Temporal turnover in the composition of tropical tree communities: Functional determinism and phylogenetic stochasticity

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 490-499

  Swenson, Nathan G ^a   Stegen, James C ^b,c   Davies, Stuart J ^d,e   Erickson, David L ^f   Forero Montaña, Jimena ^g   Hurlbert, Allen H ^b   Kress, W John ^f   Thompson, Jill ^g,h   Uriarte, María ⁱ   Wright, S Joseph ^e   Zimmerman, Jess K ^g  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^h CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community dynamics; Community phylogenetics; Functional ecology; Functional traits; Neutral theory; Panama; Puerto Rico; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84860234649     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1180.1     Document Type: Article

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