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The rarest species of Colombia: Local abundance and range sizes Conservation of the most vulnerable Richard Condit 1 1 SIGEO & Center for Tropical Forest Science Instituto Alexander von Humboldt Bogotá, Colombia, September 2011

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Page 1: Diversidad y abundancia de árboles a gran escala en los Américas: estudios de especímenes y parcelas juntos - Richard Condit

The rarest species of Colombia:Local abundance and range sizes

Conservation of the most vulnerable

Richard Condit1

1SIGEO & Center for Tropical Forest Science

Instituto Alexander von HumboldtBogotá, Colombia, September 2011

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Conservation of rare species

Tropical forest renowned for rarityHabitat heterogeneity relates to beta-diversity and range limits

• Does Colombia have very rare species?• Does Andean heterogeneity lead to species with small ranges?• Are there ’hot spots’ where very rare species are concentrated?

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Conservation of rare species

Tropical forest renowned for rarityHabitat heterogeneity relates to beta-diversity and range limits

• Does Colombia have very rare species?• Does Andean heterogeneity lead to species with small ranges?• Are there ’hot spots’ where very rare species are concentrated?

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Center for Tropical Forest Science: Smithsonian & Harvard

Hawaii(x2)

Luquillo

Amacayacu

SERC

HaliburtonWabikonWind R

Yosemite

Panama(x3)

YasuníKorup

Ituri (x2)

Mudumalai

Sinharaja

Robson Ck

Wanang

Singapore

Malaysia(x3)

Palanan

CRCWytham China 

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Taiwan(x4)

Thailand(x3)

Manaus

Lilly­Dickey

La Planada

SIGEO­CTFS: A network of forest censuses following common methods

33 completed plots have data in a common database format on one of 4 servers ­­ 3,802,654 trees (ie 3.80x106) ­­ 9,073,531 measurements (ie 9.07x106) in 89 plot censuses

Brunei

Cardoso

Rabi

Harvard

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Center for Tropical Forest Science: Smithsonian & Harvard

Hawaii(x2)

Luquillo

Amacayacu

SERC

HaliburtonWabikonWind R

Yosemite

Panama(x3)

YasuníKorup

Ituri (x2)

Mudumalai

Sinharaja

Robson Ck

Wanang

Singapore

Malaysia(x3)

Palanan

CRCWytham China 

(x5)

Taiwan(x4)

Thailand(x3)

Manaus

Lilly­Dickey

La Planada

SIGEO­CTFS: A network of forest censuses following common methods

33 completed plots have data in a common database format on one of 4 servers ­­ 3,802,654 trees (ie 3.80x106) ­­ 9,073,531 measurements (ie 9.07x106) in 89 plot censuses

Brunei

Cardoso

Rabi

Harvard

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CTFS South American census plots

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C. SamperH. MendozaM. Vallejo

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Locally rare species

Abundance of all 241 species in La Planada plot, Colombia

Family Species PopulationRubiaceae Faramea coffeoides 16417Rubiaceae Palicourea gibbosa 6145Rubiaceae Elaeagia utilis 4495...

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Phyllanthaceae Hyeronima oblonga 2185...

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Myrtaceae Matisia bolivarii 1725...

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Clusiaceae Clavija laplanadae 46...

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Ericaceae Psammisia urichiana 1Cunoniaceae Weinmannia tomentosa 1

17 more species 1

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BIEN: Botanical Information for Ecology Network

BIEN is a group of botanists interested inbroad-scales in ecology and seeking ecoinformaticsolutions

• seeking very large collections of plot andspecimen data publicly available

• harmonizing the format and the taxonomy inorder to maximize the records available

• offering convenient access

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BIEN: Botanical Information for Ecology Network

BIEN is a group of botanists interested inbroad-scales in ecology and seeking ecoinformaticsolutions

• seeking very large collections of plot andspecimen data publicly available

• harmonizing the format and the taxonomy inorder to maximize the records available

• offering convenient access

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BIEN: The team

• B. Enquist (Arizona)• P. Jørgensen (Missouri)• B. Boyle (Arizona)• S. Dolins (Bradley)• R. Condit (STRI)• M. Schildauer (NCEAS)• R. Peet (N. Carolina)• ... and more

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Outline

1 CTFS plot networkComplete local censusesMany rare species

2 BIEN Working Group

3 Range statistics from 9 million specimensSpecies in the AmericasColombian speciesSpecies with very localized recordsPlot abundance vs. range size

4 ConclusionsRange of Colombian speciesHot spots

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BIEN database

• 12 million occurrences in a single table

- Abundances for a single taxon from a single plot- Herbarium specimens with locations (e.g. Missouri)

• 11.3 million occurrences in the Americas• 10.3 million have a verified province name• 6.6 million have precise coordinates• The taxonomy challenge

- 9.5 million have a verified, harmonized, complete Latin binomial- 5.6 million have coordinates and a verified Latin name

