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Monday, 21 October 2013

Just 227 species account for half of Amazonia's trees

Despite being home to about 16,000 tree species, just 227 "hyperdominant" species account for half of Amazonia's total trees, a study suggests.

An international team of researchers found that the region was, in total, home to an estimated 390 billion trees.

Posted by Chris Dunford at 02:00
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