Divergent Secondary Metabolites and Habitat Filtering Both Contribute to Tree Species Coexistence in the Peruvian Amazon
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...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Plant Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00836/full |