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19 Jul 2024
Research article |  | 19 Jul 2024

Distinguishing mature and immature trees allows estimating forest carbon uptake from stand structure

Samuel M. Fischer, Xugao Wang, and Andreas Huth

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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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