title: A response to 'Trends in tropical tree growth: reanalysis confirms earlier findings'.
abstract: We recently demonstrated that growth trends from tree rings from Van Der Sleen et al. (Nature Geoscience, 8, 2015, 24) and Groenendijk et al. (Global Change Biology, 21, 2015, 3762) are affected by demographic biases. In particular, clustered age distributions led to a negative bias in their growth trends. In a response, they challenge our analysis and present an alternative correction approach. We here show that their arguments are incorrect and based on misunderstanding of our analysis and that their alternative approach does not work.
authors.affiliation: School of Geography, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: Roel J W
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5397-5755
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Brienen
authors.affiliation: School of Geography, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gloor
authors.affiliation: School of Geography, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ziv
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D014197:Trees / Q000254:growth & development*; D014329:Tropical Climate