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Phylogenetic diversity of Amazonian tree communities
Auteur(s) : Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N. Dexter, Kyle G. Pennington, R. Toby Chave, Jérôme Lewis, Simon L. Alexiades, Miguel N. Alvarez, Esteban Alves de Oliveira, Atila
Auteurs secondaires : School of Geography [Leeds] ; University of Leeds School of Geosciences [Edinburgh] ; University of Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Evolution et diversité biologique (EDB) ; Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 (UPS) - Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) University of Kent [Canterbury] Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) ; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Projeto TEAM-Manaus ; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Universidad Autonoma Gabriel René Moreno (UAGRM)

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Wiley
Résumé : International audience
Aim To examine variation in the phylogenetic diversity (PD) of tree communities across geographical and environmental gradients in Amazonia.Location Two hundred and eighty-three c.1ha forest inventory plots from across Amazonia.Methods We evaluated PD as the total phylogenetic branch length across species in each plot (PDss), the mean pairwise phylogenetic distance between species (MPD), the mean nearest taxon distance (MNTD) and their equivalents standardized for species richness (ses.PDss, ses.MPD, ses.MNTD). We compared PD of tree communities growing (1) on substrates of varying geological age; and (2) in environments with varying ecophysiological barriers to growth and survival.Results PDss is strongly positively correlated with species richness (SR), whereas MNTD has a negative correlation. Communities on geologically young- and intermediate-aged substrates (western and central Amazonia respectively) have the highest SR, and therefore the highest PDss and the lowest MNTD. We find that the youngest and oldest substrates (the latter on the Brazilian and Guiana Shields) have the highest ses.PDss and ses.MNTD. MPD and ses.MPD are strongly correlated with how evenly taxa are distributed among the three principal angiosperm clades and are both highest in western Amazonia. Meanwhile, seasonally dry tropical forest (SDTF) and forests on white sands have low PD, as evaluated by any metric.Main conclusions High ses.PDss and ses.MNTD reflect greater lineage diversity in communities. We suggest that high ses.PDss and ses.MNTD in western Amazonia results from its favourable, easy-to-colonize environment, whereas high values in the Brazilian and Guianan Shields may be due to accumulation of lineages over a longer period of time. White-sand forests and SDTF are dominated by close relatives from fewer lineages, perhaps reflecting ecophysiological barriers that are difficult to surmount evolutionarily. Because MPD and ses.MPD do not reflect lineage diversity per se, we suggest that PDss, ses.PDss and ses.MNTD may be the most useful diversity metrics for setting large-scale conservation priorities.
ISSN: 1366-9516

hal-01557462
https://hal.univ-lorraine.fr/hal-01557462
DOI : 10.1111/ddi.12357

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