Differing life history characteristics support coexistence of tree soil generalist and specialist species in tropical rainforests

• Main Authors: Julia Born, Andrea R. Pluess, David F.R.P. Burslem, Reuben Nilus, Colin R. Maycock, Jaboury Ghazoul
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2014
• Subjects: QH540-549.5 Ecology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29172/1/Differing%20Life%20History%20Characteristics%20Support%20Coexistence%20of%20Tree%20Soil%20Generalist%20and%20Specialist%20Species%20in%20Tropical%20Rainforests_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29172/3/Differing%20Life%20History%20Characteristics%20Support%20Coexistence%20of%20Tree%20Soil%20Generalist%20and%20Specialist%20Species%20in%20Tropical%20Rainforests.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29172/; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/btp.12083; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.12083

Niche differentiation is a prominent mechanism for explaining tree species coexistence in tropical rain forests. Theory predicts that species that are specialized on a set of environmental conditions should competitively exclude generalists in those conditions, and that environmental heterogeneity a...