterogeneity. The overall accuracies for
the SVM algorithm were 91% (Kappa=0.77) and 64% (Kappa=0.34) for homogeneous and
heterogeneous pixels, respectively. The inclusion of heterogeneous pixels in the
training sample did not increase overall accuracies. Also, the SVM performance was
examined for the classification of multiple year MODIS time-series data at annual
intervals. Finally, using only the SVM output values, a method was developed to
directly classify pixel purity. Approximately 65% of pixels within the Albemarle–
Pamlico Basin study area were labeled as “functionally homogeneous” with an overall
classification accuracy of 91% (Kappa=0.79). The results indicated a high potential
for regional scale operational land-cover characterization applications.},
keywords = {Land-cover mapping
Support vector machine
Accuracy assessment},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN659,
author = {Shapiro, Julie Teresa and Monadjem, Ara and Röder, Timo and McCleery,
Robert A.},
title = {Response of bat activity to land cover and land use in savannas is
scale-, season-, and guild-specific},
volume = {241},
pages = {108245},
abstract = {Tropical savannas are biomes of global importance under severe
pressure from anthropogenic change, including land-cover and land-use change. Bats,
the second-most diverse group of mammals, are critical to ecosystem functioning,
but vulnerable to such anthropogenic stresses. There is little information on how
savanna bats respond to land cover and land use, especially in Africa, limiting our
ability to develop conservation strategies for bats and maintain the ecosystem
functions and services they provide in this biome. Using acoustic monitoring, we
measured guild-specific (aerial, edge, and clutter forager) responses of bat
activity to both fine-scale vegetation structure and landscape-scale land-cover
composition and configuration across the wet and dry seasons in a southern African
savanna undergoing rapid land-cover and land-use change. Responses were guild- and
season-specific but generally stronger in the dry season. Aerial and clutter bats
responded most strongly to landscape metrics in the dry season (positive responses
to savanna fragmentation and water cover, respectively) but fine-scale metrics in
the wet season (positive responses to water cover and grass cover, respectively).
Edge bats responded most strongly (negatively) to the distance to water in the dry
season and fine-scale shrub cover in the wet season. Our results show it is
possible to maintain high levels of bat activity in savanna mosaics comprised of
different land covers and land uses. Bats, and the ecosystem services they provide,
can be conserved in these changing landscapes, but strategies to do so must
consider foraging guild, spatial scale, and seasonal variation in bat activity.},
Chiroptera
Landscape ecology
Savanna},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN759,
author = {Shapiro, Julie Teresa and Monadjem, Ara and Röder, Timo and McCleery,
Robert A.},
title = {Response of bat activity to land cover and land use in savannas is
scale-, season-, and guild-specific},
volume = {241},
pages = {108245},
abstract = {Tropical savannas are biomes of global importance under severe
pressure from anthropogenic change, including land-cover and land-use change. Bats,
the second-most diverse group of mammals, are critical to ecosystem functioning,
but vulnerable to such anthropogenic stresses. There is little information on how
savanna bats respond to land cover and land use, especially in Africa, limiting our
ability to develop conservation strategies for bats and maintain the ecosystem
functions and services they provide in this biome. Using acoustic monitoring, we
measured guild-specific (aerial, edge, and clutter forager) responses of bat
activity to both fine-scale vegetation structure and landscape-scale land-cover
composition and configuration across the wet and dry seasons in a southern African
savanna undergoing rapid land-cover and land-use change. Responses were guild- and
season-specific but generally stronger in the dry season. Aerial and clutter bats
responded most strongly to landscape metrics in the dry season (positive responses
to savanna fragmentation and water cover, respectively) but fine-scale metrics in
the wet season (positive responses to water cover and grass cover, respectively).
Edge bats responded most strongly (negatively) to the distance to water in the dry
season and fine-scale shrub cover in the wet season. Our results show it is
possible to maintain high levels of bat activity in savanna mosaics comprised of
different land covers and land uses. Bats, and the ecosystem services they provide,
can be conserved in these changing landscapes, but strategies to do so must
consider foraging guild, spatial scale, and seasonal variation in bat activity.},
Chiroptera
Landscape ecology
Savanna},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN441,
author = {Sharma, Alka and Patel, P. L. and Sharma, Priyank J.},
title = {Influence of climate and land-use changes on the sensitivity of SWAT
model parameters and water availability in a semi-arid river basin},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {215},
pages = {106298},
abstract = {The present study assesses the impact of climate change (CC) and
land use land cover change (LULCC) on model parameter variability and alterations
in streamflow and water balance components of a semi-arid river basin in western
India. The Dharoi catchment in the Sabarmati River basin is a water-scarce region
with India's lowest per-capita water availability. The water scarcity conditions
are likely to aggravate due to changing climate and landscape modifications through
human interventions. A hydrological modelling framework using a semi-distributed
Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is adopted in this study, considering two
approaches: a variable-period calibration and a fixing-changing approach. Several
model scenarios considered in these approaches are simulated through both single-
site (SSC) and simultaneous multi-site calibration (SMSC) techniques. The variable-
period calibration is adopted to assess the individual and combined influences of
CC and LULCC on SWAT model parameter variability and change in water balance
ratios. The fixing-changing approach evaluates the relative contribution of CC and
LULCC to streamflow changes. The temporal changes in the hydroclimatic variables
are analysed using non-parametric Pettitt, Mann-Whitney, Modified Mann-Kendall, and
Spearman’s rho tests. The results indicated an abrupt increase in the streamflow in
2004, attributed to a significant increase in total and extreme rainfall magnitude
and frequency in the catchment. The SSC and SMSC techniques yielded satisfactory
and comparable performance for all model scenarios. The results showed that CC has
a more significant impact on SWAT model parameter variability than LULCC. Thus, CC
is the primary driver of streamflow changes in the Dharoi catchment, wherein a
four-fold increase in the streamflow is noticed in the period 2005–2014 vis-à-vis
1995–2004. Thus, a transition from drier to wetter hydroclimatic conditions is
evident in the Dharoi catchment, which would enhance water sufficiency in the
region if appropriately managed.},
SWAT model
Model parameter sensitivity
Calibration techniques
Semi-arid river basin},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1063,
author = {Sharma, Atharva and Liu, Xiuwen and Yang, Xiaojun},
title = {Land cover classification from multi-temporal, multi-spectral remotely
sensed imagery using patch-based recurrent neural networks},
journal = {Neural Networks},
volume = {105},
pages = {346-355},
abstract = {Environmental sustainability research is dependent on accurate land
cover information. Even with the increased number of satellite systems and sensors
acquiring data with improved spectral, spatial, radiometric and temporal
characteristics and the new data distribution policy, most existing land cover
datasets are derived from a pixel-based, single-date multi-spectral remotely sensed
image with an unacceptable accuracy. One major bottleneck for accuracy improvement
is how to develop an accurate and effective image classification protocol. By
incorporating and utilizing multi-spectral, multi-temporal and spatial information
in remote sensing images and considering the inherit spatial and sequential
interdependence among neighboring pixels, we propose a new patch-based recurrent
neural network (PB-RNN) system tailored for classifying multi-temporal remote
sensing data. The system is designed by incorporating distinctive characteristics
of multi-temporal remote sensing data. In particular, it uses multi-temporal–
spectral–spatial samples and deals with pixels contaminated by clouds/shadow
present in multi-temporal data series. Using a Florida Everglades ecosystem study
site covering an area of 771 square kilometers, the proposed PB-RNN system has
achieved a significant improvement in the classification accuracy over a pixel-
based recurrent neural network (RNN) system, a pixel-based single-image neural
network (NN) system, a pixel-based multi-image NN system, a patch-based single-
image NN system, and a patch-based multi-image NN system. For example, the proposed
system achieves 97.21% classification accuracy while the pixel-based single-image
NN system achieves 64.74%. By utilizing methods like the proposed PB-RNN one, we
believe that much more accurate land cover datasets can be produced over large
areas.},
keywords = {Patch-based RNNs
LSTMs
Deep learning
Multi-temporal remote sensing imagery
Spatial context
Land cover classification},
ISSN = {0893-6080},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2018.05.019},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN74,
author = {Sharma, Sonali and Joshi, P. K. and Fürst, Christine},
title = {Unravelling net primary productivity dynamics under urbanization and
climate change in the western Himalaya},
volume = {144},
pages = {109508},
abstract = {Over the past few decades, climate change and urban expansion have
strongly affected vegetation dynamics and overall carbon sink capacity of Himalayan
ecosystem. However, the contribution of these two key factors on varying spatio-
temporal scales in Himalayan landscapes still lacks in profound analyses. The
present study takes Dharamsala and Pithoragarh urban landscapes as examples and
uses the Enhanced Spatial and Temporal Adaptive Reflectance Fusion Model (ESTARFM)
as the image fusion technique to generate highly resolved, both spatially (30 m)
and temporally (monthly), NDVI images. These are used as inputs for Carnegie-Ames-
Stanford Approach (CASA) model for Net Primary Productivity (NPP) estimation over
the past two decades (2000–2020). During the study period, the NPP loss due to
urbanization was 2065.43 kg C in Dharamsala and 401.07 kg C in Pithoragarh. Climate
change, measured in terms of interseasonal changes in temperature, rainfall and
solar radiation, had considerably contributed to the NPP variations of vegetated
areas in both the study sites, however its contribution ratio was relatively lower
than residual factors. There was a significant distribution gradient between how
and where urban expansion and climate change influenced the NPP. Urban expansion
impacts NPP more in plain areas corresponding to new urban land developments while
climate change impacts NPP in high elevation mountainous regions dominated by Oak
species. The observed declining trend of NPP under the current threat of urban
expansion and climate change in the Himalaya highlights and invites the need of
attributing importance to ecological issues. The findings of our study encompassing
complex Himalayan landscapes could offer scientific perspectives for the management
of ecological environment of highly fragile and vulnerable landscapes of the
Himalaya.},
keywords = {Net primary productivity
Climate change
Urbanization
Western Himalaya
Spatio-temporal
Image fusion},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN289,
author = {Shaw, Stephen B. and Marrs, John and Bhattarai, Nishan and
Quackenbush, Lindi},
title = {Longitudinal study of the impacts of land cover change on hydrologic
response in four mesoscale watersheds in New York State, USA},
volume = {519},
pages = {12-22},
abstract = {Summary In humid, temperate regions, there remains limited direct
evidence of the influence of land cover changes on hydrologic response (e.g. storm
event discharge volume), especially across larger watersheds. Using historic aerial
photography dating back to the 1930s in conjunction with long-term stream gaging
data, we assessed the role of land cover change on hydrologic response over multi-
decadal periods in four mesoscale watersheds in New York State. All four watersheds
had increases in forest cover accompanied by small increases in urban land cover.
Using a relatively novel methodology for land cover change studies, hydrologic
response was evaluated by establishing an empirical function relating
precipitation, watershed wetness, and discharge for each era of distinct land
cover. This function was then used to estimate discharge for fixed precipitation
amounts and wetness levels, allowing weather variables to be controlled across
eras. One watershed (Limestone Creek) exhibited virtually no change in hydrologic
response despite forest cover increasing by over 100%. One watershed (Fall Creek)
exhibited a slight increase in hydrologic response with a greater than 100%
increase in forest cover. The two other watersheds exhibited a greater than 20%
decrease in hydrologic response, but we speculate the changes in these two
watersheds were in part due to the construction of numerous small dams (Wappinger
Creek) and a possible loss of riparian wetlands (Sterling Creek). This work
demonstrates that the effects of land cover on hydrologic response are not always
consistent with standard hydrologic intuition (i.e. increasing forested land does
not always reduce storm event discharge volumes) and that often other factors may
be more important than basic land cover in controlling hydrologic response.},
Dams
Floods},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN389,
author = {Shaw, Stephen B. and Marrs, John and Bhattarai, Nishan and
Quackenbush, Lindi},
title = {Longitudinal study of the impacts of land cover change on hydrologic
response in four mesoscale watersheds in New York State, USA},
volume = {519},
pages = {12-22},
abstract = {Summary In humid, temperate regions, there remains limited direct
evidence of the influence of land cover changes on hydrologic response (e.g. storm
event discharge volume), especially across larger watersheds. Using historic aerial
photography dating back to the 1930s in conjunction with long-term stream gaging
data, we assessed the role of land cover change on hydrologic response over multi-
decadal periods in four mesoscale watersheds in New York State. All four watersheds
had increases in forest cover accompanied by small increases in urban land cover.
Using a relatively novel methodology for land cover change studies, hydrologic
response was evaluated by establishing an empirical function relating
precipitation, watershed wetness, and discharge for each era of distinct land
cover. This function was then used to estimate discharge for fixed precipitation
amounts and wetness levels, allowing weather variables to be controlled across
eras. One watershed (Limestone Creek) exhibited virtually no change in hydrologic
response despite forest cover increasing by over 100%. One watershed (Fall Creek)
exhibited a slight increase in hydrologic response with a greater than 100%
increase in forest cover. The two other watersheds exhibited a greater than 20%
decrease in hydrologic response, but we speculate the changes in these two
watersheds were in part due to the construction of numerous small dams (Wappinger
Creek) and a possible loss of riparian wetlands (Sterling Creek). This work
demonstrates that the effects of land cover on hydrologic response are not always
consistent with standard hydrologic intuition (i.e. increasing forested land does
not always reduce storm event discharge volumes) and that often other factors may
be more important than basic land cover in controlling hydrologic response.},
Dams
Floods},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN213,
author = {Shawul, Alemayehu A. and Chakma, Sumedha and Melesse, Assefa M.},
title = {The response of water balance components to land cover change based on
hydrologic modeling and partial least squares regression (PLSR) analysis in the
Upper Awash Basin},
volume = {26},
pages = {100640},
abstract = {Study region Upper Awash basin at the headwater of Awash River.
Study focus Comprehensive assessment of land cover (LC) change effect on the water
balance components using integrated approaches of hydrologic modeling and partial
least squares regression (PLSR) provides better understandings of the impact of
recent development activities on water resources. The SWAT model was validated at
five subbasins and used to simulate the water balance and hydrologic response to LC
changes at multiple temporal and spatial scales. PLSR was used to evaluate the
significance of the relative influence of LC classes on the hydrologic components.
New hydrological insights for the region Based on the multitemporal LC change
detections, Upper Awash basin is characterized by the decline of natural vegetation
due to the swelling rise of cropland and urbanization. The monoplot of PLSR
components exhibited that groundwater is highly correlated with the forest areas
and lateral flow is strongly correlated with pasture, whereas, surface runoff is
significantly attributed to the change in urban and cropland. The Variable
Importance for the Projection (VIP) and PLSR weight (w) revealed that the decline
of groundwater is mainly due to urban (VIP = 1.34 and w=-0.55), whereas, the change
in forest area enhanced groundwater (VIP = 1.04 and w = 0.47). The study provides
valuable information on the contribution of particular LC to change in water
balance which is vital for improved water resources management.},
Water balance component
Partial least squares regression
SWAT model
Upper Awash basin},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN313,
author = {Shawul, Alemayehu A. and Chakma, Sumedha and Melesse, Assefa M.},
title = {The response of water balance components to land cover change based on
hydrologic modeling and partial least squares regression (PLSR) analysis in the
Upper Awash Basin},
volume = {26},
pages = {100640},
abstract = {Study region Upper Awash basin at the headwater of Awash River.
Study focus Comprehensive assessment of land cover (LC) change effect on the water
balance components using integrated approaches of hydrologic modeling and partial
least squares regression (PLSR) provides better understandings of the impact of
recent development activities on water resources. The SWAT model was validated at
five subbasins and used to simulate the water balance and hydrologic response to LC
changes at multiple temporal and spatial scales. PLSR was used to evaluate the
significance of the relative influence of LC classes on the hydrologic components.
New hydrological insights for the region Based on the multitemporal LC change
detections, Upper Awash basin is characterized by the decline of natural vegetation
due to the swelling rise of cropland and urbanization. The monoplot of PLSR
components exhibited that groundwater is highly correlated with the forest areas
and lateral flow is strongly correlated with pasture, whereas, surface runoff is
significantly attributed to the change in urban and cropland. The Variable
Importance for the Projection (VIP) and PLSR weight (w) revealed that the decline
of groundwater is mainly due to urban (VIP = 1.34 and w=-0.55), whereas, the change
in forest area enhanced groundwater (VIP = 1.04 and w = 0.47). The study provides
valuable information on the contribution of particular LC to change in water
balance which is vital for improved water resources management.},
Water balance component
Partial least squares regression
SWAT model
Upper Awash basin},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN551,
author = {Shen, Ju and Li, Jingwei and Ma, Qun and Wang, Dan and Du, Shiqiang},
title = {Response of flood regulation service to land use changes and dam
construction—A case study in the Yangtze River Basin},
volume = {154},
pages = {110715},
abstract = {Flood regulation service (FRS) is essential for a sustainable
landscape and human society. It is not only subject to land use changes, but also
affected by engineered measures (e.g., dam construction). However, the
comprehensive impacts of the two major driving factors are still to be elucidated.
To fill the research gap, this paper aims to evaluate the response of basin-scale
FRS supply and demand to land use changes and dam construction. A case study in the
Yangtze River Basin, China, shows that the 2020 FRS supply is mainly from land uses
(84.85%) rather than dams (15.15%), with the biggest contributions from water
bodies (rivers and lakes, 30.00%) and forests (29.35%). Between 1980 and 2020, the
total FRS supply has increased by 10.50%, from 1.48 × 1010 m3 to 1.64 × 1010 m3.
The net increase mainly comes from dam construction (84.65%) rather than land use
changes (15.35%). Regarding the land use changes, the developed transfer matrix
shows the ecosystem FRS flows and indicates that both the land use change amount
and direction play a key role, e.g., the declines in farmlands have increased
ecosystem FRS supplies when transiting into forest lands (by 3.68 × 108 m3) and
water bodies (by 1.37 × 109 m3), while have decreased the ecosystem FRS supplies by
−1.96 × 107 m3 with the transition into construction lands. These findings could
shed light on the divergent roles between land-based measures and engineered
measures in managing flood risk.},
keywords = {Ecosystem service
Flood risk
Land-based measures
Engineered measures
Transfer matrix
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1284,
author = {Sheraz Ahmad, Muhammad and Hoong Ng, Kim and Chen, Ching-Lung and
Kabir, Faryal and Witoon, Thongthai and Yeong Wu, Ta and Kui Cheng, Chin},
title = {Nitrogen-phosphorous co-doped palladium electrocatalyst for glycerol
electro-oxidation reaction (GEOR): An efficient system for mesoxalic acid and
dihydroxyacetone production},
journal = {Fuel},
volume = {333},
pages = {126471},
abstract = {Electro-oxidation reaction of glycerol (GEOR) is a promising and
eco-friendly technique for producing commercially valuable organic acids. In
contrast to conventional non-metallic doping into single or multiwalled carbon
nanotubes, our work reported the incorporation of N, and P into the Pd/CNTs
framework for selective oxidation of glycerol to 1, 3-dihydroxyacetone and
mesoxalic acid. Electrochemical and physicochemical characterization showed that
the NP doped/PdCNTs has superior electrocatalytic performance for GEOR in alkaline
media compared to counter catalysts. NP doped/PdCNTs exhibits better resistivity
(If/Ib = 1.71) and requires only 0.09 V electrocatalysis voltage to achieve
76.67 mA cm−2 current density, demonstrating an energy-efficient and cost-
competitive method to produce mesoxalic acid and dihydroxyacetone. At 0.09 V vs
Ag/AgCl in 0.5 M Gly/0.5 M KOH, the Pd mass activity of NP doped/PdCNTs was 307.30
mAmg-1Pd, representing 2.45, 1.06, and 1.051 times higher than Pd/CNTs, N
doped/PdCNTs, and P doped/PdCNTs, respectively. The yield of 1, 3-dihydroxyacetone
was 29.76 times higher than Pd/CNTs, 24.06 times higher than N doped/PdCNTs, and
1.06 times higher than P doped/PdCNTs.},
keywords = {Electro-oxidation
Glycerol
Nitrogen/Phosphorous Doping
Dihydroxyacetone
Mesoxalic acid},
ISSN = {0016-2361},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.126471},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN627,
author = {Shi, Fang and Yang, Boxiang and Li, Mingshi},
title = {An improved framework for assessing the impact of different urban
development strategies on land cover and ecological quality changes -A case study
from Nanjing Jiangbei New Area, China},
volume = {147},
pages = {109998},
abstract = {Land cover (LC) change has been highly valued by policy makers for
driving the evolution of regional ecological and environmental quality. The core
area of Nanjing Jiangbei New Area (NJNA) has undergone the development process from
traditional urbanization to new-type urbanization (NTU), however the impacts of
different urban development strategies or pathways on the change pace and direction
of land cover and ecological quality are not adequately understood in a
quantitative manner which is not conducive for similar regions to learn lessons
from past development processes. Based on RapidEye, GF-1 and SPOT-6 images acquired
in 2009, 2015 and 2021, a Modified Mask-RCNN framework was devised and implemented
to create a high accuracy LC dataset first in this analysis. Then, the
applicability or efficacy of the Remote Sensing Ecological Index (RSEI) model and
the Regional Optimized Remote Sensing Ecological Index (RO-RSEI) model, developed
from the Landsat observations was compared in characterizing the ecological
quality. Finally, the attribution analysis of spatio-temporal changes in LC and
their induced ecological quality evolutions was carried out in conjunction with
socio-economic factors. The results showed that the overall accuracies of the LC
classifications were estimated at 91.50 % (2009), 91.25 % (2015), and 92.75 %
(2021), respectively. The mean values of RO-RSEI analyses were at 0.652, 0.649, and
0.656, respectively, indicating that in the past 12 years, the ecological quality
first got degraded then got ameliorated along with the urbanization. The urban
green spaces got restored and increased in the NTU process, and protecting the
forest and cropland was also reinforced thanks to the strict enforcement of related
policies. These positive changes are attributed to the popularization of ecological
civilization philosophy and the escalation of social awareness of environmental
protection and low carbon development. The proposed framework can provide technical
reference for ecological quality monitoring under the progress of NTU.},
Ecological environment quality
Modified mask-RCNN
RO-RSEI
New-type urbanization},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN727,
volume = {147},
pages = {109998},
Modified mask-RCNN
RO-RSEI
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1029,
volume = {147},
pages = {109998},
Modified mask-RCNN
RO-RSEI
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN256,
author = {Shi, Hao and Li, Longhui and Eamus, Derek and Huete, Alfredo and
Cleverly, James and Tian, Xin and Yu, Qiang and Wang, Shaoqiang and Montagnani,
Leonardo and Magliulo, Vincenzo and Rotenberg, Eyal and Pavelka, Marian and
Carrara, Arnaud},
title = {Assessing the ability of MODIS EVI to estimate terrestrial ecosystem
gross primary production of multiple land cover types},
volume = {72},
pages = {153-164},
abstract = {Terrestrial ecosystem gross primary production (GPP) is the largest
component in the global carbon cycle. The enhanced vegetation index (EVI) has been
proven to be strongly correlated with annual GPP within several biomes. However,
the annual GPP-EVI relationship and associated environmental regulations have not
yet been comprehensively investigated across biomes at the global scale. Here we
explored relationships between annual integrated EVI (iEVI) and annual GPP observed
at 155 flux sites, where GPP was predicted with a log-log model: ln(GPP)=a×ln(iEVI)
+b. iEVI was computed from MODIS monthly EVI products following removal of values
affected by snow or cold temperature and without calculating growing season
duration. Through categorisation of flux sites into 12 land cover types, the
ability of iEVI to estimate GPP was considerably improved (R2 from 0.62 to 0.74,
RMSE from 454.7 to 368.2gCm−2yr−1). The biome-specific GPP-iEVI formulae generally
showed a consistent performance in comparison to a global benchmarking dataset
(R2=0.79, RMSE=387.8gCm−2yr−1). Specifically, iEVI performed better in cropland
regions with high productivity but poorer in forests. The ability of iEVI in
estimating GPP was better in deciduous biomes (except deciduous broadleaf forest)
than in evergreen due to the large seasonal signal in iEVI in deciduous biomes.
Likewise, GPP estimated from iEVI was in a closer agreement to global benchmarks at
mid and high-latitudes, where deciduous biomes are more common and cloud cover has
a smaller effect on remote sensing retrievals. Across biomes, a significant and
negative correlation (R2=0.37, p<0.05) was observed between the strength (R2) of
GPP-iEVI relationships and mean annual maximum leaf area index (LAImax), and the
relationship between the strength and mean annual precipitation followed a similar
trend. LAImax also revealed a scaling effect on GPP-iEVI relationships. Our results
suggest that iEVI provides a very simple but robust approach to estimate spatial
patterns of global annual GPP whereas its effect is comparable to various light-
use-efficiency and data-driven models. The impact of vegetation structure on
accuracy and sensitivity of EVI in estimating spatial GPP provides valuable clues
to improve EVI-based models.},
MODIS
Land cover types
Leaf area index},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN356,
Carrara, Arnaud},
volume = {72},
pages = {153-164},
MODIS
Land cover types
Leaf area index},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN1047,
Carrara, Arnaud},
volume = {72},
pages = {153-164},
MODIS
Land cover types
Leaf area index},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN1253,
Carrara, Arnaud},
volume = {72},
pages = {153-164},
MODIS
Land cover types
Leaf area index},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN519,
author = {Shi, Shangyu and Wang, Ping and Yu, Jingjie},
title = {Vegetation greening and climate change promote an increase in
evapotranspiration across Siberia},
volume = {610},
pages = {127965},
abstract = {The greening of the Arctic and pan-Arctic regions in recent decades
has been widely confirmed, while the details regarding the greening feedback
effects involving the water and energy cycles are still vague. Evapotranspiration
(ET), a vital process in the water and energy cycles, strongly corresponds to
vegetation activities. Hence, in this study, we chose Siberia as the study area
and, based on the Penman–Monteith–Leuning (PML) model, revealed the contribution of
greening to ET. Moreover, the effects of the water vapour pressure deficit, surface
net radiation (Rn) and wind speed (Um) on ET were evaluated. The results indicated
that from 2000 to 2020, the annual ET in Siberia was 248.2 ± 94.1 mm, and the trend
was 0.54 ± 1.38 mm/a. Greening was the major driver of ET variations; its
contribution was 0.79 ± 0.76 mm/a, and its relative contribution was 37%. Among the
other analysed climate factors, ET was sensitive to Rn and Um; these factors
contributed 0.51 ± 0.85 mm/a and −0.38 ± 0.54 mm/a, respectively, to ET variation,
and their relative contributions were 33% and 19%, respectively. The effect of the
water vapour pressure deficit was slight (0.29 ± 0.22 mm/a, 11%), indicating that
ET was hardly constrained by the water supply in Siberia. These results quantify
the importance of greening on ET variations and highlight the important effects of
Rn and Um on ET in cold region terrestrial ecosystems. Furthermore, this study
improves our understanding of the mechanism by which evapotranspiration varies and
is valuable for predicting and evaluating the Arctic water cycle in “Arctic
amplification”.},
Vegetation greening
Climate change
Siberia},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN113,
author = {Shibabaw, Tebkew and Rappe George, Martin O. and Gärdenäs, Annemieke
I.},
title = {The combined impacts of land use change and climate change on soil
organic carbon stocks in the Ethiopian highlands},
volume = {32},
pages = {e00613},
abstract = {Land Use Change (LUC), especially deforestation in tropical regions,
significantly contributes to global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Here, we address potential combined impacts of LUC and Climate Change (CC) on Soil
Organic Carbon (SOC) stocks in the Ethiopian highlands. The soil model Q was
employed to predict SOC stocks for various combinations of LUC and CC scenarios
until the year 2100. Four reference scenarios (cropland, bushland, natural forest,
and Eucalyptus plantations under contemporary climatic conditions) were evaluated
against reported measurements of SOC stocks. We studied impacts of six common LUC
scenarios, including deforestation and planting Eucalyptus, on SOC stocks under
contemporary and future climates. To assess the impact of CC, effects of elevated
temperature (mean annual temperature + 2.6 °C) together with three litterfall
scenarios (no change in litterfall, a 5% reduction and 22% increase, designated
CC0, CCd, and CCi, respectively) were considered to test potential vegetation
responses to increases in temperature and atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Most of
the tested combinations of LUC and CC led to losses of SOC stocks. Losses were most
severe, both relatively and absolutely, in the deforestation scenarios: up to 30%
was lost if natural forest was converted to cropland and temperature increased
(under the CC0 scenario). Gains in SOC stocks of 4–19% were modelled when sparse
vegetation was converted to more dense vegetation like Eucalyptus plantation with
substantially increased litterfall (the CCi scenario). Elevated temperature
accelerated decomposition rates, leading to circa 8% losses of SOC stocks. We
conclude that effects of LUC and CC on SOC stocks are additive and changes in
litterfall caused by LUC determine which has the largest impact. Hence,
deforestation is the biggest threat to SOC stocks in the Ethiopian highlands, and
stocks in sparse vegetation systems like cropland and bushland are more sensitive
to CC0 than LUC. We recommend conservation of natural forests and longer rotation
periods for Eucalyptus plantations to preserve SOC stocks. Finally, we suggest that
use of the Q model is a viable option for national reporting changes in SOC stocks
at Tier 3 within the LULUCF sector to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) as it is widely applicable and robust, although it only
requires input data on a few generally available variables.},
keywords = {Deforestation
Soil organic carbon stocks
Ethiopia
Land use change
Climate change},
ISSN = {2352-0094},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN207,
author = {Shifaw, Eshetu and Sha, Jinming and Li, Xiaomei and Bao, Zhongcong and
Zhou, Zhenglong},
title = {An insight into land-cover changes and their impacts on ecosystem
services before and after the implementation of a comprehensive experimental zone
plan in Pingtan island, China},
volume = {82},
pages = {631-642},
abstract = {Pingtan Island has undergone changes in socio-economic and policy
environment with significant effect on land cover change (LCC) and ecosystem
service values (ESV). The most notable changes in both land cover and ESV were
linked to Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone (PCEZ) plan, economic development
plan with the aim of making Pingtan an international tourism island and free trade
zone. However, evaluation of LCC and its impact on ESV is not yet attempted in the
area. Using multispectral Landsat images, value transfer method and socioeconomic
data, this study aims to quantify and track LCC, landscape pattern and ESV (2003–
2017). The results showed that farmland, forest land and urban land covered >74% of
the total area in the years considered. The class-to-class transition was also
substantial among them. During the period 2003–2010, LCC was slow with stable areas
of 73.52%. In the second period (2010–2017), it showed remarkable differences with
the highest change in water bodies (9.76% less than its initial proportion), urban
land (9.47% higher), farmland (8.67% less) and the stable areas reduced to 63.87%.
Regardless of class-level variations, landscape fragmentation generally increased
but shape irregularity among patches decreased during the study period. The total
ESV was 32 million US$ in 2003. It changed slowly in the first period (1.61%/year)
and rapidly in the second period (–2.869%/year) that caused the overall net loss of
4.35 million US$ (13.594%). Partial least square regression model also showed the
highest variance of ESV (85%) due to the variance of LCC (92%), whereas it
exhibited less variance owing to the variance of landscape pattern. Following PCEZ
plan, the policy reforms accelerated construction land and economic development
that negatively affected ecosystem services. Our results could help understand the
relationship between LCC and ESV along with socioeconomic and policy factors to
make sustainable land management interventions.},
Landscape pattern
Ecosystem service values (ESV)
Value coefficients
PLSR model},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN307,
author = {Shifaw, Eshetu and Sha, Jinming and Li, Xiaomei and Bao, Zhongcong and
Zhou, Zhenglong},
title = {An insight into land-cover changes and their impacts on ecosystem
services before and after the implementation of a comprehensive experimental zone
plan in Pingtan island, China},
volume = {82},
pages = {631-642},
abstract = {Pingtan Island has undergone changes in socio-economic and policy
environment with significant effect on land cover change (LCC) and ecosystem
service values (ESV). The most notable changes in both land cover and ESV were
linked to Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone (PCEZ) plan, economic development
plan with the aim of making Pingtan an international tourism island and free trade
zone. However, evaluation of LCC and its impact on ESV is not yet attempted in the
area. Using multispectral Landsat images, value transfer method and socioeconomic
data, this study aims to quantify and track LCC, landscape pattern and ESV (2003–
2017). The results showed that farmland, forest land and urban land covered >74% of
the total area in the years considered. The class-to-class transition was also
substantial among them. During the period 2003–2010, LCC was slow with stable areas
of 73.52%. In the second period (2010–2017), it showed remarkable differences with
the highest change in water bodies (9.76% less than its initial proportion), urban
land (9.47% higher), farmland (8.67% less) and the stable areas reduced to 63.87%.
Regardless of class-level variations, landscape fragmentation generally increased
but shape irregularity among patches decreased during the study period. The total
ESV was 32 million US$ in 2003. It changed slowly in the first period (1.61%/year)
and rapidly in the second period (–2.869%/year) that caused the overall net loss of
4.35 million US$ (13.594%). Partial least square regression model also showed the
highest variance of ESV (85%) due to the variance of LCC (92%), whereas it
exhibited less variance owing to the variance of landscape pattern. Following PCEZ
plan, the policy reforms accelerated construction land and economic development
that negatively affected ecosystem services. Our results could help understand the
relationship between LCC and ESV along with socioeconomic and policy factors to
make sustainable land management interventions.},
Landscape pattern
Ecosystem service values (ESV)
Value coefficients
PLSR model},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN95,
author = {Shipley, J. Ryan and Twining, Cornelia W. and Mathieu-Resuge, Margaux
and Parmar, Tarn Preet and Kainz, Martin and Martin-Creuzburg, Dominik and Weber,
Christine and Winkler, David W. and Graham, Catherine H. and Matthews, Blake},
title = {Climate change shifts the timing of nutritional flux from aquatic
insects},
volume = {32},
number = {6},
pages = {1342-1349.e3},
abstract = {Summary Climate change can decouple resource supply from consumer
demand, with the potential to create phenological mismatches driving negative
consequences on fitness. However, the underlying ecological mechanisms of
phenological mismatches between consumers and their resources have not been fully
explored. Here, we use long-term records of aquatic and terrestrial insect biomass
and egg-hatching times of several co-occurring insectivorous species to investigate
temporal mismatches between the availability of and demand for nutrients that are
essential for offspring development. We found that insects with aquatic larvae
reach peak biomass earlier in the season than those with terrestrial larvae and
that the relative availability of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids
(n-3 LCPUFAs) to consumers is almost entirely dependent on the phenology of aquatic
insect emergence. This is due to the 4- to 34-fold greater n-3 LCPUFA concentration
difference in insects emerging from aquatic as opposed to terrestrial habitats.
From a long-sampled site (25 years) undergoing minimal land use conversion, we
found that both aquatic and terrestrial insect phenologies have advanced
substantially faster than those of insectivorous birds, shifting the timing of peak
availability of n-3 LCPUFAs for birds during reproduction. For species that require
n-3 LCPUFAs directly from diet, highly nutritious aquatic insects cannot simply be
replaced by terrestrial insects, creating nutritional phenological mismatches. Our
research findings reveal and highlight the increasing necessity of specifically
investigating how nutritional phenology, rather than only overall resource
availability, is changing for consumers in response to climate change.},
keywords = {phenology
mismatch
nutrition
climate change
aquatic insects
polyunsaturated fatty acids
n-3 LCPUFA},
ISSN = {0960-9822},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN999,
author = {Shipley, J. Ryan and Twining, Cornelia W. and Mathieu-Resuge, Margaux
and Parmar, Tarn Preet and Kainz, Martin and Martin-Creuzburg, Dominik and Weber,
Christine and Winkler, David W. and Graham, Catherine H. and Matthews, Blake},
title = {Climate change shifts the timing of nutritional flux from aquatic
insects},
volume = {32},
number = {6},
pages = {1342-1349.e3},
abstract = {Summary Climate change can decouple resource supply from consumer
demand, with the potential to create phenological mismatches driving negative
consequences on fitness. However, the underlying ecological mechanisms of
phenological mismatches between consumers and their resources have not been fully
explored. Here, we use long-term records of aquatic and terrestrial insect biomass
and egg-hatching times of several co-occurring insectivorous species to investigate
temporal mismatches between the availability of and demand for nutrients that are
essential for offspring development. We found that insects with aquatic larvae
reach peak biomass earlier in the season than those with terrestrial larvae and
that the relative availability of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids
(n-3 LCPUFAs) to consumers is almost entirely dependent on the phenology of aquatic
insect emergence. This is due to the 4- to 34-fold greater n-3 LCPUFA concentration
difference in insects emerging from aquatic as opposed to terrestrial habitats.
From a long-sampled site (25 years) undergoing minimal land use conversion, we
found that both aquatic and terrestrial insect phenologies have advanced
substantially faster than those of insectivorous birds, shifting the timing of peak
availability of n-3 LCPUFAs for birds during reproduction. For species that require
n-3 LCPUFAs directly from diet, highly nutritious aquatic insects cannot simply be
replaced by terrestrial insects, creating nutritional phenological mismatches. Our
research findings reveal and highlight the increasing necessity of specifically
investigating how nutritional phenology, rather than only overall resource
availability, is changing for consumers in response to climate change.},
keywords = {phenology
mismatch
nutrition
climate change
aquatic insects
polyunsaturated fatty acids
n-3 LCPUFA},
ISSN = {0960-9822},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN896,
author = {Shojaei, Mehdi Ghodrati and Gutow, Lars and Dannheim, Jennifer and
Schröder, Alexander and Brey, Thomas},
title = {Long-term changes in ecological functioning of temperate shelf sea
benthic communities},
volume = {249},
pages = {107097},
abstract = {The functioning of ecosystems is decisively dependent on the
composition and distribution of the functional traits of the constituent species.
We used trait analysis to represent aspects of marine benthic functioning, using a
20-year time-series (1992–2011) on macrozoobenthos collected annually at four
monitoring sites in the southern North Sea. Temporal patterns of trait composition
and taxonomic composition were compared to test whether they exhibited similar or
contrasting responses to environmental change. Temporal changes in trait
composition were more similar among monitoring sites than the changes in the
taxonomic composition suggesting that trait compositions converge towards a common
structure sculpted by common environmental drivers. The relationship between
species richness and functional diversity displayed a power-shaped curve with a
shallow slope, implying considerable functional redundancy among species. The
temporal trends in functional diversity were relatively stable as compared to
taxonomic diversity, with only two irregularities coinciding with exceptionally
cold winter events in the North Sea in 1995 and 2009. Following the temporary
changes in ecological functioning, the functional diversity returned to previous
levels within one year. The rapid functional recovery of the benthic infauna
confirms the self-organizing ability of the ecosystem in response to stressors and
may be attributed to the high functional redundancy in the temperate shelf sea
system of the North Sea.},
keywords = {Functional diversity
Biological traits
Trait-based approach
Ecological functioning
Long-term change
Macrozoobenthos},
ISSN = {0272-7714},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107097},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN434,
author = {Shoyama, Kikuko and Braimoh, Ademola K.},
title = {Analyzing about sixty years of land-cover change and associated
landscape fragmentation in Shiretoko Peninsula, Northern Japan},
volume = {101},
number = {1},
pages = {22-29},
abstract = {The aim of this study is to detect and quantify the dominant land
cover changes in a human dominated forest site in Northern Japan. Vegetation maps
prepared from aerial photos and socioeconomic information were used to define three
land cover change trajectories: the rapid cultivation stage (1947–1968), the
abandonment stage (1968–1978) and the plantation/reforestation stage (1978–2004).
The analysis revealed that in the rapid cultivation stage, the degradation from
broadleaved forest to dwarf bamboo brush occurring in more than 3% of the landscape
was the only dominant signal of change. In the abandonment stage, the pasture land-
dwarf bamboo brush, dwarf bamboo brush-broadleaved forest, and broadleaved forest-
conifer-broadleaved forest transitions covering about 18% of the landscape were the
dominant change processes. In the plantation stage where the dominant signals of
change affected about 27% of the landscape, these three transitions were also
observed in addition to pasture and dwarf bamboo brush-conifer plantation
transitions. Patch density (PD) increased in the rapid cultivation stage. In spite
of natural revegetation and the large-scale reforestation project between 1978 and
2004, the mean patch size of the landscape in 2004 was only 24% of the pre-
cultivation era. Mean proximity index (MPI) and interspersion juxtapostition index
(IJI) showed contrasting trends, but the latter exhibited high values at extreme
values of mean patch size (MPS). The relative ability of other pattern metrics to
measure fragmentation of the landscape is highlighted. Prompt mitigation of adverse
land change requires close monitoring by land use planners.},
keywords = {Systematic transitions
Abandonment
Reforestation
Landscape fragmentation},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN579,
author = {Shrestha, Sangam and Binod, Bhatta and Talchabhadel, Rocky and Virdis,
Salvatore Gonario Pasquale},
title = {Integrated assessment of the landuse change and climate change impacts
on the sediment yield in the Songkhram River Basin, Thailand},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {209},
pages = {105859},
abstract = {The Songkhram River Basin (SRB) is the second largest river basin in
Northeast Thailand. The nourishment of the SRB community mainly depends on water
resources, especially fisheries. However, changes in land use and climate are
causing problems to the livelihood of the SRB community. For sustainable water
resources management, an integrated impact assessment of climate and land use
change on sediment yield is crucial. Therefore, this study quantifies the combined
impact of climate and land use change on sediment yield using the Soil and Water
Assessment Tool (SWAT). An ensemble of three Regional Circulation Models (RCM) from
Coupled Model Intercomparison Projects (CMIP5s) was used for future climate
projection under representative concentration pathways RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. The
projected climate shows a rise in both minimum and maximum temperature over 4.7 °C
and a fall in precipitation over 6% by the 2080s. For land use, two scenarios,
namely; economic and conservation, were developed using the land use change model,
Dyna-CLUE. The simulated outcomes illustrate that, in the future, climate change is
projected to cause a decrease in flow by 42.8% and 51.7% under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5,
respectively. On the other hand, the land use change is expected to increase the
sediment yield in future. It is responsible for an increase of 2.3% and 7.1% under
economic scenarios, a decrease of 0.9%, and an increase of 3.9% under the
conservation scenario, respectively, under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. Overall, climate
and land use change play a contrasting role in the study area. The combined impact
of both results in a decreasing trend of sediment yield by 40.5% and 44.6% under
the economic scenario, and 45% and 47.8% for the conservation scenario under RCP
4.5 and RCP 8.5, respectively.},
keywords = {Sediment
Hydrology
Climate change
Land use change
SWAT
Dyna-CLUE
LOADEST
RClimDex},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN565,
author = {Shuler, Chris and Brewington, Laura and El-Kadi, Aly I.},
title = {A participatory approach to assessing groundwater recharge under future
climate and land-cover scenarios, Tutuila, American Samoa},
volume = {34},
pages = {100785},
abstract = {Study region Oceania, South Pacific, Polynesia. Study Focus Changing
climates have the potential to significantly impact global water resources
availability. On many volcanic islands, groundwater is the primary drinking water
source, thereby making it essential to manage this limited resource carefully. In
this study, we developed high temporal and spatial resolution groundwater recharge
estimates for the Island of Tutuila, American Samoa using the Soil Water-Balance-2
(SWB2) model. Additionally, we predicted future recharge by running the calibrated
model with combinations of dynamically downscaled general circulation climate model
(GCM) predictions, and future land-cover scenarios developed collectively with
local stakeholder groups. New hydrological insights Present-day results indicate 57
% of Tutuila’s rainfall becomes groundwater recharge, 8 % evaporates from the
canopy, 15 % evapotranspires, and 20 % discharges as stormflow-runoff. Future
climate scenarios suggest recharge may increase by 8 % or 14 % depending on global
emissions. Land-cover was a less significant driver of hydrologic change, although
increases in impervious surfaces showed a negative impact on recharge. This work is
maintained as an active open-source project on GitHub, the world’s leading software
development platform, thereby enhancing transparency, reproducibility, and
participation from stakeholders and managers in American Samoa. This study is the
first of its kind from a location within the South Pacific Convergence Zone, and
provides insights into how human activities on global and local levels affect the
future sustainability of essential resources.},
keywords = {Groundwater recharge
Climate change
Island sustainability
Land-cover
Natural resource management
Scenario planning},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN590,
author = {Shumba, Tafadzwa and De Vos, Alta and Biggs, Reinette and Esler, Karen
J. and Clements, Hayley S.},
title = {The influence of biophysical and socio-economic factors on the
effectiveness of private land conservation areas in preventing natural land cover
loss across South Africa},
volume = {28},
pages = {e01670},
abstract = {There is increasing interest in the potential of private land
conservation areas (PLCAs) as a complementary biodiversity conservation strategy to
state-owned protected areas. However, there is limited understanding of how the
diverse social-ecological contexts of PLCAs influence their effectiveness in
conserving biodiversity. Here, we investigated how the effectiveness of South
African PLCAs in conserving biodiversity varied across social-ecological contexts,
using natural land cover as a proxy. Social-ecological contexts were represented by
biophysical and legal factors (distance to towns and roads, elevation, slope,
terrain ruggedness, rainfall, PLCA size, distance to state-owned national parks,
and presence of legal protection) and, for a subset of commercially-operated PLCAs,
management factors (adopted business model, and profitability). Biophysical and
legal contextual factors had low explanatory power in the best model for the
nationwide analysis (n = 5121 PLCAs). For a subset of PLCAs (n = 72) we found that
effectiveness depended on the strategy they adopted to generate an income, as
opposed to the amount of income itself. PLCAs that attracted high volumes of
visitors to small properties to view charismatic “Big 5” wildlife were less
effective in conserving natural land cover than larger, more exclusive “Big 5”
PLCAs and those focused on hunting. Overall, site-specific management factors were
better at explaining the effectiveness of PLCAs than biophysical factors. Our
findings indicate that conservation practitioners and policy makers need to
recognise the diverse goals, motivations and management models of PLCAs when
considering how to support them in conserving biodiversity. Future studies could
explore whether these trends hold for other proxies of biodiversity conservation,
beyond land cover change.},
Ecotourism
Hunting
Management strategies
Natural land cover change
Privately protected area
Social-ecological},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN109,
author = {Silva, Leonardo Pereira e and Xavier, Ana Paula Campos and da Silva,
Richarde Marques and Santos, Celso Augusto Guimarães},
title = {Modeling land cover change based on an artificial neural network for a
semiarid river basin in northeastern Brazil},
volume = {21},
pages = {e00811},
abstract = {Accelerated changes in land cover cause changes in environmental
dynamics and may cause land degradation. The goals of the present paper were to
analyze changes in land cover and to estimate a future scenario for 2035 using an
artificial neural network for the Taperoá River basin, located in northeastern
Brazil. The classification of land cover was carried out for years t1 (1990), t2
(1999) and t3 (2002), with the latter being used to validate the land cover
prediction to obtain an estimate for year t4 (2035). The land cover classes
identified in the basin were (a) water bodies, (b) tree-shrub vegetation, (c) shrub
vegetation, (d) herbaceous-shrub vegetation, and (e) herbaceous vegetation. The
results of the classifications and of the land cover prediction were analyzed using
the kappa coefficient, total operating characteristic (TOC), and area under the
curve (AUC). The dynamic modeling of the land cover was based on a multilayer
perceptron (MLP) neural network, which presented very good results, with an
accuracy = 89.69% after 10,000 iterations, kappa = 0.61 and AUC = 0.67. The results of
the land cover change analysis showed a decrease in the tree-shrub class and an
increase in the shrub vegetation class between the years analyzed. The scenario
predicted for 2035 showed an increase in the herbaceous-shrub vegetation class and
a decrease in the area occupied by tree-shrub vegetation.},
Dynamic modeling
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1009,
author = {Silva, Leonardo Pereira e and Xavier, Ana Paula Campos and da Silva,
Richarde Marques and Santos, Celso Augusto Guimarães},
title = {Modeling land cover change based on an artificial neural network for a
semiarid river basin in northeastern Brazil},
volume = {21},
pages = {e00811},
abstract = {Accelerated changes in land cover cause changes in environmental
dynamics and may cause land degradation. The goals of the present paper were to
analyze changes in land cover and to estimate a future scenario for 2035 using an
artificial neural network for the Taperoá River basin, located in northeastern
Brazil. The classification of land cover was carried out for years t1 (1990), t2
(1999) and t3 (2002), with the latter being used to validate the land cover
prediction to obtain an estimate for year t4 (2035). The land cover classes
identified in the basin were (a) water bodies, (b) tree-shrub vegetation, (c) shrub
vegetation, (d) herbaceous-shrub vegetation, and (e) herbaceous vegetation. The
results of the classifications and of the land cover prediction were analyzed using
the kappa coefficient, total operating characteristic (TOC), and area under the
curve (AUC). The dynamic modeling of the land cover was based on a multilayer
perceptron (MLP) neural network, which presented very good results, with an
accuracy = 89.69% after 10,000 iterations, kappa = 0.61 and AUC = 0.67. The results of
the land cover change analysis showed a decrease in the tree-shrub class and an
increase in the shrub vegetation class between the years analyzed. The scenario
predicted for 2035 showed an increase in the herbaceous-shrub vegetation class and
a decrease in the area occupied by tree-shrub vegetation.},
Dynamic modeling
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN863,
author = {Singh, Manudeo and Sinha, Rajiv},
title = {Hydrogeomorphic indicators of wetland health inferred from multi-
temporal remote sensing data for a new Ramsar site (Kaabar Tal), India},
volume = {127},
pages = {107739},
abstract = {Wetlands form an important and dynamic ecosystem, and therefore,
need continuous monitoring. We have developed a framework to assess the status of
wetland health based on hydrogeomorphic characteristics and vegetation dynamics and
have implemented it on a newly designated Ramsar site, Kaabar Tal, a large
floodplain wetland in Ganga Plains, eastern India. The study has attempted to
integrate the hydrological, geomorphological, and ecological concepts and tools to
develop the protocols for a hydrogeomorphic assessment of wetland health. We have
used multi-temporal Landsat imageries to define several health indicators based on
water-spread area, geomorphology, and vegetation and have integrated them to
compute wetland health index (WHI) scores. These health indicators correspond to a
range of spatial scales – landscape (wetland) scale, ecosystem (sub-wetland) scale,
and local (pixel) scale and individually represent different hydrogeomorphic and
ecological functions as well as dynamics of a wetland. We have also presented four
different wetland health scenarios based on dominating health indicator and two
integrated scenarios representing the best and the worst WHI scores in all four
scenarios. Our results show that the Kaabar Tal is in a degraded state and the
degree of degradation varies spatially within the wetland. Agriculture is the prime
factor for its degradation, augmented by decreasing rainfall and anthropogenic
drainage reorganization. Based on our data analysis, we have suggested several
recommendations to restore the health of this wetland. The framework presented in
this work has a potential to understand the relationship between hydrodynamics and
ecological functions in wetland systems in different hydro-climatic settings.},
keywords = {Wetland hydrogeomorphology
Wetland hydrology
Wetland remote sensing
Hydrogeomorphic health indicators
Floodplain wetlands},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1279,
author = {Singha, Chiranjit and Swain, Kishore Chandra},
title = {Rice crop growth monitoring with sentinel 1 SAR data using machine
learning models in google earth engine cloud},
volume = {32},
pages = {101029},
abstract = {The rainfed rice crop monitoring and yield prediction have been
Herculean task with optical remote sensing systems operation under cloud cover. The
free-of-cost sentinel 1 based SAR data along with machine learning models in GEE
cloud was used for rainfed rice crop monitoring for 214 farm plots on a micro-scale
in Hooghly, West Bengal, India. The individual plot rice parcel showed a low median
backscattering signature for the SAR data during the land preparation/crop
transplanting stages with VH and VV at −17.63 dB and −9.63 dB, respectively;
whereas, higher median backscattering was experienced at the peak vegetation stage
of VH and VV Polarization with −15.20 dB and −6.34 dB, respectively. The random
forest model was found best suited with R2 of 0.87 for total crop biomass
estimation. The backscatter values have a sound correlation with Heading NDVI,
which validated the suitability of SAR images for crop monitoring under rainfed
conditions. Further, crop yield prediction using SAR data and total biomass data
through machine learning models showed positive correlation for Random forest,
Extreme gradient boosting, and Decision tree models with an Area under receiver
operating characteristics curve (AUROC) test accuracy of 0.99. These low-cost, high
temporal SAR data based models can be used for near real-time crop monitoring even
under overcast conditions in near future.},
keywords = {Rainfed rice
GEE
Sentinel SAR data
AUROC
Crop biomass and yield},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1183,
author = {Sinha, Suman and Sharma, Laxmi Kant and Nathawat, Mahendra Singh},
title = {Improved Land-use/Land-cover classification of semi-arid deciduous
forest landscape using thermal remote sensing},
volume = {18},
number = {2},
pages = {217-233},
abstract = {Land Use Land Cover (LULC) change detection helps the policy makers
to understand the environmental change dynamics to ensure sustainable development.
Hence, LULC feature identification has emerged as an important research aspect and
thus, a proper and accurate methodology for LULC classification is the need of
time. In this study, Landsat-7 satellite data captured by Enhanced Thematic Mapper
(ETM+) were used for LULC classification employing the maximum likelihood
supervised classification (MLC) algorithm. The study targets the improvement of
classification accuracy with the combined use of thermal and spectral information
from satellite imagery. Land surface temperature (LST) is sensitive to land surface
features and hence can be used to extract information on LULC features. The
classification accuracy was found to improve on integrating the thermal information
from the thermal band of Landsat ETM+ with spectral information. Two thermal
vegetation indices, namely Thermal Integrated Vegetation Index (TLIVI) and Advanced
Thermal Integrated Vegetation Index (ATLIVI), proposed in this study showed fairly
good correlations (R2=0.65 and 0.7, respectively) with the derived surface
temperature. These indices based on empirical parameterization of the relationship
between surface temperature (Ts) and vegetation indices showed an increase of
nearly 6% in the overall accuracy for land-use/land-cover (LULC) classification in
comparison to MLC algorithm using Standard False Colour Composite (FCC) satellite
image of Landsat ETM+ as reference.},
keywords = {Land Use Land Cover (LULC)
Classification
Landsat ETM+
Land surface temperature (LST)
Thermal Vegetation Index (TVI)
Land surface features},
ISSN = {1110-9823},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN1177,
author = {Siqi, Jia and Yuhong, Wang and Ling, Chen and Xiaowen, Bi},
title = {A novel approach to estimating urban land surface temperature by the
combination of geographically weighted regression and deep neural network models},
journal = {Urban Climate},
volume = {47},
pages = {101390},
abstract = {Growing concerns on excessive urban heat call for better approaches
to modeling urban thermal environment and developing effective mitigation
strategies. A hybrid model integrating the geographically weighted regression (GWR)
and deep neural network (DNN) was developed to estimate land surface temperature
(LST). This model was compared with three other data-driven approaches to
predicting LST, including the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression, GWR, and
DNN. Sixteen satellite image datasets (a total of 155,728 data points) during a
four-year period in Hong Kong were used for model development, validation, and
comparison. The datasets cover two distinguishable geographical regions and consist
of sixteen explanatory variables from five groups, including (1) land use and land
cover (LULC) composition and surface characteristics, (2) LULC configuration, (3)
urban form, (4) anthropogenic activities, and (5) location and local climate. The
results indicate that the hybrid model performs the best in terms of model fitness
and prediction accuracy, with R2 equal to 0.85 and 0.73 and the mean squared error
(MSE) equal to 0.52 and 0.70 in the two regions, respectively. Compared to the OLS,
DNN, and GWR models, the overall R2 for all the datasets of the hybrid model
increases by 97.3%, 16.6%, and 6.9%, respectively. The promising result of the
hybrid model is due to its ability to capture both spatial heterogeneity and
address possible correlations between explanatory variables. Sensitivity of LST to
various explanatory variables is also discussed and strategies to mitigate
excessive heat are recommended. This study is anticipated to contribute to model
development in urban LST estimation and quantitative evaluation of those factors
driving LST variations.},
keywords = {Urban heat island
Neural network
Geographically weighted regression},
ISSN = {2212-0955},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101390},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN125,
author = {Siqueira, Paula Prado and Oliveira, Paulo Tarso S. and Bressiani,
Danielle and Meira Neto, Antonio A. and Rodrigues, Dulce B. B.},
title = {Effects of climate and land cover changes on water availability in a
Brazilian Cerrado basin},
volume = {37},
pages = {100931},
abstract = {The effects of riparian restoration and soil and water conservation
practices on catchment hydrology are still unclear. Here, we assess whether a
positive change in soil and water conservation practices and riparian reforestation
will affect the water availability and boost resilience in a Brazilian Cerrado
basin under climate change scenarios. This study was developed in the Três Marias
basin (50.600 km²) located in southeastern Brazil. First, we calibrated (1992–2005)
and evaluated (2006–2012) the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model. Then, we
created a land cover and land use change (LCLUC) scenario that considers improving
soil and water conservation practices and the reforestation of riparian zones,
following the recommendations of the Brazilian Payment for Ecosystem Services
(PES). We also used the trend SSP2-4.5 and the fossil-based economy SSP5-8.5
(Shared Socioeconomic Pathways) climate scenarios data from the Coupled Model
Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) project for the period of 2015–2100. Along
with a decrease of 5 %–15 % in precipitation in the projected period, an increase
of 7 %–15 % in forest areas due to the LCLUC scenarios generated an increase in
evapotranspiration values up to 38 %, resulting in a decrease of surface runoff and
baseflow. Riparian reforestation and soil and water conservation practices did not
necessarily enhance water availability on the simulations performed, as expected by
many PES.},
Land cover change
Food-energy-water nexus
Reforestation
Water security},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN175,
author = {Sirin, A. A. and Medvedeva, M. A. and Makarov, D. A. and Maslov, A. A.
and Joosten, H.},
title = {Multispectral satellite based monitoring of land cover change and
associated fire reduction after large-scale peatland rewetting following the 2010
peat fires in Moscow Region (Russia)},
volume = {158},
pages = {106044},
abstract = {Land cover changes following rewetting of 73 thousand hectares of
peatland after the severe 2010 peat fires in Moscow Region (Russia) were monitored
using multispectral remote sensing. The results revealed a reduction in the area of
bare peat and dry grasslands, the rapid expansion of willow and birch vegetation,
and a steady increase in wet grasslands and open water. Both the number and area of
peat fires were clearly reduced compared to all wildfires in the region. Monitoring
large areas over longer periods generally implies using different satellites and
sensors. The developed methodology enabled assessing the effectiveness of rewetting
to reduce fire hazard as well as identifying areas that remain fire-prone and
require additional restoration effort. The methodology proved to be robust for the
long-term monitoring of the effect of rewetting large areas of peatlands, as
required under the Paris Agreement.},
Ecological security
Ecosystem restoration
Paris Agreement
Vegetation
Wetland},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1062,
author = {Sisay, Getahun and Gesesse, Berehan and Fürst, Christine and Kassie,
Meseret and Kebede, Belaynesh},
title = {Modeling of land use/land cover dynamics using artificial neural
network and cellular automata Markov chain algorithms in Goang watershed,
Ethiopia},
volume = {9},
number = {9},
pages = {e20088},
abstract = {Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) change has inhibited sustainable
development for the last millennia by affecting climate, biological cycles, and
ecosystem services and functions. In this regard, understanding the historical and
future patterns of LULC change plays a crucial role in implementing effective
natural resource management. This study aimed to model and characterize the
spatiotemporal trajectories of landscape change between the 1984 and 2060 periods.
The satellite image spectral information was segmented into seven LULC classes
using a hybrid approach of image spectral recognition. The supervised
classification technique of Support Vector Machine (SVM) was used to classify the
satellite images, whilst the Land Change Modeler (LCM) Module in TerrSet software
was used to assess the historical trend and future simulation of LULC dynamics. To
predict future landscape changes, transition potential maps were generated using a
Multi-layer Perceptron (MLP) neural network algorithm. The findings of the study
demonstrated that the Goang Watershed has experienced significant LULC change since
1984. During the 1984–2001, 2001–2022, and 1984–2022 periods, farmland showed a
dramatic increasing trend with 7.5 km2/yr−1, 110.3 km2/yr−1, and 64.3 km2/yr−1,
respectively. A similar trend was also observed in built-up areas with 0.5
km2/yr−1, 3.2 km2/yr−1, and 2 km2/yr−1. The expansion of farmland and built-up area
was at the expense of forest, shrubland, and grasslands. With a business-as-usual
scenario, the extent of farmland will continue to increase between 2022 and 2060
while rapid reduction is expected by forest, shrubland, and grasslands. The
alarming rate of farmland and built-up area expansion will put significant pressure
on biodiversity and ecosystem services in the area. As a result, eco-friendly
conservation approaches should be implemented as soon as possible to maintain
ecosystem health and encourage sustainable development.},
keywords = {LULC
MLP neural network
CA-Markov
Remote sensing
Goang watershed
Ethiopia},
ISSN = {2405-8440},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN931,
author = {Sivelle, V. and Jourde, H. and Bittner, D. and Richieri, B. and Labat,
D. and Hartmann, A. and Chiogna, G.},
title = {Considering land cover and land use (LCLU) in lumped parameter modeling
in forest dominated karst catchments},
volume = {612},
pages = {128264},
abstract = {Lumped parameter modeling approach has been widely applied in karst
hydrology for, among other applications, groundwater availability assessment in a
context of global change. Nonetheless, such approach generally does not account for
land-cover land-use (LCLU) and its impacts on recharge processes. Then, considering
a semi-distributed recharge constitutes a relevant approach to capture the impacts
of LCLU on flow dynamics but also introduce more complexity in the modeling
approach. The present study consists of a multiple hydrological model calibration
to assess the implication of considering a semi-distributed recharge in a lumped
parameter model and focuses on the uncertainty originating by the model structure.
The modeling results are discussed to evaluate the trade-off between hydrological
model complexity and hydrological model performance. The study focuses on forest
dominated karst areas with three karst catchments: Kerschbaum (Lower Austria),
Baget (French Pyrenees) and Oeillal (southern France). Considering a semi-
distributed recharge gives better performance for both Kerschbaum and Oeillal
catchments hydrological models, while no improvement is obtained for Baget
catchment. Systematic consideration of LCLU is thus not necessarily worthwhile in
karst environmen ts as it can bring contradictory results in terms of hydrological
model performance.},
keywords = {Karst hydrology
Lumped parameter modeling
Land Cover Land Use
Recharge},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1290,
author = {Skakun, Sergii and Franch, Belen and Vermote, Eric and Roger, Jean-
Claude and Becker-Reshef, Inbal and Justice, Christopher and Kussul, Nataliia},
title = {Early season large-area winter crop mapping using MODIS NDVI data,
growing degree days information and a Gaussian mixture model},
volume = {195},
pages = {244-258},
abstract = {Knowledge on geographical location and distribution of crops at
global, national and regional scales is an extremely valuable source of information
for many applications. Traditional approaches to crop mapping using remote sensing
data rely heavily on reference or ground truth data in order to train/calibrate
classification models. As a rule, such models are only applicable to a single
vegetation season and should be recalibrated to be applicable for other seasons.
This paper addresses the problem of early season large-area winter crop mapping
using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) derived Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time-series and growing degree days (GDD)
information derived from the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and
Applications (MERRA-2) product. The model is based on the assumption that winter
crops have developed biomass during early spring while other crops (spring and
summer) have no biomass. As winter crop development is temporally and spatially
non-uniform due to the presence of different agro-climatic zones, we use GDD to
account for such discrepancies. A Gaussian mixture model (GMM) is applied to
discriminate winter crops from other crops (spring and summer). The proposed method
has the following advantages: low input data requirements, robustness,
applicability to global scale application and can provide winter crop maps 1.5–
2months before harvest. The model is applied to two study regions, the State of
Kansas in the US and Ukraine, and for multiple seasons (2001–2014). Validation
using the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Crop Data Layer (CDL) for Kansas and
ground measurements for Ukraine shows that accuracies of >90% can be achieved in
mapping winter crops 1.5–2months before harvest. Results also show good
correspondence to official statistics with average coefficients of determination
R2>0.85.},
keywords = {Winter crop
Classification
Mapping
Mixture model
Agriculture
GMM
Modis
GDD
MERRA2},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN541,
author = {Skaloš, Jan and Weber, Martin and Lipský, Zdeněk and Trpáková, Ivana
and Šantrůčková, Markéta and Uhlířová, Lenka and Kukla, Pavel},
title = {Using old military survey maps and orthophotograph maps to analyse
long-term land cover changes – Case study (Czech Republic)},
volume = {31},
number = {2},
pages = {426-438},
abstract = {The underlying goal of the study is to further develop and refine an
existing method for making a detailed analysis of long-term changes in land cover
on the basis of old Military Survey Maps and on orthophotograph maps in the GIS
environment. This method may contribute to a better understanding of the long-term
landscape dynamics over a period of more than 250 years. The knowledge that is
acquired can be applied in landscape planning procedures in order to provide
relevant landscape management in the future. The study was carried out in the
lowland area of Nové Dvory and Žehušice, Czech Republic, which comprises 21
cadastral units (a total area of 113 km2). The area is located in Central Bohemia,
to the east of the town of Kutná Hora, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The
area of Nové Dvory and Žehušice is an intensively utilized agricultural landscape.
The maps of the First (1785), Second (1851) and Third Military Surveys (1877) and
the present-day orthophotograph map of the Czech Republic were used as data
resources. They have been digitized, interpreted and analysed in the GIS
environment. The changes in the main land cover categories correspond to the change
trends in the agricultural landscape types in the Czech Republic as a whole. The
most significant features of the dynamic landscape changes in the study area are a
decrease in permanent grasslands (from 18% to 5%) and a decrease in water surfaces
(from 6% to less than 1%), especially due to pond drainage at the end of 18th
century and in the first half of 19th century, as a result of attempts to obtain
more arable land. The growth of arable lands was the most remarkable change (from
53% to 67%). The Military Survey Maps provide a suitable basis for analysing and
evaluating the development trends in the landscape macrostructure. However, the
main shortcoming of the First Military Survey maps is that they suffer from some
geodetic inaccuracy, and therefore support only an approximate quantification of
the landscape changes between the First Military Survey and the other time
horizons. The maps cannot be used for analyses of changes in the landscape
microstructure, due to their inaccurate specification of landscape segments, and
due to the scale of the original maps (scales ranging from 1:25,000 to 1:28,800),
which makes them unusable for evaluating changes at the level of individual plots.
When analysing the changes in the line segments on the Military Survey Maps, it is
more appropriate to observe the changes in the development of the length
characteristics, rather than the changes in the development of the area. Present-
day orthophotograph maps are a suitable source material for surveying the state of
the land covers, and for evaluating changes to them, over large areas. The
legibility of the orthophotograph map depends on many factors, and these need to be
taken into consideration. The method used for defining the land cover categories
can have a distinct influence on the interpretation of the landscape development in
the area under investigation.},
Land use
Cultural landscape
Landscape changes
Old maps
Aerial photographs
Czech Republic},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN445,
author = {Smith, A. P. and Marín-Spiotta, E. and de Graaff, M. A. and Balser, T.
C.},
title = {Microbial community structure varies across soil organic matter
aggregate pools during tropical land cover change},
volume = {77},
pages = {292-303},
abstract = {Soil microorganisms regulate multiple input and loss pathways of
soil carbon (C); hence, changes in microbial communities are expected to affect
soil organic matter (SOM) cycling and storage. Despite this, very little is known
about how microbes respond to changes in soil structure and vegetation with land
use and land cover change. This study aimed to identify relationships between
microbial community composition and the distribution of SOM among soil aggregate
fractions to answer the following research questions: (1) Are different microbial
groups associated with different SOM pools? and (2) How do these relationships
differ with changes in vegetation during tropical forest succession? We measured
microbial composition via phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis and C and
nitrogen (N) concentrations on physically separated aggregate fractions of soils
from pastures, secondary forests (40 and 90 years old) naturally regrowing on
abandoned pastures, and reference or primary forests in Puerto Rico. We found
different microbial communities associated with different soil aggregate fractions.
Fungal to bacterial ratios decreased and gram-positive to gram-negative bacterial
ratios increased with decreasing physical fraction size (from the macroaggregates
to the silt and clay fractions). Microbial composition also varied with land cover
type and forest successional stage, with consistent trends among soil fractions.
These results show that the soil matrix and soil microsite properties play an
important role in the spatial distribution of fungal and bacterial-dominated
communities. The similarities in land cover effects on microbial communities at
different spatial scales suggest similar controls may be influencing microbial
composition with potential implications for SOM storage and turnover. In addition,
the majority of C and N (relative to total soil C and fraction mass) was isolated
in the macroaggregate-occluded silt and clay-sized fractions, suggesting that
association with mineral surfaces, and not occlusion of particulate organic matter
within aggregates, is the dominant stabilization mechanism for SOM in these highly-
weathered, fine-textured soils. These results highlight the importance of soil
aggregation in C storage but through mechanisms different than those reported for
temperate grassland soils.},
keywords = {Soil aggregates
Microbial community
PLFA
Tropical forest recovery
Soil carbon},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN63,
author = {Sohl, Terry L. and Sleeter, Benjamin M. and Sayler, Kristi L. and
Bouchard, Michelle A. and Reker, Ryan R. and Bennett, Stacie L. and Sleeter, Rachel
R. and Kanengieter, Ronald L. and Zhu, Zhiliang},
title = {Spatially explicit land-use and land-cover scenarios for the Great
Plains of the United States},
volume = {153},
pages = {1-15},
abstract = {The Great Plains of the United States has undergone extensive land-
use and land-cover change in the past 150 years, with much of the once vast native
grasslands and wetlands converted to agricultural crops, and much of the unbroken
prairie now heavily grazed. Future land-use change in the region could have
dramatic impacts on ecological resources and processes. A scenario-based modeling
framework is needed to support the analysis of potential land-use change in an
uncertain future, and to mitigate potentially negative future impacts on ecosystem
processes. We developed a scenario-based modeling framework to analyze potential
future land-use change in the Great Plains. A unique scenario construction process,
using an integrated modeling framework, historical data, workshops, and expert
knowledge, was used to develop quantitative demand for future land-use change for
four IPCC scenarios at the ecoregion level. The FORE-SCE model ingested the
scenario information and produced spatially explicit land-use maps for the region
at relatively fine spatial and thematic resolutions. Spatial modeling of the four
scenarios provided spatial patterns of land-use change consistent with underlying
assumptions and processes associated with each scenario. Economically oriented
scenarios were characterized by significant loss of natural land covers and
expansion of agricultural and urban land uses. Environmentally oriented scenarios
experienced modest declines in natural land covers to slight increases. Model
results were assessed for quantity and allocation disagreement between each
scenario pair. In conjunction with the U.S. Geological Survey's Biological Carbon
Sequestration project, the scenario-based modeling framework used for the Great
Plains is now being applied to the entire United States.},
keywords = {Great Plains
Scenario
Land-use
Land-cover
Modeling
United States},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN515,
author = {Solecki, William D.},
title = {SOUTH FLORIDA: THE REALITY OF CHANGE AND THE PROSPECTS FOR
SUSTAINABILITY: The role of global-to-local linkages in land use/land cover change
in South Florida},
volume = {37},
number = {3},
pages = {339-356},
abstract = {This paper examines the land use/land cover change in South Florida
from the late 19th century to the late 20th century. Its theoretical approach is
derived from geographical literatures on globalization, spatial scale and
ecological transition. Two research questions frame the discussion. (1) Is there
evidence of top-down or bottom-up global-to-local interactions in the region? and
(2) Is there evidence of an ecological transition present in the region? Evidence
of the land use/land cover impacts of these global-to-local linkage shifts is
developed for the region by examining the socio-economic conditions and land
use/land cover changes. These interactions are studied through a review of primary
and secondary reference sources. The results of the analysis indicate that local
conditions and actors remain important in determining local land use/land cover
change in South Florida despite a long history of non-local interventions/processes
in the region. In recent years, globalization and other non-local influences may
have activated local coalitions around land-use change issues.},
keywords = {Global-to-local linkages
Land use
South Florida},
ISSN = {0921-8009},
year = {2001},
}
@article{RN293,
author = {Soleimani, Azam and Hosseini, Seyed Mohsen and Massah Bavani, Ali Reza
and Jafari, Mostafa and Francaviglia, Rosa},
title = {Influence of land use and land cover change on soil organic carbon and
microbial activity in the forests of northern Iran},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {177},
pages = {227-237},
abstract = {Land-use changes can alter soil carbon (C) contents, and in
particular deforestation has been responsible for a large part of the cumulative
human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study aimed to determine the
influence of land-use and land cover change on soil organic carbon (SOC) content,
microbial biomass C (MBC) and microbial respiration (MR) in the Hyrcanian forests,
north of Iran. We compared an agricultural field (AF), plantations of Alnus
subcordata (AS), Acer velutinum (AV), Quercus castaneifolia (QC) and Cupressus
sempervirens (CS), and a natural forest (NF). Soil samples were collected at three
different depths (0–20, 20–40 and 40–60 cm). Results showed that different land
covers significantly affected soil characteristics, and SOC increased by 25% and
1.11% after the conversion of NF to CS and AS plantations respectively, and
decreased by 4%, 12.11% and 53% when NF was converted to QC, AV and AF
respectively. In all treatments, MBC and MR were significantly higher (p < 0.05) in
the 0–20 cm depth, and MR was also correlated positively with MBC and SOC.
Microbial biomass was near the half in the agriculture field than in plantations
and natural forest in the upper layer, but the effects of land use on microbial
biomass C decreased with soil depth. However, we observed considerable amounts
microbial biomass C in 40–60 cm depth. Also, results showed that topographical
feature, altitude and slope, will affect SOC content. Our results indicated that
forest plantation is a key measure to enhance SOC content and mitigate global CO2
emission, especially when soils are degraded and have low soil C content. In
particular, afforestation had a crucial effect on elevating SOC content in the
Hyrcanian forest, but plantations of oak (QC) and maple (AV) were less effective in
terms of soil C increase.},
keywords = {Climate change mitigation
Hyrcanian forests
Plantations
Soil microbial respiration},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN393,
author = {Soleimani, Azam and Hosseini, Seyed Mohsen and Massah Bavani, Ali Reza
and Jafari, Mostafa and Francaviglia, Rosa},
title = {Influence of land use and land cover change on soil organic carbon and
microbial activity in the forests of northern Iran},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {177},
pages = {227-237},
abstract = {Land-use changes can alter soil carbon (C) contents, and in
particular deforestation has been responsible for a large part of the cumulative
human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This study aimed to determine the
influence of land-use and land cover change on soil organic carbon (SOC) content,
microbial biomass C (MBC) and microbial respiration (MR) in the Hyrcanian forests,
north of Iran. We compared an agricultural field (AF), plantations of Alnus
subcordata (AS), Acer velutinum (AV), Quercus castaneifolia (QC) and Cupressus
sempervirens (CS), and a natural forest (NF). Soil samples were collected at three
different depths (0–20, 20–40 and 40–60 cm). Results showed that different land
covers significantly affected soil characteristics, and SOC increased by 25% and
1.11% after the conversion of NF to CS and AS plantations respectively, and
decreased by 4%, 12.11% and 53% when NF was converted to QC, AV and AF
respectively. In all treatments, MBC and MR were significantly higher (p < 0.05) in
the 0–20 cm depth, and MR was also correlated positively with MBC and SOC.
Microbial biomass was near the half in the agriculture field than in plantations
and natural forest in the upper layer, but the effects of land use on microbial
biomass C decreased with soil depth. However, we observed considerable amounts
microbial biomass C in 40–60 cm depth. Also, results showed that topographical
feature, altitude and slope, will affect SOC content. Our results indicated that
forest plantation is a key measure to enhance SOC content and mitigate global CO2
emission, especially when soils are degraded and have low soil C content. In
particular, afforestation had a crucial effect on elevating SOC content in the
Hyrcanian forest, but plantations of oak (QC) and maple (AV) were less effective in
terms of soil C increase.},
keywords = {Climate change mitigation
Hyrcanian forests
Plantations
Soil microbial respiration},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN793,
author = {Soliday, Valeska and Louat, Alexis and Miezi, Espérence and Fruth,
Barbara},
title = {Investigating the impact of a long-term research and conservation
project on the expansion of land use and land cover in a remote area of central
DRC},
volume = {11},
pages = {100368},
abstract = {Anthropogenic impact and population growth have caused a dramatic
loss of biodiversity worldwide. Deforestation due to logging, mining, and burning
are of particular severity in tropical rainforests with the Amazonian and Congolese
basins harboring the largest reminders on our planet. While research projects
particularly those with permanent presence on ground have been considered as
excellent conservation measures to protect habitat and wildlife, no studies are
known to assess their negative implications. Here, we assess the impact of a long-
term research project on the tropical rainforest in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC). We investigate the LuiKotale Bonobo project (LKBP) established for
research and conservation in 2002, closely cooperating with several villages
located in the buffer zone of Salonga National Park, Block South, Territoire
d'Inongo, Province Mai-Ndombe, DRC. We combine the results of Land Use and Land
Cover (LULC) drawn from satellite imagery with population data for four villages
comparing anthropogenic impact before and after establishment of the project
covering 31 years between 1987 and 2018. While deforestation decreased in Lompole,
the first and main village of collaboration, it increased continuously over time in
neighboring villages. Increase can be linked to population growth and cash income
provided by the LKBP with habitants investing into construction material and
expansion of agricultural fields for cash crops.},
keywords = {Land use & land cover
Remote sensing
Slash and burn agriculture
Conservation
Livelihoods
Deforestation
Central Africa},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN693,
author = {Soliday, Valeska and Louat, Alexis and Miezi, Espérence and Fruth,
Barbara},
title = {Investigating the impact of a long-term research and conservation
project on the expansion of land use and land cover in a remote area of central
DRC},
volume = {11},
pages = {100368},
abstract = {Anthropogenic impact and population growth have caused a dramatic
loss of biodiversity worldwide. Deforestation due to logging, mining, and burning
are of particular severity in tropical rainforests with the Amazonian and Congolese
basins harboring the largest reminders on our planet. While research projects
particularly those with permanent presence on ground have been considered as
excellent conservation measures to protect habitat and wildlife, no studies are
known to assess their negative implications. Here, we assess the impact of a long-
term research project on the tropical rainforest in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC). We investigate the LuiKotale Bonobo project (LKBP) established for
research and conservation in 2002, closely cooperating with several villages
located in the buffer zone of Salonga National Park, Block South, Territoire
d'Inongo, Province Mai-Ndombe, DRC. We combine the results of Land Use and Land
Cover (LULC) drawn from satellite imagery with population data for four villages
comparing anthropogenic impact before and after establishment of the project
covering 31 years between 1987 and 2018. While deforestation decreased in Lompole,
the first and main village of collaboration, it increased continuously over time in
neighboring villages. Increase can be linked to population growth and cash income
provided by the LKBP with habitants investing into construction material and
expansion of agricultural fields for cash crops.},
keywords = {Land use & land cover
Remote sensing
Slash and burn agriculture
Conservation
Livelihoods
Deforestation
Central Africa},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN731,
author = {Som-ard, Jaturong and Immitzer, Markus and Vuolo, Francesco and
Ninsawat, Sarawut and Atzberger, Clement},
title = {Mapping of crop types in 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019 to assess major land
cover trends of the Udon Thani Province, Thailand},
volume = {198},
pages = {107083},
abstract = {Crop production and productivity monitoring play a crucial role for
food security and livelihoods, international trade and sustainable agricultural
practices. Earth Observation (EO) data provides high spectral, spatial and temporal
data for various agricultural applications. However, mapping and monitoring small
crop fields and complex landscapes are still challenging, in particular when
attempting to trace the historical evolution of land use changes. To address this
issue, a study was set up in the Udon Thani Province of Thailand, with small
agricultural parcels and highly fragmented landscapes, covering an area of
approximately 11,000 km2. Three decades of crop type dynamics were monitored and
assessed using different combinations of multi-temporal Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and
Landsat data and the random forest (RF) classifier. The combined multi-temporal EO
datasets proved the most efficient for mapping crop types. Classification results
achieved overall accuracy (OA) of 87.9%, 88.1%, 84.8% and 92.6% for the four base-
years 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019, respectively. Thanks to the availability of high-
quality reference labels, the crop type map of 2019 showed the highest overall and
class-specific accuracies. The 2019 classification model separated many crop
classes well, especially sugarcane, cassava, rice and para rubber. On the contrary,
for 1989, 1999 and 2009 drops in accuracy had to be accepted, as direct field
reference observations were unavailable and reference information had to be sourced
through photo-interpretation or trimming approaches. Overall, however, the RF
method together with multi-temporal EO satellite data from multiple platforms
showed high potential and excellent efficiency in crop type classification in
complex landscapes. The most dominant classes of crop types for the four base-years
were rice, sugarcane, and cassava, respectively. Land cover changes indicated that
transitions of 1,529 km2 (14%) occurred between 1989 and 1999, mainly as increase
in sugarcane and rice areas. From 1999 to 2009, significant land changes were
observed covering 2,340 km2 (21%), primarily as increased cassava and para rubber
cultivation. During the most recent period 2009 to 2019, an additional 3,414 km2
(31%) were transformed, mainly through the expansion of para rubber and sugarcane
plantations. The main drivers for the observed land use changes in the three
decades were commodity prices and agricultural policies. The cost-efficiently
derived results provide valuable information to inform land use management
decisions of policymakers and other stakeholders, including the consideration of
environmental aspects.},
keywords = {Crop type
Earth Observation
Multi-temporal imagery
Sentinel-1
Sentinel-2
Landsat
Random Forest
Post-classification change detection},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN631,
author = {Som-ard, Jaturong and Immitzer, Markus and Vuolo, Francesco and
Ninsawat, Sarawut and Atzberger, Clement},
title = {Mapping of crop types in 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019 to assess major land
cover trends of the Udon Thani Province, Thailand},
volume = {198},
pages = {107083},
abstract = {Crop production and productivity monitoring play a crucial role for
food security and livelihoods, international trade and sustainable agricultural
practices. Earth Observation (EO) data provides high spectral, spatial and temporal
data for various agricultural applications. However, mapping and monitoring small
crop fields and complex landscapes are still challenging, in particular when
attempting to trace the historical evolution of land use changes. To address this
issue, a study was set up in the Udon Thani Province of Thailand, with small
agricultural parcels and highly fragmented landscapes, covering an area of
approximately 11,000 km2. Three decades of crop type dynamics were monitored and
assessed using different combinations of multi-temporal Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and
Landsat data and the random forest (RF) classifier. The combined multi-temporal EO
datasets proved the most efficient for mapping crop types. Classification results
achieved overall accuracy (OA) of 87.9%, 88.1%, 84.8% and 92.6% for the four base-
years 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019, respectively. Thanks to the availability of high-
quality reference labels, the crop type map of 2019 showed the highest overall and
class-specific accuracies. The 2019 classification model separated many crop
classes well, especially sugarcane, cassava, rice and para rubber. On the contrary,
for 1989, 1999 and 2009 drops in accuracy had to be accepted, as direct field
reference observations were unavailable and reference information had to be sourced
through photo-interpretation or trimming approaches. Overall, however, the RF
method together with multi-temporal EO satellite data from multiple platforms
showed high potential and excellent efficiency in crop type classification in
complex landscapes. The most dominant classes of crop types for the four base-years
were rice, sugarcane, and cassava, respectively. Land cover changes indicated that
transitions of 1,529 km2 (14%) occurred between 1989 and 1999, mainly as increase
in sugarcane and rice areas. From 1999 to 2009, significant land changes were
observed covering 2,340 km2 (21%), primarily as increased cassava and para rubber
cultivation. During the most recent period 2009 to 2019, an additional 3,414 km2
(31%) were transformed, mainly through the expansion of para rubber and sugarcane
plantations. The main drivers for the observed land use changes in the three
decades were commodity prices and agricultural policies. The cost-efficiently
derived results provide valuable information to inform land use management
decisions of policymakers and other stakeholders, including the consideration of
environmental aspects.},
keywords = {Crop type
Earth Observation
Multi-temporal imagery
Sentinel-1
Sentinel-2
Landsat
Random Forest
Post-classification change detection},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1205,
author = {Son, N. T. and Chen, C. F. and Chen, C. R. and Minh, V. Q. and Trung,
N. H.},
title = {A comparative analysis of multitemporal MODIS EVI and NDVI data for
large-scale rice yield estimation},
volume = {197},
pages = {52-64},
abstract = {Rice is one of the most important food crops worldwide, and large-
scale rice yield estimation is thus critical for planners to formulate successful
strategies to address food security and rice grain export issues. This study
performed a comparative analysis of multitemporal Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) enhanced vegetation index (EVI) and normalized difference
index (NDVI) data for estimating rice crop yields in the Mekong River Delta (MRD),
Vietnam. We processed the data for a 10-year period (2002–2011) following three
main steps: (1) create a smooth time series of EVI and NDVI data, (2) formulate
crop yield models, and (3) validate the model. The comparison results between
EVI/NDVI-based estimated yields and the government's yield statistics indicated a
significant relationship between the two datasets (p-value<0.001). The estimated
results produced from EVI-based models were slightly more accurate than those from
NDVI-based models, with the correlation coefficients (R2) ranging from 0.62 to 0.71
for spring–winter and 0.4 to 0.56 for summer–autumn rice crops, respectively. The
root mean square error (RMSE) and mean absolute error (MAE) used to measure the
model accuracy revealed the consistency between EVI-based estimated yields and the
government's yield statistics. The RMSE values for winter–spring and summer–autumn
crops were, respectively, 6.9–8.1% and 5.4–6.7%, and MAE values were 5.4–6.7% and
6.5–9.5%. There was, however, a significant correlation between the estimated
yields obtained from EVI- and NDVI-based models (p-value<0.001), indicating no
significant difference in the estimated yields between these two models. This study
demonstrates advantages of using multitemporal MODIS EVI data for large-scale
estimation of rice crop yields using the heading date in the MRD prior to the
harvest period, and thus the methods could be transferable to other regions.},
keywords = {MODIS
Rice crop
Yield estimation
Smoothing
Mekong River Delta},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN1024,
author = {Song, Lei and Estes, Anna Bond and Estes, Lyndon Despard},
title = {A super-ensemble approach to map land cover types with high resolution
over data-sparse African savanna landscapes},
Geoinformation},
volume = {116},
pages = {103152},
abstract = {Accurate and timely land cover products are critical inputs for
landscape planning, and provide key information for biodiversity conservation and
food security. However, poor mapping quality and low resolution are considerable
issues in existing land cover maps over the African savanna, where land use is
complex and changing rapidly, and necessary ground-truth data are sparse and hard
to obtain. To overcome this problem, to make optimal use of existing maps, and to
minimize manual training data collection, we developed a three-stage ensemble
method to make land cover maps. In the first stage, we extracted the consensus of
multiple existing land cover products to generate fragmented pixel-wise training
labels. In the second stage, we translated pixel-wise training labels to image-wise
labels using Random Forest (RF) as a “gap-filling model”, with temporal features
extracted from Sentinel-1 time series, raw bands, and vegetation indices derived
from PlanetScope basemaps. These image-wise labels were scored and edited by humans
and the quality information was used in the next stage. For stage three, we trained
a U-Net network based upon these image-wise labels, using Sentinel-1 time series
and raw bands of PlanetScope basemaps as image features. Using the information on
label quality, a quality-weighted loss function was used in the network to reduce
the impact of noise in the training labels. Using Northern Tanzania as a case
study, the results demonstrate that ensembles of existing land cover maps provide a
useful source of data for developing improved land cover maps over hard-to-
classify, data-sparse landscapes. The Random Forest “gap-filling model” had an
overall accuracy of 80.26% on our independent test dataset with 7 classes. The
final U-Net model had an overall accuracy of 83.57%. This approach can be readily
applied to other regions and extents (e.g., regional, global) and other data
sources (e.g., Sentinel-2).},
U-Net
Random Forest
African savanna
PlanetScope
Sentinel-1},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN61,
author = {Song, Xiao-Peng},
title = {Global Estimates of Ecosystem Service Value and Change: Taking Into
Account Uncertainties in Satellite-based Land Cover Data},
volume = {143},
pages = {227-235},
abstract = {Global estimates of ecosystem service value (ESV) and change are
often produced using satellite-based land cover maps. However, uncertainties in
global land cover data and their impacts on ESV estimation have not been fully
recognized. Considerably inflated estimates of land cover change and ESV change
could be derived using a direct map comparison approach when classification
uncertainties are not explicitly taken into account. This study collected all
available global land cover datasets and applied an ensemble approach to derive the
range and central tendency of terrestrial ESV estimates. Different input data
caused ESV estimate varying between 35.0 and 56.5trillionInt$/year. Wetland
classes, albeit having the highest per unit value, were the most uncertain classes
mapped using satellite data. To reduce uncertainty, a spatial data harmonization
procedure was developed, which resulted in an improved ESV estimate at
49.4trillionInt$/year. The study further illustrated the quantification of changes
in forest ESV using a high-resolution global forest cover change dataset. An ESV
loss of 716.0billionInt$/year was estimated between 2000 and 2012—a result
representing one fifth of previous estimates. These findings highlighted the
importance of improving the characterization and monitoring of land cover for
global ESV and change estimation.},
Valuation
Remote sensing
Land cover
Land use
Benefit transfer
Change
Forest},
ISSN = {0921-8009},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.07.019},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN467,
author = {Sorice, M. G. and Kreuter, U. P. and Wilcox, B. P. and Fox, W. E.},
title = {Classifying land-ownership motivations in central, Texas, USA: A first
step in understanding drivers of large-scale land cover change},
volume = {80},
pages = {56-64},
abstract = {Land-ownership patterns in rural areas are undergoing changes. To
explore the critical question of how changing land ownership in a watershed
potentially drives land use, we examined differences in individual landowners'
reasons for owning drylands. We conducted a mail survey of 767 landowners in three
counties of central Texas, USA. Using exploratory factor analysis we reduced
motivations into six dimensions: agricultural production, profit-orientation, rural
lifestyle, financial investment, mineral extraction, and wildlife enterprise. A
cluster analysis of these dimensions classified landowners into three groups:
agricultural production, multiple-objective, and lifestyle-oriented. We validated
these classifications using variables related to land management, land
characteristics, ranching and farming perceptions, and demographics. The landowner
groups performed well in discriminating between socio-demographic variables.
Although landowners in central Texas are still largely involved in agricultural
production (61%), only 24% focus on it exclusively. More than one third (39%) own
land exclusively for lifestyle reasons. Changing motivations for owning land may be
indicative of a cultural shift that can lead to landscape-scale changes in land
cover. Policy tools and education efforts that recognize this heterogeneity in
landowners will enhance the resiliency and sustainability of rural communities and
of the dryland ecosystems on which they depend.},
keywords = {Adaptive ecosystem management
Amenity migration
Cultural shift
Land ownership
Motivations
Resilience
Rural lands
Social–ecological systems},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN451,
author = {Southworth, Jane and Munroe, Darla and Nagendra, Harini},
title = {Land cover change and landscape fragmentation—comparing the utility of
continuous and discrete analyses for a western Honduras region},
volume = {101},
number = {2},
pages = {185-205},
abstract = {Current studies of land cover change and landscape fragmentation
rely predominantly on land cover classifications derived from remotely sensed
images. However, limitations of traditional land cover classifications are numerous
and well known. This research compares classification-based techniques (discrete
data) to the use of vegetation indices (continuous data) for land cover modeling
and analyses of landscape fragmentation for a study area in western Honduras. The
study area typifies many regions of tropical developing countries, where a complex
interaction of social and environmental factors have given rise to a dynamic mosaic
of patches of reforestation and deforestation. Understanding the complex human
dimensions of land use and land cover change in these parts of the world continues
to present a challenge for researchers. The land cover modeling analysis compares
two models using different formulations for the dependent variable: (i) a
continuous analysis using a tobit model regressing the normalized difference
vegetation index (NDVI), with non-forest values truncated at 0, on the variables
elevation, slope, distance from roads and distance from the nearest market; and
(ii) a discrete analysis using a probit model with threshold NDVI coverages
(representing forest and non-forest). To examine the patterns of landscape
fragmentation, a discrete analysis of a forest/non-forest classification using the
software FRAGSTATS is compared to a continuous NDVI-based analysis using the local
indicator of spatial association (LISA) statistic. Estimated marginal effects and
overall predictive power are compared across the tobit and probit formulations.
Because the tobit formulation included variation in the dependent variable for
forested areas, greater information was retained regarding the subtle relationships
among the independent variables and land cover. The LISA statistic, using the NDVI
coverages as input, were helpful in the interpretation of the data and its spatial
arrangement in the landscape, indicating that the LISA was a good complement to the
FRAGSTATS, classification-based analysis. Given the LISA statistic is parametric
and hence subject to outliers, whereas landscape metrics tend to be non-parametric,
we found that the use of both FRAGSTATS and LISA together was more beneficial than
either analysis by itself. While there is increasing awareness of the need for
using continuous data for land cover modeling and fragmentation, this area remains
little explored. The research presented provides insights for additional future
applications utilizing continuous data analyses.},
keywords = {Fragmentation
Land cover
Remote sensing
Probit
Tobit
Spatial autocorrelation},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2004},
}
@article{RN1257,
author = {Spadoni, Gian Luca and Cavalli, Alice and Congedo, Luca and Munafò,
Michele},
title = {Analysis of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) multi-
temporal series for the production of forest cartography},
volume = {20},
pages = {100419},
abstract = {This study aims to produce a forest raster cartography, valid for
the Italian territory and characterized by a spatial resolution of 10 m, using
remote sensing techniques. In detail, Sentinel-2 multispectral images have been
used in order to obtain Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values,
useful to distinguish vegetation among all the different other kinds of land
cover.},
Forest monitoring
NDVI},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN911,
author = {Spitale, Daniel and Mair, Petra and Nascimbene, Juri},
title = {Patterns of bryophyte life-forms are predictable across land cover
types},
volume = {109},
pages = {105799},
abstract = {Bryophytes are promising indicators for detecting the impact of
rapid global change. However, despite their great potential, they are still largely
neglected, and their patterns across wide areas and environmental gradients are
still poorly explored. Here we tested the capacity of bryophyte life-forms to
respond to the main environmental and anthropogenic factors using an herbarium
collection of high quality. The database consists of over 40,000 records referred
to an Alpine area (Bolzano province, Northern Italy). The main aim of the work was
to assess the relationship between bryophyte life-forms and different Corine Land
Cover types which spans a wide elevational gradient and land uses. Results showed a
broad match between similar land cover types and life-forms composition. For
example, there was a positive relationship between plagiotropic forms and
coniferous forests and between cushion- turf forms and natural grasslands.
Anthropogenic habitats like vineyards and urban areas showed a high proportion of
dendroid and thallose forms whereas plagiotropic species were underrepresented. Our
results indicate that patterns of bryophyte life-forms are predictable across land
cover types and altitude thus providing a direct link between the organism and the
environmental conditions.},
keywords = {Bryophyte database
Ecological indicators
Herbarium collections
Landscape
Species traits},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2020},
}
@inbook{RN846,
author = {Sprunger, Christine D. and Martin, Tvisha K.},
title = {Chapter Three - An integrated approach to assessing soil biological
health},
booktitle = {Advances in Agronomy},
editor = {Sparks, Donald L.},
volume = {182},
pages = {131-168},
abstract = {Soil health is an emerging field that holistically approaches key
challenges within soil science through a chemical, physical, and biological lens.
In recent years, soil health has become foundational to sustainability goals within
the context of regenerative agriculture including climate mitigation and reversing
biodiversity trends. However, given the vast array of indicators used to quantify
soil health, there are still several unknowns regarding which indicators can most
effectively indicate specific soil health outcomes and ecosystem functioning. Key
linkages between indicators and soil health outcomes are especially lacking in the
subfield of soil biological health. Moreover, the subfield of soil biological
health, must expand its current portfolio of indicators to play an active role in
soil biodiversity assessments. Here we propose an integrative approach to
quantitatively assess soil biological health. We outline numerous key indicators
that are important to consider because of their position in the soil food web and
linkages to key soil processes. We recommend that future soil health assessments
directly measure soil organisms in conjunction with indicators that reflect key
ecosystem functions. Exploratory factory analysis, a powerful quantitative method,
for integrating soil biological health indicators is also discussed.},
keywords = {Soil biological health
Soil food webs
Ecological function
Nematodes
Exploratory factor analysis},
ISBN = {0065-2113},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2023.06.003},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1189,
author = {Sresto, Mizbah Ahmed and Siddika, Sharmin and Fattah, Md Abdul and
Morshed, Syed Riad and Morshed, Md Manjur},
title = {A GIS and remote sensing approach for measuring summer-winter variation
of land use and land cover indices and surface temperature in Dhaka district,
Bangladesh},
volume = {8},
number = {8},
pages = {e10309},
abstract = {Rapid urbanization has induced land use and land cover change (LULC)
that increases land surface temperature (LST). Analyzing seasonal variations of
LULC and LST is a precondition for mitigating heat island effects and promoting a
sustainable living environment. The objective of this study is to explore the
association between the seasonal LST dynamics and LULC indices for the Dhaka
district of Bangladesh. The LULC indices are comprised of the Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalized Difference Built-up Index (NDBI), Normalized
Difference Bareness Index (NDBAI), and Modified Normalized Difference Water Index
(MNDWI). The results show that the LULC effect on LST in Dhaka is significant, with
an increase in summer season LST from 34.58 °C to 37.66 °C and in winter season LST
from 24.710C to 26.24 °C. Predictably, the highest and lowest LST values were
observed in the built-up and vegetation-covered areas, respectively. Secondly, the
correlation values indicate a significant inverse correlation (R2 > 0.50) between
NDVI and LST, as well as MNDWI and LST. On the contrary, positive correlations were
observed between NDBI and LST, and between NDBAI and LST for both the summer and
winter seasons. Finally, subsequent vegetation decline (-69.34%) and increasing
built-up area (+11.30%) between 2000 and 2020 in Dhaka district were found to be
the most significant factors for the increasing trend and spatial heterogeneity of
LST in Dhaka. The methodological approach of this study offers a low-cost efficient
technique for monitoring LST hotspots, which can guide land use planners and urban
managers for spatial intervention to ensure a livable environment.},
Season variation
Remote sensing
Urban ecology},
ISSN = {2405-8440},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN491,
author = {Stan, Kayla Dawne and Sanchez-Azofeifa, Arturo},
title = {The Edmonton-Calgary corridor: Simulating future land cover change
under potential government intervention},
volume = {63},
pages = {356-368},
abstract = {The region connecting Edmonton and Calgary, the two largest cities
in Alberta, contains rich agricultural land and is one of the most rapidly changing
areas in the province. There is little legislation to restrict urban sprawl or
adequately protect agricultural land or native grasslands, and there has been
little research to predict future alteration. The main study objectives are,
therefore, to assess historical changes in the Edmonton-Calgary corridor from 1984
to 2013 and simulate the future landscape change to 2022 under potential government
intervention scenarios. Satellite imagery from Landsat, used in conjunction with
biogeophysical variables, was used to create a history of cover in the Edmonton-
Calgary area. This history of the environment can be used as a baseline to project
changes into the future. Testing different legislative scenarios under two major
branches of modifying rates of change or locations of change can be used to
identify effective policies for limiting damage to the environment while still
allowing for urban growth. Five scenarios were created for this purpose: (1)
business as usual, (2) increased rate of urban expansion, (3) no urban expansion,
(4) implementation of greenbelts around urban areas, (5) protection of the best
agricultural land. This study finds that over the past 30 years, urban area has
nearly doubled in size, targeting predominately farmland, especially due to an
increase in rural subdivisions. Each scenario impacts growth differently, however,
greenbelts and the no expansion model decease growth the most, while the
agricultural protection is comparable to the business as usual scenario.},
Integrated modelling
Dinamica EGO
Urban expansion
Environmental legislation
Landscape design},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN275,
author = {Starr, Scott M. and McIntyre, Nancy E.},
title = {Land-cover changes and influences on playa wetland inundation on the
Southern High Plains},
volume = {175},
pages = {104096},
abstract = {Playas are ephemeral, depressional wetlands that are the primary
form of surface water in the Southern High Plains of North America, an area that
has experienced extensive and relatively recent land-cover changes. Because the
influences of these changes in landscape structure (composition, configuration, and
connectivity of land-cover types) on playas have not been assessed over time, we
used remotely sensed imagery to quantify changes in the five regionally dominant
land-cover categories (cropland, rangeland/grassland, fallow, developed, and water)
and playa inundation patterns in Texas on six dates during the late growing season
over a 23-year span (1986–2008). A decrease in the number of wet playas was
observed over that time, associated with significant differences among land covers
between and within years around dry vs. wet playas (with playas surrounded by
rangeland/grassland being twice as likely to be dry than playas surrounded by
cropland). Mean patch size and overall area of rangeland/grassland increased over
time, possibly due in part to conservation efforts in the area. Because playas are
crucial habitats, these landscape changes have likely affected regional
biodiversity; our findings indicate that assessments of the remaining playa
wetlands should be undertaken to compare biotic communities with surrounding land-
cover history.},
FRAGSTATS
Grassland
Land use},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN375,
author = {Starr, Scott M. and McIntyre, Nancy E.},
title = {Land-cover changes and influences on playa wetland inundation on the
Southern High Plains},
volume = {175},
pages = {104096},
abstract = {Playas are ephemeral, depressional wetlands that are the primary
form of surface water in the Southern High Plains of North America, an area that
has experienced extensive and relatively recent land-cover changes. Because the
influences of these changes in landscape structure (composition, configuration, and
connectivity of land-cover types) on playas have not been assessed over time, we
used remotely sensed imagery to quantify changes in the five regionally dominant
land-cover categories (cropland, rangeland/grassland, fallow, developed, and water)
and playa inundation patterns in Texas on six dates during the late growing season
over a 23-year span (1986–2008). A decrease in the number of wet playas was
observed over that time, associated with significant differences among land covers
between and within years around dry vs. wet playas (with playas surrounded by
rangeland/grassland being twice as likely to be dry than playas surrounded by
cropland). Mean patch size and overall area of rangeland/grassland increased over
time, possibly due in part to conservation efforts in the area. Because playas are
crucial habitats, these landscape changes have likely affected regional
biodiversity; our findings indicate that assessments of the remaining playa
wetlands should be undertaken to compare biotic communities with surrounding land-
cover history.},
FRAGSTATS
Grassland
Land use},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1206,
author = {Stokes, Sean C. and Trivedi, Pankaj and Otto, Kristen and Ippolito,
James A. and Borch, Thomas},
title = {Determining soil health parameters controlling crop productivity in a
Citrus Greening disease affected orange grove},
journal = {Soil & Environmental Health},
volume = {1},
number = {2},
pages = {100016},
abstract = {Soil health is an important aspect for maintaining adequate crop
production, but the specifics of what entails a healthy soil can vary from region
to region and crop to crop. In highly managed agricultural systems, unhealthy soil
can be masked by intensive management practices, yet there must be detrimental
cutoff points in various characteristics, such as soil organic matter (SOM)
concentrations, where even highly managed systems start to lose productivity. This
negative impact was observed in a Florida citrus grove containing Valencia orange
trees with observable differences in tree size yet were otherwise managed
identically. A soil health index demonstrated that the areas with smaller trees had
a significantly lower index score and those soils contained significantly less SOM
(average SOM = 0.57%) compared to areas with larger trees (average SOM = 0.94%).
The areas of lower crop productivity also had less enzymatic activity of common
carbon-cycling enzymes and different microbial populations, which all together
negatively affected soil health and corresponding plant productivity. This
agricultural region is also known to have a Citrus Greening disease (HLB) infection
rate of close to 100%, hence we developed a hypothesis that could explain how
progression of this infection could be impacted by SOM concentrations and
differences in microbial diversity. We posit that areas of this grove with
healthier soil could have more resistance to the onset of fatal HLB symptoms.
Consequently, soil organic matter distribution and concentration should be
considered when establishing new groves in order to optimize soil and crop
productivity.},
keywords = {Soil organic matter (SOM)
Soil health
Soil microbiome
Crop productivity
Extracellular enzyme activity
Citrus Greening disease (HLB)},
ISSN = {2949-9194},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seh.2023.100016},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN568,
author = {Struebig, Matthew J and Wilting, Andreas and Gaveau, David L A. and
Meijaard, Erik and Smith, Robert J and Fischer, Manuela and Metcalfe, Kristian and
Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie},
title = {Targeted Conservation to Safeguard a Biodiversity Hotspot from Climate
and Land-Cover Change},
volume = {25},
number = {5},
pages = {678},
ISSN = {0960-9822},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN939,
author = {Stuhlmacher, Michelle and Andrade, Riley and Turner Ii, B. L. and
Frazier, Amy and Li, Wenwen},
title = {Environmental Outcomes of Urban Land System Change: Comparing Riparian
Design Approaches in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area},
volume = {99},
pages = {104615},
abstract = {In the face of climate change and other environmental challenges, an
increasing number of cities are turning to land design to enhance urban
sustainability. Land system architecture (LSA)—which examines the role of size,
shape, distribution, and connectivity of land units in relation to the system’s
social-environmental dynamics—can be a useful perspective for examining how land
contributes to the social and environmental aspects of urban sustainability. There
are two gaps, however, that prevent LSA from fully contributing to urban
sustainability dialogues. First, it is not well understood how urban design goals,
as expressed by urban planners and other practitioners, relate to LSA and
environmental outcomes. Second, most LSA work focuses on individual environmental
outcomes, such as the urban heat island effect, instead of considering the broader
suite of outcomes that LSA changes impact. Here, we undertake an integrated
assessment of LSA impacts on surface urban heat island (based on land surface
temperature), vegetation presence/health (based on NDVI), and bird biota at two
riparian sites with different design intentions in the Phoenix, Arizona
metropolitan area. The Rio Salado in Tempe underwent a city-led, infill
redevelopment that mixed economic, recreational, and flood control design goals.
The New River in Peoria experienced a more typical developer-driven urbanization.
The contexts and design goals of the sites generated differences in their LSA, but
only a few of these differences were sufficiently unique to contribute to divergent
environmental outcomes. These differences reside in (1) the greater distribution of
recreational land-covers and (2) increased surface water at the Rio Salado site
compared to the New River site. Both changes are linked to land-cover patches
becoming greener and cooler as well as a greater presence of waterbird and warbler
species at the Rio Salado site. The distinctions between the sites provide insight
for crafting design goals for redeveloping or restoring urban riparian landscapes
in the Phoenix metropolitan area that are grounded in LSA. With the incorporation
of additional relevant variables, especially socioeconomic ones, the research
approach employed in this study provides a foundation for the assessment of other
urban land system change.},
keywords = {Land System Architecture
Design
Urban Development
Remote Sensing
Urban Land Systems},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN140,
author = {Suh, Celestine Neba and Tsheko, Rejoice and Kayombo, Benedict and
Moroke, Scott Thebeetsile},
title = {Analysis of land cover land use change in the greater Gaborone area of
South Eastern Botswana},
abstract = {Changes in land cover land use (LCLU) have long been considered to
be among the many factors responsible for global environmental challenges. This
study focused on assessing LCLU changes in the Greater Gaborone area of South
Eastern Botswana between 1988 and 2022. The study employed remote sensing (RS) and
geographic information systems (GIS) tools for analyzing LCLU changes in the study
area during the study period. Landsat images of 1988 and 2002 and Sentinel-2A
images of 2022 were used to detect LCLU changes. Image classification was done
using a Supervised classification approach based on a Maximum Likelihood
Classifier. Six LCLU types such as water body, trees dominated, cropland,
shrubland, bare land, and built-up, were identified in the area. Post
Classification Comparison (PCC) approach was used to detect LCLU change during the
study period. Shrubland class was found to be the dominant LCLU type in the study
area. A significant gain was observed in the built-up class (75.12 km2), while
significant losses were observed in shrubland (24.16 km2) and trees dominated
(33.32 km2) classes in the entire study period. Given the rapid increase in built-
up areas, this recommends that land managers and policymakers should invest in
implementing sustainable land management interventions to prevent undesirable LCLU
changes.},
keywords = {Land cover land use
Change detection
Annual change rate
Conversion},
ISSN = {1872-2032},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN600,
author = {Sujetovienė, Gintarė and Dabašinskas, Giedrius},
title = {Interactions between changes in land cover and potential of ecosystem
services in Lithuania at temporal and spatial scale},
volume = {49},
pages = {100984},
abstract = {The growing interest in ecosystem services is mainly related to land
use changes. The aim of the study is to analyse spatial-temporal changes in the
capacity to supply of ES in Lithuania based on land use changes in 1990–2018. The
results show some balance between loss and gains of ecosystem services capacity due
to land use changes. Decrease in heterogenous agricultural areas had negative
impact on provision of ecosystem integrity and services. Considerable increase in
scrubland and herbaceous vegetation areas significantly increased the ecosystem
service potential. The conversion of former agricultural land to less intensively
managed ecosystems enhance the potential of valuable habitats for biodiversity and
ecosystem services associated with natural grasslands, moors and heathland,
transitional woodland shrubs. The urbanization process along with increase in urban
fabric areas had little effect on ESs potential since artificial vegetated areas
had compensated the loss of ESs due to increased areas of urbanized ecosystems.
Despite the area of open spaces slightly increased, this led to decrease of
provision of ESs. Temporal changes in overall ESs capacity indicated an increase in
Lithuania over the last two decades. Given the observed dynamic context of land
cover, the structure of ecosystem services may face potential threats from land use
change due to urban development and agricultural activities.},
Land use
Long-term trends
Transition period
Lithuania
Valuation},
ISSN = {1476-945X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2022.100984},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN209,
author = {Sulieman, H. M. and Elagib, N. A.},
title = {Implications of climate, land-use and land-cover changes for
pastoralism in eastern Sudan},
volume = {85},
pages = {132-141},
abstract = {This study examines the changes in climate and land-use/land-cover
(LULC) along the livestock seasonal migration routes in El Gedaref region (eastern
Sudan). Analysis of temperature, rainfall and aridity index (ratio of rainfall to
reference evapotranspiration) data during 1941–2009 shows significant warming of
the climate, increasing rainfall variability and seasonality, and intensifying
aridity conditions during the start and end of the wet season. The somewhat recent
enhancement of the overall (annual) rainfall has reflected only in the mid wet
season and were caused by few very wet days, indicating increased rainfall
concentration and possible risk of soil erosion. Such climatic alterations and
variability have inherent implications for land-use and land-cover over the region.
LULC changes were investigated using multi-temporal satellite imagery from three
sites along the livestock routes. The major trends were drastic conversions of
natural vegetation areas into large-scale mechanized agricultural land. This
resulted in a progressive loss and degradation of grazing area in the entire
region. Overall, the documented LULC changes may cause an irreversible loss of
biodiversity and a depletion of other ecological services provided by natural
vegetation. The results of this study provide useful information when seeking to
resolve complex land-management issues.},
Climate variability
Eastern Sudan
Land-cover
Land-use
Pastoralism},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN309,
author = {Sulieman, H. M. and Elagib, N. A.},
title = {Implications of climate, land-use and land-cover changes for
pastoralism in eastern Sudan},
volume = {85},
pages = {132-141},
abstract = {This study examines the changes in climate and land-use/land-cover
(LULC) along the livestock seasonal migration routes in El Gedaref region (eastern
Sudan). Analysis of temperature, rainfall and aridity index (ratio of rainfall to
reference evapotranspiration) data during 1941–2009 shows significant warming of
the climate, increasing rainfall variability and seasonality, and intensifying
aridity conditions during the start and end of the wet season. The somewhat recent
enhancement of the overall (annual) rainfall has reflected only in the mid wet
season and were caused by few very wet days, indicating increased rainfall
concentration and possible risk of soil erosion. Such climatic alterations and
variability have inherent implications for land-use and land-cover over the region.
LULC changes were investigated using multi-temporal satellite imagery from three
sites along the livestock routes. The major trends were drastic conversions of
natural vegetation areas into large-scale mechanized agricultural land. This
resulted in a progressive loss and degradation of grazing area in the entire
region. Overall, the documented LULC changes may cause an irreversible loss of
biodiversity and a depletion of other ecological services provided by natural
vegetation. The results of this study provide useful information when seeking to
resolve complex land-management issues.},
Climate variability
Eastern Sudan
Land-cover
Land-use
Pastoralism},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN1214,
author = {Sun, Liang and Gao, Feng and Xie, Donghui and Anderson, Martha and
Chen, Ruiqing and Yang, Yun and Yang, Yang and Chen, Zhongxin},
title = {Reconstructing daily 30 m NDVI over complex agricultural landscapes
using a crop reference curve approach},
volume = {253},
pages = {112156},
abstract = {Multi-sensor remote sensing data fusion technologies have been
developed and widely applied in recent years, providing a feasible and economical
solution to increase the availability of high spatial and temporal resolution data.
These methods, however, have been challenging to apply in highly heterogeneous
areas, especially in complex agricultural landscapes where there are rapid changes
at small scales, while features at larger scales change more slowly. In this study,
we developed a novel method to reconstruct daily 30 m Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index (NDVI) using imagery from the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Landsat and Landsat-like platforms, and the Cropland
Data Layer (CDL). This method utilizes a crop reference curve (CRC) approach, in
which a set of NDVI time series are extracted from pure MODIS pixels (250 m
resolution) identified using the CDL, and then used to fit Landsat-like
observations (30 m). The CRC based method was applied over a complex agricultural
landscape in the Choptank River watershed on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Landsat
data from 2013 and 2014 and Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) data from 2018
were used to reconstruct 30 m daily NDVI maps for major crop types. Results show
that the relative error (RE) in reconstructed NDVI is around 6–8% during periods of
rapid crop growth, and 3–5% during peak periods when growth is slow. The accuracy
of the CRC method outperforms a standard image pair-based data fusion algorithm
(Spatial and Temporal Adaptive Reflectance Fusion Model; STARFM), which yields RE
of 4–9% in slow-growth periods and 10–16% in fast-growth periods when clear Landsat
images are scarce. The CRC method was also compared with time-series data fusion
methods, including a harmonic fitting model and the SaTellite dAta IntegRation
(STAIR) model. The results show that CRC gives similar results when the Landsat-
like image availability is high (around 27 images per year), but outperforms other
methods when availability is limited (less than 15 images per year). The
reconstructed NDVI time series for corn, soybean, winter wheat/soybean and forest
at 30-m resolution show clear phenological patterns at the sub-field scale. The
resulting 30-m NDVI timeseries data provide useful information for mapping crop
phenology and monitoring crop condition in complex agricultural landscapes,
especially for complex double-cropping areas. However, the input requirement of an
accurate 30-m crop classification map constrains its application to areas and
periods where classifications are available.},
keywords = {Vegetation index time series
High spatial and temporal resolution
Crop reference curve
Crop progress condition
Crop phenology},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN814,
author = {Sun, Meiying and Yang, Rongjin and Li, Xiuhong and Zhang, Le and Liu,
Qiang},
title = {Designing a path for the sustainable development of key ecological
function zones: A case study of southwest China},
volume = {31},
pages = {e01840},
abstract = {The Chinese government has designated areas with critically
important ecosystems as key ecological function zones (KEFZs) under restrictive
development regimes to maintain and improve their supplies of ecological products
and services. A strategy of sustainable development is required for KEFZs in
southwest China, given their fragile eco-environments, important eco-functions, and
lagging economies. This study aimed to identify and compare changes in ecological
security, economic development, and the extent of their coordination in KEFZs and
non-KEFZs in southwest China in 2010, 2015 and 2018 (i.e., before and after the
policy of restricted development was introduced). The assessment systems of
ecological security and economic development were constructed for assessing these
areas. A coupling coordination degree (CCD) model was used to evaluate coordination
levels between ecological security and economic development. Overall, the results
indicated that the levels of ecological security in KEFZs were exceeded non-KEFZs.
In 2010, KEFZs and non-KEFZs evidenced similar levels of economic development and
CCDs. The economic development of KEFZs was lagging behind that of non-KEFZs after
restrictive development regimes in KEFZs. The slow economic growth further hindered
the improvement of the coordination between ecological security and economic
development for KEFZs. The gaps between KEFZs and non-KEFZs regarding economic
development and coordination levels were widening. The study provided some
strategies for the sustainable development of southwest China’s KEFZs, including
the development of clean resources, the strategy of partial development and
comprehensive environmental protection, the formulation of lists of allowed,
restricted and prohibited industries, and effective utilization of ecological
compensation policies.},
keywords = {Ecological security
Economic development
The coupling coordination degrees
Key ecological function zones},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1056,
author = {Sun, Yaqi and Liu, Hailong and Guo, Zhengqiang},
title = {Capsule network-based approach for estimating grassland coverage using
time series data from enhanced vegetation index},
journal = {Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences},
volume = {2},
pages = {26-34},
abstract = {The degradation and desertification of grasslands pose a daunting
challenge to China's arid and semiarid areas owing to the increasing demand for
them in light of the rise of animal husbandry. Monitoring grasslands by using big
data has emerged as a popular area of research in recent years. As grassland
degradation is a slow and gradual process, the accurate identification of grassland
cover is key to monitoring it. Vegetation coverage is currently monitored mainly by
combining inversion-based methods with field surveys, which requires significant
human effort and other resources and is thus unsuitable for use at a large scale.
We proposed to use time series from the enhanced vegetation index (EVI) in capsule
network-based methods to identify grasslands. The process classified grassland
coverage into four levels, high, medium, low, and other, based on Landsat images
from 2019. The accuracy in classifying the grasslands at each level was higher than
90%, with an overall accuracy of 96.32% and a kappa coefficient of 0.9508. The
proposed method outperformed the SVM, RF, and LSTM algorithms in terms of
classification accuracy.},
keywords = {Classification
Deep learning
Grassland coverage
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {2666-5441},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiig.2021.08.001},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN24,
author = {Sun, Yuan and Wang, Cuiting and Chen, Han Y. H. and Liu, Qiuning and
Ge, Baoming and Tang, Boping},
title = {A global meta-analysis on the responses of C and N concentrations to
warming in terrestrial ecosystems},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {208},
pages = {105762},
abstract = {Global warming has significantly affected the terrestrial C and N
cycling processes. Whereas, it is unclear how global warming impacts the C and N
concentrations in the above- and belowground ecosystems. We performed a meta-
analysis with the results presented in 136 papers and 1886 observations. The data
reveals that global warming increased C concentrations in leaf, shoot, and
microbial biomass and N concentrations in the shoot. The C:N ratios of microbial
biomass also increased under conditions of warming. However, the soil C
concentration and soil C:N ratios decreased. Furthermore, these responses are more
evident with longer warming duration and elevated warming magnitudes. The warming
effects on C and N concentrations and C:N ratios never changed with warming
methods, ecosystem types, or background climates. Also, in response to warming,
soil moisture was negatively correlated with leaf C concentration as well as C:N
ratio in microbial biomass. Soil pH response to warming was in a negative
correlation with those of soil C concentration, soil C:N ratio, and microbial
biomass C concentration. Our analysis has identified some key ecosystem processes
that can be potentially implemented into the ecosystem models for predicting how
warming affects future terrestrial C and N dynamics.},
keywords = {Global climate change
Elevated temperature
Ecological stoichiometry
Plant-soil-microorganism
Soil microbial biomass},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN592,
author = {Sun, Yuanhao and Xu, Qinghai and Gaillard, Marie-José and Zhang,
Shengrui and Li, Dehui and Li, Manyue and Li, Yuecong and Li, Xinling and Xiao,
Jule},
title = {Pollen-based reconstruction of total land-cover change over the
Holocene in the temperate steppe region of China: An attempt to quantify the cover
of vegetation and bare ground in the past using a novel approach},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {214},
pages = {106307},
abstract = {Fossil pollen data are essential for reconstructing ancient
vegetation and land-cover changes. Sugita’s REVEALS model is the best method to
estimate regional plant cover (in percentage cover) using pollen data from lakes.
Such reconstructions imply that the sum of all plants’ cover is 100%. However, land
cover is not always represented by vegetation alone, the area of bare ground can be
significant in many types of biomes, e.g., in alpine or steppe regions. Here we
define “total land cover” as the sum of vegetation cover (VegC) and bare ground
(BareC). In this study, we use the relationship between tree pollen percentages and
both tree cover (TreeC) and VegC (=TreeC + herb cover (HerbC)) based on a dataset
of modern pollen assemblages and related total land cover. This relationship is
applied to estimate past “actual” vegetation cover (a-VegC) from fossil pollen
percentages using the Modern Analogue Technique (MAT). The REVEALS (RV) model can
then be applied to the same fossil pollen records to estimate regional cover of
individual plant taxa (RV PlantC; e.g., RV PinusC, etc.), total tree cover (RV-
TreeC) and total herb cover (RV-HerbC). These cover values can then be converted
into RV a-PlantC, RV a-TreeC and RV a-HerbC using the MAT-reconstructed a-VegC
(e.g., RV PinusC × MAT a-VegC = RV a-PinusC; RV-TreeC × MAT a-VegC = RV a-TreeC,
etc.). The results of leave-one-out cross-validation indicates that the MAT
reconstructions using the modern pollen assemblages provide values of a-TreeC, a-
HerbC and BareC mostly very similar to the modern vegetation data. We further
tested the method using pollen assemblages from lake surface sediments of 11 lakes
and the results also suggest a good performance of MAT-based reconstruction. We
then applied the proposed method (MAT-REVEALS) to four Holocene pollen records
available from the study area to evaluate the feasibility of the strategy to
reconstruct past actual plant cover. The results suggest that the method provides
plausible estimates of vegetation cover for the sub-regions within the study area.
The results from Lake Daihai over the last 10,000 years BP are interpreted and
discussed in more details to evaluate the effects of possible departures from the
approach assumptions.},
keywords = {REVEALS
Modern analogue technique MAT
Pollen in surface soils
Pollen in surface lake sediments
MODIS vegetation data
Lake Daihai},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN193,
author = {Sun, Yuanhao and Zhang, Shengrui and Xu, Qinghai},
title = {Pollen-based land cover changes reveal temporal and spatial differences
of human activity in north-central China during the Holocene},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {219},
pages = {106620},
abstract = {Beginning in the middle to late Holocene, anthropogenic land cover
change has had a profound impact on both regional and continental environments.
Hence, assessing temporal and spatial differences in the intensity of human
activity in different regions and geomorphologic contexts has become a focus of
current global change research. Here we use two representative pollen records from
different geomorphologic units in North China (Lake Gonghai in the mountains, and
Lake Daihai in a large basin) together with a novel methodology to quantitatively
reconstruct Holocene land cover changes. The results indicate diverse vegetation
succession patterns in different regions and geomorphologic contexts. In the Daihai
basin, the vegetation cover changed relatively little, maintaining values of 45–
50%, and only increased during the interval of 8–5.1 ka, when it attained a maximum
of 67%. In the Gonghai area, the vegetation cover remained at a higher level at 70–
80% for an extended interval, before decreasing substantially to 58% after 1.4 ka.
We propose that changes in the intensity of human activities was a major cause of
the observed regional disparities in vegetation succession. Comparison of the
results with records of prehistoric human activity shows that, prior to 5.1 ka,
land cover change (especially of the vegetation composition) in the Daihai basin
evolved naturally, under the influence of climate. Then, during ∼ 5.1–2.8 ka, a
transitional stage occurred, driven by both climate change and human activities.
Finally, from ∼ 2.8 ka to the present, human activities dominated the pattern of
vegetation change. In contrast, land cover change in the alpine Gonghai area was
controlled by natural processes until 1.4–1.3 ka, when human activities exceeded
the influence of natural variability and became the dominant factor controlling
local vegetation development. In larger basin/plain areas, the favorable climatic
conditions of the mid-Holocene promoted increased human activity; while later,
population pressure, the increased demand for resources, and political factors may
have triggered the diffusion of human populations from basins to the mountains or
previously undeveloped areas, with resulting effects on their vegetation
succession. The anthropogenic impacts have dominated the natural environment of
mountainous areas in north-central China for at least the last 1,300 years.},
keywords = {Pollen analysis
Past land cover
Vegetation succession
Human activities
North China},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN949,
author = {Sun, Zenghui and Mao, Zhongan and Yang, Liangyan and Liu, Zhe and Han,
Jichang and Wanag, Huanyuan and He, Wei},
title = {Impacts of climate change and afforestation on vegetation dynamic in
the Mu Us Desert, China},
volume = {129},
pages = {108020},
abstract = {As an important part of the terrestrial ecosystem, vegetation is
commonly used as an indicator to evaluate climate change and ecological restoration
efforts. In China’s farming-pastoral areas, the Mu Us Desert is a typical area
utilizing desertification control methods where vegetation cover has significantly
changed in recent years. It is important to assess how climate change and
afforestation affect vegetation activity dynamic in this region. This study aims to
investigate the relationship between vegetation and climate change by using the
normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and to find the cause of vegetation
change by performing multiple linear regression analysis in the Mu Us Desert
(including 11 counties) during the period from 2000 to 2019. The results showed
that NDVI of the growing season (May to October) across the whole region increased
by 0.0058 per year during the 20-year study period. Correlation analysis between
the NDVI and climatic factors indicated that precipitation, temperature and
relative humidity had a significant positive correlation, and mean wind speed and
sunshine hours had a significant negative correlation across the study area (except
for mean wind speed in Shenmu and Yuyang). Stepwise multiple linear regression
analysis indicated that the relative contribution by climatic factors and
afforestation to NDVI change was 41.9% and 58.1% across the study area,
respectively. Findings from our study may help to provide scientific support for
decision making concerning ecological restoration management and policy efficiency
estimation in other similar desert areas.},
keywords = {Vegetation cover
NDVI
Climatic factors
Afforestation
Mu Us Desert},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN107,
author = {Sun, Zhongyi and Wang, Xiufeng and Yamamoto, Haruhiko and Tani,
Hiroshi and Zhong, Guosheng and Yin, Shuai and Guo, Enliang},
title = {Spatial pattern of GPP variations in terrestrial ecosystems and its
drivers: Climatic factors, CO2 concentration and land-cover change, 1982–2015},
volume = {46},
pages = {156-165},
abstract = {Quantitative estimation of spatial pattern of gross primary
production (GPP) trends and its drivers plays a crucial role in global change
research. This study applied C-Fix model to estimate the net effect of each factor
on GPP trends of 1982–2015, used an unsupervised classifier to group similar GPP
trend behaviors, and analyzed the responses of GPP to changes in climatic,
atmospheric and environmental drivers. According to the features of monthly GPP
trends and the patterns of growing season, we presented nine categories as aids in
interpreting large-scale behavior. Land-cover change (LCC), rising CO2, temperature
and water conditions changes have the positive overall effect on GPP over the
entire world, contrary to radiation change effects. The global average
contributions of LCC, CO2, temperature, radiation and water on GPP trend are 4.57%,
65.73%, 13.07%, −7.24 and 11.74%, respectively. LCC and climatic factors changes
have had a greater impact on GPP in terms of a specific location or regional rather
than globally, and the interactions between factors are positive on GPP. The
effects of climatic factors trends on GPP in different locations can be opposite,
in general: regionally, GPP changes at middle and high latitudes are likely
dominated by rises in radiation and temperature; at lower latitudes, GPP changes
are likely to be driven by shifts in water conditions; at high altitudes, GPP
changes are probably caused by changes in temperature and water conditions. These
results will increase the understanding of the variations of carbon flux under
future CO2, LCC and climate conditions.},
Atmospheric CO concentration
Land-cover change
C-Fix},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN501,
author = {Suppula, M. and Hällfors, M. H. and Aapala, K. and Aalto, J. and
Kemppainen, E. and Leikola, N. and Pirinen, P. and Heikkinen, R. K.},
title = {Climate and land-use change drive population decline in a red-listed
plant species},
volume = {45},
pages = {e02526},
abstract = {Land-use change is a perennial driver of biodiversity decline.
However, climate change may pose novel pressures on species populations, adding to
the mixture of anthropogenic threats. Determining the main causes for species
decline is important for effective allocation of conservation efforts and for
understanding the linkages between biodiversity decline and climate change. Here,
we study the impacts of forest management, urbanization, and changes in spring
climatic conditions on the presence of a threatened plant species, Pulsatilla
patens. In addition, we examine if topographic heterogeneity has supported the
persistence of species populations under climatic change starting from 1961. We
modelled the effect of land-use and climate change both separately and jointly,
finding that both drivers have individual and potentially direct impacts on the
persistence of P. patens. This is in agreement with the historic standpoint of
land-use change being the main threat for the species, as well as recent findings
of the potentially harmful effects of altered climatic conditions in spring, e.g.,
through late frost damage following earlier emergence of flowers. However, we found
no indication that topographic heterogeneity would offer a buffering effect,
suggesting that changes in spring climatic conditions form a tangible threat to
this species that is not alleviated in the current landscape. As climate change
continues, it is likely that the number and intensity of stressors increases for a
variety of species, which warrants further attention to the role of climate change
and appropriate conservation action.},
keywords = {Climate change responses
Conservation
Forest management
Phenology
Protected species
Threatened species
Urbanization},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN147,
author = {Szczypta, C. and Gascoin, S. and Houet, T. and Hagolle, O. and Dejoux,
J. F. and Vigneau, C. and Fanise, P.},
title = {Impact of climate and land cover changes on snow cover in a small
Pyrenean catchment},
volume = {521},
pages = {84-99},
abstract = {Summary The seasonal snow in the Pyrenees Mountains is an essential
source of runoff for hydropower production and crop irrigation in Spain and France.
The Pyrenees are expected to undergo strong environmental perturbations over the
21st century because of climate change (rising temperatures) and the abandonment of
agro-pastoral areas (reforestation). Both changes are happening at similar
timescales and are expected to have an impact on snow cover. The effect of climate
change on snow in the Pyrenees is well understood, but the effect of land cover
changes is much less documented. Here, we analyze the response of snow cover to a
combination of climate and land cover change scenarios in a small Pyrenean
catchment (Bassiès, 14.5km2, elevation range 940–2651m a.s.l.) using a distributed
snowpack evolution model. Climate scenarios were constructed from the output of
regional climate model projections, whereas land cover scenarios were generated
based on past observed changes and an inductive pattern-based model. The model was
validated over a snow season using in situ snow depth measurements and high-
resolution snow cover maps derived from SPOT (Satellite Pour l’Observation de la
Terre – Earth Observation Satellite) satellite images. Model projections indicate
that both climate and land cover changes reduce the mean snow depth. However, the
impact on the snow cover duration is moderated in reforested areas by the shading
effect of trees on the snow surface radiation balance. Most of the significant
changes are expected to occur in the transition zone between 1500m a.s.l. and 2000m
a.s.l. where (i) the projected increase in air temperatures decreases the snow
fraction of the precipitation and (ii) the land cover changes are concentrated.
However, the consequences on the runoff are limited because most of the meltwater
originates from high-elevation areas of the catchment, which are less affected by
climate change and reforestation.},
keywords = {Snow cover
Climate change
Land cover change
Pyrenees},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN465,
author = {Tadesse, Lemlem and Suryabhagavan, K. V. and Sridhar, G. and Legesse,
Gizachew},
title = {Land use and land cover changes and Soil erosion in Yezat Watershed,
North Western Ethiopia},
journal = {International Soil and Water Conservation Research},
volume = {5},
number = {2},
pages = {85-94},
abstract = {Soil erosion affects land qualities and water resources. This
problem is severe in Ethiopia due to its topographic features. The present research
was aimed to estimate spatiotemporal changes in land-use/land-cover pattern and
soil erosion in the Yezat watershed in Ethiopia. This study was carried out by
using landsat imageries of 2001, 2010 and 2015. Images were classified into
categories using supervised classification by maximum likelihood algorithm. They
were also classified into different biomass levels by using Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index (NDVI) analysis. Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation modeling was
applied in a GIS environment to quantify the potential soil erosion risk. The area
under grassland, woodland and homesteads have increased by 610.69 (4%), 101.69
(0.67%) and 126.6 ha (0.83%) during 2001–2015. The extent of cultivated land and
shrub/bushland was reduced by 323.43(0.02%) and 515.44 ha (3.41%), respectively,
during the same period. The vegetation cover in the watershed decreased by 91%
during 2001–2010, and increased by 88% during 2010–2015. Increase of NDVI values
indicates better ground cover due to implementation of integrated watershed
development program in the region. The estimated annual soil losses were
7.2tha−1yr−1 in 2001, 7.7t ha−1yr−1in 2010 and 4.8tha−1yr−1in 2015. Management
interventions are necessary to improve the status and utilization of watershed
resources in response to sustainable land management practices for sustainable
livelihood of the local people.},
keywords = {Biomass
GIS
NDVI
Land-use and land-cover
Remote sensing
RUSLE},
ISSN = {2095-6339},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2017.05.004},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN164,
author = {Taiwo, Balogun Emmanuel and Kafy, Abdulla Al and Samuel, Ajeyomi
Adedoyin and Rahaman, Zullyadini A. and Ayowole, Ologun Emmanuel and Shahrier,
Mahir and Duti, Bushra Monowar and Rahman, Muhammad Tauhidur and Peter, Olarewaju
Timilehin and Abosede, Olamiju Olayinka},
title = {Monitoring and predicting the influences of land use/land cover change
on cropland characteristics and drought severity using remote sensing techniques},
volume = {18},
pages = {100248},
abstract = {The Federal University of Technology at Akure (FUTA) in Nigeria is
experiencing ongoing development that is leading to the replacement of agricultural
and forestry land cover types. This study aimed to assess and predict changes in
land use/land cover (LULC) types and their impact on crop characteristics in 17
plots of FUTA from 1991 to 2031. Crop characteristics were evaluated using the
normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), normalized difference water index
(NDWI), normalized difference moisture index (NDMI), vegetation condition index
(VCI), watershed delineation, and spectral characteristics using Landsat imageries.
The land change modeler in TerraSet software was used to predict future LULC
scenarios. Results showed an increase in built-up areas (15%) and bare land areas
(14%), but a reduction of 19% in light vegetation cover from 1991 to 2021. The
predicted LULC map illustrated a decrease in light vegetation area (11%) and an
increase in built-up area (19%) from 1991 to 2031. NDVI values denoting vegetation
health and coverage extent, and NDWI & NDMI values indicating water stress in
vegetation and soil showed that palm tree (Plot 1) had the highest average indices
values (0.31, 0.34, and 0.06, respectively), while mixed cropping of cassava,
cashew, and potatoes (Plot 6) had the lowest average indices values (0.23, 0.28,
and −0.029 respectively). This indicates that Plot 1 (palm tree) had better
vegetation health with higher green canopy coverage and lower water stress in
vegetation and soil compared to Plot 6 (cassava, cashew, and mixed potato
vegetation). Drought analysis (VCI) showed that light drought areas became severe
drought areas during 2001–2021 in Plots 4 and 6. The reduction of green cover and
growing built-up areas accelerated the increase in drought severity. This study
advocates for sustainable land use management to manage water stress and drought at
the field level.},
Crop characteristics
Spectral characteristics
Drought analysis
Sustainable land use management},
ISSN = {2665-9727},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1064,
author = {Taiwo, Balogun Emmanuel and Kafy, Abdulla Al and Samuel, Ajeyomi
Adedoyin and Rahaman, Zullyadini A. and Ayowole, Ologun Emmanuel and Shahrier,
Mahir and Duti, Bushra Monowar and Rahman, Muhammad Tauhidur and Peter, Olarewaju
Timilehin and Abosede, Olamiju Olayinka},
title = {Monitoring and predicting the influences of land use/land cover change
on cropland characteristics and drought severity using remote sensing techniques},
volume = {18},
pages = {100248},
abstract = {The Federal University of Technology at Akure (FUTA) in Nigeria is
experiencing ongoing development that is leading to the replacement of agricultural
and forestry land cover types. This study aimed to assess and predict changes in
land use/land cover (LULC) types and their impact on crop characteristics in 17
plots of FUTA from 1991 to 2031. Crop characteristics were evaluated using the
normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), normalized difference water index
(NDWI), normalized difference moisture index (NDMI), vegetation condition index
(VCI), watershed delineation, and spectral characteristics using Landsat imageries.
The land change modeler in TerraSet software was used to predict future LULC
scenarios. Results showed an increase in built-up areas (15%) and bare land areas
(14%), but a reduction of 19% in light vegetation cover from 1991 to 2021. The
predicted LULC map illustrated a decrease in light vegetation area (11%) and an
increase in built-up area (19%) from 1991 to 2031. NDVI values denoting vegetation
health and coverage extent, and NDWI & NDMI values indicating water stress in
vegetation and soil showed that palm tree (Plot 1) had the highest average indices
values (0.31, 0.34, and 0.06, respectively), while mixed cropping of cassava,
cashew, and potatoes (Plot 6) had the lowest average indices values (0.23, 0.28,
and −0.029 respectively). This indicates that Plot 1 (palm tree) had better
vegetation health with higher green canopy coverage and lower water stress in
vegetation and soil compared to Plot 6 (cassava, cashew, and mixed potato
vegetation). Drought analysis (VCI) showed that light drought areas became severe
drought areas during 2001–2021 in Plots 4 and 6. The reduction of green cover and
growing built-up areas accelerated the increase in drought severity. This study
advocates for sustainable land use management to manage water stress and drought at
the field level.},
Crop characteristics
Spectral characteristics
Drought analysis
Sustainable land use management},
ISSN = {2665-9727},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN985,
author = {Talukdar, Swapan and Singha, Pankaj and Shahfahad and Mahato, Susanta
and Praveen, Bushra and Rahman, Atiqur},
title = {Dynamics of ecosystem services (ESs) in response to land use land cover
(LU/LC) changes in the lower Gangetic plain of India},
volume = {112},
pages = {106121},
abstract = {The ecosystems provide a range of material as well as non-material
services that contribute to human well-being as well as supply necessary resources
for the organisms. The land use/ land cover (LU/LC) changes have been taken place
due to several natural and anthropogenic reasons, which significantly influence the
ecosystem services. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the minor
variations of ecosystem services provided by the particular land use types of the
study area. Therefore, we have divided the study area into nine grids. The land use
land cover classifications have been performed using support vector machine
techniques (SVM) for 1999–2019. Based on the multi-temporal land use land cover
maps, we have used the global coefficient value of 1997 and 2003 for valuation of
ecosystem services for different land use types. Then we have employed elasticity
techniques to analyse the response of land use land cover changes over the
ecosystem service valuation. The findings showed that the overall built-up area has
increased by 29.14% since 1999, while the overall water-body has decreased by
15.81%. Therefore, the ecosystem services provided by water-body have been
decreased correspondingly and the 29.14% areas that converted to built-up area from
others land use types do not able to provide any ecosystem services and the
ecosystem service values become nil, which is not suitable for good health
ecosystem. Therefore, the study can be the foundation to the planners and
scientists to prepare sustainable plans for the management of local ecosystem based
on minorly study on the impact of LULC changes on the ecosystem services.},
keywords = {Land use/land cover (LU/LC)
Radial basis function Kernel support vector machine
River dynamics
Ecosystem services value (ESV)
Elasticity of ESV},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN44,
author = {Tan, Jianbo and Zuo, Jiaqi and Xie, Xinyao and Ding, Meiqing and Xu,
Zhuokui and Zhou, Fangbin},
title = {MLAs land cover mapping performance across varying geomorphology with
Landsat OLI-8 and minimum human intervention},
volume = {61},
pages = {101227},
abstract = {The machine learning algorithms (MLAs) are capable of automatic land
cover classification with a huge volume of data and are prevalent in land mapping
applications. Minimal human intervention is desired when producing land cover
products over a large area and the choice of an algorithm may determine the
precision of the map. The study aims to compare the performance of random forest
(RF), decision tree (DT), support vector machine (SVM) and artificial neural
network (ANN) algorithms in the context of mapping three typical landscapes (plain,
foothill, and mountain) in Hunan Province, China, with minimal human interventions.
Performance comparisons among the four machine learning algorithms are based on ROC
curves, AUC value, confusion matrix, overall accuracy, spatial comparisons and
inconsistency along with altitude and slope. RF produced the most accurate maps
(93.0% in mountain area, 93.1% in plain region, and 95.2% in foothill) across
various geomorphology with minimal human interventions, and was most resistant to
landscape pattern complexity. The accuracy of DT was similar to RF including
similar ROC curves and slightly lower accuracy. SVM and ANN showed relatively poor
performance without significant human intervention. RF produced robust and highly
accurate land cover maps over large areas and various complex geomorphology with
little human intervention.},
Machine learning algorithms
Remote sensing
Random forest},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN650,
author = {Tan, Mou Leong and Tew, Yi Lin and Chun, Kwok Pan and Samat, Narimah
and Shaharudin, Shazlyn Milleana and Mahamud, Mohd Amirul and Tangang, Fredolin
T.},
title = {Improvement of the ESA CCI Land cover maps for water balance analysis
in tropical regions: A case study in the Muda River Basin, Malaysia},
volume = {36},
pages = {100837},
abstract = {Study region The Muda River Basin (MRB), Malaysia. Study Focus This
study proposed a framework to improve the European Space Agency Climate Change
Initiative Land Cover (ESA CCI LC) products through the integration with the Annual
Oil Palm Dataset (AOPD). The improved land use land cover (LULC) maps were then
used to produce five LULC scenarios as input maps into the Soil and Water
Assessment Tool (SWAT) model for analyzing the impact of LULC changes on water
balance in the MRB. New hydrological insights for the region The improved LULC maps
have good performance in representing rubber and oil palm, with an overall accuracy
up to 81 %. In addition, SWAT simulated monthly streamflow well for the MRB, with
the highest R2 and NSE values of 0.84 and 0.86, respectively. During the 2001–2016
period, the MRB experienced an expansion of oil palm from 7.10%–17.36 %, a
reduction of rubber from 34.93 % to 26.38 % and a slight decrease in forest from
54.23%–52.80 %. The urban expansion scenario showed significant increment in
surface runoff, while the reforestation scenario helped to reduce surface runoff,
while increase lateral flow and groundwater. Oil palm expansion led to a higher
reduction in lateral flow and groundwater than rubber trees due to the higher soil
water absorption rate. The proposed framework can be duplicated and applied in
other tropical basins, particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia.},
SWAT
European Space Agency
Oil palm
Tropical
Malaysia},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN750,
author = {Tan, Mou Leong and Tew, Yi Lin and Chun, Kwok Pan and Samat, Narimah
and Shaharudin, Shazlyn Milleana and Mahamud, Mohd Amirul and Tangang, Fredolin
T.},
title = {Improvement of the ESA CCI Land cover maps for water balance analysis
in tropical regions: A case study in the Muda River Basin, Malaysia},
volume = {36},
pages = {100837},
abstract = {Study region The Muda River Basin (MRB), Malaysia. Study Focus This
study proposed a framework to improve the European Space Agency Climate Change
Initiative Land Cover (ESA CCI LC) products through the integration with the Annual
Oil Palm Dataset (AOPD). The improved land use land cover (LULC) maps were then
used to produce five LULC scenarios as input maps into the Soil and Water
Assessment Tool (SWAT) model for analyzing the impact of LULC changes on water
balance in the MRB. New hydrological insights for the region The improved LULC maps
have good performance in representing rubber and oil palm, with an overall accuracy
up to 81 %. In addition, SWAT simulated monthly streamflow well for the MRB, with
the highest R2 and NSE values of 0.84 and 0.86, respectively. During the 2001–2016
period, the MRB experienced an expansion of oil palm from 7.10%–17.36 %, a
reduction of rubber from 34.93 % to 26.38 % and a slight decrease in forest from
54.23%–52.80 %. The urban expansion scenario showed significant increment in
surface runoff, while the reforestation scenario helped to reduce surface runoff,
while increase lateral flow and groundwater. Oil palm expansion led to a higher
reduction in lateral flow and groundwater than rubber trees due to the higher soil
water absorption rate. The proposed framework can be duplicated and applied in
other tropical basins, particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia.},
SWAT
European Space Agency
Oil palm
Tropical
Malaysia},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN870,
author = {Tang, Hua-jun and Xin, Xiao-ping and Yang, Gui-xia and Zhang, Bao-hui
and Wang, Xu and Zhang, Hong-bin and Yan, Yuchun and Yan, Rui-rui and Li, Gang and
Chen, Bao-rui},
title = {Monitoring and Modeling of Grassland Ecosystem Function Based on Remote
Sensing and Field Observation},
volume = {8},
number = {10},
pages = {101},
ISSN = {1671-2927},
year = {2009},
}
@inbook{RN1051,
author = {Tanjina Hasnat, G. N. and Bhadouria, Rahul},
title = {Chapter 17 - Prediction of land cover changes of Khagrachhari Hilly
Upazila using artificial-neural-network-based cellular automata model},
booktitle = {Understanding Soils of Mountainous Landscapes},
editor = {Bhadouria, Rahul and Singh, Shipra and Tripathi, Sachchidanand and
Singh, Pardeep},
pages = {325-343},
abstract = {The hilly area’s land use ensures ecosystem and environmental
balance, but changing these land uses may disrupt the entire environment. The
Artificial-Neural-Network-based Cellular Automata (ANN-CA) Model is used in this
study to estimate land-use changes in Khagrachhari Sadar, one of the extensively
hilly Upazila’s of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) of Bangladesh from 1990 to 2014,
as well as to simulate changes for 2020 and make predictions for 2050. The findings
revealed a gradual increase in vegetation coverage from 1990 to 2020. Almost 24.24%
of vegetation coverage has increased in the last 30 years, with a 7.95% decrease
predicted by 2050. On the other hand, barren areas decreased about 24.47% from 1990
to 2020 and are projected to be increased by 8.83% in the next 30 years. The real
map of 2020 exposed that nearly 6033.42ha area has been converted to vegetation
coverage since 1990 to the present, and it is predicted that the forest coverage
will decrease by 2069.55ha in the next 30 years if other situations are constant.
When the projection is done using real map 2020 as input, the Kappa index shows
that the overall Kappa accuracy for the prediction was 85.82% and the Kappa value
was 0.72. This indicates a strong agreement. This suggests that the model used was
an adequate method for simulating changes in land use and land cover, and that the
method can be used to analyze land-use changes in other areas.},
keywords = {Future change
historical change
land use land cover
simulation
transition matrix},
ISBN = {978-0-323-95925-4},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN68,
author = {Tao, Fulu and Palosuo, Taru and Lehtonen, Aleksi and Heikkinen, Jaakko
and Mäkipää, Raisa},
title = {Soil organic carbon sequestration potential for croplands in Finland
over 2021–2040 under the interactive impacts of climate change and agricultural
management},
volume = {209},
pages = {103671},
abstract = {CONTEXT Cropland soil organic carbon (SOC) stock can be increased by
agricultural management, but is subject to various factors. The extent and rates of
SOC sequestration potential, as well as the controlling factors, under different
climate and management practices across a region or country are important for
policy-makers and land managers, however have been rarely known. OBJECTIVE We aim
to investigate the extent and rates of SOC sequestration potential over 2021–2040
under different scenarios of climate change and Sustainable Soil Management (SSM)
practices, and quantify the impacts of climate change and SSM practices on the SOC
sequestration potential, for croplands across Finland at a spatial resolution of
1 km. METHODS RothC model is run iteratively to equilibrium to calculate the size
of the SOC pools and the annual plant carbon inputs. Then, it is applied to
investigate the SOC sequestration potential over 2021–2040 under different
scenarios of climate change and SSM practices. Finally, facorial simulation
experiments are conducted to quantify the impacts of climate change and SSM
practices, alone and in combination, on SOC sequestration potential. RESULTS AND
CONCLUSION Under the combined impacts of climate change and SSM practices, the SOC
sequestration potential during 2021–2040 relative to 2020 will be on
average − 0.03, 0.007, 0.05, and 0.13 t C ha−1 yr−1, respectively, with carbon
input being business as usual, 5%, 10%, and 20% increase. This is equivalent to an
annual change rate of −0.04%, 0.009%, 0.07%, and 0.17%, respectively. Therefore, a
20% increase in C input to soil will not be enough to obtain a 4‰ increase per year
over the 20-year period in Finland. Carbon input will promote SOC sequestration
potential; however, climate change will reduce it on average by 0.28 t C ha−1 yr−1.
Across the cropland in Finland, on average, the relative contributions of C input,
temperature, and precipitation to SOC sequestration potential in 2021–2040 will be
56%, 24%, and 20%, respectively, however there is a spatially explicit pattern. The
SOC sequestration potential will be relatively high and dominated by C input in
west and southwest Finland. By contrast, it will be relatively low and dominated by
climate in north and east Finland, and the central part of southern Finland.
SIGNIFICANCE Our findings provide the information as to where, how much, and which
SSM practices could be applied for enhancing SOC sequestration at a high spatial
resolution, which is essential for stakeholders to increase cropland SOC
sequestration efficiently.},
keywords = {Agricultural carbon management
Carbon stock
Climate change
Climate-smart agriculture
Climate change mitigation
GHG emissions},
ISSN = {0308-521X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN206,
author = {Tassi, Andrea and Massetti, Andrea and Gil, Artur},
title = {The spectralrao-monitoring Python package: A RAO's Q diversity index-
based application for land-cover/land-use change detection in multifunctional
agricultural areas},
volume = {196},
pages = {106861},
abstract = {Monitoring multifunctional agricultural areas is paramount to ensure
their cost-effective management. The remote sensing-based detection of
land-cover/land-use (LCLU) changes and analysis of vegetation dynamics constitute a
relevant indicator to support robust monitoring schemes, allowing the control of
agri-environmental conditions and enforcing related measures and policies. The
Rao's Q diversity index (RaoQ) is frequently used to measure functional diversity
in ecology, thanks to the textural analysis of the environment. This paper aims to
develop and provide an open-source Python application whose workflow may constitute
a RaoQ-based LCLU change monitoring tool for multifunctional agricultural areas.
Here, a use case is presented for detecting and mapping LCLU changes leveraging the
free and open access Landsat 8 (L8) satellite data. The workflow is organized in
four main stages: (1) data processing; (2) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
(NDVI) calculation; (3) RaoQ calculation; and (4) detection and mapping of LCLU
changes through thresholding of RaoQ. Three methodological approaches were
developed (RaoC – “classic” RaoQ; RaoMD – “multidimensional” RaoQ, and
“classic + multidimensional” RaoQ) with overall accuracies ranging from 0.88 to
0.92. An example of an agri-environmental monitoring decision-support framework
based on spectralrao-monitoring is presented. The application is easily
reproducible, and the code is fully available and utilizable with other sensors at
different resolutions to support monitoring other types of agricultural areas.},
keywords = {Agricultural monitoring
Land-use change
Land-cover change
Agri-environmental indicators
Landsat 8},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN306,
volume = {196},
pages = {106861},
Land-use change
Land-cover change
Landsat 8},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1108,
volume = {196},
pages = {106861},
Land-use change
Land-cover change
Landsat 8},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1132,
author = {Teck, Vanna and Poortinga, Ate and Riano, Carlos and Dahal, Kshitij
and Legaspi, Richelle Marie B. and Ann, Vannak and Chea, Ratha},
title = {Land use and land cover change implications on agriculture and natural
resource management of Koah Nheaek, Mondulkiri province, Cambodia},
volume = {29},
pages = {100895},
abstract = {Monitoring and mapping land use and land cover (LULC) changes is
crucial for determining plausible resource availability in the future, and for
providing policy implications towards the landscape's sustainable management. The
LULC changes brought by economic land concessions and high deforestation are common
issues in Koah Nheaek of the Mondulkiri province, distressing the sustainability of
linked natural resources and agroecosystems. Determining its landscape's occurred
changes and projection are vital inputs to succeeding policy programs as Koah
Nheaek implements the Rectangle 4 (i.e., inclusive and sustainable development) of
the Rectangular Strategy Phase IV (2018-2023). In this study, the LULC changes
(2000-2020) in Koah Nheaek were analyzed using Google Earth Engine (i.e., the
random forest). Corresponding to the LULC dynamics concept, forest had the highest
loss (37% change) while wood shrub, grassland, orchard, and agriculture land gained
a significant increase. In addition to the loss during the last 20 years, the
forest was again degraded about 16% based on the 2030 projection using Markov-CA
model. On the other hand, using General Linear Method, the trajectories and
projection were supported by the inputs from focus group discussion of
stakeholders. For this regression analysis, significant factors influencing
decisions for current and future agricultural expansion included the household size
and the inheritable parcel size. Upon this biophysical and social evidence, the
Rectangle 4 implementation is recommended to be strictly enhanced to achieve its
goals. This study suggests sustainable land measures (Good Agricultural Practices,
Climate Smart Agriculture, Comprehensive Land Use Planning, and Agroforestry) to
balance and manage land uses as a key to sustainability.},
keywords = {Machine learning
Social component
Statistical model
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN818,
author = {Teixeira, Anita Fernanda dos Santos and Silva, Sérgio Henrique Godinho
and Weindorf, David C. and Chakraborty, Somsubhra and Soares de Carvalho, Teotônio
and Silva, Aline Oliveira and Guimarães, Amanda Azarias and Souza Moreira, Fatima
Maria de},
title = {Microbiological indicators of soil quality predicted via proximal and
remote sensing},
volume = {104},
pages = {103315},
abstract = {This work sought to predict soil microbiological attributes based on
soil fertility and texture, elemental contents determined by portable X-ray
fluorescence spectrometry, and terrain attribute data with and without addition of
season (dry or rainy) and phytophysiognomy as auxiliary predictors. Soil samples
were collected in both seasons in four phytophysiognomies. Analyses for prediction
of basal soil respiration, microbial biomass carbon, metabolic quotient, and
microbial quotient were performed. Terrain attributes, total elemental
concentrations obtained by portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, soil fertility
and texture as well as phytophysiognomy and season were used as predictor
variables. Prediction models were created via conditional random forest algorithm
and validated with leave-one-out cross-validation through coefficient of
determination (R2), root mean square error, mean absolute error and ratio percent
deviation. The best results were delivered when phytophysiognomy and season were
included as predictors. Metabolic quotient, microbial quotient, microbial biomass
carbon and basal soil respiration achieved the best prediction using only soil
fertility and texture data (R2 = 0.79, 0.66, 0.65, 0.91, respectively). Predictions
of basal soil respiration and metabolic quotient using only terrain data achieved
R2 values of 0.91 and 0.73, respectively. Elemental concentrations determined by
portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry reasonably predicted two microbiological
attributes. It is possible to adequately predict these four microbiological
attributes both locally and spatially through terrain and soil properties data. We
encourage further investigations on prediction of these and other microbiological
attributes under different environmental conditions and at shorter spatial and
temporal scales.},
keywords = {Cforest
Microbial biomass carbon
Prediction models
Soil basal respiration
Soil microbiology
Metabolic quotient},
ISSN = {1164-5563},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2021.103315},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN612,
author = {Teklay, Achenafi and Dile, Yihun T. and Asfaw, Dereje H. and Bayabil,
Haimanote K. and Sisay, Kibruyesfa},
title = {Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Hydrological Response in
Gumara Watershed, Ethiopia},
volume = {21},
number = {2},
pages = {315-332},
abstract = {Climate and land-use change affect the hydrologic cycle by altering
the hydrological responses including streamflow (SF), surface runoff (SR), base-
flow (BF), and evapotranspiration (ET). Several studies have addressed the separate
impacts of either land-use or climate change on the watershed hydrology, but few
have explored the combined impacts. In this study, the SWAT model was applied to
evaluate the combined impacts of land-use and climate change on hydrological
responses in Gumara watershed. This study examined four land-use scenarios that
include the present and projected land-use based on the business-as-usual trend
(BAU), expansion of irrigation crop (EIC), and expansion of forestland (EFL).
Climate variables were simulated using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model
for the baseline (2005-2015) and projected period (2045-2055) under RCP4.5 and
RCP8.5 scenarios. Results showed that SR increase by 5.1% under BAU scenario while
BF decrease by 6.5% without altering SF and ET noticeably. On the contrary, SF
decrease by 12.5% and 5.2% respectively under EIC and EFL scenarios, while ET
increase by 4.8% and 8.9% respectively under EIC and EFL scenarios. The simulated
SF, SR, and ET under RCP8.5 may increase significantly by 34.3%, 51.8%, and 12.2%,
respectively. Similarly, the simulated SF, SR and ET may increase significantly
under the combination of all three land-use and RCP8.5 scenarios. This suggested
that climate change will have a greater effect on hydrologic responses than land-
use change. The results of this study can be useful to decision-makers and planners
in the design of adaptive measures to climate and land-use change.},
land-use change
climate change
SWAT
WRF},
ISSN = {1642-3593},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN712,
author = {Teklay, Achenafi and Dile, Yihun T. and Asfaw, Dereje H. and Bayabil,
Haimanote K. and Sisay, Kibruyesfa},
title = {Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Hydrological Response in
Gumara Watershed, Ethiopia},
volume = {21},
number = {2},
pages = {315-332},
abstract = {Climate and land-use change affect the hydrologic cycle by altering
the hydrological responses including streamflow (SF), surface runoff (SR), base-
flow (BF), and evapotranspiration (ET). Several studies have addressed the separate
impacts of either land-use or climate change on the watershed hydrology, but few
have explored the combined impacts. In this study, the SWAT model was applied to
evaluate the combined impacts of land-use and climate change on hydrological
responses in Gumara watershed. This study examined four land-use scenarios that
include the present and projected land-use based on the business-as-usual trend
(BAU), expansion of irrigation crop (EIC), and expansion of forestland (EFL).
