The remote sensing of grass aboveground biomass (AGB) has gained considerable
attention, with substantial research being conducted in the past decades. Of significant …

THE EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES THAT SHAPE ECOSYSTEMS In 1837 a young Charles
Darwin took his notebook, wrote “I think”, and then sketched a rudimentary, stick-like tree …

The importance of reconstructing past environments quantitatively in palaeoecology is
reviewed by showing that many ecological questions asked of palaeoecological data …

Biomes are large‐scale ecosystems occupying large spaces. The biome concept should
theoretically facilitate scientific synthesis of global‐scale studies of the past, present, and …

Remote sensing-based analyses of vegetation function such as photosynthesis and
productivity are challenging in wetlands with complex cover and difficult field access. Recent …

Question: What plant properties might define plant functional types (PFTs) for the analysis of
global vegetation responses to climate change, and what aspects of the physical …

Aim To analyse the structure of pteridophyte assemblages, based on phylogenetic
relatedness and trait properties, along an elevational gradient. Ecological theory predicts …

Two previous reconstructions of palaeovegetation across the whole of China were
performed using a simple classification of plant functional types (PFTs). Now a more explicit …

Embora a diversidade pareça ser o conceito ecológico mais intuitivo, nenhuma definição
consensual foi formulada. As medidas tradicionais de diversidade, que levam em conta …

One way to simplify the high taxonomic diversity of plant species in vegetation models is to
place species into groups based on shared, dominant traits. Many studies have suggested …