CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

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	CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change
	Cao, M
刊名	GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
	2015
卷号	21 期号:2 页码:528-549
关键词	TROPICAL TREE COMMUNITY LONG-TERM NITROGEN RAIN-FOREST NEOTROPICAL FOREST FUNCTIONAL TRAITS SPATIAL-PATTERNS EL-NINO PHYLOGENETIC STRUCTURE SEEDLING RECRUITMENT DISPERSAL LIMITATION
ISSN号	1354-1013
中文摘要	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 25ha), all stems 1cm diameter are identified to species, mapped, and regularly recensused according to standardized protocols. CTFS-ForestGEO spans 25 degrees S-61 degrees N latitude, is generally representative of the range of bioclimatic, edaphic, and topographic conditions experienced by forests worldwide, and is the only forest monitoring network that applies a standardized protocol to each of the world's major forest biomes. Supplementary standardized measurements at subsets of the sites provide additional information on plants, animals, and ecosystem and environmental variables. CTFS-ForestGEO sites are experiencing multifaceted anthropogenic global change pressures including warming (average 0.61 degrees C), changes in precipitation (up to +/- 30% change), atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur compounds (up to 3.8g Nm(-2)yr(-1) and 3.1g Sm(-2)yr(-1)), and forest fragmentation in the surrounding landscape (up to 88% reduced tree cover within 5km). The broad suite of measurements made at CTFS-ForestGEO sites makes it possible to investigate the complex ways in which global change is impacting forest dynamics. Ongoing research across the CTFS-ForestGEO network is yielding insights into how and why the forests are changing, and continued monitoring will provide vital contributions to understanding worldwide forest diversity and dynamics in an era of global change.
原文出处	10.1111/gcb.12712
语种	英语
公开日期	2015-03-26
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/8378]
专题	西双版纳热带植物园_森林生态研究组
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cao, M. CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change[J]. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY,2015,21(2):528-549.
APA	Cao, M.(2015).CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change.GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY,21(2),528-549.
MLA	Cao, M."CTFS-ForestGEO: a worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change".GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 21.2(2015):528-549.