Commentary and response on the role of Conspecific Negative Density Dependence in Global Patterns of Tree Species Diversity

Original Paper:

LaManna, J. A., S. A. Mangan, A. Alonso, N. A. Bourg, W. Y. Brockelman, S. Bunyavejchewin, L.-W. Chang, J.-M. Chiang, G. B. Chuyong, K. Clay, R. Condit, S. Cordell, S. J. Davies, T. J. Furniss, C. P. Giardina, I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke, C. V. S. Gunatilleke, F. He, R. W. Howe, S. P. Hubbell, C.-F. Hsieh, F. M. Inman-Narahari, D. Janík, D. J. Johnson, D. Kenfack, L. Korte, K. Král, A. J. Larson, J. A. Lutz, S. M. McMahon, W. J. McShea, H. R. Memiaghe, A. Nathalang, V. Novotny, P. S. Ong, D. A. Orwig, R. Ostertag, G. G. Parker, R. P. Phillips, L. Sack, I.-F. Sun, J. S. Tello, D. W. Thomas, B. L. Turner, D. M. Vela Díaz, T. Vrška, G. D. Weiblen, A. Wolf, S. Yap, and J. A. Myers. 2017. Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale. Science 356:1389-1392.

Commentaries & Responses:

Commentary #1. Lisa Hülsmann & Florian Hartig 2018. Comment on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale” Science (2018) Vol. 360, Issue 6391, eaar2435. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar2435

Response #1: LaManna et al. 2018. Response to Comment on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale” Science Vol. 360, Issue 6391, eaar3824. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar3824

Commentary #2. Ryan A. Chisholm & Tak Fung 2018. Comment on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale” Science Vol. 360, Issue 6391, eaar4685. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar4685

Response #2: LaManna et al. 2018. Response to Comment on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”. Science Vol. 360, Issue 6391, eaar5245. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar5245