Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees

Jean-Francois Bastin; Ervan Rutishauser; James Kellner; Sassan Saatchi; Raphaël Pélissier; Bruno Hérault; Ferry Slik; Jan Bogaert; Charles de Canniere; Andrew M. Marshall; John Poulsen; Patricia Alvarez-Loyayza; Ana Andrade; Albert Angbonga-Basia; Alejandro Araujo-Murakami; Luzmila Arroyo; Narayanan Ayyappan; Celso Paulo de Azevedo; Olaf Banki; Nicolas Barbier; Jorcely Barroso; Hans Beeckman; Robert Bitariho; Pascal Boeckx; Katrin Boehning-Gaese; Hilandia Brandão; Francis Brearley; Mireille Breuer Ndoundou Hockemba; Roel Brienen; José Luís C. Camargo; Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz; Benoit Cassart; Jérôme Chave; Robin Chazdon; Georges Chuyong; David Clark; Connie Clark; Richard Condit; Euridice Honorio Coronado; David Davidar; Thalès de Haulleville; Laurent Descroix; Jean-Louis Doucet; Aurélie K. Dourdain; Vincent Droissart; Thomas Duncan; Javier Silva Espejo; Santiago Espinosa; Nina Farwig; Adeline Fayolle; Ted Feldpausch; António Ferraz; Christine Fletcher; Krisna Gajapersad; Jean-François Gillet; Iêda Leão Do Amaral; Christelle Gonmadje; James Grogan; David Harris; Sebastian Herzog; Jürgen Homeier; Wannes Hubau; Stephen Hubbell; Koen Hufkens; Johanna Hurtado; Narcisse Kamdem; Elizabeth Kearsley; David Kenfack; Michael Kessler; Nicolas Labrière; Yves Laumonier; James Laurance; Simon Lewis; Moses Libalah; Gauthier Ligot; Jon Lloyd; Thomas Lovejoy; Yadvinder Malhi; Beatriz Marimon; Ben Hur Marimon; Emmanuel Martin; Paulus Matius; Victoria Meyer; Casimero Mendoza Bautista; Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza; Arafat Mtui; David Neill; Germaine Alexander Parada Gutierrez; Guido Pardo; Marc Parren; N. Parthasarathy; Oliver Phillips; Nigel Pitman; Pierre Ploton; Quentin Ponette; B.R. Ramesh; Jean-Claude Razafimahaimodison; Maxime Réjou-Méchain; Samir Gonçalves Rolim; Hugo Romero Saltos; Marc Rossi; Robert Spironello; Francesco Rovero; Philippe Saner; Denise Sasaki; Andrew Schulze; Marc Silveira; James Singh; Plinio Sist; Bonaventure Sonké; J. Daniel Soto; Cintia Rodrigues de Souza; Juliana Stropp; Martin Martin; Ben Swanepoel; Hans Steege; James Terborgh; Nicolas Texier; Takeshi Toma; Renato Valencia; Luis Valenzuela; Leandro Valle Ferreira; Fernando Cornejo Valverde; Tinde van Andel; Rodolfo Vasque; Hans Verbeeck; Pandi Vivek; Jason Vleminckx; Vincent Vos; Fabien Wagner; Papi Puspa Warsudi; Verginia Wortel; Roderick Zagt; Donatien Zebaze

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Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees

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Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees

Jean-Francois Bastin, Ervan Rutishauser, James Kellner, Sassan Saatchi, Raphaël Pélissier, Bruno Hérault, Ferry Slik, Jan Bogaert, Charles de Canniere, Andrew M. Marshall, …

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol.27(11), pp.1366-1383

11/2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12803

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tropical forest ecology

REDD

large trees

forest structure

climate change

carbon

pan-tropical

Aim Large tropical trees form the interface between ground and airborne observations, offering a unique opportunity to capture forest properties remotely and to investigate their variations on broad scales. However, despite rapid development of metrics to characterize the forest canopy from remotely sensed data, a gap remains between aerial and field inventories. To close this gap, we propose a new pan-tropical model to predict plot-level forest structure properties and biomass from only the largest trees. Location Time period Pan-tropical. Early 21st century. Major taxa studied Methods Woody plants. Using a dataset of 867 plots distributed among 118 sites across the tropics, we tested the prediction of the quadratic mean diameter, basal area, Lorey's height, community wood density and aboveground biomass (AGB) from the ith largest trees. Results Main conclusions Measuring the largest trees in tropical forests enables unbiased predictions of plot- and site-level forest structure. The 20 largest trees per hectare predicted quadratic mean diameter, basal area, Lorey's height, community wood density and AGB with 12, 16, 4, 4 and 17.7% of relative error, respectively. Most of the remaining error in biomass prediction is driven by differences in the proportion of total biomass held in medium-sized trees (50-70 cm diameter at breast height), which shows some continental dependency, with American tropical forests presenting the highest proportion of total biomass in these intermediate-diameter classes relative to other continents. Our approach provides new information on tropical forest structure and can be used to generate accurate field estimates of tropical forest carbon stocks to support the calibration and validation of current and forthcoming space missions. It will reduce the cost of field inventories and contribute to scientific understanding of tropical forest ecosystems and response to climate change.

