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Main Authors: Jucker, Tommaso, Fischer, Fabian Jörg, Chave, Jérôme, Coomes, David A, Caspersen, John, Ali, Arshad, Loubota Panzou, Grace Jopaul, Feldpausch, Ted R, Falster, Daniel, Usoltsev, Vladimir A, Jackson, Toby D, Adu-Bredu, Stephen, Alves, Luciana F, Aminpour, Mohammad, Angoboy Ilondea, Bhely, Anten, Niels P R, Antin, Cécile, Askari, Yousef, Ayyappan, Narayanan, Banin, Lindsay F, Barbier, Nicolas, Battles, John J, Beeckman, Hans, Bocko, Yannick E, Bond-Lamberty, Ben, Bongers, Frans, Bowers, Samuel, van Breugel, Michiel, Chantrain, Arthur, Chaudhary, Rajeev, Dai, Jingyu, Dalponte, Michele, Dimobe, Kangbéni, Domec, Jean-Christophe, Doucet, Jean-Louis, Dupuy Rada, Juan Manuel, Duursma, Remko A, Enríquez, Moisés, van Ewijk, Karin Y, Farfán-Rios, William, Fayolle, Adeline, Ferretti, Marco, Forni, Eric, Forrester, David I, Gilani, Hammad, Godlee, John L, Haeni, Matthias, Hall, Jefferson S, He, Jie-Kun, Hemp, Andreas, Hernández-Stefanoni, José L, Higgins, Steven I, Holdaway, Robert J, Hussain, Kiramat, Hutley, Lindsay B, Ichie, Tomoaki, Iida, Yoshiko, Jiang, Hai-Sheng, Joshi, Puspa Raj, Kaboli, Hasan, Kazempour Larsary, Maryam, Kenzo, Tanaka, Kloeppel, Brian D, Kohyama, Takashi S, Kunwar, Suwash, Kuyah, Shem, Kvasnica, Jakub, Lin, Siliang, Lines, Emily R, Liu, Hongyan, Lorimer, Craig, Loumeto, Jean-Joël, Malhi, Yadvinder, Marshall, Peter L, Mattsson, Eskil, Matula, Radim, Meave, Jorge A, Mensah, Sylvanus, Mi, Xiangcheng, Momo, Stéphane T, Moncrieff, Glenn R, Mora, Francisco, Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nissanka, Sarath P, Nur Hajar, Zamah Shari, O'Hara, Kevin L, Pearce, Steven, Pelissier, Raphaël, Peri, Pablo L, Ploton, Pierre, Poorter, Lourens, Pour, Mohsen Javanmiri, Pourbabaei, Hassan, Ribeiro, Sabina C, Ryan, Casey, Sanaei, Anvar, Sanger, Jennifer, Schlund, Michael, Sellan, Giacomo, Shenkin, Alexander, Sonké, Bonaventure, Sterck, Frank J, Svátek, Martin, Takagi, Kentaro, Trugman, Anna T, Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A, Valipour, Ahmad, Vanderwel, Mark C, Vovides, Alejandra G, Waldner, Peter, Wang, Weiwei, Wang, Li-Qiu, Wirth, Christian, Woods, Murray, Xiang, Wenhua, de Aquino Ximenes, Fabiano, Xu, Yaozhan, Yamada, Toshihiro, Zavala, Miguel A, Zimmermann, Niklaus E
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author Jucker, Tommaso
Fischer, Fabian Jörg
Chave, Jérôme
Coomes, David A
Caspersen, John
Ali, Arshad
Loubota Panzou, Grace Jopaul
Feldpausch, Ted R
Falster, Daniel
Usoltsev, Vladimir A
Jackson, Toby D
Adu-Bredu, Stephen
Alves, Luciana F
Aminpour, Mohammad
Angoboy Ilondea, Bhely
Anten, Niels P R
Antin, Cécile
Askari, Yousef
Ayyappan, Narayanan
Banin, Lindsay F
Barbier, Nicolas
Battles, John J
Beeckman, Hans
Bocko, Yannick E
Bond-Lamberty, Ben
Bongers, Frans
Bowers, Samuel
van Breugel, Michiel
Chantrain, Arthur
Chaudhary, Rajeev
Dai, Jingyu
Dalponte, Michele
Dimobe, Kangbéni
Domec, Jean-Christophe
Doucet, Jean-Louis
Dupuy Rada, Juan Manuel
Duursma, Remko A
Enríquez, Moisés
