Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

Sophie Fauset (), Michelle O. Johnson, Manuel Gloor, Timothy R. Baker, Abel Monteagudo M., Roel J.W. Brienen, Ted R. Feldpausch, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Yadvinder Malhi, Hans ter Steege, Nigel C.A. Pitman, Christopher Baraloto, Julien Engel, Pascal Pétronelli, Ana Andrade, José Luís C. Camargo, Susan G.W. Laurance, William F. Laurance, Jerôme Chave, Elodie Allie, Percy Núñez Vargas, John W. Terborgh, Kalle Ruokolainen, Marcos Silveira, Gerardo A. Aymard C., Luzmila Arroyo, Damien Bonal, Hirma Ramirez-Angulo, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, David Neill, Bruno Hérault, Aurélie Dourdain, Armando Torres-Lezama, Beatriz S. Marimon, Rafael P. Salomão, James A. Comiskey, Maxime Réjou-Méchain, Marisol Toledo, Juan Carlos Licona, Alfredo Alarcón, Adriana Prieto, Agustín Rudas, Peter J. van der Meer, Timothy J. Killeen, Ben-Hur Marimon Junior, Lourens Poorter, Rene G.A. Boot, Basil Stergios, Emilio Vilanova Torre, Flávia R.C. Costa, Carolina Levis, Juliana Schietti, Priscila Souza, Nikée Groot, Eric Arets, Victor Chama Moscoso, Wendeson Castro, Euridice N. Honorio Coronado, Marielos Peña-Claros, Clement Stahl, Jorcely Barroso, Joey Talbot, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Geertje van der Heijden, Raquel Thomas, Vincent Vos, Everton C. Almeida, Esteban Álvarez Davila, Luiz E.O.C. Aragão, Terry L. Erwin, Paulo S. Morandi, Edmar Almeida de Oliveira, Marco B.X. Valadão, Roderick J. Zagt, Peter van der Hout, Patricia Alvarez Loayza, John J. Pipoly, Ophelia Wang, Miguel Alexiades, Carlos E. Cerón, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Anthony Di Fiore, Julie Peacock, Nadir C. Pallqui Camacho, Ricardo K. Umetsu, Plínio Barbosa de Camargo, Robyn J. Burnham, Rafael Herrera, Carlos A. Quesada, Juliana Stropp, Simone A. Vieira, Marc Steininger, Carlos Reynel Rodríguez, Zorayda Restrepo, Adriane Esquivel Muelbert, Simon L. Lewis, Georgia C. Pickavance and Oliver L. Phillips
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Sophie Fauset: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Michelle O. Johnson: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Manuel Gloor: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Timothy R. Baker: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Abel Monteagudo M.: Jardín Botánico de Missouri, Prolongacion Bolognesi Mz.e
Roel J.W. Brienen: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Ted R. Feldpausch: Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Yadvinder Malhi: Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
Hans ter Steege: Naturalis Biodiversity Centre
Nigel C.A. Pitman: Science and Education, The Field Museum
Christopher Baraloto: INRA, UMR ‘Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane’
Julien Engel: CNRS, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
Pascal Pétronelli: CIRAD, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
Ana Andrade: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais
José Luís C. Camargo: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais
Susan G.W. Laurance: Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University
William F. Laurance: Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University
Jerôme Chave: Université Paul Sabatier CNRS, UMR 5174 Evolution et Diversité Biologique
Elodie Allie: UAG, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
Percy Núñez Vargas: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Av. de la Cultura No 733
John W. Terborgh: Center for Tropical Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Kalle Ruokolainen: University of Turku
Marcos Silveira: Museu Universitário, Universidade Federal do Acre
Gerardo A. Aymard C.: UNELLEZ-Guanare, Programa de Ciencias del Agro y el Mar, Herbario Universitario (PORT), Mesa de Cavacas
Luzmila Arroyo: Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno
Damien Bonal: INRA, UMR EEF
Hirma Ramirez-Angulo: Universidad de Los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami: Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno
David Neill: Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Facultad de Ingeniería Ambiental
Bruno Hérault: CIRAD, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
Aurélie Dourdain: CIRAD, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
Armando Torres-Lezama: Universidad de Los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales
Beatriz S. Marimon: Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus de Nova Xavantina
Rafael P. Salomão: Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
James A. Comiskey: Northeast Region Inventory and Monitoring Program, National Park Service
Maxime Réjou-Méchain: Université Paul Sabatier CNRS, UMR 5174 Evolution et Diversité Biologique
Marisol Toledo: Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal
Juan Carlos Licona: Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal
Alfredo Alarcón: Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal
Adriana Prieto: Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Apartado 7945
Agustín Rudas: Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Apartado 7945
Peter J. van der Meer: Alterra, Wageningen University, and Research Centre
Timothy J. Killeen: World Wildlife Fund
Ben-Hur Marimon Junior: Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus de Nova Xavantina
