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 >
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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 >
Coordination of plant hydraulic and photosynthetic traits: confronting optimality theory with field measurements.
Recently accepted paper for publication in New Phytologist https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17656 Huiying Xu, Tsinghua University writes: “Close coupling between water loss and CO2 uptake processes lead to the long-observed coordination between hydraulic…Read More >
Tansley Review Paper published
Sandy Harrison, LEMONTREE PI, writes: The LEMONTREE (Land Ecosystem Models based On New Theory, obseRvations and ExperimEnts) project is currently developing a next-generation model of the terrestrial biosphere and its…Read More >
Cross collaboration science meeting – LEMONTREE science team and Tsinghua University 110th Anniversary celebrations. Thursday May 13th 2021.
Cross collaboration science meeting – LEMONTREE science team and Tsinghua University 110th Anniversary celebrations. Thursday May 13th 2021. The LEMONTREE team in collaboration with Tsinghua University hold a joint science…Read More >
