Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities

Declan L. M. Cooper (), Simon L. Lewis (), Martin J. P. Sullivan, Paulo I. Prado, Hans ter Steege, Nicolas Barbier, Ferry Slik, Bonaventure Sonké, Corneille E. N. Ewango, Stephen Adu-Bredu, Kofi Affum-Baffoe, Daniel P. P. Aguiar, Manuel Augusto Ahuite Reategui, Shin-Ichiro Aiba, Bianca Weiss Albuquerque, Francisca Dionízia Almeida Matos, Alfonso Alonso, Christian A. Amani, Dário Dantas Amaral, Iêda Leão Amaral, Ana Andrade, Ires Paula Andrade Miranda, Ilondea B. Angoboy, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Nicolás Castaño Arboleda, Luzmila Arroyo, Peter Ashton, Gerardo A. Aymard C, Cláudia Baider, Timothy R. Baker, Michael Philippe Bessike Balinga, Henrik Balslev, Lindsay F. Banin, Olaf S. Bánki, Chris Baraloto, Edelcilio Marques Barbosa, Flávia Rodrigues Barbosa, Jos Barlow, Jean-Francois Bastin, Hans Beeckman, Serge Begne, Natacha Nssi Bengone, Erika Berenguer, Nicholas Berry, Robert Bitariho, Pascal Boeckx, Jan Bogaert, Bernard Bonyoma, Patrick Boundja, Nils Bourland, Faustin Boyemba Bosela, Fabian Brambach, Roel Brienen, David F. R. P. Burslem, José Luís Camargo, Wegliane Campelo, Angela Cano, Sasha Cárdenas, Dairon Cárdenas López, Rainiellen Carpanedo, Yrma Andreina Carrero Márquez, Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Luisa Fernanda Casas, Hernán Castellanos, Carolina V. Castilho, Carlos Cerón, Colin A. Chapman, Jerome Chave, Phourin Chhang, Wanlop Chutipong, George B. Chuyong, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat Cintra, Connie J. Clark, Fernanda Coelho de Souza, James A. Comiskey, David A. Coomes, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Diego F. Correa, Flávia R. C. Costa, Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa Costa, Pierre Couteron, Heike Culmsee, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, Francisco Dallmeier, Gabriel Damasco, Gilles Dauby, Nállarett Dávila, Hilda Paulette Dávila Doza, Jose Don T. De Alban, Rafael L. de Assis, Charles De Canniere, Thales De Haulleville, Marcelo de Jesus Veiga Carim, Layon O. Demarchi, Kyle G. Dexter, Anthony Di Fiore, Hazimah Haji Mohammad Din, Mathias I. Disney, Brice Yannick Djiofack, Marie-Noël K. Djuikouo, Tran Van Do, Jean-Louis Doucet, Freddie C. Draper, Vincent Droissart, Joost F. Duivenvoorden, Julien Engel, Vittoria Estienne, William Farfan-Rios, Sophie Fauset, Kenneth J. Feeley, Yuri Oliveira Feitosa, Ted R. Feldpausch, Cid Ferreira, Joice Ferreira, Leandro Valle Ferreira, Christine D. Fletcher, Bernardo Monteiro Flores, Alusine Fofanah, Ernest G. Foli, Émile Fonty, Gabriella M. Fredriksson, Alfredo Fuentes, David Galbraith, George Pepe Gallardo Gonzales, Karina Garcia-Cabrera, Roosevelt García-Villacorta, Vitor H. F. Gomes, Ricardo Zárate Gómez, Therany Gonzales, Rogerio Gribel, Marcelino Carneiro Guedes, Juan Ernesto Guevara, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Jefferson S. Hall, Keith C. Hamer, Alan C. Hamilton, David J. Harris, Rhett D. Harrison, Terese B. Hart, Andy Hector, Terry W. Henkel, John Herbohn, Mireille B. N. Hockemba, Bruce Hoffman, Milena Holmgren, Euridice N. Honorio Coronado, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Wannes Hubau, Nobuo Imai, Mariana Victória Irume, Patrick A. Jansen, Kathryn J. Jeffery, Eliana M. Jimenez, Tommaso Jucker, André Braga Junqueira, Michelle Kalamandeen, Narcisse G. Kamdem, Kuswata Kartawinata, Emmanuel Kasongo Yakusu, John M. Katembo, Elizabeth Kearsley, David Kenfack, Michael Kessler, Thiri Toe Khaing, Timothy J. Killeen, Kanehiro Kitayama, Bente Klitgaard, Nicolas Labrière, Yves Laumonier, Susan G. W. Laurance, William F. Laurance, Félix Laurent, Tinh Cong Le, Trai Trong Le, Miguel E. Leal, Evlyn Márcia Leão de Moraes Novo, Aurora Levesley, Moses B. Libalah, Juan Carlos Licona, Diógenes de Andrade Lima Filho, Jeremy A. Lindsell, Aline Lopes, Maria Aparecida Lopes, Jon C. Lovett, Richard Lowe, José Rafael Lozada, Xinghui Lu, Nestor K. Luambua, Bruno Garcia Luize, Paul Maas, José Leonardo Lima Magalhães, William E. Magnusson, Ni Putu Diana Mahayani, Jean-Remy Makana, Yadvinder Malhi, Lorena Maniguaje Rincón, Asyraf Mansor, Angelo Gilberto Manzatto, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior, Andrew R Marshall, Maria Pires Martins, Faustin M. Mbayu, Marcelo Brilhante Medeiros, Italo Mesones, Faizah Metali, Vianet Mihindou, Jerome Millet, William Milliken, Hugo F. Mogollón, Jean-François Molino, Mohd. Nizam Mohd. Said, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Juan Carlos Montero, Sam Moore, Bonifacio Mostacedo, Linder Felipe Mozombite Pinto, Sharif Ahmed Mukul, Pantaleo K. T. 