Patterns of phylogenetic community structure of sand dune plant communities in the Yucatan Peninsula: the role of deterministic and stochastic processes in community assembly

• Published in: Plant ecology & diversity Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 515 - 526
• Main Authors: Angulo, Diego F., Tun-Garrido, Juan, Arceo-Gómez, Gerardo, Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A., Parra-Tabla, Victor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 04.07.2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Assembly; Biotic interactions; Climate change; climatic factors; climatic filtering; community assembly; Community structure; Dunes; Ecological effects; ecosystems; genetic distance; Genetic markers; Mexico; phylogenetic structure; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant communities; plant diversity; Sand; sand-dune communities; Stochastic models; Stochastic processes; Yucatan Peninsula; Yucatan Peninsula; Mexico

Background: Tropical sand dunes are ideal systems for understanding drivers of community assembly as dunes are subject to both deterministic and stochastic processes. However, studies that evaluate the factors that mediate plant community assembly in these ecosystems are few. Aims: We evaluated phyl...