Cavender-Bares, J.M., Nelson, E., Meireles, J.E., et al., 2022. The Hidden Value of Trees: Quantifying the Ecosystem Services of Tree Lineages and Their Major Threats across the Contiguous US. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000010.

Key excerpts:

• “Trees provide critical contributions to human well-being. They sequester and store green-house gasses, filter air pollutants, provide wood, food, and other products, among other benefits.”
• “We find that the value of five key ecosystem services with adequate data generated by US trees is $114 billion per annum (low: $85 B; high: $137 B; 2010 USD).”
• “ … we find that…[t]he non-market value of trees from carbon storage and air pollution removal far exceed their commercial value from wood products and food crops.”