van Ewijk, Karin Y
Farfán-Rios, William
Fayolle, Adeline
Ferretti, Marco
Forni, Eric
Forrester, David I
Gilani, Hammad
Godlee, John L
Haeni, Matthias
Hall, Jefferson S
He, Jie-Kun
Hemp, Andreas
Hernández-Stefanoni, José L
Higgins, Steven I
Holdaway, Robert J
Hussain, Kiramat
Hutley, Lindsay B
Ichie, Tomoaki
Iida, Yoshiko
Jiang, Hai-Sheng
Joshi, Puspa Raj
Kaboli, Hasan
Kazempour Larsary, Maryam
Kenzo, Tanaka
Kloeppel, Brian D
Kohyama, Takashi S
Kunwar, Suwash
Kuyah, Shem
Kvasnica, Jakub
Lin, Siliang
Lines, Emily R
Liu, Hongyan
Lorimer, Craig
Loumeto, Jean-Joël
Malhi, Yadvinder
Marshall, Peter L
Mattsson, Eskil
Matula, Radim
Meave, Jorge A
Mensah, Sylvanus
Mi, Xiangcheng
Momo, Stéphane T
Moncrieff, Glenn R
Mora, Francisco
Muñoz, Rodrigo
Nissanka, Sarath P
Nur Hajar, Zamah Shari
O'Hara, Kevin L
Pearce, Steven
Pelissier, Raphaël
Peri, Pablo L
Ploton, Pierre
Poorter, Lourens
Pour, Mohsen Javanmiri
Pourbabaei, Hassan
Ribeiro, Sabina C
Ryan, Casey
Sanaei, Anvar
Sanger, Jennifer
Schlund, Michael
Sellan, Giacomo
Shenkin, Alexander
Sonké, Bonaventure
Sterck, Frank J
Svátek, Martin
Takagi, Kentaro
Trugman, Anna T
Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A
Valipour, Ahmad
Vanderwel, Mark C
Vovides, Alejandra G
Waldner, Peter
Wang, Weiwei
Wang, Li-Qiu
Wirth, Christian
Woods, Murray
Xiang, Wenhua
de Aquino Ximenes, Fabiano
Xu, Yaozhan
Yamada, Toshihiro
Zavala, Miguel A
Zimmermann, Niklaus E
author_facet Jucker, Tommaso
Fischer, Fabian Jörg
Chave, Jérôme
Coomes, David A
Caspersen, John
Ali, Arshad
Loubota Panzou, Grace Jopaul
Feldpausch, Ted R
Falster, Daniel
Usoltsev, Vladimir A
Jackson, Toby D
Adu-Bredu, Stephen
Alves, Luciana F
Aminpour, Mohammad
Angoboy Ilondea, Bhely
Anten, Niels P R
Antin, Cécile
Askari, Yousef
Ayyappan, Narayanan
Banin, Lindsay F
Barbier, Nicolas
Battles, John J
Beeckman, Hans
Bocko, Yannick E
Bond-Lamberty, Ben
Bongers, Frans
Bowers, Samuel
van Breugel, Michiel
Chantrain, Arthur
Chaudhary, Rajeev
Dai, Jingyu
Dalponte, Michele
Dimobe, Kangbéni
Domec, Jean-Christophe
Doucet, Jean-Louis
Dupuy Rada, Juan Manuel
Duursma, Remko A
Enríquez, Moisés
van Ewijk, Karin Y
Farfán-Rios, William
Fayolle, Adeline
Ferretti, Marco
Forni, Eric
Forrester, David I
Gilani, Hammad
Godlee, John L
Haeni, Matthias
Hall, Jefferson S
He, Jie-Kun
Hemp, Andreas
Hernández-Stefanoni, José L
Higgins, Steven I
Holdaway, Robert J
Hussain, Kiramat
Hutley, Lindsay B
Ichie, Tomoaki
Iida, Yoshiko
Jiang, Hai-Sheng
Joshi, Puspa Raj
Kaboli, Hasan
Kazempour Larsary, Maryam
Kenzo, Tanaka
Kloeppel, Brian D
Kohyama, Takashi S
Kunwar, Suwash
Kuyah, Shem
Kvasnica, Jakub
Lin, Siliang
Lines, Emily R
Liu, Hongyan
Lorimer, Craig
Loumeto, Jean-Joël
Malhi, Yadvinder
Marshall, Peter L
Mattsson, Eskil
Matula, Radim
Meave, Jorge A
Mensah, Sylvanus
Mi, Xiangcheng
Momo, Stéphane T
Moncrieff, Glenn R
Mora, Francisco
Muñoz, Rodrigo
Nissanka, Sarath P
Nur Hajar, Zamah Shari
O'Hara, Kevin L
Pearce, Steven
Pelissier, Raphaël
Peri, Pablo L
Ploton, Pierre
Poorter, Lourens
Pour, Mohsen Javanmiri
Pourbabaei, Hassan
Ribeiro, Sabina C
Ryan, Casey
Sanaei, Anvar
Sanger, Jennifer
Schlund, Michael
Sellan, Giacomo
Shenkin, Alexander
Sonké, Bonaventure
Sterck, Frank J
Svátek, Martin
Takagi, Kentaro
Trugman, Anna T
Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A
Valipour, Ahmad
Vanderwel, Mark C
Vovides, Alejandra G
Waldner, Peter
Wang, Weiwei
Wang, Li-Qiu
Wirth, Christian
Woods, Murray
Xiang, Wenhua
de Aquino Ximenes, Fabiano
Xu, Yaozhan
Yamada, Toshihiro
Zavala, Miguel A
Zimmermann, Niklaus E
Jucker, Tommaso
Fischer, Fabian Jörg
Chave, Jérôme
Coomes, David A
Caspersen, John
Ali, Arshad
Loubota Panzou, Grace Jopaul
Feldpausch, Ted R
Falster, Daniel
Usoltsev, Vladimir A
Jackson, Toby D
Adu-Bredu, Stephen
Alves, Luciana F
Aminpour, Mohammad
Angoboy Ilondea, Bhely
Anten, Niels P R
Antin, Cécile
Askari, Yousef
Ayyappan, Narayanan
Banin, Lindsay F
Barbier, Nicolas
Battles, John J
Beeckman, Hans
Bocko, Yannick E
Bond-Lamberty, Ben
Bongers, Frans
Bowers, Samuel
van Breugel, Michiel
Chantrain, Arthur
Chaudhary, Rajeev
Dai, Jingyu
Dalponte, Michele
Dimobe, Kangbéni
Domec, Jean-Christophe
Doucet, Jean-Louis
Dupuy Rada, Juan Manuel
Duursma, Remko A
Enríquez, Moisés
van Ewijk, Karin Y
Farfán-Rios, William
Fayolle, Adeline
Ferretti, Marco
Forni, Eric
Forrester, David I
Gilani, Hammad
Godlee, John L
Haeni, Matthias
Hall, Jefferson S
He, Jie-Kun
Hemp, Andreas
Hernández-Stefanoni, José L
Higgins, Steven I
Holdaway, Robert J
Hussain, Kiramat
Hutley, Lindsay B
Ichie, Tomoaki
Iida, Yoshiko
Jiang, Hai-Sheng
Joshi, Puspa Raj
Kaboli, Hasan
Kazempour Larsary, Maryam
Kenzo, Tanaka
Kloeppel, Brian D
Kohyama, Takashi S
Kunwar, Suwash
Kuyah, Shem
Kvasnica, Jakub
Lin, Siliang
Lines, Emily R
Liu, Hongyan
Lorimer, Craig
Loumeto, Jean-Joël
Malhi, Yadvinder
Marshall, Peter L
Mattsson, Eskil
Matula, Radim
Meave, Jorge A
Mensah, Sylvanus
Mi, Xiangcheng
Momo, Stéphane T
Moncrieff, Glenn R
Mora, Francisco
Muñoz, Rodrigo
Nissanka, Sarath P
Nur Hajar, Zamah Shari
O'Hara, Kevin L
Pearce, Steven
Pelissier, Raphaël
Peri, Pablo L
Ploton, Pierre
Poorter, Lourens
Pour, Mohsen Javanmiri
Pourbabaei, Hassan
Ribeiro, Sabina C
Ryan, Casey
Sanaei, Anvar
Sanger, Jennifer
Schlund, Michael
Sellan, Giacomo
Shenkin, Alexander
Sonké, Bonaventure
Sterck, Frank J
Svátek, Martin
Takagi, Kentaro
Trugman, Anna T
Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A
Valipour, Ahmad
Vanderwel, Mark C
Vovides, Alejandra G
Waldner, Peter
Wang, Weiwei
Wang, Li-Qiu
Wirth, Christian
Woods, Murray
Xiang, Wenhua
de Aquino Ximenes, Fabiano
Xu, Yaozhan
Yamada, Toshihiro
Zavala, Miguel A
Zimmermann, Niklaus E
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contents The global spectrum of tree crown architecture. Jucker, Tommaso Fischer, Fabian Jörg Chave, Jérôme Coomes, David A Caspersen, John Ali, Arshad Loubota Panzou, Grace Jopaul Feldpausch, Ted R Falster, Daniel Usoltsev, Vladimir A Jackson, Toby D Adu-Bredu, Stephen Alves, Luciana F Aminpour, Mohammad Angoboy Ilondea, Bhely Anten, Niels P R Antin, Cécile Askari, Yousef Ayyappan, Narayanan Banin, Lindsay F Barbier, Nicolas