TY - JOUR
T1 - Hyperdominance in the Amazonian tree flora
AU - Ter Steege, Hans
AU - Pitman, Nigel C.A.
AU - Sabatier, Daniel
AU - Baraloto, Christopher
AU - Salomão, Rafael P.
AU - Guevara, Juan Ernesto
AU - Phillips, Oliver L.
AU - Castilho, Carolina V.
AU - Magnusson, William E.
AU - Molino, Jean François
AU - Monteagudo, Abel
AU - Vargas, Percy Núñez
AU - Montero, Juan Carlos
AU - Feldpausch, Ted R.
AU - Coronado, Eurídice N.Honorio
AU - Killeen, Tim J.
AU - Mostacedo, Bonifacio
AU - Vasquez, Rodolfo
AU - Assis, Rafael L.
AU - Terborgh, John
AU - Wittmann, Florian
AU - Andrade, Ana
AU - Laurance, William F.
AU - Laurance, Susan G.W.
AU - Marimon, Beatriz S.
AU - Marimon, Ben Hur
AU - Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães
AU - Amaral, Iêda Leão
AU - Brienen, Roel
AU - Castellanos, Hernán
AU - López, Dairon Cárdenas
AU - Duivenvoorden, Joost F.
AU - Mogollón, Hugo F.
AU - Matos, Francisca Dionízia De Almeida
AU - Dávila, Nállarett
AU - García-Villacorta, Roosevelt
AU - Diaz, Pablo Roberto Stevenson
AU - Costa, Flávia
AU - Emilio, Thaise
AU - Levis, Carolina
AU - Schietti, Juliana
AU - Souza, Priscila
AU - Alonso, Alfonso
AU - Dallmeier, Francisco
AU - Montoya, Alvaro Javier Duque
AU - Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez
AU - Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro
AU - Arroyo, Luzmila
AU - Gribel, Rogerio
AU - Hoffman, Bruce
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The vast extent of the Amazon Basin has historically restricted the study of its tree communities to the local and regional scales. Here, we provide empirical data on the commonness, rarity, and richness of lowland tree species across the entire Amazon Basin and Guiana Shield (Amazonia), collected in 1170 tree plots in all major forest types. Extrapolations suggest that Amazonia harbors roughly 16,000 tree species, of which just 227 (1.4%) account for half of all trees. Most of these are habitat specialists and only dominant in one or two regions of the basin. We discuss some implications of the finding that a small group of species - less diverse than the North American tree flora - accounts for half of the world's most diverse tree community.
AB - The vast extent of the Amazon Basin has historically restricted the study of its tree communities to the local and regional scales. Here, we provide empirical data on the commonness, rarity, and richness of lowland tree species across the entire Amazon Basin and Guiana Shield (Amazonia), collected in 1170 tree plots in all major forest types. Extrapolations suggest that Amazonia harbors roughly 16,000 tree species, of which just 227 (1.4%) account for half of all trees. Most of these are habitat specialists and only dominant in one or two regions of the basin. We discuss some implications of the finding that a small group of species - less diverse than the North American tree flora - accounts for half of the world's most diverse tree community.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84885774603
U2 - 10.1126/science.1243092
DO - 10.1126/science.1243092
M3 - Article
C2 - 24136971
AN - SCOPUS:84885774603
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 342
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6156
M1 - 1243092
ER -