@Article{MalhiGMDAROSADRBMHSCBAMMP:2021:MoEcPr,
               author = "Malhi, Yadvinder and Girardin, C{\'e}cile and Metcalfe, Daniel B. 
                         and Doughty, Christopher E. and Arag{\~a}o, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira 
                         e Cruz de and Rifai, Sami W. and Oliveras, Immaculada and Shenkin, 
                         Alexander and Aguirre-Guti{\'e}rrez, Jesus and Dahlsj{\"o}, 
                         Cecilia A. L. and Riutta, Terhi and Berenguer, Erika and Moore, 
                         Sam and Huasco, Walter Huaraca and Salinas, Norma and Costa, 
                         Antonio Carlos Lola da and Bentley, Lisa Patrick and Adu-Bredu, 
                         Stephen and Marthews, Toby R. and Meir, Patrick and Phillips, 
                         Oliver L.",
          affiliation = "{University of Oxford} and {University of Oxford} and {Lund 
                         University} and {Northern Arizona University} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {University of New 
                         South Wales} and {University of Oxford} and {University of Oxford} 
                         and {University of Oxford} and {University of Oxford} and 
                         {University of Oxford} and {University of Oxford} and {University 
                         of Oxford} and {University of Oxford} and {Pontificial Catholic 
                         University of Peru} and {Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi} and {Sonoma 
                         State University} and {CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana} 
                         and {UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology} and {Australian National 
                         University} and {University of Leeds}",
                title = "The Global Ecosystems Monitoring network: Monitoring ecosystem 
                         productivity and carbon cycling across the tropics",
              journal = "Biological Conservation",
                 year = "2021",
               volume = "253",
                pages = "e108889",
                month = "Jan.",
             keywords = "Tropical forests, Net primary productivity, Carbon cycle, 
                         Allocation, Traits, Monitoring.",
             abstract = "A rich understanding of the productivity, carbon and nutrient 
                         cycling of terrestrial ecosystems is essential in the context of 
                         understanding, modelling and managing the future response of the 
                         biosphere to global change. This need is particularly acute in 
                         tropical ecosystems, home to over 60% of global terrestrial 
                         productivity, over half of planetary biodiversity, and hotspots of 
                         anthropogenic pressure. In recent years there has been a surge of 
                         activity in collecting data on the carbon cycle, productivity, and 
                         plant functional traits of tropical ecosystems, most intensively 
                         through the Global Ecosystems Monitoring network (GEM). The GEM 
                         approach provides valuable insights by linking field-based 
                         ecosystem ecology with the needs of Earth system science. In this 
                         paper, we review and synthesize the context, history and recent 
                         scientific output from the GEM network. Key insights have emerged 
                         on the spatial and temporal variability of ecosystem productivity 
                         and on the role of temperature and drought stress on ecosystem 
                         function and resilience. New work across the network is now 
                         linking carbon cycling to nutrient cycling and plant functional 
                         traits, and subsequently to airborne remote sensing. We discuss 
                         some of the novel emerging patterns and practical and 
                         methodological challenges of this approach, and examine current 
                         and possible future directions, both within this network and as 
                         lessons for a more general terrestrial ecosystem observation 
                         scheme.",
                  doi = "10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108889",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108889",
                 issn = "0006-3207",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "malhi_global.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "04 jun. 2024"
}