Seminars

Large Historical Growth in Global Terrestrial Gross Primary Production

Growth in terrestrial gross primary production (GPP)—the amount of carbon dioxide that is ‘fixed’ into organic material through the photosynthesis of land plants—may provide a negative feedback for climate change. It remains uncertain, however, to what extent biogeochemical processes can...

Universal Laws of Life, Growth and Death from Organisms and Ecosystems to Cities and Companies

Unraveling the Functional Diversity of Tropical Forests

Tropical forests have fascinated ecologists and the public for centuries because of their extraordinary diversity at both local and regional scales. Recent attention has also recognized the critical role that tropical forests play in mitigating global carbon cycling and has underlined the...

Drivers of Change in Estuarine-Coastal Ecosystems: Discoveries from Five Decades of Study in San Francisco Bay

Observations made in San Francisco Bay over the past half century illustrate ecosystem responses to six common drivers of change where land and sea meet: river damming, water management, introduction of nonnative species, sewage input, environmental policies, and multidecadal climate shifts....