Martin Stefan Brandt

Martin Stefan Brandt

Associate Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Even low levels of tree cover improve dietary quality in West Africa

    den Braber, B., Hall, C., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Reiner, Florian, Mugabowindekwe, Maurice & Rasmussen, Laura Vang, 1 Feb 2024, In: PNAS Nexus. 3, 2, pgae067.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Central African biomass carbon losses and gains during 2010–2019

    Zhao, Z., Ciais, P., Wigneron, J. P., Santoro, M., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Kleinschroth, F., Lewis, S. L., Chave, J., Fensholt, Rasmus, Laporte, N., Sonwa, D. J., Saatchi, S. S., Fan, L., Yang, H., Li, X., Wang, M., Zhu, L., Xu, Y., He, J. & Li, W., 2024, In: One Earth. 7, 3, p. 506-519 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Changes in vegetation-water response in the Sahel-Sudan during recent decades

    Lu, Tingting, Zhang, Wenmin, Abel, Christin, Horion, Stéphanie, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Huang, Ke & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2024, In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 52, 10 p., 101672.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    High-resolution canopy height map in the Landes forest (France) based on GEDI, Sentinel-1, and Sentinel-2 data with a deep learning approach

    Schwartz, M., Ciais, P., Ottlé, C., De Truchis, A., Vega, C., Fayad, I., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus, Baghdadi, N., Morneau, F., Morin, D., Guyon, D., Dayau, S. & Wigneron, J. P., 2024, In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 128, 18 p., 103711.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Satellite observed aboveground carbon dynamics in Africa during 2003–2021

    Wang, M., Ciais, P., Fensholt, Rasmus, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tao, S., Li, W., Fan, L., Frappart, F., Sun, R., Li, X., Liu, X., Wang, H., Cui, T., Xing, Z., Zhao, Z. & Wigneron, J. P., 2024, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 301, 19 p., 113927.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Scattered tree death contributes to substantial forest loss in California

    Cheng, Yan, Oehmcke, Stefan, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rosenthal, L., Das, A., Vrieling, A., Saatchi, S., Wagner, F., Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Verbruggen, Wim, Beier, Claus & Horion, Stéphanie, 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, p. 1-13 641.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Trees on smallholder farms and forest restoration are critical for Rwanda to achieve net zero emissions

    Mugabowindekwe, M., Brandt, M., Mukuralinda, A., Ciais, P., Reiner, F., Kariryaa, A., Igel, C., Chave, J., Mertz, O., Hiernaux, P., Tong, X., Rwanyiziri, G., Gominski, D., Li, S., Liu, S., Gasangwa, I., Hategekimana, Y., Ndoli, A., Nduwamungu, J., Saatchi, S. & 1 others, Fensholt, Rasmus, 2024, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 5, 1, 10 p., 113.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 2023
  10. Published

    Beyond tree cover: Characterizing southern China's forests using deep learning

    Li, Q., Yue, Y., Liu, Siyu, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Chen, Z., Tong, Xiaowei, Wang, K., Chang, J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 9, 1, p. 17-32

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Deep learning enables image-based tree counting, crown segmentation and height prediction at national scale

    Li, Sizhuo, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus, Kariryaa, Ankit, Igel, Christian, Gieseke, Fabian Cristian, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Oehmcke, Stefan, Carlsen, Ask Holm, Junttila, S., Tong, Xiaoye, d’Aspremont, A. & Ciais, P., 2023, In: PNAS Nexus. 2, 4, 16 p., pgad076.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Deep learning for mapping water bodies in the Sahel 

    de FLEURY, M., Kergoat, L., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus, Kariryaa, Ankit, Kovács, Gyula Mate, Horion, Stéphanie & Grippa, M., 2023. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    FORMS: Forest Multiple Source height, wood volume, and biomass maps in France at 10 to 30 m resolution based on Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) data with a deep learning approach

    Schwartz, M., Ciais, P., De Truchis, A., Chave, J., Ottlé, C., Vega, C., Wigneron, J., Nicolas, M., Jouaber, S., Liu, Siyu, Brandt, Martin Stefan & Fayad, I., 2023, In: Earth System Science Data. 15, 11, p. 4927-4945 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Forest Plan - pilot project on mapping of forest resources

    Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Tsatsakis, M., Li, Sizhuo, Avila, Linsey Marie, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Siyu, Morueta-Holme, Naia, Davison, Charles W. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, Copenhagen: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. 128 p. (IGN Report; No. March 2023).

