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1. The dual defensive strategy of Amorphophallus throughout its ontogeny

Author

Liu, Kunpeng, Fadzly, Nik, Mansor, Asyraf, Zakaria, Rahmad, Ruppert, Nadine, and Lee, Chow Yang

Subjects
Amorphophallus, Animals, Herbivory, Insecta, Plant Leaves, Seedlings, Plant color, cryptic color, insect mimicry, leaf color, reflectance analysis, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Plant Biology, Horticultural Production, Plant Biology & Botany
Abstract

Amorphophallus bufo is a rarely studied plant in Malaysian tropical rainforests. We measured the spectral reflectance of different developmental stages of A. bufo (seedlings, juveniles and adults), background soil/ debris and leaves from other neighboring plant species. Results show that the leaves of A. bufo seedling have a similar reflectance curve as the background soil and debris. Adults and juveniles of A. bufo are similar to other neighboring plants' leaf colors. We hypothesize that the cryptic coloration of A. bufo seedlings plays an important role in camouflage and that the numerous black spots on the surface of the petioles and rachises, may serve as a defensive mimicry against herbivores.

Published
2017

3. Patterns of ferns community assemblages in some Malaysian and Nigerian tropical forests

Author

Gbenga F. Akomolafe, Rusly Rosazlina, Zakaria Rahmad, and Fatai A. Oloyede

Subjects
ecological zones, ferns diversity, intercontinental, species richness, tropical forests, Ecology, QH540-549.5
Abstract

Abstract Research on fern ecology has gained attention in the last decade, yet there is a paucity of information on the comparison of ferns communities across continents. This study focused on comparing the ferns community assemblages in some tropical forests of Malaysia and Nigeria, thereby assessing the patterns of species richness (SR) and phylogenetic diversity (PD) in relation to the bioclimatic drivers across the continents. The diversity and taxonomic compositions of ferns were assessed using 180 plots of 10 m × 10 m in each country. The species richness and other diversity indices were determined using the combined forests data for each country and for the individual forests. Also, the phylogenetic diversity of the ferns was assessed using the genus‐based molecular sequences downloaded from the GeneBank. The patterns of the ferns SR and PD in the two countries as driven by some bioclimatic factors were evaluated using the regression analysis. The observed and rarefied–extrapolated fern species richness is significantly higher in Malaysian forests than in Nigerian forests. Also, the other diversity indices are significantly higher in Malaysian forests except for the Shannon index which showed no significant difference between the two biogeographic regions. There is a very low similarity (7.41%) in the taxonomic composition of ferns between the two biogeographic areas, although the similarity in composition increased with increasing taxonomic levels (species: 7.41%, genus: 12.77%, family: 70.96%). Terrestrial and epiphytic ferns are more dominant than the other life forms in the two countries. The precipitation variables drive the phylogenetic structure of ferns in Nigeria, whereas both precipitation and temperature variables drive the phylogenetic structure of ferns in Malaysia. This indicates that ferns assemblages in Nigeria and Malaysia are driven by both climatic variables. Besides, we also hypothesize that these observed differences could be due to other historical and evolutionary processes.

Published
2022
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4. Ferns richness along environmental gradients in a tropical forest ecosystem.

Author

Festus, Akomolafe Gbenga, Zakaria, Rahmad, Rusly, Rosazlina, and Bernard, Omomoh

Subjects
*FERNS, *TROPICAL forests, *ECOSYSTEMS, *SPECIES diversity
Abstract

The fern species richness assessment was done along environmental gradients in Ayer Hitam forest reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia. This was done to ascertain the distributional pattern of the ferns as influenced by the environmental gradients in this forest. The collection of the fern species was done using a preferential non-random sampling technique. Temperature, humidity, light intensity, and elevation data were obtained at each point of collection of the ferns. The influence of these environmental gradients on the distribution of the species was determined using detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) and general linear model (GLM). A total of 67 ferns were identified at all the study sites. Two ferns namely Asplenium antiquum and Pteris longipinnula were first recorded in this study. In all the sites, light intensity ranges from 337.9 - 8098 lux, temperature ranges from 28.5 - 33°C, humidity ranges from 66.24 - 88.80%, and elevation ranges from 14-33m. Tectaria singaporeana and Nephrolepis biserrata are the only species that are widely distributed across all the study sites. The DCA revealed that the light intensity influences the distribution of the fern species in this forest. However, the GLM showed that temperature had a positive influence on the distribution of the ferns while light intensity had a negative influence on them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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8. Proportions of Green Area and Tree Health on University Campus: The Impact of Pavement Presence.

Author

Abd Rahim, Nur Ain Aiman, Zakaria, Rahmad, Mansor, Asyraf, Mohamad Ismail, Mohd Ashraf, and Rosely, Nik Fadzly N.

Subjects
URBAN ecology, PAVEMENTS, IMAGE analysis, TREES
Abstract

Sustainable urban ecosystems require healthy green spaces that provide ecological services to meet social and environmental needs. This study evaluates the proportion of green areas in the urban campus and assesses the effects of pavement on the health of Samanea saman. The MAPIR Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) camera mounted on a drone captured a proportion of green areas of approximately 27.80%, which is roughly a quarter of the total study sites. However, the significance of green areas depends on the health of the trees. Therefore, the pavement effects on the health status of trees in green areas were studied using Visual Tree Assessment (VTA) and aerial image analysis using the MAPIR (NDVI) camera on a drone. Although both methods evaluate health status, the final outputs differed. VTA produced categorical outputs, which assigned trees into health categories based on a visual assessment of factors. In contrast, NDVI produced linear outputs, which provided a numerical value to demonstrate tree health. Both methods indicate that trees in non-paved areas are healthier, particularly for the excellent trees identified by the VTA, which suggests that pavement negatively impacts tree health. However, the effects of paved and non-paved areas on tree health status analysis using the aerial image are not significant (p>0.05), which may be due to the low quality and accuracy of the images. The study provides insights into the importance of green areas and tree health in creating sustainable urban ecosystems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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10. Phylogenetic classification of the world’s tropical forests

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Slik, J. W. Ferry, Franklin, Janet, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Field, Richard, Aguilar, Salomon, Aguirre, Nikolay, Ahumada, Jorge, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Alves, Luciana F., K, Anitha, Avella, Andres, Mora, Francisco, Aymard C., Gerardo A., Báez, Selene, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean-François, Bellingham, Peter J., van den Berg, Eduardo, da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Boeckx, Pascal, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Brambach, Fabian, Brearley, Francis Q., Brown, Sandra, Chai, Shauna-Lee, Chazdon, Robin L., Chen, Shengbin, Chhang, Phourin, Chuyong, George, Ewango, Corneille, Coronado, Indiana M., Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, H. S., Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Din, Hazimah, Drake, Donald R., Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl, Eler, Eduardo Schmidt, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ensslin, Andreas, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Fischer, Markus, Forshed, Olle, Garcia, Queila Souza, Garkoti, Satish Chandra, Gillespie, Thomas W., Gillet, Jean-Francois, Gonmadje, Christelle, la Cerda, Iñigo Granzow-de, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Harris, David J., Harrison, Rhett D., Hector, Andy, Hemp, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Hussain, M. Shah, Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Hanum, I. Faridah, Imai, Nobuo, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Joseph, Shijo, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kessler, Michael, Killeen, Timothy J., Kooyman, Robert M., Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lovett, Jon, Lozada, Jose, Lu, Xinghui, Lykke, Anne Mette, Mahmud, Khairil Bin, Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Mansor, Asyraf, Marshall, Andrew R., Martin, Emanuel H., Matos, Darley Calderado Leal, Meave, Jorge A., Melo, Felipe P. L., Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto Aguirre, Metali, Faizah, Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Metzker, Thiago, Mohandass, D., Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nurtjahy, Eddy, de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza, Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, N., Paudel, Ekananda, Perez, Rolando, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pommer, Ulf, Poorter, Lourens, Qie, Lan, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Powers, Jennifer S., Prasad, Rama Chandra, Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe, Rangel, Orlando, Reitsma, Jan, Rocha, Diogo S. B., Rolim, Samir, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Rutten, Gemma, Said, Mohd. Nizam Mohd., Saiter, Felipe Z., Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio, dos Santos, João Roberto, Sarker, Swapan Kumar, Schmitt, Christine B., Schoengart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, Souza, Alexandre F., Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Sposito, Tereza, Steinmetz, Robert, Stevart, Tariq, Suganuma, Marcio Seiji, Sukri, Rahayu, Sultana, Aisha, Sukumar, Raman, Sunderland, Terry, Suresh, H. S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jianwei, Tanner, Ed V. J., Targhetta, Natalia, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan, Timberlake, Jonathan, de Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, van Valkenburg, Johan, Van Do, Tran, Van Sam, Hoang, Vandermeer, John H., Verbeeck, Hans, Vetaa, Ole Reidar, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Webb, Edward L., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge, Williams, John, Wiser, Susan, Wittmann, Florian, Yang, Xiaobo, Yao, C. Yves Adou, Yap, Sandra L., Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, and Zang, Runguo

Published
2018

11. A Note on New Records of Ferns at Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia

Author

null GBENGA FESTUS AKOMOLAFE, null ZAKARIA RAHMAD, null FARAH ALIA NORDIN, and null RUSLY ROSAZLINA

Subjects
Ecology, Animal Science and Zoology, Forestry, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Water Science and Technology, Biotechnology
Abstract

On a scientific expedition to Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve at Muar, Johor, Malaysia, 71 fern species belonging to 16 families and 25 genera were collected and identified. Fifty-one of the ferns are native to Peninsular Malaysia while the remaining 20 are non-native. Five newly recorded fern species in Johor, Southern Peninsular Malaysia, namely Angiopteris helferiana, Lindsaea trichomanoides, Lomariopsis brackenridgei, Pteris umbrosa and Pteris cretica were briefly described.

