Recurrent wildfires drive rapid taxonomic homogenization of seasonally flooded Neotropical forests

Journal article

Recent evidence has shown that most tropical species are declining as a result of global change. Under this scenario, the prevalence of tolerant species to disturbances has driven many biological communities towards biotic homogenization (BH). However, the mechanisms that drive communities towards BH are not yet thoroughly understood. We tested effects of recurring wildfires on woody species richness and composition in six seasonally flooded Amazonian forests and whether these fires reduce sp...

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Authors: Da Silva, A; Mews, H; Marimon-Junior, B; De Oliveira, E; Morandi, P

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
• Journal: Environmental Conservation Journal website
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 378-386
• Publication date: 2018-03-21
• Acceptance date: 2018-02-23
• DOI: 10.1017/S0376892918000127
• EISSN: 1469-4387
• ISSN: 0376-8929
• Keywords: FFR; non-random extinction; biotic homogenization; floristic reassembly; biological impoverishment; Amazonia; biotic distinctiveness