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Sullivan, MJP, Phillips, OL, Galbraith, D, Almeida, E, de Oliveira, EA, Almeida, J, Dávila, EÁ, Alves, LF, Andrade, A, Aragão, L, Araujo-Murakami, A, Arets, E, Arroyo, L, Cruz, OAM
, Baccaro, F, Baker, TR, Banki, O, Baraloto, C
, Barlow, J, Barroso, J
, Berenguer, E, Blanc, L, Blundo, C, Bonal, D, Bongers, F, Bordin, KM, Brienen, RJW, Broggio, IS, Burban, B, Cabral, G, Camargo, JL, Cardoso, D, Carniello, MA, Castro, W, de Lima, HC, Cavalheiro, L, Ribeiro, SC, Ramos, SCP, Moscoso, VC, Chave, J, Coelho, F, Comiskey, JA, Valverde, FC, Costa, F, Coutinho, IAC, da Costa, ACL, de Medeiros, MB, del Aguila Pasquel, J, Derroire, G, Dexter, KG, Disney, M, do Espírito Santo, MM, Domingues, TF, Dourdain, A, Duque, A, Rangel, CD, Elias, F, Esquivel-Muelbert, A, Farfan-Rios, W, Fauset, S, Feldpausch, T, Fernandes, GW, Ferreira, J, Nunes, YRF, Figueiredo, JCG, Cabreara, KG, Gonzalez, R, Hernández, L, Herrera, R, Honorio Coronado, EN, Huasco, WH, Iguatemy, M, Joly, CA, Kalamandeen, M, Killeen, T, Klipel, J, Klitgaard, B, Laurance, SG, Laurance, WF, Levesley, A, Lewis, SL, Lima Dan, M, Lopez-Gonzalez, G, Magnusson, W, Malhi, Y, Malizia, L, Malizia, A, Manzatto, AG, Peña, JLM, Marimon, BS, Marimon Junior, BH, Martínez-Villa, JA, Reis, SM, Metzker, T, Milliken, W, Monteagudo-Mendoza, A, Moonlight, P, Morandi, PS, Moser, P, Müller, SC, Nascimento, M, Negreiros, D, Lima, AN, Vargas, PN, Oliveira, WL, Palacios, W, Pallqui Camacho, NC, Gutierrez, AP, Pardo Molina, G, Pedra de Abreu, KM, Peña-Claros, M, Pena Rodrigues, PJF, Pennington, RT, Pickavance, GC, Pipoly, J, Pitman, NCA, Playfair, M, Pontes-Lopes, A, Poorter, L, Prestes, NCCDS, Ramírez-Angulo, H, Réjou-Méchain, M, Reynel Rodriguez, C, Rivas-Torres, G, Rodrigues, PMS, de Jesus Rodrigues, D, de Sousa, TR, Rodrigues Pinto, JR, Rodriguez M., GM, Roucoux, K, Ruokolainen, K, Ryan, CM, Revilla, NS, Salomão, R, Santos, RM, Sarkinen, T, Scabin, A, Bergamin, RS, Schietti, J, de Meira Junior, MS, Serrano, J, Silman, M, Silva, RC
, Silva, CVJ, Silva, JO, Silveira, M, Simon, MF, Soto-Shareva, YC, Souza, P, Souza, R, Sposito, T, Talbot, J, ter Steege, H, Terborgh, J, Thomas, R, Toledo, M, Torres-Lezama, A, Trujillo, W, van der Hout, P, Veloso, MDDM, Vieira, SA, Vilanova, E, Villalobos Cayo, JM, Villela, DM, Viscarra, LJ, Vos, VA, Wortel, V, Ishida, FY, Zuidema, PA & Zwerts, JA 2025, '
Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests',
Nature Communications, vol. 16, no. 1, 2351.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56175-4APA
Sullivan, M. J. P., Phillips, O. L., Galbraith, D., Almeida, E., de Oliveira, E. A., Almeida, J., Dávila, E. Á., Alves, L. F., Andrade, A., Aragão, L., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arets, E., Arroyo, L., Cruz, O. A. M.
