Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora

Hans ter Steege; Paulo Inácio Prado; Renato a F de Lima; Edwin Pos; Diogenes de Andrade; Lima Filho; Rafael P Salomão; Ieda Amaral; Francisca Dionizia de Almeida Matos; Carolina Castilho; Oliver Phillips; Juan Ernesto Guevara; Marcelo de Jesus Veiga Carim; Jesus Veiga; Dairon Cárdenas López; William E Magnusson; Florian Wittmann; Maria Pires Martins; Daniel Sabatier; Mariana Victória Irume; José Renan Da; Silva Guimarães; Jean-François Molino; Olaf Banki; Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade 18; Nigel C A Pitman 19; José Ferreira Ramos; Abel Monteagudo Mendoza; Eduardo Martins Venticinque; Bruno Garcia Luize; Núñez Vargas; Thiago Sanna; Freire Silva; Evlyn Márcia; Moraes De; Leão Novo; Neidiane Farias; Costa Reis; John Terborgh; Angelo Gilberto Manzatto; Katia Regina Casula; Euridice N Honorio Coronado; Juan Carlos Montero; Alvaro Duque; Flávia R C Costa; Nicolás Castaño Arboleda; Jochen Schöngart; Charles Eugene Zartman; Timothy J Killeen; Beatriz S Marimon; Ben Hur Marimon-Junior; Rodolfo Vasquez; Bonifacio Mostacedo; Layon O Demarchi; Ted R Feldpausch; Julien Engel; Pascal Petronelli; Chris Baraloto; Rafael L Assis; Hernán Castellanos; Marcelo Simon; Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros; Adriano Quaresma; Susan Laurance; Lorena M Rincón; Ana Andrade; Thaiane R Sousa; José Luís Camargo 42; Juliana Schietti; William F Laurance; Helder Lima de Queiroz; Henrique Eduardo Mendonça Nascimento; Maria Celeste Lopes; Emanuelle de Sousa Farias; José Leonardo; Lima Magalhães; Roel Brienen; Gerardo A. Aymard; C 49; Juan David; Cardenas Revilla; Ima Célia; Guimarães Vieira; Bruno Barçante; Ladvocat Cintra 50; Pablo R Stevenson; Yuri Oliveira Feitosa 52; Joost F Duivenvoorden; Hugo F Mogollón; Alejandro Araujo-Murakami; Leandro Valle Ferreira; José Lozada; James A Comiskey; José Julio de Toledo; Gabriel Damasco; Nallarett Dávila; Aline Lopes; Roosevelt Garcia-Villacorta; Freddie Draper; Alberto Vicentini; Fernando Cornejo Valverde; Jon Lloyd; Vitor H F Gomes; David Neill; Alfonso Alonso; Francisco Dallmeier; Fernanda Coelho de Souza; Rogério Gribel; Luzmila Arroyo; Fernanda Antunes Carvalho; Daniel Praia; Portela de Aguiar; Dário Dantas Do Amaral; Marcelo Petratti Pansonato; Kenneth J Feeley; Erika Berenguer; Paul V A Fine 60; Marcelino Guedes; Jos Barlow; Joice Ferreira 48; Boris Villa; Maria Mc Cristina; Peñuela Mora; Eliana Jimenez; Juan Licona; Carlos Cerón; Raquel Thomas; Paul Maas; Marcos Silveira; Terry W Henkel; Juliana Stropp; Marcos Ríos Paredes 85; Kyle G Dexter; Doug Daly; Tim R Baker; Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco; William Milliken; Toby Pennington; J. Tello; José Luis; Marcelo Pena; Carlos A Peres 92; Bente Klitgaard; Alfredo Fuentes; Miles R Silman; Anthony Di Fiore 96; Patricio von Hildebrand; Jérôme Chave; Tinde R van Andel; Renato Richard Hilário; Juan Fernando Phillips; Gonzalo Rivas-Torres; Janaína Costa Noronha; Adriana Prieto; Therany Gonzales; Rainiellene De; Sá Carpanedo; George Pepe; Gallardo Gonzales; Ricardo Zárate Gómez; Domingos De; Jesus Rodrigues; Egleé L Zent; Ademir R Ruschel

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Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora

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Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora

Hans ter Steege, Paulo Inácio Prado, Renato a F de Lima, Edwin Pos, Diogenes de Andrade, Lima Filho, Rafael P Salomão, Ieda Amaral, Francisca Dionizia de Almeida Matos, Carolina Castilho, …

Scientific Reports, Vol.10

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66686-3

Abstract

Species richness

Amazonian forest

Amazonian forests are extraordinarily diverse, but the estimated species richness is very much debated. Here, we apply an ensemble of parametric estimators and a novel technique that includes conspecific spatial aggregation to an extended database of forest plots with up-to-date taxonomy. We show that the species abundance distribution of Amazonia is best approximated by a logseries with aggregated individuals, where aggregation increases with rarity. By averaging several methods to estimate total richness, we confirm that over 15,000 tree species are expected to occur in Amazonia. We also show that using ten times the number of plots would result in an increase to just ~50% of those 15,000 estimated species. To get a more complete sample of all tree species, rigorous field campaigns may be needed but the number of trees in Amazonia will remain an estimate for years to come.

