CTFS ‐Forest GEO : a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute · Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute · +80 more institutions
Abstract
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…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 46.83
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 241
Authors
108- KJKristina J. Anderson‐TeixeiraCorresponding
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, ForestGEO, National Zoological Park
- SJStuart J. Davies
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, National Museum of Natural History, ForestGEO
- ACAmy C. Bennett
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park
- EGErika Gonzalez‐Akre
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park
- HCHelene C. Muller‐Landau
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, ForestGEO
Topics & keywords
- Climate change
- Biome
- Global change
- Biodiversity
- Environmental science
- Global warming
- Forest ecology
- Ecosystem