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Article: Soil nitrogen concentration mediates the relationship between leguminous trees and neighbor diversity in tropical forests

TitleSoil nitrogen concentration mediates the relationship between leguminous trees and neighbor diversity in tropical forests
Authors
KeywordsNitrogen Fixation
Acetylene Reduction
Pleurozium Schreberi
Issue Date2020
PublisherNature Research (part of Springer Nature): Fully open access journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.nature.com/commsbio
Citation
Communications Biology, 2020, v. 3 n. 1, p. article no. 317 How to Cite?
AbstractLegumes provide an essential service to ecosystems by capturing nitrogen from the atmosphere and delivering it to the soil, where it may then be available to other plants. However, this facilitation by legumes has not been widely studied in global tropical forests. Demographic data from 11 large forest plots (16–60 ha) ranging from 5.25° S to 29.25° N latitude show that within forests, leguminous trees have a larger effect on neighbor diversity than non-legumes. Where soil nitrogen is high, most legume species have higher neighbor diversity than non-legumes. Where soil nitrogen is low, most legumes have lower neighbor diversity than non-legumes. No facilitation effect on neighbor basal area was observed in either high or low soil N conditions. The legume–soil nitrogen positive feedback that promotes tree diversity has both theoretical implications for understanding species coexistence in diverse forests, and practical implications for the utilization of legumes in forest restoration.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/288312
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dc.contributor.authorXU, H-
dc.contributor.authorDetto, M-
dc.contributor.authorFang, S-
dc.contributor.authorChazdon, RL-
dc.contributor.authorLi, Y-
dc.contributor.authorHau, BCH-
dc.contributor.authorFischer, GA-
dc.contributor.authorWeibien, GD-
dc.contributor.authorHogan, JA-
dc.contributor.authorZimmerman, JK-
dc.contributor.authorUriarte, M-
dc.contributor.authorThompson, J-
dc.contributor.authorLian, J-
dc.contributor.authorCao, K-
dc.contributor.authorKenfack, D-
dc.contributor.authorAlonso, A-
dc.contributor.authorBissiengou, P-
dc.contributor.authorMemiaghe, HR-
dc.contributor.authorValencia, R-
dc.contributor.authorYap, SL-
dc.contributor.authorDavies, SJ-
dc.contributor.authorMi, X-
dc.contributor.authorYao, TL-
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-05T12:11:00Z-
dc.date.available2020-10-05T12:11:00Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationCommunications Biology, 2020, v. 3 n. 1, p. article no. 317-
dc.identifier.issn2399-3642-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/288312-
dc.description.abstractLegumes provide an essential service to ecosystems by capturing nitrogen from the atmosphere and delivering it to the soil, where it may then be available to other plants. However, this facilitation by legumes has not been widely studied in global tropical forests. Demographic data from 11 large forest plots (16–60 ha) ranging from 5.25° S to 29.25° N latitude show that within forests, leguminous trees have a larger effect on neighbor diversity than non-legumes. Where soil nitrogen is high, most legume species have higher neighbor diversity than non-legumes. Where soil nitrogen is low, most legumes have lower neighbor diversity than non-legumes. No facilitation effect on neighbor basal area was observed in either high or low soil N conditions. The legume–soil nitrogen positive feedback that promotes tree diversity has both theoretical implications for understanding species coexistence in diverse forests, and practical implications for the utilization of legumes in forest restoration.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherNature Research (part of Springer Nature): Fully open access journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.nature.com/commsbio-
dc.relation.ispartofCommunications Biology-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectNitrogen Fixation-
dc.subjectAcetylene Reduction-
dc.subjectPleurozium Schreberi-
dc.titleSoil nitrogen concentration mediates the relationship between leguminous trees and neighbor diversity in tropical forests-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailHau, BCH: chhau@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityHau, BCH=rp00703-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s42003-020-1041-y-
dc.identifier.pmid32561898-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC7305120-
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dc.identifier.hkuros315229-
dc.identifier.volume3-
dc.identifier.issue1-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 317-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 317-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000543368100002-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl2399-3642-

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