@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 = "09 maio 2024"
}