Earthquakes influence beech tree growth and survival
Posted 4 Nov 2024
By James McCarthy
Type: News
Status: Confirmed
Notes: A network of 216 permanent vegetation plots established along an elevation gradient was used to measure the influence of the 1994 Arthurs Pass earthquake on growth and survival of trees in beech forest. This long term dataset, established and measured four times in the 20 years before the earthquake and remeasured three times during another 20 years following, is stored in NVS.
Allen RB, MacKenzie DI, Wiser SK, Bellingham PJ, Burrows LE, Coomes DA 2024. A growth–survival trade-off along an elevation gradient is altered by earthquake disturbance in a monodominant southern beech forest. Ecology and Evolution 14: e70467.
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