Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests

Hans Ter Steege; Terry Henkel; Nora Helal; Beatriz Marimon; Ben Hur Marimon-Junior; Andreas Huth; Jürgen Groeneveld; Daniel Sabatier; Luiz de Souza Coelho; Diogenes De; Andrade Lima Filho; Rafael Salomão; Leão Amaral; Francisca Dionízia; Almeida Matos; Carolina Castilho; Oliver Phillips; Juan Guevara; Marcelo De; Jesus Veiga; Dairon Cárdenas López; William Magnusson; Florian Wittmann; Mariana Victória Irume; Maria Pires Martins; José Renan da Silva Guimarães; Silva Guimarães; Jean-François Molino; Olaf Banki; Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade; Nigel Pitman; Abel Mendoza; José Ferreira Ramos; Bruno Luize; Evlyn Márcia; Moraes De Leão Novo; Thiago Sanna; Freire Silva; Eduardo Martins Venticinque; Angelo Manzatto; Neidiane Farias; Costa Reis; John Terborgh; Katia Regina Casula; Euridice Honorio Coronado; Juan Montero; Ted Feldpausch; Alvaro Duque; Flávia Costa; Nicolás Castaño Arboleda; Jochen Schöngart; Timothy Killeen; Rodolfo Vasquez; Bonifacio Mostacedo; Layon Demarchi; Rafael Assis; Chris Baraloto; Julien Engel; Pascal Petronelli; Hernán Castellanos; Marcelo Brilhante De Medeiros; Adriano Quaresma; Marcelo Fragomeni Simon; Ana Andrade; Susan Laurance; William Laurance; Lorena Rincón; Juliana Schietti; Thaiane Sousa; Emanuelle De; Sousa Farias; Maria Lopes; José Leonardo; Lima Magalhães; Henrique Mendonça Nascimento; Helder Lima de Queiroz; Gerardo Aymard; Roel Brienen; 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; Freddie Draper; Roosevelt Garcia-Villacorta

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Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests

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Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests

Hans Ter Steege, Terry Henkel, Nora Helal, Beatriz Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior, Andreas Huth, Jürgen Groeneveld, Daniel Sabatier, Luiz de Souza Coelho, Diogenes De, …

Scientific reports, Vol.9(1), pp.1-15

2019-12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50323-9

PMID: 31554920

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Life Sciences

Ecosystems

Botanics

Ecology, environment

Vegetal Biology

Biodiversity

Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy

Biodiversity and Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Tropical forests are known for their high diversity. Yet, forest patches do occur in the tropics where a single tree species is dominant. Such “monodominant” forests are known from all of the main tropical regions. For Amazonia, we sampled the occurrence of monodominance in a massive, basin-wide database of forest-inventory plots from the Amazon Tree Diversity Network (ATDN). Utilizing a simple defining metric of at least half of the trees ≥ 10 cm diameter belonging to one species, we found only a few occurrences of monodominance in Amazonia, and the phenomenon was not significantly linked to previously hypothesized life history traits such wood density, seed mass, ectomycorrhizal associations, or Rhizobium nodulation. In our analysis, coppicing (the formation of sprouts at the base of the tree or on roots) was the only trait significantly linked to monodominance. While at specific locales coppicing or ectomycorrhizal associations may confer a considerable advantage to a tree species and lead to its monodominance, very few species have these traits. Mining of the ATDN dataset suggests that monodominance is quite rare in Amazonia, and may be linked primarily to edaphic factors.

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Title: Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests
Creators: Hans Ter Steege - Naturalis Biodiversity Center [Leiden]
Terry Henkel - Humboldt State University
Nora Helal
Beatriz Marimon
Ben Hur Marimon-Junior
Andreas Huth - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Jürgen Groeneveld - Department of Ecological Modelling
Daniel Sabatier - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
Luiz de Souza Coelho
Diogenes De
Andrade Lima Filho
Rafael Salomão - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi [Belém, Brésil]
Leão Amaral
Francisca Dionízia
Almeida Matos
Carolina Castilho - Centro de Pesquisa Agroflorestal de Roraima
Oliver Phillips
Juan Guevara
Marcelo De
Jesus Veiga
Dairon Cárdenas López
William Magnusson - Coordenac Bao de Pesquisas em Ecologia
Florian Wittmann - Department of Biochemistry [Mainz]
Mariana Victória Irume
Maria Pires Martins
José Renan da Silva Guimarães
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 Teresa Fernandez Piedade
Nigel Pitman - Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment
Abel Mendoza
José Ferreira Ramos
Bruno Luize
Evlyn Márcia
Moraes De Leão Novo
Thiago Sanna
Freire Silva
Eduardo Martins Venticinque
Angelo Manzatto
Neidiane Farias
Costa Reis
John Terborgh - Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment
Katia Regina Casula
Euridice Honorio Coronado
Juan Montero
Ted Feldpausch
Alvaro Duque - Departamento de Ciencias Forestales
Flávia Costa
Nicolás Castaño Arboleda
Jochen Schöngart
Timothy Killeen
Rodolfo Vasquez - Missouri Botanical Garden
Bonifacio Mostacedo
Layon Demarchi
Rafael Assis
Chris Baraloto
Julien Engel - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
Pascal Petronelli - Ecologie des forêts de Guyane
Hernán Castellanos
Marcelo Brilhante De Medeiros
Adriano Quaresma
Marcelo Fragomeni Simon
Ana Andrade - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Susan Laurance - James Cook University
William Laurance
Lorena Rincón
Juliana Schietti - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Thaiane Sousa
Emanuelle De
Sousa Farias
Maria Lopes - Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
José Leonardo
Lima Magalhães
Henrique Mendonça Nascimento
Helder Lima de Queiroz
Gerardo Aymard - Herbario Universitario PORT
Roel Brienen - School of Geography [Leeds]
Juan David
Cardenas Revilla
Ima Célia
Guimarães Vieira
Bruno Barçante
Ladvocat Cintra
Pablo Stevenson - Laboratorio de Botánica & Sistemática
Yuri Oliveira Feitosa
Joost Duivenvoorden
Hugo Mogollón
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami - Universidad Autonoma Gabriel René Moreno
Leandro Valle Ferreira
José Lozada - Département Intelligence Ambiante et Systèmes Interactifs
James Comiskey
José Julio De Toledo
Gabriel Damasco - Department of Integrative Biology
NALLARETT DÁVILA - Department of Integrative Biology [Berkeley]
Freddie Draper
Roosevelt Garcia-Villacorta - University of Edinburgh
Publication Details: Scientific reports, Vol.9(1), pp.1-15
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
PMID: 31554920
Record Identifier: 991031577624102976