Assessing ecosystem response to multiple disturbances and climate change in South Africa using ground-and satellite-based measurements and model
- Kutsch, Werner L, Falge, E M, Brümmer, Christian, Mukwashi, K, Schmullius, C, Hüttich, C, Odipo, V, Scholes, Robert J, Mudau, A, Midgley, Guy F, Stevens, N, Hickler, Thomas, Scheiter, Simon, Martens, C, Twine, Wayne, Iiyambo, T, Bradshaw, Karen L, Lück, W, Lenfers, Ulfia A, Thiel-Clemen, T
- Authors: Kutsch, Werner L , Falge, E M , Brümmer, Christian , Mukwashi, K , Schmullius, C , Hüttich, C , Odipo, V , Scholes, Robert J , Mudau, A , Midgley, Guy F , Stevens, N , Hickler, Thomas , Scheiter, Simon , Martens, C , Twine, Wayne , Iiyambo, T , Bradshaw, Karen L , Lück, W , Lenfers, Ulfia A , Thiel-Clemen, T
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/475183 , vital:77782 , xlink:href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9856380"
- Description: Sub-Saharan Africa currently experiences rapidly growing human population, intrinsically tied to substantial changes in land use on shrubland, savanna and mixed woodland ecosystems due to over-exploitation. Significant conversions driving degradation, affecting fire frequency and water availability, and fueling climate change are expected to increase in the immediate future. However, measured data of greenhouse gas emissions as affected by land use change are scarce to entirely lacking from this region. The project 'Adaptive Resilience of Southern African Ecosystems' (ARS AfricaE) conducts research and develops scenarios of ecosystem development under climate change, for management support in conservation or for planning rural area development. This will be achieved by (1) creation of a network of research clusters (paired sites with natural and altered vegetation) along an aridity gradient in South Africa for ground-based micrometeorological in-situ measurements of energy and matter fluxes, (2) linking biogeochemical functions with ecosystem structure, and eco-physiological properties, (3) description of ecosystem disturbance (and recovery) in terms of ecosystem function such as carbon balance components and water use efficiency, (4) set-up of individual-based models to predict ecosystem dynamics under (post) disturbance managements, (5) combination with long-term landscape dynamic information derived from remote sensing and aerial photography, and (6) development of sustainable management strategies for disturbed ecosystems and land use change. Emphasis is given on validation (by a suite of field measurements) of estimates obtained from eddy covariance, model approaches and satellite derivations.
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- Date Issued: 2015
- Authors: Kutsch, Werner L , Falge, E M , Brümmer, Christian , Mukwashi, K , Schmullius, C , Hüttich, C , Odipo, V , Scholes, Robert J , Mudau, A , Midgley, Guy F , Stevens, N , Hickler, Thomas , Scheiter, Simon , Martens, C , Twine, Wayne , Iiyambo, T , Bradshaw, Karen L , Lück, W , Lenfers, Ulfia A , Thiel-Clemen, T
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/475183 , vital:77782 , xlink:href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9856380"
- Description: Sub-Saharan Africa currently experiences rapidly growing human population, intrinsically tied to substantial changes in land use on shrubland, savanna and mixed woodland ecosystems due to over-exploitation. Significant conversions driving degradation, affecting fire frequency and water availability, and fueling climate change are expected to increase in the immediate future. However, measured data of greenhouse gas emissions as affected by land use change are scarce to entirely lacking from this region. The project 'Adaptive Resilience of Southern African Ecosystems' (ARS AfricaE) conducts research and develops scenarios of ecosystem development under climate change, for management support in conservation or for planning rural area development. This will be achieved by (1) creation of a network of research clusters (paired sites with natural and altered vegetation) along an aridity gradient in South Africa for ground-based micrometeorological in-situ measurements of energy and matter fluxes, (2) linking biogeochemical functions with ecosystem structure, and eco-physiological properties, (3) description of ecosystem disturbance (and recovery) in terms of ecosystem function such as carbon balance components and water use efficiency, (4) set-up of individual-based models to predict ecosystem dynamics under (post) disturbance managements, (5) combination with long-term landscape dynamic information derived from remote sensing and aerial photography, and (6) development of sustainable management strategies for disturbed ecosystems and land use change. Emphasis is given on validation (by a suite of field measurements) of estimates obtained from eddy covariance, model approaches and satellite derivations.
