Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities
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2024-01-01
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ISSN
00280836
eISSN
14764687
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85185912860
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Nature
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Bibliographic Citation
Nature (2024)
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Hülsmann L., Chisholm R.A., Comita L., Visser M.D., de Souza Leite M., Aguilar S., Anderson-Teixeira K.J., Bourg N.A., Brockelman W.Y., Bunyavejchewin S., Castaño N., Chang-Yang C.H., Chuyong G.B., Clay K., Davies S.J., Duque A., Ediriweera S., Ewango C., Gilbert G.S., Holík J., Howe R.W., Hubbell S.P., Itoh A., Johnson D.J., Kenfack D., Král K., Larson A.J., Lutz J.A., Makana J.R., Malhi Y., McMahon S.M., McShea W.J., Mohamad M., Nasardin M., Nathalang A., Norden N., Oliveira A.A., Parmigiani R., Perez R., Phillips R.P., Pongpattananurak N., Sun I.F., Swanson M.E., Tan S., Thomas D., Thompson J., Uriarte M., Wolf A.T., Yao T.L., Zimmerman J.K., Zuleta D., Hartig F. Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities. Nature (2024). doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07118-4 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/97483
Title
Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities
Author(s)
Hülsmann L.
Chisholm R.A.
Comita L.
Visser M.D.
de Souza Leite M.
Aguilar S.
Anderson-Teixeira K.J.
Bourg N.A.
Brockelman W.Y.
Bunyavejchewin S.
Castaño N.
Chang-Yang C.H.
Chuyong G.B.
Clay K.
Davies S.J.
Duque A.
Ediriweera S.
Ewango C.
Gilbert G.S.
Holík J.
Howe R.W.
Hubbell S.P.
Itoh A.
Johnson D.J.
Kenfack D.
Král K.
Larson A.J.
Lutz J.A.
Makana J.R.
Malhi Y.
McMahon S.M.
McShea W.J.
Mohamad M.
Nasardin M.
Nathalang A.
Norden N.
Oliveira A.A.
Parmigiani R.
Perez R.
Phillips R.P.
Pongpattananurak N.
Sun I.F.
Swanson M.E.
Tan S.
Thomas D.
Thompson J.
Uriarte M.
Wolf A.T.
Yao T.L.
Zimmerman J.K.
Zuleta D.
Hartig F.
Chisholm R.A.
Comita L.
Visser M.D.
de Souza Leite M.
Aguilar S.
Anderson-Teixeira K.J.
Bourg N.A.
Brockelman W.Y.
Bunyavejchewin S.
Castaño N.
Chang-Yang C.H.
Chuyong G.B.
Clay K.
Davies S.J.
Duque A.
Ediriweera S.
Ewango C.
Gilbert G.S.
Holík J.
Howe R.W.
Hubbell S.P.
Itoh A.
Johnson D.J.
Kenfack D.
Král K.
Larson A.J.
Lutz J.A.
Makana J.R.
Malhi Y.
McMahon S.M.
McShea W.J.
Mohamad M.
Nasardin M.
Nathalang A.
Norden N.
Oliveira A.A.
Parmigiani R.
Perez R.
Phillips R.P.
Pongpattananurak N.
Sun I.F.
Swanson M.E.
Tan S.
Thomas D.
Thompson J.
Uriarte M.
Wolf A.T.
Yao T.L.
Zimmerman J.K.
Zuleta D.
Hartig F.
Author's Affiliation
Yale School of the Environment
Osaka Metropolitan University
Tulane University School of Science and Engineering
Université de Kisangani
Uva Wellassa University
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota
Institute of Amazonian Research-Sinchi
Universidad de Puerto Rico
University of Buea
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin
Utah State University
Universität Regensburg
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Columbia University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Oxford
Conservation and Research Center (National Zoo)
University of California, Santa Cruz
Universität Bayreuth
University of Montana
Kasetsart University
Indiana University Bloomington
Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia
Universiteit Leiden
Washington State University Pullman
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
National University of Singapore
University of Florida
Oregon State University
National Dong Hwa University
National Sun Yat-Sen University
Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University
Universidade de São Paulo
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency
Sarawak Forest Department
The Silva Tarouca Research Institute
Osaka Metropolitan University
Tulane University School of Science and Engineering
Université de Kisangani
Uva Wellassa University
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota
Institute of Amazonian Research-Sinchi
Universidad de Puerto Rico
University of Buea
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin
Utah State University
Universität Regensburg
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Columbia University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Oxford
Conservation and Research Center (National Zoo)
University of California, Santa Cruz
Universität Bayreuth
University of Montana
Kasetsart University
Indiana University Bloomington
Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia
Universiteit Leiden
Washington State University Pullman
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
National University of Singapore
University of Florida
Oregon State University
National Dong Hwa University
National Sun Yat-Sen University
Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University
Universidade de São Paulo
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency
Sarawak Forest Department
The Silva Tarouca Research Institute
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Abstract
Numerous studies have shown reduced performance in plants that are surrounded by neighbours of the same species1,2, a phenomenon known as conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD)3. A long-held ecological hypothesis posits that CNDD is more pronounced in tropical than in temperate forests4,5, which increases community stabilization, species coexistence and the diversity of local tree species6,7. Previous analyses supporting such a latitudinal gradient in CNDD8,9 have suffered from methodological limitations related to the use of static data10–12. Here we present a comprehensive assessment of latitudinal CNDD patterns using dynamic mortality data to estimate species-site-specific CNDD across 23 sites. Averaged across species, we found that stabilizing CNDD was present at all except one site, but that average stabilizing CNDD was not stronger toward the tropics. However, in tropical tree communities, rare and intermediate abundant species experienced stronger stabilizing CNDD than did common species. This pattern was absent in temperate forests, which suggests that CNDD influences species abundances more strongly in tropical forests than it does in temperate ones13. We also found that interspecific variation in CNDD, which might attenuate its stabilizing effect on species diversity14,15, was high but not significantly different across latitudes. Although the consequences of these patterns for latitudinal diversity gradients are difficult to evaluate, we speculate that a more effective regulation of population abundances could translate into greater stabilization of tropical tree communities and thus contribute to the high local diversity of tropical forests.