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P. Hiernaux

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h-index: 59
Works: 227
Citations: 12K

Most-cited papers

Savanna Vegetation-Fire-Climate Relationships Differ Among Continents
C. Lehmann, T. M. Anderson, M. Sankaran, S. Higgins +18 more
2014Science644 citations Open access
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An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel
M. Brandt, C. Tucker, Ankit Kariryaa, K. Rasmussen +20 more
2020Nature404 citations Open access
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Re-Greening Sahel: 30 Years of Remote Sensing Data and Field Observations (Mali, Niger)
C. Dardel, L. Kergoat, P. Hiernaux, E. Mougin +2 more
2014350 citations
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On the delineation of tropical vegetation types with an emphasis on forest/savanna transitions
M. Torello-Raventos, T. Feldpausch, E. Veenendaal, F. Schrodt +42 more
2013161 citations Open access
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More than one quarter of Africa’s tree cover is found outside areas previously classified as forest
Florian Reiner, M. Brandt, X. Tong, D. Skole +20 more
2023Nature Communications129 citations Open access
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Sub-continental-scale carbon stocks of individual trees in African drylands
C. Tucker, M. Brandt, P. Hiernaux, Ankit Kariryaa +26 more
2023Nature129 citations Open access
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Reduction of tree cover in West African woodlands and promotion in semi-arid farmlands
M. Brandt, K. Rasmussen, P. Hiernaux, S. Herrmann +11 more
2018Nature Geoscience126 citations Open access
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Assessing woody vegetation trends in Sahelian drylands using MODIS based seasonal metrics
M. Brandt, P. Hiernaux, K. Rasmussen, C. Mbow +6 more
2016124 citations Open access
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Evolution of Surface Hydrology in the Sahelo-Sudanian Strip: An Updated Review
L. Descroix, F. Guichard, M. Grippa, Laurent Lambert +27 more
2018Water119 citations Open access
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Woody plant cover estimation in drylands from Earth Observation based seasonal metrics
M. Brandt, P. Hiernaux, T. Tagesson, A. Verger +5 more
2016118 citations Open access
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Nation-wide mapping of tree-level aboveground carbon stocks in Rwanda
M. Mugabowindekwe, M. Brandt, J. Chave, Florian Reiner +17 more
2022Nature Climate Change117 citations Open access
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Rain-Use-Efficiency: What it Tells us about the Conflicting Sahel Greening and Sahelian Paradox
C. Dardel, L. Kergoat, P. Hiernaux, M. Grippa +3 more
2014Remote Sensing107 citations Open access
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AMMA‐CATCH, a Critical Zone Observatory in West Africa Monitoring a Region in Transition
S. Galle, M. Grippa, C. Peugeot, I. B. Moussa +84 more
201898 citations Open access
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Structural, physiognomic and above-ground biomass variation in savanna–forest transition zones on three continents – how different are co-occurring savanna and forest formations?
E. Veenendaal, M. Torello-Raventos, T. Feldpausch, T. Domingues +43 more
201495 citations Open access
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Monitoring dry vegetation masses in semi-arid areas with MODIS SWIR bands
D. Jacques, L. Kergoat, P. Hiernaux, E. Mougin +1 more
201490 citations
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Revisiting the coupling between NDVI trends and cropland changes in the Sahel drylands: A case study in western Niger
X. Tong, M. Brandt, P. Hiernaux, S. Herrmann +3 more
201782 citations Open access
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Changes in rainfall distribution promote woody foliage production in the Sahel
M. Brandt, P. Hiernaux, K. Rasmussen, C. Tucker +9 more
2019Communications Biology80 citations Open access
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The forgotten land use class: Mapping of fallow fields across the Sahel using Sentinel-2
X. Tong, M. Brandt, P. Hiernaux, S. Herrmann +6 more
2020Remote Sensing of Environment76 citations Open access
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Great Green Walls: Hype, Myth, and Science
M. Turner, D. Davis, E. Yeh, P. Hiernaux +4 more
2023Annual Review Environment and Resources62 citations Open access
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How to better account for livestock diversity and fodder seasonality in assessing the fodder intake of livestock grazing semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa rangelands
M. H. Assouma, P. Lecomte, P. Hiernaux, A. Ickowicz +4 more
2018Livestock Science53 citations
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The paradoxical evolution of runoff in pastoral Sahel: Analysis of the hydrological changes over the Agoufou watershed (Mali) using the KINEROS-2 model.
L. Gal, M. Grippa, P. Hiernaux, Léa Pons +1 more
201753 citations
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From Desiccation to Global Climate Change: A History of the Desertification Narrative in the West African Sahel, 1900-2018
T. Benjaminsen, P. Hiernaux
2019Global Environment52 citations
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Contrasting architecture of key African and Australian savanna tree taxa drives intercontinental structural divergence
Glenn R. Moncrieff, C. Lehmann, J. Schnitzler, J. Gambiza +5 more
201451 citations
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Estimation of LAI, fAPAR and fCover of Sahel rangelands (Gourma, Mali)
E. Mougin, V. Demarez, M. Diawara, P. Hiernaux +2 more
201450 citations
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Rangeland Systems in Developing Nations: Conceptual Advances and Societal Implications
D. Coppock, M. Fernández-Giménez, P. Hiernaux, E. Huber-Sannwald +6 more
201749 citations Open access
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Changes in lakes water volume and runoff over ungauged Sahelian watersheds
