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View article: The seismic fingerprint of wind‐induced tree sway
The seismic fingerprint of wind‐induced tree sway Open
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme events like heat waves, droughts and storms, placing forests under growing physiological and mechanical stress. Common indicators of tree stress, such as sap flow, stomata…
View article: The Seismic Fingerprint of Tree Sway
The Seismic Fingerprint of Tree Sway Open
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme events like heat waves, droughts, and storms, placing forests under growing physiological and mechanical stress. Common indicators of tree stress, such as sap flow, stomat…
View article: The Seismic Fingerprint of Tree Sway
The Seismic Fingerprint of Tree Sway Open
Changing climate, especially the increase in frequency and intensity of extreme events such as heat waves and droughts, places many forests under significant pressure. However, we lack methods to efficiently track stress responses of trees…
View article: Plant macrophenological dynamics - variations in plant group behaviour revealed by citizen science data
Plant macrophenological dynamics - variations in plant group behaviour revealed by citizen science data Open
Phenological changes are key indicators of climate change. While most studies focus on individual species, plant macrophenology examines large-scale patterns and processes in the timing of plant life cycle events, such as flowering, across…
View article: Above- and below-ground trait coordination across 90 angiosperm and gymnosperm tree species
Above- and below-ground trait coordination across 90 angiosperm and gymnosperm tree species Open
Quantifying the variation in plant traits reveals the trade-offs involved in plant ecological strategies and is fundamental to understanding underlying plant fitness mechanisms. Thus, the ecological success of plant species in a certain ha…
View article: The performance of growing degree day models to predict spring phenology of herbaceous species depends on the species' temporal niche
The performance of growing degree day models to predict spring phenology of herbaceous species depends on the species' temporal niche Open
The concept of growing degree days (GDDs) is commonly used to predict phenological events in plants, assuming that plants develop proportionally to the accumulated temperature. Two species‐specific parameters, T Base and t 0 (minimum tempe…
Learning extreme vegetation response to climate drivers with recurrent neural networks Open
The spectral signatures of vegetation are indicative of ecosystem states and health. Spectral indices used to monitor vegetation are characterized by long-term trends, seasonal fluctuations, and responses to weather anomalies. This study i…
Nonlinear spectral analysis extracts harmonics from land-atmosphere fluxes Open
Understanding the dynamics of the land-atmosphere exchange of CO$_2$ is key to advance our predictive capacities of the coupled climate-carbon feedback system. In essence, the net vegetation flux is the difference of the uptake of CO$_2$ v…
Macrophenological dynamics from citizen science plant occurrence data Open
Phenological shifts across plant species is a powerful indicator to quantify the effects of climate change. Today, mobile applications with automated species identification open new possibilities for phenological monitoring across space an…
View article: DeepExtremeCubes: Integrating Earth system spatio-temporal data for impact assessment of climate extremes
DeepExtremeCubes: Integrating Earth system spatio-temporal data for impact assessment of climate extremes Open
With climate extremes' rising frequency and intensity, robust analytical tools are crucial to predict their impacts on terrestrial ecosystems. Machine learning techniques show promise but require well-structured, high-quality, and curated …
SpectralIndices.jl: Streamlining spectral indices access and computation for Earth system research Open
Remote sensing is an essential technology in environmental science to study Earth surface processes. In optical remote sensing, spectral indices (SI) are widely used to quantify the properties of specific surface characteristics. SI mathem…
View article: Biodiversity and Climate Extremes: Known Interactions and Research Gaps
Biodiversity and Climate Extremes: Known Interactions and Research Gaps Open
Climate extremes are on the rise. Impacts of extreme climate and weather events on ecosystem services and ultimately human well‐being can be partially attenuated by the organismic, structural, and functional diversity of the affected land …
View article: A belowground perspective on the nexus between biodiversity change, climate change, and human well‐being
