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1. The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates

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Journé, Valentin, Bogdziewicz, Michał, Courbaud, Benoit, Kunstler, Georges, Qiu, Tong, Acuña, Marie‐Claire Aravena, Ascoli, Davide, Bergeron, Yves, Berveiller, Daniel, Boivin, Thomas, Bonal, Raul, Caignard, Thomas, Cailleret, Maxime, Calama, Rafael, Camarero, J Julio, Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Chave, Jerome, Chianucci, Francesco, Curt, Thomas, Cutini, Andrea, Das, Adrian, Daskalakou, Evangelia, Davi, Hendrik, Delpierre, Nicolas, Delzon, Sylvain, Dietze, Michael, Calderon, Sergio Donoso, Dormont, Laurent, Espelta, Josep Maria, Farfan‐Rios, William, Fenner, Michael, Franklin, Jerry, Gehring, Catherine, Gilbert, Gregory, Gratzer, Georg, Greenberg, Cathryn H, Guignabert, Arthur, Guo, Qinfeng, Hacket‐Pain, Andrew, Hampe, Arndt, Han, Qingmin, Hanley, Mick E, Lambers, Janneke Hille Ris, Holík, Jan, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill F, Knops, Johannes MH, Kobe, Richard K, Kurokawa, Hiroko, Lageard, Jonathan, LaMontagne, Jalene, Ledwon, Mateusz, Lefèvre, François, Leininger, Theodor, Limousin, Jean‐Marc, Lutz, James, Macias, Diana, Mårell, Anders, McIntire, Eliot, Moran, Emily V, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan, Nagel, Thomas A, Naoe, Shoji, Noguchi, Mahoko, Norghauer, Julian, Oguro, Michio, Ourcival, Jean‐Marc, Parmenter, Robert, Pearse, Ian, Pérez‐Ramos, Ignacio M, Piechnik, Łukasz, Podgórski, Tomasz, Poulsen, John, Redmond, Miranda D, Reid, Chantal D, Samonil, Pavel, Scher, C Lane, Schlesinger, William H, Seget, Barbara, Sharma, Shubhi, Shibata, Mitsue, Silman, Miles, Steele, Michael, Stephenson, Nathan, Straub, Jacob, Sutton, Samantha, Swenson, Jennifer J, Swift, Margaret, Thomas, Peter A, Uriarte, Maria, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Whipple, Amy, Whitham, Thomas, Wright, S Joseph, Zhu, Kai, Zimmerman, Jess, Żywiec, Magdalena, and Clark, James S

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Ecology, Trees, Tropical Climate, Climate Change, Reproduction, Forests, allometry, life history, seed production, size, tree fecundity, tree maturation, Ecological Applications, Evolutionary Biology, Ecological applications, Environmental management
Abstract

The fundamental trade-off between current and future reproduction has long been considered to result in a tendency for species that can grow large to begin reproduction at a larger size. Due to the prolonged time required to reach maturity, estimates of tree maturation size remain very rare and we lack a global view on the generality and the shape of this trade-off. Using seed production from five continents, we estimate tree maturation sizes for 486 tree species spanning tropical to boreal climates. Results show that a species' maturation size increases with maximum size, but in a non-proportional way: the largest species begin reproduction at smaller sizes than would be expected if maturation were simply proportional to maximum size. Furthermore, the decrease in relative maturation size is steepest in cold climates. These findings on maturation size drivers are key to accurately represent forests' responses to disturbance and climate change.

Published
2024

4. Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity.

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Delavaux, Camille, LaManna, Joseph, Myers, Jonathan, Phillips, Richard, Aguilar, Salomón, Allen, David, Alonso, Alfonso, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina, Baker, Matthew, Baltzer, Jennifer, Bissiengou, Pulchérie, Bonfim, Mariana, Bourg, Norman, Brockelman, Warren, Burslem, David, Chang, Li-Wan, Chen, Yang, Chiang, Jyh-Min, Chu, Chengjin, Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Cortese, Mary, den Ouden, Jan, Dick, Christopher, Ediriweera, Sisira, Ellis, Erle, Feistner, Anna, Freestone, Amy, Giambelluca, Thomas, Giardina, Christian, He, Fangliang, Holík, Jan, Howe, Robert, Huaraca Huasca, Walter, Hubbell, Stephen, Inman, Faith, Jansen, Patrick, Johnson, Daniel, Kral, Kamil, Larson, Andrew, Litton, Creighton, Lutz, James, Malhi, Yadvinder, McGuire, Krista, McMahon, Sean, McShea, William, Memiaghe, Hervé, Nathalang, Anuttara, Norden, Natalia, Novotny, Vojtech, OBrien, Michael, Orwig, David, Ostertag, Rebecca, Parker, Geoffrey, Pérez, Rolando, Reynolds, Glen, Russo, Sabrina, Sack, Lawren, Šamonil, Pavel, Sun, I-Fang, Swanson, Mark, Thompson, Jill, Uriarte, Maria, Vandermeer, John, Wang, Xihua, Ware, Ian, Weiblen, George, Wolf, Amy, Wu, Shu-Hui, Zimmerman, Jess, Lauber, Thomas, Maynard, Daniel, Crowther, Thomas, Averill, Colin, and Gilbert, Gregory|Greg

