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Jucker, Tommaso ; Fischer, Fabian Jörg ; Chave, Jérôme ; Coomes, David A. ; Caspersen, John ; Ali, Arshad ; Loubota Panzou, Grace Jopaul ; Feldpausch, Ted R. ; Falster, Daniel ; Usoltsev, Vladimir A. ; Jackson, Toby D. ; Adu-Bredu, Stephen ; Alves, Luciana F. ; Aminpour, Mohammad ; Angoboy Ilondea, Bhely ; Anten, Niels P. R. ; Antin, Cécile ; Askari, Yousef ; Ayyappan, Narayanan ; Banin, Lindsay F. ; Barbier, Nicolas ; Battles, John J. ; Beeckman, Hans ; Bocko, Yannick E. ; Bond-Lamberty, Ben ; Bongers, Frans ; Bowers, Samuel ; van Breugel, Michiel ; Chantrain, Arthur ; Chaudhary, Rajeev ; Dai, Jingyu ; Dalponte, Michele ; Dimobe, Kangbéni ; Domec, Jean-Christophe ; Doucet, Jean-Louis ; Dupuy Rada, Juan Manuel ; Duursma, Remko A. ; Enríquez, Moisés ; van Ewijk, Karin Y. ; Farfán-Rios, William ; Fayolle, Adeline ; Ferretti, Marco ; Forni, Eric ; Forrester, David I. ; Gilani, Hammad ; Godlee, John L. ; Haeni, Matthias ; Hall, Jefferson S. ; He, Jie-Kun ; Hemp, Andreas ; Hernández-Stefanoni, José L. ; Higgins, Steven ; Holdaway, Robert J. ; Hussain, Kiramat ; Hutley, Lindsay B. ; Ichie, Tomoaki ; Iida, Yoshiko ; Jiang, Hai-Sheng ; Joshi, Puspa Raj ; Kaboli, Hasan ; Kazempour Larsary, Maryam ; Kenzo, Tanaka ; Kloeppel, Brian D. ; Kohyama, Takashi S. ; Kunwar, Suwash ; Kuyah, Shem ; Kvasnica, Jakub ; Lin, Siliang ; Lines, Emily R. ; Liu, Hongyan ; Lorimer, Craig ; Loumeto, Jean-Joël ; Malhi, Yadvinder ; Marshall, Peter L. ; Mattsson, Eskil ; Matula, Radim ; Meave, Jorge A. ; Mensah, Sylvanus ; Mi, Xiangcheng ; Momo, Stéphane T. ; Moncrieff, Glenn R. ; Mora, Francisco ; Muñoz, Rodrigo ; Nissanka, Sarath P. ; Nur Hajar, Zamah Shari ; O’Hara, Kevin L. ; Pearce, Steven ; Pelissier, Raphaël ; Peri, Pablo L. ; Ploton, Pierre ; Poorter, Lourens ; Pour, Mohsen Javanmiri ; Pourbabaei, Hassan ; Ribeiro, Sabina C. ; Ryan, Casey ; Sanaei, Anvar ; Sanger, Jennifer ; Schlund, Michael ; Sellan, Giacomo ; Shenkin, Alexander ; Sonké, Bonaventure ; Sterck, Frank J. ; Svátek, Martin ; Takagi, Kentaro ; Trugman, Anna T. ; Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A. ; Valipour, Ahmad ; Vanderwel, Mark C. ; Vovides, Alejandra G. ; Waldner, Peter ; Wang, Weiwei ; Wang, Li-Qiu ; Wirth, Christian ; Woods, Murray ; Xiang, Wenhua ; de Aquino Ximenes, Fabiano ; Xu, Yaozhan ; Yamada, Toshihiro ; Zavala, Miguel A. ; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.:
The global spectrum of tree crown architecture.
In: Nature Communications.
Vol. 16
(2025)
.
- 4876.
ISSN 2041-1723
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60262-x
Abstract in another language
Trees can differ enormously in their crown architectural traits, such as the scaling relationships between tree height, crown width and stem diameter. Yet despite the importance of crown architecture in shaping the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, we lack a complete picture of what drives this incredible diversity in crown shapes. Using data from 374,888 globally distributed trees, we explore how climate, disturbance, competition, functional traits, and evolutionary history constrain the height and crown width scaling relationships of 1914 tree species. We find that variation in height–diameter scaling relationships is primarily controlled by water availability and light competition. Conversely, crown width is predominantly shaped by exposure to wind and fire, while also covarying with functional traits related to mechanical stability and photosynthesis. Additionally, we identify several plant lineages with highly distinctive stem and crown forms, such as the exceedingly slender dipterocarps of Southeast Asia, or the extremely wide crowns of legume trees in African savannas. Our study charts the global spectrum of tree crown architecture and pinpoints the processes that shape the 3D structure of woody ecosystems.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Chair Plant Ecology > Chair Plant Ecology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Steven Ian Higgins Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Chair Plant Systematics Research Institutions > Central research institutes > Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research- BayCEER |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 580 Plants (Botany) |
| Date Deposited: | 27 May 2026 11:45 |
| Last Modified: | 27 May 2026 11:45 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/97736 |