Divergent Secondary Metabolites and Habitat Filtering Both Contribute to Tree Species Coexistence in the Peruvian Amazon

• Published in: Frontiers in plant science Vol. 9; p. 836
• Main Authors: Vleminckx, Jason, Salazar, Diego, Fortunel, Claire, Mesones, Italo, Dávila, Nállarett, Lokvam, John, Beckley, Krista, Baraloto, Christopher, Fine, Paul V A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers 19.06.2018; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Biodiversity and Ecology; Botanics; competitive exclusion; Ecology, environment; Ecosystems; Environmental Sciences; Life Sciences; natural enemies; plant community assembly; Plant Science; Protium (Burseraceae); resource use traits; secondary metabolites; Vegetal Biology; competitive exclusion; natural enemies; resource use traits; secondary metabolites; plant community assembly; Protium (Burseraceae); tropical forest diversity

Little is known about the mechanisms promoting or limiting the coexistence of functionally divergent species in hyperdiverse tropical tree genera. Density-dependent enemy attacks have been proposed to be a major driver for the local coexistence of chemically divergent congeneric species. At the same...