Tropical tree α-diversity: results from a worldwide network of large plots.

RICHARD CONDIT, PETER ASHTON, HENRIK BALSLEV, NICHOLAS BROKAW, SARAYUDH BUNYAVEJCHEWIN, GEORGE CHUYONG, LEONARD CO, HANDANAKERE SHIVARAMAIAH DATTARAJA, STUART DAVIES, SHAMEEMA ESUFALI, CORNEILLE E.N. EWANGO, ROBIN FOSTER, NIMAL GUNATILLEKE, SAVI GUNATILLEKE, CONSUELO HERNANDEZ, STEPHEN HUBBELL, ROBERT JOHN, DAVID KENFACK, SOMBOON KIRATIPRAYOON, PAMELA, TERESE HART, AKIRA ITOH, JAMES V. LAFRANKIE, INNOCENT LIENGOLA, DANIEL LAGUNZAD, SUZANNE LOO DE LAO, ELIZABETH LOSOS, ELSE MAGARD, JEANREMY MAKANA, N. MANOKARAN, HUGO NAVARRETE, SUPARDI MOHAMMED NUR, TATSUSHIRO OKHUBO, ROLANDO PEREZ, CRISTIAN SAMPER, LEE HUA SENG, RAMAN SUKUMAR, JENS-CHRISTIAN SVENNING, SYLVESTER TAN, DUNCAN THOMAS, JILL THOMPSON, MARTHA ISABEL VALLEJO, GORKY VILLA MUNOZ, RENATO VALENCIA, TAKUO YAMAKURA AND JESS K. ZIMMERMAN

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