Geographical variation in community divergence: insights from tropical forest monodominance by ectomycorrhizal trees

American Naturalist

Volumn 190, Issue , 2017, Pages S105-S122

  Fukami, Tadashi ^a   Nakajima, Mifuyu ^a   Fortunel, Claire ^b   Fine, Paul V A ^c   Baraloto, Christopher ^d,e   Russo, Sabrina E ^f   Peay, Kabir G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Campus Agronomique   (France)

^e FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Mycorrhizae; Plant traits; Plant soil feedback; Priority effects; Species pools

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BORNEO; EVOLUTION; FOREST; MYCORRHIZA; SOIL; SOUTH AMERICA; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BORNEO; FORESTS; MYCORRHIZAE; SOIL; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 85026919219     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/692439     Document Type: Article

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