Close relatives are bad news

Owen T. Lewis
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Owen T. Lewis: University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. owen.lewis@zoo.ox.ac.uk

Nature, 2010, vol. 466, issue 7307, 698-699

Abstract: In tropical rainforests, tree seedlings growing close to their parent are more likely to die. This mortality, caused by soil organisms, helps to explain the coexistence and relative abundance of species.

Date: 2010
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