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Tropenbos International

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About: Tropenbos International is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Biodiversity & Deforestation. The organization has 36 authors who have published 66 publications receiving 4351 citations. The organization is also known as: TBI.


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Hans ter Steege1, Hans ter Steege2, Nigel C. A. Pitman3, Daniel Sabatier4, Christopher Baraloto5, Rafael de Paiva Salomão6, Juan Ernesto Guevara7, Oliver L. Phillips8, Carolina V. Castilho9, William E. Magnusson10, Jean-François Molino4, Abel Monteagudo, Percy Núñez Vargas11, Juan Carlos Montero10, Ted R. Feldpausch8, Ted R. Feldpausch12, Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado8, Timothy J. Killeen13, Bonifacio Mostacedo14, Rodolfo Vasquez, Rafael L. Assis10, Rafael L. Assis15, John Terborgh3, Florian Wittmann16, Ana Andrade10, William F. Laurance17, Susan G. Laurance17, Beatriz Schwantes Marimon18, Ben Hur Marimon18, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira6, Iêda Leão do Amaral10, Roel J. W. Brienen8, Hernán Castellanos, Dairon Cárdenas López, Joost F. Duivenvoorden19, Hugo Mogollón20, Francisca Dionízia de Almeida Matos10, Nállarett Dávila21, Roosevelt García-Villacorta22, Pablo Roberto Stevenson Diaz23, Flávia R. C. Costa10, Thaise Emilio10, Carolina Levis10, Juliana Schietti10, Priscila Souza10, Alfonso Alonso24, Francisco Dallmeier24, Álvaro Javier Duque Montoya25, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade10, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Luzmila Arroyo, Rogério Gribel, Paul V. A. Fine7, Carlos A. Peres26, Marisol Toledo14, A C Gerardo Aymard, Timothy R. Baker8, Carlos Cerón27, Julien Engel28, Terry W. Henkel29, Paul J. M. Maas1, Pascal Petronelli, Juliana Stropp, Charles E. Zartman10, Doug Daly30, David A. Neill, Marcos Silveira31, Marcos Ríos Paredes, Jérôme Chave32, Diogenes de Andrade Lima Filho10, Peter M. Jørgensen33, Alfredo F. Fuentes33, Jochen Schöngart16, Fernando Cornejo Valverde34, Anthony Di Fiore35, E. M. Jimenez25, Maria Cristina Peñuela Mora25, Juan Fernando Phillips, Gonzalo Rivas36, Tinde van Andel1, Patricio von Hildebrand, Bruce Hoffman1, Egleé L. Zent37, Yadvinder Malhi38, Adriana Prieto25, Agustín Rudas25, Ademir R. Ruschell9, Natalino Silva39, Vincent A. Vos, Stanford Zent37, Alexandre Adalardo de Oliveira40, Angela Cano Schutz23, Therany Gonzales34, Marcelo Trindade Nascimento41, Hirma Ramírez-Angulo23, Rodrigo Sierra, Milton Tirado, Maria Natalia Umaña Medina23, Geertje M. F. van der Heijden42, Geertje M. F. van der Heijden43, César I.A. Vela11, Emilio Vilanova Torre23, Corine Vriesendorp, Ophelia Wang44, Kenneth R. Young35, Cláudia Baider40, Henrik Balslev45, Cid Ferreira10, Italo Mesones7, Armando Torres-Lezama23, Ligia Estela Urrego Giraldo25, Roderick Zagt46, Miguel Alexiades47, Lionel Hernández, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, William Milliken48, Walter Palacios Cuenca, Daniela Pauletto, Elvis H. Valderrama Sandoval49, Elvis H. Valderrama Sandoval50, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Kyle G. Dexter22, Kenneth J. Feeley51, Kenneth J. Feeley52, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez8, Miles R. Silman53 
Naturalis1, Utrecht University2, Duke University3, Institut de recherche pour le développement4, Institut national de la recherche agronomique5, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi6, University of California, Berkeley7, University of Leeds8, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária9, National Institute of Amazonian Research10, National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco11, University of Exeter12, World Wide Fund for Nature13, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno14, Norwegian University of Life Sciences15, Max Planck Society16, James Cook University17, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso18, University of Amsterdam19, Silver Spring Networks20, State University of Campinas21, University of Edinburgh22, University of Los Andes23, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute24, National University of Colombia25, University of East Anglia26, Central University of Ecuador27, Centre national de la recherche scientifique28, Humboldt State University29, New York Botanical Garden30, Universidade Federal do Acre31, Paul Sabatier University32, Missouri Botanical Garden33, Amazon.com34, University of Texas at Austin35, University of Florida36, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research37, Environmental Change Institute38, Federal Rural University of Amazonia39, University of São Paulo40, State University of Norte Fluminense41, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee42, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute43, Northern Arizona University44, Aarhus University45, Tropenbos International46, University of Kent47, Royal Botanic Gardens48, University of Missouri–St. Louis49, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana50, Florida International University51, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden52, Wake Forest University53
18 Oct 2013-Science
TL;DR: The finding that Amazonia is dominated by just 227 tree species implies that most biogeochemical cycling in the world’s largest tropical forest is performed by a tiny sliver of its diversity.
Abstract: The vast extent of the Amazon Basin has historically restricted the study of its tree communities to the local and regional scales. Here, we provide empirical data on the commonness, rarity, and richness of lowland tree species across the entire Amazon Basin and Guiana Shield (Amazonia), collected in 1170 tree plots in all major forest types. Extrapolations suggest that Amazonia harbors roughly 16,000 tree species, of which just 227 (1.4%) account for half of all trees. Most of these are habitat specialists and only dominant in one or two regions of the basin. We discuss some implications of the finding that a small group of species—less diverse than the North American tree flora—accounts for half of the world’s most diverse tree community.

