PALMS

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Data in this study come from western Ecuador's Choco tropical forest, including \textit{Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales Reserve and adjacent Reserva Ecológica Mache-Chindul park} (FCAT; 00$^\circ$23'28'' N, 79$^\circ$41'05'' W), \textit{Jama-Coaque Ecological Reserve} (00$^\circ$06'57'' S, 80$^\circ$07'29'' W), \textit{Canande Reserve} (0$^\circ$31'34'' N 79$^\circ$12'47'' W), and \textit{Tesoro Escondido Reserve} (0$^\circ$33'16'' N 79$^\circ$10'31'' W). FCAT is a high diversity humid tropical forest at elevation $\sim$500m, receiving $\sim$3000 mm yr$^{-1}$ precipitation with persistent fog during drier period. Jama-Coaque ranges from the boundary of the tropical moist deciduous/tropical moist evergreen forest at the lower elevations ($\sim$1000 mm precipitation yr$^{-1}$, $\sim$250 m asl) to fog-inundated wet evergreen forests above 580m to 800m. Canande (350–500 m elevation) and Tesoro Escondido ($\sim$200 m elevation) are lowland everwet Choco forests, both receiving 4000–5000 mm yr$^{-1}$ precipitation with no month experiencing drought stress or precipitation below 100 mm. These forests host several palm species with exposed canopy crowns, including the economically important \textit{Iriartea deltoidea}, \textit{Socratea exorrhiza}, and \textit{Oenocarpus bataua}, with lesser amounts of \textit{Attalea colenda} and \textit{Astrocaryum standleyanum}, and species composition varying across study sites