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Seeing the forest for the trees

Seeing the forest for the trees. Tyson L. Swetnam School of Natural Resources and Environment. Biomass distribution across gradients. Metabolic theory shows that metabolic rate scales to mass and temperature; and that temperature regulates production.

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Seeing the forest for the trees

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  1. Seeing the forest for the trees Tyson L. Swetnam School of Natural Resources and Environment

  2. Biomass distribution across gradients • Metabolic theory shows that metabolic rate scales to mass and temperature; and that temperature regulates production. • Process based understanding of spatial pattern allows prediction. • A pedogenic energy model, Effective Energy to Mass Transfer (EEMT) (Rasmussen and Tabor 2007, Durcik and Rasmussen in prep) for mean annual temperature and precipitation might help explain maximum productivity across climatic gradients. Data for Mean Annual Temperature (MAT), and Mean Annual Precipitation (MAP) from the PRISM Climate Group.

  3. Aerial Light Detection and Range (LiDAR) Orthophoto Height Above Ground Images displayed in USFS FUSION software (McGaughey 2008)

  4. EEMT vsTree Height ¾ slope added

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