Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora

Hans Ter Steege; Paulo Prado; Renato De Lima; Edwin Pos; Diogenes De Andrade; Lima Filho; Rafael Salomão; Ieda Amaral; Francisca Dionizia de Almeida matos; Carolina Castilho; Oliver Phillips; Juan Guevara; Marcelo de Jesus Veiga Carim; Jesus Veiga; Dairon Cárdenas López; William Magnusson; Florian Wittmann; Maria Martins; Daniel Sabatier; Mariana Irume; José Renan Da; Silva Guimarães; Jean-François Molino; Olaf Banki; Maria Fernandez Piedade; Nigel Pitman; José Ferreira Ramos; Abel Mendoza; Eduardo Martins Venticinque; Bruno Luize; Núñez Vargas; Thiago Sanna; Freire Silva; Evlyn Márcia; Moraes De; Leão Novo; Neidiane Farias; Costa Reis; John Terborgh; Angelo Manzatto; Katia Casula; Euridice Honorio Coronado; Juan Montero; Alvaro Duque; Flávia Costa; Nicolás Castaño Arboleda; Jochen Schöngart; Charles Zartman; Timothy Killeen; Beatriz Marimon; Ben Hur Marimon-Junior; Rodolfo Vasquez; Bonifacio Mostacedo; Layon Demarchi; Ted Feldpausch; Julien Engel; Pascal Petronelli; Chris Baraloto; Rafael Assis; Hernán Castellanos; Marcelo Simon; Marcelo Brilhante De Medeiros; Adriano Quaresma; Susan Laurance; Lorena Rincón; Ana Andrade; Thaiane Sousa; José Luís Camargo; Juliana Schietti; William Laurance; Helder Lima de Queiroz; Henrique Mendonça Nascimento; Maria Lopes; Emanuelle de Sousa Farias; José Leonardo; Lima Magalhães; Roel Brienen; Gerardo Aymard; Juan David; Cardenas Revilla; Ima Célia; Guimarães Vieira; Bruno Barçante; Ladvocat Cintra; Pablo Stevenson; Yuri Oliveira Feitosa; Joost Duivenvoorden; Hugo Mogollón; Alejandro Araujo-Murakami; Leandro Valle Ferreira; José LOZADA; James Comiskey; José Julio De Toledo; Gabriel Damasco; NALLARETT DÁVILA; Aline Lopes; Roosevelt Garcia-Villacorta; Freddie Draper; Alberto Vicentini

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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 Prado, Renato De Lima, Edwin Pos, Diogenes De Andrade, Lima Filho, Rafael Salomão, Ieda Amaral, Francisca Dionizia de Almeida matos, Carolina Castilho, …

Scientific reports, Vol.10(1), pp.10130-10130

2020

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

PMID: 32576943

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Life Sciences

Ecosystems

Botanics

Ecology, environment

Vegetal Biology

Biodiversity

Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy

Biodiversity and Ecology

Environmental Sciences

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: Hans Ter Steege - Institute of Environmental Biology, Section Plant Ecology and Biodiversity
Paulo Prado - Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo
Renato De Lima
Edwin Pos - Utrecht University [Utrecht]
Diogenes De Andrade
Lima Filho
Rafael Salomão - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi [Belém, Brésil]
Ieda Amaral - Projeto TEAM-Manaus
Francisca Dionizia de Almeida matos - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Carolina Castilho - Centro de Pesquisa Agroflorestal de Roraima
Oliver Phillips - Ecology and Global Change, School of Geography
Juan Guevara
Marcelo de Jesus Veiga Carim
Jesus Veiga
Dairon Cárdenas López
William Magnusson - Coordenac Bao de Pesquisas em Ecologia
Florian Wittmann - Department of Biochemistry [Mainz]
Maria Martins
Daniel Sabatier - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
Mariana Irume
José Renan Da
Silva Guimarães
Jean-François Molino - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
Olaf Banki - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Maria Fernandez Piedade
Nigel Pitman
José Ferreira Ramos
Abel Mendoza
Eduardo Martins Venticinque
Bruno Luize
Núñez Vargas
Thiago Sanna
Freire Silva
Evlyn Márcia
Moraes De
Leão Novo
Neidiane Farias
Costa Reis
John Terborgh - Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment
Angelo Manzatto
Katia Casula
Euridice Honorio Coronado
Juan Montero
Alvaro Duque - Departamento de Ciencias Forestales
Flávia Costa
Nicolás Castaño Arboleda
Jochen Schöngart - Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Charles Zartman
Timothy Killeen
Beatriz Marimon
Ben Hur Marimon-Junior
Rodolfo Vasquez - Missouri Botanical Garden
Bonifacio Mostacedo - Universidad Autonoma Gabriel René Moreno
Layon Demarchi
Ted Feldpausch
Julien Engel - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
Pascal Petronelli - Ecologie des forêts de Guyane
Chris Baraloto - Ecologie des forêts de Guyane
Rafael Assis
Hernán Castellanos - Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana
Marcelo Simon - Genetic resources and biotechnology
Marcelo Brilhante De Medeiros
Adriano Quaresma
Susan Laurance - Chercheur indépendant
Lorena Rincón
Ana Andrade - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Thaiane Sousa
José Luís Camargo
Juliana Schietti - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
William Laurance
Helder Lima de Queiroz
Henrique Mendonça Nascimento
Maria Lopes - Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC)
Emanuelle de Sousa Farias
José Leonardo
Lima Magalhães
Roel Brienen - Sch Geog
Gerardo Aymard - Herbario Universitario PORT
Juan David
Cardenas Revilla
Ima Célia
Guimarães Vieira
Bruno Barçante
Ladvocat Cintra
Pablo Stevenson
Yuri Oliveira Feitosa
Joost Duivenvoorden
Hugo Mogollón
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami - Universidad Autonoma Gabriel René Moreno
Leandro Valle Ferreira
José LOZADA - Laboratoire Interfaces Sensorielles
James Comiskey
José Julio De Toledo
Gabriel Damasco - Department of Integrative Biology
NALLARETT DÁVILA - Department of Integrative Biology [Berkeley]
Aline Lopes
Roosevelt Garcia-Villacorta - University of Edinburgh
Freddie Draper
Alberto Vicentini
Publication Details: Scientific reports, Vol.10(1), pp.10130-10130
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
PMID: 32576943
Record Identifier: 991031575395302976