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Title: Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora
Creators - without role: Hans ter Steege - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Paulo Inácio Prado - Universidade de São Paulo
Renato a F de Lima - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Edwin Pos - Utrecht University
Diogenes de Andrade
Lima Filho
Rafael P Salomão - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Ieda Amaral - Projeto TEAM-Manaus
Francisca Dionizia de Almeida Matos - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Carolina Castilho - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Oliver Phillips - University of Leeds
Juan Ernesto Guevara - Universidad de Las Américas
Marcelo de Jesus Veiga Carim - Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas
Jesus Veiga
Dairon Cárdenas López
William E Magnusson - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Florian Wittmann - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Maria Pires Martins - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Daniel Sabatier - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Mariana Victória Irume - National Institute of Amazonian Research
José Renan Da
Silva Guimarães
Jean-François Molino - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Olaf Banki - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade 18
Nigel C A Pitman 19
José Ferreira Ramos
Abel Monteagudo Mendoza
Eduardo Martins Venticinque
Bruno Garcia Luize - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Núñez Vargas
Thiago Sanna
Freire Silva
Evlyn Márcia
Moraes De
Leão Novo
Neidiane Farias
Costa Reis
John Terborgh - James Cook University
Angelo Gilberto Manzatto - Universidade Federal de Rondônia
Katia Regina Casula - Universidade Federal de Rondônia
Euridice N Honorio Coronado
Juan Carlos Montero - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Alvaro Duque - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Flávia R C Costa - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Nicolás Castaño Arboleda
Jochen Schöngart - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Charles Eugene Zartman - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Timothy J Killeen - Universidad Nacional del Oriente
Beatriz S Marimon - Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
Ben Hur Marimon-Junior
Rodolfo Vasquez - Missouri Botanical Garden
Bonifacio Mostacedo - Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University
Layon O Demarchi - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Ted R Feldpausch - University of Leeds
Julien Engel - Université de Montpellier, BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Pascal Petronelli - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Chris Baraloto - Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
Rafael L Assis - University of Oslo
Hernán Castellanos - Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana
Marcelo Simon - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros
Adriano Quaresma - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Susan Laurance - Chercheur indépendant
Lorena M Rincón - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Ana Andrade - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Thaiane R Sousa - National Institute of Amazonian Research
José Luís Camargo 42
Juliana Schietti - National Institute of Amazonian Research
William F Laurance
Helder Lima de Queiroz
Henrique Eduardo Mendonça Nascimento
Maria Celeste Lopes - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC)
Emanuelle de Sousa Farias - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
José Leonardo
Lima Magalhães
Roel Brienen - University of Leeds
Gerardo A. Aymard - Herbario Universitario PORT
C 49
Juan David
Cardenas Revilla
Ima Célia
Guimarães Vieira
Bruno Barçante
Ladvocat Cintra 50
Pablo R Stevenson - Universidad de Los Andes
Yuri Oliveira Feitosa 52
Joost F Duivenvoorden - University of Amsterdam
Hugo F Mogollón
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami - Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado
Leandro Valle Ferreira
José Lozada - University of the Andes
James A Comiskey - National Park Service
José Julio de Toledo
Gabriel Damasco - University of California, Berkeley
Nallarett Dávila - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Aline Lopes - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Roosevelt Garcia-Villacorta - Cornell University
Freddie Draper - Florida International University
Alberto Vicentini - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Fernando Cornejo Valverde - Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program [Madre de Dios]
Jon Lloyd - Imperial College London
Vitor H F Gomes - Centro Universitário do Pará
David Neill - Universidad Estatal Amazónica
Alfonso Alonso - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Francisco Dallmeier - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Fernanda Coelho de Souza - Chercheur indépendant
Rogério Gribel - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Luzmila Arroyo - Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado
Fernanda Antunes Carvalho - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Daniel Praia
Portela de Aguiar
Dário Dantas Do Amaral
Marcelo Petratti Pansonato
Kenneth J Feeley - University of Miami
Erika Berenguer - University of Oxford
Paul V A Fine 60
Marcelino Guedes - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Jos Barlow - Lancaster University
Joice Ferreira 48
Boris Villa
Maria Mc Cristina - CREPAL - Centre de recherches sur les pays lusophones - EA 3421
Peñuela Mora
Eliana Jimenez - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Juan Licona - Bolivian Forest Research Institute
Carlos Cerón - Central University of Ecuador
Raquel Thomas - Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development
Paul Maas - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Marcos Silveira - Universidade Federal do Acre
Terry W Henkel - Humboldt State University
Juliana Stropp - Universidade Federal de Alagoas
Marcos Ríos Paredes 85
Kyle G Dexter - University of Edinburgh
Doug Daly - New York Botanical Garden
Tim R Baker - University of Leeds
Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco - Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
William Milliken - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Toby Pennington
J. Tello - University of Edinburgh
José Luis - Faculté de Pharmacie
Marcelo Pena
Carlos A Peres 92
Bente Klitgaard - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Alfredo Fuentes - Herbario Nacional de Bolivia
Miles R Silman - Wake Forest University
Anthony Di Fiore 96
Patricio von Hildebrand - Fundacion Puerto Rastrojo
Jérôme Chave - Laboratoire Evolution et Diversite Biologique
Tinde R van Andel
Renato Richard Hilário - Universidade Federal do Amapá
Juan Fernando Phillips
Gonzalo Rivas-Torres - University of Florida
Janaína Costa Noronha - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Adriana Prieto - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Therany Gonzales - Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research Foundation
Rainiellene De
Sá Carpanedo
George Pepe
Gallardo Gonzales
Ricardo Zárate Gómez
Domingos De
Jesus Rodrigues
Egleé L Zent - Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
Ademir R Ruschel - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Publication Details: Scientific Reports, Vol.10
Identifiers: 9936520009311
Academic Unit: BotAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations - AMAP
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-02883980