An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

W. Ferry Slik, J.; Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor; Aiba, Shin-Ichiro; Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia; F. Alves, Luciana; Ashton, Peter; Balvanera, Patricia; L. Bastian, Meredith; J. Bellingham, Peter; van den Berg, Eduardo; Bernacci, Luis; da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna; Blanc, Lilian; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin; Boeckx, Pascal; Bongers, Frans; Boyle, Brad; Bradford, Matt; Q. Brearley, Francis; Breuer-Ndoundou Hockemba, Mireille; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh; Calderado Leal Matos, Darley; Castillo-Santiago, Miguel; L. M. Catharino, Eduardo; Chai, Shauna-Lee; Chen, Yukai; K. Colwell, Robert; L. Chazdon, Robin; Clark, Connie; B. Clark, David; A. Clark, Deborah; Culmsee, Heike; Damas, Kipiro; S. Dattaraja, Handanakere; Dauby, Gilles; Davidar, Priya; J. DeWalt, Saara; Doucet, Jean-Louis; Duque, Alvaro; Durigan, Giselda; A. O. Eichhorn, Karl; V. Eisenlohr, Pedro; Eler, Eduardo; Ewango, Corneille; Farwig, Nina; J. Feeley, Kenneth; Ferreira, Leandro; Field, Richard; T. de Oliveira Filho, Ary; Fletcher, Christine; Forshed, Olle; Franco, Geraldo; Fredriksson, Gabriella; Gillespie, Thomas; Gillet, Jean-François; Amarnath, Giriraj; M. Griffith, Daniel; Grogan, James; Gunatilleke, Nimal; Harris, David; Harrison, Rhett; Hector, Andy; Homeier, Jürgen; Imai, Nobuo; Itoh, Akira; A. Jansen, Patrick; A. Joly, Carlos; H. J. de Jong, Bernardus; Kartawinata, Kuswata; Kearsley, Elizabeth; L. Kelly, Daniel; Kenfack, David; Kessler, Michael; Kitayama, Kanehiro; Kooyman, Robert; Larney, Eileen; Laumonier, Yves; Laurance, Susan; F. Laurance, William; J. Lawes, Michael; Leao do Amaral, Ieda; G. Letcher, Susan; Lindsell, Jeremy; Lu, Xinghui; Mansor, Asyraf; Marjokorpi, Antti; H. Martin, Emanuel; Meilby, Henrik; P. L. Melo, Felipe; J. Metcalfe, Daniel; P. Medjibe, Vincent; Paul Metzger, Jean; Millet, Jerome; Mohandass, D.; C. Montero, Juan; de Morisson Valeriano, Márcio; Mugerwa, Badru; Nagamasu, Hidetoshi; Nilus, Reuben; Ochoa-Gaona, Susana; , Onrizal; Page, Navendu; Parolin, Pia; Parren, Marc; Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy; Paudel, Ekananda; Permana, Andrea; T. F. Piedade, Maria; C. A. Pitman, Nigel; Poorter, Lourens; D. Poulsen, Axel; Poulsen, John; Powers, Jennifer; C. Prasad, Rama; Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe; Razafimahaimodison, Jean-Claude; Reitsma, Jan; Roberto dos Santos, João; Roberto Spironello, Wilson; Romero-Saltos, Hugo; Rovero, Francesco; Hamuraby Rozak, Andes; Ruokolainen, Kalle; Rutishauser, Ervan; Saiter, Felipe; Saner, Philippe; A. Santos, Braulio; Santos, Fernanda; K. Sarker, Swapan; Satdichanh, Manichanh; B. Schmitt, Christine; Schöngart, Jochen; Schulze, Mark; S. Suganuma, Marcio; Sheil, Douglas; da Silva Pinheiro, Eduardo; Sist, Plinio; Stevart, Tariq; Sukumar, Raman; Sun, I.-Fang; Sunderland, Terry; S. Suresh, H.; Suzuki, Eizi; Tabarelli, Marcelo; Tang, Jangwei; Targhetta, Natália; Theilade, Ida; W. Thomas, Duncan; Tchouto, Peguy; Hurtado, Johanna; Valencia, Renato; L. C. H. van Valkenburg, Johan; Van Do, Tran; Vasquez, Rodolfo; Verbeeck, Hans; Adekunle, Victor; A. Vieira, Simone; O. Webb, Campbell; Whitfeld, Timothy; A. Wich, Serge; Williams, John; Wittmann, Florian; Wöll, Hannsjoerg; Yang, Xiaobo; Yves Adou Yao, C.; L. Yap, Sandra; Yoneda, Tsuyoshi; A. Zahawi, Rakan; Zakaria, Rahmad; Zang, Runguo; L. de Assis, Rafael; Garcia Luize, Bruno; M. Venticinque, Eduardo

doi:10.1073/pnas.1423147112

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An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

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Authors:

J. W. Ferry Slik

Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez

Shin-Ichiro Aiba

Abstract

Significance People are fascinated by the amazing diversity of tropical forests and will be surprised to learn that robust estimates of the number of tropical tree species are lacking. We show that there are at least 40,000, but possibly more than 53,000, tree species in the tropics, in contrast to ...

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