Subjects
Mycorrhizae, Feedback, Symbiosis, Plants, Soil
Abstract

One mechanism proposed to explain high species diversity in tropical systems is strong negative conspecific density dependence (CDD), which reduces recruitment of juveniles in proximity to conspecific adult plants. Although evidence shows that plant-specific soil pathogens can drive negative CDD, trees also form key mutualisms with mycorrhizal fungi, which may counteract these effects. Across 43 large-scale forest plots worldwide, we tested whether ectomycorrhizal tree species exhibit weaker negative CDD than arbuscular mycorrhizal tree species. We further tested for conmycorrhizal density dependence (CMDD) to test for benefit from shared mutualists. We found that the strength of CDD varies systematically with mycorrhizal type, with ectomycorrhizal tree species exhibiting higher sapling densities with increasing adult densities than arbuscular mycorrhizal tree species. Moreover, we found evidence of positive CMDD for tree species of both mycorrhizal types. Collectively, these findings indicate that mycorrhizal interactions likely play a foundational role in global forest diversity patterns and structure.

Published
2023

5. Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees

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Bogdziewicz, Michal, Acuña, Marie‐Claire Aravena, Andrus, Robert, Ascoli, Davide, Bergeron, Yves, Brveiller, Daniel, Boivin, Thomas, Bonal, Raul, Caignard, Thomas, Cailleret, Maxime, Calama, Rafael, Calderon, Sergio Donoso, Camarero, J Julio, Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Chave, Jerome, Chianucci, Francesco, Cleavitt, Natalie L, Courbaud, Benoit, Cutini, Andrea, Curt, Thomas, Das, Adrian J, Davi, Hendrik, Delpierre, Nicolas, Delzon, Sylvain, Dietze, Michael, Dormont, Laurent, Farfan‐Rios, William, Gehring, Catherine A, Gilbert, Gregory S, Gratzer, Georg, Greenberg, Cathryn H, Guignabert, Arthur, Guo, Qinfeng, Hacket‐Pain, Andrew, Hampe, Arndt, Han, Qingmin, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill F, Journé, Valentin, Kitzberger, Thomas, Knops, Johannes MH, Kunstler, Georges, Kobe, Richard, Lageard, Jonathan GA, LaMontagne, Jalene M, Ledwon, Mateusz, Leininger, Theodor, Limousin, Jean‐Marc, Lutz, James A, Macias, Diana, Marell, Anders, McIntire, Eliot JB, Moran, Emily, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan A, Nagel, Thomas A, Naoe, Shoji, Noguchi, Mahoko, Oguro, Michio, Kurokawa, Hiroko, Ourcival, Jean‐Marc, Parmenter, Robert, Perez‐Ramos, Ignacio M, Piechnik, Lukasz, Podgórski, Tomasz, Poulsen, John, Qiu, Tong, Redmond, Miranda D, Reid, Chantal D, Rodman, Kyle C, Šamonil, Pavel, Holik, Jan, Scher, C Lane, Van Marle, Harald Schmidt, Seget, Barbara, Shibata, Mitsue, Sharma, Shubhi, Silman, Miles, Steele, Michael A, Straub, Jacob N, Sun, I‐Fang, Sutton, Samantha, Swenson, Jennifer J, Thomas, Peter A, Uriarte, Maria, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Veblen, Thomas T, Wright, Boyd, Wright, S Joseph, Whitham, Thomas G, Zhu, Kai, Zimmerman, Jess K, Zywiec, Magdalna, and Clark, James S

Subjects
fecundity, functional traits, leaf economics, life history strategies, size syndrome, tree recruitment, Ecology
Published
2023

7. Beta diversity as a driver of forest biomass across spatial scales

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Reu, Jacqueline C, Catano, Christopher P, Spasojevic, Marko J, and Myers, Jonathan A

