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D-Index
57
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10708
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2739
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43

Martin Brandt publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin Brandt sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 122 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Martin Brandt D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin Brandt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Martin Brandt is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Forestry. Their research involves a detailed study of ecosystems and their interactions with environmental factors, contributing to an understanding of complex environmental processes.

The scientist's main topics of work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Forest ecology and management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Fire effects on ecosystems, African Botany and Ecology Studies, and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management. These areas are integral to assessing environmental changes and strategies for managing natural resources.

Notable recent publications by Martin Brandt cover various aspects of environmental science and ecology. These include:

  • "Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel," 2020, Nature
  • "Carbon loss from forest degradation exceeds that from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon," 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • "A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China," 2022, Nature Sustainability
  • "Mapping global lake dynamics reveals the emerging roles of small lakes," 2022, Nature Communications

Martin Brandt collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Rasmus Fensholt, Philippe Ciais, Xiaowei Tong, Yuemin Yue, and Kelin Wang. These collaborations often lead to publications housed in prominent scientific venues.

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in journals and repositories such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), arXiv (Cornell University), Nature Communications, Research Square, and Remote Sensing of Environment. These venues reflect the diversity and interdisciplinary nature of their research output.

Best Publications

  • Increased vegetation growth and carbon stock in China karst via ecological engineering

    Xiaowei Tong;Martin Brandt;Yuemin Yue;Stephanie Horion

  • Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration

    Xiaowei Tong;Xiaowei Tong;Martin Brandt;Yuemin Yue;Philippe Ciais

  • A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China

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  • An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel

    Martin Brandt;Compton J. Tucker;Ankit Kariryaa;Kjeld Rasmussen

  • Mapping global lake dynamics reveals the emerging roles of small lakes

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  • Carbon loss from forest degradation exceeds that from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

    Yuanwei Qin;Xiangming Xiao;Jean-Pierre Wigneron;Philippe Ciais

  • Quantifying the effectiveness of ecological restoration projects on long-term vegetation dynamics in the karst regions of Southwest China

    Xiaowei Tong;Kelin Wang;Yuemin Yue;Martin Stefan Brandt

  • Remote sensing of vegetation dynamics in drylands: Evaluating vegetation optical depth (VOD) using AVHRR NDVI and in situ green biomass data over West African Sahel

    Feng Tian;Feng Tian;Martin Brandt;Yi Y. Liu;Aleixandre Verger

  • Satellite-observed pantropical carbon dynamics

    Lei Fan;Lei Fan;Jean-Pierre Wigneron;Philippe Ciais;Jérôme Chave

  • Satellite passive microwaves reveal recent climate-induced carbon losses in African drylands.

    Martin Brandt;Jean-Pierre Wigneron;Jérôme Chave;Torbern Tagesson

  • Human population growth offsets climate-driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa

    Martin Brandt;Kjeld Rasmussen;Josep Peñuelas;Feng Tian

  • Satellite-observed Major Greening and Biomass Increase in South China Karst During Recent Decade

    Martin Brandt;Yuemin Yue;Jean Pierre Wigneron;Xiaowei Tong

  • Tropical forests did not recover from the strong 2015–2016 El Niño event

    Jean-Pierre Wigneron;Lei Fan;Lei Fan;Philippe Ciais;Ana Bastos

  • Coupling of ecosystem-scale plant water storage and leaf phenology observed by satellite

    Feng Tian;Feng Tian;Jean-Pierre Wigneron;Philippe Ciais;Jérôme Chave

  • Ecological restoration enhances ecosystem health in the karst regions of southwest China

    Chujie Liao;Yuemin Yue;Kelin Wang;Rasmus Fensholt

  • An evaluation of SMOS L-band vegetation optical depth (L-VOD) data sets: high sensitivity of L-VOD to above-ground biomass in Africa

    Nemesio J. Rodríguez-Fernández;Arnaud Mialon;Stephane Mermoz;Alexandre Bouvet

  • Recent divergence in the contributions of tropical and boreal forests to the terrestrial carbon sink

    Torbern Tagesson;Guy Schurgers;Stéphanie Horion;Philippe Ciais

  • Assessing Future Vegetation Trends and Restoration Prospects in the Karst Regions of Southwest China

    Xiaowei Tong;Kelin Wang;Martin Brandt;Yuemin Yue

  • Global-scale assessment and inter-comparison of recently developed/reprocessed microwave satellite vegetation optical depth products

    Xiaojun Li;Jean-Pierre Wigneron;Frédéric Frappart;Lei Fan

  • Ground- and satellite-based evidence of the biophysical mechanisms behind the greening Sahel

    Martin Brandt;Cheikh Mbow;Abdoul Aziz Diouf;Aleixandre Verger

  • How conflict affects land use: agricultural activity in areas seized by the Islamic State

    Lina Eklund;Michael Degerald;Martin Brandt;Alexander V Prishchepov;Alexander V Prishchepov

  • Woody plant cover estimation in drylands from Earth Observation based seasonal metrics

    Martin Brandt;Pierre Hiernaux;Torbern Tagesson;Aleixandre Verger

Frequent Co-Authors

Rasmus Fensholt
Rasmus Fensholt University of Copenhagen
Jean-Pierre Wigneron
Jean-Pierre Wigneron University of Rennes
Kjeld Rasmussen
Kjeld Rasmussen University of Copenhagen
Cheikh Mbow
Cheikh Mbow Centre de Suivi Ecologique
Amen Al-Yaari
Amen Al-Yaari Sorbonne University
Compton J. Tucker
Compton J. Tucker Goddard Space Flight Center
Arnaud Mialon
Arnaud Mialon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Xiangming Xiao
Xiangming Xiao University of Oklahoma
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Yann Kerr
Yann Kerr Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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