Low Phylogenetic Beta Diversity and Geographic Neo-endemism in Amazonian White-sand Forests

Biotropica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 34-46

  Guevara, Juan Ernesto ^a,b   Damasco, Gabriel ^a   Baraloto, Christopher ^c   Fine, Paul V A ^a   Peñuela, María Cristina ^d   Castilho, Carolina ^e   Vincentini, Alberto ^f   Cárdenas, Dairón ^g   Wittmann, Florian ^h   Targhetta, Natalia ^f   Phillips, Oliver ⁱ   Stropp, Juliana ^j   Amaral, Ieda ^f   Maas, Paul ^k   Monteagudo, Abel ^l   Jimenez, Eliana M ^d   Thomas, Rachel ^m   Brienen, Roel ⁱ   Duque, Álvaro ⁿ   Magnusson, William ^f   Ferreira, Cid ^f   Honorio, Eurídice ^o   de Almeida Matos, Francisca ^f   Arevalo, Freddy R ^p   Engel, Julien ^c   Petronelli, Pascal ^c   Vasquez, Rodolfo ^l   ter Steege, Hans ^k,q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MUSEO ECUATORIANO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Ecuador)

^c Campus Agronomique   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REGIONAL AMAZÓNICA IKIAM   (Ecuador)

^e EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO AMAZÓNICO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS SINCHI   (Colombia)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^k NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^m Iwokrama International Programme for Rainforest Conservation   (French Guiana)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

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

^p UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^q UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

Amazon; Neo endemism; Phylogenetic beta diversity; Recent diversification; White sands

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; ENDEMISM; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONIA;

EID: 84956604749     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12298     Document Type: Article

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