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Main Authors: Xiao, Shumei, Adams, Jonathan M, Li, Shufeng, Slik, Ferry, Griffith, Daniel M, Quaresma, Adriano, Sultana, Aisha, Rozak, Andes Hamuraby, Muñoz, Andres Avella, Marshall, Andrew R, Gabriel, Arellano, Dar, Ashaq Ahmad, Mansor, Asyraf, Narayanan, Ayyappan, Herault, Bruno, Joly, Carlos Alfredo, Piotto, Daniel, Harris, David J, Drake, Donald R, Sheil, Douglas, Rocha, Diogo S B, de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza, Nurtjahya, Eddy, van den Berg, Eduardo, Webb, Edward L, Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum, Saiter, Felipe Zamborlini, Wittmann, Florian, Ardila, Francisco Mora, Durigan, Giselda, Shukla, Gopal, Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo, Nagamasu, Hidetoshi, Theilade, Ida, Zo-Bi, Irie Casimir, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau, Rangel-Ch, J Orlando, Grogan, James, Dar, Javid Ahmad, Schöngart, Jochen, Herbohn, John, Poulsen, John R, Williams, John N, Lovett, Jon, De Alban, Jose Don, Lozada, José Rafael, Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues, Guevara-Andino, Juan Ernesto, Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi, Homeier, Jürgen, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman, Feeley, Kenneth, Tomlinson, Kyle W, Rasingam, Ladan, Demarchi, Layon Oreste, Laumonier, Yves, Alves, Luciana F, Montenegro, Luis Torres, Satdichanh, Manichanh, Macía, Manuel J, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Suganuma, Marcio Seiji, Ríos Paredes, Marcos Antonio, Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa, Schulze, Mark, van de Bult, Mattheas, Bastian, Meredith L, Khan, Mohammed Latif, Hussain, Mohammad Shah, Kessler, Michael, Lawes, Michael J, Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A, Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy, Seuaturian, Naret, Kanda, Naveen Babu, Jagadeesan, Naveenkumar, Pitman, Nigel, Onrizal, Onrizal, Vetaas, Ole R, Munishi, Pantaleo, Chhang, Phourin, Bispo, Polyanna da Conceição, Zakaria, Rahmad, Sukri, Rahayu Sukmaria, Muthu, Rajkumar, Prasad, Rama Chandra, V S, Ramachandran, Harrison, Rhett D, Veridiano, Rizza Karen, Steinmetz, Robert, Chazdon, Robin L, Tumaneng, Roven, Gonçalves Rolim, Samir, Garkoti, S C, Báez, Selene, Wich, Serge, Mukul, Sharif A, Joseph, Shijo, Vieira, Simone Aparecida, Muthuramkumar, S, Sundarapandian, Somaiah, Chakravarty, Sumit, Kothandaraman, Subashree, Wendt, Tânia, Metzker, Thiago, Whitfeld, Timothy, Su, Tao, Van Andel, Tinde R, Hans, Verbeeck, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Chutipong, Wanlop, Laurance, William F, Carrero, Yrma Andreina, Zhou, Zhekun
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Published: National science review 2026
Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41623561/
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author Xiao, Shumei
Adams, Jonathan M
Li, Shufeng
Slik, Ferry
Griffith, Daniel M
Quaresma, Adriano
Sultana, Aisha
Rozak, Andes Hamuraby
Muñoz, Andres Avella
Marshall, Andrew R
Gabriel, Arellano
Dar, Ashaq Ahmad
Mansor, Asyraf
Narayanan, Ayyappan
Herault, Bruno
Joly, Carlos Alfredo
Piotto, Daniel
Harris, David J
Drake, Donald R
Sheil, Douglas
Rocha, Diogo S B
de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza
Nurtjahya, Eddy
van den Berg, Eduardo
Webb, Edward L
Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum
Saiter, Felipe Zamborlini
Wittmann, Florian
Ardila, Francisco Mora
Durigan, Giselda
Shukla, Gopal
Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo
Nagamasu, Hidetoshi
Theilade, Ida
Zo-Bi, Irie Casimir
Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau
Rangel-Ch, J Orlando
Grogan, James
Dar, Javid Ahmad
Schöngart, Jochen
Herbohn, John
Poulsen, John R
Williams, John N
Lovett, Jon
De Alban, Jose Don
Lozada, José Rafael
Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues
Guevara-Andino, Juan Ernesto
Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi
Homeier, Jürgen
Böhning-Gaese, Katrin
Hakeem, Khalid Rehman
Feeley, Kenneth
Tomlinson, Kyle W
Rasingam, Ladan
Demarchi, Layon Oreste
Laumonier, Yves
Alves, Luciana F
Montenegro, Luis Torres
Satdichanh, Manichanh
Macía, Manuel J
Tabarelli, Marcelo
Suganuma, Marcio Seiji
Ríos Paredes, Marcos Antonio
Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa
Schulze, Mark
van de Bult, Mattheas
Bastian, Meredith L
Khan, Mohammed Latif
Hussain, Mohammad Shah
Kessler, Michael
Lawes, Michael J
Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A
Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy
Seuaturian, Naret
Kanda, Naveen Babu
Jagadeesan, Naveenkumar
Pitman, Nigel
Onrizal, Onrizal
Vetaas, Ole R
Munishi, Pantaleo
Chhang, Phourin
Bispo, Polyanna da Conceição
Zakaria, Rahmad
Sukri, Rahayu Sukmaria
Muthu, Rajkumar
Prasad, Rama Chandra
V S, Ramachandran
Harrison, Rhett D
Veridiano, Rizza Karen
Steinmetz, Robert
Chazdon, Robin L
Tumaneng, Roven
Gonçalves Rolim, Samir
Garkoti, S C
Báez, Selene
Wich, Serge
Mukul, Sharif A
Joseph, Shijo
Vieira, Simone Aparecida
Muthuramkumar, S
Sundarapandian, Somaiah
Chakravarty, Sumit
Kothandaraman, Subashree
Wendt, Tânia
Metzker, Thiago
Whitfeld, Timothy
Su, Tao
Van Andel, Tinde R
Hans, Verbeeck
Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor
Chutipong, Wanlop
Laurance, William F
Carrero, Yrma Andreina
Zhou, Zhekun
author_facet Xiao, Shumei
Adams, Jonathan M
Li, Shufeng
Slik, Ferry
Griffith, Daniel M
Quaresma, Adriano
Sultana, Aisha
Rozak, Andes Hamuraby
Muñoz, Andres Avella
Marshall, Andrew R
Gabriel, Arellano
Dar, Ashaq Ahmad
Mansor, Asyraf
Narayanan, Ayyappan
Herault, Bruno
Joly, Carlos Alfredo
Piotto, Daniel
Harris, David J
Drake, Donald R
Sheil, Douglas
Rocha, Diogo S B
de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza
Nurtjahya, Eddy
van den Berg, Eduardo
Webb, Edward L
Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum
Saiter, Felipe Zamborlini
Wittmann, Florian
Ardila, Francisco Mora
Durigan, Giselda
Shukla, Gopal
Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo
Nagamasu, Hidetoshi
Theilade, Ida
Zo-Bi, Irie Casimir
Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau
Rangel-Ch, J Orlando
Grogan, James
Dar, Javid Ahmad
Schöngart, Jochen
Herbohn, John
Poulsen, John R
Williams, John N
Lovett, Jon
De Alban, Jose Don
Lozada, José Rafael
Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues
Guevara-Andino, Juan Ernesto
Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi
Homeier, Jürgen
Böhning-Gaese, Katrin
Hakeem, Khalid Rehman
Feeley, Kenneth
Tomlinson, Kyle W
Rasingam, Ladan
Demarchi, Layon Oreste
Laumonier, Yves
Alves, Luciana F
Montenegro, Luis Torres
Satdichanh, Manichanh
Macía, Manuel J
Tabarelli, Marcelo
Suganuma, Marcio Seiji
Ríos Paredes, Marcos Antonio
Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa
Schulze, Mark
van de Bult, Mattheas
Bastian, Meredith L
Khan, Mohammed Latif
Hussain, Mohammad Shah
Kessler, Michael
Lawes, Michael J
Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A
Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy
Seuaturian, Naret
Kanda, Naveen Babu
Jagadeesan, Naveenkumar
Pitman, Nigel
Onrizal, Onrizal
Vetaas, Ole R
Munishi, Pantaleo
Chhang, Phourin
Bispo, Polyanna da Conceição
Zakaria, Rahmad
Sukri, Rahayu Sukmaria
Muthu, Rajkumar
Prasad, Rama Chandra
V S, Ramachandran
Harrison, Rhett D
Veridiano, Rizza Karen
Steinmetz, Robert
Chazdon, Robin L
Tumaneng, Roven
Gonçalves Rolim, Samir
Garkoti, S C
Báez, Selene
Wich, Serge
Mukul, Sharif A
Joseph, Shijo
Vieira, Simone Aparecida
Muthuramkumar, S
Sundarapandian, Somaiah
Chakravarty, Sumit
Kothandaraman, Subashree
Wendt, Tânia
Metzker, Thiago
Whitfeld, Timothy
Su, Tao
Van Andel, Tinde R
Hans, Verbeeck
Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor
Chutipong, Wanlop
Laurance, William F
Carrero, Yrma Andreina
Zhou, Zhekun
Xiao, Shumei
Adams, Jonathan M
Li, Shufeng
Slik, Ferry
Griffith, Daniel M
Quaresma, Adriano
Sultana, Aisha
Rozak, Andes Hamuraby
Muñoz, Andres Avella
Marshall, Andrew R
Gabriel, Arellano
Dar, Ashaq Ahmad
Mansor, Asyraf
Narayanan, Ayyappan
Herault, Bruno
Joly, Carlos Alfredo
Piotto, Daniel
Harris, David J
Drake, Donald R
Sheil, Douglas
Rocha, Diogo S B
de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza
Nurtjahya, Eddy
van den Berg, Eduardo
Webb, Edward L
Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum
Saiter, Felipe Zamborlini
Wittmann, Florian
Ardila, Francisco Mora
Durigan, Giselda
Shukla, Gopal
Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo
Nagamasu, Hidetoshi
Theilade, Ida
Zo-Bi, Irie Casimir
Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau
Rangel-Ch, J Orlando
Grogan, James
Dar, Javid Ahmad
Schöngart, Jochen
Herbohn, John
Poulsen, John R
Williams, John N
Lovett, Jon
De Alban, Jose Don
Lozada, José Rafael
Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues
Guevara-Andino, Juan Ernesto
Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi
Homeier, Jürgen
Böhning-Gaese, Katrin
Hakeem, Khalid Rehman
Feeley, Kenneth
Tomlinson, Kyle W
Rasingam, Ladan
Demarchi, Layon Oreste
Laumonier, Yves
Alves, Luciana F
Montenegro, Luis Torres
Satdichanh, Manichanh
Macía, Manuel J
Tabarelli, Marcelo
Suganuma, Marcio Seiji
Ríos Paredes, Marcos Antonio
Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa
Schulze, Mark
van de Bult, Mattheas
Bastian, Meredith L
Khan, Mohammed Latif
Hussain, Mohammad Shah
Kessler, Michael
Lawes, Michael J
Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A
Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy
Seuaturian, Naret
Kanda, Naveen Babu
Jagadeesan, Naveenkumar
Pitman, Nigel
Onrizal, Onrizal
Vetaas, Ole R
Munishi, Pantaleo
Chhang, Phourin
Bispo, Polyanna da Conceição
Zakaria, Rahmad
Sukri, Rahayu Sukmaria
Muthu, Rajkumar
Prasad, Rama Chandra
V S, Ramachandran
Harrison, Rhett D
Veridiano, Rizza Karen
Steinmetz, Robert
Chazdon, Robin L
Tumaneng, Roven
Gonçalves Rolim, Samir
Garkoti, S C
Báez, Selene
Wich, Serge
Mukul, Sharif A
Joseph, Shijo
Vieira, Simone Aparecida
Muthuramkumar, S
Sundarapandian, Somaiah
Chakravarty, Sumit
Kothandaraman, Subashree
Wendt, Tânia
Metzker, Thiago
Whitfeld, Timothy
Su, Tao
Van Andel, Tinde R
Hans, Verbeeck
Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor
Chutipong, Wanlop
Laurance, William F
Carrero, Yrma Andreina
Zhou, Zhekun
