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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.; Hockemba, Mireille Breuer Ndoundou; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh; Matos, Darley Calderado Leal; Castillo-Santiago, Miguel; Catharino, Eduardo L M; Chai, Shauna Lee; Chen, Yukai; Colwell, Robert K.; 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.; Fletcher, Christine; Forshed, Olle; Franco, Geraldo; Fredriksson, Gabriella; Gillespie, Thomas; Gillet, Jean François; Amarnath, Giriraj; Griffith, Daniel M.; Grogan, James; Gunatilleke, Nimal; Harris, David; Harrison, Rhett; Hector, Andy; Homeier, Jürgen; Imai, Nobuo; Itoh, Akira; Jansen, Patrick A.; Joly, Carlos A.; De Jong, Bernardus H J; Kartawinata, Kuswata; Kearsley, Elizabeth; Kelly, Daniel L.; Kenfack, David; Kessler, Michael; Kitayama, Kanehiro; Kooyman, Robert; Larney, Eileen; Laumonier, Yves; Laurance, Susan; Laurance, William F.; Lawes, Michael J.; Do Amaral, Ieda Leao; Letche, Susan G.; Lindsell, Jeremy; Lu, Xinghui; Mansor, Asyraf; Marjokorpi, Antti; Martin, Emanuel H.; Meilby, Henrik; Melo, Felipe P L; Metcalfe, Daniel J.; Medjibe, Vincent P.; Metzger, Jean Paul; Millet, Jerome; Mohandass, D.; Montero, Juan C.; De Morisson Valeriano, Márcio; Mugerwa, Badru; Nagamasu, Hidetoshi; Nilus, Reuben; Ochoa-Gaona, Susana; Onrizal; Page, Navendu; Parolin, Pia; Parren, Marc; Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy; Paudel, Ekananda; Permana, Andrea; Piedade, Maria T F; Pitman, Nigel C A; Poorter, Lourens; Poulsen, Axel D.; Poulsen, John; Powers, Jennifer; Prasad, Rama C.; Puyravaud, Jean Philippe; Razafimahaimodison, Jean Claude; Reitsma, Jan; Dos Santos, João Roberto; Spironello, Wilson Roberto; Romero-Saltos, Hugo; Rovero, Francesco; Rozak, Andes Hamuraby; Ruokolainen, Kalle; Rutishauser, Ervan; Saiter, Felipe; Saner, Philippe; Santos, Braulio A.; Santos, Fernanda; Sarker, Swapan K.; Satdichanh, Manichanh; Schmitt, Christine B.; Schöngart, Jochen; Schulze, Mark; Suganuma, Marcio S.; Sheil, Douglas; Da Silva Pinheiro, Eduardo; Sist, Plinio; Stevart, Tariq; Sukumar, Raman; Sun, I. Fang; Sunderand, Terry; Suresh, H. S.; Suzuki, Eizi; Tabarelli, Marcelo; Tang, Jangwei; Targhetta, Natália; Theilade, Ida; Thomas, Duncan W.; Tchouto, Peguy; Hurtado, Johanna; Valencia, Renato; Van Valkenburg, Johan L C H; Van Do, Tran; Vasquez, Rodolfo; Verbeeck, Hans; Adekunle, Victor; Vieira, Simone A.; Webb, Campbell O.; Whitfeld, Timothy; Wich, Serge A.; Williams, John; Wittmann, Florian; Wöll, Hannsjoerg; Yang, Xiaobo; Yao, C. Yves Adou; Yap, Sandra L.; Yoneda, Tsuyoshi; Zahawi, Rakan A.; Zakaria, Rahmad; Zang, Runguo; De Assis, Rafael L.; Luize, Bruno Garcia; Venticinque, Eduardo M.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 112, No. 24, 2015, p. 7472-7477.
