Monitoring Terrestrial Ecosystem Resilience Using Earth Observation Data: Identifying Consensus and Limitations Across Metrics
Global Change Biology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
31(3)
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Resilience
is
a
key
feature
of
ecosystem
dynamics
reflecting
system's
ability
to
resist
and
recover
from
environmental
perturbations.
Slowing
down
in
the
rate
recovery
has
been
used
as
an
early‐warning
signal
for
abrupt
transitions.
Recent
advances
Earth
observation
(EO)
vegetation
data
provide
capability
capture
broad‐scale
resilience
patterns
identify
regions
experiencing
loss.
However,
proliferation
methods
evaluating
using
EO
introduced
significant
uncertainty,
leading
contradictory
estimates
across
approximately
73%
Earth's
land
surface.
To
reconcile
these
perspectives,
we
review
range
associated
metrics
that
aspects
data.
Using
principal
component
analysis,
empirically
test
relationships
between
most
widely
explore
emergent
within
among
world's
biomes.
Our
analysis
reveals
10
aggregate
into
four
core
components
dynamics,
highlighting
multidimensional
nature
resilience.
We
also
find
ecosystems
with
slower
are
more
resistant
drought
extremes.
Furthermore,
vary
biomes
types.
These
results
illustrate
inherent
differences
natural
systems
highlight
need
careful
consideration
when
findings
valuable
insights
identifying
global
patterns,
which
critically
needed
inform
policy
decisions
guide
conservation
efforts
globally.
Язык: Английский
Critical slowing down of the Amazon forest after increased drought occurrence
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
121(22)
Опубликована: Май 20, 2024
Dynamic
ecosystems,
such
as
the
Amazon
forest,
are
expected
to
show
critical
slowing
down
behavior,
or
slower
recovery
from
recurrent
small
perturbations,
they
approach
an
ecological
threshold
a
different
ecosystem
state.
Drought
occurrences
becoming
more
prevalent
across
Amazon,
with
known
negative
effects
on
forest
health
and
functioning,
but
their
actual
role
in
patterns
still
remains
elusive.
In
this
study,
we
evaluate
effect
of
trends
extreme
drought
temporal
autocorrelation
(TAC)
satellite-derived
indices
vegetation
activity,
indicator
down,
between
2001
2019.
Differentiating
frequency,
intensity,
duration,
investigate
respective
response.
Our
results
indicate
that
intensity
droughts
is
important
driver
than
although
impacts
vary
regions.
addition,
areas
variable
precipitation
already
less
ecologically
stable
need
fewer
induce
down.
We
present
findings
indicating
most
region
does
not
increasing
trend
TAC.
However,
predicted
increase
frequency
could
potentially
transition
significant
portions
into
state
altered
functionality.
Язык: Английский
How Do Changes in Grassland Phenology and Its Responses to Extreme Climatic Events in Central Asia?
Land,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
14(1), С. 160 - 160
Опубликована: Янв. 14, 2025
Extreme
climate
events
have
become
more
frequent
under
global
warming,
significantly
affecting
vegetation
phenology
and
carbon
cycles
in
Central
Asia.
However,
the
mediating
effects
of
intensity
compound
drought
heat
(CDHEs)
moisture
(CMHEs)
on
grassland
their
trends
relative
contributions
to
over
time
remained
unclear.
Based
calculation
results
(CEs),
this
study
used
trend
analysis,
partial
least
squares
regression
structural
equation
modeling
(PLS-SEM),
ridge
analysis
investigate
effect
temporal
contribution
CEs
Asia,
magnitude
sensitivity
CEs.
This
revealed
that
start
season
(SOS)
was
advanced
by
0.4
d·a−1,
end
(EOS)
delayed
0.5
length
(LOS)
extended
0.8
d·a−1
1982–2022.
The
duration
CDHEs
(0−37
days)
greater
than
CMHEs
(0−9
direct
were
generally
negative,
except
for
positive
LOS.
indirect
temperature
precipitation
through
phenology.
consistently
CMHEs,
both
curves
showed
a
significant
upward
trend.
higher
its
at
0.79
(SOS),
1.18
(EOS),
0.72
(LOS).
Our
emphasize
Under
influence
LOS
will
further
lengthen
future.
Язык: Английский
Drought Mitigation of Populus euphratica by Microenvironmental Changes Within Forest Gaps in Flooded and Non-Flooded Areas
Forests,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
16(2), С. 292 - 292
Опубликована: Фев. 8, 2025
Populus
euphratica
is
the
only
dominant
tree
species
of
desert
riparian
forest
in
Tarim
River
Basin
and
faces
a
great
threat
drought.
Policy-based
artificial
water
delivery
projects
are
an
effective
engineering
method
to
mitigate
drought
reduce
degradation
forests.
Forest
gaps
have
been
shown
be
primary
mode
regeneration.
However,
little
known
about
growth
status
P.
various
arid
zone
habitats,
particularly
light
complex
diverse
microenvironmental
alterations
understory.
This
study
quantified
effects
flooded
areas
on
changes
The
relationships
between
changes,
soil
physicochemical
properties,
physiological
characteristics
were
investigated
through
cross-experiment
that
compared
whether
process
was
existed.
results
revealed
gap
increased
diversity
conditions
ground;
floods
decreased
temperature
by
1.94
°C
while
they
air
humidity
8.19%.
Flooding
improved
vertical
distribution
properties
within
also
altering
content
indicators
different
directions.
In
research
area,
peroxidase
activity
(POD)
exhibited
significant
differences
(p
<
0.05)
understory
euphratica,
all
after
flooding.
Changes
microenvironments
features
together
play
important
ecological
role
mitigating
euphratica.
These
provide
actionable
theoretical
basis
for
efficient
management
forests
sustainable
development
zones.
Язык: Английский
Avaliação remota como alternativa de monitoramento da restauração na região de Carajás, Pará
Biodiversidade Brasileira,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
15(1), С. 70 - 81
Опубликована: Март 10, 2025
O
monitoramento
constitui
etapa
fundamental
da
restauração,
pois
permite
avaliar
a
evolução
dessa
iniciativa
e
assim
promover
o
manejo
adaptativo
das
áreas.
Este
trabalho
teve
como
objetivo
efetividade
do
uso
de
imagens
satélite
alta
resolução
para
monitorar
restauração
em
pequenas
Monitoramos
25
áreas,
utilizando
Coleção
BETA
MapBiomas,
que
inclui
mapas
anuais
cobertura
terra
período
2016
2022,
com
10
m
resolução.
Para
determinar
dinâmica
solo
utilizamos
programa
QGIS.
As
áreas
monitoradas
têm
0,03
8,7
ha
pretérito,
principalmente,
pastagem.
Observamos
uma
intensa
ao
longo
dos
anos
avaliação
(2016
2022),
muito
mais
voltada
antrópico
restauração.
classes
predominante
nas
foram:
pastagem,
outras
não
vegetadas
formação
florestal.
somatório
no
ano
2016,
foi
937,69
ha,
passando
649,91,
2022.
A
área
classificada
floresta
1,310
1,849
Assim
os
dados
campo,
feita
por
mostrou
avaliada
apresenta
resultados
pouco
efetivos,
tendo
vista
aumento
vegetal
consequente
redução
pastagem
foram
observados
forma
consistente.
Esse
fato
demonstra
importância
adoção
estratégias
contemplem
as
especificidades
iniciativas
voltadas
Deste
modo,
fica
demonstrado
geotecnologias
são
ferramentas
importantes
vez
é
possível
indicar
porcentagem
coberta
vegetação
classificar
aquelas
interesse
proximidades,
favorecendo
conectividade
entre
fragmentos.
Restoration of secondary forest in the Greater Mekong Subregion struggles to offset primary forest carbon losses
Global and Planetary Change,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 104796 - 104796
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Shifted vegetation resilience from loss to gain driven by changes in water availability and solar radiation over the last two decades in Southwest China
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
368, С. 110543 - 110543
Опубликована: Апрель 14, 2025
Язык: Английский
Precipitation sensitivity of vegetation growth in southern China depends on geological settings
Journal of Hydrology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
643, С. 131916 - 131916
Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024
Язык: Английский
Resilience Indicators for Tropical Rainforests in a Dynamic Vegetation Model
Global Change Biology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
30(12)
Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024
ABSTRACT
Tropical
forests
and
particularly
the
Amazon
rainforest
have
been
identified
as
potential
tipping
elements
in
Earth
system.
According
to
a
dynamical
systems
theory,
decline
forest
resilience
preceding
shift
savanna‐like
biome
could
manifest
increasing
autocorrelation
of
biomass
time
series.
Recent
satellite
records
indeed
exhibit
such
trend
also
show
larger
autocorrelation,
indicative
reduced
resilience,
drier
regions.
However,
it
is
unclear
which
processes
underlie
these
observational
findings
on
scales
they
operate.
Here,
we
investigate
determine
tropical
stand‐alone,
state‐of‐the‐art
dynamic
global
vegetation
model
LPJmL.
We
find
that
higher
dry
climates
than
wet
(approx.
0.75
vs.
0.2,
for
lag
10
years),
qualitatively
agrees
with
observations.
By
constructing
version
LPJmL
by
disabling
enabling
certain
model,
(i)
this
pattern
associated
population
dynamics
operating
different
(ii)
sensitive
allocation
carbon
pools,
especially
years
stress.
Both
are
highly
uncertain,
oversimplified
or
even
lacking
most
system
models.
Our
results
indicate
observed
spatial
variations
trends
indicators
may
be
explained
local
physiological
ecological
mechanisms
alone,
without
climate–vegetation
feedbacks.
In
principle,
consistent
view
responding
climate
change
locally
does
not
necessarily
need
approach
one
large‐scale
point,
although
latter
cannot
ruled
out
based
our
findings.
Язык: Английский