Spatial point-pattern analysis as a powerful tool in identifying pattern-process relationships in plant ecology: an updated review

M Ben-Said - Ecological Processes, 2021 - Springer
Background Ecological processes such as seedling establishment, biotic interactions, and
mortality can leave footprints on species spatial structure that can be detectable through …

Is variation in conspecific negative density dependence driving tree diversity patterns at large scales?

L Hülsmann, RA Chisholm, F Hartig - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
Half a century ago, Janzen and Connell hypothesized that the high tree species diversity in
tropical forests is maintained by specialized natural enemies. Along with other mechanisms …

Functional traits and environmental filtering drive community assembly in a species‐rich tropical system

E Lebrija-Trejos, EA Pérez-García, JA Meave… - Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanistic models of community assembly state that biotic and abiotic filters constrain
species establishment through selection on their functional traits. Predicting this assembly …

An evaluation of the state of spatial point pattern analysis in ecology

E Velázquez, I Martínez, S Getzin, KA Moloney… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last two decades spatial point pattern analysis (SPPA) has become increasingly
popular in ecological research. To direct future work in this area we review studies using …

Discovery of fairy circles in Australia supports self-organization theory

S Getzin, H Yizhaq, B Bell… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Vegetation gap patterns in arid grasslands, such as the “fairy circles” of Namibia, are one of
nature's greatest mysteries and subject to a lively debate on their origin. They are …

Density‐dependent survival varies with species life‐history strategy in a tropical forest

Y Zhu, SA Queenborough, R Condit, SP Hubbell… - Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Species coexistence in diverse communities likely results from multiple interacting factors.
Mechanisms such as conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) and varying life …

秦岭皇冠暖温性落叶阔叶林物种组成与群落结构.

何春梅, 刘润清, 杨治春, 尹秋龙… - Yingyong Shengtai …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
摘要秦岭是典型的暖温带⁃ 亚热带过渡区. 中国森林生物多样性监测网络(CForBio)
现有的样地已经基本覆盖了中国大多数气候区, 但位于气候过渡带的样地较少 …

植物群落物种共存机制: 负密度制约假说

祝燕, 米湘成, 马克平 - 生物多样性, 2009 - biodiversity-science.net
负密度制约假说主要描述由于资源竞争, 有害生物侵害(比如病原微生物, 食草动物捕食) 等,
同种个体之间发生的相互损害行为; 它主要强调同种个体之间的相互作用 …

Point patterns of tree distribution determined by habitat heterogeneity and dispersal limitation

YC Lin, LW Chang, KC Yang, HH Wang, IF Sun - Oecologia, 2011 - Springer
Understanding processes underlying spatial distribution of tree species is fundamental to
studying species coexistence and diversity. This study modeled point patterns of tree …

Density dependence across multiple life stages in a temperate old-growth forest of northeast China

T Piao, LS Comita, G Jin, JH Kim - Oecologia, 2013 - Springer
Recent studies on species coexistence suggest that density dependence is an important
mechanism regulating plant populations. However, there have been few studies of density …