The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
The density of wood is a key indicator of the carbon investment strategies of trees, impacting productivity and carbon storage. Despite its importance, the global variation in wood density and its environmental controls remain poorly understood, preventing accurate predictions of global forest carbo...
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2024
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| author | Mo, L Crowther, TW Maynard, DS van den Hoogen, J Ma, H Bialic-Murphy, L Liang, J de-Miguel, S Nabuurs, G Reich, PB Phillips, OL Abegg, M Adou Yao, YC Alberti, G Almeyda Zambrano, AM Alvarado, BV Alvarez-Dávila, E Alvarez-Loayza, P Alves, LF Amaral, I Ammer, C Antón-Fernández, C Araujo-Murakami, A Arroyo, L Hector, A Werner, GDA |
| author_facet | Mo, L Crowther, TW Maynard, DS van den Hoogen, J Ma, H Bialic-Murphy, L Liang, J de-Miguel, S Nabuurs, G Reich, PB Phillips, OL Abegg, M Adou Yao, YC Alberti, G Almeyda Zambrano, AM Alvarado, BV Alvarez-Dávila, E Alvarez-Loayza, P Alves, LF Amaral, I Ammer, C Antón-Fernández, C Araujo-Murakami, A Arroyo, L Hector, A Werner, GDA |
| author_sort | Mo, L |
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| description | The density of wood is a key indicator of the carbon investment strategies of trees, impacting productivity and carbon storage. Despite its importance, the global variation in wood density and its environmental controls remain poorly understood, preventing accurate predictions of global forest carbon stocks. Here we analyse information from 1.1 million forest inventory plots alongside wood density data from 10,703 tree species to create a spatially explicit understanding of the global wood density distribution and its drivers. Our findings reveal a pronounced latitudinal gradient, with wood in tropical forests being up to 30% denser than that in boreal forests. In both angiosperms and gymnosperms, hydrothermal conditions represented by annual mean temperature and soil moisture emerged as the primary factors influencing the variation in wood density globally. This indicates similar environmental filters and evolutionary adaptations among distinct plant groups, underscoring the essential role of abiotic factors in determining wood density in forest ecosystems. Additionally, our study highlights the prominent role of disturbance, such as human modification and fire risk, in influencing wood density at more local scales. Factoring in the spatial variation of wood density notably changes the estimates of forest carbon stocks, leading to differences of up to 21% within biomes. Therefore, our research contributes to a deeper understanding of terrestrial biomass distribution and how environmental changes and disturbances impact forest ecosystems. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:6a112160-1398-4832-81b8-3a03a4f1e1232024-12-05T20:12:03ZThe global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocksJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:6a112160-1398-4832-81b8-3a03a4f1e123EnglishJisc Publications RouterNature Research2024Mo, LCrowther, TWMaynard, DSvan den Hoogen, JMa, HBialic-Murphy, LLiang, Jde-Miguel, SNabuurs, GReich, PBPhillips, OLAbegg, MAdou Yao, YCAlberti, GAlmeyda Zambrano, AMAlvarado, BVAlvarez-Dávila, EAlvarez-Loayza, PAlves, LFAmaral, IAmmer, CAntón-Fernández, CAraujo-Murakami, AArroyo, LHector, AWerner, GDAThe density of wood is a key indicator of the carbon investment strategies of trees, impacting productivity and carbon storage. Despite its importance, the global variation in wood density and its environmental controls remain poorly understood, preventing accurate predictions of global forest carbon stocks. Here we analyse information from 1.1 million forest inventory plots alongside wood density data from 10,703 tree species to create a spatially explicit understanding of the global wood density distribution and its drivers. Our findings reveal a pronounced latitudinal gradient, with wood in tropical forests being up to 30% denser than that in boreal forests. In both angiosperms and gymnosperms, hydrothermal conditions represented by annual mean temperature and soil moisture emerged as the primary factors influencing the variation in wood density globally. This indicates similar environmental filters and evolutionary adaptations among distinct plant groups, underscoring the essential role of abiotic factors in determining wood density in forest ecosystems. Additionally, our study highlights the prominent role of disturbance, such as human modification and fire risk, in influencing wood density at more local scales. Factoring in the spatial variation of wood density notably changes the estimates of forest carbon stocks, leading to differences of up to 21% within biomes. Therefore, our research contributes to a deeper understanding of terrestrial biomass distribution and how environmental changes and disturbances impact forest ecosystems. |
| spellingShingle | Mo, L Crowther, TW Maynard, DS van den Hoogen, J Ma, H Bialic-Murphy, L Liang, J de-Miguel, S Nabuurs, G Reich, PB Phillips, OL Abegg, M Adou Yao, YC Alberti, G Almeyda Zambrano, AM Alvarado, BV Alvarez-Dávila, E Alvarez-Loayza, P Alves, LF Amaral, I Ammer, C Antón-Fernández, C Araujo-Murakami, A Arroyo, L Hector, A Werner, GDA The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title | The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title_full | The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title_fullStr | The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title_full_unstemmed | The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title_short | The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title_sort | global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
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