Numerous current efforts seek to improve the representation of ecosystem ecology and
vegetation demographic processes within Earth System Models (ESM s). These …

Recent evolutions in computing science and web technology provide the environmental
community with continuously expanding resources for data collection and analysis that pose …

The Neotoma Paleoecology Database is a community-curated data resource that supports
interdisciplinary global change research by enabling broad-scale studies of taxon and …

Vegetation and the water cycles are inherently coupled across a wide range of spatial and
temporal scales. Water availability interacts with plant ecophysiology and controls …

Quantitative predictions are ubiquitous in ecology, yet there is limited discussion on the
nature of prediction in this field. Herein I derive a general quantitative framework for …

The field of ecology is poised to take advantage of emerging technologies that facilitate the
gathering, analyzing, and sharing of data, methods, and results. The concept of …

A reanalysis is a physically consistent set of optimally merged simulated model states and
historical observational data, using data assimilation. High computational costs for modeled …

In 2018 technologies on the International Space Station will provide∼ 1 year of
synchronous observations of ecosystem composition, structure and function. We discuss …

Ecological models help us understand how ecosystems function, predict responses to global
change, and identify future research needs. However, widespread use of models is limited …

The response of forest productivity to climate extremes strongly depends on ambient
environmental and site conditions. To better understand these relationships at a regional …