, Baccaro, F., Baker, T. R., Banki, O., Baraloto, C.
, Barlow, J., ... Zwerts, J. A. (2025).
Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests.
Nature Communications,
16(1), Article 2351.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56175-4Vancouver
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title = "Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests",
abstract = "Wood density is a critical control on tree biomass, so poor understanding of its spatial variation can lead to large and systematic errors in forest biomass estimates and carbon maps. The need to understand how and why wood density varies is especially critical in tropical America where forests have exceptional species diversity and spatial turnover in composition. As tree identity and forest composition are challenging to estimate remotely, ground surveys are essential to know the wood density of trees, whether measured directly or inferred from their identity. Here, we assemble an extensive dataset of variation in wood density across the most forested and tree-diverse continent, examine how it relates to spatial and environmental variables, and use these relationships to predict spatial variation in wood density over tropical and sub-tropical South America. Our analysis refines previously identified east-west Amazon gradients in wood density, improves them by revealing fine-scale variation, and extends predictions into Andean, dry, and Atlantic forests. The results halve biomass prediction errors compared to a na{\"i}ve scenario with no knowledge of spatial variation in wood density. Our findings will help improve remote sensing-based estimates of aboveground biomass carbon stocks across tropical South America.",
author = "Sullivan, {Martin J. P.} and Phillips, {Oliver L.} and David Galbraith and Everton Almeida and {de Oliveira}, {Edmar Almeida} and Jarcilene Almeida and D{\'a}vila, {Esteban {\'A}lvarez} and Alves, {Luciana F.} and Ana Andrade and Luiz Arag{\~a}o and Alejandro Araujo-Murakami and Eric Arets and Luzmila Arroyo and Cruz, {Omar Aurelio Melo} and Fabr{\'i}cio Baccaro and Baker, {Timothy R.} and Olaf Banki and Christopher Baraloto and Jos Barlow and Jorcely Barroso and Erika Berenguer and Lilian Blanc and Cecilia Blundo and Damien Bonal and Frans Bongers and Bordin, {Kauane Maiara} and Brienen, {Roel J. W.} and Broggio, {Igor S.} and Benoit Burban and George Cabral and Camargo, {Jos{\'e} Lu{\'i}s} and Domingos Cardoso and Carniello, {Maria Antonia} and Wendeson Castro and {de Lima}, {Haroldo Cavalcante} and Larissa Cavalheiro and Ribeiro, {Sabina Cerruto} and Ramos, {Sonia Cesarina Palacios} and Moscoso, {Victor Chama} and Jer{\^o}me Chave and Fernanda Coelho and Comiskey, {James A.} and Valverde, {Fernando Cornejo} and Fl{\'a}via Costa and Coutinho, {Italo Ant{\^o}nio Cotta} and {da Costa}, {Antonio Carlos Lola} and {de Medeiros}, {Marcelo Brilhante} and {del Aguila Pasquel}, Jhon and G{\'e}raldine Derroire and Dexter, {Kyle G.} and Mat Disney and {do Esp{\'i}rito Santo}, {M{\'a}rio M.} and Domingues, {Tomas F.} and Aur{\'e}lie Dourdain and Alvaro Duque and Rangel, {Cristabel Dur{\'a}n} and Fernando Elias and Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert and William Farfan-Rios and Sophie Fauset and Ted Feldpausch and Fernandes, {G. Wilson} and Joice Ferreira and Nunes, {Yule Roberta Ferreira} and Figueiredo, {Jo{\~a}o Carlos Gomes} and Cabreara, {Karina Garcia} and Roy Gonzalez and Lionel Hern{\'a}ndez and Rafael Herrera and {Honorio Coronado}, {Eur{\'i}dice N.