Research
Global patterns of radial growth-structural heterogeneity relationships in forests
The Brief
- Study uses tree-ring data from more than 900 sites to examine how forest radial growth relates to size structure heterogeneity.
- The authors report that warming and wetter conditions reduce tree-size inequality in high-stress regions.
- Results are published in Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/s41467-026-79442-4.
Why it matters
Climate change can reshape how sizes are distributed among trees in forests, which affects forest structure and how forests respond to stress. The findings come from a large multi-site dataset spanning many regions.
Who’s affected
- forest ecologists
- climate scientists
- forest managers
- #forests
- #tree rings
- #climate change
- #forest structure
- #radial growth
Nature Communications, Published online: 14 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-79442-4 Climate change can reshape forest size structure. Using tree rings from > 900 sites, the authors found warming and wetter conditions reduce tree-size inequality in high-stress regions but…
Timeline
Published online in Nature Communications
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Global patterns of radial growth-structural heterogeneity relationships in forests