963 citations

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Roel J. W. Brienen1, Oliver L. Phillips1, Ted R. Feldpausch2, Ted R. Feldpausch1, Emanuel Gloor1, Timothy R. Baker1, Jon Lloyd3, Jon Lloyd4, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez1, Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza, Yadvinder Malhi5, Simon L. Lewis6, Simon L. Lewis1, R. Vásquez Martínez, Miguel Alexiades7, E. Alvarez Dávila, Patricia Alvarez-Loayza8, Ana Andrade9, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão10, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão2, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami11, Eric Arets12, Luzmila Arroyo11, Olaf Bánki13, Christopher Baraloto14, Christopher Baraloto15, Jorcely Barroso16, Damien Bonal15, René G. A. Boot17, José Luís Camargo9, Carolina V. Castilho18, V. Chama, Kuo-Jung Chao1, Kuo-Jung Chao19, Jérôme Chave20, James A. Comiskey21, F. Cornejo Valverde22, L da Costa23, E. A. de Oliveira24, A. Di Fiore25, Terry L. Erwin26, Sophie Fauset1, Mônica Forsthofer24, David W. Galbraith1, E S Grahame1, Nikée Groot1, Bruno Hérault, Niro Higuchi9, E.N. Honorio Coronado1, E.N. Honorio Coronado22, Helen C. Keeling1, Timothy J. Killeen27, William F. Laurance4, Susan G. Laurance4, Juan Carlos Licona, W E Magnussen, Beatriz Schwantes Marimon24, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior24, Casimiro Mendoza28, David A. Neill, Euler Melo Nogueira, Pablo Núñez, N. C. Pallqui Camacho, Alexander Parada11, G. Pardo-Molina, Julie Peacock1, Marielos Peña-Claros12, Georgia Pickavance1, Nigel C. A. Pitman8, Nigel C. A. Pitman29, Lourens Poorter12, Adriana Prieto30, Carlos A. Quesada, Fredy Ramírez30, Hirma Ramírez-Angulo31, Zorayda Restrepo, Anand Roopsind, Agustín Rudas32, Rafael de Paiva Salomão33, Michael P. Schwarz1, Natalino Silva, Javier E. Silva-Espejo, Marcos Silveira16, Juliana Stropp, Joey Talbot1, H. ter Steege34, H. ter Steege35, J Teran-Aguilar, John Terborgh8, Raquel Thomas-Caesar, Marisol Toledo, Mireia Torello-Raventos4, Ricardo Keichi Umetsu24, G. M. F. van der Heijden36, G. M. F. van der Heijden37, G. M. F. van der Heijden38, P. van der Hout, I. C. Guimarães Vieira33, Simone Aparecida Vieira39, Emilio Vilanova31, Vincent A. Vos, Roderick Zagt17 
19 Mar 2015-Nature
TL;DR: It is confirmed that Amazon forests have acted as a long-term net biomass sink, but the observed decline of the Amazon sink diverges markedly from the recent increase in terrestrial carbon uptake at the global scale, and is contrary to expectations based on models
Abstract: Atmospheric carbon dioxide records indicate that the land surface has acted as a strong global carbon sink over recent decades, with a substantial fraction of this sink probably located in the tropics, particularly in the Amazon. Nevertheless, it is unclear how the terrestrial carbon sink will evolve as climate and atmospheric composition continue to change. Here we analyse the historical evolution of the biomass dynamics of the Amazon rainforest over three decades using a distributed network of 321 plots. While this analysis confirms that Amazon forests have acted as a long-term net biomass sink, we find a long-term decreasing trend of carbon accumulation. Rates of net increase in above-ground biomass declined by one-third during the past decade compared to the 1990s. This is a consequence of growth rate increases levelling off recently, while biomass mortality persistently increased throughout, leading to a shortening of carbon residence times. Potential drivers for the mortality increase include greater climate variability, and feedbacks of faster growth on mortality, resulting in shortened tree longevity. The observed decline of the Amazon sink diverges markedly from the recent increase in terrestrial carbon uptake at the global scale, and is contrary to expectations based on models.

