One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains
Abstract
Amazonia’s floodplain system is the largest and most biodiverse on Earth. Although forests are crucial to the ecological integrity of floodplains, our understanding of their species composition and how this may differ from surrounding forest types is still far too limited, particularly as changing inundation regimes begin to reshape floodplain tree communities and the critical ecosystem functions they underpin. Here we address this gap by taking a spatially explicit look at Amazonia-wide patterns of tree-species turnover and ecological specialization of the region’s floodplain forests. We show that the majority of Amazonian tree species can inhabit floodplains, and about a sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is ecologically specialized on floodplains. The degree of specialization in floodplain communities is driven by regional flood patterns, with the most compositionally differentiated floodplain forests located centrally within the fluvial network and contingent on the most extraordinary flood magnitudes regionally. Our results provide a spatially explicit view of ecological specialization of floodplain forest communities and expose the need for whole-basin hydrological integrity to protect the Amazon’s tree diversity and its function.
Citation
Householder , J E , Wittmann , F , Schöngart , J , Piedade , M T F , Junk , W J , Latrubesse , E M , Quaresma , A C , Demarchi , L O , de S. Lobo , G , Aguiar , D P P D , Assis , R L , Lopes , A , Parolin , P , Leão do Amaral , I , Coelho , L D S , de Almeida Matos , F D , Lima Filho , D D A , Salomão , R P , Castilho , C V , Guevara-Andino , J E , Carim , M D J V , Phillips , O L , Cárdenas López , D , Magnusson , W E , Sabatier , D , Revilla , J D C , Molino , J-F , Irume , M V , Martins , M P , Guimarães , J R D S , Ramos , J F , Rodrigues , D D J , Bánki , O S , Peres , C A , Pitman , N C A , Hawes , J E , Almeida , E J , Barbosa , L F , Cavalheiro , L , dos Santos , M C V , Luize , B G , Novo , E M M D L , Núñez Vargas , P , Silva , T S F , Venticinque , E M , Manzatto , A G , Reis , N F C , Terborgh , J , Casula , K R , Costa , F R C , Honorio Coronado , E N , Monteagudo Mendoza , A , Montero , J C , Feldpausch , T R , Aymard C , G A , Baraloto , C , Castaño Arboleda , N , Engel , J , Petronelli , P , Zartman , C E , Killeen , T J , Rincón , L M , Marimon , B S , Marimon-Junior , B H , Schietti , J , Sousa , T R , Vasquez , R , Mostacedo , B , Dantas do Amaral , D , Castellanos , H , Medeiros , M B D , Simon , M F , Andrade , A , Camargo , J L , Laurance , W F , Laurance , S G W , Farias , E D S , Lopes , M A , Magalhães , J L L , Mendonça Nascimento , H E , Queiroz , H L D , Brienen , R , Stevenson , P R , Araujo-Murakami , A , Baker , T R , Cintra , B B L , Feitosa , Y O , Mogollón , H F , Noronha , J C , Barbosa , F R , de Sá Carpanedo , R , Duivenvoorden , J F , Silman , M R , Ferreira , L V , Levis , C , Lozada , J R , Comiskey , J A , Draper , F C , Toledo , J J D , Damasco , G , Dávila , N , García-Villacorta , R , Vicentini , A , Cornejo Valverde , F , Alonso , A , Arroyo , L , Dallmeier , F , Gomes , V H F , Jimenez , E M , Neill , D , Peñuela Mora , M C , Carvalho , F A , Coelho de Souza , F , Feeley , K J , Gribel , R , Pansonato , M P , Ríos Paredes , M , Barlow , J , Berenguer , E , Dexter , K G , Ferreira , J , Fine , P V A , Guedes , M C , Huamantupa-Chuquimaco , I , Licona , J C , Pennington , T , Villa Zegarra , B E , Vos , V A , Cerón , C , Fonty , É , Henkel , T W , Maas , P , Pos , E , Silveira , M , Stropp , J , Thomas , R , Daly , D , Milliken , W , Pardo Molina , G , Vieira , I C G , Albuquerque , B W , Campelo , W , Emilio , T , Fuentes , A , Klitgaard , B , Marcelo Pena , J L , Souza , P F , Tello , J S , Vriesendorp , C , Chave , J , Di Fiore , A , Hilário , R R , Pereira , L D O , Phillips , J F , Rivas-Torres , G , van Andel , T R , von Hildebrand , P , Balee , W , Barbosa , E M , Bonates , L C D M , Doza , H P D , Gómez , R Z , Gonzales , T , Gonzales , G P G , Hoffman , B , Junqueira , A B , Malhi , Y , Miranda , I P D A , Mozombite-Pinto , L F , Prieto , A , Rudas , A , Ruschel , A R , Silva , N , Vela , C I A , Zent , S , Zent , E L , Cano , A , Carrero Márquez , Y A , Correa , D F , Costa , J B P , Flores , B M , Galbraith , D , Holmgren , M , Kalamandeen , M , Nascimento , M T , Oliveira , A A , Ramirez-Angulo , H , Rocha , M , Scudeller , V V , Sierra , R , Tirado , M , Umaña , M N , van der Heijden , G , Vilanova Torre , E , Ahuite Reategui , M A , Baider , C , Balslev , H , Cárdenas , S , Casas , L F , Farfan-Rios , W , Ferreira , C , Linares-Palomino , R , Mendoza , C , Mesones , I , Parada , G A , Torres-Lezama , A , Urrego Giraldo , L E , Villarroel , D , Zagt , R , Alexiades , M N , de Oliveira , E A , Garcia-Cabrera , K , Hernandez , L , Palacios Cuenca , W , Pansini , S , Pauletto , D , Ramirez Arevalo , F , Sampaio , A F , Valderrama Sandoval , E H , Valenzuela Gamarra , L & ter Steege , H 2024 , ' One sixth of Amazonian tree diversity is dependent on river floodplains ' , Nature Ecology and Evolution . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02364-1
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