Theory predicts that higher biodiversity in the tropics is maintained by specialized interactions
among plants and their natural enemies that result in conspecific negative density …

Aim Ecological niches shape species commonness and rarity, yet, the relative importance of
different niche mechanisms within and across ecosystems remains unresolved. We tested …

Calophyllum (Calophyllaceae), previously placed in Clusiaceae, is easily recognizable by
its opposite entire leaves with close parallel venation alternating with resin canals. However, …

Understanding the resilience of moist tropical forests to treefall disturbance events is important
for understanding the mechanisms that underlie species coexistence and for predicting …

Chisholm and Fung claim that our method of estimating conspecific negative density dependence
(CNDD) in recruitment is systematically biased, and present an alternative method that …

Maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) is not only one of the world’s most important crops, but it also is
a powerful tool for studies of genetics, genomics, and cytology. The genome of maize shows …

The forests of Amazonia are among the most biodiverse plant communities on Earth. Given
the immediate threats posed by climate and land-use change, an improved understanding of …

• Premise of the study: Polyploidy is common in the grasses and low‐copy nuclear loci are
needed to further our understanding of phylogenetic relationships. • Methods and Results: …

Terrestrial ecosystem models assume that microbial communities respond instantaneously,
or are immediately resilient, to environmental change. Here we tested this assumption by …