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Slik, JWF, Arroyo-Rodríguez, V, Aiba, SI, Alvarez-Loayza, P, Alves, LF, Ashton, P, Balvanera, P, Bastian, ML, Bellingham, PJ, Van Den Berg, E, Bernacci, L, Da Conceição Bispo, P, Blanc, L, Böhning-Gaese, K, Boeckx, P, Bongers, F, Boyle, B, Bradford, M, Brearley, FQ, Hockemba, MBN, Bunyavejchewin, S, Matos, DCL, Castillo-Santiago, M, Catharino, ELM, Chai, SL, Chen, Y, Colwell, RK, Robin, CL, Clark, C, Clark, DB, Clark, DA, Culmsee, H, Damas, K, Dattaraja, HS, Dauby, G, Davidar, P, DeWalt, SJ, Doucet, JL, Duque, A, Durigan, G, Eichhorn, KAO, Eisenlohr, PV, Eler, E, Ewango, C, Farwig, N, Feeley, KJ, Ferreira, L, Field, R, De Oliveira Filho, AT, Fletcher, C, Forshed, O, Franco, G, Fredriksson, G, Gillespie, T, Gillet, JF, Amarnath, G, Griffith, DM, Grogan, J, Gunatilleke, N, Harris, D, Harrison, R, Hector, A, Homeier, J, Imai, N, Itoh, A, Jansen, PA, Joly, CA, De Jong, BHJ, Kartawinata, K, Kearsley, E, Kelly, DL, Kenfack, D, Kessler, M, Kitayama, K, Kooyman, R, Larney, E, Laumonier, Y, Laurance, S, Laurance, WF, Lawes, MJ, Do Amaral, IL, Letche, SG, Lindsell, J, Lu, X, Mansor, A, Marjokorpi, A, Martin, EH
, Meilby, H, Melo, FPL, Metcalfe, DJ, Medjibe, VP, Metzger, JP, Millet, J, Mohandass, D, Montero, JC, De Morisson Valeriano, M, Mugerwa, B, Nagamasu, H, Nilus, R, Ochoa-Gaona, S, Onrizal, Page, N, Parolin, P, Parren, M, Parthasarathy, N, Paudel, E, Permana, A, Piedade, MTF, Pitman, NCA, Poorter, L, Poulsen, AD, Poulsen, J, Powers, J, Prasad, RC, Puyravaud, JP, Razafimahaimodison, JC, Reitsma, J, Dos Santos, JR, Spironello, WR, Romero-Saltos, H, Rovero, F, Rozak, AH, Ruokolainen, K, Rutishauser, E, Saiter, F, Saner, P, Santos, BA, Santos, F, Sarker, SK, Satdichanh, M, Schmitt, CB, Schöngart, J, Schulze, M, Suganuma, MS, Sheil, D, Da Silva Pinheiro, E, Sist, P, Stevart, T, Sukumar, R, Sun, IF, Sunderand, T, Suresh, HS, Suzuki, E, Tabarelli, M, Tang, J, Targhetta, N
, Theilade, I, Thomas, DW, Tchouto, P, Hurtado, J, Valencia, R, Van Valkenburg, JLCH, Van Do, T, Vasquez, R, Verbeeck, H, Adekunle, V, Vieira, SA, Webb, CO, Whitfeld, T, Wich, SA, Williams, J, Wittmann, F, Wöll, H, Yang, X, Yao, CYA, Yap, SL, Yoneda, T, Zahawi, RA, Zakaria, R, Zang, R, De Assis, RL, Luize, BG & Venticinque, EM 2015, '
An estimate of the number of tropical tree species',
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 112, no. 24, pp. 7472-7477.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423147112APA
Slik, J. W. F., Arroyo-Rodríguez, V., Aiba, S. I., Alvarez-Loayza, P., Alves, L. F., Ashton, P., Balvanera, P., Bastian, M. L., Bellingham, P. J., Van Den Berg, E., Bernacci, L., Da Conceição Bispo, P., Blanc, L., Böhning-Gaese, K., Boeckx, P., Bongers, F., Boyle, B., Bradford, M., Brearley, F. Q., ... Venticinque, E. M. (2015).
