Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees

Chu, Chengjin; A. Lutz, James; Král, Kamil; Vrška, Tomáš; Yin, Xue; A. Myers, Jonathan; Abiem, Iveren; Alonso, Alfonso; Bourg, Norm; F. R. P. Burslem, David; Cao, Min; Chapman, Hazel; Condit, Richard; Fang, Suqin; A. Fischer, Gunter; Gao, Lian‐Ming; Hao, Zhanqin; C. H. Hau, Billy; He, Qing; Hector, Andy; P. Hubbell, Stephen; Jiang, Mingxi; Jin, Guangze; Kenfack, David; Lai, Jiangshan; Li, Buhang; Li, Xiankun; Li, Yide; Lian, Juyu; Lin, Luxiang; Liu, Yankun; Liu, Yu; Luo, Ya‐Huang; Ma, Keping; J. McShea, William; Memiaghe, Hervé; Mi, Xiangcheng; Ni, Ming; J. O’Brien, Michael; A. Oliveira, Alexandre; A. Orwig, David; G. Parker, Geoffrey; Qiao, Xiujuan; Ren, Haibao; Reynolds, Glen; Sang, Weiguo; Shen, Guochun; Su, Zhiyao; Sui, Xinghua; Sun, I‐Fang; Tian, Songyan; Wang, Bin; Wang, Xihua; Wang, Xugao; Wang, Youshi; D. Weiblen, George; Wen, Shujun; Xi, Nianxun; Xiang, Wusheng; Xu, Han; Xu, Kun; Ye, Wanhui; Zhang, Bingwei; Zhang, Jiaxin; Zhang, Xiaotong; Zhang, Ying‐Ming; Zhu, Kai; K. Zimmerman, Jess; Štorch, David; L. Baltzer, Jennifer; J. Anderson‐Teixeira, Kristina; G. Mittelbach, Gary; He, Fangliang

doi:10.1111/ele.13175

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Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees

Published in Ecology Letters • Dec 12, 2018

Authors:

Chengjin Chu

James A. Lutz

Kamil Král

Abstract

Climate is widely recognised as an important determinant of the latitudinal diversity gradient. However, most existing studies make no distinction between direct and indirect effects of climate, which substantially hinders our understanding of how climate constrains biodiversity globally. Using data...

Subject

Species richness

Ecology

Abundance (ecology)

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