Nature Communications - Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbone cycling

Nature Communications - Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbone 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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Published 28 april 2015

Nature Communications - Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling >>>
Article number:6857 - doi:10.1038/ncomms7857 (2015) - Fauset, S. et al.

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