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9 concepts
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carbon mass balance
Accounting framework that tracks carbon inputs, transformations, and outputs in environmental systems to quantify net carbon fluxes
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ecoregion
Geographic classification system used to reduce complexity and simplify presentation of continental-scale results
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climate change projections
Future climate scenarios based on different greenhouse gas emission pathways, specifically RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios
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Rensch's Rule
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leaf economics spectrum
Describes consistent and strong correlations among plant functional traits reflecting the ecological tradeoffs and constraints of plants around resource use
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space-for-time substitution
Assumption that spatial differences in environmental conditions can predict temporal responses to environmental change
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Functional Trait-based Approach
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scaling relationships
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