Trait hierarchies are stronger than trait dissimilarities in structuring spatial co‐occurrence patterns of common tree species in a subtropical forest

Abstract The dissimilarity and hierarchy of trait values that characterize niche and fitness differences, respectively, have been increasingly applied to infer mechanisms driving community assembly and to explain species co‐occurrence patterns. Here, we predict that limiting similarity should result...

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Main Authors: Deyi Yin, Yu Liu, Qing Ye, Marc W. Cadotte, Fangliang He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-06-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7567