Temporal coexistence mechanisms contribute to the latitudinal gradient in forest diversity

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 Nakashizuka, I-Fang Sun, Renato Valencia, Yunyun Wang, Jess K. Zimmerman, Anthony R. Ives and S. Joseph Wright
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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
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

Nature, 2017, vol. 550, issue 7674, 105-108

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.

Date: 2017
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