TY - JOUR
T1 - The pace of life for forest trees
AU - Author Collaboration of "The pace of life for forest trees."
AU - Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia
AU - McElderry, Robert M.
AU - Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane
AU - van den Hoogen, Johan
AU - Zuidema, Pieter A.
AU - Phillips, Oliver L.
AU - de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida
AU - Loayza, Patricia Alvarez
AU - Alvarez-Davila, Esteban
AU - Alves, Luciana F.
AU - Maia, Vinícius Andrade
AU - Vieira, Simone Aparecida
AU - Arantes da Silva, Lidiany Carolina
AU - Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro
AU - Arets, Eric
AU - Astigarraga, Julen
AU - Baccaro, Fabrício
AU - Baker, Timothy
AU - Banki, Olaf
AU - Barroso, Jorcely
AU - Blanc, Lilian
AU - Bonal, Damien
AU - Bongers, Frans
AU - Bordin, Kauane Maiara
AU - Brienen, Roel
AU - de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante
AU - Camargo, José Luís
AU - Araújo, Felipe Carvalho
AU - Castilho, Carolina V.
AU - Castro, Wendeson
AU - Moscoso, Victor Chama
AU - Comiskey, James
AU - Costa, Flávia
AU - Müller, Sandra Cristina
AU - de Almeida, Everton Cristo
AU - Lôla da Costa, Antonio Carlos
AU - de Andrade Kamimura, Vitor
AU - de Oliveira, Fernanda
AU - Del Aguila Pasquel, Jhon
AU - Derroire, Géraldine
AU - Dexter, Kyle
AU - Di Fiore, Anthony
AU - Duchesne, Louis
AU - Emílio, Thaise
AU - Farrapo, Camila Laís
AU - Fauset, Sophie
AU - Draper, Federick C.
AU - Feldpausch, Ted R.
AU - Ramos, Rafael Flora
AU - Klipel, Joice
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024/10/4
Y1 - 2024/10/4
N2 - Tree growth and longevity trade-offs fundamentally shape the terrestrial carbon balance. Yet, we lack a unified understanding of how such trade-offs vary across the world's forests. By mapping life history traits for a wide range of species across the Americas, we reveal considerable variation in life expectancies from 10 centimeters in diameter (ranging from 1.3 to 3195 years) and show that the pace of life for trees can be accurately classified into four demographic functional types. We found emergent patterns in the strength of trade-offs between growth and longevity across a temperature gradient. Furthermore, we show that the diversity of life history traits varies predictably across forest biomes, giving rise to a positive relationship between trait diversity and productivity. Our pan-latitudinal assessment provides new insights into the demographic mechanisms that govern the carbon turnover rate across forest biomes.
AB - Tree growth and longevity trade-offs fundamentally shape the terrestrial carbon balance. Yet, we lack a unified understanding of how such trade-offs vary across the world's forests. By mapping life history traits for a wide range of species across the Americas, we reveal considerable variation in life expectancies from 10 centimeters in diameter (ranging from 1.3 to 3195 years) and show that the pace of life for trees can be accurately classified into four demographic functional types. We found emergent patterns in the strength of trade-offs between growth and longevity across a temperature gradient. Furthermore, we show that the diversity of life history traits varies predictably across forest biomes, giving rise to a positive relationship between trait diversity and productivity. Our pan-latitudinal assessment provides new insights into the demographic mechanisms that govern the carbon turnover rate across forest biomes.
KW - Ecosystems Research
KW - forest ecology
KW - life history traits
KW - life expectancy
KW - longevity
KW - fast-slow continuum
KW - trade-offs
KW - niche differentiation
KW - demographic diversity
KW - tree growth strategies
KW - demography
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85205605425
U2 - 10.1126/science.adk9616
DO - 10.1126/science.adk9616
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 39361744
AN - SCOPUS:85205605425
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 386
SP - 92
EP - 98
JO - Science (New York, N.Y.)
JF - Science (New York, N.Y.)
IS - 6717
ER -
SDG 13 Climate Action