Hyperdominance in the Amazonian tree flora

Science

Volumn 342, Issue 6156, 2013, Pages

  Ter Steege, Hans ^a,b   Pitman, Nigel C A ^c,d   Sabatier, Daniel ^e   Baraloto, Christopher ^f   Salomão, Rafael P ^g   Guevara, Juan Ernesto ^h   Phillips, Oliver L ⁱ   Castilho, Carolina V ^j   Magnusson, William E ^k   Molino, Jean François ^e   Monteagudo, Abel ^l   Vargas, Percy Núñez ^m   Montero, Juan Carlos ^k,n   Feldpausch, Ted R ^i,o   Coronado, Eurídice N Honorio ^i,p   Killeen, Tim J ^q   Mostacedo, Bonifacio ^r   Vasquez, Rodolfo ^l   Assis, Rafael L ^k,s   Terborgh, John ^c   Wittmann, Florian ^t   Andrade, Ana ^k   Laurance, William F ^u   Laurance, Susan G W ^u   Marimon, Beatriz S ^v   Marimon Jr , Ben Hur ^v   Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães ^g   Amaral, Iêda Leão ^k   Brienen, Roel ⁱ   Castellanos, Hernán ^w   López, Dairon Cárdenas ^x   Duivenvoorden, Joost F ^y   Mogollón, Hugo F ^z   Matos, Francisca Dionízia De Almeida ^k   Dávila, Nállarett ^aa   García Villacorta, Roosevelt ^ab,ac   Diaz, Pablo Roberto Stevenson ^ad   Costa, Flávia ^k   Emilio, Thaise ^k   Levis, Carolina ^k   Schietti, Juliana ^k   Souza, Priscila ^k   Alonso, Alfonso ^ae   Dallmeier, Francisco ^ae   Montoya, Alvaro Javier Duque ^af   Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez ^k   Araujo Murakami, Alejandro ^ag   Arroyo, Luzmila ^ag   Gribel, Rogerio ^ah   Fine, Paul V A ^h   Peres, Carlos A ^ai   Toledo, Marisol ^r   Aymard C , Gerardo A ^aj   Baker, Tim R ⁱ   Cerón, Carlos ^ak   Engel, Julien ^al   Henkel, Terry W ^am   Maas, Paul ^a   Petronelli, Pascal ^an   Stropp, Juliana ^ao   Zartman, Charles Eugene ^k   Daly, Doug ^ap   Neill, David ^aq   Silveira, Marcos ^ar   Paredes, Marcos Ríos ^ap   Chave, Jerome ^al   Lima Filho, Diógenes De Andrade ^k   Jørgensen, Peter Møller ^as   Fuentes, Alfredo ^as,at   Schöngart, Jochen ^t   Valverde, Fernando Cornejo ^au   Di Fiore, Anthony ^av   Jimenez, Eliana M ^aw   Mora, Maria Cristina Peñuela ^aw   Phillips, Juan Fernando ^ax   Rivas, Gonzalo ^ay   Van Andel, Tinde R ^a   Von Hildebrand, Patricio ^ax   Hoffman, Bruce ^a   Zent, Eglée L ^az   Malhi, Yadvinder ^ba   Prieto, Adriana ^af   Rudas, Agustín ^af   Ruschell, Ademir R ^bb   Silva, Natalino ^bc   Vos, Vincent ^bd   Zent, Stanford ^az   Oliveira, Alexandre A ^be   Schutz, Angela Cano ^ad   Gonzales, Therany ^bf   Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade ^bg   Ramirez Angulo, Hirma ^bh   Sierra, Rodrigo ^bi   Tirado, Milton ^bi   Medina, María Natalia Umaña ^ad   Van Der Heijden, Geertje ^bj,bk   Vela, César I A ^m   Torre, Emilio Vilanova ^bh   Vriesendorp, Corine ^d   Wang, Ophelia ^bl   Young, Kenneth R ^bm   Baider, Claudia ^be,bn   Balslev, Henrik ^bo   Ferreira, Cid ^k   Mesones, Italo ^h   Torres Lezama, Armando ^bh   Giraldo, Ligia Estela Urrego ^af   Zagt, Roderick ^bp   Alexiades, Miguel N ^bq   Hernandez, Lionel ^w   Huamantupa Chuquimaco, Isau ^m   Milliken, William ^br   Cuenca, Walter Palacios ^bs   Pauletto, Daniela ^bt   Sandoval, Elvis Valderrama ^bu,bv   Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela ^l   Dexter, Kyle G ^ab   Feeley, Ken ^bw,bx   Lopez Gonzalez, Gabriela ⁱ   Silman, Miles R ^by   more..

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f Campus Agronomique   (France)

^g MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^j EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^k INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^l Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa HOXA de la estación Biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missouri   (Peru)

^m UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

ⁿ BOLFOR (Bolivia Sustainable Forest Management Project)   (Bolivia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^p INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^q WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^r Centro de Investigación Económica del Colegio de Economista   (Bolivia)

^s NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^t MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^u JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^v UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^w UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DE GUAYANA   (Venezuela)

^x SINCHI (Instituto Amazonico de Investigaciones Cientificas) Herbario Amazonico Colombiano   (Colombia)

^y UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^z Endangered Species Coalition   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^ac ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^ad UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^ae SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^af UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^ag Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

^ah INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^aj UNELLEZ (Universidad Nacional Experimental de Los Llanos Occidentales Ezekiel Zamora) Guanare Programa de Ciencias del Agro Y el Mar Herbario Universitario (PORT)   (Venezuela)

^ak UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^al CNRS   (France)

^am HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^an CIRAD   (France)

^ao JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^ap CNRS UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane ^*  (Peru)

^aq UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL AMAZÓNICA   (Ecuador)

^ar UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^as MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^at Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^au Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program   (Peru)

^av UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^aw Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia   (Colombia)

^ax Fundacion Puerto Rastrojo   (Colombia)

^ay UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^az INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^bb EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^bc UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^bd Centro de Investigación de Recursos Aquáticos CIRA   (Bolivia)

^be UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^bf Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research Foundation   (Peru)

^bg UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^bh UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^bi Geoinformática Y Sistemas Cia Ltda GeoIS   (Ecuador)

^bj UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^bk SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^bl NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bm UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^bn Mauritius Herbarium   (Mauritius)

^bo AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^bp Tropenbos International   (Netherlands)

^bq UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^br ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^bs UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DEL NORTE   (Ecuador)

^bt Laboratório de Produtos Florestais   (Brazil)

^bu UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^bv UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^bw FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bx FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^by WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASIN; DATA ACQUISITION; DOMINANCE; FLORA; RARITY; TREE;

ANNONACEAE; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; FABACEAE; FLORA; FOREST; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE; LAURACEAE; LECYTHIDACEAE; LOESS; MELASTOMATACEAE; MYRISTICACEAE; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT HEIGHT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBIACEAE; SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONIA; GUYANA SHIELD;

BIODIVERSITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION; RIVERS; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES;

EID: 84885774603     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1243092     Document Type: Article

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