{"id":2607,"date":"2026-06-01T17:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vegetation-dynamics.com\/?page_id=2607"},"modified":"2026-07-26T19:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:56:52","slug":"forest-disturbance-and-recovery-dynamics-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vegetation-dynamics.com\/index.php\/research\/forest-disturbance-and-recovery-dynamics-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Disturbance and Recovery Dynamics Monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2607\" class=\"elementor elementor-2607\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bd78ef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0bd78ef\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dae7df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0dae7df\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-264a148 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"264a148\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Forest disturbance and recovery dynamics monitoring<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f5e2fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f5e2fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Forest ecosystems globally are undergoing unprecedented changes driven by both natural events and anthropogenic activities. Events such as wildfires, logging, insect infestations, and extreme climate events disrupt forest structure, biodiversity, and global carbon balances. Understanding when, where, and how these disturbances occur\u2014as well as monitoring the subsequent long-term ecosystem recovery\u2014is critical for sustainable forest management, ecological restoration, and evaluating ecosystem resilience under ongoing global environmental change.<\/p><p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Our research group focuses on leveraging dense time-series Earth observation data and modern spatial analytics to map, quantify, and model forest disturbance and recovery dynamics. Our work emphasizes tracking monthly to interannual canopy changes, classifying distinct disturbance agents (such as fire, selective logging, and clearcutting), and evaluating post-disturbance vegetation trajectories. 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