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The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora. / Luize, Bruno Garcia; Tuomisto, Hanna; Ekelschot, Robin et al.
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Luize, BG, Tuomisto, H, Ekelschot, R, Dexter, KG, Amaral, ILD, Coelho, LDS, Matos, FDDA, Lima Filho, DDA, Salomão, RP, Wittmann, F, Castilho, CV, Carim, MDJV, Guevara, JE, Phillips, OL, Magnusson, WE, Sabatier, D, Cardenas Revilla, JD, Molino, J-F, Irume, MV, Martins, MP, Guimarães, JRDS, Ramos, JF, Bánki, OS, Piedade, MTF, Cárdenas López, D, Pitman, NCA, Demarchi, LO, Schöngart, J, de Leão Novo, EMM, Núñez Vargas, P, Silva, TSF, Venticinque, EM, Manzatto, AG, Reis, NFC, Terborgh, J, Casula, KR, Honorio Coronado, EN, Mendoza, AM, Montero, JC, Costa, FRC, Feldpausch, TR, Quaresma, AC, Castaño Arboleda, N, Zartman, CE, Killeen, TJ, Marimon, BS, Marimon, BH, Vasquez, R, Mostacedo, B, Assis, RL, Baraloto, C, do Amaral, DD, Engel, J, Petronelli, P, Castellanos, H, de Medeiros, MB, Simon, MF, Andrade, A, Camargo, JL, Laurance, WF, Laurance, SGW, Rincón, LM, Schietti, J, Sousa, TR, Mori, GB, Farias, EDS, Lopes, MA, Magalhães, JLL, Nascimento, HEM, de Queiroz, HL, Vasconcelos, CC, Aymard C, GA, Brienen, R, Stevenson, PR, Araujo-Murakami, A, Cintra, BBL, Baker, TR, Feitosa, YO, Mogollón, HF, Duivenvoorden, JF, Peres, CA, Silman, MR, Ferreira, LV, Lozada, JR, Comiskey, JA, de Toledo, JJ, Damasco, G, Dávila, N, Draper, FC, García-Villacorta, R, Lopes, A, Vicentini, A, Valverde, FC, Alonso, A, Arroyo, L, Dallmeier, F, Gomes, VHF, Jimenez, EM, Neill, D, Peñuela Mora, MC, Noronha, JC, de Aguiar, DPP, Barbosa, FR, Bredin, YK, Carpanedo, RDS, Carvalho, FA, Souza, FCD, Feeley, KJ, Gribel, R, Haugaasen, T, Hawes, JE, Pansonato, MP, Pipoly, JJ, Paredes, MR, Rodrigues, DDJ
, Barlow, J, Berenguer, E, da Silva, IB, Ferreira, MJ, Ferreira, J, Fine, PVA, Guedes, MC, Levis, C, Licona, JC, Villa Zegarra, BE, Vos, VA, Cerón, C, Durgante, FM, Fonty, É, Henkel, TW, Householder, JE, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I, Silveira, M, Stropp, J, Thomas, R, Daly, D, Milliken, W, Molina, GP, Pennington, T, Vieira, ICG, Albuquerque, BW, Campelo, W, Fuentes, A, Klitgaard, B, Pena, JLM, Tello, JS, Vriesendorp, C, Chave, J, Di Fiore, A, Hilário, RR, Pereira, LDO, Phillips, JF, Rivas-Torres, G, van Andel, TR, von Hildebrand, P, Balee, W, Barbosa, EM, Bonates, LCDM, Dávila Doza, HP, Zárate Gómez, R, Gonzales, T, Gallardo Gonzales, GP, Hoffman, B, Junqueira, AB, Malhi, Y, Miranda, IPDA, Pinto, LFM, Prieto, A, Rudas, A, Ruschel, AR, Silva, N, Vela, CIA, Zent, S, Zent, EL, Endara, MJ, Cano, A, Carrero Márquez, YA, Correa, DF, Costa, JBP, Monteiro Flores, B, Galbraith, D, Holmgren, M, Kalamandeen, M, Lobo, G, Torres Montenegro, L, Nascimento, MT, Oliveira, AA, Pombo, MM, Ramirez-Angulo, H, Rocha, M, Scudeller, VV, Umaña, MN, van der Heijden, G, Vilanova Torre, E, Vargas, TM, Ahuite Reategui, MA, Baider, C, Balslev, H, Cárdenas, S, Casas, LF, Farfan-Rios, W, Ferreira, C, Linares-Palomino, R, Mendoza, C, Mesones, I, Parada, GA, Torres-Lezama, A, Urrego Giraldo, LE, Villarroel, D, Zagt, R, Alexiades, MN, de Oliveira, EA, Fortier, RP, Garcia-Cabrera, K, Hernandez, L, Palacios Cuenca, W, Pansini, S, Pauletto, D, Ramirez Arevalo, F, Sampaio, AF, Valderrama Sandoval, EH, Valenzuela Gamarra, L, Hirota, M, Palma-Silva, C & ter Steege, H 2024, '
The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora',
Communications Biology, vol. 7, no. 1, 1240.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06937-5APA
Luize, B. G., Tuomisto, H., Ekelschot, R., Dexter, K. G., Amaral, I. L. D., Coelho, L. D. S., Matos, F. D. D. A., Lima Filho, D. D. A., Salomão, R. P., Wittmann, F., Castilho, C. V., Carim, M. D. J. V., Guevara, J. E., Phillips, O. L., Magnusson, W. E., Sabatier, D., Cardenas Revilla, J. D., Molino, J.-F., Irume, M. V., ... ter Steege, H. (2024).