Published
2022

13. An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

Author

Slik, J. W. Ferry, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia, Alves,, Luciana F., Ashton, Peter, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bellingham, Peter J., van den Berg, Eduardo, Bernacci, Luis, da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Blanc, Lilian, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Boeckx, Pascal, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Bradford, Matt, Brearley, Francis Q., Hockemba, Mireille Breuer-Ndoundou, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Matos, Darley Calderado Leal, Castillo-Santiago, Miguel, Catharino, Eduardo L. M., Chai, Shauna-Lee, Chen, Yukai, Colwell, Robert K., Robin, L. Chazdon, Clark, Connie, Clark, David B., Clark, Deborah A., Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Dauby, Gilles, Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Doucet, Jean-Louis, Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl A. O., Eisenlohr, Pedro V., Eler, Eduardo, Ewango, Corneille, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Ferreira, Leandro, Field, Richard, de Oliveira Filho, Ary T., Fletcher, Christine, Forshed, Olle, Franco, Geraldo, Fredriksson, Gabriella, Gillespie, Thomas, Gillet, Jean-François, Amarnath, Giriraj, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Harris, David, Harrison, Rhett, Hector, Andy, Homeier, Jürgen, Imai, Nobuo, Itoh, Akira, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos A., de Jong, Bernardus H. J., Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kenfack, David, Kessler, Michael, Kitayama, Kanehiro, Kooyman, Robert, Larney, Eileen, Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan, Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., do Amaral, Ieda Leao, Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lu, Xinghui, Mansor, Asyraf, Marjokorpi, Antti, Martin, Emanuel H., Meilby, Henrik, Melo, Felipe P. L., Metcalfe, Daniel J., Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Millet, Jerome, Mohandass, D., Montero, Juan C., de Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, Mugerwa, Badru, Nagamasu, Hidetoshi, Nilus, Reuben, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Page, Navendu, Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy, Paudel, Ekananda, Permana, Andrea, Piedade, Maria T. F., Pitman, Nigel C. A., Poorter, Lourens, Poulsen, Axel D., Poulsen, John, Powers, Jennifer, Prasad, Rama C., Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe, Razafimahaimodison, Jean-Claude, Reitsma, Jan, dos Santos, João Roberto, Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Romero-Saltos, Hugo, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes Hamuraby, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Saiter, Felipe, Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio A., Santos, Fernanda, Sarker, Swapan K., Satdichanh, Manichanh, Schmitt, Christine B., Schöngart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Suganuma, Marcio S., Sheil, Douglas, da Silva Pinheiro, Eduardo, Sist, Plinio, Stevart, Tariq, Sukumar, Raman, Sun, I.-Fang, Sunderand, Terry, Suresh, H. S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jangwei, Targhetta, Natália, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan W., Tchouto, Peguy, Hurtado, Johanna, Valencia, Renato, van Valkenburg, Johan L. C. H., Van Do, Tran, Vasquez, Rodolfo, Verbeeck, Hans, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge A., Williams, John, Wittmann, Florian, Wöll, Hannsjoerg, Yang, Xiaobo, Yao, C. Yves Adou, Yap, Sandra L., Yoneda, Tsuyoshi, Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, Zang, Runguo, de Assis, Rafael L., Luize, Bruno Garcia, and Venticinque, Eduardo M.

Published
2015

16. Soils on exposed Sunda Shelf shaped biogeographic patterns in the equatorial forests of Southeast Asia

Author

Slik, J. W. Ferry, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Bastian, Meredith, Brearley, Francis Q., Cannon, Charles H., Eichhorn, Karl A. O., Fredriksson, Gabriella, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Laumonier, Yves, Mansor, Asyraf, Marjokorpi, Antti, Meijaard, Erik, Morley, Robert J., Nagamasu, Hidetoshi, Nilus, Reuben, Nurtjahya, Eddy, Payne, John, Permana, Andrea, Poulsen, Axel D., Raes, Niels, Riswan, Soedarsono, van Schaik, Carel P., Sheil, Douglas, Sidiyasa, Kade, Suzuki, Eizi, van Valkenburg, Johan L. C. H., Webb, Campbell O., Wich, Serge, Yoneda, Tsuyoshi, Zakaria, Rahmad, and Zweifel, Nicole

Published
2011

18. Patterns of ferns community assemblages in some Malaysian and Nigerian tropical forests

Author

Gbenga F. Akomolafe, Rusly Rosazlina, Zakaria Rahmad, and Fatai A. Oloyede

Subjects
Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation
Abstract

Research on fern ecology has gained attention in the last decade, yet there is a paucity of information on the comparison of ferns communities across continents. This study focused on comparing the ferns community assemblages in some tropical forests of Malaysia and Nigeria, thereby assessing the patterns of species richness (SR) and phylogenetic diversity (PD) in relation to the bioclimatic drivers across the continents. The diversity and taxonomic compositions of ferns were assessed using 180 plots of 10 m × 10 m in each country. The species richness and other diversity indices were determined using the combined forests data for each country and for the individual forests. Also, the phylogenetic diversity of the ferns was assessed using the genus-based molecular sequences downloaded from the GeneBank. The patterns of the ferns SR and PD in the two countries as driven by some bioclimatic factors were evaluated using the regression analysis. The observed and rarefied-extrapolated fern species richness is significantly higher in Malaysian forests than in Nigerian forests. Also, the other diversity indices are significantly higher in Malaysian forests except for the Shannon index which showed no significant difference between the two biogeographic regions. There is a very low similarity (7.41%) in the taxonomic composition of ferns between the two biogeographic areas, although the similarity in composition increased with increasing taxonomic levels (species: 7.41%, genus: 12.77%, family: 70.96%). Terrestrial and epiphytic ferns are more dominant than the other life forms in the two countries. The precipitation variables drive the phylogenetic structure of ferns in Nigeria, whereas both precipitation and temperature variables drive the phylogenetic structure of ferns in Malaysia. This indicates that ferns assemblages in Nigeria and Malaysia are driven by both climatic variables. Besides, we also hypothesize that these observed differences could be due to other historical and evolutionary processes.

Published
2021

20. The global abundance of tree palms

Author

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

Abstract

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 Neotropi

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2020
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23. Environmental Impact on Duration of Flowering and Fruiting of Rattan (Calamus castaneus) in Peninsular Malaysia.

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Rusdi, Nur Diana Mohd, Mansor, Asyraf, Sah, Shahrul Anuar Mohd, Zakaria, Rahmad, and Rosely, Nik Fadzly Nik

Subjects
FOREST reserves, FRUIT development, FRUIT, TREE climbing, INFLORESCENCES
Abstract

The phenological events of rattan were seldomly studied due to its nature of survival by climbing on other trees (i.e., liana). However, some rattans are non-climbing and found to produce fruits throughout the year. Therefore, it aimed to record Calamus castaneus duration of flowering and fruiting over a year and identify which environmental variables affect the duration. This study was conducted for 12 months in three forest reserves, namely Bukit Mertajam Forest Eco-Park (BMFEP), Teluk Bahang Forest Reserve (TBFR), and Segari Melintang Forest Reserve (SMFR). Five study plots (10 m x 10 m each) were established, and overall, 53 C. castaneus individual palm in the plots were monitored. Findings have revealed that female inflorescences bloomed shorter than males. Also, C. castaneus fruits take about three to four months to get matured. The canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) highly regulated the event by microclimate and locality. Thus, the flowering and fruiting duration may not directly be affected by a very specific environmental factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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25. The global abundance of tree palms

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

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28. Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests

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Slik, J.W.F., Franklin, Janet, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Field, Richard, Aguilar, Salomon, Aguirre, Nikolay, Ahumada, Jorge, Aiba, Shin Ichiro, Alves, Luciana F., Anitha, K., Avella, Andres, Mora, Francisco, Aymard, Gerardo A.C., Báez, Selene, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean François, Bellingham, Peter J., Van Den Berg, Eduardo, Da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Boeckx, Pascal, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Brambach, Fabian, Brearley, Francis Q., Brown, Sandra, Chai, Shauna Lee, Chazdon, Robin L., Chen, Shengbin, Chhang, Phourin, Chuyong, George, Ewango, Corneille, Coronado, Indiana M., Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, H.S., Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Din, Hazimah, Drake, Donald R., Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl, Eler, Eduardo Schmidt, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ensslin, Andreas, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Fischer, Markus, Forshed, Olle, Garcia, Queila Souza, Garkoti, Satish Chandra, Gillespie, Thomas W., Gillet, Jean Francois, Gonmadje, Christelle, Granzow-De La Cerda, Iñigo, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Harris, David J., Harrison, Rhett D., Hector, Andy, Hemp, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Hussain, M.S., Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Hanum, I.F., Imai, Nobuo, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Joseph, Shijo, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kessler, Michael, Killeen, Timothy J., Kooyman, Robert M., Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lovett, Jon, Lozada, Jose, Lu, Xinghui, Lykke, Anne Mette, Bin Mahmud, Khairil, Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Mansor, Asyraf, Marshall, Andrew R., Martin, Emanuel H., Matos, Darley Calderado Leal, Meave, Jorge A., Melo, Felipe P.L., Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto Aguirre, Metali, Faizah, Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Metzker, Thiago, Mohandass, D., Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nurtjahy, Eddy, De Oliveira, Eddie Lenza, Onrizal, Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, N., Paudel, Ekananda, Perez, Rolando, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pommer, Ulf, Poorter, Lourens, Qi, Lan, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Powers, Jennifer S., Prasad, Rama Chandra, Puyravaud, Jean Philippe, Rangel, Orlando, Reitsma, Jan, Rocha, Diogo S.B., Rolim, Samir, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Rutten, Gemma, Mohd Said, Mohd Nizam, Saiter, Felipe Z., Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio, Dos Santos, João Roberto, Sarker, Swapan Kumar, Schmitt, Christine B., Schoengart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, Souza, Alexandre F., Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Sposito, Tereza, Steinmetz, Robert, Stevart, Tariq, Suganuma, Marcio Seiji, Sukri, Rahayu, Sultana, Aisha, Sukumar, Raman, Sunderland, Terry, Supriyadi, S., Suresh, H.S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jianwei, Tanner, Ed V.J., Targhetta, Natalia, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan, Timberlake, Jonathan, De Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, Van Valkenburg, Johan, Van Do, Tran, Van Sam, Hoang, Vandermeer, John H., Verbeeck, Hans, Vetaas, Ole Reidar, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Webb, Edward L., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge, Williams, John, Wiser, Susan, Wittmann, Florian, Yang, Xiaobo, Yao, C.Y.A., Yap, Sandra L., Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, Zang, Runguo, Slik, J.W.F., Franklin, Janet, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Field, Richard, Aguilar, Salomon, Aguirre, Nikolay, Ahumada, Jorge, Aiba, Shin Ichiro, Alves, Luciana F., Anitha, K., Avella, Andres, Mora, Francisco, Aymard, Gerardo A.C., Báez, Selene, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean François, Bellingham, Peter J., Van Den Berg, Eduardo, Da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Boeckx, Pascal, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Brambach, Fabian, Brearley, Francis Q., Brown, Sandra, Chai, Shauna Lee, Chazdon, Robin L., Chen, Shengbin, Chhang, Phourin, Chuyong, George, Ewango, Corneille, Coronado, Indiana M., Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, H.S., Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Din, Hazimah, Drake, Donald R., Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl, Eler, Eduardo Schmidt, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ensslin, Andreas, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Fischer, Markus, Forshed, Olle, Garcia, Queila Souza, Garkoti, Satish Chandra, Gillespie, Thomas W., Gillet, Jean Francois, Gonmadje, Christelle, Granzow-De La Cerda, Iñigo, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Harris, David J., Harrison, Rhett D., Hector, Andy, Hemp, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Hussain, M.S., Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Hanum, I.F., Imai, Nobuo, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Joseph, Shijo, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kessler, Michael, Killeen, Timothy J., Kooyman, Robert M., Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lovett, Jon, Lozada, Jose, Lu, Xinghui, Lykke, Anne Mette, Bin Mahmud, Khairil, Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Mansor, Asyraf, Marshall, Andrew R., Martin, Emanuel H., Matos, Darley Calderado Leal, Meave, Jorge A., Melo, Felipe P.L., Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto Aguirre, Metali, Faizah, Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Metzker, Thiago, Mohandass, D., Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nurtjahy, Eddy, De Oliveira, Eddie Lenza, Onrizal, Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, N., Paudel, Ekananda, Perez, Rolando, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pommer, Ulf, Poorter, Lourens, Qi, Lan, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Powers, Jennifer S., Prasad, Rama Chandra, Puyravaud, Jean Philippe, Rangel, Orlando, Reitsma, Jan, Rocha, Diogo S.B., Rolim, Samir, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Rutten, Gemma, Mohd Said, Mohd Nizam, Saiter, Felipe Z., Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio, Dos Santos, João Roberto, Sarker, Swapan Kumar, Schmitt, Christine B., Schoengart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, Souza, Alexandre F., Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Sposito, Tereza, Steinmetz, Robert, Stevart, Tariq, Suganuma, Marcio Seiji, Sukri, Rahayu, Sultana, Aisha, Sukumar, Raman, Sunderland, Terry, Supriyadi, S., Suresh, H.S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jianwei, Tanner, Ed V.J., Targhetta, Natalia, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan, Timberlake, Jonathan, De Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, Van Valkenburg, Johan, Van Do, Tran, Van Sam, Hoang, Vandermeer, John H., Verbeeck, Hans, Vetaas, Ole Reidar, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Webb, Edward L., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge, Williams, John, Wiser, Susan, Wittmann, Florian, Yang, Xiaobo, Yao, C.Y.A., Yap, Sandra L., Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, and Zang, Runguo

Abstract

Knowledge about the biogeographic affinities of the world's tropical forests helps to better understand regional differences in forest structure, diversity, composition, and dynamics. Such understanding will enable anticipation of region-specific responses to global environmental change. Modern phylogenies, in combination with broad coverage of species inventory data, now allow for global biogeographic analyses that take species evolutionary distance into account. Here we present a classification of the world's tropical forests based on their phylogenetic similarity. We identify five principal floristic regions and their floristic relationships: (i) Indo-Pacific, (ii) Subtropical, (iii) African, (iv) American, and (v) Dry forests. Our results do not support the traditional neo- versus paleotropical forest division but instead separate the combined American and African forests from their Indo-Pacific counterparts. We also find indications for the existence of a global dry forest region, with representatives in America, Africa, Madagascar, and India. Additionally, a northern-hemisphere Subtropical forest region was identified with representatives in Asia and America, providing support for a link between Asian and American northernhemisphere forests.

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2018

29. Associations of Growth and Phenology Cycles with Environmental Variables on the Population Dynamics of Non-climbing Rattan Calamus castaneus Griff.

Author

Rusdi, Nur Diana Mohd, Mansor, Asyraf, Sah, Shahrul Anuar Mohd, Zakaria, Rahmad, Rosely, Nik Fadzly Nik, and Ismail, Wan Ruslan

Subjects
POPULATION dynamics, FOREST reserves, PLANT phenology, PHENOLOGY, KRUSKAL-Wallis Test, PLANT growth
Abstract

In Malaysian forests, the population dynamics of rattan has not been fully documented. Hence, this study was aimed to investigate the population dynamics pattern of the Calamus castaneus, a non-climbing rattan. The association of growth and phenology cycle to environmental variables on the population dynamics were studied for one year. Three forest reserves were selected as the study sites: Segari Melintang Forest Reserve (SMFR) in Perak, Teluk Bahang Forest Reserve (TBFR), and Bukit Mertajam Forest Eco- Park (BMFEP) in Penang. The fieldwork was conducted from March 2017 until March 2018. With the plot size of 10 m × 10 m (100 m?), five plots were established in each study site. All the C. castaneus individuals inside the plots were marked with numbered plastic tags. A total of 180 individuals were evaluated: TBFR (52 individuals), SMFR (86 individuals), and BMFEP (42 individuals). The findings have revealed that the C. castaneus abundancy is comparatively similar in all sites, as shown by the Kruskal-Wallis test with no significant difference (p > 0.05) between all life stages. The canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) for all sites has displayed that the rattan growth parameters are closely associated with the microclimate parameters and soil properties. Overall, SMFR showed the fastest growth increment and the largest population size of C. castaneus among all three sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020

30. Measuring Orangutan nest structure using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and ImageJ

Author

Kamaruszaman, Salniza Akmar, primary, Fadzly, Nik, additional, Abd Mutalib, Aini Hasanah, additional, Muslim, Aidy M., additional, Atmoko, Sri Suci Utami, additional, Mansor, Mashhor, additional, Mansor, Asyaf, additional, Rupert, Nadine, additional, Zakaria, Rahmad, additional, Hashim, Zarul Hazrin, additional, Md Sah, Amir Shah Ruddin, additional, Jamsari, Fadhirul Fitri, additional, and Azman, Nur Munira, additional

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2018
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33. An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