767 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the extent to which tropical forests sustain timber production, retain species, and conserve carbon stocks is examined, and some improvements in tropical forestry and how their implementation can be promoted.
Abstract: Most tropical forests outside protected areas have been or will be selectively logged so it is essential to maximize the conservation values of partially harvested areas. Here we examine the extent to which these forests sustain timber production, retain species, and conserve carbon stocks. We then describe some improvements in tropical forestry and how their implementation can be promoted. A simple meta-analysis based on >100 publications revealed substantial variability but that: timber yields decline by about 46% after the first harvest but are subsequently sustained at that level; 76% of carbon is retained in once-logged forests; and, 85‐100% of species of mammals, birds, invertebrates, and plants remain after logging. Timber stocks will not regain primary-forest levels within current harvest cycles, but yields increase if collateral damage is reduced and silvicultural treatments are applied. Given that selectively logged forests retain substantial biodiversity, carbon, and timber stocks, this “middle way” between deforestation and total protection deserves more attention from researchers, conservation organizations, and policy-makers. Improvements in forest management are now likely if synergies are enhanced among initiatives to retain forest carbon stocks (REDD+), assure the legality of forest products, certify responsible management, and devolve control over forests to empowered local communities.

508 citations

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Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert1, Timothy R. Baker1, Kyle G. Dexter2, Simon L. Lewis1, Simon L. Lewis3, Roel J. W. Brienen1, Ted R. Feldpausch4, Jon Lloyd5, Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza6, Luzmila Arroyo7, Esteban Álvarez-Dávila, Niro Higuchi8, Beatriz Schwantes Marimon9, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior9, Marcos Silveira10, Emilio Vilanova11, Emilio Vilanova12, Emanuel Gloor1, Yadvinder Malhi13, Jérôme Chave14, Jos Barlow15, Jos Barlow16, Damien Bonal17, Nallaret Davila Cardozo18, Terry L. Erwin19, Sophie Fauset1, Bruno Hérault20, Susan G. Laurance21, Lourens Poorter22, Lan Qie5, Clément Stahl23, Martin J. P. Sullivan1, Hans ter Steege24, Hans ter Steege25, Vincent A. Vos, Pieter A. Zuidema22, Everton Cristo de Almeida26, Edmar Almeida de Oliveira9, Ana Andrade8, Simone Aparecida Vieira27, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão4, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão28, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami7, Eric Arets22, Gerardo A. Aymard C, Christopher Baraloto29, Plínio Barbosa de Camargo30, Jorcely Barroso10, Frans Bongers22, René G. A. Boot31, José Luís Camargo8, Wendeson Castro10, Victor Chama Moscoso6, James A. Comiskey19, Fernando Cornejo Valverde32, Antonio Carlos Lola da Costa33, Jhon del Aguila Pasquel32, Jhon del Aguila Pasquel34, Anthony Di Fiore35, Luisa Fernanda Duque, Fernando Elias9, Julien Engel20, Julien Engel29, Gerardo Flores Llampazo, David W. Galbraith1, Rafael Herrera Fernández36, Rafael Herrera Fernández37, Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado34, Wannes Hubau38, Eliana Jimenez-Rojas39, Adriano José Nogueira Lima8, Ricardo Keichi Umetsu9, William F. Laurance21, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez1, Thomas E. Lovejoy40, Omar Aurelio Melo Cruz41, Paulo S. Morandi9, David A. Neill, Percy Núñez Vargas6, Nadir Pallqui Camacho6, Alexander Parada Gutierrez, Guido Pardo, Julie Peacock1, Marielos Peña-Claros22, Maria Cristina Peñuela-Mora, Pascal Petronelli14, Georgia Pickavance1, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Adriana Prieto42, Carlos A. Quesada8, Hirma Ramírez-Angulo11, Maxime Réjou-Méchain43, Zorayda Restrepo Correa, Anand Roopsind44, Agustín Rudas42, Rafael de Paiva Salomão15, Natalino Silva, Javier Silva Espejo45, James Singh46, Juliana Stropp47, John Terborgh48, Raquel Thomas44, Marisol Toledo7, Armando Torres-Lezama11, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Peter J. van de Meer49, Geertje M. F. van der Heijden50, Peter van der Hout, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, César I.A. Vela6, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira15, Oliver L. Phillips1 
