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I'm excited to share my new paper on classifying dry tropical ecosystems in NE Brazil, using remote sensing.

Our method aligns with the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology and suggests a new Ecosystem Functional Group: non-pyric shrubland.

Find the paper: biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1454...
Satellite remote sensing can operationalise the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology in the biome-diverse north-east of Brazil
Accurate biome delineation is difficult where biomes occupy the same climatic space, as is the case for tropical dry forest and savanna. The resulting confusion limits our ability to understand and ma...
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March 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM