Palms, peccaries and perturbations: widespread effects of small-scale disturbance in tropical forests

BMC Ecology

Table 2 Abundances of tree species with significantly high or low relative abundances in areas influenced by large arborescent palms on the Yasuní FDP in the first census

	Abundance in quadrats:
Species	Non-palm	Palm	Proportion in non-palm
*Acalypha cuneata*	252	64	0.80
Acidoton nicaraguensis	862	117	0.88
*Aniba guianensis*	40	14	0.74
*Bertiera guianensis*	5	4	0.56
Calyptranthes bipennis	66	4	0.94
Calyptranthes sedosa	66	4	0.94
Discophora guianensis	64	3	0.96
Endlicheria 'dori'	74	4	0.95
Eugenia pusilliflora	216	18	0.92
Garcinia brasiliensis	40	0	1.00
Geonoma aspidiifolia	721	71	0.91
Guarea fistulosa	349	37	0.90
Guatteria scalarinervia	95	7	0.93
Hyospathe elegans	120	11	0.92
Inga auristellae	635	86	0.88
Leonia glycycarpa	173	15	0.92
Licania nervifina	65	3	0.96
Lacistema nena	41	0	1.00
*Matisia oblongifolia*	1537	322	0.83
*Miconia multispicata*	36	16	0.69
*Miconia tipica*	204	54	0.79
Mollinedia killipii	89	4	0.96
Neea 'bajio'	197	14	0.93
*Otoba glycycarpa*	44	16	0.73
*Pentagonia spathicalyx*	28	12	0.70
Picramnia 'mini'	30	0	1.00
Piper 'obchic'	1702	183	0.90
Pourouma bicolor	550	67	0.89
Pouteria trilocularis	45	1	0.98
Sorocea muriculata	262	26	0.91
*Tococa guianensis*	1	6	0.14
Unonopsis veneficiorum	330	33	0.91
Hippocrateaceae 'atenumembra'	179	18	0.91
Eugenia 'smedcomun'	195	20	0.91
Solanaceae 'plata'	3	4	0.43

Species in bold are those with more individuals than expected in quadrats close to palm trees. All other species have more individuals than expected in quadrats far from palm trees.

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