Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types

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Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types. / Zou, Yibiao; Zohner, Constantin M.; Averill, Colin; Ma, Haozhi; Merder, Julian; Berdugo, Miguel; Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia; Mo, Lidong; Brun, Philipp; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.; Liang, Jingjing; de-Miguel, Sergio; Nabuurs, Gert Jan; Reich, Peter B.; Niinements, Ulo; Dahlgren, Jonas; Kändler, Gerald; Ratcliffe, Sophia; Ruiz-Benito, Paloma; de Zavala, Miguel Angel; Crowther, Thomas W.; Johannsen, Vivian Kvist (Medlem af forfattergruppering); Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian (Medlem af forfattergruppering); GFBI consortium.

I: Nature Communications, Bind 15, 4658, 2024.

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Zou, Y, Zohner, CM, Averill, C, Ma, H, Merder, J, Berdugo, M, Bialic-Murphy, L, Mo, L, Brun, P, Zimmermann, NE, Liang, J, de-Miguel, S, Nabuurs, GJ, Reich, PB, Niinements, U, Dahlgren, J, Kändler, G, Ratcliffe, S, Ruiz-Benito, P, de Zavala, MA, Crowther, TW, Johannsen, VK, Kepfer-Rojas, S & GFBI consortium 2024, 'Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types', Nature Communications, bind 15, 4658. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48676-5

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Zou, Y., Zohner, C. M., Averill, C., Ma, H., Merder, J., Berdugo, M., Bialic-Murphy, L., Mo, L., Brun, P., Zimmermann, N. E., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G. J., Reich, P. B., Niinements, U., Dahlgren, J., Kändler, G., Ratcliffe, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., ... GFBI consortium (2024). Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types. Nature Communications, 15, [4658]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48676-5

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Zou Y, Zohner CM, Averill C, Ma H, Merder J, Berdugo M o.a. Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types. Nature Communications. 2024;15. 4658. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48676-5

Author

Zou, Yibiao ; Zohner, Constantin M. ; Averill, Colin ; Ma, Haozhi ; Merder, Julian ; Berdugo, Miguel ; Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia ; Mo, Lidong ; Brun, Philipp ; Zimmermann, Niklaus E. ; Liang, Jingjing ; de-Miguel, Sergio ; Nabuurs, Gert Jan ; Reich, Peter B. ; Niinements, Ulo ; Dahlgren, Jonas ; Kändler, Gerald ; Ratcliffe, Sophia ; Ruiz-Benito, Paloma ; de Zavala, Miguel Angel ; Crowther, Thomas W. ; Johannsen, Vivian Kvist ; Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian ; GFBI consortium. / Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types. I: Nature Communications. 2024 ; Bind 15.

Bibtex

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title = "Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types",
abstract = "The emergence of alternative stable states in forest systems has significant implications for the functioning and structure of the terrestrial biosphere, yet empirical evidence remains scarce. Here, we combine global forest biodiversity observations and simulations to test for alternative stable states in the presence of evergreen and deciduous forest types. We reveal a bimodal distribution of forest leaf types across temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere that cannot be explained by the environment alone, suggesting signatures of alternative forest states. Moreover, we empirically demonstrate the existence of positive feedbacks in tree growth, recruitment and mortality, with trees having 4–43% higher growth rates, 14–17% higher survival rates and 4–7 times higher recruitment rates when they are surrounded by trees of their own leaf type. Simulations show that the observed positive feedbacks are necessary and sufficient to generate alternative forest states, which also lead to dependency on history (hysteresis) during ecosystem transition from evergreen to deciduous forests and vice versa. We identify hotspots of bistable forest types in evergreen-deciduous ecotones, which are likely driven by soil-related positive feedbacks. These findings are integral to predicting the distribution of forest biomes, and aid to our understanding of biodiversity, carbon turnover, and terrestrial climate feedbacks.",
author = "Yibiao Zou and Zohner, {Constantin M.} and Colin Averill and Haozhi Ma and Julian Merder and Miguel Berdugo and Lalasia Bialic-Murphy and Lidong Mo and Philipp Brun and Zimmermann, {Niklaus E.} and Jingjing Liang and Sergio de-Miguel and Nabuurs, {Gert Jan} and Reich, {Peter B.} and Ulo Niinements and Jonas Dahlgren and Gerald K{\"a}ndler and Sophia Ratcliffe and Paloma Ruiz-Benito and {de Zavala}, {Miguel Angel} and Crowther, {Thomas W.} and Meinrad Abegg and {Adou Yao}, {Yves C.} and Giorgio Alberti and {Almeyda Zambrano}, {Angelica M.} and Alvarado, {Braulio Vilchez} and Esteban Alvarez-D{\'a}vila and Patricia Alvarez-Loayza and Alves, {Luciana F.} and Christian Ammer and Clara Ant{\'o}n-Fern{\'a}ndez and Alejandro Araujo-Murakami and Luzmila Arroyo and Valerio Avitabile and Aymard, {Gerardo A.} and Baker, {Timothy R.} and Radomir Ba{\l}azy and Olaf Banki and Barroso, {Jorcely G.} and Bastian, {Meredith L.} and Bastin, {Jean Francois} and Luca Birigazzi and Philippe Birnbaum and Robert Bitariho and Pascal Boeckx and Frans Bongers and Olivier Bouriaud and Brancalion, {Pedro H.S.} and Johannsen, {Vivian Kvist} and Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas and {GFBI consortium}",
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RIS

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T1 - Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types

AU - Zou, Yibiao

AU - Zohner, Constantin M.