Climate variables were simulated using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model
for the baseline (2005-2015) and projected period (2045-2055) under RCP4.5 and
RCP8.5 scenarios. Results showed that SR increase by 5.1% under BAU scenario while
BF decrease by 6.5% without altering SF and ET noticeably. On the contrary, SF
decrease by 12.5% and 5.2% respectively under EIC and EFL scenarios, while ET
increase by 4.8% and 8.9% respectively under EIC and EFL scenarios. The simulated
SF, SR, and ET under RCP8.5 may increase significantly by 34.3%, 51.8%, and 12.2%,
respectively. Similarly, the simulated SF, SR and ET may increase significantly
under the combination of all three land-use and RCP8.5 scenarios. This suggested
that climate change will have a greater effect on hydrologic responses than land-
use change. The results of this study can be useful to decision-makers and planners
in the design of adaptive measures to climate and land-use change.},
land-use change
climate change
SWAT
WRF},
ISSN = {1642-3593},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN429,
author = {Tengapoe, Kenneth and Baddianaah, Issah and Agyemang, Isaac},
title = {Anthropogenic induced land use land cover dynamics of the Black Volta
River Corridor in north-western Ghana, 2011-2021},
pages = {100449},
abstract = {This study employed remote sensing-based satellite imagery analysis
to investigate the anthropogenic induced land use land cover (LULC) dynamics of the
Black Volta River Corridor (BVR) in north-western Ghana. The mixed methods research
approach was adopted. Satellite data were supplemented with questionnaires
administered to 170 households and key informant interviews. Findings show that
agriculture, charcoal burning, illegal mining, sand winning and logging are the
predominant land use (livelihood) activities in the corridor. The confusion matrix
of the classified images produced an overall accuracy of 88.8% with kappa
coefficient of 0.9. From 2011-2021 closed savannah, bare land/agriculture areas and
water resources decreased by 6.5%, 3% and 0.1% respectively. On the other hand,
open savannah increased by 9.7% for the same time frame. This suggests that closed
savannah areas continue to suffer degradation from the anthropogenic activities
taking place in the corridor. The impact of anthropogenic activities cuts across
all the sections (300m buffer zone) of the corridor. Anthropogenic activities
within the corridor show a spatially clustered distributed pattern. Consequently,
the article argues that the destructive human activities taking place within the
corridor can easily be monitored and halted by the responsible stakeholders. The
article therefore tasks the Government of Ghana to design and enforce laws on a
permissible ecological-friendly buffer zone for riparian communities within the
corridor and similar areas in the country. The article again recommends that some
degraded sections of the BVR corridor should be reclaimed for posterity.},
keywords = {Anthropogenic activities
environmental degradation
LULCC
satellite image analysis
north-western Ghana},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN116,
author = {Tesfay, Fikrey and Tadesse, Solomon Ayele and Getahun, Yitea Seneshaw
and Lemma, Estifanos and Gebremedhn, Abrha Ybeyn},
title = {Evaluating the impact of land use land cover changes on the values of
ecosystem services in the Chacha Watershed, Ethiopia's central highland},
volume = {18},
pages = {100256},
abstract = {Land use/land cover (LULC) changes are the foremost drivers that
enormously modified ecosystem services in Ethiopia. Evaluating LULC changes impacts
on ecosystem services values (ESV) is vital to show the susceptibility of ecosystem
services and also have an indispensable role in land resource management. This
study was conducted to (1) determine the tempo-spatial LULC changes; and (2)
estimate the ESV in response to LULC changes in the Chacha Watershed, central
highlands of Ethiopia. A supervised image classification technique using the
maximum likelihood classifier was employed to analyze the trends of LULC changes
over the past 24 years, i.e., 1997–2021 periods. The ESV of the identified LULC
types was estimated using ecosystem service value coefficients. The findings
revealed that the largest area of the Chacha Watershed was covered by cultivated
land, followed by open grassland and forest land. The cultivated land decreased by
16.30% whose rate is about 5.09 km2 yr−1. In contrast, the forest land increased by
49.52% with an annual increasing rate of 1.17 km2. Moreover, the built-up area
showed a 905.06% increase in size during the analysis periods. The estimated
overall ESV of each analysis period ranged from US$ 32.7 million in 1997 to US$
35.56 million in 2006. The largest ESV was recorded for the cultivated land,
followed by the open grassland and the forest land. Annually, there is a net
positive gain of US$ 80 thousand of change of ESV in the study watershed. This
indicates that the small positive change in the size of the forest land has
significantly increased the ESV. The promising positive change of the ESV for the
forest land, the open grassland, and the riverbeds is an indication that the total
ESV can be maximized by increasing the land coverage for these three LULC types in
the study watershed. The resulting scientific insights and knowledge are essential
to highlight existing concerns on the tempo-spatial changes of LULC and their
associated impacts on the ESV. This may in turn assist policy- and decision-makers
and land-use planners to make an appropriate resource allocation decision in order
to achieve sustainable management of ecosystems and their key attributes.},
keywords = {Cultivated land
Ecosystem services
Eucalyptus plantation
Forest land
Grassland
Land degradation},
ISSN = {2665-9727},
year = {2023},
}
@inbook{RN674,
author = {Thies, Janice E.},
title = {4 - MOLECULAR METHODS FOR STUDYING SOIL ECOLOGY},
booktitle = {Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry (Third Edition)},
editor = {Paul, Eldor A.},
address = {San Diego},
pages = {85-118},
abstract = {Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the molecular methods for
studying soil ecology. No other area of soil ecology has developed more rapidly in
recent years than the use of molecular methods to characterize the soil microbial
community. The ability to extract deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA) and ribonucleic
acids (RNA) from cells contained within soil samples and their direct analysis in
hybridization experiments or use in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification
experiments allow to detect and characterize a vast diversity of microbes
unimagined previously. Direct microscopic counts of soil bacteria are typically one
to two orders of magnitude higher than counts obtained by culturing. The focus of
this chapter is on methods for extracting and analyzing soil- and sediment-derived
nucleic acids and drawing ecological information from analysis results. The chapter
discusses the types and structures of nucleic acids and the analysis of nucleic
acid extracts as well as the use of extracts for soil ecology studies. Biosensors
and marker gene technologies are also elaborated in the chapter.},
ISBN = {978-0-12-546807-7},
year = {2007},
}
@inbook{RN774,
author = {Thies, Janice E.},
title = {4 - MOLECULAR METHODS FOR STUDYING SOIL ECOLOGY},
booktitle = {Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry (Third Edition)},
editor = {Paul, Eldor A.},
address = {San Diego},
pages = {85-118},
abstract = {Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the molecular methods for
studying soil ecology. No other area of soil ecology has developed more rapidly in
recent years than the use of molecular methods to characterize the soil microbial
community. The ability to extract deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA) and ribonucleic
acids (RNA) from cells contained within soil samples and their direct analysis in
hybridization experiments or use in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification
experiments allow to detect and characterize a vast diversity of microbes
unimagined previously. Direct microscopic counts of soil bacteria are typically one
to two orders of magnitude higher than counts obtained by culturing. The focus of
this chapter is on methods for extracting and analyzing soil- and sediment-derived
nucleic acids and drawing ecological information from analysis results. The chapter
discusses the types and structures of nucleic acids and the analysis of nucleic
acid extracts as well as the use of extracts for soil ecology studies. Biosensors
and marker gene technologies are also elaborated in the chapter.},
ISBN = {978-0-12-546807-7},
year = {2007},
}
@article{RN661,
author = {Tian, Hanqin and Chen, Guangsheng and Liu, Mingliang and Zhang, Chi
and Sun, Ge and Lu, Chaoqun and Xu, Xiaofeng and Ren, Wei and Pan, Shufen and
Chappelka, Arthur},
title = {Model estimates of net primary productivity, evapotranspiration, and
water use efficiency in the terrestrial ecosystems of the southern United States
during 1895–2007},
volume = {259},
number = {7},
pages = {1311-1327},
abstract = {The effects of global change on ecosystem productivity and water
resources in the southern United States (SUS), a traditionally ‘water-rich’ region
and the ‘timber basket’ of the country, are not well quantified. We carried out
several simulation experiments to quantify ecosystem net primary productivity
(NPP), evapotranspiration (ET) and water use efficiency (WUE) (i.e., NPP/ET) in the
SUS by employing an integrated process-based ecosystem model (Dynamic Land
Ecosystem Model, DLEM). The results indicated that the average ET in the SUS was
710mm during 1895–2007. As a whole, the annual ET increased and decreased slightly
during the first and second half of the study period, respectively. The mean
regional total NPP was 1.18PgC/yr (525.2gC/m2/yr) during 1895–2007. NPP increased
consistently from 1895 to 2007 with a rate of 2.5TgC/yr or 1.10gC/m2/yr,
representing a 27% increase. The average WUE was about 0.71gC/kgH2O and increased
about 25% from 1895 to 2007. The rather stable ET might explain the resulting
increase in WUE. The average WUE of different biomes followed an order of: forest
(0.93gC/kgH2O)>wetland (0.75gC/kgH2O)>grassland (0.58gC/kgH2O)>cropland
(0.54gC/kgH2O)>shrubland (0.45gC/kgH2O). WUE of cropland increased the fastest (by
30%), followed by shrubland (17%) and grassland (9%), while WUE of forest and
wetland changed little from the period of 1895–1950 to the period of 1951–2007.
NPP, ET and WUE showed substantial inter-annual and spatial variability, which was
induced by the non-uniform distribution patterns and change rates of environmental
factors across the SUS. We concluded that an accurate projection of the regional
impact of climate change on carbon and water resources must consider the spatial
variability of ecosystem water use efficiency across biomes as well as the
interactions among all stresses, especially land-use and land-cover change and
climate.},
Evapotranspiration (ET)
Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model (DLEM)
Water use efficiency (WUE)
Southern United States},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2010},
}
@article{RN761,
author = {Tian, Hanqin and Chen, Guangsheng and Liu, Mingliang and Zhang, Chi
and Sun, Ge and Lu, Chaoqun and Xu, Xiaofeng and Ren, Wei and Pan, Shufen and
Chappelka, Arthur},
title = {Model estimates of net primary productivity, evapotranspiration, and
water use efficiency in the terrestrial ecosystems of the southern United States
during 1895–2007},
volume = {259},
number = {7},
pages = {1311-1327},
abstract = {The effects of global change on ecosystem productivity and water
resources in the southern United States (SUS), a traditionally ‘water-rich’ region
and the ‘timber basket’ of the country, are not well quantified. We carried out
several simulation experiments to quantify ecosystem net primary productivity
(NPP), evapotranspiration (ET) and water use efficiency (WUE) (i.e., NPP/ET) in the
SUS by employing an integrated process-based ecosystem model (Dynamic Land
Ecosystem Model, DLEM). The results indicated that the average ET in the SUS was
710mm during 1895–2007. As a whole, the annual ET increased and decreased slightly
during the first and second half of the study period, respectively. The mean
regional total NPP was 1.18PgC/yr (525.2gC/m2/yr) during 1895–2007. NPP increased
consistently from 1895 to 2007 with a rate of 2.5TgC/yr or 1.10gC/m2/yr,
representing a 27% increase. The average WUE was about 0.71gC/kgH2O and increased
about 25% from 1895 to 2007. The rather stable ET might explain the resulting
increase in WUE. The average WUE of different biomes followed an order of: forest
(0.93gC/kgH2O)>wetland (0.75gC/kgH2O)>grassland (0.58gC/kgH2O)>cropland
(0.54gC/kgH2O)>shrubland (0.45gC/kgH2O). WUE of cropland increased the fastest (by
30%), followed by shrubland (17%) and grassland (9%), while WUE of forest and
wetland changed little from the period of 1895–1950 to the period of 1951–2007.
NPP, ET and WUE showed substantial inter-annual and spatial variability, which was
induced by the non-uniform distribution patterns and change rates of environmental
factors across the SUS. We concluded that an accurate projection of the regional
impact of climate change on carbon and water resources must consider the spatial
variability of ecosystem water use efficiency across biomes as well as the
interactions among all stresses, especially land-use and land-cover change and
climate.},
Evapotranspiration (ET)
Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model (DLEM)
Water use efficiency (WUE)
Southern United States},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2010},
}
@article{RN1115,
author = {Tian, Jiaqi and Zhu, Xiaolin and Chen, Jin and Wang, Cong and Shen,
Miaogen and Yang, Wei and Tan, Xiaoyue and Xu, Shuai and Li, Zhilin},
title = {Improving the accuracy of spring phenology detection by optimally
smoothing satellite vegetation index time series based on local cloud frequency},
volume = {180},
pages = {29-44},
abstract = {Vegetation phenology can be extracted from vegetation index (VI)
time series of satellite data. The maximum value composite (MVC) procedure and
smoothing filters have been conventionally used as standard methods to exclude
noises in the VI time series before extracting the vegetation phenology [e.g.,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) VNP22Q2 and United States
Geological Survey (USGS) MCD12Q2 phenology products]. However, it is unclear how to
optimize the MVC and smoothing filters to produce the most accurate phenology
metrics given that cloud frequency varies spatially. This study designed two
simulation experiments, namely (1) using only the MVC and (2) using the MVC and
smoothing filters together to smooth the enhanced vegetation index (EVI) time
series for detecting spring phenology, i.e., start of season (SOS), over the
northern hemisphere (north of 30°N) on a 5° × 5° grid cell basis by the inflection
point and relative threshold algorithms. The results revealed that (1) the
inappropriate selection of MVC periods (e.g., too short or too long) affected the
accuracy of the SOS extracted by both phenology detection algorithms; (2) a
filtering process with optimal parameters can reduce the effects of the MVC period
on SOS extraction to a considerable extent, i.e., 65% and 61% for iterative
Savitzky–Golay (SG) and penalized cubic splines (SP) filters, respectively; (3)
optimal parameters for both the MVC and smoothing filters showed significant
spatial heterogeneity; and (4) validation with ground PhenoCam data indicated that
optimal parameters of the MVC and smoothing filters can produce more accurate
results than official vegetation phenology products that use uniform parameters.
Specifically, the R2 values of the NASA product and the USGS product were 0.58 and
0.67, which were increased to 0.70 and 0.81, respectively, by the optimal smoothing
process. Optimal parameters of the MVC and smoothing filters provided by this study
in each 5° × 5° sub-region may help future studies to improve the accuracy of
phenology detection from satellite VI time series.},
keywords = {Maximum value composite
Smoothing filter
Spring phenology
Start of season},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN883,
author = {Tian, Yulu and Xu, Dingxue and Song, Jinxi and Guo, Jiahua and You,
Xinjun and Jiang, Yuan},
title = {Impacts of land use changes on ecosystem services at different
elevations in an ecological function area, northern China},
volume = {140},
pages = {109003},
abstract = {Land use changes affect the supply of ecosystem services, which are
related to human health and well-being. Demonstration the interaction of land use
and ecosystem services play a great role on the social-economic sustainable
development. As a typical greatly land use changes and an important ecological
function area, Zhangjiakou and Chengde city (Zhangcheng District) exert a profound
impact on the sustainable development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in
northern China. Based on InVEST model, the variations in water yield and soil
retention at different elevations in the Zhangcheng District during 2011 and 2015
were illustrated. And the responses of water yield and soil retention to land use
changes were revealed as well. The natural and man-made land use have exactly
opposite effects on ecosystem services. With the increase of cultivated land, the
capacity of water yield increases significantly, while soil retention decreases
largely at all elevations (p < 0.05). However, with the increase of arbor land,
shrub land, grassland, and water bodies, the capacity of water yield decreases,
while soil retention increases at all elevations (p < 0.05). Comparably, the effect
of land use changes on water yield depth is greater than that on soil retention;
the whole effect of land use changes on ecosystem services is significantly highest
at middle elevation. Generally, the lower water yield depth forms, the higher soil
retention occurs. This study is helpful for rational regulation of land uses and
protection of ecosystem services for both our study area and similar regions.},
Water yield depth
Soil retention
Land use
Elevation
InVEST model},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN28,
author = {Tin, Hoang Cong and Uyen, Nguyen Tu and Tu, Nguyen Huu Chi and Binh,
Ngo Huu and Ni, Tran Ngoc Khanh},
title = {Dynamics of seagrass beds and land use–land cover characteristics in
Vietnamese Marine protected areas},
volume = {59},
pages = {102794},
abstract = {Seagrass beds are considered ecosystem engineers with important
roles in the marine environment. Although the area of seagrass beds is declining in
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) of Vietnam, no study has compared the changes in the
area of seagrass beds among MPAs using remote sensing technology and GIS for
mapping temporal and spatial changes. This is the first study assessing the
ecological characteristics of seagrass beds in Ly Son, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc MPAs.
In this study, we characterized the current status and historical changes of
seagrass beds in three MPAs between 2001 and 2018, but Ly Son MPA between 2001 and
2019. Field surveys, historical satellite remote sensing data and GIS technology
were applied to interpret Landsat images and evaluate the relationship between the
cover of terrestrial vegetation and seagrass bed ecosystems. The results indicated
that the average coverage and shoot density were highest in Phu Quoc MPA (92.5 ±
6.6%, 6635 ± 5,111 shoot m−2, respectively), while the total dry biomass was
dominant in Ly Son MPA with 2000.3 ± 949.8 g DW m−2. The Kappa coefficients and
overall accuracies of the years 2001 and 2018 (2019) were generally higher than 87%
and 0.83, respectively. Between 2001–2018 (2019), the loss of seagrass area was
307.3 ha in Ly Son MPA, 268.4 ha in Nha Trang MPA and 13,225.6 ha in Phu Quoc MPA.
Besides the decline in seagrass area, the artificial land covers witnessed a
significant increase during the study period. Thus, this study could contribute to
basic information for the conservation and management of seagrass resources in
MPA.},
keywords = {Seagrass change
Land use–land cover
Remote sensing
Vietnamese Marine protected areas},
ISSN = {2352-4855},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN919,
author = {Tohidimoghadam, Ali and PourSaeed, Alireza and Bijani, Masoud and
Samani, Roya Eshraghi},
title = {Rural sustainable livelihood resilience to climate change: A strategic
analysis},
volume = {20},
pages = {100292},
abstract = {Due to excessive dependence on the climate, the villagers have
experienced the greatest effects of climate change in recent years. Therefore, it
is necessary to increase their resilience against the effects of climate change by
adopting measures. The current descriptive and exploratory research was conducted
with the aim of conducting a strategic analysis of the resilience of sustainable
rural livelihoods against climate change using SWOT technique. The statistical
population included 21 subject specialists. The sampling method was purposeful. The
results obtained included 27 strengths (final coefficient = 4.032), 39 weaknesses
(final coefficient = 3.723), 21 opportunities (final coefficient = 3.940) and 20
threats (final coefficient = 3.410). The SWOT matrix indicated that the dominant
strategy is in the SO (offensive) area. In this regard, four offensive strategies
were proposed including: SO1 (S1, S8, O3, O7: Using the technical ability of
leading farmers and gardeners in educational and extension activities), SO2 (S2,
O2, O10: Empowerment of extension developers by providing continuous at-services
training to climate change), SO3 (S3, O5, O7: Using press media to inform farmers
about climate change) and SO4 (S7, O7: Increase the connection between the
extension system and research centers and paying serious attention to the issue of
adapting to climate change). In the following, some strategies were determined for
three other strategic areas including WO (conservative), ST (competitive) and WT
(defensive). The proposed strategies can be used by policy makers in the field of
rural development and agriculture.},
keywords = {Resilience
Climate change
Sustainable livelihood
Rural people
SWOT},
ISSN = {2665-9727},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1150,
author = {Tong, Xin-Yi and Xia, Gui-Song and Zhu, Xiao Xiang},
title = {Enabling country-scale land cover mapping with meter-resolution
satellite imagery},
volume = {196},
pages = {178-196},
abstract = {High-resolution satellite images can provide abundant, detailed
spatial information for land cover classification, which is particularly important
for studying the complicated built environment. However, due to the complex land
cover patterns, the costly training sample collections, and the severe distribution
shifts of satellite imageries caused by, e.g., geographical differences or
acquisition conditions, few studies have applied high-resolution images to land
cover mapping in detailed categories at large scale. To fill this gap, we present a
large-scale land cover dataset, Five-Billion-Pixels. It contains more than 5
billion labeled pixels of 150 high-resolution Gaofen-2 (4 m) satellite images,
annotated in a 24-category system covering artificial-constructed, agricultural,
and natural classes. In addition, we propose a deep-learning-based unsupervised
domain adaptation approach that can transfer classification models trained on
labeled dataset (referred to as the source domain) to unlabeled data (referred to
as the target domain) for large-scale land cover mapping. Specifically, we
introduce an end-to-end Siamese network employing dynamic pseudo-label assignment
and class balancing strategy to perform adaptive domain joint learning. To validate
the generalizability of our dataset and the proposed approach across different
sensors and different geographical regions, we carry out land cover mapping on five
megacities in China and six cities in other five Asian countries severally using:
PlanetScope (3 m), Gaofen-1 (8 m), and Sentinel-2 (10 m) satellite images. Over a
total study area of 60,000 km2, the experiments show promising results even though
the input images are entirely unlabeled. The proposed approach, trained with the
Five-Billion-Pixels dataset, enables high-quality and detailed land cover mapping
across the whole country of China and some other Asian countries at meter-
resolution.},
High-spatial resolution
Classification
Deep learning
Transfer learning
Domain adaptation
Dataset
Gaofen-2
Gaofen-1
PlanetScope
Sentinel-2
Megacity},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1231,
author = {Toosi, Ahmad and Javan, Farzaneh Dadrass and Samadzadegan, Farhad and
Mehravar, Soroosh and Kurban, Alishir and Azadi, Hossein},
title = {Citrus orchard mapping in Juybar, Iran: Analysis of NDVI time series
and feature fusion of multi-source satellite imageries},
volume = {70},
pages = {101733},
abstract = {Nowadays crop mapping as an interdisciplinary hot topic attracted
both agriculture and remote sensing researchers' interests. This study proposed an
automatic method to map citrus orchards in Juybar, Iran, where planting citrus
trees is booming there. In this regard, 148 Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and ALOS
Digital Surface Model (DSM) tiles are processed in Google Earth Engine to provide a
hybrid feature set including initial satellite images, Gray Level Co-occurrence
Matrix (GLCM) textural features, and spectral features such as vegetation, built-
up, bare-soil indices, and the proposed Vegetation Dynamic Index (VDI). A semi-
automatic sample selection paradigm is also developed based on a time-series
analysis of 12 monthly Normalized Difference Vegetation Indices (NDVIs), Otsu
thresholding, multi-level thresholding (MLT), and using two proposed indices called
Evergreenness Index (EGI) and Water-covered or No-vegetation (WCNV) index, and
finally human post-revision. The output of the Support Vector Machine (SVM)
classification using 60,000 samples and the post-classification operation showed
that the classified map has an average overall accuracy (OA) and an average kappa
coefficient (KC) equal to 99.7% and 0.992, respectively. The results show that
multispectral bands lonely extracted orchards with high accuracy (OA: 99.55%, KC:
0.986), and the rest of the features only made a slight improvement to that. For
the year 2019, an area of about 4351 ha is estimated as citrus orchards, which is
in accordance with the agriculture department's reports (~4700 ha). The results
indicate that from 2016 to 2019, despite a “citrus to non-citrus” land-use
conversion of about 754 ha, the citrus orchards area was totally expanded by about
17%. Comparing the results with the Google Earth images indicates the precise
extraction of orchards with a 10 m spatial resolution. To use the proposed method
for extensive cases or areas with other types of evergreen trees, it is recommended
to use high-resolution normalized DSMs (nDSMs) and textural features.},
keywords = {Precision agriculture
Crop mapping
Citrus orchard
Data fusion
Change detection
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN83,
author = {Tourinho, Luara and Prevedello, Jayme A. and Carvalho, Bruno M. and
Rocha, Diogo S. B. and Vale, Mariana M.},
title = {Macroscale climate change predictions have little influence on
landscape-scale habitat suitability},
volume = {20},
number = {1},
pages = {29-37},
abstract = {Although a few studies have addressed the combined effects of
climate change and habitat loss on biodiversity at a regional scale, the extent to
which climate change will impact species occurrence at the landscape scale remains
unclear. We evaluated the potential effects of climate change at the landscape
scale for 11 bird species endemic to the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot. We
quantified current and future climatic suitability for each species using
ecological niche models, and quantified habitat amount and structure using
connectivity analyses. Climate and landscape suitability were then combined using
two approaches, which differed in the spatial scale at which climate was
quantified. First, we incorporated climate at patch-level into the probability of
connectivity (PC) index, obtaining a Combined Landscape Suitability (CLS) index.
Second, we multiplied climate at landscape-level with PC. Climatic suitability at
the landscape scale was predicted to vary little (<3%) from current to future
conditions and there was a high correlation between current and future CLS and PC x
climate, regardless of the method used and species’ trait differences (r ≥ 0.95 for
all species). Landscapes that currently have the highest suitability for birds are
likely to remain highly suitable in the future, regardless of climate change. For
Atlantic Forest endemic birds, our results suggest that climate change will have
minor effects on landscape-level, which does not exclude potential impacts at a
regional scale. This study supports the growing perception that, in tropical
regions, land-use change is an urgent threat to biodiversity.},
keywords = {Connectivity
Habitat suitability
Habitat loss
Landscape suitability
Ecological Niche Model},
ISSN = {2530-0644},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN849,
author = {Trap, Jean and Blanchart, Eric},
title = {Intensifying the soil ecological functions for sustainable agriculture:
Acting with stakeholders},
journal = {Current Research in Environmental Sustainability},
volume = {5},
pages = {100225},
abstract = {Soils are now recognized as key components in the design of
sustainable agricultural practices within the agroecological framework. They are
the place of many ecological functions achieved by living organisms interacting
with each other and which support the sustainable provision of agrosystem services.
In the context of the transformation of agriculture and to improve the
sustainability and resilience of family farming, it becomes urgent to promote soil
ecological functions, to intensify them by appropriate practices considering the
socio-economic constraints, and finally, to be able to monitor them. Here, to
improve our consideration of the soil functions for a sustainable agriculture, we
first rely on the ecological theories of terrestrial ecosystem functioning to
better establish the concept of sustainable functions in agroecosystems. We then
propose a methodological framework, called SE-CURE (for “Soil Ecology Cure”), that
aims to optimize the ecological functions of the soil for a sustainable supply of
ecosystem services. This framework relies on the involvement of stakeholders and is
illustrated by a case study in Madagascar where the different steps of the SE-CURE
approach have been applied.},
keywords = {Ecological intensification
Agrosystem services
Co-construction
Soil monitoring
Soil biodiversity
Agricultural sustainability},
ISSN = {2666-0490},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2023.100225},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN924,
author = {Treglia, Michael L. and Landon, Adam C. and Fisher, Robert N. and
Kyle, Gerard and Fitzgerald, Lee A.},
title = {Multi-scale effects of land cover and urbanization on the habitat
suitability of an endangered toad},
volume = {228},
pages = {310-318},
abstract = {Habitat degradation, entwined with land cover change, is a major
driver of biodiversity loss. Effects of land cover change on species can be direct
(when habitat is converted to alternative land cover types) or indirect (when land
outside of the species habitat is altered). Hydrologic and ecological connections
between terrestrial and aquatic systems are well understood, exemplifying how
spatially disparate land cover conditions may influence aquatic habitats, but are
rarely examined. We sought to quantify relative effects of land cover at two
different but interacting scales on habitat suitability for the endangered arroyo
toad (Anaxyrus californicus). Based on an existing distribution model for the
arroyo toad and available land cover data, we estimated effects of land cover along
streams and within entire watersheds on habitat suitability using structural
equation modeling. Relationships between land cover and habitat suitability
differed between scales, and broader, watershed-scale conditions influenced land
cover along the embedded stream networks. We found anthropogenic development and
forest cover at the watershed-scale negatively impacted habitat suitability, but
development along stream networks was positively associated with suitability. The
positive association between development along streams and habitat suitability may
be attributable to increased spatial heterogeneity along urbanized streams, or
related factors including policies designed to conserve riparian habitats amidst
development. These findings show arroyo toad habitat is influenced by land cover
across multiple scales, and can inform conservation of the species. Furthermore,
our methodology can help elucidate similar dynamics with other taxa, particularly
those reliant on both terrestrial and aquatic environments.},
keywords = {Watersheds
Structural equation model
California
Arroyo toad
Anthropogenic development
Riparian areas},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN1176,
author = {Tripathi, Akshar and Tiwari, Reet Kamal and Tiwari, Surya Prakash},
title = {A deep learning multi-layer perceptron and remote sensing approach for
soil health based crop yield estimation},
Geoinformation},
volume = {113},
pages = {102959},
abstract = {In recent years, Deep Learning Multi-Layer Perceptron (DLMLP) neural
networks have shown remarkable success in addressing crop yield forecast related
problems. The methodologies used so far for crop yield forecast with remotely
sensed data were focused upon vegetation indices generated from optical data. The
prediction of crop yield in an accurate manner by developing robust machine
learning models based on soil health parameters is crucial since it helps keep a
track of soil health as well as its impact on overall yield. This study aims to
utilize remotely sensed Microwave satellite data from Sentinel-1 and optical data
from Sentinel-2, and field data to estimate three important soil health parameters-
Soil Moisture, Soil Salinity, and Soil Organic Carbon (SOC). The study has been
carried out in the Rupnagar district of Punjab in India. The estimated soil health
parameters, SAR backscatter, and optical remote sensing satellite data parameters
were utilized to estimate wheat crop yield. The soil health based DLMLP model
performed best in crop yield estimation and gave R2 values of 0.723 and 0.684 in
the training and testing phases, respectively, and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of
0.98 and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) value of 1.24 for the 2019–20 season. The
DLMLP test R2 was 42.2% more than the Ordinary Least Squares Regressor (OLS), while
the MAE and RMSE were 37.97% and 38.61% less than the OLS regressor for wheat crop
yield estimation. The soil health-based DLMLP model gave satisfactory yield
estimation accuracy in the absence of validation of soil health parameter values
for the preceding years-2015–16 till 2018–19 wheat seasons. This study's novel
feature is that it estimates soil health parameters for the early stages of wheat
crop growth when soil lies mostly exposed and utilises them for crop yield
prediction.},
keywords = {Crop yield forecast
Deep Learning Multi-Layer Perceptron (DLMLP)
Machine learning
SAR backscatter
Soil health parameters},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN880,
author = {Tripathi, Akshar and Tiwari, Reet Kamal and Tiwari, Surya Prakash},
title = {A deep learning multi-layer perceptron and remote sensing approach for
soil health based crop yield estimation},
Geoinformation},
volume = {113},
pages = {102959},
abstract = {In recent years, Deep Learning Multi-Layer Perceptron (DLMLP) neural
networks have shown remarkable success in addressing crop yield forecast related
problems. The methodologies used so far for crop yield forecast with remotely
sensed data were focused upon vegetation indices generated from optical data. The
prediction of crop yield in an accurate manner by developing robust machine
learning models based on soil health parameters is crucial since it helps keep a
track of soil health as well as its impact on overall yield. This study aims to
utilize remotely sensed Microwave satellite data from Sentinel-1 and optical data
from Sentinel-2, and field data to estimate three important soil health parameters-
Soil Moisture, Soil Salinity, and Soil Organic Carbon (SOC). The study has been
carried out in the Rupnagar district of Punjab in India. The estimated soil health
parameters, SAR backscatter, and optical remote sensing satellite data parameters
were utilized to estimate wheat crop yield. The soil health based DLMLP model
performed best in crop yield estimation and gave R2 values of 0.723 and 0.684 in
the training and testing phases, respectively, and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of
0.98 and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) value of 1.24 for the 2019–20 season. The
DLMLP test R2 was 42.2% more than the Ordinary Least Squares Regressor (OLS), while
the MAE and RMSE were 37.97% and 38.61% less than the OLS regressor for wheat crop
yield estimation. The soil health-based DLMLP model gave satisfactory yield
estimation accuracy in the absence of validation of soil health parameter values
for the preceding years-2015–16 till 2018–19 wheat seasons. This study's novel
feature is that it estimates soil health parameters for the early stages of wheat
crop growth when soil lies mostly exposed and utilises them for crop yield
prediction.},
keywords = {Crop yield forecast
Deep Learning Multi-Layer Perceptron (DLMLP)
Machine learning
SAR backscatter
Soil health parameters},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN498,
author = {Trofymow, J. A.},
title = {Selected papers from the 2011 Soil Ecology Society conference: An
emphasis on fungi and forest or prairie soils},
volume = {60},
pages = {1-4},
abstract = {This special issue of Applied Soil Ecology contains a selection of
peer-reviewed papers presented at the 13th biennial meeting of the Soil Ecology
Society (SES) held in Kelowna, B.C., Canada on May 24–27, 2011 on the Okanagan
campus of the University of British Columbia. This conference invited presentations
on all applied soil ecology research topics, and papers in this special issue
examine the roles and interactions of microbes and soil fauna in soil processes in
different soil ecosystems, including forests, prairie, and agro-ecosystems. In this
introduction, in addition to a synopsis of the conference and papers in the special
issue, research topics of the 13 articles in this special issue were compared with
326 articles published in Applied Soil Ecology from 2010 to 2012 to reveal trends
and emphasis in research and publications. Although the SES 2011 meeting was not
organized around a specific theme, research topic terms show papers in this special
issue were more dominated by studies on mycorrhizal fungi and on forest or prairie
soils when compared to recent ASE articles.},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2012},
}
@article{RN1005,
author = {Trujillo-Jiménez, Magda Alexandra and Liberoff, Ana Laura and Pessacg,
Natalia and Pacheco, Cristian and Díaz, Lucas and Flaherty, Silvia},
title = {SatRed: New classification land use/land cover model based on multi-
spectral satellite images and neural networks applied to a semiarid valley of
Patagonia},
volume = {26},
pages = {100703},
abstract = {In this article we describe a new model, SatRed, which classifies
land use and land cover (LULC) from Sentinel-2 imagery and data acquired in the
field. SatRed performs pixel-level classification and is based on a densely-
connected neural network. The study site is the lower Chubut river valley which has
an extension of 225 km2 and is located in estern semiarid Patagonia. SatRed showed
a 0.909 ± 0.009% (mean ± sd, n = 7) overall accuracy and outperformed the seven
most traditional Machine Learning methods, including Random Forest. Our model
accurately predicted buildings, shrublands, pastures and water and yielded the best
results with classes harder to classify by all methods considered (Fruit crops and
Horticulture). Further improvements involving textural information and multi-
temporal images are proposed. Our model proved to be easy to run and use, fast to
execute and flexible. We highlight the capacity of SatRed to classify LULC in small
study areas as compared to large data sets usually needed for state-of-the-art Deep
Learning models suggested in literature.},
keywords = {Machine learning
Neural networks
Land use land cover
Satellite imagery
Valle Inferior del Río Chubut},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN934,
author = {Try, Sophal and Sayama, Takahiro and Phy, Sophea Rom and Sok, Ty and
Ly, Steven and Oeurng, Chantha},
title = {Assessing the impacts of climate change and dam development on
potential flood hazard and damages in the Cambodian floodplain of the lower mekong
basin},
volume = {49},
pages = {101508},
abstract = {Study Region Mekong River Basin Study focus Climate change has
become a global environmental and socio-economical issue potentially affecting
river hydrology and downstream flood characteristics. Climate change and upstream
dam construction are the two main driving factors in altering the hydrology in the
Mekong River Basin. Cambodian floodplain is located in the vulnerable flood zone to
be affected by climate change and upstream dam development. This study investigated
the potential impacts of future climate change and dam construction on flood
hazards and agricultural damages in the Cambodian floodplain of the Mekong River.
Climate outputs from MRI-AGCM3.2S under different sea surface temperature (SST)
scenarios and a large ensemble climate dataset (d4PDF) under 4 K increasing
scenario were used as input to a fully distributed rainfall-runoff-inundation (RRI)
model for future projection of flood in the Lower Mekong Basin. New hydrological
insights for the region The results indicated that the changes in extreme flood
events (25-year flood) showed an increase of agricultural flood damages under
climate change impact by 18–28% under different SST scenarios. These increases
would be only 5–13% under integrated impacts from future climate change and dam
construction. Under the 4 K increasing scenario, the agricultural damages for
extreme flood events of 10-year, 50-year, and 100-year return periods would
increase by 32%, 38%, and 39% for climate change impact alone and 17%, 29%, and 31%
for combined climate change and dam development scenario, respectively. The climate
change impacts would have more influential on increasing the magnitude of extreme
floods than the reduction caused by dam reservoir constructions in the future
projection in the Cambodian floodplain of the Mekong River Basin. The impact of dam
constructions tends to have greater impact on reducing smaller extreme events;
however, their impacts are relatively smaller for larger extreme flood events
(i.e., 100-year flood).},
keywords = {Extreme flooding
Flood damage
Climate change
Dam construction
Cambodian floodplain},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN990,
author = {Tsai, Hsiu-Wan and Lee, Ying-Chieh},
title = {Effects of land use change and crop rotation practices on farmland
ecosystem service valuation},
volume = {155},
pages = {110998},
abstract = {Farmland can provide various ecosystem services such as food
production, groundwater recharge, and carbon storage. However, the overall value of
farmland ecosystem services and differences in their spatial distribution are
rarely studied, particularly with regard to farmland with crop rotations. In this
study, we developed an assessing framework for appraising the overall value of
ecosystem services of farmland with crop rotations on the basis of Costanza’s
global ecosystem service valuation method. Changhua County in central Taiwan is
used as a case study to estimate the impact of land use change on its farmland
ecosystem services. We also applied the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services
and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model to analyze the spatial distribution of individual
ecosystem services. Results from the global ecosystem service value method
indicates that land use change in the study area caused a steady decline in overall
farmland ecosystem service value between 1981 and 2021. However, if the practice of
farmland crop rotation is included, the proposed method for evaluating ecosystem
services of farmland indicate an increase in total ecosystem service value (ESV).
The overall ecosystem services of farmland with crop rotations assessed was between
1.27 and 1.69-fold higher than the gross domestic product (GDP) for farming in the
region and between 17 and 45.3-fold higher than the agricultural expenditure
reported by the local government. The findings of this study also suggest local
government can reference the spatial distributions of ecosystem service to
dynamically adjust subsidies and resources for farmland, thereby enhancing
agricultural governance and achieving sustainability goals.},
keywords = {Crop rotation
Ecosystem service valuation
Farmland ecosystem services
InVEST model
Land use change},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN657,
author = {Tsai, Yu Hsin and Stow, Douglas and An, Li and Chen, Hsiang Ling and
Lewison, Rebecca and Shi, Lei},
title = {Monitoring land-cover and land-use dynamics in Fanjingshan National
Nature Reserve},
volume = {111},
pages = {102077},
abstract = {Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve (FNNR) in China is a
biodiversity hotspot that is part of a larger, multi-use landscape where tourism,
farming, grazing, and other land uses occur. Payment for ecosystem services (PES)
programs that encourage afforestation on farmlands may be important drivers of
land-cover and land-use change in the region that surrounds FNNR. Our objective is
to monitor and examine vegetation and land-use changes, including PES-related
afforestation, between 1989 and 2017. We utilize several image processing
techniques, such as illumination normalization approaches to suppress terrain
effects, and multi-seasonal image compositing to minimize persistent cloud cover.
Ancillary data were also incorporated to generate reliable vegetation and land-use
change information. A random forest machine learning image classification routine
is implemented through the cloud-based Google Earth Engine platform and refined
using optimal classifier parameter tuning. Land-use transitions are identified and
mapped with the implementation of stable training sites, discrete image
classification, and logical land-use transition rules. Accuracy assessment results
indicate our change detection workflow provides a reliable methodology to remotely
monitor long-term forest cover and land-use changes in this mountainous, forested,
and cloud prevalent region. We quantify the area of new built development and
afforestation land and found that most of the land transitions took place in
reserve buffer and its adjacent environs. For example, less than 2 km2 of new built
was identified within the reserve boundary compared to 25 km2 for the entire study
area between 1995 and 2016. We also shed light on the strengths and weaknesses of
using Google Earth Engine for land-cover and land-use change studies. This
efficient and open-access technique is important not only for assessing
environmental changes and PES efficacy, but also for evaluating other conservation
policies elsewhere.},
Payment for ecosystem services
Protected area
Landsat
China
Google earth engine},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN757,
author = {Tsai, Yu Hsin and Stow, Douglas and An, Li and Chen, Hsiang Ling and
Lewison, Rebecca and Shi, Lei},
title = {Monitoring land-cover and land-use dynamics in Fanjingshan National
Nature Reserve},
volume = {111},
pages = {102077},
abstract = {Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve (FNNR) in China is a
biodiversity hotspot that is part of a larger, multi-use landscape where tourism,
farming, grazing, and other land uses occur. Payment for ecosystem services (PES)
programs that encourage afforestation on farmlands may be important drivers of
land-cover and land-use change in the region that surrounds FNNR. Our objective is
to monitor and examine vegetation and land-use changes, including PES-related
afforestation, between 1989 and 2017. We utilize several image processing
techniques, such as illumination normalization approaches to suppress terrain
effects, and multi-seasonal image compositing to minimize persistent cloud cover.
Ancillary data were also incorporated to generate reliable vegetation and land-use
change information. A random forest machine learning image classification routine
is implemented through the cloud-based Google Earth Engine platform and refined
using optimal classifier parameter tuning. Land-use transitions are identified and
mapped with the implementation of stable training sites, discrete image
classification, and logical land-use transition rules. Accuracy assessment results
indicate our change detection workflow provides a reliable methodology to remotely
monitor long-term forest cover and land-use changes in this mountainous, forested,
and cloud prevalent region. We quantify the area of new built development and
afforestation land and found that most of the land transitions took place in
reserve buffer and its adjacent environs. For example, less than 2 km2 of new built
was identified within the reserve boundary compared to 25 km2 for the entire study
area between 1995 and 2016. We also shed light on the strengths and weaknesses of
using Google Earth Engine for land-cover and land-use change studies. This
efficient and open-access technique is important not only for assessing
environmental changes and PES efficacy, but also for evaluating other conservation
policies elsewhere.},
Payment for ecosystem services
Protected area
Landsat
China
Google earth engine},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN1226,
author = {Tsakmakis, I. D. and Gikas, G. D. and Sylaios, G. K.},
title = {Integration of Sentinel-derived NDVI to reduce uncertainties in the
operational field monitoring of maize},
volume = {255},
pages = {106998},
abstract = {Canopy cover (CC) is a key parameter in calibration and validation
of crop growth models, especially those used in operational field monitoring.
However, CC direct measurements require intense field campaigns, increasing the
cost in time-series data acquisition for large agricultural areas. Normalized
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a commonly used remote-sensing vegetation
index, expressing crop water-status, being indirectly related to CC. In this paper,
we explore the relationship between on-site CC and the high-resolution NDVI data
acquired via Sentinel 2 products. This relationship was utilized to produce CC time
series over the cultivation period in four maize fields in northern and central
Greece. Subsequently, the expression linking CC and NDVI was used to operationally
validate CC change in a crop model capable to simulate the maize growth cycle
(AquaCrop). The proposed method involves the dynamic in-season re-adjustment to a
number of key model input parameters, based on the remotely acquired CC time
series, namely maximum CC, canopy growth and decline coefficient, growing degree
days needed to the beginning of senescence stage. These re-adjusted parameters were
imported to model’s crop file to improve simulations in CC, soil water content,
final biomass and yield. Results showed that the remotely acquired CC time series
could be successfully used as an alternative mean to validate CC simulations.
Moreover, the ingestion of re-estimated parameters to crop file, improved model’s
capability to simulate CC (R2 >0.98; RMSE<5.12%), biomass (Pe<12%) and yield
(Pe<12%). No significant differences were observed in model’s performance regarding
soil water content simulation.},
keywords = {Vegetation indices
Remote sensing
AquaCrop
Sentinel 2
Operational field monitoring},
ISSN = {0378-3774},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1273,
author = {Tsoulias, Nikos and Saha, Kowshik Kumar and Zude-Sasse, Manuela},
title = {In-situ fruit analysis by means of LiDAR 3D point cloud of normalized
difference vegetation index (NDVI)},
volume = {205},
pages = {107611},
abstract = {A feasible method to analyse fruit at the tree is requested in
precise production management. The employment of light detection and ranging
(LiDAR) was approached aimed at measuring the number of fruit, quality-related
size, and ripeness-related chlorophyll of fruit skin. During fruit development (65
– 130 day after full bloom, DAFB), apples were harvested and analysed in the
laboratory (n = 225) with two LiDAR laser scanners measuring at 660 and 905 nm.
From these two 3D point clouds, the normalized difference vegetation index
(NDVILiDAR) was calculated. The correlation analysis of NDVILiDAR and chemically
analysed fruit chlorophyll content showed R2 = 0.81 and RMSE = 3.63 % on the last
measuring date, when fruit size reached 76 mm. The method was tested on 3D point
clouds of 12 fruit trees measured directly in the orchard, during fruit growth on
five measuring dates, and validated with manual fruit analysis in the orchard
(n = 4632). Point clouds of individual apples were segmented from 3D point clouds
of trees and fruit NDVILiDAR were calculated. The non-invasively obtained field
data showed good calibration performance capturing number of fruit, fruit size,
fruit NDVILiDAR, and chemically analysed chlorophyll content of R2 = 0.99,
R2 = 0.98 with RMSE = 3.02 %, R2 = 0.65 with RMSE = 0.65 %, R2 = 0.78 with
RMSE = 1.31 %, respectively, considering the related reference data at last
measuring date 130 DAFB. The new approach of non-invasive laser scanning provided
physiologically and agronomically valuable time series data on differences in fruit
chlorophyll affected by the leaf area to number of fruit and leaf area to fruit
fresh mass ratios. Concluding, the method provides a tool for gaining production-
relevant plant data for, e.g., crop load management and selective harvesting by
harvest robots.},
keywords = {Chlorophyll
Digitization
LiDAR
Orchard
Sensor
Tree},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1222,
author = {Tu, Xinyi and DeDecker, James and Viens, Frederi and Snapp,
Sieglinde},
title = {Environmental and management drivers of soil health indicators on
Michigan field crop farms},
volume = {213},
pages = {105146},
abstract = {Maintaining soil health is critical for sustainable field crop
production. This on-farm study used participatory monitoring and employed a
Bayesian linear regression model to investigate the impact of various drivers
(i.e., climate, soil edaphic properties, management practices, cropping diversity,
and tillage intensity) on soil health indicators. Over two years, we sampled 242
focal points in soybean fields on thirty-five farms across three regions in
Michigan differing in climate, edaphic properties and management practices. Soils
ranged from loam to sandy loam. Soil health indicators assessed included soil
organic carbon (SOC), total soil nitrogen (TSN), permanganate oxidizable carbon
(POXC), C mineralization (Cmin), potentially mineralizable nitrogen (PMN),
phosphorus, calcium, soil surface and subsurface resistance, and wet aggregate
stability (WAS). We observed location effects, with each of the three regions
differing in their climate, soil edaphic properties, and management practices. We
found that aridity and clay content are primary drivers of most soil health
indicators. Specifically, crop diversity, irrespective of composition, was
positively associated with Cmin and WAS. Tillage intensity was positively
associated with PMN but negatively influenced POXC. Overall, we conclude that
although climate and soil edaphic properties are the dominant drivers of soil
health, management practices also play a critical role, especially when considering
soil biological indicators.},
keywords = {On-farm study
Soil health
Aridity
Clay
Crop diversity
Tillage intensity},
ISSN = {0167-1987},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN149,
author = {Tuffour-Mills, Derrick and Antwi-Agyei, Philip and Addo-Fordjour,
Patrick},
title = {Trends and drivers of land cover changes in a tropical urban forest in
Ghana},
volume = {2},
pages = {100040},
abstract = {This study employed a mixed-methods approach to investigate the
trends and drivers of land use and land cover changes from 1991 to 2015 in an urban
forest reserve in Ghana. The specific objectives were to: i) determine the extent
of land cover changes in the urban forest, and ii) ascertain the factors driving
land cover changes in the urban forest. The study employed Landsat satellite images
using ENVI to detect trends of land cover changes from 1991 to 2015. A
questionnaire survey was used to solicit information on the socio-economic drivers
of land cover changes from households in four fringe communities of the urban
forest. The results showed that built up and bare areas recorded an increase
between 1991 and 2015, with a decline in forests as well as shrubs and grasslands.
The study showed that, forest decreased from 387.83 ha in 1991 to 341.28 ha in 2015,
indicating a class change of 12.0%. Shrubs and grassland also decreased from
24.56 ha in 1991 to 11.77 ha in 2015, representing a class change of 52.1%. Built-up
and bare areas changed from 36.278 ha in 1991 to 95.618 ha in 2015, representing
class change of 163.57%. Overall, the study established that 59.34 ha of the
Achimota Forest Reserve has been lost or converted to built-up and bare areas
between 1991 and 2015. Study respondents identified urbanisation as the most
important cause of land cover change. Other factors driving land cover changes
reported included fuel wood harvesting and logging, agriculture, lack of forest
guards, a lack of enforcement of laws on forest and annual fires. Based on these
findings, the study concluded that human activities were driving considerable land
cover changes in the urban forest. These changes could have significant
implications for the long-term sustainability of the urban forest. Therefore, the
study recommended that government takes steps to protect the urban forest from
further land cover changes, as built up and bare areas have increased by more than
double its size since 1991.},
keywords = {Urban forest
Land cover changes
Urbanisation
Landsat
Socio-economic drivers
Ghana},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN982,
author = {Tulloch, Vivitskaia J. D. and Atkinson, Scott and Possingham, Hugh P.
and Peterson, Nate and Linke, Simon and Allan, James R. and Kaiye, Alu and Keako,
Malcolm and Sabi, James and Suruman, Bernard and Adams, Vanessa M.},
title = {Minimizing cross-realm threats from land-use change: A national-scale
conservation framework connecting land, freshwater and marine systems},
volume = {254},
pages = {108954},
abstract = {There is a growing recognition that conservation strategies should
be designed accounting for cross-realm connections, such as freshwater connections
to land and sea, to ensure effectiveness of marine spatial protection and minimize
perverse outcomes of changing land-use. Yet, examples of integration across realms
are relatively scarce, with most targeting priorities in a single realm, such as
marine or freshwater, while minimizing threats originating in terrestrial
ecosystems. To date, no study has optimized priorities across multiple realms to
produce a spatially explicit integrated conservation plan that simultaneously
accounts for multiple human activities at a national scale. This represents a major
gap in the application of existing cross-realm planning theory. We present a
national scale conservation framework for selecting protected areas using a case
study of Papua New Guinea (PNG) that integrates multiple systems and ecological
connectivity to account for cross-realm benefits and minimize threats of land-use
and climate change. The relative importance of both the forests and inshore reef
environments to PNG subsistence and commercial livelihoods emphasizes the
importance of considering the connections between the land and sea. The plan was
commissioned by the PNG Conservation and Environment Protection Authority and
identifies a comprehensive set of priorities that meet conservation targets in both
the land and sea. Our national-scale prioritization framework is useful for
agencies and managers looking to implement actions given multiple objectives,
including watershed management and biodiversity protection, and ensures actions are
efficient and effective across the land and sea.},
keywords = {Cross-realm planning
Cross-realm threats
Systematic conservation planning
Land-sea planning
Integrated coastal management
Marine protected area
Asymmetric connectivity
Ecological connection},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN962,
author = {Turan, İnci Demirağ and Dengiz, Orhan and Özkan, Barış},
title = {Spatial assessment and mapping of soil quality index for
desertification in the semi-arid terrestrial ecosystem using MCDM in interval type-
2 fuzzy environment},
volume = {164},
pages = {104933},
abstract = {Land degradation is a significant phenomenon on the world
particularly arid, semi-arid and semi-humid terrestrial ecosystem environments due
to variety of factors such as through unsustainable land management, and through
physical and climatic characteristics. One of the main indicators and commonly used
in the land degradation and desertification is the soil quality index (SQI). Soil
quality refers to the soil's capacity to function. The aim of this study is to
determine SQI in terms of degradation and desertification in the Çorum Basin by
taking into consideration of nine soil criteria in Desertification Model of Turkey
(DTM). The study area includes semi-arid terrestrial ecosystem. Multi-criteria
decision analysis was performed in Fuzzy environment integrated with GIS techniques
and different interpolation models, which was chosen as the basis for the present
study. In order to assign weighting value for each criterion, interval type-2
fuzzy-AHP approach was used to make sufficiently sensitive levels of importance of
the criteria. Results classified more than 45% of the total area of approx.
68,755 ha as low and very low, while only about 31% of the study area’ soil
indicated area high and very high by the SQI in terms of land degradation and
desertification risk.},
keywords = {Land degradation and desertification
Soil quality index
Type-2 fuzzy sets-fuzzy AHP},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN921,
author = {Uddin, Kabir and Chaudhary, Sunita and Chettri, Nakul and Kotru, Rajan
and Murthy, Manchiraju and Chaudhary, Ram Prasad and Ning, Wu and Shrestha, Sahas
Man and Gautam, Shree Krishna},
title = {The changing land cover and fragmenting forest on the Roof of the
World: A case study in Nepal's Kailash Sacred Landscape},
volume = {141},
pages = {1-10},
abstract = {Land cover change is one of the most important drivers of forest
ecosystem change. The Hindu Kush Himalayan region (HKH) has experienced severe
forest degradation but data and documentation are limited. We undertook this study
in the Nepalese part of the Kailash Sacred Landscape (KSL), an important
transboundary region known for its biodiversity and the scared values. Forest is an
important ecosystem within the landscape and provides various goods and services
including habitat for many keystone species. However, precise information on forest
change and overall land cover change in the area is limited. We analyzed land cover
change and forest fragmentation between 1990 and 2009, and the predicted change for
2030. There was a 9% decrease in forest cover and 12% increase in cropland between
1990 and 2009. A further 4% decline in forest cover and 5% increase in cropland was
predicted by 2030, together with a slight increase in grassland and barren area.
Fragmentation analysis showed a 10% decrease in large core forest between 1990 and
2009, accompanied by an increase in patch forest. A further 10.6% decline in core
forest was predicted by 2030, accompanied by an increase in patch, perforated,
small-sized core, and mediumsized core areas. The study suggests that expansions of
cropland coupled with high dependency on forests are the major drivers of the
observed forest change. Recommendations are made based on the results of the study
that will help to maintain and restore forest, and support biodiversity
conservation and livelihoods.},
keywords = {Forest cover
Fragmentation
Cropland
Biodiversity
Livelihoods
KSL—Nepal},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN596,
author = {Ullah, Fida and Liu, Jincheng and Shafique, Muhammad and Ullah, Sami
and Rajpar, Muhammad Nawaz and Ahmad, Adnan and Shahzad, Muhammad},
title = {Quantifying the influence of Chashma Right Bank Canal on land-use/land-
cover and cropping pattern using remote sensing},
volume = {143},
pages = {109341},
abstract = {The goal of this research is to employ remote sensing to assess the
influence of the Chashma Right Bank Canal (CRBC) on land-use/land-cover (LULC)
changes and cropping patterns in the Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. LULC changes and cropping patterns were quantified using
multi-temporal Landsat images from 1990 to 2018. Our finding revealed that between
1990 and 2018, agriculture, build-up, and water bodies increased by 52.22%, 5.44%,
and 2.06% respectively, at the cost of decreasing barren land (50.27%), sand
(5.05%), and shrubland (4.41%). Similarly, between 1997 and 2017, crop types such
as sugarcane, and rice field increased by 19.77%, and 1.79%, whereas wheat
decreased by 22.23%. We found that CRBC significantly altered the LULC of the study
area, resulting in favorable changes in land-cover and cropping patterns,
emphasizing the relevance of irrigation projects.},
keywords = {Land-use/land-cover
Cropping pattern
Remote sensing
Landsat images
Environment monitoring
Change detection maps},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1199,
author = {Ullah, Fida and Liu, Jincheng and Shafique, Muhammad and Ullah, Sami
and Rajpar, Muhammad Nawaz and Ahmad, Adnan and Shahzad, Muhammad},
title = {Quantifying the influence of Chashma Right Bank Canal on land-use/land-
cover and cropping pattern using remote sensing},
volume = {143},
pages = {109341},
abstract = {The goal of this research is to employ remote sensing to assess the
influence of the Chashma Right Bank Canal (CRBC) on land-use/land-cover (LULC)
changes and cropping patterns in the Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. LULC changes and cropping patterns were quantified using
multi-temporal Landsat images from 1990 to 2018. Our finding revealed that between
1990 and 2018, agriculture, build-up, and water bodies increased by 52.22%, 5.44%,
and 2.06% respectively, at the cost of decreasing barren land (50.27%), sand
(5.05%), and shrubland (4.41%). Similarly, between 1997 and 2017, crop types such
as sugarcane, and rice field increased by 19.77%, and 1.79%, whereas wheat
decreased by 22.23%. We found that CRBC significantly altered the LULC of the study
area, resulting in favorable changes in land-cover and cropping patterns,
emphasizing the relevance of irrigation projects.},
keywords = {Land-use/land-cover
Cropping pattern
Remote sensing
Landsat images
Environment monitoring
Change detection maps},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1065,
author = {Ullah, Kazi Masel and Uddin, Kabir},
title = {The relationships between economic growth and cropland changes in
Bangladesh: An evidence based on annual land cover data},
volume = {5},
pages = {100252},
abstract = {Bangladesh is experiencing rapid economic progress since 1990s, at
the same time, facing acute shortage of agricultural land. Using 19 years (2000-
2018) time series remote-sensing data and Random Forest machine learning algorithm
in Google Earth Engine (GEE), this study classifies the land covers in Bangladesh;
determines the trend of land cover changes using least-square growth rate model;
and finds the associations between the trends of cropland and growth of socio-
economic factors using correlation and regression analysis. The annual average area
of cropland decline is 29271 hectare, which is higher than the absolute changes of
other major land covers, such as forest (25932 hectare) and built-up area (1649
hectare). With the annual growth of urban population (3.81%) and gross domestic
product (GDP) (6.28%), the predicted declining rate of cropland is estimated 0.29%,
which is very close to the observed annual declining rate (0.28%). However, the
partial effects of urban population and GDP could not be detected. Therefore, the
study infers that urbanization and economic growth in Bangladesh are happening
simultaneously. As a result, the joint determination of both phenomena can explain
the degradation of agricultural land in Bangladesh.},
keywords = {Agricultural land
GDP
Google Earth Engine
GEE
Landsat
Satellite imagery
Machine learning
Remittance
Urbanization},
ISSN = {2667-0100},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1044,
author = {Ullah, Waheed and Ahmad, Khalid and Ullah, Siddique and Tahir, Adnan
Ahmad and Javed, Muhammad Faisal and Nazir, Abdul and Abbasi, Arshad Mehmood and
Aziz, Mubashir and Mohamed, Abdullah},
title = {Analysis of the relationship among land surface temperature (LST), land
use land cover (LULC), and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) with
topographic elements in the lower Himalayan region},
volume = {9},
number = {2},
pages = {e13322},
abstract = {Land Surface Temperature (LST) affects exchange of energy between
earth surface and atmosphere which is important for studying environmental changes.
However, research on the relationship between LST, Land Use Land Cover (LULC), and
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) with topographic elements in the
lower Himalayan region has not been done. Therefore, the present study explored the
relationship between LST and NDVI, and LULC types with topographic elements in the
lower Himalayan region of Pakistan. The study area was divided into North-South,
West-East, North-West to South-East and North-East to South-East directions using
ArcMap 3D analysis. The current study used Landsat 8 (OLI/TIRS) data from May 2021
for LULC and LST analysis in the study area. The LST data was obtained from the
thermal band of Landsat 8 (TIRS), while the LULC of the study areas was classified
using the Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC) method utilizing Landsat 8 (OLI)
data. TIRS collects data for two narrow spectral bands (B10 and B11) with spectral
wavelength of 10.6 μm–12.51 μm in the thermal region formerly covered by one wide
spectral band (B6) on Landsat 4–7. With 12-bit data products, TIRS data is
available in radiometric, geometric, and terrain-corrected file format. The effect
of elevation on LST was assessed using LST and elevation data obtained from the
USGS website. The LST across LULC types with sunny and shady slopes was analyzed to
assess the influence of slope directions. The relationship of LST with elevation
and NDVI was examined using correlation analysis. The results indicated that LST
decreased from North-South and South-East, while increasing from North-East and
South-West directions. The correlation coefficient between LST and elevation was
negative, with an R-value of −0.51. The NDVI findings with elevation showed that
NDVI increases with an increase in elevation. Zonal analysis of LST for different
LULC types showed that built-up and bare soil had the highest mean LST, which was
35.76 °C and 28.08 °C, respectively, followed by agriculture, vegetation, and water
bodies. The mean LST difference between sunny and shady slopes was 1.02 °C. The
correlation between NDVI and LST was negative for all LULC types except the water
body. This study findings can be used to ensure sustainable urban development and
minimize urban heat island effects by providing effective guidelines for urban
planners, policymakers, and respective authorities in the Lower Himalayan region.
The current thermal remote sensing findings can be used to model energy fluxes and
surface processes in the study area.},
keywords = {Land surface temperature
Land use land cover changes
Maximum likelihood classification
Normalized difference vegetation index},
ISSN = {2405-8440},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN404,
author = {Vadakkuveettil, Ashique and Grover, Aakriti},
title = {Bi-temporal characterization of terrestrial temperature in relation to
urban land use land cover dynamics and policies in Kozhikode Urban Area, India},
volume = {132},
pages = {106782},
abstract = {The pattern of Land Use Land Cover (LULC) is shifting in an
unbalanced manner due to urban growth. When cities flourish, vegetated regions are
altered into impervious concrete masses. This along with other factors increases
the Land Surface Temperature (LST) in urban areas, leading to the emergence of
Surface Urban Heat Islands (SUHIs). This study seeks to examine how the evolving
patterns of LULC impact the intensity of LST and its correlation with the
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the Normalized Difference Built-
up Index (NDBI) in the rapidly expanding Kozhikode Urban Area (KUA). This is
studied using a combination of geographic information systems, satellite remote
sensing, and statistical analysis. Satellite images of Landsat 5 (TM) and Landsat 8
(OLI & TIRS) of the years 1993 and 2018 were used, respectively. ArcGIS software
has been used to map the LULC pattern, LST, NDVI and NDBI. The supervised technique
with the maximum likelihood algorithm is used to derive the LULC pattern, while the
mono-window algorithm has been used to derive the LST. MS Excel, SPSS, and OrginPro
were used for statistical analysis. The results reflect a decrease of 73.88 per
cent in total vegetated areas from 1993 to 2018, while the built-up area expanded
from 19.95 km2 to 132.96 km2. The mean LST increased by 2.65 °C from 1993 to 2018.
Pearson correlation revealed LST is negatively correlated with NDVI (r = −0.541,
P < 0.5 in 1993, r = −0.616, P < 0.5 in 2018) and positively correlated with NDBI
(r = 0.664, P < 0.5 in 1993, r = 0.612, P < 0.5 in 2018). As a result, this paper
urges urban planners and policymakers in Kozhikode to urgently address the
disproportionate LULC patterns emerging in the city and implement more sustainable
development measures and policies like urban greening with proper planning and
effective stakeholder engagement to control the rising LST.},
keywords = {Land Use Land Cover Change
Land Surface Temperature
NDVI
NDBI
Landsat},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN522,
author = {Valipour, Mohammad},
title = {Peer review report 2 on “Comparative evaluation of the effects of
climate and land-cover changes on hydrologic responses of the Muskeg River,
Alberta, Canada”},
volume = {9},
pages = {189-190},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN81,
author = {Van Schmidt, Nathan D. and Wilson, Tamara S. and Langridge, Ruth},
title = {Linkages between land-use change and groundwater management foster
long-term resilience of water supply in California},
volume = {40},
pages = {101056},
abstract = {Study Region We created a 270-m coupled model of land-use and
groundwater conditions, LUCAS-W[ater], for California’s Central Coast. This
groundwater-dependent region is undergoing a dramatic reorganization of groundwater
management under California’s 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).
Study Focus Understanding land-use and land-cover change supports long-term
sustainable water management. Anthropogenic water demand has depleted groundwater
aquifers worldwide, while future water shortages will likely affect land-use
change, creating system feedbacks. Our novel participatory approach fused changes
in land-use and associated water use from county-scale data to local water
agencies’ estimates of total sustainable supply, scaling up local hydro-geologic
knowledge from heterogeneous aquifers and diverse management approaches to a
regional level. We assessed five stakeholder-driven scenarios with the same
historic rates of urban and agricultural land-use change, but different water and
land-use management, analyzing how management strategies altered both the spatial
pattern of development and subsequent water sustainability from 2001 to 2061. New
Hydrological Insights for the Region Transformative strategies using demand-side
interventions that coupled water availability to land-use more effectively achieved
long-term sustainability than adaptive strategies using supply-side interventions
to increase water supplies. Limiting water withdrawals within SGMA regulated basins
resulted in leakage of development into unregulated basins, increasing groundwater
pumping there. Protecting ecosystems, farmlands, and recharge areas from
development reduced leakage into undeveloped basins without negatively affecting
water sustainability.},
keywords = {Groundwater
Overdraft
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
Land use change
Water management
Socio-ecological system},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN526,
author = {Vandecasteele, Ine},
title = {Peer review report 3 on “Comparative evaluation of the effects of
climate and land-cover changes on hydrologic responses of the Muskeg River,
Alberta, Canada”},
volume = {9},
pages = {191-192},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN54,
author = {Vannini, Chiara and Fattorini, Niccolò and Mattioli, Stefano and
Nicoloso, Sandro and Ferretti, Francesco},
title = {Land cover and weather jointly predict biometric indicators of
phenotypic quality in a large herbivore},
volume = {128},
pages = {107818},
abstract = {Body size and body mass are key indicators of individual phenotypic
quality and predictors of important life-history traits such as survival and
reproductive success. In wild herbivores, individual responses to changing
environmental conditions influence morphometric traits over temporal scales and
between populations. However, little research has assessed joint effects of weather
and land use on body size/mass at finer, intra-population scale. We used data
collected on female and juvenile red deer Cervus elaphus shot over a 17-year period
(2001–2017) along two sides of a mountainous ridge largely differing in land cover
and habitat productivity, to investigate how fine-scale land use patterns and
weather influenced multiple morphometric indicators of phenotypic quality.
Accounting for weather, body mass of all sex/age classes increased with increasing
proportion of cultivated areas in the landscape and, for young females and calves,
that increase was stronger or occurred only in the “low-quality” site. Other
biometric traits such as mandible length and hind foot length showed the same
pattern in young and calves, suggesting that body mass/size reflects individual
responses especially in the early life-stage. Accounting for land use, body mass of
adult females and calves was enhanced by increasing rainfall and decreasing
temperature in spring-summer, i.e. favourable conditions for vegetation growth.
This result also supports late gestation- and lactation-mediated effects of
vegetation productivity on offspring quality. Additionally, in male calves, body
mass and several other traits increased with decreasing severity of the previous
winter, suggesting that quality of male offspring - but not that of females - could
depend on winter conditions experienced in utero, likely due to higher maternal
costs. Our findings emphasise how land cover and weather jointly affect indicators
of phenotypic quality in a large mammal, helping to predict size responses of
herbivores under the ongoing climatic- and anthropogenic land use-changes.},
keywords = {Phenotypic quality
Biometric indicators
Deer
Land use
Body mass},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN177,
author = {Vargas-Jaimes, Jossye and González-Fernández, Andrea and Joaquín
Torres-Romero, Erik and Bolom-Huet, René and Manjarrez, Javier and Gopar-Merino,
Fernando and P. Pacheco, Xareni and Garrido-Garduño, Tania and Chávez, Cuauhtémoc
and Sunny, Armando},
title = {Impact of climate and land cover changes on the potential distribution
of four endemic salamanders in Mexico},
volume = {64},
pages = {126066},
abstract = {Anthropogenic changes, such as land use and climate change, are the
greatest threats to biodiversity, especially for amphibians, which are the most
endangered vertebrate class worldwide. Species distribution modelling was applied
to assess how expected future climate and land cover change scenarios might
influence the geographic distribution and habitat connectivity of four salamanders
endemic to Mexico: Aquiloeurycea cephalica (Cope, 1865), Isthmura bellii (Gray,
1850), Pseudoeurycea robertsi (Taylor, 1939), and Pseudoeurycea leprosa (Cope,
1869). For this, the Community Climate System Model (CCSM4) with two Representative
Concentration Pathways (RCP 45 and RCP 85) and two modelling methods (Maxent in
ENMeval and an ensemble model in biomod2) were used. The most important
environmental variables explaining the distribution of the target species, as well
as the environmental niche overlap between them, were also determined. Abies forest
cover was one of the most important variables explaining the current distribution
of P. robertsi (contribution of 39%), P. leprosa (contribution of 18%), and A.
cephalica (contribution of 22%) with a positive effect. The distribution of these
three species was also limited by maximum temperatures, whereas the I. bellii
distribution was more limited by minimum temperatures. The environmental niches of
P. leprosa and A. cephalica were significantly similar (D = 0.637, I = 0.801, p-
value = 0.02), as well as the environmental niches of P. robertsi and P. leprosa
(D = 0.640, I = 0.797, p-value = 0.01). As expected, all salamander species were
predicted to face a reduction in their potential distribution (reductions between
2.64 and 32.16%) and landscape connectivity (reductions between 4.93 and 73.92%)
under future scenarios of climate and land cover change. Different models and
scenarios were inconsistent in determining which species’ distribution would suffer
the biggest reduction in the future. However, P. robertsi suffered the largest
reduction in connectivity under both scenarios of climate change. Similarly, our
results suggest that Sierra de las Cruces and Corredor Biológico Chichinautzin are
very important areas in terms of connectivity. Unfortunately, great losses of Abies
and Pinus forests were also predicted to occur in these areas between 2011 and
2014. According to these findings, the preservation of Abies forests of the Trans-
Mexican Volcanic Belt is essential to preserve P. robertsi, P. leprosa, and A.
cephalica salamanders, whereas the preservation of Corredor Biológico Chichinautzin
and Sierra de las Cruces is essential to maintain landscape connectivity for P.
leprosa, A. cephalica, and I. bellii. Thus, these areas should be prioritized in
conservation programs.},
keywords = {Landscape connectivity
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt},
ISSN = {1617-1381},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN504,
author = {Vasconcelos, M. J. P. and Mussá Biai, J. C. and Araújo, A. and Diniz,
M. A.},
title = {Land cover change in two protected areas of Guinea-Bissau (1956-1998)},
volume = {22},
number = {2},
pages = {139-156},
abstract = {The objective of this work was to quantify and spatially
characterize land cover change in the regions of the Cacheu and Orango protected
areas (Guinea-Bissau). Land cover maps from 1956 and 1998 were co-registered and
rasterized to the same spatial resolution in a geographic information system (GIS)
and the land cover classes of both maps aggregated to a new common legend.
Classification of Landsat Thematic Mapper images and field checking were used to
generate the 1998 map. Comparisons between the two dates indicate that major
changes have occurred in the Cacheu area, both in the extent and the spatial
distribution of some vegetation classes, with decreases in areas of mangrove, dry
forest and palm grove, and large increases in mudflats and savanna. In Orango,
changes are less extensive, but the onset of some of the trends verified in Cacheu
can be identified. The results are interpreted, taking into account land use
practices in the two study regions, and will hopefully become a management and
conservation tool for the local park authorities.},
keywords = {Conservation
Guinea-Bissau
Land cover change
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2002},
}
@article{RN115,
author = {Velasquez-Montoya, Liliana and Sciaudone, Elizabeth J. and Harrison,
Rebecca B. and Overton, Margery},
title = {Land cover changes on a barrier island: Yearly changes, storm effects,
and recovery periods},
volume = {135},
pages = {102557},
abstract = {Ecosystems on barrier islands provide socio-ecological services to
terrestrial and aquatic endangered species, as well as human inhabitants. The
management of these coastal ecosystems is challenged by changes in annual and storm
time scales driven by atmospheric, oceanographic, geologic, and human processes.
Thus, the need for data and methods to accurately quantify and assess ecosystem and
land cover evolution to inform stakeholders is on the rise. A dataset of high-
resolution color infrared images of a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge is used to
quantify annual land cover changes at a barrier island scale and to identify the
effects of hurricanes and their recovery periods. Geospatial analysis and change
matrices depict the interconnection between 13 land cover classes. Vegetation
growth over regions of bare sand formed by storms leads to the creation of
successional habitats, while the loss of bare sand dune to beach, and beach to
water are indicators of erosional processes. Storms passing along the ocean and
sound side of a barrier island result in different land cover changes that can last
anywhere from 4 to more than 7 years, respectively. Management practices for
coastal regions and the presence of infrastructure partially control the expansion
of marshes, bare sand, maritime brush, and dunes.},
keywords = {Coastal vegetation
Land cover
Geospatial analysis
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
North Carolina Outer Banks
Coastal storms},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1225,
author = {Venkatappa, Manjunatha and Sasaki, Nophea and Han, Phoumin and Abe,
Issei},
title = {Impacts of droughts and floods on croplands and crop production in
Southeast Asia – An application of Google Earth Engine},
volume = {795},
pages = {148829},
abstract = {While droughts and floods have intensified in recent years, only a
handful of studies have assessed their impacts on croplands and production in
Southeast Asia. Here, we used the Google Earth Engine to assess the droughts and
floods and their impacts on croplands and crop production over 40 years from 1980
to 2019. Using the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) as the basis for
determining the drought and flood levels, and crop damage levels, crop production
loss in both the Monsoon Climate Region (MCR) and the Equatorial Climate Region
(ECR) of Southeast Asia was assessed over 47,192 grid points with 10 × 10-kilometer
resolution. We found that rainfed crops were severely affected by droughts in the
MCR and floods in the ECR. About 9.42 million ha and 3.72 million ha of cropland
was damaged by droughts and floods, respectively. We estimated a total loss of
20.64 million tons of crop production between 2015 and 2019. Rainfed crops in
Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar were strongly affected by droughts, whereas
Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia were more affected by floods over the same
period. Accordingly, four levels of policy interventions were prioritized by
considering the geolocated crop damage levels.},
keywords = {Southeast Asia
Climate change
Google Earth Engine
Agriculture
PDSI
Drought
Crop damage
Policy interventions},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN534,
author = {Verbunt, M. and Zwaaftink, M. Groot and Gurtz, J.},
title = {The hydrologic impact of land cover changes and hydropower stations in
the Alpine Rhine basin},
volume = {187},
number = {1},
pages = {71-84},
abstract = {The effects of water releases and storages by hydropower stations in
the Swiss Alpine Rhine basin (4108 km2) have been investigated and incorporated
into hydrological modeling, using the fully distributed hydrological catchment
model WaSiM-ETH. This model is driven by observed meteorological data with a grid
size of 500 m × 500 m and a temporal resolution of 1 h. Additionally, an analysis of
the possible consequences of land cover changes on the hydrology in a subcatchment
of the Swiss Alpine Rhine basin (Landquart, 616 km2) was performed using a combined
urbanization-afforestation scenario. Furthermore, a theoretical investigation has
been made by examining the effects of a hypothetical change from pastures into
forests. The analysis of the runoff in the Swiss Alpine Rhine basin clearly shows
the influence of reservoirs. In particular, a significant diurnal and weekly cycle
in the release mechanisms can be noticed during low-flow periods in winter.
Further, reservoirs function as buffers during flooding events, reducing the runoff
peaks. By collecting reservoir level data, an attempt has been made to incorporate
release and storage mechanisms of hydropower plants into hydrological modeling.
Results show a clear increase in the model performance, especially during the
release periods. The analysis of the land cover change scenarios using WaSiM-ETH
shows that urbanization may have a significant impact on local flood events, while
its effect is negligible further downstream. Changing grasslands into forests
results in an increase in evapotranspiration, especially at the valley bottom.
Consequently, runoff is reduced, particularly the direct runoff during the growing
season. This decline in runoff is dependent on the decrease of soil and root depths
with increasing altitude.},
keywords = {Hydrological modelling
Anthropogenic influences
Impact assessments
Urbanization
Afforestation},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2005},
}
@article{RN903,
author = {Vernon, Michael J. and Johnston, James D. and Stokely, Thomas D. and
Miller, Becky A. and Woodruff, David R.},
title = {Mechanical thinning restores ecological functions in a seasonally dry
ponderosa pine forest in the inland Pacific Northwest, USA},
volume = {546},
pages = {121371},
abstract = {An increasingly important goal of federal land managers in
seasonally dry forests of the western US is restoring forest resilience. In this
study, we quantified the degree to which a thinning treatment in a dry forest of
eastern Oregon restored aspects of forest resilience by focusing on key functional
attributes of our study system. First, we measured several physiological responses
of overstory trees that are associated with resilience, including radial growth,
resin production, abundance of non-structural carbohydrates (NSC), and leaf area.
Second, we investigated understory vegetation responses including species
diversity, composition, and cover by growth form that influence fire behavior and
resilience to disturbance. We found that tree radial growth was greater in trees in
thinned stands beginning three years post-treatment. The abundance of key chemical
compounds found in trees, including resin, starch, total NSC and sucrose did not
differ between treatments; however, abundance of glucose plus fructose was lower in
treated stands, suggesting mobilization and use of carbon reserves for foliar and
wood production following thinning. We observed an increase in species richness and
diversity within thinned stands three to four years after thinning, primarily due
to the release of forbs and reestablishment of graminoids following ground
disturbance. Here, we demonstrate that elements of forest resilience can be
restored in dry forest systems via selective thinning to promote historical forest
structure. In forests where thinning reduces stand density, vigorous overstory
trees and increased herbaceous cover can help facilitate the re-establishment of
low intensity surface fire regimes that maintain stable and persistent vegetative
states. Understanding the ecological effects of fuel reduction treatments allows
land managers to assess potential forest resiliency and adapt future treatments
based on the observed results of previous activities.},
keywords = {Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP)
Forest resilience
Forest restoration
Non-structural carbohydrates
Ponderosa pine
Resin
Selective thinning
Understory richness
Tree physiology},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1046,
author = {Vijith, H. and Dodge-Wan, D.},
title = {Applicability of MODIS land cover and Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
for the assessment of spatial and temporal changes in strength of vegetation in
tropical rainforest region of Borneo},
volume = {18},
pages = {100311},
abstract = {Rainforests in the equatorial tropical regions are facing severe
changes in strength and distribution due to natural and anthropogenic activities.
Climate change causes major issues in vegetation characteristics whereas logging
and developmental activities destruct the natural characteristics of terrain and
vegetation. In the present research, MODIS vegetation cover type and vegetation
indices (Enhanced Vegetation Index –EVI) data were interpreted to assess the decade
(2008–2017) variation in vegetation types and strength characteristics in the Baram
River Basin (BRB) in Borneo. International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
based classification identified ten land cover types in the BRB and the mean EVI in
most periods varies between −0.30 and greater than 0.80. Results showed spatial and
temporal variation in the area covered by individual land cover during the period
of analysis and the fluctuation in mean EVI values indicates variation in strength
characteristics of land cover types in the region. Statistical analysis showed a
significant correlation (r > 0.50) of mean EVI values between consecutive years of
analysis. Though the IGBP classification scheme could not categorise the most
dominant land use activities in the BRB i.e. logging and oil palm plantations, the
findings of the present research validate the use of MODIS data in equatorial
tropical rainforest regions for characterising the regional scale vegetation
dynamics.},
IGBP
EVI
Orbital product
Applied statistics
Baram
Southeast Asia},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1049,
author = {Villamuelas, Miriam and Fernández, Néstor and Albanell, Elena and
Gálvez-Cerón, Arturo and Bartolomé, Jordi and Mentaberre, Gregorio and López-
Olvera, Jorge R. and Fernández-Aguilar, Xavier and Colom-Cadena, Andreu and López-
Martín, Josep María and Pérez-Barbería, Javier and Garel, Mathieu and Marco, Ignasi
and Serrano, Emmanuel},
title = {The Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) as a proxy for diet quality and
composition in a mountain ungulate},
volume = {61},
pages = {658-666},
abstract = {In recent years, the use of satellite-derived vegetation indices has
become a powerful tool to collect information on vegetation dynamics in a broad
range of ecosystems worldwide. However, the utility of these indices as indicators
of the diet composition and quality of herbivore mammals has not yet been
established. This work focuses on exploring such relationships analysing four years
of records of monthly Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI, a MOD13 satellite-derived
index) and diet composition and quality of two populations of chamois (Rupicapra
pyrenaica pyrenaica) in the Eastern Pyrenees (Spain). Our results revealed that
68.4% and 53.3% of diet composition and quality of chamois can be explained by EVI
values in the green-up season (spring) and green senescence (winter season),
respectively. In both periods, EVI was related mainly to diets low in fibre
(cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin) and heather (Calluna vulgaris) and high in
nitrogen due to the consumption of Festuca, Forbs and Trifolium. During the summer
season however, the EVI was not significantly related to diet components of
chamois. A significant inter-year variability in the diets of the chamois was also
observed. To conclude, remote sensing is appropriate to assess temporal variations
in dietary components of mountain ungulates, and could be used as a component of
monitoring large herbivore populations in management programmes.},
keywords = {Faecal nitrogen
Faecal cuticle microhistological analysis
Fibre contents
NDVI
Remote sensing
Herbivore nutrition
Alpine grassland},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN679,
author = {Vilà-Cabrera, Albert and Astigarraga, Julen and Jump, Alistair S. and
Zavala, Miguel A. and Seijo, Francisco and Sperlich, Dominik and Ruiz-Benito,
Paloma},
title = {Anthropogenic land-use legacies underpin climate change-related risks
to forest ecosystems},
volume = {28},
number = {10},
pages = {1132-1143},
abstract = {Forest ecosystems with long-lasting human imprints can emerge
worldwide as outcomes of land-use cessation. However, the interaction of these
anthropogenic legacies with climate change impacts on forests is not well
understood. Here, we set out how anthropogenic land-use legacies that persist in
forest properties, following alterations in forest distribution, structure, and
composition, can interact with climate change stressors. We propose a risk-based
framework to identify anthropogenic legacies of land uses in forest ecosystems and
quantify the impact of their interaction with climate-related stress on forest
responses. Considering anthropogenic land-use legacies alongside environmental
drivers of forest ecosystem dynamics will improve our predictive capacity of
climate-related risks to forests and our ability to promote ecosystem resilience to
climate change.},
ISSN = {1360-1385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN779,
author = {Vilà-Cabrera, Albert and Astigarraga, Julen and Jump, Alistair S. and
Zavala, Miguel A. and Seijo, Francisco and Sperlich, Dominik and Ruiz-Benito,
Paloma},
title = {Anthropogenic land-use legacies underpin climate change-related risks
to forest ecosystems},
volume = {28},
number = {10},
pages = {1132-1143},
abstract = {Forest ecosystems with long-lasting human imprints can emerge
worldwide as outcomes of land-use cessation. However, the interaction of these
anthropogenic legacies with climate change impacts on forests is not well
understood. Here, we set out how anthropogenic land-use legacies that persist in
forest properties, following alterations in forest distribution, structure, and
composition, can interact with climate change stressors. We propose a risk-based
framework to identify anthropogenic legacies of land uses in forest ecosystems and
quantify the impact of their interaction with climate-related stress on forest
responses. Considering anthropogenic land-use legacies alongside environmental
drivers of forest ecosystem dynamics will improve our predictive capacity of
climate-related risks to forests and our ability to promote ecosystem resilience to
climate change.},
ISSN = {1360-1385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN187,
author = {Virtriana, Riantini and Deanova, Muhamad Alfito and Safitri, Sitarani
and Anggraini, Tania Septi and Ihsan, Kalingga Titon Nur and Deliar, Albertus and
Riqqi, Akhmad},
title = {Identification of land cover change and spatial distribution based on
topographic variations in Java Island},
abstract = {Population growth and rapid development can increase the need for
land, especially for settlements which impacts the reduced land availability on
Java Island. This impact is unavoidable Land Cover Change (LCC). The LCC that
occurs needs special attention as it can significantly impact climate change,
contributing to 33% of global carbon emissions. One of the supporting factors of
LCC is topographic variation. No studies on priority areas for settlement
management consider the LCC results based on topographic variations. Thus, this
study aims to model the priority areas for handling LCC residential areas based on
topographic variations by considering the 2000–2018 Land Cover data on the island
of Java, Indonesia, and to compare the residential priority area results with the
2030 land cover prediction model using the Markov Chain-Cellular Automata method.
