Inferred longevity of Amazonian rainforest trees based on a long-term demographic study

By W. Laurance, H. Nascimento, S. Laurance, Richard S. Condit, S. D'angelo, A. Andrade. 2004

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Autocorrelated growth of tropical forest trees: Unraveling patterns and quantifying consequences (2006, background): “Many authors recognized this problem and therefore used above-average growth rates (cf. Clark and Clark, 1992; Condit et al., 1993; O’Brien et al., 1995; Terborgh et al., 1997; Laurance et al., 2004).”
Are we approaching 'peak timber' in the tropics? (2012, unknown): “Larger rainforest trees can range in age from many decades to a millennium or more (Taylor, 1954; Eckstein et al., 1981; Ash, 1988; Chambers et al., 1998; Laurance et al., 2004), illustrating that recovery of large trees in logged forests requires far more than the nominal 30–35 year logging cycles ”
Functional attributes change but functional richness is unchanged after fragmentation of Brazilian Atlantic forests (2014, background): “Although our fragments are typically ~40 years old, we cannot rule out the possibility that there remains an extinction debt in smaller fragments and at edges, especially given the longevity of many tree species in tropical rain forests (Chambers, Higuchi & Schimel 1998; Laurance et al. 2004), that ”
Old-Growth Forest Definitions: a Pragmatic View (2009, methodology): “For example, the quantification of net primary productivity involves, as a minimum requirement, the measurement of tree ring widths and wood density of stems, branches and coarse roots, the estimation of foliage and fineroot biomass and turnover, a full stand inventory, and the development of suitab”
When family matters: an analysis of Thelotremataceae (Lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales) as bioindicators of ecological continuity in tropical forests (2008, background): “…et al. 1998), while examples such as the recovery of the Petén after the Mayan deforestation (Rosenmeier et al. 2002), as well as age estimates based on tree growth studies (Clark and Clark 2001; Laurance et al. 2004; Brienen 2005) indicate shorter time spans of 100–500 years for tropical forests.”
Demographic and life-history correlates for Amazonian trees (2005, methodology): “Much of what is known about the demography and life history of tropical trees has been derived from longterm forest-dynamics studies in permanent plots (e.g. Lieberman et al. 1985; Primack et al. 1985; Hubbell & Foster 1986; Clark & Clark 1992; Condit et al. 1995, 1996a, b; O’Brien et al. 1995; Laur”
Changes in coexistence mechanisms along a long‐term soil chronosequence revealed by functional trait diversity (2012, background): “For example, short-lived gap exploiters have faster growth rates in high light conditions than shade-tolerant species (e.g. Horn 1974; Lieberman et al. 1985; Laurance et al. 2004).”
Disturbance‐Mediated Drift in Tree Functional Groups in Amazonian Forest Fragments (2007, background): “In addition, the smaller carbon stocks in stands dominated by early successional trees have a faster turnover because they are short-lived compared to old-growth trees (Laurance et al. 2004).”
Forest fragmentation differentially affects seed dispersal of large and small-seeded tropical trees (2007, background): “It is one of the largest trees in the area with a maximal d.b.h. of 153.2 cm (Laurance et al., 2004).”