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

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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Main Authors: Jason Vleminckx, Diego Salazar, Claire Fortunel, Italo Mesones, Nállarett Dávila, John Lokvam, Krista Beckley, Christopher Baraloto, Paul V. A. Fine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
competitive exclusion
natural enemies
plant community assembly
resource use traits
secondary metabolites
Protium (Burseraceae)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00836/full

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