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Seed dispersal increases local species richness and reduces spatial turnover of tropical tree seedlings

View ORCID ProfileElizabeth M. Wandrag, Amy E. Dunham, Richard P. Duncan, and Haldre S. Rogers
PNAS October 3, 2017 114 (40) 10689-10694; first published August 28, 2017; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1709584114
Elizabeth M. Wandrag
aInstitute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT 2617, Australia;
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aInstitute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT 2617, Australia;
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cDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
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  1. Edited by Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis, CA, and approved August 4, 2017 (received for review June 6, 2017)

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vol. 114 no. 40 10689-10694
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1709584114
PubMed: 
28847937

Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue October 3, 2017.
  • Published first August 28, 2017.

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  1. Elizabeth M. Wandraga,1,
  2. Amy E. Dunhamb,
  3. Richard P. Duncana, and
  4. Haldre S. Rogersc
  1. aInstitute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT 2617, Australia;
  2. bDepartment of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005;
  3. cDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
  1. Edited by Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis, CA, and approved August 4, 2017 (received for review June 6, 2017)

Footnotes

  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: elizabethwandrag{at}gmail.com.
  • Author contributions: E.M.W., A.E.D., and H.S.R. designed research; E.M.W. and H.S.R. performed research; E.M.W. and R.P.D. analyzed data; and E.M.W., A.E.D., R.P.D., and H.S.R. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.

  • See Commentary on page 10526.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1709584114/-/DCSupplemental.

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