[en] The density of wood is a key indicator of the carbon investment strategies of trees, impacting productivity and carbon storage. Despite its importance, the global variation in wood density and its environmental controls remain poorly understood, preventing accurate predictions of global forest carbon stocks. Here we analyse information from 1.1 million forest inventory plots alongside wood density data from 10,703 tree species to create a spatially explicit understanding of the global wood density distribution and its drivers. Our findings reveal a pronounced latitudinal gradient, with wood in tropical forests being up to 30% denser than that in boreal forests. In both angiosperms and gymnosperms, hydrothermal conditions represented by annual mean temperature and soil moisture emerged as the primary factors influencing the variation in wood density globally. This indicates similar environmental filters and evolutionary adaptations among distinct plant groups, underscoring the essential role of abiotic factors in determining wood density in forest ecosystems. Additionally, our study highlights the prominent role of disturbance, such as human modification and fire risk, in influencing wood density at more local scales. Factoring in the spatial variation of wood density notably changes the estimates of forest carbon stocks, leading to differences of up to 21% within biomes. Therefore, our research contributes to a deeper understanding of terrestrial biomass distribution and how environmental changes and disturbances impact forest ecosystems.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Mo, Lidong ; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland. lidong.mo@usys.ethz.ch
Crowther, Thomas W ; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland
Maynard, Daniel S; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland ; Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
van den Hoogen, Johan; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland
Ma, Haozhi ; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland
Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland
Liang, Jingjing ; Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
de-Miguel, Sergio ; Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences and Engineering, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain ; Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC), Solsona, Spain
Nabuurs, Gert-Jan ; Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Reich, Peter B ; Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA ; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia ; Institute for Global Change Biology and School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Phillips, Oliver L ; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Abegg, Meinrad ; Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Alberti, Giorgio ; Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy ; National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy
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Alvarado, Braulio Vilchez; Forestry School, Tecnológico de Costa Rica TEC, Cartago, Costa Rica
Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban; Fundacion Con Vida, Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD), Medellin, Colombia
Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
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Ammer, Christian ; Silviculture and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro; Museo de Historia natural Noel kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Arroyo, Luzmila; Museo de Historia natural Noel kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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Baker, Timothy R ; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Bałazy, Radomir; Department of Geomatics, Forest Research Institute, Sękocin Stary, Poland
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Bastin, Jean-François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Biodiversité, Ecosystème et Paysage (BEP)
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Bussotti, Filippo; Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forest (DAGRI), University of Firenze, Florence, Italy
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Chisholm, Chelsea ; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland
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Clark, Connie; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Clark, David; Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Valverde, Fernando Cornejo; Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program, Madre de Dios, Peru
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Cumming, Jonathan R; Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
Dayanandan, Selvadurai; Biology Department, Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
de Gasper, André L ; Natural Science Department, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, Brazil
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Djordjevic, Ilija; Institute of Forestry, Belgrade, Serbia
Dolezal, Jiri ; Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň, Czech Republic ; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Dourdain, Aurélie; Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParisTech, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Campus Agronomique, Kourou, French Guiana
Engone Obiang, Nestor Laurier; IRET, Herbier National du Gabon (CENAREST), Libreville, Gabon
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Hector, Andrew ; Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Hemp, Andreas ; Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Hengeveld, Geerten ; Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Hérault, Bruno ; Cirad, UPR Forêts et Sociétés, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France ; Department of Forestry and Environment, National Polytechnic Institute (INP-HB), Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
Herbohn, John L ; Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
Herold, Martin ; Helmholtz GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics Section, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany
Hietz, Peter ; Institute of Botany, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Hillers, Annika; Centre for Conservation Science, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, UK ; Wild Chimpanzee Foundation, Liberia Office, Monrovia, Liberia
Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N ; Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana, Iquitos, Peru
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Imai, Nobuo; Department of Forest Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
Jagodziński, Andrzej M ; Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik, Poland ; Department of Game Management and Forest Protection, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Jaroszewicz, Bogdan ; Faculty of Biology, Białowieża Geobotanical Station, University of Warsaw, Białowieża, Poland
Johannsen, Vivian Kvist ; Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Joly, Carlos A ; Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
Jucker, Tommaso ; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Jung, Ilbin; Division of Forest Resources Information, Korea Forest Promotion Institute, Seoul, South Korea
Karminov, Viktor ; Forestry Faculty, Mytischi Branch of Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Mytischi, Russian Federation
Kartawinata, Kuswata; Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
Kearsley, Elizabeth; CAVElab-Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Kenfack, David ; CTFS-ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama
Kennard, Deborah K ; Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO, USA
Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian ; Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Keppel, Gunnar ; UniSA STEM and Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Khan, Mohammed Latif ; Department of Botany, Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Sagar, India
