Martin Stefan Brandt

Martin Stefan Brandt

Associate Professor


  1. 2009
  2. Published

    Agricultural suitability of dune system and limpopo basin soils near xai-xai, mozambique

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Bäumler, R. & Samimi, C., 1 Jan 2009, In: South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 26, 4, p. 206-212 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2013
  4. Published

    Vegetationsveränderungen in westafrika -spiegel von klimawandel und landnutzung

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Paeth, H. & Samimi, C., 2013, In: Geographische Rundschau. 65, 9, p. 36-42 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  5. 2014
  6. Environmental change in time series - An interdisciplinary study in the Sahel of Mali and Senegal

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Romankiewicz, C., Spiekermann, R. & Samimi, C., 2014, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 105, p. 52-63 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Local vegetation trends in the sahel of mali and senegal using long time series FAPAR satellite products and field measurement (1982-2010)

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Verger, A., Diouf, A. A., Baret, F. & Samimi, C., 2014, In: Remote Sensing. 6, 3, p. 2408-2434 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Modeling soil and woody vegetation in the senegalese Sahel in the context of environmental change

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Grau, T., Mbow, C. & Samimi, C., 2014, In: Land. 3, 3, p. 770-792 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 2015
  10. Published

    Fodder Biomass Monitoring in Sahelian Rangelands Using Phenological Metrics from FAPAR Time Series

    Diouf, A. A., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Verger, A., El Jarroudi, M., Djaby, B., Fensholt, Rasmus, Ndione, J. A. & Tychon, B., 2015, In: Remote Sensing. 7, 7, p. 9122-9148

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Woody vegetation and land cover changes in the Sahel of Mali (1967-2011)

    Spiekermann, R., Brandt, Martin Stefan & Samimi, C., 2015, In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 34, 1, p. 113-121 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Ground-and satellite-based evidence of the biophysical mechanisms behind the greening Sahel

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Mbow, C., Diouf, A. A., Verger, A., Samimi, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 1 Apr 2015, In: Global Change Biology. 21, 4, p. 1610-1620 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    What four decades of earth observation tell us about land degradation in the Sahel?

    Mbow, C., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Ouedraogo, I., de Leeuw, J. & Marshall, M., 1 Apr 2015, In: Remote Sensing. 7, 4, p. 4048-4067 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 2016
  15. Published

    Adaptation as by-product: migration and environmental change in Nguith, Senegal

    Romankiewicz, C., Doevenspeck, M., Brandt, Martin Stefan & Samimi, C., 2016, In: Die Erde – Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin. 147, 2, p. 95-108 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Assessing future vegetation trends and restoration prospects in the Karst regions of Southwest China

    Tong, X., Wang, K., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y., Liao, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2016, In: Remote Sensing. 8, 5, 17 p., 357.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Assessing woody vegetation trends in Sahelian drylands using MODIS based seasonal metrics

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Hiernaux, P., Rasmussen, Kjeld, Mbow, C., Kergoat, L., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Ibrahim, Y. Z., Wélé, A., Tucker, C. J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2016, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 183, p. 215-225 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Data and methods in the environment-migration nexus: a scale perspective

    Eklund, L., Romankiewicz, C., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Doevenspeck, M. & Samimi, C., 2016, In: Die Erde – Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin. 147, 2, p. 139-152 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Do Red Edge and Texture Attributes from High-Resolution Satellite Data Improve Wood Volume Estimation in a Semi-Arid Mountainous Region?

    Schumacher, P., Mislimshoeva, B., Brenning, A., Zandler, H., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Samimi, C. & Koellner, T., 2016, In: Remote Sensing. 8, 7, 19 p., 540.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Do agrometeorological data improve optical satellite-based estimations of the herbaceous yield in Sahelian semi-arid ecosystems?

    Diouf, A. A., Hiernaux, P., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Faye, G., Djaby, B., Diop, M. B., Ndione, J. A. & Tychon, B., 2016, In: Remote Sensing. 8, 8, 668.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Woody plant cover estimation in drylands from Earth Observation based seasonal metrics

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Hiernaux, P., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Verger, A., Rasmussen, Kjeld, Diouf, A. A., Mbow, C., Mougin, E. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2016, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 172, p. 28-38

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Remote sensing of vegetation dynamics in drylands: Evaluating vegetation optical depth (VOD) using AVHRR NDVI and in situ green biomass data over West African Sahel

    Tian, F., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Y. Y., Verger, A., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Diouf, A. A., Rasmussen, Kjeld, Mbow, C., Wang, Y. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 1 May 2016, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 177, p. 265-276 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 2017
  24. Published

    How conflict affects land use: agricultural activity in areas seized by the Islamic State

    Eklund, L., Degerald, M., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Prishchepov, Alexander V. & Pilesjö, P., 2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 5, 10 p., 054004.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Human population growth offsets climate-driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Peñuelas, J., Tian, F., Schurgers, Guy, Verger, A., Mertz, Ole, R. B. Palmer, J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1, 6 p., 0081 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Mapping gains and losses in woody vegetation across global tropical drylands

