The global spectrum of tree crown architecture
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F25%3A103168" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/25:103168 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62156489:43410/25:43926852
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60262-x" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60262-x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60262-x" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41467-025-60262-x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The global spectrum of tree crown architecture
Original language description
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.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40102 - Forestry
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LTT19018" target="_blank" >LTT19018: Participation of the Czech Republic in the GEM network</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nature Communications
ISSN
2041-1723
e-ISSN
2041-1723
Volume of the periodical
16
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
1-16
UT code for WoS article
001496382300002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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