Category: Africa

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

    Nation-Wide Mapping Of Tree In collaboration with M. Mugabowindekwe & M. Brandt; see Mugabowindekwe, M., Brandt, M., Chave, J. et al. Nation-wide mapping of tree-level aboveground carbon stocks in Rwanda. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 91–97 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01544-w Abstract Trees sustain livelihoods and mitigate climate change but a predominance of trees outside forests and limited resources make…

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

    More Than One Quarter Of Africa’s Tree Image collaboration F. Reiner & M. Brandt; see Reiner, F., Brandt, M., Tong, X. et al. More than one quarter of Africa’s tree cover is found outside areas previously classified as forest. Nat Commun 14, 2258 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37880-4 Abstract The consistent monitoring of trees both inside and outside…

  • Sub-Continental-Scale Carbon Stocks Of Individual Trees

    Sub-Continental-Scale Carbon Stocks Of Individual Trees

    Sub-Continental-Scale Carbon Stocks Of Individual Trees In collaboration with M. Brandt; see Tucker, C., Brandt, M., Hiernaux, P. et al. Sub-continental-scale carbon stocks of individual trees in African drylands. Nature 615, 80–86 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05653-6 Abstract The distribution of dryland trees and their density, cover, size, mass and carbon content are not well known at sub-continental to…