Shan Kothari

The paper investigates how self-pruning in tree crowns is influenced by species strategies and neighbor interactions, finding that shade-tolerant species prune deeper and neighbor effects vary by strategy.

The paper introduces a long-term tree diversity experiment to study how species diversity and composition affect ecosystem function and resilience, with findings showing higher mortality in monocultures and the importance of diversity in reducing tree mortality.

This paper develops PLSR models using reflectance spectroscopy to estimate leaf litter chemical traits non-destructively with high accuracy.