TY - JOUR
T1 - Plant diversity patterns in neotropical dry forests and their conservation implications
AU - DRYFLOR
AU - Banda, Karina R.
AU - Delgado-Salinas, Alfonso
AU - Dexter, Kyle G.
AU - Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo
AU - Oliveira-Filho, Ary
AU - Prado, Darién
AU - Pullan, Martin
AU - Quintana, Catalina
AU - Riina, Ricarda
AU - Rodríguez, Gina M.
AU - Weintritt, Julia
AU - Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro
AU - Adarve, Juan
AU - Álvarez, Esteban
AU - Aranguren, Anairamiz B.
AU - Arteaga, Julián Camilo
AU - Aymard, Gerardo
AU - Castaño, Alejandro
AU - Ceballos-Mago, Natalia
AU - Cogollo, Álvaro
AU - Cuadros, Hermes
AU - Delgado, Freddy
AU - Devia, Wilson
AU - Dueñas, Hilda
AU - Fajardo, Laurie
AU - Fernández, Ángel
AU - Fernández, Miller Ángel
AU - Franklin, Janet
AU - Freid, Ethan H.
AU - Galetti, Luciano A.
AU - Gonto, Reina
AU - González, Roy M.
AU - Graveson, Roger
AU - Helmer, Eileen H.
AU - Idárraga, Álvaro
AU - López, René
AU - Marcano-Vega, Humfredo
AU - Martínez, Olga G.
AU - Maturo, Hernán M.
AU - McDonald, Morag
AU - McLaren, Kurt
AU - Melo, Omar
AU - Mijares, Francisco
AU - Mogni, Virginia
AU - Molina, Diego
AU - Moreno, Natalia Del Pilar
AU - Nassar, Jafet M.
AU - Neves, Danilo M.
AU - Oakley, Luis J.
AU - Oatham, Michael
PY - 2016/9/23
Y1 - 2016/9/23
N2 - 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, which may 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.
AB - 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, which may 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84991276679&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1126/science.aaf5080
DO - 10.1126/science.aaf5080
M3 - Article
C2 - 27708031
AN - SCOPUS:84991276679
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 353
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6306
M1 - 1383
ER -
