Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species

Estimates of extinction risk for Amazonian plant and animal species are rare and not often incorporated into land-use policy and conservation planning. We overlay spatial distribution models with historical and projected deforestation to show that at least 36% and up to 57% of all Amazonian tree spe...

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Main Authors:	ter Steege, Hans, Pitman, Nigel C.A., Killeen, Timothy J., Laurance, William F., Peres, Carlos A., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Salomão, Rafael P., Castilho, Carolina V., Amaral, Ieda, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, Magnusson, William E., Phillips, Oliver L., de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes, de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo, Irume, Mariana Victória, Martins, Maria Pires, Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Wittmann, Florian, López, Dairon Cárdenas, da Silva Guimaraes, José Renan, Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, Vargas, Percy Núñez, Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto, Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa, Terborgh, John, Casula, Karia Regina, Montero, Juan Carlos, Feldpausch, Ted R., Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N., Montoya, A.J.D., Zartman, Charles Eugene, Mostacedo, Bonifacio, Vasquez, Rodolfo, Assis, Rafael L., Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante, Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni, Andrade, Ana, Camargo, José L.C., Laurance, Susan G.W., Nascimento, H.E.M., Marimon, Beatriz S., Marimon Junior, Ben Hur, Costa, Flávia R.C., Targhetta, Natalia, Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães, Brienen, Roel J.W., Castellanos, Hernán, Duivenvoorden, Joost, Mogollon, Hugo, Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Aymard C., Gerardo A., Comiskey, James A., Damasco, Gabriel, Dávila, Nállarett, Garcia-Villacorta, Roosevelt, Diaz, Pablo Roberto Stevenson, Vincentini, Alberto, Emilio, Thaise, Levis, Carolina, Schietti, Juliana, Souza, Priscila, Alonso, Alfonso, Dallmeier, Francisco, Ferreira, Leandro, Neill, David, Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Arroyo, Luzmila, Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes, Souza, Fernanda Coelho, Amaral, Dário Dantas do, Gribel, Rogerio, Luize, Bruno Garcia, Pansonato, Marcelo Petrati, Venticinque, Eduardo, Fine, Paul, Toledo, Marisol, Baraloto, Christopher, Ceron, Carlos, Engel, Julian, Henkel, Terry W., Jimenez, Eliana M., Maas, P., Mora, Maria Cristina Peñuela, Petronelli, Pascal, Revilla, Juan David Cardenas, Silveira, Marcos, Stropp, Juliana, Thomas-Caesar, Raquel, Baker, Tim R., Daly, Doug, Paredes, Marcos Ríos, da Silva, Naara Ferreira, Fuentes, A., Jørgensen, Peter Møller, Schöngart, Jochen, Silman, Miles R., Arboleda, Nicolás Castaño, Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat, Valverde, Fernando Cornejo, Di Fiore, Anthony, Phillips, Juan, van Andel, Tinde R., von Hildebrand, P., Barbosa, E.M., de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos, de Castro, D., de Sousa Farias, E., Gonzales, Therany, Guillaumet, Jean-Louis, Hoffman, Bruce, Malhi, Yadvinder, de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula, Prieto, Adriana, Rudas, Agustin, Ruschell, Ademir R., Silva, Natalino, Vela, Cesar, Vos, Vincent A., Zent, Eglée L., Zent, Stanford, Cano, Angela, Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade, Oliveira, Alexandre A., Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma, Ramos, José Ferreira, Sierra, Rodrigo, Tirado, Milton, Medina, Maria Natalia Umaña, van der Heijden, Geertje M.F., Torre, Emilio Vilanova, Vriesendorp, Corine, Wang, Ophelia, Young, Kenneth R., Baider, Claudia, Balslev, Henrik, de Castro, Natalia, Farfan-Rios, William, Ferreira, Cid, Mendoza, Casimiro, Mesones, Italo, Torres-Lezama, Armando, Giraldo, Ligia Estela Urrego, Villarroel, Daniel, Zagt, Roderick J., Alexiades, Miguel, Garcia-Cabrera, Karina, Hernandez, Lionel, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau, Milliken, William, Cuenca, Walter Palacios, Pansini, Susamar, Pauletto, Daniela, Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez, Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe, Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis H., Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela
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Published:	American Association for the Advancement of Science 2015
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45016/