Testing for changes in biomass dynamics in large‐scale forest datasets

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 1485 - 1498
• Main Authors: Rutishauser, Ervan, Wright, Stuart J., Condit, Richard, Hubbell, Stephen P., Davies, Stuart J., Muller‐Landau, Helene C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2020
• Subjects: aboveground biomass; Biomass; biomass dynamic; Carbon; carbon fluxes; Census; Censuses; Climate; Climate variability; Colorado; data collection; Distribution; Dynamics; El Nino; El Nino phenomena; Fluxes; Forests; global carbon budget; global change; Intervals; islands; long‐term change; Mortality; old-growth forests; Panama; prediction; Productivity; Recovery; Stocks; temporal variation; Temporal variations; Trees; Tropical Climate; Tropical forests; Variability; Colorado; Panama; biomass dynamic; carbon fluxes; long-term change; tropical forests

Tropical forest responses to climate and atmospheric change are critical to the future of the global carbon budget. Recent studies have reported increases in estimated above‐ground biomass (EAGB) stocks, productivity, and mortality in old‐growth tropical forests. These increases could reflect a shif...