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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Global patterns of tree density are contingent upon local determinants in the world’s natural forests
Communications Biology, Volume 6, No. 1, Article 47, Year 2023
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Previous attempts to quantify tree abundance at global scale have largely neglected the role of local competition in modulating the influence of climate and soils on tree density. Here, we evaluated whether mean tree size in the world’s natural forests alters the effect of global productivity on tree density. In doing so, we gathered a vast set of forest inventories including >3000 sampling plots from 23 well-conserved areas worldwide to encompass (as much as possible) the main forest biomes on Earth. We evidence that latitudinal productivity patterns of tree density become evident as large trees become dominant. Global estimates of tree abundance should, therefore, consider dependencies of latitudinal sources of variability on local biotic influences to avoid underestimating the number of trees on Earth and to properly evaluate the functional and social consequences. © 2023, The Author(s).
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Authors & Co-Authors
Madrigal, Jaime
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Spain, Valladolid
Universidad de Valladolid
Calatayud, Joaquín
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Ballesteros-Canovas, Juan A.
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Spain, Madrid
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Escudero, Adrián
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Cayuela, L.
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Rueda, Marta
Spain, Sevilla
Universidad de Sevilla
Ruiz-Benito, Paloma
Spain, Alcala de Henares
Universidad de Alcalá
Aponte, Cristina
Australia, Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Spain, Madrid
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Plumptre, Andrew J.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Birdlife International
Dupire, Sylvain
France, Paris
Inrae
Espinosa Iñiguez, Carlos Iván
Ecuador, Loja
Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
Macía, Manuel J.
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Abegg, Meinrad
Switzerland, Birmensdorf
Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt Für Wald, Schnee Und Landschaft Wsl
Zavala, Miguel A.
Spain, Alcala de Henares
Universidad de Alcalá
Quesada-Roman, Adolfo
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Costa Rica, San Jose
Universidad de Costa Rica
Granzow-de la Cerda, Íñigo
Spain, Madrid
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Stoffel, Markus
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
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Citations: 1
Authors: 17
Affiliations: 18
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/s42003-023-04419-8
ISSN:
23993642