} and Huasco, {Walter Huaraca} and Mariana Iguatemy and Joly, {Carlos A.} and Michelle Kalamandeen and Timothy Killeen and Joice Klipel and Bente Klitgaard and Laurance, {Susan G.} and Laurance, {William F.} and Aurora Levesley and Lewis, {Simon L.} and {Lima Dan}, Maur{\'i}cio and Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez and William Magnusson and Yadvinder Malhi and Lucio Malizia and Augustina Malizia and Manzatto, {Angelo Gilberto} and Pe{\~n}a, {Jose Luis Marcelo} and Marimon, {Beatriz S.} and {Marimon Junior}, {Ben Hur} and Mart{\'i}nez-Villa, {Johanna Andrea} and Reis, {Simone Matias} and Thiago Metzker and William Milliken and Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza and Peter Moonlight and Morandi, {Paulo S.} and Pamela Moser and M{\"u}ller, {Sandra C.} and Marcelo Nascimento and Daniel Negreiros and Lima, {Adriano Nogueira} and Vargas, {Percy N{\'u}{\~n}ez} and Oliveira, {Washington L.} and Walter Palacios and {Pallqui Camacho}, {Nadir C.} and Gutierrez, {Alexander Parada} and {Pardo Molina}, Guido and {Pedra de Abreu}, {Karla Maria} and Marielos Pe{\~n}a-Claros and {Pena Rodrigues}, {Pablo Jos{\'e} Francisco} and Pennington, {R. Toby} and Pickavance, {Georgia C.} and John Pipoly and Pitman, {Nigel C. A.} and Maureen Playfair and Aline Pontes-Lopes and Lourens Poorter and Prestes, {Nayane Cristina Candida dos Santos} and Hirma Ram{\'i}rez-Angulo and Maxime R{\'e}jou-M{\'e}chain and {Reynel Rodriguez}, Carlos and Gonzalo Rivas-Torres and Rodrigues, {Priscyla M. S.} and {de Jesus Rodrigues}, Domingos and {de Sousa}, {Thaiane Rodrigues} and {Rodrigues Pinto}, {Jos{\'e} Roberto} and {Rodriguez M.}, {Gina M.} and Katherine Roucoux and Kalle Ruokolainen and Ryan, {Casey M.} and Revilla, {Norma Salinas} and Rafael Salom{\~a}o and Santos, {Rubens M.} and Tiina Sarkinen and Andressa Scabin and Bergamin, {Rodrigo Scarton} and Juliana Schietti and {de Meira Junior}, {Milton Serpa} and Julio Serrano and Miles Silman and Silva, {Richarlly C.} and Silva, {Camila V. J.} and Silva, {Jhonathan Oliveria} and Marcos Silveira and Simon, {Marcelo F.} and Soto-Shareva, {Yahn Carlos} and Priscila Souza and Rodolfo Souza and Tereza Sposito and Joey Talbot and {ter Steege}, Hans and John Terborgh and Raquel Thomas and Marisol Toledo and Armando Torres-Lezama and William Trujillo and {van der Hout}, Peter and Veloso, {Maria das Dores Magalh{\~a}es} and Vieira, {Simone A.} and Emilio Vilanova and {Villalobos Cayo}, {Jeanneth M.} and Villela, {Dora M.} and Viscarra, {Laura Jessica} and Vos, {Vincent A.} and Verginia Wortel and Ishida, {Francoise Yoko} and Zuidema, {Pieter A.} and Zwerts, {Joeri A.}",
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests
AU - Sullivan, Martin J. P.
AU - Phillips, Oliver L.
AU - Galbraith, David
AU - Almeida, Everton
AU - de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida
AU - Almeida, Jarcilene
AU - Dávila, Esteban Álvarez
AU - Alves, Luciana F.
AU - Andrade, Ana
AU - Aragão, Luiz
AU - Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro
AU - Arets, Eric
AU - Arroyo, Luzmila
AU - Cruz, Omar Aurelio Melo
AU - Baccaro, Fabrício
AU - Baker, Timothy R.
