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

Ecological genomics of tropical trees: how local population size and allelic diversity of resistance genes relate to immune responses, cosusceptibility to pathogens, and negative density dependence

(2017) J. H. Marden et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

How latitude affects biotic interactions

(2017) Liza S. Comita   SCIENCE

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

(2017) Joseph A. LaManna et al.   SCIENCE

Negative density dependence is stronger in resource-rich environments and diversifies communities when stronger for common but not rare species

(2016) Joseph A. LaManna et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Species with greater seed mass are more tolerant of conspecific neighbours: a key driver of early survival and future abundances in a tropical forest

(2016) Edwin Lebrija-Trejos et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical trees

(2016) Marco D. Visser et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Density-dependent seedling mortality varies with light availability and species abundance in wet and dry Hawaiian forests

(2016) Faith Inman-Narahari et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Prevalence and strength of density-dependent tree recruitment

(2015) Kai Zhu et al.   ECOLOGY

Conspecific and phylogenetic density-dependent survival differs across life stages in a tropical forest

(2015) Yan Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

(2015) Georges Kunstler et al.   NATURE

Testing predictions of the Janzen-Connell hypothesis: a meta-analysis of experimental evidence for distance- and density-dependent seed and seedling survival

(2014) Liza S. Comita et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The world-wide ‘fast-slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto

(2014) Peter B. Reich   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Pathogens and insect herbivores drive rainforest plant diversity and composition

(2014) Robert Bagchi et al.   NATURE

Phosphorus limitation, soil-borne pathogens and the coexistence of plant species in hyperdiverse forests and shrublands

(2014) Etienne Laliberté et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Demographic consequences of chromatic leaf defence in tropical tree communities: do red young leaves increase growth and survival?

(2013) Simon A. Queenborough et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Plant–soil feedback links negative distance dependence and light gradient partitioning during seedling establishment

(2013) Sarah McCarthy-Neumann et al.   ECOLOGY

Does relatedness matter? Phylogenetic density-dependent survival of seedlings in a tropical forest

(2013) Edwin Lebrija-Trejos et al.   ECOLOGY

Functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies

(2013) P. B. Adler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enemies Maintain Hyperdiverse Tropical Forests

(2012) John Terborgh   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Rethinking Community Assembly through the Lens of Coexistence Theory

(2012) J. HilleRisLambers et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Functional traits explain light and size response of growth rates in tropical tree species

(2012) Nadja Rüger et al.   ECOLOGY

Seasonal differentiation in density-dependent seedling survival in a tropical rain forest

(2012) Luxiang Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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

(2012) Tiefeng Piao et al.   OECOLOGIA

Local-Scale Drivers of Tree Survival in a Temperate Forest

(2012) Xugao Wang et al.   PLoS One

Conspecific Negative Density Dependence and Forest Diversity

(2012) D. J. Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Conspecific density dependence in seedlings varies with species shade tolerance in a wet tropical forest

(2011) Richard K. Kobe et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Functional traits and the growth–mortality trade-off in tropical trees

(2010) S. Joseph Wright et al.   ECOLOGY

Community-level consequences of density dependence and habitat association in a subtropical broad-leaved forest

(2010) Lei Chen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Responses of forest trees to single and multiple environmental stresses from seedlings to mature plants: Past stress history, stress interactions, tolerance and acclimation

(2010) Ülo Niinemets   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Negative plant–soil feedback predicts tree-species relative abundance in a tropical forest

(2010) Scott A. Mangan et al.   NATURE

Tissue-level leaf toughness, but not lamina thickness, predicts sapling leaf lifespan and shade tolerance of tropical tree species

(2010) Kaoru Kitajima et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Asymmetric Density Dependence Shapes Species Abundances in a Tropical Tree Community

(2010) L. S. Comita et al.   SCIENCE

Local neighborhood and species' shade tolerance influence survival in a diverse seedling bank

(2009) Liza S. Comita et al.   ECOLOGY

Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

(2009) Jerome Chave et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Abiotic and biotic drivers of seedling survival in a hurricane-impacted tropical forest

(2009) Liza S. Comita et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Size-dependence of growth and mortality influence the shade tolerance of trees in a lowland temperate rain forest

(2009) Georges Kunstler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Density dependence is prevalent in a heterogeneous subtropical forest

(2009) Yan Zhu et al.   OIKOS

Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution

(2009) Benjamin M. Bolker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Shade Tolerance, a Key Plant Feature of Complex Nature and Consequences

(2008) Fernando Valladares et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Weak Competition Among Tropical Tree Seedlings: Implications for Species Coexistence

(2008) C. E. Timothy Paine et al.   BIOTROPICA

TOLERANCE OF SOIL PATHOGENS CO-VARIES WITH SHADE TOLERANCE ACROSS SPECIES OF TROPICAL TREE SEEDLINGS

(2008) Sarah McCarthy-Neumann et al.   ECOLOGY

Heterogeneity influences spatial patterns and demographics in forest stands

(2008) Stephan Getzin et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY