Amazon tree dominance across forest strata

Frederick Draper; Flavia Costa; Gabriel Arellano; Oliver Phillips; Alvaro Duque; Manuel Macía; Hans ter Steege; Gregory Asner; Erika Berenguer; Juliana Schietti; Jacob Socolar; Fernanda Coelho de Souza; Kyle Dexter; Peter Jørgensen; J. Sebastian Tello; William Magnusson; Timothy Baker; Carolina Castilho; Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza; Paul Fine; Kalle Ruokolainen; Euridice Coronado; Gerardo Aymard; Nállarett Dávila; Mauricio Sánchez Sáenz; Marcos A. Rios Paredes; Julien Engel; Claire Fortunel; C. Paine; Jean-Yves Gorêt; Aurélie K. Dourdain; Pascal Petronelli; Élodie Allié; Juan Andino; Roel Brienen; Leslie Cayola Pérez; Ângelo Manzatto; Narel Zambrana; Jean-François Molino; Daniel Sabatier; Jérôme Chave; Sophie Fauset; Roosevelt Garcia Villacorta; M. Réjou-Méchain; Paul Berry; Karina Melgaço; Ted Feldpausch; Elvis Valderamma Sandoval; Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez; Italo Mesones; André Junqueira; Katherine Roucoux; José de Toledo; Ana Andrade; José Luís Camargo; Jhon del Aguila Pasquel; Flávia Santana; William Laurance; Susan Laurance; Thomas Lovejoy; James Comiskey; David Galbraith; Michelle Kalamandeen; Gilberto Aguilar; Jim Vega Arenas; Carlos Guerra; Manuel Flores; Gerardo Flores Llampazo; Luis Montenegro; Ricardo Zarate Gomez; Marcelo Pansonato; Victor Chama Moscoso; Jason Vleminckx; Oscar Barrantes; Joost Duivenvoorden; Sidney Araújo de Sousa; Luzmila Arroyo; Ricardo Perdiz; Jessica Soares Cravo; Beatriz Marimon; Ben Hur Marimon Junior; Fernanda Antunes Carvalho; Gabriel Damasco; Mathias Disney; Marcos Salgado Vital; Pablo Diaz; Alberto Vicentini; Henrique Nascimento; Niro Higuchi; Tinde van Andel; Yadvinder Malhi; Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro; John Terborgh; Raquel Thomas; Francisco Dallmeier; Adriana Prieto; Renato Hilário; Rafael Salomão; Richarlly da Costa Silva; Luisa Casas; Ima Vieira; Alejandro Araujo-Murakami; Fredy Ramirez Arevalo; Hirma Ramírez-Angulo; Emilio Vilanova Torre; Maria Peñuela; Timothy Killeen; Guido Pardo; Eliana Jimenez-Rojas; Wenderson Castro; Darcy Galiano Cabrera; John Pipoly; Thaiane Rodrigues de Sousa; Marcos Silvera; Vincent Vos; David Neill; Percy Núñez Vargas; Dilys Vela; Luiz Aragão; Ricardo Keichi Umetsu; Rodrigo Sierra; Ophelia Wang; Kenneth Young; Nayane Prestes; Klécia Massi; José Reyna Huaymacari; Germaine Gutierrez; Ana Aldana; Miguel Alexiades; Fabrício Baccaro; Carlos Céron; Adriane Esquivel Muelbert; Julio Rios; Antonio Lima; Jonathan Lloyd; Nigel Pitman; Luis Valenzuela Gamarra; Cesar Oroche; Alfredo Fuentes; Walter Palacios; Sandra Patiño; Armando Torres-Lezama; Christopher Baraloto

doi:10.1038/s41559-021-01418-y

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Amazon tree dominance across forest strata

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Amazon tree dominance across forest strata

Frederick Draper, Flavia Costa, Gabriel Arellano, Oliver Phillips, Alvaro Duque, Manuel Macía, Hans ter Steege, Gregory Asner, Erika Berenguer, Juliana Schietti, …

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Vol.5(6), pp.757-767

06/2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01418-y

Abstract

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Tropical ecology

The forests of Amazonia are among the most biodiverse plant communities on Earth. Given the immediate threats posed by climate and land-use change, an improved understanding of how this extraordinary biodiversity is spatially organized is urgently required to develop effective conservation strategies. Most Amazonian tree species are extremely rare but a few are common across the region. Indeed, just 227 ‘hyperdominant’ species account for >50% of all individuals >10 cm diameter at 1.3 m in height. Yet, the degree to which the phenomenon of hyperdominance is sensitive to tree size, the extent to which the composition of dominant species changes with size class and how evolutionary history constrains tree hyperdominance, all remain unknown. Here, we use a large floristic dataset to show that, while hyperdominance is a universal phenomenon across forest strata, different species dominate the forest understory, midstory and canopy. We further find that, although species belonging to a range of phylogenetically dispersed lineages have become hyperdominant in small size classes, hyperdominants in large size classes are restricted to a few lineages. Our results demonstrate that it is essential to consider all forest strata to understand regional patterns of dominance and composition in Amazonia. More generally, through the lens of 654 hyperdominant species, we outline a tractable pathway for understanding the functioning of half of Amazonian forests across vertical strata and geographical locations.

