Size-Class Effect Contributes to Tree Species Assembly through Influencing Dispersal in Tropical Forests

• Yue-Hua Hu,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, China

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• Roger L. Kitching,

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, China, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith School of the Environment, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia

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• Guo-Yu Lan,

  Affiliation Rubber Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, Hainan, China

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• Jiao-Lin Zhang,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, China

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• Li-Qing Sha,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, China

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• Min Cao

  * E-mail: caom@xtbg.ac.cn

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, China

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