An estimate of the number of tropical tree species.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,
112(24), 7472-7477.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423147112Vancouver
Slik JWF, Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Aiba SI, Alvarez-Loayza P, Alves LF, Ashton P et al.
An estimate of the number of tropical tree species.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015;112(24):7472-7477.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423147112Author
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. ; Hockemba, Mireille Breuer Ndoundou ; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ; Matos, Darley Calderado Leal ; Castillo-Santiago, Miguel ; Catharino, Eduardo L M ; Chai, Shauna Lee ; Chen, Yukai ; Colwell, Robert K. ; 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. ; Fletcher, Christine ; Forshed, Olle ; Franco, Geraldo ; Fredriksson, Gabriella ; Gillespie, Thomas ; Gillet, Jean François ; Amarnath, Giriraj ; Griffith, Daniel M. ; Grogan, James ; Gunatilleke, Nimal ; Harris, David ; Harrison, Rhett ; Hector, Andy ; Homeier, Jürgen ; Imai, Nobuo ; Itoh, Akira ; Jansen, Patrick A. ; Joly, Carlos A. ; De Jong, Bernardus H J ; Kartawinata, Kuswata ; Kearsley, Elizabeth ; Kelly, Daniel L. ; Kenfack, David ; Kessler, Michael ; Kitayama, Kanehiro ; Kooyman, Robert ; Larney, Eileen ; Laumonier, Yves ; Laurance, Susan ; Laurance, William F. ; Lawes, Michael J. ; Do Amaral, Ieda Leao ; Letche, Susan G. ; Lindsell, Jeremy ; Lu, Xinghui ; Mansor, Asyraf ; Marjokorpi, Antti ; Martin, Emanuel H. ; Meilby, Henrik ; Melo, Felipe P L ; Metcalfe, Daniel J. ; Medjibe, Vincent P. ; Metzger, Jean Paul ; Millet, Jerome ; Mohandass, D. ; Montero, Juan C. ; De Morisson Valeriano, Márcio ; Mugerwa, Badru ; Nagamasu, Hidetoshi ; Nilus, Reuben ; Ochoa-Gaona, Susana ; Onrizal ; Page, Navendu ; Parolin, Pia ; Parren, Marc ; Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy ; Paudel, Ekananda ; Permana, Andrea ; Piedade, Maria T F ; Pitman, Nigel C A ; Poorter, Lourens ; Poulsen, Axel D. ; Poulsen, John ; Powers, Jennifer ; Prasad, Rama C. ; Puyravaud, Jean Philippe ; Razafimahaimodison, Jean Claude ; Reitsma, Jan ; Dos Santos, João Roberto ; Spironello, Wilson Roberto ; Romero-Saltos, Hugo ; Rovero, Francesco ; Rozak, Andes Hamuraby ; Ruokolainen, Kalle ; Rutishauser, Ervan ; Saiter, Felipe ; Saner, Philippe ; Santos, Braulio A. ; Santos, Fernanda ; Sarker, Swapan K. ; Satdichanh, Manichanh ; Schmitt, Christine B. ; Schöngart, Jochen ; Schulze, Mark ; Suganuma, Marcio S. ; Sheil, Douglas ; Da Silva Pinheiro, Eduardo ; Sist, Plinio ; Stevart, Tariq ; Sukumar, Raman ; Sun, I. Fang ; Sunderand, Terry ; Suresh, H. S. ; Suzuki, Eizi ; Tabarelli, Marcelo ; Tang, Jangwei ; Targhetta, Natália ; Theilade, Ida ; Thomas, Duncan W. ; Tchouto, Peguy ; Hurtado, Johanna ; Valencia, Renato ; Van Valkenburg, Johan L C H ; Van Do, Tran ; Vasquez, Rodolfo ; Verbeeck, Hans ; Adekunle, Victor ; Vieira, Simone A. ; Webb, Campbell O. ; Whitfeld, Timothy ; Wich, Serge A. ; Williams, John ; Wittmann, Florian ; Wöll, Hannsjoerg ; Yang, Xiaobo ; Yao, C. Yves Adou ; Yap, Sandra L. ; Yoneda, Tsuyoshi ; Zahawi, Rakan A. ; Zakaria, Rahmad ; Zang, Runguo ; De Assis, Rafael L. ; Luize, Bruno Garcia ; Venticinque, Eduardo M. / An estimate of the number of tropical tree species. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015 ; Vol. 112, No. 24. pp. 7472-7477.