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Title: Amazon tree dominance across forest strata
Creators - without role: Frederick Draper
Flavia Costa
Gabriel Arellano - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Oliver Phillips - University of Leeds
Alvaro Duque - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Manuel Macía - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Hans ter Steege - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Gregory Asner - Arizona State University
Erika Berenguer - Lancaster University
Juliana Schietti - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Jacob Socolar - Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Fernanda Coelho de Souza - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Kyle Dexter - University of Edinburgh
Peter Jørgensen - Missouri Botanical Garden
J. Sebastian Tello - Missouri Botanical Garden
William Magnusson - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Timothy Baker - University of Leeds
Carolina Castilho - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza - National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco
Paul Fine
Kalle Ruokolainen - University of Turku
Euridice Coronado
Gerardo Aymard
Nállarett Dávila - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Mauricio Sánchez Sáenz
Marcos A. Rios Paredes
Julien Engel - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Claire Fortunel - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
C. Paine
Jean-Yves Gorêt - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Aurélie K. Dourdain - Guiana Space Centre
Pascal Petronelli - Guiana Space Centre
Élodie Allié - University of French Guiana
Juan Andino
Roel Brienen - University of Leeds
Leslie Cayola Pérez - Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia
Ângelo Manzatto - Universidade Federal de Rondônia
Narel Zambrana
Jean-François Molino - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Daniel Sabatier - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Jérôme Chave - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Sophie Fauset - University of Plymouth
Roosevelt Garcia Villacorta - Cornell University
M. Réjou-Méchain - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Paul Berry - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Karina Melgaço - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Ted Feldpausch - University of Exeter
Elvis Valderamma Sandoval - Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana
Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez
Italo Mesones - University of California, Berkeley
André Junqueira - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Katherine Roucoux - University of St Andrews
José de Toledo - Universidade Federal do Amapá
Ana Andrade - National Institute of Amazonian Research
José Luís Camargo - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Jhon del Aguila Pasquel - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Flávia Santana - National Institute of Amazonian Research
William Laurance - James Cook University
Susan Laurance
Thomas Lovejoy - George Mason University
James Comiskey - National Park Service
David Galbraith - University of Leeds
Michelle Kalamandeen - Laurentian University
Gilberto Aguilar
Jim Vega Arenas - Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana
Carlos Guerra
Manuel Flores - Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana
Gerardo Flores Llampazo - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Luis Montenegro - Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana
Ricardo Zarate Gomez - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Marcelo Pansonato - Universidade de São Paulo
Victor Chama Moscoso
Jason Vleminckx - Arizona State University
Oscar Barrantes
Joost Duivenvoorden - University of Amsterdam
Sidney Araújo de Sousa - Universidade Federal de Roraima
Luzmila Arroyo - Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado
Ricardo Perdiz
Jessica Soares Cravo - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Beatriz Marimon - Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
Ben Hur Marimon Junior
Fernanda Antunes Carvalho - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Gabriel Damasco - University of Minnesota
Mathias Disney - University College London
Marcos Salgado Vital - Universidade Federal de Roraima
Pablo Diaz
Alberto Vicentini - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Henrique Nascimento
Niro Higuchi - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Tinde van Andel - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Yadvinder Malhi - University of Oxford
Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro - Universidade Federal do Acre
John Terborgh - Duke University
Raquel Thomas - Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development
Francisco Dallmeier - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Adriana Prieto - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Renato Hilário - Universidade Federal do Amapá
Rafael Salomão - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Richarlly da Costa Silva
Luisa Casas - Universidad de Los Andes
Ima Vieira
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami - Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University
Fredy Ramirez Arevalo
Hirma Ramírez-Angulo - University of the Andes
Emilio Vilanova Torre
Maria Peñuela
Timothy Killeen - Universidad Nacional del Oriente
Guido Pardo - Universidad Autónoma del Beni
Eliana Jimenez-Rojas
Wenderson Castro
Darcy Galiano Cabrera - National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco
John Pipoly - Florida Atlantic University
Thaiane Rodrigues de Sousa
Marcos Silvera - Universidade Federal do Acre
Vincent Vos - Universidad Autónoma del Beni
David Neill - Universidad Estatal Amazónica
Percy Núñez Vargas - National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco
Dilys Vela
Luiz Aragão
Ricardo Keichi Umetsu - Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
Rodrigo Sierra
Ophelia Wang - Northern Arizona University
Kenneth Young - The University of Texas at Austin
Nayane Prestes
Klécia Massi - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
José Reyna Huaymacari - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Germaine Gutierrez
Ana Aldana - Universidad de Los Andes
Miguel Alexiades - University of Kent
Fabrício Baccaro - Universidade Federal do Amazonas
Carlos Céron - Central University of Ecuador
Adriane Esquivel Muelbert
Julio Rios
Antonio Lima - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Jonathan Lloyd
Nigel Pitman
Luis Valenzuela Gamarra
Cesar Oroche
Alfredo Fuentes - Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia
Walter Palacios - Universidad Técnica del Norte
Sandra Patiño - Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute
Armando Torres-Lezama - University of the Andes
Christopher Baraloto - Florida International University
Publication Details: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Vol.5(6), pp.757-767
Identifiers: 9940934909311
Academic Unit: BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-03272283