The tree species pool of Amazonian wetland forests: Which species can assemble in periodically waterlogged habitats?

ABSTRACT: We determined the filtered tree species pool of Amazonian wetland forests, based on confirmed occurrence records, to better understand how tree diversity in wetland environments compares to tree diversity in the entire Amazon region. The tree species pool was determined using data from two main sources: 1) a compilation of published tree species lists plus one unpublished list of our own, derived from tree plot inventories and floristic surveys; 2) queries on botanical collections that include Amazonian flora, curated by herbaria and available through the SpeciesLink digital biodiversity database. We applied taxonomic name resolution and determined sample-based species accumulation curves for both datasets, to estimate sampling effort and predict the expected species richness using Chao's

SUBMITTER: Luize BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5973586 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature