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One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains.

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Householder, JE; Wittmann, F; Schöngart, J; Piedade, MTF; Junk, WJ; Latrubesse, EM; Quaresma, AC; Demarchi, LO; de S Lobo, G; Aguiar, DPPD ...
Published in: Nature ecology & evolution
May 2024

Amazonia's floodplain system is the largest and most biodiverse on Earth. Although forests are crucial to the ecological integrity of floodplains, our understanding of their species composition and how this may differ from surrounding forest types is still far too limited, particularly as changing inundation regimes begin to reshape floodplain tree communities and the critical ecosystem functions they underpin. Here we address this gap by taking a spatially explicit look at Amazonia-wide patterns of tree-species turnover and ecological specialization of the region's floodplain forests. We show that the majority of Amazonian tree species can inhabit floodplains, and about a sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is ecologically specialized on floodplains. The degree of specialization in floodplain communities is driven by regional flood patterns, with the most compositionally differentiated floodplain forests located centrally within the fluvial network and contingent on the most extraordinary flood magnitudes regionally. Our results provide a spatially explicit view of ecological specialization of floodplain forest communities and expose the need for whole-basin hydrological integrity to protect the Amazon's tree diversity and its function.

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Nature ecology & evolution

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2397-334X

ISSN

2397-334X

Publication Date

May 2024

Volume

8

Issue

5

Start / End Page

901 / 911

Related Subject Headings

  • Trees
  • Rivers
  • Forests
  • Floods
  • Brazil
  • Biodiversity
  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 3104 Evolutionary biology
  • 3103 Ecology
 

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Householder, J. E., Wittmann, F., Schöngart, J., Piedade, M. T. F., Junk, W. J., Latrubesse, E. M., … Ter Steege, H. (2024). One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8(5), 901–911. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02364-1
Householder, John Ethan, Florian Wittmann, Jochen Schöngart, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Wolfgang J. Junk, Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse, Adriano Costa Quaresma, et al. “One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains.Nature Ecology & Evolution 8, no. 5 (May 2024): 901–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02364-1.
Householder JE, Wittmann F, Schöngart J, Piedade MTF, Junk WJ, Latrubesse EM, et al. One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains. Nature ecology & evolution. 2024 May;8(5):901–11.
Householder, John Ethan, et al. “One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains.Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 8, no. 5, May 2024, pp. 901–11. Epmc, doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02364-1.
Householder JE, Wittmann F, Schöngart J, Piedade MTF, Junk WJ, Latrubesse EM, Quaresma AC, Demarchi LO, de S Lobo G, Aguiar DPPD, Assis RL, Lopes A, Parolin P, Leão do Amaral I, Coelho LDS, de Almeida Matos FD, Lima Filho DDA, Salomão RP, Castilho CV, Guevara-Andino JE, Carim MDJV, Phillips OL, Cárdenas López D, Magnusson WE, Sabatier D, Revilla JDC, Molino J-F, Irume MV, Martins MP, Guimarães JRDS, Ramos JF, Rodrigues DDJ, Bánki OS, Peres CA, Pitman NCA, Hawes JE, Almeida EJ, Barbosa LF, Cavalheiro L, Dos Santos MCV, Luize BG, Novo EMMDL, Núñez Vargas P, Silva TSF, Venticinque EM, Manzatto AG, Reis NFC, Terborgh J, Casula KR, Costa FRC, Honorio Coronado EN, Monteagudo Mendoza A, Montero JC, Feldpausch TR, Aymard C GA, Baraloto C, Castaño Arboleda N, Engel J, Petronelli P, Zartman CE, Killeen TJ, Rincón LM, Marimon BS, Marimon-Junior BH, Schietti J, Sousa TR, Vasquez R, Mostacedo B, Dantas do Amaral D, Castellanos H, Medeiros MBD, Simon MF, Andrade A, Camargo JL, Laurance WF, Laurance SGW, Farias EDS, Lopes MA, Magalhães JLL, Mendonça Nascimento HE, Queiroz HLD, Brienen R, Stevenson PR, Araujo-Murakami A, Baker TR, Cintra BBL, Feitosa YO, Mogollón HF, Noronha JC, Barbosa FR, de Sá Carpanedo R, Duivenvoorden JF, Silman MR, Ferreira LV, Levis C, Lozada JR, Comiskey JA, Draper FC, Toledo JJD, Damasco G, Dávila N, García-Villacorta R, Vicentini A, Cornejo Valverde F, Alonso A, Arroyo L, Dallmeier F, Gomes VHF, Jimenez EM, Neill D, Peñuela Mora MC, Carvalho FA, Coelho de Souza F, Feeley KJ, Gribel R, Pansonato MP, Ríos Paredes M, Barlow J, Berenguer E, Dexter KG, Ferreira J, Fine PVA, Guedes MC, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I, Licona JC, Pennington T, Villa Zegarra BE, Vos VA, Cerón C, Fonty É, Henkel TW, Maas P, Pos E, Silveira M, Stropp J, Thomas R, Daly D, Milliken W, Pardo Molina G, Vieira ICG, Albuquerque BW, Campelo W, Emilio T, Fuentes A, Klitgaard B, Marcelo Pena JL, Souza PF, Tello JS, Vriesendorp C, Chave J, Di Fiore A, Hilário RR, Pereira LDO, Phillips JF, Rivas-Torres G, van Andel TR, von Hildebrand P, Balee W, Barbosa EM, Bonates LCDM, Doza HPD, Gómez RZ, Gonzales T, Gonzales GPG, Hoffman B, Junqueira AB, Malhi Y, Miranda IPDA, Mozombite-Pinto LF, Prieto A, Rudas A, Ruschel AR, Silva N, Vela CIA, Zent S, Zent EL, Cano A, Carrero Márquez YA, Correa DF, Costa JBP, Flores BM, Galbraith D, Holmgren M, Kalamandeen M, Nascimento MT, Oliveira AA, Ramirez-Angulo H, Rocha M, Scudeller VV, Sierra R, Tirado M, Umaña MN, van der Heijden G, Vilanova Torre E, Ahuite Reategui MA, Baider C, Balslev H, Cárdenas S, Casas LF, Farfan-Rios W, Ferreira C, Linares-Palomino R, Mendoza C, Mesones I, Parada GA, Torres-Lezama A, Urrego Giraldo LE, Villarroel D, Zagt R, Alexiades MN, de Oliveira EA, Garcia-Cabrera K, Hernandez L, Palacios Cuenca W, Pansini S, Pauletto D, Ramirez Arevalo F, Sampaio AF, Valderrama Sandoval EH, Valenzuela Gamarra L, Ter Steege H. One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains. Nature ecology & evolution. 2024 May;8(5):901–911.

Published In

Nature ecology & evolution

DOI

EISSN

2397-334X

ISSN

2397-334X

Publication Date

May 2024

Volume

8

Issue

5

Start / End Page

901 / 911

Related Subject Headings

  • Trees
  • Rivers
  • Forests
  • Floods
  • Brazil
  • Biodiversity
  • 4104 Environmental management
  • 3104 Evolutionary biology
  • 3103 Ecology