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Householder, JE, Wittmann, F, Schöngart, J, Piedade, MTF, Junk, WJ, Latrubesse, EM, Quaresma, AC, Demarchi, LO, de S. Lobo, G, Aguiar, DPPD, Assis, RL, Lopes, A, Parolin, P, Leão do Amaral, I, Coelho, LDS, de Almeida Matos, FD, Lima Filho, DDA, Salomão, RP, Castilho, CV, Guevara-Andino, JE, Carim, MDJV, Phillips, OL, Cárdenas López, D, Magnusson, WE, Sabatier, D, Revilla, JDC, Molino, J-F, Irume, MV, Martins, MP, Guimarães, JRDS, Ramos, JF, Rodrigues, DDJ, Bánki, OS, Peres, CA, Pitman, NCA, Hawes, JE, Almeida, EJ, Barbosa, LF, Cavalheiro, L, dos Santos, MCV, Luize, BG, Novo, EMMDL, Núñez Vargas, P, Silva, TSF, Venticinque, EM, Manzatto, AG, Reis, NFC, Terborgh, J, Casula, KR, Costa, FRC, Honorio Coronado, EN, Monteagudo Mendoza, A, Montero, JC, Feldpausch, TR, Aymard C, GA, Baraloto, C, Castaño Arboleda, N, Engel, J, Petronelli, P, Zartman, CE, Killeen, TJ, Rincón, LM, Marimon, BS, Marimon-Junior, BH, Schietti, J, Sousa, TR, Vasquez, R, Mostacedo, B, Dantas do Amaral, D, Castellanos, H, Medeiros, MBD, Simon, MF, Andrade, A, Camargo, JL, Laurance, WF, Laurance, SGW, Farias, EDS, Lopes, MA, Magalhães, JLL, Mendonça Nascimento, HE, Queiroz, HLD, Brienen, R, Stevenson, PR, Araujo-Murakami, A, Baker, TR, Cintra, BBL, Feitosa, YO, Mogollón, HF, Noronha, JC, Barbosa, FR, de Sá Carpanedo, R, Duivenvoorden, JF, Silman, MR, Ferreira, LV, Levis, C, Lozada, JR, Comiskey, JA, Draper, FC, Toledo, JJD, Damasco, G, Dávila, N, García-Villacorta, R, Vicentini, A, Cornejo Valverde, F, Alonso, A, Arroyo, L, Dallmeier, F, Gomes, VHF, Jimenez, EM, Neill, D, Peñuela Mora, MC, Carvalho, FA, Coelho de Souza, F, Feeley, KJ, Gribel, R, Pansonato, MP, Ríos Paredes, M
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One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains',
Nature Ecology and Evolution.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02364-1APA
Householder, J. E., Wittmann, F., Schöngart, J., Piedade, M. T. F., Junk, W. J., Latrubesse, E. M., Quaresma, A. C., Demarchi, L. O., de S. Lobo, G., Aguiar, D. P. P. D., Assis, R. L., Lopes, A., Parolin, P., Leão do Amaral, I., Coelho, L. D. S., de Almeida Matos, F. D., Lima Filho, D. D. A., Salomão, R. P., Castilho, C. V., ... ter Steege, H. (2024).
One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains.
