Global satellite monitoring of climate-induced vegetation disturbances. (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McDowell, Nate G.; Coops, Nicholas C.; Beck, Pieter S.A.; Chambers, Jeffrey Q.; Gangodagamage, Chandana; Hicke, Jeffrey A.; Huang, Cho-ying; Kennedy, Robert; Krofcheck, Dan J.; Litvak, Marcy; Meddens, Arjan J.H.; Muss, Jordan; Negrón-Juarez, Robinson; Peng, Changhui; Schwantes, Amanda M.; Swenson, Jennifer J.; Vernon, Louis J.; Williams, A. Park; Xu, Chonggang; Zhao, Maosheng; Running, Steve W.; Allen, Craig D.
• Is Part Of: Trends in plant science. Volume 20:Number 2(2015)
• Page Start: 114
• Page End: 123
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Botany -- Periodicals; Botanique -- Périodiques; Botany; Periodicals; 580.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.10.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-1385

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">There is a lack of a comprehensive monitoring system of current terrestrial disturbances.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Remote sensing offers enormous potential for global disturbance observation.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">An idealized monitoring system should accurately detect disturbances and identify their cause(s)</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">An ecological perspective of remote sensing is vital to continue development of terrestrial disturbance monitoring.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>