Earth system models must predict forest responses to global change in order to simulate
future global climate, hydrology, and ecosystem dynamics. These models are increasingly …

Studies conducted in forests have resulted in much of the ecological theory we build upon
today. However, our basic understanding of forest ecology comes almost exclusively from …

As the climate changes, warmer spring temperatures are causing earlier leaf-out,–and
commencement of CO2 uptake, in temperate deciduous forests, resulting in a tendency …

Accurately quantifying tree and forest structure is important for monitoring and
understanding terrestrial ecosystem functioning in a changing climate. The emergence of …

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 …

Tree size shapes forest carbon dynamics and determines how trees interact with their
environment, including a changing climate. Here, we conduct the first global analysis of …

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 …

A rich understanding of the productivity, carbon and nutrient cycling of terrestrial ecosystems
is essential in the context of understanding, modelling and managing the future response of …

Data on tropical forests are in high demand. But ground forest measurements are hard to
sustain and the people who make them are extremely disadvantaged compared to those …

Tropical forests are a major component of the global carbon cycle and home to two‐thirds of
terrestrial species. Upper‐canopy trees store the majority of forest carbon and can be …