Abstract Using 2.046 botanically-inventoried tree plots across the largest tropical forest on
Earth, we mapped tree species-diversity and tree species-richness at 0.1-degree resolution …

To determine the effect of rivers, environmental conditions, and isolation by distance on the
distribution of species in Amazonia. Location: Brazilian Amazonia. Time period: Current …

Tree diversity and composition in Amazonia are known to be strongly determined by the
water supplied by precipitation. Nevertheless, within the same climatic regime, water …

Aim A major problem for conservation in Amazonia is that species distribution maps are
inaccurate. Consequently, conservation planning needs to be based on other information …

Our aims were to quantify and map the plant ecoregions of the Atlantic Forest, a biodiversity
hotspot that covers ca 150 million ha in eastern South America. We used a data set on the …

Aim To assess the relative roles of geologically defined terrain types (environmental
heterogeneity) and a major river (physical dispersal barrier) as predictors of ecological …

We describe the geographical variation in tree species composition across Amazonian
forests and show how environmental conditions are associated with species turnover. Our …

Aim We analysed beta‐diversity patterns of various biological groups simultaneously, from
the perspective of site ecological uniqueness. We also investigated whether ecological …

Geomorphic landscape features have been suggested as indicators of forest diversity.
However, their explanatory power has not yet been explicitly tested at a regional scale in …

We analyzed the most extensive data set of tree inventory plots spread over the complete
Amazon basin and Guiana shield. We aimed to separate the regional and local tree alpha …