Competition analysis using neighborhood models: implications for plant community assembly rules

• Published in: Ethnobiology and Conservation Vol. 6
• Main Author: Lopes, Sergio de Faria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Recife Ethnobiology and Conservation 14.07.2017
• Subjects: Complementarity; Ecosystem dynamics; Environmental changes; Neighborhoods; Niches; Plant communities; Plant ecology; Plant populations; Resource availability; Tropical forests

Contemporary studies in plant ecology have investigated the processes and patterns underlying plant community of structure and dynamics, mainly in tropical forests. In this context, the effects of competitive interactions between trees and their neighbors on tree growth and survival in plant communi...