Topographic variations that cause LCC can be determined by looking at the threshold
in each land cover change class with its elevation class, using a mathematical
approach to obtain an average value in each land cover change. The results showed
that areas with low topography change more rapidly than those with high topography.
The modeling results will also be validated with Land Cover data in 2020 by looking
at changes from 2018 on topographic variations and whether they are following the
predetermined threshold. The validation results show an overall accuracy value of
0.796. This study hopes it can be considered for policy making in development
planning, especially in Java, Indonesia.},
keywords = {LCC
Topography
Java
Settlement
Priority area},
ISSN = {1872-2032},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1281,
author = {Vorobiova, Natalya and Chernov, Andrey},
title = {Curve fitting of MODIS NDVI time series in the task of early crops
identification by satellite images},
journal = {Procedia Engineering},
volume = {201},
pages = {184-195},
abstract = {Curve fitting of noisy NDVI time series is studied in this research.
Six fitting functions with numbers of parameters from 3 to 10 are assessed:
piecewise linear, asymmetric Gaussian, double logistic, Fourier series, a
polynomial and a cubic spline. Root mean square error, maximum error and a number
of incorrect curve fitting procedures are used as the quality criteria. It has been
found that the cubic spline is the best fitting function and can be used to
generate NDVI time series. Examples of generated NDVI time series by data of the
previous years are realized. Generated data can be used for early crops
identification by NDVI time series when learning sample of the current year is
small.},
keywords = {Terra/MODIS satellite images
NDVI time series
noised time series
time series model
curve fitting
crops identification
crops classification
data of the previous years
large areas},
ISSN = {1877-7058},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.596},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN1135,
author = {Wagle, Pradeep and Gowda, Prasanna H. and Xiao, Xiangming and Kc,
Anup},
title = {Parameterizing ecosystem light use efficiency and water use efficiency
to estimate maize gross primary production and evapotranspiration using MODIS EVI},
volume = {222},
pages = {87-97},
abstract = {Quantifying global carbon and water balances requires accurate
estimation of gross primary production (GPP) and evapotranspiration (ET),
respectively, across space and time. Models that are based on the theory of light
use efficiency (LUE) and water use efficiency (WUE) have emerged as efficient
methods for predicting GPP and ET, respectively. Currently, LUE and WUE estimates
are obtained from biome-specific look-up tables and coarse resolution remote
sensing data with large uncertainties. The major objective of this study was to
parameterize eddy covariance tower-based ecosystem LUE (ELUEEC), defined as the
ratio of tower-based GPP (GPPEC) to photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), and
ecosystem WUE (EWUEEC), defined as the ratio of GPPEC to tower-based ET (ETEC),
using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived enhanced
vegetation index (EVI) for predicting maize (Zea mays L.) GPP and ET, respectively.
Three adjacent AmeriFlux maize sites with different rotations (continuous maize vs.
annual rotation of maize and soybean, Glycine max L.) and water management
practices (rainfed vs. irrigated) located near Mead, NE, USA were selected. The EVI
tracked the seasonal variations of ELUEEC (R2=0.83) and EWUEEC (R2=0.74) across
sites, indicating that EVI can be explicitly used as a measure of ELUEEC and
EWUEEC. The predicted GPP (GPPELUE) using the parameterized ELUE model correlated
well with GPPEC (slope=1.0, R2=0.83, and RMSE=2.85gCm−2d−1) and was significantly
improved when compared to widely used models that estimate GPP by integrating EVI
and climate variables (Greenness and Radiation, Temperature and Greenness, and
Vegetation Index) and the standard MOD17 GPP product. Similarly, the predicted ET
(ETEWUE) using the parameterized EWUE correlated well with ETEC (slope=1.02,
R2=0.62, and RMSE=0.83mmET−1) and was significantly improved when compared to the
standard MOD16 ET product. Preliminary data demonstrate that ELUE and EWUE can be
parameterized using EVI, offering new methods for predicting GPP and ET.},
keywords = {Artificial neural network
Eddy covariance
Empirical and statistical models
Remote sensing
Seasonal and interannual variability
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN549,
author = {Walker, Robert},
title = {SOUTH FLORIDA: THE REALITY OF CHANGE AND THE PROSPECTS FOR
SUSTAINABILITY: Urban sprawl and natural areas encroachment: linking land cover
change and economic development in the Florida Everglades},
volume = {37},
number = {3},
pages = {357-369},
abstract = {This paper presents a model treating agricultural and urban land
uses simultaneously. In particular, it takes the urban model stemming from Alonso
and weds it to the seminal agricultural model developed by von Thünen. In so doing,
it extends the Muth framework, which explains the encroachment of agricultural
lands by linking two industries with two different forms of land use. The present
formulation considers both the encroachment of natural areas and the loss of
agricultural land, or urban sprawl. It also adds realism to the two-sector model of
Muth by (1) reflecting appropriate sectoral behaviors for residential land
consumers and farmers, and by (2) explicitly addressing structural linkages between
sectors. Using the model, the paper demonstrates sufficient conditions for
switching in the regimes that govern loss of natural areas. The empirical case of
South Florida is considered through an application of geographic information
systems to digital map archives of the region based on remotely sensed data.},
Urban sprawl
von Thünen
Florida Everglades
Economic development},
ISSN = {0921-8009},
year = {2001},
}
@article{RN881,
author = {Wall, Diana H. and Adams, Byron J. and Barrett, John E. and Hopkins,
David W. and Virginia, Ross A.},
title = {A synthesis of soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in Victoria
Land, Antarctica},
volume = {38},
number = {10},
pages = {3001-3002},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2006},
}
@article{RN1007,
author = {Wambugu, Naftaly and Chen, Yiping and Xiao, Zhenlong and Wei,
Mingqiang and Aminu Bello, Saifullahi and Marcato Junior, José and Li, Jonathan},
title = {A hybrid deep convolutional neural network for accurate land cover
classification},
Geoinformation},
volume = {103},
pages = {102515},
abstract = {Land cover classification provides updated information regarding the
Earth's resources, which is vital for agricultural investigation, urban management,
and disaster monitoring. Current advances in sensor technology on satellite and
aerial remote sensing (RS) devices have improved the spatial-spectral, radiometric,
and temporal resolutions of images over time. These improvements offer invaluable
chances of understanding land cover information. However, land cover classification
from RS images is an intricate task because of the high intra-class disparities,
low inter-class similarities, and image variation types. We propose a cascaded
residual dilated network (CRD-Net) for land cover classification using very high
spatial resolution (VHSR) images to address these challenges. The proposed hybrid
network follows the encoder-decoder concept with a spatial attention block to guide
the network on learnable discriminate features coupled with an intermediary loss to
enhance the training process. Moreover, a cascaded residual dilated module
increases the network's receptive field to enrich multi-contextual features
further, thus boosting the resultant feature descriptor. Extensive experimental
results demonstrate that the proposed CRD-Net outperformed state-of-the-art
methods, achieving an overall accuracy (OA) of 90.73% and 90.51% on the ISPRS
Potsdam land cover dataset and ISPRS Vaihingen dataset, respectively.},
very high spatial resolution (VHSR)
Remote sensing
Dilated convolution
Deep supervision
Spatial attention},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN868,
author = {Wang, Binliang and Wang, Chufan and Hu, Yiwei},
title = {Sorption behavior of Pb(II) onto polyvinyl chloride microplastics
affects the formation and ecological functions of microbial biofilms},
volume = {832},
pages = {155026},
abstract = {Microplastics (MPs) are regarded as transport media for heavy metals
in aquatic systems, whereas the effects of the heavy metal-enriched MPs on
microbial biofilms are still unclear. In this study, Pb(II) sorption onto polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) MPs and its effects on the formation and ecological functions of
microbial biofilms were investigated. The results showed that the interaction
between Pb(II) and PVC MPs was dominated by physisorption. The maximum sorption
amount reached 1.25 mg/g. Afterward, microbial biofilms were exposed to the Pb(II)-
enriched PVC particles. It is suggested that Pb(II)-enriched PVC exposure reduced
productivities of polysaccharides and proteins in extracellular polymeric
substances, which restricted the formation of microbial biofilms. Meanwhile,
microbial community structure was reassembled accompanying the decline of
capacities for nitrate and phosphate removal. Therefore, this study examines the
ecological risk associated with the heavy metal-enriched MPs that can adversely
affect microbial biofilms.},
keywords = {Plastics pollution
Heavy metal
Microbial community
Nitrate and phosphate removal},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN527,
author = {Wang, Chengyuan and Liu, Shenghui and Zhou, Shuo and Zhou, Jian and
Jiang, Shichao and Zhang, Yongkang and Feng, Tiantian and Zhang, Hanliang and Zhao,
Yuhang and Lai, Zhaoquan and Cui, Shuai and Mao, Xuegang},
title = {Spatial-temporal patterns of urban expansion by land use/ land cover
transfer in China},
volume = {155},
pages = {111009},
abstract = {Urbanization has accelerated in China, resulting in a noticeable
conflict between urban expansion and land use/land cover (LULC). This issue can
exacerbate ecological and developmental problems in urban neighborhoods, so it is
crucial to explore the relationship between long-term urban expansion and LULC
spatial and temporal transitions. We first defined urban built-up areas in terms of
human economic activity and then used spatial measures to examine urban expansion
and spatio-temporal changes in 25 LULC classes by analyzing 369 cities across
China. Our findings indicate that China’s urban built-up areas expanded 9.1 times
between 1995 and 2020, with the fastest growth rate occurring between 1995 and 2005
at about 16%. We observed a negative association between China’s urban built-up
area and dry farming land, forests, and grassland in that order, with grassland
exhibiting the weakest correlation. The negative correlation between urban built-up
areas and paddy fields became positive after 2010, while the positive correlation
with reservoirs and canals became negative after 2015. This study utilized spatial
measures to demonstrate the spatial heterogeneity of urban expansion in China and
explored the extent to which different LULC area changes explained urban expansion.
We provide a reference for decision-making efforts on land management and
sustainable use in urban areas.},
LULC
Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR)
Geographically Weighted Regression over Time (GTWR)
Land Use/ Land Cover Change (LUCC)
Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN672,
author = {Wang, Cuiting and Sun, Yuan and Chen, Han Y. H. and Ruan, Honghua},
title = {Effects of elevated CO2 on the C:N stoichiometry of plants, soils, and
microorganisms in terrestrial ecosystems},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {201},
pages = {105219},
abstract = {The stoichiometry of carbon to nitrogen ratio (C:N) plays an
important role in biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. As time goes
by, the increase in atmospheric CO2 levels is expected; however, the impact of
elevated atmospheric CO2 on the C:N stoichiometry of soils, plants, and
microorganisms remains largely unclear. The results of the meta-analysis that
included 174 studies with 1009 observations demonstrated that above- and below-
ground C concentrations and C:N ratio increased under elevated CO2 regimes, whereas
N concentrations decreased. Importantly, these responses were more pronounced with
rising CO2 concentrations and longer experimental durations. Moreover, the
responses of C, N, and C:N to elevated CO2 were similar across croplands, forests,
and grasslands ecosystems with varying climates. Our results revealed that the C:N
stoichiometry of soils, plants, and microorganisms responded consistently to the
rising global CO2 levels, which indicated that terrestrial ecosystems might have
the capacity to mitigate increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations by increasing C
sequestration in plants, soils, and microorganisms in future.},
keywords = {Rising CO
Ecological processes
Dilution effect},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN772,
author = {Wang, Cuiting and Sun, Yuan and Chen, Han Y. H. and Ruan, Honghua},
title = {Effects of elevated CO2 on the C:N stoichiometry of plants, soils, and
microorganisms in terrestrial ecosystems},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {201},
pages = {105219},
abstract = {The stoichiometry of carbon to nitrogen ratio (C:N) plays an
important role in biogeochemical cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. As time goes
by, the increase in atmospheric CO2 levels is expected; however, the impact of
elevated atmospheric CO2 on the C:N stoichiometry of soils, plants, and
microorganisms remains largely unclear. The results of the meta-analysis that
included 174 studies with 1009 observations demonstrated that above- and below-
ground C concentrations and C:N ratio increased under elevated CO2 regimes, whereas
N concentrations decreased. Importantly, these responses were more pronounced with
rising CO2 concentrations and longer experimental durations. Moreover, the
responses of C, N, and C:N to elevated CO2 were similar across croplands, forests,
and grasslands ecosystems with varying climates. Our results revealed that the C:N
stoichiometry of soils, plants, and microorganisms responded consistently to the
rising global CO2 levels, which indicated that terrestrial ecosystems might have
the capacity to mitigate increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations by increasing C
sequestration in plants, soils, and microorganisms in future.},
keywords = {Rising CO
Ecological processes
Dilution effect},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN483,
author = {Wang, Dandan and Qin, Wei and Xu, Haichao and Shan, Zhijie and Yu,
XinXiao},
title = {Assessing the response of water use efficiency to climate variability
and land-use changes in the mountainous area of North China},
volume = {530},
pages = {120780},
abstract = {Water use efficiency (WUE) is a measure used for evaluating the
trade-off between carbon sequestration and water consumption of terrestrial
ecosystems. Much attention has been directed on how and to what extent WUE varies
with climate variability and land-use changes. In this study, the Carnegie-Ames-
Stanford Approach model and remote sensing data are utilized to analyze the
response of WUE to climate variability and land-use changes in the mountainous area
of North China from 2000 to 2020. The results show that the annual WUE follows an
increasing trend at a rate of 0.012 gC/mm·m2·yr with an average value of 1.027
gC/mm·m2. Spatially, significant heterogeneity was detected in WUE with gradients
decreasing from the southeast to the northwest, while significant increases were
found in Beijing, Tianjin, and some regions of Hebei. The annual average WUE of
different vegetation types decreased following the order of mixed
forest > needleleaf forest > broadleaf forest > grassland > shrubland > cropland.
Among various meteorologic and vegetation factors, WUE was mainly influenced by
temperature, precipitation, and LAI. The cumulative effect of these three factors
explained 79.43 % of the variations of WUE. Finally, when precipitation was 490–
510 mm, or temperature was 13 ℃, or LAI was 1.27 m2m−2, WUE reached the threshold
value, i.e., vegetation had the highest degree of water use. These results have
implications for the management of water resources and regional ecosystem
optimization in regions with limited water resources.},
keywords = {Climate variability
Land-use changes
WUE variation
Threshold value
North China},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1112,
author = {Wang, Di and Yang, Ronghao and Zhang, Zhenxin and Liu, Hanhu and Tan,
Junxiang and Li, Shaoda and Yang, Xiaoxia and Wang, Xiao and Tang, Kangqi and Qiao,
Yichun and Su, Po},
title = {P-Swin: Parallel Swin transformer multi-scale semantic segmentation
network for land cover classification},
volume = {175},
pages = {105340},
abstract = {With the recent development of remote sensing technology and deep
learning, semantic segmentation methods have been increasingly used in land cover
classification. However, this method is faced with the challenge of incomplete
recognition caused by big differences in scale of ground objects. Owing to multi-
head self-attention, the Swin Transformer Network (Swin) has a large receptive
field at its shallow level, which is conducive to the identification of large-scale
objects. However, Swin does not fully mine the context information of features, so
it is easy to cause incomplete recognition. Based on Swin, we propose a parallel
window-based Transformer Network, Parallel Swin Transformer Network (P-Swin). The
core of P-Swin is a Parallel Swin Transformer Block (PST Block), which includes
Window-based Self Attention Interaction (WSAI) and Feed Forward Network (FFN). WSAI
can not only calculate the relationship within windows, but also establish the
relationship between windows. Therefore, it improves the ability of network to
obtain feature context information. P-Swin outperformed Swin and reached the
highest level, with 76.42% mIoU for the test set in the ISPRS Potsdam 2D dataset
(Swin: 75.95%), 65.13% mIoU for the test set in the Gaofen Image Dataset (Swin:
63.41%), and 64.61% mIoU for the test set in the WHDLD Dataset (Swin: 63.01%)},
Parallel Swin transformer
Multi-scale semantic segmentation
Context information},
ISSN = {0098-3004},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2023.105340},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1070,
author = {Wang, Guangjie and Peng, Wenfu and Zhang, Lindan and Zhang, Ji and
Xiang, Jiayao},
title = {Vegetation EVI changes and response to natural factors and human
activities based on geographically and temporally weighted regression},
volume = {45},
pages = {e02531},
abstract = {The research on vegetation changes plays a crucial role in the
assessment of ecosystem health, monitoring environmental changes, providing early
warnings for natural disasters, and supporting decision-making for sustainable
development. However, understanding the nonstationary characteristics of drivers
affecting vegetation change remains challenging. This study used Enhanced
Vegetation Index (EVI) data obtained through Google Earth Engine (GEE), Theil-Sen,
and Mann-Kendall methods to analyze the spatial-temporal patterns and trends of
vegetation changes in Sichuan, western China from 2000 to 2020. The Geographical
and Temporal Weighted Regression (GTWR) method was applied to deal with spatial and
temporal nonstationarity simultaneously. Results showed that vegetation cover in
Sichuan was good overall, with medium and high vegetation covering more than 78% of
the area. About 72.75% of the area showed an increasing trend in vegetation cover,
and areas with extremely significant and significant EVI growth (p < 0.01 and
0.01 ≤ p < 0.05) accounted for 23.94% of the total area. The areas with significant
increases in vegetation EVI were mainly distributed in northeast, east, southeast,
central, and southwest in Sichuan, while the areas with significant decreases were
mainly distributed in the central Sichuan plain urban agglomeration and western
Sichuan plateau. GTWR addressed the nonstationary effect of the temporal dimension
on the drivers of natural and human activities, with a fitted R2 of 0.846. The
study identified climate, terrain, and human activities as the primary driving
factors behind vegetation EVI fluctuations. Annual average temperature and
precipitation, human activities, and slope had a positive impact on vegetation EVI
changes, while solar radiation and aspect had a negative inhibitory effect. The
effects of climate, terrain, and human activities on EVI changes exhibited
significant spatial heterogeneity and clustering, resulting in either positive
promotion or negative inhibition. This study provides an additional methodology to
solve the nonstationary problem of vegetation change trends and their response
mechanisms. The revealed changes in vegetation EVI and the spatiotemporal
heterogeneity characteristics of their driving factors are important for fragile
ecosystems to adapt to and mitigate the effects of natural changes and human
activities. Revealing the variations in vegetation EVI and their underlying drivers
can showcase diverse characteristics across regions and time periods, the presence
of spatiotemporal heterogeneity holds great significance in comprehending the
adaptive strategies employed by fragile ecosystems to mitigate the effects of
natural fluctuations and human-induced activities.},
keywords = {Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Trend test
Geographical and temporal weighted regression (GTWR)
Driving factors},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN173,
author = {Wang, Hailong and Tetzlaff, Doerthe and Soulsby, Chris},
title = {Modelling the effects of land cover and climate change on soil water
partitioning in a boreal headwater catchment},
volume = {558},
pages = {520-531},
abstract = {Climate and land cover are two major factors affecting the water
fluxes and balance across spatiotemporal scales. These two factors and their
impacts on hydrology are often interlinked. The quantification and differentiation
of such impacts is important for developing sustainable land and water management
strategies. Here, we calibrated the well-known Hydrus-1D model in a data-rich
boreal headwater catchment in Scotland to assess the role of two dominant
vegetation types (shrubs vs. trees) in regulating the soil water partitioning and
balance. We also applied previously established climate projections for the area
and replaced shrubs with trees to imitate current land use change proposals in the
region, so as to quantify the potential impacts of climate and land cover changes
on soil hydrology. Under tree cover, evapotranspiration and deep percolation to
recharge groundwater was about 44% and 57% of annual precipitation, whilst they
were about 10% lower and 9% higher respectively under shrub cover in this humid,
low energy environment. Meanwhile, tree canopies intercepted 39% of annual
precipitation in comparison to 23% by shrubs. Soils with shrub cover stored more
water than tree cover. Land cover change was shown to have stronger impacts than
projected climate change. With a complete replacement of shrubs with trees under
future climate projections at this site, evapotranspiration is expected to increase
by ∼39% while percolation to decrease by 21% relative to the current level, more
pronounced than the modest changes in the two components (<8%) with climate change
only. The impacts would be particularly marked in warm seasons, which may result in
water stress experienced by the vegetation. The findings provide an important
evidence base for adaptive management strategies of future changes in low-energy
humid environments, where vegetation growth is usually restricted by radiative
energy and not water availability while few studies that quantify soil water
partitioning exist.},
keywords = {Boreal climate change
Land cover change
Climate-vegetation interactions
Water balance
Soil hydrology
Hydrus-1D},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN899,
author = {Wang, Hao and Zhang, Xiaolin and Shan, Hang and Chaochao, lv and Ren,
Wenjing and Wen, Zihao and Tian, Yuqing and Weigel, Benjamin and Ni, Leyi and Cao,
Te},
title = {Biodiversity buffers the impact of eutrophication on ecosystem
functioning of submerged macrophytes on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Southwest
China},
journal = {Environmental Pollution},
volume = {314},
pages = {120210},
abstract = {Increasing eutrophication poses a considerable threat to freshwater
ecosystems, which are closely associated with human well-being. As important
functional entities for freshwater ecosystems, submerged macrophytes have suffered
rapidly decline with eutrophication. However, it is unclear whether and how
submerged macrophytes maintain their ecological functions under increasing
eutrophication stress and the underlying patterns in the process. In the current
study, we conducted an extensive survey of submerged macrophytes in 49 lakes and
reservoirs (67% of them are eutrophic) on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of
southwestern China to reveal the relationship between submerged macrophyte
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) under eutrophication stress. Results
showed that submerged macrophytes species richness, functional diversity (FD), and
β diversity had positive effects on ecosystem functioning, even under
eutrophication. Functional diversity was a stronger predictor of community biomass
than species richness and β diversity, while species richness explained higher
coverage variability than FD and β diversity. This suggests that species richness
was a reliable indicator when valid functional traits cannot be collected in
considering specific ecological process. With increasing eutrophication in water
bodies, the mechanisms underlying biodiversity-ecosystem functioning evolved from
“niche complementarity” to “selection effects”, as evidenced by decreased species
turnover and increased nestedness. Furthermore, the relative growth rate, specific
leaf area, and ramet size in trade-off of community functional composition became
smaller along eutrophication while flowering duration and shoot height became
longer. This study contributes to a better understanding of positive BEF in
freshwater ecosystems, despite increasing anthropogenic impacts. Protecting the
environment remained the effective way to protect biodiversity and corresponding
ecological functions and services. It will be important to consider different
facets of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning in future studies to improve
effective management plans.},
keywords = {Eutrophication
Yunnan-Guizhou plateau
Submerged macrophyte
Biodiversity
β diversity},
ISSN = {0269-7491},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120210},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN191,
author = {Wang, Hong and Liu, Xingming and Zhao, Chuanyan and Chang, Yapeng and
Liu, Youyan and Zang, Fei},
title = {Spatial-temporal pattern analysis of landscape ecological risk
assessment based on land use/land cover change in Baishuijiang National nature
reserve in Gansu Province, China},
volume = {124},
pages = {107454},
abstract = {It is necessary to improve the ecological environment and keep
ecological balance of nature reserves that have particularly important function on
precious and endangered wildlife species conservation. Human activities give rise
to the remarkable changes in land use/land cover (LULC) and further have an effect
on the landscape and eco-environment in nature reserves. This study evaluated the
landscape ecological risk based on LULC changes in Baishuijiang National Nature
Reserve according to different management zones from 1986 to 2015. Results showed
that the significant change characteristics of LULC were the increase of forest and
the decrease of cultivated land from 1986 to 2015. The major LULC changes took
place in the experimental zone, and there was 85.61 km2 cultivated land transferred
to the forest. Generally, the ecological risk level was low, and the area
percentages of the lowest and lower risk regions to the total area were all higher
than 97% from 1986 to 2015. Moreover, the values of ecological risk were discrepant
in different time, the order of that being 1986 < 2015 < 1995 < 2008. Combining the
components of different ecological risk levels in every management zone, the
ecological risk from low to high was the core zone, buffer zone, and experimental
zone. The ecological risk tended to be aggregated in space during 1986–2008, and it
was enhanced slightly from 2008 to 2015. This study focuses on Baishuijiang
National Nature Reserve to provide assessment for environmental protection and
ecological management in hope that the method can be applied to other national
nature reserves in China.},
keywords = {Ecosystem risk assessment
Land use and land cover changes
Landscape pattern
Management zone
Nature reserve},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1181,
author = {Wang, Hui and Liu, Yanxu and Wang, Yijia and Yao, Ying and Wang,
Chenxu},
title = {Land cover change in global drylands: A review},
volume = {863},
pages = {160943},
abstract = {As a sensitive region, identifying land cover change in drylands is
critical to understanding global environmental change. However, the current
findings related to land cover change in drylands are not uniform due to
differences in data and methods among studies. We compared and judged the spatial
and temporal characteristics, driving forces, and ecological effects by identifying
the main findings of land cover change in drylands at global and regional scales
(especially in China) to strengthen the overall understanding of land cover change
in drylands. Four main points were obtained. First, while most studies found that
drylands were experiencing vegetation greening, some evidence showed decreases in
vegetation and large increases in bare land due to inconsistencies in the datasets
and the study phases. Second, the dominant factors affecting land cover change in
drylands are precipitation, agricultural activities, and urban expansion. Third,
the impact of land cover change on the water cycle, especially the impact of
afforestation on water resources in drylands, is of great concern. Finally,
drylands experience severe land degradation and require dataset matching
(classification standards, resolution, etc.) to quantify the impact of human
activities on land cover.},
Spatiotemporal characteristic
Climate change
Human activity
Ecological effect
Global dataset},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN8,
author = {Wang, Jianmin and Zhang, Xiaoyang and Rodman, Kyle},
title = {Land cover composition, climate, and topography drive land surface
phenology in a recently burned landscape: An application of machine learning in
phenological modeling},
volume = {304-305},
pages = {108432},
abstract = {Land surface phenology (LSP) characterizes the seasonal dynamics of
vegetation communities that compose individual satellite pixels and its interannual
and spatial variations have been widely associated with climate. However,
increasing evidence shows an effect of land cover composition within a pixel on
LSP, but it remains unclear the extent of impacts relative to other drivers. To
fill this gap, this study quantitatively assessed the contributions of land cover
composition, climate, and topography on the spatial and interannual variation in
LSP throughout the 2002 Ponil Complex Fire in New Mexico, USA, using a machine
learning approach of Boosted Regression Trees (BRT). As the fire mainly converted
ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir (evergreen tree) to soil ground and Gambel Oak
(deciduous shrub), we computed both the proportion of tree cover to all vegetation
cover (PTV) and vegetation fractional cover (VFC) as the metrics of land cover
composition from high-resolution images in 2018 and from MODIS growing season
greenness from 2001-2018. Start (SOS) and end (EOS) of growing season were derived
from 500-m MODIS data from 2001-2018 and 30-m Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 data in
2018. BRT models showed that PTV was the most important predictor of spatial
variations in SOS and EOS in 2018, despite the different contributions (20.3% -
42.9%) at 30-m and 500-m spatial scales. Although the growing degree days (28.6%)
and the first freeze date (19.6%) were the most important predictors of interannual
variations in SOS and EOS from 2001-2018, respectively, VFC also presented an
important contribution for SOS (8.4%) and EOS (12.2%). This study demonstrates the
utility of machine learning in modeling phenology and highlights the essential role
of land cover composition in understanding the spatial and interannual variations
of LSP that have been widely associated with topography and climate.},
keywords = {Land surface phenology
Land cover composition
Boosted regression trees
Vegetation fractional cover
Proportion of tree cover to vegetation cover
Wildfire
Multiple remotely sensed data},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN687,
author = {Wang, Jinfeng and Li, Yawen and Wang, Sheng and Li, Qing and Li, Min},
title = {Determining relative contributions of climate change and multiple human
activities to runoff and sediment reduction in the eastern Loess Plateau, China},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {232},
pages = {107376},
abstract = {Fen River, as the second largest tributary of the Yellow River, is
an important water source, and is of great significance for rational distribution
of water and land resources in midstream and downstream of the Yellow River Basin.
Under the combined influence of global warming and long-term human activities,
runoff and sediment discharges in the Fen River Basin have decreased dramatically
and the ecological environment deteriorated gradually. This study quantitatively
evaluated the relative contribution of climate change, land use and other human
activities (check dams, water consumption) on runoff and sediment variation in
upstream, midstream and downstream using the double cumulative curve method, SWAT
model and statistical analysis methods (multiple linear regression models). The
results showed that annual precipitation presented an obvious decreasing trend,
with a rate of 0.76 mm/a during 1960–2019. Runoff and sediment discharges in
Jingle, Yitang and Hejin hydrological stations showed gradually downward trend from
upstream to downstream, in which sediment reduced more significantly compared with
runoff. Other human activities were the leading factors for runoff (sediment)
reduction in P1 (1980–1999) and P2 (2000–2017), with the increasing relative
contribution from 88.380% (94.248%) in P1 to 89.246% (95.897%) in P2, followed by
climate change (especially precipitation), which were only 12.937% (5.938%) and
13.844% (3.582%), then land use change. The impact of climate change on runoff in
upstream, midstream and downstream were 2.857%, 8.811% and 0.507% during P1-P2,
while the relative contribution of other human activities increased to 65.714%,
79.903% and 91.635%. Sediment changes was also closely related to other human
activities (99.190%, 100.846% and 101.884%), while the climate effect were −9.062%,
−0.401% and −5.009%. In various other human activities, check dams and water
consumption played significant important role on reducing runoff and sediment in
recent decades.},
keywords = {SWAT
Runoff and sediment
Check dam
Water consumption},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN787,
author = {Wang, Jinfeng and Li, Yawen and Wang, Sheng and Li, Qing and Li, Min},
title = {Determining relative contributions of climate change and multiple human
activities to runoff and sediment reduction in the eastern Loess Plateau, China},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {232},
pages = {107376},
abstract = {Fen River, as the second largest tributary of the Yellow River, is
an important water source, and is of great significance for rational distribution
of water and land resources in midstream and downstream of the Yellow River Basin.
Under the combined influence of global warming and long-term human activities,
runoff and sediment discharges in the Fen River Basin have decreased dramatically
and the ecological environment deteriorated gradually. This study quantitatively
evaluated the relative contribution of climate change, land use and other human
activities (check dams, water consumption) on runoff and sediment variation in
upstream, midstream and downstream using the double cumulative curve method, SWAT
model and statistical analysis methods (multiple linear regression models). The
results showed that annual precipitation presented an obvious decreasing trend,
with a rate of 0.76 mm/a during 1960–2019. Runoff and sediment discharges in
Jingle, Yitang and Hejin hydrological stations showed gradually downward trend from
upstream to downstream, in which sediment reduced more significantly compared with
runoff. Other human activities were the leading factors for runoff (sediment)
reduction in P1 (1980–1999) and P2 (2000–2017), with the increasing relative
contribution from 88.380% (94.248%) in P1 to 89.246% (95.897%) in P2, followed by
climate change (especially precipitation), which were only 12.937% (5.938%) and
13.844% (3.582%), then land use change. The impact of climate change on runoff in
upstream, midstream and downstream were 2.857%, 8.811% and 0.507% during P1-P2,
while the relative contribution of other human activities increased to 65.714%,
79.903% and 91.635%. Sediment changes was also closely related to other human
activities (99.190%, 100.846% and 101.884%), while the climate effect were −9.062%,
−0.401% and −5.009%. In various other human activities, check dams and water
consumption played significant important role on reducing runoff and sediment in
recent decades.},
keywords = {SWAT
Runoff and sediment
Check dam
Water consumption},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN220,
author = {Wang, Litao and Wang, Shixin and Zhou, Yi and Zhu, Jinfeng and Zhang,
Jiazhen and Hou, Yanfang and Liu, Wenliang},
title = {Landscape pattern variation, protection measures, and land use/land
cover changes in drinking water source protection areas: A case study in
Danjiangkou Reservoir, China},
volume = {21},
pages = {e00827},
abstract = {Understanding the changes and interactions between landscape
patterns and land use/land cover (LULC) in drinking water source protection areas
(DWSPAs) is fundamentally important for effective land management to ensure
landscape sustainability and the protection of water quality. However, there is
limited research on LULC changes, landscape patterns and the relationship between
them in DWSPAs. This study focused on the DWSPAs of the Danjiangkou Reservoir, one
of the most important water sources in China. Four LULC maps (2000, 2005, 2010, and
2015) were extracted to study the temporal-spatial relationship between landscape
patterns and LULC. According to the results of the change processes and trends, a
series of dramatic changes occurred in the LULC, including percentage decreases in
cultivated land (10.31%) and water bodies (20.23%) and a percentage increase in
built-up land (116.96%). A comprehensive index for Status, Direction, and Trend
with a value of 0.66 indicated an imbalanced and one-way transition in the study
region. The Aggregation index metric decreased from 98.2885 to 98.2120, and the
Simpson's diversity index metric increased from 0.7161 to 0.7369, which suggested a
diversification and fragmentation of the landscape trends. The relationship
analysis revealed that the changes in the LULC due to protection measures were the
driving factors of the variation in landscape patterns, especially in cultivated
land and water bodies. These insights on LULC changes, landscape pattern
variations, and temporal-spatial relationships have important implications for
future land-use planning polices and environmental activities.},
Landscape pattern
Drinking water source protection area
Danjiangkou reservoir
South-to- North water diversion project},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN320,
author = {Wang, Litao and Wang, Shixin and Zhou, Yi and Zhu, Jinfeng and Zhang,
Jiazhen and Hou, Yanfang and Liu, Wenliang},
title = {Landscape pattern variation, protection measures, and land use/land
cover changes in drinking water source protection areas: A case study in
Danjiangkou Reservoir, China},
volume = {21},
pages = {e00827},
abstract = {Understanding the changes and interactions between landscape
patterns and land use/land cover (LULC) in drinking water source protection areas
(DWSPAs) is fundamentally important for effective land management to ensure
landscape sustainability and the protection of water quality. However, there is
limited research on LULC changes, landscape patterns and the relationship between
them in DWSPAs. This study focused on the DWSPAs of the Danjiangkou Reservoir, one
of the most important water sources in China. Four LULC maps (2000, 2005, 2010, and
2015) were extracted to study the temporal-spatial relationship between landscape
patterns and LULC. According to the results of the change processes and trends, a
series of dramatic changes occurred in the LULC, including percentage decreases in
cultivated land (10.31%) and water bodies (20.23%) and a percentage increase in
built-up land (116.96%). A comprehensive index for Status, Direction, and Trend
with a value of 0.66 indicated an imbalanced and one-way transition in the study
region. The Aggregation index metric decreased from 98.2885 to 98.2120, and the
Simpson's diversity index metric increased from 0.7161 to 0.7369, which suggested a
diversification and fragmentation of the landscape trends. The relationship
analysis revealed that the changes in the LULC due to protection measures were the
driving factors of the variation in landscape patterns, especially in cultivated
land and water bodies. These insights on LULC changes, landscape pattern
variations, and temporal-spatial relationships have important implications for
future land-use planning polices and environmental activities.},
Landscape pattern
Drinking water source protection area
Danjiangkou reservoir
South-to- North water diversion project},
ISSN = {2351-9894},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN171,
author = {Wang, Pengquan and Li, Runjie and Liu, Dejun and Wu, Yuanmei},
title = {Dynamic characteristics and responses of ecosystem services under land
use/land cover change scenarios in the Huangshui River Basin, China},
volume = {144},
pages = {109539},
abstract = {High-intensity human activities have changed land use/land cover
(LULC) patterns in the Huangshui River Basin (HRB), which has brought significant
challenges to ecosystems sustainable development. Discerning ecosystem service
dynamic characteristics and responses under different land use/cover change (LUCC)
scenarios are necessary to increase the public willingness to pay for the ecosystem
and guide the decision-making process. We examined LULC spatiotemporal dynamics in
the HRB from 2000 to 2020 and coupled Markov-chain, multi-objective programming
(MOP), and patch-generating land use simulation (PLUS) models to optimize and
simulate LULC spatial pattern for five scenarios: natural development scenario
(NDs), city expansion scenario (CEs), ecological protection scenario (EPs),
economic development scenario (EDs), ecological and economic balance scenario
(EEBs). Given regional differences, a spatially modified ecosystem service value
(ESV) assessment model was proposed to evaluate ESV. Factors driving ESV spatial
stratified heterogeneity were identified using geographic detectors. Ecosystem
service value sensitivity in response to LUCC was discriminated against using the
elasticity model. The study area was dominated by 56.86–60.40 % grassland and
33.11–36.27 % cropland. Grassland and cropland area decreased by 579.75 km2 and
423.87 km2 over the period 2000–2020, while the other areas such as forestland,
water area, construction land, and barren land increased by 289.81 km2, 140.77 km2,
489.10 km2, and 83.96 km2, respectively. Land conversion mainly occurred among
grassland, cropland, and construction land. Total ESV was 39,665 million yuan in
2020, an increase of 2.25 % compared to 2000. Total ESV of NDs, EPs, EDs, and EEBs
increased by 0.34 %, 1.04 %, 2.01 %, and 7.78 %, respectively compared to 2020,
while that of CEs decreased by 0.17 %. ESV sensitivity coefficient response to LUCC
was 0.43 during 2010–2020, indicating that LULC conversion of 1 % would result in
average changes of 0.43 % in ESV. Ecosystem services response to LUCC was not very
marked in the HRB. Elevation was the dominant driver of LULC and ESV stratified
spatial heterogeneity in the HRB. The effects of elevation on LUCC and ESV should
receive more attention in management. Multi-objective optimization and multi-
scenario analysis effectively guided land-use planning and decision-making involved
in ecosystem uncertainty, complexity, and interaction. The EPs and EEBs may be more
suitable for future HRB development.},
keywords = {Land use/cover change (LUCC)
Ecosystem service value (ESV)
Value equivalent
Land pattern simulation
Spatial heterogeneity detection
Patch-generating land use simulation (PLUS)},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN121,
author = {Wang, Qiang and Cai, Xitian and Tang, Jinyun and Yang, Long and Wang,
Jie and Xu, Youpeng},
title = {Climate feedbacks associated with land-use and land-cover change on
hydrological extremes over the Yangtze River Delta Region, China},
volume = {623},
pages = {129855},
abstract = {Quantifying how land-use and land-cover change (LULCC) drives
extreme events is a priority to inform adaptation planning in a changing
environment. Previous studies mainly focus on the effects of local LULCC on runoff
generation processes; however, few on the effects of the climate feedbacks of
LULCC. Here we couple the Variable Infiltration Capacity model with climate forcing
from the Land Use Model Intercomparison Project, part of the new state-of-the-art
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6, to synthetically detect global
LULCC-induced impacts on hydrological extremes in one of the fastest developing
areas in China and the world, i.e., the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). Results suggest
that global LULCC increased extreme rainfall by 1.41 ∼ 3.90 % with spatial
heterogeneity over YRD, especially during the rapid urbanization period. Regions
with increasing extreme rainfall during the rapid urbanization stage match well
with the city belt distribution, indicating the precipitation enhancement effects
of the urban land surface. The combined impacts (with both LULCC and its climate
feedbacks) lead to a 3.01–7.18 % increase in extreme runoff, much higher than the
effects of LULCC only (0.05–0.14 %). The consistent signs of changes in extreme
rainfall and runoff indicate the dominant role of LULCC-induced climate feedback in
the changes in extreme runoff over the YRD region. In addition, flash droughts
increased when considering the climate feedbacks of global LULCC, particularly
during the rapid urbanization stage. LULCC tends to increase average flows, high
flows, and low flows, particularly in an urban-dominated basin. When considering
the climate feedback effects from global LULCC, the LULCC would lead to a larger
increase in high flows and average flows, thus floods. We highlight a need to
consider land–atmosphere interactions in addition to land-surface processes in
projecting changes in hydrological extremes.},
keywords = {Hydrological extremes
Flash droughts
LULCC
Climate feedbacks
The Yangtze River Delta Region},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1208,
author = {Wang, Qiang and Moreno-Martínez, Álvaro and Muñoz-Marí, Jordi and
Campos-Taberner, Manuel and Camps-Valls, Gustau},
title = {Estimation of vegetation traits with kernel NDVI},
volume = {195},
pages = {408-417},
abstract = {Vegetation indices computed from spectral signatures are vastly used
for monitoring the terrestrial biosphere. Indices are convenient proxies for canopy
structure, and leaf pigment content, and consequently to estimate the
photosynthetic activity of vegetation. Owing to its simplicity, the celebrated
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) has been used as a proxy for
greenness and canopy structure. Unfortunately, NDVI can only capture linear
relationships of the near infrared (NIR) - red difference with the parameter of
interest. To account for higher-order relations between the spectral channels,
kernel NDVI (kNDVI) was proposed in (Camps-Valls et al., 2021). In this work, we
give useful prescriptions for its proper use and show its good performance in a
wider set of applications. We discuss the good characteristics of the index like
boundedness, low error propagation. Furthermore, we give empirical evidence of
performance in estimating in-situ vegetation parameters (leaf area index (LAI),
gross primary productivity (GPP), leaf, and canopy chlorophyll content, green and
total LAI and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fAPAR)) as
well as the estimation of latent heat at flux tower level. We confirm the generally
good performance of the index (correlation coefficient of kNDVI and canopy
chlorophyll content is 0.919 and 0.933 for maize over two sites, as well as the
correlation coefficient between kNDVI and carotenoid, is 0.816, 0.520 and 0.579 for
three forest sites) and highlight its convenience in monitoring terrestrial
ecosystems. To foster wider adoption of the new family of the index, we provide
source code in 6 programming languages as well as efficient implementations in the
Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform at https://github.com/IPL-UV/kNDVI.},
keywords = {Vegetation index
NDVI
Kernel methods
Uncertainty quantification
Biophysical parameter estimation
fAPAR
Leaf area index
Latent heat},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN475,
author = {Wang, Qiang and Xu, Youpeng and Xu, Yu and Wu, Lei and Wang, Yuefeng
and Han, Longfei},
title = {Spatial hydrological responses to land use and land cover changes in a
typical catchment of the Yangtze River Delta region},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {170},
pages = {305-315},
abstract = {This study assessed the individual and combined effects of land-use
and land-cover changes (LUCCs) on spatial hydrological responses by using an
integrated approach involving the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and
geographically weighted regression (GWR) models in the Xitiaoxi River Basin (XRB).
The LUCCs and their spatial patterns from 1985 to 2008 were evaluated in the XRB.
The hydrological processes during the period from 1980–2015 were then generated by
the SWAT model under the 1985 and 2008 land-use scenarios. GWR models were
constructed to quantify the spatial impacts of LUCCs at the sub-basin scale. The
results showed that the predominant trend of land-use conversion was between
forest-grass land and agricultural land, and the diminishing portion of forest-
grass land (25.93 km2) and agricultural land (46.77 km2) contributed to the
expansion of urban land during the period 1985–2008. Moreover, the urban area
increased from 5.6% to 17.05%, and the change ratio progressed towards the centre
of the XRB. These changes in land use caused the average annual water yield and
surface runoff to increase by 1.09% and 11.87%, respectively, and the average
annual evapotranspiration (ET), percolation and baseflow to decrease by 0.73%,
16.53% and 17.26%, respectively. In addition, the results of the GWR models
indicated that the responses of each hydrological component exhibited spatial
differences. The comprehensive land-use intensification index (La), selected to
reflect the combined effects of LUCCs, was positively correlated with water yield
and surface runoff but negatively correlated with ET, percolation and baseflow. La
had a greater effect on water yield, surface runoff, percolation and baseflow in
rural areas than in the urbanized region. The combined effects of LUCCs in certain
local areas increased water yield and surface runoff by up to 13.7% and 114.2%,
respectively. The local coefficient indicated that rural regions might be exposed
to greater effects of LUCCs. The results of this study could be useful to
understand the effects of LUCCs on the spatial patterns of each hydrological
component and to help improve flood control and water resource management.},
keywords = {LUCCs
Spatial hydrological responses
SWAT
Geographically weighted regression
Xitiaoxi River Basin},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN120,
author = {Wang, Qilin and Cheng, Lei and Zhang, Lu and Liu, Pan and Qin, Shujing
and Liu, Liu and Jing, Zhaoxia},
title = {Quantifying the impacts of land-cover changes on global
evapotranspiration based on the continuous remote sensing observations during 1982–
2016},
volume = {598},
pages = {126231},
abstract = {It is well documented that land use and land cover changes (LUCC)
have profoundly affected global water cycles. However, the unclear relationship
between hydrological effects and various LUCC characteristics and lack of observed
continuous land cover data limit the accurate quantification of LUCC on global
evapotranspiration (ET). Here, LUCC-induced ET changes were derived from
continuously observed land cover maps during 1982–2016 using a Budyko type method
(Zhang-curve), which suggests that woodland cover change is the key and most
sensitive property of LUCC affecting water yield. A woodland reclassification
scheme was proposed for applying the Zhang-curve. Separated global woodland
coverage agreed well with observed data at the country level around the world. The
Zhang-curve estimated global mean annual land ET as 540.8 mm·yr−1 (excluding
Antarctica). We show that global LUCC increased ET 0.052 mm·yr−2 during the study
period, contributing approximately 11.1% to the global ET increase estimated by
Brutsaert (2017) about 0.47 mm·yr−2. The results suggest that human-induced
increase in global woodland coverage during the past three decades has led to a
notable positive increase in global land ET, which is contrary to previous findings
based on potential land cover maps.},
keywords = {Woodland cover change
LUCC
Terrestrial evapotranspiration
Zhang-curve},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN217,
author = {Wang, Qingzheng and Guan, Qingyu and Lin, Jinkuo and Luo, Haiping and
Tan, Zhe and Ma, Yunrui},
title = {Simulating land use/land cover change in an arid region with the
coupling models},
volume = {122},
pages = {107231},
abstract = {The rapid development of productivity and economy has led to a
substantial change in global land use/land cover (LULC), which has caused a series
of environmental problems. Therefore, it is particularly important to
quantitatively grasp the spatiotemporal pattern of LULC to formulate and implement
land use planning. This study extracted LULC by the combination of supervised
classification and manual visual interpretation and quantitatively analyzed the
spatiotemporal changes in LULC. Finally, the land use situation was simulated, and
the driving forces affecting LULC changes were analyzed with the logistic
regression-cellular automata-Markov chain (LR-CA-Markov) and FLUS models. The
results showed that the ecological environment underwent more noticeable changes in
approximately the year 2000. Relatively speaking, LULC changes were the most
dramatic during 1987–1997. With the implementation of the Grain for Green Project
(GFGP) in 1999, the ecological environment began to develop towards a positive
trend, but built-up land area has also grown rapidly. The economy was the main
factor influencing the change in LULC. The simulation results showed that the
simulation accuracy and kappa coefficient of the LR-CA-Markov and FLUS models were
both greater than 0.85, and the prediction results of the same land-type change
trend were basically the same. On this basis, the land use scenario in 2027–2047
was predicted. The results showed that the LULC would change dramatically over the
next 30 years (likely due to urban expansion). Therefore, LULC research in arid
regions can provide theoretical guidance for protecting the ecological environment,
rationally planning land use, and realizing the sustainable development of arid
zones, such as the economy, society, and ecological environment.},
keywords = {LULC
Logistic regression
CA-Markov
FLUS
Land use simulation},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN317,
author = {Wang, Qingzheng and Guan, Qingyu and Lin, Jinkuo and Luo, Haiping and
Tan, Zhe and Ma, Yunrui},
title = {Simulating land use/land cover change in an arid region with the
coupling models},
volume = {122},
pages = {107231},
abstract = {The rapid development of productivity and economy has led to a
substantial change in global land use/land cover (LULC), which has caused a series
of environmental problems. Therefore, it is particularly important to
quantitatively grasp the spatiotemporal pattern of LULC to formulate and implement
land use planning. This study extracted LULC by the combination of supervised
classification and manual visual interpretation and quantitatively analyzed the
spatiotemporal changes in LULC. Finally, the land use situation was simulated, and
the driving forces affecting LULC changes were analyzed with the logistic
regression-cellular automata-Markov chain (LR-CA-Markov) and FLUS models. The
results showed that the ecological environment underwent more noticeable changes in
approximately the year 2000. Relatively speaking, LULC changes were the most
dramatic during 1987–1997. With the implementation of the Grain for Green Project
(GFGP) in 1999, the ecological environment began to develop towards a positive
trend, but built-up land area has also grown rapidly. The economy was the main
factor influencing the change in LULC. The simulation results showed that the
simulation accuracy and kappa coefficient of the LR-CA-Markov and FLUS models were
both greater than 0.85, and the prediction results of the same land-type change
trend were basically the same. On this basis, the land use scenario in 2027–2047
was predicted. The results showed that the LULC would change dramatically over the
next 30 years (likely due to urban expansion). Therefore, LULC research in arid
regions can provide theoretical guidance for protecting the ecological environment,
rationally planning land use, and realizing the sustainable development of arid
zones, such as the economy, society, and ecological environment.},
keywords = {LULC
Logistic regression
CA-Markov
FLUS
Land use simulation},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN287,
author = {Wang, Quan and Wang, Haijun},
title = {Spatiotemporal dynamics and evolution relationships between
land-use/land cover change and landscape pattern in response to rapid urban sprawl
process: A case study in Wuhan, China},
volume = {182},
pages = {106716},
abstract = {Urban sprawl is now a worldwide phenomenon, especially in the
rapidly developing areas in China. However, the process of land-use/land-cover
(LULC) dynamics can lead to dramatic changes in the regional landscape patterns. In
this study, we explored the LULC changes and urban sprawl, and their impact on the
landscape pattern evolution during 2005–2030. Based on the land-use data of 2005–
2015, an LULC map of 2030 was simulated by using the logistic regression, multi-
criteria evaluation (MCE), and a cellular automata (CA)-Markov hybrid model. The
simulation accuracies of the kappa coefficient and figure of merit (FoM) reached
82.69% and 29.86%, respectively. The results showed that, during 2005–2030, the
area of water, urban land, and other construction land will increase by 72.56,
162.63, and 1152.67 km2 respectively, while the area of forest land and unused land
will decrease by 107.05 and 13.38 km2, respectively, as well as the land use degree
will reach 293.18 in 2030. The landscape spatial pattern will change significantly
during 2005–2030, and there is a strong correlation between the landscape pattern
dynamics and land use degrees. The patch types in the urban area will tend to be
regular and distributed in a balanced trend. There is a good connection between
patch types, the degree of landscape aggregation will be gradually improved, the
spatial distribution will tend to be concentrated, and the spatial heterogeneity
will be enhanced. Changes in land use and landscape patterns during rapid urban
sprawl are actively influenced by a combination of natural, socioeconomic, and
transportation accessibility. In the future urban construction, the protection of
forest land and water areas should be increased, the land use structure should be
optimized, the construction land and ecological land should be rationally planned,
and natural landscapes should be added in a timely manner to steadily improve the
regional environment. Finally, the research results will provide a theoretical
basis for supporting regional sustainable development and the formulation of
landscape planning policies.},
LULC change
Urban sprawl
Simulation
CA-Markov
Wuhan},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN387,
author = {Wang, Quan and Wang, Haijun},
title = {Spatiotemporal dynamics and evolution relationships between
land-use/land cover change and landscape pattern in response to rapid urban sprawl
process: A case study in Wuhan, China},
volume = {182},
pages = {106716},
abstract = {Urban sprawl is now a worldwide phenomenon, especially in the
rapidly developing areas in China. However, the process of land-use/land-cover
(LULC) dynamics can lead to dramatic changes in the regional landscape patterns. In
this study, we explored the LULC changes and urban sprawl, and their impact on the
landscape pattern evolution during 2005–2030. Based on the land-use data of 2005–
2015, an LULC map of 2030 was simulated by using the logistic regression, multi-
criteria evaluation (MCE), and a cellular automata (CA)-Markov hybrid model. The
simulation accuracies of the kappa coefficient and figure of merit (FoM) reached
82.69% and 29.86%, respectively. The results showed that, during 2005–2030, the
area of water, urban land, and other construction land will increase by 72.56,
162.63, and 1152.67 km2 respectively, while the area of forest land and unused land
will decrease by 107.05 and 13.38 km2, respectively, as well as the land use degree
will reach 293.18 in 2030. The landscape spatial pattern will change significantly
during 2005–2030, and there is a strong correlation between the landscape pattern
dynamics and land use degrees. The patch types in the urban area will tend to be
regular and distributed in a balanced trend. There is a good connection between
patch types, the degree of landscape aggregation will be gradually improved, the
spatial distribution will tend to be concentrated, and the spatial heterogeneity
will be enhanced. Changes in land use and landscape patterns during rapid urban
sprawl are actively influenced by a combination of natural, socioeconomic, and
transportation accessibility. In the future urban construction, the protection of
forest land and water areas should be increased, the land use structure should be
optimized, the construction land and ecological land should be rationally planned,
and natural landscapes should be added in a timely manner to steadily improve the
regional environment. Finally, the research results will provide a theoretical
basis for supporting regional sustainable development and the formulation of
landscape planning policies.},
LULC change
Urban sprawl
Simulation
CA-Markov
Wuhan},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN237,
author = {Wang, Quan and Wang, Haijun and Chang, Ruihan and Zeng, Haoran and
Bai, Xuepiao},
title = {Dynamic simulation patterns and spatiotemporal analysis of
land-use/land-cover changes in the Wuhan metropolitan area, China},
volume = {464},
pages = {109850},
abstract = {With the rapid socioeconomic development in China, the competition
for space in land-use conversion is getting fierce. The Wuhan metropolitan area, as
one of the main areas of modern agriculture and manufacturing, has been
significantly affected by urbanization, industrialization, and national development
policies, resulting in regional man-land contradiction. In this complex region,
scientifically measuring the land-use/land-cover (LULC) dynamics and exploring the
spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of the LULC changes are important tasks
for local officials and decision makers in the management of urban expansion and
land-use planning. In this study, an integrated logistic multi-criteria evaluation
(MCE) cellular automata (CA) Markov (logistic-MCE-CA-Markov) model and a geographic
information system (GIS) were used to evaluate and predict the LULC changes. The
analysis was based on six LULC maps at equal temporal intervals derived from land-
use data for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015, along with topographic spatial
layers (elevation and slope) derived from an ASTER digital elevation model. In
addition, other spatial variables (points of interest, gross domestic product(GDP),
population density, proximity to urban center, and proximity to transportation
line) were incorporated in the simulation process. The simulated results obtained
by the integrated logistic-MCE-CA-Markov model had a kappa coefficient of 88.582%
and a figure of merit value of 27.935%. The results indicated that, under the
influence of the various factors, the future land-use pattern of the Wuhan
metropolitan area will be clearly transformed. From 2015 to 2025, it is predicted
that the area of arable land and woodland will decrease by 1506.152 km2 and
1743.945 km2, respectively, and urban land expansion will mainly come from arable
land, woodland, and other construction land. With the enhancement of the human
disturbance intensity, the natural landscape patches will become segmented, and the
number of individual patches will increase gradually, enhancing the spatial
heterogeneity. The simulation results could not only be used to monitor future LULC
trends, but could also help local decision makers to provide policy support for
land-use planning and management.},
Landscape pattern
Urban expansion
CA-Markov
Wuhan metropolitan area},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN337,
author = {Wang, Quan and Wang, Haijun and Chang, Ruihan and Zeng, Haoran and
Bai, Xuepiao},
title = {Dynamic simulation patterns and spatiotemporal analysis of
land-use/land-cover changes in the Wuhan metropolitan area, China},
volume = {464},
pages = {109850},
abstract = {With the rapid socioeconomic development in China, the competition
for space in land-use conversion is getting fierce. The Wuhan metropolitan area, as
one of the main areas of modern agriculture and manufacturing, has been
significantly affected by urbanization, industrialization, and national development
policies, resulting in regional man-land contradiction. In this complex region,
scientifically measuring the land-use/land-cover (LULC) dynamics and exploring the
spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of the LULC changes are important tasks
for local officials and decision makers in the management of urban expansion and
land-use planning. In this study, an integrated logistic multi-criteria evaluation
(MCE) cellular automata (CA) Markov (logistic-MCE-CA-Markov) model and a geographic
information system (GIS) were used to evaluate and predict the LULC changes. The
analysis was based on six LULC maps at equal temporal intervals derived from land-
use data for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015, along with topographic spatial
layers (elevation and slope) derived from an ASTER digital elevation model. In
addition, other spatial variables (points of interest, gross domestic product(GDP),
population density, proximity to urban center, and proximity to transportation
line) were incorporated in the simulation process. The simulated results obtained
by the integrated logistic-MCE-CA-Markov model had a kappa coefficient of 88.582%
and a figure of merit value of 27.935%. The results indicated that, under the
influence of the various factors, the future land-use pattern of the Wuhan
metropolitan area will be clearly transformed. From 2015 to 2025, it is predicted
that the area of arable land and woodland will decrease by 1506.152 km2 and
1743.945 km2, respectively, and urban land expansion will mainly come from arable
land, woodland, and other construction land. With the enhancement of the human
disturbance intensity, the natural landscape patches will become segmented, and the
number of individual patches will increase gradually, enhancing the spatial
heterogeneity. The simulation results could not only be used to monitor future LULC
trends, but could also help local decision makers to provide policy support for
land-use planning and management.},
Landscape pattern
Urban expansion
CA-Markov
Wuhan metropolitan area},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN460,
author = {Wang, Shengping and Zhang, Zhiqiang and R. McVicar, Tim and Guo,
Junting and Tang, Yin and Yao, Ankun},
title = {Isolating the impacts of climate change and land use change on decadal
streamflow variation: Assessing three complementary approaches},
volume = {507},
pages = {63-74},
abstract = {Summary Assessing the respective impacts of land use change and
climate change on decadal streamflow variation is important for water resources
management. By using: (i) a simple eco-hydrological approach, (ii) an elasticity
differential analysis, and (iii) a calibrated physically-based MIKESHE model, we
have qualitatively and quantitatively isolated the relative contributions that land
use change and climate change made to decadal streamflow changes in Chaohe
watershed (4854km2) located in northern China. This is an important watershed of
Miyun Reservoir that supplies 70% of drinking water for Greater Beijing Area
(Population over 19M). The results suggested that streamflow of the watershed,
compared with the reference period from 1963-1979, greatly decreased during 1980–
1989 and 2000–2008, whilst it slightly changed during 1990–1999. The insignificant
streamflow change for 1990–1999 was due to the effects of less soil water storage
capacity on hydrological impact of land use change. However, the change impacts
(i.e., land use change impacts dQ_Landuse and climate change impacts dQ_Climate)
for 1980–1989 and 2000–2008 seem different between the approaches: dQ_Climate were
almost similar to dQ_Landuse for these two periods according to eco-hydrological
approach, whilst dQ_Climate from the differential elasticity-based analysis only
33% and 45% and from MIKESHE modeling 51% and 78% for 1980–1989 and 2000–2008,
respectively. We found that the different results were mainly caused by errors
associated with each approach. By taking into account the errors of each approach,
a general consistent results could be arrived from the three approaches, i.e.,
streamflow reduction of 1980–1989 and 2000–2008 was accounted for by land use
change and climate change with almost similar magnitude contribution. We emphasized
that various source of errors and uncertainties may occurre in the different
approaches. This required a careful interpretation of the results on isolating
hydrological impacts of land use change and climate change. As hydrological impacts
of land use change and climate change may be temporally varied, it is requisite to
manage water resources adaptively to address future climate change and water
resources shortage.},
keywords = {Hydrological impact
Land use change and climate change
Complementary approaches
Adaptive management},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN244,
author = {Wang, Wanrui and Chen, Yaning and Wang, Weihua and Jiang, Junxin and
Cai, Ming and Xu, Yongjun},
title = {Evolution characteristics of groundwater and its response to climate
and land-cover changes in the oasis of dried-up river in Tarim Basin},
volume = {594},
pages = {125644},
abstract = {Groundwater is essential for agricultural, ecological and domestic
water use, and its depletion under climatic and anthropogenic impacts can impose
challenges on regional water resources and ecological security, particularly in
arid regions. Spatiotemporal variation and drivers of groundwater are critical to
understand groundwater cycling and restore groundwater, while they are poorly
understood in arid oasis region due to sparse field monitoring. To address this, we
examined the spatiotemporal variations and controlling factors of groundwater level
and mineralization degree using data collected at 22 wells in the Wei-Ku Oasis of
Tarim Basin during 2000–2018, a typical arid inland river basin in northwest China.
Results showed that obviously large spatial and temporal variations existed in both
DGL (depth to groundwater level) and DM (degree of mineralization). Groundwater
level was the shallowest in spring and deepest in autumn. DGL exhibited a markedly
increasing trend (2.05 m per decade), while DM marginally decreased (-0.21 g/L per
decade) (p < 0.001) during 2000–2018. The spatial distributions of DGL and DM were
complex. Larger variation of DGL/DM generally occurred at the areas with greater
DGL/DM. DM in the northwestern part was obviously smaller than that in the
southeastern part. The variation of DGL in the eastern region was noticeably larger
than that in the western region. Human activity was the main driving factor of DGL
increasing, climate change had a dominant role in DM decreasing, and the
relationship between controlling factors and groundwater varied in space and
season. Decreasing riverbank leakage and increasing volume of evapotranspiration,
groundwater pumping and water drainage led to decreasing groundwater level, while
increasing infiltration/leakage from irrigated water, canal and reservoir resulted
in increasing groundwater level. The results could help to advance the
understanding of groundwater cycling mechanism, and be useful in improving
sustainable groundwater management and restoring ecosystem in arid region.},
keywords = {Groundwater dynamics
Climate variability
Land use change
Agricultural irrigation
Dried-up river oasis
Tarim Basin},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN344,
author = {Wang, Wanrui and Chen, Yaning and Wang, Weihua and Jiang, Junxin and
Cai, Ming and Xu, Yongjun},
title = {Evolution characteristics of groundwater and its response to climate
and land-cover changes in the oasis of dried-up river in Tarim Basin},
volume = {594},
pages = {125644},
abstract = {Groundwater is essential for agricultural, ecological and domestic
water use, and its depletion under climatic and anthropogenic impacts can impose
challenges on regional water resources and ecological security, particularly in
arid regions. Spatiotemporal variation and drivers of groundwater are critical to
understand groundwater cycling and restore groundwater, while they are poorly
understood in arid oasis region due to sparse field monitoring. To address this, we
examined the spatiotemporal variations and controlling factors of groundwater level
and mineralization degree using data collected at 22 wells in the Wei-Ku Oasis of
Tarim Basin during 2000–2018, a typical arid inland river basin in northwest China.
Results showed that obviously large spatial and temporal variations existed in both
DGL (depth to groundwater level) and DM (degree of mineralization). Groundwater
level was the shallowest in spring and deepest in autumn. DGL exhibited a markedly
increasing trend (2.05 m per decade), while DM marginally decreased (-0.21 g/L per
decade) (p < 0.001) during 2000–2018. The spatial distributions of DGL and DM were
complex. Larger variation of DGL/DM generally occurred at the areas with greater
DGL/DM. DM in the northwestern part was obviously smaller than that in the
southeastern part. The variation of DGL in the eastern region was noticeably larger
than that in the western region. Human activity was the main driving factor of DGL
increasing, climate change had a dominant role in DM decreasing, and the
relationship between controlling factors and groundwater varied in space and
season. Decreasing riverbank leakage and increasing volume of evapotranspiration,
groundwater pumping and water drainage led to decreasing groundwater level, while
increasing infiltration/leakage from irrigated water, canal and reservoir resulted
in increasing groundwater level. The results could help to advance the
understanding of groundwater cycling mechanism, and be useful in improving
sustainable groundwater management and restoring ecosystem in arid region.},
keywords = {Groundwater dynamics
Climate variability
Land use change
Dried-up river oasis
Tarim Basin},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN856,
author = {Wang, Wenting and Mishra, Sandhya and Yang, Xiaodong},
title = {Seasonal difference in soil health indicators mediating multidiversity-
multifunctionality relationship depends on body size of soil organisms: Evidence
from rubber plantation agroforestry system},
volume = {178},
pages = {108968},
abstract = {Soil health is the foundation for the maintenance of ecosystem
stability and multifunctionality. It is necessary to identify the key indicators of
soil health that indicate ecosystem multifunctionality against anthropogenic
disturbances such as land use change. Many studies have shown the pivotal role of
soil biodiversity in maintaining ecosystem multifunctionality. However, the key
role of soil multidiversity (including different body size soil organisms across
multitrophic levels) in affecting ecosystem functions is poorly understood. We have
implemented a multitrophic perspective to study soil multidiversity by including
bacteria, fungi, nematodes (5 feeding types), and arthropods (thripidae, poduridae,
and others). Here we show that a multitrophic approach for soil biodiversity
assessment is important to highlight trophic interactions and their subsequent
effects on the soil multidiversity-ecosystem multifunctionality (MEF) relationship.
We postulate that soil multidiversity promotes soil health and thus drives the MEF
relationship. We assessed soil multidiversity, 11 variables for ecosystem
functions, and ecological network stability (reflected by co-occurrence network
patterns) in rubber plantations differing in land-use intensity represented by
monoculture (MRP), high (RHD) and low (RLD) diversity of other plant species. We
also included tropical rainforest (TRF) as a reference system to compare our
results. Results showed that soil multidiversity, multifunctionality, and soil
network stability significantly improved in RHD as compared to MRP. Soil
multidiversity rather than single diversity component had strong positive effects
on multifunctionality. More specifically, we found that the relationship between
soil multidiversity and multifunctionality was seasonally dependent on the soil
attributes and the body size of soil organisms. We observed a negative correlation
between large body size organisms and soil nutrients content in the dry season
while a positive correlation between small body size soil organisms and enzymatic
activities in the rain season. Particularly, we emphasized the role of soil
multidiversity in enhancing ecosystem multifunctionality and stability via its
prominent impacts on soil health. Our study elucidates that accurate identification
of soil health indicators is an important approach to imply remedial management
strategies to maintain soil health and MEF relationship in managed ecosystems such
as rubber plantations.},
Soil multidiversity
Multifunctionality
Body size
Seasonal difference
Rubber plantations},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN160,
author = {Wang, Xiaojun and Liu, Guangxu and Xiang, Aicun and Xiao, Shumei and
Lin, Durui and Lin, Yingbing and Lu, Yi},
title = {Terrain gradient response of landscape ecological environment to land
use and land cover change in the hilly watershed in South China},
volume = {146},
pages = {109797},
abstract = {There are abundant resources like climate, water, biological and
tourism in the middle and upper reaches of the Ganjiang River (MU-GJR), which is an
important ecological protection area in hilly areas of South China. The four
periods of land use and land cover (LULC) data from 1980 to 2018 and DEM data are
the main data support. The LULC change were analyzed with the area proportion,
transfers chord diagram and change characteristics map, the response of ecological
environment from LULC change was analyzed by using the landscape ecological
environment quality (LEEQ) and contribution index. Then the terrain gradient was
used to analyze the impact of LULC transfer on ecological environment under
different terrain conditions. (1) The LULC characteristics in the study area show
that was dominated by forest land and cultivated land (more than 90 %), various
types of land transfer significantly from 2010 to 2018, especially the cultivated
land, forest land and grassland. The stable type of LULC change was the most widely
distributed, followed by the later change type (2010–2018) and mainly distributed
in the flat valley, with the largest change range of cultivated land, forest land
and grassland. (2) The LEEQ was generally well, but gradually deteriorates. The
obvious change of LEEQ was found after 2010. The deterioration type of quality
mostly occurs around the city, while the getting better type occurs in the
transition area between the city and the mountains. (3) There are more
deterioration categories than improvement categories of LULC transfer from 1980 to
2018. The improvement categories were mainly contributed by the transfer to other
land to forest land and build-up land to other land. The deterioration categories
were mainly contributed by the transfer of forest land to other land. (4) The
impact of LULC change on the ecological environment decreases with the increase of
elevation, slope and terrain position. There are differences in the impacts of
various types of transfer on the ecological environment under the three gradients.
In the elevation gradient, the improvement effect were dominant at −105–100 m and
200–500 m, and the deterioration effect were dominant at 100–200 m, 500–1000 m and
1000–2128 m. In the slope gradient, the improvement effect were dominant at 0–2°,
15–25° and 25–69.7°, and the deterioration effect were dominant at 2–6° and 6–15°.
In terrain position gradient, improvement effect were dominant at 0–0.32, 0.32–
0.51, 0.7–0.9 and 0.9–1.58, and deterioration effect were dominant at 0.51–0.7.
Therefore, the specific conditions of different terrain gradients should be
considered for land resource development in the middle and upper reaches of
Ganjiang River region.},
Land use transfers chord diagram
Ecological environment
Terrain gradient
Ganjiang River},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN652,
author = {Wang, Xiaoyue and Wu, Chaoyang},
title = {Estimating the peak of growing season (POS) of China’s terrestrial
ecosystems},
volume = {278},
pages = {107639},
abstract = {Vegetation phenology is a sensitive indicator of climate change and
has substantial impacts on ecosystem carbon uptake. Previous studies have revealed
the importance of the start and end of growing season and investigated their
dynamics with climate change. However, the interannual variability of the peak of
growing season (POS), which also plays a crucial role in carbon cycle of
terrestrial ecosystems, has not been well documented. Here, we used field
observations from regional flux measurements to evaluate four methods in POS
extraction based on time series of satellite observed normalized difference
vegetation index (NDVI). Results showed that the combination of Savitzky-Golay
filter and cubic spline (SG-cubic spline) method had overall higher accuracy
(R2 = 0.77, RMSE = 8.3 days) than current approaches for POS detection. We then
analyzed the spatial and temporal patterns of POS in China during 1982–2015 and
found an overall advanced trend of POS in most regions, but variations were also
observed among biomes. Preseason temperature was the most important factor
controlling POS for about 25.6% of all pixels, followed by radiation (19.7%) and
precipitation (14.6%), respectively. A higher temperature overall advanced POS,
while influences of precipitation and radiation were highly biome-dependent. We
further investigated the impacts of POS on plant productivity and found that an
advanced POS would increase annual GPP, but this relationship was opposite in arid
regions, highlighting the role of soil moisture in dry areas. Our study is
meaningful for deepening the understanding between phenology and carbon cycling
with respect to future climate change.},
keywords = {Peak of growing season
SG-cubic spline
Climate control
GPP},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN752,
author = {Wang, Xiaoyue and Wu, Chaoyang},
title = {Estimating the peak of growing season (POS) of China’s terrestrial
ecosystems},
volume = {278},
pages = {107639},
abstract = {Vegetation phenology is a sensitive indicator of climate change and
has substantial impacts on ecosystem carbon uptake. Previous studies have revealed
the importance of the start and end of growing season and investigated their
dynamics with climate change. However, the interannual variability of the peak of
growing season (POS), which also plays a crucial role in carbon cycle of
terrestrial ecosystems, has not been well documented. Here, we used field
observations from regional flux measurements to evaluate four methods in POS
extraction based on time series of satellite observed normalized difference
vegetation index (NDVI). Results showed that the combination of Savitzky-Golay
filter and cubic spline (SG-cubic spline) method had overall higher accuracy
(R2 = 0.77, RMSE = 8.3 days) than current approaches for POS detection. We then
analyzed the spatial and temporal patterns of POS in China during 1982–2015 and
found an overall advanced trend of POS in most regions, but variations were also
observed among biomes. Preseason temperature was the most important factor
controlling POS for about 25.6% of all pixels, followed by radiation (19.7%) and
precipitation (14.6%), respectively. A higher temperature overall advanced POS,
while influences of precipitation and radiation were highly biome-dependent. We
further investigated the impacts of POS on plant productivity and found that an
advanced POS would increase annual GPP, but this relationship was opposite in arid
regions, highlighting the role of soil moisture in dry areas. Our study is
meaningful for deepening the understanding between phenology and carbon cycling
with respect to future climate change.},
keywords = {Peak of growing season
SG-cubic spline
Climate control
GPP},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN980,
author = {Wang, Yiling and Liang, Dongdong and Wang, Jian and Zhang, Yajie and
Chen, Fei and Ma, Xiaoyuan},
title = {An analysis of regional carbon stock response under land use structure
change and multi-scenario prediction, a case study of Hefei, China},
volume = {151},
pages = {110293},
abstract = {As the largest global carbon pool system, terrestrial ecosystems
have an important role to maintain the stability of ecosystems. Human activities
affect the structural changes in the ground surface and interfere with terrestrial
ecosystem evolution, and consequently, carbon stock is changed in the region.
Therefore, forecasting future carbon stock changes under different land use
scenarios has important research implications for promoting stable evolution and
cycling of terrestrial ecosystems. This study is conducted with the land use data
from 2000 to 2020, and incorporates the Patch-generating Land Use Simulation model
with the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-Offs model to analyze
the changes in land use in Hefei, and its influence on the carbon stock in Hefei in
various scenarios. During the study period, the mutual conversion between different
land types in Hefei City made the land structure change within the study area more
significant. The rapidly evolving surface structure is the reason for the decrease
of carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems, with a cumulative decrease of
1.2 × 108 t. The spatial distribution in carbon storage in the study area shows a
distribution pattern of low in the north and high in the south. The high carbon
storage area is obviously banded in the study area. The area with obvious changes
in surface structure has more obvious changes in carbon storage. Compared with the
natural development scenario, the downward trend of carbon storage in the
ecological protection scenario and the comprehensive development scenario has
slowed down due to the restrictions on the structural transformation of land types
and the implementation of relevant ecological protection policies. Therefore, this
study will support the future management and policy making of Hefei City with the
background of China's “double carbon” target and the significant position of Hefei
City.},
InVEST model
PLUS model
Carbon storage
Multi scenario analysis
Hefei City},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN55,
author = {Wang, Yue and Lan, Tianyuan and Deng, Shuyu and Zang, Zhenhua and
Zhao, Zhixia and Xie, Zongqiang and Xu, Wenting and Shen, Guozhen},
title = {Forest-cover change rather than climate change determined giant panda's
population persistence},
volume = {265},
pages = {109436},
abstract = {Climate and land-use change are two primary drivers of global
biodiversity loss, which increase the risks of extinction for giant panda, an
umbrella and one of the most heavily invested species in conservation.
Understanding how giant panda responds to these environmental changes thus is
critical for developing long-term effective conservation strategies. However, until
now most studies focused on only the effects of either climate change or land-use
change on giant panda. So, if the potential combined effects of these processes are
greater than either of them, the current conservation recommendations would be
inappropriate or misleading. Here, based on two national survey data on giant panda
occurrences across nearly thirty years, we quantified the variation of giant
panda's population persistence as a function of land-use (measured as forest-cover)
change, climate (measured as annual mean temperature (MAT), annual mean summer
temperature (MAST) and annual mean precipitation (MAP)) change, and the synergistic
effect of land-use and climate change. We found forest-cover change explained 38.1%
of giant panda's persistence variation, while climate change explained 20.1% of the
variation, and the synergistic effect of land-use and climate change explained only
1.5% of the variation. We confirmed that forest-cover change surpassed climate
change or the synergistic effect between them as the greatest force driving giant
panda's population persistence. Our findings highlighted the urgent need for a more
comprehensive understanding of the relative effects of climate change by
integrating climate change and land-use change rather than just focusing on climate
change in tackling global biodiversity loss.},
keywords = {Forest-cover change
Climate change
Synergistic effect
Colonization
Extinction
Giant panda's persistence},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN166,
author = {Wang, Zhanyun and Song, Wei and Yin, Lichang},
title = {Responses in ecosystem services to projected land cover changes on the
Tibetan Plateau},
volume = {142},
pages = {109228},
abstract = {The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is an important ecological security shelter
in China, yet the environment here remains fragile and is difficult to restore.
