Managing ecosystems for resilience—the capacity to maintain function in response to
perturbation—is among the most pressing ecological and socioeconomic imperatives of our …

Metabolic Scaling Theory (MST) predicts a 'universal scaling law'of tree growth. Proponents
claim that MST has strong empirical support: the size‐dependent growth curves of 40 out of …

Tropical montane cloud forests (TMCF s) harbour high levels of biodiversity and large
carbon stocks. Their location at high elevations make them especially sensitive to climate …

Key message We presented a method to determine the optimal wood production in Amazon
forest. The database that feeds the procedure is faster to obtain when compared to other …

As trees grow taller, hydraulic resistance can be expected to increase, causing
photosynthetic productivity to decline. Yet leaves maintain productivity over vast height …

Abstract The Metabolic Ecology Model predicts that tree diameter (D) growth (dD/dt) scales
with D1/3. Using data on diameter growth and height–diameter relationships for 56 and 40 …

Tree-size distribution is one of the most investigated subjects in plant population biology.
The forestry literature reports that tree-size distribution trajectories vary across different …

Tree mortality is one of the most influential drivers of forest dynamics, and characterizing
patterns of tree mortality is critical to understanding forest dynamics and ecosystem function …

Population-level scaling in ecological systems arises from individual growth and death with
competitive constraints. We build on a minimal dynamical model of metabolic growth where …

This study describes the use of a plant structure model from the field of macroecology to
make generalized predictions about backscatter-biomass and height-biomass trends from …