Extended Data Table 1 Characteristics of the selected forest plots

From: Latitudinal scaling of aggregation with abundance and coexistence in forests

  1. * plots with bar code phylogeny, genus level phylogenies were used for all other plots; † Heishiding is classified as tropical-subtropical forest, Qinling is classified as subtropical-temperate forest; ‡ The numbers give the number of focal species with at least 50 individuals with dbh ≥ 10 cm, we excluded species with kff < kfh (the numbers in parenthesis) and two species at the Wabikon forest located in a patch of successional forest that was logged approximately 40 yr ago; § The average mortality rate for trees with dbh ≥10 cm in the plot for a ∆t = 5 year period. Assuming approximate equilibrium, we used the values of the mortality rate to parameterize the unknown per capita recruitment rates rf. We used a recruitment rate of 0.1/∆t for the 3 plots without mortality data. The mortality rate of the TRC plot was estimated from a 13.4 ha section of the 20 ha plot; || The exponent bf of the aggregation-abundance relationship based on corrected aggregation kff – kfh; ¶ Proportion of species showing mostly animal seed dispersal; # Proportion of species with arbuscular mycorrhizal association.
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