-
ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network
- Back
Metadata
Share
Document Title
ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network
Author
Davies SJ, Abiem I, Abu Salim K, Aguilar S, Allen D, Alonso A, Anderson-Teixeira K, Andrade A, Arellano G, Ashton PS, Baker PJ, Baker ME, Baltzer JL, Basset Y, Bissiengou P, Bohlman S, Bourg NA, Brockelman WY, Bunyavejchewin S, Burslem DFRP, Cao M, Cardenas D, Chang LW, Chang-Yang CH, Chao KJ, Chao WC, Chapman H, Chen YY, Chisholm RA, Chu CJ, Chuyong G, Clay K, Comita LS, Condit R, Cordell S, Dattaraja HS, de Oliveira AA, den Ouden J, Detto M, Dick C, Du XJ, Duque A, Ediriweera S, Ellis EC, Obiang NLE, Esufali S, Ewango CEN, Fernando ES, Filip J, Fischer GA, Foster R, Giambelluca T, Giardina C, Gilbert GS, Gonzalez-Akre E, Gunatilleke IAUN, Gunatilleke CVS, Hao ZQ, Hau BCH, He FL, Ni HW, Howe RW, Hubbell SP, Huth A, Inman-Narahari F, Itoh A, Janik D, Jansen PA, Jiang MX, Johnson DJ, Jones FA, Kanzaki M, Kenfack D, Kiratiprayoon S, Kral K, Krizel L, Lao S, Larson AJ, Li YD, Li XK, Litton CM, Liu Y, Liu SR, Lum SKY, Luskin MS, Lutz JA, Luu HT, Ma KP, Makana JR, Malhi Y, Martin A, McCarthy C, McMahon SM, McShea WJ, Memiaghe H, Mi XC, Mitre D, Mohamad M, Monks L, Muller-Landau HC, Musili PM, Myers JA, Nathalang A, Ngo KM, Norden N, Novotny V, O'Brien MJ, Orwig D, Ostertag R, Papathanassiou K, Parker GG, Perez R, Perfecto I, Phillips RP, Pongpattananurak N, Pretzsch H, Ren HB, Reynolds G, Rodriguez LJ, Russo SE, Sack L, Sang WG, Shue J, Singh A, Song GZM, Sukumar R, Sun IF, Suresh HS, Swenson NG, Tan S, Thomas SC, Thomas D, Thompson J, Turner BL, Uowolo A, Uriarte M, Valencia R, Vandermeer J, Vicentini A, Visser M, Vrska T, Wang XG, Wang XH, Weiblen GD, Whitfeld TJS, Wolf Y, Wright SJ, Xu H, Yao TL, Yap SL, Ye WH, Yu MJ, Zhang MH, Zhu DG, Zhu L, Zimmerman JK, Zuleta D
Name from Authors Collection
Affiliations
Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; University of Jos; University Brunei Darussalam; Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian National Zoological Park & Conservation Biology Institute; Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian National Zoological Park & Conservation Biology Institute; Institute Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Harvard University; University of Melbourne; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland Baltimore County; Wilfrid Laurier University; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian National Zoological Park & Conservation Biology Institute; National Science & Technology Development Agency - Thailand; University of Aberdeen; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS; National Sun Yat Sen University; National Chung Hsing University; National Chiayi University; University of Canterbury; National Dong Hwa University; National University of Singapore; Sun Yat Sen University; Tulane University; Yale University; United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); United States Forest Service; Indian Institute of Science (IISC) - Bangalore; Universidade de Sao Paulo; Wageningen University & Research; Princeton University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Botany, CAS; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Uva Wellassa University; University of the Philippines System; University of the Philippines Diliman; University of the Philippines System; University of the Philippines Los Banos; Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago); University of California System; University of California Santa Cruz; University of Peradeniya; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS; University of Hong Kong; University of Alberta; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Green Bay; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Helmholtz Association; Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ); University of Hawaii System; University of Hawaii Manoa; Osaka Metropolitan University; Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Oregon State University; Osaka Metropolitan University; University of Montana System; University of Montana; Chinese Academy of Forestry; Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, CAF; University of Hawaii System; University of Hawaii Manoa; East China Normal University; Chinese Academy of Forestry; Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, CAF; Nanyang Technological University & National Institute of Education (NIE) Singapore; Nanyang Technological University; University of Queensland; Utah System of Higher Education; Utah State University; Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology (VAST); University of Oxford; University of Toronto; Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Jabatan Hutan Sarawak; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; Washington University (WUSTL); Alliance; International Center for Tropical Agriculture - CIAT; Czech Academy of Sciences; Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; Harvard University; University of Hawaii System; University Hawaii Hilo; Helmholtz Association; German Aerospace Centre (DLR); Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; Kasetsart University; Technical University of Munich; University of the Philippines System; University of the Philippines Diliman; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln; Minzu University of China; National Chung Hsing University; Indian Institute of Science (IISC) - Bangalore; University of Toronto; Washington State University; UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH); Columbia University; Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador; East China Normal University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Institute Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia; Far Eastern University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; South China Botanical Garden, CAS; Zhejiang University; University of Puerto Rico
Type
Article
Source Title
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
Year
2021
Volume
253
Open Access
Bronze, Green Published
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI
10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108907
Format
Abstract
ForestGEO is a network of scientists and long-term forest dynamics plots (FDPs) spanning the Earth's major forest types. ForestGEO's mission is to advance understanding of the diversity and dynamics of forests and to strengthen global capacity for forest science research. ForestGEO is unique among forest plot networks in its large-scale plot dimensions, censusing of all stems >= 1 cm in diameter, inclusion of tropical, temperate and boreal forests, and investigation of additional biotic (e.g., arthropods) and abiotic (e.g., soils) drivers, which together provide a holistic view of forest functioning. The 71 FDPs in 27 countries include approximately 7.33 million living trees and about 12,000 species, representing 20% of the world's known tree diversity. With >1300 published papers, ForestGEO researchers have made significant contributions in two fundamental areas: species coexistence and diversity, and ecosystem functioning. Specifically, defining the major biotic and abiotic controls on the distribution and coexistence of species and functional types and on variation in species' demography has led to improved understanding of how the multiple dimensions of forest diversity are structured across space and time and how this diversity relates to the processes controlling the role of forests in the Earth system. Nevertheless, knowledge gaps remain that impede our ability to predict how forest diversity and function will respond to climate change and other stressors. Meeting these global research challenges requires major advances in standardizing taxonomy of tropical species, resolving the main drivers of forest dynamics, and integrating plot-based ground and remote sensing observations to scale up estimates of forest diversity and function, coupled with improved predictive models. However, they cannot be met without greater financial commitment to sustain the long-term research of ForestGEO and other forest plot networks, greatly expanded scientific capacity across the world's forested nations, and increased collaboration and integration among research networks and disciplines addressing forest science.
Industrial Classification
Knowledge Taxonomy Level 1
Knowledge Taxonomy Level 2
Knowledge Taxonomy Level 3
Funding Sponsor
US National Science Foundation; Frank H. Levinson Family Foundation; HSBC Climate Partnership; Bromley Charitable Trust; Stapper family; John Swire Sons Inc.; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments-Tropics - US Department of Energy; Office of Biological and Environmental Research; MacArthur Foundation; Rockefeller Foundation; Philecology Trust; John Merck Fund; National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan; Smithsonian Institution; Natural Environment Research Council [NE/P001092/1, NE/N012453/1] Funding Source: researchfish; NERC [NE/N012453/1, NE/P001092/1] Funding Source: UKRI
License
Copyright
Rights
Publisher
Publication Source
WOS