    Research output: Book/ReportReportCommissionedpeer-review

  15. Published

    Global increase in biomass carbon stock dominated by growth of northern young forests over past decade

    Yang, H., Ciais, P., Frappart, F., Li, X., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus, Fan, L., Saatchi, S., Besnard, S., Deng, Z., Bowring, S. & Wigneron, J. P., 2023, In: Nature Geoscience. 16, 10, p. 886-892

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Iterative integration of deep learning in hybrid Earth surface system modelling

    Chen, M., Qian, Z., Boers, N., Jakeman, A. J., Kettner, A. J., Brandt, M., Kwan, M. P., Batty, M., Li, W., Zhu, R., Luo, W., Ames, D. P., Barton, C. M., Cuddy, S. M., Koirala, S., Zhang, F., Ratti, C., Liu, J., Zhong, T., Liu, J. & 12 others, Wen, Y., Yue, S., Zhu, Z., Zhang, Z., Sun, Z., Lin, J., Ma, Z., He, Y., Xu, K., Zhang, C., Lin, H. & Lü, G., 2023, In: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 4, p. 568–581

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    MAPPING TREE MORTALITY IN CALIFORNIA FROM VERY HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY USING DEEP LEARNING

    Cheng, Yan, Oehmcke, Stefan, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Das, A., Rosenthal, L., Saatchi, S., Wagner, F., Vrieling, A., Verbruggen, Wim, Beier, Claus & Horion, Stéphanie, 2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Mapping and characterising tree mortality in California at individual tree level using deep learning

    Cheng, Yan, Oehmcke, Stefan, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Das, A., Rosenthal, L., Saatchi, S., Wagner, F., Verbruggen, Wim, Vrieling, A., Beier, Claus & Horion, Stéphanie, 2023. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  19. Published

    Mapping tree species diversity of temperate forests using multi-temporal Sentinel-1 and -2 imagery

    Xi, Y., Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tian, Q. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Science of Remote Sensing. 8, 13 p., 100094.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Mapping tropical forest degradation with deep learning and Planet NICFI data

    Dalagnol, R., Wagner, F. H., Galvão, L. S., Braga, D., Osborn, F., Sagang, L. B., da Conceição Bispo, P., Payne, M., Silva Junior, C., Favrichon, S., Silgueiro, V., Anderson, L. O., Aragão, L. E. O. E. C. D., Fensholt, Rasmus, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Ciais, P. & Saatchi, S., 2023, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 298, 18 p., 113798.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    More than one quarter of Africa's tree cover is found outside areas previously classified as forest

    Reiner, F., Brandt, M., Tong, X., Skole, D., Kariryaa, A., Ciais, P., Davies, A., Hiernaux, P., Chave, J., Mugabowindekwe, M., Igel, C., Oehmcke, S., Gieseke, F., Li, S., Liu, S., Saatchi, S., Boucher, P., Singh, J., Taugourdeau, S., Dendoncker, M. & 4 others, Song, X., Mertz, Ole, Tucker, C. J. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 10 p., 2258.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Nation-wide mapping of tree-level aboveground carbon stocks in Rwanda

    Mugabowindekwe, M., Brandt, M., Chave, J., Reiner, F., Skole, D. L., Kariryaa, A., Igel, C., Hiernaux, P., Ciais, P., Mertz, O., Tong, X., Li, S., Rwanyiziri, G., Dushimiyimana, T., Ndoli, A., Uwizeyimana, V., Lillesø, J-P. B., Gieseke, F., Tucker, C. J., Saatchi, S. & 1 others, Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Nature climate change. 13, p. 91-97

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Projected Rainfall-Driven Expansion of Woody Cover in African Drylands

    Zhang, Wenmin, Fensholt, Rasmus & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2023, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 50, 15, 10 p., e2023GL103932.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Recent decrease of the impact of tropical temperature on the carbon cycle linked to increased precipitation

    Zhang, Wenmin, Schurgers, Guy, Peñuelas, J., Fensholt, Rasmus, Yang, H., Tang, Jing, Tong, Xiaowei, Ciais, P. & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 9 p., 965.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Reforestation policies around 2000 in southern China led to forest densification and expansion in the 2010s