Albizia adinocephala

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BIEN database

• 12 million occurrences in a single table- Abundances for a single taxon from a single plot- Herbarium specimens with locations (e.g. Missouri)

• 11.3 million occurrences in the Americas• 10.3 million have a verified province name• 6.6 million have precise coordinates• The taxonomy challenge

- 9.5 million have a verified, harmonized, complete Latin binomial- 5.6 million have coordinates and a verified Latin name

Albizia adinocephala

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BIEN database

• 12 million occurrences in a single table

- Abundances for a single taxon from a single plot- Herbarium specimens with locations (e.g. Missouri)

• 11.3 million occurrences in the Americas

• 10.3 million have a verified province name• 6.6 million have precise coordinates• The taxonomy challenge

- 9.5 million have a verified, harmonized, complete Latin binomial- 5.6 million have coordinates and a verified Latin name

Albizia adinocephala

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BIEN database

• 12 million occurrences in a single table

- Abundances for a single taxon from a single plot- Herbarium specimens with locations (e.g. Missouri)

• 11.3 million occurrences in the Americas• 10.3 million have a verified province name• 6.6 million have precise coordinates

• The taxonomy challenge

- 9.5 million have a verified, harmonized, complete Latin binomial- 5.6 million have coordinates and a verified Latin name

Albizia adinocephala

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BIEN database

• 12 million occurrences in a single table

- Abundances for a single taxon from a single plot- Herbarium specimens with locations (e.g. Missouri)

• 11.3 million occurrences in the Americas• 10.3 million have a verified province name• 6.6 million have precise coordinates• The taxonomy challenge

- 9.5 million have a verified, harmonized, complete Latin binomial- 5.6 million have coordinates and a verified Latin name

Albizia adinocephala

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BIEN database taxonomy

Taxonomic Name Resolution Servicehttp://tnrs.iplantcollaborative.org/TNRSapp.html

a product of the BIEN group which will check 1000s of names andreport misspellings and synonomy

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BIEN database taxonomy

• 315,488 distinct taxa names in 12 million records• Many incorrect, or are spelling ’variants’• Many are not complete binomials• Some are ferns, algae, mosses

• 180,283 names can be matched to an authoritative list (Missouri)• 129,998 species of higher plants in the Americas

Lacistema aggregatum(plant photos Rolando Pérez)

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Plant species of the AmericasBIEN database occurrence records

129,998 valid names in the Americas:

• 11,999 have no records with coordinates nor with province name

• 7,197 with just one record• 11,177 occur in only one country

• 117,999 have at least one province name• 85,889 have at least one record with coordinates• 22,841 have exactly one record, period (singletons)

Ocotea whiteii

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Plant species of the AmericasBIEN database occurrence records

129,998 valid names in the Americas:• 11,999 have no records with coordinates nor with province name

• 7,197 with just one record• 11,177 occur in only one country

• 117,999 have at least one province name• 85,889 have at least one record with coordinates• 22,841 have exactly one record, period (singletons)

Ocotea whiteii

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Plant species of the AmericasBIEN database occurrence records

129,998 valid names in the Americas:• 11,999 have no records with coordinates nor with province name

• 7,197 with just one record• 11,177 occur in only one country

• 117,999 have at least one province name• 85,889 have at least one record with coordinates

• 22,841 have exactly one record, period (singletons)

Ocotea whiteii

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Plant species of the AmericasBIEN database occurrence records

129,998 valid names in the Americas:

• 11,999 have no records with coordinates nor with province name

• 7,197 with just one record• 11,177 occur in only one country

• 117,999 have at least one province name• 85,889 have at least one record with coordinates

• 22,841 have exactly one record, period (singletons)

Ocotea whiteii

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Colombian speciesBIEN database occurrence records

20,299 valid names in Colombia:

• 16,667 have at least one record with coordinates• 1,585 have only one record anywhere (singletons)• 228 have exactly one record anywhere, and it has coordinates• 4,346 are endemic to Colombia

Maranthes panamensis

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Colombian speciesBIEN database occurrence records

20,299 valid names in Colombia:• 16,667 have at least one record with coordinates

• 1,585 have only one record anywhere (singletons)• 228 have exactly one record anywhere, and it has coordinates• 4,346 are endemic to Colombia

Maranthes panamensis

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Colombian speciesBIEN database occurrence records

20,299 valid names in Colombia:• 16,667 have at least one record with coordinates• 1,585 have only one record anywhere (singletons)

• 228 have exactly one record anywhere, and it has coordinates• 4,346 are endemic to Colombia

Maranthes panamensis

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Colombian speciesBIEN database occurrence records

20,299 valid names in Colombia:• 16,667 have at least one record with coordinates• 1,585 have only one record anywhere (singletons)• 228 have exactly one record anywhere, and it has coordinates

• 4,346 are endemic to Colombia

Maranthes panamensis

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Colombian speciesBIEN database occurrence records

