The nitrogen cost of photosynthesis
Global food security depends on three main cereal crops (wheat, rice and maize) achieving
and maintaining high yields, as well as increasing their future yields. Fundamental to the …
and maintaining high yields, as well as increasing their future yields. Fundamental to the …
Understanding forest health with remote sensing-part I—a review of spectral traits, processes and remote-sensing characteristics
Anthropogenic stress and disturbance of forest ecosystems (FES) has been increasing at all
scales from local to global. In rapidly changing environments, in-situ terrestrial FES …
scales from local to global. In rapidly changing environments, in-situ terrestrial FES …
TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …
TRY–a global database of plant traits
Plant traits–the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …
Map** local and global variability in plant trait distributions
Our ability to understand and predict the response of ecosystems to a changing environment
depends on quantifying vegetation functional diversity. However, representing this diversity …
depends on quantifying vegetation functional diversity. However, representing this diversity …
Global photosynthetic capacity is optimized to the environment
Earth system models (ESM s) use photosynthetic capacity, indexed by the maximum
Rubisco carboxylation rate (Vcmax), to simulate carbon assimilation and typically rely on …
Rubisco carboxylation rate (Vcmax), to simulate carbon assimilation and typically rely on …
Environmental versus phylogenetic controls on leaf nitrogen and phosphorous concentrations in vascular plants
Global patterns of leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) stoichiometry have been interpreted
as reflecting phenotypic plasticity in response to the environment, or as an overriding effect …
as reflecting phenotypic plasticity in response to the environment, or as an overriding effect …
Predicting ecosystem productivity based on plant community traits
With the rapid accumulation of plant trait data, major opportunities have arisen for the
integration of these data into predicting ecosystem primary productivity across a range of …
integration of these data into predicting ecosystem primary productivity across a range of …
Patterns and mechanisms of spatial variation in tropical forest productivity, woody residence time, and biomass
Tropical forests vary widely in biomass carbon (C) stocks and fluxes even after controlling for
forest age. A mechanistic understanding of this variation is critical to accurately predicting …
forest age. A mechanistic understanding of this variation is critical to accurately predicting …
The variation of productivity and its allocation along a tropical elevation gradient: a whole carbon budget perspective
Why do forest productivity and biomass decline with elevation? To address this question,
research to date generally has focused on correlative approaches describing changes in …
research to date generally has focused on correlative approaches describing changes in …