Increasing turnover through time in tropical forests
Science
1994
Journal Article
263
5149
954-958
Reserva Nacional Tambopata atmospheric co2 carbon dioxide climate change plant growth trees deforestation productivity ecosystems plants inventories long-term monitoring large spatial scales turnover mortality recruitment ecology global change forest dynamics Madre de Dios Bibliography
Tree turnover rates were assessed at 40 tropical forest sites. Averaged across inventoried forests, turnover, as measured by tree mortality and recruitment, has increased since the 1950s, with an apparent pantropical acceleration since 1980. Among 22 mature forest sites with two or more inventory periods, forest turnover also increased. The trend in forest dynamics may have profound effects on biological diversity.