“…Other ecotrons focus on automatic measurements of ecosystem properties that are not related to ecosystem gas exchange. These include root growth using minirhizotrons (Möller et al, 2019), invertebrate and plant community composition using novel imaging techniques like computerized trap systems, video cameras or radio frequency identification (Dell et al, 2014; Dombos et al, 2017), thermography to analyse the heterogeneity of transpiration, and hyperspectral reflectance for canopy biomass and chemical content (Tan et al, 2018; Xie et al, 2020). Similar to what is done in other experimental settings, in all ecotron experiments the automatic measurements are complemented by low‐frequency samplings of soil, plants, soil solution, leachate, etc., for further analysis of fauna and microbe diversity, elemental and isotopic composition of soil, water and plant material, delivering a more complete understanding of the impact of the experimental treatments.…”