Subjects
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Ecological Applications, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Biodiversity, Biomass, Ecosystem, Soil, biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, net primary productivity, spatial scale, species diversity, species turnover, temperate forest, Evolutionary Biology, Zoology, Ecological applications
Abstract

Despite the importance of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) relationships in ecology and conservation, relatively little is known about how BEF relationships change across spatial scales. Theory predicts that change in BEF relationships with increasing spatial scale will depend on variation in species composition across space (β-diversity), but empirical evidence for this is limited. Moreover, studies have not quantified the direct and indirect role the environment plays in costructuring ecosystem functioning across spatial scales. We used 14 temperate-forest plots 1.4 ha in size containing 18,323 trees to quantify scale-dependence between aboveground tree biomass and three components of tree-species diversity-α-diversity (average local diversity), γ-diversity (total diversity), and β-diversity. Using structural-equation models, we quantified the direct effects of each diversity component and the environment (soil nutrients and topography), as well as indirect effects of the environment, on tree biomass across 11 spatial extents ranging from 400 to 14,400 m2 . Our results show that the relationship between β-diversity and tree biomass strengthened with increasing spatial extent. Moreover, β-diversity appeared to be a stronger predictor of biomass than α-diversity and γ-diversity at intermediate to large spatial extents. The environment had strong direct and indirect effects on biomass, but, in contrast to diversity, these effects did not strengthen with increasing spatial extent. This study provides some of the first empirical evidence that β-diversity underpins the scaling of BEF relationships in naturally complex ecosystems.

Published
2022

11. Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients

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Journé, Valentin, Andrus, Robert, Aravena, Marie‐Claire, Ascoli, Davide, Berretti, Roberta, Berveiller, Daniel, Bogdziewicz, Michal, Boivin, Thomas, Bonal, Raul, Caignard, Thomas, Calama, Rafael, Camarero, Jesús Julio, Chang‐Yang, Chia‐Hao, Courbaud, Benoit, Courbet, Francois, Curt, Thomas, Das, Adrian J, Daskalakou, Evangelia, Davi, Hendrik, Delpierre, Nicolas, Delzon, Sylvain, Dietze, Michael, Calderon, Sergio Donoso, Dormont, Laurent, Espelta, Josep Maria, Fahey, Timothy J, Farfan‐Rios, William, Gehring, Catherine A, Gilbert, Gregory S, Gratzer, Georg, Greenberg, Cathryn H, Guo, Qinfeng, Hacket‐Pain, Andrew, Hampe, Arndt, Han, Qingmin, Lambers, Janneke Hille Ris, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill F, Kabeya, Daisuke, Kays, Roland, Kitzberger, Thomas, Knops, Johannes MH, Kobe, Richard K, Kunstler, Georges, Lageard, Jonathan GA, LaMontagne, Jalene M, Leininger, Theodor, Limousin, Jean‐Marc, Lutz, James A, Macias, Diana, McIntire, Eliot JB, Moore, Christopher M, Moran, Emily, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan A, Nagel, Thomas A, Noguchi, Kyotaro, Ourcival, Jean‐Marc, Parmenter, Robert, Pearse, Ian S, Perez‐Ramos, Ignacio M, Piechnik, Lukasz, Poulsen, John, Poulton‐Kamakura, Renata, Qiu, Tong, Redmond, Miranda D, Reid, Chantal D, Rodman, Kyle C, Rodriguez‐Sanchez, Francisco, Sanguinetti, Javier D, Scher, C Lane, Van Marle, Harald Schmidt, Seget, Barbara, Sharma, Shubhi, Silman, Miles, Steele, Michael A, Stephenson, Nathan L, Straub, Jacob N, Swenson, Jennifer J, Swift, Margaret, Thomas, Peter A, Uriarte, Maria, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Veblen, Thomas T, Whipple, Amy V, Whitham, Thomas G, Wright, Boyd, Wright, S Joseph, Zhu, Kai, Zimmerman, Jess K, Zlotin, Roman, Zywiec, Magdalena, and Clark, James S

Subjects
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Regenerative Medicine, Biodiversity, Climate, Fertility, Forests, Seeds, Trees, climate, competition, forest regeneration, seed consumption, species interactions, tree fecundity, Ecological Applications, Evolutionary Biology, Ecological applications, Environmental management
Abstract

Lack of tree fecundity data across climatic gradients precludes the analysis of how seed supply contributes to global variation in forest regeneration and biotic interactions responsible for biodiversity. A global synthesis of raw seedproduction data shows a 250-fold increase in seed abundance from cold-dry to warm-wet climates, driven primarily by a 100-fold increase in seed production for a given tree size. The modest (threefold) increase in forest productivity across the same climate gradient cannot explain the magnitudes of these trends. The increase in seeds per tree can arise from adaptive evolution driven by intense species interactions or from the direct effects of a warm, moist climate on tree fecundity. Either way, the massive differences in seed supply ramify through food webs potentially explaining a disproportionate role for species interactions in the wet tropics.

Published
2022

12. Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients

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Qiu, Tong, Aravena, Marie-Claire, Ascoli, Davide, Bergeron, Yves, Bogdziewicz, Michal, Boivin, Thomas, Bonal, Raul, Caignard, Thomas, Cailleret, Maxime, Calama, Rafael, Calderon, Sergio Donoso, Camarero, J. Julio, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chave, Jerome, Chianucci, Francesco, Courbaud, Benoit, Cutini, Andrea, Das, Adrian J., Delpierre, Nicolas, Delzon, Sylvain, Dietze, Michael, Dormont, Laurent, Espelta, Josep Maria, Fahey, Timothy J., Farfan-Rios, William, Franklin, Jerry F., Gehring, Catherine A., Gilbert, Gregory S., Gratzer, Georg, Greenberg, Cathryn H., Guignabert, Arthur, Guo, Qinfeng, Hacket-Pain, Andrew, Hampe, Arndt, Han, Qingmin, Holik, Jan, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill F., Journé, Valentin, Kitzberger, Thomas, Knops, Johannes M. H., Kunstler, Georges, Kurokawa, Hiroko, Lageard, Jonathan G. A., LaMontagne, Jalene M., Lefevre, Francois, Leininger, Theodor, Limousin, Jean-Marc, Lutz, James A., Macias, Diana, Marell, Anders, McIntire, Eliot J. B., Moore, Christopher M., Moran, Emily, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan A., Nagel, Thomas A., Naoe, Shoji, Noguchi, Mahoko, Oguro, Michio, Parmenter, Robert, Pearse, Ian S., Perez-Ramos, Ignacio M., Piechnik, Lukasz, Podgorski, Tomasz, Poulsen, John, Redmond, Miranda D., Reid, Chantal D., Rodman, Kyle C., Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Samonil, Pavel, Sanguinetti, Javier D., Scher, C. Lane, Seget, Barbara, Sharma, Shubhi, Shibata, Mitsue, Silman, Miles, Steele, Michael A., Stephenson, Nathan L., Straub, Jacob N., Sutton, Samantha, Swenson, Jennifer J., Swift, Margaret, Thomas, Peter A., Uriarte, Maria, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Whipple, Amy V., Whitham, Thomas G., Wion, Andreas P., Wright, S. Joseph, Zhu, Kai, Zimmerman, Jess K., Zywiec, Magdalena, and Clark, James S.

Published
2023
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15. North American tree migration paced by climate in the West, lagging in the East

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Sharma, Shubhi, Andrus, Robert, Bergeron, Yves, Bogdziewicz, Michal, Bragg, Don C, Brockway, Dale, Cleavitt, Natalie L, Courbaud, Benoit, Das, Adrian J, Dietze, Michael, Fahey, Timothy J, Franklin, Jerry F, Gilbert, Gregory S, Greenberg, Cathryn H, Guo, Qinfeng, Lambers, Janneke Hille Ris, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill F, Kilner, Christopher L, Knops, Johannes MH, Koenig, Walter D, Kunstler, Georges, LaMontagne, Jalene M, Macias, Diana, Moran, Emily, Myers, Jonathan A, Parmenter, Robert, Pearse, Ian S, Poulton-Kamakura, Renata, Redmond, Miranda D, Reid, Chantal D, Rodman, Kyle C, Scher, C Lane, Schlesinger, William H, Steele, Michael A, Stephenson, Nathan L, Swenson, Jennifer J, Swift, Margaret, Veblen, Thomas T, Whipple, Amy V, Whitham, Thomas G, Wion, Andreas P, Woodall, Christopher W, Zlotin, Roman, and Clark, James S

Subjects
Climate Action, Climate Change, Ecosystem, Fertility, Geography, North America, Trees, Uncertainty, climate change, forest regeneration, seed production, tree migration
Abstract

Tree fecundity and recruitment have not yet been quantified at scales needed to anticipate biogeographic shifts in response to climate change. By separating their responses, this study shows coherence across species and communities, offering the strongest support to date that migration is in progress with regional limitations on rates. The southeastern continent emerges as a fecundity hotspot, but it is situated south of population centers where high seed production could contribute to poleward population spread. By contrast, seedling success is highest in the West and North, serving to partially offset limited seed production near poleward frontiers. The evidence of fecundity and recruitment control on tree migration can inform conservation planning for the expected long-term disequilibrium between climate and forest distribution.

