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
B. Reich, Peter
Phillips, Oliver L.
Abegg, Meinrad
Adou Yao, Yves C.
Alberti, Giorgio
Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica M.
Vilchez Alvarado, Braulio
Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban
Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia
Alves, Luciana F.
Amaral, Iêda
Ammer, Christian
Antón-Fernández, Clara
Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro
Arroyo, Luzmila
Avitabile, Valerio
Aymard, Gerardo A.
Baker, Timothy R.
Bałazy, Radomir
Banki, Olaf
Barroso, Jorcely G.
Bastian, Meredith L.
Bastin, Jean-Francois
Birigazzi, Luca
Birnbaum, Philippe
Bitariho, Robert
Boeckx, Pascal
Bongers, Frans
Boonman, Coline C. F.
Bouriaud, Olivier
Brancalion, Pedro H. S.
Brandl, Susanne
Brearley, Francis Q.
Brienen, Roel
Broadbent, Eben N.
Bruelheide, Helge
Bussotti, Filippo
Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto
César, Ricardo G.
Češljar, Goran
Chazdon, Robin
Chen, Han Y. H.
Chisholm, Chelsea
Cho, Hyunkook
Cienciala, Emil
Clark, Connie
Clark, David
Colletta, Gabriel D.
Coomes, David A.
Cornejo Valverde, Fernando
Corral-Rivas, José J.
Crim, Philip M.
Cumming, Jonathan R.
Dayanandan, Selvadurai
de Gasper, André L.
Decuyper, Mathieu
Derroire, Géraldine
DeVries, Ben
Djordjevic, Ilija
Dolezal, Jiri
Dourdain, Aurélie
Laurier Engone Obiang, Nestor
Enquist, Brian J.
Eyre, Teresa J.
Belarmain Fandohan, Adandé
Fayle, Tom M.
Feldpausch, Ted R.
Ferreira, Leandro V.
Finér, Leena
Fischer, Markus
Fletcher, Christine
Frizzera, Lorenzo
Gamarra, Javier G. P.
Gianelle, Damiano
Glick, Henry B.
Harris, David J.
Hector, Andrew
Hemp, Andreas
Hengeveld, Geerten
Hérault, Bruno
Herbohn, John L.
Herold, Martin
Hietz, Peter
Hillers, Annika
Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N.
Hui, Cang
Ibanez, Thomas
Imai, Nobuo
Jagodziński, Andrzej M.
Jaroszewicz, Bogdan
Johannsen, Vivian Kvist
Joly, Carlos A.
Jucker, Tommaso
Jung, Ilbin
Karminov, Viktor
Kartawinata, Kuswata
Kearsley, Elizabeth
Kenfack, David
Kennard, Deborah K.
Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian
Keppel, Gunnar
Latif Khan, Mohammed
Killeen, Timothy J.
Seok Kim, Hyun
Kitayama, Kanehiro
Köhl, Michael
Korjus, Henn
Kraxner, Florian
Kucher, Dmitry
Laarmann, Diana
Lang, Mait
Lewis, Simon L.
Li, Yuanzhi
Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela
Lu, Huicui
Lukina, Natalia V.
Maitner, Brian S.
Malhi, Yadvinder
Marcon, Eric
Schwantes Marimon, Beatriz
Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur
Marshall, Andrew R.
Martin, Emanuel H.
McCarthy, James K.
Meave, Jorge A.
Melo-Cruz, Omar
Mendoza, Casimiro
Mendoza-Polo, Irina
Miscicki, Stanislaw
Merow, Cory
Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel
Moreno, Vanessa S.
Mukul, Sharif A.
Mundhenk, Philip
Nava-Miranda,, María Guadalupe
Neill, David
Neldner, Victor J.
Nevenić, Radovan V.
Ngugi, Michael R.
Niklaus, Pascal A.
Ontikov, Petr
Ortiz-Malavasi, Edgar
Pan, Yude
Paquette, Alain
Parada-Gutierrez, Alexander
Parfenova, Elena I.
Park, Minjee
Parren, Marc
Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy
Peri, Pablo L.
Pfautsch, Sebastian
Picard, Nicolas
Piedade, Maria Teresa F.
Piotto, Daniel
Pitman, Nigel C. A.
Poorter, Lourens
Dalberg Poulsen, Axel
Poulsen, John R.
Pretzsch, Hans
Ramirez Arevalo, Freddy
Restrepo-Correa, Zorayda
Richardson, Sarah J.
Rodeghiero, Mirco
Rolim, Samir G.
Roopsind, Anand
Rovero, Francesco
Rutishauser, Ervan
Saikia, Purabi
Salas-Eljatib, Christian
Saner, Philippe
Schall, Peter
Schelhaas, Mart-Jan
Schepaschenko, Dmitry
Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael
Schmid, Bernhard
Schöngart, Jochen
Searle, Eric B.
Seben, Vladimír
Serra-Diaz, Josep M.
Sheil, Douglas
Shvidenko, Anatoly Z.
Da Silva, Ana Carolina
Silva-Espejo, Javier E.
Silveira, Marcos
Singh, James
Sist, Plinio
Slik, Ferry
Sonké, Bonaventure
Sosinski Jr, Enio Egon
Souza, Alexandre F.
Stereńczak, Krzysztof J.
Svenning, Jens-Christian
Svoboda, Miroslav
Swanepoel, Ben
Targhetta, Natalia
Tchebakova, Nadja
ter Steege, Hans
Thomas, Raquel
Tikhonova, Elena
Umunay, Peter M.
Usoltsev, Vladimir A.
Valencia, Renato
Valladares, Fernando
Van Bodegom, Peter M.
van der Plas, Fons
Van Do, Tran
van Nuland, Michael E.
Vasquez, Rodolfo M.
Verbeeck, Hans
Viana, Helder
Vibrans, Alexander C.
Vieira, Simone
von Gadow, Klaus
Wang, Hua-Feng
Watson, James V.
Werner, Gijsbert D. A.
Wittmann, Florian
Woell, Hannsjoerg
Wortel, Verginia
Zagt, Roderick
Zawiła-Niedźwiecki, Tomasz
Zhang, Chunyu
Zhao, Xiuhai
Zhou, Mo
Zhu, Zhi-Xin
Zo-Bi, Irie C.
Zohner, Constantin M.
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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2024
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