    Tong, Xiaowei, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y., Zhang, Xiaoxin, Fensholt, Rasmus, Ciais, P., Wang, K., Liu, Siyu, Zhang, Wenmin, Mao, C. & Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck, 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 8 p., 260.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Reliability of using vegetation optical depth for estimating decadal and interannual carbon dynamics

    Dou, Y., Tian, F., Wigneron, J. P., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Du, J., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Y., Zou, L., Kimball, J. S. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 285, 14 p., 113390.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Rural outmigration generates a carbon sink in South China karst

    Chang, J., Yue, Y., Tong, Xiaowei, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Zhang, C., Zhang, Xuemei, Qi, X. & Wang, K., 2023, In: Progress in Physical Geography. 47, 5, p. 655-667

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Siberian carbon sink reduced by forest disturbances

    Fan, L., Wigneron, J. P., Ciais, P., Chave, J., Brandt, M., Sitch, S., Yue, C., Bastos, A., Li, X., Qin, Y., Yuan, W., Schepaschenko, D., Mukhortova, L., Li, X., Liu, X., Wang, M., Frappart, F., Xiao, X., Chen, J., Ma, M. & 5 others, Wen, J., Chen, X., Yang, H., van Wees, D. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Nature Geoscience. 16, p. 56–62

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Sub-continental-scale carbon stocks of individual trees in African drylands

    Tucker, C., Brandt, M., Hiernaux, P., Kariryaa, A., Rasmussen, K., Small, J., Igel, C., Reiner, F., Melocik, K., Meyer, J., Sinno, S., Romero, E., Glennie, E., Fitts, Y., Morin, A., Pinzon, J., McClain, D., Morin, P., Porter, C., Loeffler, S. & 10 others, Kergoat, L., Issoufou, B., Savadogo, P., Wigneron, J., Poulter, B., Ciais, P., Kaufmann, R., Myneni, R., Saatchi, S. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Nature. 615, 7950, p. 80-86

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    The overlooked contribution of trees outside forests to tree cover and woody biomass across Europe

    Liu, Siyu, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Nord-Larsen, Thomas, Chave, J., Reiner, Florian, Lang, Nico, Tong, Xiaoye, Ciais, P., Igel, Christian, Pascual, A., Guerra-hernandez, J., Li, Sizhuo, Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Saatchi, S., Yue, Y., Chen, Z. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 37, 15 p., eadh4097.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. 2022
  32. Published

    Woody plant decline in the Sahel of western Niger (1996–2017):is it driven by climate or land use changes?

    Hiernaux, P., Adamou Kalilou, A., Kergoat, L., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Mougin, E. & Fitts, Y., May 2022, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 200, 12 p., 104719.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    A global increase in tree cover extends the growing season length as observed from satellite records

    Fang, Zhongxiang, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Wang, L. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 806, Part 3, 9 p., 151205.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China

    Zhang, Xiaoxin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tong, Xiaowei, Ciais, P., Yue, Y., Xiao, X., Zhang, Wenmin, Wang, K. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: Nature Sustainability. 5, p. 321–328 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Global quantification of the bidirectional dependency between soil moisture and vegetation productivity

    Zhang, Wenmin, Wei, F., Horion, Stéphanie, Fensholt, Rasmus, Forkel, M. & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2022, In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 313, 9 p., 108735.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Globally Increasing Atmospheric Aridity Over the 21st Century

    Fang, Zhongxiang, Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Abdi, A. M. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: Earth's Future. 10, 10, 13 p., e2022EF003019.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Large loss and rapid recovery of vegetation cover and aboveground biomass over forest areas in Australia during 2019–2020

    Qin, Y., Xiao, X., Wigneron, J., Ciais, P., Canadell, J. G., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Li, X., Fan, L., Wu, X., Tang, H., Dubayah, R., Doughty, R., Crowell, S., Zheng, B. & Moore, B., 2022, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 278, 16 p., 113087.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Large scale rocky desertification reversal in South China karst

    Yue, Y., Qi, X., Wang, K., Liao, C., Tong, Xiaowei, Brandt, Martin Stefan & Liu, B., 2022, In: Progress in Physical Geography. 46, 5, p. 661-675

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Mapping global lake dynamics reveals the emerging roles of small lakes

