Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras
Understanding how the traits of lineages are related to diversification is key for elucidating the origin of variation in species richness. Here, we test whether traits are related to species richness among lineages of trees from all major biogeographical settings of the lowland wet tropics. We expl...
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| author | Baker, Timothy R. Adu-Bredu, Stephen Affum Baffoe, Kofi Aiba, Shin Ichiro Akite, Perpetra Alexiades, Miguel Almeida, Everton Almeida de Oliveira, Edmar Alvarez Davila, Esteban Vinceti, Barbara Vieira, Simone Vieira, Ima Celia Guimaries Vilanova Torre, Emilio Vleminckx, Jason White, Lee Willcock, Simon Williams, Mathew Woods, John T. Yao, Tze Leong Yassir, Ishak Zagt, Roderick Zemagho, Lise |
| author_browse | Adu-Bredu, Stephen Affum Baffoe, Kofi Aiba, Shin Ichiro Akite, Perpetra Alexiades, Miguel Almeida de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida, Everton Alvarez Davila, Esteban Baker, Timothy R. Vieira, Ima Celia Guimaries Vieira, Simone Vilanova Torre, Emilio Vinceti, Barbara Vleminckx, Jason White, Lee Willcock, Simon Williams, Mathew Woods, John T. Yao, Tze Leong Yassir, Ishak Zagt, Roderick Zemagho, Lise |
| author_facet | Baker, Timothy R. Adu-Bredu, Stephen Affum Baffoe, Kofi Aiba, Shin Ichiro Akite, Perpetra Alexiades, Miguel Almeida, Everton Almeida de Oliveira, Edmar Alvarez Davila, Esteban Vinceti, Barbara Vieira, Simone Vieira, Ima Celia Guimaries Vilanova Torre, Emilio Vleminckx, Jason White, Lee Willcock, Simon Williams, Mathew Woods, John T. Yao, Tze Leong Yassir, Ishak Zagt, Roderick Zemagho, Lise |
| author_sort | Baker, Timothy R. |
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| description | Understanding how the traits of lineages are related to diversification is key for elucidating the origin of variation in species richness. Here, we test whether traits are related to species richness among lineages of trees from all major biogeographical settings of the lowland wet tropics. We explore whether variation in mortality rate, breeding system and maximum diameter are related to species richness, either directly or via associations with range size, among 463 genera that contain wet tropical forest trees. For Amazonian genera, we also explore whether traits are related to species richness via variation among genera in mean species-level range size. Lineages with higher mortality rates—faster life-history strategies—have larger ranges in all biogeographic settings and have higher mean species-level range sizes in Amazonia. These lineages also have smaller maximum diameters and, in the Americas, contain dioecious species. In turn, lineages with greater overall range size have higher species richness. Our results show that fast life-history strategies influence species richness in all biogeographic settings because lineages with these ecological strategies have greater range sizes. These links suggest that dispersal has been a key process in the evolution of the tropical forest flora. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1772652025-11-11T19:04:14Z Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras Baker, Timothy R. Adu-Bredu, Stephen Affum Baffoe, Kofi Aiba, Shin Ichiro Akite, Perpetra Alexiades, Miguel Almeida, Everton Almeida de Oliveira, Edmar Alvarez Davila, Esteban Vinceti, Barbara Vieira, Simone Vieira, Ima Celia Guimaries Vilanova Torre, Emilio Vleminckx, Jason White, Lee Willcock, Simon Williams, Mathew Woods, John T. Yao, Tze Leong Yassir, Ishak Zagt, Roderick Zemagho, Lise diversification biodiversity trees evolution species richness biogeography biological dispersal Understanding how the traits of lineages are related to diversification is key for elucidating the origin of variation in species richness. Here, we test whether traits are related to species richness among lineages of trees from all major biogeographical settings of the lowland wet tropics. We explore whether variation in mortality rate, breeding system and maximum diameter are related to species richness, either directly or via associations with range size, among 463 genera that contain wet tropical forest trees. For Amazonian genera, we also explore whether traits are related to species richness via variation among genera in mean species-level range size. Lineages with higher mortality rates—faster life-history strategies—have larger ranges in all biogeographic settings and have higher mean species-level range sizes in Amazonia. These lineages also have smaller maximum diameters and, in the Americas, contain dioecious species. In turn, lineages with greater overall range size have higher species richness. Our results show that fast life-history strategies influence species richness in all biogeographic settings because lineages with these ecological strategies have greater range sizes. These links suggest that dispersal has been a key process in the evolution of the tropical forest flora. 2025-02-08 2025-10-22T14:37:26Z 2025-10-22T14:37:26Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177265 en Open Access application/pdf Nature Portfolio Baker, T.R.: Adu-Bredu, S.; Affum-Baffoe, K.; Aiba, S.; Akite, P.; Alexiades, M.; Almeida, E.; Almeida de Oliveira, E.; Alvarez Davila, D.........Vinceti, B.; Vieira, S.; Guimaries Vieira, I.C.; Vilanova Torre, E.; Vleminckx, J.; White, L.; Willcock, S.; Williams, M.; Woods, J.T.; Yao, T.L. Yassir, I.; Zagt, R.; Zemagho, L. (2025) Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras. Scientific Reports 15: 4695. ISSN: 2045-2322 |
| spellingShingle | diversification biodiversity trees evolution species richness biogeography biological dispersal Baker, Timothy R. Adu-Bredu, Stephen Affum Baffoe, Kofi Aiba, Shin Ichiro Akite, Perpetra Alexiades, Miguel Almeida, Everton Almeida de Oliveira, Edmar Alvarez Davila, Esteban Vinceti, Barbara Vieira, Simone Vieira, Ima Celia Guimaries Vilanova Torre, Emilio Vleminckx, Jason White, Lee Willcock, Simon Williams, Mathew Woods, John T. Yao, Tze Leong Yassir, Ishak Zagt, Roderick Zemagho, Lise Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras |
| title | Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras |
| title_full | Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras |
| title_fullStr | Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras |
| title_full_unstemmed | Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras |
| title_short | Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras |
| title_sort | large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras |
| topic | diversification biodiversity trees evolution species richness biogeography biological dispersal |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177265 |
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