The global abundance of tree palms

Robert Muscarella; Thaise Emilio; Oliver L. Phillips; Simon L. Lewis; Ferry Slik; William J. Baker; Thomas L. P. Couvreur; Wolf L. Eiserhardt; Jens‐Christian Svenning; Kofi Affum-Baffoe; Shin‐Ichiro Aiba; Everton C. Almeida; Samuel S. Almeida; Edmar Almeida Oliveira; Esteban Álvarez-Dávila; Luciana F. Alves; Carlos Mariano Alvez-Valles; Fabrício Alvim Carvalho; Fernando Alzate Guarin; Ana Andrade; Luis E. O. C. Aragão; Alejandro Araujo Murakami; Luzmila Arroyo; Peter S. Ashton; Gerardo A. Aymard Corredor; Timothy R. Baker; Plinio Barbosa Camargo; Jos Barlow; Jean‐François Bastin; Natacha Nssi Bengone; Erika Berenguer; Nicholas Berry; Lilian Blanc; Katrin Böhning-Gaese; Damien Bonal; Frans Bongers; Matt Bradford; Fabian Brambach; Francis Q. Brearley; Steven W. Brewer; Jose L. C. Camargo; David G. Campbell; Carolina V. Castilho; Wendeson Castro; Damien Catchpole; Carlos E. Cerón Martínez; Shengbin Chen; Phourin Chhang; Percival Cho; Wanlop Chutipong; Connie Clark; Murray Collins; James A. Comiskey; Massiel Nataly Corrales Medina; Flávia R. C. Costa; Heike Culmsee; Heriberto David-Higuita; Priya Davidar; Jhon Aguila-Pasquel; Géraldine Derroire; Anthony Di Fiore; Tran Van Do; Jean‐Louis Doucet; Aurélie Dourdain; Donald R. Drake; Andreas Ensslin; Terry Erwin; Corneille E. N. Ewango; Robert M. Ewers; Sophie Fauset; Ted R. Feldpausch; Joice Ferreira; Leandro Valle Ferreira; Markus Fischer; Janet Franklin; Gabriella M. Fredriksson; Thomas W. Gillespie; Martin Gilpin; Christelle Gonmadje; Arachchige Upali Nimal Gunatilleke; Khalid Rehman Hakeem; Jefferson S. Hall; Keith C. Hamer; David J. Harris; Rhett D. Harrison; Andrew Hector; Andreas Hemp; Bruno Herault; Carlos Gabriel Hidalgo Pizango; Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado; Wannes Hubau; Mohammad Shah Hussain; Faridah‐Hanum Ibrahim; Nobuo Imai; Carlos A. Joly; Shijo Joseph; Anitha K; Kuswata Kartawinata; Justin Kassi; Timothy J. Killeen; Kanehiro Kitayama; Bente Bang Klitgård; Robert Kooyman; Nicolas Labrière; Eileen Larney; Yves Laumonier; Susan G. Laurance; William F. Laurance; Michael J. Lawes; Aurora Levesley; Janvier Lisingo; Thomas Lovejoy; Jon C. Lovett; Xinghui Lu; Anne Mette Lykke; William E. Magnusson; Ni Putu Diana Mahayani; Yadvinder Malhi; Asyraf Mansor; Jose Luis Marcelo Peña; Ben H. Marimon-Junior; Andrew R. Marshall; Karina Melgaco; Casimiro Mendoza Bautista; Vianet Mihindou; Jérôme Millet; William Milliken; D. Mohandass; Abel Lorenzo Monteagudo Mendoza; Badru Mugerwa; Hidetoshi Nagamasu; Laszlo Nagy; Naret Seuaturien; Marcelo T. Nascimento; David A. Neill; Luiz Menini Neto; Rueben Nilus; Mario Percy Núñez Vargas; Eddy Nurtjahya; R. Nazaré O. Araújo; Onrizal Onrizal; Walter A. Palacios; Sonia Palacios-Ramos; Marc Parren; Ekananda Paudel; Paulo S. Morandi; R. Toby Pennington; Georgia Pickavance; John J. Pipoly; Nigel C. A. Pitman; Erny Poedjirahajoe; Lourens Poorter; John R. Poulsen; P. Rama Chandra Prasad; Adriana Prieto; Jean‐Philippe Puyravaud; Lan Qie; Carlos A. Quesada; Hirma Ramírez-Angulo; Jean Claude Razafimahaimodison; Jan Meindert Reitsma; Edilson J. Requena-Rojas; Zorayda Restrepo Correa; Carlos Reynel Rodriguez; Anand Roopsind; Francesco Rovero; Andes Rozak; Agustín Rudas Lleras; Ervan Rutishauser; Gemma Rutten; Ruwan Punchi-Manage; Rafael P. Salomão; Hoang Van Sam; Swapan Kumar Sarker; Manichanh Satdichanh; Juliana Schietti; Christine B. Schmitt; Beatriz Schwantes Marimon; Feyera Senbeta; Lila Nath Sharma; Douglas Sheil; Rodrigo Sierra; Javier E. Silva-Espejo; Marcos Silveira; Bonaventure Sonké; Marc K. Steininger; Robert Steinmetz; Tariq Stévart; Raman Sukumar; Aisha Sultana; Terry C. H. Sunderland; Hebbalalu Satyanarayana Suresh; Jianwei Tang; Edmund Tanner; Hans Steege; John W. Terborgh; Ida Theilade; Jonathan Timberlake; Armando Torres-Lezama; Peter Umunay; María Uriarte; Luis Valenzuela Gamarra; Martin Bult; Peter Hout; Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez; Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira; Simone A. Vieira; Emilio Vilanova; Jeanneth Villalobos Cayo; Ophelia Wang; Campbell O. Webb; Edward L. Webb; Lee White; Timothy J. S. Whitfeld; Serge Wich; Simon Willcock; Susan K. Wiser; Kenneth R. Young; Rahmad Zakaria; Runguo Zang; Charles E. Zartman; Irié Casimir Zo-Bi; Henrik Balslev; Melodie McGeoch

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The global abundance of tree palms

Robert Muscarella, Thaise Emilio, Oliver L. Phillips, Simon L. Lewis, Ferry Slik, William J. Baker, Thomas L. P. Couvreur, Wolf L. Eiserhardt, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Kofi Affum-Baffoe, …

Global ecology and biogeography, Vol.29(9), pp.1495-1514

09/2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13123

Abstract

above‐ground biomass

abundance patterns

Arecaceae

local abiotic conditions

Neotropics

pantropical biogeography

tropical rainforest

wood density

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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Title: The global abundance of tree palms
Creators - without role: Robert Muscarella - Uppsala University
Thaise Emilio - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Oliver L. Phillips - University of Leeds
Simon L. Lewis - University of Leeds
Ferry Slik - Universiti Brunei Darussalam
William J. Baker - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Thomas L. P. Couvreur - University of Montpellier
Wolf L. Eiserhardt - Aarhus University
Jens‐Christian Svenning - Aarhus University
Kofi Affum-Baffoe - The Forestry Commission of Ghana
Shin‐Ichiro Aiba - Hokkaido University
Everton C. Almeida - Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará
Samuel S. Almeida - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Edmar Almeida Oliveira - Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
Esteban Álvarez-Dávila - Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Luciana F. Alves - University of California, Los Angeles
Carlos Mariano Alvez-Valles - National University of San Marcos
Fabrício Alvim Carvalho - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Fernando Alzate Guarin - Universidad de Antioquia
Ana Andrade - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Luis E. O. C. Aragão - National Institute for Space Research
Alejandro Araujo Murakami - Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University
Luzmila Arroyo - Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University
Peter S. Ashton - Harvard University
Gerardo A. Aymard Corredor - Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora
Timothy R. Baker - University of Leeds
Plinio Barbosa Camargo - Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture
Jos Barlow - Lancaster University
Jean‐François Bastin - ETH Zurich
Natacha Nssi Bengone - National Agency for National Parks
Erika Berenguer - Lancaster University
Nicholas Berry - The Landscapes and Livelihoods Group
Lilian Blanc - Forests and Societies
Katrin Böhning-Gaese - Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Damien Bonal - Université de Lorraine
Frans Bongers - Wageningen University & Research
Matt Bradford - CSIRO Land and Water
Fabian Brambach - University of Göttingen
Francis Q. Brearley - Manchester Metropolitan University
Steven W. Brewer - Chevy Chase
Jose L. C. Camargo - National Institute of Amazonian Research
David G. Campbell - Grinnell College
Carolina V. Castilho - Universidade Federal de Roraima
Wendeson Castro - SOS Amazônia
Damien Catchpole - University of Tasmania
Carlos E. Cerón Martínez - Universidad Central del Ecuador
Shengbin Chen - Chengdu University of Technology
Phourin Chhang - Fisheries Administration
Percival Cho - University of Belize
Wanlop Chutipong - King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
Connie Clark - Duke University
Murray Collins - University of Edinburgh
James A. Comiskey - National Park Service
Massiel Nataly Corrales Medina - National University of Saint Augustine
Flávia R. C. Costa - National Institute of Amazonian Research
Heike Culmsee - Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Heriberto David-Higuita - Universidad de Antioquia
Priya Davidar - Sigur Nature Trust
Jhon Aguila-Pasquel - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Géraldine Derroire - University of French Guiana
Anthony Di Fiore - The University of Texas at Austin
Tran Van Do - Forest Industry Research Institute
Jean‐Louis Doucet - Liège University
Aurélie Dourdain - University of French Guiana
Donald R. Drake - University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Andreas Ensslin - University of Bern
Terry Erwin - Smithsonian Institution
Corneille E. N. Ewango - Université de Kisangani
