A spatial model of tree α-diversity and tree density for the Amazon

@article{Steege2004ASM,
title={A spatial model of tree $\alpha$-diversity and tree density for the Amazon},
author={H. ter Steege and N. Pitman and D. Sabatier and H. Castellanos and Peter van der Hout and D. Daly and M. Silveira and O. Phillips and R. Vasquez and T. V. van Andel and J. Duivenvoorden and Alexandre de Oliveira and R. Ek and R. Lilwah and Raquel S. Thomas and Jessica Van Essen and C. Baider and P. Maas and S. Mori and J. Terborgh and P. N{\'u}{\~n}ez Vargas and H. Mogoll{\'o}n and W. Morawetz},
journal={Biodiversity \& Conservation},
year={2004},
volume={12},
pages={2255-2277}
}
Large-scale patterns of Amazonian biodiversity have until now been obscured by a sparse and scattered inventory record. Here we present the first comprehensive spatial model of tree α-diversity and tree density in Amazonian rainforests, based on the largest-yet compilation of forest inventories and bolstered by a spatial interpolation technique that allows us to estimate diversity and density in areas that have never been inventoried. These data were then compared to continent-wide patterns of… Expand
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