Article (Scientific journals)
Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities.
Cooper, Declan L M; Lewis, Simon L; Sullivan, Martin J P et al.
2024In Nature, 625 (7996), p. 728 - 734
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
 

Files


Full Text
s41586-023-06820-z.pdf
Author postprint (10.05 MB)
Download

All documents in ORBi are protected by a user license.

Send to



Details



Keywords :
Biodiversity; Africa; Asia, Southeastern; Forests; Trees/anatomy & histology; Trees/classification; Trees/growth & development; Tropical Climate; Ecosystem; Trees; Multidisciplinary
Abstract :
[en] Trees structure the Earth's most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable challenge to understanding these forests, including their response to environmental change, as very little is known about most tropical tree species. A focus on the common species may circumvent this challenge. Here we investigate abundance patterns of common tree species using inventory data on 1,003,805 trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm across 1,568 locations1-6 in closed-canopy, structurally intact old-growth tropical forests in Africa, Amazonia and Southeast Asia. We estimate that 2.2%, 2.2% and 2.3% of species comprise 50% of the tropical trees in these regions, respectively. Extrapolating across all closed-canopy tropical forests, we estimate that just 1,053 species comprise half of Earth's 800 billion tropical trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm. Despite differing biogeographic, climatic and anthropogenic histories7, we find notably consistent patterns of common species and species abundance distributions across the continents. This suggests that fundamental mechanisms of tree community assembly may apply to all tropical forests. Resampling analyses show that the most common species are likely to belong to a manageable list of known species, enabling targeted efforts to understand their ecology. Although they do not detract from the importance of rare species, our results open new opportunities to understand the world's most diverse forests, including modelling their response to environmental change, by focusing on the common species that constitute the majority of their trees.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Cooper, Declan L M ;  Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK. declan.cooper.16@ucl.ac.uk ; Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK. declan.cooper.16@ucl.ac.uk
Lewis, Simon L ;  Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK. s.l.lewis@ucl.ac.uk ; School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. s.l.lewis@ucl.ac.uk
Sullivan, Martin J P ;  School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK ; Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Prado, Paulo I;  Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
Ter Steege, Hans ;  Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands ; Quantitative Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Barbier, Nicolas ;  AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France ; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Slik, Ferry;  Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam
Sonké, Bonaventure;  International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon ; Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Ewango, Corneille E N;  Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources Management and Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Adu-Bredu, Stephen;  Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana
Affum-Baffoe, Kofi;  Mensuration Unit, Forestry Commission of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana
de Aguiar, Daniel P P;  Procuradoria-Geral de Justiça, Ministério Público do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil ; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Ahuite Reategui, Manuel Augusto;  Medio Ambiente, PLUSPRETOL, Iquitos, Peru
Aiba, Shin-Ichiro;  Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss;  Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Alonso, Alfonso;  Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA
Amani, Christian A;  Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia ; Université Officielle de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
do Amaral, Dário Dantas;  Coordenação de Botânica, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil
do Amaral, Iêda Leão;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Andrade, Ana;  Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Angoboy, Ilondea B;  Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro;  Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Arboleda, Nicolás Castaño;  Herbario Amazónico Colombiano, Instituto SINCHI, Bogotá, Colombia
Arroyo, Luzmila;  Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Ashton, Peter;  Bullard Emeritus Professor of Forestry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Aymard C, Gerardo A;  Programa de Ciencias del Agro y el Mar, Herbario Universitario (PORT), UNELLEZ-Guanare, Guanare, Venezuela
Baider, Cláudia;  The Mauritius Herbarium, Agricultural Services, Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Reduit, Mauritius ; Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
Baker, Timothy R;  School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Balinga, Michael Philippe Bessike;  Tetra Tech ARD, Accra, Ghana
Balslev, Henrik;  Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Aarhus, Denmark
Banin, Lindsay F;  UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, UK
Bánki, Olaf S;  Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Baraloto, Chris;  International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Barbosa, Flávia Rodrigues;  ICNHS, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, Brazil
Barlow, Jos;  Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
Bastin, Jean-François  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Biodiversité et Paysage
Beeckman, Hans;  Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
Begne, Serge;  School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK ; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon ; Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Bengone, Natacha Nssi;  Ministry of Forests, Seas, Environment and Climate, Libreville, Gabon
Berenguer, Erika;  Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK ; Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Berry, Nicholas;  The Landscapes and Livelihoods Group, Edinburgh, UK
Bitariho, Robert;  Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mbarara, Uganda
Boeckx, Pascal;  Isotope Bioscience Laboratory (ISOFYS), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Bogaert, Jan  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Biodiversité et Paysage
Bonyoma, Bernard;  Section de la Foresterie, Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomique Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Boundja, Patrick;  Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia ; Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Bourland, Nils ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Forêts, Nature et Paysage > Laboratoire de Foresterie des régions tropicales et subtropicales ; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium ; CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia ; Resources and Synergies Development, Singapore, Singapore
Boyemba Bosela, Faustin;  Laboratory of Ecology and Forest Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Brambach, Fabian;  Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Brienen, Roel;  School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Burslem, David F R P;  School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Camargo, José Luís;  Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Campelo, Wegliane;  Universidade Federal do Amapá, Ciências Ambientais, Macapá, Brazil
Cano, Angela;  Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia ; Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, UK
Cárdenas, Sasha;  Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Cárdenas López, Dairon;  Herbario Amazónico Colombiano, Instituto SINCHI, Bogotá, Colombia
de Sá Carpanedo, Rainiellen;  ICNHS, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, Brazil
Carrero Márquez, Yrma Andreina;  Programa de Maestria de Manejo de Bosques, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes;  Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil ; Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Casas, Luisa Fernanda;  Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Castellanos, Hernán;  Centro de Investigaciones Ecológicas de Guayana, Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
Castilho, Carolina V;  Centro de Pesquisa Agroflorestal de Roraima, Embrapa Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil
Cerón, Carlos;  Escuela de Biología Herbario Alfredo Paredes, Universidad Central, Quito, Ecuador
Chapman, Colin A;  Biology Department, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada ; Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, Northwest University, Xi'an, China ; School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa
Chave, Jerome;  Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Chhang, Phourin;  Institute of Forest and Wildlife Research and Development (IRD), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Chutipong, Wanlop;  Conservation Ecology Program, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
Chuyong, George B;  Faculty of Science, Department of Plant Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat;  Instituto de Biociências, Departamento Botanica, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
Clark, Connie J;  Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Coelho de Souza, Fernanda;  Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil ; University of Leeds, Leeds, UK ; BeZero, London, UK
Comiskey, James A;  Inventory and Monitoring Program, National Park Service, Fredericksburg, VA, USA ; Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA
Coomes, David A;  Department of Plant Sciences and Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Cornejo Valverde, Fernando;  Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program, Madre de Dios, Madre de Dios, Peru
Correa, Diego F;  Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia ; The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Costa, Flávia R C;  Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Costa, Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa;  Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Amapá, Macapá, Brazil
Couteron, Pierre;  AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France ; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Culmsee, Heike;  State Agency for Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology, Güstrow, Germany
Cuni-Sanchez, Aida;  Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK ; Department of International Environmental and Development Studies (NORAGRIC), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Dallmeier, Francisco;  Center for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA
Damasco, Gabriel;  Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Dauby, Gilles;  AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France ; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Dávila, Nállarett;  Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
Dávila Doza, Hilda Paulette;  Servicios de Biodiversidad EIRL, Iquitos, Peru
De Alban, Jose Don T;  Centre for Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore ; Phillipines Programme, Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge, UK
de Assis, Rafael L;  Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Brazil
De Canniere, Charles;  Landscape Ecology and Vegetal Production Systems Unit, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
De Haulleville, Thales;  Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo;  Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Amapá (IEPA), Macapá, Brazil
Demarchi, Layon O;  Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Dexter, Kyle G;  School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK ; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Di Fiore, Anthony;  Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA ; Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador
Din, Hazimah Haji Mohammad;  Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
Disney, Mathias I;  Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
