Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities.
| Title: | Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities. |
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| Authors: | Cooper DLM; Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK. declan.cooper.16@ucl.ac.uk.; Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK. declan.cooper.16@ucl.ac.uk.; Lewis SL; Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK. s.l.lewis@ucl.ac.uk.; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. s.l.lewis@ucl.ac.uk.; Sullivan MJP; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.; Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.; Prado PI; Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.; Ter Steege H; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.; Quantitative Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.; Barbier N; AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France.; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Slik F; Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam.; Sonké B; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Ewango CEN; Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources Management and Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; Adu-Bredu S; Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana.; Affum-Baffoe K; Mensuration Unit, Forestry Commission of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana.; de Aguiar DPP; Procuradoria-Geral de Justiça, Ministério Público do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Ahuite Reategui MA; Medio Ambiente, PLUSPRETOL, Iquitos, Peru.; Aiba SI; Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.; Albuquerque BW; Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; de Almeida Matos FD; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Alonso A; Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA.; Amani CA; Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia.; Université Officielle de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; do Amaral DD; Coordenação de Botânica, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil.; do Amaral IL; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Andrade A; Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; de Andrade Miranda IP; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Angoboy IB; Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; Araujo-Murakami A; Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.; Arboleda NC; Herbario Amazónico Colombiano, Instituto SINCHI, Bogotá, Colombia.; Arroyo L; Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.; Ashton P; Bullard Emeritus Professor of Forestry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.; Aymard C GA; Programa de Ciencias del Agro y el Mar, Herbario Universitario (PORT), UNELLEZ-Guanare, Guanare, Venezuela.; Baider C; The Mauritius Herbarium, Agricultural Services, Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Reduit, Mauritius.; Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.; Baker TR; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.; Balinga MPB; Tetra Tech ARD, Accra, Ghana.; Balslev H; Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Aarhus, Denmark.; Banin LF; UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, UK.; Bánki OS; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.; Baraloto C; International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.; Barbosa EM; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Barbosa FR; ICNHS, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, Brazil.; Barlow J; Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.; Bastin JF; TERRA Teaching and Research Centre, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux, Belgium.; Beeckman H; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.; Begne S; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Bengone NN; Ministry of Forests, Seas, Environment and Climate, Libreville, Gabon.; Berenguer E; Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.; Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.; Berry N; The Landscapes and Livelihoods Group, Edinburgh, UK.; Bitariho R; Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mbarara, Uganda.; Boeckx P; Isotope Bioscience Laboratory (ISOFYS), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.; Bogaert J; Biodiversity and Landscape Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liege, Liège, Belgium.; Bonyoma B; Section de la Foresterie, Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomique Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; Boundja P; Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia.; Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.; Bourland N; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.; CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.; Forest Resources Management, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.; Resources and Synergies Development, Singapore, Singapore.; Boyemba Bosela F; Laboratory of Ecology and Forest Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; Brambach F; Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.; Brienen R; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.; Burslem DFRP; School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.; Camargo JL; Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Campelo W; Universidade Federal do Amapá, Ciências Ambientais, Macapá, Brazil.; Cano A; Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.; Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, UK.; Cárdenas S; Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.; Cárdenas López D; Herbario Amazónico Colombiano, Instituto SINCHI, Bogotá, Colombia.; de Sá Carpanedo R; ICNHS, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, Brazil.; Carrero Márquez YA; Programa de Maestria de Manejo de Bosques, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela.; Carvalho FA; Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.; Casas LF; Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.; Castellanos H; Centro de Investigaciones Ecológicas de Guayana, Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela.; Castilho CV; Centro de Pesquisa Agroflorestal de Roraima, Embrapa Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil.; Cerón C; Escuela de Biología Herbario Alfredo Paredes, Universidad Central, Quito, Ecuador.; Chapman CA; Biology Department, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.; Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.; School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa.; Chave J; Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.; Chhang P; Institute of Forest and Wildlife Research and Development (IRD), Phnom Penh, Cambodia.; Chutipong W; Conservation Ecology Program, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand.; Chuyong GB; Faculty of Science, Department of Plant Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.; Cintra BBL; Instituto de Biociências, Departamento Botanica, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.; Clark CJ; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.; Coelho de Souza F; Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.; BeZero, London, UK.; Comiskey JA; Inventory and Monitoring Program, National Park Service, Fredericksburg, VA, USA.; Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA.; Coomes DA; Department of Plant Sciences and Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Cornejo Valverde F; Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program, Madre de Dios, Madre de Dios, Peru.; Correa DF; Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.; The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.; Costa FRC; Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Costa JBP; Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Amapá, Macapá, Brazil.; Couteron P; AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France.; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Culmsee H; State Agency for Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology, Güstrow, Germany.; Cuni-Sanchez A; Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK.; Department of International Environmental and Development Studies (NORAGRIC), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.; Dallmeier F; Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA.; Damasco G; Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.; Dauby G; AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France.; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Dávila N; Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil.; Dávila Doza HP; Servicios de Biodiversidad EIRL, Iquitos, Peru.; De Alban JDT; Centre for Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.; Phillipines Programme, Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge, UK.; de Assis RL; Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Brazil.; De Canniere C; Landscape Ecology and Vegetal Production Systems Unit, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.; De Haulleville T; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.; de Jesus Veiga Carim M; Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Amapá (IEPA), Macapá, Brazil.; Demarchi LO; Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Dexter KG; School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.; Di Fiore A; Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.; Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador.; Din HHM; Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.; Disney MI; Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK.; Djiofack BY; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.; Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), Wood Laboratory of Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.; Djuikouo MK; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Faculty of Science, Department of Plant Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.; Do TV; Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam.; Doucet JL; Forest Is Life, TERRA, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liège University, Liège, Belgium.; Draper FC; Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.; Droissart V; AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France.; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Duivenvoorden JF; Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; Engel J; AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France.; Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.; Estienne V; Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.; Farfan-Rios W; Living Earth Collaborative, Washington University in Saint Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.; Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO, USA.; Fauset S; School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.; Feeley KJ; Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.; Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL, USA.; Feitosa YO; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia (Botânica), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Feldpausch TR; University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.; Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.; Ferreira C; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Ferreira J; Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Brazil.; Ferreira LV; Coordenação de Botânica, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil.; Fletcher CD; Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Malaysia.; Flores BM; Postgraduate Program in Ecology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.; Fofanah A; The Gola Rainforest National Park, Kenema, Sierra Leone.; Foli EG; Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana.; Fonty É; Direction Régionale de la Guyane, Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana.; Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.; Fredriksson GM; Pro Natura Foundation, Balikpapan, Indonesia.; Fuentes A; Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO, USA.; Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Carrera de Biología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.; Galbraith D; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.; Gallardo Gonzales GP; Servicios de Biodiversidad EIRL, Iquitos, Peru.; Garcia-Cabrera K; Biology Department and Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA.; García-Villacorta R; Programa Restauración de Ecosistemas (PRE), Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA), Tambopata, Peru.; Peruvian Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (PCBC), Iquitos, Peru.; Gomes VHF; Escola de Negócios Tecnologia e Inovação, Centro Universitário do Pará, Belém, Brazil.; Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.; Gómez RZ; PROTERRA, Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Peru.; Gonzales T; ACEER Foundation, Puerto Maldonado, Peru.; Gribel R; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Guedes MC; Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Amapá, Macapá, Brazil.; Guevara JE; Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud-BIOMAS, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.; The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA.; Hakeem KR; Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.; Hall JS; Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.; Hamer KC; School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.; Hamilton AC; Honorary Professor, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, China.; 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Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I; Herbario HAG, Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios (UNAMAD), Puerto Maldonado, Peru.; Hubau W; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.; Department of Environment, Laboratory of Wood Technology (Woodlab), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.; Imai N; Department of Forest Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan.; Irume MV; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Jansen PA; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon, Panama.; Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.; Jeffery KJ; Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.; Jimenez