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Slik, J. W Ferry, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Aiba, Shin Ichiro, Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia, Alves, Luciana F., Ashton, Peter, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bellingham, Peter J., Van Den Berg, Eduardo, Bernacci, Luis, Da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Blanc, Lilian, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Boeckx, Pascal, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Bradford, Matt, Brearley, Francis Q., Hockemba, Mireille Breuer Ndoundou, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Matos, Darley Calderado Leal, Castillo-Santiago, Miguel, Catharino, Eduardo L M, Chai, Shauna Lee, Chen, Yukai, Colwell, Robert K., Robin, Chazdon L., Clark, Connie, Clark, David B., Clark, Deborah A., Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Dauby, Gilles, Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Doucet, Jean Louis, Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl A O, Eisenlohr, Pedro V., Eler, Eduardo, Ewango, Corneille, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Ferreira, Leandro, Field, Richard, De Oliveira Filho, Ary T., Fletcher, Christine, Forshed, Olle, Franco, Geraldo, Fredriksson, Gabriella, Gillespie, Thomas, Gillet, Jean François, Amarnath, Giriraj, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Harris, David, Harrison, Rhett, Hector, Andy, Homeier, Jürgen, Imai, Nobuo, Itoh, Akira, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos A., De Jong, Bernardus H J, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kenfack, David, Kessler, Michael, Kitayama, Kanehiro, Kooyman, Robert, Larney, Eileen, Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan, Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Do Amaral, Ieda Leao, Letche, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lu, Xinghui, Mansor, Asyraf, Marjokorpi, Antti, Martin, Emanuel H., Meilby, Henrik, Melo, Felipe P L, Metcalfe, Daniel J., Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Millet, Jerome, Mohandass, D., Montero, Juan C., De Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, Mugerwa, Badru, Nagamasu, Hidetoshi, Nilus, Reuben, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Onrizal, Page, Navendu, Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy, Paudel, Ekananda, Permana, Andrea, Piedade, Maria T F, Pitman, Nigel C A, Poorter, Lourens, Poulsen, Axel D., Poulsen, John, Powers, Jennifer, Prasad, Rama C., Puyravaud, Jean Philippe, Razafimahaimodison, Jean Claude, Reitsma, Jan, Dos Santos, João Roberto, Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Romero-Saltos, Hugo, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes Hamuraby, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Saiter, Felipe, Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio A., Santos, Fernanda, Sarker, Swapan K., Satdichanh, Manichanh, Schmitt, Christine B., Schöngart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Suganuma, Marcio S., Sheil, Douglas, Da Silva Pinheiro, Eduardo, Sist, Plinio, Stevart, Tariq, Sukumar, Raman, Sun, I. Fang, Sunderand, Terry, Suresh, H. S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jangwei, Targhetta, Natália, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan W., Tchouto, Peguy, Hurtado, Johanna, Valencia, Renato, Van Valkenburg, Johan L C H, Van Do, Tran, Vasquez, Rodolfo, Verbeeck, Hans, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge A., Williams, John, Wittmann, Florian, Wöll, Hannsjoerg, Yang, Xiaobo, Yao, C. Yves Adou, Yap, Sandra L., Yoneda, Tsuyoshi, Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, Zang, Runguo, De Assis, Rafael L., Luize, Bruno Garcia, Venticinque, Eduardo M., Slik, J. W Ferry, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Aiba, Shin Ichiro, Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia, Alves, Luciana F., Ashton, Peter, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bellingham, Peter J., Van Den Berg, Eduardo, Bernacci, Luis, Da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Blanc, Lilian, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Boeckx, Pascal, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Bradford, Matt, Brearley, Francis Q., Hockemba, Mireille Breuer Ndoundou, Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Matos, Darley Calderado Leal, Castillo-Santiago, Miguel, Catharino, Eduardo L M, Chai, Shauna Lee, Chen, Yukai, Colwell, Robert K., Robin, Chazdon L., Clark, Connie, Clark, David B., Clark, Deborah A., Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, Handanakere S., Dauby, Gilles, Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Doucet, Jean Louis, Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl A O, Eisenlohr, Pedro V., Eler, Eduardo, Ewango, Corneille, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Ferreira, Leandro, Field, Richard, De Oliveira Filho, Ary T., Fletcher, Christine, Forshed, Olle, Franco, Geraldo, Fredriksson, Gabriella, Gillespie, Thomas, Gillet, Jean François, Amarnath, Giriraj, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Gunatilleke, Nimal, Harris, David, Harrison, Rhett, Hector, Andy, Homeier, Jürgen, Imai, Nobuo, Itoh, Akira, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos A., De Jong, Bernardus H J, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kenfack, David, Kessler, Michael, Kitayama, Kanehiro, Kooyman, Robert, Larney, Eileen, Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan, Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Do Amaral, Ieda Leao, Letche, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lu, Xinghui, Mansor, Asyraf, Marjokorpi, Antti, Martin, Emanuel H., Meilby, Henrik, Melo, Felipe P L, Metcalfe, Daniel J., Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Millet, Jerome, Mohandass, D., Montero, Juan C., De Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, Mugerwa, Badru, Nagamasu, Hidetoshi, Nilus, Reuben, Ochoa-Gaona, Susana, Onrizal, Page, Navendu, Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy, Paudel, Ekananda, Permana, Andrea, Piedade, Maria T F, Pitman, Nigel C A, Poorter, Lourens, Poulsen, Axel D., Poulsen, John, Powers, Jennifer, Prasad, Rama C., Puyravaud, Jean Philippe, Razafimahaimodison, Jean Claude, Reitsma, Jan, Dos Santos, João Roberto, Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Romero-Saltos, Hugo, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes Hamuraby, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Saiter, Felipe, Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio A., Santos, Fernanda, Sarker, Swapan K., Satdichanh, Manichanh, Schmitt, Christine B., Schöngart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Suganuma, Marcio S., Sheil, Douglas, Da Silva Pinheiro, Eduardo, Sist, Plinio, Stevart, Tariq, Sukumar, Raman, Sun, I. Fang, Sunderand, Terry, Suresh, H. S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jangwei, Targhetta, Natália, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan W., Tchouto, Peguy, Hurtado, Johanna, Valencia, Renato, Van Valkenburg, Johan L C H, Van Do, Tran, Vasquez, Rodolfo, Verbeeck, Hans, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge A., Williams, John, Wittmann, Florian, Wöll, Hannsjoerg, Yang, Xiaobo, Yao, C. Yves Adou, Yap, Sandra L., Yoneda, Tsuyoshi, Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, Zang, Runguo, De Assis, Rafael L., Luize, Bruno Garcia, and Venticinque, Eduardo M.

Abstract

The high species richness of tropical forests has long been recognized, yet there remains substantial uncertainty regarding the actual number of tropical tree species. Using a pantropical tree inventory database from closed canopy forests, consisting of 657,630 trees belonging to 11,371 species, we use a fitted value of Fisher’s alpha and an approximate pantropical stem total to estimate the minimum number of tropical forest tree species to fall between ∼40,000 and ∼53,000, i.e., at the high end of previous estimates. Contrary to common assumption, the Indo-Pacific region was found to be as species-rich as the Neotropics, with both regions having a minimum of ∼19,000–25,000 tree species. Continental Africa is relatively depauperate with a minimum of ∼4,500–6,000 tree species. Very few species are shared among the African, American, and the Indo-Pacific regions. We provide a methodological framework for estimating species richness in trees that may help refine species richness estimates of tree-dependent taxa., The high species richness of tropical forests has long been recognized, yet there remains substantial uncertainty regarding the actual number of tropical tree species. Using a pantropical tree inventory database from closed canopy forests, consisting of 657,630 trees belonging to 11,371 species, we use a fitted value of Fisher's alpha and an approximate pantropical stem total to estimate the minimum number of tropical forest tree species to fall between ∼40,000 and ∼53,000, i.e., at the high end of previous estimates. Contrary to common assumption, the Indo-Pacific region was found to be as species-rich as the Neotropics, with both regions having a minimum of ∼19,000-25,000 tree species. Continental Africa is relatively depauperate with a minimum of ∼4,500-6,000 tree species. Very few species are shared among the African, American, and the Indo-Pacific regions. We provide a methodological framework for estimating species richness in trees that may help refine species richness estimates of tree-dependent taxa.

