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Continental-scale patterns of canopy tree composition and function across Amazonia

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  • Hans ter Steege

    (Institute of Environmental Biology, Section Plant Ecology and Biodiversity, and the National Herbarium of the Netherlands NHN, Utrecht University branch)

  • Nigel C. A. Pitman

    (Amazon Conservation Association)

  • Oliver L. Phillips

    (University of Leeds)

  • Jerome Chave

    (CNRS/UPS, Évolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174, UPS Toulouse III, Bâtiment IVR3)

  • Daniel Sabatier

    (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR AMAP, TA40/PS2)

  • Alvaro Duque

    (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

  • Jean-François Molino

    (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR AMAP, TA40/PS2)

  • Marie-Françoise Prévost

    (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR AMAP)

  • Rodolphe Spichiger

    (Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève, CP 60)

  • Hernán Castellanos

    (UNEG, Calle Chile, Urbaniz Chilemex, Puerto Ordaz)

  • Patricio von Hildebrand

    (Fundacion Puerto Rastrojo, Cra. no. 24-76 of. 1201)

  • Rodolfo Vásquez

    (Proyecto Flora del Perú, Jardín Botánico de Missouri)

Abstract

An overview of the Amazon Researchers working in the Amazon basin/Guiana shield region have accumulated massive ecological data sets. Now that work has been brought together in a combined database covering over a quarter of a million trees, and providing information on a scale that can contribute significantly to our understanding of the Amazon ecosystem's biodiversity and its place in the global climate system. Two dominant gradients in tree composition and function across the Amazon are evident, reflecting patterns of soil fertility and differences in the length of the dry season. The data also suggest that dominance of legumes in the Guiana shield is due to high seed mass and low rates of disturbance, rather than root adaptations to poor soils.

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  • Hans ter Steege & Nigel C. A. Pitman & Oliver L. Phillips & Jerome Chave & Daniel Sabatier & Alvaro Duque & Jean-François Molino & Marie-Françoise Prévost & Rodolphe Spichiger & Hernán Castellanos & P, 2006. "Continental-scale patterns of canopy tree composition and function across Amazonia," Nature, Nature, vol. 443(7110), pages 444-447, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:443:y:2006:i:7110:d:10.1038_nature05134
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05134
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