Global importance of large-diameter trees. Lutz, J. A., Furniss, T. J., Johnson, D. J., Davies, S. J., Allen, D., Alonso, A., Anderson-Teixeira, K. J., Andrade, A., Baltzer, J., Becker, K. M. L., Blomdahl, E. M., Bourg, N. A., Bunyavejchewin, S., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Cansler, C. A., Cao, K., Cao, M., Cárdenas, D., Chang, L., Chao, K., Chao, W., Chiang, J., Chu, C., Chuyong, G. B., Clay, K., Condit, R., Cordell, S., Dattaraja, H. S., Duque, A., Ewango, C. E. N., Fischer, G. A., Fletcher, C., Freund, J. A., Giardina, C., Germain, S. J., Gilbert, G. S., Hao, Z., Hart, T., Hau, B. C. H., He, F., Hector, A., Howe, R. W., Hsieh, C., Hu, Y., Hubbell, S. P., Inman-Narahari, F. M., Itoh, A., Janík, D., Kassim, A. R., Kenfack, D., Korte, L., Král, K., Larson, A. J., Li, Y., Lin, Y., Liu, S., Lum, S., Ma, K., Makana, J., Malhi, Y., McMahon, S. M., McShea, W. J., Memiaghe, H. R., Mi, X., Morecroft, M., Musili, P. M., Myers, J. A., Novotny, V., de Oliveira, A., Ong, P., Orwig, D. A., Ostertag, R., Parker, G. G., Patankar, R., Phillips, R. P., Reynolds, G., Sack, L., Song, G. M., Su, S., Sukumar, R., Sun, I., Suresh, H. S., Swanson, M. E., Tan, S., Thomas, D. W., Thompson, J., Uriarte, M., Valencia, R., Vicentini, A., Vrška, T., Wang, X., Weiblen, G. D., Wolf, A., Wu, S., Xu, H., Yamakura, T., Yap, S., & Zimmerman, J. K. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27(7):849–864, 2018. _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/geb.12747
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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 \textless .001). Large-diameter trees in high biomass forests represented far fewer species relative to overall forest richness (r2 = .45, p \textless .001). Forests with more diverse large-diameter tree communities were comprised of smaller trees (r2 = .33, p \textless .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 \textless .001), as did forest density (r2 = .31, p \textless .001). Forest structural complexity increased with increasing absolute latitude (r2 = .26, p \textless .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.
@article{lutz_global_2018,
	title = {Global importance of large-diameter trees},
	volume = {27},
	copyright = {© 2018 John Wiley \& Sons Ltd},
	issn = {1466-8238},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/geb.12747},
	doi = {10.1111/geb.12747},
	abstract = {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 {\textless} .001). Large-diameter trees in high biomass forests represented far fewer species relative to overall forest richness (r2 = .45, p {\textless} .001). Forests with more diverse large-diameter tree communities were comprised of smaller trees (r2 = .33, p {\textless} .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 {\textless} .001), as did forest density (r2 = .31, p {\textless} .001). Forest structural complexity increased with increasing absolute latitude (r2 = .26, p {\textless} .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.},
	language = {en},
	number = {7},
	urldate = {2024-07-22},
	journal = {Global Ecology and Biogeography},
	author = {Lutz, James A. and Furniss, Tucker J. and Johnson, Daniel J. and Davies, Stuart J. and Allen, David and Alonso, Alfonso and Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J. and Andrade, Ana and Baltzer, Jennifer and Becker, Kendall M. L. and Blomdahl, Erika M. and Bourg, Norman A. and Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh and Burslem, David F. R. P. and Cansler, C. Alina and Cao, Ke and Cao, Min and Cárdenas, Dairon and Chang, Li-Wan and Chao, Kuo-Jung and Chao, Wei-Chun and Chiang, Jyh-Min and Chu, Chengjin and Chuyong, George B. and Clay, Keith and Condit, Richard and Cordell, Susan and Dattaraja, Handanakere S. and Duque, Alvaro and Ewango, Corneille E. N. and Fischer, Gunter A. and Fletcher, Christine and Freund, James A. and Giardina, Christian and Germain, Sara J. and Gilbert, Gregory S. and Hao, Zhanqing and Hart, Terese and Hau, Billy C. H. and He, Fangliang and Hector, Andrew and Howe, Robert W. and Hsieh, Chang-Fu and Hu, Yue-Hua and Hubbell, Stephen P. and Inman-Narahari, Faith M. and Itoh, Akira and Janík, David and Kassim, Abdul Rahman and Kenfack, David and Korte, Lisa and Král, Kamil and Larson, Andrew J. and Li, YiDe and Lin, Yiching and Liu, Shirong and Lum, Shawn and Ma, Keping and Makana, Jean-Remy and Malhi, Yadvinder and McMahon, Sean M. and McShea, William J. and Memiaghe, Hervé R. and Mi, Xiangcheng and Morecroft, Michael and Musili, Paul M. and Myers, Jonathan A. and Novotny, Vojtech and de Oliveira, Alexandre and Ong, Perry and Orwig, David A. and Ostertag, Rebecca and Parker, Geoffrey G. and Patankar, Rajit and Phillips, Richard P. and Reynolds, Glen and Sack, Lawren and Song, Guo-Zhang M. and Su, Sheng-Hsin and Sukumar, Raman and Sun, I-Fang and Suresh, Hebbalalu S. and Swanson, Mark E. and Tan, Sylvester and Thomas, Duncan W. and Thompson, Jill and Uriarte, Maria and Valencia, Renato and Vicentini, Alberto and Vrška, Tomáš and Wang, Xugao and Weiblen, George D. and Wolf, Amy and Wu, Shu-Hui and Xu, Han and Yamakura, Takuo and Yap, Sandra and Zimmerman, Jess K.},
	year = {2018},
	note = {\_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/geb.12747},
	keywords = {Smithsonian ForestGEO, forest biomass, forest structure, large-diameter trees, latitudinal gradient, resource inequality},
	pages = {849--864},
}
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