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Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities

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Cooper, Declan L. M., Lewis, Simon L., Sullivan, Martin J. P., Prado, Paulo I., ter Steege, Hans, Barbier, Nicolas, Slik, Ferry, Sonké, Bonaventure, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Adu-Bredu, Stephen, Affum-Baffoe, Kofi, de Aguiar, Daniel P. P., Ahuite Reategui, Manuel Augusto, Aiba, Shin-Ichiro, Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, Alonso, Alfonso, Amani, Christian A., do Amaral, Dário Dantas, do Amaral, Iêda Leão, Andrade, Ana, de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula, Angoboy, Ilondea B., Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Arboleda, Nicolás Castaño, Arroyo, Luzmila, Ashton, Peter, Aymard C, Gerardo A., Baider, Cláudia, Baker, Timothy R., Balinga, Michael Philippe Bessike, Balslev, Henrik, Banin, Lindsay F., Bánki, Olaf S., Baraloto, Chris, Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques, Barbosa, Flávia Rodrigues, Barlow, Jos, Bastin, Jean-Francois, Beeckman, Hans, Begne, Serge, Bengone, Natacha Nssi, Berenguer, Erika, Berry, Nicholas, Bitariho, Robert, Boeckx, Pascal, Bogaert, Jan, Bonyoma, Bernard, Boundja, Patrick, Bourland, Nils, Boyemba Bosela, Faustin, Brambach, Fabian, Brienen, Roel, Burslem, David F. R. P., Camargo, José Luís, Campelo, Wegliane, Cano, Angela, Cárdenas, Sasha, Cárdenas López, Dairon, de Sá Carpanedo, Rainiellen, Carrero Márquez, Yrma Andreina, Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes, Casas, Luisa Fernanda, Castellanos, Hernán, Castilho, Carolina V., Cerón, Carlos, Chapman, Colin A., Chave, Jerome, Chhang, Phourin, Chutipong, Wanlop, Chuyong, George B., Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat, Clark, Connie J., Coelho de Souza, Fernanda, Comiskey, James A., Coomes, David A., Cornejo Valverde, Fernando, Correa, Diego F., Costa, Flávia R. C., Costa, Janaina Barbosa Pedrosa, Couteron, Pierre, Culmsee, Heike, Cuni-Sanchez, Aida, Dallmeier, Francisco, Damasco, Gabriel, Dauby, Gilles, Dávila, Nállarett, Dávila Doza, Hilda Paulette, De Alban, Jose Don T., de Assis, Rafael L., De Canniere, Charles, De Haulleville, Thales, de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo, Demarchi, Layon O., Dexter, Kyle G., Di Fiore, Anthony, Din, Hazimah Haji Mohammad, Disney, Mathias I., Djiofack, Brice Yannick, Djuikouo, Marie-Noël K., Do, Tran Van, Doucet, Jean-Louis, Draper, Freddie C., Droissart, Vincent, Duivenvoorden, Joost F., Engel, Julien, Estienne, Vittoria, Farfan-Rios, William, Fauset, Sophie, Feeley, Kenneth J., Feitosa, Yuri Oliveira, Feldpausch, Ted R., Ferreira, Cid, Ferreira, Joice, Ferreira, Leandro Valle, Fletcher, Christine D., Flores, Bernardo Monteiro, Fofanah, Alusine, Foli, Ernest G., Fonty, Émile, Fredriksson, Gabriella M., Fuentes, Alfredo, Galbraith, David, Gallardo Gonzales, George Pepe, Garcia-Cabrera, Karina, García-Villacorta, Roosevelt, Gomes, Vitor H. F., Gómez, Ricardo Zárate, Gonzales, Therany, Gribel, Rogerio, Guedes, Marcelino Carneiro, Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Hall, Jefferson S., Hamer, Keith C., Hamilton, Alan C., Harris, David J., Harrison, Rhett D., Hart, Terese B., Hector, Andy, Henkel, Terry W., Herbohn, John, Hockemba, Mireille B. N., Hoffman, Bruce, Holmgren, Milena, Honorio Coronado, Euridice N., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau, Hubau, Wannes, Imai, Nobuo, Irume, Mariana Victória, Jansen, Patrick A., Jeffery, Kathryn J., Jimenez, Eliana M., Jucker, Tommaso, Junqueira, André Braga, Kalamandeen, Michelle, Kamdem, Narcisse G., Kartawinata, Kuswata, Kasongo Yakusu, Emmanuel, Katembo, John M., Kearsley, Elizabeth, Kenfack, David, Kessler, Michael, Khaing, Thiri Toe, Killeen, Timothy J., Kitayama, Kanehiro, Klitgaard, Bente, Labrière, Nicolas, Laumonier, Yves, Laurance, Susan G. W., Laurance, William F., Laurent, Félix, Le, Tinh Cong, Le, Trai Trong, Leal, Miguel E., Leão de Moraes Novo, Evlyn Márcia, Levesley, Aurora, Libalah, Moses B., Licona, Juan Carlos, Lima Filho, Diógenes de Andrade, Lindsell, Jeremy A., Lopes, Aline, Lopes, Maria Aparecida, Lovett, Jon C., Lowe, Richard, Lozada, José Rafael, Lu, Xinghui, Luambua, Nestor