Battles, John J Beeckman, Hans Bocko, Yannick E Bond-Lamberty, Ben Bongers, Frans Bowers, Samuel van Breugel, Michiel Chantrain, Arthur Chaudhary, Rajeev Dai, Jingyu Dalponte, Michele Dimobe, Kangbéni Domec, Jean-Christophe Doucet, Jean-Louis Dupuy Rada, Juan Manuel Duursma, Remko A Enríquez, Moisés van Ewijk, Karin Y Farfán-Rios, William Fayolle, Adeline Ferretti, Marco Forni, Eric Forrester, David I Gilani, Hammad Godlee, John L Haeni, Matthias Hall, Jefferson S He, Jie-Kun Hemp, Andreas Hernández-Stefanoni, José L Higgins, Steven I Holdaway, Robert J Hussain, Kiramat Hutley, Lindsay B Ichie, Tomoaki Iida, Yoshiko Jiang, Hai-Sheng Joshi, Puspa Raj Kaboli, Hasan Kazempour Larsary, Maryam Kenzo, Tanaka Kloeppel, Brian D Kohyama, Takashi S Kunwar, Suwash Kuyah, Shem Kvasnica, Jakub Lin, Siliang Lines, Emily R Liu, Hongyan Lorimer, Craig Loumeto, Jean-Joël Malhi, Yadvinder Marshall, Peter L Mattsson, Eskil Matula, Radim Meave, Jorge A Mensah, Sylvanus Mi, Xiangcheng Momo, Stéphane T Moncrieff, Glenn R Mora, Francisco Muñoz, Rodrigo Nissanka, Sarath P Nur Hajar, Zamah Shari O'Hara, Kevin L Pearce, Steven Pelissier, Raphaël Peri, Pablo L Ploton, Pierre Poorter, Lourens Pour, Mohsen Javanmiri Pourbabaei, Hassan Ribeiro, Sabina C Ryan, Casey Sanaei, Anvar Sanger, Jennifer Schlund, Michael Sellan, Giacomo Shenkin, Alexander Sonké, Bonaventure Sterck, Frank J Svátek, Martin Takagi, Kentaro Trugman, Anna T Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A Valipour, Ahmad Vanderwel, Mark C Vovides, Alejandra G Waldner, Peter Wang, Weiwei Wang, Li-Qiu Wirth, Christian Woods, Murray Xiang, Wenhua de Aquino Ximenes, Fabiano Xu, Yaozhan Yamada, Toshihiro Zavala, Miguel A Zimmermann, Niklaus E Trees Ecosystem Plant Stems Photosynthesis Climate Biological Evolution Phylogeny Trees can differ enormously in their crown architectural traits, such as the scaling relationships between tree height, crown width and stem diameter. Yet despite the importance of crown architecture in shaping the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, we lack a complete picture of what drives this incredible diversity in crown shapes. Using data from 374,888 globally distributed trees, we explore how climate, disturbance, competition, functional traits, and evolutionary history constrain the height and crown width scaling relationships of 1914 tree species. We find that variation in height-diameter scaling relationships is primarily controlled by water availability and light competition. Conversely, crown width is predominantly shaped by exposure to wind and fire, while also covarying with functional traits related to mechanical stability and photosynthesis. Additionally, we identify several plant lineages with highly distinctive stem and crown forms, such as the exceedingly slender dipterocarps of Southeast Asia, or the extremely wide crowns of legume trees in African savannas. Our study charts the global spectrum of tree crown architecture and pinpoints the processes that shape the 3D structure of woody ecosystems.
