Diversity and competition influence tree allometric relationships - developing functions for mixed-species forests

Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes

(2016) Tommaso Jucker et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A Review of Processes Behind Diversity—Productivity Relationships in Forests

(2016) David I. Forrester et al.   Current Forestry Reports

Representation of species mixing in forest growth models. A review and perspective

(2015) Hans Pretzsch et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants

(2015) Daniel S. Falster et al.   ECOLOGY

Tamm Review: On the strength of evidence when comparing ecosystem functions of mixtures with monocultures

(2015) David I. Forrester et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Intra- and inter-specific differences in crown architecture in Chinese subtropical mixed-species forests

(2015) Rubén Guisasola et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Crown plasticity enables trees to optimize canopy packing in mixed-species forests

(2015) Tommaso Jucker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Climate modulates the effects of tree diversity on forest productivity

(2015) Tommaso Jucker et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

(2015) Georges Kunstler et al.   NATURE

Tree height-diameter allometry across the United States

(2015) Catherine M. Hulshof et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Variations of wood basic density with tree age and social classes in the axial direction within Pinus massoniana stems in Southern China

(2014) Xiangwen Deng et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Biodiversity and ecosystem services: lessons from nature to improve management of planted forests for REDD-plus

(2014) Ian D. Thompson et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Tropical tree diversity enhances light capture through crown plasticity and spatial and temporal niche differences

(2014) Jurgis Sapijanskas et al.   ECOLOGY

Canopy space filling and tree crown morphology in mixed-species stands compared with monocultures

(2014) Hans Pretzsch   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Light absorption and light-use efficiency in mixtures of Abies alba and Picea abies along a productivity gradient

(2014) David I. Forrester et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A critical review of forest biomass estimation models, common mistakes and corrective measures

(2014) Gudeta W. Sileshi   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees

(2014) Jérôme Chave et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Competition for light and water play contrasting roles in driving diversity-productivity relationships in Iberian forests

(2014) Tommaso Jucker et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Is there a species spectrum within the world-wide leaf economics spectrum? Major variations in leaf functional traits in the Mediterranean sclerophyllQuercus ilex

(2014) Ülo Niinemets   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Influence of shade tolerance and development stage on the allometry of ten temperate tree species

(2014) Tony Franceschini et al.   OECOLOGIA

Tree diversity does not always improve resistance of forest ecosystems to drought

(2014) C. Grossiord et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Trait-mediated assembly processes predict successional changes in community diversity of tropical forests

(2014) J. R. Lasky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Crown responses to neighbor density and species identity in a young mixed deciduous stand

(2014) Ignacio Barbeito et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Morphological plasticity of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in pure and mixed-species stands

(2013) Jochen Dieler et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Crown modeling by terrestrial laser scanning as an approach to assess the effect of aboveground intra- and interspecific competition on tree growth

(2013) Jérôme Metz et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Development and testing of allometric equations for estimating above-ground biomass of mixed-species environmental plantings

(2013) Keryn I. Paul et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

The spatial and temporal dynamics of species interactions in mixed-species forests: From pattern to process

(2013) David I. Forrester   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Species-Specific and Ontogeny-Related Stem Allometry of European Forest Trees: Evidence from Extensive Stem Analyses

(2013) Hans Pretzsch et al.   FOREST SCIENCE

Attitudes toward forest diversity and forest ecosystem services—a cross-cultural comparison between China and Switzerland

(2013) Petra Lindemann-Matthies et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

A novel comparative research platform designed to determine the functional significance of tree species diversity in European forests

(2013) Lander Baeten et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Disentangling Biodiversity and Climatic Determinants of Wood Production

(2013) Montserrat Vilà et al.   PLoS One

Structural crown properties of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica [L.]) in mixed versus pure stands revealed by terrestrial laser scanning

(2013) Dominik Bayer et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species

(2013) Lars Gamfeldt et al.   Nature Communications

GlobAllomeTree: international platform for tree allometric equations to support volume, biomass and carbon assessment

(2013) M Henry et al.   iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry

Competitive interactions between forest trees are driven by species' trait hierarchy, not phylogenetic or functional similarity: implications for forest community assembly

(2012) Georges Kunstler et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Evergreenness and wood density predict height–diameter scaling in trees of the northeastern United States

(2012) Mark J. Ducey   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Predictable changes in aboveground allometry of trees along gradients of temperature, aridity and competition

(2012) Emily R. Lines et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

What controls tropical forest architecture? Testing environmental, structural and floristic drivers

(2012) L. Banin et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Forest productivity increases with evenness, species richness and trait variation: a global meta-analysis

(2012) Yu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Evidence of variant intra- and interspecific scaling of tree crown structure and relevance for allometric theory

(2012) Hans Pretzsch et al.   OECOLOGIA

The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

(2011) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

(2011) Arun Agrawal et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Ontogeny partly explains the apparent heterogeneity of published biomass equations for Fagus sylvatica in central Europe

(2011) A. Genet et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Hydraulic failure and tree dieback are associated with high wood density in a temperate forest under extreme drought

(2011) WILLIAM A. HOFFMANN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A stand density index for complex mixed species forests in the northeastern United States

(2010) Mark J. Ducey et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Competition and tree crowns: A neighborhood analysis of three boreal tree species

(2010) H.C. Thorpe et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Self-shading affects allometric scaling in trees

(2010) Remko A. Duursma et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The effect of biodiversity on tree productivity: from temperate to boreal forests

(2010) Alain Paquette et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The influence of mixed tree plantations on the nutrition of individual species: a review

(2010) A. E. Richards et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Is forest diversity driving ecosystem function and service?

(2010) Karin Nadrowski et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Tree growth at stand and individual scales in two dual-species mixture experiments in southern Washington State, USA

(2009) Heather E. Erickson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A general quantitative theory of forest structure and dynamics

(2009) G. B. West et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Shade Tolerance, a Key Plant Feature of Complex Nature and Consequences

(2008) Fernando Valladares et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Capturing diversity and interspecific variability in allometries: A hierarchical approach

(2008) Michael C. Dietze et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Mixed-species plantations of Acacia mangium and Eucalyptus grandis in Brazil

(2008) J.-P. Laclau et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Managing Forests for Climate Change Mitigation

(2008) J. G. Canadell et al.   SCIENCE