Detangling the Effects of Environmental Filtering and Dispersal Limitation on Aggregated Distributions of Tree and Shrub Species: Life Stage Matters

Qing-Song Yang; Guo-Chun Shen; He-Ming Liu; Zhang-Hua Wang; Zun-Ping Ma; Xiao-Feng Fang; Jian Zhang; Xi-Hua Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156326

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Detangling the Effects of Environmental Filtering and Dispersal Limitation on Aggregated Distributions of Tree and Shrub Species: Life Stage Matters

Qing-Song Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qing-Song Yang, Guo-Chun Shen

Affiliations School of Ecological and Environmental Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, Tiantong National Station of Forest Ecosystem, Chinese National Ecosystem Observation and Research Network, Ningbo, China
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Guo-Chun Shen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qing-Song Yang, Guo-Chun Shen

Affiliations School of Ecological and Environmental Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, Tiantong National Station of Forest Ecosystem, Chinese National Ecosystem Observation and Research Network, Ningbo, China
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He-Ming Liu,

Affiliations School of Ecological and Environmental Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, Tiantong National Station of Forest Ecosystem, Chinese National Ecosystem Observation and Research Network, Ningbo, China
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Zhang-Hua Wang,

Affiliation Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences / Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China
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Zun-Ping Ma,

Affiliations School of Ecological and Environmental Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, Tiantong National Station of Forest Ecosystem, Chinese National Ecosystem Observation and Research Network, Ningbo, China
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Xiao-Feng Fang,

Affiliations School of Ecological and Environmental Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, Tiantong National Station of Forest Ecosystem, Chinese National Ecosystem Observation and Research Network, Ningbo, China
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Jian Zhang,

Affiliations School of Ecological and Environmental Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, Tiantong National Station of Forest Ecosystem, Chinese National Ecosystem Observation and Research Network, Ningbo, China
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Xi-Hua Wang

* E-mail: xhwang@des.ecnu.edu.cn

Affiliations School of Ecological and Environmental Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, Tiantong National Station of Forest Ecosystem, Chinese National Ecosystem Observation and Research Network, Ningbo, China
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Detangling the Effects of Environmental Filtering and Dispersal Limitation on Aggregated Distributions of Tree and Shrub Species: Life Stage Matters

Qing-Song Yang,
Guo-Chun Shen,
He-Ming Liu,
Zhang-Hua Wang,
Zun-Ping Ma,
Xiao-Feng Fang,
Jian Zhang,
Xi-Hua Wang

Published: May 26, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156326

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