Global Vegetation and Land Surface Dynamics in a Changing Climate

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; adaptive capacity; climate change; climate change adaptation; climate change vulnerability; conservation; determinants of climate change impact; drought; East Africa; exposure; fire; grazing; n/a; NDVI; ordered probit regression; perceived impact of climate change; photosynthesis; random forest; resilience; savanna; sensitivity; solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence; vegetation; vegetation activity; vegetation anomaly; water stress; woody vegetation
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (108 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036505022; 9783036505039; books978-3-0365-0503-9
• Access: Open Access

Global ecosystem changes are influenced by a combination of natural and anthropogenic factors. Ongoing changes in rainfall, temperature, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can affect natural or managed vegetation, such as forest, grassland, or farmland. Moreover, anthropogenic pressures, such as forest clearing, cattle grazing, increasing infrastructural development, intensive management, and expansion of cropland, can contribute to ecosystem degradation. This collection presents a wide range of studies examining natural and anthropogenic drivers in diverse ecosystems in Africa, Asia, and North America.