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Vegetation measurements have evolved significantly during the series of integrated terrestrial experiments, with a broadening of interest in plant and soil processes that affect not only the canopy water and energy balance but, increasingly, ecosystem carbon balance and biogeochemistry. This evolution was related to increasing recognition of the importance of the terrestrial biosphere in climate, growing interest in the components of the global carbon cycle, and recognition of the importance of interactions between biosphere, atmosphere, management and biogeochemical cycles. An explicit focus within the integrated terrestrial experiment on the contribution of stand-scale processes to regional-scale processes means that consideration of spatial scale and heterogeneity, in both measurement and modelling activities, has been a necessary common theme.
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Hanan, N. (2004). Vegetation Structure, Dynamics and Physiology. In: Kabat, P., et al. Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate. Global Change — The IGBP Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18948-7_18
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