Nature Ecology and Evolution. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02364-1Vancouver
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title = "One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains",
abstract = "Amazonia{\textquoteright}s floodplain system is the largest and most biodiverse on Earth. Although forests are crucial to the ecological integrity of floodplains, our understanding of their species composition and how this may differ from surrounding forest types is still far too limited, particularly as changing inundation regimes begin to reshape floodplain tree communities and the critical ecosystem functions they underpin. Here we address this gap by taking a spatially explicit look at Amazonia-wide patterns of tree-species turnover and ecological specialization of the region{\textquoteright}s floodplain forests. We show that the majority of Amazonian tree species can inhabit floodplains, and about a sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is ecologically specialized on floodplains. The degree of specialization in floodplain communities is driven by regional flood patterns, with the most compositionally differentiated floodplain forests located centrally within the fluvial network and contingent on the most extraordinary flood magnitudes regionally. Our results provide a spatially explicit view of ecological specialization of floodplain forest communities and expose the need for whole-basin hydrological integrity to protect the Amazon{\textquoteright}s tree diversity and its function.",
keywords = "Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics",
author = "Householder, {John Ethan} and Florian Wittmann and Jochen Sch{\"o}ngart and Piedade, {Maria Teresa Fernandez} and Junk, {Wolfgang J.} and Latrubesse, {Edgardo Manuel} and Quaresma, {Adriano Costa} and Demarchi, {Layon O.} and {de S. Lobo}, Guilherme and Aguiar, {Daniel P. P. de} and Assis, {Rafael L.} and Aline Lopes and Pia Parolin and {Le{\~a}o do Amaral}, I{\^e}da and Coelho, {Luiz de Souza} and {de Almeida Matos}, {Francisca Dion{\'i}zia} and {Lima Filho}, {Di{\'o}genes de Andrade} and Salom{\~a}o, {Rafael P.} and Castilho, {Carolina V.} and Guevara-Andino, {Juan Ernesto} and Carim, {Marcelo de Jesus Veiga} and Phillips, {Oliver L.} and {C{\'a}rdenas L{\'o}pez}, Dairon and Magnusson, {William E.} and Daniel Sabatier and Revilla, {Juan David Cardenas} and Jean-Fran{\c c}ois Molino and Irume, {Mariana Vict{\'o}ria} and Martins, {Maria Pires} and Guimar{\~a}es, {Jos{\'e} Renan da Silva} and Ramos, {Jos{\'e} Ferreira} and Rodrigues, {Domingos de Jesus} and B{\'a}nki, {Olaf S.} and Peres, {Carlos A.} and Pitman, {Nigel C. A.} and Hawes, {Joseph E.} and Almeida, {Everton Jos{\'e}} and Barbosa, {Luciane Ferreira} and Larissa Cavalheiro and {dos Santos}, {M{\'a}rcia Cl{\'e}ia Vilela} and Luize, {Bruno Garcia} and Novo, {Evlyn M{\'a}rcia Moraes de Le{\~a}o} and {N{\'u}{\~n}ez Vargas}, Percy and Silva, {Thiago Sanna Freire} and Venticinque, {Eduardo Martins} and Manzatto, {Angelo Gilberto} and Reis, {Neidiane Farias Costa} and John Terborgh and Casula, {Katia Regina} and Costa, {Fl{\'a}via R. C.} and {Honorio Coronado}, {Euridice N.} and {Monteagudo Mendoza}, Abel and Montero, {Juan Carlos} and Feldpausch, {Ted R.} and {Aymard C}, {Gerardo A.} and Chris Baraloto and {Casta{\~n}o Arboleda}, Nicol{\'a}s and Julien Engel and Pascal Petronelli and Zartman, {Charles Eugene} and Killeen, {Timothy J.} and Rinc{\'o}n, {Lorena Maniguaje} and Marimon, {Beatriz S.} and Marimon-Junior, {Ben Hur} and Juliana Schietti and Sousa, {Thaiane R.} and Rodolfo Vasquez and Bonifacio Mostacedo and {Dantas do Amaral}, D{\'a}rio and Hern{\'a}n Castellanos and Medeiros, {Marcelo Brilhante de} and Simon, {Marcelo Fragomeni} and Ana Andrade and Camargo, {Jos{\'e} Lu{\'i}s} and Laurance, {William F.} and Laurance, {Susan G. W.} and Farias, {Emanuelle de Sousa} and Lopes, {Maria Aparecida} and Magalh{\~a}es, {Jos{\'e} Leonardo Lima} and {Mendon{\c c}a Nascimento}, {Henrique Eduardo} and Queiroz, {Helder Lima de} and Roel Brienen and Stevenson, {Pablo R.