Vladimir A. Usoltsev

TL;DR: The extent of the trait data compiled in TRY is evaluated and emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness are analyzed to conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements.

TL;DR: A global database of 108753 trees for which stem diameter, height and crown diameter have all been measured is compiled and it is found that a single equation predicts stem diameter from these two variables across the world's forests.

TL;DR: Across seed plants, variation in biomass distribution among species is related more to function than phylogeny, and it is proposed that the higher LMF of evergreens at least partly compensates for their relatively low leaf area : leaf mass ratio.

TL;DR: In this paper, a set of generalized curves of such biomass expansion factors for several species or species groups by age, growing stock and site index were developed. But the focus of this research was to develop, using internationally published datasets that cover a large geographical area.

TL;DR: The most comprehensive dataset of in situ destructive sampling measurements of forest biomass in Eurasia have been compiled from a combination of experiments undertaken by the authors and from scientific publications, which can be used for the development of models of biomass structure, biomass extension factors, change detection in biomass structure.