The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function

M Migliavacca, T Musavi, MD Mahecha, JA Nelson… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Accelerated increase in vegetation carbon sequestration in China after 2010: A turning point resulting from climate and human interaction

Y Chen, X Feng, H Tian, X Wu, Z Gao… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
China has increased its vegetation coverage and enhanced its terrestrial carbon sink
through ecological restoration since the end of the 20th century. However, the temporal …

Tackling unresolved questions in forest ecology: The past and future role of simulation models

I Maréchaux, F Langerwisch, A Huth… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the processes that shape forest functioning, structure, and diversity remains
challenging, although data on forest systems are being collected at a rapid pace and across …

Soil health is associated with higher primary productivity across Europe

F Romero, M Labouyrie, A Orgiazzi, C Ballabio… - Nature ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Soil health is expected to be of key importance for plant growth and ecosystem functioning.
However, whether soil health is linked to primary productivity across environmental …

Exploring the combined impact of ecosystem services and urbanization on SDGs realization

Z Xu, J Peng, Y Liu, S Qiu, H Zhang, J Dong - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of ecosystem services (ES) or urbanization on Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) realization has been widely recognized. However, in the context of complex social …

Responses of spatial relationships between ecosystem services and the Sustainable Development Goals to urbanization

Z Xu, J Peng, S Qiu, Y Liu, J Dong, H Zhang - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ecosystem services (ES) are the important component supporting the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) realization. In recent decades, rapid urbanization …

Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change

A De Marco, P Sicard, Z Feng… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although it is an integral part of global change, most of the research addressing the effects of
climate change on forests have overlooked the role of environmental pollution. Similarly …

Joint effects of climate, tree size, and year on annual tree growth derived from tree‐ring records of ten globally distributed forests

KJ Anderson‐Teixeira, V Herrmann… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tree rings provide an invaluable long‐term record for understanding how climate and other
drivers shape tree growth and forest productivity. However, conventional tree‐ring analysis …

Carbon cycling in mature and regrowth forests globally

KJ Anderson-Teixeira, V Herrmann… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Forests are major components of the global carbon (C) cycle and thereby strongly influence
atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) and climate. However, efforts to incorporate forests into …

Do stomata optimize turgor‐driven growth? A new framework for integrating stomata response with whole‐plant hydraulics and carbon balance

A Potkay, X Feng - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Every existing optimal stomatal model uses photosynthetic carbon assimilation as a proxy
for plant evolutionary fitness. However, assimilation and growth are often decoupled, making …