@article{01JEND7GZT8A6B37P7S1J3VZSR,
  abstract     = {{<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>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.</jats:p>}},
  author       = {{Mo, Lidong and Crowther, Thomas W. and Maynard, Daniel S. and van den Hoogen, Johan and Ma, Haozhi and Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia and Liang, Jingjing and de-Miguel, Sergio and Nabuurs, Gert-Jan and Reich, Peter B. and Phillips, Oliver L. and Abegg, Meinrad and Adou Yao, Yves C. and Alberti, Giorgio and Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica M. and Alvarado, Braulio Vilchez and Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban and Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia and Alves, Luciana F. and Amaral, Iêda and Ammer, Christian and Antón-Fernández, Clara and Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro and Arroyo, Luzmila and Avitabile, Valerio and Aymard, Gerardo A. and Baker, Timothy R. and Bałazy, Radomir and Banki, Olaf and Barroso, Jorcely G. and Bastian, Meredith L. and Bastin, Jean-Francois and Birigazzi, Luca and Birnbaum, Philippe and Bitariho, Robert and Boeckx, Pascal and Bongers, Frans and Boonman, Coline C. F. and Bouriaud, Olivier and Brancalion, Pedro H. S. and Brandl, Susanne and Brearley, Francis Q. and Brienen, Roel and Broadbent, Eben N. and Bruelheide, Helge and Bussotti, Filippo and Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla and César, Ricardo G. and Cesljar, Goran and Chazdon, Robin and Chen, Han Y. H. and Chisholm, Chelsea and Cho, Hyunkook and Cienciala, Emil and Clark, Connie and Clark, David and Colletta, Gabriel D. and Coomes, David A. and Valverde, Fernando Cornejo and Corral-Rivas, José J. and Crim, Philip M. and Cumming, Jonathan R. and Dayanandan, Selvadurai and de Gasper, André L. and Decuyper, Mathieu and Derroire, Géraldine and DeVries, Ben and Djordjevic, Ilija and Dolezal, Jiri and Dourdain, Aurélie and Engone Obiang, Nestor Laurier and Enquist, Brian J. and Eyre, Teresa J. and Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain and Fayle, Tom M. and Feldpausch, Ted R. and Ferreira, Leandro V. and Finér, Leena and Fischer, Markus and Fletcher, Christine and Frizzera, Lorenzo and Gamarra, Javier G. P. and Gianelle, Damiano and Glick, Henry B. and Harris, David J. and Hector, Andrew and Hemp, Andreas and Hengeveld, Geerten and Hérault, Bruno and Herbohn, John L. and Herold, Martin and Hietz, Peter and Hillers, Annika and Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N. and Hui, Cang and Ibanez, Thomas and Imai, Nobuo and Jagodziński, Andrzej M. and Jaroszewicz, Bogdan and Johannsen, Vivian Kvist and Joly, Carlos A. and Jucker, Tommaso and Jung, Ilbin and Karminov, Viktor and Kartawinata, Kuswata and Kearsley, Elizabeth and Kenfack, David and Kennard, Deborah K. and Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian and Keppel, Gunnar and Khan, Mohammed Latif and Killeen, Timothy J. and Kim, Hyun Seok and Kitayama, Kanehiro and Köhl, Michael and Korjus, Henn and Kraxner, Florian and Kucher, Dmitry and Laarmann, Diana and Lang, Mait and Lewis, Simon L. and Li, Yuanzhi and Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela and Lu, Huicui and Lukina, Natalia V. and Maitner, Brian S. and Malhi, Yadvinder and Marcon, Eric and Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes and Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur and Marshall, Andrew R. and Martin, Emanuel H. and McCarthy, James K. and Meave, Jorge A. and Melo-Cruz, Omar and Mendoza, Casimiro and Mendoza-Polo, Irina and Miscicki, Stanislaw and Merow, Cory and Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo and Moreno, Vanessa S. and Mukul, Sharif A. and Mundhenk, Philip and Nava-Miranda, María Guadalupe and Neill, David and Neldner, Victor J. and Nevenic, Radovan V. and Ngugi, Michael R. and Niklaus, Pascal A. and Ontikov, Petr and Ortiz-Malavasi, Edgar and Pan, Yude and Paquette, Alain and Parada-Gutierrez, Alexander and Parfenova, Elena I. and Park, Minjee and Parren, Marc and Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy and Peri, Pablo L. and Pfautsch, Sebastian and Picard, Nicolas and Piedade, Maria Teresa F. and Piotto, Daniel and Pitman, Nigel C. A. and Poorter, Lourens and Poulsen, Axel Dalberg and Poulsen, John R. and Pretzsch, Hans and Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez and Restrepo-Correa, Zorayda and Richardson, Sarah J. and Rodeghiero, Mirco and Rolim, Samir G. and Roopsind, Anand and Rovero, Francesco and Rutishauser, Ervan and Saikia, Purabi and Salas-Eljatib, Christian and Saner, Philippe and Schall, Peter and Schelhaas, Mart-Jan and Schepaschenko, Dmitry and Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael and Schmid, Bernhard and Schöngart, Jochen and Searle, Eric B. and Seben, Vladimír and Serra-Diaz, Josep M. and Sheil, Douglas and Shvidenko, Anatoly Z. and Da Silva, Ana Carolina and Silva-Espejo, Javier E. and Silveira, Marcos and Singh, James and Sist, Plinio and Slik, Ferry and Sonké, Bonaventure and Sosinski, Enio Egon and Souza, Alexandre F. and Stereńczak, Krzysztof J. and Svenning, Jens-Christian and Svoboda, Miroslav and Swanepoel, Ben and Targhetta, Natalia and Tchebakova, Nadja and ter Steege, Hans and Thomas, Raquel and Tikhonova, Elena and Umunay, Peter M. and Usoltsev, Vladimir A. and Valencia, Renato and Valladares, Fernando and Van Bodegom, Peter M. and van der Plas, Fons and Van Do, Tran and van Nuland, Michael E. and Vasquez, Rodolfo M. and Verbeeck, Hans and Viana, Helder and Vibrans, Alexander C. and Vieira, Simone and von Gadow, Klaus and Wang, Hua-Feng and Watson, James V. and Werner, Gijsbert D. A. and Wittmann, Florian and Woell, Hannsjoerg and Wortel, Verginia and Zagt, Roderick and Zawiła-Niedźwiecki, Tomasz and Zhang, Chunyu and Zhao, Xiuhai and Zhou, Mo and Zhu, Zhi-Xin and Zo-Bi, Irie C. and Zohner, Constantin M.}},
  issn         = {{2397-334X}},
  journal      = {{Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution}},
  keywords     = {{Ecological Modelling,Forest Ecology,Plant ecology,Q-ForestLab}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{12}},
  pages        = {{2195--2212}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}},
  title        = {{The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02564-9}},
  volume       = {{8}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}

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