The shape of trees: Reimagining forest ecology in three dimensions with remote sensing

ER Lines, FJ Fischer, HJF Owen, T Jucker - Journal of Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
How ecologists think about above‐ground forest structure and dynamics is fundamentally
shaped by the data we can collect. This has historically been limited to what is possible with …

Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress

D Bauman, C Fortunel, G Delhaye, Y Malhi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Evidence exists that tree mortality is accelerating in some regions of the tropics,, with
profound consequences for the future of the tropical carbon sink and the global …

ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

SJ Davies, I Abiem, KA Salim, S Aguilar, D Allen… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
ForestGEO is a network of scientists and long-term forest dynamics plots (FDPs) spanning
the Earth's major forest types. ForestGEO's mission is to advance understanding of the …

Demographic synthesis for global tree species conservation

B Ohse, A Compagnoni, CE Farrior… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Conserving the tree species of the world requires syntheses on which tree species are most
vulnerable to pressing threats, such as climate change, invasive pests and pathogens, or …

The pace of life for forest trees

L Bialic-Murphy, RM McElderry, A Esquivel-Muelbert… - Science, 2024 - science.org
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 …

Tropical tree growth sensitivity to climate is driven by species intrinsic growth rate and leaf traits

D Bauman, C Fortunel, LA Cernusak… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A better understanding of how climate affects growth in tree species is essential for improved
predictions of forest dynamics under climate change. Long‐term climate averages (mean …

Deer browsing and shrub competition set sapling recruitment height and interact with light to shape recruitment niches for temperate forest tree species

MB Walters, EJ Farinosi, JL Willis - Forest Ecology and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
For temperate forests, Michigan, USA, we asked:(1) does evidence exist for a height-
dependent sapling recruitment bottleneck caused by shrub layer competition and white …

A critical comparison of integral projection and matrix projection models for demographic analysis

DF Doak, E Waddle, RE Langendorf… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Structured demographic models are among the most common and useful tools in population
biology. However, the introduction of integral projection models (IPMs) has caused a …

Climate anomalies and neighbourhood crowding interact in shaping tree growth in old‐growth and selectively logged tropical forests

D Nemetschek, G Derroire, E Marcon… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate extremes and biotic interactions at the neighbourhood scale affect tropical forest
dynamics with long‐term consequences for biodiversity, global carbon cycling and climate …

Extensive mismatches between species distributions and performance and their relationship to functional traits

T Bohner, J Diez - Ecology Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mismatches between species distributions and their optimal habitat are predicted by
ecological theory and will affect species responses to changing climate. However, empirical …