Concepts

Spatial gradients in elevation that capture variation in temperature, soil age and type, disturbance regimes, and land-use histories providing important insights into how organisms, communities, and e...

Accounting framework that tracks carbon inputs, transformations, and outputs in environmental systems to quantify net carbon fluxes

Geographic classification system used to reduce complexity and simplify presentation of continental-scale results

Describes consistent and strong correlations among plant functional traits reflecting the ecological tradeoffs and constraints of plants around resource use

The ability of a system to change but maintain its basic attributes; a resilient forest stand subjected to disturbance will return to conditions similar to those present prior to the disturbance but m...