AU - Banki, Olaf
AU - Baraloto, Christopher
AU - Barlow, Jos
AU - Barroso, Jorcely
AU - Berenguer, Erika
AU - Blanc, Lilian
AU - Blundo, Cecilia
AU - Bonal, Damien
AU - Bongers, Frans
AU - Bordin, Kauane Maiara
AU - Brienen, Roel J. W.
AU - Broggio, Igor S.
AU - Burban, Benoit
AU - Cabral, George
AU - Camargo, José Luís
AU - Cardoso, Domingos
AU - Carniello, Maria Antonia
AU - Castro, Wendeson
AU - de Lima, Haroldo Cavalcante
AU - Cavalheiro, Larissa
AU - Ribeiro, Sabina Cerruto
AU - Ramos, Sonia Cesarina Palacios
AU - Moscoso, Victor Chama
AU - Chave, Jerôme
AU - Coelho, Fernanda
AU - Comiskey, James A.
AU - Valverde, Fernando Cornejo
AU - Costa, Flávia
AU - Coutinho, Italo Antônio Cotta
AU - da Costa, Antonio Carlos Lola
AU - de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante
AU - del Aguila Pasquel, Jhon
AU - Derroire, Géraldine
AU - Dexter, Kyle G.
AU - Disney, Mat
AU - do Espírito Santo, Mário M.
AU - Domingues, Tomas F.
AU - Dourdain, Aurélie
AU - Duque, Alvaro
AU - Rangel, Cristabel Durán
AU - Elias, Fernando
AU - Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane
AU - Farfan-Rios, William
AU - Fauset, Sophie
AU - Feldpausch, Ted
AU - Fernandes, G. Wilson
AU - Ferreira, Joice
AU - Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira
AU - Figueiredo, João Carlos Gomes
AU - Cabreara, Karina Garcia
AU - Gonzalez, Roy
AU - Hernández, Lionel
AU - Herrera, Rafael
AU - Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N.
AU - Huasco, Walter Huaraca
AU - Iguatemy, Mariana
AU - Joly, Carlos A.
AU - Kalamandeen, Michelle
AU - Killeen, Timothy
AU - Klipel, Joice
AU - Klitgaard, Bente
AU - Laurance, Susan G.
AU - Laurance, William F.
AU - Levesley, Aurora
AU - Lewis, Simon L.
AU - Lima Dan, Maurício
AU - Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela
AU - Magnusson, William
AU - Malhi, Yadvinder
AU - Malizia, Lucio
AU - Malizia, Augustina
AU - Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto
AU - Peña, Jose Luis Marcelo
AU - Marimon, Beatriz S.
AU - Marimon Junior, Ben Hur
AU - Martínez-Villa, Johanna Andrea
AU - Reis, Simone Matias
AU - Metzker, Thiago
AU - Milliken, William
AU - Monteagudo-Mendoza, Abel
AU - Moonlight, Peter
AU - Morandi, Paulo S.
AU - Moser, Pamela
AU - Müller, Sandra C.
AU - Nascimento, Marcelo
AU - Negreiros, Daniel
AU - Lima, Adriano Nogueira
AU - Vargas, Percy Núñez
AU - Oliveira, Washington L.
AU - Palacios, Walter
AU - Pallqui Camacho, Nadir C.
AU - Gutierrez, Alexander Parada
AU - Pardo Molina, Guido
AU - Pedra de Abreu, Karla Maria
AU - Peña-Claros, Marielos
AU - Pena Rodrigues, Pablo José Francisco
AU - Pennington, R. Toby
AU - Pickavance, Georgia C.
AU - Pipoly, John
AU - Pitman, Nigel C. A.
AU - Playfair, Maureen
AU - Pontes-Lopes, Aline
AU - Poorter, Lourens
AU - Prestes, Nayane Cristina Candida dos Santos
AU - Ramírez-Angulo, Hirma
AU - Réjou-Méchain, Maxime
AU - Reynel Rodriguez, Carlos
AU - Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo
AU - Rodrigues, Priscyla M. S.