    Tian, F., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Y. Y., Rasmussen, Kjeld & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Global Change Biology. 23, 4, p. 1748-1760 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Quantifying the effectiveness of ecological restoration projects on long-term vegetation dynamics in the karst regions of Southwest China

    Tong, X., Wang, K., Yue, Y., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, B., Zhang, C., Liao, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 54, p. 105-113 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Revisiting the coupling between NDVI trends and cropland changes in the Sahel drylands: a case study in western Niger

    Tong, X., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Hiernaux, P., Herrmann, S. M., Tian, F., Prishchepov, Alexander V. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 191, p. 286-296 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Using long-term daily satellite based rainfall data (1983-2015) to analyze spatio-temporal changes in the sahelian rainfall regime

    Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Guichard, F., Tian, Q. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Journal of Hydrology. 550, p. 427-440 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Woody vegetation die off and regeneration in response to rainfall variability in the West African Sahel

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tappan, G., Diouf, A., Beye, G., Mbow, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2017, In: Remote Sensing. 9, 1, 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. 2018
  32. Published

    Coupling of ecosystem-scale plant water storage and leaf phenology observed by satellite

    Tian, F., Wigneron, J. P., Ciais, P., Chave, J., Ogée, J., Peñuelas, J., Ræbild, Anders, Domec, J. C., Tong, Xiaoye, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Mialon, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Al-Yaari, A., Kerr, Y., Chen, C., Myneni, R. B., Zhang, Wenmin, Ardö, J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2, 9, p. 1428-1435 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Ecological restoration enhances ecosystem health in the karst regions of southwest China

    Liao, C., Yue, Y., Wang, K., Fensholt, Rasmus, Tong, Xiaowei & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2018, In: Ecological Indicators. 90, p. 416-425 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Impacts of the seasonal distribution of rainfall on vegetation productivity across the Sahel

    Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tong, Xiaoye, Tian, Q. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Biogeosciences. 15, 1, p. 319-330 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Improved Characterization of Dryland Degradation Using Trends in Vegetation/ Rainfall Sequential Linear Regression (Sergs-Trend)

    Abel, Christin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tagesson, Håkan Torbern & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, p. 2988-2991 4 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Increased vegetation growth and carbon stock in China karst via ecological engineering

    Tong, X., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y., Horion, Stéphanie, Wang, K., Keersmaecker, W. D., Tian, F., Schurgers, Guy, Xiao, X., Luo, Y., Chen, C., Myneni, R., Shi, Z., Chen, H. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Nature Sustainability. 1, 1, p. 44-50 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Land Degradation & Development: A new and bright future

    Horne, G., Barrow, C., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Frouz, J., Kuzyakov, Y., Nyssen, J., Ojeda, G. & Wong, V., 2018, In: Land Degradation & Development. 29, 9, p. 2775-2777 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  38. Published

    Major forest increase on the Loess Plateau, China (2001–2016)

    Wang, Y., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Zhao, M., Tong, Xiaowei, Xing, K., Xue, F., Kang, M., Wang, L., Jiang, Y. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Land Degradation and Development. 29, 11, p. 4080-4091 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Reduction of tree cover in West African woodlands and promotion in semi-arid farmlands

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Hiernaux, P., Herrmann, S., Tucker, C. J., Tong, Xiaoye, Tian, F., Mertz, Ole, Kergoat, L., Mbow, C., David, J. L., Melocik, K. A., Dendoncker, M., Vincke, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Nature Geoscience. 11, 5, p. 328-333 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    SMOS-IC: Current Status and Overview of Soil Moisture and VOD Applications

    Wigneron, J. -., Mialon, A., De lannoy, G., Fernandez-Moran, R., Al-Yaari, A., Ebrahimi, M., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N., Kerr, Y., Quets, J., Pellarin, T., Fan, L., Tian, F., Fensholt, Rasmus & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2018, IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, p. 1451-1454 5 p. (Igarss 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    SMOS-IC vegetation optical depth index in monitoring aboveground carbon changes in the tropical continents during 2010-2016

    Fan, L., Wigneron, J. P., Mialon, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. J., Al-Yaari, A., Kerr, Y., Brandt, Martin Stefan & Ciais, P., 2018, 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 2825-2828 4 p. 8518750. (International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Vol. 2018-July).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Satellite passive microwaves reveal recent climate-induced carbon losses in African drylands

    Brandt, M., Wigneron, J-P., Chave, J., Tagesson, H. T., Penuelas, J., Ciais, P., Rasmussen, K., Tian, F., Mbow, C., Al-Yaari, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N., Schurgers, G., Zhang, W., Chang, J., Kerr, Y., Verger, A., Tucker, C., Mialon, A., Rasmussen, L. V., Fan, L. & 1 others, Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 5, p. 827-835 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Satellite-Observed Major Greening and Biomass Increase in South China Karst During Recent Decade

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y., Wigneron, J. P., Tong, Xiaowei, Tian, F., Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck, Xiao, X., Verger, A., Mialon, A., Al-Yaari, A., Wang, K. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2018, In: Earth's Future. 6, 7, p. 1017-1028 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Smos L-Band Vegetation Optical Depth is Highly Sensitive to Aboveground Biomass

    Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. J., Mialon, A., Mermoz, S., Bouvet, A., Richaume, P., Al Bitar, A., Al-Yaari, A., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Kaminski, T., Toan, T. L., Kerr, Y. H. & Wigneron, J. -., 2018, IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, p. 9038-9041 4 p. (Igarss 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    An evaluation of SMOS L-band vegetation optical depth (L-VOD) data sets: high sensitivity of L-VOD to above-ground biomass in Africa

    Rodríguez-Fernández, N. J., Mialon, A., Mermoz, S., Bouvet, A., Richaume, P., Al Bitar, A., Al-Yaari, A., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Kaminski, T., Le Toan, T., Kerr, Y. H. & Wigneron, J., 30 Jul 2018, In: Biogeosciences Discussions. 15, 14, p. 4627-4645 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Does grazing cause land degradation? Evidence from the sandy Ferlo in Northern Senegal

    Rasmussen, Kjeld, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tong, Xiaoye, Hiernaux, P., Diouf, A. A., Assouma, M. H., Tucker, C. J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, Dec 2018, In: Land Degradation and Development. 29, 12, p. 4337-4347 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. 2019
  48. Published

    Changes in rainfall distribution promote woody foliage production in the Sahel

    Brandt, Martin Stefan, Hiernaux, P., Rasmussen, Kjeld, Tucker, C. J., Wigneron, J., Diouf, A. A., Herrmann, S. M., Zhang, Wenmin, Kergoat, L., Mbow, C., Abel, Christin, Auda, Y. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2019, In: Communications Biology. 2, 10 p., 133.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Detecting Hardly Visible Roads in Low-Resolution Satellite Time Series Data

    Oehmcke, Stefan, Thrysøe, C., Borgstad, A., Vaz Salles, M. A., Brandt, Martin Stefan & Gieseke, Fabian Cristian, 2019, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2019: Special Session on Intelligent Data Mining. IEEE, p. 2403-2412 9006251,

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Ecological engineering projects increased vegetation cover, production, and biomass in semiarid and subhumid Northern China

    Niu, Q., Xiao, X., Zhang, Y., Qin, Y., Dang, X., Wang, J., Zou, Z., Doughty, R. B., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tong, Xiaowei, Horion, Stéphanie, Fensholt, Rasmus, Chen, C., Myneni, R. B., Xu, W., Di, G. & Zhou, X., 2019, In: Land Degradation & Development. 30, 13, p. 1620-1631 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Ecosystem structural changes controlled by altered rainfall climatology in tropical savannas

    Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Penuelas, J., Guichard, F., Tong, Xiaoye, Tian, F. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 7 p., 671.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    From woody cover to woody canopies: How Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data advance the mapping of woody plants in savannas

    Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Wang, Q., Prishchepov, Alexander V., Tucker, C. J., Li, Y., Lyu, H. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2019, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 234, 12 p., 111465.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Karst ecosystem observation and assessment at local and regional scales

    Wang, K., Yue, Y., Brandt, Martin Stefan & Tong, Xiaowei, 2019, In: InterCarto, InterGIS. 25, p. 43-47 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    Satellite-observed pantropical carbon dynamics

    Fan, L., Wigneron, J. P., Ciais, P., Chave, J., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus, Saatchi, S. S., Bastos, A., Al-Yaari, A., Hufkens, K., Qin, Y., Xiao, X., Chen, C., Myneni, R. B., Fernandez-Moran, R., Mialon, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. J., Kerr, Y., Tian, F. & Peñuelas, J., 2019, In: Nature Plants. 5, p. 944-951 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  55. Published

    Towards improved remote sensing based monitoring of dryland ecosystem functioning using sequential linear regression slopes (SeRGS)

    Abel, Christin, Horion, Stéphanie, Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Brandt, Martin Stefan & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2019, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 224, p. 317-332 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  56. Published

    Trends of land surface phenology derived from passive microwave and optical remote sensing systems and associated drivers across the dry tropics 1992–2012

    Tong, Xiaoye, Tian, F., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Y., Zhang, Wenmin & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2019, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 232, 12 p., 111307.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  57. 2020
  58. Published

    An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel

    Brandt, M., Tucker, C. J., Kariryaa, A., Rasmussen, K., Abel, C., Small, J., Chave, J., Rasmussen, L. V., Hiernaux, P., Diouf, A. A., Kergoat, L., Mertz, O., Igel, C., Gieseke, F., Schöning, J., Li, S., Melocik, K., Meyer, J., Sinno, S., Romero, E. & 4 others, Glennie, E., Montagu, A., Dendoncker, M. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Nature. 587, p. 78–82

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  59. Published

    Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration

    Tong, Xiaowei, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y., Ciais, P., Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck, Penuelas, J., Wigneron, J. P., Xiao, X., Song, X. P., Horion, Stéphanie, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Saatchi, S., Fan, L., Wang, K., Zhang, B., Chen, Z., Wang, Y., Li, X. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, 10 p., 129.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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