Previous studies have shown that plant traits vary across ecosystems and communities, reflecting how plant strategies connect ... maps how the types of trees vary across tropical moist and dry ...

With their ability to store carbon, forests are often considered the lungs of the Earth, but they are vulnerable to the world ...

A landmark study led by the University of Oxford has created the world’s first global map of tropical forests based on canopy traits, shedding light on the complex functional diversity of tree ...

Its five-year mission is to provide detailed 3D maps of the world's most dense and remote tropical forests. Using instruments on board, it will be able to measure the woody trunks, branches and ...