Communications Biology (Jan 2023)

Global patterns of tree density are contingent upon local determinants in the world’s natural forests

  • Jaime Madrigal-González,
  • Joaquín Calatayud,
  • Juan A. Ballesteros-Cánovas,
  • Adrián Escudero,
  • Luis Cayuela,
  • Laura Marqués,
  • Marta Rueda,
  • Paloma Ruiz-Benito,
  • Asier Herrero,
  • Cristina Aponte,
  • Rodrigo Sagardia,
  • Andrew J. Plumptre,
  • Sylvain Dupire,
  • Carlos I. Espinosa,
  • Olga V. Tutubalina,
  • Moe Myint,
  • Luciano Pataro,
  • Jerome López-Sáez,
  • Manuel J. Macía,
  • Meinrad Abegg,
  • Miguel A. Zavala,
  • Adolfo Quesada-Román,
  • Mauricio Vega-Araya,
  • Elena Golubeva,
  • Yuliya Timokhina,
  • Guillermo Bañares de Dios,
  • Íñigo Granzow-de la Cerda,
  • Markus Stoffel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04419-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Global tree abundance is demonstrated to correlate with latitudinal variables, with tree size and self-thinning strategies impacting current estimates of tree count.