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Author Correction: Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions
(Nature Portfolio, 2023) Camille S. Delavaux; Thomas W. Crowther; Constantin M. Zohner; Niamh M. Robmann; T. Bruce Lauber; Johan van den Hoogen; Sara E. Kuebbing; Jingjing Liang; Sergio de‐Miguel; G.J. Nabuurs
Correction to: Nature Published online 23 August 2023 In the version of the article initially published, Stanislaw Miscicki’s name incorrectly appeared as Miscicki Stanislaw. Additionally, the affiliation for Thomas T. Ibanez has been updated to “AMAP, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Montpellier, France”, and the second affiliation for Sharif A. Mukul has been updated to “Department of Environment and Development Studies, United International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh”. The corrections have been made to the HTML and PDF versions of the article
Consistent climatic controls of global wood density among angiosperms and gymnosperms
(2024) Lidong Mo; Thomas W. Crowther; Daniel S. Maynard; Johan van den Hoogen; Haozhi Ma; Lalasia Bialic‐Murphy; Susanne S. Renner; Jingjing Liang; Sergio de‐Miguel; G.J. Nabuurs
<title>Abstract</title> The density of wood is a key indicator of trees’ carbon investment strategies, 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 analyze 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 dry forests being up to twice as dense as that in boreal forests. In both angiosperms and gymnosperms, temperature and water availability 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.
Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential
(Nature Portfolio, 2023) Lidong Mo; Constantin M. Zohner; Peter B. Reich; Jingjing Liang; Sergio de‐Miguel; G.J. Nabuurs; Susanne S. Renner; Johan van den Hoogen; Arnan Araza; Martin Herold
Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions
(Nature Portfolio, 2023) Camille S. Delavaux; Thomas W. Crowther; Constantin M. Zohner; Niamh M. Robmann; T. Bruce Lauber; Johan van den Hoogen; Sara E. Kuebbing; Jingjing Liang; Sergio de‐Miguel; G.J. Nabuurs
Determining the drivers of non-native plant invasions is critical for managing native ecosystems and limiting the spread of invasive species1,2. Tree invasions in particular have been relatively overlooked, even though they have the potential to transform ecosystems and economies3,4. Here, leveraging global tree databases5-7, we explore how the phylogenetic and functional diversity of native tree communities, human pressure and the environment influence the establishment of non-native tree species and the subsequent invasion severity. We find that anthropogenic factors are key to predicting whether a location is invaded, but that invasion severity is underpinned by native diversity, with higher diversity predicting lower invasion severity. Temperature and precipitation emerge as strong predictors of invasion strategy, with non-native species invading successfully when they are similar to the native community in cold or dry extremes. Yet, despite the influence of these ecological forces in determining invasion strategy, we find evidence that these patterns can be obscured by human activity, with lower ecological signal in areas with higher proximity to shipping ports. Our global perspective of non-native tree invasion highlights that human drivers influence non-native tree presence, and that native phylogenetic and functional diversity have a critical role in the establishment and spread of subsequent invasions.
The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit
(Nature Portfolio, 2023) Haozhi Ma; Thomas W. Crowther; Lidong Mo; Daniel S. Maynard; Susanne S. Renner; Johan van den Hoogen; Yibiao Zou; Jingjing Liang; Sergio de‐Miguel; G.J. Nabuurs
The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
(Nature Portfolio, 2024) Lidong Mo; Thomas W. Crowther; Daniel S. Maynard; Johan van den Hoogen; Haozhi Ma; Lalasia Bialic‐Murphy; Jingjing Liang; Sergio de‐Miguel; G.J. Nabuurs; Peter B. Reich
The pace of life for forest trees
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2024) Lalasia Bialic‐Murphy; Robert M. McElderry; Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert; Johan van den Hoogen; Pieter A. Zuidema; Oliver L. Phillips; Edmar Almeida de Oliveira; Patricia Álvarez-Loayza; Esteban Álvarez‐Dávila; Luciana F. Alves
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.