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An estimate of the number of tropical tree species [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015
SignificancePeople are fascinated by the amazing diversity of tropical forests and will be surprised to learn that robust estimates of the number of tropical tree species are lacking. We show that there are at least 40,000, but possibly more than 53,000, tree species in the tropics, in contrast to only 124 across temperate Europe.
J W Ferry, Slik, Víctor, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Shin-Ichiro, Aiba, Patricia, Alvarez-Loayza, Luciana F, Alves, Peter, Ashton, Patricia, Balvanera, Meredith L, Bastian, Peter J, Bellingham, Eduardo, van den Berg, Luis, Bernacci, Polyanna, da Conceição Bispo, Lilian, Blanc, Katrin, Böhning-Gaese, Pascal, Boeckx, Frans, Bongers, Brad, Boyle, Matt, Bradford, Francis Q, Brearley, Mireille, Breuer-Ndoundou Hockemba, Sarayudh, Bunyavejchewin, Darley, Calderado Leal Matos, Miguel, Castillo-Santiago, Eduardo L M, Catharino, Shauna-Lee, Chai, Yukai, Chen, Robert K, Colwell, Robin L, Chazdon, Chazdon L, Robin, Connie, Clark, David B, Clark, Deborah A, Clark, Heike, Culmsee, Kipiro, Damas, Handanakere S, Dattaraja, Gilles, Dauby, Priya, Davidar, Saara J, DeWalt, Jean-Louis, Doucet, Alvaro, Duque, Giselda, Durigan, Karl A O, Eichhorn, Pedro V, Eisenlohr, Eduardo, Eler, Corneille, Ewango, Nina, Farwig, Kenneth J, Feeley, Leandro, Ferreira, Richard, Field, Ary T, de Oliveira Filho, Christine, Fletcher, Olle, Forshed, Geraldo, Franco, Gabriella, Fredriksson, Thomas, Gillespie, Jean-François, Gillet, Giriraj, Amarnath, Daniel M, Griffith, James, Grogan, Nimal, Gunatilleke, David, Harris, Rhett, Harrison, Andy, Hector, Jürgen, Homeier, Nobuo, Imai, Akira, Itoh, Patrick A, Jansen, Carlos A, Joly, Bernardus H J, de Jong, Kuswata, Kartawinata, Elizabeth, Kearsley, Daniel L, Kelly, David, Kenfack, Michael, Kessler, Kanehiro, Kitayama, Robert, Kooyman, Eileen, Larney, Yves, Laumonier, Susan, Laurance, William F, Laurance, Michael J, Lawes, Ieda Leao do, Amaral, Susan G, Letcher, Jeremy, Lindsell, Xinghui, Lu, Asyraf, Mansor, Antti, Marjokorpi, Emanuel H, Martin, Henrik, Meilby, Felipe P L, Melo, Daniel J, Metcalfe, Vincent P, Medjibe, Jean Paul, Metzger, Jerome, Millet, D, Mohandass, Juan C, Montero, Márcio, de Morisson Valeriano, Badru, Mugerwa, Hidetoshi, Nagamasu, Reuben, Nilus, Susana, Ochoa-Gaona, , Onrizal, Navendu, Page, Pia, Parolin, Marc, Parren, Narayanaswamy, Parthasarathy, Ekananda, Paudel, Andrea, Permana, Maria T F, Piedade, Nigel C A, Pitman, Lourens, Poorter, Axel D, Poulsen, John, Poulsen, Jennifer, Powers, Rama C, Prasad, Jean-Philippe, Puyravaud, Jean-Claude, Razafimahaimodison, Jan, Reitsma, João Roberto, Dos Santos, Wilson, Roberto Spironello, Hugo, Romero-Saltos, Francesco, Rovero, Andes Hamuraby, Rozak, Kalle, Ruokolainen, Ervan, Rutishauser, Felipe, Saiter, Philippe, Saner, Braulio A, Santos, Fernanda, Santos, Swapan K, Sarker, Manichanh, Satdichanh, Christine B, Schmitt, Jochen, Schöngart, Mark, Schulze, Marcio S, Suganuma, Douglas, Sheil, Eduardo, da Silva Pinheiro, Plinio, Sist, Tariq, Stevart, Raman, Sukumar, I-Fang, Sun, Terry, Sunderland, Terry, Sunderand, H S, Suresh, Eizi, Suzuki, Marcelo, Tabarelli, Jangwei, Tang, Natália, Targhetta, Ida, Theilade, Duncan W, Thomas, Peguy, Tchouto, Johanna, Hurtado, Renato, Valencia, Johan L C H, van Valkenburg, Tran, Van Do, Rodolfo, Vasquez, Hans, Verbeeck, Victor, Adekunle, Simone A, Vieira, Campbell O, Webb, Timothy, Whitfeld, Serge A, Wich, John, Williams, Florian, Wittmann, Hannsjoerg, Wöll, Xiaobo, Yang, C Yves, Adou Yao, Sandra L, Yap, Tsuyoshi, Yoneda, Rakan A, Zahawi, Rahmad, Zakaria, Runguo, Zang, Rafael L, de Assis, Bruno, Garcia Luize, Eduardo M, Venticinque   +174 more
openaire   +10 more sources