Djiofack, Brice Yannick;  Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium ; Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), Wood Laboratory of Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo ; UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Djuikouo, Marie-Noël K;  International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon ; Faculty of Science, Department of Plant Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
Do, Tran Van;  Silviculture Research Institute, Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
Doucet, Jean-Louis ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Gestion des ressources forestières
Draper, Freddie C;  Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Droissart, Vincent;  AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France ; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Duivenvoorden, Joost F;  Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Engel, Julien;  AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France ; Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
Estienne, Vittoria;  Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Farfan-Rios, William;  Living Earth Collaborative, Washington University in Saint Louis, St Louis, MO, USA ; Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO, USA
Fauset, Sophie;  School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Feeley, Kenneth J;  Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA ; Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL, USA
Feitosa, Yuri Oliveira;  Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia (Botânica), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Feldpausch, Ted R;  University of Leeds, Leeds, UK ; Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Ferreira, Cid;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Ferreira, Joice;  Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Brazil
Ferreira, Leandro Valle;  Coordenação de Botânica, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil
Fletcher, Christine D;  Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Malaysia
Flores, Bernardo Monteiro;  Postgraduate Program in Ecology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Fofanah, Alusine;  The Gola Rainforest National Park, Kenema, Sierra Leone
Foli, Ernest G;  Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana
Fonty, Émile;  Direction Régionale de la Guyane, Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana ; Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Fredriksson, Gabriella M;  Pro Natura Foundation, Balikpapan, Indonesia
Fuentes, Alfredo;  Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO, USA ; Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Carrera de Biología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
Galbraith, David;  School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Gallardo Gonzales, George Pepe;  Servicios de Biodiversidad EIRL, Iquitos, Peru
Garcia-Cabrera, Karina;  Biology Department and Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA
García-Villacorta, Roosevelt;  Programa Restauración de Ecosistemas (PRE), Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA), Tambopata, Peru ; Peruvian Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (PCBC), Iquitos, Peru
Gomes, Vitor H F;  Escola de Negócios Tecnologia e Inovação, Centro Universitário do Pará, Belém, Brazil ; Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
Gómez, Ricardo Zárate;  PROTERRA, Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Peru
Gonzales, Therany;  ACEER Foundation, Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Gribel, Rogerio;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Guedes, Marcelino Carneiro;  Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Amapá, Macapá, Brazil
Guevara, Juan Ernesto;  Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Salud-BIOMAS, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador ; The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA
Hakeem, Khalid Rehman;  Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Hall, Jefferson S;  Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
Hamer, Keith C;  School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Hamilton, Alan C;  Honorary Professor, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, China
Harris, David J;  Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Harrison, Rhett D;  World Agroforestry, Lusaka, Zambia
Hart, Terese B;  Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT, USA
Hector, Andy;  Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Henkel, Terry W;  Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, Arcata, CA, USA
Herbohn, John;  Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia
Hockemba, Mireille B N;  Congo Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Hoffman, Bruce;  Amazon Conservation Team, Arlington, USA
Holmgren, Milena;  Resource Ecology Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Honorio Coronado, Euridice N;  Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Peru ; University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau;  Herbario HAG, Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios (UNAMAD), Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Hubau, Wannes;  School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK ; Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium ; Department of Environment, Laboratory of Wood Technology (Woodlab), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Imai, Nobuo;  Department of Forest Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
Irume, Mariana Victória;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Jansen, Patrick A;  Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon, Panama ; Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Jeffery, Kathryn J;  Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
Jimenez, Eliana M;  Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Fauna y Flora Silvestre, Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Imani, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Amazonia, Leticia, Colombia
Jucker, Tommaso;  School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Junqueira, André Braga;  Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Kalamandeen, Michelle;  School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Kamdem, Narcisse G;  International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon ; Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Kartawinata, Kuswata;  Integrative Research Center, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
