Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

Hans ter Steege; Nigel C. A. Pitman; Daniel Sabatier; Christopher Baraloto; Rafael P. Salomao; Juan Ernesto Guevara; Oliver L. Phillips; Carolina V. Castilho; William E. Magnusson; Jean-Franois Molino; Abel Monteagudo; Percy Nunez Vargas; Juan Carlos Montero; Ted R. Feldpausch; Euridice N. Honorio Coronado; Tim J. Killeen; Bonifacio Mostacedo; Rodolfo Vasquez; Rafael L. Assis; John Terborgh; Florian Wittmann; Ana Andrade; William F. Laurance; Susan G. W. Laurance; Beatriz S. Marimon; Ben-Hur Marimon; Ima Celia Guimaraes Vieira; Ieda Leao Amaral; Roel Brienen; Hernan Castellanos; Dairon Cardenas Lopez; Joost F. Duivenvoorden; Hugo F. Mogollon; Francisca Dionizia de Almeida Matos; Nallarett Davila; Roosevelt Garcia-Villacorta; Pablo Roberto Stevenson Diaz; Flavia Costa; Thaise Emilio; Carolina Levis; Juliana Schietti; Priscila Souza; Alfonso Alonso; Francisco Dallmeier; Alvaro Javier Duque Montoya; Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade; Alejandro Araujo-Murakami; Luzmila Arroyo; Rogerio Gribel; Paul V. A. Fine; Carlos A. Peres; Marisol Toledo; A. Aymard C. Gerardo; Tim R. Baker; Carlos Ceron; Julien Engel; Terry W. Henkel; Paul Maas; Pascal Petronelli; Juliana Stropp; Charles Eugene Zartman; Doug Daly; David Neill; Marcos Silveira; Marcos Rios Paredes; Jerome Chave; Diogenes de Andrade Lima; Peter Moller Jorgensen; Alfredo Fuentes; Jochen Schoengart; Fernando Cornejo Valverde; Anthony Di Fiore; Eliana M. Jimenez; Maria Cristina Penuela Mora; Juan Fernando Phillips; Gonzalo Rivas; Tinde R. van Andel; Patricio von Hildebrand; Bruce Hoffman; Eglee L. Zent; Yadvinder Malhi; Adriana Prieto; Agustin Rudas; Ademir R. Ruschell; Natalino Silva; Vincent Vos; Stanford Zent; Alexandre A. Oliveira; Angela Cano Schutz; Therany Gonzales; Marcelo Trindade Nascimento; Hirma Ramirez-Angulo; Rodrigo Sierra; Milton Tirado; Maria Natalia Umana Medina; Geertje van der Heijden; Cesar I. A. Vela; Emilio Vilanova Torre; Corine Vriesendorp; Ophelia Wang; Kenneth R. Young; Claudia Baider; Henrik Balslev; Cid Ferreira; Italo Mesones; Armando Torres-Lezama; Ligia Estela Urrego Giraldo; Roderick Zagt; Miguel N. Alexiades; Lionel Hernandez; Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco; William Milliken; Walter Palacios Cuenca; Daniela Pauletto; Elvis Valderrama Sandoval; Luis Valenzuela Gamarra; Kyle G. Dexter; Ken Feeley; Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez; Miles R. Silman

doi:10.1126/science.1243092

Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

Hans ter Steege^*, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Daniel Sabatier, Christopher Baraloto, Rafael P. Salomao, Juan Ernesto Guevara, Oliver L. Phillips, Carolina V. Castilho, William E. Magnusson, Jean-Franois Molino, Abel Monteagudo, Percy Nunez Vargas, Juan Carlos Montero, Ted R. Feldpausch, Euridice N. Honorio Coronado, Tim J. Killeen, Bonifacio Mostacedo, Rodolfo Vasquez, Rafael L. Assis, John TerborghFlorian Wittmann, Ana Andrade, William F. Laurance, Susan G. W. Laurance, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben-Hur Marimon, Ima Celia Guimaraes Vieira, Ieda Leao Amaral, Roel Brienen, Hernan Castellanos, Dairon Cardenas Lopez, Joost F. Duivenvoorden, Hugo F. Mogollon, Francisca Dionizia de Almeida Matos, Nallarett Davila, Roosevelt Garcia-Villacorta, Pablo Roberto Stevenson Diaz, Flavia Costa, Thaise Emilio, Carolina Levis, Juliana Schietti, Priscila Souza, Alfonso Alonso, Francisco Dallmeier, Alvaro Javier Duque Montoya, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Luzmila Arroyo, Rogerio Gribel, Paul V. A. Fine, Carlos A. Peres, Marisol Toledo, A. Aymard C. Gerardo, Tim R. Baker, Carlos Ceron, Julien Engel, Terry W. Henkel, Paul Maas, Pascal Petronelli, Juliana Stropp, Charles Eugene Zartman, Doug Daly, David Neill, Marcos Silveira, Marcos Rios Paredes, Jerome Chave, Diogenes de Andrade Lima, Peter Moller Jorgensen, Alfredo Fuentes, Jochen Schoengart, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Anthony Di Fiore, Eliana M. Jimenez, Maria Cristina Penuela Mora, Juan Fernando Phillips, Gonzalo Rivas, Tinde R. van Andel, Patricio von Hildebrand, Bruce Hoffman, Eglee L. Zent, Yadvinder Malhi, Adriana Prieto, Agustin Rudas, Ademir R. Ruschell, Natalino Silva, Vincent Vos, Stanford Zent, Alexandre A. Oliveira, Angela Cano Schutz, Therany Gonzales, Marcelo Trindade Nascimento, Hirma Ramirez-Angulo, Rodrigo Sierra, Milton Tirado, Maria Natalia Umana Medina, Geertje van der Heijden, Cesar I. A. Vela, Emilio Vilanova Torre, Corine Vriesendorp, Ophelia Wang, Kenneth R. Young, Claudia Baider, Henrik Balslev, Cid Ferreira, Italo Mesones, Armando Torres-Lezama, Ligia Estela Urrego Giraldo, Roderick Zagt, Miguel N. Alexiades, Lionel Hernandez, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, William Milliken, Walter Palacios Cuenca, Daniela Pauletto, Elvis Valderrama Sandoval, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Kyle G. Dexter, Ken Feeley, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Miles R. Silman

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	325-+
Number of pages	10
Journal	Science
Volume	342
Issue number	6156
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1243092
Publication status	Published - 18 Oct 2013

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SPECIES ABUNDANCE
TROPICAL FOREST
RAIN-FOREST
GO EXTINCT
DISTRIBUTIONS
PATTERNS
DIVERSIFICATION
DIVERSITY
RARITY
PLANTS

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ter Steege, H., Pitman, N. C. A., Sabatier, D., Baraloto, C., Salomao, R. P., Guevara, J. E., Phillips, O. L., Castilho, C. V., Magnusson, W. E., Molino, J.-F., Monteagudo, A., Nunez Vargas, P., Carlos Montero, J., Feldpausch, T. R., Coronado, E. N. H., Killeen, T. J., Mostacedo, B., Vasquez, R., Assis, R. L., ... Silman, M. R. (2013). Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora. Science, 342(6156), 325-+. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1243092

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KW - PATTERNS

KW - DIVERSIFICATION

KW - DIVERSITY

KW - RARITY

KW - PLANTS

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Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

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