Response to Comment on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”

Authors

• Joseph A. LaManna, Marquette UniversityFollow
• Scott A. Mangan, Washington University
• Alfonso Alonso, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
• Norman A. Bourg, U.S. Geological Survey
• Warren Y. Brockelman, BIOTEC, National Science and Technology Development Agency
• Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, Department of National Parks
• Li-Wan Chang, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
• Iyh-Min Chiang, Tunghai University
• George B. Chuyong, University of Buea
• Keith Clay, Indiana University
• Susan Cordell, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
• Stuart J. DAvies, National Museum of Natural History
• Tucker J. Furniss, Utah State University
• Christian P. Giardina, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
• I. A.U. Nimal Gunatilleke, University of Peradeniya
• C. V. Savitri Gunatilleke, University of Peradeniya
• Fangliang He, Sun Yat-sen University
• Robert W. Howe, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
• Stephen P. Hubbell, University of California - Los AngelesFollow
• Chang-Fu Hsieh, National Taiwan University
• Faith M. Inman-Narahari, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
• David Janik, Silva Tarouca Research Institute
• Daniel J. Johnson, Utah State University
• David Kenfack, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• Lisa Korte, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
• Kamil Král, Silva Tarouca Research Institute
• Andrew J. Larson, University of Montana - Missoula
• James A. Lutz, Utah State University
• Sean M. McMahon, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
• William J. McShea, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
• Hervé R. Memiaghe, Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale
• Anuttara Nathalang, National Science and Technology Development Agency
• Vojtech Novotny, New Guinea Binatang Research Centre
• Perry S. Ong, University of the Philippines Diliman
• David A. Orwig, Harvard University
• Rebecca Ostertag, University of Hawaii
• Geoffrey G. Parker, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
• Richard P. Phillips, Indiana University - Bloomington
• Lawren Sack, University of California - Los Angeles
• I-Fang Sun, National Dong Hwa University
• J. Sebastián Tello, Missouri Botanical Gardens
• Duncan W. Thomas, Washington State University
• Benjamin L. Turner, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• Dilys M. Vela Díaz, Washington University
• Tomáš Vrška, Silva Tarouca Research Institute
• George D. Weiblen, University of Minnesota - St. Paul
• Amy Wolf, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
• Sandra Yap, Institute of Arts and Sciences
• Jonathan A. Myers, Washington University

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

6-2018

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Source Publication

Science

Source ISSN

0036-8075

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.1126/science.aar3824

Abstract

Hülsmann and Hartig suggest that ecological mechanisms other than specialized natural enemies or intraspecific competition contribute to our estimates of conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD). To address their concern, we show that our results are not the result of a methodological artifact and present a null-model analysis that demonstrates that our original findings—(i) stronger CNDD at tropical relative to temperate latitudes and (ii) a latitudinal shift in the relationship between CNDD and species abundance—persist even after controlling for other processes that might influence spatial relationships between adults and recruits.

Comments

Accepted version. Science, Vol. 99, No. 6 (June 2018) :1265-1276. DOI. © 2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Used with permission.

Joseph A. LaManna was affiliated with Washington University at the time of publication.

Recommended Citation

LaManna, Joseph A.; Mangan, Scott A.; Alonso, Alfonso; Bourg, Norman A.; Brockelman, Warren Y.; Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh; Chang, Li-Wan; Chiang, Iyh-Min; Chuyong, George B.; Clay, Keith; Cordell, Susan; DAvies, Stuart J.; Furniss, Tucker J.; Giardina, Christian P.; Gunatilleke, I. A.U. Nimal; Gunatilleke, C. V. Savitri; He, Fangliang; Howe, Robert W.; Hubbell, Stephen P.; Hsieh, Chang-Fu; Inman-Narahari, Faith M.; Janik, David; Johnson, Daniel J.; Kenfack, David; Korte, Lisa; Král, Kamil; Larson, Andrew J.; Lutz, James A.; McMahon, Sean M.; McShea, William J.; Memiaghe, Hervé R.; Nathalang, Anuttara; Novotny, Vojtech; Ong, Perry S.; Orwig, David A.; Ostertag, Rebecca; Parker, Geoffrey G.; Phillips, Richard P.; Sack, Lawren; Sun, I-Fang; Tello, J. Sebastián; Thomas, Duncan W.; Turner, Benjamin L.; Vela Díaz, Dilys M.; Vrška, Tomáš; Weiblen, George D.; Wolf, Amy; Yap, Sandra; and Myers, Jonathan A., "Response to Comment on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”" (2018). Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 727.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bio_fac/727