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Primack, Hari Priyadi, Lan Qie, Adriano Costa Quaresma, Helder Lima Queiroz, Hirma Ramirez-Angulo, José Ferreira Ramos, Neidiane Farias Costa Reis, Jan Reitsma, Juan David Cardenas Revilla, Terhi Riutta, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Iyan Robiansyah, Maira Rocha, Domingos de Jesus Rodrigues, M. Elizabeth Rodriguez-Ronderos, Francesco Rovero, Andes H. Rozak, Agustín Rudas, Ervan Rutishauser, Daniel Sabatier, Le Bienfaiteur Sagang, Adeilza Felipe Sampaio, Ismayadi Samsoedin, Manichanh Satdichanh, Juliana Schietti, Jochen Schöngart, Veridiana Vizoni Scudeller, Naret Seuaturien, Douglas Sheil, Rodrigo Sierra, Miles R. Silman, Thiago Sanna Freire Silva, José Renan Silva Guimarães, Murielle Simo-Droissart, Marcelo Fragomeni Simon, Plinio Sist, Thaiane R. Sousa, Emanuelle Sousa Farias, Luiz Souza Coelho, Dominick V. Spracklen, Suzanne M. Stas, Robert Steinmetz, Pablo R. Stevenson, Juliana Stropp, Rahayu S. Sukri, Terry C. H. Sunderland, Eizi Suzuki, Michael D. 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Declan L. M. Cooper: University College London
Simon L. Lewis: University College London
Martin J. P. Sullivan: University of Leeds
Paulo I. Prado: Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP)
Hans ter Steege: Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Nicolas Barbier: AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE
Ferry Slik: Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Bonaventure Sonké: IRD-UYI-IRGM
Corneille E. N. Ewango: University of Kisangani
Stephen Adu-Bredu: Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)
Kofi Affum-Baffoe: Forestry Commission of Ghana
Daniel P. P. Aguiar: Ministério Público do Estado do Amazonas
Manuel Augusto Ahuite Reategui: PLUSPRETOL
Shin-Ichiro Aiba: Hokkaido University
Bianca Weiss Albuquerque: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Francisca Dionízia Almeida Matos: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Alfonso Alonso: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Christian A. Amani: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Dário Dantas Amaral: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Iêda Leão Amaral: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Ana Andrade: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Ires Paula Andrade Miranda: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Ilondea B. Angoboy: Institut National pour l’Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami: Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz
Nicolás Castaño Arboleda: Instituto SINCHI
Luzmila Arroyo: Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz
Peter Ashton: Harvard University
Gerardo A. Aymard C: Herbario Universitario (PORT), UNELLEZ-Guanare
Cláudia Baider: Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security
Timothy R. Baker: University of Leeds
Michael Philippe Bessike Balinga: Tetra Tech ARD
Henrik Balslev: Aarhus University, Aarhus C
Lindsay F. Banin: UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Olaf S. Bánki: Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Chris Baraloto: Florida International University
Edelcilio Marques Barbosa: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Flávia Rodrigues Barbosa: Federal University of Mato Grosso
Jos Barlow: Lancaster University
Jean-Francois Bastin: University of Liege
Hans Beeckman: Royal Museum for Central Africa
Serge Begne: University of Leeds
Natacha Nssi Bengone: Ministry of Forests, Seas, Environment and Climate
Erika Berenguer: Lancaster University
Nicholas Berry: The Landscapes and Livelihoods Group
Robert Bitariho: Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST)
Pascal Boeckx: Ghent University
Jan Bogaert: Université de Liege
Bernard Bonyoma: Institut National pour l’Etude et la Recherche Agronomique Yangambi
Patrick Boundja: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Nils Bourland: Royal Museum for Central Africa
Faustin Boyemba Bosela: University of Kisangani
Fabian Brambach: University of Göttingen
Roel Brienen: University of Leeds
David F. R. P. Burslem: University of Aberdeen
José Luís Camargo: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Wegliane Campelo: Universidade Federal do Amapá, Ciências Ambientais
Angela Cano: Universidad de los Andes
Sasha Cárdenas: Universidad de los Andes
Dairon Cárdenas López: Instituto SINCHI
Rainiellen Carpanedo: Federal University of Mato Grosso