A belowground perspective on the nexus between biodiversity change, climate change, and human well‐being Open
Soil is central to the complex interplay among biodiversity, climate, and society. This paper examines the interconnectedness of soil biodiversity, climate change, and societal impacts, emphasizing the urgent need for integrated solutions.…
Comment on egusphere-2023-2368 Open
Abstract. Vegetation state variables are key indicators of land-atmosphere interactions characterized by long-term trends, seasonal fluctuations, and responses to weather anomalies. This study investigates the potential of neural networks …
Plant macrophenological dynamics - from individuals to plant group behaviour using citizen science data Open
Understanding the implications of climate change on ecosystems necessitates continuous monitoring of plant phenology. While citizen science data collected through smartphone applications offer a rich source of information, existing phenolo…
DeepFeatures: Remote sensing beyond spectral indices Open
Terrestrial surface processes exhibit distinctive spectral signatures captured by optical satellites. Despite the development of over two hundred spectral indices (SIs), current studies often narrow their focus to individual SIs, overlooki…
View article: How trees sway and what it tells us about their overall vitality
How trees sway and what it tells us about their overall vitality Open
Changing climate, especially the increase in frequency and intensity of extreme events such as heat waves and droughts, poses a significant challenge to the biosphere, threatening biodiversity overall and specifically exacerbating tree mor…
Impact Predictability: Exploring Extremes in Biosphere Dynamics with Recurrent Neural Networks Open
Understanding Earth's terrestrial biosphere dynamics is vital for comprehending our planet's environmental health and sustainability. Recently, the frequency and intensity of extreme climate events have risen, significantly impacting the b…
Learning Extreme Vegetation Response to Climate Forcing: A Comparison of Recurrent Neural Network Architectures Open
Vegetation state variables are key indicators of land-atmosphere interactions characterized by long-term trends, seasonal fluctuations, and responses to weather anomalies. This study investigates the potential of neural networks in capturi…
View article: Biodiversity and climate extremes: known interactions and research gaps
Biodiversity and climate extremes: known interactions and research gaps Open
Climate extremes are on the rise. Impacts of extreme climate and weather events on ecosystem services and ultimately human well-being can be partially attenuated by the organismic, structural, and functional diversity of the affected land …
View article: DeepExtremes: Explainable Earth Surface Forecasting Under Extreme Climate Conditions
DeepExtremes: Explainable Earth Surface Forecasting Under Extreme Climate Conditions Open
Compound heat waves and drought events draw our particular attention as they become more frequent. Co-occurring extreme events often exacerbate impacts on ecosystems and can induce a cascade of detrimental consequences. However, the resear…
Comparison Analysis of the Climate Extreme in 2022 Open
Extreme events are on the rise. The 2022 compound heatwave and drought event caused significant vegetation mortality and serious ecosystem destruction in Europe that urgently need to be investigated. In this study, we used climate data (ER…
Citizen science observations capture global patterns of plant traits Open
As global change accelerates, the urgency for a solid understanding of biosphere-environment interactions grows. However, we need more data on plant functional traits to test such relationships reliably across ecosystems. The TRY database …
ReservoirComputing.jl: An Efficient and Modular Library for Reservoir Computing Models Open
We introduce ReservoirComputing.jl, an open source Julia library for reservoir computing models. The software offers a great number of algorithms presented in the literature, and allows to expand on them with both internal and external too…
Explanation of the onset of bouncing cycles in isotropic rotor dynamics; a grazing bifurcation analysis Open
The dynamics associated with bouncing-type partial contact cycles are considered for a 2 degree-of-freedom unbalanced rotor in the rigid-stator limit. Specifically, analytical explanation is provided for a previously proposed criterion for…
Improved Neural Control of Movements Manifests in Expertise-Related Differences in Force Output and Brain Network Dynamics Open
It is well-established that expertise developed through continuous and deliberate practice has the potential to delay age-related decline in fine motor skills. However, less is known about the underlying mechanisms, that is, whether expert…