Browsing by Autor "Luciana F. Alves"

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    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.
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    Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests
    (Nature Portfolio, 2025) Martin J. P. Sullivan; Oliver L. Phillips; David Galbraith; Everton Cristo de Almeida; Edmar Almeida de Oliveira; Jarcilene Silva de Almeida‐Cortez; Esteban Álvarez‐Dávila; Luciana F. Alves; Ana Andrade; Luiz E. O. C. Aragão