L. Gal, M. Grippa, P. Hiernaux, C. Peugeot +2 more
201648 citations
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Impact of Agropastoral Management on Wind Erosion in Sahelian Croplands
C. Pierre, L. Kergoat, P. Hiernaux, Christian Baron +5 more
201844 citations
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The persistent decline of patterned woody vegetation: The tiger bush in the context of the regional Sahel greening trend
V. Trichon, P. Hiernaux, R. Walcker, E. Mougin
2018Global Change Biology36 citations
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Modelling the effect of soil moisture and organic matter degradation on biogenic NO emissions from soils in Sahel rangeland (Mali)
C. Delon, E. Mougin, D. Serça, M. Grippa +4 more
201536 citations Open access
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Do Agrometeorological Data Improve Optical Satellite-Based Estimations of the Herbaceous Yield in Sahelian Semi-Arid Ecosystems?
A. Diouf, P. Hiernaux, M. Brandt, G. Faye +4 more
2016Remote Sensing34 citations Open access
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Dry-season vegetation mass and cover fraction from SWIR1.6 and SWIR2.1 band ratio: Ground-radiometer and MODIS data in the Sahel
L. Kergoat, P. Hiernaux, C. Dardel, C. Pierre +2 more
2015International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation33 citations Open access
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Contrasted seasonal balances in a Sahelian pastoral ecosystem result in a neutral annual carbon balance
M. H. Assouma, P. Hiernaux, P. Lecomte, A. Ickowicz +2 more
2019Journal of Arid Environments32 citations Open access
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Does grazing cause land degradation? Evidence from the sandy Ferlo in Northern Senegal
K. Rasmussen, M. Brandt, X. Tong, P. Hiernaux +4 more
2018Land Degradation and Development31 citations
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Modeling vegetation and wind erosion from a millet field and from a rangeland: Two Sahelian case studies
C. Pierre, L. Kergoat, G. Bergametti, E. Mougin +6 more
201531 citations Open access
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Desertification, Adaptation and Resilience in the Sahel: Lessons from Long Term Monitoring of Agro-ecosystems
P. Hiernaux, C. Dardel, L. Kergoat, E. Mougin
201630 citations
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The effects of management history and landscape position on inter-field variation in soil fertility and millet yields in southwestern Niger
M. Turner, P. Hiernaux
201527 citations
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Drought-induced regime shift and resilience of a Sahelian ecohydrosystem
V. Wendling, C. Peugeot, A. Mayor, P. Hiernaux +6 more
2019Environmental Research Letters26 citations Open access
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A House Full of Trap Doors. Identifying barriers to resilient drylands in the toolbox of pastoral development
S. Krätli, B. Kaufmann, H. Roba, P. Hiernaux +3 more
201625 citations
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Milking the data: Measuring milk off-take in extensive livestock systems. Experimental evidence from Niger
A. Zezza, G. Federighi, Amadou Adamou Kalilou, P. Hiernaux
2016Food Policy25 citations Open access
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Pastoral landscapes in the Sahel: a carbon balance with unexpected potential for climate change mitigation
M. H. Assouma, P. Lecomte, C. Corniaux, P. Hiernaux +2 more
2019Perspective21 citations Open access
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Modeling Surface Runoff and Water Fluxes over Contrasted Soils in the Pastoral Sahel : Evaluation of the ALMIP2 Land Surface Models over the Gourma Region in Mali
M. Grippa, L. Kergoat, A. Boone, C. Peugeot +9 more
201721 citations Open access
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Comparing drag partition schemes over a herbaceous Sahelian rangeland
Catherine Pierre, G. Bergametti, B. Marticorena, L. Kergoat +2 more
201421 citations Open access
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Foliar trait contrasts between African forest and savanna trees: genetic versus environmental effects.
F. Schrodt, T. Domingues, T. Feldpausch, G. Saiz +17 more
2014Functional Plant Biology20 citations Open access
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Allometric equations to estimate the dry mass of Sahel woody plants mapped with very-high resolution satellite imagery
P. Hiernaux, H. Issoufou, C. Igel, Ankit Kariryaa +4 more
2023Forest Ecology and Management17 citations Open access
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Mapping the Abundance of Multipurpose Agroforestry Faidherbia albida Trees in Senegal
Ting-Ting Lu, M. Brandt, X. Tong, P. Hiernaux +3 more
2022Remote Sensing17 citations Open access
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An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel
M. Brandt, C. Tucker, Ankit Kariryaa, K. Rasmussen +20 more
2020Nature17 citations Open access
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Dry season forage assessment across senegalese rangelands using earth observation data
Adama Lo, A. Diouf, I. Diedhiou, Cyrille Djitamagne Edouard Bassène +10 more
2022Frontiers in Environmental Science16 citations Open access
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Modeling gas exchange and biomass production in West African Sahelian and Sudanian ecological zones
J. Rahimi, E. E. Ago, A. Ayantunde, Sina Berger +15 more
2021Geoscientific Model Development14 citations Open access
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Nutrient Management in Livestock Systems in West Africa Sahel with Emphasis on Feed and Grazing Management
A. Ayantunde, P. Hiernaux, Salvador Fernandez-Rivera, M. Sangare
201814 citations Open access
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Peer Review #1 of "Effects of short-term grazing prohibition on soil physical and chemical properties of meadows in Southwest China (v0.1)"
Gui-Qing Zhu, Chao-Xiang Yuan, H. Gong, Yang-Jian Peng +169 more
202113 citations Open access
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