} and Alejandro Araujo-Murakami and Baker, {Tim R.} and Cintra, {Bruno Bar{\c c}ante Ladvocat} and Feitosa, {Yuri Oliveira} and Mogoll{\'o}n, {Hugo F.} and Noronha, {Jana{\'i}na Costa} and Barbosa, {Fl{\'a}via Rodrigues} and {de S{\'a} Carpanedo}, Rainiellen and Duivenvoorden, {Joost F.} and Silman, {Miles R.} and Ferreira, {Leandro Valle} and Carolina Levis and Lozada, {Jos{\'e} Rafael} and Comiskey, {James A.} and Draper, {Freddie C.} and Toledo, {Jos{\'e} Julio de} and Gabriel Damasco and N{\'a}llarett D{\'a}vila and Roosevelt Garc{\'i}a-Villacorta and Alberto Vicentini and {Cornejo Valverde}, Fernando and Alfonso Alonso and Luzmila Arroyo and Francisco Dallmeier and Gomes, {Vitor H. F.} and Jimenez, {Eliana M.} and David Neill and {Pe{\~n}uela Mora}, {Maria Cristina} and Carvalho, {Fernanda Antunes} and {Coelho de Souza}, Fernanda and Feeley, {Kenneth J.} and Rogerio Gribel and Pansonato, {Marcelo Petratti} and {R{\'i}os Paredes}, Marcos and Jos Barlow and Erika Berenguer and Dexter, {Kyle G.} and Joice Ferreira and Fine, {Paul V. A.} and Guedes, {Marcelino Carneiro} and Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco and Licona, {Juan Carlos} and Toby Pennington and {Villa Zegarra}, {Boris Eduardo} and Vos, {Vincent Antoine} and Carlos Cer{\'o}n and {\'E}mile Fonty and Henkel, {Terry W.} and Paul Maas and Edwin Pos and Marcos Silveira and Juliana Stropp and Raquel Thomas and Doug Daly and William Milliken and {Pardo Molina}, Guido and Vieira, {Ima C{\'e}lia Guimar{\~a}es} and Albuquerque, {Bianca Weiss} and Wegliane Campelo and Thaise Emilio and Alfredo Fuentes and Bente Klitgaard and {Marcelo Pena}, {Jos{\'e} Luis} and Souza, {Priscila F.} and Tello, {J. Sebasti{\'a}n} and Corine Vriesendorp and Jerome Chave and {Di Fiore}, Anthony and Hil{\'a}rio, {Renato Richard} and Pereira, {Luciana de Oliveira} and Phillips, {Juan Fernando} and Gonzalo Rivas-Torres and {van Andel}, {Tinde R.} and {von Hildebrand}, Patricio and William Balee and Barbosa, {Edelcilio Marques} and Bonates, {Luiz Carlos de Matos} and Doza, {Hilda Paulette D{\'a}vila} and G{\'o}mez, {Ricardo Z{\'a}rate} and Therany Gonzales and Gonzales, {George Pepe Gallardo} and Bruce Hoffman and Junqueira, {Andr{\'e} Braga} and Yadvinder Malhi and Miranda, {Ires Paula de Andrade} and Mozombite-Pinto, {Linder Felipe} and Adriana Prieto and Agust{\'i}n Rudas and Ruschel, {Ademir R.} and Natalino Silva and Vela, {C{\'e}sar I. A.} and Stanford Zent and Zent, {Egle{\'e} L.} and Angela Cano and {Carrero M{\'a}rquez}, {Yrma Andreina} and Correa, {Diego F.} and Costa, {Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa} and Flores, {Bernardo Monteiro} and David Galbraith and Milena Holmgren and Michelle Kalamandeen and Nascimento, {Marcelo Trindade} and Oliveira, {Alexandre A.} and Hirma Ramirez-Angulo and Maira Rocha and Scudeller, {Veridiana Vizoni} and Rodrigo Sierra and Milton Tirado and Uma{\~n}a, {Maria Natalia} and {van der Heijden}, Geertje and {Vilanova Torre}, Emilio and {Ahuite Reategui}, {Manuel Augusto} and Cl{\'a}udia Baider and Henrik Balslev and Sasha C{\'a}rdenas and Casas, {Luisa Fernanda} and William Farfan-Rios and Cid Ferreira and Reynaldo Linares-Palomino and Casimiro Mendoza and Italo Mesones and Parada, {Germaine Alexander} and Armando Torres-Lezama and {Urrego Giraldo}, {Ligia Estela} and Daniel Villarroel and Roderick Zagt and Alexiades, {Miguel N.} and {de Oliveira}, {Edmar Almeida} and Karina Garcia-Cabrera and Lionel Hernandez and {Palacios Cuenca}, Walter and Susamar Pansini and Daniela Pauletto and {Ramirez Arevalo}, Freddy and Sampaio, {Adeilza Felipe} and {Valderrama Sandoval}, {Elvis H.} and {Valenzuela Gamarra}, Luis and {ter Steege}, Hans",
year = "2024",
month = mar,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1038/s41559-024-02364-1",
language = "English",
journal = "Nature Ecology and Evolution",
issn = "2397-334X",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
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AU - Schöngart, Jochen
AU - Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez
AU - Junk, Wolfgang J.
