ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network. (January 2021)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network. (January 2021)
- Main Title:
- ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network
- Authors:
- Davies, Stuart J.
Abiem, Iveren
Abu Salim, Kamariah
Aguilar, Salomón
Allen, David
Alonso, Alfonso
Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina
Andrade, Ana
Arellano, Gabriel
Ashton, Peter S.
Baker, Patrick J.
Baker, Matthew E.
Baltzer, Jennifer L.
Basset, Yves
Bissiengou, Pulchérie
Bohlman, Stephanie
Bourg, Norman A.
Brockelman, Warren Y.
Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh
Burslem, David F.R.P.
Cao, Min
Cárdenas, Dairon
Chang, Li-Wan
Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao
Chao, Kuo-Jung
Chao, Wei-Chun
Chapman, Hazel
Chen, Yu-Yun
Chisholm, Ryan A.
Chu, Chengjin
Chuyong, George
Clay, Keith
Comita, Liza S.
Condit, Richard
Cordell, Susan
Dattaraja, Handanakere S.
de Oliveira, Alexandre Adalardo
den Ouden, Jan
Detto, Matteo
Dick, Christopher
Du, Xiaojun
Duque, Álvaro
Ediriweera, Sisira
Ellis, Erle C.
Obiang, Nestor Laurier Engone
Esufali, Shameema
Ewango, Corneille E.N.
Fernando, Edwino S.
Filip, Jonah
Fischer, Gunter A.
Foster, Robin
Giambelluca, Thomas
Giardina, Christian
Gilbert, Gregory S.
Gonzalez-Akre, Erika
Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N.
Gunatilleke, C.V.S.
Hao, Zhanqing
Hau, Billy C.H.
He, Fangliang
Ni, Hongwei
Howe, Robert W.
Hubbell, Stephen P.
Huth, Andreas
Inman-Narahari, Faith
Itoh, Akira
Janík, David
Jansen, Patrick A.
Jiang, Mingxi
Johnson, Daniel J.
Jones, F. Andrew
Kanzaki, Mamoru
Kenfack, David
Kiratiprayoon, Somboon
Král, Kamil
Krizel, Lauren
Lao, Suzanne
Larson, Andrew J.
Li, Yide
Li, Xiankun
Litton, Creighton M.
Liu, Yu
Liu, Shirong
Lum, Shawn K.Y.
Luskin, Matthew S.
Lutz, James A.
Luu, Hong Truong
Ma, Keping
Makana, Jean-Remy
Malhi, Yadvinder
Martin, Adam
McCarthy, Caly
McMahon, Sean M.
McShea, William J.
Memiaghe, Hervé
Mi, Xiangcheng
Mitre, David
Mohamad, Mohizah
Monks, Logan
Muller-Landau, Helene C.
Musili, Paul M.
Myers, Jonathan A.
Nathalang, Anuttara
Ngo, Kang Min
Norden, Natalia
Novotny, Vojtech
O'Brien, Michael J.
Orwig, David
Ostertag, Rebecca
Papathanassiou, Konstantinos
Parker, Geoffrey G.
Pérez, Rolando
Perfecto, Ivette
Phillips, Richard P.
Pongpattananurak, Nantachai
Pretzsch, Hans
Ren, Haibo
Reynolds, Glen
Rodriguez, Lillian J.
Russo, Sabrina E.
Sack, Lawren
Sang, Weiguo
Shue, Jessica
Singh, Anudeep
Song, Guo-Zhang M.
Sukumar, Raman
Sun, I-Fang
Suresh, Hebbalalu S.
Swenson, Nathan G.
Tan, Sylvester
Thomas, Sean C.
Thomas, Duncan
Thompson, Jill
Turner, Benjamin L.
Uowolo, Amanda
Uriarte, María
Valencia, Renato
Vandermeer, John
Vicentini, Alberto
Visser, Marco
Vrska, Tomas
Wang, Xugao
Wang, Xihua
Weiblen, George D.
Whitfeld, Timothy J.S.
Wolf, Amy
Wright, S. Joseph
Xu, Han
Yao, Tze Leong
Yap, Sandra L.
Ye, Wanhui
Yu, Mingjian
Zhang, Minhua
Zhu, Daoguang
Zhu, Li
Zimmerman, Jess K.
Zuleta, Daniel
… (more) - Abstract:
- Abstract: 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 diversity and dynamics of forests and to strengthen global capacity for forest science research. ForestGEO is unique among forest plot networks in its large-scale plot dimensions, censusing of all stems ≥1 cm in diameter, inclusion of tropical, temperate and boreal forests, and investigation of additional biotic (e.g., arthropods) and abiotic (e.g., soils) drivers, which together provide a holistic view of forest functioning. The 71 FDPs in 27 countries include approximately 7.33 million living trees and about 12, 000 species, representing 20% of the world's known tree diversity. With >1300 published papers, ForestGEO researchers have made significant contributions in two fundamental areas: species coexistence and diversity, and ecosystem functioning. Specifically, defining the major biotic and abiotic controls on the distribution and coexistence of species and functional types and on variation in species' demography has led to improved understanding of how the multiple dimensions of forest diversity are structured across space and time and how this diversity relates to the processes controlling the role of forests in the Earth system. Nevertheless, knowledge gaps remain that impede our ability to predict how forest diversity and function will respond to climate change and other stressors.Abstract: 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 diversity and dynamics of forests and to strengthen global capacity for forest science research. ForestGEO is unique among forest plot networks in its large-scale plot dimensions, censusing of all stems ≥1 cm in diameter, inclusion of tropical, temperate and boreal forests, and investigation of additional biotic (e.g., arthropods) and abiotic (e.g., soils) drivers, which together provide a holistic view of forest functioning. The 71 FDPs in 27 countries include approximately 7.33 million living trees and about 12, 000 species, representing 20% of the world's known tree diversity. With >1300 published papers, ForestGEO researchers have made significant contributions in two fundamental areas: species coexistence and diversity, and ecosystem functioning. Specifically, defining the major biotic and abiotic controls on the distribution and coexistence of species and functional types and on variation in species' demography has led to improved understanding of how the multiple dimensions of forest diversity are structured across space and time and how this diversity relates to the processes controlling the role of forests in the Earth system. Nevertheless, knowledge gaps remain that impede our ability to predict how forest diversity and function will respond to climate change and other stressors. Meeting these global research challenges requires major advances in standardizing taxonomy of tropical species, resolving the main drivers of forest dynamics, and integrating plot-based ground and remote sensing observations to scale up estimates of forest diversity and function, coupled with improved predictive models. However, they cannot be met without greater financial commitment to sustain the long-term research of ForestGEO and other forest plot networks, greatly expanded scientific capacity across the world's forested nations, and increased collaboration and integration among research networks and disciplines addressing forest science. Highlights: ForestGEO - a global network of large long-term forest dynamics plots 71 plots, 27 countries, 7.3 million trees include 20% of tree species diversity sampling more than trees is needed to capture drivers of forest diversity & change knowledge gaps constrain predictions on future forest change funding, training and collaborations are needed to sustain long-term forest research … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Biological conservation. Volume 253(2021)
- Journal:
- Biological conservation
- Issue:
- Volume 253(2021)
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- Volume 253, Issue 2021 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 253
- Issue:
- 2021
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0253-2021-0000
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- Publication Date:
- 2021-01
- Subjects:
- Capacity strengthening -- Demography -- Forest plots -- Network science -- Species diversity -- Tree growth and mortality -- Tropical forests
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http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108907 ↗
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