Global importance of large-diameter trees
Aim: To examine the contribution of large-diameter trees to biomass, stand structure, and species richness across forest biomes. Location: Global. Time period: Early 21st century. Major taxa studied: Woody plants. Methods: We examined the contribution of large trees to forest density, richness and b...
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| author | Lutz, James A. Furniss, Tucker J. Johnson, Daniel J. Davies, Stuart J. Allen, David Alonso, Alfonso Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. Andrade, Ana Baltzer, Jennifer Becker, Kendall M. L. Blomdahl, Erika M. Bourg, Norman A. Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh Burslem, David F. R. P. Cansler, C. Alina Cao, Ke Cao, Min Cárdenas, Dairon Chang, Li-Wan Chao, Kuo-Jung Chao, Wei-Chun Chiang, Jyh-Min Chu, Chengjin Chuyong, George B. Clay, Keith Condit, Richard Cordell, Susan Dattaraja, Handanakere S. Duque, Alvaro Ewango, Corneille E. N. Fischer, Gunter A. Fletcher, Christine Freund, James A. Giardina, Christian Germain, Sara J. Gilbert, Gregory S. Hao, Zhanqing Hart, Terese Hau, Billy C. H. He, Fangliang Hector, Andrew Howe, Robert W. Hsieh, Chang-Fu Hu, Yue-Hua Hubbell, Stephen P. Inman-Narahari, Faith M. Itoh, Akira Janík, David Abdul Rahman Kassim Kenfack, David Korte, Lisa Král, Kamil Larson, Andrew J. Li, YiDe Lin, Yiching Liu, Shirong Lum, Shawn Kaihekulani Yamauchi Ma, Keping Makana, Jean-Remy Malhi, Yadvinder McMahon, Sean M. McShea, William J. Memiaghe, Hervé R. Mi, Xiangcheng Morecroft, Michael Musili, Paul M. Myers, Jonathan A. Novotny, Vojtech de Oliveira, Alexandre Ong, Perry Orwig, David A. Ostertag, Rebecca Parker, Geoffrey G. Patankar, Rajit Phillips, Richard P. Reynolds, Glen Sack, Lawren Song, Guo-Zhang M. Su, Sheng-Hsin Sukumar, Raman Sun, I-Fang Suresh, Hebbalalu S. Swanson, Mark E. Tan, Sylvester Thomas, Duncan W. Thompson, Jill Uriarte, Maria Valencia, Renato Vicentini, Alberto Vrška, Tomáš Wang, Xugao Weiblen, George D. Wolf, Amy Wu, Shu-Hui Xu, Han Yamakura, Takuo Yap, Sandra Zimmerman, Jess K. |
| author2 | Asian School of the Environment |
| author_facet | Asian School of the Environment Lutz, James A. Furniss, Tucker J. Johnson, Daniel J. Davies, Stuart J. Allen, David Alonso, Alfonso Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. Andrade, Ana Baltzer, Jennifer Becker, Kendall M. L. Blomdahl, Erika M. Bourg, Norman A. Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh Burslem, David F. R. P. Cansler, C. Alina Cao, Ke Cao, Min Cárdenas, Dairon Chang, Li-Wan Chao, Kuo-Jung Chao, Wei-Chun Chiang, Jyh-Min Chu, Chengjin Chuyong, George B. Clay, Keith Condit, Richard Cordell, Susan Dattaraja, Handanakere S. Duque, Alvaro Ewango, Corneille E. N. Fischer, Gunter A. Fletcher, Christine Freund, James A. Giardina, Christian Germain, Sara J. Gilbert, Gregory S. Hao, Zhanqing Hart, Terese Hau, Billy C. H. He, Fangliang Hector, Andrew Howe, Robert W. Hsieh, Chang-Fu Hu, Yue-Hua Hubbell, Stephen P. Inman-Narahari, Faith M. Itoh, Akira Janík, David Abdul Rahman Kassim Kenfack, David Korte, Lisa Král, Kamil Larson, Andrew J. Li, YiDe Lin, Yiching Liu, Shirong Lum, Shawn Kaihekulani Yamauchi Ma, Keping Makana, Jean-Remy Malhi, Yadvinder McMahon, Sean M. McShea, William J. Memiaghe, Hervé R. Mi, Xiangcheng Morecroft, Michael Musili, Paul M. Myers, Jonathan A. Novotny, Vojtech de Oliveira, Alexandre Ong, Perry Orwig, David A. Ostertag, Rebecca Parker, Geoffrey G. Patankar, Rajit Phillips, Richard P. Reynolds, Glen Sack, Lawren Song, Guo-Zhang M. Su, Sheng-Hsin Sukumar, Raman Sun, I-Fang Suresh, Hebbalalu S. Swanson, Mark E. Tan, Sylvester Thomas, Duncan W. Thompson, Jill Uriarte, Maria Valencia, Renato Vicentini, Alberto Vrška, Tomáš Wang, Xugao Weiblen, George D. Wolf, Amy Wu, Shu-Hui Xu, Han Yamakura, Takuo Yap, Sandra Zimmerman, Jess K. |
| author_sort | Lutz, James A. |
| collection | NTU |
