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Vegetation browning: global drivers, impacts, and feedbacks.

Qiuyu Liu¹, Changhui Peng², Robert Schneider³

¹Institute of Environment Sciences, Department of Biology Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Case Postale 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, H3C 3P8, Canada; School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China.

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Global vegetation browning is increasing due to climate change, impacting forests and ecosystem services. Understanding these vegetation dynamics is crucial for addressing climate change feedbacks and developing mitigation strategies.

Keywords:

climate change ecosystem functions ecosystem services feedbacks

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Environmental Science
Ecology
Climate Change Science

Background:

Global climate change is altering disturbance regimes and environmental drivers.
A shift from vegetation greening to widespread vegetation browning has been observed globally.
Forests provide critical societal benefits, necessitating an understanding of vegetation dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the drivers, impacts, and feedbacks associated with global vegetation browning.
To highlight the complexity of vegetation browning phenomena.
To identify challenges in detecting browning and understanding its effects.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on vegetation browning.
Analysis of remote sensing data indicating vegetation browning trends.
Synthesis of information on ecosystem services, vegetation structure, and climate feedbacks.

Main Results:

Vegetation browning is associated with weakening ecosystem services and altered vegetation structure and composition.
Potential positive feedbacks between vegetation browning and climate change are identified.
Challenges exist in accurately detecting browning and quantifying its impacts and feedbacks.

Conclusions:

Vegetation browning is a complex global phenomenon driven by climate change.
Understanding browning is essential for maintaining forest ecosystem services and mitigating climate change.
Further research and improved detection methods are needed to address the challenges of vegetation browning.