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
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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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10.1126/science.285.5433.1459a