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 >
Blogs
Optimality principles used to explain economic fundamentals behind leaf longevity.
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 >
Environmental controls on the LUE of GPP
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 >
LEMONTREE at AGU
It’s that time of year. No, not Christmas (well, yes that too) but the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting running all next week (12th to the 16th of December)….Read More >
ECOHYDROLOGY: Updates from the November LEMONTREE science meeting
In our November science meeting, we covered an incredible amount of research on the theme of Ecohydrology. We heard from five members of the LEMONTREE team and below is a…Read More >
LEMONTREE PROGRESS UPDATES: April – September 2022 (Q2 and Q3).
Back in July, we posted a blog on the LEMONTREE 1st-year progress report. It has been an incredibly busy summer with fieldwork carried out in the Rocky Mountains to test…Read More >
The A/Ci Curve. Updates from the LEMONTREE experimental team
Whilst there are decades of global, remotely sensed data on vegetation cover, biomass and photosynthetic activity, reliable and more accurate models will not emerge from data analysis alone. Most data…Read More >
EEO explains the simultaneous greening and browning in the Tibetan Plateau
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ©Ziqi Zhu. The Tibetan Plateau, also known as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, or ‘the roof of the world,’ is a vast plateau that lies between the Himalayan range…Read More >
Award-winning optimality talks at the Ecological Society of China Conference, 2022
On the 21st of September 2022, three members of the LEMONTREE team presented their optimality-based talks at the 21st China Ecology Congress held by the Ecological Society of China. This…Read More >
10 Questions with Dr Heather Graven
“We are all connected through the atmosphere and that is really fascinating” Dr Heather Graven is a PI on the LEMONTREE project with her research focused on the use…Read More >
