Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
An estimate of the number of tropical tree species.
Slik, J W Ferry; Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor; Aiba, Shin-Ichiro; Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia; Alves, Luciana F; Ashton, Peter; Balvanera, Patricia; Bastian, Meredith L; Bellingham, Peter J; van den Berg, Eduardo; Bernacci, Luis; da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna; Blanc, Lilian; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin; Boeckx, Pascal; Bongers, Frans; Boyle, Brad; Bradford, Matt; Brearley, Francis Q; Breuer-Ndoundou Hockemba, Mireille; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh; Calderado Leal Matos, Darley; Castillo-Santiago, Miguel; Catharino, Eduardo L M; Chai, Shauna-Lee; Chen, Yukai; Colwell, Robert K; Chazdon, Robin L; Robin, Chazdon L; Clark, Connie; Clark, David B; Clark, Deborah A; Culmsee, Heike; Damas, Kipiro; Dattaraja, Handanakere S; Dauby, Gilles; Davidar, Priya; DeWalt, Saara J; Doucet, Jean-Louis; Duque, Alvaro; Durigan, Giselda; Eichhorn, Karl A O; Eisenlohr, Pedro V; Eler, Eduardo; Ewango, Corneille; Farwig, Nina; Feeley, Kenneth J; Ferreira, Leandro; Field, Richard; de Oliveira Filho, Ary T.
Afiliação
  • Slik JW; Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darusallam, Gadong, Brunei; ferryslik@hotmail.com.
  • Arroyo-Rodríguez V; Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico;
  • Aiba S; Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan;
  • Alvarez-Loayza P; Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, Durham, NC;
  • Alves LF; Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil;
  • Ashton P; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA;
  • Balvanera P; Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico;
  • Bastian ML; Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, DC;
  • Bellingham PJ; Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand;
  • van den Berg E; Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Brazil;
  • Bernacci L; Instituto Agronômico de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil;
  • da Conceição Bispo P; National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil;
  • Blanc L; Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronimique pour le Developpement (CIRAD), Belem, Brazil;
  • Böhning-Gaese K; Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg, Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt (Main), Germany;
  • Boeckx P; Ghent University, Gent, Belgium;
  • Bongers F; Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands;
  • Boyle B; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ;
  • Bradford M; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Land and Water, Tropical Forest Research Centre, Atherton, Australia;
  • Brearley FQ; Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom;
  • Breuer-Ndoundou Hockemba M; Wildlife Conservation Society, Congo Program, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo;
  • Bunyavejchewin S; Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Bangkok, Thailand;
  • Calderado Leal Matos D; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belem, Brazil;
  • Castillo-Santiago M; El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Chiapas, Mexico;
  • Catharino EL; Instituto de Botânica de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;
  • Chai SL; Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, Vegreville, AB, Canada;
  • Chen Y; College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, China;
  • Colwell RK; University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; University of Colorado, Boulder, CO;
  • Robin CL; University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT;
  • Clark C; Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, Durham, NC;
  • Clark DB; University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO;
  • Clark DA; University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO;
  • Culmsee H; University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany;
  • Damas K; PNG Forest Research Institute, Lae, Papua New Guinea;
  • Dattaraja HS; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India;
  • Dauby G; Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium;
  • Davidar P; Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India;
  • DeWalt SJ; Clemson University, Clemson, SC;
  • Doucet JL; Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, Gembloux, Belgium;
  • Duque A; Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia;
  • Durigan G; Instituto Florestal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil;
  • Eichhorn KA; Eichhorn Ecology, Zeist, The Netherlands;
  • Eisenlohr PV; Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Caceres, Brazil;
  • Eler E; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil;
  • Ewango C; Wildlife Conservation Society, Congo Program, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo;
  • Farwig N; Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany;
  • Feeley KJ; International Center for Tropical Botany, Florida International University, Miami, FL;
  • Ferreira L; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belem, Brazil;
  • Field R; University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom;
  • de Oliveira Filho AT; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil;
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 112(24): 7472-7, 2015 Jun 16.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26034279
ABSTRACT
The high species richness of tropical forests has long been recognized, yet there remains substantial uncertainty regarding the actual number of tropical tree species. Using a pantropical tree inventory database from closed canopy forests, consisting of 657,630 trees belonging to 11,371 species, we use a fitted value of Fisher's alpha and an approximate pantropical stem total to estimate the minimum number of tropical forest tree species to fall between ∼ 40,000 and ∼ 53,000, i.e., at the high end of previous estimates. Contrary to common assumption, the Indo-Pacific region was found to be as species-rich as the Neotropics, with both regions having a minimum of ∼ 19,000-25,000 tree species. Continental Africa is relatively depauperate with a minimum of ∼ 4,500-6,000 tree species. Very few species are shared among the African, American, and the Indo-Pacific regions. We provide a methodological framework for estimating species richness in trees that may help refine species richness estimates of tree-dependent taxa.
Assuntos
Palavras-chave

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Árvores / Clima Tropical / Florestas / Biodiversidade Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Árvores / Clima Tropical / Florestas / Biodiversidade Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article