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The relationship between maturation size and maximum tree size from tropical to boreal climates

Valentin Journe·Michał Bogdziewicz·Benoit Courbaud·Georges Kunstler·Tong Qiu·Marie-Claire Aravena Acuña·Davide Ascoli·Yves Bergeron·Daniel Berveiller·Thomas Boivin·Raul Bonal·Thomas Caignard·Maxime Cailleret·Rafael Calama·J. Julio Camarero·Chia-Hao Chang-Yang·Jerome Chave·Francesco Chianucci·Thomas Curt·Andrea Cutini·Adrian J. Das·Evangelia Daskalakou·Hendrik Davi·Nicolas Delpierre·Sylvain Delzon·Michael Dietze·Sergio Donoso Calderon·Laurent Dormont·Josep Maria Espelta·William Farfan-Rios·Michael Fenner·Jerry F. Franklin·Catherine A. Gehring·Gregory S. Gilbert·Georg Gratzer·Cathryn H. Greenberg·Arthur Guignabert·Qinfeng Guo·Andrew Hacket-Pain·Arndt Hampe·Qingmin Han·Mick E. Hanley·Janneke Hille Ris Lambers·Jan Holik·Kazuhiko Hoshizaki·Ines Ibanez·Jill F. Johnstone·Johannes M. H. Knops·Richard K. Kobe·Hiroko Kurokawa·Jonathan G. A. Lageard·Jalene M. LaMontagne·Mateusz Ledwon·Francois Lefevre·Theodor Leininger·Jean-Marc Limousin·James A. Lutz·Diana Macias·Anders Marell·Eliot J. B. McIntire·Emily V. Moran·Renzo Motta·Jonathan A. Myers·Thomas A. Nagel·Shoji Naoe·Mahoko Noguchi·Julian Norghauer·Michio Oguro·Jean-Marc Ourcival·Robert Parmenter·Ian S. Pearse·Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos·Lukasz Piechnik·Tomasz Podgorski·John Poulsen·Miranda D. Redmond·Chantal D. Reid·Pavel Samonil·C. Lane Scher·William H. Schlesinger·Barbara Seget·Shubhi Sharma·Mitsue Shibata·Miles Silman·Michael A. Steele·Nathan L. Stephenson·Jacob N. Straub·Samantha Sutton·Jennifer J. Swenson·Margaret Swift·Peter A. Thomas·Maria Uriarte·Giorgio Vacchiano·Amy V. Whipple·Thomas G. Whitham·S. Joseph Wright·Kai Zhu·Jess K. Zimmerman·Magdalena Zywiec·James S. Clark
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Abstract

The fundamental trade-off between current and future reproduction has long been considered to result in a tendency for species that can grow large to begin reproduction at a proportionately larger size. Due to the prolonged time required to reach maturity, estimates of tree maturation size remain unavailable and we lack a global view on the generality and the shape of this trade-off. Using seed production from five continents, we estimate tree maturation sizes for 486 tree pecies spanning tropical to boreal climates. Results show that a species’ maturation size increases with maximum size, but in a non-proportional way: the largest species begin reproduction at smaller sizes than would be expected if maturation size were simply proportional to maximum size. Furthermore, the decrease in relative maturation size is steepest in cold climates. These findings on maturation size drivers are key to accurately represent forests’ responses to disturbance and climate change.

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Valentin Journe, Michał Bogdziewicz, Benoit Courbaud, Georges Kunstler, Tong Qiu, Marie-Claire Aravena Acuña, Davide Ascoli, Yves Bergeron, Daniel Berveiller, Thomas Boivin, Raul Bonal, Thomas Caignard, Maxime Cailleret, Rafael Calama, J. Julio Camarero, Chia-Hao Chang-Yang, Jerome Chave, Francesco Chianucci, Thomas Curt, Andrea Cutini, Adrian J. Das, Evangelia Daskalakou, Hendrik Davi, Nicolas Delpierre, Sylvain Delzon, Michael Dietze, Sergio Donoso Calderon, Laurent Dormont, Josep Maria Espelta, William Farfan-Rios, Michael Fenner, Jerry F. Franklin, Catherine A. Gehring, Gregory S. Gilbert, Georg Gratzer, Cathryn H. Greenberg, Arthur Guignabert, Qinfeng Guo, Andrew Hacket-Pain, Arndt Hampe, Qingmin Han, Mick E. Hanley, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Jan Holik, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Ines Ibanez, Jill F. Johnstone, Johannes M. H. Knops, Richard K. Kobe, Hiroko Kurokawa, Jonathan G. A. Lageard, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Mateusz Ledwon, Francois Lefevre, Theodor Leininger, Jean-Marc Limousin, James A. Lutz, Diana Macias, Anders Marell, Eliot J. B. McIntire, Emily V. Moran, Renzo Motta, Jonathan A. Myers, Thomas A. Nagel, Shoji Naoe, Mahoko Noguchi, Julian Norghauer, Michio Oguro, Jean-Marc Ourcival, Robert Parmenter, Ian S. Pearse, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Lukasz Piechnik, Tomasz Podgorski, John Poulsen, Miranda D. Redmond, Chantal D. Reid, Pavel Samonil, C. Lane Scher, William H. Schlesinger, Barbara Seget, Shubhi Sharma, Mitsue Shibata, Miles Silman, Michael A. Steele, Nathan L. Stephenson, Jacob N. Straub, Samantha Sutton, Jennifer J. Swenson, Margaret Swift, Peter A. Thomas, Maria Uriarte, Giorgio Vacchiano, Amy V. Whipple, Thomas G. Whitham, S. Joseph Wright, Kai Zhu, Jess K. Zimmerman, Magdalena Zywiec, James S. Clark. 2024-10-02. The relationship between maturation size and maximum tree size from tropical to boreal climates. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14500

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