Abstract Changes in the efficiency of light interception and in the costs for light harvesting
along the light gradients from the top of the plant canopy to the bottom are the major means …

Fine roots< 2 mm in diameter play a key role in regulating the biogeochemical cycles of
ecosystems and are important to our understanding of ecosystem responses to global …

The leaf economics spectrum, and the global spectrum of plant forms and functions revealed
fundamental axes of variation in plant traits, which represent different ecological strategies …

Natural revegetation, afforestation, and lignocellulosic crops for bioenergy, possibly coupled
with a develo** technology like carbon capture and storage, are the most common land …

Solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) has been increasingly used as a proxy for
terrestrial gross primary productivity (GPP). Previous work mainly evaluated the relationship …

The energy balance at most surface-atmosphere flux research sites remains unclosed. The
mechanisms underlying the discrepancy between measured energy inputs and outputs …

Background Biomass maps are valuable tools for estimating forest carbon and forest
planning. Individual-tree biomass estimates made using allometric equations are the …

Terrestrial gross primary productivity (GPP) varies greatly over time and space. A better
understanding of this variability is necessary for more accurate predictions of the future …

Historically, tree biomass at large scales has been estimated by applying dimensional
analysis techniques and field measurements such as diameter at breast height (dbh) in …

Traditionally, forest measurement textbooks have been concerned primarily with
determination of the amounts of the principal commercial product of forests, wood. This was …