Title
Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests
Author
Catarina Jakovac
Jorge Arturo Meave del Castillo
Frans Bongers
Susan Letcher
JUAN MANUEL DUPUY RADA
Daniel Piotto
Danaë Rozendaal
Marielos Peña-Claros
Dylan Craven
Braulio Santos
Alexandre Siminski
Alfredo Fantini
Alice Cristina Rodrigues
Alma Hernandez-Jaramillo
Álvaro Idárraga-Piedrahita
André Junqueira
Angelica Almeyda Zambrano
Bernardus de Jong
Bruno X. Pinho
Bryan Finegan
Carolina Castellanos Castro
Daisy Christiane Zambiazi
Daisy Dent
Daniel Hernán Garcia-Villalobos
Deborah Kennard
Diego Delgado
Eben Broadbent
Edgar Ortiz-Malavasi
Eduardo A. Pérez-García
Edwin Lebrija-Trejos
Erika Berenguer
Erika Marin-Spiotta
Esteban Alvarez_Davila
EVERARDO VALADARES DE SÁ SAMPAIO
Felipe Melo
Fernando Elias
Filipe França
Florian Oberleitner
Francisco Mora Ardila
G. Bruce Williamson
Gabriel Colletta
George Cabral
Geraldine Derroire
Geraldo Fernandes
Hans van der Wal
Heitor Mancini Teixeira
Henricus F.M. Vester
Hernando Garcia
Ima Vieira
Jaider Jiménez-Montoya
Jarcilene Almeida Cortez
Jefferson Hall
Jerome Chave
Jess Zimmerman
Jhon Edison Nieto Vargas
Joice Ferreira
JORGE ENRIQUE RODRIGUEZ VELAZQUEZ
Jorge Ruiz
Jos Barlow
Jose Aguilar Cano
JOSE LUIS HERNANDEZ STEFANONI
Julien Engel
Justin Becknell
Kátia Janaina Zanini
Madelon Lohbeck
Marcelo Tabarelli
Marco Antonio Romero Romero
Maria Uriarte
Maria das Dores Magalhães Veloso
Mário do Espírito Santo
Masha van der Sande
Michiel van Breugel
Miguel Martínez-Ramos
Naomi Schwartz
Natalia Norden
Nathalia Pérez-Cárdenas
Noel Antonio González_Valdivia
PASCAL PETRONELLI
Patricia Balvanera
Paulo Massoca
Pedro Brancalion
Pedro Manuel Villa
Peter Hietz
Rebecca Ostertag
René López Camacho
Ricardo Cesar
Rita Mesquita
Robin Chazdon
Rodrigo Muñoz
Saara DeWalt
Sandra Müller
Sandra M Duran
Sebastião Martins
Susana Ochoa-Gaona
Susana Rodriguez-Buritica
T. Mitchell Aide
Tony Vizcarra Bentos
Vanessa de Souza Moreno
Laura Vanessa Granda
William Thomas
Whendee Silver
YULE NUNES
Lourens Poorter
Access level
Open Access
Dataset reference
datasetDOI/DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn1767
Subjects
Summary or description
Forests that regrow naturally on abandoned fields are important for restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services, but can they also preserve the distinct regional tree floras? Using the floristic composition of 1215 early successional forests (≤20 years) in 75 human-modified landscapes across the Neotropic realm, we identified 14 distinct floristic groups, with a between-group dissimilarity of 0.97. Floristic groups were associated with location, bioregions, soil pH, temperature seasonality, and water availability. Hence, there is large continental-scale variation in the species composition of early successional forests, which is mainly associated with biogeographic and environmental factors but not with human disturbance indicators. This floristic distinctiveness is partially driven by regionally restricted species belonging to widespread genera. Early secondary forests contribute therefore to restoring and conserving the distinctiveness of bioregions across the Neotropical realm, and forest restoration initiatives should use local species to assure that these distinct floras are maintained. Copyright © 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved.
Publish date
2022
Publication type
Article
Publication version
Published Version
Information Resource
Format
application/pdf
Source
Science advances, 8(26), eabn1767, 2022.
Language
English
Relation
&
Poorter, L. (2022). Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests. Science advances, 8(26), eabn1767.
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Jakovac, C. C., Meave, J. A., Bongers, F., Letcher, S. G., Dupuy, J. M., Piotto, D., ...
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Repositorio Institucional CICY
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