Using the satellite-derived NDVI to assess ecological responses to environmental change

@article{citeulike:312228, abstract = {Assessing how environmental changes affect the distribution and dynamics of vegetation and animal populations is becoming increasingly important for terrestrial ecologists to enable better predictions of the effects of global warming, biodiversity reduction or habitat degradation. The ability to predict ecological responses has often been hampered by our rather limited understanding of trophic interactions. Indeed, it has proven difficult to discern direct and indirect effects of environmental change on animal populations owing to limited information about vegetation at large temporal and spatial scales. The rapidly increasing use of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in ecological studies has recently changed this situation. Here, we review the use of the NDVI in recent ecological studies and outline its possible key role in future research of environmental change in an ecosystem context.}, author = {Pettorelli, Nathalie and Vik, Jon O. and Mysterud, Atle and Gaillard, Jean-Michel and Tucker, Compton J. and Stenseth, Nils C. }, citeulike-article-id = {312228}, comment = {WCMC copy in 2209O Literature}, doi = {10.1016/j.tree.2005.05.011}, journal = {Trends in Ecology \& Evolution}, keywords = {avhrr, birds, change\_response, fire, indicators, modis, ndvi, npp, review, smoothing, spot}, month = {September}, number = {9}, pages = {503--510}, posted-at = {2005-09-06 16:07:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Using the satellite-derived NDVI to assess ecological responses to environmental change}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2005.05.011}, volume = {20}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:312228 L3 - citeulike-article-id:312228 TI - Using the satellite-derived NDVI to assess ecological responses to environmental change JF - Trends in Ecology & Evolution VL - 20 IS - 9 SP - 503 EP - 510 N2 - Assessing how environmental changes affect the distribution and dynamics of vegetation and animal populations is becoming increasingly important for terrestrial ecologists to enable better predictions of the effects of global warming, biodiversity reduction or habitat degradation. The ability to predict ecological responses has often been hampered by our rather limited understanding of trophic interactions. Indeed, it has proven difficult to discern direct and indirect effects of environmental change on animal populations owing to limited information about vegetation at large temporal and spatial scales. The rapidly increasing use of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in ecological studies has recently changed this situation. Here, we review the use of the NDVI in recent ecological studies and outline its possible key role in future research of environmental change in an ecosystem context. KW - avhrr KW - birds KW - change_response KW - fire KW - indicators KW - modis KW - ndvi KW - npp KW - review KW - smoothing KW - spot N1 - WCMC copy in 2209O Literature AU - Pettorelli, Nathalie AU - Vik, Jon AU - Mysterud, Atle AU - Gaillard, Jean-Michel AU - Tucker, Compton AU - Stenseth, Nils PY - 2005/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2005.05.011 ER -