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ArticleNature2026

The importance of competition and facilitation for global tree diversity.

Han Xu, Matteo Detto, J Aaron Hogan, Alfonso Alonso, Joseph D Birch, Pulchérie Bissiengou, Chengjin Chu, Stuart J Davies, Gunter A Fischer, Billy C H Hau and 24 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

34 authors.

Han Xu *Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, China. hanxu81@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1085-3344
Matteo Detto *Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0494-188X
J Aaron HoganDepartment of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9806-3074
Alfonso AlonsoCenter for Conservation and Sustainability, Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6860-8432
Joseph D BirchDepartment of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Pulchérie BissiengouHerbier National du Gabon, Libreville, Gabon.
Chengjin ChuState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0606-449X
Stuart J DaviesForest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Gunter A FischerMissouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9186-7640
Billy C H HauSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1147-6314
David KenfackSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Republic of Panama.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8208-3388
Buhang LiState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Juyu LianKey Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6777-7170
Mingxian LinResearch Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, China.
Wande LiuInstitute of Highland Forest Science, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming, China.
Yu LiuECNU-Alberta Joint Lab for Biodiversity Study, Tiantong National Station for Forest Ecosystem Research, School of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9869-2735
Zhifa LiuGuangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve, Shaoguan, China.
James A LutzWildland Resources Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2560-0710
Hervé Roland MemiagheInstitut de Recherche en Écologie Tropicale, Libreville, Gabon.
Xiangcheng MiZhejiang Qianjiangyuan Forest Biodiversity National Observation and Research Station, Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2971-5881
Vojtech NovotnyBiology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, and Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7918-8023
Haibao RenZhejiang Qianjiangyuan Forest Biodiversity National Observation and Research Station, Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8955-301X
Jianrong SuInstitute of Highland Forest Science, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming, China.
Jill ThompsonUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian, UK.
Maria UriarteDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0484-0758
Renato ValenciaEscuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Tze Leong YaoForest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5274-1623
Sandra L YapInstitute of Arts and Sciences, Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines.
Yicen ZhangZhejiang Qianjiangyuan Forest Biodiversity National Observation and Research Station, Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jess K ZimmermanDepartment of Environmental Science, University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras, San Juan, PR, USA.
George D WeiblenBell Museum, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA.
Yide LiResearch Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, China.
Suqin FangState Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. fangsuq5@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1324-4640
Fangliang HeDepartment of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0774-4849

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although competition and facilitation both influence tree diversity

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BiodiversityTreesFabaceaeForestsMycorrhizaeTemperature

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PMID41951738

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