K., Luize, Bruno Garcia, Maas, Paul, Magalhães, José Leonardo Lima, Magnusson, William E., Mahayani, Ni Putu Diana, Makana, Jean-Remy, Malhi, Yadvinder, Maniguaje Rincón, Lorena, Mansor, Asyraf, Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto, Marimon, Beatriz S., Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur, Marshall, Andrew R, Martins, Maria Pires, Mbayu, Faustin M., de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante, Mesones, Italo, Metali, Faizah, Mihindou, Vianet, Millet, Jerome, Milliken, William, Mogollón, Hugo F., Molino, Jean-François, Mohd. Said, Mohd. Nizam, Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel, Montero, Juan Carlos, Moore, Sam, Mostacedo, Bonifacio, Mozombite Pinto, Linder Felipe, Mukul, Sharif Ahmed, Munishi, Pantaleo K. T., Nagamasu, Hidetoshi, Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça, Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade, Neill, David, Nilus, Reuben, Noronha, Janaína Costa, Nsenga, Laurent, Núñez Vargas, Percy, Ojo, Lucas, Oliveira, Alexandre A., de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida, Ondo, Fidèle Evouna, Palacios Cuenca, Walter, Pansini, Susamar, Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti, Paredes, Marcos Ríos, Paudel, Ekananda, Pauletto, Daniela, Pearson, Richard G., Pena, José Luis Marcelo, Pennington, R. Toby, Peres, Carlos A., Permana, Andrea, Petronelli, Pascal, Peñuela Mora, Maria Cristina, Phillips, Juan Fernando, Phillips, Oliver L., Pickavance, Georgia, Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Ploton, Pierre, Popelier, Andreas, Poulsen, John R., Prieto, Adriana, Primack, Richard B., Priyadi, Hari, Qie, Lan, Quaresma, Adriano Costa, de Queiroz, Helder Lima, Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma, Ramos, José Ferreira, Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa, Reitsma, Jan, Revilla, Juan David Cardenas, Riutta, Terhi, Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo, Robiansyah, Iyan, Rocha, Maira, Rodrigues, Domingos de Jesus, Rodriguez-Ronderos, M. Elizabeth, Rovero, Francesco, Rozak, Andes H., Rudas, Agustín, Rutishauser, Ervan, Sabatier, Daniel, Sagang, Le Bienfaiteur, Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe, Samsoedin, Ismayadi, Satdichanh, Manichanh, Schietti, Juliana, Schöngart, Jochen, Scudeller, Veridiana Vizoni, Seuaturien, Naret, Sheil, Douglas, Sierra, Rodrigo, Silman, Miles R., Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire, da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Simo-Droissart, Murielle, Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni, Sist, Plinio, Sousa, Thaiane R., de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, Spracklen, Dominick V., Stas, Suzanne M., Steinmetz, Robert, Stevenson, Pablo R., Stropp, Juliana, Sukri, Rahayu S., Sunderland, Terry C. H., Suzuki, Eizi, Swaine, Michael D., Tang, Jianwei, Taplin, James, Taylor, David M., Tello, J. Sebastián, Terborgh, John, Texier, Nicolas, Theilade, Ida, Thomas, Duncan W., Thomas, Raquel, Thomas, Sean C., Tirado, Milton, Toirambe, Benjamin, de Toledo, José Julio, Tomlinson, Kyle W., Torres-Lezama, Armando, Tran, Hieu Dang, Tshibamba Mukendi, John, Tumaneng, Roven D., Umaña, Maria Natalia, Umunay, Peter M., Urrego Giraldo, Ligia Estela, Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis H., Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis, Van Andel, Tinde R., van de Bult, Martin, van de Pol, Jaqueline, van der Heijden, Geertje, Vasquez, Rodolfo, Vela, César I. A., Venticinque, Eduardo Martins, Verbeeck, Hans, Veridiano, Rizza Karen A., Vicentini, Alberto, Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães, Vilanova Torre, Emilio, Villarroel, Daniel, Villa Zegarra, Boris Eduardo, Vleminckx, Jason, von Hildebrand, Patricio, Vos, Vincent Antoine, Vriesendorp, Corine, Webb, Edward L., White, Lee J. T., Wich, Serge, Wittmann, Florian, Zagt, Roderick, Zang, Runguo, Zartman, Charles Eugene, Zemagho, Lise, Zent, Egleé L., Zent, Stanford (2024): Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities. Nature CLXVI (CLXVI): 1-25, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06820-z, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06820-z

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