Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora
2020
ter Steege, Hans | Prado, Paulo, Inácio | de Lima, Renato, a F | Pos, Edwin | de Andrade, Diogenes | Filho, Lima | Salomão, Rafael, P | Amaral, Ieda | Dionizia de Almeida Matos, Francisca | Castilho, Carolina | Phillips, Oliver | Guevara, Juan, Ernesto | de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo | Veiga, Jesus | Cárdenas López, Dairon | Magnusson, William, E | Wittmann, Florian | Martins, Maria, Pires | Sabatier, Daniel | Irume, Mariana, Victória | Renan Da, José | Guimarães, Silva | Molino, Jean-François | Banki, Olaf | Fernandez Piedade 18, Maria, Teresa | Pitman 19, Nigel, C A | Ferreira Ramos, José | Mendoza, Abel, Monteagudo | Martins Venticinque, Eduardo | Luize, Bruno, Garcia | Vargas, Núñez | Sanna, Thiago | Silva, Freire | Márcia, Evlyn | De, Moraes | Novo, Leão | Farias, Neidiane | Reis, Costa | Terborgh, John | Manzatto, Angelo, Gilberto | Casula, Katia, Regina | Honorio Coronado, Euridice, N | Montero, Juan, Carlos | Duque, Alvaro | Costa, Flávia, R C | Castaño Arboleda, Nicolás | Schöngart, Jochen | Zartman, Charles, Eugene | Killeen, Timothy, J | Marimon, Beatriz, S | Hur Marimon-Junior, Ben | Vasquez, Rodolfo | Mostacedo, Bonifacio | Demarchi, Layon, O | Feldpausch, Ted, R | Engel, Julien | Petronelli, Pascal | Baraloto, Chris | Assis, Rafael, L | Castellanos, Hernán | Simon, Marcelo | Brilhante de Medeiros, Marcelo | Quaresma, Adriano | Laurance, Susan | Rincón, Lorena, M | Andrade, Ana | Sousa, Thaiane, R | Luís Camargo 42, José | Schietti, Juliana | Laurance, William, F | Lima de Queiroz, Helder | Mendonça Nascimento, Henrique, Eduardo | Lopes, Maria, Celeste | de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle | Leonardo, José | Magalhães, Lima | Brienen, Roel | Aymard, Gerardo, A. | 49, C | David, Juan | Revilla, Cardenas | Célia, Ima | Vieira, Guimarães | Barçante, Bruno | Cintra 50, Ladvocat | Stevenson, Pablo, R | Oliveira Feitosa 52, Yuri | Duivenvoorden, Joost, F | Mogollón, Hugo, F | Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro | Valle Ferreira, Leandro | Lozada, José | Comiskey, James, A | Julio de Toledo, José | Damasco, Gabriel | Dávila, Nallarett | Lopes, Aline | Garcia-Villacorta, Roosevelt | Draper, Freddie | Vicentini, Alberto | Cornejo Valverde, Fernando | Lloyd, Jon | Gomes, Vitor, H F | Neill, David | Alonso, Alfonso | Dallmeier, Francisco | Coelho de Souza, Fernanda | Gribel, Rogério | Arroyo, Luzmila | Carvalho, Fernanda, Antunes | Praia, Daniel | de Aguiar, Portela | Dantas Do Amaral, Dário | Petratti Pansonato, Marcelo | Feeley, Kenneth, J | Berenguer, Erika | Fine 60, Paul, V A | Guedes, Marcelino | Barlow, Jos | Ferreira 48, Joice | Villa, Boris | Cristina, Maria, Mc | Mora, Peñuela | Jimenez, Eliana | Licona, Juan | Cerón, Carlos | Thomas, Raquel | Maas, Paul | Silveira, Marcos | Henkel, Terry, W | Stropp, Juliana | Ríos Paredes 85, Marcos | Dexter, Kyle, G | Daly, Doug | Baker, Tim, R | Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau | Milliken, William | Pennington, Toby | Tello, J. | Luis, José | Pena, Marcelo | Peres 92, Carlos, A | Klitgaard, Bente | Fuentes, Alfredo | Silman, Miles, R | Di Fiore 96, Anthony | von Hildebrand, Patricio | Chave, Jérôme | van Andel, Tinde, R | Hilário, Renato, Richard | Phillips, Juan, Fernando | Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo | Noronha, Janaína, Costa | Prieto, Adriana | Gonzales, Therany | De, Rainiellene | Carpanedo, Sá | Pepe, George | Gonzales, Gallardo | Zárate Gómez, Ricardo | De, Domingos | Rodrigues, Jesus | Zent, Egleé, L | Ruschel, Ademir, R | Institute of Environmental Biology, Section Plant Ecology and Biodiversity, ; Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University [Utrecht] | Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo | Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University [Utrecht] | Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi [Belém, Brésil] (MPEG) | Projeto TEAM-Manaus ; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia = National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia = National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) | Centro de Pesquisa Agroflorestal de Roraima ; Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation = Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) | Ecology and Global Change, School of Geography ; University of Leeds | Coordenac Bao de Pesquisas em Ecologia ; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia = National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) | Department of Biochemistry [Mainz] ; Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) ; Max-Planck-Gesellschaft-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations (UMR AMAP) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [Occitanie])-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) ; Universiteit van Amsterdam = University of Amsterdam (UvA) | Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment ; Duke University [Durham] | Departamento de Ciencias Forestales ; Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) ; Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | Missouri Botanical Garden | Universidad Autonoma Gabriel René Moreno | Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (UMR ECOFOG) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana | Genetic resources and biotechnology ; Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation = Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) | Chercheur indépendant | Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC) (CNC) ; Universidade de Coimbra = University of Coimbra [Portugal] (UC)-Neuroscience Research Domain | Sch Geog ; University of Nottingham, UK (UON) | Herbario Universitario PORT | Universidad Autonoma Gabriel René Moreno (UAGRM) | Laboratoire Interfaces Sensorielles (LIS) ; Département Intelligence Ambiante et Systèmes Interactifs (DIASI (CEA, LIST)) ; Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST (CEA)) ; Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)) ; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)) ; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST (CEA)) ; Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)) ; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)) ; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay | Department of Integrative Biology | Department of Integrative Biology [Berkeley] (IB) ; University of California [Berkeley] (UC Berkeley) ; University of California (UC)-University of California (UC) | The University of Edinburgh | Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program [Madre de Dios] | Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC) ; Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | Universidad Estatal Amazonica | Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute | Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, ; Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, MRC 705, Box 37012, Washington, DC, VA 20013-7012, USA | Coordenacao Biodiversidade ; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia = National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) | Lancaster Environment Centre ; Lancaster University | Embrapa Amapa | CREPAL - Centre de recherches sur les pays lusophones - EA 3421 (CREPAL) ; Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal (IBIF) | Herbario Nacional del Ecuador | Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development | Department of Botany ; Naturalis Biodiversity Center [Leiden] | Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC) | Humboldt State University (HSU) | New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) | Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC) | Royal Botanic Gardens [Kew] | Faculté de Pharmacie ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Herbario Nacional de Bolivia | Fundacion Puerto Rastrojo ; Partenaires INRAE | Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB) ; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) ; Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) | Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research Foundation ; Partenaires INRAE | ANR-10-LABX-0025,CEBA,CEnter of the study of Biodiversity in Amazonia(2010)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Amazonian forests are extraordinarily diverse, but the estimated species richness is very much debated. Here, we apply an ensemble of parametric estimators and a novel technique that includes conspecific spatial aggregation to an extended database of forest plots with up-to-date taxonomy. We show that the species abundance distribution of Amazonia is best approximated by a logseries with aggregated individuals, where aggregation increases with rarity. By averaging several methods to estimate total richness, we confirm that over 15,000 tree species are expected to occur in Amazonia. We also show that using ten times the number of plots would result in an increase to just ~50% of those 15,000 estimated species. To get a more complete sample of all tree species, rigorous field campaigns may be needed but the number of trees in Amazonia will remain an estimate for years to come.
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