Crown damage and the mortality of tropical trees
Abstract
Summary What causes individual tree death in tropical forests remains a major gap in our understanding of the biology of tropical trees and leads to significant uncertainty in predicting global carbon cycle dynamics. We measured individual characteristics (diameter at breast height, wood density, growth rate, crown illumination and crown form) and environmental conditions (soil fertility and habitat suitability) for 26 425 trees ≥ 10 cm diameter at breast height belonging to 416 species in a 52‐ha plot in Lambir Hills National Park, Malaysia. We used structural equation models to investigate the relationships among the different factors and tree mortality. Crown form (a proxy for mechanical damage and other stresses) and prior growth were the two most important factors related to mortality. The effect of all variables on mortality (except habitat suitability) was substantially greater than expected by chance. Tree death is the result of interactions between factors, including direct and indirect effects. Crown form/damage and prior growth mediated most of the effect of tree size, wood density, fertility and habitat suitability on mortality. Large‐scale assessment of crown form or status may result in improved prediction of individual tree death at the landscape scale.
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- CTFS‐ForestGEO Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute PO Box 37012 Washington DC 20013‐7012 USA
- Department of Botany University of South Bohemia Na Zlate stoce 1 České Budjovice 370 05 Czech Republic
- Sarawak Forest Department Kuching Sarawak 93050 Malaysia
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- New Phytologist
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- Journal Name: New Phytologist Journal Volume: 221 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0028-646X
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- United Kingdom
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Arellano, Gabriel, Medina, Nagore G., Tan, Sylvester, Mohamad, Mohizah, and Davies, Stuart J. Crown damage and the mortality of tropical trees. United Kingdom: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1111/nph.15381.
Arellano, Gabriel, Medina, Nagore G., Tan, Sylvester, Mohamad, Mohizah, & Davies, Stuart J. Crown damage and the mortality of tropical trees. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15381
Arellano, Gabriel, Medina, Nagore G., Tan, Sylvester, Mohamad, Mohizah, and Davies, Stuart J. Wed .
"Crown damage and the mortality of tropical trees". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15381.
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title = {Crown damage and the mortality of tropical trees},
author = {Arellano, Gabriel and Medina, Nagore G. and Tan, Sylvester and Mohamad, Mohizah and Davies, Stuart J.},
abstractNote = {Summary What causes individual tree death in tropical forests remains a major gap in our understanding of the biology of tropical trees and leads to significant uncertainty in predicting global carbon cycle dynamics. We measured individual characteristics (diameter at breast height, wood density, growth rate, crown illumination and crown form) and environmental conditions (soil fertility and habitat suitability) for 26 425 trees ≥ 10 cm diameter at breast height belonging to 416 species in a 52‐ha plot in Lambir Hills National Park, Malaysia. We used structural equation models to investigate the relationships among the different factors and tree mortality. Crown form (a proxy for mechanical damage and other stresses) and prior growth were the two most important factors related to mortality. The effect of all variables on mortality (except habitat suitability) was substantially greater than expected by chance. Tree death is the result of interactions between factors, including direct and indirect effects. Crown form/damage and prior growth mediated most of the effect of tree size, wood density, fertility and habitat suitability on mortality. Large‐scale assessment of crown form or status may result in improved prediction of individual tree death at the landscape scale.},
doi = {10.1111/nph.15381},
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place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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