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Response to Verbeeck and Kearsley: addressing the challenges of including lianas in global vegetation models
Verbeeck and Kearsley (1) rightfully point out that global vegetation models would greatly benefit from implicitly including the effects of lianas. Recent experimental evidence that lianas substantially reduce the capacity of tropical forests to uptake and store carbon is compelling (2, 3). Furthermore, lianas are increasing relative to trees rapidly in many neotropical forests (4), which will further change the way that forests uptake, cycle, and store carbon
Coulomb Gauge QCD, Confinement, and the Constituent Representation
Quark confinement and the genesis of the constituent quark model are examined
in nonperturbative QCD in Coulomb gauge. We employ a self-consistent method to
construct a quasiparticle basis and to determine the quasiparticle interaction.
The results agree remarkably well with lattice computations. They also
illustrate the mechanism by which confinement and constituent quarks emerge,
provide support for the Gribov-Zwanziger confinement scenario, clarify several
perplexing issues in the constituent quark model, and permit the construction
of an improved model of low energy QCD.Comment: 43 pages, 14 figures, revtex, uses psfig.st
Local canopy disturbance as an explanation for long‐term increases in liana abundance
Environmental Biolog
Liana optical traits increase tropical forest albedo and reduce ecosystem productivity
Environmental Biolog
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