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Distinguishing mature and immature trees allows estimating forest carbon uptake from stand structure
Dept. of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Institute of Environmental Systems Research, Osnabrück University, Barbarastr. 12, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
Xugao Wang
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 417, Shenyang, 110016, China
Andreas Huth
Dept. of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Institute of Environmental Systems Research, Osnabrück University, Barbarastr. 12, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle–Jena–Leipzig, Puschstr. 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Understanding the drivers of forest productivity is key for accurately assessing forests’ role in the global carbon cycle. Yet, despite significant research effort, it is not fully understood how the productivity of a forest can be deduced from its stand structure. We suggest tackling this problem by identifying the share and structure of immature trees within forests and show that this approach could significantly improve estimates of forests’ net productivity and carbon uptake.
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