How eddy covariance flux measurements have contributed to our understanding of Global Change Biology

DD Baldocchi - Global change biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A global network of long‐term carbon and water flux measurements has existed since the
late 1990s. With its representative sampling of the terrestrial biosphere's climate and …

Forests and climate change: forcings, feedbacks, and the climate benefits of forests

GB Bonan - science, 2008 - science.org
The world's forests influence climate through physical, chemical, and biological processes
that affect planetary energetics, the hydrologic cycle, and atmospheric composition. These …

New global observations of the terrestrial carbon cycle from GOSAT: Patterns of plant fluorescence with gross primary productivity

C Frankenberg, JB Fisher, J Worden… - Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Our ability to close the Earth's carbon budget and predict feedbacks in a warming climate
depends critically on knowing where, when and how carbon dioxide is exchanged between …

Land use/land cover changes and climate: modeling analysis and observational evidence

RA Pielke Sr, A Pitman, D Niyogi… - Wiley …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This article summarizes the changes in landscape structure because of human land
management over the last several centuries, and using observed and modeled data …

Plant-soil interactions in Mediterranean forest and shrublands: impacts of climatic change

J Sardans, J Peñuelas - Plant and soil, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background In the Mediterranean climate, plants have evolved under conditions of
low soil-water and nutrient availabilities and have acquired a series of adaptive traits that, in …

Living in drylands: Functional adaptations of trees and shrubs to cope with high temperatures and water scarcity

JJ Peguero-Pina, A Vilagrosa, D Alonso-Forn, JP Ferrio… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plant functioning and survival in drylands are affected by the combination of high solar
radiation, high temperatures, low relative humidity, and the scarcity of available water. Many …

How to quantify tree leaf area index in an open savanna ecosystem: A multi-instrument and multi-model approach

Y Ryu, O Sonnentag, T Nilson, R Vargas… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2010 - Elsevier
Savannas are spatially heterogeneous, open ecosystems, thus efforts to quantify canopy
structure with methods developed for homogeneous, closed canopies are prone to failure …

Environmental and biophysical controls of evapotranspiration from Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests (Caatinga) in the Brazilian Semiarid

TV Marques, K Mendes, P Mutti, S Medeiros… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020 - Elsevier
Seasonally dry tropical forests are among the most important biomes regarding regional and
global hydrological and carbon fluxes. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the …

Diagnosing evapotranspiration responses to water deficit across biomes using deep learning

F Giardina, P Gentine, AG Konings… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Accounting for water limitation is key to determining vegetation sensitivity to drought.
Quantifying water limitation effects on evapotranspiration (ET) is challenged by the …

Increasing the broad-leaved tree fraction in European forests mitigates hot temperature extremes

J Schwaab, EL Davin, P Bebi, A Duguay-Tetzlaff… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Forests influence climate through a myriad of chemical, physical and biological processes
and are an essential lever in the efforts to counter climate change. The majority of studies …