Spatial scale resolves the niche versus neutral theory debate

The 50-ha long-term forest plot on Barro Colorado Island in Panama was 'ground zero' for the development of ecology's 'neutral theory' and comparisons with its 'niche theory' counterpart. In this issue, Garzon-Lopez and colleagues used tree distributions at this si...

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Published inJournal of vegetation science Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 319 - 322
Main Author Chase, Jonathan M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2014
Subjects
COMMENTARY
Community structure
Ecological niches
ecology
Forest ecology
forests
Habitats
islands
Panama
Plant ecology
Species
Stochastic processes
Synecology
Trees
Vegetation
Panama
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Summary:The 50-ha long-term forest plot on Barro Colorado Island in Panama was 'ground zero' for the development of ecology's 'neutral theory' and comparisons with its 'niche theory' counterpart. In this issue, Garzon-Lopez and colleagues used tree distributions at this site to recast the unresolved (and unresolvable) debate to show that observational scale drives the perception of which processes predominate.
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ISSN:1100-9233
1654-1103
DOI:10.1111/jvs.12159