TY - JOUR

T1 - The pace of life for forest trees

AU - Author Collaboration of "The pace of life for forest trees."

AU - Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia

AU - McElderry, Robert M.

AU - Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane

AU - van den Hoogen, Johan

AU - Zuidema, Pieter A.

AU - Phillips, Oliver L.

AU - de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida

AU - Loayza, Patricia Alvarez

AU - Alvarez-Davila, Esteban

AU - Alves, Luciana F.

AU - Maia, Vinícius Andrade

AU - Vieira, Simone Aparecida

AU - Arantes da Silva, Lidiany Carolina

AU - Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro

AU - Arets, Eric

AU - Astigarraga, Julen

AU - Baccaro, Fabrício

AU - Baker, Timothy

AU - Banki, Olaf

AU - Barroso, Jorcely

AU - Blanc, Lilian

AU - Bonal, Damien

AU - Bongers, Frans

AU - Bordin, Kauane Maiara

AU - Brienen, Roel

AU - de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante

AU - Camargo, José Luís

AU - Araújo, Felipe Carvalho

AU - Castilho, Carolina V.

AU - Castro, Wendeson

AU - Moscoso, Victor Chama

AU - Comiskey, James

AU - Costa, Flávia

AU - Müller, Sandra Cristina

AU - de Almeida, Everton Cristo

AU - Lôla da Costa, Antonio Carlos

AU - de Andrade Kamimura, Vitor

AU - de Oliveira, Fernanda

AU - Del Aguila Pasquel, Jhon

AU - Derroire, Géraldine

AU - Dexter, Kyle

AU - Di Fiore, Anthony

AU - Duchesne, Louis

AU - Emílio, Thaise

AU - Farrapo, Camila Laís

AU - Fauset, Sophie

AU - Draper, Federick C.

AU - Feldpausch, Ted R.

AU - Ramos, Rafael Flora

AU - Klipel, Joice

PY - 2024/10/4

Y1 - 2024/10/4

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Ecosystems Research

KW - forest ecology

KW - life history traits

KW - life expectancy

KW - longevity

KW - fast-slow continuum

KW - trade-offs

KW - niche differentiation

KW - demographic diversity

KW - tree growth strategies

KW - demography

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205605425&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1126/science.adk9616

DO - 10.1126/science.adk9616

M3 - Journal articles

C2 - 39361744

AN - SCOPUS:85205605425

VL - 386

SP - 92

EP - 98

JO - Science (New York, N.Y.)

JF - Science (New York, N.Y.)

SN - 0036-8075

IS - 6717

ER -