Published
2022

16. Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery

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Qiu, Tong, Andrus, Robert, Aravena, Marie-Claire, Ascoli, Davide, Bergeron, Yves, Berretti, Roberta, Berveiller, Daniel, Bogdziewicz, Michal, Boivin, Thomas, Bonal, Raul, Bragg, Don C, Caignard, Thomas, Calama, Rafael, Camarero, J Julio, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Cleavitt, Natalie L, Courbaud, Benoit, Courbet, Francois, Curt, Thomas, Das, Adrian J, Daskalakou, Evangelia, Davi, Hendrik, Delpierre, Nicolas, Delzon, Sylvain, Dietze, Michael, Calderon, Sergio Donoso, Dormont, Laurent, Espelta, Josep, Fahey, Timothy J, Farfan-Rios, William, Gehring, Catherine A, Gilbert, Gregory S, Gratzer, Georg, Greenberg, Cathryn H, Guo, Qinfeng, Hacket-Pain, Andrew, Hampe, Arndt, Han, Qingmin, Hille Ris Lambers, Janneke, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill F, Journé, Valentin, Kabeya, Daisuke, Kilner, Christopher L, Kitzberger, Thomas, Knops, Johannes MH, Kobe, Richard K, Kunstler, Georges, Lageard, Jonathan GA, LaMontagne, Jalene M, Ledwon, Mateusz, Lefevre, Francois, Leininger, Theodor, Limousin, Jean-Marc, Lutz, James A, Macias, Diana, McIntire, Eliot JB, Moore, Christopher M, Moran, Emily, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan A, Nagel, Thomas A, Noguchi, Kyotaro, Ourcival, Jean-Marc, Parmenter, Robert, Pearse, Ian S, Perez-Ramos, Ignacio M, Piechnik, Lukasz, Poulsen, John, Poulton-Kamakura, Renata, Redmond, Miranda D, Reid, Chantal D, Rodman, Kyle C, Rodriguez-Sanchez, Francisco, Sanguinetti, Javier D, Scher, C Lane, Schlesinger, William H, Schmidt Van Marle, Harald, Seget, Barbara, Sharma, Shubhi, Silman, Miles, Steele, Michael A, Stephenson, Nathan L, Straub, Jacob N, Sun, I-Fang, Sutton, Samantha, Swenson, Jennifer J, Swift, Margaret, Thomas, Peter A, Uriarte, Maria, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Veblen, Thomas T, Whipple, Amy V, Whitham, Thomas G, Wion, Andreas P, Wright, Boyd, Wright, S Joseph, Zhu, Kai, and Zimmerman, Jess K

Subjects
Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Contraception/Reproduction, Fertility, Forests, Reproduction, Seeds, Trees
Abstract

The relationships that control seed production in trees are fundamental to understanding the evolution of forest species and their capacity to recover from increasing losses to drought, fire, and harvest. A synthesis of fecundity data from 714 species worldwide allowed us to examine hypotheses that are central to quantifying reproduction, a foundation for assessing fitness in forest trees. Four major findings emerged. First, seed production is not constrained by a strict trade-off between seed size and numbers. Instead, seed numbers vary over ten orders of magnitude, with species that invest in large seeds producing more seeds than expected from the 1:1 trade-off. Second, gymnosperms have lower seed production than angiosperms, potentially due to their extra investments in protective woody cones. Third, nutrient-demanding species, indicated by high foliar phosphorus concentrations, have low seed production. Finally, sensitivity of individual species to soil fertility varies widely, limiting the response of community seed production to fertility gradients. In combination, these findings can inform models of forest response that need to incorporate reproductive potential.

Published
2022

18. Fluid Collections

Author

Lynch, Conor P., Cha, Elliot D. K., Myers, Jonathan A., O'Brien, Joseph R., editor, Weinreb, Jeffrey B., editor, and Babrowicz, Joseph C., editor

Published
2023
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28. Comparison of objectively measured and estimated cardiorespiratory fitness to predict all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 42 studies representing 35 cohorts and 3.8 million observations

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Singh, Ben, Cadenas-Sanchez, Cristina, da Costa, Bruno G.G., Castro-Piñero, José, Chaput, Jean-Philippe, Cuenca-García, Magdalena, Maher, Carol, Marín-Jiménez, Nuria, McGrath, Ryan, Molina-Garcí, Pablo, Myers, Jonathan, Gower, Bethany, Ortega, Francisco B., Lang, Justin J., and Tomkinson, Grant R.