Published
2015

34. An investigation on rattan taxonomic diversity in four selected forest reserves of northern Peninsular Malaysia.

Author

ZARIFAH BINTI WAN ROZALI, WAN NUR FASIHAH, MASUM, KAZI MOHAMMAD, BIN AHMAD, AMIRRUDIN, ZAKARIA, RAHMAD, MANSOR, ASYRAF, and OTHMAN, AHMAD SOFIMAN

Subjects
RATTAN, PALMS, CLIMBING plants, FOREST reserves, PLANT classification, HABITATS
Abstract

Besides extraction stresses, rattans (climbing palms) are harshly undermined by human-induced forest fragmentation and their habitat loss. However, there is lack of data on rattan distribution patterns, species abundance and species composition from Malaysian forests. To reduce the gap of information and documentation, specifically on rattan ecology and diversity, we assessed the diversity and abundance of rattans using the taxonomic diversity and distinctness analysis in both island and mainland of northern Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 5482 individuals representing five genera and 21 species of rattans were recorded from 40 randomly selected sample plots covering an area of 3.6 ha. Higher species richness was recorded on the mainland (Margalefs (R1) and Menhiniks value (R2) - R1=1.91, R2=0.3151). In contrast, Penang island recorded a higher value of dominance (D=0.40101). The species evenness is moderately high in all forest reserves. The highest number of rattans (11 species) was recorded in Bukit Panchor. Penang hill forest reserve had the highest taxonomic diversity and distinctness (Δ=1.406, Δ*=1.8000). The lowest taxonomic diversity (Δ=1.260) and taxonomic distinctness (Δ*=1.636) was obtained for Bukit Panchor. The other locations featured the average diversity line of the funnel analysis. Implications for rattan abundance and species composition for proper management of depleting resources are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017

35. First report of pteridocolous discomycetes, Lachnum lanariceps and L. oncospermatum, on decayed tree fern in Bukit Bendera (Penang Hill), Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Author

Razikin, Muhammad Zulfa Mohd, Nagao, Hideyuki, Zakaria, Rahmad, Razikin, Muhammad Zulfa Mohd, Nagao, Hideyuki, and Zakaria, Rahmad

Abstract

Bukit Bendera is 833 m above sea level and situated in the Northern part of Penang Island, Malaysia. Generally an average temperature is between 20 to 27°C, which is about 5°C cooler than at the sea level. The hill dipterocarp forest dominates Bukit Bendera and tree fern scatteredly grows at higher altitude. Two Lachnum spp. were observed as pteridocolous cup fungi on decayed rachides of several tree fern species, Cyathea contaminans, C. latebrosa, and C. hymenodes. Lachnum oncospermatum is characterized by a wrinkled apothecium and branched stipe. The hairs contain brown colored resinous materials and are finely granulated. Lachnum lanariceps is characterized by a central and cylindrical stipe and hairs containing pale yellow pigment with red or garnet resinous matter. These two Lachnum species are new to Malaysia.

Published
2014

36. Ascorbate Peroxidase Activity of Aranda Broga Blue Orchid Protocorm-like Bodies (PLBs) In Response to PVS2 Cryopreservation Method.

Author

Khor Soo Ping, Zakaria, Rahmad, and Subramaniam, Sreeramanan

Subjects
*ASCORBATE oxidase, *MULTICOPPER oxidase, *PEROXIDASE genetics, *CRYOPRESERVATION of organs, tissues, etc., *CRYOPRESERVATION of cells
Abstract

Throughout the cryopreservation process, plants were exposed to a series of abiotic stresses such as desiccation and osmotic pressure due to highly concentrated vitrification solution. Abiotic stress stimulates the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which include hydrogen peroxide, superoxide radicals, and singlet oxygen. Higher production of ROS may lead to oxidative stress which contributes to the major injuries in cryopreserved explants. Antioxidant enzymes in plant such as ascorbate peroxidase (APX) can protect plants from cell damage by scavenging the free radicals. This study was determined based on APX enzyme activity of Aranda Broga Blue orchid's protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) in response to PVS2 (Plant Vitrification Solution 2) cryopreservation treatments at different stages. PLBs that were precultured at 0.25 M sucrose for 3 days were subjected to vitrification cryopreservation method. Results obtained showed that the highest APX activity was achieved at PVS2 cryoprotectant treatment prior liquid nitrogen (LN) storage. This phenomenon indicating that accumulation of osmotic and dehydrating stress throughout the cryopreservation treatment resulted in oxidative burst which in turn leads to higher APX activity in order to control the excess production of ROS. To conclude, PVS2 treatment was revealed as the most detrimental step throughout cryopreservation treatment. Thus, this research also suggested that exogenous antioxidant such as ascorbic acid can be added throughout cryopreservation procedure especially at PVS2 treatment in the future experiments to aid in regrowth of cryopreserved explants by reducing oxidative stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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37. Early Studies on Protoplast Isolation of Ludisia discolor, A Wild Orchid.

Author

Poobathy, Ranjetta, Zakaria, Rahmad, Syed Mohd Edzham Syed Hamzah, and Subramaniam, Sreeramanan

Subjects
*FUNGAL protoplasts, *FUNGAL cytology, *PLANT cell culture, *PLANT micropropagation, *PLANT cell development
Abstract

The terrestrial Ludisia discolor, also referred to as the jewel orchid is prized for the quality of its leaves. L. discolor is known as a medicinal herb and is touted for its heatand pathogen-resisting qualities. L. discolor is valuable in the production of both flavonoids and anthocyanins, antioxidants that are exalted in the health industry. Plant cell cultures have emerged as alternative sources of anthocyanin production. Plant protoplast cultures are used frequently in transient gene expression studies and in the establishment of callus and cell suspension cultures. Benefits of plant protoplast system include similarity to cells found in plant tissues, reproduction under controlled conditions, and prevention of masking of stress responses to previous handling techniques. A study was conducted to assess the amenability of the stem and leaves of L. discolor to protoplast isolation. The stem and leaf segments were weighed, sliced into thin layers, immersed in a digestion medium, washed and then cultured onto a recovery medium. Results indicated that the production of plant protoplasts from L. discolor may be viewed as an alternative in the generation of cell cultures and ultimately in the production of anthocyanins from the cell cultures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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39. The Flora Composition of Sabang Island, Aceh, Indonesia.

Author

Asyraf, M., Zakaria, Rahmad, Mansor, Mashhor, Musman, Musri, and Harun, Abu Husin

Subjects
*ANGIOSPERMS, *EUPHORBIACEAE, *CYPERACEAE, *LEGUMES, *STERCULIACEAE
Abstract

We provide a checklist of Angiosperms from a rapid flora inventory of Sabang Island, Aceh, Indonesia. This inventory, conducted in April 2010, was carried out to prepare a baseline data of the floral composition in the north-western island archipelago of Aceh. In this e×ercise, we covered a total of 7 plots (0.2 ha each) and 120 quadrats (1×1 m each) in 7 sampling locations within the island. In total, we recorded 325 species from 211 genera of 68 families. Nine predominant families (i.e. family with ⩾ 10 species) are Euphorbiaceae (32 species), Cyperaceae (19 species), Fabaceae (17 species), Moraceae (15 species), Meliaceae (13 species), Lauraceae and Sterculiaceae (12 species, respectively), Rubiaceae (11 species) and Annonaceae (10 species). The volcanic soil of the island could have played a significant role in defining species composition and their abundance. On the non-woody species' composition and abundance, the increasing magnitude of anthropogenic activities, for e×ample, road and pathways constructions into the forested area, could have enhanced propagule dispersal of non-native plants into the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012
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40. The Distribution of Anacardiaceae in Teluk Bahang Forest Reserve, Pulau Pinang.

Author

Juperi, Shaodah, Zakaria, Rahmad, and Mansor, Asyraf

Subjects
*ANACARDIACEAE, *FOREST reserves, *SAPINDALES, *ANACARDIUM, *NATIONAL parks & reserves, *FOREST policy
Abstract

To investigate the distribution of Anacardiaceae in Teluk Bahang Permanent Forest Reserve (TBPFR) in Pulau Pinang, all trees with a diameter at breast high (DBH) ≥ 5 cm were enumerated in a study site constituting 0.4 ha of the reserve. Seventy five individuals of Anacardiaceae (14% of all trees) are recorded. These individuals represent 4 genera and 5 species, namely, Mangifera pentandra, Mangifera macrocarpa, Gluta elegans, Campnosperma auriculatum and Swintonia floribunda. The mean density of Anacardiaceae within the study plots is 7.50±8.14 (mean±S.D.) per ha whereas the basal area (BA) calculated is 0.97 m2/0.40 ha. The importance value (IVi) for Anacardiaceae is 81%. The estimated total aboveground biomass (TAGB) for Anacardiaceae is 24.24 ton/0.40 ha. A total of 333 Anacardiaceae saplings with a DBH < 5 cm are recorded. These saplings have been identified as juveniles of the genera Gluta (9.99%), Swintonia (84.90%) and Mangifera (5.11%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012

41. The Distribution of Palms and Pandans in Teluk Bahang Permanent Forest Reserve, Penang.

Author

Mansor, Asyraf and Zakaria, Rahmad

Subjects
*PALMS, *FOREST reserves, *PLANT species, *COASTAL forests, *PLANT diversity, *COMPARATIVE studies
Abstract

Woody species of the coastal forest of Penang island have received substantial focus in term of their diversity, composition and spatial distribution. In comparison, comprehensive data on the non-woody plant species component, specifically the palms and pandans, are relatively lacking. The objective of this study was to provide baseline data on the non-woody component of Penang coastal forest flora which would become a platform for more extensive research on their population dynamic. In order to provide these baseline data, an assessment of the diversity and distribution of two non-woody families, namely palms and pandans, was conducted in Teluk Bahang Permanent Forest Reserve (TBPFR) located in Penang, from February 2005 to January 2008. One ha plot (100 metre x 100 metre) was established in the TBFR and all palms and pandans were enumerated and individual positions were recorded. A total of seven species of palms and two species of pandans (i.e. Pandanus ovatus and Pandanus penangiensis) were recorded. The most abundant palm species is Eugeisona tristis, with a total count of 551 individuals, whilst a total of 312 P. ovatus were also enumerated. Based upon the Morisita Standardized Modified Index of Dispersion, the distribution of the two monocots ranged from random to clumped distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012

