Understanding the mechanisms that drive community assembly in species-rich tropical forest remains a fundamental challenge in ecology. Here, we integrated multivariate functional trait dimensions, phylogeny, and metabolomics to test fundamental predictions concerning the role of differentiation with respect to abiotic and biotic niche axes in the maintenance of high local diversity of woody plants in the Euphorbiaceae. We measured 40 functional traits related to resource acquisition, photosynthetic capacity, hydraulic efficiency, and secondary-metabolite profiles generated using untargeted metabolomics in all 26 Euphorbiaceae species in a 20-ha forest dynamics plot in tropical southwestern China. We examined the correlation structure of 40 ...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
question in community ecology. Whereas neutral theory assumes that species are adapted to common fie...
question in community ecology. Whereas neutral theory assumes that species are adapted to common fie...
question in community ecology. Whereas neutral theory assumes that species are adapted to common fie...
Ecology seeks to explain the mechanisms that allow multiple species to coexist in the same habitat w...
<div><p>Functional traits, properties of organisms correlated with ecological performance, play a ce...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
Functional traits, properties of organisms correlated with ecological performance, play a central ro...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
question in community ecology. Whereas neutral theory assumes that species are adapted to common fie...
question in community ecology. Whereas neutral theory assumes that species are adapted to common fie...
question in community ecology. Whereas neutral theory assumes that species are adapted to common fie...
Ecology seeks to explain the mechanisms that allow multiple species to coexist in the same habitat w...
<div><p>Functional traits, properties of organisms correlated with ecological performance, play a ce...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
Functional traits, properties of organisms correlated with ecological performance, play a central ro...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...
1. Niche theory proposes that species differences underlie both coexistence within communities and t...