Kasongo Yakusu, Emmanuel;  Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium ; UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ; Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Katembo, John M;  Laboratory of Ecology and Forest Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kearsley, Elizabeth;  Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology (CAVElab), Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Kenfack, David;  Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
Kessler, Michael;  Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Khaing, Thiri Toe;  Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, China ; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Killeen, Timothy J;  Agteca-Amazonica, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Kitayama, Kanehiro;  Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Klitgaard, Bente;  Department for Accelerated Taxonomy, Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, UK
Labrière, Nicolas;  Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Laumonier, Yves;  Forest and Environment Program, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
Laurance, Susan G W;  Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Laurance, William F;  Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Laurent, Félix;  Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium ; Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), Wood Laboratory of Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo ; UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Le, Tinh Cong;  Viet Nature Conservation Centre, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Le, Trai Trong;  Viet Nature Conservation Centre, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Leal, Miguel E;  Uganda Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, Kampala, Uganda
Leão de Moraes Novo, Evlyn Márcia;  Divisao de Sensoriamento Remoto (DSR), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brazil
Levesley, Aurora;  School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Libalah, Moses B;  International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon ; Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon ; Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Licona, Juan Carlos;  Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Lima Filho, Diógenes de Andrade;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Lindsell, Jeremy A;  The RSPB, Sandy, UK ; A Rocha International, Cambridge, UK
Lopes, Aline;  Department of Ecology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
Lopes, Maria Aparecida;  Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
Lovett, Jon C;  School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK ; Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, UK
Lowe, Richard;  Botany Department, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Lozada, José Rafael;  Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Forestal, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
Lu, Xinghui;  Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
Luambua, Nestor K;  Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium ; Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques (INERA), Wood Laboratory of Yangambi, Yangambi, Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources Management, University of Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Faculté des sciences Agronomiques, Université Officielle de Mbujimayi, Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Luize, Bruno Garcia;  Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
Maas, Paul;  Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Magalhães, José Leonardo Lima;  Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil ; Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Brazil
Magnusson, William E;  Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana;  Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Makana, Jean-Remy;  Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire d'Écologie et Aménagement Forestier, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malhi, Yadvinder;  Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Maniguaje Rincón, Lorena;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Mansor, Asyraf;  School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town, Malaysia ; Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town, Malaysia
Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto;  Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Unir, Porto Velho, Brazil
Marimon, Beatriz S;  Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, Brazil
Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur;  Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, Brazil
Marshall, Andrew R;  Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, UK ; Flamingo Land, Kirby Misperton, UK ; Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
Martins, Maria Pires;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Mbayu, Faustin M;  Jardín Botánico de Missouri, Oxapampa, Peru
de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante;  Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasilia, Brazil
Mesones, Italo;  Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Metali, Faizah;  Environmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
Mihindou, Vianet;  Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon ; Ministère de la Forêt, de la Mer, de l'Environnement, Chargé du Plan Climat, Libreville, Gabon
Millet, Jerome;  Office français de la biodiversité, Vincennes, France
Milliken, William;  Department for Ecosystem Stewardship, Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond, UK
Mogollón, Hugo F;  Endangered Species Coalition, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Molino, Jean-François;  AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France ; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Mohd Said, Mohd Nizam;  Institute of Climate Change, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel;  Jardín Botánico de Missouri, Oxapampa, Peru ; Herbario Vargas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cuzco, Peru
Montero, Juan Carlos;  Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil ; Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Moore, Sam;  Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Mostacedo, Bonifacio;  Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Mozombite Pinto, Linder Felipe;  Servicios de Biodiversidad EIRL, Iquitos, Peru
Mukul, Sharif Ahmed;  Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia ; Department of Environment and Development Studies, United International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Munishi, Pantaleo K T;  Department of Ecosystems and Conservation, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
Nagamasu, Hidetoshi;  The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade;  Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goyatacazes, Brazil
Neill, David;  Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Puyo, Ecuador
Nilus, Reuben;  Forest Research Centre, Sandakan, Malaysia
Noronha, Janaína Costa;  ICNHS, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, Brazil
Nsenga, Laurent;  Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
Núñez Vargas, Percy;  Herbario Vargas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cuzco, Peru
Ojo, Lucas;  University of Abeokuta, Abeokuta, Nigeria
Oliveira, Alexandre A;  Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida;  Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, Brazil
Ondo, Fidèle Evouna;  Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon
Palacios Cuenca, Walter;  Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Quito, Ecuador
Pansini, Susamar;  Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia PPG-Bionorte, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil
Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil ; Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
Paredes, Marcos Ríos;  Servicios de Biodiversidad EIRL, Iquitos, Peru
Paudel, Ekananda;  Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Pauletto, Daniela;  Instituto de Biodiversidade e Florestas, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, Brazil
Pearson, Richard G;  Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
Pena, José Luis Marcelo;  Universidad Nacional de Jaén, Cajamarca, Peru
Pennington, R Toby;  Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK ; Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Peres, Carlos A;  School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Permana, Andrea;  University of Warwick, Warwick, UK
Petronelli, Pascal;  Cirad UMR Ecofog, AgrosParisTech, CNRS, INRAE, Université Guyane, Kourou Cedex, France
Peñuela Mora, Maria Cristina;  Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM, Tena, Ecuador
Phillips, Juan Fernando;  Fundación Puerto Rastrojo, Bogotá, Colombia
Phillips, Oliver L;  School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Pickavance, Georgia;  School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez;  Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Pitman, Nigel C A;  Science and Education, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA
Ploton, Pierre;  AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France ; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Popelier, Andreas;  Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium ; UGent-Woodlab, Laboratory of Wood Technology, Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ; Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Poulsen, John R;  Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA ; The Nature Conservancy, Boulder, CO, USA
Prieto, Adriana;  Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Primack, Richard B;  Biology Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Priyadi, Hari;  Department of Resource and Environmental Economics (ESL), IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
Qie, Lan;  School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK ; School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
Quaresma, Adriano Costa;  Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil ; Wetland Department, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Rastatt, Germany
de Queiroz, Helder Lima;  Diretoria Técnico-Científica, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Tefé, Brazil
Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma;  Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Forestal (INDEFOR), Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
Ramos, José Ferreira;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa;  Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia PPG-Bionorte, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil
Reitsma, Jan;  Waardenburg Ecology, Culemborg, The Netherlands
Revilla, Juan David Cardenas;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Riutta, Terhi;  Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK ; College of Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo;  Estación de Biodiversidad Tiputini, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Quito, Ecuador ; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Robiansyah, Iyan;  Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ; Center for Plant Conservation Bogor Botanic Gardens, Indonesian Institute of Science, Bogor, Indonesia
Rocha, Maira;  Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Rodrigues, Domingos de Jesus;  ICNHS, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Sinop, Brazil
Rodriguez-Ronderos, M Elizabeth;  Centre for Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore ; Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Rovero, Francesco;  Deparment of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy ; Tropical Biodiversity Section, Museo delle Scienze (MUSE), Trento, Italy
Rozak, Andes H;  Research Center for Plant Conservation, Botanic Gardens and Forestry, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Bogor, Indonesia
Rudas, Agustín;  Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Rutishauser, Ervan;  InfoFlora, Botanical Garden of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Sabatier, Daniel;  AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France ; International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Sagang, Le Bienfaiteur;  International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon ; Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon ; Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe;  Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia PPG-Bionorte, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil
Samsoedin, Ismayadi;  Forest Research and Development Center, Research, Development and Innovation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Bogor, Indonesia
Satdichanh, Manichanh;  Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Schietti, Juliana;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Schöngart, Jochen;  Ecology, Monitoring and Sustainable Use of Wetlands (MAUA), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Scudeller, Veridiana Vizoni;  Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)-Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB1), Manaus, Brazil
Seuaturien, Naret;  World Wildlife Fund Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
Sheil, Douglas;  Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Sierra, Rodrigo;  GeoIS, Quito, Ecuador
Silman, Miles R;  Biology Department and Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire;  Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
da Silva Guimarães, José Renan;  Amcel Amapá Florestal e Celulose SA, Santana, Brazil
Simo-Droissart, Murielle;  International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon ; Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni;  Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasilia, Brazil
Sist, Plinio;  Cirad-ES, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D, Montpellier, France
Sousa, Thaiane R;  Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle;  Laboratório de Ecologia de Doenças Transmissíveis da Amazônia (EDTA), Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fiocruz, Manaus, Brazil ; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC/FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
de Souza Coelho, Luiz;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Spracklen, Dominick V;  School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Stas, Suzanne M;  School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Steinmetz, Robert;  World Wildlife Fund Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
Stevenson, Pablo R;  Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Stropp, Juliana;  Biogeography Department, Trier University, Trier, Germany
Sukri, Rahayu S;  Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
Sunderland, Terry C H;  Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia ; Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Suzuki, Eizi;  Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
Swaine, Michael D;  Department of Plant and Soil Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Tang, Jianwei;  Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, China
Taplin, James;  UK Research and Innovation, Innovate UK, London, UK
Taylor, David M;  Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Tello, J Sebastián;  Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO, USA
Terborgh, John;  Department of Biology and Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA ; James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Texier, Nicolas;  Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Theilade, Ida;  Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Thomas, Duncan W;  School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA, USA
Thomas, Raquel;  Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development, Georgetown, Guyana
Thomas, Sean C;  Institute of Forestry and Conservation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tirado, Milton;  GeoIS, Quito, Ecuador
Toirambe, Benjamin;  Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium ; Ministère de l'Environnement et Développement Durable, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
de Toledo, José Julio;  Universidade Federal do Amapá, Ciências Ambientais, Macapá, Brazil
Tomlinson, Kyle W;  Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, China ; Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China
Torres-Lezama, Armando;  Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Forestal (INDEFOR), Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
Tran, Hieu Dang;  Viet Nature Conservation Centre, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Tshibamba Mukendi, John;  Service of Wood Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium ; Faculté de Gestion de Ressources Naturelles Renouvelables, Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo ; Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université de Mbujimayi, Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tumaneng, Roven D;  Phillipines Programme, Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge, UK ; Emerging Technology Development Division, Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD), Taguig City, Philippines
Umaña, Maria Natalia;  Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Umunay, Peter M;  Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, USA ; Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Urrego Giraldo, Ligia Estela;  Departamento de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis H;  Department of Biology, University of Missouri, St Louis, MO, USA ; Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru
Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis;  Jardín Botánico de Missouri, Oxapampa, Peru
Van Andel, Tinde R;  Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands ; Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
van de Bult, Martin;  Doi Tung Development Project, Social Development Department, Chiang Rai, Thailand
van de Pol, Jaqueline;  Compagnie des Bois du Gabon, Port Gentil, Gabon
van der Heijden, Geertje;  University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Vasquez, Rodolfo;  Jardín Botánico de Missouri, Oxapampa, Peru
Vela, César I A;  Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería Forestal, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Venticinque, Eduardo Martins;  Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
Verbeeck, Hans;  CAVElab-Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology, Department of Environment, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Veridiano, Rizza Karen A;  Phillipines Programme, Fauna and Flora International, Cambridge, UK ; FORLIANCE, Bonn, Germany
Vicentini, Alberto;  Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães;  Coordenação de Botânica, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil
Vilanova Torre, Emilio;  Instituto de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Forestal (INDEFOR), Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela ; Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY, USA
Villarroel, Daniel;  Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia ; Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza (FAN), Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Villa Zegarra, Boris Eduardo;  Direccíon de Evaluación Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre, Magdalena del Mar, Peru
Vleminckx, Jason;  International Center for Tropical Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA ; Faculté des Sciences, Service d'Évolution Biologique et Écologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
von Hildebrand, Patricio;  Fundación Estación de Biología, Bogotá, Colombia
Vos, Vincent Antoine;  Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales de la Amazonía, Universidad Autónoma del Beni José Ballivián, Riberalta, Beni, Bolivia
Vriesendorp, Corine;  Science and Education, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA
Webb, Edward L;  Viikki Tropical Resources Institute, Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland ; Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Helsinki, Finland
White, Lee J T;  Ministry of Forests, Seas, Environment and Climate, Libreville, Gabon ; Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK ; Institut de Recherche en Écologie Tropicale, Libreville, Gabon
Wich, Serge;  School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Wittmann, Florian;  Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil ; Wetland Department, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Rastatt, Germany
Zagt, Roderick;  Tropenbos International, Ede, The Netherlands
Zang, Runguo;  Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of State Forestry Administration, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
Zartman, Charles Eugene;  Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil
Zemagho, Lise;  International Joint Laboratory DYCOFAC, IRD-UYI-IRGM, Yaoundé, Cameroon ; Plant Systematics and Ecology Laboratory, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Zent, Egleé L;  Laboratory of Human Ecology, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela
Zent, Stanford;  Laboratory of Human Ecology, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Caracas, Venezuela
More authors (343 more) Less
Language :
English
Title :
Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities.
Publication date :
January 2024
Journal title :
Nature
ISSN :
0028-0836
eISSN :
1476-4687
Publisher :
Nature Research, England
Volume :
625
Issue :
7996
Pages :
728 - 734
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funding text :
D.L.M.C. was supported by the London Natural Environmental Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership grant (grant no. NE/L002485/1). This paper developed from analysing data from the African Tropical Rainforest Observatory Network (AfriTRON), curated at ForestPlots.net. AfriTRON has been supported by numerous people and grants since its inception. We sincerely thank the people of the many villages and local communities who welcomed our field teams and without whose support this work would not have been possible. Grants that have funded the AfriTRON network, including data in this paper, are a European Research Council Advanced Grant (T-FORCES; 291585; Tropical Forests in the Changing Earth System), a NERC standard grant (NER/A/S/2000/01002), a Royal Society University Research Fellowship to S.L.L., a NERC New Investigators Grant to S.L.L., a Philip Leverhulme Award to S.L.L., a European Union FP7 grant (GEOCARBON; 283080), Leverhulme Program grant (Valuing the Arc); a NERC Consortium Grant (TROBIT; NE/D005590/), NERC Large Grant (CongoPeat; NE/R016860/1) the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and Gabon’s National Parks Agency (ANPN). This paper was supported by ForestPlots.net approved Research Project 81, ‘Comparative Ecology of African Tropical Forests’. The development of ForestPlots.net and data curation has been funded by several grants, including NE/B503384/1, NE/N012542/1, ERC Advanced Grant 291585—‘T-FORCES’, NE/F005806/1, NERC New Investigators Awards, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, a Royal Society University Research Fellowship and a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship. Fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Yangambi and Yoko sites) was funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office BELSPO (SD/AR/01A/COBIMFO, BR/132/A1/AFRIFORD, BR/143/A3/HERBAXYLAREDD, FED-tWIN2019-prf-075/CongoFORCE, EF/211/TREE4FLUX); by the Flemish Interuniversity Council VLIR-UOS (CD2018TEA459A103, FORMONCO II); by L’Académie de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur ARES (AFORCO project) and by the European Union through the FORETS project (Formation, Recherche, Environnement dans la TShopo) supported by the XIth European Development Fund. EMV was supported by fellowship from the CNPq (Grant 308543/2021-1). RAPELD plots in Brazil were supported by the Program for Biodiversity Research (PPBio) and the National Institute for Amazonian Biodiversity (INCT-CENBAM). BGL post-doc grant no. 2019/03379-4, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). D.A.C. was supported by the CCI Collaborative fund. Plots in Mato Grosso, Brazil, were supported by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), PELD-TRAN 441244/2016-5 and 441572/2020-0, and Mato Grosso State Research Support Foundation (FAPEMAT)—0346321/2021. We thank E. Chezeaux, R. Condit, W. J. Eggeling, R. M. Ewers, O. J. Hardy, P. Jeanmart, K. L. Khoon, J. L. Lloyd, A. Marjokorpi, W. Marthy, H. Ntahobavuka, D. Paget, J. T. A. Proctor, R. P. Salomão, P. Saner, S. Tan, C. O. Webb, H. Woell and N. Zweifel for contributing forest inventory data. We thank numerous field assistants for their invaluable contributions to the collection of forest inventory data, including A. Nkwasibwe, ITFC field assistant.
Available on ORBi :
since 09 May 2024

Statistics


Number of views
6 (1 by ULiège)
Number of downloads
3 (0 by ULiège)

Scopus citations®
 
2
Scopus citations®
without self-citations
2

Bibliography


Similar publications



Contact ORBi