Fire is an integral component of ecosystems globally and a tool that humans have
harnessed for millennia. Altered fire regimes are a fundamental cause and consequence of …

Understanding the severity and extent of near surface critical zone (CZ) disturbances and
their ecosystem response is a pressing concern in the face of increasing human and natural …

The Arctic is warming at a faster rate than any other biome on Earth, resulting in widespread
changes in vegetation composition, structure and function that have important feedbacks to …

Soil organic matter (SOM) stocks, decomposition and persistence are largely the product of
controls that act locally. Yet the controls are shaped and interact at multiple spatiotemporal …

Estimates of surface reflectance from observed radiance are fundamentally tied to the
accuracy of the radiative transfer models used to simulate the interaction of light with the …

Field spectroscopy is a powerful tool for monitoring leaf functional traits in situ, but it remains
unclear whether universal statistical models can be developed to predict traits from spectral …

It is a critical time to reflect on the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) science
to date as well as envision what research can be done right now with NEON (and other) data …

The advent of new spaceborne imaging spectrometers offers new opportunities for
ecologists to map vegetation traits at global scales. However, to date most imaging …

Widespread forest loss and fragmentation dramatically increases the proportion of forest
areas located close to edges. Although detrimental, the precise extent and mechanisms by …

In this study, we develop a watershed zonation approach for characterizing watershed
organization and functions in a tractable manner by integrating multiple spatial data layers …