Hyperdominance in Amazonian carbon cycling

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.

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  • Publication references:

Nature Communications
Article number:6857 - doi:10.1038/ncomms7857 (2015) - Fauset, S. et al.

  • Researcher contact:

Jérôme Chave

Modification date : 07 June 2023 | Publication date : 04 September 2015 | Redactor : G. Esteve