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A Non-Stationary 1981–2012 AVHRR NDVI3g Time Series by Pinzon, Jorge E, Tucker, Compton J

“…The NDVI3g time series is an improved 8-km normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data set produced from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer…”
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An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel by Brandt, Martin, Tucker, Compton J., Kariryaa, Ankit, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Abel, Christin, Small, Jennifer, Chave, Jerome, Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Hiernaux, Pierre, Diouf, Abdoul Aziz, Kergoat, Laurent, Mertz, Ole, Igel, Christian, Gieseke, Fabian, Schöning, Johannes, Li, Sizhuo, Melocik, Katherine, Meyer, Jesse, Sinno, Scott, Romero, Eric, Glennie, Erin, Montagu, Amandine, Dendoncker, Morgane, Fensholt, Rasmus

“…A large proportion of dryland trees and shrubs (hereafter referred to collectively as trees) grow in isolation, without canopy closure. These non-forest trees…”
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The wandering mind oscillates: EEG alpha power is enhanced during moments of mind-wandering by Compton, Rebecca J., Gearinger, Dylan, Wild, Hannah

“…What is your brain doing while your mind is wandering? This study used a within-subjects experience-sampling design to test whether episodes of mind-wandering…”
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Vegetation dynamics and rainfall sensitivity of the Amazon by Hilker, Thomas, Lyapustin, Alexei I., Tucker, Compton J., Hall, Forrest G., Myneni, Ranga B., Wang, Yujie, Bi, Jian, de Moura, Yhasmin Mendes, Sellers, Piers J.

“…We show that the vegetation canopy of the Amazon rainforest is highly sensitive to changes in precipitation patterns and that reduction in rainfall since 2000…”
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Estimation of Terrestrial Global Gross Primary Production (GPP) with Satellite Data-Driven Models and Eddy Covariance Flux Data by Joiner, Joanna, Yoshida, Yasuko, Zhang, Yao, Duveiller, Gregory, Jung, Martin, Lyapustin, Alexei I., Wang, Yujie, Tucker, Compton J.

“…We estimate global terrestrial gross primary production (GPP) based on models that use satellite data within a simplified light-use efficiency framework that…”
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Nation-wide mapping of tree-level aboveground carbon stocks in Rwanda by Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Brandt, Martin, Chave, Jérôme, Reiner, Florian, Skole, David L., Kariryaa, Ankit, Igel, Christian, Hiernaux, Pierre, Ciais, Philippe, Mertz, Ole, Tong, Xiaoye, Li, Sizhuo, Rwanyiziri, Gaspard, Dushimiyimana, Thaulin, Ndoli, Alain, Uwizeyimana, Valens, Lillesø, Jens-Peter Barnekow, Gieseke, Fabian, Tucker, Compton J., Saatchi, Sassan, Fensholt, Rasmus

“…Trees sustain livelihoods and mitigate climate change but a predominance of trees outside forests and limited resources make it difficult for many tropical…”
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From woody cover to woody canopies: How Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data advance the mapping of woody plants in savannas by Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin, Wang, Qiao, Prishchepov, Alexander V., Tucker, Compton J., Li, Yunmei, Lyu, Heng, Fensholt, Rasmus

“…Woody vegetation is a central component of savanna ecosystems providing ecosystem services for local livelihoods. Accurate monitoring of woody vegetation in…”
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More than one quarter of Africa’s tree cover is found outside areas previously classified as forest by Reiner, Florian, Brandt, Martin, Tong, Xiaoye, Skole, David, Kariryaa, Ankit, Ciais, Philippe, Davies, Andrew, Hiernaux, Pierre, Chave, Jérôme, Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Igel, Christian, Oehmcke, Stefan, Gieseke, Fabian, Li, Sizhuo, Liu, Siyu, Saatchi, Sassan, Boucher, Peter, Singh, Jenia, Taugourdeau, Simon, Dendoncker, Morgane, Song, Xiao-Peng, Mertz, Ole, Tucker, Compton J., Fensholt, Rasmus

“…The consistent monitoring of trees both inside and outside of forests is key to sustainable land management. Current monitoring systems either ignore trees…”
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A multi-proxy assessment of the impact of environmental instability on Late Holocene (4500-3800 BP) Native American villages of the Georgia coast by Garland, Carey J, Thompson, Victor D, Sanger, Matthew C, Smith, Karen Y, Andrus, Fred T, Lawres, Nathan R, Napora, Katharine G, Colaninno, Carol E, Compton, J Matthew, Jones, Sharyn, Hadden, Carla S, Cherkinsky, Alexander, Maddox, Thomas, Deng, Yi-Ting, Lulewicz, Isabelle H, Parsons, Lindsey

“…Circular shell rings along the South Atlantic Coast of North America are the remnants of some of the earliest villages that emerged during the Late Archaic…”
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Multi-angle implementation of atmospheric correction for MODIS (MAIAC): 3. Atmospheric correction by Lyapustin, Alexei I., Wang, Yujie, Laszlo, Istvan, Hilker, Thomas, G.Hall, Forrest, Sellers, Piers J., Tucker, Compton J., Korkin, Sergey V.

