An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

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dc.careerCiencias Biológicases
dc.category.authorprincipalen_US
dc.contributor.authorValencia Reyes, Lius Renato
dc.contributor.correspondingFerry Slik, J.W.
dc.countryEcuadores
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-04T21:38:01Z
dc.date.available2023-11-04T21:38:01Z
dc.date.issued2015-06-16
dc.dedication.authorTCes
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.facultyCiencias Exactas y Naturaleses
dc.id.author1706673199
dc.id.type1
dc.identifier.doi10.1073/pnas.1423147112
dc.identifier.issn1091-6490
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/5648
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.pnas.org/content/112/24/7472.full.pdf?sid=fcc15fdb-f7a2-4e94-82dd-9c22a579c13d
dc.indexed.databaseScimago Journal Rankes
dc.language.isoen
dc.list.authorsFerry, J.W., Arroyo, V., Aiba, S.I., Alvarez, P., Alves, L.F., Ashton, P., et al.
dc.magazine.pageRange7472-7477
dc.magazine.titlePNASen_US
dc.magazine.volumeChapter112 (24)
dc.rightsClosedAccessen
dc.statepublisheden_US
dc.subjectBiodiversidades
dc.subjectBosques tropicaleses
dc.subjectRecursos Vegetaleses
dc.subjectVida Silvestrees
dc.subjectBiodiversidad
dc.subjectBosques tropicales
dc.subjectRecursos Vegetales
dc.subjectVida Silvestre
dc.titleAn estimate of the number of tropical tree speciesen_US
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