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Satellite Leaf Area Index: Global Scale Analysis of the Tendencies Per Vegetation Type Over the Last 17 Years
Munier et al.
Remote Sens. 2018, 10(3), 424

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-
4292/10/3/424/pdf

>A trend analysis is performed at the global scale and over different regions (continents and climate zones). On average, all vegetation types have experienced greening over the last two decades
>Coniferous forests are mainly greening in temperate regions and show the largest area affected by high positive trends. By contrast, grasslands are greening at a moderate average rate, but since they cover almost half of the total vegetated area, the grassland area affected by high trend values is greater than for any other vegetation type but coniferous forests. Evergreen forests, which are mainly located in the tropical regions, show high positive trends except for deforested areas of the Amazon Basin.