Yrma Andreina Carrero Márquez: Universidad de los Andes, Mérida
Fernanda Antunes Carvalho: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Luisa Fernanda Casas: Universidad de los Andes
Hernán Castellanos: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana
Carolina V. Castilho: Embrapa Roraima
Carlos Cerón: Universidad Central
Colin A. Chapman: Vancouver Island University
Jerome Chave: CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier
Phourin Chhang: Institute of Forest and Wildlife Research and Development (IRD)
Wanlop Chutipong: King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
George B. Chuyong: University of Buea
Bruno Barçante Ladvocat Cintra: Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP)
Connie J. Clark: Duke University
Fernanda Coelho de Souza: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
James A. Comiskey: National Park Service
David A. Coomes: University of Cambridge
Fernando Cornejo Valverde: Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program, Madre de Dios
Diego F. Correa: Universidad de los Andes
Flávia R. C. Costa: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa Costa: Embrapa Amapá
Pierre Couteron: AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE
Heike Culmsee: State Agency for Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology
Aida Cuni-Sanchez: University of York
Francisco Dallmeier: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Gabriel Damasco: University of Gothenburg
Gilles Dauby: AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE
Nállarett Dávila: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Hilda Paulette Dávila Doza: Servicios de Biodiversidad EIRL
Jose Don T. De Alban: National University of Singapore
Rafael L. de Assis: Instituto Tecnológico Vale
Charles De Canniere: Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Thales De Haulleville: Royal Museum for Central Africa
Marcelo de Jesus Veiga Carim: Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Amapá (IEPA)
Layon O. Demarchi: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Kyle G. Dexter: University of Edinburgh
Anthony Di Fiore: University of Texas at Austin
Hazimah Haji Mohammad Din: Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Mathias I. Disney: University College London
Brice Yannick Djiofack: Royal Museum for Central Africa
Marie-Noël K. Djuikouo: IRD-UYI-IRGM
Tran Van Do: Vietnamese Academy of Forest Sciences
Jean-Louis Doucet: Liège University
Freddie C. Draper: University of Liverpool
Vincent Droissart: AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE
Joost F. Duivenvoorden: University of Amsterdam
Julien Engel: AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE
Vittoria Estienne: Wildlife Conservation Society
William Farfan-Rios: Washington University in Saint Louis
Sophie Fauset: University of Plymouth
Kenneth J. Feeley: University of Miami
Yuri Oliveira Feitosa: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia (Botânica), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Ted R. Feldpausch: University of Leeds
Cid Ferreira: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Joice Ferreira: Embrapa Amazônia Oriental
Leandro Valle Ferreira: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Christine D. Fletcher: Forest Research Institute Malaysia
Bernardo Monteiro Flores: Federal University of Santa Catarina
Alusine Fofanah: The Gola Rainforest National Park
Ernest G. Foli: Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)
Émile Fonty: Office National des Forêts
Gabriella M. Fredriksson: Pro Natura Foundation
Alfredo Fuentes: Missouri Botanical Garden
David Galbraith: University of Leeds
George Pepe Gallardo Gonzales: Servicios de Biodiversidad EIRL
Karina Garcia-Cabrera: Wake Forest University
Roosevelt García-Villacorta: Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA)
Vitor H. F. Gomes: Centro Universitário do Pará
Ricardo Zárate Gómez: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP)
Therany Gonzales: ACEER Foundation
Rogerio Gribel: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Marcelino Carneiro Guedes: Embrapa Amapá
Juan Ernesto Guevara: Universidad de las Américas
Khalid Rehman Hakeem: King Abdulaziz University
Jefferson S. Hall: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Keith C. Hamer: University of Leeds
Alan C. Hamilton: Chinese Academy of Science
David J. Harris: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Rhett D. Harrison: World Agroforestry
Terese B. Hart: Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation
Andy Hector: University of Oxford