This ecosystem is likely to face additional threats in the future as it will be
influenced by human activities and climate change. Although a number of
investigations regarding land cover changes on the TP as well as resultant
influences on ecosystem services have been performed over recent decades, reliable
evaluation of future land cover change scenarios and their potential ecological
impacts remain absent. Thus, to remedy this, we developed a method that can
spatially and explicitly evaluate TP ecosystem services responses to future land
cover changes. Simulation results for TP land cover changes between 2010 and 2030
reveal that under a business-as-usual scenario, grassland area will increase by
1.04%, wetland area will increase by 6.01%, and forested area will increase by
0.07%. In contrast, under an ecological protection scenario, forested and wetland
areas will increase by 1.06% and 28.87% respectively, while grassland area will
increase by 7.09%. We then calculated the responses of ecosystem services over the
period same period; results show that under a business-as-usual scenario, land
cover changes on the TP would lead to a net primary productively (NPP) increase of
0.004%, a 0.011% decrease in soil conservation services, and a 0.023% decrease in
water yield. In contrast, under an ecological protection scenario, land cover
changes on the TP would lead to a NPP increase of 0.006%, a 0.007% decrease in soil
conservation services, and a 0.007% decrease in water yield. Ecosystem service
values given an ecological protection scenario will be slightly higher than those
given a business-as-usual scenario.},
Ecosystem services
Scenario simulations
Tibetan Plateau},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN181,
author = {Wang, Zhi-Jie and Liu, Shu-Jun and Li, Jing-Hao and Pan, Chen and Wu,
Jin-Long and Ran, Jun and Su, Yuan},
title = {Remarkable improvement of ecosystem service values promoted by land
use/land cover changes on the Yungui Plateau of China during 2001–2020},
volume = {142},
pages = {109303},
abstract = {Quantitative evaluation of the relationship between land use/land
cover (LULC) change and ecosystem service values (ESVs) is of great significance
for the scientific optimization of land use structure and the formulation of
sustainable land use policy, However, the responses of ESVs to LULC changes in
fragile ecosystem regions over long time scales and large spatial scopes in the
context of ecological restoration measures have seldom been studied. In this study,
the Yungui Plateau in China was used as the study region. Based on annual Moderate–
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land cover datasets (MCD12Q1) from
2001 to 2020, using the equivalent coefficient value of ESVs modified for the
specific situation of China, and adopting the Getis-Ord Gi* statistic method and
Spearman’s rank correlation analysis, the study estimated the values of 11 types of
ecosystem services, and analyzed the dynamics of LULC and its impact on ESVs from
2001 to 2020. The results showed that the LULC pattern in the Yungui Plateau
changed dramatically in the past two decades, with a significant increase in
forestland. The total ESVs improved remarkably from 638.10 billion yuan in 2001 to
746.99 billion yuan in 2020, and was mainly affected by forest restoration and the
conversion of grassland to forestland and farmland to grassland. The distribution
of ESVs shows obvious spatial and temporal heterogeneity; ESV hot spots were mainly
distributed in the edge regions, while ESV cold spots were concentrated on the
central and eastern of Yungui Plateau, and the decline in total ESVs still existed
and displayed an increasing trend caused by farmland expansion and forestland
degradation. Thus, we conclude that the LULC changes caused by ecological
restoration measures have a significant positive effect on the improvement of the
total ESVs in the Yungui Plateau and suggest that declines in ESVs in local areas
should be of high concern in future land use planning and management.},
Equivalent coefficient value
Yungui Plateau},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN502,
author = {Wang, Zhiqiang and Zhao, Mengying and Yan, Zhengbing and Yang, Yuanhe
and Niklas, Karl J. and Huang, Heng and Donko Mipam, Tserang and He, Xianjin and
Hu, Huifeng and Joseph Wright, S.},
title = {Global patterns and predictors of soil microbial biomass carbon,
nitrogen, and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {211},
pages = {106037},
abstract = {Soil microbes play key roles in driving and regulating nutrient
cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. However, a lack of global-scale information
regarding the distribution of soil microbial biomass carbon (SMB C), nitrogen (SMB
N), and phosphorus (SMB P) in terrestrial ecosystems has limited our ability to
incorporate the broad-scale soil microbial nutritional properties and the
associated processes into biogeochemical models. Here, we synthesized a global
dataset including 3801 observations for SMB C, 3154 observations of SMB N, and 2429
observations of SMB P in the top 0–30 cm soil depth. Based on this comprehensive
global dataset, we generated quantitative and spatially explicit maps of SMB C, N,
and P across terrestrial ecosystems using a random forest approach. We also
quantified the relative importance of multiple environmental variables in
predicting the spatial variation of SMB C, N, and P concentrations and then made
further predictions at a global scale. Soil organic carbon (SOC) was the most
important factor in predicting SMB C, N, and P at a global scale. At the global
scale, the storage of SMB C, N, and P were estimated to be 23.13 Pg C, 3.93 Pg N
and 2.16 Pg P in the top 0–30 cm soil surface, respectively. Our global maps of SMB
C, N, and P presented here can be used to constraint Earth system models, and
provide the first step forward to predict the roles of soil microbial nutrients in
terrestrial nutrient cycling.},
keywords = {Soil microbial biomass carbon
Soil microbial biomass nitrogen
Soil microbial biomass phosphorus
Spatial pattern
Terrestrial ecosystems},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN272,
author = {Wang, Ziyao and Li, Xin and Mao, Yueting and Li, Liang and Wang,
Xiangrong and Lin, Qing},
title = {Dynamic simulation of land use change and assessment of carbon storage
based on climate change scenarios at the city level: A case study of Bortala,
China},
volume = {134},
pages = {108499},
abstract = {Exploring future changes in land use and carbon storage (CS) under
different climate scenarios is important for optimizing regional ecosystem service
functions and formulating sustainable socioeconomic development policies. We
proposed a framework that integrates the system dynamics (SD) model, patch-
generating land use simulation (PLUS) model, and Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem
Service and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model to dynamically simulate changes in land
use/cover change (LUCC) and CS at the city level based on SSP-RCP scenarios
provided by the CMIP6. The simulations were applied to Bortala Mongol Autonomous
Prefecture in Xinjiang. Changes in LUCC were similar under the SSP126 and SSP245
scenarios, but woodland expansion was more rapid under the SSP126 scenario. Changes
in LUCC under the SSP585 scenario were different from those under the other two
scenarios, and this was mainly caused by the continuous reduction in woodland area
and the rapid expansion of construction land and cultivated land. By 2050, the
simulation results revealed that CS was highest under the SSP126 scenario (193.20
Tg), followed by the SSP245 scenario (192.75 Tg) and SSP585 scenario (185.17 Tg).
Overall, the results of this study suggest that increases in CS could be achieved
by controlling economic growth and population growth, promoting an energy
transition, and expanding woodland in the study area.},
System dynamics model
PLUS model
Scenario simulation
Carbon neutrality},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN372,
author = {Wang, Ziyao and Li, Xin and Mao, Yueting and Li, Liang and Wang,
Xiangrong and Lin, Qing},
title = {Dynamic simulation of land use change and assessment of carbon storage
based on climate change scenarios at the city level: A case study of Bortala,
China},
volume = {134},
pages = {108499},
abstract = {Exploring future changes in land use and carbon storage (CS) under
different climate scenarios is important for optimizing regional ecosystem service
functions and formulating sustainable socioeconomic development policies. We
proposed a framework that integrates the system dynamics (SD) model, patch-
generating land use simulation (PLUS) model, and Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem
Service and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model to dynamically simulate changes in land
use/cover change (LUCC) and CS at the city level based on SSP-RCP scenarios
provided by the CMIP6. The simulations were applied to Bortala Mongol Autonomous
Prefecture in Xinjiang. Changes in LUCC were similar under the SSP126 and SSP245
scenarios, but woodland expansion was more rapid under the SSP126 scenario. Changes
in LUCC under the SSP585 scenario were different from those under the other two
scenarios, and this was mainly caused by the continuous reduction in woodland area
and the rapid expansion of construction land and cultivated land. By 2050, the
simulation results revealed that CS was highest under the SSP126 scenario (193.20
Tg), followed by the SSP245 scenario (192.75 Tg) and SSP585 scenario (185.17 Tg).
Overall, the results of this study suggest that increases in CS could be achieved
by controlling economic growth and population growth, promoting an energy
transition, and expanding woodland in the study area.},
System dynamics model
PLUS model
Scenario simulation
Carbon neutrality},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1160,
author = {Watersmith, E. Claire and McDonald, Brandon and Dixon, Jeremy and
Cove, Michael V.},
title = {Biodiversity benefits of an ecosystem engineer are negated by an
invasive predator},
journal = {Food Webs},
volume = {35},
pages = {e00286},
abstract = {Ecosystem engineers play a vital role in community assembly by
modifying the environment to create novel habitat features. Woodrats (Neotoma sp.)
build and maintain intricate stick-nests that stockpile organic materials and
create habitat for other small species. The Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana
smalli) is an endangered subspecies endemic to Key Largo, Florida, USA, that has
undergone substantial declines due to habitat loss and predation by invasive
predators. We leveraged data from a camera trap monitoring grid at supplemental
woodrat nest structures to survey bird communities to evaluate the role of woodrat
nest use and stick-nest building related to bird abundance using generalized linear
models. We predicted that woodrat occurrence and stick-nest building would
positively correlate with bird species richness and abundance due to the creation
of habitat structures that support prey for birds. To test this, we analyzed the
relationship that bird abundance and species richness have with several indicators
of woodrat activity along with other environmental and predator variables. Bird
abundance was positively associated with woodrat supplemental nest use and stick-
nest building. However, these positive associations were largely negated by the
presence of free-roaming cats (Felis catus), an invasive predator, and dampened by
proximity to human development. We provide evidence that woodrats may have
cascading effects on their local food webs by creating foraging grounds for birds,
but this positive relationship is disrupted by the presence of an introduced
predator.},
keywords = {Ecosystem engineer
Feral cats
Invasive species
Predator-prey
Rodents},
ISSN = {2352-2496},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2023.e00286},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN129,
author = {Wei, Hong and Xiong, Liyang and Tang, Guoan and Strobl, Josef and Xue,
Kaikai},
title = {Spatial–temporal variation of land use and land cover change in the
glacial affected area of the Tianshan Mountains},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {202},
pages = {105256},
abstract = {During the past decades, land use/land cover change (LUCC) has
occurred in the glacial affected areas at unpredictable rates driven by natural and
human factors. Monitoring and identifying the spatial and temporal land cover
changes and driving forces in this unique type of region provides a scientific
basis for understanding the changing process of the Earth's surface, helping to
reveal the impact of climate change and human activities on LUCC. In this study,
the Tianshan Mountains (TSMs), which are located in the hinterland of Eurasia, were
selected to investigate the LUCC of its typical glacial affected areas that have
significant regional particularities. LUCC processes in the TSMs in China over the
past 35 years were analyzed using a dynamic change model, a landscape pattern
index, a centroid transfer model, and geoinformation Tupu based on the land use
data of 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2015. The results show that the areas of cultivated
and built-up lands immensely increased by 45.87% and 187.10%, respectively.
Correspondingly, the areas of bare land and ice and snow cover decreased by 26.76%
and 37.93%, respectively. The land use change in the TSMs was characterized by
different stages, and high conversion rates and intensities were obtained from 2000
to 2015. The landscape change was mainly reflected in the significant increase in
the number of patches and the simplification and regularization of patch shapes.
The spatial connectivity of different land use types also increased. The
temperature and precipitation in the region showed increasing trends, and the
melting rate of ice and snow cover significantly accelerated. This study can help
achieve a dynamic LUCC model to investigate the interacting influences of climate
change and human activities in glacial affected areas.},
keywords = {LUCC
Glacial affected area
Tianshan Mountains
Ice and snow cover reduction
Human activities},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN813,
author = {Wei, Liang and Li, Yonghua and Zhu, Zhenke and Wang, Feng and Liu,
Xiaoxia and Zhang, Wenju and Xiao, Mouliang and Li, Gang and Ding, Jina and Chen,
Jianping and Kuzyakov, Yakov and Ge, Tida},
title = {Soil health evaluation approaches along a reclamation consequence in
Hangzhou Bay, China},
volume = {337},
pages = {108045},
abstract = {Reclamation has been widely used to alleviate the degradation of
cultivated upland and support the increasing grain demand. However, the response of
soil ecosystem functioning and soil health to the reclamation of coastal wetlands
remains unclear. A reclaimed soil chronosequence over 1000 years in Hangzhou Bay,
China, was analyzed to assess two key approaches to evaluate soil health. We used
the minimum data set along with the soil quality index (SQI) area and the
sensitivity–resistance approaches. The physicochemical properties of the reclaimed
soils changed drastically at the initial stage (during the first 60 years) but only
marginally thereafter. Owing to continuous freshwater irrigation, plant
cultivation, fertilization, and desalination, from natural tidal flats converted to
vegetable fields, the SQI and soil multifunctional index increased along the
reclamation chronosequence. The soil properties sensitive to the reclamation of
coastal wetlands (electrical conductivity, exchangeable potassium, and enzyme
activities) explained most of the variation in the SQI area, followed by the
resistance indicators. This suggests that small changes in the sensitivity
indicators might have considerable impacts on the improvement of soil quality. The
most resistant properties with the slowest changes included pH and physical
characteristics—water content, bulk density, and aggregate size classes. The
quality indicators identified for reclaimed soils in Hangzhou Bay based on the SQI
area and sensitivity–resistance approaches can be useful for soil health evaluation
for soils affected by natural and anthropogenic factors. These approaches and
indicators can be effectively used to evaluate soil quality and develop sustainable
agriculture.},
keywords = {Reclamation
Minimum data set
Soil organic matter
Sensitivity and resistance
Soil quality index
Soil health},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1211,
author = {Wellington, Michael J. and Lawes, Roger and Kuhnert, Petra},
title = {A framework for modelling spatio-temporal trends in crop production
using generalised additive models},
volume = {212},
pages = {108111},
abstract = {Satellite imagery provides opportunities for inference of trends in
crop production across space and time. However, the large size of these datasets
has made application of statistical modelling approaches computationally difficult.
Recent advances in computational techniques and infrastructure have allowed
generalised additive models to be fitted to very large datasets. We propose a
framework for inferring trends in crop production across space and time using
generalised additive models which accounts for inter-annual trends (main effect of
year), spatial distribution (main effect of space), crop ontogeny (main effect of
month), inter-annual changes in seasonality (interaction between year and month),
and inter-annual changes in spatial distribution (interaction between year and
space). Application of the proposed model to farm scale, multi-field sites in the
Ord River Irrigation Area, Western Australia, demonstrates that this approach is
able to decompose variation into the aforementioned effects. Furthermore,
comparison of grain production observations and estimates for the Western
Australian Wheatbelt as ground-truth data showed agreement with inferences drawn
from the proposed model, with prediction terms for the main effect of year
positively correlated with estimated tonnes produced from 2013 to 2021 (p = 0.03).
Finally, application to Madagascar, which has been experiencing a food crisis,
revealed a decreasing trend in cropland Normalised Difference Vegetation Index
(NDVI) from 2014 to 2021 of 2.5%, raising concerns about ongoing food security. The
proposed modelling framework is adaptable to numerous agricultural research
problems.},
Generalised additive models
Agricultural productivity
Spatio-temporal},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN700,
author = {Wen, Jiqun and Chuai, Xiaowei and Zuo, Tianhui and Huifen Cai, Helen
and Cai, Limin and Zhao, Rongqin and Chen, Yingyin},
title = {Land use change on the surface area and the influence on carbon},
volume = {153},
pages = {110400},
abstract = {China has diversified landforms, the three-dimensional space area
check is more accurate to help determine China’s land use change and the caused
carbon variations. This study explored a new method to check China’s surface area
and examine the terrestrial carbon changes for the period of 2000–2020. The results
show that China’s surface area increased by 13.9% compared with the planar area,
with the increased area measuring 133 × 104 km2. The south and the west, especially
the southwest, usually have a high area increasing rate. Woodland has the highest
area increasing rate for all the provinces. 10% of the land had its land use type
changed. Cropland, grassland and unused show total land area decrease, woodland,
water, and impervious all increased. The mean increasing rate of land transfer on
surface area varied between 1.39% and 38.84%. The total amount of land use-type
change caused carbon loss reached −5907.44 × 104 t, of −3168.97 × 104 t from
vegetation storage loss, −2738.77 × 104 t from NPP and water. There were only seven
provinces show carbon increase, which were more located in the west. Per unit of
woodland loss will cause higher carbon release than other land use types. Land use
control need to be further strengthened, especially for the protection of woodland
at mountain regions.},
keywords = {Carbon sink/source
Carbon storage
Land use change
Surface area},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN800,
author = {Wen, Jiqun and Chuai, Xiaowei and Zuo, Tianhui and Huifen Cai, Helen
and Cai, Limin and Zhao, Rongqin and Chen, Yingyin},
title = {Land use change on the surface area and the influence on carbon},
volume = {153},
pages = {110400},
abstract = {China has diversified landforms, the three-dimensional space area
check is more accurate to help determine China’s land use change and the caused
carbon variations. This study explored a new method to check China’s surface area
and examine the terrestrial carbon changes for the period of 2000–2020. The results
show that China’s surface area increased by 13.9% compared with the planar area,
with the increased area measuring 133 × 104 km2. The south and the west, especially
the southwest, usually have a high area increasing rate. Woodland has the highest
area increasing rate for all the provinces. 10% of the land had its land use type
changed. Cropland, grassland and unused show total land area decrease, woodland,
water, and impervious all increased. The mean increasing rate of land transfer on
surface area varied between 1.39% and 38.84%. The total amount of land use-type
change caused carbon loss reached −5907.44 × 104 t, of −3168.97 × 104 t from
vegetation storage loss, −2738.77 × 104 t from NPP and water. There were only seven
provinces show carbon increase, which were more located in the west. Per unit of
woodland loss will cause higher carbon release than other land use types. Land use
control need to be further strengthened, especially for the protection of woodland
at mountain regions.},
keywords = {Carbon sink/source
Carbon storage
Land use change
Surface area},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN227,
author = {Were, K. O. and Dick, Ø B. and Singh, B. R.},
title = {Remotely sensing the spatial and temporal land cover changes in Eastern
Mau forest reserve and Lake Nakuru drainage basin, Kenya},
volume = {41},
pages = {75-86},
abstract = {This study aimed at characterizing land cover dynamics for four
decades in Eastern Mau forest and Lake Nakuru basin, Kenya. The specific objectives
were to: (i) identify and map the major land cover types in 1973, 1985, 2000 and
2011; (ii) detect and determine the magnitude, rates and nature of the land cover
changes that had occurred between these dates, and; (iii) establish the spatial and
temporal distribution of these changes. Land cover types were discriminated through
partitioning, hybrid classification and spatial reclassification of multi-temporal
Landsat imagery. The land cover products were then validated and overlaid in post-
classification comparison to detect the changes between 1973 and 2011. The
accuracies of the land cover maps for 1973, 1985, 2000 and 2011 were 88%, 95%, 80%
and 89% respectively. Six land cover classes, namely forests-shrublands,
grasslands, croplands, built-up lands, bare lands and water bodies, were mapped.
Forests-shrublands dominated in 1973, 1985 and 2000 covering about 1067 km2,
893 km2 and 797 km2 respectively, but were surpassed by croplands (953 km2) in
2011. Bare lands occupied the least area that varied between 2 km2 and 7 km2 during
this period. Overall, forests-shrublands and grasslands decreased by 428 km2 and
258 km2 at the annual average rates of 1% each, whereas croplands and built-up
lands expanded by 660 km2 and 24 km2 at the annual rates of 6% and 16%
respectively. The key hotspots of these changes were distributed in all directions
of the study area, but at different times. Therefore, policies that integrate
restoration and conservation of natural ecosystems with enhancement of agricultural
productivity are strongly recommended. This will ensure environmental
sustainability and socio-economic well-being in the area. Future research needs to
assess the impacts of the land cover changes on ecosystem services and to project
the future patterns of land cover changes.},
Land cover
Hybrid classification
Spatial reclassification
Change detection
Eastern Mau
Lake Nakuru
Kenya},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN327,
author = {Were, K. O. and Dick, Ø B. and Singh, B. R.},
title = {Remotely sensing the spatial and temporal land cover changes in Eastern
Mau forest reserve and Lake Nakuru drainage basin, Kenya},
volume = {41},
pages = {75-86},
abstract = {This study aimed at characterizing land cover dynamics for four
decades in Eastern Mau forest and Lake Nakuru basin, Kenya. The specific objectives
were to: (i) identify and map the major land cover types in 1973, 1985, 2000 and
2011; (ii) detect and determine the magnitude, rates and nature of the land cover
changes that had occurred between these dates, and; (iii) establish the spatial and
temporal distribution of these changes. Land cover types were discriminated through
partitioning, hybrid classification and spatial reclassification of multi-temporal
Landsat imagery. The land cover products were then validated and overlaid in post-
classification comparison to detect the changes between 1973 and 2011. The
accuracies of the land cover maps for 1973, 1985, 2000 and 2011 were 88%, 95%, 80%
and 89% respectively. Six land cover classes, namely forests-shrublands,
grasslands, croplands, built-up lands, bare lands and water bodies, were mapped.
Forests-shrublands dominated in 1973, 1985 and 2000 covering about 1067 km2,
893 km2 and 797 km2 respectively, but were surpassed by croplands (953 km2) in
2011. Bare lands occupied the least area that varied between 2 km2 and 7 km2 during
this period. Overall, forests-shrublands and grasslands decreased by 428 km2 and
258 km2 at the annual average rates of 1% each, whereas croplands and built-up
lands expanded by 660 km2 and 24 km2 at the annual rates of 6% and 16%
respectively. The key hotspots of these changes were distributed in all directions
of the study area, but at different times. Therefore, policies that integrate
restoration and conservation of natural ecosystems with enhancement of agricultural
productivity are strongly recommended. This will ensure environmental
sustainability and socio-economic well-being in the area. Future research needs to
assess the impacts of the land cover changes on ecosystem services and to project
the future patterns of land cover changes.},
Land cover
Hybrid classification
Spatial reclassification
Change detection
Eastern Mau
Lake Nakuru
Kenya},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2013},
}
@article{RN690,
author = {Westra, Sydney and Goldberg, Mark S. and Didan, Kamel},
title = {The association between the incidence of Lyme disease in the USA and
indicators of greenness and land cover},
journal = {Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases},
volume = {4},
pages = {100132},
abstract = {Lyme disease (LD) is the most common vector-borne illness in the
USA. Incidence is related to specific environmental conditions such as temperature,
metrics of land cover, and vertebrate species diversity. To determine whether
greenness, as measured by the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and
other selected indices of land cover were associated with the incidence of LD in
the northeastern USA for the years 2000–2018, we conducted an ecological analysis
of incidence rates of LD in counties of 15 “high” incidence states and the District
of Columbia for 2000–2018. Annual counts of LD by county were obtained from the US
Centers for Disease Control and values of NDVI were acquired from the Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument aboard Terra and Aqua Satellites.
County-specific values of human population density, area of land and water were
obtained from the US Census. Using quasi-Poisson regression, multivariable
associations were estimated between the incidence of LD, NDVI, land cover
variables, human population density, and calendar year. We found that LD incidence
increased by 7.1% per year (95% confidence interval: 6.8–8.2%). Land cover
variables showed complex non-linear associations with incidence: average county-
specific NDVI showed a “u-shaped” association, the standard deviation of NDVI
showed a monotonic upward relationship, population density showed a decreasing
trend, areas of land and water showed “n-shaped” relationships. We found an
interaction between average and standard deviation of NDVI, with the highest
average NDVI category; increased standard deviation of NDVI showed the greatest
increase in rates. These associations cannot be interpreted as causal but indicate
that certain patterns of land cover may have the potential to increase exposure to
infected ticks and thereby may contribute indirectly to increased rates of LD.
Public health interventions could make use of these results in informing people
where risks may be high.},
keywords = {Incidence of Lyme disease
Greenness
Land cover
Ecological analyses},
ISSN = {2667-114X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2023.100132},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN790,
volume = {4},
pages = {100132},
Greenness
Land cover
ISSN = {2667-114X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1091,
volume = {4},
pages = {100132},
Greenness
Land cover
ISSN = {2667-114X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1241,
author = {Whetton, Rebecca and Zhao, Yifan and Shaddad, Sameh and Mouazen, Abdul
M.},
title = {Nonlinear parametric modelling to study how soil properties affect crop
yields and NDVI},
volume = {138},
pages = {127-136},
abstract = {This paper explores the use of a novel nonlinear parametric
modelling technique based on a Volterra Non-linear Regressive with eXogenous inputs
(VNRX) method to quantify the individual, interaction and overall contributions of
six soil properties on crop yield and normalised difference vegetation index
(NDVI). The proposed technique has been applied on high sampling resolution data of
soil total nitrogen (TN) in %, total carbon (TC) in %, potassium (K) in cmol kg−1,
pH, phosphorous (P) in mgkg−1 and moisture content (MC) in %, collected with an on-
line visible and near infrared (VIS-NIR) spectroscopy sensor from a 18ha field in
Bedfordshire, UK over 2013 (wheat) and 2015 (spring barley) cropping seasons. The
on-line soil data were first subjected to a raster analysis to produce a common 5m
by 5m grid, before they were used as inputs into the VNRX model, whereas crop yield
and NDVI represented system outputs. Results revealed that the largest
contributions commonly observed for both yield and NDVI were from K, P and TC. The
highest sum of the error reduction ratio (SERR) of 48.59% was calculated with the
VNRX model for NDVI, which was in line with the highest correlation coefficient (r)
of 0.71 found between measured and predicted NDVI. However, on-line measured soil
properties led to larger contributions to early measured NDVI than to a late
measurement in the growing season. The performance of the VNRX model was better for
NDVI than for yield, which was attributed to the exclusion of the influence of crop
diseases, appearing at late growing stages. It was recommended to adopt the VNRX
method for quantifying the contribution of on-line collected soil properties to
crop NDVI and yield. However, it is important for future work to include additional
soil properties and to account for other factors affecting crop growth and yield,
to improve the performance of the VNRX model.},
keywords = {Yield limiting factors
Proximal soil sensing
Nonlinear parametric modelling
VNRX},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2017},
}
@article{RN2,
author = {Willoughby, Catriona M. and Topp, Cairistiona F. E. and Hallett, Paul
D. and Stockdale, Elizabeth A. and Walker, Robin L. and Hilton, Alex J. and Watson,
Christine A.},
title = {Soil health metrics reflect yields in long-term cropping system
experiments},
journal = {Agronomy For Sustainable Development},
note = {Contributors: [Willoughby, Catriona M., Topp, Cairistiona F. E.,
Hallett, Paul D., Stockdale, Elizabeth A., Walker, Robin L., Hilton, Alex J.,
Watson, Christine A.]},
abstract = {Soil health metrics with strong links to ecological function and
agricultural productivity are needed to ensure that future management of
agricultural systems meets sustainability goals. While ecological metrics and crop
yields are often considered separately from one another, our work sought to assess
the links between the two in an agricultural context where productivity is a key
consideration. Here, we investigated the value of soil health tests in terms of
their relevance to agricultural management practices and crop yields at contrasting
long term cropping systems experiments. One site was on a sandy loam Leptic Podzol
and the other on a sandy clay loam Endostagnic Luvisol. Furthermore, the
experiments had different management systems. One contained legume-supported
rotations with different grass-clover ley durations and organic amendment usage,
while the other compared a range of nutrient input options through fertiliser and
organic amendments on the same rotation without ley periods. Metrics included field
tests (earthworm counts and visual evaluation of soil structure scores) with
laboratory analysis of soil structure, chemistry and biology. This analysis
included bulk density, macroporosity, pH, available phosphorus, exchangeable
potassium, soil organic matter and potentially mineralizable nitrogen. Using a
novel combination of long-term experiments, management systems and distinctive soil
types, we demonstrated that as well as providing nutrients, agricultural management
which resulted in better soil organic matter, pH, potassium and bulk density was
correlated with higher crop yields. The importance of ley duration and potentially
mineralizable nitrogen to yield in legume-supported systems showed the impact of
agricultural management on soil biology. In systems with applications of synthetic
fertiliser, earthworm counts and visual evaluation of soil structure scores were
correlated with higher yields. We concluded that agricultural management altered
yields not just through direct supply of nutrients to crops, but also through the
changes in soil health measured by simple metrics.},
}
@article{RN226,
author = {Wilson, S. and Schuster, R. and Rodewald, A. D. and Bennett, J. R. and
Smith, A. C. and La Sorte, F. A. and Verburg, P. H. and Arcese, P.},
title = {Prioritize diversity or declining species? Trade-offs and synergies in
spatial planning for the conservation of migratory birds in the face of land cover
change},
volume = {239},
pages = {108285},
abstract = {Stemming biodiversity loss requires strategic conservation guided by
well articulated targets, whether they be proactive (e.g., protect biodiverse
areas) or reactive (e.g., protect threatened species). Both types of targets can be
effective, but there are trade-offs, especially for broadly distributed taxa such
as migratory species, a group for which conservation has been challenged by limited
knowledge of distributions throughout the annual cycle. We combined spatiotemporal
distribution models with population trend data to first examine focal areas for the
conservation of Neotropical migratory birds (n=112 species) during the non-breeding
period in the Western Hemisphere, based on a proactive approach (highest diversity)
versus a reactive approach (strongest declines). For focal areas, we then assessed
the extent of recent anthropogenic impact, protected area status, and projected
changes in land cover using shared socioeconomic pathways. Spatial priorities for
high diversity emphasized southern Mexico and northern Central America, and were
strikingly different from areas with species in stronger decline, emphasizing the
Andean cordilleras. Only 1.4% of the non-breeding region met targets for diversity
and decline, mostly in southern Central America. Areas prioritized to conserve high
species diversity have experienced less recent anthropogenic impact than areas
prioritized for species in decline but are predicted to experience more rapid land
conversion to less suitable agricultural landscapes in the next three decades. Our
findings indicate how efficient conservation efforts will depend on the careful
consideration of desired targets combined with reliable predictions about the
locations and types of land cover change under alternative socioeconomic futures.},
keywords = {Citizen science
Conservation prioritization
eBird
Human footprint
Land use
Neotropical migrant
Population decline
Protected area},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN326,
author = {Wilson, S. and Schuster, R. and Rodewald, A. D. and Bennett, J. R. and
Smith, A. C. and La Sorte, F. A. and Verburg, P. H. and Arcese, P.},
title = {Prioritize diversity or declining species? Trade-offs and synergies in
spatial planning for the conservation of migratory birds in the face of land cover
change},
volume = {239},
pages = {108285},
abstract = {Stemming biodiversity loss requires strategic conservation guided by
well articulated targets, whether they be proactive (e.g., protect biodiverse
areas) or reactive (e.g., protect threatened species). Both types of targets can be
effective, but there are trade-offs, especially for broadly distributed taxa such
as migratory species, a group for which conservation has been challenged by limited
knowledge of distributions throughout the annual cycle. We combined spatiotemporal
distribution models with population trend data to first examine focal areas for the
conservation of Neotropical migratory birds (n=112 species) during the non-breeding
period in the Western Hemisphere, based on a proactive approach (highest diversity)
versus a reactive approach (strongest declines). For focal areas, we then assessed
the extent of recent anthropogenic impact, protected area status, and projected
changes in land cover using shared socioeconomic pathways. Spatial priorities for
high diversity emphasized southern Mexico and northern Central America, and were
strikingly different from areas with species in stronger decline, emphasizing the
Andean cordilleras. Only 1.4% of the non-breeding region met targets for diversity
and decline, mostly in southern Central America. Areas prioritized to conserve high
species diversity have experienced less recent anthropogenic impact than areas
prioritized for species in decline but are predicted to experience more rapid land
conversion to less suitable agricultural landscapes in the next three decades. Our
findings indicate how efficient conservation efforts will depend on the careful
consideration of desired targets combined with reliable predictions about the
locations and types of land cover change under alternative socioeconomic futures.},
keywords = {Citizen science
Conservation prioritization
eBird
Human footprint
Land use
Neotropical migrant
Population decline
Protected area},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN950,
author = {Wilson, Scott and Alavi, Niloofar and Pouliot, Darren and Mitchell,
Gregory W.},
title = {Similarity between agricultural and natural land covers shapes how
biodiversity responds to agricultural expansion at landscape scales},
volume = {301},
pages = {107052},
abstract = {The impact of agriculture on biodiversity depends on the extent and
types of agriculture and the degree to which agricultural land contrasts with the
natural ecosystem. Most research on the latter comes from studies on the influence
of different agricultural types within a single ecosystem with far less study on
how the natural ecosystem context shapes the response of biodiversity to
agricultural production. We used citizen science data from agricultural areas in
Canada’s Eastern Hardwood-Boreal (forest ecosystem, n=108 landscapes) and Prairie
Pothole (prairie ecosystem, n=99) regions to examine how ecosystem context shapes
the response of avian species diversity, functional diversity and abundance to the
amount of arable crop and pastoral agriculture at landscape scales. Avian surveys
were conducted along 8km transects of Breeding Bird Survey routes with land cover
assembled within a 20km2 landscape around each transect. The amount of agriculture
at which species diversity peaked differed between the forest (15%) and prairie
(51%) ecosystems, indicating that fewer species tolerated the expansion of
agriculture in the former. In both ecosystems, functional diversity initially
increased with agriculture and peaked at higher amounts (forest: 42%, prairie: 77%)
than species diversity suggesting that functional redundancy was lost first as
agriculture increased. Species turnover with increasing agriculture was primarily
among functional groups in forest where a shift from a low to a high agriculture
landscape led to a decline in the percent of the community represented by
Neotropical migrants, insectivores, upper foliage gleaners and bark foragers, and
an increase in the percent of the community represented by short-distance migrants,
granivores, omnivores and ground gleaners. There were few distinct shifts in the
percent of the community represented by different functional groups in the prairie
ecosystem. Total abundance was the least sensitive measure examined in both
ecosystems and indicated that species losses with agriculture are likely followed
by numerical compensation from agriculture tolerant species. Our results highlight
the importance of ecosystem context for understanding how biodiversity is affected
by agricultural production with declines in diversity occurring at lower
agricultural extents in ecosystems with lower similarity between natural and
agricultural land covers. These findings allow for more specific conservation
recommendations including managing for species intolerant to agriculture in prairie
ecosystems and limiting the expansion of high contrast agriculture and the loss of
semi-natural habitat, such as hedge rows, in historically forested ecosystems.},
keywords = {Agricultural production
Citizen science
Community structure
Landscape scale
Numerical compensation
Species diversity},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN190,
author = {Wojkowski, Jakub and Wałęga, Andrzej and Młyński, Dariusz and Radecki-
Pawlik, Artur and Lepeška, Tomáš and Piniewski, Mikołaj and Kundzewicz, Zbigniew
W.},
title = {Are we losing water storage capacity mostly due to climate change –
Analysis of the landscape hydric potential in selected catchments in East-Central
Europe},
volume = {154},
pages = {110913},
abstract = {Are we losing water mostly due to climate change? This study delves
into that question. The main innovation of this research lies in developing a
methodology that forecasts future shifts in water resources through the use of
nondimensional indicators, such as Landscape Hydric Potential (LHP), caused by
climate change scenarios, land use and land cover (LULC) projections, and a
combination of both factors. The LHP method draws upon a range of indicators that
shape the geosphere at the catchment scale, namely: hydrogeological conditions,
soil conditions, climatic conditions, geomorphological conditions, and LULC. The
analysis was carried out for 33 catchments located in the Upper Vistula River Basin
in East-Central Europe. The study was conducted in the following stages. First, LHP
values were calculated for the present conditions. Subsequently, an analysis of
anticipated changes in LULC and in climate were conducted for the near and far
future. Lastly, simulations were performed to project how LHP might evolve,
considering potential changes in climate and LULC over time. The results have shown
that under current climatic conditions, mountainous catchments are characterized by
higher LHP values than catchments located in highlands or plains. Agricultural
areas are projected to experience the largest changes in LULC. Climatic water
balance indicate minimal changes, irrespective of time horizon. Our studies
conclude that changes in predicted LULC could have a more significant impact on LHP
values than the projected climate change.},
Hydrological alterations
Land use/land cover changes
Land use
And hydric potential modeling},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN148,
author = {Wojkowski, Jakub and Wałęga, Andrzej and Radecki-Pawlik, Artur and
Młyński, Dariusz and Lepeška, Tomáš},
title = {The influence of land cover changes on landscape hydric potential and
river flows: Upper Vistula, Western Carpathians},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {210},
pages = {105878},
abstract = {This paper presents an approach for mitigating water-related
problems, that relates the retention of precipitation and use of ecosystems, as a
tool for improving the quality, quantity and availability of water resources
throughout the region. One approach is the determination of the landscape’s hydric
potential (LHP). Land cover changes can influence ecosystems in different ways
depending on crucial factors that depend on water resources. Thus-far, many studies
describe the influence of land cover changes on individual features of catchments
and hydrological regime, but few have made an attempt to analysis how changes in
land cover can holistically influence processes in catchments. In this context the
innovative aspect of this work presents the consequence of land cover changes on
water retention expressed by LHP — a general descriptor that is linked with many
composite influence factors on water retention. A study was carried out on 33
catchments located in central Europe. Results show increased forest cover having a
positive trend in the context of LHP. Conversely, increased urban and industrial
areas negatively impact LHP. The presented analysis reveals that a few land cover
changes had direct and clearly positive effects on LHP. The LHP had decreased in 21
catchments and increased in 12 catchments. Decreased LHP was generally observed in
catchments located on the left side of the Vistula basin where there are more
advantageous conditions for agriculture, rising industry and urban areas. The study
showed that during the analyzed period, obtained changes of LHP values did not
strongly affect hydrological regimes in studied catchments. Our results show that
LHP is a very good and useful descriptor that includes many characteristics of
catchment and could be used for river catchment management purposes. The
landscape’s hydric potential can be used in any catchment in the world.},
keywords = {Water retention
Landscape hydric potential
Flows
Land cover
Catchments characteristics},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN225,
author = {Woldesenbet, Tekalegn Ayele},
title = {Impact of land use and land cover dynamics on ecologically-relevant
flows and blue-green water resources},
volume = {22},
number = {3},
pages = {420-434},
abstract = {Understanding how changes in land use and land cover classes
influence the portioning of rainfall into blue and green water resources as well as
land use dynamics on ecologically pertinent flows are vital for sustainable water
resource management and ecology. Guder catchment, one of the tributaries of the
Upper Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia, was considered for the conduction of
ecohydrological modeling using land use land cover maps and the Soil and Water
Assessment Tool (SWAT). Cultivation land is expanded while forest and plantation
are declined, consequently blue water component increased while the green water
component declined in the study catchment. Besides, the decline in low flow
specially during months of dry period and increase in high flow during rainy season
could have negative consequences for ecology. Therefore, sustainable land and water
management at catchment level is essential to protect an ecosystem and for
sustainable water resources management. The vital resilience capacity of the
ecosystem to accommodate alteration without loss of consistency should be
maintained. Change in green water due to land use land cover affects biological
functions in terrestrial ecosystem as green water is closely linked with biological
functions and rainfed agriculture. The approach applied in the present study to
investigate the land use and land cover change impact on blue and green water flows
as well as on ecological pertinent streamflows can be simply implemented in other
river basin systems.},
keywords = {SWAT
Indicators of Hydrological Alterations
Blue water
Green water
Ecology
Guder catchment},
ISSN = {1642-3593},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN325,
author = {Woldesenbet, Tekalegn Ayele},
title = {Impact of land use and land cover dynamics on ecologically-relevant
flows and blue-green water resources},
volume = {22},
number = {3},
pages = {420-434},
abstract = {Understanding how changes in land use and land cover classes
influence the portioning of rainfall into blue and green water resources as well as
land use dynamics on ecologically pertinent flows are vital for sustainable water
resource management and ecology. Guder catchment, one of the tributaries of the
Upper Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia, was considered for the conduction of
ecohydrological modeling using land use land cover maps and the Soil and Water
Assessment Tool (SWAT). Cultivation land is expanded while forest and plantation
are declined, consequently blue water component increased while the green water
component declined in the study catchment. Besides, the decline in low flow
specially during months of dry period and increase in high flow during rainy season
could have negative consequences for ecology. Therefore, sustainable land and water
management at catchment level is essential to protect an ecosystem and for
sustainable water resources management. The vital resilience capacity of the
ecosystem to accommodate alteration without loss of consistency should be
maintained. Change in green water due to land use land cover affects biological
functions in terrestrial ecosystem as green water is closely linked with biological
functions and rainfed agriculture. The approach applied in the present study to
investigate the land use and land cover change impact on blue and green water flows
as well as on ecological pertinent streamflows can be simply implemented in other
river basin systems.},
keywords = {SWAT
Indicators of Hydrological Alterations
Blue water
Green water
Ecology
Guder catchment},
ISSN = {1642-3593},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN471,
author = {Woods, Michaela J. and Attea, Grace K. and McEwan, Ryan W.},
title = {Resprouting of the woody plant Pyrus calleryana influences soil ecology
during invasion of grasslands in the American Midwest},
volume = {166},
pages = {103989},
abstract = {Biological invasion of woody plants into grasslands is a widespread
phenomenon that threatens the cultural value, biodiversity, and ecosystem function
of these unique systems. In the American Midwest, grasslands are increasingly
threatened by invasion of the tree Pyrus calleryana (Callery pear) which is
particularly challenging to manage and has strong potential to alter ecosystem
function. Mowing is a standard practice for maintaining Midwestern grasslands;
however, P. calleryana exhibits an aggressive sprout response to cutting and the
ecological implications of this behavior are not well understood. We measured the
response of soil moisture and pH, and soil enzyme activities representing labile
carbon cycling (β-glucosidase), recalcitrant carbon cycling (peroxidase and phenol
oxidase), nitrogen cycling (leucine aminopeptidase) and phosphorus cycling
(phosphatase) to determine how P. calleryana trees that are untreated and single
stemmed alter nutrient cycling compared to their cut and resprouting counterparts.
We found lower β-glucosidase activity and higher peroxidase activity underneath
single stemmed trees than underneath those which had resprouted, indicating that
there may be lower nutrient availability underneath untreated trees accounting for
differences in enzyme activity. Generally, invasive species leaf litter has faster
decay rates than native species, which results in higher activities of enzymes that
degrade labile materials in soil underneath the plants. Because soils underneath P.
calleryana do not follow this pattern, it is possible that its leaf material is not
as labile as other common invaders. We also found that increasing P. calleryana
basal diameter was associated with reductions in soil pH, which indirectly
increased peroxidase and phenol oxidase activities, enzymes which are indicative of
recalcitrant C sources such as lignin. This demonstrates that P. calleryana may
alter carbon cycling by altering the C inputs to the soil system from its leaf
litter. Taken together, P. calleryana may reduce plant richness and promote further
invasion by lowering the availability of labile carbon and lowering soil pH,
indicating that this invasion may be soil-mediated and self-reinforcing. Further,
we recommend continued mowing as a treatment for P. calleryana invasion to
ameliorate the impacts of its invasion even though there will likely be a sprout
response to treatment.},
keywords = {Enzyme
Epicormic sprout
Invasive species
Prairie
Callery pear},
ISSN = {0929-1393},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN414,
author = {Wu, Hui and Yu, Le and Shen, Xiaoli and Hua, Fangyuan and Ma, Keping},
title = {Maximizing the potential of protected areas for biodiversity
conservation, climate refuge and carbon storage in the face of climate change: A
case study of Southwest China},
volume = {284},
pages = {110213},
abstract = {A forward-looking approach that incorporates biodiversity and
nature-based solutions is needed for climate change adaptation. In this research,
we identified conservation priorities in 2050 for Southwest China (SWC) based on
habitat suitability, climate stability, and carbon storage capacity and presented
the results for 12 SSP-GCMs combinations. Our findings indicate that the mean
temperature of the SWC may increase significantly, with the largest predicted rise
being of 2.78 °C and the smallest being 1.36 °C. The carbon storage capacity of
terrestrial ecosystems in 89.03 % of the SWC's protected areas (PAs) is forecast to
increase by 2050. Among the 237 PAs, habitat suitability is expected to increase in
158 PAs. The climate change intensity in all PAs is expected to remain at a rate of
the weakest 15 % in the entire SWC. Based on our research, areas with high habitat
suitability, climate stability, and carbon storage capacity at the same time in
2050 would cover 23.80 % of the SWC, with an area of about 550,000 km2. The
representation of the SWC's existing PAs network reveals that the PAs' overlap with
conservation hotspots is only 13.71 %, with just 12.69 % of these hotspots being
adequately protected. Thus we propose a stepwise post-2020 conservation plan for
the SWC from now through to the mid-point of the century. By 2030, 25 % of the SWC
is expected to be protected, with the target increasing to 33 % and 43 % by 2040
and 2050, respectively. To achieve these goals, significant efforts are required
like developing a dynamic future planning mechanisms.},
Biodiversity
Climate refuge
Carbon storage
SSP scenarios},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN509,
author = {Wu, Hui and Yu, Le and Shen, Xiaoli and Hua, Fangyuan and Ma, Keping},
title = {Maximizing the potential of protected areas for biodiversity
conservation, climate refuge and carbon storage in the face of climate change: A
case study of Southwest China},
volume = {284},
pages = {110213},
abstract = {A forward-looking approach that incorporates biodiversity and
nature-based solutions is needed for climate change adaptation. In this research,
we identified conservation priorities in 2050 for Southwest China (SWC) based on
habitat suitability, climate stability, and carbon storage capacity and presented
the results for 12 SSP-GCMs combinations. Our findings indicate that the mean
temperature of the SWC may increase significantly, with the largest predicted rise
being of 2.78 °C and the smallest being 1.36 °C. The carbon storage capacity of
terrestrial ecosystems in 89.03 % of the SWC's protected areas (PAs) is forecast to
increase by 2050. Among the 237 PAs, habitat suitability is expected to increase in
158 PAs. The climate change intensity in all PAs is expected to remain at a rate of
the weakest 15 % in the entire SWC. Based on our research, areas with high habitat
suitability, climate stability, and carbon storage capacity at the same time in
2050 would cover 23.80 % of the SWC, with an area of about 550,000 km2. The
representation of the SWC's existing PAs network reveals that the PAs' overlap with
conservation hotspots is only 13.71 %, with just 12.69 % of these hotspots being
adequately protected. Thus we propose a stepwise post-2020 conservation plan for
the SWC from now through to the mid-point of the century. By 2030, 25 % of the SWC
is expected to be protected, with the target increasing to 33 % and 43 % by 2040
and 2050, respectively. To achieve these goals, significant efforts are required
like developing a dynamic future planning mechanisms.},
Biodiversity
Climate refuge
Carbon storage
SSP scenarios},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN60,
author = {Wu, Mia M. and Liang, Yu and Taubert, Franziska and Huth, Andreas and
Zhang, Min and Wang, Xugao},
title = {Sensitivity of forest composition and productivity to climate change in
mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest of Northeastern China},
volume = {483},
pages = {110434},
abstract = {Temperate forest is one of the largest forest biomes and is
undergoing remarkable shifts in forest composition and ecosystem productivity under
warming climates. However, there are considerable uncertainties when predicting
future dynamics of temperate forest ecosystems partly because of the uncertainties
in future climate predictions. Sensitivity analysis provides an effective mean to
evaluate the uncertainties in the predicted forest responses to climate change.
Here we evaluated the sensitivity of forest composition and productivity to climate
change in the mixed broadleaved-Korean pine forest, a keystone temperate forest
type in northeast China. In this study, we used a process-based forest dynamic
model, FORMIND, to simulate and predict the response of the mixed broadleaved-
Korean pine forest under climate change based on plant functional types (PFTs), and
we performed model calibration using forest investigation. We then designed a
factorial experiment to quantify the sensitivity to temperature and precipitation
of forest composition and ecosystem productivity. Results showed that the
uncertainty in future climate predictions could result in divergent responses of
forest composition and ecosystem productivity to climate change over the 21st
century. The response of PFTs to climate (temperature and precipitation) varied in
terms of aboveground biomass. Both shade-tolerant and shade-intolerant PFTs
exhibited higher sensitivity (>80% for most of the PFTs) to temperature than
precipitation, yet they responded oppositely to climate warming with shade-tolerant
PFTs generally increasing but shade-tolerant PFTs decreasing. Moderate shade-
tolerant PFTs showed higher precipitation sensitiveness (>50%). Such differences in
response and sensitivity of PFTs to climate change are related to PFTs’
competitiveness. Ecosystem productivity exhibited a higher sensitivity (≥50%) to
temperature than to precipitation. There was more increase in ecosystem respiration
than gross primary productivity (GPP) under warming climate, leading to a decrease
in carbon sequestration and net ecosystem exchange (NEE). Our study addresses the
importance of evaluating the sensitivity of a forest ecosystem model to climate
change, which is relatively less studied. The insight from the study may help
design effective forest management strategies to cope with future climate change.},
keywords = {Climate sensitivity
Aboveground biomass
Net ecosystem exchange
FORMIND model},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1267,
author = {Wu, Wei and Ma, Bao-Luo},
title = {Understanding the trade–off between lodging resistance and seed yield,
and developing some non–destructive methods for predicting crop lodging risk in
canola production},
volume = {288},
pages = {108691},
abstract = {Context or problem Efficient nitrogen (N) nutrient management is
important for developing sustainable strategies to increase seed yield while
reducing negative environmental impacts. Motivation to increase seed yield by
appropriately increasing N application rates would make crop lodging a potential
problem. Objective or research question Fewer studies have been conducted to
elucidate the trade–off between yield gain and lodging susceptibility in canola
(Brassica napus L.), and a non–destructive and high–throughput assessment of
lodging is seriously lacking. Methods In this regard, a field study consisting of
two varieties and five combinations of rates and timing of N application was
conducted to explore the strength of their trade–offs for better N fertilization
recommendation and to determine the feasibility of non–destructive technique for
diagnosing canola lodging susceptibility. Two non–destructive techniques including
root electrical capacitance and normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI) were
verified in this study. The susceptibility of stem and root lodging were quantified
by “safety factor” method. Result The results showed that there was a trade–off
between seed yield and lodging resistance under conditions of seed yield greater
than 1.3 t ha–1. Under high–yielding condition of 2021 cropping season, split–N
treatment, 50 kg N ha–1 at preplant plus 50 kg N ha–1 topdressed at the 6–leaf
stage, increased seed yield by 20% and lodging resistance by 38% for hybrid
‘Invigor L233P’, compared with the equivalent preplant–only N application. However,
under low–yielding condition, split–N treatments did not always show advantages
over the equivalent preplant–only N treatments in terms of lodging resistance and
seed yield, whereas the highest seed yield was generally attained under the split–N
application in all experimental years. Root capacitance and impedance were
significantly correlated with root morphological traits, which in turn affected
lodging resistance and seed yield, while NDVI was closely related to lodging
resistance (P < 0.01). Conclusions A split–N application strategy with moderate N
rates (100–150 kg N ha–1) can be highly recommended for canola production in
eastern Canada. Implications Indirect prediction of lodging susceptibility through
root electrical measurements and NDVI mapping have high applicability due to their
low cost and non–destructive properties, and are expected to serve as high–
throughput techniques for guiding N fertilizer management to improve seed yield,
while reducing lodging risk.},
keywords = {Nitrogen management
Crop lodging
Root capacitance
Seed yield},
ISSN = {0378-4290},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108691},
year = {2022},
}
@inbook{RN901,
author = {Wu, Yichao and Redmile-Gordon, Marc and Cai, Peng and Gao, Chunhui and
Huang, Qiaoyun},
title = {Soil biofilms: Evolving concepts and ecological functions},
address = {Oxford},
pages = {120-126},
abstract = {Biofilms are recognized as essential habitats for the majority of
bacterial and archaeal life on Earth. These microbial assemblages are hotspots for
trophic, genetic, and inter- and intra-species communication. The sessile lifestyle
confers survival advantages to biofilm inhabitants under harsh environmental
conditions. As one of the major microbial biomes, soil provides a huge internal
surface-area for biofilm formation. However, due to the opaque nature and spatio-
temporal heterogeneity of soil system, the distribution of biofilms in this medium
remains obscure. In this chapter, we present fundamental criteria and context for
understanding biofilms and their ecological importance in soil.},
keywords = {Ecological function
Emergent properties
Extracellular polymeric substances
Horizontal gene transfer
Microbial biomass
Microfluidics
Soil biofilm
Soil minerals
Spatio-temporal distribution},
ISBN = {978-0-323-95133-3},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN165,
author = {Wu, Yifan and Zhang, Xuan and Li, Chong and Xu, Yang and Hao, Fanghua
and Yin, Guodong},
title = {Ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies under influence of climate
and land cover change in an afforested semiarid basin, China},
volume = {159},
pages = {106083},
abstract = {Due to increasing global changes, understanding the corresponding
change in provisioning ecosystem services is becoming increasingly important.
Climate and land use change have been identified as two major environmental change
variables and will affect ecosystem services extensively. Nevertheless, the impact
of these two factors on ecosystem services, especially their relative importance
and combined effects, is still unclear. The objective of this study is to offer a
comprehensive method to investigate water-related ecosystem services and how they
are influenced by land use and climate change in the Luanhe River Basin (LRB),
China. This will serve as a case study to reveal widely general principles in
semiarid areas. The water-related ecosystem services between 1995 and 2015 were
first quantified spatially by the InVEST model for four scenarios. Then, the
effects of land use and climate change on the water-related ecosystem services were
assessed by two indices, the relative importance index (RII) and combined effect
index (CEI). The results show that the water-related ecosystem services in the LRB
have been dramatically reduced. Specifically, the water yield, nitrogen and
phosphorus purification decreased by 22.08%, 2.72% and 4.98%, respectively, from
1995 to 2015. Notably, climate change has a higher impact than land use change on
water yield and soil export, while land use change has a greater impact than
climate change on nutrient purification. In addition, changes in water yield and
soil export were different between the three sub-watersheds in the LRB, which is
likely due to the difference in land use types. Our results are potentially useful
for land management practices in the context of environmental change to enhance
ecosystems services and achieve sustainable goals in semiarid regions.},
Climate change
Ecosystem services
InVEST model
Luanhe River Basin},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1219,
author = {Wulanningtyas, Heppy Suci and Gong, Yingting and Li, Peiran and
Sakagami, Nobuo and Nishiwaki, Junko and Komatsuzaki, Masakazu},
title = {A cover crop and no-tillage system for enhancing soil health by
increasing soil organic matter in soybean cultivation},
volume = {205},
pages = {104749},
abstract = {No-tillage systems and cover cropping can improve soil organic
carbon (SOC), which enhances soil health and sustainability. However, the
interaction between tillage systems and cover crops in Andisols is still unclear
and requires further investigation. This study examined the relationship between
tillage systems and cover crop management and their effect on SOC and soil health.
This study was conducted from October 2017 to October 2019 at the Center for
International Field Agriculture Research and Education, Ibaraki University, Japan.
The field experiment design was split-plot, with the first main factor was being
tillage (no-tillage; no-till, moldboard plow; plow, and rotary cultivator;
cultivator), and the second factor was being winter cover crop (fallow, hairy
vetch, and rye). The measurement indicators included SOC, total N, C/N ratio,
available P, exchangeable bases (K, Ca, Mg, Na), cation exchange capacity, melanic
index, bulk density, soil penetration resistance, soil particle size distribution
(sand, silt, and clay) and substrate-induced respiration. The results showed that
no-tillage systems and cover crop management can improve SOC, total N, available P,
exchangeable K-Mg, CEC, bulk density, soil penetration resistance, and substrate-
induced respiration that serve as soil health indicators under soybean cultivation.
A comprehensive evaluation using Z-score, a formula for calculate the value of
certain variables that we observe with a specific treatment factor and compare it
with the average value of certain variables in all treatments, for SOC, several
soil characteristics, crop productivity, and biomass input, the highest score was
reached under no-till and rye management. The combination of no-till and rye cover
crops appears to be a good technique for increasing SOC and soil health in
Andisols. The melanic index values were greater than 1.70, indicating that the soil
was a fulvic Andisols with a low degree of humification. This suggests that no-till
with rye system can enhance SOC and soil health.},
Soil health
Farming management},
ISSN = {0167-1987},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN450,
author = {Wyman, Miriam S. and Stein, Taylor V.},
title = {Modeling social and land-use/land-cover change data to assess drivers
of smallholder deforestation in Belize},
volume = {30},
number = {3},
pages = {329-342},
abstract = {This study integrated remote sensing, household survey data, and
spatial modeling to assess drivers of deforestation within the Community Baboon
Sanctuary (CBS), Belize, an IUCN category IV protected area for the black howler
monkey (Alouatta pigra) established in 1985. We contrasted land-cover trends within
the CBS, as well as a 120 m river buffer running within and outside the CBS (the
focus of conservation). Additionally, we assessed the relative influence of
selected household economic activity and demographic data, participation in two
conservation initiatives, locational context, and land tenure on the probability of
deforestation using binomial logit models. Social survey and land-cover change data
was incorporated from 33 smallholder parcels from the years 2000–2004.
Deforestation rates within the CBS totaled 30% between 1989 and 2004, following
similar trends in Belize. Riparian areas were more likely to be deforested, as were
areas closer to roads. Although cattle correlated with the leading driver of
deforestation in the model, land tenure was not influential, despite its importance
within the literature. Although involvement with conservation initiatives is
correlated with decreased deforestation, other drivers are more influential,
stressing the influence of other competing factors on forest preservation that must
be considered with conservation development.},
keywords = {LULCC
Belize
Drivers of deforestation
Protected area},
ISSN = {0143-6228},
year = {2010},
}
@article{RN71,
author = {Xia, Chunchen and Xu, Jiahao and Tian, Haoyong and Liu, Junping and
Zhang, Shuo and Lin, Sihong and Chen, Tao},
title = {Quantitative hydrological response to climate change and human
activities in North and South Sources in upper stream of Qiantang River Basin, East
China},
volume = {44},
pages = {101222},
abstract = {Study region The North and South Sources in the upper stream of
Qiantang River Basin, China. Study focus Identifying the relative contribution of
climate change and human activities to runoff variation is essential for an
enhanced understanding on efficient management of regional water resources. We used
multiplied abrupt change testing methods to determine the baseline period (BP) and
two variation periods (VP1 and VP2) and used six Budyko-based methods to detect the
quantitative hydrological response to climate change and human activities. New
hydrological insights for the region The annual mean runoff of North Source
witnessed a decrease in VP1 before it increased during VP2, while it continued to
increase in South Source. The climate change dominated the runoff variation in the
North Source, while it was human activities that was the main driver for South
Source.The human-induced effect contributed to runoff decline in North Source,
while it led to the continuous runoff increasing in South Source. It shows that the
runoff change due to climate was more sensitive to precipitation than potential
evapotranspiration. The land use analysis illustrates that human-induced runoff
changes were composed of two aspects: 1) the increased proportion of woodland and
decreased ratio of farmland reduced runoff; 2) the increased percentage of town-
and-country-land increased runoff. The former influence was relatively limited
compared to the latter, as well as the climate change.},
Human activities
Runoff
Qiantang River basin
Land uses},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN822,
author = {Xia, Han and Zhang, Wanshun and Wang, Hao and Peng, Hong and Zhang,
Ziqian and Ke, Qian and Bu, Sifan},
title = {Spatial-temporal patterns and characteristics of ecological function
between 2009 and 2015 in China},
volume = {116},
pages = {106478},
abstract = {Ecological function reflects the ability of the land to provide
ecological goods to support high-quality human production and life. The evaluation
of the county-level ecological function across the whole nation is crucial for
sustainable land management, which has not been implemented effectively in China.
In this study, we proposed a unified system for the assessment of ecological
function that would be comparable at the county level, and we applied the system to
evaluate the ecological function of 2850 counties across China based on multi-
source data. We also examined the spatiotemporal changes in ecological function
from 2009 to 2015 using standard deviational ellipses and coefficients of
variation. The results showed that the number of counties with high levels of
ecological function in China decreased by 8.13% from 2009 to 2012 and then
increased by 0.6% from 2012 to 2015. The spatial pattern of the degradation of
ecological function shifted from the east-west direction to the southwest-northeast
direction and became centralized in the Central Plains area of China. The regional
imbalance in ecological function followed the order from high to low of the
central, western, northeastern, and eastern areas of China. Targeted policies were
proposed to control the degradation of the ecological function in the four regions
in China.},
keywords = {Ecological function
Assessment
County level
China
Main Functional Areas Planning},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN699,
author = {Xiao, Biqin and Bai, Xiaoyong and Zhao, Cuiwei and Tan, Qiu and Li,
Yangbing and Luo, Guangjie and Wu, Luhua and Chen, Fei and Li, Chaojun and Ran,
Chen and Luo, Xuling and Xi, Huipeng and Chen, Huan and Zhang, Sirui and Liu, Min
and Gong, Suhua and Xiong, Lian and Song, Fengjiao and Du, Chaochao},
title = {Responses of carbon and water use efficiencies to climate and land use
changes in China's karst areas},
volume = {617},
pages = {128968},
abstract = {It is crucial to determine the factors affecting the carbon use
efficiency (CUE) and water use efficiency (WUE) of vegetation in ecosystems.
However, the relationships between climate changes and CUE and WUE by karst
vegetation in China are still unclear. The response of the CUE and WUE to regional
climate change was studied by using trend analysis and partial derivative method.
In addition, the distribution characteristics of the CUE and WUE of different land
use types were analyzed. The following results were found. (1). From 2000 to 2018,
the average of CUE in karst areas of China was 0.557, and the average value of WUE
was 1.237g C kg−1 H2O. (2) The CUE of grassland was higher than that of forest land
(0.051), whereas the WUE value of grassland was far lower than that of forest land
(1.415 g C kg−1 H2O). (3) CUE was affected by precipitation (P), exhibiting an
increasing trend (5.5 × 10−3 yr−1), and the most obvious increase occurred in the
grassland (7.2 × 10−3 yr−1). Under the influence of solar radiation (SR), the WUE
decreased (−1.5 × 10−3 g C kg−1 H2O yr−1), and the largest decrease occurred in the
shrub land (−8.4 × 10−3 g C kg−1 H2O yr−1). (4) 90.31 % CUE increase depended on P
and SR, while 78.32 % of the decrease in the WUE was due to P and SR. This study
makes important contributions to clarifying the responses of the CUE and WUE of
ecosystems to climate changes in karst areas, optimizing the management of regional
water and soil resources, and promoting healthy development of the ecological
environment.},
Karst
Carbon use efficiency
Water use efficiency},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN799,
author = {Xiao, Biqin and Bai, Xiaoyong and Zhao, Cuiwei and Tan, Qiu and Li,
Yangbing and Luo, Guangjie and Wu, Luhua and Chen, Fei and Li, Chaojun and Ran,
Chen and Luo, Xuling and Xi, Huipeng and Chen, Huan and Zhang, Sirui and Liu, Min
and Gong, Suhua and Xiong, Lian and Song, Fengjiao and Du, Chaochao},
title = {Responses of carbon and water use efficiencies to climate and land use
changes in China's karst areas},
volume = {617},
pages = {128968},
abstract = {It is crucial to determine the factors affecting the carbon use
efficiency (CUE) and water use efficiency (WUE) of vegetation in ecosystems.
However, the relationships between climate changes and CUE and WUE by karst
vegetation in China are still unclear. The response of the CUE and WUE to regional
climate change was studied by using trend analysis and partial derivative method.
In addition, the distribution characteristics of the CUE and WUE of different land
use types were analyzed. The following results were found. (1). From 2000 to 2018,
the average of CUE in karst areas of China was 0.557, and the average value of WUE
was 1.237g C kg−1 H2O. (2) The CUE of grassland was higher than that of forest land
(0.051), whereas the WUE value of grassland was far lower than that of forest land
(1.415 g C kg−1 H2O). (3) CUE was affected by precipitation (P), exhibiting an
increasing trend (5.5 × 10−3 yr−1), and the most obvious increase occurred in the
grassland (7.2 × 10−3 yr−1). Under the influence of solar radiation (SR), the WUE
decreased (−1.5 × 10−3 g C kg−1 H2O yr−1), and the largest decrease occurred in the
shrub land (−8.4 × 10−3 g C kg−1 H2O yr−1). (4) 90.31 % CUE increase depended on P
and SR, while 78.32 % of the decrease in the WUE was due to P and SR. This study
makes important contributions to clarifying the responses of the CUE and WUE of
ecosystems to climate changes in karst areas, optimizing the management of regional
water and soil resources, and promoting healthy development of the ecological
environment.},
Karst
Carbon use efficiency
Water use efficiency},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN161,
author = {Xiao, Feiyan and Wang, Xunming and Fu, Congsheng},
title = {Impacts of land use/land cover and climate change on hydrological cycle
in the Xiaoxingkai Lake Basin},
volume = {47},
pages = {101422},
abstract = {Study region The Xiaoxingkai Lake Basin in China. Study focus
Watershed hydrological simulation is a prominent aspect of hydrology, however,
comprehensive analysis of lake basins based on hydrological simulation is rarely
conducted. Therefore, we used the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT+) with
dynamic land use/land cover (LULC) input and time-varying parameters to simulate
streamflow of the Xiaoxingkai Lake Basin and estimate the impacts of LULC and
climate change on streamflow during 1961–2017. We also evaluated the contributions
of LULC and climate change to water volume in Lake Xiaoxingkai through a lake water
balance analysis. New hydrologic insights for the region The simulated streamflow
agrees well with observations at most stations (Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency, NSE >
0.5, and goodness of fit, R2 > 0.8). Climate change has a positive effect on
streamflow which dominates the streamflow variations during 1981–1995 and 2006–
2017, whereas LULC change has a negative effect with a dominant role during 1996–
2005. The volume of Lake Xiaoxingkai increased slightly at a rate of 0.12 × 106 m3
yr−1, with climate change contributing the most (77.25 %) to the increase, followed
by direct human activities (47.50 %) and LULC change (−24.76 %). This study
facilitates a better understanding of the hydrological cycle in the Xiaoxingkai
Lake Basin under changing environments and is helpful for regional water resource
management.},
keywords = {SWAT+
LULC change
Climate change
Hydrological cycle
Lake water balance},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1000,
author = {Xiao, Jingfeng and Zhuang, Qianlai and Law, Beverly E. and Baldocchi,
Dennis D. and Chen, Jiquan and Richardson, Andrew D. and Melillo, Jerry M. and
Davis, Kenneth J. and Hollinger, David Y. and Wharton, Sonia and Oren, Ram and
Noormets, Asko and Fischer, Marc L. and Verma, Shashi B. and Cook, David R. and
Sun, Ge and McNulty, Steve and Wofsy, Steven C. and Bolstad, Paul V. and Burns,
Sean P. and Curtis, Peter S. and Drake, Bert G. and Falk, Matthias and Foster,
David R. and Gu, Lianhong and Hadley, Julian L. and Katul, Gabriel G. and Litvak,
Marcy and Ma, Siyan and Martin, Timothy A. and Matamala, Roser and Meyers, Tilden
P. and Monson, Russell K. and Munger, J. William and Oechel, Walter C. and Paw, U.
Kyaw Tha and Schmid, Hans Peter and Scott, Russell L. and Starr, Gregory and
Suyker, Andrew E. and Torn, Margaret S.},
title = {Assessing net ecosystem carbon exchange of U.S. terrestrial ecosystems
by integrating eddy covariance flux measurements and satellite observations},
volume = {151},
number = {1},
pages = {60-69},
abstract = {More accurate projections of future carbon dioxide concentrations in
the atmosphere and associated climate change depend on improved scientific
understanding of the terrestrial carbon cycle. Despite the consensus that U.S.
terrestrial ecosystems provide a carbon sink, the size, distribution, and
interannual variability of this sink remain uncertain. Here we report a terrestrial
carbon sink in the conterminous U.S. at 0.63pg C yr−1 with the majority of the sink
in regions dominated by evergreen and deciduous forests and savannas. This estimate
is based on our continuous estimates of net ecosystem carbon exchange (NEE) with
high spatial (1km) and temporal (8-day) resolutions derived from NEE measurements
from eddy covariance flux towers and wall-to-wall satellite observations from
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). We find that the U.S.
terrestrial ecosystems could offset a maximum of 40% of the fossil-fuel carbon
emissions. Our results show that the U.S. terrestrial carbon sink varied between
0.51 and 0.70 pg C yr−1 over the period 2001–2006. The dominant sources of
interannual variation of the carbon sink included extreme climate events and
disturbances. Droughts in 2002 and 2006 reduced the U.S. carbon sink by ∼20%
relative to a normal year. Disturbances including wildfires and hurricanes reduced
carbon uptake or resulted in carbon release at regional scales. Our results provide
an alternative, independent, and novel constraint to the U.S. terrestrial carbon
sink.},
keywords = {Net ecosystem carbon exchange
Eddy covariance
MODIS
Carbon sink
U.S.
Interannual variability
Drought
Disturbance},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN696,
author = {Xiao, Junzhu and Song, Fei and Su, Fangli and Shi, Zheyu and Song,
Shuang},
title = {Quantifying the independent contributions of climate and land use
change to ecosystem services},
volume = {153},
pages = {110411},
abstract = {Ecosystem services (ESs) are critical to human welfare and play an
important role in supporting sustainable social and economic development. Climate
change (CLC) and land use change (LUCC) are two of the most important factors
influencing ESs. However, few studies have tried to distinguish the independent
contributions of CLC and LUCC to ESs. Using meteorological, soil, land use, and
remote sensing data for Liaoning Province (China) from 2000 to 2020, the Integrated
Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model and Carnegie-Ames
Stanford Approach (CASA) model were used to construct scenario simulation
frameworks based on three hypothetical scenarios: 1) CLC effect only; 2) LUCC
effect only; 3) a combined effect of CLC and LULC. The three scenario simulation
frameworks were then used to determine the independent contributions of CLC and
LUCC to net primary productivity (NPP), water yield (WY), soil retention (SR), and
their temporal dynamics. Results showed that under the combined effect of CLC and
LULC, NPP, WY and SR in Liaoning Province exhibited a trend of gradual increase
from 2000 to 2020, increasing by 124.62 gC/m2, 30.64 mm/a and 0.63 t/km2,
respectively. Under the CLC only scenario, WY and SR changed by 6.24% and 2%,
respectively, exhibiting a more significant effect than under the LUCC only
scenario. In contrast, NPP changed by 25.71% under the LUCC only scenario, which
was more significant than under the CLC only scenario. Overall, CLC was found to be
the dominant factor affecting changes in WY and SR in Liaoning Province, with
independent contribution rates of 81.79%-84.02% and 73.57%-85.44%, respectively,
whereas LUCC was the dominant factor affecting changes in NPP with an independent
contribution rate of 86.12%-92.50%. Decreased precipitation levels and an increase
in temperature were the two primary factors driving fluctuations in the independent
contributions of CLC to WY and SR, while large-scale forest land area damage and
rapid urbanization were the two primary factors driving fluctuations in the
independent contribution of LUCC to NPP. The results of this study identify the
specific effects of different climatic conditions on ESs and highlight the conflict
between urbanization and ecosystem service provision, providing a theoretical
foundation for improving and increasing ESs and regional sustainable development in
Liaoning Province.},
Scenario simulation
Independent contribution
Climate change
Land use change},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN796,
author = {Xiao, Junzhu and Song, Fei and Su, Fangli and Shi, Zheyu and Song,
Shuang},
title = {Quantifying the independent contributions of climate and land use
change to ecosystem services},
volume = {153},
pages = {110411},
abstract = {Ecosystem services (ESs) are critical to human welfare and play an
important role in supporting sustainable social and economic development. Climate
change (CLC) and land use change (LUCC) are two of the most important factors
influencing ESs. However, few studies have tried to distinguish the independent
contributions of CLC and LUCC to ESs. Using meteorological, soil, land use, and
remote sensing data for Liaoning Province (China) from 2000 to 2020, the Integrated
Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model and Carnegie-Ames
Stanford Approach (CASA) model were used to construct scenario simulation
frameworks based on three hypothetical scenarios: 1) CLC effect only; 2) LUCC
effect only; 3) a combined effect of CLC and LULC. The three scenario simulation
frameworks were then used to determine the independent contributions of CLC and
LUCC to net primary productivity (NPP), water yield (WY), soil retention (SR), and
their temporal dynamics. Results showed that under the combined effect of CLC and
LULC, NPP, WY and SR in Liaoning Province exhibited a trend of gradual increase
from 2000 to 2020, increasing by 124.62 gC/m2, 30.64 mm/a and 0.63 t/km2,
respectively. Under the CLC only scenario, WY and SR changed by 6.24% and 2%,
respectively, exhibiting a more significant effect than under the LUCC only
scenario. In contrast, NPP changed by 25.71% under the LUCC only scenario, which
was more significant than under the CLC only scenario. Overall, CLC was found to be
the dominant factor affecting changes in WY and SR in Liaoning Province, with
independent contribution rates of 81.79%-84.02% and 73.57%-85.44%, respectively,
whereas LUCC was the dominant factor affecting changes in NPP with an independent
contribution rate of 86.12%-92.50%. Decreased precipitation levels and an increase
in temperature were the two primary factors driving fluctuations in the independent
contributions of CLC to WY and SR, while large-scale forest land area damage and
rapid urbanization were the two primary factors driving fluctuations in the
independent contribution of LUCC to NPP. The results of this study identify the
specific effects of different climatic conditions on ESs and highlight the conflict
between urbanization and ecosystem service provision, providing a theoretical
foundation for improving and increasing ESs and regional sustainable development in
Liaoning Province.},
Scenario simulation
Independent contribution
Climate change
Land use change},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN886,
author = {Xie, Bin and Zhou, Xijie and Huang, Lingfeng and Zheng, Xinqing and
Du, Jianguo and Yu, Weiwei and Chen, Guangcheng and Hu, Wenjia and Gao, Shike},
title = {The ecological functions and risks of expansive bivalve-macroalgae
polyculture: A case study in Sansha Bay, China},
journal = {Aquaculture},
volume = {560},
pages = {738549},
abstract = {Bivalve-macroalgae polyculture (BMP) is one of the most important
aquacultural means and can maintain a nutrient balance and prevent eutrophication
in aquaculture waters. Sansha Bay is a typical mariculture bay on the coasts of
southeastern China. The quantity of BMP has expanded in recent decades, while the
ecological functions and risks of intensive BMP remain unknown. This study compared
the food web structure and ecosystem characteristics between 2010 and 2019 using
Ecopath and simulated individual and combined effects of BMP on the ecosystem to
detect the ecological functions of polyculture using Ecosim. The results showed
that with the expansion of aquaculture in Sansha Bay during the last decade (2010–
2019), the total biomass (492.82 g/m2/a) and total flow (19,553.75 g/m2/a) of the
ecosystem in 2019 were higher, while the contribution of phytoplankton to primary
production accounted for only 13.5%. In Sansha Bay, the total transfer efficiencies
were lower than in other aquaculture ecosystems, 4.16% and 4.27% in 2010 and 2019,
respectively. The maturity declined slightly, and the ecosystem's primary
productivity was still redundant in Sansha Bay based on the analysis of ecological
characteristics. The biomass of phytoplankton increased more than two times to
remove BMP, which indicated the positive control of eutrophication and harmful
algae blooms. However, each culture species should be scientifically evaluated to
reduce the redundancy of the ecosystem, improve the system's maturity, and make the
aquaculture ecosystem more resilient and stable.},
keywords = {Polyculture
Sansha Bay
Ecological impact
Ecopath with Ecosim},
ISSN = {0044-8486},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738549},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN964,
author = {Xie, Ling and Wang, Hongwei and Liu, Suhong},
title = {The ecosystem service values simulation and driving force analysis
based on land use/land cover: A case study in inland rivers in arid areas of the
Aksu River Basin, China},
volume = {138},
pages = {108828},
abstract = {The ecosystem of inland river basin is of great significance to the
socio-economic stability in arid area. Therefore, to evaluate the ecosystem service
values (ESVs) is necessary for monitor ecosystem changes. In this paper, the
response of land use/land cover (LULC) during 1990 to 2020 in Aksu River Basin
(ARB) to ESV was explored. The advanced equivalent factor which modified by biomass
factor and socio-economic was used to evaluate the ESVs of the ARB. A patch-
generating land use simulation (PLUS) was used to simulate the ESV spatial
distribution considering the influences of temperature (TEM), precipitation (PRE),
NDVI, DEM, Soil organic matter content (SOMC) and Human Activity Intensity of Land
Surface (HAILS) of the ARB in 2030. The results show that the total ESV in the
study area showed an increasing trend (1.63 × 1010 yuan to 5.64 × 1010 yuan) from
1990 to 2020. The grassland had the highest ESV, accounting for nearly 50% of the
total ESV for the ARB. The factor detection results showed that q value had the
following explanatory power to ESV: HAILS (0.332) > NDVI (0.126) > TEM
(0.125) > PRE (0.108) > DEM(0.096) > SOMC(0.089)and the interaction between HAILS
and PRE had an effect of 0.493 on ESV. The shape index (SI) was negatively
correlated with the ESV, and the correlation coefficient was −0.794. The
aggregation index (AI) and Shannon's Diversity Index (SHDI) were positively
correlated with the ESV, and the correlation coefficients were 0.872 and 0.878,
respectively. The simulation results showed a rapid increase in ESVs in 2030, the
ESV of grassland would still be the largest, and the per unit ESV of plowland,
forestland, unused land and water area would be 20131.07 yuan/km2, 64743.29
yuan/km2, 3054.21 yuan/km2, 41398.54 yuan/km2, respectively. This paper can help
decision-makers achieve sustainable ecosystem service management and develop land-
use strategies in inland river basins in arid oases.},
keywords = {Ecosystem service value
PLUS
LULC
Aksu River Basin},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1116,
author = {Xie, Shuai and Liu, Liangyun and Zhang, Xiao and Yang, Jiangning},
title = {Mapping the annual dynamics of land cover in Beijing from 2001 to 2020
using Landsat dense time series stack},
volume = {185},
pages = {201-218},
abstract = {Compared to change detection using two-dates satellite images,
monitoring the changes at high temporal frequencies using dense observations can
provide more comprehensive understanding of the land cover dynamics for a given
place. Beijing, the capital of China, has undergone fast urban growth in the past
decades. The existing studies on Landsat-derived land cover dynamics in Beijing
mainly focus on 5- or 10-year intervals, or annual mapping of single land cover
type; however, the dynamics of all-types land cover in Beijing at one-year scale
were rarely investigated. To fill this research gap, we presented a time-series
land-cover mapping approach by combining the Continuous Change Detection and
Classification (CCDC) algorithm with Markov random field (MRF) model to explore the
annual dynamics of land cover in Beijing from 2001 to 2020 using Landsat time
series. First, the annual land cover maps for Beijing were generated using CCDC
algorithm. Then, the MRF model was applied to annual land cover maps to alleviate
the salt and pepper noise arising from the classification of CCDC at the pixel
level. Results showed that CCDC-MRF proposed in this study could produce temporally
and spatially consistent results which have higher annual average overall accuracy
(81.93%) than the results derived from CCDC (79.18%). In addition, the accuracy of
annual land cover changes for CCDC-MRF was 92.50% in spatial domain and 80.49% in
temporal domain, which were higher than the results for CCDC with 89.36% in spatial
domain and 78.38% in temporal domain. The major land cover change in Beijing over
the last two decades was characterized by urban expansion with the replacement of
cultivated land, leading to 13.53% of cultivated land being replaced by artificial
impervious surface, mainly occurring between the fifth and sixth ring roads. The
method proposed in this study could generate accurate land cover maps at high
temporal frequencies and the findings of this research could provide a better
understanding for sustainable urban development and management.},
keywords = {Landsat
Dense time series
Land cover mapping
Beijing},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN454,
author = {Xin, Zhang and Xiaoyu, Zeng and hao, Luo and Chenyi, Zhou and Zhile,
Shu and Lijun, Jiang and Zelin, Wang and Zheng, Fei and Jiayang, Yu and Xin, Yang
and Wenwu, Zhong},
title = {The relationship between geological disasters with land use change,
meteorological and hydrological factors: A case study of Neijiang City in Sichuan
Province},
volume = {154},
pages = {110840},
abstract = {Sichuan hilly area is located in southwest China, which have many
hilly area, is a densely populated, economically active, frequent geological
disasters area. In this paper, Neijiang City in the region is taken as the test
sample. This article, which analyzes Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes (LUCC),
meteorological and hydrological data from 2015 to 2020, takes Neijiang City in this
region as the research object. We explored the relationship between geological
disasters such as collapse and landslides that often occur in the natural
ecological environment with LUCC and meteorological and hydrological factors, using
GIS spatial analysis and statistical analysis methods. The research results
indicate that geological disasters mainly occur in farmland areas. The density of
geological disaster points is highest within urban areas, making them the most
prone to geological disasters. Geological disasters are more densely distributed in
the area within 600 to 800 m from the river. There is a strong correlation between
the average rainfall amount and the probability of geological disasters occurring.
This study provides a scientific basis for the geological disaster risk assessment,
prevention and control in this region. It has certain reference significance for
the ecological environment governance, land resources planning and management in
other similar regions.},
keywords = {Meteorology
Hydrology
Ecological environment
Land use
Geographic information system
Geological disasters},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN72,
author = {Xiong, Qinli and Xiao, Yang and Liang, Pinghan and Li, Lingjuan and
Zhang, Lin and Li, Ting and Pan, Kaiwen and Liu, Chenggang},
title = {Trends in climate change and human interventions indicate grassland
productivity on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau from 1980 to 2015},
volume = {129},
pages = {108010},
abstract = {Changes in global climate patterns and human activity have the
potential to alter key components of terrestrial ecosystems, such as the
productivity of grasslands. The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau is one of the most
sensitive regions and is affected by substantial climatic changes and intensive
human activities. In this study, the spatial distribution and temporal variation in
grassland productivity from 1980 to 2015 were examined using the proxy net primary
productivity (NPP). Trend and redundancy analyses were used to determine the
contributions of driving indicators (climate change and human interventions) to the
changes in NPP. During the past 35 years, the trend in grassland productivity
across the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau was one of significant increasing trend
(increase of 1.08 g C/m2/year). A trend of increase of NPP was observed for
approximately 82.79% of the total grassland area, with most of this area
distributed in the central region. However, a trend of degradation was observed in
the northwestern region of the plateau. The primary reason for the complex spatial
pattern and distribution of vegetation productivity was unsynchronized changes in
temperature and precipitation. Therefore, temperature and water content
(precipitation and melting water) were not good indicators for trends in NPP in
this area. Moreover, although variation in rainfall and temperature explained 9.75%
of the variation in grassland productivity, the effects of human interventions were
greater (23.48%). According to the redundancy analysis, the positive contribution
of ecological restoration projects (reducing the negative effects of humans) was
the most important indicator in the entire study area, followed by temperature
(conducive to vegetation growth and acceleration of melting glaciers). Most
conservation policies produced significant positive effects on the restoration of
grasslands and prevented or reversed the degradation of grasslands on the plateau.
