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SUBMITTER: Stanke H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7815881 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stanke Hunter H Finley Andrew O AO Domke Grant M GM Weed Aaron S AS MacFarlane David W DW
Nature communications 20210119 1
Changing forest disturbance regimes and climate are driving accelerated tree mortality across temperate forests. However, it remains unknown if elevated mortality has induced decline of tree populations and the ecological, economic, and social benefits they provide. Here, we develop a standardized forest demographic index and use it to quantify trends in tree population dynamics over the last two decades in the western United States. The rate and pattern of change we observe across species and t ...[more]