42. Comparison of plant communities at six study plots in Penang forest reserves, Malaysia.

Author

Zakaria, Rahmad, Mansor, Asyraf, Fadzly, Nik, Rosely, Nik, and Mansor, Mashhor

Subjects
PLANT communities, FOREST reserves, BASAL area (Forestry), BIOMASS
Abstract

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Published
2009

43. Phylogenetic classification of the world’s tropical forests

Author

Slik, J. W. Ferry, Franklin, Janet, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Field, Richard, Aguilar, Salomon, Aguirre, Nikolay, Ahumada, Jorge, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Alves, Luciana F., K, Anitha, Avella, Andres, Mora, Francisco, Aymard C., Gerardo A., Báez, Selene, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean-François, Bellingham, Peter J., Van Den Berg, Eduardo, Da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Boeckx, Pascal, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Brambach, Fabian, Brearley, Francis Q., Brown, Sandra, Chai, Shauna-Lee, Chazdon, Robin L., Chen, Shengbin, Chhang, Phourin, Chuyong, George, Ewango, Corneille, Coronado, Indiana M., Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, H. S., Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Din, Hazimah, Drake, Donald R., Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl, Eler, Eduardo Schmidt, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ensslin, Andreas, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Fischer, Markus, Forshed, Olle, Garcia, Queila Souza, Garkoti, Satish Chandra, Gillespie, Thomas W., Gillet, Jean-Francois, Gonmadje, Christelle, Granzow-De La Cerda, Iñigo, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Harris, David J., Harrison, Rhett D., Hector, Andy, Hemp, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Hussain, M. Shah, Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Hanum, I. Faridah, Imai, Nobuo, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Joseph, Shijo, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kessler, Michael, Killeen, Timothy J., Kooyman, Robert M., Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lovett, Jon, Lozada, Jose, Lu, Xinghui, Lykke, Anne Mette, Mahmud, Khairil Bin, Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Mansor, Asyraf, Marshall, Andrew R., Martin, Emanuel H., Calderado Leal Matos, Darley, Meave, Jorge A., Melo, Felipe P. L., Aguirre Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto, Metali, Faizah, Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Metzker, Thiago, Mohandass, D., Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nurtjahy, Eddy, De Oliveira, Eddie Lenza, Onrizal, ?, Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, N., Paudel, Ekananda, Perez, Rolando, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pommer, Ulf, Poorter, Lourens, Qi, Lan, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Powers, Jennifer S., Prasad, Rama Chandra, Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe, Rangel, Orlando, Reitsma, Jan, Rocha, Diogo S. B., Rolim, Samir, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Rutten, Gemma, Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nizam, Saiter, Felipe Z., Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio, Dos Santos, João Roberto, Sarker, Swapan Kumar, Schmitt, Christine B., Schoengart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, Souza, Alexandre F., Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Sposito, Tereza, Steinmetz, Robert, Stevart, Tariq, Suganuma, Marcio Seiji, Sukri, Rahayu, Sultana, Aisha, Sukumar, Raman, Sunderland, Terry, Supriyadi, ?, Suresh, H. S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jianwei, Tanner, Ed V. J., Targhetta, Natalia, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan, Timberlake, Jonathan, De Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, Van Valkenburg, Johan, Van Do, Tran, Van Sam, Hoang, Vandermeer, John H., Verbeeck, Hans, Vetaas, Ole Reidar, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Webb, Edward L., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge, Williams, John, Wiser, Susan, Wittmann, Florian, Yang, Xiaobo, Adou Yao, C. Yves, Yap, Sandra L., Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, and Zang, Runguo

Subjects
15. Life on land, 580 Plants (Botany)
Abstract

Identifying and explaining regional differences in tropical forest dynamics, structure, diversity, and composition are critical for anticipating region-specific responses to global environmental change. Floristic classifications are of fundamental importance for these efforts. Here we provide a global tropical forest classification that is explicitly based on community evolutionary similarity, resulting in identification of five major tropical forest regions and their relationships: (i) Indo-Pacific, (ii) Subtropical, (iii) African, (iv) American, and (v) Dry forests. African and American forests are grouped, reflecting their former western Gondwanan connection, while Indo-Pacific forests range from eastern Africa and Madagascar to Australia and the Pacific. The connection between northern-hemisphere Asian and American forests is confirmed, while Dry forests are identified as a single tropical biome.Knowledge about the biogeographic affinities of the world’s tropical forests helps to better understand regional differences in forest structure, diversity, composition, and dynamics. Such understanding will enable anticipation of region-specific responses to global environmental change. Modern phylogenies, in combination with broad coverage of species inventory data, now allow for global biogeographic analyses that take species evolutionary distance into account. Here we present a classification of the world’s tropical forests based on their phylogenetic similarity. We identify five principal floristic regions and their floristic relationships: (i) Indo-Pacific, (ii) Subtropical, (iii) African, (iv) American, and (v) Dry forests. Our results do not support the traditional neo- versus paleotropical forest division but instead separate the combined American and African forests from their Indo-Pacific counterparts. We also find indications for the existence of a global dry forest region, with representatives in America, Africa, Madagascar, and India. Additionally, a northern-hemisphere Subtropical forest region was identified with representatives in Asia and America, providing support for a link between Asian and American northern-hemisphere forests.

44. The global abundance of tree palms

Author

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

Subjects
13. Climate action, 15. Life on land, 580 Plants (Botany)
Abstract

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.

45. Phylogenetic classification of the world’s tropical forests

Author

Slik, J.W. Ferry, Franklin, Janet, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Field, Richard, Aguilar, Salomon, Aguirre, Nikolay, Ahumada, Jorge, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Alves, Luciana F., K, Anitha, Avella, Andres, Mora, Francisco, Aymard C., Gerardo A., Báez, Selene, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean-François, Bellingham, Peter J., van den Berg, Eduardo, da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Boeckx, Pascal, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Brambach, Fabian, Brearley, Francis Q., Brown, Sandra, Chai, Shauna-Lee, Chazdon, Robin L., Chen, Shengbin, Chhang, Phourin, Chuyong, George, Ewango, Corneille, Coronado, Indiana M., Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, H. S., Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Din, Hazimah, Drake, Donald R., Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl, Eler, Eduardo Schmidt, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ensslin, Andreas, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Fischer, Markus, Forshed, Olle, Garcia, Queila Souza, Garkoti, Satish Chandra, Gillespie, Thomas W., Gillet, Jean-Francois, Gonmadje, Christelle, Granzow-de la Cerda, Iñigo, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Harris, David J., Harrison, Rhett D., Hector, Andy, Hemp, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Hussain, M. Shah, Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Hanum, I. Faridah, Imai, Nobuo, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Joseph, Shijo, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kessler, Michael, Killeen, Timothy J., Kooyman, Robert M., Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lovett, Jon, Lozada, Jose, Lu, Xinghui, Lykke, Anne Mette, Mahmud, Khairil Bin, Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Mansor, Asyraf, Marshall, Andrew R., Martin, Emanuel H., Calderado Leal Matos, Darley, Meave, Jorge A., Melo, Felipe P.L., Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto Aguirre, Metali, Faizah, Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Metzker, Thiago, Mohandass, D., Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nurtjahy, Eddy, de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza, Onrizal, N., Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, N., Paudel, Ekananda, Perez, Rolando, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pommer, Ulf, Poorter, Lourens, Qi, Lan, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Powers, Jennifer S., Prasad, Rama Chandra, Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe, Rangel, Orlando, Reitsma, Jan, Rocha, Diogo S.B., Rolim, Samir, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Rutten, Gemma, Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nizam, Saiter, Felipe Z., Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio, dos Santos, João Roberto, Sarker, Swapan Kumar, Schmitt, Christine B., Schoengart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, Souza, Alexandre F., Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Sposito, Tereza, Steinmetz, Robert, Stevart, Tariq, Suganuma, Marcio Seiji, Sukri, Rahayu, Sultana, Aisha, Sukumar, Raman, Sunderland, Terry, Supriyadi, N., Suresh, H.S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jianwei, Tanner, Ed V.J., Targhetta, Natalia, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan, Timberlake, Jonathan, de Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, van Valkenburg, Johan, Van Do, Tran, Van Sam, Hoang, Vandermeer, John H., Verbeeck, Hans, Vetaas, Ole Reidar, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Webb, Edward L., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge, Williams, John, Wiser, Susan, Wittmann, Florian, Yang, Xiaobo, Adou Yao, C. Yves, Yap, Sandra L., Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, Zang, Runguo, Slik, J.W. Ferry, Franklin, Janet, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Field, Richard, Aguilar, Salomon, Aguirre, Nikolay, Ahumada, Jorge, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Alves, Luciana F., K, Anitha, Avella, Andres, Mora, Francisco, Aymard C., Gerardo A., Báez, Selene, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean-François, Bellingham, Peter J., van den Berg, Eduardo, da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Boeckx, Pascal, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Brambach, Fabian, Brearley, Francis Q., Brown, Sandra, Chai, Shauna-Lee, Chazdon, Robin L., Chen, Shengbin, Chhang, Phourin, Chuyong, George, Ewango, Corneille, Coronado, Indiana M., Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, H. S., Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Din, Hazimah, Drake, Donald R., Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl, Eler, Eduardo Schmidt, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ensslin, Andreas, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Fischer, Markus, Forshed, Olle, Garcia, Queila Souza, Garkoti, Satish Chandra, Gillespie, Thomas W., Gillet, Jean-Francois, Gonmadje, Christelle, Granzow-de la Cerda, Iñigo, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Harris, David J., Harrison, Rhett D., Hector, Andy, Hemp, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Hussain, M. Shah, Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Hanum, I. Faridah, Imai, Nobuo, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Joseph, Shijo, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kessler, Michael, Killeen, Timothy J., Kooyman, Robert M., Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lovett, Jon, Lozada, Jose, Lu, Xinghui, Lykke, Anne Mette, Mahmud, Khairil Bin, Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Mansor, Asyraf, Marshall, Andrew R., Martin, Emanuel H., Calderado Leal Matos, Darley, Meave, Jorge A., Melo, Felipe P.L., Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto Aguirre, Metali, Faizah, Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Metzker, Thiago, Mohandass, D., Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nurtjahy, Eddy, de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza, Onrizal, N., Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, N., Paudel, Ekananda, Perez, Rolando, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pommer, Ulf, Poorter, Lourens, Qi, Lan, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Powers, Jennifer S., Prasad, Rama Chandra, Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe, Rangel, Orlando, Reitsma, Jan, Rocha, Diogo S.B., Rolim, Samir, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Rutten, Gemma, Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nizam, Saiter, Felipe Z., Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio, dos Santos, João Roberto, Sarker, Swapan Kumar, Schmitt, Christine B., Schoengart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, Souza, Alexandre F., Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Sposito, Tereza, Steinmetz, Robert, Stevart, Tariq, Suganuma, Marcio Seiji, Sukri, Rahayu, Sultana, Aisha, Sukumar, Raman, Sunderland, Terry, Supriyadi, N., Suresh, H.S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jianwei, Tanner, Ed V.J., Targhetta, Natalia, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan, Timberlake, Jonathan, de Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, van Valkenburg, Johan, Van Do, Tran, Van Sam, Hoang, Vandermeer, John H., Verbeeck, Hans, Vetaas, Ole Reidar, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Webb, Edward L., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge, Williams, John, Wiser, Susan, Wittmann, Florian, Yang, Xiaobo, Adou Yao, C. Yves, Yap, Sandra L., Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, and Zang, Runguo