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Jucker, Tommaso
Fischer, Fabian Jörg
Chave, Jérôme
Coomes, David A
Caspersen, John
Ali, Arshad
Loubota Panzou, Grace Jopaul
Feldpausch, Ted R
Falster, Daniel
Usoltsev, Vladimir A
Jackson, Toby D
Adu-Bredu, Stephen
Alves, Luciana F
Aminpour, Mohammad
Angoboy Ilondea, Bhely
Anten, Niels P R
Antin, Cécile
Askari, Yousef
Ayyappan, Narayanan
Banin, Lindsay F
Barbier, Nicolas
Battles, John J
Beeckman, Hans
Bocko, Yannick E
Bond-Lamberty, Ben
Bongers, Frans
Bowers, Samuel
van Breugel, Michiel
Chantrain, Arthur
Chaudhary, Rajeev
Dai, Jingyu
Dalponte, Michele
Dimobe, Kangbéni
Domec, Jean-Christophe
Doucet, Jean-Louis
Dupuy Rada, Juan Manuel
Duursma, Remko A
Enríquez, Moisés
van Ewijk, Karin Y
Farfán-Rios, William
Fayolle, Adeline
Ferretti, Marco
Forni, Eric
Forrester, David I
Gilani, Hammad
Godlee, John L
Haeni, Matthias
Hall, Jefferson S
He, Jie-Kun
Hemp, Andreas
Hernández-Stefanoni, José L
Higgins, Steven I
Holdaway, Robert J
Hussain, Kiramat
Hutley, Lindsay B
Ichie, Tomoaki
Iida, Yoshiko
Jiang, Hai-Sheng
Joshi, Puspa Raj
Kaboli, Hasan
Kazempour Larsary, Maryam
Kenzo, Tanaka
Kloeppel, Brian D
Kohyama, Takashi S
Kunwar, Suwash
Kuyah, Shem
Kvasnica, Jakub
Lin, Siliang
Lines, Emily R
Liu, Hongyan
Lorimer, Craig
Loumeto, Jean-Joël
Malhi, Yadvinder
Marshall, Peter L
Mattsson, Eskil
Matula, Radim
Meave, Jorge A
Mensah, Sylvanus
Mi, Xiangcheng
Momo, Stéphane T
Moncrieff, Glenn R
Mora, Francisco
Muñoz, Rodrigo
Nissanka, Sarath P
Nur Hajar, Zamah Shari
O'Hara, Kevin L
Pearce, Steven
Pelissier, Raphaël
Peri, Pablo L
Ploton, Pierre
Poorter, Lourens
Pour, Mohsen Javanmiri
Pourbabaei, Hassan
Ribeiro, Sabina C
Ryan, Casey
Sanaei, Anvar
Sanger, Jennifer
Schlund, Michael
Sellan, Giacomo
Shenkin, Alexander
Sonké, Bonaventure
Sterck, Frank J
Svátek, Martin
Takagi, Kentaro
Trugman, Anna T
Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A
Valipour, Ahmad
Vanderwel, Mark C
Vovides, Alejandra G
Waldner, Peter
Wang, Weiwei
Wang, Li-Qiu
Wirth, Christian
Woods, Murray
Xiang, Wenhua
de Aquino Ximenes, Fabiano
Xu, Yaozhan
Yamada, Toshihiro
Zavala, Miguel A
Zimmermann, Niklaus E
Trees
Ecosystem
Plant Stems
Photosynthesis
Climate
Biological Evolution
Phylogeny
The global spectrum of tree crown architecture. Jucker, Tommaso Fischer, Fabian Jörg Chave, Jérôme Coomes, David A Caspersen, John Ali, Arshad Loubota Panzou, Grace Jopaul Feldpausch, Ted R Falster, Daniel Usoltsev, Vladimir A Jackson, Toby D Adu-Bredu, Stephen Alves, Luciana F Aminpour, Mohammad Angoboy Ilondea, Bhely Anten, Niels P R Antin, Cécile Askari, Yousef Ayyappan, Narayanan Banin, Lindsay F Barbier, Nicolas Battles, John J Beeckman, Hans Bocko, Yannick E Bond-Lamberty, Ben Bongers, Frans Bowers, Samuel van Breugel, Michiel Chantrain, Arthur Chaudhary, Rajeev Dai, Jingyu Dalponte, Michele Dimobe, Kangbéni Domec, Jean-Christophe Doucet, Jean-Louis Dupuy Rada, Juan Manuel Duursma, Remko A Enríquez, Moisés van