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California Dreaming: Peeping through plant pores with Astrid at the University of California, Berkeley.

Written by
Natalie Sanders
Posted on
9th May 202311th May 2023

Plant adaptation to climate change is a significant concern in the scientific community and the core of the LEMONTREE research project. To address this issue, LEMONTREE PhD student, Astrid Odé,…Read More >

California Dreaming: Peeping through plant pores with Astrid at the University of California, Berkeley.

Optimality-based leaf trait mapping

Written by
Natalie Sanders
Posted on
3rd May 20235th May 2023

Dr Ning Dong from the REALM and LEMONTREE teams led a recent paper published in Global Ecology and Biogeography introducing a novel method to produce leaf-trait maps (Figure 1) based…Read More >

Optimality-based leaf trait mapping

Three LEMONTREE optimality papers awarded as top downloaded articles

Written by
Natalie Sanders
Posted on
31st March 2023

Great news to end the month! In the last few days, three LEMONTREE papers have been awarded as the top downloaded papers in both JAMES and New Phytologist. Eco-evolutionary optimality…Read More >

Three LEMONTREE optimality papers awarded as top downloaded articles

Using optimality theory to predict wheat sowing dates

Written by
Natalie Sanders
Posted on
2nd March 20232nd March 2023

Currently, crop models rely heavily on sowing dates as a critical input. However, as climate change continues the optimal sowing times will also be affected which will impact agricultural practices….Read More >

Using optimality theory to predict wheat sowing dates

Phenology Progress. February Science Meeting 

Written by
Natalie Sanders
Posted on
22nd February 2023

It has been 8 months since we last had an update on the phenology work being carried out by members of the LEMONTREE team (click here for a recap of…Read More >

Phenology Progress. February Science Meeting 

Optimal root zone capacity from an ecological perspective 

Written by
Natalie Sanders
Posted on
10th February 202310th February 2023

Benjamin Stocker Root zone water storage capacity (S0) is related to the rooting depth and the availability of water holding capacity across a soil profile. It is an important property…Read More >

Optimal root zone capacity from an ecological perspective 

LEMONTREE Q4 summary

Written by
Natalie Sanders
Posted on
8th February 2023

We’ve just submitted our Q4 report (Oct to Dec 2022) to our funders. Here’s a quick round-up of our progress… Science Progress Demonstrated strong thermal acclimation of sapwood respiration, twice…Read More >

LEMONTREE Q4 summary

FIRE-ADAPT

Written by
Natalie Sanders
Posted on
3rd February 2023

  January saw the start of a new project that Colin Prentice and Sandy Harrison are part of. The project is called FIRE-ADAPT, a project that will investigate how integrated…Read More >

FIRE-ADAPT

Optimality principles used to explain economic fundamentals behind leaf longevity.

Written by
Natalie Sanders
Posted on
27th January 2023

What determines the lifespan of a tree leaf? It’s a simple question, but until now, did not have a simple answer. Whilst some trees grow for hundreds, if not thousands…Read More >

Optimality principles used to explain economic fundamentals behind leaf longevity.

Environmental controls on the LUE of GPP

Written by
Natalie Sanders
Posted on
13th January 2023

By Dr Keith Bloomfield A general formula for photosynthesis is enticingly simple: take a green plant, add carbon dioxide, water, a handful of nutrients (dominated by forms of nitrogen and…Read More >

Environmental controls on the LUE of GPP

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