Study: Just 227 tree species dominate Amazon landscape

Despite being home to about 16,000 tree species, just 227 "hyperdominant" species account for half of Amazonia's total trees, a study suggests. An international team of researchers found that the region was, in total, home to an estimated 390 billion trees. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24567421#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa