@Article{GorgensNJCKRVRAGCMAPSHO:2021:ReAvDi,
author = "Gorgens, Eric B. and Nunes, Matheus H. and Jackson, Tobias and
Coomes, David and Keller, Michael and Reis, Cristiano R. and
Valbuena, Ruben and Rosette, Jacqueline and Almeida, Danilo R. A.
de and Gimenez, Bruno and Cantinho, Roberta and Motta, Alline Z.
and Assis, Mauro L{\'u}cio Rodrigues de and Pereira, Francisca
Regina de Souza and Spanner, Gustavo and Higuchi, Niro and Ometto,
Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud",
affiliation = "{Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri} and
{University of Helsinki} and {University of Cambridge} and
{University of Cambridge} and {United States Forest Service} and
{Universidade de S{\~a}o Paulo (USP)} and {Bangor University} and
{Swansea Univesity} and {Universidade de S{\~a}o Paulo (USP)} and
{Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute} and {Universidade de
Bras{\'{\i}}lia (UnB)} and {Universidade Federal dos Vales do
Jequitinhonha e Mucuri} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
(INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz{\^o}nia
(INPA)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz{\^o}nia
(INPA)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
title = "Resource availability and disturbance shape maximum tree height
across the Amazon",
journal = "Global Change Biology",
year = "2021",
volume = "27",
number = "1",
pages = "177--189",
month = "Jan.",
note = "{Pr{\^e}mio CAPES Elsevier 2023 - ODS 15: Vida terrestre}",
abstract = "Tall trees are key drivers of ecosystem processes in tropical
forest, but the controls on the distribution of the very tallest
trees remain poorly understood. The recent discovery of grove of
giant trees over 80 meters tall in the Amazon forest requires a
reevaluation of current thinking. We used high-resolution airborne
laser surveys to measure canopy height across 282,750 ha of
old-growth and second-growth forests randomly sampling the entire
Brazilian Amazon. We investigated how resources and disturbances
shape the maximum height distribution across the Brazilian Amazon
through the relations between the occurrence of giant trees and
environmental factors. Common drivers of height development are
fundamentally different from those influencing the occurrence of
giant trees. We found that changes in wind and light availability
drive giant tree distribution as much as precipitation and
temperature, together shaping the forest structure of the
Brazilian Amazon. The location of giant trees should be carefully
considered by policymakers when identifying important hot spots
for the conservation of biodiversity in the Amazon.",
doi = "10.1111/gcb.15423",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15423",
issn = "1354-1013",
label = "20210104",
language = "en",
targetfile = "gorgens_resources.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "03 jun. 2024"
}