Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

Fauset, Sophie; Johnson, Michelle O.; Gloor, Manuel; Baker, Timothy R.; Monteagudo M., Abel; Brienen, Roel J.W.; Feldpausch, Ted R.; Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela; Malhi, Yadvinder; Ter Steege, Hans; Pitman, Nigel C.A.; Baraloto, Christopher; Engel, Julien; Pétronelli, Pascal; Andrade, Ana; Camargo, José Luís C.; Laurance, Susan G.W.; Laurance, William F.; Chave, Jerôme; Allie, Elodie; Vargas, Percy Núñez; Terborgh, John W.; Ruokolainen, Kalle; Silveira, Marcos; Aymard C., Gerardo A.; Arroyo, Luzmila; Bonal, Damien; Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma; Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro; Neill, David; Hérault, Bruno; Dourdain, Aurélie; Torres-Lezama, Armando; Marimon, Beatriz S.; Salomão, Rafael P.; Comiskey, James A.; Réjou-Méchain, Maxime; Toledo, Marisol; Licona, Juan Carlos; Alarcón, Alfredo; Prieto, Adriana; Rudas, Agustín; Van Der Meer, Peter J.; Killeen, Timothy J.; Marimon Junior, Ben Hur; Poorter, Lourens; Boot, Rene G.A.; Stergios, Basil; Torre, Emilio Vilanova; Costa, Flávia R.C.; Levis, Carolina; Schietti, Juliana; Souza, Priscila; Groot, Nikée; Arets, Eric; Moscoso, Victor Chama; Castro, Wendeson; Coronado, Euridice N.Honorio; Peña-Claros, Marielos; Stahl, Clement; Barroso, Jorcely; Talbot, Joey; Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães; Van Der Heijden, Geertje; Thomas, Raquel; Vos, Vincent A.; Almeida, Everton C.; Davila, Esteban Álvarez; Aragão, Luiz E.O.C.; Erwin, Terry L.; Morandi, Paulo S.; De Oliveira, Edmar Almeida; Valadão, Marco B.X.; Zagt, Roderick J.; Van Der Hout, Peter; Loayza, Patricia Alvarez; Pipoly, John J.; Wang, Ophelia; Alexiades, Miguel; Cerón, Carlos E.; Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau; Di Fiore, Anthony; Peacock, Julie; Camacho, Nadir C.Pallqui; Umetsu, Ricardo K.; De Camargo, Plínio Barbosa; Burnham, Robyn J.; Herrera, Rafael; Quesada, Carlos A.; Stropp, Juliana; Vieira, Simone A.; Steininger, Marc; Rodríguez, Carlos Reynel; Restrepo, Zorayda; Muelbert, Adriane Esquivel; Lewis, Simon L.; Pickavance, Georgia C.; Phillips, Oliver L.

doi:10.1038/ncomms7857

Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

Fauset, Sophie; Johnson, Michelle O.; Gloor, Manuel; Baker, Timothy R.; Monteagudo M., Abel; Brienen, Roel J.W.; Feldpausch, Ted R.; Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela; Malhi, Yadvinder; Ter Steege, Hans; Pitman, Nigel C.A.; Baraloto, Christopher; Engel, Julien; Pétronelli, Pascal; Andrade, Ana; Camargo, José Luís C.; Laurance, Susan G.W.; Laurance, William F.; Chave, Jerôme; Allie, Elodie; Vargas, Percy Núñez; Terborgh, John W.; Ruokolainen, Kalle; Silveira, Marcos; Aymard C., Gerardo A.; Arroyo, Luzmila; Bonal, Damien; Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma; Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro; Neill, David; Hérault, Bruno; Dourdain, Aurélie; Torres-Lezama, Armando; Marimon, Beatriz S.; Salomão, Rafael P.; Comiskey, James A.; Réjou-Méchain, Maxime; Toledo, Marisol; Licona, Juan Carlos; Alarcón, Alfredo; Prieto, Adriana; Rudas, Agustín; Van Der Meer, Peter J.; Killeen, Timothy J.; Marimon Junior, Ben Hur; Poorter, Lourens; Boot, Rene G.A.; Stergios, Basil; Torre, Emilio Vilanova; Costa, Flávia R.C.; Levis, Carolina; Sch...

