Land Cover and Ecological Change

Dear Colleagues,

The Topic “Land Cover and Ecological Change” aims to integrate cutting-edge research on terrestrial ecosystems, hydrology, and biodiversity dynamics under global environmental change. It emphasizes the use of multi-source remote sensing, big data, and AI-driven modeling to understand patterns and drivers of land cover change, ecosystem productivity, water–energy exchanges, and species distribution across scales. Long-term ecological indicators, such as tree-ring chronologies, are highlighted for their role in monitoring climate responses, ecological processes, and ecohydrological coupling. Contributions from both physical and biological perspectives are encouraged, including ecohydrological modeling, global irrigation and evapotranspiration assessments, high-resolution species distribution modeling, and AI-ready geospatial dataset development. This Topic welcomes submissions that integrate observational, experimental, and computational approaches to advance predictive, integrative, and data-driven understanding of land cover and ecological change.

Dr. Yanlong Guo
Dr. Kun Zhang
Topic Editors