A matter of time for tropical diversity

Gary G. Mittelbach ()
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Gary G. Mittelbach: Michigan State University

Nature, 2017, vol. 550, issue 7674, 51-52

Abstract: There is a species-diversity gradient on Earth, with the greatest diversity found near the Equator. Analysis of forest data now reveals a mechanism aiding species coexistence in the tropics that might underlie this phenomenon. See Letter p.105

Date: 2017
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