Assessing ecosystem response to multiple disturbances and climate change in South Africa using ground- and satellite-based measurements and model

Eva Maria Falge1, Werner Leo Kutsch2, Christian Brümmer1, Kanisios Mukwashi1, Christiane Schmullius3, Christian Hüttich3, Victor Odipo3, Robert John Scholes4, Azwitamisi Eric Mudau5, Guy Midgley6, Nicola Stevens6, Thomas Hickler7, Simon Scheiter8, Carola Martens8, Wayne Twine9, Tetukondjele Iiyambo9, Karen Bradshaw10, Wolfgang Lück11, Ulfia Lenfers12, Thomas Thiel-Clemen12 and Justin du Toit13, (1)Thunen Institute of Climate Smart Agriculture, Braunschweig, Germany, (2)ICOS ERIC, Head Office, Helsinki, Finland, (3)Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Department for Earth Observation, Jena, Germany, (4)University of Witwatersrand, Global Change Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa, (5)Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa, (6)Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, (7)Institute of Physical Geography, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, (8)Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Frankfurt, Germany, (9)University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, (10)Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, (11)Forest Sense, Pretoria, South Africa, (12)Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany, (13)Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute, Middelburg, South Africa