Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world

dc.contributor.authorPiponiot, Camille
dc.contributor.authorAnderson-Teixeira, Kristina J.
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Stuart J.
dc.contributor.authorAllen, David
dc.contributor.authorBourg, Norman A.
dc.contributor.authorBurslem, David F. R. P.
dc.contributor.authorCardenas, Dairon
dc.contributor.authorChang-Yang, Chia-Hao
dc.contributor.authorChuyong, George
dc.contributor.authorCordell, Susan
dc.contributor.authorDattaraja, Handanakere Shivaramaiah
dc.contributor.authorDuque, Alvaro
dc.contributor.authorEdiriweera, Sisira
dc.contributor.authorEwango, Corneille
dc.contributor.authorEzedin, Zacky
dc.contributor.authorFilip, Jonah
dc.contributor.authorGiardina, Christian P.
dc.contributor.authorHowe, Robert
dc.contributor.authorHsieh, Chang-Fu
dc.contributor.authorHubbell, Stephen P.
dc.contributor.authorInman-Narahari, Faith M.
dc.contributor.authorItoh, Akira
dc.contributor.authorJanik, David
dc.contributor.authorKenfack, David
dc.contributor.authorKral, Kamil
dc.contributor.authorLutz, James A.
dc.contributor.authorMakana, Jean-Remy
dc.contributor.authorMcMahon, Sean M.
dc.contributor.authorMcShea, William
dc.contributor.authorMi, Xiangcheng
dc.contributor.authorMohamad, Mohizah Bt
dc.contributor.authorNovotny, Vojtech
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorOstertag, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorParker, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorPerez, Rolando
dc.contributor.authorRen, Haibao
dc.contributor.authorReynolds, Glen
dc.contributor.authorSabri, Mohamad Danial Md
dc.contributor.authorSack, Lawren
dc.contributor.authorShringi, Ankur
dc.contributor.authorSu, Sheng-Hsin
dc.contributor.authorSukumar, Raman
dc.contributor.authorSun, I-Fang
dc.contributor.authorSuresh, Hebbalalu S.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Duncan W.
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Jill
dc.contributor.authorUriarte, Maria
dc.contributor.authorVandermeer, John
dc.contributor.authorWang, Yunquan
dc.contributor.authorWare, Ian M.
dc.contributor.authorWeiblen, George D.
dc.contributor.authorWhitfeld, Timothy J. S.
dc.contributor.authorWolf, Amy
dc.contributor.authorYao, Tze Leong
dc.contributor.authorYu, Mingjian
dc.contributor.authorYuan, Zuoqiang
dc.contributor.authorZimmerman, Jess K.
dc.contributor.authorZuleta, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorMuller-Landau, Helene C.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-11T02:31:11Z
dc.date.available2022-03-11T02:31:11Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractTree size shapes forest carbon dynamics and determines how trees interact with their environment, including a changing climate. Here, we conduct the first global analysis of among-site differences in how aboveground biomass stocks and fluxes are distributed with tree size. We analyzed repeat tree censuses from 25 large-scale (4-52 ha) forest plots spanning a broad climatic range over five continents to characterize how aboveground biomass, woody productivity, and woody mortality vary with tree diameter. We examined how the median, dispersion, and skewness of these size-related distributions vary with mean annual temperature and precipitation. In warmer forests, aboveground biomass, woody productivity, and woody mortality were more broadly distributed with respect to tree size. In warmer and wetter forests, aboveground biomass and woody productivity were more right skewed, with a long tail towards large trees. Small trees (1-10 cm diameter) contributed more to productivity and mortality than to biomass, highlighting the importance of including these trees in analyses of forest dynamics. Our findings provide an improved characterization of climate-driven forest differences in the size structure of aboveground biomass and dynamics of that biomass, as well as refined benchmarks for capturing climate influences in vegetation demographic models.
dc.identifier0028-646X
dc.identifier.citationPiponiot, Camille, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J., Davies, Stuart J., Allen, David, Bourg, Norman A., Burslem, David F. R. P., Cardenas, Dairon, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chuyong, George, Cordell, Susan, Dattaraja, Handanakere Shivaramaiah, Duque, Alvaro, Ediriweera, Sisira, Ewango, Corneille, Ezedin, Zacky, Filip, Jonah, Giardina, Christian P., Howe, Robert, Hsieh, Chang-Fu, Hubbell, Stephen P., Inman-Narahari, Faith M., Itoh, Akira, Janik, David, Kenfack, David, Kral, Kamil et al. 2022. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/112971">Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world</a>." <em>New Phytologist</em>, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17995">https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17995</a>.
dc.identifier.issn0028-646X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10088/112971
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofNew Phytologist
dc.titleDistribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world
dc.typearticle
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sro.description.unitSERC
sro.description.unitNMNH
sro.description.unitNH-Botany
sro.identifier.doi10.1111/nph.17995
sro.identifier.itemID164322
sro.identifier.refworksID70132
sro.identifier.urlhttps://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/112971
sro.publicationPlaceHoboken; New Jersey

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