eprintid: 10184930
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creators_name: Matas-Granados, L
creators_name: Draper, FC
creators_name: Cayuela, L
creators_name: de Aledo, JG
creators_name: Arellano, G
creators_name: Saadi, CB
creators_name: Baker, TR
creators_name: Phillips, OL
creators_name: Honorio Coronado, EN
creators_name: Ruokolainen, K
creators_name: García-Villacorta, R
creators_name: Roucoux, KH
creators_name: Guèze, M
creators_name: Sandoval, EV
creators_name: Fine, PVA
creators_name: Amasifuen Guerra, CA
creators_name: Gomez, RZ
creators_name: Stevenson Diaz, PR
creators_name: Monteagudo-Mendoza, A
creators_name: Martinez, RV
creators_name: Socolar, JB
creators_name: Disney, M
creators_name: del Aguila Pasquel, J
creators_name: Llampazo, GF
creators_name: Arenas, JV
creators_name: Huaymacari, JR
creators_name: Grandez Rios, JM
creators_name: Macía, MJ
title: Understanding different dominance patterns in western Amazonian forests
ispublished: inpress
divisions: UCL
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
divisions: F26
keywords: abundance-occupancy relationship, dispersal limitation, dominant species, ecological specialization, environmental filters, generalist, spatial aggregation, specialist, species competition, tropical tree communities
note: Ecology Letters© 2023 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
abstract: Dominance of neotropical tree communities by a few species is widely documented, but dominant trees show a variety of distributional patterns still poorly understood. Here, we used 503 forest inventory plots (93,719 individuals ≥2.5 cm diameter, 2609 species) to explore the relationships between local abundance, regional frequency and spatial aggregation of dominant species in four main habitat types in western Amazonia. Although the abundance-occupancy relationship is positive for the full dataset, we found that among dominant Amazonian tree species, there is a strong negative relationship between local abundance and regional frequency and/or spatial aggregation across habitat types. Our findings suggest an ecological trade-off whereby dominant species can be locally abundant (local dominants) or regionally widespread (widespread dominants), but rarely both (oligarchs). Given the importance of dominant species as drivers of diversity and ecosystem functioning, unravelling different dominance patterns is a research priority to direct conservation efforts in Amazonian forests.
date: 2023-12-18
date_type: published
publisher: Wiley
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.14351
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2136575
doi: 10.1111/ele.14351
lyricists_name: Disney, Mathias
lyricists_id: MIDIS56
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Ecology Letters
issn: 1461-023X
citation:        Matas-Granados, L;    Draper, FC;    Cayuela, L;    de Aledo, JG;    Arellano, G;    Saadi, CB;    Baker, TR;                                                                                     ... Macía, MJ; + view all <#>        Matas-Granados, L;  Draper, FC;  Cayuela, L;  de Aledo, JG;  Arellano, G;  Saadi, CB;  Baker, TR;  Phillips, OL;  Honorio Coronado, EN;  Ruokolainen, K;  García-Villacorta, R;  Roucoux, KH;  Guèze, M;  Sandoval, EV;  Fine, PVA;  Amasifuen Guerra, CA;  Gomez, RZ;  Stevenson Diaz, PR;  Monteagudo-Mendoza, A;  Martinez, RV;  Socolar, JB;  Disney, M;  del Aguila Pasquel, J;  Llampazo, GF;  Arenas, JV;  Huaymacari, JR;  Grandez Rios, JM;  Macía, MJ;   - view fewer <#>    (2023)    Understanding different dominance patterns in western Amazonian forests.                   Ecology Letters        10.1111/ele.14351 <https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14351>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
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