| description | Aim: To examine the contribution of large-diameter trees to biomass, stand structure, and species richness across forest biomes. Location: Global. Time period: Early 21st century. Major taxa studied: Woody plants. Methods: We examined the contribution of large trees to forest density, richness and biomass using a global network of 48 large (from 2 to 60 ha) forest plots representing 5,601,473 stems across 9,298 species and 210 plant families. This contribution was assessed using three metrics: the largest 1% of trees ≥ 1 cm diameter at breast height (DBH), all trees ≥ 60 cm DBH, and those rank-ordered largest trees that cumulatively comprise 50% of forest biomass. Results: Averaged across these 48 forest plots, the largest 1% of trees ≥ 1 cm DBH comprised 50% of aboveground live biomass, with hectare-scale standard deviation of 26%. Trees ≥ 60 cm DBH comprised 41% of aboveground live tree biomass. The size of the largest trees correlated with total forest biomass (r2 =.62, p <.001). Large-diameter trees in high biomass forests represented far fewer species relative to overall forest richness (r2 =.45, p <.001). Forests with more diverse large-diameter tree communities were comprised of smaller trees (r2 =.33, p <.001). Lower large-diameter richness was associated with large-diameter trees being individuals of more common species (r2 =.17, p =.002). The concentration of biomass in the largest 1% of trees declined with increasing absolute latitude (r2 =.46, p <.001), as did forest density (r2 =.31, p <.001). Forest structural complexity increased with increasing absolute latitude (r2 =.26, p <.001). Main conclusions: Because large-diameter trees constitute roughly half of the mature forest biomass worldwide, their dynamics and sensitivities to environmental change represent potentially large controls on global forest carbon cycling. We recommend managing forests for conservation of existing large-diameter trees or those that can soon reach large diameters as a simple way to conserve and potentially enhance ecosystem services. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1406052020-06-01T01:48:41Z Global importance of large-diameter trees Lutz, James A. Furniss, Tucker J. Johnson, Daniel J. Davies, Stuart J. Allen, David Alonso, Alfonso Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. Andrade, Ana Baltzer, Jennifer Becker, Kendall M. L. Blomdahl, Erika M. Bourg, Norman A. Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh Burslem, David F. R. P. Cansler, C. Alina Cao, Ke Cao, Min Cárdenas, Dairon Chang, Li-Wan Chao, Kuo-Jung Chao, Wei-Chun Chiang, Jyh-Min Chu, Chengjin Chuyong, George B. Clay, Keith Condit, Richard Cordell, Susan Dattaraja, Handanakere S. Duque, Alvaro Ewango, Corneille E. N. Fischer, Gunter A. Fletcher, Christine Freund, James A. Giardina, Christian Germain, Sara J. Gilbert, Gregory S. Hao, Zhanqing Hart, Terese Hau, Billy C. H. He, Fangliang Hector, Andrew Howe, Robert W. Hsieh, Chang-Fu Hu, Yue-Hua Hubbell, Stephen P. Inman-Narahari, Faith M. Itoh, Akira Janík, David Abdul Rahman Kassim Kenfack, David Korte, Lisa Král, Kamil Larson, Andrew J. Li, YiDe Lin, Yiching Liu, Shirong Lum, Shawn Kaihekulani Yamauchi Ma, Keping Makana, Jean-Remy Malhi, Yadvinder McMahon, Sean M. McShea, William J. Memiaghe, Hervé R. Mi, Xiangcheng Morecroft, Michael Musili, Paul M. Myers, Jonathan A. Novotny, Vojtech de Oliveira, Alexandre Ong, Perry Orwig, David A. Ostertag, Rebecca Parker, Geoffrey G. Patankar, Rajit Phillips, Richard P. Reynolds, Glen Sack, Lawren Song, Guo-Zhang M. Su, Sheng-Hsin Sukumar, Raman Sun, I-Fang Suresh, Hebbalalu S. Swanson, Mark E. Tan, Sylvester Thomas, Duncan W. Thompson, Jill Uriarte, Maria Valencia, Renato Vicentini, Alberto Vrška, Tomáš Wang, Xugao Weiblen, George D. Wolf, Amy Wu, Shu-Hui Xu, Han Yamakura, Takuo Yap, Sandra Zimmerman, Jess K. Asian School of the Environment Social sciences::Geography Forest Biomass Forest Structure Aim: To examine the contribution of large-diameter trees to biomass, stand structure, and species richness across forest biomes. Location: Global. Time period: Early 21st century. Major taxa studied: Woody plants. Methods: We examined the contribution of large trees to forest density, richness and biomass using a global network of 48 large (from 2 to 60 ha) forest plots representing 5,601,473 stems across 9,298 species and 210 plant families. This contribution was assessed using three metrics: the largest 1% of trees ≥ 1 cm diameter at breast height (DBH), all trees ≥ 60 cm DBH, and those rank-ordered largest trees that cumulatively comprise 