The environmental impact generated by the excessive use of energy and petrochemical products has become a current problem addressed by considering the valorization of waste from a value chain (VC) under the biorefinery concept. At a global level, international organizations have proposed different tools to control the environmental impact of VC. Life cycle analysis (LCA) is the most representative tool. However, the LCA result...

To be useful for real-world applications, the results of ecological forecasts must be accompanied by estimates of uncertainty, i.e., measures of how reliable predictions are likely to be. In spread forecasting for invasive species, pervasive unknowns in invasion systems present many potential sources of uncertainty, from initial conditions to the structure of process-based models. Each relevant source must be integrated to acc...

Characterizing potato cultivars is essential for diagnosing the specific production and management requirements. Employing techniques that facilitate rapid, objective, and cost-effective identification of various aspects of plant physiology is crucial for generating this valuable information. In this study, our goal was to identify different potato cultivars across three distinct phenological phases utilizing reflectance spect...

Aim We test the hypothesis that wind dispersal is more common among emergent tree species given that being tall increases the likelihood of effective seed dispersal. Location Americas, Africa and the Asia‐Pacific. Time period 1970–2020. Major taxa studied Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. Methods We used a dataset consisting of tree inventories from 2821 plots across three biogeographic regions (Americas, Africa and Asia‐Pacific),...

Aim Successional changes in functional diversity provide insights into community assembly by indicating how species are filtered into local communities based on their traits. Here, we assess successional changes in taxonomic and functional richness, evenness and redundancy along gradients of climate, soil pH and forest cover. Location Neotropics. Time period Last 0–100 years. Major taxa studied Trees. Methods We used 22 forest...