Robert M. Ewers - Imperial College London
Sophie Fauset - University of Plymouth
Ted R. Feldpausch - University of Exeter
Joice Ferreira - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Leandro Valle Ferreira - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Markus Fischer - University of Bern
Janet Franklin - University of California, Riverside
Gabriella M. Fredriksson - Universitas Balikpapan
Thomas W. Gillespie - University of California, Los Angeles
Martin Gilpin - University of Leeds
Christelle Gonmadje - Université de Yaoundé I
Arachchige Upali Nimal Gunatilleke - University of Peradeniya
Khalid Rehman Hakeem - King Abdulaziz University
Jefferson S. Hall - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Keith C. Hamer - University of Leeds
David J. Harris - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Rhett D. Harrison - World Agroforestry, East and Southern Africa Region
Andrew Hector - University of Oxford
Andreas Hemp - University of Bayreuth
Bruno Herault - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Carlos Gabriel Hidalgo Pizango - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado - Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana
Wannes Hubau - University of Leeds
Mohammad Shah Hussain - University of Delhi
Faridah‐Hanum Ibrahim - Universiti Putra Malaysia
Nobuo Imai - Tokyo University of Agriculture
Carlos A. Joly - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Shijo Joseph - Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies
Anitha K - Rainforest Traditions
Kuswata Kartawinata - Field Museum of Natural History
Justin Kassi - Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Timothy J. Killeen - Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University
Kanehiro Kitayama - Kyoto University
Bente Bang Klitgård - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Robert Kooyman - Royal Botanic Gardens
Nicolas Labrière - CNRS
Eileen Larney - Zoological Society of London
Yves Laumonier - CIRAD
Susan G. Laurance - James Cook University
William F. Laurance - James Cook University
Michael J. Lawes - University of KwaZulu‐Natal
Aurora Levesley - University of Leeds
Janvier Lisingo - Kisangani University
Thomas Lovejoy - George Mason University
Jon C. Lovett - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Xinghui Lu - Liaocheng University
Anne Mette Lykke - Aarhus University
William E. Magnusson - National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA)
Ni Putu Diana Mahayani - Universitas Gadjah Mada
Yadvinder Malhi - University of Oxford
Asyraf Mansor - Universiti Sains Malaysia
Jose Luis Marcelo Peña - Universidade de São Paulo
Ben H. Marimon-Junior - UNEMAT State University of Mato Grosso
Andrew R. Marshall - Flamingo Land
Karina Melgaco - University of Leeds
Casimiro Mendoza Bautista - Universidad Mayor
Vianet Mihindou - Ministère de la Forêt et de l’Environnement
Jérôme Millet - French Agency for Biodiversity
William Milliken - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
D. Mohandass - Novel
Abel Lorenzo Monteagudo Mendoza - Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
Badru Mugerwa - Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Hidetoshi Nagamasu - Kyoto University
Laszlo Nagy - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Naret Seuaturien - WWF Thailand
Marcelo T. Nascimento - Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF)
David A. Neill - Universidad Estatal Amazónica
Luiz Menini Neto - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Rueben Nilus - Sabah Forestry Department
Mario Percy Núñez Vargas - Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco
Eddy Nurtjahya - Universitas Bangka Belitung
R. Nazaré O. Araújo - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Onrizal Onrizal - Universitas Sumatera Utara
Walter A. Palacios - Universidad Técnica del Norte
Sonia Palacios-Ramos - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
Marc Parren - Wageningen University & Research
Ekananda Paudel - Nepal Academy of Science and Technology
Paulo S. Morandi - Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso
R. Toby Pennington - University of Exeter
Georgia Pickavance - University of Leeds
John J. Pipoly - Broward County Parks and Recreation Division
Nigel C. A. Pitman - Field Museum
Erny Poedjirahajoe - Universitas Gadjah Mada
