CTFS-ForestGEO a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

CTFS-ForestGEO : a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Veröffentlicht in:Global change biology. - 1999. - 21(2015), 2 vom: 25. Feb., Seite 528-49
1. Verfasser: Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Davies, Stuart J (BerichterstatterIn), Bennett, Amy C, Gonzalez-Akre, Erika B, Muller-Landau, Helene C, Wright, S Joseph, Abu Salim, Kamariah, Almeyda Zambrano, Angélica M, Alonso, Alfonso, Baltzer, Jennifer L, Basset, Yves, Bourg, Norman A, Broadbent, Eben N, Brockelman, Warren Y, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Burslem, David F R P, Butt, Nathalie, Cao, Min, Cardenas, Dairon, Chuyong, George B, Clay, Keith, Cordell, Susan, Dattaraja, Handanakere S, Deng, Xiaobao, Detto, Matteo, Du, Xiaojun, Duque, Alvaro, Erikson, David L, Ewango, Corneille E N, Fischer, Gunter A, Fletcher, Christine, Foster, Robin B, Giardina, Christian P, Gilbert, Gregory S, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Gunatilleke, Savitri, Hao, Zhanqing, Hargrove, William W, Hart, Terese B, Hau, Billy C H, He, Fangliang, Hoffman, Forrest M, Howe, Robert W, Hubbell, Stephen P, Inman-Narahari, Faith M, Jansen, Patrick A, Jiang, Mingxi, Johnson, Daniel J, Kanzaki, Mamoru, Kassim, Abdul Rahman, Kenfack, David, Kibet, Staline, Kinnaird, Margaret F, Korte, Lisa, Kral, Kamil, Kumar, Jitendra, Larson, Andrew J, Li, Yide, Li, Xiankun, Liu, Shirong, Lum, Shawn K Y, Lutz, James A, Ma, Keping, Maddalena, Damian M, Makana, Jean-Remy, Malhi, Yadvinder, Marthews, Toby, Mat Serudin, Rafizah, McMahon, Sean M, McShea, William J, Memiaghe, Hervé R, Mi, Xiangcheng, Mizuno, Takashi, Morecroft, Michael, Myers, Jonathan A, Novotny, Vojtech, de Oliveira, Alexandre A, Ong, Perry S, Orwig, David A, Ostertag, Rebecca, den Ouden, Jan, Parker, Geoffrey G, Phillips, Richard P, Sack, Lawren, Sainge, Moses N, Sang, Weiguo, Sri-Ngernyuang, Kriangsak, Sukumar, Raman, Sun, I-Fang, Sungpalee, Witchaphart, Suresh, Hebbalalu Sathyanarayana, Tan, Sylvester, Thomas, Sean C, Thomas, Duncan W, Thompson, Jill, Turner, Benjamin L, Uriarte, Maria, Valencia, Renato, Vallejo, Marta I, Vicentini, Alberto, et al
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Global change biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Review Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS) Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) biodiversity climate change demography forest dynamics plot mehr... long-term monitoring spatial analysis
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Zusammenfassung:© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Global change is impacting forests worldwide, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem services including climate regulation. Understanding how forests respond is critical to forest conservation and climate protection. This review describes an international network of 59 long-term forest dynamics research sites (CTFS-ForestGEO) useful for characterizing forest responses to global change. Within very large plots (median size 25 ha), all stems ≥ 1 cm diameter are identified to species, mapped, and regularly recensused according to standardized protocols. CTFS-ForestGEO spans 25 °S-61 °N latitude, is generally representative of the range of bioclimatic, edaphic, and topographic conditions experienced by forests worldwide, and is the only forest monitoring network that applies a standardized protocol to each of the world's major forest biomes. Supplementary standardized measurements at subsets of the sites provide additional information on plants, animals, and ecosystem and environmental variables. CTFS-ForestGEO sites are experiencing multifaceted anthropogenic global change pressures including warming (average 0.61 °C), changes in precipitation (up to ± 30% change), atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur compounds (up to 3.8 g N m(-2) yr(-1) and 3.1 g S m(-2) yr(-1)), and forest fragmentation in the surrounding landscape (up to 88% reduced tree cover within 5 km). The broad suite of measurements made at CTFS-ForestGEO sites makes it possible to investigate the complex ways in which global change is impacting forest dynamics. Ongoing research across the CTFS-ForestGEO network is yielding insights into how and why the forests are changing, and continued monitoring will provide vital contributions to understanding worldwide forest diversity and dynamics in an era of global change
Beschreibung:Date Completed 22.10.2015
Date Revised 26.01.2015
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1365-2486
DOI:10.1111/gcb.12712