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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

Science: general issues --- Ecological science, the Biosphere --- Biome --- ecosystem function --- functional traits --- vegetation --- evolutionary history --- Biogeographic history --- Biome transitions

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"Biogeosciences (BG) is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications and review papers on all aspects of the interactions between the biological, chemical and physical processes in terrestrial or extraterrestrial life with the geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere."--Home page

Biotic communities --- Biodiversity --- Biogeochemistry --- Ecology --- Ecosystèmes --- Biodiversité --- Biogéochimie --- Ecologie --- Periodicals. --- Periodicals --- Périodiques --- Biodiversity. --- Biogeochemistry. --- Biotic communities. --- Earth Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Life Sciences --- Geochemistry --- Biology --- astrobiology --- exobiology --- biodiversity and ecosystem function --- biogeochemistry --- biogeophysics --- paleobiogeoscience --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Biochemistry --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- biogeochemie --- biogeochemistry --- ecologie --- ecology --- evolutie --- evolution --- aardwetenschappen --- earth sciences --- aardsysteemkunde --- earth system science --- biogeowetenschappen --- biogeosciences --- Geochemistry, Biogeochemistry --- Ecology (General) --- Geochemie, biogeochemie --- Ecologie (algemeen) --- Geology. Earth sciences --- Evolution. Phylogeny --- General ecology and biosociology

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Savannas and woodlands are one of the most challenging targets for remote sensing. This book provides a current snapshot of the geographical focus and application of the latest sensors and sensor combinations in savannas and woodlands. It includes feature articles on terrestrial laser scanning and on the application of remote sensing to characterization of vegetation dynamics in the Mato Grosso, Cerrado and Caatinga of Brazil. It also contains studies focussed on savannas in Europe, North America, Africa and Australia. It should be important reading for environmental practitioners and scientists globally who are concerned with the sustainability of the global savanna and woodland biome.

Research & information: general --- Savanna --- alternative stable states --- MODIS VCF --- land surface temperature --- albedo --- Cerrado --- Amazon --- vegetation type --- optical --- sar --- synergism --- mapping --- savanna --- post oak --- vegetation index --- ecosystem function --- phenology --- encroachment --- evergreen --- deciduous --- vegetation --- grassland --- fractional cover --- trend --- ecoregion --- bare soil --- livestock --- production systems --- remote sensing --- vegetation dynamics --- vegetation persistence --- conservation --- savannas --- Africa --- vegetation indices --- oak-grass savanna --- hydrology --- Sentinel-2 --- land cover --- grasslands --- forests --- monitoring --- random forest --- spectral indexes --- vegetation seasonality --- aboveground biomass --- Cerrado ecosystem --- SAR --- allometry --- biomass --- carbon --- cost-effective --- LiDAR --- TLS --- plant water availability --- tree phenology --- phenocams --- MODIS --- terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) --- Above Ground Biomass (AGB) --- 3D point cloud --- vegetation structure --- n/a

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Forest-steppes occupy a wide zone between Eurasian closed canopy forests and open steppes and feature a mosaic of woody and herbaceous vegetation. Due to the occurrence of structurally, compositionally, and environmentally strongly different habitats in close proximity, high spatial heterogeneity is one of the key characteristics of forest-steppe ecosystems. This volume presents ten contributions examining forest-steppe heterogeneity and its effects on environmental factors, plant communities, and animals.

Research & information: general --- carbon cycling --- natural stable isotope abundance --- nitrogen cycling --- soil organic matter --- temperate grassland --- drought tolerance --- forest–steppe ecotone --- hydraulic strategy --- hydraulic trait --- interspecific association --- interspecific relationships --- species co-occurrence --- semiarid forests --- duration curve --- forest steppe --- sensor network --- spatio-temporal microclimate pattern --- temperature–humidity data logger --- vapour pressure deficit --- pollen analysis --- forest belt --- forest-steppe ecotone --- position migration --- moisture change --- shrub encroachment --- spatial pattern --- temperate savanna --- ecosystem degradation --- sandy grasslands --- Danube-Tisza Interfluve --- morphotaxonomy --- abundance --- community composition --- decomposition --- Shannon diversity --- ecosystem service --- Geotrupidae --- grassland --- indicator species --- land use --- Scarabaeidae --- species richness --- arthropod predation --- connectivity --- dummy caterpillar --- ecosystem function --- edge effect --- forest-steppe --- fragment size --- kurgan --- landscape-scale --- seed predation --- Festuca vaginata --- Festuca pseudovaginata --- Festuca wagneri --- ecological values --- pedological analysis --- diversity --- forest-steppes --- sandy grassland --- grazing-mowing --- NDVI --- Sentinel-2A

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In recent years, scientists have realized that evolution can occur on timescales much shorter than the "long lapse of ages" emphasized by Darwin-in fact, evolutionary change is occurring all around us all the time. This book provides an authoritative and accessible introduction to eco-evolutionary dynamics, a cutting-edge new field that seeks to unify evolution and ecology into a common conceptual framework focusing on rapid and dynamic environmental and evolutionary change.Andrew Hendry covers key aspects of evolution, ecology, and their interactions. Topics range from natural selection, adaptive divergence, ecological speciation, and gene flow to population and community dynamics, ecosystem function, plasticity, and genomics. Hendry evaluates conceptual and methodological approaches, and draws on empirical data from natural populations-including those in human-disturbed environments-to tackle a number of classic and emerging research questions. He also discusses exciting new directions for future research at the intersection of ecology and evolution.An invaluable guide for students and researchers alike, Eco-evolutionary Dynamics reveals how evolution and ecology interact strongly on short timescales to shape the world we see around us.

Evolution (Biology) --- Ecology. --- Adaptation (Biology) --- Darwin. --- Galapagos. --- QTL linkage mapping. --- adaptation. --- adaptive divergence. --- adaptive evolution. --- adaptive landscape. --- adaptive landscapes. --- adaptive plasticity. --- adaptive speciation. --- antagonist coevolution. --- association mapping. --- biological stoichiometry. --- candidate genes. --- community change. --- community structure. --- competition. --- contemporary evolution. --- diversity. --- eco-evolutionary dynamics. --- ecological speciation. --- ecology. --- ecosystem function. --- ecosystem. --- environment-phenotype mismatch. --- environmental change. --- epistasis. --- evolution. --- evolutionary change. --- extinction. --- extreme individuals. --- fitness peaks. --- gene expression. --- gene flow. --- genetic change. --- genetic variation. --- genetics. --- genome scans. --- genomics. --- genotypes. --- interbreeding. --- interspecific diversity. --- intraspecific diversity. --- life history. --- maladaptation. --- morphology. --- multiple environments. --- multiple populations. --- natural selection. --- phenotypes. --- phenotypic change. --- phenotypic variation. --- plasticity. --- population dynamics. --- populations. --- predatorаrey interactions. --- quantitative genetics. --- quantitative trait locus. --- rapid speciation. --- reaction norm. --- real organisms. --- reproductive isolation. --- selection. --- sexual selection. --- speciation reversal. --- specific environments. --- taxonomic group. --- theoretical studies. --- variation.