Abstract

Knowledge about the biogeographic affinities of the world’s tropical forests helps to better understand regional differences in forest structure, diversity, composition, and dynamics. Such understanding will enable anticipation of region-specific responses to global environmental change. Modern phylogenies, in combination with broad coverage of species inventory data, now allow for global biogeographic analyses that take species evolutionary distance into account. Here we present a classification of the world’s tropical forests based on their phylogenetic similarity. We identify five principal floristic regions and their floristic relationships: (i) Indo-Pacific, (ii) Subtropical, (iii) African, (iv) American, and (v) Dry forests. Our results do not support the traditional neo- versus paleotropical forest division but instead separate the combined American and African forests from their Indo-Pacific counterparts. We also find indications for the existence of a global dry forest region, with representatives in America, Africa, Madagascar, and India. Additionally, a northern-hemisphere Subtropical forest region was identified with representatives in Asia and America, providing support for a link between Asian and American northern hemisphere forests.

47. The global abundance of tree palms

Author

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

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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

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Slik, J. W. Ferry, Franklin, Janet, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Field, Richard, Aguilar, Salomon, Aguirre, Nikolay, Ahumada, Jorge, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Alves, Luciana F., K, Anitha, Avella, Andres, Mora, Francisco, Aymard C., Gerardo A., Báez, Selene, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean-François, Bellingham, Peter J., van den Berg, Eduardo, da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Boeckx, Pascal, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Brambach, Fabian, Brearley, Francis Q., Brown, Sandra, Chai, Shauna-Lee, Chazdon, Robin L., Chen, Shengbin, Chhang, Phourin, Chuyong, George, Ewango, Corneille, Coronado, Indiana M., Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, H. S., Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Din, Hazimah, Drake, Donald R., Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl, Eler, Eduardo Schmidt, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ensslin, Andreas, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Fischer, Markus, Forshed, Olle, Garcia, Queila Souza, Garkoti, Satish Chandra, Gillespie, Thomas W., Gillet, Jean-Francois, Gonmadje, Christelle, Granzow-de la Cerda, Iñigo, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Harris, David J., Harrison, Rhett D., Hector, Andy, Hemp, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Hussain, M. Shah, Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Hanum, I. Faridah, Imai, Nobuo, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Joseph, Shijo, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kessler, Michael, Killeen, Timothy J., Kooyman, Robert M., Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lovett, Jon, Lozada, Jose, Lu, Xinghui, Lykke, Anne Mette, Mahmud, Khairil Bin, Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Mansor, Asyraf, Marshall, Andrew R., Martin, Emanuel H., Calderado Leal Matos, Darley, Meave, Jorge A., Melo, Felipe P. L., Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto Aguirre, Metali, Faizah, Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Metzker, Thiago, Mohandass, D., Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nurtjahy, Eddy, de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza, Onrizal, Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, N., Paudel, Ekananda, Perez, Rolando, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pommer, Ulf, Poorter, Lourens, Qie, Lan, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Powers, Jennifer S., Prasad, Rama Chandra, Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe, Rangel, Orlando, Reitsma, Jan, Rocha, Diogo S. B., Rolim, Samir, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Rutten, Gemma, Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nizam, Saiter, Felipe Z., Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio, dos Santos, João Roberto, Sarker, Swapan Kumar, Schmitt, Christine B., Schoengart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, Souza, Alexandre F., Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Sposito, Tereza, Steinmetz, Robert, Stevart, Tariq, Suganuma, Marcio Seiji, Sukri, Rahayu, Sultana, Aisha, Sukumar, Raman, Sunderland, Terry, Supriyadi, Suresh, H. S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jianwei, Tanner, Ed V. J., Targhetta, Natalia, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan, Timberlake, Jonathan, de Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, van Valkenburg, Johan, Van Do, Tran, Van Sam, Hoang, Vandermeer, John H., Verbeeck, Hans, Vetaas, Ole Reidar, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Webb, Edward L., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge, Williams, John, Wiser, Susan, Wittmann, Florian, Yang, Xiaobo, Adou Yao, C. Yves, Yap, Sandra L., Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, Zang, Runguo, Slik, J. W. Ferry, Franklin, Janet, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Field, Richard, Aguilar, Salomon, Aguirre, Nikolay, Ahumada, Jorge, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Alves, Luciana F., K, Anitha, Avella, Andres, Mora, Francisco, Aymard C., Gerardo A., Báez, Selene, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean-François, Bellingham, Peter J., van den Berg, Eduardo, da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Boeckx, Pascal, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Brambach, Fabian, Brearley, Francis Q., Brown, Sandra, Chai, Shauna-Lee, Chazdon, Robin L., Chen, Shengbin, Chhang, Phourin, Chuyong, George, Ewango, Corneille, Coronado, Indiana M., Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, H. S., Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Din, Hazimah, Drake, Donald R., Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl, Eler, Eduardo Schmidt, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ensslin, Andreas, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Fischer, Markus, Forshed, Olle, Garcia, Queila Souza, Garkoti, Satish Chandra, Gillespie, Thomas W., Gillet, Jean-Francois, Gonmadje, Christelle, Granzow-de la Cerda, Iñigo, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Harris, David J., Harrison, Rhett D., Hector, Andy, Hemp, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Hussain, M. Shah, Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Hanum, I. Faridah, Imai, Nobuo, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Joseph, Shijo, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kessler, Michael, Killeen, Timothy J., Kooyman, Robert M., Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lovett, Jon, Lozada, Jose, Lu, Xinghui, Lykke, Anne Mette, Mahmud, Khairil Bin, Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Mansor, Asyraf, Marshall, Andrew R., Martin, Emanuel H., Calderado Leal Matos, Darley, Meave, Jorge A., Melo, Felipe P. L., Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto Aguirre, Metali, Faizah, Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Metzker, Thiago, Mohandass, D., Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nurtjahy, Eddy, de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza, Onrizal, Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, N., Paudel, Ekananda, Perez, Rolando, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pommer, Ulf, Poorter, Lourens, Qie, Lan, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Powers, Jennifer S., Prasad, Rama Chandra, Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe, Rangel, Orlando, Reitsma, Jan, Rocha, Diogo S. B., Rolim, Samir, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Rutten, Gemma, Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nizam, Saiter, Felipe Z., Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio, dos Santos, João Roberto, Sarker, Swapan Kumar, Schmitt, Christine B., Schoengart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, Souza, Alexandre F., Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Sposito, Tereza, Steinmetz, Robert, Stevart, Tariq, Suganuma, Marcio Seiji, Sukri, Rahayu, Sultana, Aisha, Sukumar, Raman, Sunderland, Terry, Supriyadi, Suresh, H. S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jianwei, Tanner, Ed V. J., Targhetta, Natalia, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan, Timberlake, Jonathan, de Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, van Valkenburg, Johan, Van Do, Tran, Van Sam, Hoang, Vandermeer, John H., Verbeeck, Hans, Vetaas, Ole Reidar, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Webb, Edward L., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge, Williams, John, Wiser, Susan, Wittmann, Florian, Yang, Xiaobo, Adou Yao, C. Yves, Yap, Sandra L., Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, and Zang, Runguo

Abstract

Knowledge about the biogeographic affinities of the world’s tropical forests helps to better understand regional differences in forest structure, diversity, composition, and dynamics. Such understanding will enable anticipation of region-specific responses to global environmental change. Modern phylogenies, in combination with broad coverage of species inventory data, now allow for global biogeographic analyses that take species evolutionary distance into account. Here we present a classification of the world’s tropical forests based on their phylogenetic similarity. We identify five principal floristic regions and their floristic relationships: (i) Indo-Pacific, (ii) Subtropical, (iii) African, (iv) American, and (v) Dry forests. Our results do not support the traditional neo- versus paleotropical forest division but instead separate the combined American and African forests from their Indo-Pacific counterparts. We also find indications for the existence of a global dry forest region, with representatives in America, Africa, Madagascar, and India. Additionally, a northern-hemisphere Subtropical forest region was identified with representatives in Asia and America, providing support for a link between Asian and American northern-hemisphere forests.

50. Phylogenetic classification of the world’s tropical forests

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Slik, J.W. Ferry, Franklin, Janet, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Field, Richard, Aguilar, Salomon, Aguirre, Nikolay, Ahumada, Jorge, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Alves, Luciana F., K, Anitha, Avella, Andres, Mora, Francisco, Aymard C., Gerardo A., Báez, Selene, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean-François, Bellingham, Peter J., van den Berg, Eduardo, da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Boeckx, Pascal, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Brambach, Fabian, Brearley, Francis Q., Brown, Sandra, Chai, Shauna-Lee, Chazdon, Robin L., Chen, Shengbin, Chhang, Phourin, Chuyong, George, Ewango, Corneille, Coronado, Indiana M., Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, H. S., Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Din, Hazimah, Drake, Donald R., Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl, Eler, Eduardo Schmidt, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ensslin, Andreas, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Fischer, Markus, Forshed, Olle, Garcia, Queila Souza, Garkoti, Satish Chandra, Gillespie, Thomas W., Gillet, Jean-Francois, Gonmadje, Christelle, Granzow-de la Cerda, Iñigo, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Harris, David J., Harrison, Rhett D., Hector, Andy, Hemp, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Hussain, M. Shah, Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Hanum, I. Faridah, Imai, Nobuo, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Joseph, Shijo, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kessler, Michael, Killeen, Timothy J., Kooyman, Robert M., Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lovett, Jon, Lozada, Jose, Lu, Xinghui, Lykke, Anne Mette, Mahmud, Khairil Bin, Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Mansor, Asyraf, Marshall, Andrew R., Martin, Emanuel H., Calderado Leal Matos, Darley, Meave, Jorge A., Melo, Felipe P.L., Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto Aguirre, Metali, Faizah, Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Metzker, Thiago, Mohandass, D., Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nurtjahy, Eddy, de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza, Onrizal, N., Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, N., Paudel, Ekananda, Perez, Rolando, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pommer, Ulf, Poorter, Lourens, Qi, Lan, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Powers, Jennifer S., Prasad, Rama Chandra, Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe, Rangel, Orlando, Reitsma, Jan, Rocha, Diogo S.B., Rolim, Samir, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Rutten, Gemma, Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nizam, Saiter, Felipe Z., Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio, dos Santos, João Roberto, Sarker, Swapan Kumar, Schmitt, Christine B., Schoengart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, Souza, Alexandre F., Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Sposito, Tereza, Steinmetz, Robert, Stevart, Tariq, Suganuma, Marcio Seiji, Sukri, Rahayu, Sultana, Aisha, Sukumar, Raman, Sunderland, Terry, Supriyadi, N., Suresh, H.S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jianwei, Tanner, Ed V.J., Targhetta, Natalia, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan, Timberlake, Jonathan, de Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, van Valkenburg, Johan, Van Do, Tran, Van Sam, Hoang, Vandermeer, John H., Verbeeck, Hans, Vetaas, Ole Reidar, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Webb, Edward L., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge, Williams, John, Wiser, Susan, Wittmann, Florian, Yang, Xiaobo, Adou Yao, C. Yves, Yap, Sandra L., Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, Zang, Runguo, Slik, J.W. Ferry, Franklin, Janet, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Field, Richard, Aguilar, Salomon, Aguirre, Nikolay, Ahumada, Jorge, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Alves, Luciana F., K, Anitha, Avella, Andres, Mora, Francisco, Aymard C., Gerardo A., Báez, Selene, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith L., Bastin, Jean-François, Bellingham, Peter J., van den Berg, Eduardo, da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Boeckx, Pascal, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Brambach, Fabian, Brearley, Francis Q., Brown, Sandra, Chai, Shauna-Lee, Chazdon, Robin L., Chen, Shengbin, Chhang, Phourin, Chuyong, George, Ewango, Corneille, Coronado, Indiana M., Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, H. S., Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Din, Hazimah, Drake, Donald R., Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl, Eler, Eduardo Schmidt, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ensslin, Andreas, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Fischer, Markus, Forshed, Olle, Garcia, Queila Souza, Garkoti, Satish Chandra, Gillespie, Thomas W., Gillet, Jean-Francois, Gonmadje, Christelle, Granzow-de la Cerda, Iñigo, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Harris, David J., Harrison, Rhett D., Hector, Andy, Hemp, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Hussain, M. Shah, Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Hanum, I. Faridah, Imai, Nobuo, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Joseph, Shijo, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kessler, Michael, Killeen, Timothy J., Kooyman, Robert M., Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G., Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lovett, Jon, Lozada, Jose, Lu, Xinghui, Lykke, Anne Mette, Mahmud, Khairil Bin, Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Mansor, Asyraf, Marshall, Andrew R., Martin, Emanuel H., Calderado Leal Matos, Darley, Meave, Jorge A., Melo, Felipe P.L., Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto Aguirre, Metali, Faizah, Medjibe, Vincent P., Metzger, Jean Paul, Metzker, Thiago, Mohandass, D., Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nurtjahy, Eddy, de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza, Onrizal, N., Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, N., Paudel, Ekananda, Perez, Rolando, Pérez-García, Eduardo A., Pommer, Ulf, Poorter, Lourens, Qi, Lan, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Powers, Jennifer S., Prasad, Rama Chandra, Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe, Rangel, Orlando, Reitsma, Jan, Rocha, Diogo S.B., Rolim, Samir, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Rutten, Gemma, Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nizam, Saiter, Felipe Z., Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio, dos Santos, João Roberto, Sarker, Swapan Kumar, Schmitt, Christine B., Schoengart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, Souza, Alexandre F., Spironello, Wilson Roberto, Sposito, Tereza, Steinmetz, Robert, Stevart, Tariq, Suganuma, Marcio Seiji, Sukri, Rahayu, Sultana, Aisha, Sukumar, Raman, Sunderland, Terry, Supriyadi, N., Suresh, H.S., Suzuki, Eizi, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Tang, Jianwei, Tanner, Ed V.J., Targhetta, Natalia, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan, Timberlake, Jonathan, de Morisson Valeriano, Márcio, van Valkenburg, Johan, Van Do, Tran, Van Sam, Hoang, Vandermeer, John H., Verbeeck, Hans, Vetaas, Ole Reidar, Adekunle, Victor, Vieira, Simone A., Webb, Campbell O., Webb, Edward L., Whitfeld, Timothy, Wich, Serge, Williams, John, Wiser, Susan, Wittmann, Florian, Yang, Xiaobo, Adou Yao, C. Yves, Yap, Sandra L., Zahawi, Rakan A., Zakaria, Rahmad, and Zang, Runguo

Abstract

Knowledge about the biogeographic affinities of the world’s tropical forests helps to better understand regional differences in forest structure, diversity, composition, and dynamics. Such understanding will enable anticipation of region-specific responses to global environmental change. Modern phylogenies, in combination with broad coverage of species inventory data, now allow for global biogeographic analyses that take species evolutionary distance into account. Here we present a classification of the world’s tropical forests based on their phylogenetic similarity. We identify five principal floristic regions and their floristic relationships: (i) Indo-Pacific, (ii) Subtropical, (iii) African, (iv) American, and (v) Dry forests. Our results do not support the traditional neo- versus paleotropical forest division but instead separate the combined American and African forests from their Indo-Pacific counterparts. We also find indications for the existence of a global dry forest region, with representatives in America, Africa, Madagascar, and India. Additionally, a northern-hemisphere Subtropical forest region was identified with representatives in Asia and America, providing support for a link between Asian and American northern hemisphere forests.

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