Persistent Vegetation Greening and Browning Trends Related to Natural and Human Activities in the Mount Elgon Ecosystem

Many developing nations are facing severe food insecurity partly because of their dependence on rainfed agriculture. Climate variability threatens agriculture-based community livelihoods. With booming population growth, agricultural land expands, and natural resource extraction increases, leading to...

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Published in:	Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 12; no. 13; p. 2113
Main Authors:	Wanyama, Dan, Moore, Nathan J., Dahlin, Kyla M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 01-07-2020
Subjects:	Agricultural land Agriculture bfast breakpoint analysis Browning Carbon Climate Climate change Climate variability Deforestation Developing countries East Africa Ecosystems Environmental hazards Food security Grasslands Greening Land cover Land use LDCs Mann–Kendall Natural resources NDVI Normalized difference vegetative index Population growth Precipitation Principal components analysis Rainfed farming Reforestation Remote sensing Savannahs Sen’s slope Spectroradiometers Time Time series Trends Vegetation Vegetation changes Vegetation index Uganda Kenya East Africa Mount Elgon
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