Stochastic and deterministic effects on interactions between canopy and recruiting species in forest communities

• Published in: Functional ecology Vol. 32; no. 9; pp. 2264 - 2274
• Main Authors: Alcántara, Julio M., Pulgar, Manuel, Trøjelsgaard, Kristian, Garrido, José L., Rey, Pedro J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Wiley 01.09.2018; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Canopies; canopy; community assembly; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; Coniferous forests; Consistency; ecological networks; facilitation; Foreign languages; Forest communities; Forests; genetic distance; Herbivores; interaction phylogenetics; Language; missing and forbidden links; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant communities; plant community phylogeny; Plant species; probability; Probability theory; Recruitment; replacement networks; saplings; shrubs; Spain; Species; Statistical models; Stochastic processes; Woody plants; Spain

Interactions between established (canopy) and recruiting individuals (recruits) are pervasive in plant communities. Studies on recruitment in forests have mainly focused on negative density‐dependent conspecific interactions, while the outcomes of heterospecific canopy–recruit interactions have rece...