50% of forest biomass. Results: Averaged across these 48 forest plots, the largest 1% of trees ≥ 1 cm DBH comprised 50% of aboveground live biomass, with hectare-scale standard deviation of 26%. Trees ≥ 60 cm DBH comprised 41% of aboveground live tree biomass. The size of the largest trees correlated with total forest biomass (r2 =.62, p <.001). Large-diameter trees in high biomass forests represented far fewer species relative to overall forest richness (r2 =.45, p <.001). Forests with more diverse large-diameter tree communities were comprised of smaller trees (r2 =.33, p <.001). Lower large-diameter richness was associated with large-diameter trees being individuals of more common species (r2 =.17, p =.002). The concentration of biomass in the largest 1% of trees declined with increasing absolute latitude (r2 =.46, p <.001), as did forest density (r2 =.31, p <.001). Forest structural complexity increased with increasing absolute latitude (r2 =.26, p <.001). Main conclusions: Because large-diameter trees constitute roughly half of the mature forest biomass worldwide, their dynamics and sensitivities to environmental change represent potentially large controls on global forest carbon cycling. We recommend managing forests for conservation of existing large-diameter trees or those that can soon reach large diameters as a simple way to conserve and potentially enhance ecosystem services. 2020-06-01T01:48:41Z 2020-06-01T01:48:41Z 2018 Journal Article Lutz, J. A., Furniss, T. J., Johnson, D. J., Davies, S. J., Allen, D., Alonso, A., . . . Zimmerman, J. K. (2018). Global importance of large-diameter trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(7), 849-864. doi:10.1111/geb.12747 1466-822X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140605 10.1111/geb.12747 2-s2.0-85046535962 7 27 849 864 en Global Ecology and Biogeography © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Geography Forest Biomass Forest Structure Lutz, James A. Furniss, Tucker J. Johnson, Daniel J. Davies, Stuart J. Allen, David Alonso, Alfonso Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. Andrade, Ana Baltzer, Jennifer Becker, Kendall M. L. Blomdahl, Erika M. Bourg, Norman A. Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh Burslem, David F. R. P. Cansler, C. Alina Cao, Ke Cao, Min Cárdenas, Dairon Chang, Li-Wan Chao, Kuo-Jung Chao, Wei-Chun Chiang, Jyh-Min Chu, Chengjin Chuyong, George B. Clay, Keith Condit, Richard Cordell, Susan Dattaraja, Handanakere S. Duque, Alvaro Ewango, Corneille E. N. Fischer, Gunter A. Fletcher, Christine Freund, James A. Giardina, Christian Germain, Sara J. Gilbert, Gregory S. Hao, Zhanqing Hart, Terese Hau, Billy C. H. He, Fangliang Hector, Andrew Howe, Robert W. Hsieh, Chang-Fu Hu, Yue-Hua Hubbell, Stephen P. Inman-Narahari, Faith M. Itoh, Akira Janík, David Abdul Rahman Kassim Kenfack, David Korte, Lisa Král, Kamil Larson, Andrew J. Li, YiDe Lin, Yiching Liu, Shirong Lum, Shawn Kaihekulani Yamauchi Ma, Keping Makana, Jean-Remy Malhi, Yadvinder McMahon, Sean M. McShea, William J. Memiaghe, Hervé R. Mi, Xiangcheng Morecroft, Michael Musili, Paul M. Myers, Jonathan A. Novotny, Vojtech de Oliveira, Alexandre Ong, Perry Orwig, David A. Ostertag, Rebecca Parker, Geoffrey G. Patankar, Rajit Phillips, Richard P. Reynolds, Glen Sack, Lawren Song, Guo-Zhang M. Su, Sheng-Hsin Sukumar, Raman Sun, I-Fang Suresh, Hebbalalu S. Swanson, Mark E. Tan, Sylvester Thomas, Duncan W. Thompson, Jill Uriarte, Maria Valencia, Renato Vicentini, Alberto Vrška, Tomáš Wang, Xugao Weiblen, George D. Wolf, Amy Wu, Shu-Hui Xu, Han Yamakura, Takuo Yap, Sandra Zimmerman, Jess K. Global importance of large-diameter trees |
| title | Global importance of large-diameter trees |
| title_full | Global importance of large-diameter trees |
| title_fullStr | Global importance of large-diameter trees |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global importance of large-diameter trees |
| title_short | Global importance of large-diameter trees |
| title_sort | global importance of large diameter trees |
| topic | Social sciences::Geography Forest Biomass Forest Structure |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140605 |
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