Context (archaeology)

Global change

Ecology

Biology

Dynamics (music)

Archaeology

Acoustics

Forest ecology

Physics

Climate change

Geography

Old-growth forest

Forest dynamics

Ecosystem

Science

Shifting forest dynamics Forest dynamics are the processes of recruitment, growth, death, and turnover of the constituent tree species of the forest community. These processes are driven by disturbances both natural and anthropogenic. McDowell et al. review recent progress in understanding the drivers of forest dynamics and how these are interacting and changing in the context of global climate change. The authors show that shifts in forest dynamics are already occurring, and the emerging pattern is that global forests are tending toward younger stands with faster turnover as old-growth forest with stable dynamics are dwindling. Science , this issue p. eaaz9463

Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world