Evidence concerning mechanisms hypothesized to explain species coexistence in hyper-
diverse communities is reviewed for tropical forest plants. Three hypotheses receive strong …

Summary 1 We present a critical review of the application of metapopulation theory to the
regional dynamics of plants. We consider whether there is evidence that regional …

Local extinctions have cascading effects on ecosystem functions, yet little is known about the
potential for the rapid evolutionary change of species in human-modified scenarios. We …

Our knowledge of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees is limited, with detailed information
available for perhaps only a few hundred of the many thousand of species that occur. Yet a …

Biodiversity is declining globally, yet many biodiversity hotspots still lack comprehensive
species conservation assessments. Using multiple International Union for Conservation of …

Elasticities of matrix elements from population projection matrices are commonly used to
analyze the relative contributions of different life history transitions (birth, survival, growth) to …

A comparative analysis of 23 populations of the Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) across
the Brazilian, Peruvian, and Bolivian Amazon shows that the history and intensity of Brazil …

Ecology Letters (2010) Abstract The Janzen‐Connell hypothesis is a leading explanation for
plant‐species diversity in tropical forests. It suggests that specialized natural enemies …

The effects of tropical forest structure and species composition on species diversity were
studied using the data of 279 biodiversity inventory plots, in the forest reserves of the East …

Overhunting in tropical forests reduces populations of vertebrate seed dispersers. If reduced
seed dispersal has a negative impact on tree population viability, overhunting could lead to …