Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras

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dc.creatorBaker, Timothy R.
dc.creatorAdu-Bredu, Stephen
dc.creatorAffum Baffoe, Kofi
dc.creatorAiba, Shin Ichiro
dc.creatorAkite, Perpetra
dc.creatorAlexiades, Miguel
dc.creatorAlmeida, Everton
dc.creatorAlmeida de Oliveira, Edmar
dc.creatorAlvarez Davila, Esteban
dc.creatorVinceti, Barbara
dc.creatorVieira, Simone
dc.creatorVieira, Ima Celia Guimaries
dc.creatorVilanova Torre, Emilio
dc.creatorVleminckx, Jason
dc.creatorWhite, Lee
dc.creatorWillcock, Simon
dc.creatorWilliams, Mathew
dc.creatorWoods, John T.
dc.creatorYao, Tze Leong
dc.creatorYassir, Ishak
dc.creatorZagt, Roderick
dc.creatorZemagho, Lise
dc.date2025-02-08
dc.date2025-10-22T14:37:26Z
dc.date2025-10-22T14:37:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:34:53Z
dc.descriptionUnderstanding 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/177265
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/63891
dc.languageen
dc.publisherNature Portfolio
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBaker, 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
dc.subjectdiversification
dc.subjectbiodiversity
dc.subjecttrees
dc.subjectevolution
dc.subjectspecies richness
dc.subjectbiogeography
dc.subjectbiological dispersal
dc.titleLarge range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras
dc.typeJournal Article

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