Terry W. Henkel: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
John Herbohn: University of the Sunshine Coast
Mireille B. N. Hockemba: Wildlife Conservation Society
Bruce Hoffman: Amazon Conservation Team
Milena Holmgren: Wageningen University and Research
Euridice N. Honorio Coronado: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP)
Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco: Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios (UNAMAD)
Wannes Hubau: University of Leeds
Nobuo Imai: Tokyo University of Agriculture
Mariana Victória Irume: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Patrick A. Jansen: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Kathryn J. Jeffery: University of Stirling
Eliana M. Jimenez: Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Amazonia
Tommaso Jucker: University of Bristol
André Braga Junqueira: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Michelle Kalamandeen: McMaster University
Narcisse G. Kamdem: IRD-UYI-IRGM
Kuswata Kartawinata: The Field Museum of Natural History
Emmanuel Kasongo Yakusu: Royal Museum for Central Africa
John M. Katembo: University of Kisangani
Elizabeth Kearsley: Ghent University
David Kenfack: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Michael Kessler: University of Zurich
Thiri Toe Khaing: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun
Timothy J. Killeen: Agteca—Amazonica
Kanehiro Kitayama: Kyoto University
Bente Klitgaard: Royal Botanic Gardens
Nicolas Labrière: CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier
Yves Laumonier: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Susan G. W. Laurance: James Cook University
William F. Laurance: James Cook University
Félix Laurent: Royal Museum for Central Africa
Tinh Cong Le: Viet Nature Conservation Centre
Trai Trong Le: Viet Nature Conservation Centre
Miguel E. Leal: Wildlife Conservation Society
Evlyn Márcia Leão de Moraes Novo: Divisao de Sensoriamento Remoto (DSR), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
Aurora Levesley: University of Leeds
Moses B. Libalah: IRD-UYI-IRGM
Juan Carlos Licona: Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal, Santa Cruz
Diógenes de Andrade Lima Filho: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Jeremy A. Lindsell: The RSPB
Aline Lopes: University of Brasilia
Maria Aparecida Lopes: Universidade Federal do Pará
Jon C. Lovett: University of Leeds
Richard Lowe: University of Ibadan
José Rafael Lozada: Universidad de los Andes, Mérida
Xinghui Lu: Chinese Academy of Forestry
Nestor K. Luambua: Royal Museum for Central Africa
Bruno Garcia Luize: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Paul Maas: Naturalis Biodiversity Center
José Leonardo Lima Magalhães: Universidade Federal do Pará
William E. Magnusson: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Ni Putu Diana Mahayani: Universitas Gadjah Mada
Jean-Remy Makana: Université de Kisangani
Yadvinder Malhi: University of Oxford
Lorena Maniguaje Rincón: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Asyraf Mansor: Universiti Sains Malaysia
Angelo Gilberto Manzatto: Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Unir
Beatriz S. Marimon: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
Ben Hur Marimon-Junior: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
Andrew R Marshall: University of York
Maria Pires Martins: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Faustin M. Mbayu: Jardín Botánico de Missouri
Marcelo Brilhante Medeiros: Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia
Italo Mesones: University of California
Faizah Metali: Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Vianet Mihindou: Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux
Jerome Millet: Office français de la biodiversité
William Milliken: Royal Botanic Gardens
Hugo F. Mogollón: Endangered Species Coalition
Jean-François Molino: AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE
Mohd. Nizam Mohd. Said: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Abel Monteagudo Mendoza: Jardín Botánico de Missouri
Juan Carlos Montero: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Sam Moore: University of Oxford
Bonifacio Mostacedo: Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz
Linder Felipe Mozombite Pinto: Servicios de Biodiversidad EIRL
Sharif Ahmed Mukul: University of the Sunshine Coast
Pantaleo K. T. Munishi: Sokoine University of Agriculture
Hidetoshi Nagamasu: Kyoto University
Henrique Eduardo Mendonça Nascimento: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Marcelo Trindade Nascimento: Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense
David Neill: Universidad Estatal Amazónica
Reuben Nilus: Forest Research Centre
Janaína Costa Noronha: Federal University of Mato Grosso
Laurent Nsenga: Royal Museum for Central Africa
Percy Núñez Vargas: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
Lucas Ojo: University of Abeokuta
Alexandre A. Oliveira: Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP)
Edmar Almeida Oliveira: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
Fidèle Evouna Ondo: Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux
Walter Palacios Cuenca: Universidad Técnica del Norte
Susamar Pansini: Universidade Federal de Rondônia
Marcelo Petratti Pansonato: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Marcos Ríos Paredes: Servicios de Biodiversidad EIRL
Ekananda Paudel: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Daniela Pauletto: Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará
Richard G. Pearson: University College London
José Luis Marcelo Pena: Universidad Nacional de Jaén
R. Toby Pennington: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Carlos A. Peres: University of East Anglia
Andrea Permana: University of Warwick
Pascal Petronelli: Université Guyane
Maria Cristina Peñuela Mora: Universidad Regional Amazónica IKIAM
Juan Fernando Phillips: Fundación Puerto Rastrojo
Oliver L. Phillips: University of Leeds
Georgia Pickavance: University of Leeds
Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Nigel C. A. Pitman: The Field Museum
Pierre Ploton: AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE
Andreas Popelier: Royal Museum for Central Africa
John R. Poulsen: Duke University
Adriana Prieto: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Richard B. Primack: Boston University
Hari Priyadi: IPB University
Lan Qie: University of Leeds
Adriano Costa Quaresma: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Helder Lima Queiroz: Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá
Hirma Ramirez-Angulo: Universidad de los Andes, Mérida
José Ferreira Ramos: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Neidiane Farias Costa Reis: Universidade Federal de Rondônia
Jan Reitsma: Waardenburg Ecology
Juan David Cardenas Revilla: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Terhi Riutta: University of Oxford
Gonzalo Rivas-Torres: Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ)
Iyan Robiansyah: King Abdulaziz University
Maira Rocha: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Domingos de Jesus Rodrigues: Federal University of Mato Grosso
M. Elizabeth Rodriguez-Ronderos: National University of Singapore
Francesco Rovero: University of Florence
Andes H. Rozak: National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
Agustín Rudas: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Ervan Rutishauser: Botanical Garden of Geneva
Daniel Sabatier: AMAP, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Cirad, CNRS, INRAE
Le Bienfaiteur Sagang: IRD-UYI-IRGM
Adeilza Felipe Sampaio: Universidade Federal de Rondônia
Ismayadi Samsoedin: Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Manichanh Satdichanh: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Juliana Schietti: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Jochen Schöngart: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Veridiana Vizoni Scudeller: Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)–Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB1)
Naret Seuaturien: World Wildlife Fund Thailand
Douglas Sheil: Wageningen University and Research
Rodrigo Sierra: GeoIS
Miles R. Silman: Wake Forest University
Thiago Sanna Freire Silva: University of Stirling
José Renan Silva Guimarães: Amcel Amapá Florestal e Celulose SA
Murielle Simo-Droissart: IRD-UYI-IRGM
Marcelo Fragomeni Simon: Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia
Plinio Sist: Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D
Thaiane R. Sousa: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Emanuelle Sousa Farias: Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fiocruz
Luiz Souza Coelho: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Dominick V. Spracklen: University of Leeds
Suzanne M. Stas: University of Leeds
Robert Steinmetz: World Wildlife Fund Thailand
Pablo R. Stevenson: Universidad de los Andes
Juliana Stropp: Trier University
Rahayu S. Sukri: Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Terry C. H. Sunderland: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Eizi Suzuki: Kagoshima University
Michael D. Swaine: University of Aberdeen
