Joseph A. LaMannaScott A. ManganAlfonso AlonsoNorman A. BourgWarren Y. BrockelmanSarayudh BunyavejchewinLi Wan ChangJyh Min ChiangGeorge B. ChuyongKeith ClaySusan CordellStuart J. DaviesTucker J. FurnissChristian P. GiardinaI. A.U. Nimal GunatillekeC. V. Savitri GunatillekeFangliang HeRobert W. HoweStephen P. HubbellChang Fu HsiehFaith M. Inman-NarahariDavid JaníkDaniel J. JohnsonDavid KenfackLisa KorteKamil KrálAndrew J. LarsonJames A. LutzSean M. McMahonWilliam J. McSheaHervé R. MemiagheAnuttara NathalangVojtech NovotnyPerry S. OngDavid A. OrwigRebecca OstertagGeoffrey G. ParkerRichard P. PhillipsLawren SackI. Fang SunJ. Sebastián TelloDuncan W. ThomasBenjamin L. TurnerDilys M. Vela DíazTomáš VrškaGeorge D. WeiblenAmy WolfSandra YapJonathan A. MyersNational Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, ThailandUniversity of the Philippines DilimanFar Eastern University ManilaUniversity of PeradeniyaUniversity of BueaUnited States Department of AgricultureUtah State UniversityAcademy of Sciences of the Czech RepublicUniversity of AlbertaSmithsonian Tropical Research InstituteNational Zoological ParkUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of MontanaSun Yat-Sen UniversityIndiana UniversityTunghai UniversitySmithsonian Environmental Research CenterUniversity of Hawaii at HiloMahidol UniversityNational Dong Hwa UniversityThailand National Center for Genetic Engineering and BiotechnologyUnited States Geological SurveyWashington University in St. LouisJihoceská Univerzita v Ceských BudejovicíchCNRS Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueUniversity of Wisconsin-Green BaySmithsonian National Museum of Natural HistoryHarvard ForestTaiwan Forestry Research InstituteNational Taiwan UniversityWashington State University VancouverMissouri Botanical GardenSilva Tarouca Research InstituteNew Guinea Binatang Research CentreNational Zoological Park2019-08-282019-08-282018-05-25Science. Vol.360, No.6391 (2018)10959203003680752-s2.0-85047415717https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/475192017 © The Authors, Chisholm and Fung claim that our method of estimating conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) in recruitment is systematically biased, and present an alternative method that shows no latitudinal pattern in CNDD. We demonstrate that their approach produces strongly biased estimates of CNDD, explaining why they do not detect a latitudinal pattern. We also address their methodological concerns using an alternative distance-weighted approach, which supports our original findings of a latitudinal gradient in CNDD and a latitudinal shift in the relationship between CNDD and species abundance.Mahidol UniversityMultidisciplinaryReviewSCOPUS10.1126/science.aar5245