University of Leeds1, University of Edinburgh2, University College London3, University of Exeter4, Imperial College London5, National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco6, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno7, National Institute of Amazonian Research8, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso9, Universidade Federal do Acre10, University of Los Andes11, University of Washington12, Environmental Change Institute13, Centre national de la recherche scientifique14, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi15, Lancaster University16, University of Lorraine17, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana18, Smithsonian Institution19, University of Montpellier20, James Cook University21, Wageningen University and Research Centre22, Agro ParisTech23, Naturalis24, University of Amsterdam25, Federal University of Western Pará26, State University of Campinas27, National Institute for Space Research28, Florida International University29, University of São Paulo30, Tropenbos International31, Amazon.com32, Federal University of Pará33, Michigan Technological University34, University of Texas at Austin35, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research36, Polytechnic University of Valencia37, Royal Museum for Central Africa38, Tecnológico de Antioquia39, George Mason University40, Universidad del Tolima41, National University of Colombia42, Paul Sabatier University43, Georgetown University44, University of La Serena45, Forestry Commission46, Federal University of Alagoas47, Duke University48, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences49, University of Nottingham50
TL;DR: A slow shift to a more dry‐affiliated Amazonia is underway, with changes in compositional dynamics consistent with climate‐change drivers, but yet to significantly impact whole‐community composition.
Abstract: Most of the planet's diversity is concentrated in the tropics, which includes many regions undergoing rapid climate change. Yet, while climate‐induced biodiversity changes are widely documented elsewhere, few studies have addressed this issue for lowland tropical ecosystems. Here we investigate whether the floristic and functional composition of intact lowland Amazonian forests have been changing by evaluating records from 106 long‐term inventory plots spanning 30 years. We analyse three traits that have been hypothesized to respond to different environmental drivers (increase in moisture stress and atmospheric CO2 concentrations): maximum tree size, biogeographic water‐deficit affiliation and wood density. Tree communities have become increasingly dominated by large‐statured taxa, but to date there has been no detectable change in mean wood density or water deficit affiliation at the community level, despite most forest plots having experienced an intensification of the dry season. However, among newly recruited trees, dry‐affiliated genera have become more abundant, while the mortality of wet‐affiliated genera has increased in those plots where the dry season has intensified most. Thus, a slow shift to a more dry‐affiliated Amazonia is underway, with changes in compositional dynamics (recruits and mortality) consistent with climate‐change drivers, but yet to significantly impact whole‐community composition. The Amazon observational record suggests that the increase in atmospheric CO2 is driving a shift within tree communities to large‐statured species and that climate changes to date will impact forest composition, but long generation times of tropical trees mean that biodiversity change is lagging behind climate change.

