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Gabriela Schaepman-Strub

Gabriela Schaepman-Strub

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
11987
World Ranking
6248
National Ranking
122

Overview

Gabriela Schaepman-Strub is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Within these fields, their work spans several subfields, especially Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology. Their expertise extends into specialized areas including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics as well as General Health Professions.

Their research covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Gabriela Schaepman-Strub has authored multiple papers, particularly in high-impact journals. Selected recent publications include:

  • Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic (2020), published in Nature Climate Change
  • Extensive fires in southeastern Siberian permafrost linked to preceding Arctic Oscillation (2020), published in Science Advances
  • A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action (2023), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems (2020), published in Environmental Research Letters

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Elena Plekhanova
  • Jin-Soo Kim
  • Jacqueline Oehri
  • Jakob J. Assmann
  • Sergey V. Karsanaev

Gabriela Schaepman-Strub's work has been published extensively in a variety of venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities

    Isla H Myers-Smith;Isla H Myers-Smith;Bruce C Forbes;Martin Wilmking;Martin Hallinger

  • Reflectance quantities in optical remote sensing - definitions and case studies

    G Schaepman-Strub;G Schaepman-Strub;Michael E Schaepman;T H Painter;S Dangel

  • Peatlands and the carbon cycle: from local processes to global implications - a synthesis

    J. Limpens;F. Berendse;Christian Blodau;J. G. Canadell

  • An Overview of Global Leaf Area Index (LAI): Methods, Products, Validation, and Applications

    Hongliang Fang;Frédéric Baret;Stephen Plummer;Gabriela Schaepman-Strub

  • Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic

    Isla H. Myers-Smith;Jeffrey T. Kerby;Gareth K. Phoenix;Jarle W. Bjerke

  • Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome

    Anne D. Bjorkman;Anne D. Bjorkman;Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Signe Normand

  • Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome

    Isla H. Myers-Smith;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Sarah C. Elmendorf;Pieter S. A. Beck;Martin Wilmking

  • Shrub expansion may reduce summer permafrost thaw in Siberian tundra

    Daan Blok;Monique M P D Heijmans;Gabriela Schaepman-Strub;Gabriela Schaepman-Strub;A. V. Kononov

  • What are the main climate drivers for shrub growth in Northeastern Siberian tundra

    D. Blok;U. Sass-Klaassen;G. Schaepman-Strub;M. M. P. D. Heijmans

  • Validation practices for satellite-based Earth observation data across communities

    Alexander Loew;William Bell;Luca Brocca;Claire E. Bulgin

  • A raster version of the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM)

    Martha K. Raynolds;Donald A. Walker;Andrew Balser;Christian Bay

  • The response of Arctic vegetation to the summer climate: relation between shrub cover, NDVI, surface albedo and temperature

    Daan Blok;Gabriela Schaepman-Strub;Harm Bartholomeus;Monique M P D Heijmans

  • Capturing the fugitive: Applying remote sensing to terrestrial animal distribution and diversity

    Euridice Leyequien;Jochem Verrelst;Martijn Slot;Gabriela Schaepman-Strub

  • The Cooling Capacity of Mosses: Controls on Water and Energy Fluxes in a Siberian Tundra Site

    Daan Blok;M.M.P.D. Heijmans;G. Schaepman-Strub;J. van Ruijven

  • Biodiversity promotes primary productivity and growing season lengthening at the landscape scale

    Jacqueline Oehri;Bernhard Schmid;Gabriela Schaepman-Strub;Pascal A. Niklaus

  • Erratum to “Capturing the fugitive: Applying remote sensing to terrestrial animal distribution and diversity” [Int. J. Appl. Earth Observ. Geoinform. 9 (2007) 1–20]

    Euridice Leyequien;Jochem Verrelst;Martijn Slot;Gabriela Schaepman-Strub

  • A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action

    Unknown

  • Predicting Missing Values in Spatio-Temporal Remote Sensing Data

    Florian Gerber;Rogier de Jong;Michael E. Schaepman;Gabriela Schaepman-Strub

  • Extensive fires in southeastern Siberian permafrost linked to preceding Arctic Oscillation

    Jin-Soo Kim;Jong-Seong Kug;Su-Jong Jeong;Hotaek Park

  • Spatial and temporal dynamics in eddy covariance observations of methane fluxes at a tundra site in Northeastern Siberia

    Frans-Jan Parmentier;Frans-Jan Parmentier;J. van Huissteden;M. K. van der Molen;G. Schaepman-Strub

  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome

    H. J. D. Thomas;A. D. Bjorkman;A. D. Bjorkman;I. H. Myers-Smith;S. C. Elmendorf

  • Peatlands and the carbon cycle: from local processes to global implications – a synthesis

    Unknown

  • Validation practices for satellite-based Earth observation data across communities

    Tijl Verhoelst;William Bell;Luca Brocca;Claire Bulgin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Schaepman
Michael E. Schaepman University of Zurich
Monique M. P. D. Heijmans
Monique M. P. D. Heijmans Wageningen University & Research
Sarah C. Elmendorf
Sarah C. Elmendorf Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Isla H. Myers-Smith
Isla H. Myers-Smith University of Edinburgh
Trofim C. Maximov
Trofim C. Maximov Russian Academy of Sciences
Anne D. Bjorkman
Anne D. Bjorkman University of Gothenburg
Frank Berendse
Frank Berendse Wageningen University & Research
Werner Eugster
Werner Eugster ETH Zurich
Esther Lévesque
Esther Lévesque Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Martin Wilmking
Martin Wilmking University of Greifswald

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