Claim · model-written summary
A habitat-independent spatial component accounted for 29% of tree diversity in the Gutianshan forest.
- Taxon
- treee0
- Outcome
- tree diversity (richness and composition)e0
- Direction
- dominantly controllede0
- Value
- 29%e0
- Setting
- Gutianshan foreste0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorQualifier
Verbatim
e0“tree diversity (richness and composition) in the Gutianshan forest was dominantly controlled by spatially structured habitat (24%) and habitat-independent spatial component (29%)”
Title
José Manuel Herrero Massari Ecology 1999. doi:10.1890/07-1880.1
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Association Habitat and space jointly explained about 53% of species richness variation, depending on sampling scale.
- Association Habitat and space jointly explained about 65% of species composition variation, depending on sampling scale.
- Association Spatially structured habitat accounted for 24% of tree diversity in the Gutianshan forest.
- Association Spatially independent habitat contributed a negligible 6% to tree diversity.
- Association Altitude and terrain convexity strongly affected richness and species composition.
- Association Slope and aspect had weak effects on richness and species composition.
- Observation Broad-scale spatial variation dominated the forest diversity distribution.
- Association Environmental control and unexplained spatial variation corresponded to different spatial scales in the Gutianshan plot.
- Observation Five habitat types were recognized in the forest plot.
- Association A few species were significant indicators of three habitat types.
- Observation Two habitat types had no significant indicator species.
- Association Environmental control accounted for 30% of forest diversity.
- Association Neutral processes accounted for 29% of forest diversity.
- Association At a 10 x 10 m scale, neutral processes accounted for 43%, dominating environmental control.
- Association At a 10 x 10 m scale, environmental control accounted for 20%, below neutral processes.