Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale

A. LaManna, Joseph; A. Mangan, Scott; Alonso, Alfonso; A. Bourg, Norman; Y. Brockelman, Warren; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh; Chang, Li‐Wan; Chiang, Jyh‐Min; B. Chuyong, George; Clay, Keith; Condit, Richard; Cordell, Susan; J. Davies, Stuart; J. Furniss, Tucker; P. Giardina, Christian; A. U. N. Gunatilleke, I.; V. S. Gunatilleke, C.; He, Fangliang; W. Howe, Robert; P. Hubbell, Stephen; Hsieh, Chang‐Fu; Inman‐Narahari, Faith; Janík, David; J. Johnson, Daniel; Kenfack, David; Korte, Lisa; Král, Kamil; J. Larson, Andrew; A. Lutz, James; M. McMahon, Sean; J. McShea, William; Memiaghe, Hervé; Nathalang, Anuttara; Novotný, Vojtêch; S. Ong, Perry; A. Orwig, David; Ostertag, Rebecca; G. Parker, Geoffrey; P. Phillips, Richard; Sack, Lawren; Sun, I‐Fang; Sebastián Tello, J.; W. Thomas, Duncan; L. Turner, Benjamin; M. Vela Díaz, Dilys; Vrška, Tomáš; D. Weiblen, George; Wolf, Amy; Yap, Sandra; A. Myers, Jonathan

doi:10.1126/science.aam5678

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Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale

Published in Science • Jun 30, 2017

Authors:

Joseph A. LaManna

Scott A. Mangan

Alfonso Alonso

Abstract

Theory predicts that higher biodiversity in the tropics is maintained by specialized interactions among plants and their natural enemies that result in conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD). By using more than 3000 species and nearly 2.4 million trees across 24 forest plots worldwide, we sh...

Subject

Tropics

Biodiversity

Temperate climate

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