Ewijk, Karin Y Farfán-Rios, William Fayolle, Adeline Ferretti, Marco Forni, Eric Forrester, David I Gilani, Hammad Godlee, John L Haeni, Matthias Hall, Jefferson S He, Jie-Kun Hemp, Andreas Hernández-Stefanoni, José L Higgins, Steven I Holdaway, Robert J Hussain, Kiramat Hutley, Lindsay B Ichie, Tomoaki Iida, Yoshiko Jiang, Hai-Sheng Joshi, Puspa Raj Kaboli, Hasan Kazempour Larsary, Maryam Kenzo, Tanaka Kloeppel, Brian D Kohyama, Takashi S Kunwar, Suwash Kuyah, Shem Kvasnica, Jakub Lin, Siliang Lines, Emily R Liu, Hongyan Lorimer, Craig Loumeto, Jean-Joël Malhi, Yadvinder Marshall, Peter L Mattsson, Eskil Matula, Radim Meave, Jorge A Mensah, Sylvanus Mi, Xiangcheng Momo, Stéphane T Moncrieff, Glenn R Mora, Francisco Muñoz, Rodrigo Nissanka, Sarath P Nur Hajar, Zamah Shari O'Hara, Kevin L Pearce, Steven Pelissier, Raphaël Peri, Pablo L Ploton, Pierre Poorter, Lourens Pour, Mohsen Javanmiri Pourbabaei, Hassan Ribeiro, Sabina C Ryan, Casey Sanaei, Anvar Sanger, Jennifer Schlund, Michael Sellan, Giacomo Shenkin, Alexander Sonké, Bonaventure Sterck, Frank J Svátek, Martin Takagi, Kentaro Trugman, Anna T Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A Valipour, Ahmad Vanderwel, Mark C Vovides, Alejandra G Waldner, Peter Wang, Weiwei Wang, Li-Qiu Wirth, Christian Woods, Murray Xiang, Wenhua de Aquino Ximenes, Fabiano Xu, Yaozhan Yamada, Toshihiro Zavala, Miguel A Zimmermann, Niklaus E Trees Ecosystem Plant Stems Photosynthesis Climate Biological Evolution Phylogeny Trees can differ enormously in their crown architectural traits, such as the scaling relationships between tree height, crown width and stem diameter. Yet despite the importance of crown architecture in shaping the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, we lack a complete picture of what drives this incredible diversity in crown shapes. Using data from 374,888 globally distributed trees, we explore how climate, disturbance, competition, functional traits, and evolutionary history constrain the height and crown width scaling relationships of 1914 tree species. We find that variation in height-diameter scaling relationships is primarily controlled by water availability and light competition. Conversely, crown width is predominantly shaped by exposure to wind and fire, while also covarying with functional traits related to mechanical stability and photosynthesis. Additionally, we identify several plant lineages with highly distinctive stem and crown forms, such as the exceedingly slender dipterocarps of Southeast Asia, or the extremely wide crowns of legume trees in African savannas. Our study charts the global spectrum of tree crown architecture and pinpoints the processes that shape the 3D structure of woody ecosystems.
title The global spectrum of tree crown architecture.
topic Trees
Ecosystem
Plant Stems
Photosynthesis
Climate
Biological Evolution
Phylogeny
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40419494/