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Detecting trends in tree growth: Not so simple
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Bowman, DMJS and Brienen, RJW and Gloor, E and Phillips, OL and Prior, LD, Detecting trends in tree growth: Not so simple, Trends in Plant Science, 18, (1) pp. 11-17. ISSN 1360-1385 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2012 Elsevier Ltd
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2012.08.005
Abstract
Tree biomass influences biogeochemical cycles, climate, and biodiversity across local to global scales. Understanding the environmental control of tree biomass
demands consideration of the drivers of individual tree growth over their lifespan. This can be achieved by studies of tree growth in permanent sample plots (prospective studies) and tree ring analyses (retrospective studies). However, identification of growth trends and attribution of their drivers demands statistical control of the axiomatic co-variation of tree size and age, and avoiding sampling biases at the stand, forest, and regional scales. Tracking and predicting the effects of environmental change on tree biomass requires well-designed studies that address the issues that we have reviewed.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | tree growth, climate, tree size, tree age, sampling bias |
Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Plant biology |
Research Field: | Plant biology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Understanding climate change |
Objective Field: | Understanding climate change not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Bowman, DMJS (Professor David Bowman) |
UTAS Author: | Prior, LD (Dr Lynda Prior) |
ID Code: | 80607 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 179 |
Deposited By: | Plant Science |
Deposited On: | 2012-11-05 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-01 |
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