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Titre: Pan-tropical prediction of forest structure from the largest trees
Créateurs - sans rôle: Jean-Francois Bastin - Plant
Ervan Rutishauser - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
James Kellner - Brown University
Sassan Saatchi - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Raphaël Pélissier - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Bruno Hérault - Forests and Societies
Ferry Slik - Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Jan Bogaert - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Charles de Canniere - Université Libre de Bruxelles
Andrew M. Marshall - University of Mary Washington
John Poulsen - Duke University
Patricia Alvarez-Loyayza - Field Museum of Natural History
Ana Andrade - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Albert Angbonga-Basia - Institut Facultaire des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami - Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado
Luzmila Arroyo - Pondicherry University
Narayanan Ayyappan - French Institute of Pondicherry
Celso Paulo de Azevedo - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Olaf Banki - Universidade Federal do Acre
Nicolas Barbier - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Jorcely Barroso - Universidade Federal do Acre
Hans Beeckman - Royal Museum for Central Africa
Robert Bitariho - Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Pascal Boeckx - Ghent University
Katrin Boehning-Gaese - Goethe University Frankfurt
Hilandia Brandão - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Francis Brearley - Manchester Metropolitan University
Mireille Breuer Ndoundou Hockemba
Roel Brienen - University of Leeds
José Luís C. Camargo - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz - University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Benoit Cassart - UCLouvain
Jérôme Chave - Laboratoire Evolution et Diversite Biologique
Robin Chazdon - University of Connecticut
Georges Chuyong - University of Buea
David Clark - University of Missouri–St. Louis
Connie Clark - Duke University
Richard Condit - Field Museum of Natural History
Euridice Honorio Coronado
David Davidar
Thalès de Haulleville - University of Liège
Laurent Descroix - Patrimoines locaux, Environnement et Globalisation
Jean-Louis Doucet - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Aurélie K. Dourdain - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Vincent Droissart - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Thomas Duncan
Javier Silva Espejo
Santiago Espinosa - Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
Nina Farwig - Philipps University of Marburg
Adeline Fayolle - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Ted Feldpausch - University of Exeter
António Ferraz - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Christine Fletcher - University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Krisna Gajapersad
Jean-François Gillet - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Iêda Leão Do Amaral - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Christelle Gonmadje - Université de Yaoundé I
James Grogan - Smith College
David Harris - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Sebastian Herzog - Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado
Jürgen Homeier - University of Göttingen
Wannes Hubau - Royal Museum for Central Africa
Stephen Hubbell - University of California, Los Angeles
Koen Hufkens - Ghent University
Johanna Hurtado - Organization for Tropical Studies
Narcisse Kamdem - Université de Yaoundé I
Elizabeth Kearsley - Ghent University
David Kenfack - ForestGEO
Michael Kessler - University of Zurich
Nicolas Labrière - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Yves Laumonier - Forests and Societies
James Laurance
Simon Lewis - University of Leeds
Moses Libalah - Université de Yaoundé I
Gauthier Ligot - University of Liège
Jon Lloyd - Imperial College London
Thomas Lovejoy - George Mason University
Yadvinder Malhi - University of Oxford
Beatriz Marimon - Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
Ben Hur Marimon - Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
Emmanuel Martin - Sokoine University of Agriculture
Paulus Matius - Mulawarman University
Victoria Meyer - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Casimero Mendoza Bautista
Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza - Missouri Botanical Garden
Arafat Mtui - Museo delle Scienze
David Neill - Universidad Estatal Amazónica
Germaine Alexander Parada Gutierrez
Guido Pardo - Universidad Autónoma del Beni
Marc Parren - Field Museum of Natural History
N. Parthasarathy - French Institute of Pondicherry
Oliver Phillips - University of Leeds
Nigel Pitman - Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment
Pierre Ploton - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Quentin Ponette - UCLouvain
B.R. Ramesh - French Institute of Pondicherry
Jean-Claude Razafimahaimodison - Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developpement Rural
Maxime Réjou-Méchain - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Samir Gonçalves Rolim - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Hugo Romero Saltos
Marc Rossi
Robert Spironello
Francesco Rovero - MUSE – Science Museum of Trento
Philippe Saner
Denise Sasaki
Andrew Schulze
Marc Silveira
James Singh
Plinio Sist - Forêts et Sociétés
Bonaventure Sonké - Université de Yaoundé I
J. Daniel Soto
Cintia Rodrigues de Souza - Amazonia Central
Juliana Stropp - JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Martin Martin
Ben Swanepoel
Hans Steege
James Terborgh
Nicolas Texier - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Takeshi Toma - Department of Forest Vegetation
Renato Valencia - Laboratorio de Ecología de Plantas y Herbario QCA, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas
Luis Valenzuela
Leandro Valle Ferreira
Fernando Cornejo Valverde - Chercheur indépendant
Tinde van Andel
Rodolfo Vasque
Hans Verbeeck - Computational & Applied Vegetation Ecology
Pandi Vivek
Jason Vleminckx
Vincent Vos
Fabien Wagner - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Papi Puspa Warsudi
Verginia Wortel - Biodiversity Department
Roderick Zagt
Donatien Zebaze - Laboratoire de Botanique systématique et d'Ecologie [ENS Yaoudé]
Détails de publication: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol.27(11), pp.1366-1383
Identifiants: 99151429409311
Unité académique: BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Langue: English
Type de ressource: Journal article
Champs locaux: hal-02102265