AU - Latrubesse, Edgardo Manuel
AU - Quaresma, Adriano Costa
AU - Demarchi, Layon O.
AU - de S. Lobo, Guilherme
AU - Aguiar, Daniel P. P. de
AU - Assis, Rafael L.
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AU - Parolin, Pia
AU - Leão do Amaral, Iêda
AU - Coelho, Luiz de Souza
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AU - Lima Filho, Diógenes de Andrade
AU - Salomão, Rafael P.
AU - Castilho, Carolina V.
AU - Guevara-Andino, Juan Ernesto
AU - Carim, Marcelo de Jesus Veiga
AU - Phillips, Oliver L.
AU - Cárdenas López, Dairon
AU - Magnusson, William E.
AU - Sabatier, Daniel
AU - Revilla, Juan David Cardenas
AU - Molino, Jean-François
AU - Irume, Mariana Victória
AU - Martins, Maria Pires
AU - Guimarães, José Renan da Silva
AU - Ramos, José Ferreira
AU - Rodrigues, Domingos de Jesus
AU - Bánki, Olaf S.
AU - Peres, Carlos A.
AU - Pitman, Nigel C. A.
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AU - dos Santos, Márcia Cléia Vilela
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N2 - Amazonia’s floodplain system is the largest and most biodiverse on Earth. Although forests are crucial to the ecological integrity of floodplains, our understanding of their species composition and how this may differ from surrounding forest types is still far too limited, particularly as changing inundation regimes begin to reshape floodplain tree communities and the critical ecosystem functions they underpin. Here we address this gap by taking a spatially explicit look at Amazonia-wide patterns of tree-species turnover and ecological specialization of the region’s floodplain forests. We show that the majority of Amazonian tree species can inhabit floodplains, and about a sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is ecologically specialized on floodplains. The degree of specialization in floodplain communities is driven by regional flood patterns, with the most compositionally differentiated floodplain forests located centrally within the fluvial network and contingent on the most extraordinary flood magnitudes regionally. Our results provide a spatially explicit view of ecological specialization of floodplain forest communities and expose the need for whole-basin hydrological integrity to protect the Amazon’s tree diversity and its function.
AB - Amazonia’s floodplain system is the largest and most biodiverse on Earth. Although forests are crucial to the ecological integrity of floodplains, our understanding of their species composition and how this may differ from surrounding forest types is still far too limited, particularly as changing inundation regimes begin to reshape floodplain tree communities and the critical ecosystem functions they underpin. Here we address this gap by taking a spatially explicit look at Amazonia-wide patterns of tree-species turnover and ecological specialization of the region’s floodplain forests. We show that the majority of Amazonian tree species can inhabit floodplains, and about a sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is ecologically specialized on floodplains. The degree of specialization in floodplain communities is driven by regional flood patterns, with the most compositionally differentiated floodplain forests located centrally within the fluvial network and contingent on the most extraordinary flood magnitudes regionally. Our results provide a spatially explicit view of ecological specialization of floodplain forest communities and expose the need for whole-basin hydrological integrity to protect the Amazon’s tree diversity and its function.
KW - Ecology
KW - Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
U2 - 10.1038/s41559-024-02364-1
DO - 10.1038/s41559-024-02364-1
M3 - Journal article
JO - Nature Ecology and Evolution
JF - Nature Ecology and Evolution
SN - 2397-334X
ER -
