Extended Data Fig. 7: The Amazon is biologically and culturally diverse. | Nature

Extended Data Fig. 7: The Amazon is biologically and culturally diverse.

From: Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system

Extended Data Fig. 7

(a) Tree species richness and (b) language richness illustrate how biological and cultural diversity varies across the Amazon. Diverse tree communities and human cultures contribute to increasing forest resilience in various ways that are being undermined by land-use and climatic changes. Datasets: (a) Amazon Tree Diversity Network (ATDN, https://atdn.myspecies.info). (b) World Language Mapping System (WLMS) obtained under license from Ethnologue139.

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