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Analogous environments across the tropics have similar levels of tree species alpha diversity. Xiao, Shumei Adams, Jonathan M Li, Shufeng Slik, Ferry Griffith, Daniel M Quaresma, Adriano Sultana, Aisha Rozak, Andes Hamuraby Muñoz, Andres Avella Marshall, Andrew R Gabriel, Arellano Dar, Ashaq Ahmad Mansor, Asyraf Narayanan, Ayyappan Herault, Bruno Joly, Carlos Alfredo Piotto, Daniel Harris, David J Drake, Donald R Sheil, Douglas Rocha, Diogo S B de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza Nurtjahya, Eddy van den Berg, Eduardo Webb, Edward L Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum Saiter, Felipe Zamborlini Wittmann, Florian Ardila, Francisco Mora Durigan, Giselda Shukla, Gopal Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo Nagamasu, Hidetoshi Theilade, Ida Zo-Bi, Irie Casimir Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau Rangel-Ch, J Orlando Grogan, James Dar, Javid Ahmad Schöngart, Jochen Herbohn, John Poulsen, John R Williams, John N Lovett, Jon De Alban, Jose Don Lozada, José Rafael Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues Guevara-Andino, Juan Ernesto Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi Homeier, Jürgen Böhning-Gaese, Katrin Hakeem, Khalid Rehman Feeley, Kenneth Tomlinson, Kyle W Rasingam, Ladan Demarchi, Layon Oreste Laumonier, Yves Alves, Luciana F Montenegro, Luis Torres Satdichanh, Manichanh Macía, Manuel J Tabarelli, Marcelo Suganuma, Marcio Seiji Ríos Paredes, Marcos Antonio Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa Schulze, Mark van de Bult, Mattheas Bastian, Meredith L Khan, Mohammed Latif Hussain, Mohammad Shah Kessler, Michael Lawes, Michael J Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy Seuaturian, Naret Kanda, Naveen Babu Jagadeesan, Naveenkumar Pitman, Nigel Onrizal, Onrizal Vetaas, Ole R Munishi, Pantaleo Chhang, Phourin Bispo, Polyanna da Conceição Zakaria, Rahmad Sukri, Rahayu Sukmaria Muthu, Rajkumar Prasad, Rama Chandra V S, Ramachandran Harrison, Rhett D Veridiano, Rizza Karen Steinmetz, Robert Chazdon, Robin L Tumaneng, Roven Gonçalves Rolim, Samir Garkoti, S C Báez, Selene Wich, Serge Mukul, Sharif A Joseph, Shijo Vieira, Simone Aparecida Muthuramkumar, S Sundarapandian, Somaiah Chakravarty, Sumit Kothandaraman, Subashree Wendt, Tânia Metzker, Thiago Whitfeld, Timothy Su, Tao Van Andel, Tinde R Hans, Verbeeck Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor Chutipong, Wanlop Laurance, William F Carrero, Yrma Andreina Zhou, Zhekun Different regions of the tropics vary in overall tree species diversity, with the tropical Americas exhibiting strikingly higher regional tree species richness than Africa and Southeast Asia. We investigated whether these differences also occur at the local scale and whether the environmental conditions associated with tree species richness are consistent across tropical regions despite highly dissimilar species pools. A spatial random forest model was trained by using a network of 429 1-hectare plots across the tropics, together with 24 environmental variables, to predict plot-level tree α diversity. A combination of climatic, soil and topographical variables explained ∼86% of the variation in richness. Despite differences in regional species pools and the potentially disruptive effects of different geological, climatic and evolutionary histories, the relationship between environmental variables and local-scale tree species richness is closely similar across different continents. Our findings imply a pervasive role of niche-based mechanisms in structuring local tree species richness, regardless of the regional species assemblages. This pantropical convergence in the richness-environment relationship poses a challenge for ecology to explain.
