The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates

Tree Masting

doi:10.1111/ele.14500

The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates

Tree Masting

Université Grenoble Alpes
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Pennsylvania State University
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
University of Turin
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Université Paris-Saclay
INRAE
Université de Bordeaux
Complutense University
Aix-Marseille Université
CSIC
CSIC - Pyrenean Institute of Ecology
National Sun Yat-sen University
CNRS
CREA–Research Ventre for Forestry and Wood
Research Centre for Forestry and Wood
United States Geological Survey
National Agricultural Research Foundation
Boston University
Universidad de Chile
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
CREAF - Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals
Wake Forest University
University of Southampton
University of Washington
Center for Adaptive Western Landscapes
University of California at Santa Cruz
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
United States Department of Agriculture
University of Liverpool
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
University of Plymouth
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Silva Tarouca Research Institute
Akita Prefectural University
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Department of Health and Environmental Sciences
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Michigan State University

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Abstract

The fundamental trade-off between current and future reproduction has long been considered to result in a tendency for species that can grow large to begin reproduction at a larger size. Due to the prolonged time required to reach maturity, estimates of tree maturation size remain very rare and we lack a global view on the generality and the shape of this trade-off. Using seed production from five continents, we estimate tree maturation sizes for 486 tree species spanning tropical to boreal climates. Results show that a species' maturation size increases with maximum size, but in a non-proportional way: the largest species begin reproduction at smaller sizes than would be expected if maturation were simply proportional to maximum size. Furthermore, the decrease in relative maturation size is steepest in cold climates. These findings on maturation size drivers are key to accurately represent forests' responses to disturbance and climate change.

Original language	English
Article number	e14500
Journal	Ecology Letters
Volume	27
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14500
Publication status	Published - Sept 2024
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

allometry
life history
seed production
size
tree fecundity
tree maturation

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The Relationship Between Maturation Size and Maximum Tree Size From Tropical to Boreal Climates

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