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Eric A. Álvarez
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Citations - 692
Eric A. Álvarez is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tree (data structure) & Productivity (ecology). The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 584 citations.
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Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size.
Nathan L. Stephenson,Adrian J. Das,Richard Condit,Sabrina E. Russo,Patrick J. Baker,Noelle G. Beckman,David A. Coomes,Emily R. Lines,William K. Morris,Nadja Rüger,Eric A. Álvarez,Cecilia Blundo,Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin,George B. Chuyong,Stuart J. Davies,Alvaro Duque,Corneille E. N. Ewango,Olivier Flores,Jerry F. Franklin,Hector Ricardo Grau,Zhanqing Hao,Mark E. Harmon,Stephen P. Hubbell,David Kenfack,Yiching Lin,Jean-Remy Makana,Agustina Malizia,Lucio R. Malizia,Robert J. Pabst,Nantachai Pongpattananurak,Sheng-Hsin Su,I-Fang Sun,Sylvester Tan,Duncan W. Thomas,P. J. van Mantgem,Xugao Wang,Susan K. Wiser,Miguel A. Zavala +37 more
TL;DR: A global analysis of 403 tropical and temperate tree species shows that for most species mass growth rate increases continuously with tree size, which means large, old trees do not act simply as senescent carbon reservoirs but actively fix large amounts of carbon compared to smaller trees.