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Xiao, Shumei
Adams, Jonathan M
Li, Shufeng
Slik, Ferry
Griffith, Daniel M
Quaresma, Adriano
Sultana, Aisha
Rozak, Andes Hamuraby
Muñoz, Andres Avella
Marshall, Andrew R
Gabriel, Arellano
Dar, Ashaq Ahmad
Mansor, Asyraf
Narayanan, Ayyappan
Herault, Bruno
Joly, Carlos Alfredo
Piotto, Daniel
Harris, David J
Drake, Donald R
Sheil, Douglas
Rocha, Diogo S B
de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza
Nurtjahya, Eddy
van den Berg, Eduardo
Webb, Edward L
Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum
Saiter, Felipe Zamborlini
Wittmann, Florian
Ardila, Francisco Mora
Durigan, Giselda
Shukla, Gopal
Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo
Nagamasu, Hidetoshi
Theilade, Ida
Zo-Bi, Irie Casimir
Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau
Rangel-Ch, J Orlando
Grogan, James
Dar, Javid Ahmad
Schöngart, Jochen
Herbohn, John
Poulsen, John R
Williams, John N
Lovett, Jon
De Alban, Jose Don
Lozada, José Rafael
Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues
Guevara-Andino, Juan Ernesto
Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi
Homeier, Jürgen
Böhning-Gaese, Katrin
Hakeem, Khalid Rehman
Feeley, Kenneth
Tomlinson, Kyle W
Rasingam, Ladan
Demarchi, Layon Oreste
Laumonier, Yves
Alves, Luciana F
Montenegro, Luis Torres
Satdichanh, Manichanh
Macía, Manuel J
Tabarelli, Marcelo
Suganuma, Marcio Seiji
Ríos Paredes, Marcos Antonio
Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa
Schulze, Mark
van de Bult, Mattheas
Bastian, Meredith L
Khan, Mohammed Latif
Hussain, Mohammad Shah
Kessler, Michael
Lawes, Michael J
Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A
Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy
Seuaturian, Naret
Kanda, Naveen Babu
Jagadeesan, Naveenkumar
Pitman, Nigel
Onrizal, Onrizal
Vetaas, Ole R
Munishi, Pantaleo
Chhang, Phourin
Bispo, Polyanna da Conceição
Zakaria, Rahmad
Sukri, Rahayu Sukmaria
Muthu, Rajkumar
Prasad, Rama Chandra
V S, Ramachandran
Harrison, Rhett D
Veridiano, Rizza Karen
Steinmetz, Robert
Chazdon, Robin L
Tumaneng, Roven
Gonçalves Rolim, Samir
Garkoti, S C
Báez, Selene
Wich, Serge
Mukul, Sharif A
Joseph, Shijo
Vieira, Simone Aparecida
Muthuramkumar, S
Sundarapandian, Somaiah
Chakravarty, Sumit
Kothandaraman, Subashree
Wendt, Tânia
Metzker, Thiago
Whitfeld, Timothy
Su, Tao
Van Andel, Tinde R
Hans, Verbeeck
Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor
Chutipong, Wanlop
Laurance, William F
Carrero, Yrma Andreina
Zhou, Zhekun
Analogous environments across the tropics have similar levels of tree species alpha diversity. Xiao, Shumei Adams, Jonathan M Li, Shufeng Slik, Ferry Griffith, Daniel M Quaresma, Adriano Sultana, Aisha Rozak, Andes Hamuraby Muñoz, Andres Avella Marshall, Andrew R Gabriel, Arellano Dar, Ashaq Ahmad Mansor, Asyraf Narayanan, Ayyappan Herault, Bruno Joly, Carlos Alfredo Piotto, Daniel Harris, David J Drake, Donald R Sheil, Douglas Rocha, Diogo S B de Oliveira, Eddie Lenza Nurtjahya, Eddy van den Berg, Eduardo Webb, Edward L Ibrahim, Faridah Hanum Saiter, Felipe Zamborlini Wittmann, Florian Ardila, Francisco Mora Durigan, Giselda Shukla, Gopal