Forest structures change at decadal to centennial temporal scales.
Forest structures undergo continuous development and transformation across decadal to centennial time scales as driven by succession, disturbance, and long-term environmental changes.
The claim is specific, empirical, and directly addressed by multiple papers providing decadal and centennial evidence of forest structure and composition changes, yielding a clear SUPPORTED verdict.
Bell AJ, Paterson SMA, Van Wilgenburg SL, Laroque CP, Wardle DA, Phillips ID. Pyrodiversity of boreal lake islands begets biodiversity of beetles, plants, and birds.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70218
Paper 2 demonstrates how fire history chronosequences spanning over two centuries drive successional changes in forest and island biodiversity.
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Pan K, Marshall L, Biesmeijer JC, de Snoo GR. A Century of Shifting Native Species-Accumulation Curves Reveals Long-Term Biodiversity Loss.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70429
Paper 4 uses nearly a century of vegetation data to document long-term shifts in forest structure and biodiversity.
Juyang W, Qin X, Yongzhi X, Jingpin L, Xunru A, Zhengxiang W, Jiang Z. Effects of stand structural changes on vegetation carbon sequestration capacity during secondary succession in subtropical evergreen-deciduous broadleaved mixed forests in central China.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128016
Paper 6 analyzes stand structural changes and carbon dynamics across decadal successional phases in mixed forests.
Carrington ME, Ross MS, Subedi SC. Succession in a Tropical Dry Forest: A Test of the Chronosequence and Inference of Community Assembly Dynamics.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73895
Paper 8 uses chronosequences and longitudinal measurements to confirm compositional and functional forest succession over decades.
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