The Iberian Peninsula, home to Mediterranean beaches and mountains, pine trees and paella, sangria and siestas. But this southwestern region of Europe, mostly comprised of Portugal and Spain, is also…Read More >
Furthering our understanding of the global patterns of burnt area, fire size and fire intensity – By Olivia Haas and Natalie Sanders
Wildfires are a fundamental ecological process, but studying wildfire patterns and properties at a global scale is challenging. Understanding wildfire processes however, is essential to fully describe global vegetation distribution…Read More >
EEO at EGU: The LEMONTREE team present the Eco-Evolutionary Optimality theory – Natalie Sanders
Now that EGU (European Geosciences Union) General Assembly for 2022 has come to a close and everyone is back to work, it’s been good to reflect on the week and…Read More >
A GUIDE TO LEAF CUTICLE PREPARATION – by Astrid Ode and Natalie Sanders
Figure 1. Prepared leaf cuticle samples from left to right: pine, fern and broadleaf sample If you have ever wondered how to prepare your leaf cuticles for analysis, like in…Read More >
Leaf morphological traits as adaptions to multiple climate gradients
Leaf morphological traits as adaptions to multiple climate gradients By Natalie Sanders and Wang Han Using leaf morphological traits in ecosystem modelling is limited, primarily because the function of many…Read More >
Developing an ecosystem-centred fire framework: causes and consequences
Natalie Sanders writes: How do we disentangle extreme fire events resulting from climate change with natural wildfire regimes? And how might we model the interaction of climate and ecosystem properties,…Read More >
Modelling the Growth and Yield of Arable Crops; an important addition to the assessment toolkit using Eco-Evolutionary Optimality concepts
Recently published paper in Environmental Research Letters https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2e38 Shenchao Qiao Tsinghua University writes: “Global food security is an ongoing challenge owing to the continuous rise in the human population. Evaluation…Read More >
LEMONTREE Working Groups
The LEMONTREE project has organised a set of Working Groups to address particular themes and issues that the team are working on for a specified timeframe: The Leaf Area…Read More >
Xiangyu Luo
Xiangyu Luo is a research scientist at the University of Pittsburgh, working with Professor Xu Liang. Xiangyu has been conducting research in the areas of catchment hydrology and ecohydrology. He…Read More >
Yicheng Shen
Yicheng Shen is a PhD student at the University of Reading under the supervision of Prof. Sandy Harrison and Prof. Colin Prentice. Yicheng’s current work focuses on the relationships between…Read More >