AU - de Jesus Rodrigues, Domingos
AU - de Sousa, Thaiane Rodrigues
AU - Rodrigues Pinto, José Roberto
AU - Rodriguez M., Gina M.
AU - Roucoux, Katherine
AU - Ruokolainen, Kalle
AU - Ryan, Casey M.
AU - Revilla, Norma Salinas
AU - Salomão, Rafael
AU - Santos, Rubens M.
AU - Sarkinen, Tiina
AU - Scabin, Andressa
AU - Bergamin, Rodrigo Scarton
AU - Schietti, Juliana
AU - de Meira Junior, Milton Serpa
AU - Serrano, Julio
AU - Silman, Miles
AU - Silva, Richarlly C.
AU - Silva, Camila V. J.
AU - Silva, Jhonathan Oliveria
AU - Silveira, Marcos
AU - Simon, Marcelo F.
AU - Soto-Shareva, Yahn Carlos
AU - Souza, Priscila
AU - Souza, Rodolfo
AU - Sposito, Tereza
AU - Talbot, Joey
AU - ter Steege, Hans
AU - Terborgh, John
AU - Thomas, Raquel
AU - Toledo, Marisol
AU - Torres-Lezama, Armando
AU - Trujillo, William
AU - van der Hout, Peter
AU - Veloso, Maria das Dores Magalhães
AU - Vieira, Simone A.
AU - Vilanova, Emilio
AU - Villalobos Cayo, Jeanneth M.
AU - Villela, Dora M.
AU - Viscarra, Laura Jessica
AU - Vos, Vincent A.
AU - Wortel, Verginia
AU - Ishida, Francoise Yoko
AU - Zuidema, Pieter A.
AU - Zwerts, Joeri A.
PY - 2025/3/10
Y1 - 2025/3/10
N2 - Wood density is a critical control on tree biomass, so poor understanding of its spatial variation can lead to large and systematic errors in forest biomass estimates and carbon maps. The need to understand how and why wood density varies is especially critical in tropical America where forests have exceptional species diversity and spatial turnover in composition. As tree identity and forest composition are challenging to estimate remotely, ground surveys are essential to know the wood density of trees, whether measured directly or inferred from their identity. Here, we assemble an extensive dataset of variation in wood density across the most forested and tree-diverse continent, examine how it relates to spatial and environmental variables, and use these relationships to predict spatial variation in wood density over tropical and sub-tropical South America. Our analysis refines previously identified east-west Amazon gradients in wood density, improves them by revealing fine-scale variation, and extends predictions into Andean, dry, and Atlantic forests. The results halve biomass prediction errors compared to a naïve scenario with no knowledge of spatial variation in wood density. Our findings will help improve remote sensing-based estimates of aboveground biomass carbon stocks across tropical South America.
AB - Wood density is a critical control on tree biomass, so poor understanding of its spatial variation can lead to large and systematic errors in forest biomass estimates and carbon maps. The need to understand how and why wood density varies is especially critical in tropical America where forests have exceptional species diversity and spatial turnover in composition. As tree identity and forest composition are challenging to estimate remotely, ground surveys are essential to know the wood density of trees, whether measured directly or inferred from their identity. Here, we assemble an extensive dataset of variation in wood density across the most forested and tree-diverse continent, examine how it relates to spatial and environmental variables, and use these relationships to predict spatial variation in wood density over tropical and sub-tropical South America. Our analysis refines previously identified east-west Amazon gradients in wood density, improves them by revealing fine-scale variation, and extends predictions into Andean, dry, and Atlantic forests. The results halve biomass prediction errors compared to a naïve scenario with no knowledge of spatial variation in wood density. Our findings will help improve remote sensing-based estimates of aboveground biomass carbon stocks across tropical South America.
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-025-56175-4
DO - 10.1038/s41467-025-56175-4
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
IS - 1
M1 - 2351
ER -
