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; Ida 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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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, Ida TheiladeJ. 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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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 舠dry forest舡 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.

Original language	English
Journal	International Forestry Review
Volume	17
Issue number	Supplement 2
Pages (from-to)	10-32
Number of pages	23
ISSN	1465-5489
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1505/146554815815834859
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Dexter, K. G., Smart, B., Baldauf, C., Baker, T. R., Balinga, M. P. B., Brienen, R. J. W., Fauset, S., Feldpausch, T. R., Silva, L. F-D., Muledi, J. I., Lewis, S. L., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Marimon-Junior, B. H., Marimon, B. S., Meerts, P., Page, N., Parthasarathy, N., Phillips, O. L., Sunderland, T. C. H., ... Pennington, R. T. (2015). Floristics and biogeography of vegetation in seasonally dry tropical regions. International Forestry Review, 17(Supplement 2), 10-32. https://doi.org/10.1505/146554815815834859

Dexter, KG, Smart, B, Baldauf, C, Baker, TR, Balinga, MPB, Brienen, RJW, Fauset, S, Feldpausch, TR, Silva, LF-D, Muledi, JI, Lewis, SL, Lopez-Gonzalez, G, Marimon-Junior, BH, Marimon, BS, Meerts, P, Page, N, Parthasarathy, N, Phillips, OL, Sunderland, TCH, Theilade, I, Weintritt, J, Affum-Baffoe, K, Araujo, A, Arroyo, L, Begne, SK, Neves, EC-D, Collins, M, Cuni-Sanchez, A, Djuikouo, MNK, Elias, F, Foli, EG, Jeffery, KJ, Killeen, TJ, Malhi, Y, Maracahipes, L, Mendoza, C, Monteagudo-Mendoza, A, Morandi, P, Santos, CO-D, Parada, AG, Pardo, G, Peh, KS-H, Salomão, RP, Silveira, M, Sinatora-Miranda, H, Slik, JWF, Sonke, B, Taedoumg, HE, Toledo, M, Umetsu, RK, Villaroel, RG, Vos, VA, White, LJT & Pennington, RT 2015, 'Floristics and biogeography of vegetation in seasonally dry tropical regions', International Forestry Review, vol. 17, no. Supplement 2, pp. 10-32. https://doi.org/10.1505/146554815815834859

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Floristics and biogeography of vegetation in seasonally dry tropical regions

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