American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale 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 show that global patterns in tree species diversity reflect not only stronger CNDD at tropical versus temperate latitudes but also a latitudinal shift in the relationship between CNDD and species abundance. CNDD was stronger for rare species at tropical versus temperate latitudes, potentially causing the persistence of greater numbers of rare species in the tropics. Our study reveals fundamental differences in the nature... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Science
Origins of modern corals Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: ASFA 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Oceanic Abst, Coral, Evolution, Phylogenetics, Q1 01245 Genetics and evolution; O 1030 Invertebrates, All tags... Scleractinia, Stony corals, Fewer tags
Keystone species--hunting the snark? Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Arid environments, D 04099 Ecosystem studies - general, Deserts, Ecology Abstracts, Ecosystem dynamics, All tags...
End for Indonesia's lowland forests? Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Borneo, D 04712 Environmental degradation; M1 200 Human Population-B, Deforestation, Ecology Abstracts; Human Population, Environmental degradation, All tags...
Population ecology: Not all sheep are equal Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Abundance, Census, D 04672 Mammals, Ecology Abstracts, Population dynamics, All tags... Population ecology, sheep, Fewer tags

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