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 …

Interpreting forest diversity-productivity relationships: volume values, disturbance histories and alternative inferences

D Sheil, F Bongers - Forest Ecosystems, 2020 - Springer
Understanding the relationship between stand-level tree diversity and productivity has the
potential to inform the science and management of forests. History shows that plant diversity …

Does biomass growth increase in the largest trees? Flaws, fallacies and alternative analyses

D Sheil, CS Eastaugh, M Vlam, PA Zuidema… - Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐standing view that biomass growth in trees typically follows a rise‐and‐fall
unimodal pattern has been challenged by studies concluding that biomass growth increases …

Effects of topography on tropical forest structure depend on climate context

R Muscarella, S Kolyaie, DC Morton… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Topography affects abiotic conditions which can influence the structure, function and
dynamics of ecological communities. An increasing number of studies have demonstrated …

Spatial distribution of carbon stored in forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo

L Xu, SS Saatchi, A Shapiro, V Meyer, A Ferraz… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
National forest inventories in tropical regions are sparse and have large uncertainty in
capturing the physiographical variations of forest carbon across landscapes. Here, we …

Resource availability and disturbance shape maximum tree height across the Amazon

EB Gorgens, MH Nunes, T Jackson… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tall trees are key drivers of ecosystem processes in tropical forest, but the controls on the
distribution of the very tallest trees remain poorly understood. The recent discovery of grove …

Active microwave observations of diurnal and seasonal variations of canopy water content across the humid African tropical forests

AG Konings, Y Yu, L Xu, Y Yang… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A higher frequency of severe droughts under warmer temperatures is expected to lead to
large impacts on global water and carbon fluxes and on vegetation cover—including …

Old growth Afrotropical forests critical for maintaining forest carbon

JR Poulsen, VP Medjibe, LJT White… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Large trees [≥ 70 cm diameter at breast height (DBH)] contribute disproportionately to
aboveground carbon stock (AGC) across the tropics but may be vulnerable to changing …

Characterizing height-diameter relationships for Caribbean trees using mixed-effects random forest algorithm

SI Yang, TJ Brandeis, EH Helmer, MP Oatham… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurately characterizing the relationships between tree height and diameter at breast
height (DBH) is vital to quantify productivity and predict tree growth for forest management …

Machine learning applications to reveal the difference in Robinia pseudoacacia growth and its drivers on China's Loess Plateau

B Su, W Xu, Z Su, Z Shangguan - Journal of Plant Ecology, 2025 - academic.oup.com
The decline in tree growth has become a global issue. It is critically important to explore the
factors affecting tree growth under the background of global climate change to understand …