Lourens Poorter - Wageningen University & Research
John R. Poulsen - Duke University
P. Rama Chandra Prasad - International Institute of Information Technology
Adriana Prieto - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Jean‐Philippe Puyravaud - Sigur Nature Trust
Lan Qie - University of Lincoln
Carlos A. Quesada - INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia)
Hirma Ramírez-Angulo - Universidad de Los Andes
Jean Claude Razafimahaimodison - University of Fianarantsoa
Jan Meindert Reitsma - Bureau Waardenburg
Edilson J. Requena-Rojas - Universidad Continental
Zorayda Restrepo Correa - COL‐TREE Corporation
Carlos Reynel Rodriguez - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
Anand Roopsind - Boise State University
Francesco Rovero - Museo delle Scienze
Andes Rozak - Indonesian Institute of Sciences
Agustín Rudas Lleras - Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Ervan Rutishauser - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Gemma Rutten - University of Bern
Ruwan Punchi-Manage - University of Peradeniya
Rafael P. Salomão - Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia‐UFRA
Hoang Van Sam - Vietnam National University of Forestry
Swapan Kumar Sarker - Shahjalal University of Science & Technology
Manichanh Satdichanh - World Agroforestry Centre
Juliana Schietti - INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia)
Christine B. Schmitt - University of Freiburg
Beatriz Schwantes Marimon - UNEMAT State University of Mato Grosso
Feyera Senbeta - Addis Ababa University
Lila Nath Sharma - ForestAction Nepal
Douglas Sheil - Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Rodrigo Sierra - GeoIS
Javier E. Silva-Espejo - Universidad de La Serena
Marcos Silveira - Universidade Federal do Acre
Bonaventure Sonké - University of Yaoundé
Marc K. Steininger - University of Maryland
Robert Steinmetz - WWF Thailand
Tariq Stévart - Missouri Botanical Garden
Raman Sukumar - Indian Institute of Science
Aisha Sultana - University of Delhi
Terry C. H. Sunderland - Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Hebbalalu Satyanarayana Suresh - Indian Institute of Science
Jianwei Tang - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Edmund Tanner - University of Cambridge
Hans Steege - Vrije University
John W. Terborgh - James Cook University
Ida Theilade - University of Copenhagen
Jonathan Timberlake
Armando Torres-Lezama - Universidad de Los Andes
Peter Umunay - Yale University
María Uriarte - Columbia University
Luis Valenzuela Gamarra - Jardín Botánico de Missouri
Martin Bult - Social Development Department
Peter Hout - Van der Hout Förestry Consulting
Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez
Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Simone A. Vieira - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Emilio Vilanova - University of California
Jeanneth Villalobos Cayo - Universidad Mayor
Ophelia Wang - Northern Arizona University
Campbell O. Webb - University of Alaska
Edward L. Webb - National University of Singapore
Lee White - University of Stirling
Timothy J. S. Whitfeld - University of Minnesota
Serge Wich - University of Amsterdam
Simon Willcock - Bangor University
Susan K. Wiser - Landcare Research
Kenneth R. Young - The University of Texas at Austin
Rahmad Zakaria - Universiti Sains Malaysia
Runguo Zang - Chinese Academy of Forestry
Charles E. Zartman - National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA)
Irié Casimir Zo-Bi - Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët‐Boigny
Henrik Balslev - Aarhus University
Melodie McGeoch
Publication Details: Global ecology and biogeography, Vol.29(9), pp.1495-1514
Number of pages: 20
Grant note: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2003/12595‐7; 2012/51509‐8) Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq/PELD 403710/2012‐0; Universal 459941/2014‐3) H2020 European Research Council (291585) Natur og Univers, Det Frie Forskningsråd (4181‐00158) H2020 Marie Skłodowska‐Curie Actions (706011) Natural Environment Research Council (NE/N012542/1) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Finance Code 001) Vetenskapsrådet (2019‐03758) Villum Fonden (00025354; 16549)
Identifiers: 9939622508331
Academic Unit: King Abdulaziz University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article