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MeteoSaver v1.0: a machine-learning based software for the transcription of historical weather data
Our open-source software can help address the challenges of limited available hydro-climatic data within many regions of the world, by …
Insights from tracking a 19-month non-stop flight of a subadult Common Swift
Observations of the 19 month continous flight of a subadult Swift refine new research avenues with respect to the behaviour of subadult …
Historical tree phenology data across contrasting sites in the Congo Basin
We present a unique dataset of historical tropical tree phenology observations at two sites from different bioclimatic regions across …
Satellite-based mapping of annual canopy height and aboveground biomass in African dense forests
Accurate maps of canopy height (CH) and aboveground biomass (AGB) are needed for monitoring forests over large regions. Producing such …
rsofun v5.1: a model-data integration framework for simulating ecosystem processes
Here, we demonstrate and evaluate the Simulating Optimal FUNctioning (rsofun) R package, which provides a computationally efficient …
Experimental confirmation of the leafhopper Cicadella cosmopolita as a potential vector of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum of enset in Ethiopia
Enset Xanthomonas wilt (EXW), caused by Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum (Xvm), severely impacts enset cultivation in the Ethiopian …
Tracking vegetation phenology across diverse biomes using Version 3.0 of the PhenoCam Dataset
We provide default hardware specification to guarantee continuity in the PhenoCam network. This necessitates inter near-surface remote …
Field Evaluation of Spent Pleurotus ostreatus Substrate Reveals Limited Suppression of Fusarium Wilt in Banana
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), the causal agent of Fusarium wilt of banana, can persist in the soil for extended periods as …
The evolving threat of Fusarium Wilt TR4 to small-scale mixed cultivar banana production in the Red River Basin of Northern Vietnam
While Pisang Awak, an important local variety, is known to be susceptible to both Fusarium wilt (Foc) Race 1 and TR4, recent field …
Continuity in phenological monitoring: Assessing the performance of an updated PhenoCam
We provide default hardware specification to guarantee continuity in the PhenoCam network. This necessitates inter near-surface remote …
Banana Bunchy Top Disease in Rwanda: Identifying Disease Presence and Potential Areas at Risk
Recent sporadic of Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) by the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) merited a …
Mycorrhizal symbioses and tree diversity in global forest communities
We analyzed global forest inventory data and revealed that the relationship between tree species richness and EcM tree proportion …
Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests
Climate change driven global temperature rise may have a strong effect on trait differences between dominant and rare tree species and …
Human-in-the-loop tabular data extraction methods for historical climate data rescue
Real challenge remains in the implementation of accurate and efficient methods for extracting information from historical handwritten …
Proximal remote sensing: an essential tool for bridging the gap between high-resolution ecosystem monitoring and global ecology
Proximal remote sensing can bridge the gap between individual plants and landscape wide measurements, providing continuous data at a …
Global estimates of the storage and transit time of water through vegetation
Plants store little water compared to other pools, and the time it takes to return that water to the atmosphere is among the fastest …
Phenology Across Scales: An Intercontinental Analysis of Leaf-Out Dates in Temperate Deciduous Tree Communities
The distributions of intra-community variability of leaf-out were similar in Europe and eastern North American forests, despite the …
Towards the Integrated Management of Fusarium Wilt of Banana
This Special Issue contains a selection of papers dealing with Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), with a special focus on the Fusarium …
Solar Radiation Triggers the Bimodal Leaf Phenology of Central African Evergreen Broadleaved Forests
Including solar radiation increases tropical leaf phenology model accuracy
Semantic segmentation dataset of Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (LUCAS) rural landscape Street View Images
We present an analysis ready segmentation dataset of street level images of natural underrepresented landscapes for use in earth …
Historical tree phenology data reveal the seasonal rhythms of the Congo Basin rainforest
Overall African tropical leaf phenology is dominated by large and/or abundant trees.
Evaluating the effects of moonlight on the vertical flight profiles of three western palaearctic swifts
We suggest that swifts optimize their flight behaviour to adapt to favourable night-time light conditions, driven by light-responsive …
Using long-term data from a whole ecosystem warming experiment to identify best spring and autumn phenology models
The combination of experimental manipulations and multiple years provided the framework to select the best phenology models.
Pan-Arctic soil moisture control on tundra carbon sequestration and plant productivity
Soil moisture limits the arctic carbon sink potential under climate change.
Predicting spring green-up across diverse North American grasslands
Existing models of grassland phenology poorly predict green-up. Inclusion of precipitation, in addition to temperature, resulted in …
The aeroecology of atmospheric convergence zones: the case of pallid swifts
In contrast to the current paradigm, which centers on insect availability using vegetation as a proxy, we show that weather related …
Earlier snowmelt may lead to late season declines in plant productivity and carbon sequestration in Arctic tundra ecosystems
Our results suggest that the expected increased CO2 sequestration arising from Arctic warming and the associated increase in growing …
Geographical distribution and genetic diversity of the banana Fusarium wilt fungus in Laos and Vietnam
Fusarium wilt is a major disease of bananas and poses a threat to global banana production. Here we investigate the genetic diversity …
Calibrating vegetation phenology from Sentinel-2 using eddy covariance, PhenoCam, and PEP725 networks across Europe
The freely available Sentinel-2 imagery at a 10 m spatial resolution with a ~ 5-day repeat cycle provides an opportunity to map …
Comparing effectiveness, cost- and time-efficiency of control options for Xanthomonas wilt of banana under Rwandan agro-ecological conditions
Xanthomonas wilt is a major disease of bananas affecting the livelihood and food security of East and Central African small-holder …
The Integration of Shade-Sensitive Annual Crops in Musa spp. Plantations in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
In small-holder intercropping the choice of banana spacing will need to be tailored to the banana cultivar, soil conditions and the …
Sensitivity and Tolerance of Different Annual Crops to Different Levels of Banana Shade and Dry Season Weather
We show that careful selection and allocation of crops with varying sensitivity to various banana shade levels and dry season weather …
Historical Aerial Surveys Map Long-Term Changes of Forest Cover and Structure in the Central Congo Basin
We used a combination of historical (1958) aerial photography and contemporary remote sensing data to map long-term changes in the …
Monitoring crop phenology using a smartphone based near-surface remote sensing approach
Smartphone repeat imagery quantifies important phenological stages of winter wheat. Small scale phenology or disturbances are not …
Assimilating phenology datasets automatically across ICOS ecosystem stations
We detail the procedure for the implementation of cameras on Integrated Carbon Observation System flux towers and how these images will …
An integrated phenology modelling framework in r
We present the phenor r package and modelling framework. The framework leverages measurements of vegetation phenology from four common …
Productivity of North American grasslands is increased under future climate scenarios despite rising aridity
We explore the potential responses of North American grasslands to climate change using a new, data-informed vegetation–hydrological …