The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora.
Communications Biology,
7(1), Article 1240.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06937-5Vancouver
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title = "The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora",
abstract = "We describe the geographical variation in tree species composition across Amazonian forests and show how environmental conditions are associated with species turnover. Our analyses are based on 2023 forest inventory plots (1 ha) that provide abundance data for a total of 5188 tree species. Within-plot species composition reflected both local environmental conditions (especially soil nutrients and hydrology) and geographical regions. A broader-scale view of species turnover was obtained by interpolating the relative tree species abundances over Amazonia into 47,441 0.1-degree grid cells. Two main dimensions of spatial change in tree species composition were identified. The first was a gradient between western Amazonia at the Andean forelands (with young geology and relatively nutrient-rich soils) and central–eastern Amazonia associated with the Guiana and Brazilian Shields (with more ancient geology and poor soils). The second gradient was between the wet forests of the northwest and the drier forests in southern Amazonia. Isolines linking cells of similar composition crossed major Amazonian rivers, suggesting that tree species distributions are not limited by rivers. Even though some areas of relatively sharp species turnover were identified, mostly the tree species composition changed gradually over large extents, which does not support delimiting clear discrete biogeographic regions within Amazonia.",
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A.} and Demarchi, {Layon O.} and Jochen Sch{\"o}ngart and {de Le{\~a}o Novo}, {Evlyn M{\'a}rcia Moraes} 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 {Honorio Coronado}, {Euridice N.} and Mendoza, {Abel Monteagudo} and Montero, {Juan Carlos} and Costa, {Fl{\'a}via R. C.} and Feldpausch, {Ted R.} and Quaresma, {Adriano Costa} and {Casta{\~n}o Arboleda}, Nicol{\'a}s and Zartman, {Charles Eugene} and Killeen, {Timothy J.} and Marimon, {Beatriz S.} and Marimon, {Ben Hur} and Rodolfo Vasquez and Bonifacio Mostacedo and Assis, {Rafael L.} and Chris Baraloto and {do Amaral}, {D{\'a}rio Dantas} and Julien Engel and Pascal Petronelli and Hern{\'a}n Castellanos and {de Medeiros}, {Marcelo Brilhante} and Simon, {Marcelo Fragomeni} and Ana Andrade and Camargo, {Jos{\'e} Lu{\'i}s} and Laurance, {William F.} and Laurance, {Susan G. W.} and Rinc{\'o}n, {Lorena Maniguaje} and Juliana Schietti and Sousa, {Thaiane R.} and Mori, {Gisele Biem} and Farias, {Emanuelle de Sousa} and Lopes, {Maria Aparecida} and Magalh{\~a}es, {Jos{\'e} Leonardo Lima} and Nascimento, {Henrique Eduardo Mendon{\c c}a} and {de Queiroz}, {Helder Lima} and Vasconcelos, {Caroline C.} and {Aymard C}, {Gerardo A.} and Roel Brienen and Stevenson, {Pablo R.} and Alejandro Araujo-Murakami and Cintra, {Bruno Bar{\c c}ante Ladvocat} and Baker, {Tim R.} and Feitosa, {Yuri Oliveira} and Mogoll{\'o}n, {Hugo F.} and Duivenvoorden, {Joost F.} and Peres, {Carlos A.} and Silman, {Miles R.} and Ferreira, {Leandro Valle} and Lozada, {Jos{\'e} Rafael} and Comiskey, {James A.} and {de Toledo}, {Jos{\'e} Julio} and Gabriel Damasco and N{\'a}llarett D{\'a}vila and Draper, {Freddie C.} and Roosevelt Garc{\'i}a-Villacorta and Aline Lopes and Alberto Vicentini and Valverde, {Fernando Cornejo} 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 Noronha, {Jana{\'i}na Costa} and {de Aguiar}, {Daniel P. P.} and Barbosa, {Fl{\'a}via Rodrigues} and Bredin, {Yennie K.} and Carpanedo, {Rainiellen de S{\'a}} and Carvalho, {Fernanda Antunes} and Souza, {Fernanda Coelho de} and Feeley, {Kenneth J.} and Rogerio Gribel and Torbj{\o}rn Haugaasen and Hawes, {Joseph E.} and Pansonato, {Marcelo Petratti} and Pipoly, {John J.} and Paredes, {Marcos R{\'i}os} and Rodrigues, {Domingos de Jesus} and Jos Barlow and Erika Berenguer and {da Silva}, {Izaias Brasil} and Ferreira, {Maria Julia} and Joice Ferreira and Fine, {Paul V. A.} and Guedes, {Marcelino Carneiro} and Carolina Levis and Licona, {Juan Carlos} and {Villa Zegarra}, {Boris Eduardo} and Vos, {Vincent Antoine} and Carlos Cer{\'o}n and Durgante, {Fl{\'a}via Machado} and {\'E}mile Fonty and Henkel, {Terry W.} and Householder, {John Ethan} and Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco and Marcos Silveira and Juliana Stropp and Raquel Thomas and Doug Daly and William Milliken and Molina, {Guido Pardo} and Toby Pennington and Vieira, {Ima C{\'e}lia Guimar{\~a}es} and Albuquerque, {Bianca Weiss} and Wegliane Campelo and Alfredo Fuentes and Bente Klitgaard and Pena, {Jos{\'e} Luis Marcelo} and Tello, {J. 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AU - Pitman, Nigel C. A.
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AU - Núñez Vargas, Percy
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AU - Pansini, Susamar
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PY - 2024/10/2
Y1 - 2024/10/2
N2 - We describe the geographical variation in tree species composition across Amazonian forests and show how environmental conditions are associated with species turnover. Our analyses are based on 2023 forest inventory plots (1 ha) that provide abundance data for a total of 5188 tree species. Within-plot species composition reflected both local environmental conditions (especially soil nutrients and hydrology) and geographical regions. A broader-scale view of species turnover was obtained by interpolating the relative tree species abundances over Amazonia into 47,441 0.1-degree grid cells. Two main dimensions of spatial change in tree species composition were identified. The first was a gradient between western Amazonia at the Andean forelands (with young geology and relatively nutrient-rich soils) and central–eastern Amazonia associated with the Guiana and Brazilian Shields (with more ancient geology and poor soils). The second gradient was between the wet forests of the northwest and the drier forests in southern Amazonia. Isolines linking cells of similar composition crossed major Amazonian rivers, suggesting that tree species distributions are not limited by rivers. Even though some areas of relatively sharp species turnover were identified, mostly the tree species composition changed gradually over large extents, which does not support delimiting clear discrete biogeographic regions within Amazonia.
AB - We describe the geographical variation in tree species composition across Amazonian forests and show how environmental conditions are associated with species turnover. Our analyses are based on 2023 forest inventory plots (1 ha) that provide abundance data for a total of 5188 tree species. Within-plot species composition reflected both local environmental conditions (especially soil nutrients and hydrology) and geographical regions. A broader-scale view of species turnover was obtained by interpolating the relative tree species abundances over Amazonia into 47,441 0.1-degree grid cells. Two main dimensions of spatial change in tree species composition were identified. The first was a gradient between western Amazonia at the Andean forelands (with young geology and relatively nutrient-rich soils) and central–eastern Amazonia associated with the Guiana and Brazilian Shields (with more ancient geology and poor soils). The second gradient was between the wet forests of the northwest and the drier forests in southern Amazonia. Isolines linking cells of similar composition crossed major Amazonian rivers, suggesting that tree species distributions are not limited by rivers. Even though some areas of relatively sharp species turnover were identified, mostly the tree species composition changed gradually over large extents, which does not support delimiting clear discrete biogeographic regions within Amazonia.
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DO - 10.1038/s42003-024-06937-5
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
JO - Communications Biology
JF - Communications Biology
SN - 2399-3642
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