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Sylvester Tan
Researcher at Smithsonian Institution
Publications - 76
Citations - 7852
Sylvester Tan is an academic researcher from Smithsonian Institution. The author has contributed to research in topics: Species diversity & Biomass (ecology). The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 73 publications receiving 6665 citations. Previous affiliations of Sylvester Tan include Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute & Forest Research Institute Malaysia.
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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.
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CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change
Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira,Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira,Stuart J. Davies,Stuart J. Davies,Amy C. Bennett,Erika Gonzalez-Akre,Helene C. Muller-Landau,S. Joseph Wright,Kamariah Abu Salim,Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano,Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano,Angelica M. Almeyda Zambrano,Alfonso Alonso,Jennifer L. Baltzer,Yves Basset,Norman A. Bourg,Eben N. Broadbent,Eben N. Broadbent,Eben N. Broadbent,Warren Y. Brockelman,Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin,David F. R. P. Burslem,Nathalie Butt,Nathalie Butt,Min Cao,Dairon Cárdenas,George B. Chuyong,Keith Clay,Susan Cordell,H. S. Dattaraja,Xiaobao Deng,Matteo Detto,Xiaojun Du,Alvaro Duque,David L. Erikson,Corneille E. N. Ewango,Gunter A. Fischer,Christine Fletcher,Robin B. Foster,Christian P. Giardina,Gregory S. Gilbert,Gregory S. Gilbert,Nimal Gunatilleke,Savitri Gunatilleke,Zhanqing Hao,William W. Hargrove,Terese B. Hart,Billy C.H. Hau,Fangliang He,Forrest M. Hoffman,Robert W. Howe,Stephen P. Hubbell,Stephen P. Hubbell,Faith Inman-Narahari,Patrick A. Jansen,Patrick A. Jansen,Mingxi Jiang,Daniel J. Johnson,Mamoru Kanzaki,Abdul Rahman Kassim,David Kenfack,David Kenfack,Staline Kibet,Margaret F. Kinnaird,Lisa Korte,Kamil Král,Jitendra Kumar,Andrew J. Larson,Yide Li,Xiankun Li,Shirong Liu,Shawn K. Y. Lum,James A. Lutz,Keping Ma,Damian M. Maddalena,Jean-Remy Makana,Yadvinder Malhi,Toby R. Marthews,Rafizah Mat Serudin,Sean M. McMahon,Sean M. McMahon,William J. McShea,Hervé Memiaghe,Xiangcheng Mi,Takashi Mizuno,Michael D. Morecroft,Jonathan Myers,Vojtech Novotny,Alexandre Adalardo de Oliveira,Perry S. Ong,David A. Orwig,Rebecca Ostertag,Jan den Ouden,Geoffrey G. Parker,Richard P. Phillips,Lawren Sack,Moses N. Sainge,Weiguo Sang,Kriangsak Sri-ngernyuang,Raman Sukumar,I-Fang Sun,Witchaphart Sungpalee,H. S. Suresh,Sylvester Tan,Sean C. Thomas,Duncan W. Thomas,Jill Thompson,Benjamin L. Turner,María Uriarte,Renato Valencia,Marta I. Vallejo,Alberto Vicentini,Tomáš Vrška,Xihua Wang,Xugao Wang,George D. Weiblen,Amy Wolf,Han Xu,Sandra L. Yap,Jess K. Zimmerman +119 more
TL;DR: The broad suite of measurements made at CTFS-ForestGEO sites makes it possible to investigate the complex ways in which global change is impacting forest dynamics, and continued monitoring will provide vital contributions to understanding worldwide forest diversity and dynamics in an era of global change.
