Multiscale predictors of small tree survival across a heterogeneous tropical landscape.

Uncertainties about controls on tree mortality make forest responses to land-use and climate change difficult to predict. We tracked biomass of tree functional groups in tropical forest inventories across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and with random forests we ranked 86 potential predict...

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Main Authors: Eileen H Helmer, Shannon Kay, Humfredo Marcano-Vega, Jennifer S Powers, Tana E Wood, Xiaolin Zhu, David Gwenzi, Thomas S Ruzycki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280322