The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates.

Journé, Valentin; Bogdziewicz, Michał; Courbaud, Benoit; Kunstler, Georges; Qiu, Tong; Acuña, Marie‐Claire Aravena; Ascoli, Davide; Bergeron, Yves; Berveiller, Daniel; Boivin, Thomas; Bonal, Raul; Caignard, Thomas; Cailleret, Maxime; Calama, Rafael; Camarero, J Julio; Chang-Yang, Chia-Hao; Chave, Jerome; Chianucci, Francesco; Curt, Thomas; Cutini, Andrea; Das, Adrian; Daskalakou, Evangelia; Davi, Hendrik; Delpierre, Nicolas; Delzon, Sylvain; Dietze, Michael; Calderon, Sergio Donoso; Dormont, Laurent; Espelta, Josep Maria; Farfan‐Rios, William; Fenner, Michael; Franklin, Jerry; Gehring, Catherine; Gilbert, Gregory; Gratzer, Georg; Greenberg, Cathryn H.; Guignabert, Arthur; Guo, Qinfeng; Hacket‐Pain, Andrew; Hampe, Arndt; Han, Qingmin; Hanley, Mick E.; Lambers, Janneke Hille Ris; Holík, Jan; Hoshizaki, Kazuhiko; Ibanez, Ines; Johnstone, Jill F.; Knops, Johannes M H; Kobe, Richard K.; Kurokawa, Hiroko; Lageard, Jonathan; LaMontagne, Jalene; Ledwon, Mateusz; Lefèvre, François; Leininger, T...

Abstract

The fundamental trade-off between current and future reproduction has long been considered to result in a tendency for species that can grow large to begin reproduction at a larger size. Due to the prolonged time required to reach maturity, estimates of tree maturation size remain very rare and we lack a global view on the generality and the shape of this trade-off. Using seed production from five continents, we estimate tree maturation sizes for 486 tree species spanning tropical to boreal climates. Results show that a species' maturation size increases with maximum size, but in a non-proportional way: the largest species begin reproduction at smaller sizes than would be expected if maturation were simply proportional to maximum size. Furthermore, the decrease in relative maturation size is steepest in cold climates. These findings on maturation size drivers are key to accurately represent forests' responses to disturbance and climate change. [Abstract copyright: © 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.]

Citation

Journé, V., Bogdziewicz, M., Courbaud, B., Kunstler, G., Qiu, T., Acuña, M., …Clark, J. S. (2024). The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates. Ecology Letters, 27(9), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14500

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 13, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Oct 2, 2024
• Publication Date: Oct 18, 2024
• Deposit Date: Nov 7, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 25, 2024
• Journal: Ecology letters
• Print ISSN: 1461-023X
• Electronic ISSN: 1461-0248
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 9
• Article Number: e14500
• Pages: 1-13
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14500
• Keywords: tree maturation, Tropical Climate, Climate Change, tree fecundity, Trees - growth & development, allometry, Forests, Reproduction, size, life history, seed production
• Public URL: https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/952745
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.14500