Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats

Journal article

Aim: Ecological and anthropogenic factors shift the abundances of dominant and rare tree species within local forest communities, thus affecting species composition and ecosystem functioning. To inform forest and conservation management it is important to understand the drivers of dominance and rarity in local tree communities. We answer the following research questions: (1) What are the patterns of dominance and rarity in tree communities? (2) Which ecological and anthropogenic factors predi...

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Authors: Hordijk, I; Bialic‐Murphy, L; Lauber, T; Routh, D; Poorter, L

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Wiley
• Journal: Global Ecology and Biogeography
• Article number: e13889
• Publication date: 2024-07-17
• Acceptance date: 2024-06-23
• DOI: 10.1111/geb.13889
• EISSN: 1466-8238
• ISSN: 1466-822X and 1466-8238
• Language: English
• Keywords: species abundance; species population threats; community; forests; macroecology; rarity; environmental predictors; dominance