Under increases in temperature and moisture on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, the
ecological restoration policies in conservation areas demonstrate an “increasing
trend in grassland productivity.”},
keywords = {Anthropogenic activities
Climate change
Ecological restoration
Grassland productivity
Redundancy analysis},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN58,
author = {Xiong, Wei and Reynolds, Matthew and Xu, Yunbi},
title = {Climate change challenges plant breeding},
journal = {Current Opinion in Plant Biology},
volume = {70},
pages = {102308},
abstract = {Plant breeding is important to cope with climate change impacts,
complementing crop management and policy interventions to ensure global food
production. However, changes in environmental factors also affect the objectives,
efficiency, and genetic gains of the current plant breeding system. In this review,
we summarize the challenges prompted by climate change to breeding climate-
resilient crops and the limitations of the next-generation breeding approach in
addressing climate change. It is anticipated that the integration of multi-
disciplines and technologies into three schemes of genotyping, phenotyping, and
envirotyping will result in the delivery of climate change-ready crops in less
time.},
ISSN = {1369-5266},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102308},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN260,
author = {Xu, Diandian and Lyon, Steve W. and Mao, Jingqiao and Dai, Huichao and
Jarsjö, Jerker},
title = {Impacts of multi-purpose reservoir construction, land-use change and
climate change on runoff characteristics in the Poyang Lake basin, China},
volume = {29},
pages = {100694},
abstract = {Study region The Poyang Lake basin at the Yangtze River, China.
Study focus Impacts of multi-purpose reservoirs on runoff are investigated through
the lens of spatio-temporal shifts in runoff coefficients (RC) before and after
reservoir construction. We furthermore use evapotranspiration (ET) modelling to
interpret possible additional impacts of climate change and other ambient changes
since the 1950s within the Poyang Lake basin, comprising one of China’s most
important freshwater resources. New Hydrological Insights for the Region: Results
show that annual average RC and ET remain essentially unchanged despite reservoir
constructions and irrigation development. We show that simultaneous, basin-wide
implementation of lake-to-land transitions (including wetland drainage) has had a
dampening effect on ET, contributing to unexpectedly weak ET trends. Our model
furthermore shows that the observed (modest) ET increases since the 1950s can be
fully attributed to the warmer climate in the region. Furthermore, the intra-annual
distribution of the monthly RC used to be almost identical in all sub-basins during
the pre-dam period. We show that the different operation schedules of multi-purpose
reservoirs, which reflect location-specific differences in water need over the
year, have resulted in pronounced temporal differences in sub-basin runoff
characteristics (including RC-values). The present analysis contributes to process
understanding, relevant for water management decisions in the Poyang Lake basin and
other major multi-purpose dam regions across the world.},
Land-use change
Multi-purpose reservoir operation
Runoff coefficient
Evapotranspiration
Poyang Lake basin},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN360,
author = {Xu, Diandian and Lyon, Steve W. and Mao, Jingqiao and Dai, Huichao and
Jarsjö, Jerker},
title = {Impacts of multi-purpose reservoir construction, land-use change and
climate change on runoff characteristics in the Poyang Lake basin, China},
volume = {29},
pages = {100694},
abstract = {Study region The Poyang Lake basin at the Yangtze River, China.
Study focus Impacts of multi-purpose reservoirs on runoff are investigated through
the lens of spatio-temporal shifts in runoff coefficients (RC) before and after
reservoir construction. We furthermore use evapotranspiration (ET) modelling to
interpret possible additional impacts of climate change and other ambient changes
since the 1950s within the Poyang Lake basin, comprising one of China’s most
important freshwater resources. New Hydrological Insights for the Region: Results
show that annual average RC and ET remain essentially unchanged despite reservoir
constructions and irrigation development. We show that simultaneous, basin-wide
implementation of lake-to-land transitions (including wetland drainage) has had a
dampening effect on ET, contributing to unexpectedly weak ET trends. Our model
furthermore shows that the observed (modest) ET increases since the 1950s can be
fully attributed to the warmer climate in the region. Furthermore, the intra-annual
distribution of the monthly RC used to be almost identical in all sub-basins during
the pre-dam period. We show that the different operation schedules of multi-purpose
reservoirs, which reflect location-specific differences in water need over the
year, have resulted in pronounced temporal differences in sub-basin runoff
characteristics (including RC-values). The present analysis contributes to process
understanding, relevant for water management decisions in the Poyang Lake basin and
other major multi-purpose dam regions across the world.},
Land-use change
Multi-purpose reservoir operation
Runoff coefficient
Evapotranspiration
Poyang Lake basin},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN585,
author = {Xu, Hang and Zhang, Zhiqiang and Wu, Xiaoyun and Wan, Jiaming},
title = {Light use efficiency models incorporating diffuse radiation impacts for
simulating terrestrial ecosystem gross primary productivity: A global comparison},
volume = {332},
pages = {109376},
abstract = {Estimating dynamic changes in gross primary productivity (GPP) of
terrestrial ecosystems has always been challenging. Indeed, light use efficiency
(LUE) models are extensively employed to capture GPP dynamics. Improved big-leaf
LUE models by introducing a cloudiness scalar and two-leaf LUE models by dividing
the canopy into shaded and sunlit leaves are two improved families for addressing
the widely-recognized effects of diffuse radiation on terrestrial ecosystem GPP.
However, the global performance in simulating GPP dynamics between such models has
not been evaluated comprehensively. Here, we assess and compare the global
performance of the ten LUE models considering diffuse radiation impacts (CFLUX,
DIFFUSE, CI-LUE, CCW, Wang's Model, CI-EF, TL-LUE, TL-LUEn, DTEC, and RTL-LUE) at
102 flux sites in a standardized framework. Results indicate that LUE models
considering diffuse radiation impacts can explain 46.7–63.6% of daily GPP
variability obtained by the eddy covariance technique. Seven of the ten models show
a better performance across all ecosystems than MOD17, despite the relatively poor
performance of three (i.e., DIFFUSE, Wang's Model, and DTEC). The seven improved
models exhibiting a similar explanation of GPPEC perform poorly in evergreen
broadleaf forests and croplands but well in deciduous broadleaf forests. Although
two-leaf models with higher leaf area index (LAI) sensitivity and better model
structure have greater potential to describe diffuse radiation fertilization (DRF),
their performance in capturing GPP dynamics is limited by the uncertainties of
remote sensing data. This study indicates the importance of accurate LAI for two-
leaf models and emphasizes the necessity of incorporating diffuse radiation impacts
into the global GPP estimates in the future.},
keywords = {Light use efficiency
Big-leaf model
Two-leaf model
Diffuse radiation
FLUXNET},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN273,
author = {Xu, Hongwei and Wang, Minggang and You, Chengming and Tan, Bo and Xu,
Lin and Li, Han and Zhang, Li and Wang, Lixia and Liu, Sining and Hou, Guirong and
Liu, Yang and Xu, Zhenfeng and Sardans, Jordi and Peñuelas, Josep},
title = {Warming effects on C:N:P stoichiometry and nutrient limitation in
volume = {235},
pages = {105896},
abstract = {Carbon (C): nitrogen (N): phosphorus (P) stoichiometry in
terrestrial ecosystems largely determines nutrient cycling in plant-soil-
microorganism systems. However, a comprehensive evaluation of the effects of
warming on plant-soil-enzyme C-N-P stoichiometry has not been well documented.
Here, a global meta-analysis of 603 pairwise observations was conducted to reveal
the impacts of experimental warming on C:N:P stoichiometry in plant-soil-
microorganism systems across different warming duration (0–5, 5–10, and >10 years),
magnitudes (<2 and ≥2 °C), and ecosystem types (cropland, grassland, shrub, and
forest). Overall, results show that warming increased soil N:P and vector angle
(reflecting the P limitations of soil microbes) by 4.2 % and 2.0 %, but decreased
plant shoot N:P and enzyme N:P by 15.1 % and 2.1 %, respectively. The percentage
changes of soil N:P and enzymes N:P increased but the vector angle and length
(reflecting the C limitations of soil microbes) decreased with warming duration.
The soil N:P, vector angle, and length increased but plant shoot N:P decreased with
warming magnitudes. Warming increased microbial P limitation but decreased the
microbial C limitation in the forest. MAP negatively affected the shoot N:P in
areas with a range of 400–800 mm. In conclusion, our results indicated that both
plants and microorganisms are more likely to be limited by P than by N under
warming. These effects were influenced by warming duration, magnitudes, ecosystem
type, and soil depths. The results deepened our understanding of C, N, and P
cycling processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Simultaneously, warming duration,
magnitudes, ecosystem type, and soil depths should be incorporated into the C and N
cycle model under global warming.},
keywords = {Carbon cycling
Stoichiometry
Meta-analysis},
ISSN = {0167-1987},
year = {2024},
}
@article{RN373,
author = {Xu, Hongwei and Wang, Minggang and You, Chengming and Tan, Bo and Xu,
Lin and Li, Han and Zhang, Li and Wang, Lixia and Liu, Sining and Hou, Guirong and
Liu, Yang and Xu, Zhenfeng and Sardans, Jordi and Peñuelas, Josep},
title = {Warming effects on C:N:P stoichiometry and nutrient limitation in
volume = {235},
pages = {105896},
abstract = {Carbon (C): nitrogen (N): phosphorus (P) stoichiometry in
terrestrial ecosystems largely determines nutrient cycling in plant-soil-
microorganism systems. However, a comprehensive evaluation of the effects of
warming on plant-soil-enzyme C-N-P stoichiometry has not been well documented.
Here, a global meta-analysis of 603 pairwise observations was conducted to reveal
the impacts of experimental warming on C:N:P stoichiometry in plant-soil-
microorganism systems across different warming duration (0–5, 5–10, and >10 years),
magnitudes (<2 and ≥2 °C), and ecosystem types (cropland, grassland, shrub, and
forest). Overall, results show that warming increased soil N:P and vector angle
(reflecting the P limitations of soil microbes) by 4.2 % and 2.0 %, but decreased
plant shoot N:P and enzyme N:P by 15.1 % and 2.1 %, respectively. The percentage
changes of soil N:P and enzymes N:P increased but the vector angle and length
(reflecting the C limitations of soil microbes) decreased with warming duration.
The soil N:P, vector angle, and length increased but plant shoot N:P decreased with
warming magnitudes. Warming increased microbial P limitation but decreased the
microbial C limitation in the forest. MAP negatively affected the shoot N:P in
areas with a range of 400–800 mm. In conclusion, our results indicated that both
plants and microorganisms are more likely to be limited by P than by N under
warming. These effects were influenced by warming duration, magnitudes, ecosystem
type, and soil depths. The results deepened our understanding of C, N, and P
cycling processes in terrestrial ecosystems. Simultaneously, warming duration,
magnitudes, ecosystem type, and soil depths should be incorporated into the C and N
cycle model under global warming.},
keywords = {Carbon cycling
Stoichiometry
Meta-analysis},
ISSN = {0167-1987},
year = {2024},
}
@article{RN1147,
author = {Xu, Lili and Herold, Martin and Tsendbazar, Nandin-Erdene and
Masiliūnas, Dainius and Li, Linlin and Lesiv, Myroslava and Fritz, Steffen and
Verbesselt, Jan},
title = {Time series analysis for global land cover change monitoring: A
comparison across sensors},
volume = {271},
pages = {112905},
abstract = {Comparing the performance of different satellite sensors in global
land cover change (LCC) monitoring is necessary to assess their potential and
limitations for more accurate and operational LCC estimations. This paper aims to
examine and compare the performance in LCC monitoring using three satellite
sensors: PROBA-V, Landsat 8 OLI, and Sentinel-2 MSI. We utilized a unique set of
global reference data containing four years of records (2015–2018) at 29,263 land
cover change/no-change 100 × 100-m sites. The LCC monitoring was conducted using
the BFAST(s)-Random Forest (BRF) change detection framework involving 15 global
timeseries vegetation indices and three BFAST models. Due to the different spectral
characteristics and data availability of the sensors, we designed 30 comparison
scenarios to extensively evaluate their performance. The overall results were: 1)
for global general LCC monitoring, Landsat 8 OLI slightly outperformed Sentinel-2,
and PROBA-V performed the worst. The performance among the three sensors differed
consistently despite different data availability and spectral observation regions.
Sentinel-2 was more competitive with Landsat 8 when the red-edge 1 band was
included; 2) Landsat 8 was more accurate in forest, herbaceous vegetation, and
water monitoring. Sentinel-2 performed particularly well in wetland monitoring. In
addition, we further observed: 3) missing data in time series decreased the
accuracy in all sensors, but had little influence on the relative performance
across sensors; 4) combining sensors would not necessarily improve the accuracy
because the complementary effects enhanced the accuracy only when there was a large
amount of data missing for all sensors; 5) the BRF framework maintained the
performance gap among sensors, but obtained a higher and more balanced accuracy
overall when compared with using BFAST methods alone, by involving ensemble
learning with an embedded sample-balancing strategy; 6) among the random forest
variables, the ‘magnitude’ proved to be the most important contributor, and the
NDVI had the most consistently good performance across sensors when compared
against other vegetation indices. All sensors using BRF still had some errors in
change detection, with a tendency to underestimate the global LCC. A potential
reason for this is the complexity of the diverse change/no-change characteristics
at the global extent and the fact that smaller, more subtle LCCs might not be well
detected. These limitations could be addressed by taking advantage of ensemble
learning approaches with a combination of multiple independent region/thematic-
adapted LCC monitoring models and using the original Sentinel-2 (10 m) and Landsat
8 (30 m) in the future.},
keywords = {BFAST
Random Forest
Landsat OLI
Sentinel-2
PROBA-V},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1126,
author = {Xu, Wenjin and Song, Jinxi and Long, Yongqing and Mao, Ruichen and
Tang, Bin and Li, Bingjie},
title = {Analysis and simulation of the driving mechanism and ecological effects
of land cover change in the Weihe River basin, China},
volume = {344},
pages = {118320},
abstract = {Land cover change (LCC) is both a consequence and a cause of global
environmental change. This paper attempts to construct a framework to reveal the
driving mechanism and ecological effects of different ecological factors under LCC
and to explore the ecological characteristics of future LCC. A rule-mining
framework based on a land expansion analysis strategy (LEAS) in the patch-
generating land use simulation (PLUS) model was used to analyze the drivers of LCC.
Neighborhood analysis and ecological effect index were used to investigate multiple
ecological effects of LCC. Remote sensing-based ecological indices (RSEI) and the
PLUS and stepwise regression model were introduced to explore and predict the
integrated ecological effect of LCC. Focusing on the Weihe River basin, study's
main drivers of LCC were precipitation, temperature, elevation, population, water
table depth, proximity to governments and motorways, GDP, and topsoil organic
carbon were the main drivers of LCC. Change directionality were similar for the
effects of greenness and biomass formation but opposite for summertime and
wintertime temperature. In addition, the conversion of land cover types to cropland
had the most significant integrated ecological effect, followed by forest,
grassland-shrubland, and other types. The RSEI is predicted to rise to 0.77 in
2030, and the areas where the ecological quality grade will improve and decrease
are concentrated on the east and west sides of Ziwuling Mountain, respectively. The
findings of this study have practical significance for land management and
ecological protection.},
Driving factors
PLUS model
Multiple ecological effect
Integrated ecological effect},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1014,
author = {Xu, Yanxin and Li, Xuejian and Du, Huaqiang and Mao, Fangjie and Zhou,
Guomo and Huang, Zihao and Fan, Weiliang and Chen, Qi and Ni, Chi and Guo, Keruo},
title = {Improving extraction phenology accuracy using SIF coupled with the
vegetation index and mapping the spatiotemporal pattern of bamboo forest
phenology},
volume = {297},
pages = {113785},
abstract = {Monitoring plant phenology is vital to maintaining the global carbon
balance and management under climate change. Bamboo forest is an essential forest
type in subtropical China with a strong carbon sequestration capacity. In recent
years, vegetation indices (VIs), which characterize canopy structural parameters,
and solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF), indicating the photosynthetic
activity of vegetation, have provided new perspectives on plant phenology at
regional and global scales. However, the best data sources and methods for
extracting the phenology of bamboo forests remain to be explored. In this study,
new vegetation indices were innovatively constructed by normalizing the VIs
(enhanced vegetation index (EVI), two-band enhanced vegetation index (EVI2), and
near-infrared reflectance of vegetation (NIRv)) based on Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) products and SIF products (GOSIF) based on OCO-2
satellites and then taking the mean values of the normalized VIs (EVI, EVI2 and
NIRv) and SIF. We called the new indices SVs (SIF and VIs combined indices,
including Se (SIF and EVI combined index), Se2 (SIF and EVI2 combined index), or Sn
(SIF and NIRv combined index)). Two time series reconstruction methods (asymmetric
Gaussian (AG) function fitting and double logistic (DL) function) and two
extractive phenology parameter methods (dynamic threshold method (DT) and
comparative threshold method (CT)) were employed to extract phenological
information. The advantages of SVs for extracting bamboo forest phenology (BFP)
were verified by comparing the extraction performance of VIs, SIF, and SVs on the
SOS and EOS of bamboo forests. Thus, the best way to extract BFP was explored, and
the spatial distribution and spatial-temporal variation characteristics of BFP in
China from 2011 to 2020 were analyzed. The results are described as follows: (1)
SVs are better able to extract BFP parameters compared with VIs and SIF, especially
in bamboo forest-specific off-years and on-years; (2) SIF has better accuracy than
VIs in extracting BFP, where both SOS and EOS values obtained from VIs are
overestimated, and SIF can reflect BFP information earlier; and (3) the best data
sources for extracting SOS and EOS in bamboo forests are Sn and Se, respectively,
and the optimal methods are AG_CT and DL_DT, respectively. Compared with SIF, the
R2 values of Sn and Se extracted SOS and EOS are improved by 40.7% and 7.7%, and
the RMSE values are reduced by 24.7% and 0.7%, respectively; and (4) the SOS for
bamboo forests in China from 2011 to 2020 was mainly concentrated in 80–100 days,
with an overall advancing trend; the EOS was mainly concentrated in 300–320 days,
with an overall delay. The results show that the SVs obtained by coupling VIs and
SIF can better track the BFP information, providing a practical reference for
macroscopic monitoring of BFP based on medium-resolution time series data.},
keywords = {Bamboo forest
Plant phenology
GOSIF
SOS
EOS},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN19,
author = {Xu, Z. P. and Li, Y. P. and Huang, G. H. and Wang, S. G. and Liu, Y.
R.},
title = {A multi-scenario ensemble streamflow forecast method for Amu Darya
River Basin under considering climate and land-use changes},
volume = {598},
pages = {126276},
abstract = {Land-use and climate changes have impacts on hydrological processes
for river basin. In this study, a multi-scenario ensemble streamflow forecast
(MESF) method is developed for analyzing the streamflow variation under considering
climate and land-use changes, through incorporating CA-Markov model, global climate
model (GCM) and Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model within a general
framework. The advantages of MESF are as follows: (i) it can simultaneously assess
the impacts of land-use and climate changes on streamflow; (ii) it can obtain the
possible trend and the range of future streamflows through ensemble forecast under
multiple scenarios; (iii) based on analysis of streamflow processes under extreme
scenarios, it can examine the effects of key factors on streamflow. The MESF method
is applied to the upper reaches of the Amu Darya River Basin in Central Asia.
Totally 72 scenarios, under different land-use patterns, GCMs and Representative
Concentration Pathways (RCPs), are analyzed. Ensemble forecast results reveal that
(i) during 2021–2050, the average annual precipitation and the average annual
temperature would both increase, but the mean annual streamflow would decrease;
(ii) compared to the impact of land-use change, climate change has more obvious
effects on the streamflow (with contribution of 78.8%–98.7%); (iii) among all
factors of land-use change, glacier melting triggered by climate warming is the
most prominent factor; (iv) the peak flow in one year would have a tendency to
shift from summer to spring due to the rising temperature and the speeding up snow
melt.},
keywords = {CA-Markov
Climate change
Ensemble forecast
Land-use change
Multiple scenarios
SWAT},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1058,
author = {Xu, Zewei and Guan, Kaiyu and Casler, Nathan and Peng, Bin and Wang,
Shaowen},
title = {A 3D convolutional neural network method for land cover classification
using LiDAR and multi-temporal Landsat imagery},
volume = {144},
pages = {423-434},
abstract = {Terrestrial landscape has complex three-dimensional (3D) features
that are difficult to extract using traditional methods based on 2D
representations. These methods often relegate such features to raster or metric-
based (two-dimensional) representations based on Digital Surface Models (DSM) or
Digital Elevation Models (DEM), and thus are not suitable for resolving
morphological and intensity features for fine-scale land cover mapping. Small-
footprint LiDAR provides an ideal way for capturing these 3D features. This
research develops a novel method of integrating airborne LiDAR derived features and
multi-temporal Landsat images to classify land cover types. We tested our approach
in Williamson County, Illinois, which has diverse and mixed landscape features.
Specifically, our method applied a 3D convolutional neural network (CNN) approach
to extract features from LiDAR point clouds by (1) creating an occupancy grid, an
intensity grid at 1-meter resolution, and then (2) normalizing and incorporating
data into the 3D CNN. The extracted features (e.g., morphological and intensity
features) from the 3D CNN were finally combined with multi-temporal spectral data
to enhance the performance of land cover classification based on a Support Vector
Machine classifier. Visual interpretation from both hyper-resolution photos and
point clouds was used for training and preparation of testing data. The
classification results show that our method outperforms a traditional method by
2.65% (from 81.52% to 84.17%) when solely using LiDAR and 2.19% (from 90.20% to
92.57%) when combining all available imageries. We demonstrate that our method can
effectively extract LiDAR features and improve fine-scale land cover mapping
through fusion of complementary types of remote sensing data.},
keywords = {Big data analysis
Land cover classification
LiDAR
Multi-temporal Landsat imagery},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN1298,
author = {Xuan, Fu and Dong, Yi and Li, Jiayu and Li, Xuecao and Su, Wei and
Huang, Xianda and Huang, Jianxi and Xie, Zixuan and Li, Ziqian and Liu, Hui and
Tao, Wancheng and Wen, Yanan and Zhang, Ying},
title = {Mapping crop type in Northeast China during 2013–2021 using automatic
sampling and tile-based image classification},
Geoinformation},
volume = {117},
pages = {103178},
abstract = {Northeast China is one of the most major grain banks in China and
has an overwhelming influence on food security. To mitigate the challenges caused
by increasing food demands and soil protection, crop rotation and fallowing
policies have been introduced in Northeast China. These soil protection policies
change annual crop planting area and crop distribution. To monitor crop type and
its changes on a regional scale in time series, we explore the automatic sampling
approach by hexagon strategy and tile-based classification by random forest (RF)
algorithm using time-series Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) images during
2013–2021. The crop maps have high credibility with the overall accuracies (OA)
wall-to-wall ranging from 0.89 to 0.97, and also have close agreement with
statistical data city by city. This study provides a highly reliable long-term crop
maps dataset, which can be helpful for food security and regional agricultural
production management.},
keywords = {Crop mapping
Google Earth Engine
Time-series
Tile-based classification
Random forest},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1139,
author = {Xue, Shou-Ye and Xu, Hai-Yan and Mu, Cui-Cui and Wu, Tong-Hua and Li,
Wang-Ping and Zhang, Wen-Xin and Streletskaya, Irina and Grebenets, Valery and
Sokratov, Sergey and Kizyakov, Alexander and Wu, Xiao-Dong},
title = {Changes in different land cover areas and NDVI values in northern
latitudes from 1982 to 2015},
journal = {Advances in Climate Change Research},
volume = {12},
number = {4},
pages = {456-465},
abstract = {Climate warming leads to vast changes in the land cover types and
plant biomass in the northern high-latitude regions. The overall trend is of
shrubland and tree lines moving northwards, while changes in different land cover
types and vegetation growth in response to climate change are largely unknown.
Here, we selected land areas with latitudes higher than 50°N as the study area. We
compared the land cover type changes and explored relationships between the
normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) values of different land cover types,
air temperature, and precipitation during 1982–2015 based on dynamic grid. The
results indicated that forest and shrubland areas increased as a large area of
grassland shifted to forest and shrubland. The snow/ice, tundra and grassland
largely have decreased from 1982 to 2015. Although approximately 277.3 × 103 km2 of
barren land (6.2% of the total barren land area in 1982) changed to tundra, the
tundra area still decreased because some tundra shifted to forest and grassland.
The NDVI values of tundra significantly increased, but the shrubland showed a
decreasing trend. Temperature in the growing season (June to September) showed the
largest positive correlation coefficients with the NDVI values of forest, tundra,
grassland, and cropland. However, due to shrubification processes and plant
mortality in shrubland areas, the shrubland NDVI showed negative relationship with
annual temperature but positively correlated with monthly t. Taken together,
although there is large room for improvement of the land cover type data accuracy,
our results suggested that the land cover types in high-latitude regions changed
significantly, while the NDVI values of the different land cover types showed
different responses to climate change.},
keywords = {Air temperature
Arctic
Climate change
Precipitation
NDVI},
ISSN = {1674-9278},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2021.04.003},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN88,
author = {Yakubu, Suleiman O. and Falconer, Lynne and Telfer, Trevor C.},
title = {Scenario analysis and land use change modelling reveal opportunities
and challenges for sustainable expansion of aquaculture in Nigeria},
journal = {Aquaculture Reports},
volume = {23},
pages = {101071},
abstract = {This study explores the critical factors of pond aquaculture
development in Nigeria, and opportunities and challenges for sustainable expansion
of the sector. Aquaculture’s role in food security especially in developing
countries has been recognized, including its growth potential. However, Nigeria’s
aquaculture development remains slow. Using Delphi technique, key factors
influencing aquaculture were identified: availability/cost of aquafeed, land use
change, government policy and climate change. Then scenario planning was used to
develop four alternative but plausible pathways (scenarios) for Nigerian
aquaculture development to 2035, depicting baseline, favourable, somewhat
favourable, and unfavourable situations. For each scenario, future pond aquaculture
production was estimated by modelling future changes in land use and pond yield
potential. Government estimates suggest a potential of producing 2.5 million metric
tonnes (t) of fish annually, but our results suggest Nigeria is unlikely to reach
this estimate by 2035 without interventions. While the qualitative scenarios are
useful to enhance discussions on potential interventions for improving aquaculture
production and sustainability, the quantitative projections can be used for
evaluating these interventions.},
keywords = {Aquaculture
Scenario planning
Land use change
Food security
Nigeria
ISSN = {2352-5134},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101071},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN38,
author = {Yan, Yuchao and Wu, Changjiang and Wen, Youyue},
title = {Determining the impacts of climate change and urban expansion on net
primary productivity using the spatio-temporal fusion of remote sensing data},
volume = {127},
pages = {107737},
abstract = {Climate change (CLC) and urban expansion (URE) have profoundly
altered the terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP). Many studies have
determined the effects of CLC and URE on the NPP. However, these studies were
conducted at low resolutions (250–1000 m), making it difficult to detect many
smaller new urban lands, and thus potentially underestimating the contribution of
URE. To accurately determine the contributions of CLC and URE to the NPP, this
study takes Beijing as an example and uses an Enhanced Spatial and Temporal
Adaptive Reflectance Fusion Model (ESTARFM) to fuse the spatial resolution of the
Landsat Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the temporal resolution
of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) NDVI to generate a new
NDVI with a high spatio-temporal resolution. Compared with the Landsat NDVI, the
NDVI fused by the ESTARFM is found to be reliable. The fused NDVI was then inputted
into the Carnegie–Ames–Stanford Approach (CASA) model to generate the NPP with a
high spatio-temporal resolution, namely, the 30-m NPP. Compared with the 250-m NPP
generated by directly inputting the MODIS NDVI into the CASA model, the 30-m NPP as
a new ecological indicator is more accurate than the 250-m NPP. Due to the high
resolution of the 30-m NPP and its increased ability to detect more new urban
lands, the total loss of the 30-m NPP caused by URE is much higher than that of the
250-m NPP. For the same reason, especially in rapidly urbanized areas, the
contribution ratio of URE to the 30-m NPP is much higher than that to the 250-m
NPP. Moreover, in natural vegetation cover areas, CLC, which is measured by the
interannual changes in temperature, precipitation, and solar radiation, is the
leading factor of the change in the NPP. However, within the urban areas, residual
factors other than CLC and URE, such as the introduction of exotic high-
productivity vegetation, irrigation, fertilization, and pest control, dominate the
change in the NPP. The results of this study are expected to contribute to a deeper
understanding of the influences of CLC and URE on terrestrial ecosystem carbon
cycles and provide an important theoretical reference for urban planning.},
Urban expansion
Spatio-temporal fusion
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN638,
volume = {127},
pages = {107737},
Urban expansion
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN738,
volume = {127},
pages = {107737},
Urban expansion
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1212,
author = {Yan, Zixuan and Li, Zhanbin and Li, Peng and Zhao, Chenxu and Xu,
Yaotao and Cui, Zhiwei and Sun, Hu},
title = {Spatial and temporal variation of NDVI and its driving factors based on
geographical detector: A case study of Guanzhong plain urban agglomeration},
volume = {32},
pages = {101030},
abstract = {Vegetation is an important component of the ecosystem cycle, which
is influenced by a combination of natural and human factors, making it challenging
to identify the extent of the contribution of its drivers. As one of the nine
largest urban agglomerations in China, the Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration
(GPUA) has a fragile ecosystem and severe human disturbance. We concentrated on
GPUA as the research object, which used a Geographical Detector to quantify the
degree influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index (NDVI). The results are as follow, The NDVI showed an increasing
trend with an annual growth rate of 0.0088/year. The variation of NDVI showed an
obvious spatial pattern. The area of NDVI increased significantly in the southern
region, while the significant degradation area was distributed in the northern and
central parts. Natural factors contribute more to NDVI change than anthropogenic
factors, with precipitation (19.5%), soil type (17.2%) and landform type (16.1%)
making the greatest contributions. It was found that the effect of the two-two
factor interaction on NDVI was higher than the single factor effect. The research
results can effectively identify the variation characteristics of NDVI in
ecologically fragile areas under the complex driving mechanism.},
keywords = {NDVI
Geographical detector
Driving factors
Quantitative analysis
Guanzhong plain urban agglomeration},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN869,
author = {Yang, Dazhi and Song, Wei},
title = {Ecological function regionalization of the core area of the Beijing-
Hangzhou Grand Canal based on the leading ecological function perspective},
volume = {142},
pages = {109247},
abstract = {The establishment of scientific and reasonable ecological function
regionalization (EFR) plays an important role in giving full play to regional
advantages and realizing the benign development of resource exploitation,
ecological construction, and environmental protection. However, the existing EFR
lacks the identification ability for the leading functions among various ecological
functions, and it is difficult to determine the regional ecological advantages,
which may hinder the practical application of EFR in ecological environment zoning
management. In view of this, we propose a new leading ecological function (LEF)
index and the corresponding calculation method to describe the main regional
ecosystem services and functions; its application in EFR could enhance the regional
spatial guidance effect. We took the Core Area of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
(CA-BHGC) in China as the study area and used the maximum value composite (MVC)
method to identify the LEFs of acquired grid pixels. Furthermore, the LEFs of grid
pixels were applied to county-level administrative regions to complete the EFR
process. Based on the results, in the CA-BHGC, although the spatial distribution of
ecological function values was extremely uneven, the contribution rate of the LEF
of grid pixels to the comprehensive ecological function value was usually more than
50%, reliably representing the advantageous ecological functions of grid pixels.
The LEFs of the CA-BHGC included biodiversity maintenance, food production, and
water retention, with grid proportions of 51.64%, 41.04%, and 6.93%, respectively,
highlighting the global ecological resource advantages. The functional areas
designated based on LEFs showed a good spatial correlation with the natural
geographical environment. The seven biodiversity maintenance areas were mostly
located at the river confluence; the two water retention areas were in the south of
the Qinling-Huaihe River Line, and the six food production areas were in the
central plain. In addition, the EFR process comprehensively considered the LEFs,
river reaches, and provincial divisions, and it might be easier to coordinate
various conflicts of interest, including economic development and ecological
protection, cross-administrative regions, and adjacent functional areas.},
Leading ecological function (LEF)
Function regionalization
Core Area of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (CA-BHGC)
China},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN200,
author = {Yang, Hongfei and Mu, Shaojie and Li, Jianlong},
title = {Effects of ecological restoration projects on land use and land cover
change and its influences on territorial NPP in Xinjiang, China},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {115},
pages = {85-95},
abstract = {Since the Chinese government initiated its economic reform in 1978,
rapid economic development has spurred land use and land cover change (LULCC) in
China, which resulted in many ecological problems such as land degradation and
desertification. To address these serious ecological crises, the government
launched a series of ecological restoration programs which have caused significant
LULCC and a profound impact on the terrestrial ecosystem. This study used net
primary productivity (NPP) as an important indicator of the arid and semi-arid
ecosystem's productivity to estimate the impacts of the LULCC driven by ecological
restoration programs in Xinjiang from 2001 to 2009. The modeling method was based
upon the Carnegie–Ames–Stanford Approach (CASA) terrestrial carbon model and
Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) remote sensing data and
meteorological data for modeling simulation. The results demonstrated that the
forest area of Xinjiang had the most net increase of 9093km2 in the study period,
compared to other land cover types. The most dominant land cover changes during
2001–2009 were from grassland to forest and mutual transformation between grassland
and desert. Total NPP of whole area increased by 252.51GgC during the study period.
The increase of total NPP in forest was the most obvious among all vegetation
types, with a net increase of 1782.88GgCyr−1. It can be concluded that the increase
of regional NPP mainly resulted from forest expansion. During 2001–2009, the mean
NPP in forest, grassland and desert had a slight decrease, whereas the cropland and
crop/natural vegetation mosaic land mean NPP increased fractionally. By using the
climate in 2001 to simulate the NPP of Xinjiang in 2009, we explored the influences
of land use and cover changes and climate change on regional NPP. Compared to
climate change, human activities produced an obvious positive effect in the
increase of total NPP, especially for forest land. As a result, ecological
restoration programs produced positive impacts on forest expansion and carbon
sequestration in Xinjiang.},
keywords = {CASA model
Ecological restoration
Forest expansion
LULCC
NPP},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN900,
author = {Yang, Le-Yang and Huang, Xin-Rong and Neilson, Roy and Zhou, Shu-Yi-
Dan and Li, Zhao-Lei and Yang, Xiao-Ru and Su, Xiao-Xuan},
title = {Characterization of microbial community, ecological functions and
antibiotic resistance in estuarine plastisphere},
volume = {866},
pages = {161322},
abstract = {The plastisphere is a new ecological niche. Compared to the
surrounding water, microbial community composition associated with the plastisphere
is known to differ with functional consequences. Here, this study characterized the
bacterial and fungal communities associated with four types of plastisphere
(polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride) in an estuarine
habitat; assessed ecological functions including carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and
sulfur cycling, and determined the presence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)
and human pathogens. Stochastic processes dominated the community assembly of
microorganisms on the plastisphere. Several functional genera related to nutrient
cycling were enriched in the plastisphere. Compared to surrounding water and other
plastisphere, the abundances of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling genes
(cdaR, nosZ and chpy etc.) and ARGs (aadA2–1, cfa and catB8 etc.) were
significantly increased in polyvinyl chloride plastisphere. In contrast, the
polystyrene plastisphere was the preferred substrate for several pathogens being
enriched with for example, Giardia lamblia 18S rRNA, Klebsiella pneumoniae phoE and
Legionella spp. 23S rRNA. Overall, this study showed that different plastisphere
had different effects on ecological functions and health risk in estuaries and
emphasizes the importance of controlling plastic pollution in estuaries. Data from
this study support global policy drivers that seek to reduce plastic pollution and
offer insights into ecological functions in a new ecological niche of the
Anthropocene.},
keywords = {Plastic pollution
Microbial communities
Antibiotic resistance genes
Human pathogens
Nutrient cycling},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN16,
author = {Yang, Linshan and Feng, Qi and Wen, Xiaohu and Barzegar, Rahim and
Adamowski, Jan F. and Zhu, Meng and Yin, Zhenliang},
title = {Contributions of climate, elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration and
land surface changes to variation in water use efficiency in Northwest China},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {213},
pages = {106220},
abstract = {Besides contributing to a broader understanding of ecosystem-
hydrology interactions, ecosystem water use efficiency (WUE) is a key factor
operating in an ecosystem’s balance between carbon assimilation and water
transpiration. However, the effects of climate, elevated atmospheric CO2
concentration and land surface changes on variation in regional WUE are sparsely
documented. To elucidate the driving mechanisms of spatiotemporal variation in WUE
in northwest China (NWC) between 1982 and 2015, the contribution of a changing
environment — represented by the WUE’s sensitivity to Gross Primary Productivity
(GPP) and evapotranspiration (ETa) — was examined under different landscape types.
Annual WUE series for NWC showed a significant increasing trend and a break point
in 2002 with an increasing rate (7.40 mg C kg−1 H2O yr−1) prior to the break, and a
slightly increasing rate (1.1 mg C kg−1 H2O yr−1) thereafter in NWC. A robust
(Bias = 2.6%) attribution analysis revealed that GPP was the dominant factor
contributing 88% variation in WUE, while ETa contributed 12%. Precipitation was the
principal indirect driving factor that affected WUE variation in NWC, while the
secondary factor was different among different landscapes. Regionally,
precipitation drove 66% of the increase in WUE, wind speed contributed −15% of
variation in WUE, and temperature contributed 12% of increase in WUE, while the
remaining four factors contributed <3%. Compared to energy-related factors, water-
related factors were the more sensitive drivers to WUE variation. The results can
guide agricultural irrigation, integrated water resources management and ecological
restoration under the changes in climate coming to Northwest China.},
keywords = {WUE
GPP
Attribution analysis
Climate change
Northwest China},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN9,
author = {Yang, Linshan and Feng, Qi and Yin, Zhenliang and Deo, Ravinesh C. and
Wen, Xiaohu and Si, Jianhua and Liu, Wen},
title = {Regional hydrology heterogeneity and the response to climate and land
surface changes in arid alpine basin, northwest China},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {187},
pages = {104345},
abstract = {Hydrology heterogeneity refers to the different water regimes or
hydrological processes in response to heterogeneous in topography, landscapes, land
cover, soil properties, geology and meteorology reflecting as the spatial variation
of precipitation, evapotranspiration and water yield along with landscape,
elevation, terrain and climate variation. However, the hydrology heterogeneity in
the alpine region of inland river basin has remained unclear to date, which limits
the understanding of the hydrology and landscape interaction mechanism and affects
the rational utilization of regional water resources. In this study, we combined
the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) and water-energy coupling framework to
detect the hydrology heterogeneity in the arid alpine region of Heihe River Basin
(HRB). We applied SWAT model to present the hydrological processes and regimes at
different landscapes and elevation bands by using field measured parameters, and
investigate the hydrology heterogeneity as well as the response to the changes in
recent climate and land surface in the perspective of water-energy coupling
framework. The results indicate that SWAT is indeed a robust tool in representing
the streamflow process in alpine region with accurate performance. The distribution
of landscapes reflect the comprehensive effect of regional water-energy coupling,
which highly rely on the altitudinal gradient. The hydrology heterogeneity in high-
altitude area is sensitive to energy and in low-altitude area is sensitive to water
limitation (drought stress). Climate change is the dominate factor that driving the
hydrology heterogeneity shifts in alpine region of HRB, while, the effect of land
surface change is gradually strengthening over the past 50 years, reflecting with
the contribution of land surface change on hydrology shifts is gradually
increasing.},
keywords = {Hydrological heterogeneity
Climate response
Landscape
SWAT
Heihe River},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN972,
author = {Yang, Lu and Liu, Weixing and Jia, Zhou and Li, Ping and Wu, Yuntao
and Chen, Yaru and Liu, Chao and Chang, Pengfei and Liu, Lingli},
title = {Land-use change reduces soil nitrogen retention of both particulate and
mineral-associated organic matter in a temperate grassland},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {216},
pages = {106432},
abstract = {Soil organic matter (SOM) fractions vary in formation and microbial
activities, thus playing different roles in exogenous nitrogen (N) retention in
terrestrial ecosystems. However, it remains unclear how land-use and environmental
changes affect the behavior of SOM fractions in retaining exogenous N. Here, we
investigated N distribution among four SOM fractions and how soil N retention
capacity responds to tillage and increased snowfall. We monitored N retention in
SOM fractions by adding 15NH415NO3 isotope in the field in a temperate grassland in
Inner Mongolia. Our results showed that the fine mineral-associated organic matter
(MOM < 20 μm) had the largest N pool with a lower mass. The free particulate
organic matter (fPOM) accounted for only 0.8% of total SOM mass, representing the
second-largest N pool. The coarse mineral-associated organic matter (MOM > 20 μm)
represented the fewer N pool with the largest mass. MOM < 20 μm and fPOM retained
>90% of the 15N tracer in soil. Deepened snow did not affect 15N retention in SOM
fractions, while tillage decreased 15N retention in MOM < 20 μm, fPOM, and occluded
particulate organic matter within aggregates (oPOM). We suggested that the
reduction in soil total N retention under tillage conditions was mainly due to the
reduced N retention in fPOM and MOM < 20 μm. Structural equation modeling analysis
revealed that tillage-induced decrease in 15N retention of MOM < 20 μm was
regulated by both decreased microbial 15N retention and reduced clay and silt
contents. The decrease in 15N retention of fPOM was probably due to the decreased
microbial 15N retention along with the increased plant 15N uptake. This research
reveals divergent pathways of 15N retention among different SOM fractions in
response to land-use change and provides novel insights into the estimation of soil
N retention capacity with SOM fractions taken into consideration.},
keywords = {N labeling
Tillage
Winter snow cover
N recovery
Particle density fractions},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1084,
author = {Yang, Qinli and Zhang, Heng and Peng, Wanshan and Lan, Yaoyao and Luo,
Shasha and Shao, Junming and Chen, Dongzi and Wang, Guoqing},
title = {Assessing climate impact on forest cover in areas undergoing
substantial land cover change using Landsat imagery},
volume = {659},
pages = {732-745},
abstract = {In this study, we propose to assess climate impact on forest cover
(represented by EVI) at multiple scales in areas undergoing substantial land cover
change, using Landsat imagery with human-induced land cover change effect excluded.
Taking the Qingliu River catchment located in a subtropical humid monsoon area in
China as a case study, the results indicate that EVI increases significantly
(p < 0.01) during 1989–2014 with a magnitude of 0.026/decade. Spatial distribution
of EVI is distinct in summer and growing season. Temperature and precipitation show
high partial correlations with EVI, with better partial correlation found between
EVI and temperature. Their partial correlations with EVI on monthly scale are
higher than those on annual scale. Besides, precipitation and pan evaporation show
accumulative lag effects (4 months) on forest EVI, while temperature has no lag
effect. Finally, an empirical formula is established to quantify the relationship
among EVI and its main driving factors (temperature and precipitation) by
considering the precipitation threshold (200 mm). The findings should provide
scientific supports for local forest management and ecosystem services, and should
also support the hydrological effect assessment of vegetation cover change under
climate change for the study area.},
keywords = {Enhanced vegetation index (EVI)
Spatiotemporal variation analysis
Partial correlation analysis
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN806,
author = {Yang, Qiuyue},
title = {Do vertical ecological compensation policies promote green economic
development: A case study of the transfer payments policy for China’s National Key
Ecological Function Zones},
journal = {Economic Systems},
pages = {101125},
abstract = {The transfer payment policy for National Key Ecological Function
Zones is a typical vertical ecological compensation (VEC) policy that has been in
place in China since 2008. This study treats this VEC policy as a quasi-natural
experiment and utilises a slack-based measure model to calculate each county’s
green economic efficiency based on China’s county-level data for the period 2003–
2020. Then, the difference-in-differences method is used to evaluate the impact of
the VEC policy on green economic efficiency and to verify its possible mechanisms.
The results indicate that the VEC policy significantly improves the green economic
efficiency of compensated areas, demonstrating that this policy promotes regional
green economic development. Moreover, we find that the VEC policy may improve green
economic efficiency by reducing the pollution caused by industrial development,
promoting eco-industrial development and accelerating technological innovation.
From the perspective of realising its three policy goals, the VEC policy not only
improves the compensated areas’ ecological environment quality, but also promotes
economic growth and optimises public services in the compensated areas.
Furthermore, an inverted U-shaped curve relationship between the scale of VEC and
green economic efficiency is identified.},
keywords = {Vertical ecological compensation
Transfer payments
National Key Ecological Function Zones
Green economic efficiency
Green economic development},
ISSN = {0939-3625},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2023.101125},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN264,
author = {Yang, Runjia and Chen, Hong and Chen, Sha and Ye, Yanmei},
title = {Spatiotemporal evolution and prediction of land use/land cover changes
and ecosystem service variation in the Yellow River Basin, China},
volume = {145},
pages = {109579},
abstract = {Analyzing LULC dynamics and ecosystem services is of great
significance for both revealing the potential issues of surface change and creating
ecological awareness and actions. The Yellow River Basin is a vast geographical
unit integrating fragile ecosystems and crucial socio-economic systems, in which
development and conservation have coexisted and coevolved over decades. Here, we
explored the evolution characteristics of land use/land cover (LULC) changes from
2000 to 2020 and predicted the future changes in 2030. On this basis, the ecosystem
services were assessed and predicted correspondingly on established grids,
administrative divisions, and the basin. Analyses show remarkable progress in
reforestation and water protection and great challenges of grassland protection.
Cropland keeps declining at a reduced change rate from 1.7% to 0.7%, with its
developed and occupied rates intensifying. Grassland degradation and transition are
increasingly severe, with its reduction rate doubling in the second decade. Large-
scale and repeated conversions between cropland and grassland indicate their
spatial conflicts in the upstream fragile zone but fail to be mitigated by existing
policies. Land use intensifies over time and successively from upstream to
downstream in space, with construction land increasing by 23.2% and 68.2% in the
past two decades, respectively. Based on predictions by the Patch-generating Land
Use Simulation model, we found higher risks of downstream cropland loss and
grassland degradation in 2030. Construction land was estimated to increase
dramatically by 34.5%. The basin’s total value of ecosystem services (ESV) was
estimated to increase by 13.87 billion CNY during 2000–2010 and decrease by 5.27
billion CNY during 2010–2020, likely to reduce by 5.40 billion CNY in 2030. Values
of provisioning services, regulating services, supporting services, and cultural
services change follow the same inverted V-shape changes as the ESV, anticipated to
decline by 0.5%, 0.4%, 1.6%, and 1.1%, respectively in 2030. This study on the
river basin offers valuable insights and implications on land use, ecology
protection, and sustainable development via revealing the LULC change issues,
assessing and predicting the ecological status.},
keywords = {Land use and land cover
Ecosystem services
Spatiotemporal evolution
Driving factors
Prediction},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN364,
author = {Yang, Runjia and Chen, Hong and Chen, Sha and Ye, Yanmei},
title = {Spatiotemporal evolution and prediction of land use/land cover changes
and ecosystem service variation in the Yellow River Basin, China},
volume = {145},
pages = {109579},
abstract = {Analyzing LULC dynamics and ecosystem services is of great
significance for both revealing the potential issues of surface change and creating
ecological awareness and actions. The Yellow River Basin is a vast geographical
unit integrating fragile ecosystems and crucial socio-economic systems, in which
development and conservation have coexisted and coevolved over decades. Here, we
explored the evolution characteristics of land use/land cover (LULC) changes from
2000 to 2020 and predicted the future changes in 2030. On this basis, the ecosystem
services were assessed and predicted correspondingly on established grids,
administrative divisions, and the basin. Analyses show remarkable progress in
reforestation and water protection and great challenges of grassland protection.
Cropland keeps declining at a reduced change rate from 1.7% to 0.7%, with its
developed and occupied rates intensifying. Grassland degradation and transition are
increasingly severe, with its reduction rate doubling in the second decade. Large-
scale and repeated conversions between cropland and grassland indicate their
spatial conflicts in the upstream fragile zone but fail to be mitigated by existing
policies. Land use intensifies over time and successively from upstream to
downstream in space, with construction land increasing by 23.2% and 68.2% in the
past two decades, respectively. Based on predictions by the Patch-generating Land
Use Simulation model, we found higher risks of downstream cropland loss and
grassland degradation in 2030. Construction land was estimated to increase
dramatically by 34.5%. The basin’s total value of ecosystem services (ESV) was
estimated to increase by 13.87 billion CNY during 2000–2010 and decrease by 5.27
billion CNY during 2010–2020, likely to reduce by 5.40 billion CNY in 2030. Values
of provisioning services, regulating services, supporting services, and cultural
services change follow the same inverted V-shape changes as the ESV, anticipated to
decline by 0.5%, 0.4%, 1.6%, and 1.1%, respectively in 2030. This study on the
river basin offers valuable insights and implications on land use, ecology
protection, and sustainable development via revealing the LULC change issues,
assessing and predicting the ecological status.},
Ecosystem services
Spatiotemporal evolution
Driving factors
Prediction},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN669,
author = {Yang, Shaokang and Liu, Ji and Wang, Chenghao and Zhang, Te and Dong,
Xiaohua and Liu, Yanli},
title = {Vegetation dynamics influenced by climate change and human activities
in the Hanjiang River Basin, central China},
volume = {145},
pages = {109586},
abstract = {Assessing the dynamics of vegetation and its response to
environmental changes is essential to understanding ecosystem changes and the
sustainable use of natural resources. In this study, we investigated the impacts of
climate change and human activities on vegetation growth in the Hanjiang River
Basin. We classified the basin into the portion mainly affected by climate change
(VClimate) and the portion affected by both climate change and anthropogenic
activities (VClimate+Human). Using an improved residual trend method that considers
both lag effect and nonlinear response, we analyzed the relative contributions of
climate change and human activities to observed NDVI changes. Results suggest that
the basin experienced a statistically significant increase in growing-season NDVI
during 2001–2016 (0.047 decade-1). Precipitation was the dominant climatic factor
for NDVI change in VClimate+Human, whereas precipitation and temperature were
nearly equally important for NDVI change in VClimate. On average, both climate
change and human activities promoted vegetation growth during the study period, and
their average contributions were 41.4 % and 15.5 %, respectively. In particular,
climate change and human activities in general enhanced vegetation growth in non-
urban areas, while human activities mainly reduced vegetation growth in urban
areas. The findings of this study can benefit regional ecological restoration and
environmental management projects.},
Vegetation growth
Residual trend analysis
Precipitation
Temperature
Urbanization},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN769,
author = {Yang, Shaokang and Liu, Ji and Wang, Chenghao and Zhang, Te and Dong,
Xiaohua and Liu, Yanli},
title = {Vegetation dynamics influenced by climate change and human activities
in the Hanjiang River Basin, central China},
volume = {145},
pages = {109586},
abstract = {Assessing the dynamics of vegetation and its response to
environmental changes is essential to understanding ecosystem changes and the
sustainable use of natural resources. In this study, we investigated the impacts of
climate change and human activities on vegetation growth in the Hanjiang River
Basin. We classified the basin into the portion mainly affected by climate change
(VClimate) and the portion affected by both climate change and anthropogenic
activities (VClimate+Human). Using an improved residual trend method that considers
both lag effect and nonlinear response, we analyzed the relative contributions of
climate change and human activities to observed NDVI changes. Results suggest that
the basin experienced a statistically significant increase in growing-season NDVI
during 2001–2016 (0.047 decade-1). Precipitation was the dominant climatic factor
for NDVI change in VClimate+Human, whereas precipitation and temperature were
nearly equally important for NDVI change in VClimate. On average, both climate
change and human activities promoted vegetation growth during the study period, and
their average contributions were 41.4 % and 15.5 %, respectively. In particular,
climate change and human activities in general enhanced vegetation growth in non-
urban areas, while human activities mainly reduced vegetation growth in urban
areas. The findings of this study can benefit regional ecological restoration and
environmental management projects.},
Vegetation growth
Residual trend analysis
Precipitation
Temperature
Urbanization},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN583,
author = {Yang, Shuyu and Zhao, Baoxu and Yang, Dawen and Wang, Taihua and Yang,
Yuting and Ma, Teng and Santisirisomboon, Jerasorn},
title = {Future changes in water resources, floods and droughts under the joint
impact of climate and land-use changes in the Chao Phraya basin, Thailand},
volume = {620},
pages = {129454},
abstract = {Global Climate change and local human activities have profoundly
affected the regional hydrological cycle and water resources. It is imperative to
explore the potential changes in future water resources and water-related hazards
at the regional scale under global warming and local socioeconomic development,
while a scientific assessment of future hydrological risks requires reasonable
projection of future climate, land use and vegetation changes. In order to improve
the traditional statistical downscaling method, this study combines the machine
learning and quantile mapping methods to project future climate under four shared
socio-economic pathway-representative concentration pathways (SSP-RCP) of the
CMIP6. Future land use is projected jointly with the future climate by the CA-
Markov model, and the vegetation dynamics are simulated by the Biome-BGC model.
Then we employ a physically-based distributed hydrological model to simulate the
future hydrological changes in the Upper Chao Phraya basin under the interaction
among climate and land use changes and the vegetation dynamics. The results show
that under the joint impact of climate and land-use changes, the study area may
face increasing water scarcity and more frequent floods and droughts in the future.
Water scarcity will reach the worst in the mid-21st century (water resources per
capita decrease 34.2% compared to the 2010 s). By the end-21st century, the 100-
year historical flood and drought in the study basin will increase by 1.63 times
and 0.59 times, respectively, under the SSP126 scenario (the most sustainable
pathway), and by 4.55 times and 1.56 times under the SSP370 scenario (the most
pessimistic rocky-road pathway). Results demonstrate that climate change is the
major cause for more frequent floods and droughts in the future, while
afforestation or more sustainable land use management will mitigate the adverse
effects of climate change to some extent. This finding is helpful to the local
government in managing future water resources, floods, and droughts in the study
basin.},
Land use change
Vegetation dynamics
Flood and drought
CMIP6},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN224,
author = {Yang, Wenting and Long, Di and Bai, Peng},
title = {Impacts of future land cover and climate changes on runoff in the
mostly afforested river basin in North China},
volume = {570},
pages = {201-219},
abstract = {The Luanhe River basin, the mostly afforested river basin in North
China, has exhibited significant land use/land cover change (LUCC) under climate
change that could jointly affect water availability of the basin in the future.
This study examines both impacts of LUCC and climate change on runoff over the
upper reaches of the Luanhe River basin. First, the land use in 2020 is predicted
based on the Cellular Automata-Markov (CA-Markov). Second, a hydrological model
(Soil Water Assessment Tools, SWAT) is set up for the baseline period 1961–1979 and
driven primarily by outputs from five general circulation models (GCMs) under four
representative concentration pathways (RCPs) (i.e., RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0 and
RCP8.5) for the period 2020–2030. Results show that the ensemble mean annual
precipitation may increase under four RCPs for the period 2020–2030, with the
maximum (470 mm/yr) and minimum (444 mm/yr) for RCP8.5 and RCP6.0, respectively, 1–
7% higher than the observed mean annual precipitation (441 mm/yr) during 1961–1979.
The relationship between the runoff simulations and the RCPs under the 2020 land
use scenario is nonlinear, with the maximum (57 mm/yr) and minimum (50 mm/yr) mean
annual runoff depths under the RCP4.5 and RCP6.0 scenarios, respectively, ∼58% and
∼39% higher than the mean annual observed runoff depth (36 mm/yr) for the baseline
period. The increase in forestland (∼56%) and decrease in agriculture land (∼−30%)
are remarkable for the period 1970–2020, driven primarily by afforestation
implemented in the Luanhe River basin. LUCC would lead to a slight decrease in mean
annual runoff, and the runoff only increases in summer but decreases in other three
seasons. The decrease in surface runoff and groundwater discharge jointly results
in the overall decrease in runoff due to LUCC. In general, the climate change
impact will dominate runoff change for the study basin, though marked afforestation
has taken place and is likely to continue in the future.},
Climate change
Runoff change
Markov
SWAT
Luanhe River basin},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN324,
author = {Yang, Wenting and Long, Di and Bai, Peng},
title = {Impacts of future land cover and climate changes on runoff in the
mostly afforested river basin in North China},
volume = {570},
pages = {201-219},
abstract = {The Luanhe River basin, the mostly afforested river basin in North
China, has exhibited significant land use/land cover change (LUCC) under climate
change that could jointly affect water availability of the basin in the future.
This study examines both impacts of LUCC and climate change on runoff over the
upper reaches of the Luanhe River basin. First, the land use in 2020 is predicted
based on the Cellular Automata-Markov (CA-Markov). Second, a hydrological model
(Soil Water Assessment Tools, SWAT) is set up for the baseline period 1961–1979 and
driven primarily by outputs from five general circulation models (GCMs) under four
representative concentration pathways (RCPs) (i.e., RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0 and
RCP8.5) for the period 2020–2030. Results show that the ensemble mean annual
precipitation may increase under four RCPs for the period 2020–2030, with the
maximum (470 mm/yr) and minimum (444 mm/yr) for RCP8.5 and RCP6.0, respectively, 1–
7% higher than the observed mean annual precipitation (441 mm/yr) during 1961–1979.
The relationship between the runoff simulations and the RCPs under the 2020 land
use scenario is nonlinear, with the maximum (57 mm/yr) and minimum (50 mm/yr) mean
annual runoff depths under the RCP4.5 and RCP6.0 scenarios, respectively, ∼58% and
∼39% higher than the mean annual observed runoff depth (36 mm/yr) for the baseline
period. The increase in forestland (∼56%) and decrease in agriculture land (∼−30%)
are remarkable for the period 1970–2020, driven primarily by afforestation
implemented in the Luanhe River basin. LUCC would lead to a slight decrease in mean
annual runoff, and the runoff only increases in summer but decreases in other three
seasons. The decrease in surface runoff and groundwater discharge jointly results
in the overall decrease in runoff due to LUCC. In general, the climate change
impact will dominate runoff change for the study basin, though marked afforestation
has taken place and is likely to continue in the future.},
Climate change
Runoff change
Markov
SWAT
Luanhe River basin},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2019},
}
@article{RN632,
author = {Yang, Yuanyuan},
title = {Evolution of habitat quality and association with land-use changes in
mountainous areas: A case study of the Taihang Mountains in Hebei Province, China},
volume = {129},
pages = {107967},
abstract = {Landscape patterns have a large impact on biodiversity in
ecosystems. As a proxy for biodiversity research, assessing changes in habitat
quality (HQ) induced by land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes will provide a
scientific foundation for ecological protection and land resource management,
especially in the ecologically fragile regions such as mountainous areas. Based on
land-use data covering the period from 1990 to 2020 from the Taihang Mountains of
Hebei Province, this paper selected 10 landscape metrics at the class and landscape
levels to examine the dynamics of LULC. Then, this study evaluated HQ by employing
the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model and
quantitatively analyzed the impact of land use changes on HQ using a geographically
weighted regression (GWR) model. The results showed that arable land, grassland and
forestland were the main land categories in the study area, and the major changes
were the conversion of arable land and grassland to construction land during 1990–
2020. During the research period, landscape patches tended to fragment, shape
complexity and varied and were evenly distributed. Overall, the region had a high
HQ, but the average HQ has exhibited a declining trend in the past 30 years. In
addition, changes in HQ were significantly related to land-use changes, and the
areas dominated by construction land or arable land, which were closely related to
anthropogenic activities, had a relatively low HQ. To balance the tradeoff between
economic development and ecological integrity, a social-ecological systems
perspective is needed in the design of political-economic policies. This research
could improve our understanding of the effects of land-use pattern dynamics on HQ,
which has important significance in preserving biodiversity, safeguarding
ecological security, and achieving the sustainability of the ecological
environment.},
keywords = {InVEST model
Habitat quality
Landscape pattern
Taihang mountains
Hebei province},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN732,
author = {Yang, Yuanyuan},
title = {Evolution of habitat quality and association with land-use changes in
mountainous areas: A case study of the Taihang Mountains in Hebei Province, China},
volume = {129},
pages = {107967},
abstract = {Landscape patterns have a large impact on biodiversity in
ecosystems. As a proxy for biodiversity research, assessing changes in habitat
quality (HQ) induced by land-use/land-cover (LULC) changes will provide a
scientific foundation for ecological protection and land resource management,
especially in the ecologically fragile regions such as mountainous areas. Based on
land-use data covering the period from 1990 to 2020 from the Taihang Mountains of
Hebei Province, this paper selected 10 landscape metrics at the class and landscape
levels to examine the dynamics of LULC. Then, this study evaluated HQ by employing
the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model and
quantitatively analyzed the impact of land use changes on HQ using a geographically
weighted regression (GWR) model. The results showed that arable land, grassland and
forestland were the main land categories in the study area, and the major changes
were the conversion of arable land and grassland to construction land during 1990–
2020. During the research period, landscape patches tended to fragment, shape
complexity and varied and were evenly distributed. Overall, the region had a high
HQ, but the average HQ has exhibited a declining trend in the past 30 years. In
addition, changes in HQ were significantly related to land-use changes, and the
areas dominated by construction land or arable land, which were closely related to
anthropogenic activities, had a relatively low HQ. To balance the tradeoff between
economic development and ecological integrity, a social-ecological systems
perspective is needed in the design of political-economic policies. This research
could improve our understanding of the effects of land-use pattern dynamics on HQ,
which has important significance in preserving biodiversity, safeguarding
ecological security, and achieving the sustainability of the ecological
environment.},
keywords = {InVEST model
Habitat quality
Landscape pattern
Taihang mountains
Hebei province},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN89,
author = {Yao, Yao and Li, Guang and Lu, Yanhua and Liu, Shuainan},
title = {Modelling the impact of climate change and tillage practices on soil
CO2 emissions from dry farmland in the Loess Plateau of China},
volume = {478},
pages = {110276},
abstract = {Conservation tillage to agricultural fields has been widely used in
the Loess Plateau of China. However, uncertainties remain regarding the long-term
effects of this approach on soil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions under future
climate scenarios. We used the pre-validated DeNitrification DeComposition (DNDC)
model to investigate the effects of no-tillage and straw mulch implementation on
soil CO2 emissions from dry farmland in the Loess Plateau of China under different
future climate scenarios and their dynamic changes. Based on the baseline period
(1971–2019) and climate data (2022–2070) under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios for two
climate models, soil CO2 emissions from dry farmland were simulated under four
tillage practices (CT: conventional tillage, CTS: conventional tillage with straw
mulch, NT: no-tillage, NTS: no-tillage with straw mulch). The results showed that
future climate change would affect soil CO2 emissions of each treatment. Compared
with the baseline period, the annual mean CO2 emissions of four treatments
increased under the RCP4.5 and RCP8.4 scenarios for the two climate models, with
increases ranging from 5.81% to 56.73% under the RCP4.5 scenario and 24.48% to
68.75% under the RCP8.5 scenario. In addition, compared with CT and NT treatments,
the CTS and NTS treatments with straw mulch had higher annual mean CO2 emissions
under both climate scenarios, while the NT treatment had the lowest. Further
analysis showed that the changes in soil CO2 emissions of each treatment under
different future climate scenarios were related to the constant changes in annual
mean temperature, annual precipitation, and atmospheric CO2 concentration.
Simulation of the long-term effects on soil CO2 emissions under different tillage
practices based on future climate scenarios led to the conclusion that conservation
tillage practices, together with future changes in temperature, precipitation, and
atmospheric CO2 concentrations, affect soil CO2 emissions, while no-tillage has
potential to mitigate soil CO2 emissions from dry farmland in the Loess Plateau of
China under future climate change.},
Tillage practices
Dry farmland
CO emissions
DNDC model},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1050,
author = {Ye, Ning and Morgenroth, Justin and Xu, Cong and Cai, Zhanzhang},
title = {Improving neural network classification of indigenous forest in New
Zealand with phenological features},
volume = {314},
pages = {115134},
abstract = {Accurate and up-to-date land cover maps inform and support effective
management and policy decisions. Describing phenological changes in spectral
response using time-series data may help to distinguish vegetation types, thereby
allowing for more specificity within vegetation classification. In this research,
we test this by classifying indigenous forest vegetation in New Zealand, using
PlanetScope (PS) and Sentinel-2 (S-2) satellite time-series data. The study was
undertaken in a podocarp forest in New Zealand's central north island, which was
classified into nine land cover classes. Phenological features, based on S-2
imagery, were extracted, including the enhanced vegetation index (EVI), enhanced
vegetation index 2 (EVI2) and normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI). Google
Earth Engine (GEE) harmonic analysis and TIMESAT double logistic fitting function
were used to extract phenological features. Pixel-based classifications were
performed using a Neural Network on six different scenarios. The accuracy of the
classification scenarios was determined and the importance score for each feature
was evaluated. Using only the fused PS and S-2 bands, the land cover in the study
area was classified with 90.1% accuracy. Adding phenological features increased the
classification accuracy to 93.1%. When combined with VIs, texture features, and a
digital terrain model, the addition of phenological features increased the
classification accuracy to 96.6%. Including GEE-generated phenological features
resulted in better classification accuracies than TIMESAT features. In terms of
feature importance evaluation, EVI2- and NDVI-generated phenological features all
had high scores; the effectiveness of EVI features could potentially have been
limited by the quality of the blue band. The results demonstrate that it is
possible to produce a more accurate classification of New Zealand's native
vegetation by using phenological features. This method offers important cost-
savings as the platforms for phenological analysis are free to use.},
keywords = {Time-series data
Google earth engine
Phenology
Vegetation classification
Machine learning},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN86,
author = {Yi, Haijie and Zhang, Xiaoping and He, Liang and He, Jie and Tian,
Qilong and Zou, Yadong and An, Zefeng},
title = {Detecting the impact of the “Grain for Green” program on land use/land
cover and hydrological regimes in a watershed of the Chinese Loess Plateau over the
next 30 years},
volume = {150},
pages = {110181},
abstract = {To increase vegetation coverage and improve ecosystem services, the
government has promulgated and implemented the “Grain for Green” policy since 1999.
How and where vegetation cover increases and how land use/land cover (LULC) changes
determine regional water resources and hydrological regimes. On the Chinese Loess
Plateau (LP), an arid and semiarid area with fragmented topography and the
transitional vegetation nature, accurately predicting LULC and vegetation change is
particularly important. We employed a simple habitat analogy approach, and the Soil
and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to predict potential vegetation restoration and
LULC change and investigated their impact on the hydrological regime in a watershed
of Liujiahe. Results showed that the maximum recoverable vegetation cover of the
Liujiahe watershed is 71.1%, of which 9.2% still has potential for vegetation cover
and 36.4% of the area vegetation continued to improve in the future. Future
suitable afforestation areas are limited to 46.06 km2, which will result in
cropland will decrease by 47.4%, and grassland and forestland will increase by
15.8% and 0.7%, respectively. However, SWAT results showed that vegetation
restoration between the 1980 s and 2020 s has already reduced the annual mean
runoff and soil water content (SW) by 44.2% and 43.9%, respectively, while
evapotranspiration (ET) has increased by 12.6%; LULC changes in the next 30 years
will further reduce runoff and SW by 15.6% and 11.1% respectively, and increase ET
by 1.2%. Overall, large-scale vegetation restoration has greatly affected
hydrological regimes on the LP. The area still has potential for vegetation
enhancement; however, considering the limited rainfall and water-carrying capacity,
the vegetation restoration of this watershed should be based on natural restoration
or low water consumption grasses and shrubs to avoid a water resource crisis. These
results provide a perspective for modelling LULC changes in areas with fragmented
terrain and highly influenced by human activities, and provide an important basis
for sustainably managing natural resources on the LP under long-term ecological
restoration.},
Vegetation suitability
Potential vegetation restoration
Habitat analogy approach
SWAT model
Loess Plateau},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN105,
author = {Yifru, Bisrat Ayalew and Chung, Il-Moon and Kim, Min-Gyu and Chang,
Sun Woo},
title = {Assessing the Effect of Land/Use Land Cover and Climate Change on Water
Yield and Groundwater Recharge in East African Rift Valley using Integrated Model},
volume = {37},
pages = {100926},
abstract = {Study region East African Rift Valley basin. Study focus Water
availability in the rift valley relies heavily on the discharge from the highlands
to rivers that run to the rift floor. This research explores the effect of Land
use/Land cover (LULC) and climate change on water yield and groundwater recharge
(WYGR) using coupled SWAT-MODFLOW, which integrates Soil and Water Assessment Tool
(SWAT) and Newton Modular Finite Difference Groundwater Flow (MODFLOW-NWT). The
LULC change was analyzed using artificial neural network-based cellular automata.
New hydrological insights The dominant LULC is cultivated land and expanded by 5%
to the forest and grassland areas. The average temperature and precipitation are
expected to rise by 8–11% and 3–6%, respectively. Climate change affects the
spatiotemporal distribution of WYGR significantly, while LULC change has a trivial
effect. Under the baseline scenario, the recharge was 10% of the average annual
precipitation, but climate change is projected to reduce it by 47–53%. Water yield
reduction up to 48% and change of perennial rivers to intermittent are expected in
the coming decades. The region will experience water scarcity, emerging mainly from
climate change.},
Land use/Land cover change
Rift Valley
SWAT-MODFLOW
Water yield
Groundwater recharge},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN976,
author = {Yin, Rui and Kardol, Paul and Thakur, Madhav P. and Gruss, Iwona and
Wu, Gao-Lin and Eisenhauer, Nico and Schädler, Martin},
title = {Soil functional biodiversity and biological quality under threat:
Intensive land use outweighs climate change},
volume = {147},
pages = {107847},
abstract = {Climate change and land use intensification are the two most common
global change drivers of biodiversity loss. Like other organisms, the soil meso-
fauna are expected to modify their functional diversity and composition in response
to climate and land use changes. Here, we investigated the functional responses of
Collembola, one of the most abundant and ecologically important groups of soil
invertebrates. This study was conducted at the Global Change Experimental Facility
(GCEF) in central Germany, where we tested the effects of climate (ambient vs.
‘future’ as projected for this region for the years between 2070 and 2100), land
use (conventional farming, organic farming, intensively-used meadow, extensively-
used meadow, and extensively-used pasture), and their interactions on the
functional diversity (FD), community-weighted mean (CWM) traits (life-history,
morphology), and functional composition of Collembola, as well as the Soil
Biological Quality-Collembola (QBS-c) index. We found that land use was
overwhelmingly the dominant driver of shifts in functional diversity, functional
traits, and functional composition of Collembola, and of shifts in soil biological
quality. These significant land use effects were mainly due to the differences
between the two main land use types, i.e. cropland vs. grasslands. Specifically,
Collembola functional biodiversity and soil biological quality were significantly
lower in croplands than grasslands. However, no interactive effect of
climate × land use was found in this study, suggesting that land use effects on
Collembola were independent of the climate change scenario. Overall, our study
shows that functional responses of Collembola are highly vulnerable to land use
intensification under both climate scenarios. We conclude that land use changes
reduce functional biodiversity and biological quality of soil.},
keywords = {Community-weighted mean
Functional composition
Functional traits
Global change
Land use intensification
Soil fauna},
ISSN = {0038-0717},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN1280,
author = {Yin, Yuming and Zhu, Jie and Xu, Xinwen and Jia, Min and Warner,
Timothy A. and Wang, Xue and Li, Tongjie and Cheng, Tao and Zhu, Yan and Cao,
Weixing and Yao, Xia},
title = {Tracing the nitrogen nutrient status of crop based on solar-induced
chlorophyll fluorescence},
volume = {149},
pages = {126924},
abstract = {Accurate and non-destructive monitoring of wheat nitrogen nutrition
is of great significance for field fertilizer management to ensure crop yield and
quality, reduce environmental pollution, and improve economic benefits. Compared
with spectral vegetation indices (which are sensitive to greenness and structural
parameters), or active fluorescence (which is limited to small-scale studies),
solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) provides a direct measure of crop
response to environmental stress and photosynthetic characteristics. However, there
has been few studies comparing agronomic parameters, photosynthetic parameters,
vegetation indices and SIF as an indicator of nitrogen status. In this paper, we
therefore explore these measures as tools for monitoring nitrogen nutrition. During
the 2016–2017 growing season, we conducted a field experiment in Rugao, Jiangsu
Province, China, using winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and different nitrogen
treatments. The sensitivity of SIF indices, vegetation indices, photosynthetic
parameters and agronomic parameters to crop nitrogen status were compared. Our
results demonstrated that, compared with vegetation indices and agronomic
parameters, the ratio of SIF emission peaks (FY687/FY761) responded to nitrogen
status most rapidly at both the leaf and canopy scales, as soon as the fourth day
after treatment (DAT4). A wheat nitrogen nutrition index (NNI), based on
FY687/FY761, was used to construct a leaf dry matter (LDM-based NNI) diagnostic
model, which will be beneficial for monitoring and diagnosing the nitrogen
nutrition status of wheat leaves. Our results also illuminate the physiological
mechanism that enables SIF to be used as a tool to monitor nitrogen nutrient
status, primarily through changes in the proportion of light energy distribution.
These findings provide theoretical and technical support for monitoring and
diagnosing wheat nitrogen nutrition status based on SIF technology.},
keywords = {Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF)
Vegetation indices (VIs)
Light energy distribution
Trace nitrogen status
Nitrogen nutrition index
Wheat ()},
ISSN = {1161-0301},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN500,
author = {Young, Jason E. and Sánchez-Azofeifa, G. Arturo and Hannon, Susan J.
and Chapman, Ross},
title = {Trends in land cover change and isolation of protected areas at the
interface of the southern boreal mixedwood and aspen parkland in Alberta, Canada},
volume = {230},
number = {1},
pages = {151-161},
abstract = {The Beaver Hills region of central Alberta is located at the
interface of the southern boreal mixedwood forest and the aspen parkland, an area
now dominated by agriculture, urban and industrial development. Increasing
anthropogenic land cover will eventually isolate remaining natural habitats
currently protected in parks and reserves. This paper analyzes land cover and land
cover change (LCC) in the Beaver Hills moraine and surrounding areas using a
structured hierarchical satellite imagery classification applied to Landsat Multi
Spectral Scanner and Thematic Mapper from 1977, 1987, and 1998. Our goal was to
quantify deforestation and habitat fragmentation trends and then discuss how this
information could be used to develop a conservation approach that will protect
current areas against further habitat loss. We found that the rate of deforestation
in the lands surrounding the moraine was similar to the broad trend at the southern
periphery of the Canadian boreal forest region: annual rate of change in forest
cover was −0.82%/year. However, in the Beaver Hills there was a net gain of
+0.61%/year, due to regeneration of low quality agricultural lands. All
fragmentation indices used indicated an increase in forest fragmentation. We
designed a network of protected areas and remaining large forest patches, based on
the UNESCO-MAB biosphere model. Our results underline concerns regarding the
increasing isolation of national parks and biological reserves in Canada.},
keywords = {Aspen parkland
Land cover change
Isolation of national parks
Conservation and management},
ISSN = {0378-1127},
year = {2006},
}
@article{RN78,
author = {Yu, Fangyuan and Wu, Zhifeng and Shen, Jian and Huang, Jihong and
Groen, Thomas A. and Skidmore, Andrew K. and Ma, Keping and Wang, Tiejun},
title = {Low-elevation endemic Rhododendrons in China are highly vulnerable to
climate and land use change},
volume = {126},
pages = {107699},
abstract = {The combination of climate change and land use change may have
profound effects on terrestrial biodiversity in more significant ways than either
has separately. However, most studies focus largely on the climate change impacts,
which hampers our ability to develop appropriate conservation strategies in a
dramatically changing world. Here, we predict the distributions of 191 Chinese
endemic Rhododendron species under future climate and land use change, combining
two dispersal constraint scenarios by using a species distribution model. We then
assess the vulnerability and extinction risk of these species and identify areas at
risk of highest species loss. We find that 52% of the species are predicted to
expand and shift their geographic ranges, typically to the northwest and north. The
remaining 48% of species are predicted to contract in geographic ranges under the
'perfect-dispersal' scenario. And only 7% of Rhododendron are predicted to keep
'still', while the rest of species shrank with varying degree under the 'no-
dispersal' scenario. Species lost particularly at lower elevations, and we also
identify four regions at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate and
land use change, namely the parallel ridge-and-valley areas of eastern Sichuan,
southeastern Tibet, western and eastern Yunnan, southern Shaanxi, plus scattered
areas in Guangdong, Hainan and Taiwan. We conclude that Chinese endemic
Rhododendron species at lower elevations are highly vulnerable to climate and land
use change, facing an elevated risk of extinction under varying scenarios. These
species therefore call for more attention and protection. We highlight the critical
role of endemic Rhododendron species as good indicators for measuring, evaluating
and understanding the effectiveness of our biodiversity conservation efforts. Our
work provides insight into the status, trends and threats regarding endemic
Rhododendron species, identifying risks and prioritizing conservation in a rapidly
changing world.},
keywords = {Indicator
Biodiversity
Conservation
Weighted endemism
Range shift
Protected areas},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN546,
author = {Yu, Guangming and Li, Mengxing and Tu, Zhenfa and Yu, Qiwu and Jie, Yi
and Xu, Lili and Dang, Yongfeng and Chen, Xiaoxu},
title = {Conjugated evolution of regional social-ecological system driven by
land use and land cover change},
volume = {89},
pages = {213-226},
abstract = {The integrated study on the evolution of the regional social-
ecological system (RSES) is one of many complex and classical research topics. An
innovative approach of conjugate analysis is introduced to describe the RSES
evolution in this paper. We select land use intensity (L), bilateral dynamic change
of land use types (S), landscape pattern index (P), ecological security index (Q),
and the RSES composite index (T) to describe the RSES. We analyze and express the
conjugacy of the RSES evolution: for the spatial correlations, they are revealed by
variance analysis, spatial autocorrelation, and regionalized variable analysis; and
for the temporal correlations, they are described by the analysis of spatiotemporal
correlation. We use a case study of the Hanjiang River basin in Hubei province
(China) to test the conjugate evolution of the RSES. We find that the RSES
evolution in this region is driven by dual-source forces, both resource driven and
economic power driven. These driving forces result in the spiral rise of the RSES
evolution, where L, S, Q, P, and T have high self-autocorrelations, and there are
remarkable and highly positive correlations and inheritance between the RSES and
their subsystems. These results can corroborate the hypothesis about conjugate
evolvement of the RSES. The spatial patterns of the RSES evolution are controlled
by physical factors, especially geomorphology, where as its direction is guided by
human activities, and its progress is pushed forward by human-environment
interactions. The analysis of the RSES conjugate evolution can provide a new
perspective for the RSES management, that is, the RSES management decisions should
consider conjugate effects, because these effects can directly influence regional
sustainable development.},
keywords = {Social-ecological system
Conjugate evolution
The RSES composite index
Spatial-temporal correlation analysis
Dual-source driving},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN812,
author = {Yu, Haiyang and Zhang, Xuechen and Shen, Wanyu and Yao, Huaiying and
Meng, Xiangtian and Zeng, Jieyi and Zhang, Guangbin and Zamanien, Kazem},
title = {A meta-analysis of ecological functions and economic benefits of co-
culture models in paddy fields},
volume = {341},
pages = {108195},
abstract = {The co-culture of rice and poultry/aquatic animals has become a
popular strategy to ensure the critical ecological functions and economic benefits
of this ecosystem in recent years. Yet, quantitative synthetic effects of co-
culture models on ecological functions and economic benefits in paddy fields are
poorly understood. This study conducted a meta-analysis of 4707 observations from
224 published papers on the outcomes of co-culture models in paddy fields. On
aggregate, co-culture models significantly reduced CH4 emissions by 14.8 % as
compared with rice monoculture, but did not affect rice yields, N2O emissions, and
greenhouse gas intensity (GHGI). However, significant differences in rice yields,
CH4 emissions, GHGI, and economic benefits were observed among various co-culture
models and rice-growing regions. Particularly, the co-culture models in East Asia
significantly increased rice yields (+2.2 %), reduced CH4 emissions (–22.1 %), and
GHGI (–9.4 %). Importantly, co-culture models improved rice grain quality.
Furthermore, co-culture models increased soil fertility (7.8–16.2 %), nutrients
content in paddy water (26.2–87.0 %), and net ecological and economic benefits
(31.7–71.1 %), while decreasing diseases, pests, and weeds (37.0–84.6 %) in paddy
fields. Additionally, we suggest that the production of poultry or aquatic animals
that alters input and output would increase net income, and it is necessary to
develop co-culture models in paddy fields according to regional differences in the
agricultural environment. Therefore, our study provides a reference for maximizing
ecological and economic benefits of suitable co-culture models in rice-planted
areas.},
keywords = {Paddy
Co-culture models
Agricultural sustainability
Global warming
Food security
Soil health
Land productivity
Ecological and economical benefits},
ISSN = {0167-8809},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN106,
author = {Yu, Linfei and Leng, Guoyong},
title = {Global effects of different types of land use and land cover changes on
near-surface air temperature},
volume = {327},
pages = {109232},
abstract = {Understanding the climate effect of land use and land cover change
(LULCC) is critical for guiding human activities towards environmental
sustainability. Previous studies have reported the climate effects of global
deforestation, vegetation greening and crop cultivation changes. However, the
contribution of each type of land state, land transition and land management to
LULCC's climate effects remain underexamined. In this study, we estimated global
biophysical temperature effects of LULCC using CMIP6 climate models, with special
attention on the relative contribution (RC) of 12 land state changes, 113 land
transitions and 10 land managements. The results show a large difference in the
simulated LULCC's temperature effect between CESM2 and UKESM1–0-LL, and the two
models even disagree in the sign of LULCC's effects in most of northern hemisphere
except for autumn. Based on the weighted mean of two models, we found that
historical LULCC has exerted a global warming effect at a rate of
0.0025 °C/century, with the largest warming effect in autumn. Spatially, a
significant (p < 0.05) cooling effect is found from 60°N to 40°N, while the warming
trend dominates the areas from 40°N to 30°S. Based on regression modelling,
historical changes in forested/non-forested secondary land, urban land and cropland
have contributed over 70% to LULCC's temperature effect, with land transitions from
secondary land to cropland and from cropland to urban land dominating the climate
effect at global scale. For land management, the climate effect of irrigation is
larger than that of nitrogen fertilizer application. Furthermore, the application
of nitrogen fertilizer for C3 plant has larger impacts compared to C4 plants, while
similar effects of irrigation are observed for different types of croplands.
Besides, the large difference in temperature effect between CESM2 and UKESM1–0-LL
may be the difference in the forestland and cropland changes. Our study calls for
explicit examination of the climate effect induced by different types of land
state-change, land transition and land management for developing targeted land use
policies in the future.},
keywords = {Land cover/use change
Climate effect
Land state change
Land transition
Land management},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1119,
author = {Zafar, Zeeshan and Sajid Mehmood, Muhammad and Shiyan, Zhai and
Zubair, Muhammad and Sajjad, Muhammad and Yaochen, Qin},
title = {Fostering deep learning approaches to evaluate the impact of
urbanization on vegetation and future prospects},
volume = {146},
pages = {109788},
abstract = {Vegetation is an essential component of our global ecosystem and an
important indicator of the dynamics and productivity of land cover. Vegetation
forecasting research has been accelerated using several deep learning (DL)
algorithms through remote sensing (RS) data. In this context, we used artificial
intelligence (AI) and the long-short-term memory recurrent neural network (LSTM-
RNN) method to explore and forecast future urban–rural vegetation disparities
(ΔEVI, where EVI is the enhanced vegetation index) in Pakistan’s six megacities
using MODIS EVI data. The forecast results revealed that ΔEVI is decreasing in all
cities. The Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and the Mean Absolute Percentage Error
(MAPE) were used to evaluate LSTM-RNN. RSME values were recorded as 0.03, 0.07,
0.02, 0.03, 0.05, and 0.06 for Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan,
and Sialkot, respectively. MAPE was estimated as 0.12, 0.55, 0.24, 0.18, 0.28, and
0.47 for Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, and Sialkot,
respectively. This situation indicates that LSTM-RNN can be used as a new reliable
AI technique for forecasting. The results suggested that the average of forecasted
ΔEVI for the next 10 years is −0.23, −0.21, −0.09, −0.13, −0.22, and −0.11 for
Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, and Sialkot, respectively. The
findings of this study will help evaluate the impact of urbanization on EVI by
leveraging DL techniques along with implementing an urbanization policy for urban
development and environmental protection for long-term urban sustainability.},
LSTM-RNN
Temporal trends
MODIS
Enhance vegetation index
Pakistan},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1154,
author = {Zardi, Gerardo I. and Seuront, Laurent and McQuaid, Christopher D. and
Froneman, William and Nicastro, Katy R.},
title = {Symbiont-induced phenotypic variation in an ecosystem engineer mediates
thermal stress for the associated community},
journal = {Journal of Thermal Biology},
volume = {112},
pages = {103428},
abstract = {Microbial symbionts have strong potential to mediate responses to
climate change. Such modulation may be particularly important in the case of hosts
that modify the physical habitat structure. By transforming the habitats, ecosystem
engineers alter resource availability and modulate environmental conditions which,
in turn, indirectly shape the community associated with that habitat. Endolithic
cyanobacteria are known to reduce the body temperatures of infested mussels and
here, we assessed whether the thermal benefits of endoliths on the intertidal reef-
building mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis extends to the invertebrate community
utilising mussel beds as habitat. Artificial reefs of biomimetic mussels either
colonised or not colonised by microbial endoliths were used to test whether infauna
species (the limpet Patella vulgata, the snail Littorina littorea and mussel
recruits) in a mussel bed with symbionts experience lower body temperatures than
those within a bed composed of mussels without symbionts. We found that infaunal
individuals benefitted from being surrounded by mussels with symbionts, an effect
that may be particularly critical during intense heat stress. Indirect effects of
biotic interactions, complicate our understanding of community and ecosystem
responses to climate change, especially in cases involving ecosystem engineers, and
accounting for them will improve our predictions.},
keywords = {Mussel
Endoliths
Intertidal
Parasite
Climate change},
ISSN = {0306-4565},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2022.103428},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN421,
author = {Zdruli, Pandi and Calabrese, Jenny and Ladisa, Gaetano and Otekhile,
Augustine},
title = {Impacts of land cover change on soil quality of manmade soils
cultivated with table grapes in the Apulia Region of south-eastern Italy},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {121},
pages = {13-21},
abstract = {A unique soil management technique, locally known in Apulia as
frantumazione, consists of breaking and grinding calcareous rocky sub-layers and
rock outcrops and mixing them with the remaining soil. Over the last two decades
such a process has expanded to cover about 20,000ha. Much of the land within these
manmade soils is used for table grape production and less for cereals or forage
crops. We studied and sampled 11 soil profiles, 9 in manmade soil and 2 in natural
habitats, to assess the impacts of frantumazione on soil quality. Comparison of
soil characteristics showed a general decline in the quality of the manmade soils.
The most significant changes were a 57% decrease in soil organic matter (SOM) and
32% reduction in total N content over a 15year period immediately following change
land cover. Soil structure was rendered structureless in cultivated soils, but no
significant changes were found in soil texture composition compared to soils of the
natural areas. Positive effects of frantumazione include surface leveling,
deepening of the rooting depth, increased Ca content and skeleton that favors
drainage and mechanical operations. The overall increase of active and total CaCO3
content fits well with vine's Ca requirements but could compromise the adsorption
of other nutrients, especially phosphorous. Continuous cultivation with table
grapes becomes un-profitable after 20years mostly because of the aging of vines.
Long-term effects on soil quality are still unknown, but there is the risk that
frantumazione may lead to soils being loaded with chemical residues from heavy
application of fertilizers and other agrochemicals. To prevent further degradation,
future land use options should include cultivation of olives, almonds or (at best)
reversion to scrubland and pastures to their original habitat.},
keywords = {Soil disturbance
Soil quality
SOM loss
Land cover/use change
Anthropogenic soils},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN1131,
author = {Zeng, Hongwei and Elnashar, Abdelrazek and Wu, Bingfang and Zhang,
Miao and Zhu, Weiwei and Tian, Fuyou and Ma, Zonghan},
title = {A framework for separating natural and anthropogenic contributions to
evapotranspiration of human-managed land covers in watersheds based on machine
learning},
volume = {823},
pages = {153726},
abstract = {Actual EvapoTranspiration (ET) represents the water consumption in
watersheds; distinguishing between natural and anthropogenic contributions to ET is
essential for water conservation and ecological sustainability. This study proposed
a framework to separate the contribution of natural and anthropogenic factors to ET
of human-managed land cover types using the Random Forest Regressor (RFR). The
steps include: (1) classify land cover into natural and human-managed land covers
and then divide ET, meteorological, topographical, and geographical data into two
parts corresponding to natural and human-managed land cover types; (2) construct a
natural ET (ETn) prediction model using natural land cover types of ET, and the
corresponding meteorological, topographical and geographical factors; (3) the
constructed ETn prediction model is used to predict the ETn of human-managed land
cover types using the corresponding meteorological, topographical and geographical
data as inputs, and (4) derive the anthropogenic ET (ETh) by subtracting the
natural ET from the total ET (ETt) for human-managed land cover types. Take 2017 as
an example, ETn and ETh for rainfed agriculture, mosaic agriculture, irrigated
agriculture, and settlement in Colorado, Blue Nile, and Heihe Basin were separated
by the proposed framework, with R2 and NSE of predicted ETn above 0.95 and RB
within 1% for all three basins. In the semi-arid Colorado River Basin and arid
Heihe Basin, human activities on human-managed land cover types tended to increase
ET higher than humid Blue Nile Basin. The anthropogenic contribution to total water
consumption is approaching 53.68%, 66.47%, and 6.14% for the four human-managed
land cover types in Colorado River Basin, Heihe Bain and Blue Nile Basin,
respectively. The framework provides strong support for the disturbance of water
resources by different anthropogenic activities at the basin scale and the accurate
estimation of the impact of human activities on ET to help achieve water-related
sustainable development goals.},
keywords = {Natural ET
Anthropogenic ET
ET separation
Random Forest Regressor},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN292,
author = {Zerga, Belay and Warkineh, Bikila and Teketay, Demel and Woldetsadik,
Muluneh and Sahle, Mesfin},
title = {Land use and land cover changes driven by expansion of eucalypt
plantations in the Western Gurage Watersheds, Centeral-south Ethiopia},
volume = {5},
pages = {100087},
keywords = {Eucalypts expansion
Landsat images
Land use/cover changes
Plantation forest
Suitable management},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN392,
author = {Zerga, Belay and Warkineh, Bikila and Teketay, Demel and Woldetsadik,
Muluneh and Sahle, Mesfin},
title = {Land use and land cover changes driven by expansion of eucalypt
plantations in the Western Gurage Watersheds, Centeral-south Ethiopia},
volume = {5},
pages = {100087},
keywords = {Eucalypts expansion
Landsat images
Land use/cover changes
Plantation forest
Suitable management},
ISSN = {2666-7193},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN940,
author = {Zewdu, Shegena and Suryabhagavan, K. V. and Balakrishnan, M.},
title = {Land-use/land-cover dynamics in Sego Irrigation Farm, southern
Ethiopia: A comparison of temporal soil salinization using geospatial tools},
journal = {Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences},
volume = {15},
number = {1},
pages = {91-97},
abstract = {Land-use patterns are changing fast in most of the tropical nations
in relation to the human population growth and related impacts. Majority of the
rural population in Ethiopia depends on agriculture, and hence the land-use changes
during the past couple of decades in rural Ethiopia are mostly linked to
agricultural developments. The present study deals with the status and trends of
land-use and land-cover dynamics in Sego Irrigation Farm in southern Ethiopia.
Geospatial tools were used to assess changes in land-use/land-cover patterns in the
study area during 1984–2010. Patch dynamics was assessed to understand the degree
of fragmentation and changes along the terrain topography. Detailed analyses have
revealed that the extent of cultivated land, which was 38.1% in 1984 has increased
to 60.7% by 2010, with an average change of 58ha per year. The extent of land,
which was intensively and sparsely cultivated in 1984 and 1995, was converted to
barren and fallow land due to irrigation-related salinization problems. The water
body/swamp, which was 55ha in 1984 has significantly decreased to 2ha by 2010.
Land-use changes have been attributed to factors such as population pressure and
environmental changes as more land area was put under irrigated cultivation,
leading to salinization and lowering productivity of the soils in the area.
Findings of the present study have implications for other rural areas in Ethiopia
and elsewhere in the tropical regions, where irrigated agriculture is practiced.},
keywords = {Barren lands
Environmental impacts
Geographic information system
Irrigation
Land-use patterns
Remote sensing},
ISSN = {1658-077X},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssas.2014.03.003},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN1197,
author = {Zhai, Jiahao and Xiao, Chiwei and Feng, Zhiming and Liu, Ying},
title = {Are there suitable global datasets for monitoring of land use and land
cover in the tropics? Evidences from mainland Southeast Asia},
journal = {Global and Planetary Change},
volume = {229},
pages = {104233},
abstract = {The freely available Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) datasets are
effective tool for tracking land surface changes, ecosystem dynamics, and carbon
cycle. However, the issue of the uncertainly, applicability, and limitations of
LULC data products is always a challenge and varies distinctively worldwide,
especially in the tropics where forest loss is rapid. Eight of the most widely used
LULC datasets, here, including 500-m MCD12Q1, 300-m ESA CCI-LC, 30-m GlobelLand30,
30-m GLC_FCS30, 30-m FROM-GLC, 10-m World Cover, 10-m Esri Land Cover, and 10-m
FROM-GLC10, were statistically compared and evaluated the consistency and
reliability in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA). The results revealed that the FROM-
GLC10, World Cover, and GLC_FCS30 have higher accuracy than the other five
datasets, with overall accuracy ranging from 90.8 to 92.2%, while FROM-GLC had the
lowest accuracy of 77.7%. GlobeLand30, FROM-GLC, and FROM-GLC10 were the most
similar with a correlation coefficient of 0.999 compared to only 0.882 for ESA CCI-
LC and World Cover. Eight LULC-based forests (52.2%–70.4%) and cropland (21.6%–
43.9%) are the predominant LULCs in MSEA, with the ESA CCI-LC having the largest
estimated area (844,800 km2, 43.9%) of cropland, which also results in it having
the smallest area (52.2%) of forest. Compared to other datasets, Esri Land Cover
had the most extensive distribution of built-up land (4.9%), while World Cover had
larger areas of grassland cover (9.8%). In particular, the spatial patterns of
cropland and forest are highly consistent, but there are significant local
differences, e.g., in western Myanmar and southern Vietnam. The MCD12Q1, ESA CCI-
LC, and GLC_FCS30 showed consistent overall trends in forest change across the five
countries of MSEA over the past two decades, while GlobelLand30 produced different
results. Our cross-comparison and evaluation based on eight global LULC datasets in
MSEA highlighted the consistency and differences, which will help to select the
suitable dataset for specific needs (e.g., regional ecosystem response to forest
loss) in the future.},
keywords = {Global land use and land cover dataset
Remote sensing mapping
Consistency analysis
Forest loss
Accuracy assessment
Mainland Southeast Asia},
ISSN = {0921-8181},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104233},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN855,
author = {Zhai, Liang and Cheng, Siyuan and Sang, Huiyong and Xie, Wenhan and
Gan, Lin and Wang, Tengbo},
title = {Remote sensing evaluation of ecological restoration engineering effect:
A case study of the Yongding River Watershed, China},
volume = {182},
pages = {106724},
abstract = {Ecological restoration has been risen to a national strategic
project for China and become an significant way to realize ecological civilization
construction. As an important way to measure the effectiveness of ecological
restoration engineering, the corresponding evaluation provides a reliable basis for
ecological restoration decision-making and ecosystem management. Based on remote
sensing technology with the advantages of short revisit time, large monitoring
range, high spatial resolution, this paper proposes a remote sensing evaluation
method of watershed ecological restoration effect, so as to monitor the
implementation effect of ecological restoration engineering in the watershed and
technically check whether the expected goals set before the restoration are
achieved. The comprehensive ecological restoration engineering of Yongding River
has been implemented since 2016, and it was the first focus of the coordinated
development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to make advances in ecology. In this
paper, year 2015 and 2020 were selected as the before and the after the ecological
restoration engineering of Yongding River. The research object was the riparian
zone from Luopoling Reservoir to Daning Reservoir in Yongding River Watershed.
After obtaining and processing remote sensing images, ZY-3 images were used to
obtain land cover data by means of human-computer interactive interpretation, and
Landsat images were used to retrieve NDVI data. Based on these data, the changes of
the eight indicators of water resources, water ecology and ecological function in
the study area were calculated to evaluate the ecological restoration engineering
effect. The results showed that the study area has basically realized the
maintenance of ecological water quantity, formed the ecological corridor of
Yongding River, and effectively enhanced the ecological function and improved the
water environment. By verifying the feasibility of remote sensing evaluation
method, this paper could provide relevant decision makers and planners with an
effective evaluation method for the ecological restoration engineering effect based
on remote sensing data and technology.},
Ecological restoration engineering
Effect evaluation
Yongding River},
ISSN = {0925-8574},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN186,
author = {Zhai, Yucen and Li, Wen and Shi, Song and Gao, Yu and Chen, Yixian and
Ding, Yishu},
title = {Spatio-temporal dynamics of ecosystem service values in China’s
Northeast Tiger-Leopard National Park from 2005 to 2020: Evidence from
environmental factors and land use/land cover changes},
pages = {110734},
abstract = {The Northeast Tiger-Leopard National Park (NTLNP) in China is an
area of great ecological significance, known for its abundant wilderness resources
and biodiversity. However, the habitats in NTLNP have been threatened by historical
land use and land cover (LULC) changes caused by urban expansion and economic
development. In response to this challenge, this study based on remote sensing-
derived LULC products from 2005 to 2020, utilized the equivalent factors refined
ecosystem service values (ESV) assessment model, and in conjunction with Moran’s I
and Getis-Ord Gi* spatial analysis methods to evaluate the macro-scale and pixel-
scale spatio-temporal dynamics of ESV in the NTLNP. We also employed the cold and
hot spot analysis (CHSA) method to identify zones of ESV improvement and
degradation within the NTLNP. Our findings indicate that over the past 15 years:
(1) Forestland in the NTLNP possesses the most substantial ESV proportion (97.48%),
and the regulating service value is the major contributor among the four types of
services (71.31%). (2) Despite a fluctuating trend of increasing, decreasing, and
then growing overall ESV growth within the NTLNP, the ecological benefits have been
difficult to return to their peak values of 42.184 billion CNY in 2015. (3) The
waters of NTLNP exhibit a high LULC dynamic of 27.91%, with an ESV underestimation
of 28.4 million CNY. (4) The pixel-scale analysis unveils a dispersed distribution
of ESV degradation pixels, with their cumulative area significantly larger than the
share of ESV improvement pixels. (5) The CHSA results showed that areas with
intensive human activity, such as towns and their surrounding areas, tend to
experience ESV degradation, while regions with effective river management, such as
the river basin of Hunchun county-level city, experience ESV improvement.
Therefore, this study delineates the regulatory zones of the NTLNP by the result of
the CHSA-based decision tree, pinpoints ecologically threatened core areas and
further categorizes these based on risk levels and types, helping maintain a
dynamic balance between the allocation of human and physical resources for park
management and the primary conservation needs within the national park. Moreover,
the study recommends that policymakers take measures to strengthen risk mitigation,
enhance their focus on areas where ESV is fragile, and optimize the allocation of
internal resources in national parks.},
keywords = {Environmental factors
Ecosystem services
National Park
Temporal and spatial patterns},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1156,
author = {Zhang, Bo and Li, Weidong and Zhang, Chuanrong},
title = {Analyzing land use and land cover change patterns and population
dynamics of fast-growing US cities: Evidence from Collin County, Texas},
volume = {27},
pages = {100804},
abstract = {Land use and land cover (LULC) change is a critical component in the
global environment change process. The southern and western areas of the United
States have experienced rapid population growth in the past decades. This paper
analyzed the LULC change patterns and population dynamics in Collin County, Texas
from 2000 to 2019. Landsat images and population data from US Census were analyzed
in this study. Supervised maximum likelihood classifier was used to obtain the pre-
classified land cover maps. We interpreted the land cover classes for three sets of
samples from multiple sources and used them as the input sample for post-
classification. A CoMCRF based post-classification was further performed on each of
the pre-classified land cover maps. The post-classification improved the overall
accuracy (OA) from the pre-classification maps by 2.9%, 5.7%, and 6.6% for 2000,
2010, and 2019, respectively. The Kappa coefficients also increased by 0.044,
0.089, and 0.101 for the three study years. Based on the post-classified land cover
maps, we found that the LULC change in Collin County, Texas is primarily in the
form of converting field lands to human built land covers. Ordinary least squares
(OLS) and geographically weighted regression (GWR) were further employed to
investigate the tract-level relationships between built-up area change ratio and
population change ratio during the period from 2010 to 2019. The results from GWR
analysis showed that population change can explain 75.15% of the change in built-up
area. This case study for Collin County, Texas provides insights on the most recent
LULC change patterns and their relations with population dynamics in fast-growing
US cities.},
Urban growth
Markov chain random field
Classification},
ISSN = {2352-9385},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN476,
author = {Zhang, Chen and Di, Liping and Lin, Li and Zhao, Haoteng and Li, Hui
and Yang, Anna and Guo, Liying and Yang, Zhengwei},
title = {Cyberinformatics tool for in-season crop-specific land cover
monitoring: Design, implementation, and applications of iCrop},
volume = {213},
pages = {108199},
abstract = {Cyberinformatics tools have supported decision makings in
agriculture through cutting-edge big data, artificial intelligence/machine learning
(AI/ML), and high-performance computing technologies. An open and easy-to-use
agricultural cyberinformatics tool based on the findable, accessible,
interoperable, reusable (FAIR) data principle is essential for the efficient
distribution of crop-specific land cover information. This paper introduces iCrop,
a new cyberinformatics tool to enable in-season crop type monitoring for the
Conterminous United States (CONUS). As a web-based geographic information system
(GIS), iCrop not only delivers three sets of new ML-based field-level crop-specific
land cover geospatial data, including pre-season crop cover maps, in-season crop
cover maps, and Refined Cropland Data Layer (R-CDL), but also provides a suite of
mapping and geoprocessing functionalities through the FAIR geospatial data
standards, such as Web Map Service (WMS), Web Coverage Service (WCS), and Web
Processing Service (WPS). Meanwhile, we outline several use cases to highlight
iCrop's applications under various agricultural operation scenarios, its
functionality for land use change analysis, and its interoperability with generic
web-based and desktop GIS software (e.g., GeoPlatform and QGIS). Our experimental
results show that the new cyberinformatics tool can provide timely and unique crop-
specific land cover information through the geoprocessing functionalities to
facilitate U.S. agricultural information management and decision support. Moreover,
this paper can be used as a systematic guidance for the design and implementation
of the cyberinformatics tool to disseminate agro-geoinformation based on the FAIR
data principle.},
keywords = {Cyberinformatics
GIS
FAIR data principle
Agro-geoinformation
Land use land cover
Crop monitoring},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1073,
author = {Zhang, Chen and Di, Liping and Lin, Li and Zhao, Haoteng and Li, Hui
and Yang, Anna and Guo, Liying and Yang, Zhengwei},
title = {Cyberinformatics tool for in-season crop-specific land cover
monitoring: Design, implementation, and applications of iCrop},
volume = {213},
pages = {108199},
abstract = {Cyberinformatics tools have supported decision makings in
agriculture through cutting-edge big data, artificial intelligence/machine learning
(AI/ML), and high-performance computing technologies. An open and easy-to-use
agricultural cyberinformatics tool based on the findable, accessible,
interoperable, reusable (FAIR) data principle is essential for the efficient
distribution of crop-specific land cover information. This paper introduces iCrop,
a new cyberinformatics tool to enable in-season crop type monitoring for the
Conterminous United States (CONUS). As a web-based geographic information system
(GIS), iCrop not only delivers three sets of new ML-based field-level crop-specific
land cover geospatial data, including pre-season crop cover maps, in-season crop
cover maps, and Refined Cropland Data Layer (R-CDL), but also provides a suite of
mapping and geoprocessing functionalities through the FAIR geospatial data
standards, such as Web Map Service (WMS), Web Coverage Service (WCS), and Web
Processing Service (WPS). Meanwhile, we outline several use cases to highlight
iCrop's applications under various agricultural operation scenarios, its
functionality for land use change analysis, and its interoperability with generic
web-based and desktop GIS software (e.g., GeoPlatform and QGIS). Our experimental
results show that the new cyberinformatics tool can provide timely and unique crop-
specific land cover information through the geoprocessing functionalities to
facilitate U.S. agricultural information management and decision support. Moreover,
this paper can be used as a systematic guidance for the design and implementation
of the cyberinformatics tool to disseminate agro-geoinformation based on the FAIR
data principle.},
keywords = {Cyberinformatics
GIS
FAIR data principle
Agro-geoinformation
Land use land cover
Crop monitoring},
ISSN = {0168-1699},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1096,
author = {Zhang, Chenxiao and Yue, Peng and Tapete, Deodato and Shangguan, Boyi
and Wang, Mi and Wu, Zhaoyan},
title = {A multi-level context-guided classification method with object-based
convolutional neural network for land cover classification using very high
resolution remote sensing images},
Geoinformation},
volume = {88},
pages = {102086},
abstract = {Classification of very high resolution imagery (VHRI) is challenging
due to the difficulty in mining complex spatial and spectral patterns from rich
image details. Various object-based Convolutional Neural Networks (OCNN) for VHRI
classification have been proposed to overcome the drawbacks of the redundant pixel-
wise CNNs, owing to their low computational cost and fine contour-preserving.
However, classification performance of OCNN is still limited by geometric
distortions, insufficient feature representation, and lack of contextual guidance.
In this paper, an innovative multi-level context-guided classification method with
the OCNN (MLCG-OCNN) is proposed. A feature-fusing OCNN, including the object
contour-preserving mask strategy with the supplement of object deformation
coefficient, is developed for accurate object discrimination by learning
simultaneously high-level features from independent spectral patterns, geometric
characteristics, and object-level contextual information. Then pixel-level
contextual guidance is used to further improve the per-object classification
results. The MLCG-OCNN method is intentionally tested on two validated small image
datasets with limited training samples, to assess the performance in applications
of land cover classification where a trade-off between time-consumption of sample
training and overall accuracy needs to be found, as it is very common in the
practice. Compared with traditional benchmark methods including the patch-based
per-pixel CNN (PBPP), the patch-based per-object CNN (PBPO), the pixel-wise CNN
with object segmentation refinement (PO), semantic segmentation U-Net (U-NET), and
DeepLabV3+(DLV3+), MLCG-OCNN method achieves remarkable classification performance
(> 80 %). Compared with the state-of-the-art architecture DeepLabV3+, the MLCG-OCNN
method demonstrates high computational efficiency for VHRI classification (4–5
times faster).},
keywords = {VHR image
Object-based image classification
Remote sensing classification
Deep learning},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN456,
author = {Zhang, Chuanwei and Yin, Yunhe and Chen, Gang and Deng, Haoyu and Ma,
Danyang and Wu, Shaohong},
title = {Water use efficiency-based assessment of risk to terrestrial ecosystems
in China under global warming targets of 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C},
volume = {143},
pages = {109349},
abstract = {Assessing ecosystem risk is crucial to ecosystem management and to
achieving the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C or 2.0 °C global warming targets, but the
spatial pattern and drivers of ecosystem risk are highly controversial. By
simulating China’s ecosystem water use efficiency using the Lund–Potsdam–Jena
global vegetation model, the ecosystem risk at the eco-geographical and vegetation-
type scales was assessed in this study to identify the regions at risk under global
warming, and the impacts of the species richness (ASR) and micro-meteorological
factors on the ecosystem risk were investigated in the identified regions using the
structural equation model (SEM). Our results indicate that about 30.5% and 32.2% of
the ecosystems in China will face risk under global warming targets of 1.5 °C and
2.0 °C, respectively. The ecosystem risk is spatially heterogeneous and biome-
specific. The ecosystem risk will mainly occur in the mid-temperate humid/sub-humid
region, warm temperate humid/sub-humid region, northern subtropical humid region,
mid-subtropical humid region, and the Tibetan Plateau region in China, of which
cropland, grassland, and deciduous broadleaf forests will account for 39%, 17%, and
14%, respectively. The results of the SEM analysis indicate that the micro-
meteorological factors and ASR explain 48% of the variation in the ecosystem risk,
and the micro-meteorological factors and ASR have similar but opposite influences
on the ecosystem risk. For the ecosystems identified as at risk under global
warming, the negative total effect of the micro-meteorological factors on the
ecosystem risk is mainly due to the dominant role of the shortwave radiation in
regulating the ecosystem risk; and the positive total effect of the ASR on the
ecosystem risk indicates that the ecosystems with higher species richness may face
more severe damage when the risk occurs. Therefore, we should carefully balance the
effect of the ASR on the ecosystems’ abilities to adapt to changes and ecosystems’
abilities to recover from damage. Our results contribute to precise ecosystem
management in China and provide evidence to support the idea that properly
optimizing biodiversity can prevent and reduce the damage to ecosystems caused by
global warming.},
Ecosystem risk
Ecosystem stability
Water use efficiency
Lund–Potsdam–Jena global vegetation model},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN816,
author = {Zhang, Du and Hu, Qi and Wang, Bing and Wang, Junwen and Li, Can and
You, Ping and Zhou, Rui and Zeng, Weimin and Liu, Xueduan and Li, Qian},
title = {Effects of single and combined contamination of total petroleum
hydrocarbons and heavy metals on soil microecosystems: Insights into bacterial
diversity, assembly, and ecological function},
journal = {Chemosphere},
pages = {140288},
abstract = {Deciphering the impact of single and combined contamination of total
petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and heavy metals on soil microecosystems is essential
for the remediation of contaminated habitats, yet it remains incompletely
understood. In this study, we employed high-throughput sequencing to investigate
the impact of single TPH contamination, single metal contamination, and their co-
contamination on soil microbial diversity, assembly mechanisms, composition,
ecological function, and resistome. Our results revealed that contamination led to
a reduction in alpha diversity, with single contamination displaying lower
diversity compared to co-contamination, depending on the concentration of
pollutants. Community beta diversity was primarily driven by turnover rather than
nestedness, and narrower ecological niches were detected under pollution
conditions. The neutral community model suggested that homogenizing dispersal
played a significant role in the community assembly process under single TPH or co-
contamination, while homogeneous selection dominated under heavy metals pollution.
Procrustes analysis demonstrated a correlation between community composition and
functional divergence, while Mantel tests linked this divergence to concentrations
of Cr, Cr6+, Pb, and TPH. Interestingly, soils co-polluted with TPH and heavy
metals exhibited similar genera, community functions, and resistomes as soils
contaminated with only metals, highlighting the significant impact of heavy metals.
Ecological functions related to carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and sulfur (S) cycles
were enhanced under TPH pollution but impaired under heavy metals stress. These
findings enhance our understanding of soil microecosystems subjected to TPH, heavy
metals, and their co-contamination, and carry significant implications for
environmental microecology and pollutant risk assessment.},
keywords = {TPH-Heavy-metal co-contamination
Community assembly process
Ecological function
C
N
S cycle
Resistome},
ISSN = {0045-6535},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140288},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1167,
author = {Zhang, Feng and Zhang, Li-Wen and Shi, Jing-Jing and Huang, Jing-
Feng},
title = {Soil Moisture Monitoring Based on Land Surface Temperature-Vegetation
Index Space Derived from MODIS Data},
journal = {Pedosphere},
volume = {24},
number = {4},
pages = {450-460},
abstract = {Soil moisture has been considered as one of the main indicators that
are widely used in the fields of hydrology, climate, ecology and others. The land
surface temperature-vegetation index (LST-VI) space has comprehensive information
of the sensor from the visible to thermal infrared band and can well reflect the
regional soil moisture conditions. In this study, 9 pairs of moderate-resolution
imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) products (MOD09A1 and MOD11A2), covering 5
provinces in Southwest China, were chosen to construct the LST-VI space, and then
the spatial distribution of soil moisture in 5 provinces of Southwest China was
monitored by the temperature vegetation dryness index (TVDI). Three LST-VI spaces
were constructed by normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), enhanced
vegetation index (EVI), and modified soil-adjusted vegetation index (MSAVI),
respectively. The correlations between the soil moisture data from 98 sites and the
3 TVDIs calculated by LST-NDVI, LST-EVI and LST-MSAVI, respectively, were analyzed.
The results showed that TVDI was a useful parameter for soil surface moisture
conditions. The TVDI calculated from the LST-EVI space (TVDIE) revealed a better
correlation with soil moisture than those calculated from the LST-NDVI and LST-
MSAVI spaces. From the different stages of the TVDIE space, it is concluded that
TVDIE can effectively show the temporal and spatial differences of soil moisture,
and is an effective approach to monitor soil moisture condition.},
keywords = {enhanced vegetation index
modified soil-adjusted vegetation index
normalized difference vegetation index
temperature vegetation dryness indices},
ISSN = {1002-0160},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN642,
author = {Zhang, Guangchuang and Wu, Yiping and Li, Huiwen and Zhao, Wenzhi and
Wang, Fan and Chen, Ji and Sivakumar, Bellie and Liu, Shuguang and Qiu, Linjing and
Wang, Wenke},
title = {Assessment of water retention variation and risk warning under climate
change in an inner headwater basin in the 21st century},
volume = {615},
pages = {128717},
abstract = {Identifying the dynamics of water retention (WR) is critical for
developing adaptive strategies for effective water resources management under
climate change. However, our understanding about the responses of WR to climate
change is still limited, which hinders risk assessment and warning of WR under
future climate trajectories. In this study, we used the Soil and Water Assessment
Tool (SWAT) to quantify the impact of climate change on WR in the upper Heihe River
Basin (UHRB), a typical inner headwater basin, and predicted the future trends and
potential degradation risks of WR based on climate scenarios under three
Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP2.6, RCP4.5, and RCP8.5). Our results
showed that the historical (1971–2020) average WR in the UHRB was approximately
91.1 mm, with high WR occurring in the middle and west of the basin and low WR in
the north and southeast. Our prediction suggested that the WR may remain stable
during the near future (2021–2060) under the RCP2.6 scenario; however, WR may
decrease by 23 % and 32 % during this period under the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5,
respectively. By the end of this century (2061–2099), the WR may decrease by 10 %,
40 %, and 69 % under the RCP2.6, RCP4.5, and RCP8.5 scenarios, respectively, due to
the substantially enhanced evapotranspiration in the warming context, though a
slight increase in precipitation may partly offset this negative impact. In brief,
this study provides a paradigm for assessing the dynamics and future degradation
risk of water retention at watershed scale, and this can be valuable and applicable
for other areas.},
SWAT
Watershed ecosystem
Risk warning},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN742,
author = {Zhang, Guangchuang and Wu, Yiping and Li, Huiwen and Zhao, Wenzhi and
Wang, Fan and Chen, Ji and Sivakumar, Bellie and Liu, Shuguang and Qiu, Linjing and
Wang, Wenke},
title = {Assessment of water retention variation and risk warning under climate
change in an inner headwater basin in the 21st century},
volume = {615},
pages = {128717},
abstract = {Identifying the dynamics of water retention (WR) is critical for
developing adaptive strategies for effective water resources management under
climate change. However, our understanding about the responses of WR to climate
change is still limited, which hinders risk assessment and warning of WR under
future climate trajectories. In this study, we used the Soil and Water Assessment
Tool (SWAT) to quantify the impact of climate change on WR in the upper Heihe River
Basin (UHRB), a typical inner headwater basin, and predicted the future trends and
potential degradation risks of WR based on climate scenarios under three
Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP2.6, RCP4.5, and RCP8.5). Our results
showed that the historical (1971–2020) average WR in the UHRB was approximately
91.1 mm, with high WR occurring in the middle and west of the basin and low WR in
the north and southeast. Our prediction suggested that the WR may remain stable
during the near future (2021–2060) under the RCP2.6 scenario; however, WR may
decrease by 23 % and 32 % during this period under the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5,
respectively. By the end of this century (2061–2099), the WR may decrease by 10 %,
40 %, and 69 % under the RCP2.6, RCP4.5, and RCP8.5 scenarios, respectively, due to
the substantially enhanced evapotranspiration in the warming context, though a
slight increase in precipitation may partly offset this negative impact. In brief,
this study provides a paradigm for assessing the dynamics and future degradation
risk of water retention at watershed scale, and this can be valuable and applicable
for other areas.},
SWAT
Watershed ecosystem
Risk warning},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1011,
author = {Zhang, Hankui K. and Roy, David P. and Luo, Dong},
title = {Demonstration of large area land cover classification with a one
dimensional convolutional neural network applied to single pixel temporal metric
percentiles},
volume = {295},
pages = {113653},
abstract = {Over large areas, land cover classification has conventionally been
undertaken using satellite time series. Typically temporal metric percentiles
derived from single pixel location time series have been used to take advantage of
spectral differences among land cover classes over time and to minimize the impact
of missing observations. Deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have
demonstrated potential for land cover classification of single date images.
However, over large areas and using time series their application is complicated
because they are sensitive to missing observations and they may misclassify small
and spatially fragmented surface features due to their spatial patch-based
implementation. This study demonstrates, for the first time, a one-dimensional (1D)
CNN single pixel time series land classification approach that uses temporal
percentile metrics and that does not have these issues. This is demonstrated for
all the Conterminous United States (CONUS) considering two different 1D CNN
structures with 5 and 8 layers, respectively. CONUS 30 m land cover classifications
were derived using all the available Landsat-5 and -7 imagery over a seven-month
growing season in 2011 with 3.3 million 30 m land cover class labelled samples
extracted from the contemporaneous CONUS National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 16
class land cover product. The 1D CNNs and, a conventional random forest model, were
trained using 10%, 50% and 90% samples, and the classification accuracies were
evaluated with an independent 10% proportion. Temporal metrics were classified
using 5, 7 and 9 percentiles for each of five Landsat reflective wavelength bands
and their eight band ratios. The CONUS and detailed 150 × 150 km classification
results demonstrate that the approach is effective at scale and locally. The 1D CNN
classification land cover class boundaries were preserved for small axis dimension
features, such as roads and rivers, with no stripes or anomalous spatial patterns.
The 8-layer 1D CNN provided the highest overall classification accuracies and both
the 5-layer and 8-layer 1D CNN architectures provided higher accuracies than the
random forest by 1.9% - 2.8% which as all the accuracies were > 83% is a meaningful
increase. The CONUS overall classification accuracies increased marginally with the
number of percentiles (86.21%, 86.40%, and 86.43% for 5, 7 and 9 percentiles,
respectively) using the 8-layer 1D-CNN. Class specific producer and user accuracies
were quantified, with lower accuracies for the developed land, crop and pasture/hay
classes, but no systematic pattern among classes with respect to the number of
temporal percentiles used. Application of the trained model to a different year of
CONUS Landsat ARD showed moderately decreased accuracy (80.79% for 7 percentiles)
that we illustrate is likely due to different intra-annual surface variations
between years. These encouraging results are discussed with recommended research
for deep learning using temporal metric percentiles.},
Time series
Temporal metric percentiles
Random forest
Deep learning
Large area classification
Landsat},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1217,
author = {Zhang, Jiahua and Feng, Lili and Yao, Fengmei},
title = {Improved maize cultivated area estimation over a large scale combining
MODIS–EVI time series data and crop phenological information},
volume = {94},
pages = {102-113},
abstract = {The accurate and timely information of crop area is vital for crop
production and food security. In this study, the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
data from MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) integrated crop
phenological information was used to estimate the maize cultivated area over a
large scale in Northeast China. The fine spatial resolution China’s Environment
Satellite (HJ-1 satellite) images and the support vector machine (SVM) algorithm
were employed to discriminate distribution of maize in the reference area. The mean
MODIS–EVI time series curve of maize was extracted in the reference area by using
multiple periods MODIS–EVI data. By analysing the temporal shift of crop calendars
from northern to southern parts in Northeast China, the lag value was derived from
phenological data of twenty-one agro-meteorological stations; here integrating with
the mean MODIS–EVI time series image of maize, a standard MODIS–EVI time series
image of maize was obtained in the whole study area. By calculating mean absolute
distances (MAD) map between standard MODIS–EVI image and mean MODIS–EVI time series
images, and setting appropriate thresholds in three provinces, the maize cultivated
area was extracted in Northeast China. The results showed that the overall
classification accuracy of maize cultivated area was approximately 79%. At the
county level, the MODIS-derived maize cultivated area and statistical data were
well correlated (R2=0.82, RMSE=283.98) over whole Northeast China. It demonstrated
that MODIS–EVI time series data integrated with crop phenological information can
be used to improve the extraction accuracy of crop cultivated area over a large
scale.},
keywords = {MODIS imagery
MODIS–EVI
HJ-1 data
Crop phenology
Maize
Cultivated area
Northeast China},
ISSN = {0924-2716},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN1232,
author = {Zhang, Jingru and Xiao, Jingfeng and Tong, Xiaojuan and Zhang, Jinsong
and Meng, Ping and Li, Jun and Liu, Peirong and Yu, Peiyang},
title = {NIRv and SIF better estimate phenology than NDVI and EVI: Effects of
spring and autumn phenology on ecosystem production of planted forests},
volume = {315},
pages = {108819},
abstract = {Phenology plays an important role in affecting carbon sequestration
in terrestrial ecosystems in the context of climate change. Remote sensing
techniques have been widely used to investigate land surface phenology and the
effects of phenology on ecosystem production at regional and global scales.
Recently, the near-infrared reflectance of vegetation (NIRv) and solar-induced
chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) have been shown to be more promising metrics of
gross primary production (GPP) than the normalized difference vegetation index
(NDVI) and the enhanced vegetation index (EVI). However, there is a lack of
comparison in the performance of these techniques for deriving phenological
metrics. In this study, we explored the consistency in phenological metrics derived
from both remote sensing approaches (NDVI, EVI, NIRv, and SIF) and flux tower GPP
at six plantations (two broadleaf forests (BF) and four coniferous forests (CF)) in
eastern China over the period 2006–2020. The vegetation indices (NDVI, EVI, NIRv)
were derived from MODIS data, and SIF was based on the global, OCO-2 based SIF
product (GOSIF). We further evaluated the effects of spring and autumn phenology on
GPP. The results showed that the flux tower GPP was effectively tracked by NDVI,
EVI, NIRv, and SIF (P < 0.001). Meanwhile, the phenological metrics derived from
EVI, NIRv, and SIF, including the start of growing season (SOS), the end of growing
season (EOS), and the length of growing season (GSL), had significant relationships
with those derived from GPP at the six plantations (P < 0.05). NIRv and SIF were
more effective at estimating phenological information than NDVI and EVI. In
addition, the root mean squared deviation (RMSD) values between the GPP- and NIRv-
retrieved phenological dates were less than those derived from NDVI, EVI, and SIF
at the BF sites. However, the differences among RMSD values of NDVI, EVI, NIRv, and
SIF were not significant at the CF sites. The linear regression analysis showed
that the advance of SOSGPP (i.e., SOS derived from GPP) significantly increased GPP
(R2=0.29, P < 0.05) over the period from March to April, and the delay of EOSGPP
(i.e., EOS derived from GPP) remarkably enhanced GPP (R2=0.61, P < 0.001) over the
period from September to October at the BF sites. The relationship of EOSGPP with
GPP (R2=0.90, P < 0.05) over the period September-October was strong at the CF
sites. In addition, the variations of annual GPP could be captured by
GSLGPP × GPPmax, GSLNIRv × NIRvmax, and GSLSIF × SIFmax effectively across the BF
and CF sites. These findings can help us understand the potential ability of NIRv
and SIF in estimating phenological metrics and in revealing the effects of
vegetation phenology on the carbon cycle.},
Plantation
Vegetation index
Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence
OCO-2},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN472,
author = {Zhang, Lihua and Wu, Zongfan and Chen, Junhong and Liu, Dandan and
Chen, Peipei},
title = {Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of net primary production in the
terrestrial ecosystem of the Dajiuhu Basin, China, between 1990 and 2018},
volume = {72},
pages = {101839},
abstract = {Net primary production (NPP) plays a vital role in both the
evolution of ecosystems and the terrestrial carbon cycle and is influenced by
geographical conditions and climate change. Understanding the terrestrial carbon
balance requires an in-depth knowledge of the relationships between NPP and
geographical and climatic conditions. This study aimed to simulate and map the
daily spatiotemporal features of terrestrial NPP in the Dajiuhu Basin (DB), China,
using the BEPS-TerrainLab V2.0 model. This area is highly sensitive to climate
change and is a water source in the central path of the South-to-North Water
Transfer Project. Changes in the distribution of daily and seasonal NPP between
1990 and 2018 were examined using the Mann-Kendall (MK) test, the moving t-test
(MTT), and multiple regression analyses. It was found that: 1) The model explained
79% of the variation in eddy covariance (EC)-tower-measured NPP, and could thus be
applied to the DB; 2) The mean annual NPP in the DB between 1990 and 2018 was 705 g
C/m2/yr, with the terrestrial NPP decreasing before 1999 (−31.8 g C/m2/yr) and
increasing after 1999 (0.87 g C/m2/yr); 3) The NPP first increased and then
decreased with increasing altitude, with higher NPP values mainly found in the
mountains on the periphery of the basin and lower NPP values in the central
basin;4) Changes in NPP during autumn and summer contributed the most to the annual
NPP trend. Temperature and NPP were positively correlated in summer and autumn,
whereas they were negatively correlated in spring and winter. Precipitation and NPP
were positively correlated in spring, autumn, and winter; 5) The sensitivities of
NPP to temperature and precipitation differed across the different seasons. The
sensitivities of the annual NPP to temperature and precipitation decreased and
increased, respectively, compared with those before 1999. Although the contribution
of precipitation to the NPP trend became more significant after 1999, that of
temperature decreased. This study proposes an approach for a detailed study of
daily changes in NPP and for examining the link between environmental factors,
climatic conditions, and NPP distribution.},
keywords = {Net primary production
BEPS-TerrainLab V2.0
Environmental factors
Dajiuhu Basin},
ISSN = {1574-9541},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN873,
author = {Zhang, Mengyu and Zhang, Li and He, Honglin and Ren, Xiaoli and Lv,
Yan and Niu, Zhong'en and Chang, Qingqing and Xu, Qian and Liu, Weihua},
title = {Improvement of ecosystem quality in National Key Ecological Function
Zones in China during 2000–2015},
volume = {324},
pages = {116406},
abstract = {Improving ecosystem quality is the ultimate goal of ecological
restoration projects and sustainable ecosystem management. However, previous
results of ecosystem quality lack comparability among different regions when
assessing the effectiveness of ecological restoration projects on the regional or
national scales, due to the influence of geographical and climatic background
conditions. Here we proposed a new index, ecosystem quality ratio (EQR), by
integrating the status of landscape structure, ecosystem services, ecosystem
stability, and human disturbance relative to their reference conditions, and
assessed the EQR changes in China's counties and National Key Ecological Function
Zones (NKEFZs) from 1990 to 2015. The results showed that the average ecosystem
quality of China's counties deviated from the reference condition by 28%. EQR
decreased by 1.2% during 1990–2000 but increased by 3.7% during 2000–2015. Those
counties with increasing EQR in 2000–2015 occupy 64.7%, with obviously increasing
counties mainly located in the water conservation, biodiversity maintenance, and
water and soil conservation types of NKEFZs. The EQR increase in counties within
NKEFZs was 3.65 times that outside of NKEFZs. Remarkable improvement of ecosystem
quality occurred in the forest region in Changbai Mountain, biodiversity and soil
conservation region in Wuling Mountains, and hilly and gully region of Loess
Plateau, where EQR increases mainly resulted from the conversion of farmland to
forest or grassland and consequent increases in ecosystem services and stability.
The magnitude of EQR enhancement showed a positive relationship with the increase
in forest and grassland coverage in NKEFZs. Our results highlight the important
role of ecological restoration projects in improving ecosystem quality in China,
and demonstrate the feasibility of the new index (EQR) for the assessment of
ecosystem quality in terms of ecosystem management and restoration.},
keywords = {Ecosystem quality
Ecosystem services
Reference conditions
Ecological restoration projects
China's terrestrial ecosystems
National key ecological function zones},
ISSN = {0301-4797},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN853,
author = {Zhang, Mingxi and Bao, Yongbin and Xu, Jie and Han, Aru and Liu,
Xingpeng and Zhang, Jiquan and Tong, Zhijun},
title = {Ecological security evaluation and ecological regulation approach of
East-Liao River basin based on ecological function area},
volume = {132},
pages = {108255},
abstract = {Watershed ecological security provides the basic guarantee of
regional sustainable development; thus, reliable watershed ecological security
evaluation is of great significance in revealing the watershed ecological security
status and promoting the healthy development of the watershed society and
ecological environment. To construct the ecological function area, this study used
the East-Liao River basin as the analysis object and discussed the delimitation
method of ecological security evaluation, which provided the reference and basis
for studying and exploring the optimal ecological regulation method of the basin.
The following results were obtained: from 2000 to 2020, the regions with lower
ecological security index changed from northwest to southeast of the watershed, and
presented the spatial distribution of “unsafe” → “generally safe” → “relatively
safe” → “safe”, with the center of gravity concentrated in the middle of the
watershed; the spatial differences of ecological security became significant with
the addition of ecological function zones, and they show a certain spatial
aggregation trend; from 2000 to 2020, the ecological security level was
predominantly safer, and the distribution of gravity center showed a circular
state; the ecological security level of the watershed can be improved by adjusting
the proportion of regional land use types. According to the results,
countermeasures and approaches of watershed ecological security regulation were
suggested, and four subareas were established: forbidden development zones,
traditional utilization zones, ecologically sensitive/fragile zones, and key
ecological function zones; this would provide a basis for further analysis of
environmental governance in the East-Liao River basin of Jilin Province.
Nevertheless, the countermeasures and approaches of ecological security regulation
proposed in this study will also be useful for land use planning and runoff
management in other watersheds around the world.},
keywords = {Ecological function zones
Ecological security
Ecological regulation
The East-Liao River basin},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN169,
author = {Zhang, Nan and Ge, Yawen and Li, Yuecong and Li, Bing and Zhang,
Ruchun and Zhang, Zhen and Fan, Baoshuo and Zhang, Wensheng and Ding, Guoqiang},
title = {Modern pollen-vegetation relationships in the Taihang Mountains:
Towards the quantitative reconstruction of land-cover changes in the North China
Plain},
volume = {129},
pages = {107928},
abstract = {Pollen-based land cover reconstructions are important for
understanding the history of regional environmental responses to natural and
anthropogenic factors, and for managing the ecological environment. The vegetation
in the mountain landscape of North China has been significantly influenced by human
activities, and evaluating the pollen-vegetation relationship for the region is
important for reconstructing anthropogenic land-cover changes in the North China
Plain. In this study, 35 sampling sites were randomly selected in representative
vegetation zones of the Taihang Mountains in North China. Based on a detailed
vegetation survey (field work combined with the analysis of remote sensing images),
we evaluated the pollen-vegetation relationships in the area. In addition, the
relevant pollen source area (RSAP) of the sampling sites and the relative pollen
productivity (RPP) of the major plant taxa were estimated using ERV (Extended R-
Value) models. The results show that the pollen spectra in the Taihang Mountains
reliably reflect the vegetation landscape of different altitudinal zones. The
estimated RSAP in the Taihang Mountains is ~ 600 m. Using Poaceae as a reference
taxon (RPP = 1), the RPPs of the dominant plant taxa in the Taihang Mountains can
be ordered as follows:
Pinus > Hippophae > Caryophyllaceae > Betula > Quercus > Rhododendron > Artemisia >
Asteraceae > Cyperaceae. Our results suggest the importance and complexity of RPP
estimates in the Taihang Mountains, and provide valuable implications for improving
the accuracy of reconstructions of land-cover changes in the North China Plain.},
keywords = {Pollen-vegetation relationship
Relative pollen productivity
Altitude
Human-influenced landscape
Taihang Mountains
North China Plain},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN232,
author = {Zhang, Qiang and Wang, Gang and Yuan, Ruyue and Singh, Vijay P. and
Wu, Wenhuan and Wang, Danzhou},
title = {Dynamic responses of ecological vulnerability to land cover shifts over
the Yellow river Basin, China},
volume = {144},
pages = {109554},
abstract = {Ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow
River Basin (YRB) aroused profound concerns from China Central Government and is
now a major national strategy. However, ecological degradation is still a pressing
issue for fluvial ecological conservation. Recent years witnessed widespread
implementation of ecological projects such as “Grain to Green Project” (GGP) and
“Return Grazing land to Grassland Project” (RGGP) which aim to improve the
ecological environment of the YRB. While dynamic responses of ecological
vulnerability to land cover changes are poorly understood under climate changes and
human activities. Here we use the “exposure-sensitivity-resilience” sliding
ecological vulnerability evaluation framework to quantify the Ecological
Vulnerability Index (EVI) and scrutinize dynamic responses of EVI to land use
changes over the YRB. We find slight ecological degradation with increased EVI
across the YRB from 1986 to 2013, and the highest ecological vulnerability in
summer. Meanwhile, regions with degraded ecological status are found mainly along
the main stream of the YRB. Besides, the gravity centers of EVI cluster mainly in
the central and western parts of the YRB and correspond to four ecological
conditions, i.e. unstable ecological condition, moderate ecological variability,
ecological restoration, and moderate ecological variability. Furthermore, we
identify a higher ecological degradation rate of croplands than non-croplands,
while evidently lower ecological degradation rate of grasslands than non-
grasslands. The GGP and RGGP projects have improved the ecological environment of
the YRB, but have not reversed the degrading tendency of the ecological environment
across the YRB.},
keywords = {Ecological Vulnerability Index
Ecological Degradation
Land Cover changes
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN332,
volume = {144},
pages = {109554},
across the YRB.},
Land Cover changes
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1027,
volume = {144},
pages = {109554},
across the YRB.},
Land Cover changes
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1255,
author = {Zhang, Qingyuan and Cheng, Yen-Ben and Lyapustin, Alexei I. and Wang,
Yujie and Xiao, Xiangming and Suyker, Andrew and Verma, Shashi and Tan, Bin and
Middleton, Elizabeth M.},
title = {Estimation of crop gross primary production (GPP): I. impact of MODIS
observation footprint and impact of vegetation BRDF characteristics},
volume = {191},
pages = {51-63},
abstract = {Accurate estimation of gross primary production (GPP) is essential
for carbon cycle and climate change studies. Three AmeriFlux crop sites of maize
and soybean were selected for this study. Two of the sites were irrigated and the
other one was rainfed. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), the
enhanced vegetation index (EVI), the green band chlorophyll index (CIgreen), and
the green band wide dynamic range vegetation index (WDRVIgreen) were computed from
the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) surface reflectance data.
We examined the impacts of the MODIS observation footprint and the vegetation
bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) on crop daily GPP estimation
with the four spectral vegetation indices (VIs - NDVI, EVI, WDRVIgreen and CIgreen)
where GPP was predicted with two linear models, with and without offset:
GPP=a×VI×PAR and GPP=a×VI×PAR+b. Model performance was evaluated with coefficient
of determination (R2), root mean square error (RMSE), and coefficient of variation
(CV). The MODIS data were filtered into four categories and four experiments were
conducted to assess the impacts. The first experiment included all observations.
The second experiment only included observations with view zenith angle (VZA)≤35°
to constrain growth of the footprint size,which achieved a better grid cell match
with the agricultural fields. The third experiment included only forward scatter
observations with VZA≤35°. The fourth experiment included only backscatter
observations with VZA≤35°. Overall, the EVI yielded the most consistently strong
relationships to daily GPP under all examined conditions. The model GPP=a×VI×PAR+b
had better performance than the model GPP=a×VI×PAR, and the offset was significant
for most cases. Better performance was obtained for the irrigated field than its
counterpart rainfed field. Comparison of experiment 2 vs. experiment 1 was used to
examine the observation footprint impact whereas comparison of experiment 4 vs.
experiment 3 was used to examine the BRDF impact. Changes in R2, RMSE,CV and
changes in model coefficients “a” and “b” (experiment 2 vs. experiment 1; and
experiment 4 vs. experiment 3) were indicators of the impacts. The second
experiment produced better performance than the first experiment, increasing R2
(↑0.13) and reducing RMSE (↓0.68gCm−2d−1) and CV (↓9%). For each VI, the slope of
GPP=a×VI×PAR in the second experiment for each crop type changed little while the
slope and intercept of GPP=a×VI×PAR+b varied field by field. The CIgreen was least
affected by the MODIS observation footprint in estimating crop daily GPP (R2,
↑0.08; RMSE, ↓0.42gCm−2d−1; and CV, ↓7%). Footprint most affected the NDVI (R2,
↑0.15; CV, ↓10%) and the EVI (RMSE, ↓0.84gCm−2d−1). The vegetation BRDF impact also
caused variation of model performance and change of model coefficients.
Significantly different slopes were obtained for forward vs. backscatter
observations, especially for the CIgreen and the NDVI. Both the footprint impact
and the BRDF impact varied with crop types, irrigation options, model options and
VI options.},
keywords = {Daily GPP
MODIS
Chlorophyll
Footprint
BRDF},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN1275,
author = {Zhang, Qingyuan and Cheng, Yen-Ben and Lyapustin, Alexei I. and Wang,
Yujie and Zhang, Xiaoyang and Suyker, Andrew and Verma, Shashi and Shuai, Yanmin
and Middleton, Elizabeth M.},
title = {Estimation of crop gross primary production (GPP): II. Do scaled MODIS
vegetation indices improve performance?},
volume = {200},
pages = {1-8},
abstract = {Satellite remote sensing estimates of gross primary production (GPP)
have routinely been made using spectral vegetation indices (VIs) over the past two
decades. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), the Enhanced Vegetation
Index (EVI), the green band Wide Dynamic Range Vegetation Index (WDRVIgreen), and
the green band Chlorophyll Index (CIgreen) have been employed to estimate GPP under
the assumption that GPP is proportional to the product of VI and photosynthetically
active radiation (PAR) (where VI is one of four VIs: NDVI, EVI, WDRVIgreen, or
CIgreen). However, the empirical regressions between VI*PAR and GPP measured
locally at flux towers do not pass through the origin (i.e., the zero X–Y value for
regressions). Therefore they are somewhat difficult to interpret and apply. This
study investigates (1) what are the scaling factors and offsets (i.e., regression
slopes and intercepts) between the fraction of PAR absorbed by chlorophyll of a
canopy (fAPARchl) and the VIs and (2) whether the scaled VIs developed in (1) can
eliminate the deficiency and improve the accuracy of GPP estimates. Three AmeriFlux
maize and soybean fields were selected for this study, two of which are irrigated
and one is rainfed. The four VIs and fAPARchl of the fields were computed with the
MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite images. The GPP
estimation performance for the scaled VIs was compared to results obtained with the
original VIs and evaluated with standard statistics: the coefficient of
determination (R2), the root mean square error (RMSE), and the coefficient of
variation (CV). Overall, the scaled EVI obtained the best performance. The
performance of the scaled NDVI, EVI and WDRVIgreen was improved across sites, crop
types and soil/background wetness conditions. The scaled CIgreen did not improve
results, compared to the original CIgreen. The scaled green band indices
(WDRVIgreen, CIgreen) did not exhibit superior performance to either the scaled EVI
or NDVI in estimating crop daily GPP at these agricultural fields. The scaled VIs
are more physiologically meaningful than original un-scaled VIs, but scaling
factors and offsets may vary across crop types and surface conditions.},
keywords = {Daily GPP
MODIS
Vegetation index
fAPAR},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN257,
author = {Zhang, Wangshou and Li, Hengpeng and Pueppke, Steven G. and Diao,
Yaqin and Nie, Xiaofei and Geng, Jianwei and Chen, Dongqiang and Pang, Jiaping},
title = {Nutrient loss is sensitive to land cover changes and slope gradients of
agricultural hillsides: Evidence from four contrasting pond systems in a hilly
catchment},
volume = {237},
pages = {106165},
abstract = {Intensive agricultural cultivation in hilly catchments is subject to
significant environmental risks, because the local terrain and exceptionally
fragile ecosystem usually promote high levels of nutrient loss. In order to assess
such negative effects, we compared long-term (2012–2018) water quality dynamics of
four ponds that are fed by runoff from agricultural hillsides with contrasting
slopes and land cover near Tianmu Lake in Eastern China. Averaged total nitrogen
(TN) levels in ponds increased from 7.0 mg L−1 to 10.0 mg L−1 when the cultivated
slopes above them doubled from 8° to 16°. In contrast, total phosphorus (TP) levels
varied modestly from 0.05 to 0.07 mg L−1 among the four ponds. Values were lower
when drained hillslopes had good vegetation coverage and/or buffer strips.
Redundancy analysis (RDA) indicated that relatively high precipitation is the
determining factor for N loss from gentle hillsides, but as slope gradients
increase, the frequency of rainfall events becomes the major influential factor. TP
loss was associated with strong rainfall events and can be greatly reduced if
hillsides are well covered with vegetation. When vegetation cover is removed,
nutrient loss, especially N, is heightened. Our results underscore the significance
of agricultural cultivation of steep hillsides in exacerbating N and P pollution
and highlight the value of forests and grasslands in reducing nutrient loss from
these sensitive areas. An integrated strategy that includes controlling land
exploitation, source control, delivery interception, and pond management should be
considered to minimize nutrient loss in hilly areas prone to rapid agricultural
expansion.},
keywords = {Pond
Water quality trends
Taihu lake
Trend decomposition
Agricultural expansion
Hillslopes},
ISSN = {0378-3774},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN357,
author = {Zhang, Wangshou and Li, Hengpeng and Pueppke, Steven G. and Diao,
Yaqin and Nie, Xiaofei and Geng, Jianwei and Chen, Dongqiang and Pang, Jiaping},
title = {Nutrient loss is sensitive to land cover changes and slope gradients of
agricultural hillsides: Evidence from four contrasting pond systems in a hilly
catchment},
volume = {237},
pages = {106165},
abstract = {Intensive agricultural cultivation in hilly catchments is subject to
significant environmental risks, because the local terrain and exceptionally
fragile ecosystem usually promote high levels of nutrient loss. In order to assess
such negative effects, we compared long-term (2012–2018) water quality dynamics of
four ponds that are fed by runoff from agricultural hillsides with contrasting
slopes and land cover near Tianmu Lake in Eastern China. Averaged total nitrogen
(TN) levels in ponds increased from 7.0 mg L−1 to 10.0 mg L−1 when the cultivated
slopes above them doubled from 8° to 16°. In contrast, total phosphorus (TP) levels
varied modestly from 0.05 to 0.07 mg L−1 among the four ponds. Values were lower
when drained hillslopes had good vegetation coverage and/or buffer strips.
Redundancy analysis (RDA) indicated that relatively high precipitation is the
determining factor for N loss from gentle hillsides, but as slope gradients
increase, the frequency of rainfall events becomes the major influential factor. TP
loss was associated with strong rainfall events and can be greatly reduced if
hillsides are well covered with vegetation. When vegetation cover is removed,
nutrient loss, especially N, is heightened. Our results underscore the significance
of agricultural cultivation of steep hillsides in exacerbating N and P pollution
and highlight the value of forests and grasslands in reducing nutrient loss from
these sensitive areas. An integrated strategy that includes controlling land
exploitation, source control, delivery interception, and pond management should be
considered to minimize nutrient loss in hilly areas prone to rapid agricultural
expansion.},
keywords = {Pond
Water quality trends
Taihu lake
Trend decomposition
Agricultural expansion
Hillslopes},
ISSN = {0378-3774},
year = {2020},
}
@article{RN647,
author = {Zhang, Wenqiang and Luo, Geping and Chen, Chunbo and Ochege, Friday U.
and Hellwich, Olaf and Zheng, Hongwei and Hamdi, Rafiq and Wu, Shixin},
title = {Quantifying the contribution of climate change and human activities to
biophysical parameters in an arid region},
volume = {129},
pages = {107996},
abstract = {Quantifying the variation of biophysical parameters and their
driving mechanisms is essential for monitoring land surface environmental changes
and for understanding the land–atmosphere interaction in the arid region. Due to
the complexity of human activities, most researches are limited to climate change,
whereas the response analysis of human activities to changes in biophysical
parameters are still lacking or not comprehensively considered. Therefore, large
biases and uncertainties still exist in the estimates of regional responses to
global change. Firstly, we specifically quantified the main human activities
related to land use/land cover change (LULCC) in the northern Tianshan Mountains
(NTM), and identified the spatiotemporal changes of primary biophysical parameters,
including Albedo, leaf area index (LAI), land surface temperature (LST), and
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Then, we tested the performance of
the five models used, including multiple linear regression (MLR), random forest
(RF), support vector regression (SVR), multi-layer perceptron (MLP), and K-nearest
neighbor (KNN). RF outperformed others and was used to quantify and disaggregate
the contribution of climate change and human activities to land surface parameters
in the NTM. We found a strong spatial heterogeneity in the spatial variation of all
biophysical parameters. Except for LST, the annual maximum Albedo, LAI, and NDVI
showed a significant increasing trend in the NTM from 2000 to 2019 (p < 0.05).
Generally, climate change contributed more to the biophysical parameters than human
activities. However, the contribution of human activities to NDVI was 0.51, which
was greater than that of climate change during 2000–2015. This study provides new
insight on the impact of climate change and human activities on biophysical
parameters and a scientific basis for model parameterization in the arid region.},
Human activities
Biophysical parameters
The Northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains
Random Forest model
Machine learning},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN747,
author = {Zhang, Wenqiang and Luo, Geping and Chen, Chunbo and Ochege, Friday U.
and Hellwich, Olaf and Zheng, Hongwei and Hamdi, Rafiq and Wu, Shixin},
title = {Quantifying the contribution of climate change and human activities to
biophysical parameters in an arid region},
volume = {129},
pages = {107996},
abstract = {Quantifying the variation of biophysical parameters and their
driving mechanisms is essential for monitoring land surface environmental changes
and for understanding the land–atmosphere interaction in the arid region. Due to
the complexity of human activities, most researches are limited to climate change,
whereas the response analysis of human activities to changes in biophysical
parameters are still lacking or not comprehensively considered. Therefore, large
biases and uncertainties still exist in the estimates of regional responses to
global change. Firstly, we specifically quantified the main human activities
related to land use/land cover change (LULCC) in the northern Tianshan Mountains
(NTM), and identified the spatiotemporal changes of primary biophysical parameters,
including Albedo, leaf area index (LAI), land surface temperature (LST), and
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Then, we tested the performance of
the five models used, including multiple linear regression (MLR), random forest
(RF), support vector regression (SVR), multi-layer perceptron (MLP), and K-nearest
neighbor (KNN). RF outperformed others and was used to quantify and disaggregate
the contribution of climate change and human activities to land surface parameters
in the NTM. We found a strong spatial heterogeneity in the spatial variation of all
biophysical parameters. Except for LST, the annual maximum Albedo, LAI, and NDVI
showed a significant increasing trend in the NTM from 2000 to 2019 (p < 0.05).
Generally, climate change contributed more to the biophysical parameters than human
activities. However, the contribution of human activities to NDVI was 0.51, which
was greater than that of climate change during 2000–2015. This study provides new
insight on the impact of climate change and human activities on biophysical
parameters and a scientific basis for model parameterization in the arid region.},
Human activities
Biophysical parameters
The Northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains
Random Forest model
Machine learning},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN629,
author = {Zhang, Xiao and Yang, Hong and Zhang, Wanshun and Fenicia, Fabrizio
and Peng, Hong and Xu, Gaohong},
title = {Hydrologic impacts of cascading reservoirs in the middle and lower
Hanjiang River basin under climate variability and land use change},
volume = {44},
pages = {101253},
abstract = {Study region Middle and lower Hanjiang River (MLHR) basin, China.
Study focus Changes in streamflow are often due to intertwined factors like
climatic variability, land use change, and hydraulic constructions, whose relative
impact is however poorly understood. In this study, we disentangled these effects
by comparing real data and modelled scenarios of catchment behaviour. Modelled
scenarios employ the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT), whereas the scenario
comparison uses the Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA). New hydrological
insights for the region Our analyses show that (1) watershed inlet was the major
factor altered the streamflow regime at the watershed outlet, which pointed us to
consider only the relative catchment contribution in further analyses. (2) Climate
variability was the main driver of the net changes in natural hydrological regime,
which downplayed the effect of land use change on streamflow variability. (3) The
streamflow regulation associated to the progressive increase in reservoirs and
their operation significantly altered the flow pattern, causing a general decrease
in average streamflow, an attenuation of extreme events indicators, and an
alteration of the pulse pattern with more frequent but shorter pulses. (4) The
average water withdrawals at MLHR were estimated, which were 8.03 × 109 m3/year.
Overall, this research provides a path to assess the hydrologic impact of cascading
reservoirs at the basin level under climate variability and land use change
elsewhere.},
keywords = {Hydrologic impact
Cascade reservoirs
Climate variability
Land use change
SWAT
IHA},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN729,
author = {Zhang, Xiao and Yang, Hong and Zhang, Wanshun and Fenicia, Fabrizio
and Peng, Hong and Xu, Gaohong},
title = {Hydrologic impacts of cascading reservoirs in the middle and lower
Hanjiang River basin under climate variability and land use change},
volume = {44},
pages = {101253},
abstract = {Study region Middle and lower Hanjiang River (MLHR) basin, China.
Study focus Changes in streamflow are often due to intertwined factors like
climatic variability, land use change, and hydraulic constructions, whose relative
impact is however poorly understood. In this study, we disentangled these effects
by comparing real data and modelled scenarios of catchment behaviour. Modelled
scenarios employ the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT), whereas the scenario
comparison uses the Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA). New hydrological
insights for the region Our analyses show that (1) watershed inlet was the major
factor altered the streamflow regime at the watershed outlet, which pointed us to
consider only the relative catchment contribution in further analyses. (2) Climate
variability was the main driver of the net changes in natural hydrological regime,
which downplayed the effect of land use change on streamflow variability. (3) The
streamflow regulation associated to the progressive increase in reservoirs and
their operation significantly altered the flow pattern, causing a general decrease
in average streamflow, an attenuation of extreme events indicators, and an
alteration of the pulse pattern with more frequent but shorter pulses. (4) The
average water withdrawals at MLHR were estimated, which were 8.03 × 109 m3/year.
Overall, this research provides a path to assess the hydrologic impact of cascading
reservoirs at the basin level under climate variability and land use change
elsewhere.},
keywords = {Hydrologic impact
Cascade reservoirs
Climate variability
Land use change
SWAT
IHA},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN202,
author = {Zhang, Xiaoyu and Zhou, Yanlian and He, Wei and Ju, Weimin and Liu,
Yibo and Bi, Wenjun and Cheng, Nuo and Wei, Xiaonan},
title = {Land cover change instead of solar radiation change dominates the
forest GPP increase during the recent phase of the Shelterbelt Program for Pearl
River},
volume = {136},
pages = {108664},
abstract = {China has implemented a series of large-scale afforestation projects
to improve its ecological environment in recent decades. Meanwhile, the climate
conditions in China have changed substantially. However, whether afforestation or
climate change dominates vegetation gross primary production (GPP) in different
stages of such afforestation projects is not clear. Here, taking the region of the
Shelterbelt Program for Pearl River (SPPR) as the study area, we conducted six
scenario simulations using the two-leaf light use efficiency (TL-LUE) model to
decouple the effects of land cover change (LCC) and climate factors, i.e., solar
radiation (Rad), vapor pressure deficit (VPD), and air temperature (Ta), on forest
GPP, and disentangled the impact of various factors on forest GPP in Phase II
(2001–2010) and Phase III (2011–2018). We found that industrialization and
urbanization slightly changed the total forest area, partly offsetting the
ecological benefits of the afforestation project in Phase II, and forest GPP
increased slowly. As a result, Rad became the dominant factor of forest GPP
increase (the cumulative contribution of 25.68 TgC in 10 years, accounting for
33.51%). In contrast, in Phase III, due to the further expansion of the
afforestation area and the natural growth of earlier planted forests, the forest
GPP increased rapidly, as did the contribution of LCC. Finally, LCC replaced Rad to
become the primary contributor (the cumulative contribution of 114.42 TgC in
8 years, accounting for 60.51%) to the forest GPP increase. During the whole study
period, Ta contributed insignificantly to the variation in forest GPP, while to
some extent VPD decreased the forest GPP (−12.90% and −4.11% of the contributions
in the two phases, respectively). The results suggest that the emergence of
ecological benefits of afforestation projects requires a certain time length and
forestation scale. Our study provides a basis for formulating effective land use
policies.},
Climate change
The Shelterbelt Program for Pearl River
TL-LUE model},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN518,
author = {Zhang, Xifeng and Zhang, Lanhui and He, Chansheng and Li, Jinlin and
Jiang, Yiwen and Ma, Libang},
title = {Quantifying the impacts of land use/land cover change on groundwater
depletion in Northwestern China – A case study of the Dunhuang oasis},
volume = {146},
pages = {270-279},
abstract = {In recent decades, the Dunhuang oasis in the arid Northwest China
has been undergoing significant changes due to social-economic development and
expanded irrigation for agricultural production. Groundwater table was found to
have significantly declined during the period of 1987–2007 owing to greater
pumping. We analyzed the impacts of land use/land cover (LU/LC) changes on the
groundwater fluctuations in the study area. The LU/LC types were derived from the
satellite images for the years of 1987, 1990, 1996, 2001 and 2007. The water
consumptions associated with the LU/LC types were estimated using the FAO-Penman–
Monteith method. Results show that during the period of 1987–2007, the area of
agricultural land sharply increased by 98.7km2, and the cash crops were the main
contributor. Under the current market system, farmers had much more autonomy and
greater incentives to shift the cropping pattern from the traditional food crops to
the high value cash crops with greater water consumption. The total water
consumption of the cash crops accounted for 14.1% of the total water consumption in
1987, but increased to 71.6% in 2007, becoming the largest water consumer. The
agricultural land use was the main cause of the declining groundwater table during
the period from 1987 to 2007.},
keywords = {Groundwater depletion
Evapotranspiration
Dunhuang oasis},
ISSN = {0378-3774},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN482,
author = {Zhang, Yaru and He, Yi and Song, Jinxi},
title = {Effects of climate change and land use on runoff in the Huangfuchuan
Basin, China},
pages = {130195},
abstract = {It is necessary to comprehend the impacts of climate change and
human activities on hydrological processes to effectively manage water resources.
This study focuses on the Huangfuchuan Basin and investigates changes in hydrology
and land use within the basin. The Budyko method and the water and energy processes
(WEP) hydrological model were employed to assess the effects of climate change and
underlying surface changes on runoff. The results showed that: (1) Runoff in the
Huangfuchuan Basin exhibited a pronounced decreasing trend between 1960 and 2015,
with an annual average runoff of 42.82 m3/s. (2) According to the Budyko method,
the underlying surface change had the highest contribution rate to runoff at
83.54%, followed by rainfall at 12.28%. (3) Based on the simulation of the WEP
hydrological model, climate change contributed to 22.08% of the runoff change. Land
use change accounted for 65.95% of the runoff change. (4) Various future climate
change scenarios were examined in this study. The maximum average runoff simulated
by the model occurred when rainfall increased by 20% and temperature decreased by
20%, resulting in a 13.485 m3/s increase compared to the base scenario. (5) The
simulated annual runoff, from highest to lowest, was as follows: urban development
scenario (19.71 m3/s) > ecological protection scenario (18.68 m3/s) > baseline
scenario (13.17 m3/s). This study enhances our understanding of runoff variation in
the Huangfuchuan Basin and provides a valuable foundation for water resource
management and conservation on the Loess Plateau, China.},
keywords = {Huangfuchuan Basin
Runoff
Budyko method
WEP hydrological model
PLUS model},
ISSN = {0022-1694},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN162,
author = {Zhang, Yulong and Song, Conghe and Hwang, Taehee and Novick, Kimberly
and Coulston, John W. and Vose, James and Dannenberg, Matthew P. and Hakkenberg,
Christopher R. and Mao, Jiafu and Woodcock, Curtis E.},
title = {Land cover change-induced decline in terrestrial gross primary
production over the conterminous United States from 2001 to 2016},
volume = {308-309},
pages = {108609},
abstract = {As one of the most dynamic aspects of global environmental change,
land cover change (LCC) has a profound impact on terrestrial carbon sequestration.
However, LCC-induced carbon fluxes are still the most uncertain terms in global and
regional carbon budgets. Ecosystem gross primary production (GPP) is the total
carbon uptake by vegetation through photosynthesis, serving as a major control on
ecosystem function and land carbon balance during and after the modification of the
land surface. However, accurately capturing LCC-induced GPP changes requires both
high-quality land cover data and controlling for variation driven by other
environmental factors such as climate. In this study, we comprehensively examined
the effects of LCC on annual GPP trends over the conterminous United States (CONUS)
from 2001 to 2016 using the USGS National Land Cover Database, a remote sensing-
driven ecosystem model, and the Google Earth Engine cloud computing platform. We
designed a series of model experiments to identify LCC effects on GPP by
controlling climate effects. During the study period, LCC exerted a strong negative
effect on total GPP across the CONUS ([-2.2, -1.8] Tg C yr−2), while climate had
smaller positive effects ([0.17, 0. 92] Tg C yr−2). The LCC-induced reduction of
GPP was mainly caused by net forest loss ([-1.98, -1.39] Tg C yr−2) and urban
expansion ([-2.03, -1.92] Tg C yr−2), but was partially offset by increases in crop
area ([+0.66, +0.79] Tg C yr−2). Ensemble simulations from TRENDY did not capture
the strong negative LCC influences on GPP, likely due to limitations of the adopted
land use/cover data. Our study provides a novel perspective on LCC-induced GPP
changes, which could help to improve our understanding of ecosystem function
changes and constrain the estimation of land carbon balance in the context of
anthropogenic activity and climate change.},
keywords = {Land cover change (LCC)
Gross primary production (GPP)
National land cover database (NLCD)
TRENDY
CONUS},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1157,
author = {Zhang, Yulong and Song, Conghe and Hwang, Taehee and Novick, Kimberly
and Coulston, John W. and Vose, James and Dannenberg, Matthew P. and Hakkenberg,
Christopher R. and Mao, Jiafu and Woodcock, Curtis E.},
title = {Land cover change-induced decline in terrestrial gross primary
production over the conterminous United States from 2001 to 2016},
volume = {308-309},
pages = {108609},
abstract = {As one of the most dynamic aspects of global environmental change,
land cover change (LCC) has a profound impact on terrestrial carbon sequestration.
However, LCC-induced carbon fluxes are still the most uncertain terms in global and
regional carbon budgets. Ecosystem gross primary production (GPP) is the total
carbon uptake by vegetation through photosynthesis, serving as a major control on
ecosystem function and land carbon balance during and after the modification of the
land surface. However, accurately capturing LCC-induced GPP changes requires both
high-quality land cover data and controlling for variation driven by other
environmental factors such as climate. In this study, we comprehensively examined
the effects of LCC on annual GPP trends over the conterminous United States (CONUS)
from 2001 to 2016 using the USGS National Land Cover Database, a remote sensing-
driven ecosystem model, and the Google Earth Engine cloud computing platform. We
designed a series of model experiments to identify LCC effects on GPP by
controlling climate effects. During the study period, LCC exerted a strong negative
effect on total GPP across the CONUS ([-2.2, -1.8] Tg C yr−2), while climate had
smaller positive effects ([0.17, 0. 92] Tg C yr−2). The LCC-induced reduction of
GPP was mainly caused by net forest loss ([-1.98, -1.39] Tg C yr−2) and urban
expansion ([-2.03, -1.92] Tg C yr−2), but was partially offset by increases in crop
area ([+0.66, +0.79] Tg C yr−2). Ensemble simulations from TRENDY did not capture
the strong negative LCC influences on GPP, likely due to limitations of the adopted
land use/cover data. Our study provides a novel perspective on LCC-induced GPP
changes, which could help to improve our understanding of ecosystem function
changes and constrain the estimation of land carbon balance in the context of
anthropogenic activity and climate change.},
keywords = {Land cover change (LCC)
Gross primary production (GPP)
National land cover database (NLCD)
TRENDY
CONUS},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN861,
author = {Zhang, Zhechao and Shi, Zhongqi and Yang, Jiuyang and Hao, Baihui and
Hao, Lijun and Diao, Fengwei and Wang, Lixin and Bao, Zhihua and Guo, Wei},
title = {A new strategy for evaluating the improvement effectiveness of degraded
soil based on the synergy and diversity of microbial ecological function},
volume = {120},
pages = {106917},
abstract = {Sandy soil, as an important transition phase to desertification, has
been an important environmental issue of global concern. This study explored the
combined effects of organic fertilizer amendment and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus
(AMF)-assisted phytoremediation on sandy soil improvement and revealed the
mechanism of soil improvement from the perspective of microbial interactions.
