Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities [PDF]
Environmental Research Letters, 2011 Part of Focus on Dynamics of Arctic and Sub-Arctic Vegetation Recent research using repeat photography, long-term ecological monitoring and dendrochronology has documented shrub expansion in arctic, high-latitude and alpine tundra ecosystems. Here, we (1)
Andreu-Hayles, Laia +31 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2017 Woody shrubs have increased in biomass and expanded into new areas throughout the Pan-Arctic tundra biome in recent decades, which has been linked to a biome-wide observed increase in productivity.
Andrew C Martin +4 more
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Constraints on shrub cover and shrub–shrub competition in a U.S. southwest desert [PDF]
Ecosphere, 2019 AbstractThe cover of woody perennial plants (trees and shrubs) in arid ecosystems is at least partially constrained by water availability. However, the extent to which maximum canopy cover is limited by rainfall and the degree to which soil water holding capacity and topography impacts maximum shrub cover are not well understood.
Wenjie Ji +11 more
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Shrub-depth: Capturing Height of Dense Graphs [PDF]
Log. Methods Comput. Sci., 2019 The recent increase of interest in the graph invariant called tree-depth and in its applications in algorithms and logic on graphs led to a natural question: is there an analogously useful "depth" notion also for dense graphs (say; one which is stable ...
de Mendez, Patrice Ossona +4 more
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Immediate effects of microclimate modification enhance native shrub encroachment [PDF]
, 2017 Shrubs have become more dense and expanded beyond their range all over the world for a variety of reasons including increased temperatures, overgrazing, and alteration of historical fire regime.
Badger C. J. +6 more
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Reindeer grazing increases summer albedo by reducing shrub abundance in Arctic tundra
Environmental Research Letters, 2016 Previous studies have shown that climate warming is causing shrub cover to increase at high latitudes. Increased shrub cover generally lowers surface albedo, which results in higher energy absorption and further warming.
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Tree, Shrub, and Grass Classification Using Only RGB Images
Remote Sensing, 2020 In this work, a semantic segmentation-based deep learning method, DeepLabV3+, is applied to classify three vegetation land covers, which are tree, shrub, and grass using only three band color (RGB) images.
B. Ayhan, C. Kwan
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Effects of different cutting heights on coppice response of forage shrubs in Ghana
Turkish Journal of Forestry, 2021 This study aimed to determine the effect of cutting intensity on the recovery rate, growth, and biomass production of selected savanna forage shrub species.
Oppong Samuel Kıngsley +2 more
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Effects of habitat and livestock on nest productivity of the Asian houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii in Bukhara Province, Uzbekistan [PDF]
, 2016 To inform population support measures for the unsustainably hunted Asian houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii (IUCN Vulnerable) we examined potential habitat and land-use effects on nest productivity in the Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan.
BM Gubin +50 more
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Growth rings show limited evidence for ungulates’ potential to suppress shrubs across the Arctic
Environmental Research Letters, 2022 Global warming has pronounced effects on tundra vegetation, and rising mean temperatures increase plant growth potential across the Arctic biome. Herbivores may counteract the warming impacts by reducing plant growth, but the strength of this effect may ...
Katariina E M Vuorinen +40 more
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