The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks
The density of wood is a key indicator of the carbon investment strategies of trees, impacting productivity and carbon storage. Despite its importance, the global variation in wood density and its environmental controls remain poorly understood, preventing accurate predictions of global forest carbo...
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| author | Mo, Lidong Crowther, Thomas W. Maynard, Daniel S. van den Hoogen, Johan Ma, Haozhi Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia Liang, Jingjing de-Miguel, Sergio Nabuurs, Gert-Jan Reich, Peter B. Peri, Pablo Luis Zohner, Constantin M. |
| author_browse | Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia Crowther, Thomas W. Liang, Jingjing Ma, Haozhi Maynard, Daniel S. Mo, Lidong Nabuurs, Gert-Jan Peri, Pablo Luis Reich, Peter B. Zohner, Constantin M. de-Miguel, Sergio van den Hoogen, Johan |
| author_facet | Mo, Lidong Crowther, Thomas W. Maynard, Daniel S. van den Hoogen, Johan Ma, Haozhi Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia Liang, Jingjing de-Miguel, Sergio Nabuurs, Gert-Jan Reich, Peter B. Peri, Pablo Luis Zohner, Constantin M. |
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| description | The density of wood is a key indicator of the carbon investment strategies of trees, impacting productivity and carbon storage. Despite its importance, the global variation in wood density and its environmental controls remain poorly understood, preventing accurate predictions of global forest carbon stocks. Here we analyse information from 1.1 million forest inventory plots alongside wood density data from 10,703 tree species to create a spatially explicit understanding of the global wood density distribution and its
drivers. Our findings reveal a pronounced latitudinal gradient, with wood in tropical forests being up to 30% denser than that in boreal forests. In both angiosperms and gymnosperms, hydrothermal conditions represented by annual mean temperature and soil moisture emerged as the primary factors influencing the variation in wood density globally. This indicates similar environmental filters and evolutionary adaptations among distinct plant groups, underscoring the essential role of abiotic factors in determining wood density in forest ecosystems. Additionally, our study highlights the prominent role of disturbance, such as human modification and fire risk,
in influencing wood density at more local scales. Factoring in the spatial variation of wood density notably changes the estimates of forest carbon stocks, leading to differences of up to 21% within biomes. Therefore, our research contributes to a deeper understanding of terrestrial biomass distribution and how environmental changes and disturbances impact forest ecosystems. |
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| spelling | INTA222562025-05-13T14:42:25Z The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks Mo, Lidong Crowther, Thomas W. Maynard, Daniel S. van den Hoogen, Johan Ma, Haozhi Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia Liang, Jingjing de-Miguel, Sergio Nabuurs, Gert-Jan Reich, Peter B. Peri, Pablo Luis Zohner, Constantin M. Primary Forests Wood Density Carbon Bosques Primarios Dendidad de la Madera Carbono Nothofagus pumilio Nothofagus Carbon Storage Global Forest Carbon Stocks Almacenamiento de Carbono Reservas Forestales Globales de Carbono Nothofagus antarctica Ñire The density of wood is a key indicator of the carbon investment strategies of trees, impacting productivity and carbon storage. Despite its importance, the global variation in wood density and its environmental controls remain poorly understood, preventing accurate predictions of global forest carbon stocks. Here we analyse information from 1.1 million forest inventory plots alongside wood density data from 10,703 tree species to create a spatially explicit understanding of the global wood density distribution and its drivers. Our findings reveal a pronounced latitudinal gradient, with wood in tropical forests being up to 30% denser than that in boreal forests. In both angiosperms and gymnosperms, hydrothermal conditions represented by annual mean temperature and soil moisture emerged as the primary factors influencing the variation in wood density globally. This indicates similar environmental filters and evolutionary adaptations among distinct plant groups, underscoring the essential role of abiotic factors in determining wood density in forest ecosystems. Additionally, our study highlights the prominent role of disturbance, such as human modification and fire risk, in influencing wood density at more local scales. Factoring in the spatial variation of wood density notably changes the estimates of forest carbon stocks, leading to differences of up to 21% within biomes. Therefore, our research contributes to a deeper understanding of terrestrial biomass distribution and how environmental changes and disturbances impact forest ecosystems. EEA Santa Cruz, INTA Fil: Mo, Lidong. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich; Suiza. Fil: Crowther, Thomas W. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich; Suiza. Fil: Maynard, Daniel S. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich; Suiza. Fil: Maynard, Daniel S. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich; Suiza. Fil: van den Hoogen, Johan. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich; Suiza. Fil: Ma, Haozhi. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich; Suiza. Fil: Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich; Suiza. Fil: Liang, Jingjing. Purdue University. Forest Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence Lab. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources; Estados Unidos. Fil: de-Miguel, Sergio. University of Lleida. Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences and Engineering; España. Fil: de-Miguel, Sergio. Joint Research Unit CTFC – AGROTECNIO – CERCA; España. Fil: Nabuurs, Gert-Jan. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos. Fil: Reich, Peter B. University of Minnesota. Department of Forest Resources; Estados Unidos. Fil: Reich, Peter B. Western Sydney University. Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment; Australia. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Zohner, Constantin M. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Institute of Integrative Biology. ETH Zurich; Suiza. 2025-05-13T14:30:18Z 2025-05-13T14:30:18Z 2024-12 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/22256 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02564-9 MO L.; CROWTHER T.W.; MAYNARD D.S.; van den HOOGEN J.; RENNER S.S.; LIANG J.; de MIGUEL S.; (…); PERI P.L.; et al. (2024) The Global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8: 2195-2212. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02564-9 2397-334X (online) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02564-9 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Springer Nature Nature Ecology & Evolution 8 (12) : 2195-2212. (December 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Primary Forests Wood Density Carbon Bosques Primarios Dendidad de la Madera Carbono Nothofagus pumilio Nothofagus Carbon Storage Global Forest Carbon Stocks Almacenamiento de Carbono Reservas Forestales Globales de Carbono Nothofagus antarctica Ñire Mo, Lidong Crowther, Thomas W. Maynard, Daniel S. van den Hoogen, Johan Ma, Haozhi Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia Liang, Jingjing de-Miguel, Sergio Nabuurs, Gert-Jan Reich, Peter B. Peri, Pablo Luis Zohner, Constantin M. The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title | The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title_full | The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title_fullStr | The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title_full_unstemmed | The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title_short | The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| title_sort | global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks |
| topic | Primary Forests Wood Density Carbon Bosques Primarios Dendidad de la Madera Carbono Nothofagus pumilio Nothofagus Carbon Storage Global Forest Carbon Stocks Almacenamiento de Carbono Reservas Forestales Globales de Carbono Nothofagus antarctica Ñire |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/22256 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02564-9 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02564-9 |
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