Plant diversity patterns in neotropical dry forests and their conservation implications
Autor
Banda-R, Karina
Delgado-Salinas, Alfonso
Dexter, Kyle G.
Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo
Oliveira-Filho, Ary
Prado, Darién
Pullan, Martin
Castaño, Alejandro
Rojas, Alicia
Cogollo, Álvaro
Aranguren, Anairamiz
Vargas, Carlos
Helmer, Eileen
Álvarez, Esteban
Pezzini, Flávia
Mijares S., Francisco J.
Aymard, Gerardo
Cuadros, Hermes
Maturo, Hernán M.
Dueñas, Hilda
Marcano-Vega, Humfredo
Franklin, Janet
Weintritt, Julia
Fajardo, Laurie
Galetti, Luciano
Oakley, Luis
Ríos, María Elvira
Smith, Melvin
Oatham, Michael
Fernández, Miller Ángel
McDonald, Morag
Rodríguez, Nelly
Melo, Omar
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro
Pennington, R. Toby
Gonto, Reina
López, René
Riina, Ricarda
Graveson, Roger
Särkinen, Tiina
Mogni, Virginia
Devia, Wilson
Olvera-Luna, Alma Rosa
Idárraga, Álvaro
Fernández, Ángel
Villanueva, Boris
Quintana, Catalina
Neves, Danilo
Molina, Diego
H. Freid. Ethan
Delgado, Freddy
Rodríguez, Gina M.
Nassar, Jafet M.
Adarve, Juan
Arteaga, Julián Camilo
McLare, Kurt
Ceballos-Mago, Natalia
Martínez, Olga G.
Reyes Dominguez, Orlando Joel
Rivera, Orlando
Sánchez, Roberto
González-M., Roy
Fecha
2016ISSN
1095-9203DOI
10.1126/science.aaf5080Colecciones
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Resumen
Seasonally dry tropical forests are distributed across Latin America and the Caribbean and are highly threatened, with less than 10% of their original extent remaining in many countries. Using 835 inventories covering 4660 species of woody plants, we show marked floristic turnover among inventories and regions, whichmay be higher than in other neotropical
biomes, such as savanna. Such high floristic turnover indicates that numerous conservation areas across many countries will be needed to protect the full diversity of tropical dry forests. Our results provide a scientific framework within which national decision-makers can contextualize the floristic significance of their dry forest at a regional and continental scale.
Palabras clave
bosque secodry forest