Jianwei Tang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
James Taplin: UK Research and Innovation, Innovate UK
David M. Taylor: National University of Singapore
J. Sebastián Tello: Missouri Botanical Garden
John Terborgh: University of Florida
Nicolas Texier: Université Libre de Bruxelles
Ida Theilade: University of Copenhagen
Duncan W. Thomas: Washington State University
Raquel Thomas: Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development
Sean C. Thomas: University of Toronto
Milton Tirado: GeoIS
Benjamin Toirambe: Royal Museum for Central Africa
José Julio Toledo: Universidade Federal do Amapá, Ciências Ambientais
Kyle W. Tomlinson: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun
Armando Torres-Lezama: Universidad de los Andes, Mérida
Hieu Dang Tran: Viet Nature Conservation Centre
John Tshibamba Mukendi: Royal Museum for Central Africa
Roven D. Tumaneng: Fauna and Flora International
Maria Natalia Umaña: University of Michigan
Peter M. Umunay: Wildlife Conservation Society
Ligia Estela Urrego Giraldo: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Elvis H. Valderrama Sandoval: University of Missouri
Luis Valenzuela Gamarra: Jardín Botánico de Missouri
Tinde R. Van Andel: Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Martin van de Bult: Doi Tung Development Project, Social Development Department
Jaqueline van de Pol: Compagnie des Bois du Gabon
Geertje van der Heijden: University of Nottingham
Rodolfo Vasquez: Jardín Botánico de Missouri
César I. A. Vela: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
Eduardo Martins Venticinque: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Hans Verbeeck: Ghent University
Rizza Karen A. Veridiano: Fauna and Flora International
Alberto Vicentini: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Emilio Vilanova Torre: Universidad de los Andes, Mérida
Daniel Villarroel: Universidad Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz
Boris Eduardo Villa Zegarra: Direccíon de Evaluación Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre
Jason Vleminckx: Florida International University
Patricio von Hildebrand: Fundación Estación de Biología
Vincent Antoine Vos: Universidad Autónoma del Beni José Ballivián, Riberalta
Corine Vriesendorp: The Field Museum
Edward L. Webb: University of Helsinki
Lee J. T. White: Ministry of Forests, Seas, Environment and Climate
Serge Wich: Liverpool John Moores University
Florian Wittmann: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Roderick Zagt: Tropenbos International
Runguo Zang: Chinese Academy of Forestry
Charles Eugene Zartman: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
Lise Zemagho: IRD-UYI-IRGM
Egleé L. Zent: Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC)
Stanford Zent: Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC)

Nature, 2024, vol. 625, issue 7996, 728-734

Abstract: Abstract Trees structure the Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable challenge to understanding these forests, including their response to environmental change, as very little is known about most tropical tree species. A focus on the common species may circumvent this challenge. Here we investigate abundance patterns of common tree species using inventory data on 1,003,805 trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm across 1,568 locations1–6 in closed-canopy, structurally intact old-growth tropical forests in Africa, Amazonia and Southeast Asia. We estimate that 2.2%, 2.2% and 2.3% of species comprise 50% of the tropical trees in these regions, respectively. Extrapolating across all closed-canopy tropical forests, we estimate that just 1,053 species comprise half of Earth’s 800 billion tropical trees with trunk diameters of at least 10 cm. Despite differing biogeographic, climatic and anthropogenic histories7, we find notably consistent patterns of common species and species abundance distributions across the continents. This suggests that fundamental mechanisms of tree community assembly may apply to all tropical forests. Resampling analyses show that the most common species are likely to belong to a manageable list of known species, enabling targeted efforts to understand their ecology. Although they do not detract from the importance of rare species, our results open new opportunities to understand the world’s most diverse forests, including modelling their response to environmental change, by focusing on the common species that constitute the majority of their trees.

Date: 2024
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