Pathogens and insect herbivores drive rainforest plant diversity and composition

Robert Bagchi, Rachel E. Gallery, Sofia Gripenberg, Sarah J. Gurr, Lakshmi Narayan, Claire E. Addis, Robert P. Freckleton and Owen T. Lewis ()
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Robert Bagchi: University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Rachel E. Gallery: University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Sofia Gripenberg: University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Sarah J. Gurr: Geoffrey Pope Building, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK
Lakshmi Narayan: University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Claire E. Addis: University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Robert P. Freckleton: University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
Owen T. Lewis: University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK

Nature, 2014, vol. 506, issue 7486, 85-88

Abstract: Suppressing fungi in a tropical forest plant community lowers diversity by reducing the negative effects of density on seedling recruitment, and removing insects increases seedling survival and alters plant community composition; this demonstrates the crucial role of pathogens and insects in maintaining and structuring tropical forest plant diversity.

Date: 2014
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