Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests

Tropical forests are known for their high diversity. Yet, forest patches do occur in the tropics where a single tree species is dominant. Such “monodominant” forests are known from all of the main tropical regions. For Amazonia, we sampled the occurrence of monodominance in a massive, basin-wide dat...

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Authors: Ter Steege, Hans, Henkel, Terry W., Helal, Nora, Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes, Marimon Junior, Ben Hur, Huth, Andreas, Groeneveld, Jürgen, Sabatier, Daniel, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, Lima Filho, Diogenes de Andrade, Salomão, Rafael de Paiva, Amaral, Iêda Leão do, Matos, Francisca Dionízia de Almeida, Castilho, Carolina V., Phillips, Oliver Lawrence, Guevara Andino, Juan Ernesto, Veiga Carim, Marcelo de Jesus, Cárdenas López, Dairon, Magnusson, William Ernest, Wittmann, Florian, Irume, Mariana Victória, Martins, Maria Pires, da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Molino, Jean François, Bánki, Olaf Sicco, Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa, Pitman, Nigel Charles Andrew, Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel Lorenzo, Ferreira Ramos, José, Luize, Bruno Garcia, de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia Moraes, Nuñez Vargas, Mario Percy, Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire, Venticinque, Eduardo Martins, Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto, Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa, Terborgh, John, Casula, Katia Regina, Honorio Coronado, Eurídice Nora, Montero, Juan Carlos, Feldpausch, Ted R., Duque Montoya, Álvaro Javier, Costa, Flavia Regina Capellotto, Castaño Arboleda, Nicolás, Schöngart, Jochen, Killeen, Timothy J., Vásquez Martínez, Rodolfo, Mostacedo, Bonifacio, Demarchi, Layon O., Assis, Rafael Leandro de, Baraloto, Christopher, Engel, Julien, Petronelli, Pascal, Castellanos Amoroso, Hernán Gerardo, Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante de, Quaresma, Adriano Costa, Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni, Andrade, Ana Cristina Segalin de, Campana Camargo, José Luís, Laurance, Susan G. W., Laurance, William F., Rincón, Lorena Maniguaje, Schietti de Almeida, Juliana, Rodrigues de Sousa, Thaiane, de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle, Lopes, Maria Aparecida, Lima Magalhães, José Leonardo, Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça, Queiroz, Helder Lima de, Aymard Corredor, Gerardo Antonio, Brienen, Roel Jacobus Wilhelmus, Cárdenas Revilla, Juan David, Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães, Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat, Stevenson Diaz, Pablo Roberto, Feitosa, Yuri Oliveira, Duivenvoorden, Joost F., Mogollón, Hugo F., Araujo Murakami, Alejandro, Ferreira, Leandro Valle, Lozada Dávila, José Rafael, Comiskey, James A., Toledo, José Julio de, Damasco, Gabriel, Dávila Cardozo, Nállarett Marina, Draper, Freddie C., Roosevelt, García Villacorta, Lopes, Aline, Vicentini, Alberto, Alonso, Alfonso, Dallmeier, Francisco, Gomes, Vitor H. F., Lloyd, Jonathan, Neill, David, Aguiar, Daniel Praia Portela, Arroyo Padilla, Luzmila, Antunes Carvalho, Fernanda, de Souza, Fernanda Coelho, do Amaral, Dário Dantas, Feeley, Kenneth J., Gribel, Rogerio, Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti, Barlow, Jos, Berenguer, Erika, Ferreira, Joice, Fine, Paul V. A., Carneiro Guedes, Marcelino, Jiménez Rojas, Eliana María, Licona Vásquez, Juan Carlos, Peñuela Mora, María Cristina, Villa Zegarra, Boris Eduardo, Cerón Martínez, Carlos Eduardo, Maas's, Paul J. M., Silveira, Marcos, Stropp, Juliana, Thomas Caesar, Raquel S., Baker, Timothy R., Daly, Doug, Dexter, Kyle G., Huamantupa Chuquimaco, Isau, Milliken, William, Pennington, Toby, Ríos Paredes, Marcos, Fuentes Claros, ‪Alfredo Fernando, Klitgaard, Bente, Marcelo Pena, José Luis, Peres, Carlos