Climate models project that many terrestrial ecosystems will become drier over the course of
this century, leading to a drastic increase in the global extent of arid soils. In order to …

Quantifying global terrestrial photosynthesis is essential to understanding the global carbon
cycle and the climate system. Remote sensing has played a pivotal role in advancing our …

Global photosynthesis is increasing with elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations, a
response known as the CO2 fertilization effect (CFE), but the key processes of CFE are not …

Global estimates of terrestrial gross primary production (GPP) remain highly uncertain,
despite decades of satellite measurements and intensive in situ monitoring. We report a new …

The leaf economics spectrum (LES) represents a suite of intercorrelated leaf traits
concerning construction costs per unit leaf area, nutrient concentrations, and rates of carbon …

Background Leaf chlorophyll content plays an important role in indicating plant stresses and
nutrient status. Traditional approaches for the quantification of chlorophyll content mainly …

Improving the accuracy of estimates of forest carbon exchange is a central priority for
understanding ecosystem response to increased atmospheric CO 2 levels and improving …

[ES]: Tasas de crecimiento en especies leñosas: aspectos funcionales e implicaciones
ecológicas. Las distintas especies vegetales difieren notablemente en su capacidad de …

Plant functional traits are the features (morphological, physiological, phenological) that
represent ecological strategies and determine how plants respond to environmental factors …

A mechanistic understanding of plant photosynthetic response is needed to reliably predict
changes in terrestrial carbon (C) gain under conditions of chronically elevated atmospheric …