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The pace of life for forest trees.

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Bialic-Murphy, L; McElderry, RM; Esquivel-Muelbert, A; van den Hoogen, J; Zuidema, PA; Phillips, OL; de Oliveira, EA; Loayza, PA; Alves, LF ...
Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.)
October 2024

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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Science (New York, N.Y.)

DOI

EISSN

1095-9203

ISSN

0036-8075

Publication Date

October 2024

Volume

386

Issue

6717

Start / End Page

92 / 98

Related Subject Headings

  • Trees
  • Temperature
  • Longevity
  • Life History Traits
  • General Science & Technology
  • Forests
  • Carbon Cycle
  • Carbon
 

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Bialic-Murphy, L., McElderry, R. M., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., van den Hoogen, J., Zuidema, P. A., Phillips, O. L., … Crowther, T. W. (2024). The pace of life for forest trees. Science (New York, N.Y.), 386(6717), 92–98. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk9616
Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia, Robert M. McElderry, Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert, Johan van den Hoogen, Pieter A. Zuidema, Oliver L. Phillips, Edmar Almeida de Oliveira, et al. “The pace of life for forest trees.Science (New York, N.Y.) 386, no. 6717 (October 2024): 92–98. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk9616.
Bialic-Murphy L, McElderry RM, Esquivel-Muelbert A, van den Hoogen J, Zuidema PA, Phillips OL, et al. The pace of life for forest trees. Science (New York, NY). 2024 Oct;386(6717):92–8.
Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia, et al. “The pace of life for forest trees.Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 386, no. 6717, Oct. 2024, pp. 92–98. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.adk9616.
Bialic-Murphy L, McElderry RM, Esquivel-Muelbert A, van den Hoogen J, Zuidema PA, Phillips OL, de Oliveira EA, Loayza PA, Alvarez-Davila E, Alves LF, Maia VA, Vieira SA, Arantes da Silva LC, Araujo-Murakami A, Arets E, Astigarraga J, Baccaro F, Baker T, Banki O, Barroso J, Blanc L, Bonal D, Bongers F, Bordin KM, Brienen R, de Medeiros MB, Camargo JL, Araújo FC, Castilho CV, Castro W, Moscoso VC, Comiskey J, Costa F, Müller SC, de Almeida EC, Lôla da Costa AC, de Andrade Kamimura V, de Oliveira F, Del Aguila Pasquel J, Derroire G, Dexter K, Di Fiore A, Duchesne L, Emílio T, Farrapo CL, Fauset S, Draper FC, Feldpausch TR, Ramos RF, Martins VF, Simon MF, Reis MG, Manzatto AG, Herault B, Herrera R, Coronado EH, Howe R, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I, Huasco WH, Zanini KJ, Joly C, Killeen T, Klipel J, Laurance SG, Laurance WF, Fontes MAL, Oviedo WL, Magnusson WE, Dos Santos RM, Peña JLM, de Abreu KMP, Marimon B, Junior BHM, Melgaço K, Melo Cruz OA, Mendoza C, Monteagudo-Mendoza A, Morandi PS, Gianasi FM, Nascimento H, Nascimento M, Neill D, Palacios W, Camacho NCP, Pardo G, Pennington RT, Peñuela-Mora MC, Pitman NCA, Poorter L, Cruz AP, Ramírez-Angulo H, Reis SM, Correa ZR, Rodriguez CR, Lleras AR, Santos FAM, Bergamin RS, Schietti J, Schwartz G, Serrano J, Silva-Sene AM, Silveira M, Stropp J, Ter Steege H, Terborgh J, Tobler MW, Gamarra LV, van der Meer PJ, van der Heijden G, Vasquez R, Vilanova E, Vos VA, Wolf A, Woodall CW, Wortel V, Zwerts JA, Pugh TAM, Crowther TW. The pace of life for forest trees. Science (New York, NY). 2024 Oct;386(6717):92–98.
Journal cover image

Published In

Science (New York, N.Y.)

DOI

EISSN

1095-9203

ISSN

0036-8075

Publication Date

October 2024

Volume

386

Issue

6717

Start / End Page

92 / 98

Related Subject Headings

  • Trees
  • Temperature
  • Longevity
  • Life History Traits
  • General Science & Technology
  • Forests
  • Carbon Cycle
  • Carbon