263 citations

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Sophie Fauset1, Michelle O. Johnson1, Manuel Gloor1, Timothy R. Baker1, Abel Monteagudo M2, Roel J. W. Brienen1, Ted R. Feldpausch3, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez1, Yadvinder Malhi4, Hans ter Steege5, Nigel C. A. Pitman6, Christopher Baraloto7, Julien Engel8, Pascal Petronelli, Ana Andrade9, José Luís Camargo9, Susan G. Laurance10, William F. Laurance10, Jérôme Chave11, Elodie Allie, Percy Núñez Vargas2, John Terborgh6, Kalle Ruokolainen12, Marcos Silveira13, Gerardo A. Aymard C, Luzmila Arroyo14, Damien Bonal15, Hirma Ramírez-Angulo16, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami14, David A. Neill, Bruno Hérault, Aurélie Dourdain, Armando Torres-Lezama16, Beatriz Schwantes Marimon17, Rafael de Paiva Salomão18, James A. Comiskey19, Maxime Réjou-Méchain11, Marisol Toledo14, Juan Carlos Licona, Alfredo Alarcón, Adriana Prieto20, Agustín Rudas20, Peter J. Van Der Meer21, Timothy J. Killeen22, Ben-Hur Marimon Junior17, Lourens Poorter23, René G. A. Boot23, Basil Stergios, Emilio Vilanova Torre16, Flávia R. C. Costa9, Carolina Levis9, Juliana Schietti9, Priscila Souza9, Nikée Groot1, Eric Arets23, Victor Chama Moscoso2, Wendeson Castro13, Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado, Marielos Peña-Claros23, Clément Stahl15, Jorcely Barroso13, Joey Talbot1, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira18, Geertje M. F. van der Heijden24, Raquel Thomas25, Vincent A. Vos, Everton Cristo de Almeida26, Esteban Alvarez Dávila, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão27, Terry L. Erwin28, Paulo S. Morandi17, Edmar Almeida de Oliveira17, Marco Bruno Xavier Valadão17, Roderick Zagt29, Peter van der Hout, Patricia Alvarez Loayza6, John Pipoly30, Ophelia Wang31, Miguel Alexiades32, Carlos Cerón33, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco2, Anthony Di Fiore34, Julie Peacock1, Nadir Pallqui Camacho2, Ricardo Keichi Umetsu17, Plínio Barbosa de Camargo35, Robyn J. Burnham36, Rafael Herrera37, Carlos A. Quesada9, Juliana Stropp, Simone Aparecida Vieira38, Marc K. Steininger39, Carlos Reynel Rodriguez40, Zorayda Restrepo, Adriane Esquivel Muelbert1, Simon L. Lewis41, Georgia Pickavance1, Oliver L. Phillips1 
TL;DR: It is found that dominance of forest function is even more concentrated in a few species than is dominance of tree abundance, with only ≈1% of Amazon tree species responsible for 50% of carbon storage and productivity.
Abstract: While Amazonian forests are extraordinarily diverse, the abundance of trees is skewed strongly towards relatively few 'hyperdominant' species. In addition to their diversity, Amazonian trees are a key component of the global carbon cycle, assimilating and storing more carbon than any other ecosystem on Earth. Here we ask, using a unique data set of 530 forest plots, if the functions of storing and producing woody carbon are concentrated in a small number of tree species, whether the most abundant species also dominate carbon cycling, and whether dominant species are characterized by specific functional traits. We find that dominance of forest function is even more concentrated in a few species than is dominance of tree abundance, with only ≈1% of Amazon tree species responsible for 50% of carbon storage and productivity. Although those species that contribute most to biomass and productivity are often abundant, species maximum size is also influential, while the identity and ranking of dominant species varies by function and by region.

229 citations


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