This data package contains data from: Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling
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Fauset S, Johnson MO, Gloor M, Baker TR, Monteagudo AM, Brienen RJW, Feldpausch TR, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Malhi Y, ter Steege H, Pitman NCA, Baraloto C, Engel J, Pétronelli P, Andrade A, CamargoJLC, Laurance SGW, Laurance WF, Chave J, Allie E, Núñez Vargas P, Attoyo L, Bonal D, Ramirez-Angulo H, Araujo-Murakami A, Neill D, Hérault B, Dourain A, Torres-Lezama A, Marimon BS, Salomão RP, Comiskey JA, Réjou-Méchain M, Toledo M, Licona JC, Alarcón A, Prieto A, Rudas A, van der Meer PJ, Killeen TJ, Marimon Jr BH, Poorter L, Boot RGA, Stergios B, Vilanova Torre E, Costa FRC, Levis C, Schietti J, Souza P, Groot N, Arets E, Chama Moscoso V, Castro W, Honorio Coronado ENH, Peña-Claros M, Stahl C, Barroso J, Talbot J, Vieira ICG, van der Heijden G, Thomas R, Vos VA, Almeida EC, Álvarea Davila E, Aragão LEOC, Erwin T, Morandi PS, Almeida de Oliveira E, Valadão, MBX, Zagt RJ, van der Hout P, Alvarez Loayza P, Pipoly JJ, Wang O, Alexiades M, Cerón CE, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I, Di Fiore A, Peacock J, Pallqui Camacho NC, Umetsu RK, Barbosa de Camargo P, Burnham R, Herrera R, Quesada CA, Stropp J, Vieira SA, Steininger M, Rodríguez CR, Restrepo Z, Esquivel Muelbert A, Lewis SL, Pickavance GC, Phillips OL (2015) Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling. Nature Commincations.
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Fauset S, Johnson MO, Gloor M, Baker TR, Monteagudo AM, Brienen RJW, Feldpausch TR, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Malhi Y, ter Steege H, Pitman NCA, Baraloto C, Engel J, Pétronelli P, Andrade A, CamargoJLC, Laurance SGW, Laurance WF, Chave J, Allie E, Núñez Vargas P, Attoyo L, Bonal D, Ramirez-Angulo H, Araujo-Murakami A, Neill D, Hérault B, Dourain A, Torres-Lezama A, Marimon BS, Salomão RP, Comiskey JA, Réjou-Méchain M, Toledo M, Licona JC, Alarcón A, Prieto A, Rudas A, van der Meer PJ, Killeen TJ, Marimon Jr BH, Poorter L, Boot RGA, Stergios B, Vilanova Torre E, Costa FRC, Levis C, Schietti J, Souza P, Groot N, Arets E, Chama Moscoso V, Castro W, Honorio Coronado ENH, Peña-Claros M, Stahl C, Barroso J, Talbot J, Vieira ICG, van der Heijden G, Thomas R, Vos VA, Almeida EC, Álvarea Davila E, Aragão LEOC, Erwin T, Morandi PS, Almeida de Oliveira E, Valadão, MBX, Zagt RJ, van der Hout P, Alvarez Loayza P, Pipoly JJ, Wang O, Alexiades M, Cerón CE, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I, Di Fiore A, Peacock J, Pallqui Camacho NC, Umetsu RK, Barbosa de Camargo P, Burnham R, Herrera R, Quesada CA, Stropp J, Vieira SA, Steininger M, Rodríguez CR, Restrepo Z, Esquivel Muelbert A, Lewis SL, Pickavance GC, Phillips OL (2015) Species contributions to stems, biomass and productivity in Amazon inventory plots. Data from "Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling Amazon". ForestPlots.net.
ForestPlots.NET DOI: 10.5521/FORESTPLOTS.NET/2015_1
Abstract
The extraordinary diversity of Amazonian forests conceals that tree abundance is strongly skewed towards relatively few ‘hyperdominant’ species. In addition to their diversity, Amazonian trees are a key component of the global carbon cycle, assimilating and storing more carbon than any other ecosystem on Earth. Here, we ask, using a unique dataset of 530 forest plots, if the functions of storing and producing woody carbon are concentrated in a small number of tree species, whether the most abundant species also dominate carbon cycling, and whether dominant species are characterized by specific functional traits. We find that dominance of forest function is even more concentrated in a few species than is dominance of tree abundance, with only ≈1% of all Amazon tree species responsible for 50% of carbon storage and productivity. Whilst those species that contribute most to biomass and productivity are often abundant, species maximum size also has a critical role.
