Aim Global biodiversity loss resulting from anthropogenic land‐use activities is a pressing
concern, requiring precise assessments of impacts at large spatial extents. Existing models …

Plant functional traits (FTs) determine growth, reproduction and survival strategies of plants
adapted to their growth environment. Exploring global geographic patterns of FTs, their …

Foliar functional traits are essential for understanding plant adaptation strategies and
ecosystem function. Due to limited in-situ observational data, there is a growing interest in …

Invasive plants can alter ecosystem composition, structure and function, which in turn may
have significant impacts on plant diversity. Although the impacts of biological invasions on …

Terrestrial biomes and their biogeographic patterns have been derived from a large variety
of variables including species distributions and bioclimate or remote sensing products …

Accurate predictions of environmental controls on ecosystem photosynthesis are essential
for understanding the impacts of climate change and extreme events on the carbon cycle …

Imaging spectroscopy offers great potential to characterize plant traits at fine resolution
across broad regions and then assess controls on their variation across spatial resolutions …

Photosynthetic efficiency (PE) quantifies the fraction of absorbed light used in
photochemistry and is essential for understanding ecosystem productivity and the global …

Plants play a key role in the soil-plant-atmosphere-climate hydrological continuum. Plants
depend on the water cycle and, in return, several hydrological processes could be impacted …

The global biodiversity crisis has emphasized the unique contribution of functional diversity
to ecosystem function, stability, and resilience. In this regard, the increasing availability of …