April 28, 2015 at 10:34PM Amazon rainforest: one percent of its tree species account for half of its carbon!

Amazon rain forests are the world’s most extensive and are extraordinarily diverse, being home to an estimated 16,000 tree species. Yet just two hundred of those species, barely 1%, are responsible for half of all tree growth and carbon stored in the Amazon, according to a study by the Rainfor network, the results of which were published in Nature Communications on 28 April.

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