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Table 1 Species description: distribution range, ecological properties relative to light (successional status) and soil, spatial population structure and seed dispersal properties

From: High-throughput transcriptome sequencing and preliminary functional analysis in four Neotropical tree species

Species name

Range

Ecology - light

Ecology-soil

Spatial population structure

Seed dispersal

Carapa guianensis

Neotropics [33]

Light-responsive [34]

Indifferent [34]

Non-aggregated [35]

Gravity, rodents [36]

Eperua falcata

Guiana shield [37]

Shade tolerant [34]

Mostly seasonally flooded [34]

Aggregated [38]

Gravity [37]

Symphonia globulifera

Neotropics, paleotropics [39]

Shade tolerant [34]

Seasonally flooded [34]

Non-aggregated [35]

Gravity, vertebrates [40]

Virola surinamensis

Neotropics [41]

Light-responsive [34]

Seasonally flooded [34]

Non-aggregated [35]

Large vertebrates [42, 43]