A., Silman, Miles R., Tello, J. Sebastián, Chave, Jérôme, Cornejo Valverde, Fernando, Di Fiore, Anthony, Hilário, Renato Richard, Phillips, Juan Fernando, Rivas Torres, Gonzalo, van Andel, Tinde R., von Hildebrand, Patricio, Noronha, Janaina Da Costa De, Marques Barbosa, Edelcilio, Rodrigues Barbosa, Flávia, de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos, de Sá Carpanedo, Rainiellen, Dávila Doza, Hilda Paulette, Fonty, Émile, Gómez Zárate, Ricardo, Gonzales, Therany, Gallardo Gonzales, George Pepe, Hofman, Bruce, Braga Junqueira, André, Malhi, Yadvinder, de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula, Mozombite Pinto, Linder Felipe, Prieto, Adriana, Domingos de Jesus, Rodrigues, Rudas Lleras, Agustín, Ruschel, Ademir R., Macedo Silva, José Natalino, Vela, César IA, Vos, Vincent Antoine, Zent, Egleé L., Zent, Stanford, Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss, Cano Schütz, Ángela, Carrero Márquez, Yrma Andreina, Correa Gómez, Diego Felipe, Pedrosa Costa, Janaina Barbosa, Monteiro Flores, Bernardo, Galbraith, David, Holmgren, Milena, Kalamandeen, Michelle, Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade, Oliveira, Alexandre A., Ramírez Angulo, Hirma Coromoto, Rocha, Maira, Scudeller, Veridiana Vizoni, Sierra, Rodrigo, Tirado, Milton, Umaña Medina, María Natalia, van der Heijden, Geertje, Vilanova Torre, Emilio Javier, Vriesendorp, Corine, Wang, Ophelia, R.Young, Kenneth, Ahuite Reategui, Manuel Augusto, Baider, Cláudia, Balslev, Henrik, Cárdenas, Sasha, Casas Caro, Luisa Fernanda, Farfan Rios, William, Cid Ferreira, Carlos Alberto, Linares Palomino, Reynaldo, Mendoza, Casimiro, Mesones, Italo, Torres Lezama, Armando, Urrego Giraldo, Ligia Estela, Villarroel, Daniel, Zagt, Roderick, Alexiades, Miguel N., de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida, García Cabrera, Karina, Hernández, Lionel, Palacios Cuenca, Walter, Pansin, Susamar, Pauletto, Daniela, Ramírez Arévalo, Freddy, Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe, Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis H., Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis, Levesley, Aurora, Pickavance, Georgia C., Melgaço, Karina
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Colombia
Institution:Tecnológico de Antioquia
Repository:Repositorio Tdea
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:dspace.tdea.edu.co:tdea/2809
Online Access:https://dspace.tdea.edu.co/handle/tdea/2809
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Bosques tropicales
Tropical forests
Floresta tropical
Forêt tropicale
Biodiversidad
Biodiversity
Biodiversidade
Biodiversité
Especies dominantes
Dominant species
Espécie dominante
Espèce dominante
Árboles
Trees
Árvore
Arbre
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Summary:Tropical forests are known for their high diversity. Yet, forest patches do occur in the tropics where a single tree species is dominant. Such “monodominant” forests are known from all of the main tropical regions. For Amazonia, we sampled the occurrence of monodominance in a massive, basin-wide database of forest-inventory plots from the Amazon Tree Diversity Network (ATDN). Utilizing a simple defining metric of at least half of the trees ≥ 10 cm diameter belonging to one species, we found only a few occurrences of monodominance in Amazonia, and the phenomenon was not significantly linked to previously hypothesized life history traits such wood density, seed mass, ectomycorrhizal associations, or Rhizobium nodulation. In our analysis, coppicing (the formation of sprouts at the base of the tree or on roots) was the only trait significantly linked to monodominance. While at specific locales coppicing or ectomycorrhizal associations may confer a considerable advantage to a tree species and lead to its monodominance, very few species have these traits. Mining of the ATDN dataset suggests that monodominance is quite rare in Amazonia, and may be linked primarily to edaphic factors.