20,299 valid names in Colombia:• 16,667 have at least one record with coordinates• 1,585 have only one record anywhere (singletons)• 228 have exactly one record anywhere, and it has coordinates• 4,346 are endemic to Colombia

Maranthes panamensis

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Range size and singletonsColombian range sizes

American Colombian Amazonian La Planadasingleton 22687 (17.6) 1581 (7.8) 1190 (4.7) 2* (1.4)narrow 6463 (5.0) 348 (1.7) 562 (2.2) 3* (2.1)wide 44458 (34.6) 12964 (63.9) 17458 (69.0) 117 (83.6)total 128668 20295 25285 140median range 0.12 1.61 1.60 2.15

Singleton: one specimen only (often lack coordinates)

Narrow: > 1 specimen, but only known at one location

Wide: > 105 km2

* including Matisia bolivarii and Clavija laplanadae

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Locally rare species

Abundance of all 241 species in La Planada plot, Colombia

Family Species PopulationRubiaceae Faramea coffeoides 16417Rubiaceae Palicourea gibbosa 6145Rubiaceae Elaeagia utilis 4495...

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Phyllanthaceae Hyeronima oblonga 2185...

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Myrtaceae Matisia bolivarii 1725...

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Clusiaceae Clavija laplanadae 46...

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Ericaceae Psammisia urichiana 1Cunoniaceae Weinmannia tomentosa 1

17 more species 1

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Collection frequency

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219 singleton species of Colombia

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●Marila punctata

Rhodospatha nambiensis

●Philodendron merenbergense

Hot spots?

• Many in the Andes

• Concentrations due tofavored collecting sites?

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Deguelia longifolia

Ficus tiliifolia

Clavija fernandezii Hot spots?

• Problem:cultivated species

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Psammisia urichiana●

Weinmannia tomentosa●

Psammisia caloneura●

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Questions

• 20,000 species is close to the total in Colombia?

• How man more collections to be digitized, will they add manymore?

• 2,000 species with single collection known are an invitation formore study

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Questions

• 20,000 species is close to the total in Colombia?• How man more collections to be digitized, will they add many

more?

• 2,000 species with single collection known are an invitation formore study

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Questions

• 20,000 species is close to the total in Colombia?• How man more collections to be digitized, will they add many

more?• 2,000 species with single collection known are an invitation for

more study

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ConclusionsRare and widespread plants of the Americas

Wanted: Botanists with taxonomic experience

• Over the entire Americas 23% of species are known from onelocation or one specimen

• They are almost never in plots• Are they real or ghosts?

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ConclusionsRare and widespread plants of the Americas

Wanted: Botanists with taxonomic experience

• Over the entire Americas 23% of species are known from onelocation or one specimen

• They are almost never in plots

• Are they real or ghosts?

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ConclusionsRare and widespread plants of the Americas

Wanted: Botanists with taxonomic experience

• Over the entire Americas 23% of species are known from onelocation or one specimen

• They are almost never in plots• Are they real or ghosts?

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ConclusionsRare and widespread plants of Colombia

Late breaking news:

• 10% of Colombian species are extremely rare

(or at any rate rarely known)• Rare species are mostly in the mountains• But most species have wide ranges: 62% > 105 km2, despite

heterogeneous climate• Species in forest plots are a widespread and well-known subset

of the flora

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ConclusionsRare and widespread plants of Colombia

Late breaking news:

• 10% of Colombian species are extremely rare

(or at any rate rarely known)

• Rare species are mostly in the mountains• But most species have wide ranges: 62% > 105 km2, despite

heterogeneous climate• Species in forest plots are a widespread and well-known subset

of the flora

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ConclusionsRare and widespread plants of Colombia

Late breaking news:

• 10% of Colombian species are extremely rare

(or at any rate rarely known)• Rare species are mostly in the mountains

• But most species have wide ranges: 62% > 105 km2, despiteheterogeneous climate

• Species in forest plots are a widespread and well-known subsetof the flora

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ConclusionsRare and widespread plants of Colombia

Late breaking news:

• 10% of Colombian species are extremely rare

(or at any rate rarely known)• Rare species are mostly in the mountains• But most species have wide ranges: 62% > 105 km2, despite

heterogeneous climate

• Species in forest plots are a widespread and well-known subsetof the flora

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ConclusionsRare and widespread plants of Colombia

Late breaking news:

• 10% of Colombian species are extremely rare

(or at any rate rarely known)• Rare species are mostly in the mountains• But most species have wide ranges: 62% > 105 km2, despite

heterogeneous climate• Species in forest plots are a widespread and well-known subset

of the flora

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ConclusionsRare and widespread plants of Colombia

Fun facts to remember:

• 10% of Colombian species are extremely rare

(or at any rate rarely known)• Rare species are mostly in the mountains• But most species have wide ranges: 62% > 105 km2, despite

heterogeneous climate• Species in forest plots are a widespread and well-known subset

of the flora