The global abundance of tree palms.
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Muscarella, Robert
Emilio, Thaise
Phillips, Oliver L.
Lewis, Simon L.
Slik, Ferry
Baker, William J.
Couvreur, Thomas L. P.
Eiserhardt, Wolf L.
Svenning, Jens‐Christian
Affum‐Baffoe, Kofi
Aiba, Shin‐Ichiro
Almeida, Everton C.
Almeida, Samuel S.
Almeida Oliveira, Edmar
Álvarez‐Dávila, Esteban
Alves, Luciana F.
Alvez‐Valles, Carlos Mariano
Carvalho, Fabrício Alvim
Alzate Guarin, Fernando
Andrade, Ana
Aragão, Luis E. O. C.
Murakami, Alejandro Araujo
Arroyo, Luzmila
Ashton, Peter S.
Corredor, Gerardo A. Aymard
Baker, Timothy R.
Barbosa Camargo, Plinio
Barlow, Jos
Bastin, Jean‐François
Nssi Bengone, Natacha
Berenguer, Erika
Berry, Nicholas
Blanc, Lilian
Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin
Bonal, Damien
Bongers, Frans
Bradford, Matt
Brambach, Fabian
Brearley, Francis Q.
Brewer, Steven W.
Camargo, Jose L. C.
Campbell, David G.
Castilho, Carolina V.
Castro, Wendeson
Catchpole, Damien
Cerón Martínez, Carlos E.
Chen, Shengbin
Chhang, Phourin
Cho, Percival
Chutipong, Wanlop
Clark, Connie
Collins, Murray
Comiskey, James A.
Corrales Medina, Massiel Nataly
Costa, Flávia R. C.
Culmsee, Heike
David‐Higuita, Heriberto
Davidar, Priya
Del Aguila‐Pasquel, Jhon
Derroire, Géraldine
Di Fiore, Anthony
Do, Tran Van
Doucet, Jean‐Louis
Dourdain, Aurélie
Drake, Donald R.
Ensslin, Andreas
Erwin, Terry
Ewango, Corneille E. N.
Ewers, Robert M.
Fauset, Sophie
Feldpausch, Ted R.
Ferreira, Joice
Ferreira, Leandro Valle
Fischer, Markus
Franklin, Janet
Fredriksson, Gabriella M.
Gillespie, Thomas W.
Gilpin, Martin
Gonmadje, Christelle
Nimal Gunatilleke, Arachchige Upali
Hakeem, Khalid Rehman
Hall, Jefferson S.
Hamer, Keith C.
Harris, David J.
Harrison, Rhett D.
Hector, Andrew
Hemp, Andreas
Herault, Bruno
Hidalgo Pizango, Carlos Gabriel
Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N.
Hubau, Wannes
Hussain, Mohammad Shah
Ibrahim, Faridah‐Hanum
Imai, Nobuo
Joly, Carlos A.
Joseph, Shijo
K, Anitha
Kartawinata, Kuswata
Kassi, Justin
Killeen, Timothy J.
Kitayama, Kanehiro
Klitgård, Bente Bang
Kooyman, Robert
Labrière, Nicolas
Larney, Eileen
Laumonier, Yves
Laurance, Susan G.
Laurance, William F.
Lawes, Michael J.
Levesley, Aurora
Lisingo, Janvier
Lovejoy, Thomas
Lovett, Jon C.
Lu, Xinghui
Lykke, Anne Mette
Magnusson, William E.
Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana
Malhi, Yadvinder
Mansor, Asyraf
Marcelo Peña, Jose Luis
Marimon‐Junior, Ben H.
Marshall, Andrew R.
Melgaco, Karina
Mendoza Bautista, Casimiro
Mihindou, Vianet
Millet, Jérôme
Milliken, William
Mohandass, D.
Mendoza, Abel Lorenzo Monteagudo
Mugerwa, Badru
Nagamasu, Hidetoshi
Nagy, Laszlo
Seuaturien, Naret
Nascimento, Marcelo T.
Neill, David A.
Neto, Luiz Menini
Nilus, Reuben
Núñez Vargas, Mario Percy
Nurtjahya, Eddy
Araújo, R. Nazaré O.
Onrizal, Onrizal
Palacios, Walter A.
