TY - JOUR
T1 - The world’s tallest tropical tree in three dimensions
AU - Shenkin, Alexander
AU - Chandler, Chris J.
AU - Boyd, Doreen S.
AU - Jackson, Toby
AU - Disney, Mathias
AU - Majalap, Noreen
AU - Nilus, Reuben
AU - Foody, Giles
AU - bin Jami, Jamiluddin
AU - Reynolds, Glen
AU - Wilkes, Phil
AU - Cutler, Mark
AU - van der Heijden, Geertje M.F.
AU - Burslem, David FRP
AU - Coomes, David A.
AU - Bentley, Lisa Patrick
AU - Malhi, Yadvinder
N1 - We would like to thank NERC for funding the airborne remote sensing campaign (HMTF grant NE/K016377/1 to the BALI consortium, YM, DC and DB) + direct access grant to MC, DSB, GM and DB), analyses (grants NE/P004806/1 to MC, DSB, GF, DB, GH, and NE/I528477/1 to GH, DSB, GF), and groundbased work (grant NE/P012337/1 to YM, MD and LPB); an ERC Advanced Investigator Award (321131) to YM for funding the UAV work; LAStools’ LASmoons program for a free academic license; and an Anne McLaren Research fellowship by the University of Nottingham to GH for funding the tree climbing. YM is supported by the Jackson Foundation.
PY - 2019/6/18
Y1 - 2019/6/18
N2 - Here we report the recent discovery of the world’s tallest tropical tree (Shorea faguetiana), possibly the world’s tallest angiosperm (flowering plant), located in the rainforests of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. In addition, we provide a novel three-dimensional exploration of the dimensions of this remarkable tree and use these data to speculate on what drives the limits of tree height. Through consideration of both mechanical (risk of wind damage) and ecophysiological constraints we argue that this tree is close to the maximum height possible for angiosperms, around 100 m, and discuss more broadly what the nature and location of this tree imply about the limits to tree height. We propose to name this remarkable tree “Menara”, Malay for “tower”.
AB - Here we report the recent discovery of the world’s tallest tropical tree (Shorea faguetiana), possibly the world’s tallest angiosperm (flowering plant), located in the rainforests of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. In addition, we provide a novel three-dimensional exploration of the dimensions of this remarkable tree and use these data to speculate on what drives the limits of tree height. Through consideration of both mechanical (risk of wind damage) and ecophysiological constraints we argue that this tree is close to the maximum height possible for angiosperms, around 100 m, and discuss more broadly what the nature and location of this tree imply about the limits to tree height. We propose to name this remarkable tree “Menara”, Malay for “tower”.
U2 - 10.3389/ffgc.2019.00032
DO - 10.3389/ffgc.2019.00032
M3 - Article
SN - 2624-893X
VL - 2
JO - Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
JF - Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
M1 - 32
ER -