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——2025——

Estimating canopy leaf angle from leaf to ecosystem scale : a novel deep learning approach using unmanned aerial vehicle imagery.Wang, Z. and Z. Zhu, et al.NEW PHYTOLOGIST 247 (1): 408-425.

Altitudinal Shifts as a Climate Resilience Strategy for Angelica sinensis Production in Its Primary Cultivation Region.Z D Li,D J Li,R X Xu,H X Peng,Z C Zhu. REMOTE SENSING 17 (12): 20.

Land use change forcing data undermine the modeling of China's greening efforts. Z Wang, W Zhao, S Cao, P Zhao, Y Luo, D Li, Z Sun, Z Zhu Geophysical Research Letters 52 (5), e2024GL113403

Changes in leaf and root carbon allocation of global vegetation simulated by the optimally integrated ecosystem models Z Duanmu, Z Zhu, W Zhao, A Chen, Z Wang, S Cao, D Li, Y Luo, ...Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 362, 110366

Assessing the Direct Impact of Typhoons on Vegetation Canopy Structure and Photosynthesis Y Zheng, S Zhan, Z Zhu, S Cao, J Chen, P Zhao, W Wang, RB Myneni Journal of Remote Sensing 5, 0430

——2024——

Desertification sensitivity and its impacts on land use change in the Tarim Basin, Northwest China D Li, Z Zhu, E Xu, H Zhang Science of The Total Environment 957, 177601

Warming and Rising Atmospheric CO2 Concentration Drive Global Woody Encroachment from 2001 to 2020 M Yu, Y Zheng, Z Zhu Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 10, 0272

Scientific land greening under climate change: Theory, modeling, and challenges C Jia-Na, ZHU Zai-Chun, CAO Sen, Z Peng-Jun, LIU Pei, LI DaJing, ...Advances in Climate Change Research

Characterization and evaluation of global solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence products: estimation of gross primary productivity and phenology X Zheng, W Zhao, Z Zhu, Z Wang, Y Zheng, D Li Journal of Remote Sensing 4, 0173

A global dataset of the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation for 1982–2022 W Zhao, Z Zhu, S Cao, M Li, J Zha, J Pu, RB Myneni Scientific Data 11 (1), 707

Global critical soil moisture thresholds of plant water stress Z Fu, P Ciais, JP Wigneron, P Gentine, AF Feldman, D Makowski, N Viovy, ... Nature communications 15 (1), 4826

Vegetation greenness in 2023 X Li, K Wang, C Huntingford, Z Zhu, J Peñuelas, RB Myneni, S Piao Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 5 (4), 241-243

Vegetation canopy structure mediates the response of gross primary production to environmental drivers across multiple temporal scales Y Zheng, W Zhao, A Chen, Y Chen, J Chen, Z Zhu Science of the Total Environment 917, 170439

Socioeconomic and Environmental Changes in Global Drylands S Piao, Y Zhang, Z Zhu, X Lian, K Huang, M He, C Zhao, D Liu Dryland Social-Ecological Systems in Changing Environments, 161-201

Urban greening amidst global change: A comparative study of vegetation dynamics in two urban agglomerations in China under climatic and anthropogenic pressures D Huang, S Cao, W Zhao, P Zhao, J Chen, M Yu, Z Zhu Ecological Indicators 159, 111739

Hybrid Global Annual 1-km IGBP Land Cover Maps for the Period 2000–2020 Y Luo, Z Zhu, W Zhao, M Li, J Chen, P Zhao, L Sun, Y Zhang, Z Duanmu, ... Journal of Remote Sensing 4, 0122

Satellite observed increasing coupling between vegetation productivity and greenness in the semiarid Loess Plateau of China is not captured by process-based models   F Tian, Z Zhu, S Cao, W Zhao, M Li, J Wu Science of The Total Environment 906, 167664

——2023——

he direct and indirect effects of the environmental factors on global terrestrial gross primary productivity over the past four decades Y Chen, Z Zhu, W Zhao, M Li, S Cao, Y Zheng, F Tian, RB Myneni   

The direct and indirect effects of the environmental factors on global terrestrial gross primary productivity over the past four decades   Y Chen, Z Zhu, W Zhao, M Li, S Cao, Y Zheng, F Tian, RB Myneni Environmental Research Letters 19 (1), 014052

Sensor-Independent LAI/FPAR CDR J PU, K Yan, Z Zhu, Y Knyazikhin, R MyneniAGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2023 (1984), B53H-1984

Nitrogen addition delays the emergence of an aridity-induced threshold for plant biomass H Li, C Terrer, M Berdugo, FT Maestre, Z Zhu, J Peñuelas, K Yu, L Luo, ...National science review 10 (11), nwad242

Sensor-independent LAI/FPAR CDR: reconstructing a global sensor-independent climate data record of MODIS and VIIRS LAI/FPAR from 2000 to 2022 J Pu, K Yan, S Roy, Z Zhu, M Rautiainen, Y Knyazikhin, RB Myneni Earth System Science Data Discussions 2023, 1-29

Spatiotemporally consistent global dataset of the GIMMS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (PKU GIMMS NDVI) from 1982 to 2022 M Li, S Cao, Z Zhu, Z Wang, RB Myneni, S Piao Earth System Science Data 15 (9), 4181-4203

A direct evaluation of long-term global Leaf Area Index (LAI) products using massive high-quality LAI validation samples derived from Landsat archive J Zha, M Li, Z Zhu, S Cao, Y Zhang, W Zhao, Y Chen EarthArXiv

Nitrogen enrichment delays the emergence of an aridity-induced threshold for plant biomass H Li, C Terrer, M Berdugo, FT Maestre, Z Zhu, J Peñuelas Reixach, K Yu, ...Oxford University Press   

Dynamic global vegetation models may not capture the dynamics of the leaf area index in the tropical rainforests: A data-model intercomparison L Zou, K Stan, S Cao, Z Zhu Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 339, 109562 7 2023

Asymmetric influence of forest cover gain and loss on land surface temperature Y Su, C Zhang, P Ciais, Z Zeng, A Cescat

——2022——

Exploring the Best-Matching Plant Traits and Environmental Factors for Vegetation Indices in estimates of global gross primary productivity W Zhao, Z Zhu Remote Sensing 14 (24), 6316

HYBMAP: Hybrid Land Cover Maps Designed to Exploit Product Synergies to Reveal Earth Surface Change Y Luo, Z Zhu AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2022, GC34B-05   

A New Version of the GIMMS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Product Derived from Massive Global High-quality Landsat NDVI Training Samples M Li, Z Zhu, W Zhao, Y Chen AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2022, GC31D-01

Seasonal peak photosynthesis is hindered by late canopy development in northern ecosystems Q Zhao, Z Zhu, H Zeng, RB Myneni, Y Zhang, J Peñuelas, S Piao Nature Plants 8 (12), 1484-1492

Exploring habitat patch clusters based on network community detection to identify restored priority areas of ecological networks in urban areas Y Luo, Z Zhu, J Wu, Y Zhang, X Li, W Zhao, Y Yuan, Z Duanmu, M Li Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 78, 127771

Object-Oriented Unsupervised Change Detection Based on Neighborhood Correlation Images and k-Means Clustering for the Multispectral and High Spatial L Zou, M Li, S Cao, F Yue, X Zhu, Y Li, Z Zhu Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 48 (3), 441-451


——2021——

Assessment of the response of tropical dry forests to El Niño southern oscillation L Zou, S Cao, Z Zhu, A Sanchez-Azofeifa Ecological Indicators 133, 108390

Towards a deeper understanding of long-term changes in global vegetation growth Z Zhu AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2021, B51B-06

Projection of gross primary productivity change of global terrestrial ecosystem in the 21st century based on optimal ensemble averaging of CMIP6 models H Lu-Feng, ZHU Zai-Chun, H Meng-Tian, Z Qian, MA Wei-Rui, Z Hui Advances in Climate Change Research 17 (5), 514

Toward an in-depth evaluation of the ecosystem component of CMIP6 Earth system models ZC Zhu Advances in Climate Change Research 12 (4), 581-583

The effects of urbanization on vegetation conditions in coastal zone of China B Huang, Z Li, C Dong, Z Zhu, H Zeng Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 45 (4), 564-579

Research in crop yield estimation models on different scales based on remote sensing and crop growth model Y Xin-Hua, Z Wei-Qing, Z Zai-chun, X Bao-dong, Z Zhi-zhan Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis 41 (7), 2205-2211

Comment on “Recent global decline of CO2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis”Z Zhu, H Zeng, RB Myneni, C Chen, Q Zhao, J Zha, S Zhan, I MacLachlan Science 373 (6562), eabg5673


——2020、2019——

Uncertainty Assessment of the Trend of China's Leaf Area Index in the Past 30 Years Y Sang, G Liu, C Jiang, S Ren, Z Zhu Remote Sensing Technology and Application 35 (5), 1028-1036

Recent wetting trend in China from 1982 to 2016 and the impacts of extreme El Nino events H Yan, SQ Wang, JB Wang, AH Guo, ZC Zhu, RB Myneni, HH Shugart International Journal of Climatology 40 (13), 5485-5501

Uncertainty of the ecosystem models in simulating the trend and drivers of leaf area index in China G Liu, Y Sang, Q Zhao, C Jiang, Z Zhu Remote Sensing Technology and Application 35 (5), 1037-1046

Future greening of the Earth may not be as large as previously predicted Q Zhao, Z Zhu, H Zeng, W Zhao, RB Myneni Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 292, 108111

Vegetation biomass change in China in the 20th century: An assessment based on a combination of multi-model simulations and field observations X Song, F Li, SP Harrison, T Luo, A Arneth, M Forrest, S Hantson, ...Environmental Research Letters 15 (9), 094026

An optimal projection of the changes in global leaf area index in the 21st century Z Qian, Z Zhu AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2019, B31J-2512

Greening of global lands from twenty-year satellite observation C Chen, T Park, X Wang, S Piao, B Xu, RK Chaturvedi, R Fuchs, ...AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2019, GC14B-06   

Contrasting effects of CO2 fertilization, land-use change and warming on seasonal amplitude of Northern Hemisphere CO2 exchange A Bastos, P Ciais, F Chevallier, C Rödenbeck, AP Ballantyne, F Maignan, ...Atmospheric chemistry and physics 19 (19), 12361-12375

China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management C Chen, T Park, X Wang, S Piao, B Xu, RK Chaturvedi, R Fuchs, ...Nature sustainability 2 (2), 122-129 2472

Shift from feeding to sustainably nourishing urban China: a crossing-disciplinary methodology for global environment-food-health nexus G Song, X Gao, P Fullana-i-Palmer, D Lv, Z Zhu, Y Wang, LB Bayer Science of The Total Environment 647

——2018、2017——

Lower Land Use Emissions Increased Net Land Carbon Sink During the Slow Warming PeriodK Wang, S Piao, M Huang, Z Liu, X Wang, P Ciais, JG Canadell, A Bastos, ...

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2018, B51E-1987 Lower land use emissions responsible for increased net land carbon sink during the slow warming periodS Piao, M Huang, Z Liu, X Wang, P Ciais, JG Canadell, K Wang, A Bastos, ...Nature Geoscience 11 (10), 739-743  

Factors controlling changes in evapotranspiration, runoff, and soil moisture over the conterminous US: Accounting for vegetation dynamicsM Liu, JC Adam, AS Richey, Z Zhu, RB Myneni Journal of Hydrology 565, 123-137   

Dominant regions and drivers of the variability of the global land carbon sink across timescalesX Zhang, YP Wang, S Peng, PJ Rayner, P Ciais, JD Silver, S Piao, Z Zhu, Global Change Biology 24 (9), 3954-3968   

The accelerating land carbon sink of the 2000s may not be driven predominantly by the warming hiatusZ Zhu, S Piao, T Yan, P Ciais, A Bastos, X Zhang, Z Wang Geophysical Research Letters 45 (3), 1402-1409   

Projection of changes in terrestrial ecosystem net primary productivity under future global warming scenarios based on CMIP5 modelsSP Zaichun Zhu, Yongwen Liu, Zhen Liu Advances in Climate Change Research 14 (1), 31-39   

Recent changes in global photosynthesis and terrestrial ecosystem respiration constrained from multiple observationsW Li, P Ciais, Y Wang, Y Yin, S Peng, Z Zhu, A Bastos, C Yue, Geophysical Research Letters 45 (2), 1058-1068   

Tropical rainforests dominate multi decadal variability of the global carbon cycleX Zhang, YP Wang, S Peng, PJ Rayner, J Silver, P Ciais, S Piao, Z Zhu, ...AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2017, GC41A-1006   

Research advance about application of NPP process models in NPP evaluationM Liang, Z Zaichun, Z Hui Journal of Desert Research 37 (6), 1250

Velocity of change in vegetation productivity over northern high latitudesM Huang, S Piao, IA Janssens, Z Zhu, T Wang, D Wu, P Ciais, RB Myneni, ...Nature ecology & evolution 1 (11), 16