Rachel Ward

Big thanks Lara Kueppers, @ngeetropics.bsky.social, GEM network @h-zhang.bsky.social @ymalhi.bsky.social, all coauthors!

Key findings: tropical forests invest ~60% more carbon in reproduction than boreal forests, and, surprisingly, old forests allocate far more to reproduction than young ones.

Forest Age Rivals Climate to Explain Reproductive Allocation Patterns in Forest Ecosystems Globally Forest allocation of net primary productivity (NPP) to reproduction is poorly quantified globally, despite its critical role in forest regeneration and a well-supported trade-off with allocation to g...

The first chapter of my dissertation is out in Ecology Letters! We pooled data from forest sites across the globe to understand how forests differ in their carbon investment in reproduction (flowers, fruits, seeds). #ForestEcology #GlobalEcology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....