We study the processes and responses of boreal forest ecosystems on different levels, from the scale of tree parts and soil particles to the scale of landscape. We seek to understand how the ...

For example, plant species harness the energy ... multiple species present in a plant community can stabilize ecosystem processes if species vary in their responses to environmental fluctuations ...

What powers life? In most ecosystems, sunlight is absorbed and converted into usable forms of energy via photosynthesis. These usable forms of energy are carbon-based. A primary example of this ...

for example food, fiber, fuel, herbs and medicinal plants, genetic resources, drinking water Regulating services – the capacity of ecosystems to regulate important natural processes, for example ...