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A new study has for the first time identified the most common tree species in the tropical forests of Africa, the Amazon and Southeast Asia — and their similarities have surprised scientists. “The [study] shows some uncanny similarities among the world’s great tropical rainforests,” said tropical ecologist Bill Laurance, a co-author of the study published […]

Experts say 2% of rainforest tree species account for 50% of the trees found in African, Amazonian, and Southeast Asian tropical forests. Read more here.

From the Amazon to Africa and south-east Asia, diversity among rainforest species follows the same rule, study shows

Half of all tropical trees across the world belong to just a few species, scientists have found. One...

Half of all tropical trees across the world belong to just a few species, scientists have found. One...

Half of all tropical trees across the world belong to just a few species, scientists have found. One...