Hyperdominance and rarity in Amazonian secondary forests
Fernando Elias, Joice Ferreira, Érika Berenguer, Rodrigo Oliveira do Nascimento, Leonardo Miranda, Divino Vicente Silvério, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Gustavo Schwartz, Jos Barlow
The paper examines hyperdominance in Amazonian secondary forests, finding that a small number of species dominate abundance and carbon storage across different successional stages.
Global Change Biology · Jun 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology