image: Large individual of the dipterocarp Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea, 212 centimeters in diameter, endemic to the central Guiana Shield, with Patamona field assistant Christopher Andrew, Upper Mazaruni Basin, Guyana, Jan. 1, 2011.This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 20, 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by H. ter Steege at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands, and colleagues was titled, 'Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species.' view more
Credit: [Credit: © Terry Henkel]