Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests.

• Slik JWF Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Darussalam; ferryslik@hotmail.com janet.franklin@ucr.edu.
• Franklin J Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521; ferryslik@hotmail.com janet.franklin@ucr.edu.
• Arroyo-Rodríguez V Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
• Field R School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
• Aguilar S Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon, Panama.
• Aguirre N Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Program, Universidad Nacional de Loja, Loja EC110103, Ecuador.
• Ahumada J The Moore Center for Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA 22202.
• Aiba SI Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
• Alves LF Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
• K A Forest and Environment Program, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor 16115, Indonesia.
• Avella A Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá 111321, Colombia.
• Mora F Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
• Aymard C GA UNELLEZ-Guanare, Programa de Ciencias del Agro y el Mar, Herbario Universitario (PORT), Mesa de Cavacas, Estado Portuguesa 3350, Venezuela.
• Báez S Departamento de Biología, Escuela Politécnica Nacional del Ecuador, Ladrón de Guevara E11-253, Quito, Ecuador.
• Balvanera P Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
• Bastian ML Smithsonian's National Zoo, Animal Care Sciences, Primates, Washington, DC 20013-7012.
• Bastin JF Institute of Integrative Biology, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
• Bellingham PJ Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand.
• van den Berg E Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras-MG, 37200-000, Brazil.
• da Conceição Bispo P Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, Department of Geography, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom.
• Boeckx P Isotope Bioscience Laboratory (ISOFYS), Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
• Boehning-Gaese K Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
• Bongers F Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
• Boyle B Hardner & Gullison Associates, Victoria, BC V8P 1A9, Canada.
• Brambach F Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Georg August University Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
• Brearley FQ School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 5GD, United Kingdom.
• Brown S Environment Group, Winrock International, St Dogmaels SA43 3 DT, United Kingdom.
• Chai SL Ecosystem Management Unit, InnoTech Alberta, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada.
• Chazdon RL Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3043.
• Chen S College of Environment and Ecology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China.
• Chhang P Forest and Wildlife Research Institute, 12101 Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
• Chuyong G Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Buea, POB 63 Buea, Cameroon.
• Ewango C Wildlife Conservation Society-Program DR Congo, B.P. 14537 Brazzaville, DR Congo.
• Coronado IM Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, Herbario HULE, León 505, Nicaragua.
• Cristóbal-Azkarate J Division of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3QG, United Kingdom.
• Culmsee H DBU Natural Heritage, German Federal Foundation for the Environment, 49090 Osnabrück, Germany.
• Damas K PNG Forest Research Institute, Lae 411, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
• Dattaraja HS Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
• Davidar P Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
• DeWalt SJ Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634.
• Din H Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Darussalam.
• Drake DR Botany Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822.
• Duque A Departamento de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia.
• Durigan G Laboratório de Ecologia e Hidrologia Florestal, Floresta Estadual de Assis, Instituto Florestal de SP, 19802-970 Assis, SP, Brazil.
• Eichhorn K Eichhorn Ecologie, 3702 BK Zeist, The Netherlands.
• Eler ES Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA, Araújo, CEP 69067-375 Manaus AM, Brazil.
• Enoki T Kasuya Research Forest, Kyushu University, Sasaguri, Fukuoka 811-2415, Japan.
• Ensslin A Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, 3013 Bern, Switzerland.
• Fandohan AB Ecole de Foresterie et Ingénierie du Bois, Université Nationale d'Agriculture, BP 45, Kétou, Benin.
• Farwig N Conservation Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
• Feeley KJ Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146.
• Fischer M Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, 3013 Bern, Switzerland.
• Forshed O WWF-Sweden/Världsnaturfonden WWF, Ulriksdals Slott, S-170 81 Solna, Sweden.
• Garcia QS Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Pampulha, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• Garkoti SC School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
• Gillespie TW Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
• Gillet JF TERRA Teaching and Research Center, Central African Forests, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
• Gonmadje C Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, BP 812, Cameroon.
• Granzow-de la Cerda I CREAF, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain.
• Griffith DM Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja 1101608, Ecuador.
• Grogan J Mount Holyoke College Botanic Garden, South Hadley, MA 01075.
• Hakeem KR Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
• Harris DJ Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, United Kingdom.
• Harrison RD World Agroforestry Centre, East and Southern Africa Region, Woodlands, Lusaka, Zambia.
• Hector A Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom.
• Hemp A Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany.
• Homeier J Plant Ecology, Albrecht von Haller Institute of Plant Sciences, Georg August University Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
• Hussain MS Biodiversity Parks Programme, Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
• Ibarra-Manríquez G Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
• Hanum IF Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang-43400, Selangor, Malaysia.
• Imai N Department of Forest Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan.
• Jansen PA Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon, Panama.
• Joly CA UNICAMP, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz-Barão Geraldo, Campinas, Sao Paulo 13083-970, Brazil.
• Joseph S Forest and Environment Program, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor 16115, Indonesia.
• Kartawinata K Integrative Research Center, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605.
• Kearsley E Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology (CAVElab), Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
• Kelly DL Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, Trinity College, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
• Kessler M Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
• Killeen TJ Agteca-Amazonica, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
• Kooyman RM Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia.
• Laumonier Y Forest and Environment Program, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor 16115, Indonesia.
• Laurance SG Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia.
• Laurance WF Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia.
• Lawes MJ School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville 3209, South Africa.
• Letcher SG Department of Plant Biology, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME 04609.
• Lindsell J The RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, United Kingdom.
• Lovett J School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
• Lozada J Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida S101-A, Venezuela.
• Lu X Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of State Forestry Administration, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.
• Lykke AM Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark.
• Mahmud KB Faculty of Bioresources and Food Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 20300, Besut Campus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
• Mahayani NPD Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia.
• Mansor A School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia.
• Marshall AR CIRCLE, University of York, York YO10 5NG, United Kingdom.
• Martin EH College of African Wildlife Management, Department of Wildlife Management, Moshi, Tanzania.
• Calderado Leal Matos D Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém PA, 66040-170, Brazil.
• Meave JA Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, C.P. 04510, Mexico.
• Melo FPL Center for Biosciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, Recife PE, 50670-901, Brazil.
• Mendoza ZHA Herbario Loja, Universidad Nacional de Loja, Loja EC110103, Ecuador.
• Metali F Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Darussalam.
• Medjibe VP Commission des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale (COMIFAC), BP 20818 Yaoundé, Cameroon.
• Metzger JP Department of Ecology, Institute of Bioscience, University of São Paulo, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
• Metzker T Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Pampulha, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• Mohandass D Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
• Munguía-Rosas MA Laboratorio de Ecología Terrestre, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), C.P. 927310 Mérida, México.
• Muñoz R Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, C.P. 04510, Mexico.
• Nurtjahy E Department of Biology, Universitas Bangka Belitung (UBB), Kampus Merawang, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung 33172, Indonesia.
• de Oliveira EL Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso-UNEMAT, 78200-000 Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
• Onrizal Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia.
• Parolin P Department of Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology of Plants, Biocentre Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany.
• Parren M World Resource Institute, Washington, DC 20002.
• Parthasarathy N Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
• Paudel E Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China.
• Perez R Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon, Panama.
• Pérez-García EA Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, C.P. 04510, Mexico.
• Pommer U Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany.
• Poorter L Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
• Qie L Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, 06903 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France.
• Piedade MTF Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA, Araújo, CEP 69067-375 Manaus AM, Brazil.
• Pinto JRR Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
• Poulsen AD Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, United Kingdom.
• Poulsen JR Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708.
• Powers JS College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108.
• Prasad RC International Institute of Information Technology, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana 500032, India.
• Puyravaud JP Sigur Nature Trust, Chadapatti, Masinagudi PO Nilgiris, TN 643223, India.
• Rangel O Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá 111321, Colombia.
• Reitsma J Bureau Waardenburg, 4100 AJ Culemborg, The Netherlands.
• Rocha DSB Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Bahia 45662-900, Brazil.
• Rolim S Laboratório de Restinga e Floresta Atlântica, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, BR-101 São Mateus, Brazil.
• Rovero F Tropical Biodiversity Section, MUSE - Museo delle Scienze, 38122 Trento, Italy.
• Rozak A Cibodas Botanic Gardens, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cipanas, Cianjur, West Java 43253, Indonesia.
• Ruokolainen K Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, Turku, 20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland.
• Rutishauser E Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon, Panama.
• Rutten G Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, 3013 Bern, Switzerland.
• Mohd Said MN School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
• Saiter FZ Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo, São João de Petrópolis, Santa Teresa, 29660-000, Brazil.
• Saner P Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
• Santos B Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-900, Brazil.
• Dos Santos JR Remote Sensing Department (DSR), National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, São Paulo 12227-010, Brazil.
• Sarker SK Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
• Schmitt CB Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
• Schoengart J Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA, Araújo, CEP 69067-375 Manaus AM, Brazil.
• Schulze M H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Blue River, OR 97413.
• Sheil D Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway.
• Sist P Cirad-ES, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
• Souza AF Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, CEP 59078-970, Brazil.
• Spironello WR Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA, Araújo, CEP 69067-375 Manaus AM, Brazil.
• Sposito T Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Pampulha, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• Steinmetz R World Wildlife Fund Thailand, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
• Stevart T Africa and Madagascar Department, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO 63110.
• Suganuma MS Federal University of Technology-Paraná, 86812-460, Apucarana, PR, Brazil.
• Sukri R Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Darussalam.
• Sultana A Biodiversity Parks Programme, Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
• Sukumar R Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
• Sunderland T Forest and Environment Program, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor 16115, Indonesia.
• Supriyadi Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia.
• Suresh HS Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
• Suzuki E Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.
• Tabarelli M Departamento de Botânica, Cidade Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, CEP, 50670-901, Brazil.
• Tang J Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun Town, Mengla County, Yunnan Province 666303, China.
• Tanner EVJ Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom.
• Targhetta N Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA, Araújo, CEP 69067-375 Manaus AM, Brazil.
• Theilade I Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1165 Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Thomas D Department of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA 98686.
• Timberlake J Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, United Kingdom.
• de Morisson Valeriano M Remote Sensing Department (DSR), National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos Campos, São Paulo 12227-010, Brazil.
• van Valkenburg J Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety, Authority, National Reference Centre, 6700HC Wageningen, The Netherlands.
• Van Do T Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
• Van Sam H Science, Technology and International Cooperation Department, Vietnam National University of Forestry, Hanoi 144, Vietnam.
• Vandermeer JH Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
• Verbeeck H Computational and Applied Vegetation Ecology (CAVElab), Department of Environment, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
• Vetaas OR Department of Geography, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway.
• Adekunle V Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, The Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704 Akure, Nigeria.
• Vieira SA UNICAMP, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz-Barão Geraldo, Campinas, Sao Paulo 13083-970, Brazil.
• Webb CO Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02130.
• Webb EL Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
• Whitfeld T Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.
• Wich S School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, United Kingdom.
• Williams J Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR-Unidad Oaxaca, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, CP 71230, Oaxaca, Mexico.
• Wiser S Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand.
• Wittmann F Department of Floodplain Ecology, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76437 Rastatt, Germany.
• Yang X College of Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Meilan Qu Haikou Shi, 570228, Hainan Province, China.
• Adou Yao CY Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan 22, Ivory Coast.
• Yap SL Institute of Arts and Sciences, Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines.
• Zahawi RA Department of Biology, American University of Beirut, Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
• Zakaria R School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia.
• Zang R Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of State Forestry Administration, Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.

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