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Background:Tree species with narrow ranges are a conservation concern because heightened extinction risk accompanies their small populations.Assessing risks for these species is challenging,however,especially in tropical flora where their sparse populatio
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Morton Arboretum,4100 Illinois Rte.53,Lisle,IL 60532,USA
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Background:Tree species with narrow ranges are a conservation concern because heightened extinction risk accompanies their small populations.Assessing risks for these species is challenging,however,especially in tropical flora where their sparse populations seldom appear in traditional plots and inventories.Here,we utilize instead large scale databases that combine tree records from many sources to test whether the narrow-range tree species of Panama are concentrated at certain elevations or in certain provinces.Past investigations have suggested that the Choco region of eastern Panama and the high mountains of western Panama may be potential hotspots of narrow-range tree species.Methods:All individual records were collected from public databases,and the range size of each tree species found in Panama was estimated as a polygon enclosing all its locations.Species with ranges＜20,000 km2 were defined as narrow endemics.We divided Panama into geographic regions and elevation zones and counted the number of individual records and the species richness in each,separating narrow-range species from all other species.Results:The proportion of narrow endemics peaked at elevations above 2000 m,reaching 17.2％of the species recorded.At elevation＜1500 m across the country,the proportion was 6-11％,except in the dry Pacific region,where it was 1.5％.Wet forests of the Caribbean coast had 8.4％narrow-range species,slightly higher than other regions.The total number of narrow endemics,however,peaked at mid-elevation,not high elevation,because total species richness was highest at mid-elevation.Conclusions:High elevation forests of west Panama had higher proportions of narrow endemic trees than low-elevation regions,supporting their hot-spot status,while dry lowland forests had the lowest proportion.This supports the notion that montane forests of Central America should be a conservation focus.However,given generally higher diversity at low-to mid-elevation,lowlands are also important habitats for narrow-range tree species,though conservation efforts here may not protect narrow-range tree species as efficiently.
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