“…This paper describes the atmospheric correction (AC) component of the Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction algorithm (MAIAC) which introduces a…”
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Widespread increase of boreal summer dry season length over the Congo rainforest by Jiang, Yan, Zhou, Liming, Tucker, Compton J., Raghavendra, Ajay, Hua, Wenjian, Liu, Yi Y., Joiner, Joanna

“…Dry season length strongly influences tropical rainforest vegetation and is largely determined by precipitation patterns 1 , 2 . Over the Amazon, the dry…”
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Land Degradation Assessment Using Residual Trend Analysis of GIMMS NDVI3g, Soil Moisture and Rainfall in Sub-Saharan West Africa from 1982 to 2012 by Ibrahim, Yahaya Z, Balzter, Heiko, Kaduk, Jorg, Tucker, Compton J

“…Areas affected by land degradation in Sub-Saharan West Africa between 1982 and 2012 are identified using time-series analysis of vegetation index data derived…”
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Key ecological responses to nitrogen are altered by climate change by Greaver, T. L., Clark, C. M., Compton, J. E., Vallano, D., Talhelm, A. F., Weaver, C. P., Band, L. E., Baron, J. S., Davidson, E. A., Tague, C. L., Felker-Quinn, E., Lynch, J. A., Herrick, J. D., Liu, L., Goodale, C. L., Novak, K. J., Haeuber, R. A.

“…Climate change and anthropogenic nitrogen deposition are both important ecological threats. Evaluating their cumulative effects provides a more holistic view…”
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Recent shift in Eurasian boreal forest greening response may be associated with warmer and drier summers by Buermann, Wolfgang, Parida, Bikash, Jung, Martin, MacDonald, Glen M., Tucker, Compton J., Reichstein, Markus

“…Terrestrial ecosystems in the northern high latitudes are currently experiencing drastic warming, and recent studies suggest that boreal forests may be…”
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Recent change of vegetation growth trend in China by Peng, Shushi, Chen, Anping, Xu, Liang, Cao, Chunxiang, Fang, Jingyun, Myneni, Ranga B, Pinzon, Jorge E, Tucker, Compton J, Piao, Shilong

“…Abstract Using satellite-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data, several previous studies have indicated that vegetation growth…”
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Fifty years of deforestation and forest fragmentation in Madagascar by HARPER, GRADY J., STEININGER, MARC K., TUCKER, COMPTON J., JUHN, DANIEL, HAWKINS, FRANK

“…Tropical deforestation is a key contributor to species extinction and climate change, yet the extent of tropical forests and their rate of destruction and…”
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Correction: A multi-proxy assessment of the impact of environmental instability on Late Holocene (4500-3800 BP) Native American villages of the Georgia coast by Garland, Carey J, Thompson, Victor D, Sanger, Matthew C, Smith, Karen Y, Andrus, C Fred T, Lawres, Nathan R, Napora, Katharine G, Colaninno, Carol E, Compton, J Matthew, Jones, Sharyn, Hadden, Carla S, Cherkinsky, Alexander, Maddox, Thomas, Deng, Yi-Ting, Lulewicz, Isabelle H, Parsons, Lindsey

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258979.]…”
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Assessing woody vegetation trends in Sahelian drylands using MODIS based seasonal metrics by Brandt, Martin, Hiernaux, Pierre, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Mbow, Cheikh, Kergoat, Laurent, Tagesson, Torbern, Ibrahim, Yahaya Z., Wélé, Abdoulaye, Tucker, Compton J., Fensholt, Rasmus

“…Woody plants play a major role for the resilience of drylands and in peoples' livelihoods. However, due to their scattered distribution, quantifying and…”
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On the measurability of change in Amazon vegetation from MODIS by Hilker, Thomas, Lyapustin, Alexei I., Hall, Forrest G., Myneni, Ranga, Knyazikhin, Yuri, Wang, Yujie, Tucker, Compton J., Sellers, Piers J.

“…The Amazon rainforest is a critical hotspot for bio-diversity, and plays an essential role in global carbon, water and energy fluxes and the earth's climate…”
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Reduction of tree cover in West African woodlands and promotion in semi-arid farmlands by Brandt, Martin, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Hiernaux, Pierre, Herrmann, Stefanie, Tucker, Compton J., Tong, Xiaoye, Tian, Feng, Mertz, Ole, Kergoat, Laurent, Mbow, Cheikh, David, John L., Melocik, Katherine A., Dendoncker, Morgane, Vincke, Caroline, Fensholt, Rasmus

“…Woody vegetation in farmland acts as a carbon sink and provides ecosystem services for local people, but no macroscale assessments of the impact of management…”
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