AU - Averill, Colin

AU - Ma, Haozhi

AU - Merder, Julian

AU - Berdugo, Miguel

AU - Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia

AU - Mo, Lidong

AU - Brun, Philipp

AU - Zimmermann, Niklaus E.

AU - Liang, Jingjing

AU - de-Miguel, Sergio

AU - Nabuurs, Gert Jan

AU - Reich, Peter B.

AU - Niinements, Ulo

AU - Dahlgren, Jonas

AU - Kändler, Gerald

AU - Ratcliffe, Sophia

AU - Ruiz-Benito, Paloma

AU - de Zavala, Miguel Angel

AU - Crowther, Thomas W.

AU - Abegg, Meinrad

AU - Adou Yao, Yves C.

AU - Alberti, Giorgio

AU - Almeyda Zambrano, Angelica M.

AU - Alvarado, Braulio Vilchez

AU - Alvarez-Dávila, Esteban

AU - Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia

AU - Alves, Luciana F.

AU - Ammer, Christian

AU - Antón-Fernández, Clara

AU - Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro

AU - Arroyo, Luzmila

AU - Avitabile, Valerio

AU - Aymard, Gerardo A.

AU - Baker, Timothy R.

AU - Bałazy, Radomir

AU - Banki, Olaf

AU - Barroso, Jorcely G.

AU - Bastian, Meredith L.

AU - Bastin, Jean Francois

AU - Birigazzi, Luca

AU - Birnbaum, Philippe

AU - Bitariho, Robert

AU - Boeckx, Pascal

AU - Bongers, Frans

AU - Bouriaud, Olivier

AU - Brancalion, Pedro H.S.

AU - GFBI consortium

A2 - Johannsen, Vivian Kvist

A2 - Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - The emergence of alternative stable states in forest systems has significant implications for the functioning and structure of the terrestrial biosphere, yet empirical evidence remains scarce. Here, we combine global forest biodiversity observations and simulations to test for alternative stable states in the presence of evergreen and deciduous forest types. We reveal a bimodal distribution of forest leaf types across temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere that cannot be explained by the environment alone, suggesting signatures of alternative forest states. Moreover, we empirically demonstrate the existence of positive feedbacks in tree growth, recruitment and mortality, with trees having 4–43% higher growth rates, 14–17% higher survival rates and 4–7 times higher recruitment rates when they are surrounded by trees of their own leaf type. Simulations show that the observed positive feedbacks are necessary and sufficient to generate alternative forest states, which also lead to dependency on history (hysteresis) during ecosystem transition from evergreen to deciduous forests and vice versa. We identify hotspots of bistable forest types in evergreen-deciduous ecotones, which are likely driven by soil-related positive feedbacks. These findings are integral to predicting the distribution of forest biomes, and aid to our understanding of biodiversity, carbon turnover, and terrestrial climate feedbacks.

AB - The emergence of alternative stable states in forest systems has significant implications for the functioning and structure of the terrestrial biosphere, yet empirical evidence remains scarce. Here, we combine global forest biodiversity observations and simulations to test for alternative stable states in the presence of evergreen and deciduous forest types. We reveal a bimodal distribution of forest leaf types across temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere that cannot be explained by the environment alone, suggesting signatures of alternative forest states. Moreover, we empirically demonstrate the existence of positive feedbacks in tree growth, recruitment and mortality, with trees having 4–43% higher growth rates, 14–17% higher survival rates and 4–7 times higher recruitment rates when they are surrounded by trees of their own leaf type. Simulations show that the observed positive feedbacks are necessary and sufficient to generate alternative forest states, which also lead to dependency on history (hysteresis) during ecosystem transition from evergreen to deciduous forests and vice versa. We identify hotspots of bistable forest types in evergreen-deciduous ecotones, which are likely driven by soil-related positive feedbacks. These findings are integral to predicting the distribution of forest biomes, and aid to our understanding of biodiversity, carbon turnover, and terrestrial climate feedbacks.

U2 - 10.1038/s41467-024-48676-5

DO - 10.1038/s41467-024-48676-5

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 38821957

AN - SCOPUS:85195001010

VL - 15

JO - Nature Communications

JF - Nature Communications

SN - 2041-1723

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ER -

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