Feldpausch Research Group

Tagged: Cerrado


Thirty Tree Species Dominate the World’s Most Tree-Diverse Savanna

A new study published in Communications Biology (Nature Portfolio) found a surprising pattern in the world’s largest and most floristically tree diverse tropical savanna, the Cerrado. The research shows that despite hosting approximately 1,605 tree species, a mere 30 species – less than 2% – account for nearly half of all trees. This phenomenon of […]


View


Other tags used on our site...

aboveground biomass Acre Africa Amazon Amazon forest Brazil Carbon cycling Carbon stocks Cerrado Climate change El Niño Fertilisation Fieldwork fire Fire ecology Forest ecology forest recovery GEDI Ghana INPA Lightning Manaus modelling soil carbon Opportunities Peatlands PhD PhD research postdoctoral research associate Pyrogenic carbon Secondary forest soil carbon Soil respiration spaceborne lidar Students Tree mortality Tropical forest wildfire