{"id":2709,"date":"2025-05-05T08:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2025-05-08T08:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T08:40:22","slug":"cerrado-tree-hyperdominance-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/2025\/05\/05\/cerrado-tree-hyperdominance-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirty Tree Species Dominate the World&#8217;s Most Tree-Diverse Savanna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new study published in Communications Biology (Nature Portfolio) found a surprising pattern in the world&#8217;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 \u2013 less than 2% \u2013 account for nearly half of all trees. This phenomenon of &#8220;hyperdominance&#8221; by a few species has significant implications for understanding and conserving this important ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The international team&#8211;including scientists from Brazil, UK, and the Netherlands&#8211;drawing on data from over 200 one-hectare field plots combined with satellite imagery and spatial modelling, identified this distinct group of hyperdominant trees. Among them, one species, <em>Qualea parviflora<\/em>, stands out, making up one in every 14 trees in the Cerrado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We were surprised by this level of hyperdominance in such a diverse ecosystem,&#8221; said lead author Dr. Facundo Alvarez, from the State University of Mato Grosso (UNEMAT). &#8220;This pattern is similar to what&#8217;s been observed in the Amazon rainforest, although the Cerrado is a savanna. Our research also determined that the Cerrado has lost an estimated 24 billion trees since 1985 \u2013 a staggering figure equivalent to three times the Earth\u2019s current human population. Understanding the dominance of these few species is essential in light of such losses.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spanning 2 million km<sup>2<\/sup> \u2013 an area the size of England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain combined \u2013 the Cerrado is&nbsp;the largest savanna in the world and the most floristically tree diverse, is a gateway to the Amazon, and plays an important role in supplying clean water and sequestering carbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0776_Cerrado-post-fire_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0776_Cerrado-post-fire_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0776_Cerrado-post-fire_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0776_Cerrado-post-fire_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0776_Cerrado-post-fire_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0776_Cerrado-post-fire_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Researchers sample Cerrado vegetation following wildfire in Brazil (Photo credit: Beatriz Schwantes Marimon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This hyperdominance of a few species, now found in both Amazonian forests and the Cerrado, highlights the risks of species loss faced by both biomes due to fragmentation, deforestation and land-use change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen so many ecosystem processes are concentrated in 30 or so individual species it means that if you disrupt this system, for example through climate change, then depending on how those species respond to that disruption there&#8217;s a risk of losing the species that are key to maintaining core functionality of the savanna as a savanna,\u201d said co-author Professor Ted Feldpausch from the University of Exeter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As only 30 species dominate the Cerrado, its stability and functioning are very narrowly based. But Professor Feldpausch explains that focusing on these species could help researchers understand how this vast ecosystem functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt could help us make predictions about how the system as a whole is going to function \u2013 and potentially how it will respond to disruptions, whether from changing fire regimes or a changing climate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0849_Cerrado-tree_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0849_Cerrado-tree_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0849_Cerrado-tree_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0849_Cerrado-tree_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0849_Cerrado-tree_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/SAM_0849_Cerrado-tree_Beatriz-Schwantes-Marimon-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Distinctive growth form and thick fire-resistant bark of Cerrado trees (Photo credit: Beatriz Schwantes Marimon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead co-author, Prof. Beatriz Marimon, from the University of Mato Grosso State (UNEMAT), &nbsp;added, \u201cIt\u2019s going to help us with conservation, knowing where we find higher and lower diversity; it\u2019s going to help with management \u2013 so knowing, for example, whether these are species are more or less adaptive to fire; and if we&#8217;re trying to restore areas, understanding these few species is going to help with that too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The critically endangered Cerrado biome plays a important role as the gateway to the Amazonia and other biomes but is just&nbsp;8% protected and&nbsp;more than&nbsp;half deforested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, it has acted as a barrier, helping to separate the Amazonia from the densely populated and urbanized southeastern region of Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cerrado plays a crucial role in supplying water to major cities, regulating climate, and acting as a natural barrier between the Amazon and Brazil\u2019s heavily populated southeast. \u201cYet global environmental policies continue to overlook the Cerrado,\u201d said co-author Professor Ben Hur Marimon Junior from UNEMAT. \u201cIts protection must become an international priority \u2014 not a burden carried solely by local communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/Photo012_Cerrado-cattle_Ted-Feldpausch-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/Photo012_Cerrado-cattle_Ted-Feldpausch-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/Photo012_Cerrado-cattle_Ted-Feldpausch-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/Photo012_Cerrado-cattle_Ted-Feldpausch-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/Photo012_Cerrado-cattle_Ted-Feldpausch-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/257\/2025\/05\/Photo012_Cerrado-cattle_Ted-Feldpausch-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Cattle raised in Cerrado areas deforested for pasture (Photo credit: Ted Feldpausch)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The researchers warned that up to 800 tree species may remain undetected and face extinction in a few decades due to deforestation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research was conducted by a team of 35 scientists from Brazil, the UK, and the Netherlands, with support from the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) and the UK\u2019s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paper, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s42003-025-07623-w\">Tree species hyperdominance and rarity in the South American Cerrado<\/a><\/em>, is published in <em>Nature Communications Biology.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alvarez, F., Marimon-Junior, B. 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