Palacios‐Ramos, Sonia
Parren, Marc
Paudel, Ekananda
Morandi, Paulo S.
Pennington, R. Toby
Pickavance, Georgia
Pipoly, John J.
Pitman, Nigel C. A.
Poedjirahajoe, Erny
Poorter, Lourens
Poulsen, John R.
Prasad, P. Rama Chandra
Prieto, Adriana
Puyravaud, Jean‐Philippe
Qie, Lan
Quesada, Carlos A.
Ramírez‐Angulo, Hirma
Razafimahaimodison, Jean Claude
Reitsma, Jan Meindert
Requena‐Rojas, Edilson J.
Correa, Zorayda Restrepo
Rodriguez, Carlos Reynel
Roopsind, Anand
Rovero, Francesco
Rozak, Andes
Lleras, Agustín Rudas
Rutishauser, Ervan
Rutten, Gemma
Punchi‐Manage, Ruwan
Salomão, Rafael P.
Van Sam, Hoang
Sarker, Swapan Kumar
Satdichanh, Manichanh
Schietti, Juliana
Schmitt, Christine B.
Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes
Senbeta, Feyera
Nath Sharma, Lila
Sheil, Douglas
Sierra, Rodrigo
Silva‐Espejo, Javier E.
Silveira, Marcos
Sonké, Bonaventure
Steininger, Marc K.
Steinmetz, Robert
Stévart, Tariq
Sukumar, Raman
Sultana, Aisha
Sunderland, Terry C. H.
Suresh, Hebbalalu Satyanarayana
Tang, Jianwei
Tanner, Edmund
Steege, Hans
Terborgh, John W.
Theilade, Ida
Timberlake, Jonathan
Torres‐Lezama, Armando
Umunay, Peter
Uriarte, María
Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela
Bult, Martin
Hout, Peter
Martinez, Rodolfo Vasquez
Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães
Vieira, Simone A.
Vilanova, Emilio
Cayo, Jeanneth Villalobos
Wang, Ophelia
Webb, Campbell O.
Webb, Edward L.
White, Lee
Whitfeld, Timothy J. S.
Wich, Serge
Willcock, Simon
Wiser, Susan K.
Young, Kenneth R.
Zakaria, Rahmad
Zang, Runguo
Zartman, Charles E.
Zo‐Bi, Irié Casimir
Balslev, Henrik
Date published
July 8, 2020
Abstract
Aim
Palms are an iconic, diverse and often abundant component of tropical ecosystems that provide many ecosystem services. Being monocots, tree palms are evolutionarily, morphologically and physiologically distinct from other trees, and these differences have important consequences for ecosystem services (e.g., carbon sequestration and storage) and in terms of responses to climate change. We quantified global patterns of tree palm relative abundance to help improve understanding of tropical forests and reduce uncertainty about these ecosystems under climate change.
Location
Tropical and subtropical moist forests.
Time period
Current.
Major taxa studied
Palms (Arecaceae).
Methods
We assembled a pantropical dataset of 2,548 forest plots (covering 1,191 ha) and quantified tree palm (i.e., ≥10 cm diameter at breast height) abundance relative to co‐occurring non‐palm trees. We compared the relative abundance of tree palms across biogeographical realms and tested for associations with palaeoclimate stability, current climate, edaphic conditions and metrics of forest structure.
Results
On average, the relative abundance of tree palms was more than five times larger between Neotropical locations and other biogeographical realms. Tree palms were absent in most locations outside the Neotropics but present in >80% of Neotropical locations. The relative abundance of tree palms was more strongly associated with local conditions (e.g., higher mean annual precipitation, lower soil fertility, shallower water table and lower plot mean wood density) than metrics of long‐term climate stability. Life‐form diversity also influenced the patterns; palm assemblages outside the Neotropics comprise many non‐tree (e.g., climbing) palms. Finally, we show that tree palms can influence estimates of above‐ground biomass, but the magnitude and direction of the effect require additional work.
Conclusions
Tree palms are not only quintessentially tropical, but they are also overwhelmingly Neotropical. Future work to understand the contributions of tree palms to biomass estimates and carbon cycling will be particularly crucial in Neotropical forests.
Journal title
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Publisher
Wiley
ISSN
1466-822X
eISSN
1466-8238
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