    Pi, X., Luo, Q., Feng, L., Xu, Yang, Tang, Jing, Liang, X., Ma, E., Cheng, R., Fensholt, Rasmus, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Cai, X., Gibson, L., Liu, J., Zheng, C., Li, W. & Bryan, B. A., 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 12 p., 5777.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Mapping the Abundance of Multipurpose Agroforestry Faidherbia albida Trees in Senegal

    Lu, Tingting, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Tong, Xiaoye, Hiernaux, P., Leroux, L., Ndao, B. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: Remote Sensing. 14, 3, 16 p., 662.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Quantifying understory vegetation density using multi-temporal Sentinel-2 and GEDI LiDAR data

    Xi, Y., Tian, Q., Zhang, Wenmin, Zhang, Z., Tong, Xiaoye, Brandt, Martin Stefan & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: GIScience and Remote Sensing. 59, 1, p. 2068-2083 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    The Carbon Sink Potential of Southern China After Two Decades of Afforestation

    Zhang, X. M., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y. M., Tong, Xiaowei, Wang, K. L. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, In: Earth's Future. 10, 12, 13 p., e2022EF002674.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    The carbon sink potential of southern China after two decades ofafforestation

    Zhang, X., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Yue, Y., Tong, Xiaowei, Wang, K. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2022, 21 p. (Earth's Future).

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  44. Published

    UNSUPERVISED SEGMENTATION OF SMALLHOLDER FIELDS IN MOZAMBIQUE USING PLANETSCOPE IMAGERY

    Picoli, M. C. A., Radoux, J., Tong, Xiaoye, Bey, A., Rufin, P., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fensholt, Rasmus & Meyfroidt, P., 2022, In: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives. 43, B3-2022, p. 975-981 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  45. 2021
  46. Published

    Socio-economic and climatic changes lead to contrasting global urban vegetation trends

    Zhang, Wenmin, Randall, Mark Taylor, Jensen, Marina Bergen, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Wang, Q. & Fensholt, Rasmus, Nov 2021, In: Global Environmental Change. 71, 9 p., 102385.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Climatic and non-climatic vegetation cover changes in the rangelands of Africa

    D'Adamo, F., Ogutu, B., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Schurgers, Guy & Dash, J., Jul 2021, In: Global and Planetary Change. 202, 13 p., 103516.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Mapping the dynamics of winter wheat in the north china plain from dense landsat time series (1999 to 2019)

    Zhang, Wenmin, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Prishchepov, Alexander V., Li, Z., Lyu, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2 Mar 2021, In: Remote Sensing. 13, 6, 1170.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    The confounding effect of snow cover on assessing spring phenology from space: A new look at trends on the Tibetan Plateau

    Huang, Ke, Zhang, Y., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Wang, L., Chen, N., Zu, J., Jin, H., Cai, Z., Tong, Xiaowei, Cong, N. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 1 Feb 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 756, 15 p., 144011.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Global-scale assessment and inter-comparison of recently developed/reprocessed microwave satellite vegetation optical depth products

    Li, X., Wigneron, J., Frappart, F., Fan, L., Ciais, P., Fensholt, Rasmus, Entekhabi, D., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Konings, A. G., Liu, X., Wang, M., Al-Yaari, A. & Moisy, C., Feb 2021, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 253, 19 p., 112208.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Responses and feedbacks of African dryland ecosystems to environmental changes

    Wei, F., Wang, S., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fu, B., Meadows, M. E., Wang, L., Wang, L., Tong, Xiaowei & Fensholt, Rasmus, Feb 2021, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 48, p. 29-35 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Carbon loss from forest degradation exceeds that from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

    Qin, Y., Xiao, X., Wigneron, J., Ciais, P., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Fan, L., Li, X., Crowell, S., Wu, X., Doughty, R., Zhang, Y., Liu, F., Sitch, S. & Moore, B., 2021, In: Nature climate change. 11, 5, p. 442-448 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published
  54. Published

    Eco-engineering controls vegetation trends in southwest China karst

    Zhang, Xuemei, Yue, Y., Tong, Xiaowei, Wang, K., Qi, X., Deng, C. & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 770, 145160.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  55. Published

    Response to concerns about the African fire trends controlled by precipitation over recent decades

    Wei, F., Wang, S., Fu, B., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Pan, N., Wang, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2021, In: Global Change Biology. p. e4-e6 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  56. Published