Lourens Poorter: Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University
Rene G.A. Boot: Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute for Environmental Biology, Utrecht University
Basil Stergios: UNELLEZ-Guanare, Programa de Ciencias del Agro y el Mar, Herbario Universitario (PORT), Mesa de Cavacas
Emilio Vilanova Torre: Universidad de Los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales
Flávia R.C. Costa: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Carolina Levis: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Juliana Schietti: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Priscila Souza: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Nikée Groot: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Eric Arets: Alterra, Wageningen University, and Research Centre
Victor Chama Moscoso: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Av. de la Cultura No 733
Wendeson Castro: Programa de Pós-Graduação Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Acre
Euridice N. Honorio Coronado: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana, Apartado 784
Marielos Peña-Claros: Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal
Clement Stahl: CIRAD, UMR Ecologie des Forêts de Guyane
Jorcely Barroso: Universidade Federal do Acre, Campus de Cruzeiro do Sul, CEP 69920-900
Joey Talbot: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira: Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi
Geertje van der Heijden: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Raquel Thomas: Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development
Everton C. Almeida: Instituto de Biodiversidade e Floresta, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará
Esteban Álvarez Davila: Servicios Ecosistémicos y Cambio Climático, Jardín Botánico de Medellín, Calle 73 N 51D - 14
Luiz E.O.C. Aragão: Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter
Terry L. Erwin: Smithsonian Institution
Paulo S. Morandi: Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus de Nova Xavantina
Edmar Almeida de Oliveira: Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus de Nova Xavantina
Marco B.X. Valadão: Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus de Nova Xavantina
Roderick J. Zagt: Tropenbos International
Peter van der Hout: Van der Hout Forestry Consulting, Jan Trooststraat 6
Patricia Alvarez Loayza: Center for Tropical Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
John J. Pipoly: UF-IFAS/Broward Co Extension Education
Ophelia Wang: School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University
Miguel Alexiades: School of Anthropology and Conservation, Marlowe Building, University of Kent
Carlos E. Cerón: Herbario Alfredo Paredes (QAP), Universidad Central del Ecuador, Ciudadela Universitaria, Av. América, Quito, Ecuador
Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Av. de la Cultura No 733
Anthony Di Fiore: University of Texas at Austin
Julie Peacock: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Nadir C. Pallqui Camacho: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Av. de la Cultura No 733
Ricardo K. Umetsu: Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus de Nova Xavantina
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo: Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo
Robyn J. Burnham: University of Michigan, MI 48109
Rafael Herrera: Centro de Ecologia, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Carretera Panamericana, Km 11, Altos de Pipe, IVIC
Carlos A. Quesada: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Juliana Stropp: European Commission—DG Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Simone A. Vieira: Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Marc Steininger: Conservation International
Carlos Reynel Rodríguez: Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
Zorayda Restrepo: Servicios Ecosistémicos y Cambio Climático, Jardín Botánico de Medellín, Calle 73 N 51D - 14
Adriane Esquivel Muelbert: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Simon L. Lewis: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Georgia C. Pickavance: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Oliver L. Phillips: School of Geography, University of Leeds

Nature Communications, 2015, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract While Amazonian forests are extraordinarily diverse, the abundance of trees is skewed strongly towards relatively few ‘hyperdominant’ species. In addition to their diversity, Amazonian trees are a key component of the global carbon cycle, assimilating and storing more carbon than any other ecosystem on Earth. Here we ask, using a unique data set of 530 forest plots, if the functions of storing and producing woody carbon are concentrated in a small number of tree species, whether the most abundant species also dominate carbon cycling, and whether dominant species are characterized by specific functional traits. We find that dominance of forest function is even more concentrated in a few species than is dominance of tree abundance, with only ≈1% of Amazon tree species responsible for 50% of carbon storage and productivity. Although those species that contribute most to biomass and productivity are often abundant, species maximum size is also influential, while the identity and ranking of dominant species varies by function and by region.

Date: 2015
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