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- Date Issued: 2015
SPACES Project ARS AfricaE–Adaptive Resilience of Southern African ecosystems
- Falge, E M, Brümmer, Christian, Schmullius, Christiane, Hüttich, C, Scholes, Robert J, Midgley, Guy F, Hickler, Thomas, Scheiter, Simon, Twine, Wayne, Bradshaw, Karen L, Lück, W, Lenfers, Ulfia A, Thiel-Clemen, T, Mafukute, Mukelabai, Kutsch, Werner L
- Authors: Falge, E M , Brümmer, Christian , Schmullius, Christiane , Hüttich, C , Scholes, Robert J , Midgley, Guy F , Hickler, Thomas , Scheiter, Simon , Twine, Wayne , Bradshaw, Karen L , Lück, W , Lenfers, Ulfia A , Thiel-Clemen, T , Mafukute, Mukelabai , Kutsch, Werner L
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/475274 , vital:77791
- Description: Nowadays, many semi-arid ecosystems are affected by at least two different kinds of disturbances: land use (change) and climate change. Based on this, it can be hypothesized that even very resilient ecosystems may not return to their initial state after disturbance, but will rather adapt to a new steady-state. We name this phenomenon "Adaptive Resilience of Ecosystems" and use it as base for the research concept of ARS AfricaE. This project wants to go beyond older approaches that only describe structural changes in savannas and their drivers. It employs functional aspects, such as the investigation of biogeochemical cycles, but also targets a deeper understanding of the functional consequences of ecosystem changes caused by multiple disturbances, and defines "degradation" as a sustained loss in the broad set of ecosystem services, i.e. a decrease in natural capital. To achieve this goal, the project will • create a network of research clusters (with natural and altered vegetation) along an aridity gradient in the Greater Karoo, Kruger National Park in South Africa, and Kataba Forest Reserve in Zambia • link biogeochemical functions with ecosystem structure, diversity of species and eco-physiological properties • describe ecosystem disturbance (and recovery) in terms of ecosystem function such as carbon balance components and water use efficiency • build an individual-based model to predict ecosystem dynamics under (post) disturbance managements • combine this model with long-term landscape dynamic information derived from remote sensing and aerial photography • develop sustainable management strategies for disturbed ecosystems and land use change.
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- Date Issued: 2015
- Authors: Falge, E M , Brümmer, Christian , Schmullius, Christiane , Hüttich, C , Scholes, Robert J , Midgley, Guy F , Hickler, Thomas , Scheiter, Simon , Twine, Wayne , Bradshaw, Karen L , Lück, W , Lenfers, Ulfia A , Thiel-Clemen, T , Mafukute, Mukelabai , Kutsch, Werner L
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/475274 , vital:77791
- Description: Nowadays, many semi-arid ecosystems are affected by at least two different kinds of disturbances: land use (change) and climate change. Based on this, it can be hypothesized that even very resilient ecosystems may not return to their initial state after disturbance, but will rather adapt to a new steady-state. We name this phenomenon "Adaptive Resilience of Ecosystems" and use it as base for the research concept of ARS AfricaE. This project wants to go beyond older approaches that only describe structural changes in savannas and their drivers. It employs functional aspects, such as the investigation of biogeochemical cycles, but also targets a deeper understanding of the functional consequences of ecosystem changes caused by multiple disturbances, and defines "degradation" as a sustained loss in the broad set of ecosystem services, i.e. a decrease in natural capital. To achieve this goal, the project will • create a network of research clusters (with natural and altered vegetation) along an aridity gradient in the Greater Karoo, Kruger National Park in South Africa, and Kataba Forest Reserve in Zambia • link biogeochemical functions with ecosystem structure, diversity of species and eco-physiological properties • describe ecosystem disturbance (and recovery) in terms of ecosystem function such as carbon balance components and water use efficiency • build an individual-based model to predict ecosystem dynamics under (post) disturbance managements • combine this model with long-term landscape dynamic information derived from remote sensing and aerial photography • develop sustainable management strategies for disturbed ecosystems and land use change.
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- Date Issued: 2015
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