ArticleNature ecology & evolution2025
Climatic differences among habitats shape the balance between maximum lifespan and life expectancy in Japanese tree species.
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- Population history rather than tree age contributes to the evolutionary importance of ancient trees in an endangered conifer.Nature plants · 2026Article
- The long tail of tree maximum lifespan enriches the forest.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
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Old trees, often living for hundreds or even thousands of years, play vital roles in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, their extraordinary longevity occurs under rare circumstances, as most individuals succumb to mortality. From an optimal resource allocation perspective, species adopting a life-history strategy with a high potential maximum lifespan (PML) are expected to also have a higher life expectancy (LE). Here we developed a framework to assess the longevity of 1-cm-diameter trees and calculated the PML and LE for 53 major tree species in Japan. The results revealed that the PML (mean 378 years) was 4.7 times higher than the LE (mean 81 years). Both indices showed a positive correlation, with a regression slope of 0.34; however, the explanatory power of the model was low (R
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