    Trees outside of forests as natural climate solutions

    Skole, D. L., Mbow, C., Mugabowindekwe, Maurice, Brandt, Martin Stefan & Samek, J. H., 2021, In: Nature climate change. 11, p. 1013-1016 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  57. 2020
  58. Published

    50 years of woody vegetation changes in the Ferlo (Senegal) assessed by high-resolution imagery and field surveys

    Dendoncker, M., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Taugourdeau, S., Fensholt, Rasmus, Tucker, C. J. & Vincke, C., 1 Dec 2020, In: Regional Environmental Change. 20, 4, 13 p., 137.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  59. Published

    Accelerating land cover change in West Africa over four decades as population pressure increased

    Herrmann, S. M., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Rasmussen, Kjeld & Fensholt, Rasmus, 1 Dec 2020, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 1, 1, 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  60. Published

    Do afforestation projects increase core forests? Evidence from the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Wang, Y., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Zhao, M., Xing, K., Wang, L., Tong, Xiaowei, Xue, F., Kang, M., Jiang, Y. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 1 Oct 2020, In: Ecological Indicators. 117, 11 p., 106558.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  61. Published

    Vegetation Optical Depth Retrieval from AMSR-E/AMSR2 Observations Using L-MEB Inversion

    Wang, M., Wigneron, J., Sun, R., Ciais, P., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Liu, Y., Frappart, F., Li, X., Liu, X., Fan, L. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 26 Sep 2020, p. 5003-5006. 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperResearchpeer-review

  62. 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

  63. 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

  64. Published

    Large scale reforestation of farmlands on sloping hills in South China karst

    Yue, Y., Liao, C., Tong, Xiaowei, Wu, Z., Fensholt, Rasmus, Prishchepov, Alexander V., Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck, Wang, K. & Brandt, Martin Stefan, 2020, In: Landscape Ecology. 35, p. 1445–1458 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  65. Published

    Nonlinear dynamics of fires in Africa over recent decades controlled by precipitation

    Wei, F., Wang, S., Fu, B., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Pan, N., Wang, C. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Global Change Biology. 26, 8, p. 4495-4505 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  66. Published

    Recent divergence in the contributions of tropical and boreal forests to the terrestrial carbon sink

    Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Schurgers, Guy, Horion, Stéphanie, Ciais, P., Tian, F., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Ahlström, A., Wigneron, J., Ardö, J., Olin, S., Fan, L., Wu, Z. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4, p. 202-209 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  67. Published

    The forgotten land use class: Mapping of fallow fields across the Sahel using Sentinel-2

    Tong, Xiaoye, Brandt, Martin Stefan, Hiernaux, P., Herrmann, S., Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Rasmussen, Kjeld, Tian, F., Tagesson, Håkan Torbern, Zhang, W. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 239, 111598.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  68. Published

    Tropical forests did not recover from the strong 2015-2016 El Nino event

    Wigneron, J., Fan, L., Ciais, P., Bastos, A., Brandt, Martin Stefan, Chave, J., Saatchi, S., Baccini, A. & Fensholt, Rasmus, 2020, In: Science Advances. 6, 6, 11 p., eaay4603.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  69. Published

    Uncovering Dryland Woody Dynamics Using Optical, Microwave, and Field Data—Prolonged Above-Average Rainfall Paradoxically Contributes to Woody Plant Die-Off in the Western Sahel

    Bernardino, P. N., Brandt, Martin Stefan, De Keersmaecker, W., Horion, Stéphanie, Fensholt, Rasmus, Storms, I., Wigneron, J., Verbesselt, J. & Somers, B., 2020, In: Remote Sensing. 12, 14, 21 p., 2332.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  70. 2019
  71. 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

  72. 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

  73. 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

  74. 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

  75. 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

  76. 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

  77. 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

  78. 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

  79. 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

  80. 2018
  81. 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

  82. 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

  83. 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

  84. 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

  85. 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

  86. 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

  87. 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

  88. 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

  89. 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

  90. 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

  91. 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

  92. 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

  93. 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

  94. 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

  95. 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

  96. 2017
  97. 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

  98. 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

  99. 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

  100. 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

  101. 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

  102. 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

  103. 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

  104. 2016
  105. 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

  106. 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

  107. 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

  108. 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

  109. 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

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