Published
2024
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33. Is there tree senescence? The fecundity evidence

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Qiu, Tong, Aravena, Marie-Claire, Andrus, Robert, Ascoli, Davide, Bergeron, Yves, Berretti, Roberta, Bogdziewicz, Michal, Boivin, Thomas, Bonal, Raul, Caignard, Thomas, Calama, Rafael, Camarero, J Julio, Clark, Connie J, Courbaud, Benoit, Delzon, Sylvain, Calderon, Sergio Donoso, Farfan-Rios, William, Gehring, Catherine A, Gilbert, Gregory S, Greenberg, Cathryn H, Guo, Qinfeng, Lambers, Janneke Hille Ris, Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko, Ibanez, Ines, Journé, Valentin, Kilner, Christopher L, Kobe, Richard K, Koenig, Walter D, Kunstler, Georges, LaMontagne, Jalene M, Ledwon, Mateusz, Lutz, James A, Motta, Renzo, Myers, Jonathan A, Nagel, Thomas A, Nuñez, Chase L, Pearse, Ian S, Piechnik, Łukasz, Poulsen, John R, Poulton-Kamakura, Renata, Redmond, Miranda D, Reid, Chantal D, Rodman, Kyle C, Scher, C Lane, Van Marle, Harald Schmidt, Seget, Barbara, Sharma, Shubhi, Silman, Miles, Swenson, Jennifer J, Swift, Margaret, Uriarte, Maria, Vacchiano, Giorgio, Veblen, Thomas T, Whipple, Amy V, Whitham, Thomas G, Wion, Andreas P, Wright, S Joseph, Zhu, Kai, Zimmerman, Jess K, Żywiec, Magdalena, and Clark, James S

Subjects
Fertility, Forests, Models, Biological, Regeneration, Trees, tree fecundity, tree senescence, tree life history, allometric scaling, crown architecture
Abstract

Despite its importance for forest regeneration, food webs, and human economies, changes in tree fecundity with tree size and age remain largely unknown. The allometric increase with tree diameter assumed in ecological models would substantially overestimate seed contributions from large trees if fecundity eventually declines with size. Current estimates are dominated by overrepresentation of small trees in regression models. We combined global fecundity data, including a substantial representation of large trees. We compared size-fecundity relationships against traditional allometric scaling with diameter and two models based on crown architecture. All allometric models fail to describe the declining rate of increase in fecundity with diameter found for 80% of 597 species in our analysis. The strong evidence of declining fecundity, beyond what can be explained by crown architectural change, is consistent with physiological decline. A downward revision of projected fecundity of large trees can improve the next generation of forest dynamic models.

Published
2021

34. Chemical Similarity of Co-occurring Trees Decreases With Precipitation and Temperature in North American Forests

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Sedio, Brian E, Spasojevic, Marko J, Myers, Jonathan A, Wright, S Joseph, Person, Maria D, Chandrasekaran, Hamssika, Dwenger, Jack H, Prechi, Maria Laura, Lopez, Christian A, Allen, David N, Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J, Baltzer, Jennifer L, Bourg, Norman A, Castillo, Buck T, Day, Nicola J, Dewald-Wang, Emily, Dick, Christopher W, James, Timothy Y, Kueneman, Jordan G, LaManna, Joseph, Lutz, James A, McGregor, Ian R, McMahon, Sean M, Parker, Geoffrey G, Parker, John D, and Vandermeer, John H

Subjects
metabolomics, chemical ecology, ForestGEO, species diversity gradient, climate, biotic interactions, functional traits, temperate forest, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology
Abstract

