Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests

authors

• ter Steege Hans
• Henkel Terry W
• Helal Nora
• Marimon Beatriz S
• Hur Marimon-Junior Ben
• Huth Andreas
• Groeneveld Jürgen
• Sabatier Daniel
• de Souza Coelho Luiz
• De Diogenes
• Lima Filho Andrade
• Salomão Rafael P
• Amaral Leão
• Dionízia Francisca
• Matos Almeida
• Castilho Carolina
• Phillips 12 Oliver L
• Guevara Juan Ernesto
• De Marcelo
• Veiga Jesus
• 15 Carim
• Cárdenas López Dairon
• Magnusson William
• Wittmann Florian
• Victória Irume Mariana
• Pires Martins Maria
• da Silva Guimarães José Renan
• Guimarães Silva
• Molino Jean-François
• Banki Olaf
• Teresa Fernandez Piedade Maria
• Pitman Nigel
• Mendoza Abel Monteagudo
• Ferreira Ramos José
• Luize Bruno Garcia
• Márcia Evlyn
• de Leão Novo Moraes
• Sanna Thiago
• Silva Freire
• Martins Venticinque Eduardo
• Manzatto Angelo Gilberto
• Farias Neidiane
• Reis Costa
• Terborgh John
• Regina Casula Katia
• Honorio Coronado Euridice N
• Montero Juan Carlos
• Feldpausch Ted R
• Duque Alvaro
• Costa Flávia R C
• Castaño Arboleda Nicolás
• Schöngart Jochen
• Killeen Timothy J
• Vasquez Rodolfo
• Mostacedo Bonifacio
• Demarchi Layon O
• Assis Rafael L
• Baraloto Chris
• Engel Julien
• Petronelli Pascal
• Castellanos 42 Hernán
• Brilhante de Medeiros Marcelo
• Quaresma Adriano
• Fragomeni Simon Marcelo
• Andrade Ana
• 44 Camargo
• Laurance Susan
• Laurance William F
• Rincón Lorena M
• Schietti Juliana
• Sousa Thaiane R
• De Emanuelle
• Farias Sousa
• Lopes Maria Joao
• Leonardo José
• Magalhães Lima
• Mendonça Nascimento Henrique Eduardo
• Lima de Queiroz Helder
• Aymard Gerardo A.
• 51 C
• Brienen Roel
• David Juan
• Revilla Cardenas
• Célia Ima
• Vieira Guimarães
• Barçante Bruno
• Cintra Ladvocat
• Stevenson Pablo
• Oliveira Feitosa 53 Yuri
• Duivenvoorden Joost F
• Mogollón Hugo F
• Araujo-Murakami Alejandro
• Valle Ferreira 10 Leandro
• Lozada José
• Comiskey James A
• Julio de Toledo José
• Damasco Gabriel
• Dávila Nallarett
• Draper Freddie
• Garcia-Villacorta Roosevelt
• Lopes Aline
• Vicentini Alberto
• Alonso Alfonso
• Dallmeier Francisco
• Gomes Vitor H F
• Lloyd Jon
• Neill David
• Praia Daniel
• de Aguiar Portela
• Arroyo Luzmila
• Antunes Carvalho Fernanda
• Coelho de Souza Fernanda
• Dantas Do Amaral Dário
• Feeley Kenneth J
• Gribel Rogério
• Petratti Pansonato Marcelo
• Barlow Jos
• Berenguer Erika
• Ferreira Joice
• Fine 61 Paul V A
• Guedes Marcelino
• Jimenez Eliana
• Licona Juan
• Cristina Maria Mc
• Mora Peñuela
• Villa Boris
• Cerón Carlos
• Maas Paul
• Silveira Marcos
• Stropp Juliana
• Thomas 84 Raquel
• Baker Tim R
• Daly Doug
• Dexter Kyle G
• Huamantupa-Chuquimaco Isau
• Milliken William
• Pennington Toby
• Paredes Marcos Ríos
• Fuentes Alfredo
• Klitgaard Bente
• Pena Marcelo
• Peres 93 Carlos A
• Silman Miles R
• Sebastián Tello 90 J
• Chave Jérôme
• Cornejo Valverde Fernando
• Di Fiore 97 Anthony
• Hilário Renato Richard
• Fernando Phillips 98 Juan
• Rivas-Torres Gonzalo
• van Andel Tinde R
• von Hildebrand Patricio
• Noronha Janaína Costa
• Marques Barbosa Edelcilio
• Rodrigues Barbosa Flávia
• Carlos de Matos Bonates Luiz
• de Sá Carpanedo 102 Rainiellen
• Paulette Hilda
• Doza Dávila
• Fonty Emile
• Gómezárate Z 104 Ricardo
• Gonzales Therany
• Pepe George
• Gonzales Gallardo
• Hoffman Bruce
• Junqueira André
• Malhi Yadvinder
• Paula de Andrade Miranda Ires
