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The global abundance of tree palms
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Aim: Palms are an iconic, diverse and often abundant component of tropical ecosystems that provide many ecosystem services. Being monocots, tree palms are evolutionarily, morphologically and physiologically distinct from other trees, and these differences have important consequences for ecosystem services (e.g., carbon sequestration and storage) and in terms of responses to climate change. We quantified global patterns of tree palm relative abundance to help improve understanding of tropical forests and reduce uncertainty about these ecosystems under climate change. Location: Tropical and subtropical moist forests. Time period: Current. Major taxa studied: Palms (Arecaceae). Methods: We assembled a pantropical dataset of 2,548 forest plots (covering 1,191 ha) and quantified tree palm (i.e., ≥10 cm diameter at breast height) abundance relative to co‐occurring non‐palm trees. We compared the relative abundance of tree palms across biogeographical realms and tested for associations with palaeoclimate stability, current climate, edaphic conditions and metrics of forest structure. Results: On average, the relative abundance of tree palms was more than five times larger between Neotropical locations and other biogeographical realms. Tree palms were absent in most locations outside the Neotropics but present in >80% of Neotropical locations. The relative abundance of tree palms was more strongly associated with local conditions (e.g., higher mean annual precipitation, lower soil fertility, shallower water table and lower plot mean wood density) than metrics of long‐term climate stability. Life‐form diversity also influenced the patterns; palm assemblages outside the Neotropics comprise many non‐tree (e.g., climbing) palms. Finally, we show that tree palms can influence estimates of above‐ground biomass, but the magnitude and direction of the effect require additional work. Conclusions: Tree palms are not only quintessentially tropical, but they are also overwhelmingly Neotropical. Future work to understand the contributions of tree palms to biomass estimates and carbon cycling will be particularly crucial in Neotropical forests.
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The discrepancy between arboreal phytoliths and biomass estimates may be explained by the coarse-resolution dataset, exclusion of arboreal phytoliths from the sand fraction, and the abundance of palms.
“This discrepancy between arboreal phytoliths and biomass estimates may be explained by (1) the coarse-resolution dataset, (2) arboreal phytoliths from the sand fraction were not included here, which could have been higher in Peru and (3) the abundance of palms, as palms were not included in the biomass estimates but are common in western Amazonia (Muscarella et al. 2020).”
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- Muscarella, R., Emilio, T., Phillips, O. L., Lewis, S. L., Slik, F., Baker, W. J., Couvreur, T. L. P., Eiserhardt, W. L., Svenning, J., Affum‐Baffoe, K., Aiba, S., de Almeida, E. C., de Almeida, S. S., de Oliveira, E. A., Álvarez‐Dávila, E., Alves, L. F., Alvez‐Valles, C. M., Carvalho, F. A., Guarin, F. A., Andrade, A., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Murakami, A. A., Arroyo, L., Ashton, P. S., Corredor, G. A. A., Baker, T. R., de Camargo, P. B., Barlow, J., Bastin, J., Bengone, N. N., Berenguer, E., Berry, N., Blanc, L., Böhning‐Gaese, K., Bonal, D., Bongers, F., Bradford, M., Brambach, F., Brearley, F. Q., Brewer, S. W., Camargo, J. L. C., Campbell, D. G., Castilho, C. V., Castro, W., Catchpole, D., Cerón Martínez, C. E., Chen, S., Chhang, P., Cho, P., Chutipong, W., Clark, C., Collins, M., Comiskey, J. A., Medina, M. N. C., Costa, F. R. C., Culmsee, H., David‐Higuita, H., Davidar, P., del Aguila‐Pasquel, J., Derroire, G., Di Fiore, A., Van Do, T., Doucet, J., Dourdain, A., Drake, D. R., Ensslin, A., Erwin, T., Ewango, C. E. N., Ewers, R. M., Fauset, S., Feldpausch, T. R., Ferreira, J., Ferreira, L. V., Fischer, M., Franklin, J., Fredriksson, G. M., Gillespie, T. W., Gilpin, M., Gonmadje, C., Gunatilleke, A. U. N., Hakeem, K. R., Hall, J. S., Hamer, K. C., Harris, D. J., Harrison, R. D., Hector, A., Hemp, A., Herault, B., Pizango, C. G. H., Coronado, E. N. H., Hubau, W., Hussain, M. S., Ibrahim, F., Imai, N., Joly, C. A., Joseph, S., K, A., Kartawinata, K., Kassi, J., Killeen, T. J., Kitayama, K., Klitgård, B. B., Kooyman, R., Labrière, N., Larney, E., Laumonier, Y., Laurance, S. G., Laurance, W. F., Lawes, M. J., Levesley, A., Lisingo, J., Lovejoy, T., Lovett, J. C., Lu, X., Lykke, A. M., Magnusson, W. E., Mahayani, N. P. D., Malhi, Y., Mansor, A., Peña, J. L. M., Marimon‐Junior, B. H., Marshall, A. R., Melgaco, K., Bautista, C. M., Mihindou, V., Millet, J., Milliken, W., Mohandass, D., Mendoza, A. L. M., Mugerwa, B., Nagamasu, H., Nagy, L., Seuaturien, N., Nascimento, M. T., Neill, D. A., Neto, L. M., Nilus, R., Vargas, M. P. N., Nurtjahya, E., de Araújo, R. N. O., Onrizal, O., Palacios, W. A., Palacios‐Ramos, S., Parren, M., Paudel, E., Morandi, P. S., Pennington, R. T., Pickavance, G., Pipoly, J. J., Pitman, N. C. A., Poedjirahajoe, E., Poorter, L., Poulsen, J. R., Rama Chandra Prasad, P., Prieto, A., Puyravaud, J., Qie, L., Quesada, C. A., Ramírez‐Angulo, H., Razafimahaimodison, J. C., Reitsma, J. M., Requena‐Rojas, E. J., Correa, Z. R., Rodriguez, C. R., Roopsind, A., Rovero, F., Rozak, A., Lleras, A. R., Rutishauser, E., Rutten, G., Punchi‐Manage, R., Salomão, R. P., Van Sam, H., Sarker, S. K., Satdichanh, M., Schietti, J., Schmitt, C. B., Marimon, B. S., Senbeta, F., Nath Sharma, L., Sheil, D., Sierra, R., Silva‐Espejo, J. E., Silveira, M., Sonké, B., Steininger, M. K., Steinmetz, R., Stévart, T., Sukumar, R., Sultana, A., Sunderland, T. C. H., Suresh, H. S., Tang, J., Tanner, E., ter Steege, H., Terborgh, J. W., Theilade, I., Timberlake, J., Torres‐Lezama, A., Umunay, P., Uriarte, M., Gamarra, L. V., van de Bult, M., van der Hout, P., Martinez, R. V., Vieira, I. C. G., Vieira, S. A., Vilanova, E., Cayo, J. V., Wang, O., Webb, C. O., Webb, E. L., White, L., Whitfeld, T. J. S., Wich, S., Willcock, S., Wiser, S. K., Young, K. R., Zakaria, R., Zang, R., Zartman, C. E., Zo‐Bi, I. C., & Balslev, H.
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- Global Ecology and Biogeography
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-07-08
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1495-1514
- ISSN
- 1466-822X
- 1466-8238
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- 110
- References
- 2
- Language
- en
- Funders
- Natur og Univers, Det Frie Forskningsråd (4181‐00158)
- H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (706011)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/N012542/1)
- H2020 European Research Council (291585)
- Vetenskapsrådet (2019‐03758)
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Finance Code 001)
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2003/12595‐7, 2012/51509‐8)
- Villum Fonden (00025354, 16549)
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