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Temporal coexistence mechanisms contribute to the latitudinal gradient in forest diversity

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  • Jacob Usinowicz

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • Chia-Hao Chang-Yang

    (National Dong Hwa University)

  • Yu-Yun Chen

    (National Dong Hwa University)

  • James S. Clark

    (Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University)

  • Christine Fletcher

    (Forest Research Institute Malaysia)

  • Nancy C. Garwood

    (Southern Illinois University)

  • Zhanqing Hao

    (Institute of CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jill Johnstone

    (Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks)

  • Yiching Lin

    (Tunghai University)

  • Margaret R. Metz

    (Lewis & Clark College)

  • Takashi Masaki

    (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)

  • Tohru Nakashizuka

    (Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
    Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)

  • I-Fang Sun

    (National Dong Hwa University)

  • Renato Valencia

    (Laboratorio de Ecología de Plantas, Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador)

  • Yunyun Wang

    (Institute of CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jess K. Zimmerman

    (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras)

  • Anthony R. Ives

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • S. Joseph Wright

    (University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras
    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)

Abstract

High tree species diversity in tropical forests is driven by reduced interspecific competition relative to intraspecific competition, as a result of the asynchronous timing of tree recruitment permitted by long and stable growing seasons.

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  • Jacob Usinowicz & Chia-Hao Chang-Yang & Yu-Yun Chen & James S. Clark & Christine Fletcher & Nancy C. Garwood & Zhanqing Hao & Jill Johnstone & Yiching Lin & Margaret R. Metz & Takashi Masaki & Tohru N, 2017. "Temporal coexistence mechanisms contribute to the latitudinal gradient in forest diversity," Nature, Nature, vol. 550(7674), pages 105-108, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:550:y:2017:i:7674:d:10.1038_nature24038
    DOI: 10.1038/nature24038
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    1. Clare I Abreu & Vilhelm L Andersen Woltz & Jonathan Friedman & Jeff Gore, 2020. "Microbial communities display alternative stable states in a fluctuating environment," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(5), pages 1-17, May.

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