Plant diversity varies immensely over large-scale gradients in temperature, precipitation, and seasonality at global and regional scales. This relationship may be driven in part by climatic variation in the relative importance of abiotic and biotic interactions to the diversity and composition of plant communities. In particular, biotic interactions may become stronger and more host specific with increasing precipitation and temperature, resulting in greater plant species richness in wetter and warmer environments. This hypothesis predicts that the many defensive compounds found in plants’ metabolomes should increase in richness and decrease in interspecific similarity with precipitation, temperature, and plant diversity. To test this prediction, we compared patterns of chemical and morphological trait diversity of 140 woody plant species among seven temperate forests in North America representing 16.2°C variation in mean annual temperature (MAT), 2,115 mm variation in mean annual precipitation (MAP), and from 10 to 68 co-occurring species. We used untargeted metabolomics methods based on data generated with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to identify, classify, and compare 13,480 unique foliar metabolites and to quantify the metabolomic similarity of species in each community with respect to the whole metabolome and each of five broad classes of metabolites. In addition, we compiled morphological trait data from existing databases and field surveys for three commonly measured traits (specific leaf area [SLA], wood density, and seed mass) for comparison with foliar metabolomes. We found that chemical defense strategies and growth and allocation strategies reflected by these traits largely represented orthogonal axes of variation. In addition, functional dispersion of SLA increased with MAP, whereas functional richness of wood density and seed mass increased with MAT. In contrast, chemical similarity of co-occurring species decreased with both MAT and MAP, and metabolite richness increased with MAT. Variation in metabolite richness among communities was positively correlated with species richness, but variation in mean chemical similarity was not. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that plant metabolomes play a more important role in community assembly in wetter and warmer climates, even at temperate latitudes, and suggest that metabolomic traits can provide unique insight to studies of trait-based community assembly.

Published
2021

35. Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide.

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Zhong, Yonglin, Chu, Chengjin, Myers, Jonathan A, Gilbert, Gregory S, Lutz, James A, Stillhard, Jonas, Zhu, Kai, Thompson, Jill, Baltzer, Jennifer L, He, Fangliang, LaManna, Joseph A, Davies, Stuart J, Aderson-Teixeira, Kristina J, Burslem, David FRP, Alonso, Alfonso, Chao, Kuo-Jung, Wang, Xugao, Gao, Lianming, Orwig, David A, Yin, Xue, Sui, Xinghua, Su, Zhiyao, Abiem, Iveren, Bissiengou, Pulchérie, Bourg, Norm, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao, Chao, Wei-Chun, Chapman, Hazel, Chen, Yu-Yun, Coomes, David A, Cordell, Susan, de Oliveira, Alexandre A, Du, Hu, Fang, Suqin, Giardina, Christian P, Hao, Zhanqing, Hector, Andrew, Hubbell, Stephen P, Janík, David, Jansen, Patrick A, Jiang, Mingxi, Jin, Guangze, Kenfack, David, Král, Kamil, Larson, Andrew J, Li, Buhang, Li, Xiankun, Li, Yide, Lian, Juyu, Lin, Luxiang, Liu, Feng, Liu, Yankun, Liu, Yu, Luan, Fuchen, Luo, Yahuang, Ma, Keping, Malhi, Yadvinder, McMahon, Sean M, McShea, William, Memiaghe, Hervé, Mi, Xiangcheng, Morecroft, Mike, Novotny, Vojtech, O'Brien, Michael J, Ouden, Jan den, Parker, Geoffrey G, Qiao, Xiujuan, Ren, Haibao, Reynolds, Glen, Samonil, Pavel, Sang, Weiguo, Shen, Guochun, Shen, Zhiqiang, Song, Guo-Zhang Michael, Sun, I-Fang, Tang, Hui, Tian, Songyan, Uowolo, Amanda L, Uriarte, María, Wang, Bin, Wang, Xihua, Wang, Youshi, Weiblen, George D, Wu, Zhihong, Xi, Nianxun, Xiang, Wusheng, Xu, Han, Xu, Kun, Ye, Wanhui, Yu, Mingjian, Zeng, Fuping, Zhang, Minhua, Zhang, Yingming, Zhu, Li, and Zimmerman, Jess K

Subjects
Mycorrhizae, Trees, Soil Microbiology, Biodiversity, Plant Dispersal, Forests, Host Microbial Interactions
Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (EcM) associations are critical for host-tree performance. However, how mycorrhizal associations correlate with the latitudinal tree beta-diversity remains untested. Using a global dataset of 45 forest plots representing 2,804,270 trees across 3840 species, we test how AM and EcM trees contribute to total beta-diversity and its components (turnover and nestedness) of all trees. We find AM rather than EcM trees predominantly contribute to decreasing total beta-diversity and turnover and increasing nestedness with increasing latitude, probably because wide distributions of EcM trees do not generate strong compositional differences among localities. Environmental variables, especially temperature and precipitation, are strongly correlated with beta-diversity patterns for both AM trees and all trees rather than EcM trees. Results support our hypotheses that latitudinal beta-diversity patterns and environmental effects on these patterns are highly dependent on mycorrhizal types. Our findings highlight the importance of AM-dominated forests for conserving global forest biodiversity.

Published
2021

39. Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects.

Author

Clark, James S, Andrus, Robert, Aubry-Kientz, Melaine, Bergeron, Yves, Bogdziewicz, Michal, Bragg, Don C, Brockway, Dale, Cleavitt, Natalie L, Cohen, Susan, Courbaud, Benoit, Daley, Robert, Das, Adrian J, Dietze, Michael, Fahey, Timothy J, Fer, Istem, Franklin, Jerry F, Gehring, Catherine A, Gilbert, Gregory S, Greenberg, Cathryn H, Guo, Qinfeng, HilleRisLambers, Janneke, Ibanez, Ines, Johnstone, Jill, Kilner, Christopher L, Knops, Johannes, Koenig, Walter D, Kunstler, Georges, LaMontagne, Jalene M, Legg, Kristin L, Luongo, Jordan, Lutz, James A, Macias, Diana, McIntire, Eliot JB, Messaoud, Yassine, Moore, Christopher M, Moran, Emily, Myers, Jonathan A, Myers, Orrin B, Nunez, Chase, Parmenter, Robert, Pearse, Sam, Pearson, Scott, Poulton-Kamakura, Renata, Ready, Ethan, Redmond, Miranda D, Reid, Chantal D, Rodman, Kyle C, Scher, C Lane, Schlesinger, William H, Schwantes, Amanda M, Shanahan, Erin, Sharma, Shubhi, Steele, Michael A, Stephenson, Nathan L, Sutton, Samantha, Swenson, Jennifer J, Swift, Margaret, Veblen, Thomas T, Whipple, Amy V, Whitham, Thomas G, Wion, Andreas P, Zhu, Kai, and Zlotin, Roman

Subjects
Trees, Seasons, Fertility, Geography, Models, Theoretical, North America, Climate Change, Models, Theoretical
Abstract

Indirect climate effects on tree fecundity that come through variation in size and growth (climate-condition interactions) are not currently part of models used to predict future forests. Trends in species abundances predicted from meta-analyses and species distribution models will be misleading if they depend on the conditions of individuals. Here we find from a synthesis of tree species in North America that climate-condition interactions dominate responses through two pathways, i) effects of growth that depend on climate, and ii) effects of climate that depend on tree size. Because tree fecundity first increases and then declines with size, climate change that stimulates growth promotes a shift of small trees to more fecund sizes, but the opposite can be true for large sizes. Change the depresses growth also affects fecundity. We find a biogeographic divide, with these interactions reducing fecundity in the West and increasing it in the East. Continental-scale responses of these forests are thus driven largely by indirect effects, recommending management for climate change that considers multiple demographic rates.

Published
2021

45. Accurate forest projections require long‐term wood decay experiments because plant trait effects change through time

Author

Oberle, Brad, Lee, Marissa R, Myers, Jonathan A, Osazuwa‐Peters, Oyomoare L, Spasojevic, Marko J, Walton, Maranda L, Young, Darcy F, and Zanne, Amy E

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Ecology, Carbon Cycle, Ecosystem, Forests, Trees, Wood, carbon cycle, plant traits, temperate forest, temporal scale, wood decay, woody debris, Environmental Sciences, Biological sciences, Earth sciences, Environmental sciences
Abstract

Whether global change will drive changing forests from net carbon (C) sinks to sources relates to how quickly deadwood decomposes. Because complete wood mineralization takes years, most experiments focus on how traits, environments and decomposer communities interact as wood decay begins. Few experiments last long enough to test whether drivers change with decay rates through time, with unknown consequences for scaling short-term results up to long-term forest ecosystem projections. Using a 7 year experiment that captured complete mineralization among 21 temperate tree species, we demonstrate that trait effects fade with advancing decay. However, wood density and vessel diameter, which may influence permeability, control how decay rates change through time. Denser wood loses mass more slowly at first but more quickly with advancing decay, which resolves ambiguity about the after-life consequences of this key plant functional trait by demonstrating that its effect on decay depends on experiment duration and sampling frequency. Only long-term data and a time-varying model yielded accurate predictions of both mass loss in a concurrent experiment and naturally recruited deadwood structure in a 32-year-old forest plot. Given the importance of forests in the carbon cycle, and the pivotal role for wood decay, accurate ecosystem projections are critical and they require experiments that go beyond enumerating potential mechanisms by identifying the temporal scale for their effects.

Published
2020

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