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D-Index
62
Citations
14105
World Ranking
2077
National Ranking
46

Overview

Yongshuo H. Fu is affiliated with Beijing Normal University in China and specializes in environmental science with a focus on global and planetary change, ecology, atmospheric science, plant science, and ecological modeling. Their research portfolio encompasses 287 publications in environmental science and displays a strong interdisciplinary approach toward understanding complex environmental systems.

The scientist's work frequently appears in several key publication venues. These include:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Hydrology

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas, prominently featuring:

  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses
  • Plant and Animal Studies

Yongshuo H. Fu has coauthored extensively with several researchers throughout their career. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Zhaofei Wu
  • Yahui Guo
  • Josep Peñuelas
  • Shouzhi Chen
  • Xuan Zhang

The scientist has contributed to a number of highly cited papers published in leading academic journals. Some notable recent publications listed by year and venue are:

  • Plant Phenology Changes and Drivers on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (2022) in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Integrated Phenology and Climate in Rice Yields Prediction Using Machine Learning Methods (2020) in Ecological Indicators
  • Compound Droughts and Hot Extremes: Characteristics, Drivers, Changes, and Impacts (2022) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • An Earlier Start of the Thermal Growing Season Enhances Tree Growth in Cold Humid Areas but Not in Dry Areas (2022) in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Disentangling the Effects of Vapor Pressure Deficit on Northern Terrestrial Vegetation Productivity (2023) in Science Advances

The scope of Yongshuo H. Fu's work reveals an emphasis on environmental and ecological processes viewed through the lens of climatology and remote sensing. Their studies often integrate phenology, climate variability, plant physiology, and machine learning approaches to address issues relevant to vegetation dynamics, droughts, and climate impacts on ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Plant phenology and global climate change: Current progresses and challenges

    Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Qiang Liu;Anping Chen;Ivan A. Janssens

  • Declining global warming effects on the phenology of spring leaf unfolding.

    Yongshuo H. Fu;Hongfang Zhao;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Marc Peaucelle

  • Leaf onset in the northern hemisphere triggered by daytime temperature

    Shilong Piao;Jianguang Tan;Anping Chen;Yongshuo H. Fu

  • Delayed autumn phenology in the Northern Hemisphere is related to change in both climate and spring phenology.

    Qiang Liu;Yongshuo H. Fu;Yongshuo H. Fu;Zaichun Zhu;Yongwen Liu

  • Temperature, precipitation, and insolation effects on autumn vegetation phenology in temperate China

    Qiang Liu;Yongshuo H Fu;Yongshuo H Fu;Zhenzhong Zeng;Mengtian Huang

  • Extension of the growing season increases vegetation exposure to frost

    Qiang Liu;Shilong Piao;Ivan A. Janssens;Yongshuo H. Fu

  • Global warming leads to more uniform spring phenology across elevations.

    Yann Vitasse;Yann Vitasse;Constant Signarbieux;Yongshuo H Fu;Yongshuo H Fu

  • Variation in leaf flushing date influences autumnal senescence and next year’s flushing date in two temperate tree species

    Yongshuo S. H. Fu;Yongshuo S. H. Fu;Matteo Campioli;Yann Vitasse;Hans J. De Boeck

  • Recent spring phenology shifts in western Central Europe based on multiscale observations

    Yongshuo H. Fu;Yongshuo H. Fu;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Maarten Op de Beeck;Nan Cong

  • Strong impacts of daily minimum temperature on the green-up date and summer greenness of the Tibetan Plateau.

    Miaogen Shen;Miaogen Shen;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Xiaoqiu Chen;Shuai An

  • An earlier start of the thermal growing season enhances tree growth in cold humid areas but not in dry areas

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  • Integrated phenology and climate in rice yields prediction using machine learning methods

    Yahui Guo;Yongshuo Fu;Fanghua Hao;Xuan Zhang

  • Compound droughts and hot extremes: Characteristics, drivers, changes, and impacts

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  • Contrasting responses of autumn-leaf senescence to daytime and night-time warming

    Chaoyang Wu;Xiaoyue Wang;Huanjiong Wang;Philippe Ciais

  • Unexpected role of winter precipitation in determining heat requirement for spring vegetation green-up at northern middle and high latitudes.

    Yongshuo H Fu;Yongshuo H Fu;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Hongfang Zhao;Su-Jong Jeong

  • Disentangling the effects of vapor pressure deficit on northern terrestrial vegetation productivity

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  • Increased heat requirement for leaf flushing in temperate woody species over 1980-2012: effects of chilling, precipitation and insolation.

    Yongshuo H. Fu;Yongshuo H. Fu;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Yann Vitasse;Hongfang Zhao

  • Divergent changes in the elevational gradient of vegetation activities over the last 30 years

    Mengdi Gao;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Anping Chen;Hui Yang

  • Larger temperature response of autumn leaf senescence than spring leaf-out phenology.

    Yongshuo H. Fu;Yongshuo H. Fu;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Nicolas Delpierre;Fanghua Hao

  • Urban-rural gradients reveal joint control of elevated CO2 and temperature on extended photosynthetic seasons.

    Songhan Wang;Songhan Wang;Weimin Ju;Weimin Ju;Josep Peñuelas;Alessandro Cescatti

  • Overestimation of the effect of climatic warming on spring phenology due to misrepresentation of chilling.

    Huanjiong Wang;Chaoyang Wu;Philippe Ciais;Josep Peñuelas

  • Daylength helps temperate deciduous trees to leaf-out at the optimal time.

    Yongshuo H. Fu;Yongshuo H. Fu;Xuan Zhang;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Fanghua Hao

  • The impact of winter and spring temperatures on temperate tree budburst dates: results from an experimental climate manipulation.

    Yongshuo H. Fu;Matteo Campioli;Gaby Deckmyn;Ivan A. Janssens

Frequent Co-Authors

Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Ivan A. Janssens
Ivan A. Janssens University of Antwerp
Josep Peñuelas
Josep Peñuelas Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), CSIC
Fanghua Hao
Fanghua Hao Beijing Normal University
Yann Vitasse
Yann Vitasse Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Matteo Campioli
Matteo Campioli University of Antwerp
Miaogen Shen
Miaogen Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hans J. De Boeck
Hans J. De Boeck University of Antwerp
Shushi Peng
Shushi Peng Peking University
Heikki Hänninen
Heikki Hänninen Zhejiang A & F University

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