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Comment
. 2018 May 25;360(6391):eaar2435.
doi: 10.1126/science.aar2435.

Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale"

Lisa Hülsmann  1 , Florian Hartig  2
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Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale"

Lisa Hülsmann et al. Science. .

Abstract

LaManna et al (Reports, 30 June 2017, p. 1389) claim that subadult trees are proportionally less common at high conspecific adult density (CNDD) and that this effect increases toward the tropics and for rare species. We show that the CNDD-abundance correlation may have arisen from a methodological artifact and that a range of processes can explain the reported latitudinal pattern.

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  • Response to Comment on "Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale".
    LaManna JA, Mangan SA, Alonso A, Bourg NA, Brockelman WY, Bunyavejchewin S, Chang LW, Chiang JM, Chuyong GB, Clay K, Cordell S, Davies SJ, Furniss TJ, Giardina CP, Gunatilleke IAUN, Gunatilleke CVS, He F, Howe RW, Hubbell SP, Hsieh CF, Inman-Narahari FM, Janík D, Johnson DJ, Kenfack D, Korte L, Král K, Larson AJ, Lutz JA, McMahon SM, McShea WJ, Memiaghe HR, Nathalang A, Novotny V, Ong PS, Orwig DA, Ostertag R, Parker GG, Phillips RP, Sack L, Sun IF, Tello JS, Thomas DW, Turner BL, Vela Díaz DM, Vrška T, Weiblen GD, Wolf A, Yap S, Myers JA. LaManna JA, et al. Science. 2018 May 25;360(6391):eaar3824. doi: 10.1126/science.aar3824. Science. 2018. PMID: 29798853

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  • Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale.
    LaManna JA, Mangan SA, Alonso A, Bourg NA, Brockelman WY, Bunyavejchewin S, Chang LW, Chiang JM, Chuyong GB, Clay K, Condit R, Cordell S, Davies SJ, Furniss TJ, Giardina CP, Gunatilleke IAUN, Gunatilleke CVS, He F, Howe RW, Hubbell SP, Hsieh CF, Inman-Narahari FM, Janík D, Johnson DJ, Kenfack D, Korte L, Král K, Larson AJ, Lutz JA, McMahon SM, McShea WJ, Memiaghe HR, Nathalang A, Novotny V, Ong PS, Orwig DA, Ostertag R, Parker GG, Phillips RP, Sack L, Sun IF, Tello JS, Thomas DW, Turner BL, Vela Díaz DM, Vrška T, Weiblen GD, Wolf A, Yap S, Myers JA. LaManna JA, et al. Science. 2017 Jun 30;356(6345):1389-1392. doi: 10.1126/science.aam5678. Science. 2017. PMID: 28663501

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