Browsing Research Articles (Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology) by Subject "Ecosystems"

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Ecosystem engineering through aardvark (Orycteropus afer) burrowing : mechanisms and effects

Haussmann, N.S. (Natalie); Louw, Michelle Anne; Lewis, Simone; Nicol, Keegan J.H.; Van der Merwe, Stephni; Le Roux, Peter Christiaan (Elsevier, 2018-08)

Burrowing mammals are often considered to be ecosystem engineers as burrowing disturbs the soil, thereby potentially changing resource availability and affecting habitat conditions for other species. After their excavation, ...
Estimating fractional cover of plant functional types in African savannah from harmonic analysis of MODIS time-series data

Ibrahim, Sa’ad; Balzter, Heiko; Tansey, Kevin; Tsutsumida, Narumasa; Mathieu, Renaud (Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-01-28)

Assessments of tree/grass fractional cover in savannahs using remote sensing are challenging due to the heterogeneous mixture of the two plant functional types. Time-series decomposition models can be used to characterize ...

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