Authors

Sophie Fauset

Michelle O. Johnson

Manuel Gloor

Timothy R. Baker

Abel Monteagudo M.

Roel J.W. Brienen

Ted R. Feldpausch

Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez

Yadvinder Malhi

Hans Ter Steege

Nigel C.A. Pitman

Christopher Baraloto

Julien Engel

Pascal Pétronelli

Ana Andrade

José Luís C. Camargo

Susan G.W. Laurance

William F. Laurance

Jerôme Chave

Elodie Allie

Percy Núñez Vargas

John W. Terborgh

Kalle Ruokolainen

Marcos Silveira

Gerardo A. Aymard C.

Luzmila Arroyo

Damien Bonal

Hirma Ramirez-Angulo

Alejandro Araujo-Murakami

David Neill

Bruno Hérault

Aurélie Dourdain

Armando Torres-Lezama

Beatriz S. Marimon

Rafael P. Salomão

James A. Comiskey

Maxime Réjou-Méchain

Marisol Toledo

Juan Carlos Licona

Alfredo Alarcón

Adriana Prieto

Agustín Rudas

Peter J. Van Der Meer

Timothy J. Killeen

Ben Hur Marimon Junior

Lourens Poorter

Rene G.A. Boot

Basil Stergios

Emilio Vilanova Torre

Flávia R.C. Costa

Carolina Levis

Juliana Schietti

Priscila Souza

Nikée Groot

Eric Arets

Victor Chama Moscoso

Wendeson Castro

Euridice N.Honorio Coronado

Marielos Peña-Claros

Clement Stahl

Jorcely Barroso

Joey Talbot

Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira

GEERTJE VAN DER HEIJDEN Geertje.VanDerheijden@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Forest Ecology and Global Change

Raquel Thomas

Vincent A. Vos

Everton C. Almeida

Esteban Álvarez Davila

Luiz E.O.C. Aragão

Terry L. Erwin

Paulo S. Morandi

Edmar Almeida De Oliveira

Marco B.X. Valadão

Roderick J. Zagt

Peter Van Der Hout

Patricia Alvarez Loayza

John J. Pipoly

Ophelia Wang

Miguel Alexiades

Carlos E. Cerón

Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco

Anthony Di Fiore

Julie Peacock

Nadir C.Pallqui Camacho

Ricardo K. Umetsu

Plínio Barbosa De Camargo

Robyn J. Burnham

Rafael Herrera

Carlos A. Quesada

Juliana Stropp

Simone A. Vieira

Marc Steininger

Carlos Reynel Rodríguez

Zorayda Restrepo

Adriane Esquivel Muelbert

Simon L. Lewis

Georgia C. Pickavance

Oliver L. Phillips

Abstract

© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. While Amazonian forests are extraordinarily diverse, the abundance of trees is skewed strongly towards relatively few â € hyperdominantâ €™ 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 data set 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 â ‰1% of Amazon tree species responsible for 50% of carbon storage and productivity. Although those species that contribute most to biomass and productivity are often abundant, species maximum size is also influential, while the identity and ranking of dominant species varies by function and by region.

Citation

Fauset, S., Johnson, M. O., Gloor, M., Baker, T. R., Monteagudo M., A., Brienen, R. J., …Phillips, O. L. (2015). Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling. Nature Communications, 6, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7857

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Apr 28, 2015
Deposit Date	Aug 30, 2023
Publicly Available Date	Aug 31, 2023
Journal	Nature Communications
Electronic ISSN	2041-1723
Publisher	Nature Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7857
Public URL	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3168938
Publisher URL	https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms7857