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The Global Woody Surface: A Planetary Interface for Biodiversity, Ecosystem Function, and Climate
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Authors
Jonathan Gewirtzman 
Abstract
Global woody surfaces span an area nearly equivalent to Earth’s terrestrial land surface and mediate CO2 fluxes three times larger than global fossil fuel emissions and methane uptake comparable to the global soil sink, yet remain absent from ecological research and Earth system models despite their critical roles in biodiversity and ecosystem services.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31223/X5NT77
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Biogeochemistry, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Forest Sciences, Natural Resources and Conservation
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Published: 2025-08-07 18:57
Last Updated: 2025-08-28 07:26
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