Hiroyuki Muraoka

TL;DR: The role of architecture in maximizing light capture and photosynthesis in shaded understories and in minimizing exposure to excess radiation in open high light environments is focused on by application of a three-dimensional structural-functional model, Y-plant.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the mechanisms and major drivers of plant phenology, including temperature, photoperiod, and winter chilling, as well as other factors such as competition, resource limitation, and genetics.

TL;DR: Over the last four decades, the biomass C sequestration by East Asia's forests offset 5.8% of its contemporary fossil-fuel CO2 emissions.

TL;DR: A critical review of ILTER's mission, goals, development and impacts is provided and four main fields of activities and advancements for the next decade are suggested.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provided a synthesis of the carbon balance of terrestrial ecosystems in East Asia, a region comprised of China, Japan, North and South Korea, and Mongolia, using three different approaches: inventories combined with satellite greenness measurements, terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle models and atmospheric inversion models.