Selected Publications

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

Nature, 2020

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

Nature Climate Change, 2021

Satellite-observed pantropical carbon dynamics

Nature Plants, 2019

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

Nature Geoscience, 2018

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

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2018

Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration

Nature Communications, 2020

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

Nature Sustainability, 2018

Ecosystem structural changes controlled by altered rainfall climatology in tropical savannas

Nature Communications, 2019

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

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2017