Density Estimates of Endangered Endemic Rodents Suggest Broader Impacts of Invasive Burmese Pythons Following a Category 4 Hurricane in the Florida Keys

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Density estimates of two endangered rodent subspecies, endemic to Key Largo, Florida, USA. These findings illustrate the contrasting dynamics of two native species associated with the prevalence of invasive Burmese pythons and global change. The woodrats' decline emphasizes its potential risk of extinction as global change continues to impact island ...
Shauna M. Sayers, Brent S. Pease, Brandon W. McDonald, Isabella R. Collamati, Jeremy D. Dixon, Michael V. Cove   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Edaphic Specialization in Tropical Trees: Physiological Correlates and Responses to Reciprocal Transplantation [PDF]

, 2005
Recent research has documented the importance of edaphic factors in determining the habitat associations of tree species in many tropical rain forests, but the underlying mechanisms for edaphic associations are unclear.
Baltzer, Jennifer L., Burslem, D.F.R.P., Nilus, R., Thomas, Sean C.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling soil water availability for neotropical forest trees [PDF]

, 2010
The aim of this study was to model the soil water availability to neotropical trees. We developed a discrete-time deterministic water balance model and validated it on a large field data set.
Bonal, Damien, Hérault, Bruno, Rossi, Vivien, Wagner, Fabien   +3 more
core  

Large emissions from floodplain trees close the Amazon methane budget [PDF]

, 2017
Wetlands are the largest global source of atmospheric methane (CH4), a potent greenhouse gas. However, methane emission inventories from the Amazon floodplain, the largest natural geographic source of CH4 in the tropics, consistently underestimate the ...
A Siegenthaler, AA Bloom, AA Bloom, AH Devol, AJ Webb, Alex Enrich-Prast, B Ringeval, C Frankenberg, C Frankenberg, C Wilson, Cassia Mônica Sakuragui, D Bastviken, David Bastviken, Edward R. C. Hornibrook, EM Latrubesse, Emanuel Gloor, F Keppler, GO Martinson, H Rusch, H Schaefer, HO Sawakuchi, Humberto Marotta, JB Miller, JM Melack, John Bharat Miller, KB Bartlett, L Belger, LL Hess, LL Hess, LS Santiago, Luana S. Basso, Luana Silva Braucks Calazans, Luciana V. Gatti, Olaf Malm, R Fisher, Roberta Bittencourt Peixoto, RR Draxler, S Kirschke, S Pitz, SR Pangala, SR Pangala, SR Pangala, Sunitha R. Pangala, Veronika Beck, Vincent Gauci, Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos, ZP Wang   +46 more
core   +1 more source

Classifying avian drinking behaviour: ecological insights and implications in a changing world

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water is a fundamental currency of life, and its availability significantly influences animal behaviour, physiology and distributions. However, our knowledge around the dependence on water for drinking and the direct and indirect mechanisms driving related behaviours remains partial in the context of changing climates. Here, we review patterns
Shannon R. Conradie, Marc T. Freeman
wiley   +1 more source

Progress in South America Dendrochronology [PDF]

, 2002
South America extends from 11°N to 62°S. Major boundaries such as the Andes on the western side of the continent and the land mass in the tropics create north-south and west-east variations in climate and ecosystems.
Boninsegna, Jose Armando
core   +1 more source

Ecology and evolution of pyrazines in insects

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemical communication is the oldest and most widespread form of signalling among and within organisms. Among the many compounds involved in such communication, pyrazines – nitrogen‐containing heterocyclic molecules – are especially intriguing due to their widespread occurrence across the tree of life, from bacteria and fungi to insects and ...
Zowi Oudendijk, Niklas Wahlberg, Johanna Mappes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source