Ibarra-Manríquez, Guillermo Nagamasu, Hidetoshi Theilade, Ida Zo-Bi, Irie Casimir Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau Rangel-Ch, J Orlando Grogan, James Dar, Javid Ahmad Schöngart, Jochen Herbohn, John Poulsen, John R Williams, John N Lovett, Jon De Alban, Jose Don Lozada, José Rafael Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues Guevara-Andino, Juan Ernesto Cristóbal-Azkarate, Jurgi Homeier, Jürgen Böhning-Gaese, Katrin Hakeem, Khalid Rehman Feeley, Kenneth Tomlinson, Kyle W Rasingam, Ladan Demarchi, Layon Oreste Laumonier, Yves Alves, Luciana F Montenegro, Luis Torres Satdichanh, Manichanh Macía, Manuel J Tabarelli, Marcelo Suganuma, Marcio Seiji Ríos Paredes, Marcos Antonio Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa Schulze, Mark van de Bult, Mattheas Bastian, Meredith L Khan, Mohammed Latif Hussain, Mohammad Shah Kessler, Michael Lawes, Michael J Munguía-Rosas, Miguel A Parthasarathy, Narayanaswamy Seuaturian, Naret Kanda, Naveen Babu Jagadeesan, Naveenkumar Pitman, Nigel Onrizal, Onrizal Vetaas, Ole R Munishi, Pantaleo Chhang, Phourin Bispo, Polyanna da Conceição Zakaria, Rahmad Sukri, Rahayu Sukmaria Muthu, Rajkumar Prasad, Rama Chandra V S, Ramachandran Harrison, Rhett D Veridiano, Rizza Karen Steinmetz, Robert Chazdon, Robin L Tumaneng, Roven Gonçalves Rolim, Samir Garkoti, S C Báez, Selene Wich, Serge Mukul, Sharif A Joseph, Shijo Vieira, Simone Aparecida Muthuramkumar, S Sundarapandian, Somaiah Chakravarty, Sumit Kothandaraman, Subashree Wendt, Tânia Metzker, Thiago Whitfeld, Timothy Su, Tao Van Andel, Tinde R Hans, Verbeeck Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor Chutipong, Wanlop Laurance, William F Carrero, Yrma Andreina Zhou, Zhekun Different regions of the tropics vary in overall tree species diversity, with the tropical Americas exhibiting strikingly higher regional tree species richness than Africa and Southeast Asia. We investigated whether these differences also occur at the local scale and whether the environmental conditions associated with tree species richness are consistent across tropical regions despite highly dissimilar species pools. A spatial random forest model was trained by using a network of 429 1-hectare plots across the tropics, together with 24 environmental variables, to predict plot-level tree α diversity. A combination of climatic, soil and topographical variables explained ∼86% of the variation in richness. Despite differences in regional species pools and the potentially disruptive effects of different geological, climatic and evolutionary histories, the relationship between environmental variables and local-scale tree species richness is closely similar across different continents. Our findings imply a pervasive role of niche-based mechanisms in structuring local tree species richness, regardless of the regional species assemblages. This pantropical convergence in the richness-environment relationship poses a challenge for ecology to explain.
title Analogous environments across the tropics have similar levels of tree species alpha diversity.
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41623561/