Do natural enemies mediate conspecific negative distance‐ and density‐dependence of trees? A meta‐analysis of exclusion experiments

When do Janzen–Connell effects matter? A phylogenetic meta‐analysis of conspecific negative distance and density dependence experiments

(2021) Xiaoyang Song et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Wildlife disturbances as a source of conspecific negative density-dependent mortality in tropical trees

(2021) Matthew Scott Luskin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

On the scaling of activity in tropical forest mammals

(2020) Bruno Cid et al.   OIKOS

Seed abundance affects seed removal of an alien and a native tree in the Brazilian savanna: Implications for biotic resistance

(2020) Augusto Florisvaldo Batisteli et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

At 50, Janzen–Connell Has Come of Age

(2020) John Terborgh   BIOSCIENCE

Large mammalian herbivores contribute to conspecific negative density dependence in a temperate forest

(2020) Stephen J. Murphy et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The role of herbivorous insects and pathogens in the regeneration dynamics of Guazuma ulmifolia in Panama

(2019) Raphaële Solé et al.   Nature Conservation-Bulgaria

Herbivores as drivers of negative density dependence in tropical forest saplings

(2019) Dale L. Forrister et al.   SCIENCE

Incorporating the disease triangle framework for testing the effect of soil‐borne pathogens on tree species diversity

(2019) Yu Liu et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Root traits and belowground herbivores relate to plant–soil feedback variation among congeners

(2019) Rutger A. Wilschut et al.   Nature Communications

Bias in the detection of negative density dependence in plant communities

(2019) Matteo Detto et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

How do herbivorous insects respond to drought stress in trees?

(2019) Claire Gely et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Differential soil fungus accumulation and density dependence of trees in a subtropical forest

(2019) Lei Chen et al.   SCIENCE

The strength of density-dependent mortality is contingent on climate and seedling size

(2018) Xiaoyang Song et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Consequences of interspecific variation in defenses and herbivore host choice for the ecology and evolution of Inga, a speciose rainforest tree

(2018) Phyllis D. Coley et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

(2018) Lisa Hülsmann et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2018) Ryan A. Chisholm et al.   SCIENCE

Seed traits, not density or distance from parent, determine seed predation and establishment in an Afrotropical forest

(2018) Cooper Rosin et al.   BIOTROPICA

Weaker plant-enemy interactions decrease tree seedling diversity with edge-effects in a fragmented tropical forest

(2018) Meghna Krishnadas et al.   Nature Communications

Influence of soil pathogens on early regeneration success of tropical trees varies between forest edge and interior

(2017) Meghna Krishnadas et al.   OECOLOGIA

How latitude affects biotic interactions

(2017) Liza S. Comita   SCIENCE

The impact of hunting on tropical mammal and bird populations

(2017) A. Benítez-López et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2017) Joseph A. LaManna et al.   SCIENCE

Resistance of tropical seedlings to drought is mediated by neighbourhood diversity

(2017) Michael J. O’Brien et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Adult trees cause density-dependent mortality in conspecific seedlings by regulating the frequency of pathogenic soil fungi

(2016) Minxia Liang et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Distance-dependent effects of pathogenic fungi on seedlings of a legume tree: impaired nodule formation and identification of antagonistic rhizosphere bacteria

(2016) Lan Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Mechanisms of mast seeding: resources, weather, cues, and selection

(2016) Ian S. Pearse et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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

(2015) Yan Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Conducting Meta-Analyses inRwith themetaforPackage

(2015) Wolfgang Viechtbauer   Journal of Statistical Software

Multiple natural enemies cause distance-dependent mortality at the seed-to-seedling transition

(2014) Evan C. Fricke et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

Pathogens and insect herbivores drive rainforest plant diversity and composition

(2014) Robert Bagchi et al.   NATURE

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

(2014) R. Dirzo et al.   SCIENCE

Consequences of defaunation for a tropical tree community

(2013) Rhett D Harrison et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Testing for enemy-mediated density-dependence in the mortality of seedlings: field experiments with five Neotropical tree species

(2013) Sofia Gripenberg et al.   OIKOS

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

Consequences of changing rainfall for fungal pathogen-induced mortality in tropical tree seedlings

(2012) Tom Swinfield et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Experimental evidence for a phylogenetic Janzen-Connell effect in a subtropical forest

(2011) Xubing Liu et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Small-mammal seed predation limits the recruitment and abundance of two perennial grassland forbs

(2010) Mary Bricker et al.   ECOLOGY

Distance-responsive natural enemies strongly influence seedling establishment patterns of multiple species in an Amazonian rain forest

(2010) Varun Swamy et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Seed survival in soil: interacting effects of predation, dormancy and the soil microbial community

(2010) James W. Dalling et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of Seed Predators of Different Body Size on Seed Mortality in Bornean Logged Forest

(2010) Yann Hautier et al.   PLoS One

Rooting theories of plant community ecology in microbial interactions

(2010) James D. Bever et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Pests vs. drought as determinants of plant distribution along a tropical rainfall gradient

(2009) Tania Brenes-Arguedas et al.   ECOLOGY

Weak Competition Among Tropical Tree Seedlings: Implications for Species Coexistence

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