Tropical Tree Richness and Resource-Based Niches

Robin L. Chazdon; Robert K. Colwell; Julie S. Denslow

doi:10.1126/science.285.5433.1459a

Abstract

In assessing the role of treefall gaps in maintaining species richness in a tropical forest, S. P. Hubbell et al . ([1][1]) provide a test of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, which predicts greater species richness in gaps than in mature forest. Hubbell et al . find more tree species per

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Species richnessEcological nicheNicheResource (disambiguation)Tree (set theory)EcologyGeographyBiologyEnvironmental resource managementComputer scienceEnvironmental scienceHabitatMathematics

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 285
Issue: 5433
Pages: 1459-1459
Citations: 48
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                                    Robin L. Chazdon, 
                                
                                    Robert K. Colwell, 
                                
                                    Julie S. Denslow
                                
                            (1999). 
                            Tropical Tree Richness and Resource-Based Niches. 
                            Science
                            , 285
                            (5433)
                            , 1459-1459.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/science.285.5433.1459a

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DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5433.1459a