Annualised rates of standlevel
basal-area (BA) growth, basalarea
mortality, stem recruitment and
stem mortality over consecutive
census intervals for plots grouped into
‘slower growing less-dynamic’ (top)
and ‘faster growing more-dynamic’
(bottom) forests. Of the slowerdynamics
group, 20 of 24 plots are
from eastern and central Amazonia,
whereas just two are from western
Amazonia. Of the faster-dynamics
group, 24 of 26 plots are from western
Amazonia, with just one from central
Amazonia. The remaining three plots
are from Venezuela and outside the
Amazon drainage basin. Changes
have occurred across the South
American continent, and in both
slower- and faster-dynamic forests