Metabolomics provides an unprecedented window into diverse plant secondary metabolites
that represent a potentially critical niche dimension in tropical forests underlying species …

Increasingly, ecologists are using functional and phylogenetic approaches to quantify the
relative importance of stochastic, abiotic filtering and biotic filtering processes sha** the …

Neutral and niche theories give contrasting explanations for the maintenance of tropical tree
species diversity. Both have some empirical support, but methods to disentangle their effects …

Environmental filtering consistently shapes the functional and phylogenetic structure of
species across space within diverse forests. However, poor descriptions of community …

Conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) has been recognized as a key
mechanism underlying species coexistence, especially in tropical forests. Recently, some …

Spatial patterns in trait variation reflect underlying community assembly processes, allowing
us to test hypotheses about their trait and environmental drivers by identifying the strongest …

The majority of species in many communities are rare, and it is an enduring challenge to
understand the mechanism of species rarity and commonness in local communities. The …

Aims While using phylogenetic and functional approaches to test the mechanisms of
community assembly, functional traits often act as the proxy of niches. However, there is little …

Inferring the processes underlying the spatial distribution patterns of tree species is
fundamental for understanding species coexistence. Here, we examined spatial distribution …

Questions Lianas are a conspicuous element of tropical forests but have largely been
ignored in species‐level vegetation surveys. As a result, there is limited understanding of …