Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

By H. ter Steege, N. Pitman, Daniel Sabatier, C. Baraloto, R. Salomão, J. Guevara, Oliver L. Phillips, C. Castilho, W. Magnusson, Jean-François Molino and 110 more. Science, 2013

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