• Linder Felipe
• Mozombite Pinto 88 Adriana
• De Domingos
• Rodrigues Jesus
• Rudas Agustin
• Ruschel Ademir R
• Marimon-Junior Ben Hur
• Coelho Luiz de Souza
• Filho Diogenes de Andrade Lima
• Amaral Iêda Leão
• Matos Francisca Dionízia de Almeida
• Phillips Oliver
• Guevara Juan Ernesto
• Carim Marcelo de Jesus Veiga
• Irume Mariana Victória
• Martins Maria Pires
• Guimarães José Renan da Silva
• Piedade Maria Teresa Fernandez
• Mendoza Abel Monteagudo
• Ramos José Ferreira
• Luize Bruno Garcia
• Moraes de Leão Novo Evlyn Márcia
• Nunez Vargas Percy
• Silva Thiago Sanna Freire
• Venticinque Eduardo Martins
• Manzatto Angelo Gilberto
• Reis Neidiane Farias Costa
• Casula Katia Regina
• Montero Juan Carlos
• Arboleda Nicolás Castaño
• Castellanos Hernán
• de Medeiros Marcelo Brilhante
• Simon Marcelo Fragomeni
• Camargo José Luís
• de Sousa Farias Emanuelle
• Lopes Maria Aparecida
• Magalhães José Leonardo Lima
• Mendonça Nascimento Henrique Eduardo
• Aymard C. Gerardo
• Revilla Juan David Cardenas
• Vieira Ima Célia Guimarães
• Cintra Bruno Barçante Ladvocat
• Feitosa Yuri Oliveira
• Ferreira Leandro Valle
• Lozada José Rafael
• de Toledo José Julio
• de Aguiar Daniel Praia Portela
• Carvalho Fernanda Antunes
• de Souza Fernanda Coelho
• Do Amaral Dário Dantas
• Pansonato Marcelo Petratti
• Fine Paul V A
• Guedes Marcelino Carneiro
• Licona Juan Carlos
• Peñuela Mora Maria Cristina
• Thomas Raquel
• Ríos Paredes Marcos
• Pena José Luis Marcelo
• Peres Carlos
• Tello J. Sebastián
• Di Fiore Anthony
• Hilário Renato Richard
• Phillips Juan Fernando
• Noronha Janaína Costa
• Barbosa Edelcilio Marques
• Barbosa Flávia Rodrigues
• de Matos Bonates Luiz Carlos
• Carpanedo Rainiellen de Sá
• Dávila Doza Hilda Paulette
• Gómezárate Z Ricardo
• Gallardo Gonzales George Pepe
• Junqueira André Braga
• Miranda Ires Paula de Andrade
• Pinto Linder Felipe Mozombite
• Prieto Adriana
• Rodrigues Domingos de Jesus
• Silva Natalino
• Vela César
• Vos Vincent Antoine
• Zent Egleé
• Zent Stanford
• Weiss Albuquerque Bianca
• Cano Angela
• Carrero Márquez Yrma Andreina
• Correa Diego
• Costa Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa
• Flores Bernardo Monteiro
• Galbraith David
• Holmgren Milena
• Kalamandeen Michelle
• Nascimento Marcelo Trindade
• Oliveira Alexandre
• Ramirez-Angulo Hirma
• Rocha Maira
• Scudeller Veridiana Vizoni
• Sierra Rodrigo
• Tirado Milton
• Umaña Medina Maria Natalia
• van Der Heijden Geertje
• Vilanova Torre Emilio
• Vriesendorp Corine
• Wang Ophelia
• Young Kenneth
• Ahuite Reategui Manuel Augusto
• Baider Cláudia
• Balslev Henrik
• Cárdenas Sasha
• Casas Luisa Fernanda
• Farfan-Rios William
• Ferreira Cid
• Linares-Palomino Reynaldo
• Mendoza Casimiro
• Mesones Italo
• Torres-Lezama Armando
• Giraldo Ligia Estela Urrego
• Villarroel Daniel
• Zagt Roderick
• Alexiades Miguel
• de Oliveira Edmar Almeida
• Garcia-Cabrera Karina
• Hernandez Lionel
• Palacios Cuenca Walter
• Pansini Susamar
• Pauletto Daniela
• Ramirez Arevalo Freddy
• Sampaio Adeilza Felipe
• Sandoval Elvis
• Valenzuela Gamarra Luis
• Levesley Aurora
• Pickavance Georgia
• Melgaço Karina

keywords

• Tropical forest
• Amazon Tree Diversity Network ATDN
• Amazonia

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abstract

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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