@Article{terSteege_etal2013,
author="ter Steege, H.
and Pitman, N.C.A.
and Sabatier, D.
and Baraloto, C.
and Salom{\~a}o, R.P.
and Guevara, J.E.
and Phillips, O.L.
and Castilho, C.V.
and Magnusson, W.E.
and Molino, J.-F.
and Monteagudo, A.
and N{\'u}{\~n}ez Vargas, P.
and Montero, J.C.
and Feldpausch, T.R.
and Coronado, E.N.H.
and Killeen, T.J.
and Mostacedo, B.
and Vasquez, R.
and Assis, R.L.
and Terborgh, J.
and Wittmann, F.
and Andrade, A.
and Laurance, W.F.
and Laurance, S.G.W.
and Marimon, B.S.
and Marimon, B.-H.
and Guimar{\~a}es Vieira, I.C.
and Amaral, I.L.
and Brienen, R.
and Castellanos, H.
and C{\'a}rdenas L{\'o}pez, D.
and Duivenvoorden, J.F.
and Mogoll{\'o}n, H.F.
and Matos, F.D. de A.
and D{\'a}vila, N.
and Garc{\'i}a-Villacorta, R.
and Stevenson Diaz, P.R.
and Costa, F.
and Emilio, T.
and Levis, C.
and Schietti, J.
and Souza, P.
and Alonso, A.
and Dallmeier, F.
and Montoya, A.J.D.
and Fernandez Piedade, M.T.
and Araujo-Murakami, A.
and Arroyo, L.
and Gribel, R.
and Fine, P.V.A.
and Peres, C.A.
and Toledo, M.
and Aymard C., G.A.
and Baker, T.R.
and Cer{\'o}n, C.
and Engel, J.
and Henkel, T.W.
and Maas, P.
and Petronelli, P.
and Stropp, J.
and Zartman, C.E.
and Daly, D.
and Neill, D.
and Silveira, M.
and Paredes, M.R.
and Chave, J.
and Lima Filho, D. de A.
and J{\o}rgensen, P.M.
and Fuentes, A.
and Sch{\"o}ngart, J.
and Cornejo Valverde, F.
and Di Fiore, A.
and Jimenez, E.M.
and Pe{\~n}uela Mora, M.C.
and Phillips, J.F.
and Rivas, G.
and van Andel, T.R.
and von Hildebrand, P.
and Hoffman, B.
and Zent, E.L.
and Malhi, Y.
and Prieto, A.
and Rudas, A.
and Ruschell, A.R.
and Silva, N.
and Vos, V.
and Zent, S.
and Oliveira, A.A.
and Schutz, A.C.
and Gonzales, T.
and Trindade Nascimento, M.
and Ramirez-Angulo, H.
and Sierra, R.
and Tirado, M.
and Uma{\~n}a Medina, M.N.
and van der Heijden, G.
and Vela, C.I.A.
and Vilanova Torre, E.
and Vriesendorp, C.
and Wang, O.
and Young, K.R.
and Baider, C.
and Balslev, H.
and Ferreira, C.
and Mesones, I.
and Torres-Lezama, A.
and Urrego Giraldo, L.E.
and Zagt, R.
and Alexiades, M.N.
and Hernandez, L.
and Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, I.
and Milliken, W.
and Palacios Cuenca, W.
and Pauletto, D.
and Valderrama Sandoval, E.
and Valenzuela Gamarra, L.
and Dexter, K.G.
and Feeley, K.
and Lopez-Gonzalez, G.
and Silman, M.R.",
title="Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora",
journal="Science",
year="2013",
volume="342",
number="6156",
pages="1243092",
abstract="The vast extent of the Amazon Basin has historically restricted the study of its tree communities to the local and regional scales. Here, we provide empirical data on the commonness, rarity, and richness of lowland tree species across the entire Amazon Basin and Guiana Shield (Amazonia), collected in 1170 tree plots in all major forest types. Extrapolations suggest that Amazonia harbors roughly 16,000 tree species, of which just 227 (1.4\%) account for half of all trees. Most of these are habitat specialists and only dominant in one or two regions of the basin. We discuss some implications of the finding that a small group of species---less diverse than the North American tree flora---accounts for half of the world{\textquoteright}s most diverse tree community.",
optnote="exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=507), last updated on Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:42:58 -0300",
doi="10.1126/science.1243092",
opturl="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6156/1243092.abstract"
}