Sentences with phrase «tree growth rates»

«Despite higher tree growth rates and higher turnover of biomass, rainforests in warmer climates stores less carbon because of the higher mortality rate,» he added.

A generalized nonlinear mixed model was used for modeling temporal trends of tree mortality and recruitment rates, and a linear mixed model was used for modeling temporal trends of tree growth rates (Methods).

The effect of size and competition on tree growth rate in old - growth coniferous forests.

We examined changes in tree growth rates over the past two decades for all species occurring in large (50 - ha) forest dynamics plots in Panama and Malaysia.

There may come a point when the global tree growth rate stagnates and perhaps even declines under warming climates.

Mean annual tree growth rates were calculated as relative annual growth in total basal area at both the stand and species levels.

However, the scientists also reviewed previous scattered studies and have revealed that the impact on tree growth rates is approximately equivalent across the tropics, on average nearly halving the rate of growth.

Unexpectedly, the area between two close glades had some of the lowest gecko lizard densities and tree growth rates of the entire study.

The supposed reason for our decision not to do this was that the «update» does not support our supposedly desired message of unprecedented modern warmth (because they appear to suggest that tree growth rate was greater during earlier times including the medieval period; Figure 2b, compare purple and black lines).

Tree growth rates are highly variable depending on management, species and location.

For all plots combined, tree growth rates, calculated as relative growth in total basal area, were observed to decline significantly, regardless of ages [Fig. 2C; P < 0.001, linear mixed model (LMM)-RSB-.