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title = "An estimate of the number of tropical tree species",
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.",
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AU - Bradford, Matt
AU - Brearley, Francis Q.
AU - Hockemba, Mireille Breuer Ndoundou
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AU - Matos, Darley Calderado Leal
AU - Castillo-Santiago, Miguel
AU - Catharino, Eduardo L M
AU - Chai, Shauna Lee
AU - Chen, Yukai
AU - Colwell, Robert K.
AU - Robin, Chazdon L.
AU - Clark, Connie
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AU - Larney, Eileen
AU - Laumonier, Yves
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AU - Medjibe, Vincent P.
AU - Metzger, Jean Paul
AU - Millet, Jerome
AU - Mohandass, D.
AU - Montero, Juan C.
AU - De Morisson Valeriano, Márcio
AU - Mugerwa, Badru
AU - Nagamasu, Hidetoshi
AU - Nilus, Reuben
AU - Ochoa-Gaona, Susana
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AU - Parolin, Pia
AU - Parren, Marc
AU - Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy
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AU - Poulsen, Axel D.
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AU - Prasad, Rama C.
AU - Puyravaud, Jean Philippe
AU - Razafimahaimodison, Jean Claude
AU - Reitsma, Jan
AU - Dos Santos, João Roberto
AU - Spironello, Wilson Roberto
AU - Romero-Saltos, Hugo
AU - Rovero, Francesco
AU - Rozak, Andes Hamuraby
AU - Ruokolainen, Kalle
AU - Rutishauser, Ervan
AU - Saiter, Felipe
AU - Saner, Philippe
AU - Santos, Braulio A.
AU - Santos, Fernanda
AU - Sarker, Swapan K.
AU - Satdichanh, Manichanh
AU - Schmitt, Christine B.
AU - Schöngart, Jochen
AU - Schulze, Mark
AU - Suganuma, Marcio S.
AU - Sheil, Douglas
AU - Da Silva Pinheiro, Eduardo
AU - Sist, Plinio
AU - Stevart, Tariq
AU - Sukumar, Raman
AU - Sun, I. Fang
AU - Sunderand, Terry
AU - Suresh, H. S.
AU - Suzuki, Eizi
AU - Tabarelli, Marcelo
AU - Tang, Jangwei
AU - Targhetta, Natália
AU - Theilade, Ida
AU - Thomas, Duncan W.
AU - Tchouto, Peguy
AU - Hurtado, Johanna
AU - Valencia, Renato
AU - Van Valkenburg, Johan L C H
AU - Van Do, Tran
AU - Vasquez, Rodolfo
AU - Verbeeck, Hans
AU - Adekunle, Victor
AU - Vieira, Simone A.
AU - Webb, Campbell O.
AU - Whitfeld, Timothy
AU - Wich, Serge A.
AU - Williams, John
AU - Wittmann, Florian
AU - Wöll, Hannsjoerg
AU - Yang, Xiaobo
AU - Yao, C. Yves Adou
AU - Yap, Sandra L.
AU - Yoneda, Tsuyoshi
AU - Zahawi, Rakan A.
AU - Zakaria, Rahmad
AU - Zang, Runguo
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AU - Luize, Bruno Garcia
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PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Diversity estimation
KW - Fisher's log series
KW - Pantropical
KW - Spatial richness patterns
KW - Tropical tree species richness
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VL - 112
SP - 7472
EP - 7477
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
SN - 0027-8424
IS - 24
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