| Title: |
Tree diversity is changing across tropical Andean and Amazonian forests in response to global change |
| Authors: |
Fadrique, Belén; Costa, Flávia; Cuesta, Francisco; Arellano, Gabriel; Cayuela, Luis; Baker, Tim R.; Draper, Frederick C.; Esquivel Muelbert, Adriane; ter Steege, Hans; Bauters, Marijn; Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús; Aguirre Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto; Alexiades, Miguel N.; Alvarez Davila, Esteban; Arets, Eric J. M. M.; Ayala, E.; Aymard Corredor, Gerardo A.; Baccaro, Fabrício B.; Báez, Selene; Baraloto, Christopher; Barbosa, R.I.; Barbosa Camargo, Plínio; Barlow, Jos; Barni, P.E.; Barroso, Jorcely G.; Benchimol, Maíra; Bennett, Amy C.; Berenguer, Erika; Blanc, Lilian; Bonal, Damien; Bongers, Frans; Brienen, Roel; Brown, Foster; Bt Andrade, M.; Burban, Benoit; Burnham, Robyn J.; Camargo, Jose Luis C.; Carvalho, Samuel P. C.; Castilho, Carolina V.; Chave, Jérôme; Coelho de Souza, Fernanda; Comiskey, James; da Costa, Lola; de Lima, R.B.; de Oliveira, E.; de Oliveira, R.L.C.; de Oliveira Perdiz, R.; de Rutte, J.; del Aguila-Pasquel, Jhon; Derroire, Géraldine; Di Fiore, Anthony; Disney, Mathias; Duque, Alvaro; Emilio, Thaise; Farfan-Rios, William; Fauset, Sophie; Fearnside, Philip M.; Feeley, Kenneth J.; Feldpausch, Ted R.; Ferreira, J.; Ferreira, Leandro V.; Flores Llampazo, Gerardo; Galbraith, David; Garcia-Cabrera, Karina; García Criado, M.; Gloor, Emanuel; Grandez-Rios, Julio; Hérault, Bruno; Homeier, Jürgen; Honorio Coronado, Eurídice; Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau; Huaraca Huasco, Walter; Huillca-Aedo, Y.T.; Idárraga, Alvaro; Jadán-Maza, O.; Kalamandeen, Michelle; Killeen, Timothy J.; Laurance, Susan G.W.; Laurance, William F.; Levesley, Aurora; Lopez, Wilmar; Macía, Manuel J.; Magnusson, William E.; Malhi, Yadvinder; Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto; Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes; Marimon Junior, Ben Hur; Martinez-Villa, Johanna; Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante; Melgaço, Karina; Melo, L.; Metzker, Thiago; Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel L.; Morandi, Paulo; Myers, Jonnathan A.; Nascimento, H.M.; Nascimento, R.; Neill, David; Nieto-Ariza, B.; Palacios, W.A.; Palacios Ramos, Sonia Cesarina |
| Contributors: |
University of Liverpool; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia = National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA); Universidad Rey Juan Carlos = Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC); University of Leeds; Aston University Birmingham; Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University Utrecht; Universiteit Gent = Ghent University = Université de Gand (UGent); University of Oxford; Wageningen University and Research Wageningen (WUR); Florida International University Miami (FIU); Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo (USP); Lancaster University; Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC); Universidade Estadual De Santa Cruz Brazil (UESC); Forêts et Sociétés (UPR Forêts et Sociétés); Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad); Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE); Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ); Centre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l'Environnement (CRBE); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP); Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Université de Toulouse (EPE UT); Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse); Smithsonian Institution; Federal University of Para - Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA Belém, Brazil (UFPA); Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso = Mato Grosso State University (UNEMAT); Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM); Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP); University College London UCL (UCL); Universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotà (UNAL); Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho = São Paulo State University (UNESP); University of Exeter; Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa); Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento Brasil (MAPA); Governo do Brasil-Governo do Brasil; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Belém, Brésil (MPEG); The University of Edinburgh; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brasil = Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Brazil = Université fédérale de Rio de Janeiro Brésil (UFRJ); Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; Universidad de Cuenca (UCUENCA); Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado Bolivie; James Cook University (JCU); Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM); Universidade Federal de Rondônia Brésil (UNIR); Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará Santarém (UFOPA); Karlsruhe Institute of Technology = Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT); Agence Nationale de la Recherche; ANR; FRA; http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001665; ANR-10-LABX-0025,CEBA,CEnter of the study of Biodiversity in Amazonia(2010); ANR-10-LABX-0041,TULIP,Towards a Unified theory of biotic Interactions: the roLe of environmental(2010); European Project: 869471,H2020-LC-CLA-2018-2019-2020,H2020-LC-CLA-2019-2,CHARTER(2020); European Project: 101152158,HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01,HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01,BIPOLAR(2025) |
| Source: |
ISSN: 2397-334X ; Nature Ecology & Evolution ; https://hal.science/hal-05492221 ; Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2026, pp.20. ⟨10.1038/s41559-025-02956-5⟩. |
| Publisher Information: |
CCSD; Nature |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Collection: |
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier: HAL-UPS |
| Subject Terms: |
forêt; Guyana; Amérique du Sud; région andine; Amazonie; changement climatique; forêt tropicale; biodiversité; arbre forestier; Climate-change ecology; impact sur l'environnement; biodiversité forestière; déboisement; forêt tropicale humide; géomorphologie; Biodiversity; Macroecology; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] |
| Description: |
Source Agritrop Cirad (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/616523/) ; International audience ; Climate and atmospheric changes are impacting forest function and structure worldwide, but their effects on tropical forest diversity are unclear. Nowhere is the scientific challenge greater than in the Andes and the Amazon, which together include the world's most diverse forests. Here, using 406 permanent plots spanning four decades of intact lowland and montane forest dynamics, we test for long-term change in species richness and assess the influence of climate and other variables. We show that, at a continental scale, species richness appears stable, but this masks substantial regional variation. Species richness increased in Northern Andean and Western Amazon plots, yet declined in the Central Andes, Guyana Shield and Central-Eastern Amazon. Overall, warmer, drier and more seasonal forests lost species, while those at higher elevations, in less fragmented areas and with faster rates of tree turnover experienced increases. Region-specific drivers, particularly precipitation seasonality and demographic factors, modulated these trends. The results highlight the diverse ways in which Amazon–Andes forests are changing and underscore the critical need to preserve large-scale ecosystem integrity to maintain local tree diversity. By doing so, Northern Andean forests in particular could serve as an important refuge for species increasingly displaced by climate change. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/41577829; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement//869471/EU/Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity/CHARTER; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement//101152158/EU/Cryptogam biodiversity dynamics under climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic poles/BIPOLAR; CIRAD: 616523; PUBMED: 41577829 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s41559-025-02956-5 |
| Availability: |
https://hal.science/hal-05492221; https://hal.science/hal-05492221v1/document; https://hal.science/hal-05492221v1/file/s41559-025-02956-5.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02956-5 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.358714A4 |
| Database: |
BASE |