Evaluation of the effect on plant biomass consumption of large mammalian herbivores (>10 kg adult biomass), and the responses of carbon stocks in temperate and tropical ecosystems, and the Arctic. Tanentzap, A.J.; Coomes, D.A. 2012 PDF
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Use of an Airborne Lidar System to Model Plant Species Composition and Diversity of Mediterranean Oak Forests
An examination of whether different aspects of plant species diversity and composition can be related to vegetation structure using airborne lidar as a remote-sensing tool to characterize three-dimensional vegetation structure for Mediterranean oak forests in southern Portugal. SIMONSON, W.D.; ALLEN, H.D.; COOMES; D.A. 2012 PDF
Testing the metabolic theory of ecology
An argument that critical evaluation of MTE also requires strong tests of both its theoretical foundations and simplifying assumptions. To this end, we synthesise available information and find that MTE’s original derivations require additional assumptions to obtain the full scope of attendant predictions. Price, C.A. et al. 2012 PDF
Predictable changes in above ground allometry of trees along gradients of temperature, aridity and competition
Using data from 700,000 trees of 26 species, we quantify how environmental conditions influence the scaling of height and crown diameter (CD) with stem diameter (d.b.h.). Lines, E.R.; Zavala, M.A.; Purves, D.W.; Coomes, D.A. 2010 PDF
Competitive interactions between forest trees are driven by species’ trait hierarchy, not phylogenetic or functional similarity: implications for forest community assembly
Using growth data, we estimated 275 interaction coefficients between tree species in the French mountains. We show that interaction strengths are mainly driven by trait hierarchy and not by functional or phylogenetic similarity. Kunstler, G.; Lavergne, S.; Courbaud, B.; Thuiller, W.; Vieilledent, G.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Kattge, J.; Coomes D.A. 2012 PDF
Optical and SAR sensor synergies for forest and land cover mapping in a tropical site in West Africa
Classification of a study area in West Africa we integrated the optical sensors Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and the Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radio meter type 2 (AVNIR-2) with the Phased Arrayed L-band SAR (PALSAR) sensor, the latter two on-board the Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS), using traditional Maximum Likelihood (MLC) and Neural NetworksContinue reading “Optical and SAR sensor synergies for forest and land cover mapping in a tropical site in West Africa”
Impacts of culling and exclusion of browsers on vegetation recovery across New Zealand forests
Investigating whether culling of ungulates has allowed populations of woody plant species to recover across New Zealand forests. Wright, D.M.; Tanentzap, A.J.; Flores, O.; Husheer S.W.; Duncan, R.P.; Wiser, S.K.; Coomes, D.A. 2012 PDF
ELEGANCE VERSUS SPEED: EXAMINING THE COMPETITION BETWEEN CONIFER AND ANGIOSPERM TREES
Exploring the apparent conflict for global tree dominance, we seek here to reveal patterns that explain not only how allegedly inferior conifers persist among angiosperms but also why some conifer groups became extinct in the Cretaceous. Brodribb, T.J.; Pittermann, J.; Coomes, D.A. 2012 PDF
A general integrative framework for modelling woody biomass production and carbon sequestration rates in forests
Our study emphasizes the critical role of disturbance in driving forest carbon fluxes. Losses of biomass arising from tree death (particularly in older stands) exceeded gains arising from growth for most of the 30-year study. Coomes D.A.; Holdaway, R.J.; Kobe, R.K.; Lines, E.R.; Allen, R.B. 2012 PDF
Temperate and Tropical Podocarps: How Ecologically Alike Are They?
Comparison of the similarity and differences in temperate and tropical podocarps and how they fit into their environmental communities. Coomes, D.A.; Bellingham, P.J. 2011 PDF
