#shrubland — Public Fediverse posts

Mapping Multifunctionality In Remote Patagonian Forest Landscapes Reveals High-Value Ecosystems Beyond Protected Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03515-x <-- shared paper
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H/T @Peter Potapov | Researcher at the World Resources Institute (WRI)
“This paper is] a strong example of multifunctionality analysis applied to conservation planning. The study mapped six ecosystem functions, including carbon storage, nutrient availability, water regulation, erosion control, habitat quality, and ecological connectivity. [The author] combined satellite data, field soil sampling, and spatial modeling for this comprehensive analysis.
Two findings stand out.
1. Old-growth forests had the highest multifunctionality index of any land cover type.
2. 78.5% of the top multifunctionality hotspots fall outside the region's protected areas, even though PAs already cover more than 54% of the territory.
Together, these results make a clear case for expanding conservation of the remaining Intact Forest Landscapes and primary forests in Patagonia and elsewhere…”
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“Remote forest landscapes provide critical references for understanding ecosystem functions (EFs) under low anthropogenic pressure, yet their capacity to sustain multiple EFs simultaneously remains poorly understood. [They] assessed landscape multifunctionality in western Patagonia by integrating satellite indicators, field data, and spatial modeling. Six EFs (carbon storage, nutrient availability, water regulation, erosion control, habitat quality, and ecological connectivity) were mapped, and their spatial relationships and hotspot distribution within and outside protected areas (PAs) were analyzed. Old-growth and secondary forests showed the highest functional performance. Strong synergies (ρ ≥ 0.6) between carbon storage and nutrient availability covered >50% of the landscape, whereas strong trade-offs (ρ ≤ –0.6) were spatially limited ( < 6%). Notably, 78% of multifunctionality hotspots occurred outside PAs, indicating that high-functional-value areas extend beyond formal conservation boundaries. These findings reveal spatial mismatches between multifunctionality and protection status and provide a replicable framework for integrating multifunctionality into conservation planning under global change…”
#Patagonia #chile #aysen #coyhaique #landcover #mapping #spatial #spatialpatterns #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #forest #vegetation #oldgrowth #secondgrowth #shrubland #grassland #steppe #ecosystem #habitat #nutrients #water #hydrology #erosion #multifunctionality #multifunctionalityanalysis #protectedareas #landuse #conservationplanning #conservation #ecology #carbonstorage #nutrientavailability #waterregulation #erosioncontrol #habitatquality #ecologicalconnectivity #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #modeling

New publication: #Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity. #climatechange #grassland #shrubland
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads8144

Landsliding Follows Signatures Of Wildfire History And Vegetation Regrowth In A Steep Coastal Shrubland
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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tmatthew_the-geoscience-community-is-finding-more-activity-7365791741355950080-VzES <-- shared LinkedIn post
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https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/doi/10.1130/GES02856.1/660392/Landsliding-follows-signatures-of-wildfire-history <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #massmovement #debrisflow #debrisslide #California #USA #climatechange #extremeweather #fire #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #geoscience #water #hydrology #rainfall #precipitation #wildfire #postwildfire #landslide #vegetation #cover #type #causality #coast #coastal #shrubland #model #modeling #atmosphericriver #storm #geomorphology #geomorphometry #SantaYnezMountains #imagery #remotesensing #delineation #downslope #sediment #damage #cost #economics #infrastructure #geology #regrowth #postfire
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) USDA Forest Service California Geological Survey

Understanding Wildfire Behaviour Across Alaska Using Remote Sensing Of Fire Intensity
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/ecosystems-land-change-science-program/news/understanding-wildfire-behavior-across-alaska <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1071/WF24062 <-- shared paper
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/66c3aef6d34e03388287afd0 <-- shared USGS open data release - MODIS Fire Radiative Power Data Compiled From Active Fires In Alaska, 2003-2022
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https://akfireinfo.com/ <-- shared Alaska Wildland Fire Information page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #WildfireScience #Alaska #RemoteSensing #satellite #WildfireAwarenessMonth #WildlandFireScience #fedscience #fedservice #wildfire #bushfire #blackspruce #boreal #fireintensity #fireradiativepower #FRP #MODIS #postfire #shrubland #tundra #whitespruce #peat #ecosystems #risk #hazard #management #planning #recovery #severity

Dominant Edaphic Controls On Particulate Organic Carbon In Global Soils
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https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17619 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #soil #global #soilcarbon #climatechange #particulateorganiccarbon #POC #organiccarbon #empirical #model #modeling #machinelearning #AI #profile #biomes #ecosystems #grassland #pasture #shrubland #forest #boreal #arctic #savannas #sampling

Annual 30 Metre Maps Of Global Grassland Class And Extent (2000–2022) Based On Spatiotemporal Machine Learning
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04139-6 <-- shared paper
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https://landcarbonlab.org/insights/first-global-annual-cultivated-natural-grassland-data/ <-- blog post
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https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/publisher/global-pasture-watch <-- Google EarthEngine
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https://github.com/wri/global-pasture-watch <-- GitHub Repository
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #workflow #global #grassland #shrubland #vegetation #spatialanalysis #AI #machinelearning #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #earthobservation #GLAD #landsat #imagery #opendata #landcover #agriculture #change #natural #model #modeling #pasture #cultivated #GlobalPastureWatch #grazing #livestock

I've now been here on the 'Don for a little more than a year. The pace is slower and the bandwidth lesser, but so is the stress. This seems to be good people having honest conversations and sharing information, like grown-ups.

Anyway, to celebrate and thank you for joining me, here's the beautiful but much-maligned #EasternRedcedar: #native but #invasive in the #GreatPlains, rapidly converting us from #grassland to #shrubland.