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Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees
Ted R. Feldpausch,Lindsay F. Banin,Oliver L. Phillips,Timothy R. Baker,Simon L. Lewis,Carlos A. Quesada,Carlos A. Quesada,Kofi Affum-Baffoe,Eric Arets,Nicholas J. Berry,Michael I. Bird,Michael I. Bird,Eduardo S. Brondizio,P.B. De Camargo,Jérôme Chave,Gloria Djagbletey,Tomas F. Domingues,Tomas F. Domingues,Michael Drescher,Philip M. Fearnside,M.B. França,Nikolaos M. Fyllas,Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez,Annette Hladik,Niro Higuchi,M. O. Hunter,Yoshiko Iida,Kamariah Abu Salim,Abdul Rahman Kassim,Michael Keller,Michael Keller,J.E. Kemp,D.A. King,Jon C. Lovett,Beatriz Schwantes Marimon,Ben Hur Marimon-Junior,Eddie Lenza,Andrew R. Marshall,Daniel J. Metcalfe,Edward T. A. Mitchard,Emilio F. Moran,Bruce Walker Nelson,Reuben Nilus,Euler Melo Nogueira,Michael W. Palace,Sandra Patiño,Sandra Patiño,Kelvin S.-H. Peh,Kelvin S.-H. Peh,M.T. Raventos,Jan Reitsma,Gustavo Saiz,Gustavo Saiz,Franziska Schrodt,Bonaventure Sonké,Hermann Taedoumg,Sylvester Tan,Lee J. T. White,Hannsjörg Wöll,Jon Lloyd,Jon Lloyd +60 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a new global tropical forest database consisting of 39 955 concurrent H and D measurements encompassing 283 sites in 22 tropical countries, and used this database to determine if H:D relationships differ by geographic region and forest type (wet to dry forests, including zones of tension where forest and savanna overlap).
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Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates
Ted R. Feldpausch,Jon Lloyd,Jon Lloyd,Simon L. Lewis,Simon L. Lewis,Roel J. W. Brienen,Manuel Gloor,A. Monteagudo Mendoza,G. Lopez-Gonzalez,Lindsay F. Banin,Lindsay F. Banin,K. Abu Salim,Kofi Affum-Baffoe,Miguel Alexiades,Samuel Almeida,Iêda Leão do Amaral,Ana Andrade,Luiz E. O. C. Aragão,A. Araujo Murakami,Eric Arets,Luzmila Arroyo,Timothy R. Baker,Olaf Bánki,Nicholas J. Berry,Nallarett Davila Cardozo,Jérôme Chave,James A. Comiskey,Esteban Álvarez,A. A. R. de Oliveira,A. Di Fiore,Gloria Djagbletey,Tomas F. Domingues,Terry L. Erwin,Philip M. Fearnside,Mabiane Batista França,Maria Aparecida Freitas,Niro Higuchi,Yoshiko Iida,E. M. Jimenez,Abdul Rahman Kassim,Timothy J. Killeen,William F. Laurance,Jon C. Lovett,Yadvinder Malhi,Beatriz Schwantes Marimon,Ben Hur Marimon-Junior,Eddie Lenza,Andrew R. Marshall,Casimiro Mendoza,Daniel J. Metcalfe,Edward T. A. Mitchard,David A. Neill,Bruce Walker Nelson,Reuben Nilus,Euler Melo Nogueira,Alexander Parada,Kelvin S.-H. Peh,A. Peña Cruz,M. C. Peñuela,Nigel C. A. Pitman,Adriana Prieto,Carlos A. Quesada,Fredy Ramírez,Hirma Ramírez-Angulo,Jan Reitsma,Agustín Rudas,Gustavo Saiz,Rafael de Paiva Salomão,Michael P. Schwarz,Natalino Silva,Javier E. Silva-Espejo,Marcos Silveira,Bonaventure Sonké,Juliana Stropp,Hermann Taedoumg,Sylvester Tan,H. ter Steege,John Terborgh,Mireia Torello-Raventos,G. M. F. van der Heijden,G. M. F. van der Heijden,R. Vásquez,Emilio Vilanova,Vincent A. Vos,Lee J. T. White,Simon Willcock,Hannsjorg Woell,Oliver L. Phillips +87 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of tree height (H) on tropical forest biomass and carbon storage estimates was investigated using data from 20 sites across four continents, and the results showed that tree H is an important allometric factor that needs to be included in future forest biomass estimates to reduce error in estimates of tropical carbon stocks and emissions.
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The role of wood density and stem support costs in the growth and mortality of tropical trees
TL;DR: An important role is suggested for wood density and support costs in the classic tradeoff between rapid growth and increased risks of damage and death in light-wooded tree species.