Strong neutral spatial effects shape tree species distributions across life stages at multiple scales

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hu, Yue Hua ^a,b   Lan, Guo Yu ^c,d   Sha, Li Qing ^a   Cao, Min ^a   Tang, Yong ^a   Li, Yi De ^b   Xu, Da Ping ^b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BULK DENSITY; CANOPY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH CURVE; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TREE GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TREES;

EID: 84861544409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038247     Document Type: Article

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