Floristics and Biogeography of Vegetation in Seasonally Dry Tropical Regions

K.G. Dexter; B. Smart; C. Baldauf; T.R. Baker; M.P. Bessike Balinga; R.J.W. Brienen; S. Fauset; T.R. Feldpausch; L. Ferreira-Da Silva; J. Ilunga Muledi; S.L. Lewis; G. Lopez-Gonzalez; B.H. Marimon-Junior; B.S. Marimon; P. Meerts; N. Page; N. Parthasarathy; O.L. Phillips; T.C.H. Sunderland; I. Theilade; J. Weintritt; K. Affum-Baffoe; A. Araujo; L. Arroyo; S.K. Begne; E. Carvalho-Das Neves; M. Collins; A. Cuni-Sanchez; M.N.K. Djuikouo; F. Elias; E.G. Foli; K.J. Jeffery; T.J. Killeen; Y. Malhi; L. Maracahipes; C. Mendoza; A. Monteagudo-Mendoza; P. Morandi; C. Oliveira-Dos Santos; A.G. Parada; G. Pardo; K.S.-H. Peh; R.P. Salomão; M. Silveira; H. Sinatora-Miranda; J.W.F. Slik; B. Sonke; H.E. Taedoumg; M. Toledo; R.K. Umetsu; R.G. Villaroel; V.A. Vos; L.J.T. White; R.T. Pennington

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1 August 2015 Floristics and Biogeography of Vegetation in Seasonally Dry Tropical Regions

K.G. Dexter, B. Smart, C. Baldauf, T.R. Baker, M.P. Bessike Balinga, R.J.W. Brienen, S. Fauset, T.R. Feldpausch, L. Ferreira-Da Silva, J. Ilunga Muledi, S.L. Lewis, G. Lopez-Gonzalez, B.H. Marimon-Junior, B.S. Marimon, P. Meerts, N. Page, N. Parthasarathy, O.L. Phillips, T.C.H. Sunderland, I. Theilade, J. Weintritt, K. Affum-Baffoe, A. Araujo, L. Arroyo, S.K. Begne, E. Carvalho-Das Neves, M. Collins, A. Cuni-Sanchez, M.N.K. Djuikouo, F. Elias, E.G. Foli, K.J. Jeffery, T.J. Killeen, Y. Malhi, L. Maracahipes, C. Mendoza, A. Monteagudo-Mendoza, P. Morandi, C. Oliveira-Dos Santos, A.G. Parada, G. Pardo, K.S.-H. Peh, R.P. Salomão, M. Silveira, H. Sinatora-Miranda, J.W.F. Slik, B. Sonke, H.E. Taedoumg, M. Toledo, R.K. Umetsu, R.G. Villaroel, V.A. Vos, L.J.T. White, R.T. Pennington

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K.G. Dexter,^1,2,3 B. Smart,² C. Baldauf,⁴ T.R. Baker,⁵ M.P. Bessike Balinga,⁶ R.J.W. Brienen,⁵ S. Fauset,^5,7 T.R. Feldpausch,⁸ L. Ferreira-Da Silva,⁹ J. Ilunga Muledi,¹⁰ S.L. Lewis,^5,11 G. Lopez-Gonzalez,⁵ B.H. Marimon-Junior,¹² B.S. Marimon,¹² P. Meerts,¹³ N. Page,¹⁴ N. Parthasarathy,¹⁵ O.L. Phillips,⁵ T.C.H. Sunderland,¹⁶ I. Theilade,¹⁷ J. Weintritt,² K. Affum-Baffoe,¹⁸ A. Araujo,¹⁹ L. Arroyo,²⁰ S.K. Begne,²¹ E. Carvalho-Das Neves,¹² M. Collins,¹ A. Cuni-Sanchez,¹¹ M.N.K. Djuikouo,²² F. Elias,¹² E.G. Foli,²³ K.J. Jeffery,^24,25,26 T.J. Killeen,¹⁹ Y. Malhi,²⁷ L. Maracahipes,^12,28 C. Mendoza,²⁹ A. Monteagudo-Mendoza,³⁰ P. Morandi,¹² C. Oliveira-Dos Santos,¹² A.G. Parada,¹⁹ G. Pardo,³¹ K.S.-H. Peh,^32,33 R.P. Salomão,³⁴ M. Silveira,³⁵ H. Sinatora-Miranda,³⁶ J.W.F. Slik,³⁷ B. Sonke,²¹ H.E. Taedoumg,²¹ M. Toledo,³⁸ R.K. Umetsu,¹² R.G. Villaroel,³⁹ V.A. Vos,³¹ L.J.T. White,^24,25,26 R.T. Pennington^2,3

¹School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
²Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
³Email: , kyle.dexter@ed.ac.uk t.pennington@rbge.org.uk
⁴Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
⁵School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
⁶Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), West Africa Regional Office, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
⁷Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
⁸Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
⁹Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
¹⁰Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
¹¹Department of Geography, University College London, London, United Kingdom
¹²Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Campus de Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso, Brazil
¹³Laboratoire d'Ecologie Végétale et Biogéochimie, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
¹⁴Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
¹⁵Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
¹⁶Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
¹⁷Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
¹⁸Mensuration Unit, Forestry Commission of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana
¹⁹Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
²⁰Departamento de Biologia, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
²¹Plant Systematic and Ecology Laboratory, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
²²Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
²³Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana
²⁴Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, Libreville, Gabon
²⁵School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
²⁶Institute de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale, Libreville, Gabon
²⁷School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
²⁸Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
²⁹FOMABO, Manejo Forestal en las Tierras Tropicales de Bolivia, Sacta, Bolivia
³⁰Jardín Botánico de Missouri, Oxapampa, Perú
³¹Universidad Autónoma del Beni, Riberalta, Bolivia
³²Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
³³Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
³⁴Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil
³⁵Laboratório de Botânica e Ecologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil
³⁶Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
³⁷Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam
³⁸Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
³⁹Parque Nacional del Gran Chaco, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

International Forestry Review, 17(S2):10-32 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1505/146554815815834859

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Abstract

To provide an inter-continental overview of the floristics and biogeography of drought-adapted tropical vegetation formations, we compiled a dataset of inventory plots in South America (n=93), Africa (n=84), and Asia (n=92) from savannas (subject to fire), seasonally dry tropical forests (not generally subject to fire), and moist forests (no fire). We analysed floristic similarity across vegetation formations within and between continents. Our dataset strongly suggests that different formations tend to be strongly clustered floristically by continent, and that among continents, superficially similar vegetation formations (e.g. savannas) are floristically highly dissimilar. Neotropical moist forest, savanna and seasonally dry tropical forest are floristically distinct, but elsewhere there is no clear floristic division of savanna and seasonally dry tropical forest, though moist and dry formations are separate. We suggest that because of their propensity to burn, many formations termed “dry forest” in Africa and Asia are best considered as savannas. The floristic differentiation of similar vegetation formations from different continents suggests that cross-continental generalisations of the ecology, biology and conservation of savannas and seasonally dry tropical forests may be difficult.

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