EM; Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Fauna y Flora Silvestre, Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Imani, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Amazonia, Leticia, Colombia.; Jucker T; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.; Junqueira AB; Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.; Kalamandeen M; School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.; Kamdem NG; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.; Kartawinata K; Integrative Research Center, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA.; Kasongo Yakusu E; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.; UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.; Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; Katembo JM; Laboratory of Ecology and Forest Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; Kearsley E; Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology (CAVElab), Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.; Kenfack D; Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.; Kessler M; Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.; Khaing TT; Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, China.; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.; Killeen TJ; Agteca-Amazonica, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.; Kitayama K; Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.; Klitgaard B; Department for Accelerated Taxonomy, Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, UK.; Labrière N; Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.; Laumonier Y; Forest and Environment Program, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia.; Laurance SGW; Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.; Laurance WF; Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.; Laurent F; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.; Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), Wood Laboratory of Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.; Le TC; Viet Nature Conservation Centre, Hanoi, Viet Nam.; Le TT; Viet Nature Conservation Centre, Hanoi, Viet Nam.; Leal ME; Uganda Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Kampala, Uganda.; Leão de Moraes Novo EM; Divisao de Sensoriamento Remoto (DSR), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brazil.; 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Lozada JR; Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Forestal, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela.; Lu X; Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China.; Luambua NK; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.; Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), Wood Laboratory of Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources Management, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; Faculté des sciences Agronomiques, Université Officielle de Mbujimayi, Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; Luize BG; Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil.; Maas P; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.; Magalhães JLL; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.; Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Brazil.; Magnusson WE; Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Mahayani NPD; Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.; Makana JR; Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire d'Écologie et Aménagement Forestier, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.; Malhi Y; Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.; Maniguaje Rincón L; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Mansor A; School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town, Malaysia.; Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town, Malaysia.; Manzatto AG; Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Unir, Porto Velho, Brazil.; Marimon BS; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, Brazil.; Marimon-Junior BH; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, Brazil.; Marshall AR; Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK.; Flamingo Land, Kirby Misperton, UK.; Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia.; Martins MP; Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil.; Mbayu FM; Jardín Botánico de Missouri, Oxapampa, Peru.; de Medeiros MB; Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasilia, Brazil.; Mesones I; Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.; Metali F; Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.; Mihindou V; Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon.; Ministère de la Forêt, de la Mer, de l'Environnement, Chargé du Plan Climat, Libreville, Gabon.; 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| Source: | Nature [Nature] 2024 Jan; Vol. 625 (7996), pp. 728-734. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 10. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0410462 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1476-4687 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00280836 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Nature Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Basingstoke : Nature Publishing Group; Original Publication: London, Macmillan Journals ltd. |
| MeSH Terms: | Trees*/anatomy & histology ; Trees*/classification ; Trees*/growth & development ; Forests* ; Tropical Climate*; Biodiversity ; Africa ; Asia, Southeastern |
| Abstract: | Trees structure the Earth's most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable challenge to understanding these forests, including their response to environmental change, as very little is known about most tropical tree species. A focus on the common species may circumvent this challenge. Here we investigate abundance patterns of common tree species using inventory data on 1,003,805 trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm across 1,568 locations1-6 in closed-canopy, structurally intact old-growth tropical forests in Africa, Amazonia and Southeast Asia. We estimate that 2.2%, 2.2% and 2.3% of species comprise 50% of the tropical trees in these regions, respectively. Extrapolating across all closed-canopy tropical forests, we estimate that just 1,053 species comprise half of Earth's 800 billion tropical trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm. Despite differing biogeographic, climatic and anthropogenic histories7, we find notably consistent patterns of common species and species abundance distributions across the continents. This suggests that fundamental mechanisms of tree community assembly may apply to all tropical forests. Resampling analyses show that the most common species are likely to belong to a manageable list of known species, enabling targeted efforts to understand their ecology. Although they do not detract from the importance of rare species, our results open new opportunities to understand the world's most diverse forests, including modelling their response to environmental change, by focusing on the common species that constitute the majority of their trees.; (© 2024. The Author(s).) |
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