The pace of life for forest trees

Lalasia Bialic-Murphy; Robert m. Mcelderry; Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert; Johan Van den hoogen; Pieter a. Zuidema; Oliver l. Phillips; Edmar almeida De oliveira; Patricia alvarez Loayza; Esteban Alvarez-Davila; Luciana f. Alves; Vinícius andrade Maia; Simone aparecida Vieira; Lidiany carolina Arantes da silva; Alejandro Araujo-Murakami; Eric Arets; Julen Astigarraga; Fabrício Baccaro; Timothy Baker; Olaf Banki; Jorcely Barroso; Lilian Blanc; Damien Bonal; Frans Bongers; Kauane maiara Bordin; Roel Brienen; Marcelo brilhante De medeiros; José luís Camargo; Felipe carvalho Araújo; Carolina v. Castilho; Wendeson Castro; Victor chama Moscoso; James Comiskey; Flávia Costa; Sandra cristina Müller; Everton cristo De almeida; Antonio carlos Lôla da costa; Vitor De andrade kamimura; Fernanda De oliveira; Jhon Del aguila pasquel; Géraldine Derroire; Kyle Dexter; Anthony Di fiore; Louis Duchesne; Thaise Emílio; Camila laís Farrapo; Sophie Fauset; Federick c. Draper; Ted r. Feldpausch; Rafael flora Ramos; Valeria forni Martins; Marcelo fragomeni Simon; Miguel gama Reis; Angelo gilberto Manzatto; Bruno Herault; Rafael Herrera; Eurídice honorio Coronado; Robert Howe; Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco; Walter huaraca Huasco; Katia janaina Zanini; Carlos Joly; Timothy Killeen; Joice Klipel; Susan g. Laurance; William f. Laurance; Marco aurélio leite Fontes; Wilmar lopez Oviedo; William e. Magnusson; Rubens manoel Dos santos; Jose luis marcelo Peña; Karla maria pedra De abreu; Beatriz Marimon; Ben hur marimon Junior; Karina Melgaço; Omar aurelio Melo cruz; Casimiro Mendoza; Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza; Paulo s. Morandi; Fernanda moreira Gianasi; Henrique Nascimento; Marcelo Nascimento; David Neill; Walter Palacios; Nadir c. pallqui Camacho; Guido Pardo; R. toby Pennington; Maria cristina Peñuela-Mora; Nigel c. a. Pitman; Lourens Poorter; Adriana prieto Cruz; Hirma Ramírez-Angulo; Simone matias Reis; Zorayda restrepo Correa; Carlos reynel Rodriguez; Agustín rudas Lleras; Flavio a. m. Santos; Rodrigo scarton Bergamin; Juliana Schietti; Gustavo Schwartz; Julio Serrano; André maciel Silva-Sene; Marcos Silveira; Juliana Stropp; Hans Ter steege; John Terborgh; Mathias w. Tobler; Luis valenzuela Gamarra; Peter j. Van de meer; Geertje Van der heijden; Rodolfo Vasquez; Emilio Vilanova; Vincent antoine Vos; Amy Wolf; Christopher w. Woodall; Verginia Wortel; Joeri a. Zwerts; Thomas a. m. Pugh; Thomas w. Crowther

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The pace of life for forest trees

Lalasia Bialic-Murphy, Robert m. Mcelderry, Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert, Johan Van den hoogen, Pieter a. Zuidema, Oliver l. Phillips, Edmar almeida De oliveira, Patricia alvarez Loayza, Esteban Alvarez-Davila, Luciana f. Alves, Vinícius andrade Maia, Simone aparecida Vieira, Lidiany carolina Arantes da silva, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Eric Arets, Julen Astigarraga, Fabrício Baccaro, Timothy Baker, Olaf Banki, Jorcely BarrosoLilian Blanc, Damien Bonal, Frans Bongers, Kauane maiara Bordin, Roel Brienen, Marcelo brilhante De medeiros, José luís Camargo, Felipe carvalho Araújo, Carolina v. Castilho, Wendeson Castro, Victor chama Moscoso, James Comiskey, Flávia Costa, Sandra cristina Müller, Everton cristo De almeida, Antonio carlos Lôla da costa, Vitor De andrade kamimura, Fernanda De oliveira, Jhon Del aguila pasquel, Géraldine Derroire, Kyle Dexter, Anthony Di fiore, Louis Duchesne, Thaise Emílio, Camila laís Farrapo, Sophie Fauset, Federick c. Draper, Ted r. Feldpausch, Rafael flora Ramos, Valeria forni Martins, Marcelo fragomeni Simon, Miguel gama Reis, Angelo gilberto Manzatto, Bruno Herault, Rafael Herrera, Eurídice honorio Coronado, Robert Howe, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Walter huaraca Huasco, Katia janaina Zanini, Carlos Joly, Timothy Killeen, Joice Klipel, Susan g. Laurance, William f. Laurance, Marco aurélio leite Fontes, Wilmar lopez Oviedo, William e. Magnusson, Rubens manoel Dos santos, Jose luis marcelo Peña, Karla maria pedra De abreu, Beatriz Marimon, Ben hur marimon Junior, Karina Melgaço, Omar aurelio Melo cruz, Casimiro Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza, Paulo s. Morandi, Fernanda moreira Gianasi, Henrique Nascimento, Marcelo Nascimento, David Neill, Walter Palacios, Nadir c. pallqui Camacho, Guido Pardo, R. toby Pennington, Maria cristina Peñuela-Mora, Nigel c. a. Pitman, Lourens Poorter, Adriana prieto Cruz, Hirma Ramírez-Angulo, Simone matias Reis, Zorayda restrepo Correa, Carlos reynel Rodriguez, Agustín rudas Lleras, Flavio a. m. Santos, Rodrigo scarton Bergamin, Juliana Schietti, Gustavo Schwartz, Julio Serrano, André maciel Silva-Sene, Marcos Silveira, Juliana Stropp, Hans Ter steege, John Terborgh, Mathias w. Tobler, Luis valenzuela Gamarra, Peter j. Van de meer, Geertje Van der heijden, Rodolfo Vasquez, Emilio Vilanova, Vincent antoine Vos, Amy Wolf, Christopher w. Woodall, Verginia Wortel, Joeri a. Zwerts, Thomas a. m. Pugh, Thomas w. Crowther

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	92-98
Journal	Science
Volume	386
Issue number	6717
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk9616
Publication status	Published - 4 Oct 2024

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Bialic-Murphy, L., Mcelderry, R. M., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Van den hoogen, J., Zuidema, P. A., Phillips, O. L., De oliveira, E. A., Loayza, P. A., Alvarez-Davila, E., Alves, L. F., Maia, V. A., Vieira, S. A., Arantes da silva, L. C., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arets, E., Astigarraga, J., Baccaro, F., Baker, T., Banki, O., ... Crowther, T. W. (2024). The pace of life for forest trees. Science, 386(6717), 92-98. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk9616

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AU - Lleras, Agustín rudas

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The pace of life for forest trees

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