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ArticleNature2025

Latitudinal scaling of aggregation with abundance and coexistence in forests.

Thorsten Wiegand, Xugao Wang, Samuel M Fischer, Nathan J B Kraft, Norman A Bourg, Warren Y Brockelman, Guanghong Cao, Min Cao, Wirong Chanthorn, Chengjin Chu and 28 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

38 authors.

Thorsten WiegandDepartment of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3721-2248
Xugao WangCAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Institute of Applied Ecology Chinese Academy of Sciences, . wangxg@iae.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1207-8852
Samuel M FischerDepartment of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8913-9575
Nathan J B KraftDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Norman A BourgConservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USA.
Warren Y BrockelmanNational Biobank of Thailand (NBT), National Science and Technology Development Agency, Klong Luang, Thailand.
Guanghong CaoAdministration Bureau of Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve.
Min CaoCAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Wirong ChanthornDepartment of Environmental Technology and Management, Faculty of Environment, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chengjin ChuState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University.ORCID 0000-0002-0606-449X
Stuart DaviesForest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Sisira EdiriweeraDepartment of Science and Technology, Uva Wellassa University, Badulla, Sri Lanka.
C V Savitri GunatillekeDepartment of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
I A U Nimal GunatillekeDepartment of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Zhanqing HaoSchool of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University.
Robert HoweDepartment of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8393-4981
Mingxi JiangKey Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Guangze JinSchool of Ecology, Northeast Forestry University.
W John KressDepartment of Botany, National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0140-5267
Buhang LiState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Ecology, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University.
Juyu LianKey Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.ORCID 0000-0001-6777-7170
Luxiang LinCAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.ORCID 0000-0003-2727-0871
Feng LiuYunnan Academy of Forestry and Grassland.
Keping MaZhejiang Qianjiangyuan Forest Biodiversity National Observation and Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.ORCID 0000-0001-9112-5340
William McSheaConservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USA.
Xiangcheng MiZhejiang Qianjiangyuan Forest Biodiversity National Observation and Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.ORCID 0000-0002-2971-5881
Jonathan A MyersDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2058-8468
Anuttara NathalangNational Biobank of Thailand (NBT), National Science and Technology Development Agency, Klong Luang, Thailand.
David A OrwigHarvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7822-3560
Guochun ShenZhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University.ORCID 0000-0001-9853-6062
Sheng-Hsin SuTaiwan Forestry Research Institute.ORCID 0000-0003-1337-3335
I-Fang SunCenter for Interdisciplinary Research on Ecology and Sustainability, National Dong Hwa University.
Xihua WangZhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University.ORCID 0000-0001-5835-7529
Amy WolfDepartment of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI, USA.
Enrong YanZhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University.ORCID 0000-0002-8064-3334
Wanhui YeKey Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Plant Conservation and Utilization in Southern China, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Yan ZhuZhejiang Qianjiangyuan Forest Biodiversity National Observation and Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Andreas HuthDepartment of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The search for simple principles that underlie the spatial structure and dynamics of plant communities is a long-standing challenge in ecology

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BiodiversityForestsTreesIntroduced SpeciesModels, BiologicalPopulation DensitySeed DispersalTropical Climate

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PMCPMC12018458

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