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Luize BG, Tuomisto H, Ekelschot R, Dexter KG, Amaral ILd, Coelho LdS, Matos FDdA, Lima Filho DdA, Salom?o RP, Wittmann F, Castilho CV, Carim MdJV, Guevara JE, Phillips OL & Silva TSF (2024) The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora. Communications Biology, 7, Art. No.: 1240. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06937-5
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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¨Ceastern 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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William E. Magnusson, Daniel Sabatier, Juan David Cardenas Revilla, Jean-Fran?ois Molino, Mariana Vict¨®ria Irume, Maria Pires Martins, Jos¨¦ Renan da Silva Guimar?es, Jos¨¦ Ferreira Ramos, Olaf S. B¨¢nki, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Dairon C¨¢rdenas L¨®pez, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Layon O. Demarchi, Jochen Sch?ngart, Evlyn M¨¢rcia Moraes de Le?o Novo, Percy N¨²?ez Vargas, Eduardo Martins Venticinque, Angelo Gilberto Manzatto, Neidiane Farias Costa Reis, John Terborgh, Katia Regina Casula, Euridice N. Honorio Coronado, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Juan Carlos Montero, Fl¨¢via R. C. Costa, Ted R. Feldpausch, Adriano Costa Quaresma, Nicol¨¢s Casta?o Arboleda, Charles Eugene Zartman, Timothy J. Killeen, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon, Rodolfo Vasquez, Bonifacio Mostacedo, Rafael L. Assis, Chris Baraloto, D¨¢rio Dantas do Amaral, Julien Engel, Pascal Petronelli, Hern¨¢n Castellanos, Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros, Marcelo Fragomeni Simon, Ana Andrade, Jos¨¦ Lu¨ªs Camargo, William F. Laurance, Susan G. W. Laurance, Lorena Maniguaje Rinc¨®n, Juliana Schietti, Thaiane R. Sousa, Gisele Biem Mori, Emanuelle de Sousa Farias, Maria Aparecida Lopes, Jos¨¦ Leonardo Lima Magalh?es, Henrique Eduardo Mendon?a Nascimento, Helder Lima de Queiroz, Caroline C. Vasconcelos, Gerardo A. Aymard C, Roel Brienen, Pablo R. Stevenson, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Bruno Bar?ante Ladvocat Cintra, Tim R. Baker, Yuri Oliveira Feitosa, Hugo F. Mogoll¨®n, Joost F. Duivenvoorden, Carlos A. Peres, Miles R. Silman, Leandro Valle Ferreira, Jos¨¦ Rafael Lozada, James A. Comiskey, Jos¨¦ Julio de Toledo, Gabriel Damasco, N¨¢llarett D¨¢vila, Freddie C. Draper, Roosevelt Garc¨ªa-Villacorta, Aline Lopes, Alberto Vicentini, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Alfonso Alonso, Luzmila Arroyo, Francisco Dallmeier, Vitor H. F. Gomes, Eliana M. Jimenez, David Neill, Maria Cristina Pe?uela Mora, Jana¨ªna Costa Noronha, Daniel P. P. de Aguiar, Fl¨¢via Rodrigues Barbosa, Yennie K. Bredin, Rainiellen de S¨¢ Carpanedo, Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Fernanda Coelho de Souza, Kenneth J. Feeley, Rogerio Gribel, Torbj?rn Haugaasen, Joseph E. Hawes, Marcelo Petratti Pansonato, John J. Pipoly III, Marcos R¨ªos Paredes, Domingos de Jesus Rodrigues, Jos Barlow, Erika Berenguer, Izaias Brasil da Silva, Maria Julia Ferreira, Joice Ferreira, Paul V. A. Fine, Marcelino Carneiro Guedes, Carolina Levis, Juan Carlos Licona, Boris Eduardo Villa Zegarra, Vincent Antoine Vos, Carlos Cer¨®n, Fl¨¢via Machado Durgante, ?mile Fonty, Terry W. Henkel, John Ethan Householder, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Marcos Silveira, Juliana Stropp, Raquel Thomas, Doug Daly, William Milliken, Guido Pardo Molina, Toby Pennington, Ima C¨¦lia Guimar?es Vieira, Bianca Weiss Albuquerque, Wegliane Campelo, Alfredo Fuentes, Bente Klitgaard, Jos¨¦ Luis Marcelo Pena, J. Sebasti¨¢n Tello, Corine Vriesendorp, Jerome Chave, Anthony Di Fiore, Renato Richard Hil¨¢rio, Luciana de Oliveira Pereira, Juan Fernando Phillips, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Tinde R. van Andel, Patricio von Hildebrand, William Balee, Edelcilio Marques Barbosa, Luiz Carlos de Matos Bonates, Hilda Paulette D¨¢vila Doza, Ricardo Z¨¢rate G¨®mez, Therany Gonzales, George Pepe Gallardo Gonzales, Bruce Hoffman, Andr¨¦ Braga Junqueira, Yadvinder Malhi, Ires Paula de Andrade Miranda, Linder Felipe Mozombite Pinto, Adriana Prieto, Agust¨ªn Rudas, Ademir R. Ruschel, Natalino Silva, C¨¦sar I. A. Vela, Stanford Zent, Egle¨¦ L. Zent, Mar¨ªa Jos¨¦ Endara, Angela Cano, Yrma Andreina Carrero M¨¢rquez, Diego F. Correa, Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa Costa, Bernardo Monteiro Flores, David Galbraith, Milena Holmgren, Michelle Kalamandeen, Guilherme Lobo, Luis Torres Montenegro, Marcelo Trindade Nascimento, Alexandre A. Oliveira, Maihyra Marina Pombo, Hirma Ramirez-Angulo, Maira Rocha, Veridiana Vizoni Scudeller, Maria Natalia Uma?a, Geertje van der Heijden, Emilio Vilanova Torre, Tony Mori Vargas, Manuel Augusto Ahuite Reategui, Cl¨¢udia Baider, Henrik Balslev, Sasha C¨¢rdenas, Luisa Fernanda Casas, William Farfan-Rios, Cid Ferreira, Reynaldo Linares-Palomino, Casimiro Mendoza, Italo Mesones, Germaine Alexander Parada, Armando Torres-Lezama, Ligia Estela Urrego Giraldo, Daniel Villarroel, Roderick Zagt, Miguel N. Alexiades, Edmar Almeida de Oliveira, Riley P. Fortier, Karina Garcia-Cabrera, Lionel Hernandez, Walter Palacios Cuenca, Susamar Pansini, Daniela Pauletto, Freddy Ramirez Arevalo, Adeilza Felipe Sampaio, Elvis H. Valderrama Sandoval, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Marina Hirota, Clarisse Palma-Silva & Hans ter Steege
Journal
Communications Biology: Volume 7
| Status | Published |
|---|---|
| Publication date | 31/10/2024 |
| Publication date online | 31/10/2024 |
| Date accepted by journal | 23/09/2024 |
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| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
| eISSN | 2399-3642 |
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