Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests

Knowledge about the biogeographic affinities of the world's tropical forests helps to better understand regional differences in forest structure, diversity, composition, and dynamics. Such understanding will enable anticipation of region-specific responses to global environmental change. Modern phylogenies, in combination with broad coverage of species inventory data, now allow for global biogeographic analyses that take species evolutionary distance into account. Here we present a classification of the world's tropical forests based on their phylogenetic similarity. We identify five principal floristic regions and their floristic relationships: (i) Indo-Pacific, (ii) Subtropical, (iii) African, (iv) American, and (v) Dry forests. Our results do not support the traditional neo- versus paleotropical forest division but instead separate the combined American and African forests from their Indo-Pacific counterparts. We also find indications for the existence of a global dry forest region, with representatives in America, Africa, Madagascar, and India. Additionally, a northern-hemisphere Subtropical forest region was identified with representatives in Asia and America, providing support for a link between Asian and American northern-hemisphere forests.

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Main Authors:	Ferry Slik, J.W., Franklin, Janet, Arroyo-Rodriguez, Victor, Field, Richard, Aguilar, Salomon, Aguirre, Nikolay, Ahumada, Jorge, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Alves, Luciana F., K, Anitha, Avella, Andres, Mora, Francisco, Aymard, Gerardo A., Báez, Selene, Balvanera, Patricia, Bastian, Meredith, Bastin, Jean-François, Bellingham, Peter J., Van den Berg, Eduardo, da Conceição Bispo, Polyanna, Boeckx, Pascal, Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Bongers, Frans, Boyle, Brad, Brambach, Fabian, Brearley, Francis Q., Brown, Sandra, Chai, Shauna-Lee, Chazdon, Robin L., Chen, Shengbin, Chhang, Phourin, Chuyong, George B., Ewango, Corneille, Coronado, Indiana M., Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Culmsee, Heike, Damas, Kipiro, Dattaraja, Handanakere Shivaramai, Davidar, Priya, DeWalt, Saara J., Din, Hazimah, Drake, Ronald D., Duque, Alvaro, Durigan, Giselda, Eichhorn, Karl A.O., Schmidt Eler, Eduardo, Enoki, Tsutomu, Ensslin, Andreas, Fandohan, Adandé Belarmain, Farwig, Nina, Feeley, Kenneth J., Fischer, Markus, Forshed, Olle, Souza Garcia, Queila, Chandra Garkoti, Satish, Gillepsie, Thomas W., Gillet, Jean-François, Gonmadje, Christelle, Granzow-de la Cerda, Iñigo, Griffith, Daniel M., Grogan, James, Rehman Hakeem, Khalid, Harris, David, Harrison, Rhett, Hector, Andy, Hemp, Andreas, Homeier, Jürgen, Hussain, Shah, Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Hanum, Faridah, Imai, Nobuo, Jansen, Patrick A., Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Joseph, Shijo, Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kelly, Daniel L., Kessler, Michael, Killeen, Timothy J., Kooyman, Robert, Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G.W., Laurance, William F., Lawes, Michael J., Letcher, Susan G., Lindsell, Jeremy, Lovett, Jon C., Lozada, Jose, Lu, Xinghui, Lykke, Anne Mette, Bin Mahmud, Khairil, Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Mansor, Asyraf, Marshall, Andrew Robert, Martin, Emanuel, Calderado Leal Matos, Darley, Meave, Jorge A., Melo, Felipe P.L., Aguirre Mendoza, Zhofre Huberto, Metali, Faizah, Medjibé, Vincent, Metzger, Jean Paul, Metzker, Thiago, Mohandass, D., Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Muñoz, Rodrigo, Nurtjahy, Eddy, Lenza de Oliveira, Eddie, Onrizal, Onrizal, Parolin, Pia, Parren, Marc, Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy, Paudel, Ekananda, Perez, Rolando, Pérez-Garcia, Eudardo A., Pommer, Ulf, Poorter, Lourens, Qie, Lan, Piedade, Maria Teresa F., Rodrigues Pinto, José Roberto, Poulsen, Axel Dalberg, Poulsen, John R., Powers, Jennifer S., Prasad, Rama Chandra, Puyravaud, Jean-Philippe, Rangel, Orlando, Reitsma, Jan, Rocha, Diogo S.B., Rolim, Samir, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes Hamuraby, Ruokolainen, Kalle, Rutishauser, Ervan, Rutten, Gemma, Nizam Mohd Said, Mohd, Saiter, Felipe, Saner, Philippe, Santos, Braulio A., Dos Santos, João Roberto, Sarker, Swapan Kumar, Schmitt, Christine B., Schoengart, Jochen, Schulze, Mark, Sheil, Douglas, Sist, Plinio, et al.
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales, F70 - Taxonomie végétale et phytogéographie, P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, forêt, forêt tropicale, biodiversité, changement climatique, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3062, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24904, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33949, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1666,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/587551/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/587551/1/Sliketal2018.pdf
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