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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 […]


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