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Woody and Herbaceous Vegetation Change across the Savannas of West Africa, 1982-2013

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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1738
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Published2020-05-07
Updated2020-05-07
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Description

The WAVeTrends dataset is a 0.05 degree (5.55 km) vegetation change product, spanning the West African Sudano-Sahel region. It provides pixel-wise information on concurrent woody and herbaceous vegetation trends over a 32-year period (1982-2013). Change in woody vegetation was derived using long-term rain use efficiency (RUE) sensitivity, i.e., the per-pixel comparison of the difference of mean RUE between the first and last decades of the 32-year time series. Herbaceous vegetation change was defined by short-term RUE sensitivity, i.e., comparing the slope of the RUE relationship (productivity vs. precipitation) between both decades using per-pixel Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Categorical vegetation change was then determined for each pixel using the direction of the change and a significance level of p<0.05. The use of RUE (the amount of biomass produced per unit of precipitation) for vegetation trend analysis in savanna regions relies on the assumption that rainfall is a significant positive driver of net production in drylands. Testing of this long-term productivity-rainfall relationship revealed that the assumption was not always met, therefore, validity flags are included for each pixel location.

Science Keywords

  • ATMOSPHERE
  • PRECIPITATION
  • LIQUID PRECIPITATION
  • RAIN
  • BIOSPHERE
  • VEGETATION
  • VEGETATION COVER
  • BIOSPHERE
  • ECOSYSTEMS
  • TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
  • SAVANNAS
  • BIOSPHERE
  • ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
  • ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS
  • PRIMARY PRODUCTION
  • BIOSPHERE
  • VEGETATION
  • VEGETATION INDEX
  • NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI)
  • HUMAN DIMENSIONS
  • HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION
  • REFORESTATION/REVEGETATION

Data Use and Citation

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Anchang, J.Y., L. Prihodko, A.T. Kaptue, C.W. Ross, W. Ji, S.S. Kumar, B. Lind, M.A. Sarr, A.A. Diouf, and N.P. Hanan. 2020. Woody and Herbaceous Vegetation Change across the Savannas of West Africa, 1982-2013. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1738

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