Killeen, Timothy J; Museo de Historia natural Noel kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Kim, Hyun Seok ; Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea ; Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea ; National Center for Agro Meteorology, Seoul, South Korea ; Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Kitayama, Kanehiro; Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Köhl, Michael ; Institute for World Forestry, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Korjus, Henn ; Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
Kraxner, Florian ; Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
Kucher, Dmitry; Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russian Federation
Laarmann, Diana; Institute of Forestry and Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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Lewis, Simon L ; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK ; Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
Li, Yuanzhi; Department of Ecology, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela ; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Lu, Huicui; Faculty of Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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Maitner, Brian S ; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Marshall, Andrew R; Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia ; Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK ; Flamingo Land Ltd, Kirby Misperton, UK
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Pfautsch, Sebastian ; School of Social Sciences (Urban Studies), Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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Souza, Alexandre F; Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Svenning, Jens-Christian ; Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere (ECONOVO) and Center for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World (BIOCHANGE), Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark ; Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Svoboda, Miroslav ; Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Targhetta, Natalia; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil
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Tikhonova, Elena ; Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Valencia, Renato; Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
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Van Bodegom, Peter M ; Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
van der Plas, Fons; Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Van Do, Tran ; Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
van Nuland, Michael E ; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Verbeeck, Hans ; CAVElab-Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Viana, Helder ; Agricultural High School, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu (IPV), Viseu, Portugal ; Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, CITAB, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, Vila Real, Portugal
Vibrans, Alexander C ; Natural Science Department, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, Brazil ; Department of Forest Engineering Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, Brazil
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von Gadow, Klaus ; Department of Forest and Wood Science, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Wang, Hua-Feng; Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources, Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
Watson, James V; Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
Werner, Gijsbert D A; Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Wittmann, Florian; Department of Wetland Ecology, Institute for Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Woell, Hannsjoerg; Independent Researcher, Sommersbergseestrasse, Bad Aussee, Austria
Wortel, Verginia ; Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS), Paramaribo, Suriname
Zagt, Roderick; Tropenbos International, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Zawiła-Niedźwiecki, Tomasz; Polish State Forests, Coordination Center for Environmental Projects, Warsaw, Poland
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Zhao, Xiuhai ; Research Center of Forest Management Engineering of State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
Zhou, Mo; Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Zhu, Zhi-Xin; Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources, Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, China
Zo-Bi, Irie C ; Department of Forestry and Environment, National Polytechnic Institute (INP-HB), Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
Zohner, Constantin M ; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland
This work was supported by grants to L.M. from the China Scholarship Council, to C.M.Z. from the SNF Ambizione Fellowship programme (no. PZ00P3_193646) and to T.W.C. from DOB Ecology and the Bernina Foundation. We thank RESTOR (www.restor.eco) for providing data and Google Earth Engine for analytical support. This study was in part supported by the ESA CCI Biomass project funded by the European Space Agency (4000123662/18/I-NB) and The Open Earth Monitor Project funded by the European Union. The GEO-TREES initiative (https://geo-trees.org/) contributed plot data to this study, supported by the European Space Agency, IIASA, RAINFOR, AfriTRON, ForestPlots.net, ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, TmFO, Universite de Toulouse, University of Leeds, UCL and CIRAD. The French National Forest Inventory data were downloaded by GFBi at https://inventaire-forestier.ign.fr/dataifn/ ; the Italian Forest Inventory data were downloaded by GFBi at https://inventarioforestale.org/. O. Bouriaud acknowledges funding from the Romanian National Council for Higher Education Funding, CNFIS, project no. CNFIS-FDI-2024-F-0155. J.-C.S. considers this work a contribution to Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere (ECONOVO), funded by Danish National Research Foundation (grant no. DNRF173) and his VILLUM Investigator project \u2018Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing World\u2019, funded by VILLUM FONDEN (grant no. 16549). ForestPlots.net and RAINFOR contributions led by O.L.P. were supported by multiple sources including the Royal Society (GCRF International Collaboration Award ICA\\R1\\180100), the European Research Council (advanced grant no. 291585), the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NE/B504630/1, NE/D010306/1, NE/G012067/1, NE/D005590/1, NE/I028122/1, NE/S011811/1) and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The exploratory plots of FunDivEUROPE were established through funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant no. 265171. T.M.F. was supported by a Czech Science Foundation Standard Grant (21-06446S). We thank the FCT\u2014Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, project UIDB/04033/2020 and ICNF-Instituto da Conserva\u00E7\u00E3o da Natureza, Portugal, National Forest Inventory for support. This study used GFBi plot data originally collected in Brazil with funding by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient\u00EDfico e Tecnol\u00F3gico (CNPq) (project 520053/1998-2). We are grateful to all the ministries and agencies from the Government of Spain that supported the collection, compilation and coordination of forest inventory data, also including the Spanish Forest Inventories. S.d.M. was supported by the Serra-H\u00FAnter fellowship provided by the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya). C.A. and P. Schall thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Priority Program 1374 Biodiversity Exploratories. We acknowledge the use of data drawn from the Natural Forest plot data collected between January 2009 and March 2014 by the LUCAS programme for the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment. Data were sourced via the NZ National Vegetation Survey Databank. Data from T.R.F. were supported by NERC (NE/W001691/1, NE/N011570/1, NE/R017980/1). K.J.S. thanks the IBL for supporting this work by internal funds under project no. 261509 AFTER FBS\u2014maintenance of ForBioSensing project performance indicators.
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