Furthermore, soil quality and soil improvement effectiveness were evaluated from
the perspective of microbial ecological function. A greenhouse pot experiment with
four treatments, including control (CK), single AMF-assisted amendment (RI), single
organic fertilizer amendment (OF) and combined amendment (OF + RI) was set up. The
results showed that the biomass and nutrient element contents of Nitraria sibirica,
soil enzyme activities, soil organic carbon and soil water-stable macroaggregates
(>0.25 mm) were highest in the OF + RI treatment. Using Illumina high-throughput
sequencing, we found that the combined amendment had a significant impact on soil
microbial diversity, community composition and ecological function. Chloroflexi,
Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota and Sordariomycetes were significantly dominant
microorganisms in the OF + RI treatment. Network analysis revealed significantly
positive or negative linear relationships between bacteria/fungal groups and soil
nutrient elements. In conclusion, the synergy and diversity of microbial ecology
function can be used as a key indicator to assess the improvement effectiveness of
various soil. Under the combined effects of reasonable nutrient supplementation and
effective cooperation of the microbial community, the physicochemical amendment and
microbe-assisted phytoremediation will more positively drive sandy soil
improvement. This study proposes new insights for effectively evaluating the soil
improvement effectiveness and improving sandy soil or managing desertification.},
keywords = {Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
Organic fertilizer
Soil microbiome interaction
Microbial ecological function
Evaluation of soil improvement effectiveness},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN811,
author = {Zhang, Zhenyao and Zhang, Zhenming and Yu, Xinxiao and Li, Guowan},
title = {Spatial patterns and drivers of forest ecological functions in a
typical soil-rock mountain area of northern China along an elevational gradient},
volume = {361},
pages = {132073},
abstract = {Because of the gradient effect of various environmental factors,
mountain areas provide favorable conditions for studying the responses of
vegetation to global climate change. As a crucial part of the soil-rock mountain
area in northern China, the Beijing mountain area is an important ecological
barrier to the capital of China. We investigated the main ecological functions of
the forest ecosystem in a typical soil-rock mountain area. Taking elevation and
slope direction as the spatial quantity, the spatial heterogeneity of the main
ecological functions of the forest ecosystem at elevations from 150 to 1,050m were
analyzed. The five functions were mostly intercorrelated; the highest correlation
was found between water yield and biodiversity. The most important ecological
element was soil moisture, and the high content of soil gravel limited water
availability. Against the background of climate warming and drying in North China,
water yield and diversity may continue to decreased in the near future, further
enhancing ecological pressure. Therefore, we suggest that the afforestation density
in this area should not exceed 1,500 trees/ha, and the stand structure should be
optimized to obtain a canopy closure of less than 0.6, thereby ensuring sustainable
forest development.},
Ecological element
Ecological function
Elevational gradient
Soil-rock mountain},
ISSN = {0959-6526},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN48,
author = {Zhang, Zhiyuan and Zhang, Huanyuan and Cui, Zikun and Tao, Feng and
Chen, Ziwei and Chang, Yaxuan and Magliulo, Vincenzo and Wohlfahrt, Georg and Zhao,
Dongsheng},
title = {Global consistency in response of terrestrial ecosystem respiration to
temperature},
volume = {308-309},
pages = {108576},
abstract = {Many studies have been carried out to quantify the trend of
terrestrial ecosystem respiration (Re) in a warming world, but a conclusive answer
has not yet been confirmed because the temperature sensitivity of Re was found
inconsistent under different scales or regarding different types of respiratory
flux. Aiming at reconciling the relationship between temperature and Re across
different scales (i.e., short-term and site-to-site), we proposed a method to
reduce noises of half-hourly Re measurements and applied nine empirical models to a
1387 site-year FLUXNET datasets. Regarding the temperature sensitivity of half-
hourly Re records, we found a surprisingly consistent result that the sigmoid
functions outcompeted other statistical models in 82% of site-year combinations,
and on average, achieved a staggering R2 value of 0.92, indicating the positive
correlation between Re and temperature on fine time scale (within one site-year
dataset). Even though Re of all biomes followed sigmoid functions, the parameters
of the S-curve varied strongly across sites or years. This explains why measured
Q10 value (an index denote temperature sensitivity) largely depends on observation
season and site. Furthermore, on the interannual variation of Re, we did not find
any relationship between mean annual temperature (MAT) and mean annual Re within
any site, which implies that the small year-to-year variation of the sigmoid
pattern is large enough to counteract the warming effect on Re. This study brings
up a conceptual framework to integrate the relationship between temperature and Re
under short-term or site-to-site scales. It also provided evidence to support the
argument that the relationship between MAT and mean annual Re by using data across
multiple sites should not be used to interpret the response of respiration under
global warming.},
keywords = {Terrestrial ecosystem respiration
Temperature sensitivity
Global scale
Sigmoid function
Temporal scale
Spatial scale},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN665,
author = {Zhang, Zhiyuan and Zhang, Renduo and Zhou, Yang and Cescatti,
Alessandro and Wohlfahrt, Georg and Sun, Minmin and Zhang, Huanyuan and Qi, Jiaxin
and Zhu, Juan and Magliulo, Vincenzo and Tao, Feng and Chen, Guanhong},
title = {A temperature threshold to identify the driving climate forces of the
respiratory process in terrestrial ecosystems},
volume = {89},
pages = {1-8},
abstract = {Terrestrial ecosystem respiration (Re) is the second largest carbon
flux between the biosphere and atmosphere. Therefore, climate-driven changes of Re
greatly impact on future atmospheric CO2 concentration. The aim of this study was
to derive an air temperature threshold to identify the driving climate forces of
the respiratory process in terrestrial ecosystems within different temperature
zones. A global dataset of 647 site-years of ecosystem flux data and related
variables were collected at 152 sites. The quantile regression was applied to
evaluate relationships between the maximum realizable Re rates and mean annual air
temperature (MAT) as well as other micrometeorological factors (i.e., atmospheric
CO2 concentration, atmospheric water content, soil heat flux, sensible heat flux,
latent heat flux, precipitation, relative humidity, and soil water content). Our
analysis revealed an ecosystem threshold of MAT of 11 ± 2.3 °C. In ecosystems with
MATs lower than the threshold, the maximum Re rates were primarily dependent on
temperature and respiration was mainly a temperature-driven process. In ecosystems
with MATs higher than the threshold, besides MAT, other factors, such as water
availability and surface heat flux, became significant driving forces of the
maximum Re rates and respiration was a multi-factor-driven process. Temperature
played the key role in generation of the maximum Re rates in the terrestrial
ecosystems, while other driving forces reduce the maximum Re rates and the
temperature sensitivity of the respiratory process. According to a regression tree
analysis, MAT was also the most influencing factor of mean Re rates among the
climate forces. The information from this study should be useful to predict the
respiratory process in terrestrial ecosystems with different temperatures under the
climate change.},
Driving forces
Ecological threshold
Global scale
Temperature zones
Meta-Analysis},
ISSN = {1164-5563},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2018.08.001},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN765,
author = {Zhang, Zhiyuan and Zhang, Renduo and Zhou, Yang and Cescatti,
Alessandro and Wohlfahrt, Georg and Sun, Minmin and Zhang, Huanyuan and Qi, Jiaxin
and Zhu, Juan and Magliulo, Vincenzo and Tao, Feng and Chen, Guanhong},
title = {A temperature threshold to identify the driving climate forces of the
respiratory process in terrestrial ecosystems},
volume = {89},
pages = {1-8},
abstract = {Terrestrial ecosystem respiration (Re) is the second largest carbon
flux between the biosphere and atmosphere. Therefore, climate-driven changes of Re
greatly impact on future atmospheric CO2 concentration. The aim of this study was
to derive an air temperature threshold to identify the driving climate forces of
the respiratory process in terrestrial ecosystems within different temperature
zones. A global dataset of 647 site-years of ecosystem flux data and related
variables were collected at 152 sites. The quantile regression was applied to
evaluate relationships between the maximum realizable Re rates and mean annual air
temperature (MAT) as well as other micrometeorological factors (i.e., atmospheric
CO2 concentration, atmospheric water content, soil heat flux, sensible heat flux,
latent heat flux, precipitation, relative humidity, and soil water content). Our
analysis revealed an ecosystem threshold of MAT of 11 ± 2.3 °C. In ecosystems with
MATs lower than the threshold, the maximum Re rates were primarily dependent on
temperature and respiration was mainly a temperature-driven process. In ecosystems
with MATs higher than the threshold, besides MAT, other factors, such as water
availability and surface heat flux, became significant driving forces of the
maximum Re rates and respiration was a multi-factor-driven process. Temperature
played the key role in generation of the maximum Re rates in the terrestrial
ecosystems, while other driving forces reduce the maximum Re rates and the
temperature sensitivity of the respiratory process. According to a regression tree
analysis, MAT was also the most influencing factor of mean Re rates among the
climate forces. The information from this study should be useful to predict the
respiratory process in terrestrial ecosystems with different temperatures under the
climate change.},
Driving forces
Ecological threshold
Global scale
Temperature zones
Meta-Analysis},
ISSN = {1164-5563},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2018.08.001},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN764,
author = {Zhao, Fubo and Ma, Shuai and Wu, Yiping and Qiu, Linjing and Wang,
Wenke and Lian, Yanqing and Chen, Ji and Sivakumar, Bellie},
title = {The role of climate change and vegetation greening on
evapotranspiration variation in the Yellow River Basin, China},
volume = {316},
pages = {108842},
abstract = {Actual evapotranspiration (ET) plays a key role in the water cycle
and energy balance, and it is also sensitive to climate and land use changes due to
its explicit link with multiple land surface processes. Understanding
spatiotemporal changes of ET and its drivers is of vital importance for water
resources management. In this study, we estimated spatiotemporal changes in ET and
quantified its drivers in the Yellow River Basin (YRB)—the second largest river
basin of China—during the period of 1982–2016 using the modified Penman-Monteith-
Leuning (PML) model by simply incorporating land use dynamics. The PML model was
validated against on-site flux observations, global evaporation modeling results,
and water balance-based observations. The validation using annual and monthly data
from above-mentioned data showed that the modified PML model performs well for both
the entire YRB and sub-watershed scale. During the 35-year study period, the YRB
experienced significant climate warming and vegetation greening, reflected by
significant increases in air temperature and leaf area index, causing a significant
increase of the basin-averaged ET (1.36 mm/yr, P<0.01). We conducted the factorial
experiments to attribute ET variations to climate and vegetation greening, and the
results show that climate warming, vegetation greening, and increased vapor
pressure deficit were the major contributors to the positive changes in ET,
accounting for 45.6% (0.62 mm/yr), 31.6% (0.43 mm/yr), and 19.9% (0.27 mm/yr).
Variations in solar radiation and wind speed played minor positive and negative
roles in annual ET variations. Moreover, vegetation greening significantly
contributed (92.3%) to the increase in the ratio of transpiration to ET due to the
increased available energy absorbed by canopy. This study provides a comprehensive
assessment of the effects of climate and vegetation on ET, and can help in
formulating appropriate policies for water resource management in the context of
climate warming and revegetation programs.},
Evapotranspiration
Penman-Monteith-Leuning model
Vegetation greening
Water resources},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN664,
author = {Zhao, Fubo and Ma, Shuai and Wu, Yiping and Qiu, Linjing and Wang,
Wenke and Lian, Yanqing and Chen, Ji and Sivakumar, Bellie},
title = {The role of climate change and vegetation greening on
evapotranspiration variation in the Yellow River Basin, China},
volume = {316},
pages = {108842},
abstract = {Actual evapotranspiration (ET) plays a key role in the water cycle
and energy balance, and it is also sensitive to climate and land use changes due to
its explicit link with multiple land surface processes. Understanding
spatiotemporal changes of ET and its drivers is of vital importance for water
resources management. In this study, we estimated spatiotemporal changes in ET and
quantified its drivers in the Yellow River Basin (YRB)—the second largest river
basin of China—during the period of 1982–2016 using the modified Penman-Monteith-
Leuning (PML) model by simply incorporating land use dynamics. The PML model was
validated against on-site flux observations, global evaporation modeling results,
and water balance-based observations. The validation using annual and monthly data
from above-mentioned data showed that the modified PML model performs well for both
the entire YRB and sub-watershed scale. During the 35-year study period, the YRB
experienced significant climate warming and vegetation greening, reflected by
significant increases in air temperature and leaf area index, causing a significant
increase of the basin-averaged ET (1.36 mm/yr, P<0.01). We conducted the factorial
experiments to attribute ET variations to climate and vegetation greening, and the
results show that climate warming, vegetation greening, and increased vapor
pressure deficit were the major contributors to the positive changes in ET,
accounting for 45.6% (0.62 mm/yr), 31.6% (0.43 mm/yr), and 19.9% (0.27 mm/yr).
Variations in solar radiation and wind speed played minor positive and negative
roles in annual ET variations. Moreover, vegetation greening significantly
contributed (92.3%) to the increase in the ratio of transpiration to ET due to the
increased available energy absorbed by canopy. This study provides a comprehensive
assessment of the effects of climate and vegetation on ET, and can help in
formulating appropriate policies for water resource management in the context of
climate warming and revegetation programs.},
Evapotranspiration
Penman-Monteith-Leuning model
Vegetation greening
Water resources},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN835,
author = {Zhao, Jia and Zhao, Yuluan},
title = {Synergy/trade-offs and differential optimization of production, living,
and ecological functions in the Yangtze River economic Belt, China},
volume = {147},
pages = {109925},
abstract = {The high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt
(YREB) is a major strategy related to China’s overall national development. Based
on the synergy/trade-offs of production, living, and ecological functions (PLEFs)
in the YREB from 2000 to 2020, this paper puts forward suggestions for the
optimization of territorial space to promote the high-quality development of the
YREB. The mechanistic equilibrium model was applied to determine the synergy/trade-
off relationship of PLEFs, and the key factors affecting the coordination degree
were analyzed with the help of a geographical detector and a geographically
weighted regression (GWR) model to further identify the trade-off zones and propose
differential optimization strategies. The results showed that the average degree of
synergy of PLEFs decreased from 0.18 to 0.08 in YREB during the study period, and
the coordination developed to a higher level, forming a local patchwork of
coordination “highlands” in space, with a gradient divergence of coordination from
west to east. The land-use degree, landscape, slope, traffic, and nightlight index
were the dominant factors influencing PLEFs, and their q-values were 0.30, 0.27,
0.20, 0.18 and 0.14 in order, with significant spatial differences in the effects
of each factor’s role. Based on the deviation of the coordination degree of PLEFs,
three major function-dominated zones were divided, and it was found that the YREB
showed an evolutionary trend of ecological function domination (2000) to production
function domination (2010) to ecological function domination (2020). The trade-off
zones in antagonistic and dysregulated states were further identified, and the
study proposed targeted optimization strategies. The findings provide theoretical
reference to promote the sustainable use of territorial resources and high-quality
regional development in the YREB and the rest of the country.},
keywords = {Production–living–ecological functions
Synergies/trade-offs
GWR model
Differential regulation strategy
Yangtze River Economic Belt},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN623,
author = {Zhao, Qiong and Zeng, De-Hui and Fan, Zhi-Ping and Lee, D. K.},
title = {Effect of Land Cover Change on Soil Phosphorus Fractions in
Southeastern Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China*1 *1Project supported by the
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30471377), the Science and
Engineering Foundation of Korea, and the National Key Technologies R&D Programs of
China (Nos. 2005BA517A03 and 2006BAC01A12)},
volume = {18},
number = {6},
pages = {741-748},
abstract = {In the past 50 years, large areas of the Horqin sandy land were
afforested to prevent desertification. Although the afforestation policy appears
successful, many people now doubt whether it is suitable to plant trees with high
density on the poor soils in semiarid regions. Little is known about the impacts of
afforestation on the sandy soil properties, although the evaluation of these
impacts is fundamental to judge the rationality of afforestation policy. Soil
phosphorus (P) fractions, acid phosphomonoesterase activities, and other soil
chemical properties were compared among five adjoining typical ecosystems on poor
sandy soils in southeastern Horqin sandy land. The ecosystems studied are natural
elm savanna, degraded grassland, Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica)
plantation, Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) plantation, and mixed plantation of
Mongolian pine and poplar (Populus simonii). The results showed that organic P
dominated soil P (47%–65%) was the principal source of available P. The degradation
of elm savanna to grassland significantly reduced soil pH and resulted in an
overall reduction in soil fertility, although slightly increased labile inorganic
P. Grassland afforestation had no significant influence on soil pH, organic carbon,
and total N but significantly reduced total P. Impacts of grassland afforestation
on soil P fractions depended on tree species. Natural elm savanna had higher soil P
conserving ability than artificial plantations. Therefore, with the aim of
developing a sustainable ecosystem, we suggested that vegetations with low nutrient
demand (particularly P) and efficient nutrient cycling would be more suitable for
ecosystem restoration in the semiarid region.},
keywords = {afforestation
Horqin sandy land
soil phosphorus
vegetation restoration},
ISSN = {1002-0160},
year = {2008},
}
@article{RN723,
author = {Zhao, Qiong and Zeng, De-Hui and Fan, Zhi-Ping and Lee, D. K.},
title = {Effect of Land Cover Change on Soil Phosphorus Fractions in
Southeastern Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China*1 *1Project supported by the
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30471377), the Science and
Engineering Foundation of Korea, and the National Key Technologies R&D Programs of
China (Nos. 2005BA517A03 and 2006BAC01A12)},
volume = {18},
number = {6},
pages = {741-748},
abstract = {In the past 50 years, large areas of the Horqin sandy land were
afforested to prevent desertification. Although the afforestation policy appears
successful, many people now doubt whether it is suitable to plant trees with high
density on the poor soils in semiarid regions. Little is known about the impacts of
afforestation on the sandy soil properties, although the evaluation of these
impacts is fundamental to judge the rationality of afforestation policy. Soil
phosphorus (P) fractions, acid phosphomonoesterase activities, and other soil
chemical properties were compared among five adjoining typical ecosystems on poor
sandy soils in southeastern Horqin sandy land. The ecosystems studied are natural
elm savanna, degraded grassland, Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica)
plantation, Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) plantation, and mixed plantation of
Mongolian pine and poplar (Populus simonii). The results showed that organic P
dominated soil P (47%–65%) was the principal source of available P. The degradation
of elm savanna to grassland significantly reduced soil pH and resulted in an
overall reduction in soil fertility, although slightly increased labile inorganic
P. Grassland afforestation had no significant influence on soil pH, organic carbon,
and total N but significantly reduced total P. Impacts of grassland afforestation
on soil P fractions depended on tree species. Natural elm savanna had higher soil P
conserving ability than artificial plantations. Therefore, with the aim of
developing a sustainable ecosystem, we suggested that vegetations with low nutrient
demand (particularly P) and efficient nutrient cycling would be more suitable for
ecosystem restoration in the semiarid region.},
keywords = {afforestation
Horqin sandy land
soil phosphorus
vegetation restoration},
ISSN = {1002-0160},
year = {2008},
}
@article{RN1048,
author = {Zhao, Shuheng and Zhu, Xiaolin and Liu, Denghong and Xu, Fei and Wang,
Yan and Lin, Liupeng and Chen, Xuehong and Yuan, Qiangqiang},
title = {A hyperspectral image denoising method based on land cover spectral
autocorrelation},
Geoinformation},
volume = {123},
pages = {103481},
abstract = {Developing denoising algorithms for hyperspectral remote sensing
images (HSIs) can alleviate noise problem, improve data utilization as well as the
accuracy of subsequent applications. However, existing denoising techniques are
usually unstable due to the variations of landscapes, resulting in local distortion
of HSIs, especially in heterogeneous areas. To tackle this issue, we propose a
spatial–spectral interactive restoration (SSIR) framework by exploiting the
complementarity of model-based and data-driven methods. Specifically, a deep
learning-based denoising module that incorporates both convolutional neural
networks (CNN) and Swin Transformer (TF) blocks is designed. This denoiser can
achieve local–global dependencies modeling and content-based interactions to better
capture global heterogeneity differences in HSIs. Moreover, we introduce an
unsupervised unmixing module that utilizes spectral autocorrelation as prior
information to effectively capture the differences in reflectance characteristics
among different land cover components. This parameter-free module further improves
the generalization ability of SSIR and enables stable denoising performance across
different scenarios. Both modules are iteratively updated and fuel each other in
SSIR. The proposed SSIR is shown to outperform others in preserving spatial
details, maintaining spectral fidelity, and adapting to different landscapes based
on simulated and real experiments conducted on various HSIs under diverse noise
conditions.},
keywords = {Hyperspectral remote sensing
Image restoration
Transformer
Spectral unmixing analysis
Noise removal},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN575,
author = {Zhao, Xuechao and Tian, Peng and Sun, Zhaolin and Liu, Shengen and
Wang, Qingkui and Zeng, Zhangquan},
title = {Rhizosphere effects on soil organic carbon processes in terrestrial
ecosystems: A meta-analysis},
volume = {412},
pages = {115739},
abstract = {Rhizosphere processes are one of the most important ways in which
plants affect carbon (C) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. However, how
rhizosphere processes related to C cycling are regulated by microorganisms is still
poorly understood. Here, using a meta-analysis based on data compiled from 110
published articles and our measured data, we quantified the magnitudes of the
rhizosphere effects on soil organic C (SOC), microbial biomass C (MBC), respiration
(Rs), microbial biomass and enzymes involved in C acquisition, and discovered the
linkages between the rhizosphere effect on Rs and microbial characteristics. This
study provided a global-scale assessment in which positive rhizosphere effects on
SOC, MBC, and Rs were observed across terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. We also
found that the positive rhizosphere effects on microbial biomass and enzyme
activities were likely widespread phenomena in terrestrial ecosystems. The results
of the structural equation model also indicated that the rhizosphere effects on SOC
and total nitrogen had positive effects on the rhizosphere effect on Rs, but the
rhizosphere effects on fungal and bacterial biomass showed negative effects. Our
findings highlight the importance of microbial-mediated rhizosphere Rs in global
SOC cycling and suggest that the consideration of the rhizosphere effects on C
cycling processes in Earth system models may improve the accuracy of predicting
global SOC dynamics.},
keywords = {Rhizosphere effect
Soil respiration
Carbon cycle
Microbial community
Enzyme},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN952,
author = {Zhao, Xumao and Garber, Paul A. and Ye, Xiulin and Li, Ming},
title = {The impact of climate change and human activities over the past
2000 years has increased the spatial-temporal extinction rate of gibbons},
volume = {281},
pages = {109998},
abstract = {Climate change and human activities can drive extinction risk by
limiting and fragmenting species distributions, and reducing effective population
size. However, it is difficult to quantify the degree to which species decline is
due to climate change, human activities, or a combination of both factors. Here, we
present data on changes in gibbon distribution over the past 2000 years, along with
expected patterns of climate change to predict future changes in gibbon
distribution and population survival. We found that local gibbon extinction rates
and range contraction in China increased significantly over the past 2000 years,
from 0 % between 0 and 800 CE to 5 % from 801 to 1700 CE, to 30 % from 1701 to
1950 CE, and 71 % from 1951 to 2020 CE. Based on genetic evidence, the effective
population size of the northern white–cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) in China
decreased by 8 % between 0 and 800 CE, 15 % between 801 and 1700 CE, 48 % between
1701 and 1950 CE, and 100 % between 1951 and 2020 CE. In addition, over the past
2000 years, China's human population density increased from 17.56 individuals/km2
to 60.68 individuals/km2. Human population increase was positively correlated with
the conversion of forested habitats into anthropogenic landscapes, and this was
found to be a more significant factor than climate change in driving gibbon range
decline and population extinction. Climate models predict that by the year 2050,
the availability of suitable habitat for three gibbon species in China is expected
to decrease by 23 %–91 %. Our results indicate that unless immediate and effective
action is taken to protect gibbons and their habitats from the deleterious effects
of climate change and a large human population, all species of gibbons in China
will likely go extinction by the end of the century.},
Human population density
Primate persistence
Effective population size},
ISSN = {0006-3207},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN70,
author = {Zhao, Yanbo and Wang, Jie and Zhang, Geli and Liu, Luo and Yang, Jilin
and Wu, Xiaocui and Biradar, Chandrashekhar and Dong, Jinwei and Xiao, Xiangming},
title = {Divergent trends in grassland degradation and desertification under
land use and climate change in Central Asia from 2000 to 2020},
volume = {154},
pages = {110737},
abstract = {Grassland degradation (within-state change) and desertification
(state conversion from grasslands to deserts) are different states in the complex
dynamic process of grassland deterioration. However, the dynamics and associated
drivers of the two states have been rarely examined separately, which is critical
for early warning and conservation policy making. Here, the grassland degradation
and desertification in Central Asia (CA) were studied due to their evident
vulnerability to climate extremes and human activities. We performed a two-step
approach to identify the critical state zones first (i.e., grasslands, deserts, and
the desertification zones) and then assess the vegetation dynamics within each
zone. Finally, we quantified the roles of CO2 fertilization effect, climate change,
climate variability, land use (LU), and anthropogenic climate change (ACC) on the
vegetation dynamics in different state zones. The results showed that the areas of
grasslands and sparse vegetation regions (including deserts and desertification
zones) were stable from 2000 to 2020, but the trends of vegetation greenness were
divergent with a reduction in grasslands and an increase in sparse vegetation
regions. Furthermore, climate change and climate variability were the main driving
force affecting grassland degradation in CA. Yet the vegetation greening in the
desertification and desert zones was mainly driven by the rising CO2 and LU.
Moreover, ACC degraded 20.63% of grasslands and sparsely vegetated lands in CA on
the baseline of 2000. The results highlighted the risks of grassland degradation in
CA. This study proposed a methodology to examine grassland degradation and
desertification in detail and quantify the associated driving factors (especially
ACC) at the pixel scale, which provided some insights on developing region-precise
strategies for grassland conservation in CA and other drylands.},
Drylands
Desertification
Grassland degradation
Attribution analyses},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1269,
author = {Zheng, Baojuan and Myint, Soe W. and Thenkabail, Prasad S. and
Aggarwal, Rimjhim M.},
title = {A support vector machine to identify irrigated crop types using time-
series Landsat NDVI data},
Geoinformation},
volume = {34},
pages = {103-112},
abstract = {Site-specific information of crop types is required for many agro-
environmental assessments. The study investigated the potential of support vector
machines (SVMs) in discriminating various crop types in a complex cropping system
in the Phoenix Active Management Area. We applied SVMs to Landsat time-series
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data using training datasets selected
by two different approaches: stratified random approach and intelligent selection
approach using local knowledge. The SVM models effectively classified nine major
crop types with overall accuracies of >86% for both training datasets. Our results
showed that the intelligent selection approach was able to reduce the training set
size and achieved higher overall classification accuracy than the stratified random
approach. The intelligent selection approach is particularly useful when the
availability of reference data is limited and unbalanced among different classes.
The study demonstrated the potential of utilizing multi-temporal Landsat imagery to
systematically monitor crop types and cropping patterns over time in arid and semi-
arid regions.},
keywords = {Crop classification
Landsat
NDVI
Support vector machines
SVM},
ISSN = {1569-8432},
year = {2015},
}
@article{RN409,
author = {Zheng, Huiling and Zheng, Huifeng},
title = {Assessment and prediction of carbon storage based on land use/land
cover dynamics in the coastal area of Shandong Province},
volume = {153},
pages = {110474},
abstract = {Changes in land use and land cover (LULC) promote regional carbon
storage capacity or trigger carbon depletion, which in turn exhibited significant
impact on global climate change. Understanding the impacts of LULC on changes of
carbon storage in coastal areas plays a critical role in the conservation of
regional ecosystems and sustainable socio-economic development. The present study
acted the coastal area of Shandong Province as an example to analyze the
relationship between LULC and carbon storage combined with the Integrated Valuation
of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) and Patch-generating Land Use
Simulation (PLUS) model. We further predicted the variation of carbon storage
through the change of LULC types under three scenarios in 2030. Our results showed
that cropland (which decreased by 9.41%) and built-up land (which increased by
7.66%) underwent the most significant changes over the past 20 years, while forest,
grassland, wetland, water and bare land underwent less changes. As the dominant
land type, cropland was also the most important carbon pool with medium carbon
storage. Areas with high carbon storage were distributed in the mountains and
hills, where the main land types were grassland and forest. In addition, wetland
located in the Yellow River Delta also stores large amounts of carbon. Accordingly,
areas with low carbon storage were widely distributed in built-up land of urban
metropolitan regions. We pinpointed that the carbon storage in the coastal area of
Shandong Province lost 47.96×106Mg due to the increasing of built-up land and the
decreasing of cropland and forest, while ecological protection measures would
effectively enhance regional carbon storage. Specifically, the regional carbon
storage could be increased by 6.64×106Mg when the conversion of cropland, forest
and grassland into built-up land was reduced by 20% and the conversion of wetland
and water into built-up land was reduced by 30% (under the ecological priority
scenario (EP)). We believe the present study could be a valid reference for
administrators to develop policies in more reasonable planning of land use and
urban development to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality (“Dual Carbon”
goals).},
Coastal area of Shandong Province
InVEST model
PLUS model
Temporal-spatial evolution},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN611,
author = {Zheng, Jinghua and Wang, Hailong and Liu, Bingjun},
title = {Impact of the long-term precipitation and land use changes on runoff
variations in a humid subtropical river basin of China},
volume = {42},
pages = {101136},
abstract = {Study region Liuxihe River Basin in Guangdong province, China. Study
focus Deciphering the runoff variation and its causes is crucial for catchment
water management. The impacts of long-term precipitation aand land use change on
the annual surface runoff were quantitatively analysed using various methods for
the period of 1948–2019. New hydrological insights We found that abrupt change
occurred in 2009 for precipitation and 2003 for runoff, and the slope of
precipitation-runoff cumulative curve changed after 2000 with an increase of ~122
%. This indicated that human activities in the early 2000 s may have resulted in a
marked increase of runoff in addition to precipitation. The dominant land use
transfer was from croplands to constructed lands, most profoundly during 2000–2010.
The multiple linear regression analysis indicated that the increase of
precipitation and the cropland-to-constructed land transitions were nearly equally
responsible for the runoff increase. In total, the long-term precipitation and
major land use change explained ~79 % of annual runoff variation. Furthermore, the
effect of surface water area especially the pond area was discussed, and the
negative linear relationship was found not statistically significant, but the
impact of pond area ratio and its storage capacity on peak flow during rainstorms
is worth further exploration towards flood mitigation, which can serve as an
important and effective measure for nature-based management.},
keywords = {Runoff variation
Climate change
Liuxihe river basin
Humid south China},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN711,
author = {Zheng, Jinghua and Wang, Hailong and Liu, Bingjun},
title = {Impact of the long-term precipitation and land use changes on runoff
variations in a humid subtropical river basin of China},
volume = {42},
pages = {101136},
abstract = {Study region Liuxihe River Basin in Guangdong province, China. Study
focus Deciphering the runoff variation and its causes is crucial for catchment
water management. The impacts of long-term precipitation aand land use change on
the annual surface runoff were quantitatively analysed using various methods for
the period of 1948–2019. New hydrological insights We found that abrupt change
occurred in 2009 for precipitation and 2003 for runoff, and the slope of
precipitation-runoff cumulative curve changed after 2000 with an increase of ~122
%. This indicated that human activities in the early 2000 s may have resulted in a
marked increase of runoff in addition to precipitation. The dominant land use
transfer was from croplands to constructed lands, most profoundly during 2000–2010.
The multiple linear regression analysis indicated that the increase of
precipitation and the cropland-to-constructed land transitions were nearly equally
responsible for the runoff increase. In total, the long-term precipitation and
major land use change explained ~79 % of annual runoff variation. Furthermore, the
effect of surface water area especially the pond area was discussed, and the
negative linear relationship was found not statistically significant, but the
impact of pond area ratio and its storage capacity on peak flow during rainstorms
is worth further exploration towards flood mitigation, which can serve as an
important and effective measure for nature-based management.},
keywords = {Runoff variation
Climate change
Liuxihe river basin
Humid south China},
ISSN = {2214-5818},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN989,
author = {Zhou, Decheng and Zhao, Shuqing and Liu, Shuguang and Zhang,
Liangxia},
title = {Modeling the effects of the Sloping Land Conversion Program on
terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics in the Loess Plateau: A case study with Ansai
County, Shaanxi province, China},
volume = {288},
pages = {47-54},
abstract = {The Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP), preferentially initiated
to reduce water loss and soil erosion in the Loess Plateau of China in 1999, is the
largest eco-restoration project in the world in recent decades. This massive effort
improved the vegetation conditions markedly and was expected to have a great
potential to enhance terrestrial carbon (C) sequestration. However, the spatially-
explicit C consequences of the SLCP remain largely unknown at the regional scale.
Using Ansai County in the Loess Plateau as a case study, we assessed the impacts of
the SLCP on ecosystem C dynamics based on the General Ensemble Biogeochemical
Modeling System (GEMS). The results showed that ecosystem C stock (including C
stored in biomass and soil) decreased slightly in the first five years after the
implementation of the SLCP (i.e., 1999–2003) due to the low production of the newly
forested land, and increased evidently (mostly in biomass) thereafter thanks
primarily to the growth of young plantations. Overall, the study area functioned as
a net C sink in the past three decades, yet the magnitude was greatly amplified by
the SLCP, indicated by a C sink in 2004–2010 nearly twelve times that in 1978–1998
(41.5 vs. 3.5gCm−2yr−1). These results highlight the importance of the SLCP in
promoting terrestrial C sequestration which may help mitigate climate change.
Nevertheless, there were time-lags between the impact of the SLCP and the
associated C dynamics in the eco-restored areas, particularly in the soil, calling
for future efforts toward addressing long-term C consequences of the SLCP.},
keywords = {Ecological restoration
Land use/cover change (LUCC)
Carbon stocks
General Ensemble Biogeochemical Modeling System (GEMS)},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN436,
author = {Zhou, Lei and Zhou, Wen and Chen, Jijing and Xu, Xiyan and Wang,
Yonglin and Zhuang, Jie and Chi, Yonggang},
title = {Land surface phenology detections from multi-source remote sensing
indices capturing canopy photosynthesis phenology across major land cover types in
the Northern Hemisphere},
volume = {135},
pages = {108579},
abstract = {Land surface phenology, which records the start of growing season
(SOS) and the end of growing season (EOS), plays an essential part in reflecting
plant photosynthesis and the response of carbon cycle in terrestrial ecosystems to
climate change. Significant advances have been made toward tracking vegetation
responses to climate variability based on land surface phenology derived from
satellite remote sensing information. However, the advantages and disadvantages of
single remote sensing index in estimating land surface phenology across major land
cover types has not been well documented, which hindered our ability to better
understand the impact of climate variability on plant phenology at large scales. In
our study, four remote sensing indices, including solar-induced chlorophyll
fluorescence (SIF), leaf area index (LAI), normalized difference vegetation index
(NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI) based on 66 eddy flux tower sites in the
Northern Hemisphere during the period of 2007–2014, were integrated to estimate
land surface phenology across five land cover types, including evergreen needle-
leaf forests, deciduous broadleaf forests, mixed forests, grasslands and croplands.
The phenology extracted from gross primary production (GPP) from eddy covariance
measurements was treated as real canopy photosynthesis phenology to verify the
estimates of phenology transitions based on remote sensing indices. Results showed
that all four remote sensing indices can capture land surface phenology, but showed
different ability within land cover types. In details, phenology derived from LAI
and SIF in three types of forests appeared to have good relationships with canopy
photosynthesis phenology based on GPP, while phenology based on EVI or NDVI was
close to GPP based phenology at grasslands and croplands sites. Meanwhile, the
integration of four remote sensing indices could estimate land surface phenology
more comparable to canopy photosynthesis phenology than a single remote sensing
index for most sites. Furthermore, SOS was affected primarily by shortwave
radiation, while EOS was regulated by a combination of different climatic variables
in the Northern Hemisphere. The integration of remote sensing indices phenology
could improve the capacity of estimating phenology transitions, which help us to
better understand the impacts of climatic variables on land surface phenology and
vegetation dynamics in future climate change.},
Canopy photosynthesis
Remote sensing indices
Climatic variable
Northern Hemisphere},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN1025,
author = {Zhou, Lei and Zhou, Wen and Chen, Jijing and Xu, Xiyan and Wang,
Yonglin and Zhuang, Jie and Chi, Yonggang},
title = {Land surface phenology detections from multi-source remote sensing
indices capturing canopy photosynthesis phenology across major land cover types in
the Northern Hemisphere},
volume = {135},
pages = {108579},
abstract = {Land surface phenology, which records the start of growing season
(SOS) and the end of growing season (EOS), plays an essential part in reflecting
plant photosynthesis and the response of carbon cycle in terrestrial ecosystems to
climate change. Significant advances have been made toward tracking vegetation
responses to climate variability based on land surface phenology derived from
satellite remote sensing information. However, the advantages and disadvantages of
single remote sensing index in estimating land surface phenology across major land
cover types has not been well documented, which hindered our ability to better
understand the impact of climate variability on plant phenology at large scales. In
our study, four remote sensing indices, including solar-induced chlorophyll
fluorescence (SIF), leaf area index (LAI), normalized difference vegetation index
(NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI) based on 66 eddy flux tower sites in the
Northern Hemisphere during the period of 2007–2014, were integrated to estimate
land surface phenology across five land cover types, including evergreen needle-
leaf forests, deciduous broadleaf forests, mixed forests, grasslands and croplands.
The phenology extracted from gross primary production (GPP) from eddy covariance
measurements was treated as real canopy photosynthesis phenology to verify the
estimates of phenology transitions based on remote sensing indices. Results showed
that all four remote sensing indices can capture land surface phenology, but showed
different ability within land cover types. In details, phenology derived from LAI
and SIF in three types of forests appeared to have good relationships with canopy
photosynthesis phenology based on GPP, while phenology based on EVI or NDVI was
close to GPP based phenology at grasslands and croplands sites. Meanwhile, the
integration of four remote sensing indices could estimate land surface phenology
more comparable to canopy photosynthesis phenology than a single remote sensing
index for most sites. Furthermore, SOS was affected primarily by shortwave
radiation, while EOS was regulated by a combination of different climatic variables
in the Northern Hemisphere. The integration of remote sensing indices phenology
could improve the capacity of estimating phenology transitions, which help us to
better understand the impacts of climatic variables on land surface phenology and
vegetation dynamics in future climate change.},
Canopy photosynthesis
Remote sensing indices
Climatic variable
Northern Hemisphere},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN944,
author = {Zhou, Long and Shen, Guoqiang and Li, Chaosu and Chen, Tian and Li,
Sihong and Brown, Robert},
title = {Impacts of land covers on stormwater runoff and urban development: A
land use and parcel based regression approach},
volume = {103},
pages = {105280},
abstract = {Extensive studies have shown that stormwater yield and quality in a
city are heavily influenced by its land uses and land covers (LULC). However, the
majority of these studies have been done at the major watershed levels using remote
sensing data with only a few urban LULC types and at lower resolutions. This
empirical study uses the City of Corvallis, Oregon in the U.S. as a case to
establish robust regression relations between existing urban LULC and stormwater
yield or quality at the land parcel level by environmental models and high-
resolution spatial data. The environmental models are based on parcel-level
hydrological conditions and spatial analysis to assess the watersheds and land
parcels suitable for minimal stormwater yield and highest quality for single and
mixed-use urban development scenarios containing buildings, roads & driveways,
sidewalks & paths, parking lots and open spaces. This study not only can provide a
novel approach for local jurisdictions to evaluate the impacts of public urban
development plans on a built environment but can assist private property owners to
estimate the impacts of their private development projects. In addition to
analysing hydrological conditions and conducting green infrastructure design upon
the completed urban land use plan in previous studies, the present work indicates
the necessity and possibility to apply parcel-level hydrological spatial analysis
to assist local land use planners and watershed managers in making informed
decisions with regard to land development scenarios at the initial stage.},
Land parcel
Stormwater management
Development impact assessment},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN622,
author = {Zhou, Meng and Xiao, Yang and Zhang, Xingyi and Sui, Yueyu and Xiao,
Leilei and Lin, Jinkuo and Cruse, Richard M. and Ding, Guangwei and Liu, Xiaobing},
title = {Warming-dominated climate change impacts on soil organic carbon
fractions and aggregate stability in Mollisols},
volume = {438},
pages = {116618},
abstract = {Mollisols contain high amounts of soil organic carbon (SOC), which
is highly susceptible to climate change; thus, climate change could indirectly
influence soil aggregate stability, but the dominant factor affecting aggregate
stability remains controversial. Here, a soil transplanting test from high-latitude
to low-latitude locations was initiated in 2004 to investigate the influences of
warming-dominated climate change (approximately 3–4.7 ℃) on the quantity and
molecular composition of OC fractions in surface (0–20 cm) soils, aggregate
stability changes and underlying mechanisms. Different initial soil organic matter
(SOM) contents of 50.6 g kg−1 (SOM5), 58.8 g kg−1 (SOM6), and 108.9 g kg−1 (SOM11)
were established in situ soils and in transplanted soils to simulate warming. The
15-year warming-dominated climate change presented no noticeable change in the SOC
content in the lower SOM Mollisols (SOM5 and SOM6) but increased the SOC content by
13.3% in the higher SOM Mollisol (SOM11). In terms of labile OC fractions, warming-
dominated climate change significantly increased the dissolved organic carbon (DOC)
content by 20.1%–47.7% but reduced the easily oxidizable organic carbon (EOC) and
microbial biomass carbon (MBC) contents by 22.1%–33.6%. Irrespective of any
treatment, warming-dominated climate change decreased soil aggregate stability, as
evidenced by the reduction in mean weight diameter (MWD) and geometric mean
diameter (GMD) of 41.7%–79.3% and an increase in fractal dimension (D) of 28.6%–
58.5%. For hierarchically organized soil aggregates, warming-dominated climate
change increased the proportion and OC content of particulate organic matter inside
free microaggregates (Fm-POM) as well as nonaggregated silt + clay-sized organic
matter (nA-MOM). However, climate change decreased the proportion and OC content of
silt + clay-sized fractions inside microaggregates within macroaggregates (mM-MOM).
Of importance, warming-dominated climate change increased the amount of
carbohydrates and decreased the amount of lignin in the mM-MOM, Fm-POM, and nA-MOM
fractions. Therefore, we speculated that chemical protection by mineral association
within macroaggregates and nA-MOM fractions and physical protection by the
occlusion of POM within free microaggregates might be the primary mechanisms for
SOC stabilization under long-term climate change in Mollisols. The long-term
warming-dominated climate change results demonstrated a positive effect on SOC
content in higher SOM Mollisols, DOC, carbohydrate C, free microaggregate-
associated C and nonaggregated silt + clay-sized associated C but exhibited a
negative effect on EOC, MBC, lignin C, silt + clay-sized inside microaggregates
within macroaggregates C and aggregate stability. These variables all contributed
to the reduction in soil aggregate stability and might act as sensitive indicators
of warming-dominated climate change in Mollisols, which in turn affect farmland
ecosystem C fluxes in response to further climate change.},
keywords = {Carbohydrate
Lignin
FTIR
Solid-stateC NMR
Particulate organic matter
Silt and clay fractions},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN722,
author = {Zhou, Meng and Xiao, Yang and Zhang, Xingyi and Sui, Yueyu and Xiao,
Leilei and Lin, Jinkuo and Cruse, Richard M. and Ding, Guangwei and Liu, Xiaobing},
title = {Warming-dominated climate change impacts on soil organic carbon
fractions and aggregate stability in Mollisols},
volume = {438},
pages = {116618},
abstract = {Mollisols contain high amounts of soil organic carbon (SOC), which
is highly susceptible to climate change; thus, climate change could indirectly
influence soil aggregate stability, but the dominant factor affecting aggregate
stability remains controversial. Here, a soil transplanting test from high-latitude
to low-latitude locations was initiated in 2004 to investigate the influences of
warming-dominated climate change (approximately 3–4.7 ℃) on the quantity and
molecular composition of OC fractions in surface (0–20 cm) soils, aggregate
stability changes and underlying mechanisms. Different initial soil organic matter
(SOM) contents of 50.6 g kg−1 (SOM5), 58.8 g kg−1 (SOM6), and 108.9 g kg−1 (SOM11)
were established in situ soils and in transplanted soils to simulate warming. The
15-year warming-dominated climate change presented no noticeable change in the SOC
content in the lower SOM Mollisols (SOM5 and SOM6) but increased the SOC content by
13.3% in the higher SOM Mollisol (SOM11). In terms of labile OC fractions, warming-
dominated climate change significantly increased the dissolved organic carbon (DOC)
content by 20.1%–47.7% but reduced the easily oxidizable organic carbon (EOC) and
microbial biomass carbon (MBC) contents by 22.1%–33.6%. Irrespective of any
treatment, warming-dominated climate change decreased soil aggregate stability, as
evidenced by the reduction in mean weight diameter (MWD) and geometric mean
diameter (GMD) of 41.7%–79.3% and an increase in fractal dimension (D) of 28.6%–
58.5%. For hierarchically organized soil aggregates, warming-dominated climate
change increased the proportion and OC content of particulate organic matter inside
free microaggregates (Fm-POM) as well as nonaggregated silt + clay-sized organic
matter (nA-MOM). However, climate change decreased the proportion and OC content of
silt + clay-sized fractions inside microaggregates within macroaggregates (mM-MOM).
Of importance, warming-dominated climate change increased the amount of
carbohydrates and decreased the amount of lignin in the mM-MOM, Fm-POM, and nA-MOM
fractions. Therefore, we speculated that chemical protection by mineral association
within macroaggregates and nA-MOM fractions and physical protection by the
occlusion of POM within free microaggregates might be the primary mechanisms for
SOC stabilization under long-term climate change in Mollisols. The long-term
warming-dominated climate change results demonstrated a positive effect on SOC
content in higher SOM Mollisols, DOC, carbohydrate C, free microaggregate-
associated C and nonaggregated silt + clay-sized associated C but exhibited a
negative effect on EOC, MBC, lignin C, silt + clay-sized inside microaggregates
within macroaggregates C and aggregate stability. These variables all contributed
to the reduction in soil aggregate stability and might act as sensitive indicators
of warming-dominated climate change in Mollisols, which in turn affect farmland
ecosystem C fluxes in response to further climate change.},
keywords = {Carbohydrate
Lignin
FTIR
Solid-stateC NMR
Particulate organic matter
Silt and clay fractions},
ISSN = {0016-7061},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN1060,
author = {Zhu, Bin and Liao, Jingjuan and Shen, Guozhuang},
title = {Combining time series and land cover data for analyzing spatio-temporal
changes in mangrove forests: A case study of Qinglangang Nature Reserve, Hainan,
China},
volume = {131},
pages = {108135},
abstract = {Mangrove forests have important social, ecological, and economic
value in coastal ecosystems. However, they are one of the most vulnerable
ecosystems in the world and are widely threatened due to their unique location
along the land-sea interface. Thus, mangrove conservation based on scientific and
effective monitoring methods is essential. In this study, a method for analyzing
the spatio-temporal changes in mangrove forests was proposed in Qinglangang Nature
Reserve, Hainan Province, China. This method combined multiple time series analysis
(including Theil-Sen median trend analysis, Mann-Kendall test, and Hurst exponent)
with land cover data from Landsat and Sentinel-1/2 to provide a clearer geographic
explanation for changes in mangrove forests. The study showed that high-resolution
data performs better than low-resolution data, optical indices are more ideal than
SAR indices, and EVI is more advantageous than NDVI for mangrove time series
analysis. The results revealed that mangroves in Qinglangang have experienced a
severe degradation stage (1987–2003), a slow improvement stage (2003–2013), and a
coexistence of improvement and degradation stage (2013–2020). In all stages, the
main causes of mangrove degradation are anthropogenic factors, such as development
of aquaculture ponds and building land, and natural factors caused by typhoons and
sea-level rise. The anthropogenic factors have a broader and longer impact and
should be a focus of future studies. The improvement in mangrove forests is due to
habitat quality restoration and artificial planting, which is shown to be quite
effective.},
keywords = {Mangrove forests
Remote sensing
Land cover data},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN298,
author = {Zhu, Guofeng and Qiu, Dongdong and Zhang, Zhuanxia and Sang, Liyuan
and Liu, Yuwei and Wang, Lei and Zhao, Kailiang and Ma, Huiying and Xu, Yuanxiao
and Wan, Qiaozhuo},
title = {Land-use changes lead to a decrease in carbon storage in arid region,
China},
volume = {127},
pages = {107770},
abstract = {The carbon storage of terrestrial ecosystems is closely related to
global climate change. Therefore, assessing the impact of land-use changes on
carbon storage is instructive to reduce global carbon emissions. Taking an arid
region in northwest China as an example, this paper analyzed the land-use changes
in arid region from 1980 to 2015. It used the CA-Markov model to predict the land-
use pattern from 2020 to 2050, the carbon storage and sequestration module in
Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (Invest) mode to assess
and predict ecosystem carbon storage over the past 35 years and in the next
30 years and discusses the impact of land-use changes on the carbon storage of
terrestrial ecosystems. The results showed that: (1) The high-value areas of carbon
storage in arid region were primarily concentrated in grassland, forests and
farmland, and the low-value areas of carbon storage were mainly in desert areas.
(2) The carbon storage in arid region showed a downward trend. From 1980 to 2015,
the carbon reserves of terrestrial ecosystems in arid region decreased by 90.95 Tg,
and the net loss of carbon reserves from 2020 to 2050 was 14.72 Tg. Grassland
degradation was the main reason for the reduction of carbon storage in arid region.
(3) The carbon storage of farmland had increased significantly, but the expansion
of farmland dominated by high carbon density grassland, wetland and forest, had
reduced the overall carbon storage of the arid region.},
Carbon storage
Invest model
CA-Markov model
Arid region},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN398,
author = {Zhu, Guofeng and Qiu, Dongdong and Zhang, Zhuanxia and Sang, Liyuan
and Liu, Yuwei and Wang, Lei and Zhao, Kailiang and Ma, Huiying and Xu, Yuanxiao
and Wan, Qiaozhuo},
title = {Land-use changes lead to a decrease in carbon storage in arid region,
China},
volume = {127},
pages = {107770},
abstract = {The carbon storage of terrestrial ecosystems is closely related to
global climate change. Therefore, assessing the impact of land-use changes on
carbon storage is instructive to reduce global carbon emissions. Taking an arid
region in northwest China as an example, this paper analyzed the land-use changes
in arid region from 1980 to 2015. It used the CA-Markov model to predict the land-
use pattern from 2020 to 2050, the carbon storage and sequestration module in
Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (Invest) mode to assess
and predict ecosystem carbon storage over the past 35 years and in the next
30 years and discusses the impact of land-use changes on the carbon storage of
terrestrial ecosystems. The results showed that: (1) The high-value areas of carbon
storage in arid region were primarily concentrated in grassland, forests and
farmland, and the low-value areas of carbon storage were mainly in desert areas.
(2) The carbon storage in arid region showed a downward trend. From 1980 to 2015,
the carbon reserves of terrestrial ecosystems in arid region decreased by 90.95 Tg,
and the net loss of carbon reserves from 2020 to 2050 was 14.72 Tg. Grassland
degradation was the main reason for the reduction of carbon storage in arid region.
(3) The carbon storage of farmland had increased significantly, but the expansion
of farmland dominated by high carbon density grassland, wetland and forest, had
reduced the overall carbon storage of the arid region.},
Carbon storage
Invest model
CA-Markov model
Arid region},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2021},
}
@article{RN1227,
author = {Zhu, Jie and Yin, Yuming and Lu, Jingshan and Warner, Timothy A. and
Xu, Xinwen and Lyu, Mingyu and Wang, Xue and Guo, Caili and Cheng, Tao and Zhu, Yan
and Cao, Weixing and Yao, Xia and Zhang, Yongguang and Liu, Liangyun},
title = {The relationship between wheat yield and sun-induced chlorophyll
fluorescence from continuous measurements over the growing season},
volume = {298},
pages = {113791},
abstract = {Rapid and accurate estimation of crop yield using remote sensing
technology could be an important tool for improved global food security. As an
effective probe measuring photosynthesis, sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence
(SIF) has potential for predicting crop yield, particularly when SIF measurements
are integrated over an extended time period. However, few studies have investigated
how temporal scale, vegetation structure, physiology and environmental factors
affect crop yield prediction using SIF. Therefore, in this study we evaluate
uncertainties in the relationship between SIF and wheat yield, associated with
changes in leaf area index (LAI), chlorophyll a and b content (Cab), photosynthetic
active radiation (PAR), and the timing of measurements over a range of temporal
scales. Wheat field experiments were carried out over two years. LAI, Cab, PAR and
canopy SIF were measured at several temporal scales. We systematically compared the
performance of SIF parameters [near-infrared canopy SIF normalized by PAR
(SIFyNIR), total near-infrared at photosystem level normalized by PAR
(SIFyNIR_tot), and normalized difference fluorescence index (NDFI)] and vegetation
indices (VIs) [normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and NIR reflectance
of vegetation (NIRv)] as predictors of yield estimation. Among the SIF parameters,
NDFI appeared to be the most sensitive to LAI and Cab. SIFyNIR_tot at the anthesis
stage was the best predictor of wheat yield. SIF outperformed VIs for wheat yield
estimation during the late growth period. Moreover, as the temporal scale increased
(i.e., as the data values were accumulated over longer intervals of time), the
relationship between SIFyNIR and wheat yield tended to be more linear. Overall, the
uncertainty in the relationship between SIF and yield was affected more by LAI than
Cab, and higher PAR produced a stronger and more stable relationship between SIF
and wheat yield. Our findings provide empirical support and an example of an
approach for using SIF to predict crop yield, as well as elucidation of the
mechanisms underlying the relationship between SIF and production.},
keywords = {Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF)
Wheat ( L.)
Wheat yield
Total SIF at photosystem level (SIF)},
ISSN = {0034-4257},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN127,
author = {Zhu, Liya and Song, Ruixiang and Sun, Shuang and Li, Yang and Hu, Ke},
title = {Land use/land cover change and its impact on ecosystem carbon storage
in coastal areas of China from 1980 to 2050},
volume = {142},
pages = {109178},
abstract = {Land use/land cover (LULC) change has greatly altered ecosystem
carbon storage capacity and can eventually profoundly impact global climate change.
Characterizing the LULC change and its impact on ecosystem carbon storage in
coastal areas is greatly significant to comprehensively understanding the
influences of human activities on ecosystems. Based on LULC data, this paper
combined CA-Markov and InVEST models to evaluate the past, present, and future LULC
change and its impact on ecosystem carbon storage in coastal areas of China. The
results showed that past LULC change in coastal areas can be divided into two
stages: (I) accelerated evolution stage (1980–2010), and (II) stable evolution
stage (2010–2020). Changes in LULC types have led to a downward trend in ecosystem
carbon storage, with a cumulative loss of 0.39 Pg and 0.15 Pg during the two
stages, respectively. Spatially, carbon storage presented a high-low-high spatial
distribution pattern from north to south. Temporally, areas with a rapid
urbanization process exhibited more obvious changes in carbon storage dynamics.
Compared with the natural change scenario, the areas with LULC types conversion
under the ecological conservation scenario in 2050 will be lower due to the
limitation of ecological protection, and it caused carbon storage reduction will
slow down. Rapid LULC dynamics, that a large area of farmland, unused land and,
water have been converted into construction land, reduced the carbon sequestration
capacity of the ecosystem. This study will provide reliable references and precise
data support for coastal management and decision-making.},
keywords = {LULC
Carbon storage
CA-Markov Model
InVEST model
Coastal areas},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN10,
author = {Zhu, Liya and Sun, Shuang and Li, Yang and Liu, Xingbao and Hu, Ke},
title = {Effects of climate change and anthropogenic activity on the vegetation
greening in the Liaohe River Basin of northeastern China},
volume = {148},
pages = {110105},
abstract = {Elucidating the response mechanism of variation in vegetation trend
to determinant is of great value to environmental resource management, particularly
significant in the ecologically fragile area. The Liaohe River Basin (LRB) is a key
part of eco-security in China, which has experienced apparent climatic variations
and intensified human activities in recent decades. Yet, it still remains not clear
about drivers in shaping the spatio-temporal patterns of vegetation growth. Here,
the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) was utilized to investigate the
spatio-temporal variation of vegetation coverage from 2000 to 2019. Then, we
incorporated partial derivatives analysis to conduct attribution analyses of
vegetation greening in light of the meteorological data. The prime findings are as
follows: (1) The vegetation coverage in the LRB presented a growing state in the
recent 20 years at a rate of 0.0031/a, with significant spatial and temporal
heterogeneity due to its slope; (2) The attribution results showed that the average
contribution of precipitation, temperature, and solar radiation to the NDVI changes
in the LRB was 0.00205/a, 0.00008/a, and −0.00028/a, respectively. (3) The climatic
change played the most dominant role in influencing vegetation activities as a
result of the relative contributions of 59.68% of NDVI changes (40.32% contributed
by anthropogenic activities); (4) LULC dynamics were characterized by an increase
in forest land and large-scale ecological afforestation projects, which increase
vegetation coverage. Conversely, urbanization adversely affected vegetation
variations. Understanding the findings of this study is expected to offer further
scientific support and practical implications for monitoring the local vegetation
status.},
keywords = {Liaohe River Basin
Vegetation trend
Climate change
Anthropogenic activities},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN300,
author = {Zhu, Qiuan and Jiang, Hong and Peng, Changhui and Liu, Jinxun and Wei,
Xiaohua and Fang, Xiuqin and Liu, Shirong and Zhou, Guomo and Yu, Shuquan},
title = {Evaluating the effects of future climate change and elevated CO2 on the
water use efficiency in terrestrial ecosystems of China},
volume = {222},
number = {14},
pages = {2414-2429},
abstract = {Water use efficiency (WUE) is an important variable used in climate
change and hydrological studies in relation to how it links ecosystem carbon cycles
and hydrological cycles together. However, obtaining reliable WUE results based on
site-level flux data remains a great challenge when scaling up to larger regional
zones. Biophysical, process-based ecosystem models are powerful tools to study WUE
at large spatial and temporal scales. The Integrated BIosphere Simulator (IBIS) was
used to evaluate the effects of climate change and elevated CO2 concentrations on
ecosystem-level WUE (defined as the ratio of gross primary production (GPP) to
evapotranspiration (ET)) in relation to terrestrial ecosystems in China for 2009–
2099. Climate scenario data (IPCC SRES A2 and SRES B1) generated from the Third
Generation Coupled Global Climate Model (CGCM3) was used in the simulations. Seven
simulations were implemented according to the assemblage of different elevated CO2
concentrations scenarios and different climate change scenarios. Analysis suggests
that (1) further elevated CO2 concentrations will significantly enhance the WUE
over China by the end of the twenty-first century, especially in forest areas; (2)
effects of climate change on WUE will vary for different geographical regions in
China with negative effects occurring primarily in southern regions and positive
effects occurring primarily in high latitude and altitude regions (Tibetan
Plateau); (3) WUE will maintain the current levels for 2009–2099 under the constant
climate scenario (i.e. using mean climate condition of 1951–2006 and CO2
concentrations of the 2008 level); and (4) WUE will decrease with the increase of
water resource restriction (expressed as evaporation ratio) among different
ecosystems.},
WUE
Climate change
Ecosystem level
IBIS
DGVM
China},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN400,
author = {Zhu, Qiuan and Jiang, Hong and Peng, Changhui and Liu, Jinxun and Wei,
Xiaohua and Fang, Xiuqin and Liu, Shirong and Zhou, Guomo and Yu, Shuquan},
title = {Evaluating the effects of future climate change and elevated CO2 on the
water use efficiency in terrestrial ecosystems of China},
volume = {222},
number = {14},
pages = {2414-2429},
abstract = {Water use efficiency (WUE) is an important variable used in climate
change and hydrological studies in relation to how it links ecosystem carbon cycles
and hydrological cycles together. However, obtaining reliable WUE results based on
site-level flux data remains a great challenge when scaling up to larger regional
zones. Biophysical, process-based ecosystem models are powerful tools to study WUE
at large spatial and temporal scales. The Integrated BIosphere Simulator (IBIS) was
used to evaluate the effects of climate change and elevated CO2 concentrations on
ecosystem-level WUE (defined as the ratio of gross primary production (GPP) to
evapotranspiration (ET)) in relation to terrestrial ecosystems in China for 2009–
2099. Climate scenario data (IPCC SRES A2 and SRES B1) generated from the Third
Generation Coupled Global Climate Model (CGCM3) was used in the simulations. Seven
simulations were implemented according to the assemblage of different elevated CO2
concentrations scenarios and different climate change scenarios. Analysis suggests
that (1) further elevated CO2 concentrations will significantly enhance the WUE
over China by the end of the twenty-first century, especially in forest areas; (2)
effects of climate change on WUE will vary for different geographical regions in
China with negative effects occurring primarily in southern regions and positive
effects occurring primarily in high latitude and altitude regions (Tibetan
Plateau); (3) WUE will maintain the current levels for 2009–2099 under the constant
climate scenario (i.e. using mean climate condition of 1951–2006 and CO2
concentrations of the 2008 level); and (4) WUE will decrease with the increase of
water resource restriction (expressed as evaporation ratio) among different
ecosystems.},
WUE
Climate change
Ecosystem level
IBIS
DGVM
China},
ISSN = {0304-3800},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN1053,
author = {Zhu, Wenquan and Zhao, Cenliang and Xie, Zhiying},
title = {An end-to-end satellite-based GPP estimation model devoid of
meteorological and land cover data},
volume = {331},
pages = {109337},
abstract = {Vegetation gross primary productivity (GPP) plays a key role in the
terrestrial carbon cycle, and remote sensing models are one of the main tools for
GPP estimation at regional and global scales. Almost all existing remote sensing
models (e.g., regression models, parametric models, process models and machine
learning models) rely on plant functional type (PFT)-based parameter settings,
multiple data sources (e.g., meteorological data) and key indices (e.g., leaf area
index, LAI), limiting their estimation accuracy and spatial generalization
capability. Therefore, we developed an End-To-End Satellite-based model (ETES) to
improve GPP estimation. ETES only utilizes input variables from original satellite
observations and Global Land Surface Satellite (GLASS) downward shortwave radiation
data. It replaces the traditional vegetation types data with a set of numeric
variables (named as Seasonal Characteristics of Vegetation Types and Growth, SCVTG)
derived from the curve of vegetation index time series within each growing cycle.
The multi-layer perceptron method was applied to model the end-to-end relationship
between GPP and input variables. Taking the flux data from FLUXNET 2015 as the
benchmark, the GPP estimation accuracy of ETES was higher than that of similar GPP
products (i.e., MOD17, GOSIF, GPP-NIRv and FLUXCOM RS), with an average 27.89%
reduction in RMSE (ΔRMSE, -0.96 ∼ -0.6 g C m−2 day−1) and a 28.86% increase in R2
(ΔR2, 0.09 ∼ 0.22) at the monthly scale. In short, ETES can effectively improve GPP
estimation in data availability, spatial generalization capability and estimation
accuracy. Meanwhile, SCVTG, as a new proxy of real vegetation types and phenology,
would benefit the design of terrestrial carbon flux estimation models.},
keywords = {Carbon flux
End-to-end satellite-based model (ETES)
Machine learning
Seasonal characteristics of vegetation types and growth (SCVTG)},
ISSN = {0168-1923},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN453,
author = {Zhuang, Qingwei and Shao, Zhenfeng and Kong, Lu and Huang, Xiao and
Li, Yuzhen and Yan, Yuyan and Wu, Shixin},
title = {Assessing the effects of agricultural management practices and land-use
changes on soil organic carbon stocks},
volume = {231},
pages = {105716},
abstract = {Soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks have profound effects on climate
change, sustainable agricultural development, and environmental management. Our
objectives were to propose a conceptual framework and quantify the impact of land
use change (LUC) and agricultural management practices (AMPs) on SOC stocks. By
comparison, we choose the Kriging-based spatial prediction model to estimate SOC
stocks based on the field sampled soil data (depth of 0–30 cm) in 2005 and 2019.
Film mulching, drip irrigation, and fertilizer application were selected to
represent the regional AMPs. Our results indicate that SOC stocks increased by
12.7% in the Sangong river basin from 2005 to 2019. From the proposed conceptual
framework, we notice that the transition between different land-use types may cause
both losses (e.g., −9.49 Gg C caused by expansion of construction land) and gains
(e.g., +3 Gg C caused by the conversion of cultivated land to grassland) of SOC
storage. Benefiting from improved AMPs (e.g., film mulching, drip irrigation, and
fertilizer application), the “stable cultivated land” category contributes the most
(+36.0 Gg C) to the growth of SOC stocks.},
Land-use changes
Agricultural management practices
Arid regions},
ISSN = {0167-1987},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN45,
author = {Zinyama, Lovemore M.},
title = {Sources and range of data on land-use and land-cover change in
Zimbabwe},
volume = {16},
number = {3},
pages = {161-165},
ISSN = {0264-8377},
year = {1999},
}
@article{RN898,
author = {Zoeller, Kim C. and Cumming, Graeme S.},
title = {Cultural functional groups associated with birds relate closely to
avian ecological functions and services},
journal = {Ecosystem Services},
volume = {60},
pages = {101519},
abstract = {The global rapid decline of ecological systems has highlighted the
potential of ecosystem functions to drive conservation discourse. Ecosystem
functions underpin important ecosystem services, and have been described for birds
in South Africa based on measurable ecological traits (physiological, structural,
behavioural, or phenological characteristics), as well as cultural functions (human
preferences for morphological and behavioural traits). Understanding the spatial
relationships between ecological and cultural functions can provide insight into
the extent to which cultural services of birds are correlated with different
ecological functions, and identify potential synergies in the distribution of
cultural and ecological services. Here we show that when correcting for the effect
of species richness and spatial autocorrelation on functional group richness, there
is a clear correlation between avian cultural and ecological functional groups in
South Africa (r = 0.6, t = 32.20, df = 1936, p < 0.05), suggesting that cultural
functions are strongly correlated with ecologically relevant traits, despite their
production being primarily mediated through human perception. This relationship was
highly correlated in National Parks (r = 0.75, t = 14.95, df = 182, p < 0.05). For
conservation initiatives that aim to maximise both ecosystem function and ecosystem
service production, it is critical to identify and support synergies in the
distribution of different functional groups to promote the production of multiple
ecosystem services.},
keywords = {Cultural functional groups
Ecological functional groups
Birds
Cultural ecosystem services},
ISSN = {2212-0416},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101519},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN495,
author = {Zope, P. E. and Eldho, T. I. and Jothiprakash, V.},
title = {Impacts of land use–land cover change and urbanization on flooding: A
case study of Oshiwara River Basin in Mumbai, India},
journal = {CATENA},
volume = {145},
pages = {142-154},
abstract = {In the present study, the impact of land use–land cover (LULC)
change and urbanization on floods are investigated for an expanding urban catchment
of the Oshiwara River in Mumbai, India. For the study area, the land use change was
estimated between 1966, 2001 and 2009 by using the topographic map and satellite
images. The analysis of LULC change revealed that the change between 1966 and 2001
was slower than that between 2001 and 2009. The LULC analysis revealed a 74.84%
increase in the built up area with a 42.8% decrease in open spaces between the
years 1966 and 2009, with substantial increase in urbanization. The impact of LULC
on flood hydrograph for different return periods was ascertained by using the HEC-
GeoHMS and HEC-HMS models. In the past 43years, the increase in peak runoff and
runoff volume is marginally varied by 3.0% and 4.45% for the 100-year return period
and 10.4% and 12.2% for the 2-year return period respectively, although the built-
up area increased by 74.84%. The flood inundation area is increased by 5.61% for
the 100-year return period and 6.04% for the 10-year return period between the same
time period. The results showed that lower return periods led to a maximum change
in peak discharge/volume of runoff compared to higher return periods for change in
land use conditions. Further, a flood hazard analysis has been carried out and it
showed that the area in highly hazardous zone is increased by 64.29% as compared to
less hazardous zone where it is decreased by 32.14%. Overall, the total flood
hazard area is increased by 22.27%. The developed flood plain and flood hazard maps
can be used by the local Municipal body to prepare flood mitigation and early
evacuation management plans during floods and as a criteria for insurance of any
property by insurance organizations.},
keywords = {Land use–land cover change
Flood plain
Urbanization
Hazard map
Hydrologic model
Mitigation},
ISSN = {0341-8162},
year = {2016},
}
@article{RN597,
author = {Zoungrana, Benewinde J. B. and Conrad, Christopher and Thiel, Michael
and Amekudzi, Leonard K. and Da, Evariste Dapola},
title = {MODIS NDVI trends and fractional land cover change for improved
assessments of vegetation degradation in Burkina Faso, West Africa},
volume = {153},
pages = {66-75},
abstract = {Reduction of natural vegetation cover in the savannah of West Africa
constitutes a pressing environmental concern that may lead to soil degradation.
With the aim to assess the degradation of natural vegetation in the savannah of
Burkina Faso, this study combined NDVI trends and fractional Land Use/Cover Change
(LULCC). Fractional LULCC maps, derived from the aggregation of a 30 m Landsat
LULCC map (1999–2011) to 250 m resolution of MODIS, were used to assess natural
vegetation conversions in the small-scale spatial patterns of savannah landscapes.
Mann-Kendall's monotonic trend test was applied to 250 m MODIS NDVI time series
(2000–2011) to assess modifications of natural vegetation cover. Finally, the
Spearman's correlation was employed to determine the relationship of natural
vegetation degradation with environmental factors. The study revealed a vast
conversion of natural vegetation into agriculture (15.9%) and non-vegetated area
(1.8%) between 1999 and 2011. Significant decreasing NDVI trends (p < .05) indicated
negative modifications of natural vegetation (2000–2011 period) occurring along the
protected areas borders and in fragmented landscapes characterized by disruption of
continuity in natural vegetation. Spearman's correlation showed that accessibility,
climatic and topographic conditions favored natural vegetation degradation. The
results can enable the development of efficient land degradation policies.},
keywords = {NDVI trends
Fractional LULCC
Land degradation
Savannah landscapes
Burkina Faso},
ISSN = {0140-1963},
year = {2018},
}
@article{RN889,
author = {Zuluaga, Santiago and Speziale, Karina L. and Lambertucci, Sergio A.},
title = {Flying wildlife may mask the loss of ecological functions due to
terrestrial habitat fragmentation},
volume = {803},
pages = {150034},
abstract = {Land use change alters wildlife critical animal behaviours such as
movement, becoming the main driver threatening wildlife ecological functions (WEF)
and nature's contribution to people (NCP) provided by terrestrial species. Despite
the negative impacts of current rates of terrestrial fragmentation on WEF, many
ecological processes can be still occurring through aerial habitats. Here, we
propose and discuss that the movement capabilities of aerial species, as well their
functional redundancy with non-flying wildlife, are the mechanisms by which some
ecological processes can be still occurring. We show examples of how the movements
of aerial wildlife may be masking the loss of important functions and contributions
by compensating for the lost ecosystem functions previously provided by terrestrial
wildlife. We also highlight the implications of losing aerial wildlife in areas
where that functional redundancy was already lost due to the impacts of land use
change on terrestrial wildlife. We suggest to consider flying wildlife as a
biological insurance against the loss of WEF and NCP due to terrestrial
fragmentation and proposed some aeroconservation measures.},
keywords = {Aeroconservation
Animal movement
Fragmentation
Functional redundancy
Nature's contribution to people
Wildlife ecological functions},
ISSN = {0048-9697},
year = {2022},
}
@article{RN555,
author = {Zuma, Mnqobi and Arthur, Georgina and Coopoosamy, Roger and Naidoo,
Kuben},
title = {Incorporating cropping systems with eco-friendly strategies and
solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change on crop production},
journal = {Journal of Agriculture and Food Research},
volume = {14},
pages = {100722},
abstract = {Agricultural practices account for approximately 13.5% of all human
greenhouse gas emissions and are a significant driver of land-use change. As a
result, natural soil fertility has been dramatically reduced, impacting
agricultural productivity, the environment, and human health. New technologies,
such as green technologies, can address these challenges by adjusting agricultural
practices. This paper reviews recent research on climate-mitigating agricultural
practices in agronomic cropping systems, and to show how they affect crops, pests,
and beneficial arthropods. An optimal amount of synthetic fertilizers and
agrochemicals are necessary to maintain production costs, while maximizing outputs.
There is a need to develop intelligent, responsive, biodegradable, and
biocompatible materials to manufacture green, safe, and efficient fertilizers and
pesticides. Site-specific nutrient management (SSNM), is an efficient strategy for
managing nutrient efficiency. This system employs inorganic and organic supplies,
geographical and temporal soil heterogeneity, crop demands of nutrients, and
cropping techniques. A practical strategy to exploit the response of plants to
abiotic factors, including the duration, extent, and incidence of specific
tolerance mechanisms, is to deploy plant-based products (PBPs). Using microbials
(MPBs) is a sustainable strategy to promote plant growth and productivity, even
under abiotic situations. Further, nanoparticles, such as iron, silicon, silver,
and titanium, can boost plant growth and physiological activity in wheat, maize,
soybeans, and spinach are excellent alternatives to artificial chemical pesticides,
as they are biodegradable and only affect the target species. Pest and predator
responses to agricultural techniques require immediate intervention to mitigate
against climate change and ensure food security.},
Synthetic agrochemicals
Alternatives
Organic agriculture
Nanotechnology
Biocompatibility},
ISSN = {2666-1543},
DOI = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100722},
year = {2023},
}
@article{RN912,
author = {Zurlini, Giovanni and Jones, Kenneth Bruce and Riitters, Kurt Hans and
Li, Bai-Lian and Petrosillo, Irene},
title = {Early warning signals of regime shifts from cross-scale connectivity of
land-cover patterns},
volume = {45},
pages = {549-560},
abstract = {Increasing external pressures from human activities and climate
change can lead to desertification, affecting the livelihood of more than 25% of
the world's population. Thus, determining proximity to transition to
desertification is particularly central for arid regions before they may convert
into deserts, and recent research has focused on devising early warning signals for
anticipating such regime shifts. We here draw the attention to some emerging land-
cover cross-scale patterns with a historical characteristic sequence of different
regimes in arid or semi-arid Mediterranean regions that could indicate an impending
transition to the tightening and extension of desertification processes.
Inflexibility of land administration may, in turn, reinforce desertification
processes, erode the resilience and promote regime shifts and collapse instead of
the adaptability required to counter surprises due to climate change. Various
theoretical studies have designated the increase in spatial connectivity as the
leading indicator of early warning for an impending critical transition of regime
shifts. We show that a potential way to address early warning signals of regime
shifts to monitor and predict changes is to look at current land-cover regime
within a simple framework for interpreting cross-scale spatial patterns. We provide
examples of this approach for the Apulia region in southern Italy with
desertification processes in place, and discuss what a cross-scale land-cover
pattern could mean, what it says about the condition of socio-ecological
landscapes, and what could be the effects of changing observed conditions ought to,
for instance, climate change. We took advantage of the rich information provided by
cross-scale pattern analysis in the pattern transition space provided by classic
neutral landscape models. We show potentially dramatic shifts of connectivity at
low land-cover composition below certain thresholds, and suggest that the degree to
which the observed pattern departs from a particular neutral model can indicate
early warning signals of regime shifts, and how those landscapes might evolve/react
to additional land-cover variation. Moreover, as the land-cover pattern mostly
depends on social-economic factors, we argue that we have to change societal values
at the root of inflexibility.},
keywords = {Cross-scale patterns
Early warning signals
Desertification processes
Neutral landscape models
Rigidity traps},
ISSN = {1470-160X},
year = {2014},
}
@article{RN348,
author = {Álvarez Martínez, Jose-Manuel and Suárez-Seoane, Susana and De Luis
Calabuig, Estanislao},
title = {Modelling the risk of land cover change from environmental and socio-
economic drivers in heterogeneous and changing landscapes: The role of
uncertainty},
volume = {101},
number = {2},
pages = {108-119},
abstract = {Knowledge of land cover dynamics and driving forces is a fundamental
tool for landscape planning and management. Nevertheless, this understanding is
often limited by the paucity of accurate land cover data. In this sense, remote-
sensing offers the possibility of acquiring detailed land cover inventories by
applying different methods of image classification. However, in heterogeneous and
changing landscapes, these data may be insufficient to detect temporal changes (and
their causes) because of the uncertainty associated with misclassification and the
spatio-temporal variability of change patterns. In this work, we present a multi-
temporal uncertainty-based method that incorporates regression models to establish
the risk (probability) of land cover change (RLCC), as a function of a set of
environmental and socioeconomic driving factors. After filtering out uncertainty
for dependent variables (land cover changes), the accuracy of the models increased
and regression yielded more parsimonious models that identified the relevant
predictors more efficiently. Considering all land cover changes as a whole, drivers
relating to the physical environment (i.e., soil properties, accessibility,
altitude, slope, solar radiation and rainfall) were more frequently selected than
those related to agriculture, society or economy, which may be due to the poor
quality of the available socioeconomic data at the municipality level. When
analysing changes separately, several differences appeared (e.g. woody vegetation
cover was related with fire events and water availability or human management with
forest expansion). Our methodological approach has demonstrated that uncertainty
plays an important role in model characterisation and identification of potential
drivers of change.},
keywords = {Image classification
Uncertainty
Land cover change
Regression models},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2011},
}
@article{RN248,
author = {Álvarez Martínez, Jose-Manuel and Suárez-Seoane, Susana and De Luis
Calabuig, Estanislao},
title = {Modelling the risk of land cover change from environmental and socio-
economic drivers in heterogeneous and changing landscapes: The role of
uncertainty},
volume = {101},
number = {2},
pages = {108-119},
abstract = {Knowledge of land cover dynamics and driving forces is a fundamental
tool for landscape planning and management. Nevertheless, this understanding is
often limited by the paucity of accurate land cover data. In this sense, remote-
sensing offers the possibility of acquiring detailed land cover inventories by
applying different methods of image classification. However, in heterogeneous and
changing landscapes, these data may be insufficient to detect temporal changes (and
their causes) because of the uncertainty associated with misclassification and the
spatio-temporal variability of change patterns. In this work, we present a multi-
temporal uncertainty-based method that incorporates regression models to establish
the risk (probability) of land cover change (RLCC), as a function of a set of
environmental and socioeconomic driving factors. After filtering out uncertainty
for dependent variables (land cover changes), the accuracy of the models increased
and regression yielded more parsimonious models that identified the relevant
predictors more efficiently. Considering all land cover changes as a whole, drivers
relating to the physical environment (i.e., soil properties, accessibility,
altitude, slope, solar radiation and rainfall) were more frequently selected than
those related to agriculture, society or economy, which may be due to the poor
quality of the available socioeconomic data at the municipality level. When
analysing changes separately, several differences appeared (e.g. woody vegetation
cover was related with fire events and water availability or human management with
forest expansion). Our methodological approach has demonstrated that uncertainty
plays an important role in model characterisation and identification of potential
drivers of change.},
keywords = {Image classification
Uncertainty
Land cover change
Regression models},
ISSN = {0169-2046},
year = {2011},
}

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