Table S1. Indices of relative importance (IRI) for trees 3 cm in diameter encountered along the 100 m transects in the Pantanal. IRI values were calculated as the sum of the index of relative cover, relative density, and relative frequency of occurrence for each species within each transect. Relative cover, density and frequency of occurrence were calculated from point-quarter measurements made along each transect.

Transect† / Ecosystem
Species / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / classification*
Alchornea discolor Poepp. / 0.09 / 0.09 / Mc, Mg
Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon M. Arg. / 0.17 / Mc, Mg, Cer
Astronium fraxinifolium / 0.83 / 0.14 / Mg, Ms (sd,d), Cd, Cer
Brosimum gaudichaudii / 0.06 / 0.09 / 0.06 / Cd, Cer, Cs
Buchenavia tomentosa Eichl. / 0.06 / 0.10 / Mc, Mg, Ms, Cd, Cer
Callisthene fasciculata / 0.16 / 0.09 / 0.19 / Mg, Ms, Cd, Cer
Cassia grandis L. f. / 0.03 / Mc
Cocoloba rigida Meisn. / 0.05 / 0.09 / Mc
Combretum lebrosum Mart / 0.10 / MC, Mg, Cs
Cordia glabrata Mart. / 0.05 / Mc, Mg, Ms, Cd, Cer
Cupania castaneifolia Mart. / 0.14 / 0.20 / Cer
Curatela americana / 0.45 / 0.03 / 0.09 / Cd, Cer
Dilodendron bipinnatum Radlk. / 0.03 / Mc, Ms (d), Cd
Diospyros hispida A. DC. / 0.15 / 0.03 / Mc, Mg, Cd, Cer, Cs
Duroia duckei Huber / 0.03 / 0.03 / Mg
Erythroxylum anguifugum / 0.20 / 0.03 / 0.10 / Mc, Ms (sd), Cer
Eugenia florida DC. / 0.03 / 0.39 / Mc, Mg, Cer
Ficus pertusa L.f. / 0.06 / 0.03 / Mc, Mg, Ms (sd)
Genipa americana / 0.06 / Mc, Mg, Cd
Hymenaea stigonocarpa Mart. / 0.03 / Cd, Cs
Liana sp / 0.03 / 0.03
Licania parvifolia Huber. / 0.32 / Mc
Jacaranda cuspidifolia Mart. / 0.03 / Mc, Ms, Cer
Machaerium hirtum / 0.03 / 0.03 / Mg, Ms (sd,d)
Mouriri elliptica Mart. / 0.29 / 0.81 / 1.03 / Cer
Myrcia tomentosa / 0.03 / Mg, Ms, Cd, Cer
Ocotea diospyrifolia (Meissn.) Mez / 0.03 / 0.03 / Mg, Cd, Cer
Psidium guineense Sw / 0.03 / Mc, Mg, Ms
Rheedia brasiliensis Mart. / 0.05 / Mc
Scheelea phalerata (Mart.) Bur. / 1.56 / Mg, Ms (sd), Cd
Tabebuia aurea / 0.61 / 0.03 / 0.09 / Mg, Ms, Cd, Cer
Tabebuia heptaphylla / 0.42 / 0.18 / 0.03 / Mc, Mg
Trichilia catigua A. Juss. / 0.03 / 0.09 / Mg, Ms
Vochysia divergens / 0.35 / 1.34 / Mc, Cer

†Transect 1 = Mixed-woodland; Transect 2 = Palm forest; Transect 3 = Gallery forest; Transect 4 = Riparian forest.

*Ecosystem classifications according to Ribeiro and Walter (2008) and Sano et al. (2008). Mc = Mata ciliar (Riparian forest); Mg = Mata galleria (Gallery forest); Ms = Mata seca (Dry forest); Cd = Cerradão; Cer = Cerrado sentido restrito or "Formacoes savanicas” (Mixed-woodland), Cs = Campo sujo (Mixed-grassland).