Thus, understanding the evolutionary history of living species amounts to understanding where on the tree of life these species' distinctive traits arose. Moreover, phylogenetic trees serve as ...

Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results. Understanding tree traits and ...

Understanding tree traits and functional diversity in the tropics ... Now, for the first time, thanks to satellite data from the Sentinel-2 satellites of the European Space Agency (ESA ...