Many hypotheses link tropical forest tree diversity with vegetation dynamics and productivity. Evaluation based on permanent sample plot data face problems of interpretation. I suggest, as examples, three points requiring consideration: 1) Species richness in a plot is the outcome of the detailed history of that particular site and the available species (i.e. the species pool). Diversity cannot be explained as a product of current conditions unless these are stable and the system is at equilibrium: 2) Existing permanent sample plots (PSPs) do not provide unbiased samples of global tropical forests; and 3) Variation in stand parameters may be more appropriate than averaged values when considering the maintenance of diversity, e.g. spatial an...
A fundamental question in ecology is how many species occur within a given area. Despite the complex...
Abstract Tropical forests are notable for their high species diversity, even on small spatial scales...
Background: The spatial structure of tree species diversity may identify the relative importance of ...
1 Species-accumulation curves for woody plants were calculated in three tropical forests, based on f...
1 Species-accumulation curves for woody plants were calculated in three tropical forests, based on f...
We assessed the performance of ten incidence-based estimators of tree species richness in simulated ...
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts local species diversity to be maximal at an i...
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts local species diversity to be maximal at an i...
Biological diversity and ecosystem functions, such as the production of wood and the storage of carb...
Species richness estimation is one of the most widely used analyses carried out by ecologists, and n...
We assessed a general hypothesis of tropical tree diversity that predicts that species richness will...
We investigated how disturbance and recruitment limitation promote tree species richness in a tropic...
The relationship between succession and tropical forest diversity has been much debated. A fundament...
Questions: Niche differentiation is a central explanation for the co-existence and distribution patt...
It is not simple to predict how environmental changes may impact tropical forest species diversity. ...
A fundamental question in ecology is how many species occur within a given area. Despite the complex...
Abstract Tropical forests are notable for their high species diversity, even on small spatial scales...
Background: The spatial structure of tree species diversity may identify the relative importance of ...
1 Species-accumulation curves for woody plants were calculated in three tropical forests, based on f...
1 Species-accumulation curves for woody plants were calculated in three tropical forests, based on f...
We assessed the performance of ten incidence-based estimators of tree species richness in simulated ...
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts local species diversity to be maximal at an i...
The intermediate disturbance hypothesis (IDH) predicts local species diversity to be maximal at an i...
Biological diversity and ecosystem functions, such as the production of wood and the storage of carb...
Species richness estimation is one of the most widely used analyses carried out by ecologists, and n...
We assessed a general hypothesis of tropical tree diversity that predicts that species richness will...
We investigated how disturbance and recruitment limitation promote tree species richness in a tropic...
The relationship between succession and tropical forest diversity has been much debated. A fundament...
Questions: Niche differentiation is a central explanation for the co-existence and distribution patt...
It is not simple to predict how environmental changes may impact tropical forest species diversity. ...
A fundamental question in ecology is how many species occur within a given area. Despite the complex...
Abstract Tropical forests are notable for their high species diversity, even on small spatial scales...
Background: The spatial structure of tree species diversity may identify the relative importance of ...