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46
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4568
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1585

Overview

Niall P. Hanan is affiliated with New Mexico State University in the United States. Their research contributions span predominantly the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's subfields of study include Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their research covers diverse topics such as Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology.

Recent publications by Niall P. Hanan demonstrate involvement in environmental and ecological research. Notable papers include:

  • "A Role for Drylands in a Carbon Neutral World?" (2021) published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "Toward Operational Mapping of Woody Canopy Cover in Tropical Savannas Using Google Earth Engine" (2020) published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "Study becomes insight: Ecological learning from machine learning" (2021) published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Global application of an unoccupied aerial vehicle photogrammetry protocol for predicting aboveground biomass in non-forest ecosystems" (2021) published in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • "Woody-biomass projections and drivers of change in sub-Saharan Africa" (2021) published in Nature Climate Change

Their frequent co-authors include J. Anchang, Qiuyan Yu, Lara Prihodko, Wenjie Ji, and Abid Nazir. Collaboration with these researchers has been substantive, with the largest number of joint publications with J. Anchang.

Publication venues where Niall P. Hanan has most frequently appeared include:

  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature
  • Environmental Research Ecology
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Determinants of woody cover in African savannas

    Mahesh Sankaran;Niall P. Hanan;Robert J. Scholes;Jayashree Ratnam

  • Tree–grass coexistence in savannas revisited – insights from an examination of assumptions and mechanisms invoked in existing models

    Mahesh Sankaran;Jayashree Ratnam;Niall P. Hanan

  • Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents

    Caroline E. R. Lehmann;Caroline E. R. Lehmann;T. Michael Anderson;Mahesh Sankaran;Mahesh Sankaran;Steven I. Higgins;Steven I. Higgins

  • Woody cover in African savannas: the role of resources, fire and herbivory

    Mahesh Sankaran;Mahesh Sankaran;Jayashree Ratnam;Niall Hanan

  • AMMA-CATCH studies in the Sahelian region of West-Africa: an overview

    Thierry Lebel;Bernard Cappelaere;Sylvie Galle;Niall Hanan

  • A continental‐scale analysis of tree cover in African savannas

    Gabriela Bucini;Niall P. Hanan

  • Tree effects on grass growth in savannas: competition, facilitation and the stress-gradient hypothesis

    Justin Dohn;Fadiala Dembélé;Moussa Karembé;Aristides Moustakas;Aristides Moustakas

  • Africa and the global carbon cycle

    Christopher A Williams;Niall P Hanan;Jason C Neff;Robert J Scholes

  • Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

    Sally E. Koerner;Melinda D. Smith;Deron E. Burkepile;Niall P. Hanan

  • HYSOGs250m, global gridded hydrologic soil groups for curve-number-based runoff modeling.

    C. Wade Ross;Lara Prihodko;Julius Anchang;Sanath Kumar

  • AVHRR monitoring of savanna primary production in Senegal, West Africa: 1987-1988

    O. Diallo;A. Diouf;N. P. Hanan;A. Ndiaye

  • Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents

    Chuixiang Yi;Daniel Ricciuto;Runze Li;John Wolbeck

  • A Remote Sensing Study of the NDVI–Ts Relationship and the Transpiration from Sparse Vegetation in the Sahel Based on High-Resolution Satellite Data

    E. Boegh;H. Soegaard;N. Hanan;P. Kabat

  • Productivity, Respiration, and Light-Response Parameters of World Grassland and Agroecosystems Derived From Flux-Tower Measurements

    Tagir G Gilmanov;L Aires;Z Barcza;V S Baron

  • Evaluation of MODIS gross primary productivity for Africa using eddy covariance data

    Martin Sjöström;M. Zhao;S. Archibald;Almut Arneth

  • The AMMA-CATCH Gourma observatory site in Mali: Relating climatic variations to changes in vegetation, surface hydrology, fluxes and natural resources

    E. Mougin;P. Hiernaux;L. Kergoat;M. Grippa

  • Simulated and observed fluxes of sensible and latent heat and CO2 at the WLEF-TV tower using SiB2.5

    Ian Baker;A. Scott Denning;Niall Hanan;Lara Prihodko

  • Thermal optimality of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and underlying mechanisms.

    Shuli Niu;Yiqi Luo;Yiqi Luo;Shenfeng Fei;Wenping Yuan

  • Assessment of Desertification Around Deep Wells in the Sahel Using Satellite Imagery

    N. P. Hanan;Y. Prevost;A. Diouf;O. Diallo

  • Complexity in water and carbon dioxide fluxes following rain pulses in an African savanna

    Christopher Alan Williams;Niall Hanan;Robert J. Scholes;Werner Kutsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Mahesh Sankaran
Mahesh Sankaran University of Leeds
Robert J. Scholes
Robert J. Scholes University of the Witwatersrand
Sally Archibald
Sally Archibald University of the Witwatersrand
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer Agricultural Research Service
Werner L. Kutsch
Werner L. Kutsch Integrated Carbon Observation System
Serge Rambal
Serge Rambal Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gregory S. Okin
Gregory S. Okin University of California, Los Angeles
Caroline E. R. Lehmann
Caroline E. R. Lehmann University of Edinburgh
Debra P. C. Peters
Debra P. C. Peters United States Department of Agriculture
Osvaldo E. Sala
Osvaldo E. Sala Arizona State University

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